Star. — London, England, 1807-03-19 00:00:00

PHILANTHROPIC ANNI3I Ps - INSTITUTION, Pall-Mall. DIRECTORS. Sir Jas. Cockburne, of Langton, G. F. Stratton, Ifq. Bart. Under Secretary of State John Edward Bateman, Efq. Sir M M Lopes, Bart. Luder Hoffham, Efq. lames Wright, Efq. John Prowett, Efq. HONORARY DIRECTORS. Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart. John Gofling, Efq Banker, James Patterfon, Efq. Marlborough Samuel Sketchley, Efq. John Goodacre, Efq. Banker, Philip Palmer. Efq. Lutterwort h Thomas Hague, Efq. Banter, R. Green, Efq. Banker, Malton Huddersfield Mu tton Buzzard, Efq. Banker, Lutcerworth. THIS INSTITUTION is limited to One Million In Shares of 201. payable by fultalments, to be inverted on well fecured Annuities, and will produce to the Subferibers 8 per cent. in perpetuity, as the principal being always infured wilt never be loft. Tt.is lnftitution gives an opportunity of inverting money to the greattft advantage. The farings of any perfon who can put by Los. once in fix weeks.will imperceptibly amount to an ufeful fum, and perfons in higher circumftances, may invert to,ocol at once, to bear an annual produce of 8 per cent. befides a bonus, which . . . . - . will wife periodically from the Life Infurances. To Benefit Societies this in Ritution will be nighty advantageous, as by investing their Money therein, they slay inereafe their prin cipal if they chute, by applying the furplus of their lntereft above five per cent. for that purpofe, and the Dividends may be received half yearly. It having been refolved to increafe the Shares, the Books will be kept open for that purpofc. The Inftalments now due are One Pound per Share, being two Inftalments of Ten Shillings each 'Share, which, or payments in full, are received by Meffrs. Hodfoll and S'irling, Bankers, io the Strand ; Wits. Prefeott, Grote, and Go. Bankers, Threadneedle-arm, and at the Houfe of the infti tution. It F. THOMPSON. • This day was publilbed, price as. PLEASURE : Its Tendency to deprave the Um derftsntling, the Heart, and the R eliginus Principle: A FAST SERMON, preached at St. James's Church, Batb,on Wednaday, February as, 1807. By the Rev. R. WARNER. Sold by Cuthe!l and Martin, Middle-row, Holborn. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE DHTCH PAPERS. VIENNA, FEB. 25.—General Vincent is Ilill at the French head-quarters. Couriers arrive from him daily, and the difpatches they bring occafion frequent meetings of the Cabinet, which are in general at tended by his Majelly, or the Archduke Charles. According to the laft accounts from Dalmatia, every thing is Bill tranquil there. The Ruffians re tain poirefflon of Cattaro and Caftlenuovo, but appear to have no hoffile operations in cnntemplation. The French are at Ragufa and Spalatro. The former place is daily more firongly fortified by them. It is thought that the troops afrembled in Frionl are def. tined for Dalmatia. The Auffrian expedition under the command of General Bellegarde, has not yet left the neighbouring ;Bands. Our Court Gazette of this day, contains the fol lowing article " (Miran Pacha of Wlddin, known by the name of Pafwan Oglntl, celebrated for his military talents, his enterprizing fpirit, and she l'ucctfsful defence which he made in his town again ft the United Pewee of the Turkifh Empire, died on the sth of February. By his death, Ruffia is freed from a formidable enemy; who, though he had not publickly declared himfelf, bad made preparations within the walls of Widdin, for ading againft that Power. Mug'. tapha-Bairadar, Aran of Rutfchuck, who can march 16,cm traps again(' the Ruffians, has 33 yet done nothing that dt.ferves notice. General Michelfon Rill remains in his concentrated poficion, but he has detached a,cco men from Ws bead quarters at Bucharelt,to reinforce his advanced guard. 'I he Servian Infurgents have as yet taken no part in the important events." FPB. zB.—The following article has appeared in the Court Gazette of this day : _ _ a As fucceffors to Ofman Pacha . (Pafwan OgIon), in the Go vernment of Widdin, twe officers arc mentioned, viz. Mehtnifch Aga, and Molja, the Lift of whom is noted for the cruelties he committed during the difputes which !Wotan had with the Porte and the neighbruring Pachas. Fach el there competitors have a nnmemus party, and have already come to blows. It kir Paths is appointed to the command of all the troops dellined to defend the Dardanelles, and r yen the Admiral of the Fleet is placed under him. Betides the (hips of war which are lying in the Road and Canal of Conftantinople, nine other (hips are fitting out in the ar fetish, and are almoft ready for tea. In the beginning of April the Grand Seignior is to join the army with the ftand-trd of Ma- Irtmet. The rcinforecruents of Afiatic troops, which are deftined fur the army, arrive very novel> , in confequence of the dittancc they have to march. It is underftond that the Ottoman troops have obtained tome advantages over a Ruffian prty, which had ad wnsccd into the neighbourhrod of Siliftria. rhe Turkifli Com mander has fent to Conftanrinople the heads of fevcral Ruffians, who were killed in the actions where, accordirg to ancient cultism they were placed. on the aid ot Jaruary. on the principal gate of the Seraglio. The fleet of the Erglith Admiral Collingwoosl, is et pears' in the Dardanelles. The Ruffian fleet under the command of A dmiral Seniavin, which cruizes in the fold* and Egens Seas, has been reinforced by three fh , ps of the line and nine frigates." According to letters from 'Fritlle, Genetal Bel legarde has arrived there in the Ertlus ; the unfa vourable Rate of his health has obli_led him to aban- Con the expedition under his command, which is now in the harbour of GA tippana. General Von Lutz has the command ad interim. In the end of last wtelc an officer arrived here from the garrifon Semlin, with difpatches for Count Stadion, our Minilier for Foreign Affairs. FRANKFORT, MARCH s.—Yeacrday arrived here :oo Ruffian rrifot,ets, under efcort of a French de tachment. There are no other Pruffian troops in Silelia, except thole that are shut up in the fortrelfes of Niche, Crrzel, Glatz and Silber berg. The born hArdment of the firil of thefe places, has wlread7 commenced. It is one of the Brenta towns in St as the country round it can be lAid under water. Awls MOAN, MARCH 13.—We learn that a COM mcicial Treaty has been concluded between the Kings of Italy and Bavaria, the Grand Dukes of i'mden and Berg, and the Prince of Neufchatel. It very probable that all the remaining Pi inces of the (Infester auon of the Rhine will accede to this treaty. The French letters and papers of the gth, contain ,•, thirty of importance. . _ _ phial. 14.—The French papers of the ,oth cnotgia no news. The 5 per Cent. Confols. i.h booed horn the 22d September, 1806, was at - 1.t.60c. The fame Soak for the sad March, was at so. - NAP L F S, Fie t 7.—ln the beginning of this month i at ditpracs occurred at Aleflina and other places, ou etc the Englah and Sicilian troops, in which ...e la. tdr were lopported by the inhabitants. In one ht which place betwe..tu them at Mama, ~ty men were killed, among whom was MI Englills - iatf Officer. sit sty, FEB. t2.—On the night of the 6th in twelve steads laden with t it and r i ce f a il e d our pert, bound, as is fuppofed, for Ventee.— •i'hey had, however, Itaite failed 4 mile when they ..ere captured by the Englifla and Rudian !hips cruia i,,g on this part of the coati. Yeli;rday the Britilh Conful notified, that the Ad iral commanding the Englint tquadrun, bad se ceived orders from London to put all the harbours in Italy sander blockade; and that the Merchants and Shipmaflers of Ttiefle mull regulate thetnfelves ac cordingly. It is not yet known whether this blockade extends to the neutral ports and (hips. FROM THE HAMBURGH AND ALTONA PAPERS. BERLIN, FEB. 2S.—Authentic intelligence from Stettin dates, that the town of Stargard was attack ed on the f 6th of this month, by a Pruflian corps, confiding of Soo infantry, 200 cavalry, and 3 pieces of cannon, belonging to the garrifon of Colberg ; all the efforts of this detachment to enter the town were fruitlefs ; it was repulfed at all points after a bra fire, and purged to the neighbour blind of Maffpw- It had 3o men wounded and 14 killed, of whom two officers remained upon the field of battle ; there is befides in the hofpital one officer and 8 foldiers ; the French had two killed and fome wounded. General Teulie let out on the night of the 18th from Mallow, and appeared at break of day before Neu garten. There is near that town a kind of morals very deep, in the midfl of which is a height of firm land, upon which the enemy had erected a red-•ttbt ; in the impollibility of palling this morals, either by land or water, and of being able to tutn it, it was tefolved to attack it in front. When the neeeltary materials were colleaed for filling up the ditch and making a road, Colonel Boyer put himfelf at the head of the fufileers of the guard, in this new road, overcame all °banks, and was the third who arrived on the ene my's parapet, in fpite of the violent fire, which did not ceafe an innant ; the redoubt was carried in five minutes, and the French were mailers of the town ; the enemy left his cannon, and left near too killed on the field of battle ; 138 prifoners were taken ; the lois of the French confirit in 3 killed and 22 wound ed ; the Gendarmc.ie on dory behaved extremely well on this occarion.—LAbeille du ford, 66 March. BRANDVNBVICH I FEY. 28.—The Guard de Re• ferve of the Emperor Napolenn arrived at Berlin the 24th of this mcnth ; it comes knt) Paris, and is def.. tined to Warfaw, where Gen. Gnovion is Governor, and from whence Marflial Mall'ena fet out on the 18th. Poste, Fla. 24.—1 n the entitle of lall week 3000 recruits were preffed at Vienna and in the fubiltbs. The whole number of recruits levied in the Aultrian dominions amounts to 4.o,ooo.—liamburgh Correlp. 6tb of March. VIENNA, Fri. 18.—Intelligence from the iron tiers of Turkey, dated the 7th of this month, Rates that the Ruffian army, under the command of Ge neral Michelfon is marching (trait to Conftantinople, and is already at Georgia, beyond Widdin, where it engaged a Turkith corps, and killed 8000 men, but it full:tined itfelf a leis of 3000. The Servians appear to have made only a feeming peace with the Turks ; betides, they have not yet given op to the latter Belgrade nor Schabatz ; and it is not doubted but that they will join the Ruffians, as loon as thefe (hall have pallid the Danube, and appeared on the other fide Widdin. There was late ly a heavy difcharge of artillery towards Schabatz. FEBRUARY 21.—The Ruffian Ambaffador re ceived on the 18th, a courier from General Effen, which brought intelligence that there had been, near Mohringen, a legions affair between the French and Ruffian Army ; and that it terminated in favour of the latter. In the night of the fame day a courier arrived here from General Bennigfen with the news, that a great battle had been fought near Pruffian Eylau ; in which the Ruffians had the advantage. VERONA, FEB. 16.—Nothing important has yet taken place between the French and the Ruffian's in Dalmatia, and the Auftrian corps which was to have occupied Cattaro, is Rill is the Minds near Ragufa. Fite French army of obfervation which is in Fi iuli and Ittria receives every day reinforcements from Upper Italy, but it has not yet made any movement towards Dalmatia. It feems that it waits for final orders from the Emperor Napoleon to ad in concert' with the Turks. ANCONA. FER. Is.—The Nan of Jenina, in con fcquence of orders trom the fublime Purte, will pro. ced to Ragufa, with a corps from 8 to to,coo men, for the purpofe of joining General Laurillon.—Our port is not blockaded either by the Ruffians or the• Englifh, but they frequently appear in fight, for the purpofe of looking after enemy's (hips, which they cond:let to Cattaro, where there are at prefent more than zo Neapolitan ptizes.-4kille du Word. CONSTANTINOILE, JAN. 24.-It is known that a Ruffian Corps of to,ooo men is at Bucharefl, and it is preparing to attack Giurgevo, which is fituated on the other fide of the Danube, oppofite Ruzink ; that fortrefs has been put in the belt Gate of defence.— Pehlivan Aga has diftinguithed himfelf againft the Ruffians near Ifmail; he defeated a corps cf 3000 men, and has fent here 250 heads and Soo prifoners. AM& du Nord. JAW. as.—Much has been laid of a fruitlefs at tempt of the Ruffians to &nail) poffetficn of the for: trefs of Iftnail ; and it is 7eported that the Ruffian commanding Officer fummoned the. Commandant-to open the gates. A report is alfo current that the gar rifon made a fuecefsful fortie, and took about woo prifnners, among whom was a general. But as no prifi ners have yet arrived, the report of that viaory feems to be withont foundation.—No certain intelli gence has yet been received whether Prince Ypfilanti, on his return to &dwell, carried himfelf to be pro claimed King of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Reif arabia ; the confirmation of that intelligence is there. fore daily expefted.—As to the number of Ruffian troops which have occupied the laid provinces, it items to be much exaggerated. .According to a more probable account, the corps which has a6lually penetrated into the Turkith dominions, does not el ceed 30,000 men, while an army of mine than 80,000 men wrong, has halted on the left banks of the Dnci.t Oct.—The Turkifb fqtradron, which is Rationed off Bajoulcdera, where new batteries have alfo teen crated, is daily increafiog. It confißs already of 3o fail, Bof which are (hips of the line. The Poste has alfo demanded of the three Governments of Barbary, fuccours of 30 Chips of war.—The Engle& line of battle (hip, Cattily. which took the Ruffian. Ambaffador, Prince Italitifiry, as far as the Droda. miles, has there conic to anchor. The Prince went afterwards on board a frigate belonging to the tame Iquadron, and proceeded to Malta.—liamburgh Carry torukrsi, 6t6 PzIRL7 i IMENTA R r P ROCA E DINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH :S. In the Appeal " Millie v White," on the motion Of the Lord Chancellor, the judgment 6f the Court of Seffion war affirmed. Mr. HOIHOUSt. Mr %AI/MONT, and feveral other Members of the Houk of Commons brought op the Sugar Drawback Bill, the Paddington Canal Coal Bill, the Bahama Salt Bill, and Come private Bills, which were read a firft time. Mr. Jouiasow, from the Commiffioners of Inquiry in Ireland. prefeoted the grh Report. which was ordered to lie on the table. Lord GRENVILLE relented fcveral Papers relating go the Army. moved for on a former day, which were ordered to be printed. SULU TRADE. Mr. WILItItTORCL, LordVifeount Howlett, aryl revert! other Members of the Houfe of Ottumwa, brought up the Slave Trade Abolition Bill, agreed to with Amendments. Lord GRF.NVILLE called t‘e attention of the Houle to this imporant fubjedt, which he confidered one of the molt importat.t that could occupy the attention n' their Lordfhips. With rcfpetSt to the Amendments made in this Bill, he was fati•ficd that they were calculated to carry its principles better into effcdt. It was, however. oceeffary that time fhould be given for confideratlon, and he therefore moved that the Bill. With the Amendments, be print ed.—Ordered. His Lordfhip then flared, that if the prints mould be on the table before Monday, he fbould move the couildrration of the Amendments on that day. ADMINISTRATION I'VJUSTICH IN SCOTLAND. Lord GRENVILLE Paid, that in confequence of what had paiTed in the late dircuffinn of this meafore, and of the confideratitm which he had fince been en abled to give to the fobjett, he thought it would be more advifahle to empower the Committee to fepa rate all that part of the Bill, which related to Trial by Jury, from the other part, which related to the di yifion of the Court of Seflion, into Three Chambers, and the formation of a Court of Review. He thought this mode would be better than that of which notice had been given on the former night of difcttffion by a Noble and Learned Lord, namely, to firike out in the Committee all the asides which related to Trial by Jury, as if this latter mode was adopted, it might 'lead to a fuppolition that it was intended to abandon altogether the propofed introduetion of Trial byJury. On the contrary, he hoped that that part of the plan would ultimately be adopted by their Lordfhips. As huvvever, there was considerable difference with !Te pee to the means of carrying this defirable (Neil into effect, and as, with refpea to the divifion of the Court of Seflion into three Chambers, there was fcarcely any difference of opinion, and but little or, the fub• jed of the formation of the Court of Review, thefe parts of the plan might be adopted with much leis delay, if confidered in a feparate Bill, than ft they remained incorporated with the claufes relating to trial by. Jury. He fhould, therefore, move to poll pone the Committee to Monday, intending on that day to move the inftration which he had before Rated, and in the confideration of that part of the fubjea refpetting the divifinn of the Court of Seflion, and the Court of Review, it was his intention to pro. pole feveral Amendments. Lord ELDON thanked the Noble Lord fir having thus given further time for the confideration of that part of the fubjeft, which was involved in confider. able difficulty, namely, the trial by Jury. He had no doubt, that the trial by Jury might in tome cafes be beneficially introduced into Scotland ; but great confideration would be required with refpeß to the means of carrying it into effe&, in order that it might not produce injury inand of good. With refpeft to the other part of the fubjeft, he would give it every confideration in his power, and endeavour to come to that refult which, whilft in his judgment would tend to remedy the evil that citified, would not violate the Ael of Union. He doubted whether the Court of Review fhould not be rather fought in the chain bets of the Court of Sefton, (honor to our Court of Exchequer Chamber, with relation to the Courts in Wellminfier Hall, than rendered a dißindt Court fu• perior to the Court of &Rion, which he was inclined to think not cordiftent with the articles of Union. The LORD CHANCELLOR declined entering at prefent into a detailed confederation of the fubjee, but fit had nn doubt that in the proper (lege of the Bill he thould be able to convince their Lordthips, that the difficulties in the way of the introdullion of Trial by Jury in civil cafes into Scotland, were much lets than were apprehended ; that, on the contrary, it would be comparatively an eafy talk, whillt at the fame time it would be a molt beneficial meafure to that country. • Lord Vircount MELVILLE merely wifhed to throw out for confederation the neceffity which in his opinion elated of adopting meads to bring caufes to greater maturity in the Outer Houfe, without which he thought the propnfedmeafure would not produce any thing like the beneficial effeil expected from it. With this view he thought it would be more advifable to have only two Chambers in the Inner Houfe, whofe tole bufinefs it fhould be to review the decifions given in the Outer Houfe, where from the larger portion of time allotted to the Judges for tranfafting bufinefs, that bufinefs might be done well. If, however, it was determined to have three Chambers, he thought that one of thole Chambers thould be allotted folely to the bufinefs of the Outer Houfe, in which cafe, from the fingle refpodibility attached to the Judges, every thing that could refult from efficiency, and (min falemity of decifiun, might be expelled. His only (+jiff was that the meafure fhould undergo.the molt ferious and attentive dileuffion. The Earl of+LAUDERDALE role chiefly for the purport of doing away any impreflion that might re lish from what had been faid by the Noble Vifcnunt, that his Noble Friend who had propoted the meafure, had not given to it the moll anxious confideration.— He agreed with the Noble Vifeount in the neceffity of adopting fume means of doing the bufidefs in the Outer Houfe in a better manner, as it had been cal culated that a Lord of Seffion, in confequence of the multiplicity of other bufinefs, had only fixty-three hours in the' ear to allot to that in the Outer Houle This, however, had been provided for in the prefent plan, by which (the Three Chambers only fi tting alternately), eight Judges mi g h t a l wa y s be allotted to the bufinefs of the Outer lictfe, whilfliaccording to the propofition of the Noble Vifcount, only five could fit there. • Some further converfation took place between the Duke of M0)11'1031, Lords RIMISDALII, HOLLAND, ELD )11,. and Lord Vilcount the greater part of which tut ned upon the definition of equity, as applicable in England and Scotland. Lend Eldon having cited a decifion of the Court of Seffion ta prove the enlarged 'thicretion exercifed by that Court, although not having originally an equitable jut ifdiltion. LoreKinnaird confidered it as an ad ditional Argument fur regulating the proceedings of that Court. Lord Vircount Melville conceived that the Lift Noble Lord had argued as if it were inte n d. ed to alter the laws of Scotland. Lord Holland d e . fended his Noble Friend, and entered at fome length into a definition of Equity, a term which, in the Eng. lifh fenfe, he confidered to be inapplicable to th e praflice of the Court of Sefton, which was regulate by the difcretion of the Judges, without any of tha t rules which defined the province of Courts of Equity in England. The Committee was poilponed to Monday, f ir which day the Lords were ordered to be fummined. MUTINY DILL. Lord GRENVILLE obferving that the printed copies of this Bill were on the table, moved that it be committed on Friday.—Ordered. Adjourned till tomorrow (this day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. A meffage from the Lords informed the Houfe, that Ruh. Lord. lbtpt had agreed to the Irifh Tobacco Importation Bill, to th t Sierra Leone Company Bill, with amendments, to which this 4,„ fired the concurrence of the Houfe; to the Roy a l Mutiny .10 and to the Thames Police Bill. Colonel S rAXLIT gave notice, that be would on Friday nrrt move for leave to bring in a Bill for regul l eting and adjulting it.: Wages of Pinions employed in certain Woollen Manufsetirca Sir J. NICH9L gave notice, that he would to morrow fubtalt a motion to the Houle relative to the Regulation of Seamen's Pra t Money. Lard STOFF oats read. at the Bar, the Report of the Colcheft er Committee, declaring Robert Thornton, Efq. duly Siete:4, agt that the Petition, as far as fame relates to laid Robert Fhornts, was not frivolous or vexatious ; and silo that William Taffeta, Efq. was duly elected, and that the Petition, fo far as relates is the Paid William Tuffncil, did appear to the Committee to he in. volous and vexatious. Mr. VAN SITTA RT gave in at the bar a Special Report o u s h e Sbrcwlbury Committee, Rating the atience of one of its MCM. bers,and the cattle of fuch abfence (fudden indifpouti,oi) A cte d . A medical Gentleman attended at the bar, and prov.:d the glade of Mr. Windham (tilin, and the impoißbility. in confluencr thereof, of his attendance on Paid Committee, Letve was tbro given to the Committee to adjourn till Saturday neat. Mr. JonitsoN, from the °Mee of Chief Secretary of Ireland, gave in at the bar their Fifth Report, and alfo the Grand jury Affeffments, from the office of Chief Secretary of Ireland. too k were ordered to lie on the table, and to he printed. Lord H. Pe cry moved, that the Houfe be called oar morrow, and the defaulters committed to the cuftody of the Set. jcant at Arms —Ordered accordingly. The irith Paper Duty Bill was read a fecond time, and commit ted for to morrow. Mr. HODHOUSt brought ep the Repart of the Committee of Supply, with refpedt to the frith Loan The refolutions were L. verally put and agreed to, without any further obfervatlons. PUBLIC OrkICES IN ICOTLAND. Lord H. PETTY gave notice of a motion for to morrow, for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the Public OfEces in Scotland. ROMAN CATHOLIC OFFlChltf' BILL. Lord HO WICK rofe, and addrefled the Houfe as follows : " Sir, I tome time ago hid the honour to introduce His this Houre, a Bill for authorifing the admifßon of certain Religions Seas into the Army and Navy, and to entitle Roman Catholics, amongft others, to hold Commiftions therein, which Bill (lands is the orders of to-morrow for a fecond reading. I have altity been under the neectSty, on account of certain circumftaccs, twice to propofc to the Houfe the poftponemeta of that Bill ; and I have now to Rate to the Houfe, that, on account of thefe fame eircuniftances, I (hall not be prepared to proceed to the fecond reading tomorrow, as I fully intended. My not being able to name any particular day for the further proceedings in this Int nefs,makes me think it better aow to give notice, that I !ball not tomorrow move fur 'the fecond reading ; and in confeqiience, that order will drop, to be hereafter revived, as will be found mat pedient. lam aware, Slr, that the tootle which this meat-re has taken, mutt neeettaily attradt much attention and ohfcrvation; and that the Houfe will be naturally defiroue to have tome expla nation upon the fubjca to which I have Abided ; but all that I co at preterit fay is, that I throw mytelf upon the indulgence of the Houle (L6md crest f Hear, Hear, frees all parsers), as I feel, that soy puhlte duty does not *laborite me to do more. 1 can stun the HOufe, however, that whenever the moment arrives, when k 1 1 will be deemed proper to fay more, I mall mot fail to avail mi t& of an opportunity of explaining all my public eondua ; tat under the precept clreurcdtar.ecs, I truft I (hall not be preffed fa ther upon this fubjedt.. I mail therefore confine mytelf to Rath!, that I am not yet autborifed to fay more, than that I &all not tat morrow move the fecond reading of that WESTMINSTER PETITION. The CHANCELLOR .of the EXCHEQUER moved that the Wellmintler Petition be now taken into further confederation. The queßion being put and agreed to, Mr. SHERIDAN rofe and Paid, that he was aware that (landing in the foliation he did, he was entitled to comment, to remark, and to fum up, on all the evidence that had been adduced inafupport of the al. legations contained in the Petition now before the Houle ; he should, however wave that right—the evidence was in the hands of every Member of that Houle, and he was not anxious to add to the impreffion which teßimony of fuch a nature mutt have already produced ; he would content hinafelf with one remark, which was, that that evidence, weak and futile as it was, did not fay more to its own confufion than would have been proved by wits neffes unimpeachable, which he (Mr. Sheridan), had the Houfc thought it neceffary, was ready to bring forward. As an inßance, he (hould mention merely Mr. Weatherhead himfelf, when an inquiry was made as to his fervices in the navy, he confcffed felf not quite fatisfied with the return of the Navy Officers. A Noble Lord (Faltanne), was evilly diffatisfied, but upon different grounds. The Noble Lord teemed to think that this Mr. Weatherhead had been calumniated, and accordingly the N Lord moved for a return at once more exact and comprehenfive. What had been the Mae of this at tempt to tercue the chat after of this Mr. Weather head from this fuppofed Bander ? Why, in truth, no more than this, that he Mr. Weatherhead, had not ferved in - one ship only, but in twelve or thirteen — that he had continued in one a year—in another (hip three months—in a third, a month—in a lotion, three weeks—and in a fifth jive cia.v.r—running as it were, the gauntlet of the B.iui(h Navy ; for it ap• peared that he had been *dually guilty of defertion from each (hip, though in the fit R return it appeared that he had deferted but once. But it was not mote difficult to fix the Ration of this Naval Officer to a certain fhip, than to fix his birth to a certain place, (a laugk)—he had the fingular good fortune to be born at a number of different places---( 4l auth) -- he was borti,firil at Newcalile, he was born nes al Morpeth, and after Tome other births he was finalif lrought forth in London (a loud laugh); but there was sloothss flight ground of °Nation to the charatter of this witnefs—its the month of September 1803. he petitioned to be examined for a Lieutenantey,and to the reeommetsdatory certificate of the different Cap tains under whom he (creed, there was but one ob• namel: forgeries. He Houle the grn furdities in tho With expnfe gout. of the hn excited ; but t Houk, whethe far thole wren cy ; how far i to inquire intn ebaratier of th, `►here this evil 2 Member of clanger of pro privy councill4 how far the , rretchett, as they might ha it) in the ne garden. and I would keep hi: into any rem idea ri fubmiti invelligating t however, in co Right Honoui ment was with now through a cattle with co was, that the alert its own preferve his. Mr. SHER Mr. MICR, that he had be evidence that Petition, and f the whole was had been alw; and he could light than that nourable Gentl the evidence, conf►derahle le prevarication : the teflimony Drake. He in he had been c chafe from H thought the I fuch conduit te that a profecu fully maintain, the Houfe was content with tl on the wretche that could een as men detefial moving, That Petition were I Lord FO LI of the obfervat raeter of Wea dering the evic parts, except i appear to him vale intereft o out any found on the evider confirmed by ridan. The I duty of Mr. I previous enqui who made thel would they ha that Drake ha Mr. Sheridan, been accepted being negoci; fuch a perfon I the fails conta ral to place fo menu. He ri to impute any With regard dence, he conf home to Walli dividuals, 0, very different had done on tf free to declare been proved. the prefent ma Nlr. WHIT dared his furp Lord had mad confidered the which was Oil him, in the cle tions had beet evidence with Inv of irrrpar Feared to him witneffes had tion and falfea made moft let Gentleman ; I charges been Lord be able , had been tam of Wallis,yet t this was done He then prow which the No (tam. This ni airing Lientei was. H e h a( battle of C3l equally falfe of falfehood finely had no elfe with the fame judgmei the atrium t had keen prc witneffes, vrhe had been gui] the flighteft c but their o' '► were kite an Mr. Paull of neither he no previous en 9 brought forty