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ohj 6 more *orthy of GOverntent, than an even- . ti ),, to the general diffufion of knowledge. This Was the foie purpdfe of the late Minifters in theik appoint mots. But It appeared; that thii as in died about which the prefent Minifters were little con. cerned. Mr. COCHRANE JOHNSTONE contended that the affair of the Sheriffs was a complete job.— The Sheriff of Stirling icarcely heard ten caufes in a twelve-month. He happened to be prefent when Mr. Williamfon; the Sheriff of Stirling, received Lord Spencer's letter, requefting him to refign, Mr. Williamfon was a very relpetlable gentleman, and fpeke the Scotch dialed in all its native purity, When he lead the letter, he turned to him, and ex. claimed" Gude too, Mailer Johnfione, did ye ever fee fit a job ?"—(loud laughter.)—With regard to Lord Cullen, he concurred in the high charader that had been given of him, but this reverfion of zool. 1 year was an infult to the feelings and morals of the 'people of Scotland. Mr. ROBERT DUNDAS never heard of any neceffity for thefe Sheriffs. The Sheriff of Edin burgh did more in a week than the others in twelve months. He agreed in the charader given of Lord Cullen, but thought .that the feledion of one man, out of a eery reipedtible and learned body, was a thing that ought not to be rafhly done. He could not perceive the great neceffity for the profefrofhips; but thefe things would of courle come under the re• view of the Finance Committee. Mr. LAING defended the appointment of the Sheriffs. The queflion was net, whether the Sheriffs of Stirling and Fife declared that there was nothing to do in Clackmanoan and Kinois, but whether the people of Clackmannan and Kinrofs were (atisfied with the Sheriffs not coming there to do any thing for them ? He had never underfiood that Lord Cullen was a very particular friend to the left Adminiftra tam, and he could not therefore fee the jellice of Imputing the grant which he had received to party motives. Adverting to the arguments urged by a Learned Lord againtt the appointment of the two new Profefforfbips at Edinburgh, he oblerved, that fimilar arguments might have been applied with equal force againft the appointment of Dr. Blair, as Regius Profeffor of the &lies Lettret ; or of Dr. Walker, as the Regina Profeffor of Natural Hillory. Thole appointments might as well be called jobs as the prefent ; but he confeffed he was not furprifed, that men who had belonged to an Adminittration the moll unfriendly to Literature that ever exifted, and by whom genius of every defcription had been left to pine in want—he was not furprifed that inch men fhould condemn condu9 Co oppolite to their own. The Marquis of TICHFIELD exprefred his belief that the Duke of Portland was not acquainted with the particulars of the tranfadion which was then the fubjett of debate. Mr. W. DUNDAS, (the Reprefentative of the' County of Sutherland) declared that he had heard repeated complaints from various perfons in the county of Sutherland, that juftice could not be ob. mined in that county. If he could call a Noble, Lord (Reay), who had a large domain in that county, he would prove, he was certain, from his knowledge of that place, that a poor man in that county mull, in ionic inflances, have travelled diftance of 7o or 8o miles before he could obtain juflice. If on an application from a county which extended, from call to welt, actors to the two leas, a diftance of 8o miles; and from north to fouth, a diftance of so miles ; a county which contained about 60,0c0 inhabitants, Earl Spencer had that his ears., againit the application for ju nice, he then would have laid it had been a job indeed. The SOLICITOR GENERAL of SCOTLAND declared, that the flatement of his Hon. Friend had hot iatisfied his mind. He had not Rated how many months the Gentleman who now filled the office re Tided in the county. He could himfelf Rate it for a fad, which could not be controverted, that that Gen. tletnan refided in Edinburgh. However, he thought that the Hoeft was not yet in poffeffion of (efficient information on the fubjed in general ; he therefore moved, that there be added to the words of the ori ginal motion, "Together with all Correfpondence and Official Documents relative thereto." That filch an addition fhould be made was immediately agreed to. Mr. CROKER would be glad to find that all lite rary merit was liberally and fairly rewarded. But this he witted to fee done not by fantaflical names, but avowedly as a reward for the Learned Doctor or the Learned Lawyer, or otherwife, as the cafe might be. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declared himfelf averfe to that woman's war of re crimination which had lately been waged; but at the fame time he confeffed that he was furprifed to find, that thole who made a mighty rout about the cry of .4 No Popery," fhould in return raife a cry of 4 , No Peculation," as if they were the only perfons who profeffed any purity of public pi inciple. He had had his eye on that Adminiilration. he had watched them pretty narrowly, and be found that their parity con lifted in ptofeflions, but not in performances; that they wanted to obtain public favours by Palle pre tences ; but he would tear off the mafk. Then a word or two as to the manner in which this matter has been defended. Did his Honourable Friend mean to fay that it was right that his Majefty &mild penfion what, judge he thought fit ? Would he fay, that it was likely to be the means of fecnring the in dependence of judges, if Come were to have penfions, whilft others of the fame rank would not ? He only dated this, in order to 'hew that other perfons betides the Friendiof the late Adminiftration were fit to be chofen Members of the Committee of Finance. Mr. MARTIN was extremely happy to find that he had the approbation of a Right Hon. Gentleman on the other fide (be was Coppoied to have alluded to Mr. G. Role) whole name was proverbial as - an enemy to jobs, who knew all the arcane of the pro ceedings of office. That Right Hon. Gentleman could, he was well convinced, be very ferviceable to the country, if he was to devote his time to an en deavour to make out difenveries of this nature, and if he had the fupport of • Parliament, the coqntty would not fay that this was a woman's war. He was not himfelf, he confeffed, nor, could he be ex pelted, to be fo capable of defending , again(' an accu- Cation of this fort as thole who had (pent fourteen years in extending the power of France. But oh Tuefday next all thefe independent Gentlemen would have an opportunity of trftifying their zeal for the detedion of sibyl - es, by fupporting the motion of a Noble Lord (Cochrane) for a Litt of tilde Membiri who have Penfions, Places, &c. either in perfon or by other branches of their family. The infinuations which had been thrown cut generally, Gentlemen might like fpargere wee: amhiguat, but he did nit believe tkat they would be bold enough to bring any one of them 'forward as a fpecific charge. Mr. CANNING, in a drain of irony, lamented his ability to rife, after the very able, recite, and formal fpeech of his Leafod Friend (Adam) However. the neeeffity ~f the new appoint ments of Sheriffs, he conftffcd he did not fee to be very clearly made out, neither was the term of Merited JUtifprodarce, Vert accurately defined. And the matter of the penfion to Lord Cul len was Rill kilt fatisfadorily explained. As his Learned Friend had not given Dim the molt ample foisfaition opoo the whole. he mould cute in fupport of the Motion for the produdios of the papers. Mr. ROSE got up In great warmth, and alluded to what bed been Paid by Mr. Martin. If the Hon. and Learned Gas.leman (raid lie) thinks be can put me down by any fuch infinuations as he has juR made, he will find hingelf mittaken. He lays that my name is conneded with jots-1 de. e that Honourable and Learned Gentleman to (hew the inttance in any part of my life in which I was conneded with and jobs. An the rewards I have received from the public are known to the pub/ie.—l never put the public to the expellee of a tingle thinks that is not publicly known. Whether I am under or over rewarded is another que'• don. Over rewarded I have been, I am willing to admit; bat Rill I fay, that the public have not been put to a tingle Wiling of es pence on my account, politically or privately, that is not publicly known. If I had concealed any reward that I had from the public, I Mould think tnyfelf the molt (can dalous perfon in this country. Mr. MARTIN laid, that he would, as long as he had the ho nour of a feat in that Houfe, fpeak his fentiments freely on any public topic; and, with the permitBon of the Houle, be would (peak as freely, though always, he crafted, in a manner becoming a gen tleman, of any Member of thu Houfe. Mr. WINDHAM obferved, that, after the (train of vehemence and irony, after the woman's war in which two of the Gentlemen on the other fide had indulged, it was necelfary to make a few fiber remarks. It was ken then, that there were two Counties; the one had, and the other had not a Sheriff; the nest thing to be deem was, had the one as good a right to be provided with fuel an officer as the other? On that head, they had, for Matinee, the tef (tawny of a gentleman from Suthcrlandthire ; for initance, that that County contained Woo° inhabitants, and extended from kat° Ica. Would any one contend that it was not right that this Coun ty Ihould have a Sheriff?—Then, is to a Medical Profeffor, let us not delude ourfelvea, by giving way tb the conceit that this office was imaginary; as it is known, that in other countries upon the Continent, as enlightened as our own, there was an appointment of aradly the fame nature and defeription in every Univerfity that was melt dittinguiatecL Then, as to the manner of the appoint ment t—woule. any one pretend to fay. that it had the appearance of a corrupt motive. to grant a place to a friend, not for life, but during pleafure ? What was that, not during their own, but during other people's pleafore, as the friend was left at the mercy of the ant Minifter that came into power. Mr. HUSKISSON objected to the pennon granted to Mr. Pon fonby,the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland. which, be kid, was not done in the fame form as thole which had been granted to other Chancellors on retiring from office. Lord H. Parry ;aired the Houfe, that if there was any dif ference it was purely accidental. Mr. ADAM, in reply, kid, that Lord Cullen, who was a molt honourable man, wrote to him on the Bth of April, do', requelt ing him to go to the Duke of Portland, and (peak to him of hi. pennon. He afterwards told him in converfation that he had brought to the Duke of P.'s mind every eircumftance conneeted with his petition. He regretted that he was under the neeeffity of calling the attention of the Houle to this point; but the Houfe would fee that it was an ad of juftice for him to do fo ; he did not aceufe any one of having Paid what was wrong, bat there might be a failure of memory in a particular inftance. But, above all things, he was molt particularly lorry that the two legal adrift:* of the Crown for Cut part of the kingdom (the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General) had declared that in their judgment an office ought to be "honied becaufe the officer did not attend and do his duty. Did not this conk(' that they were in tome degree culpa ble in not having "dirtied the difmiffal of thefe officeni It appeared by their coofelion,if correct, that the men, and tot the place, were in the wrong. It was alto to be obferved that the Sheriff's Depute mould be juris.perlti, as well as that they Ihould be diligent in the performance of their duty; but he had known a (urgent. in Kinrofs, to fill that office fur fifteen years; yet the refponfible law officers, Inhofe duty it was to do 10. did not take any notice of this circunaltance. There crown lawyers Ihould confider a moment before they scatted his Majefty's late Government, of having been over greedy in their parfait of patronage. If that bad been the cafe, would thole very Gentlemen thentfelves have been fuffered to remain in office during the late Adminittration I The profefforthip then was begun, nadir in the fame manner that Dr. Blair', pro. kilbrthip of rhe;bric was firtt begun. Each of than gave private leaner' firlt, were molt highly approved of by the molt eminent judges, and the profefforthip of them commenced. In this, as in all ether cafes, Earl Spencer was a molt truly impartial friend to literary merit. If this was termed a job, he witted to fee it fitted to the very bran. Mr. HUSKISSON, after briefly commenting on the error which he Rated had occurred in the warrant granting Mr. POO. fonby good, per annum on receiving the feats, moved, that copies of all the Warrants granting Penfions to Chancellors in England and Ireland, Once the year aim, be laid before the Houfe. I.ord HOWICK Paid, that the Houk could not but be fenfible of the qualifications"poffeffed by the Hon. Gentleman for ditcharr big the duties of inquiry. He (Mr. Hulkiffon) was perhaps the belt qualified of any Gentleman upon that (the Treafury) bench, for concluding an inveitigstion into the nature of grants, that there could not be found among the prefent Miniflers one who did not hold tome place, or bad not in expedtance tome contingency, yet among them all, lardy none could be found better qualified for cor roding all errors with refped to grants, than the Hon. Gentleman. As to Mr. Poofonby, all who knew that diftinguithed charader, knew that he would be incapable of holding any thing which he could not hold with honour and with juftice, and that he would (eons to avail Mulletf of any error or infurrnality that might have crept into the grant; but it mutt be obvious to the public that this was nothing more than a pretence to divert the attention of the public from the Finance Committee—Ricer, bear!]-'from the means to which Minitters had rcfotted to (ecure their own majo. rity in that Committee--[Hear, hear !] — Their Median of Mr. Sharp and Mr. Lambe, who h ad been the molt alive, vigilant. and atthntive men on that Committee—too waive, too vier lent, perhaps; for, if he remembered rightly, both thole Wised. able men had taken a leading part in oppo6ng the memorable job with which the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer thought to have comnsenced his minifterial career, and which that x /In to jobs would have carried Into effete, had it not been for the virtue of thejatc Parliament—[Hear, hear!)—Let it be remem bered too, that the profeeutor of Lord Melville was excluded front that Committee ; and, above all, let it not be forgotten, that thr. fubititute of that Gentleman was one who had, in that profecution, taken a widely different part. And if all that be but a pretence, who might with more juftice be charged with mil; leading the public t As to the infinuaticms which he was fo much in the habit or hearing from Gentlemen oppofve, againft the late Minifters, he had only to repeat, t►at he challenged inquiry. Let them not innovate, but fpeak openly, and if they brought fadsfac tory evidence agalnft his own brother, upon that evidence Ihould he convid him. Peculation was a charge that the molt rant, or molt inveterate enemy of the late Mlnifters, dare not even intl. nuate againft them. Among their many alledged crimes, peeula • don was not to be found—they [corned its grolibefs as they ab. horred it. It might, perhaps, Cave only to revive unpleafant re. colledions, to attempt to apply loch lengoage to all thole con. neded with the prefent Mini&Tentetwithftanding the ilmederifig accsferr. He (Lord Howick) bad his fears that t►is blunder was too thread by half in the produdion and application of his proofs, to the Charge that Houle had preferred,- before the firft Tribunal In the country. Sorry • was be to withers the general (pint of attack and recrimination whoefed within that Houle—tit was not a feafon for ft—but when one p asty was continually throwing out dark and ambiguous hints, threet ening to expofe a foenething here, and to detedt a founding there--perhaps the belt, the unit manly way to raft foch vague attacks was by bold, refs, and dlred oppondeamtis anfwer hints by fads, and "fen clth cries" by a &swag •gbh immediate inquiry. He begged pardon of the Houle for trefpaf. nog fo long at fo late an hour; be had been - hurried to *greater length than he had intended to have gone, but it was not oafil , for a man to keep his temper, when he beard of charges and sash does. aqd law what kind of men they were that preferred them. Mr. HUSKISSON, in esplanadow, denied that k had fald any thing in the flightett degree derogatory to the late Chaecenoe Ponfonby, for whom he profeffed the molt unfeigned refpedt. The motion was then anal toi..-Adjourood at /Wpm* is.. LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 3. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Cdufols, for July 6311—Reduced 6211--Oretniuns 11 pr. Exchequer 11iUs, par to 3s. diL PRICE OF STOCKY YESTERDAY : _ 3 p. Ct. Red Ann. 62ift 3 per Cent Copr Ann. that 4 Pe* Ccnt• gotii lqng Annuities t 7 tt-t6ttis Eidia Bencli ‘ ZS. i S. pram Imp. Ann. 7 9-i6ttict . Bacheq. Bills, es. a is. a 34.. dif. Omnium / pre. par Lottery Tickets 191. 171 . i Cairo's for ace. 63+1i It has been confidently afferted, that a private letter has been received from Konigfberg, of the date of tht 17th ult. Rating, that the battle of the 1011, fo far from having terminated in the defeat cf the Ruffians, was decidedly in favour of the Allies, and will eventually prove much to their advantage—that only a part of the Ruffian army was engaged ; and that•they fell back as a matter of prudence, and not from defeat. We with we could add, that we have been able to trace this Ilatement to an authentic fuurce—but on the contrary, we have reafun to believe that no fuch letter has been received. The repott, that government had received dif patches from Lord HUTCHINSON, relative to the battle of the 14. th is, we underhand, altogether un founded : indeed, Minifiers have received no official account whatever, of the tranfadions of that day. THE EXPEDITION. RAMSGATN, JULY 2. " The number of tranfports which failed yefierday morning from the Downs was ezattly one hundred and three, exclufive of three gun brigs their convoy. In conefquence of light baffling winds, about thirty fail brought up left night off the North Foreland ; but the wind blowing from the Weil this morning, fi on carried them ought of fight, and they are all now, with a fine rattling breeze, confiderably advanced on their voyage. " A number of light tranfports are daily coming into the Downs ; and another embarkation of troops is Rill fpoken of as likely to take place ; but neither troops nor tranfports are yet arrived here for that purpofe ; nor have any orders to that effeft been re ceived at Canterbury. The regular force now there cnnfias of the ad Heavy Dragoons, of the King's German Legion, one troop of Englifh Horfe Artil lery, two companies of Foot Artillery, three Brigades of Drivers, and two troops of the Waggon Train." g , DEAL, JULY a. " Arrived the PELICAN floop, with a number of tranfports under her convoy, which are to fail wi►h the remainder of the German Legion, compofirg the thhd divifinn." • THE ARMY. The Weft York Militia, mufteting about 1100 effeCtive men, (lately from Scotland) are to be quar tered at Margate, Brnadllairs, and Canterbury. The Firft Divifion of them marched into Margate, on Tlattrfday laft, from Deal Barracks. The 121 k Regiment of Light Dragoons, which has been Rationed for time Tome pall at Hythe and Dover, began their route this morning for Hounflow. They are to be replaced at Hythe and Dover by the 16th. • We are concerned to learn, that the Egyptian Ophthalmia is committing dreadful depredations in our army in Sicily. Of fome regiments, one half the ftrength is laid up by this truly pellilential difnrder. ...The Marquis of HUMTLIT is to be allowed to take.with him to Egypt his own regiment, the 42d, or Royal Highlanders, who have fo glorioufly tingulfbed themfelves on fo many remarkable occa• (ions, from the days of Wocrs to the Conquefl of Egypt, by the immortal ASERCROM see. The. Foot Guards will be among the firft part of the ►iritifh troops embarked for Stralfund; and all the world kntrws what may be expetted from their well known fame. It is laid, that after two Brigades of Light, one Brigade of Heavy Cas*lry will be em• barked. The sd battalion of the soth regiment, commanded by Lieutenant. Colonel STUART, are daily expelled at Deal from Guernfey. A few days ago, the sd battalion of that very fine regiment the 38th, the tli battalion of which fo highly ditlinguithed themfelves at Monte Video, embarked for Guernfey ; there to be completed and fitted for foreign fervice, under the eye of the gallant Sir Jottot DovLs, Bart. This battalion at prefent is only aoo firong. On Friday, the sd Battalion of the 4th Foot, Soo bong, embarked at Portfmouth fur Juicy, and fail ed immediately. Along with the South Amercian fleet, with troops, which failed from Portfmouth a few days ago, went Generals CLAVERING and TURNIR, of the Guards, appointed to the Staff of the South American Army ; the Honourable Colonel GasvaLca, to join the 38th Regiment; gad Dr. Panay, General WarrLocas's Mineralogia. The 56th and 78th Regiments are quartered at Bombay ; the 65th at Surat ; and the 84th and 86th at Goa. The 54th are at Wallajabad. The 38th, 47th, 4oth, 87th; gth, and t 7th Light Dragoons, with part of the Rifle Regiment, are at BuenosAyres. Lately died at Surat, in India, Major Galsrix, of the 65th regiment ; Dr. WK. az La, Surgeon, Ea* India Company's (crake. At Madras Liam. Moost a, of the 3441 regiment. NAUTICAL INTL ENG& PALMOt2TH, JUNE 30; —Sailed his Majefty's (hip TIMMS with leveret vcffeis under convoy, to join his Maj;Ry's (hip Jut.ta, with a fleet for the Weft Indies, which appeared off this port at C.tven P. M. PLYMOUTH, JULY I.—Came in the DRYAD, of 36 guns, from the coati of Ireland. Sailed the Fatima or WALES, of 98 guns, to join the Channel Fleet ; Symptom, of 18 guns, on a cruise i Little Catherine, Dana Indianian, from Bengal, bound to Copen. hagen. , PORTSMOUTH, Jute 2.—Arrived his Majelly's (hip thaws, from Guernfey.—Wind W.N W. Dwelt, JULY 2.—Palled by this day his Majeßy's (hip NASSAU, having under her protettion ten Eatt India (hips from China and Bengal, and two South Sea Whalers.—Wind S. W. and moderate. SHEERNERS, JULY 2 —The ALACRITY brig is OT. dered to'fail with the Trade for the B..ltic on Toe(' day next, the 7.11 inft. A convoy for Tonningcn is appointed for the fame day. Dam., Jinx 2.-1 he Mo*nsiTo has captured and lent into the Downs, by the DESPRE ATE gun brig, a (mall fmnggling boat belonging to F.)llotone, with about 260 kegs, which have been Way lodged in the Cußotn•houfe warehoufe. Sailed the PI:LICAN floop for the Nnre, and ACUTE gun brig, on a cruize.— Arrived the BUSTLE* gun brig (torn a cruize, and remains in the Downs with the (hips as per Wind S.W. P. S. Jun artived his Majefly'b fhip NASSAU, with the homeward bound Ea% India fleet PASSENGERS TER ALNWICK CASTLE—Captain aid Mrs. Weft and Soo, his Majefty's 33d regiment ; Captain Curzeu, late of the Tillicherry. PASSENGERS PER Essex—Major Harris, Lieutenant Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Wy brow, Mr. and 'Mrc. • PAWENGIRS PER DAVID Scorr—Enfign H Woodcock. of the Bombay Infantry ; Mr. J. Hogan. Major Fenwicke, his Ma. jefty's 34th regiment ; Mrs. Morrifon and Son. PASSENGERS ran Czaap—Lieutenant Bmm, Bombay Infantry. PASSENGERS PER WALDARR CASTLE...Mr DrUIRDIODd, Cap tains Miutofh, Gibfon and Tbodipron. • PASSINGRIS Pula LADT M. gINCLAII....LiEUCLIDL Cray, Royal Navy, Mrs. Gray. PASSENORREPER Slt Wm BansLity—Nfiftrefies Blnny,Sluip. fon and Stapleton ; Mcffrs. A. Hinny, J. W. Grant and Brown: Captain 1. a Morris; Meffrs Nachbar Gad Bland ; Mitres Hans, Stapletoa. Blackmores, Gibbs and Binny ; Mallets Simeon, WU.. lons. M'Eutire, Hutter and Game. PASSINGIRS PER WINCIIRIARA....Mr PASSINGRRS rat EovataaTes.-.l.ieutenant renter, Captains' Deare and Saul, his Majelty's Bth Rcg:asent Light Dragoons; Lieutenant Item, his Majefty's 33d Regiment; Mrs Hilton, Mrs. and Mife Purvis, Mr. C. Eliot ; Captain T. Thompfon of his Ma jolly', 3gl Regiment; Lieutenant Pattinger. his Maj eßy's as th Regiment Dragoons; Miltreffes Recon and Saul, and Mite A. Fell. Alexander, Captain Franklin, was loading in Bengal in January for Europe. The &fp Bengal, Catnine, was in January at Benpl, preparing to fail fnr Madras. icel-lughlnilis„ Fairfax, was at Bengal the Toth January. • Lady Jane Dundas, Bengal, Hugh Inglis, Lord Crlllereagh, Marchionefs of Exeter, Marquis of Weßacy and Monarch, arrived at Bengal the it rth of December, under convoy of his Najdly's (hips MACASSER and DA3Hlft. Lord /sltlfon, Marquis WeHalley and Marchionefs of Exeter were to proceed from Bengal to Madras, with his Majelty's 3oth regiment. FROM LI.OYD'. LIST. GRAVESEND, JULY a.—Sailed the Boyd, Langhton, fcr Ja maica ; Monte Video, Seaton, for Peteriburgb ; Fame, Bennett ; and the Loulfa, Stickford, for Toni:him. Early yellerday morning the Duke of Yolk ar. rived at Windfor, and lard before his Majedy the Monthly Account of the ArMy. His Royal High. ads afterwards rode on horfeback with his blindly, the Duke of CAMBAIDGB, the Priaceffes AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AIIi4LIA, &c. &c. Yeftcrday a board was held at the A Imiralty for paint; fcamen and marines into G. een wich Hofpital. Yefterday Sir HOPIII POPHAM Attended at the Ad miralty, previous to his leaving Town to take upon him the command, to which he was lately appointed. Lord Wt LLIAM STSWAtT is appointed to the com mand of the Amiable frigate, and Captain Urros to the Mercury frigate. Yefterday Lieutenart WILLIAM Cut.trs was tried by a Court Martial, at Portfmouth, for the lofs of his Majefly's late fchooner WAGTAIL, at the Weßern Melds, and honourably acquitted. A letter from an Officer in General CRAWFULD 9 II expedition, dated St. Helena, 25th April, Rates, that an opinion generally prevailed among the troops, that the Ft: 'loop had brought out orders for them to take pofieffion of the Brazils. It is n'w known that the Mauritius was their original deftination, and it is fuppofed that it was altered for the Rio de la Plata. Bairns klavr..—.The following is the atnotot and diftritm don of the Britt Mani forte up to this day. At lea, 75 thipe of the lice—go from so to 44 gwts--rto friptes—.4s4 hoops, attorand 171 gun brigs and other reffeb.....ifotal port and fitting, guardlhips, eite.-64 (hips of the Una-8 from so to 44 guns -42 frigates-6o hoops, &c.—and 45 gao brigs and other veffels—total Chips of the line•so frigates--26 hoops, etc.—and 4 gun brigs and otber, reffels.- Total tudinary.44 (hips of the lina—is front so to 44 guns-55 frigates-42 hoops. &c.—end i 6 gas brigi-.4nd other t 72—Grand total tosS• For fome years, Lottery Clubs, from not experi encing any dillinguithed fuccefs, were on the de. ; but in confequence of the rich favours which Fortune bellowed. in the la& Lottery, on the mem. hers of three clubs, thefe Societies for ("irked ad venture are again becoming general both in town and country. This circnmllance will largely contribute to exhauft the prefent Lottery market of Tickets and Shares, efpecially as the Scheme has the greateft Prises, with the fewefl numbers and blanks, ever ex perienced. OLD Barta*..--Yefterday eleven prifoners were tried, one of whom was capitally convicted, viz. Richard Wooethateb, for dealing a cow, value to!. the property of Thomas Blifs. Eight were convicted of felony, viz. Margaret Bryan, fur &ging a (howl, the property of George Hammond, and another fhawl, the pro. r petty of William Godden ; Mary Trafb, for dealing two flyer watches, value 395. the property of Eleanor Bryan ; John Pitt:, for dealing a 11. bank note, 141. 6d. in flyer, and a tobacco box, the property of Wm. Brazier; Mary . *..prirott, for dealing one quart peseta pot, value is. 6d. the property of Samuel Ba con : Sarah Snobs, for - Realtog two woollen cloth coats, the property of Robert Stone ; Rokrt )fiZetas e for embezzling five 11. bank notes, the ptopetty of bia wader, John French ; Jacob Antill, for dealing a loot pitcher, end other articles, the property of Wants and Francis North ; Richard Posaert, for aealWg a film watch, the property of William Fowler... And two were acquitted. . nt a$ or