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Tir:liATHVIiiT rose, and said, the HopOurable Gentleman had no right to call upon him To speak on this more than on any other occasion. The reason why he should say nothing on the present occasion Was, that if he were to speak for an hoer, he could aid nothing to the eery able speech of the Noble Lord. Mr.. WHITBREAD observed, the Right Hon. Gentleman hid then conressed he could add nothing to what had been said by the Noble rerd, which clear• ly shewed he had not a word to say against the truth , of the charge brought by him against his Noble rela tive. The two Right Honourable Gentletraa, how, ever, were there in their places to give their silent votes against his moron. The Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. York) had not really answered one tittle of the charge. The Noble Lord, indeed, had used many arguments in the same way he had done on many former occasions, in so gentlemanly a manner as almost to disarm his antagonist. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. YOrke) had, indeed, been a little more bouncing, but not at all more convincing.— They both said, gs If you touch a hair of the Lord Chancellor's head, you must do the same by ours;' and yet they argued in such a way as to shear, that the House should not, with their consent, hurt a hair of any of them. The Right Honourable Gentleman's bouncing reminded him of a former period of his life, when he was before in office. He then bounced and talked in the same. way in support of the measures of Mr. Addington, as he now did in support of the Lord- Chancellor; at a time, too, when poor Mr: Addington Was borne down between Mr. Fox and Mr. Pitt, and when he had not only to contend against the eloquence of the former, but agaiestahe acrimony of the latter, who designated the whole ministry as a set of the most miserable creatures that ever disgraced a Go-1 vernment. That Right Hon. Gentleman had told the House, that the King, at the time alluded to in the present charge against the Lord Chancellor, was as competent to transact business• as any individual ; oti the contrary, he would undertake to say, that any act of any individual under such circumstances would have been set aside. He had been accused by the Right Hon. Gentleman of not doing his duty, in. suffering this charge to have lain seven years without. being brought forward. But he would beg the House to recollect, that when Lord Eldon told the other House, in the year 1804, that the King was well, Dr. Simmons was at that moment in attendance on the Royal person. The House, however, did not know it, nor had he the least idea of it. The Right Honour able Gentleman had adverted to his (Mr. Whitbread's) _ conduct on various Committees. He had been on se- - veral Committees with that Right Hon. Gentleman, and generally found an opponent in him. It was asked, Why he did not cross-examine the physicians before the Committee ? his answer was, why did not t►e Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Gentleman suffer him to do so. Why, when he attempted it, was he'. outvoted ? He wished to do it, and tried to do it._ Let him now only have an opportunity of cross exit-' mining the physicians before the House or before a Committee, and he would pledge himself to make out satisfactorily the wholeof his charge. The Noble Lord seemed to lay great stress on the evidence of 1)r. He berden. He did not attach so much to it, for it was in some places rather contradictory, and no Doctor could pronounceexactly upon every case. But if any private gentleman had been under such circumstances as his Majesty was in 1804, and that private gentleman had made his will, with Doctors Simmons and Willis attending him at the time, that will wouid be assuredly set aside ; aye, and even by the same Lord Chancellor Baron Eldon, if it were brought before him. Doctor Heberden then told Ministers, they must be cautious how they touched on delicate points. The Noble Lord said, that the country was at that time in danger of invasion, and therefore, it was ne cessary that his Majesty's Ministers should not suf. fer the affairs of the State to remain at a stand.— It appeared the King was well enough to talk of his private affairs, of the Duke of York's Estate Bill, and of other matters of trivial moment, but touch on the affairs of his kingdom, and he was immediately thrown into a state of violent mental de rangement. The Noble Lord talked of his Majesty's disorder not being the same in 1801 and 1804; but to whom was he committed in both these periods? —to Dr. Willis in the former year, and to Dr. Simmons and his attendants in the latter. The Noble Lord said, that every person in a cold or fever must be under a certain degree of controul;—be admitted they must; but it was not such a controul as that of Drs. Willis and Simmons. The fact was, the King had not been treated with the tenderness he ought to have been. He had been frequently brought forward in Council, for the purpose of assenting to particular measures, which greatly affected and agitated his mind. He had several times sat in Council in the morning, and been in a state of strict coercion in the evening. He had been taken from his family, and placed ia other hands. When, in the early part of the Regency sill," he (Mr. Whitbread) had asked, when had the custody of the King ? the Right Honour able the Chancellor of the Exchequer replied, 'that when. that affair was fairly before the House, he would answer• the question. That, however, be had not yet done. . He had been asked why he had not brought , this forwa: before? his answer was, that he did not know the King was under such controul as he was at that time. To this the N&.& Lord replied, would you have all public business stopped I Would you have the Mutiny act unpassed, and every thing run into confu sion ? According to t►is doctrine, whenever the King is in a state of mental derangement, though Parlia ment be sitting, Ministers may refuse to make any provision for a similar misfortune and pt iform all the acts of the Executive Government themselves ; be. cause, say they, the King has responsible advisers, and alters arils these advisers come to the Heine, and use :11 their influence to persuade it to irote against their responsibility. Mr. Whitbread recapitulated the se veral grounds of his ch ,rpe, and left it to the House to refuse his motion if they could. • . The House then divided, For the Motion st Against it l9B Maibrity fur Minlqers 117 The House then continued for a considerable time engaged in pz:vate business ; but the gallery was not again opened.—Adjourned. We understand, that while strangers were minded from the gallery, Lord Fouts - two gave notice of a motion for Friday se'nnight, on the subject of the ri=souvzx•Guirat information as geicio. • FAINCN • PAPP& SARAGOSSA, JANUARY to 'itte surrender of the important fortress of Tortoni t will produce the greatest advantages to the , military operations in the east of Spain ; it opens to the French armies the road to Valencia. It is said that Generat Suchet will enter that kingdom from Catalonia and Arragon, and that another corps of the army of the centre will proceed towards it from New Castile. We also understand that Genera) Sebastiani, who will be relieved by another corps in Granada, will occupy the kingdom of Murcia, and advance from thence to th 6 southern frontiers of Valencia. The Duke of Ta rent° is to lay siege to Tarragona. In the mean time, General Baraguay d'Hilliers maintains order in the north of Catalonia, and keeps up the communica tion between Barcelona and France with a corps of reserve; which daily receives reinforcements. The iregimedts of fusileers and chasseurs of the gnards, under the command of Generals Reille and' Calrarelli, Aids-de-camp to the -Emperor Napoleon, are posted on both banks of the Ebro, in the neigh bourhood of Burgos, Valladolid, and other towns of Old Castile. IW°°' •; 'k ~i BURGOS, FEBRUARY 8. The Emperor has ordered an army to be formed, which is to be called the army of the north of Spain. It is to consist—lst, of the division of the rear-guard under the orders of General Reille; 2. of the division of reserve, under the orders of General Caffarelli ; 3. the Imperial guards in Spain, commanded by Gese neral Dorsenne • 4. General Walter's brigade of light cavalry, w hich are at Burgos; 5. the division I of General Bonnet, in the Asturias ; 6. the first di-1 vision of the rear-guard under the orders of General Serras ; 7. aR the troops in garrison or stationed in ; the contiguous provinces. The Duke of Istria will commend the whole. PERNES, JANUARY to. (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) • On the 18th instant the Duke of Abrantes received orders to reconnoitre, with a part of his corps, towards Rio Mayor, where the enemy were established. We . began our march, and on the 19th at noon our troops had passed the Rio Mayor. His Excellency, who wished to personally ascertain the enemy's force, and the kind of troops of which it was composed, ad vanced towards the sharp-shooters, on a small emi nence by which they were concealed from him. He had scarcely ascended it when he received a shot, fired by one of the sharp-shooters, which broke the lower part of his nose, and lodged between the cheek . bone and the nose. it is the opinion of the surgeons, that his Excellency will not be disfigured, or suffer any of the inconveniences to be apprehended from ch a wound. I open my letter to inform you, that the Duke of Ahrantes has consented to have an operation per formed en him. The ball has been extracted. His .xcellency must hare suffered a great deal, but no bad consequences are Apprehended from the opera tion ; so we are assured by the Surgeon in Chief, and those of the regiments that were present. The pa. tient. is actually sitting at his fire-sule, and feels but little pain- CORFU, JANUARY 24. The two French frigates that arrived here are la Paulina and la Theme. They sailed from Toulon on the 12th of Decener, and remained some days at Porto Ferrajo. They Lad a favourable passage, having neither received damage nor met with any thing disagiecable. This addition to our force, and the occupation of the island of Fano, assures our in tercourse with the continent. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCSIC. S per Cent. Cons. money, isft—for account. 5541. Reduced cif-4 per Cent. 82i 83-5 per Cent._ 97{ 98 Rick. AWa 81. 101. prem.—Bonds, 235. 245. rm. THE KING. • " WINDSOR-C.IIMM FEBRUARY 26. 44 His MAntsry goes on most favourably. (Signed) H. R. REYNOLDS, W. HEBERDEN, H. HAI.FORD, R. WiLLIS." Last night we received French Papers to the 19th inst. from which we have given some extracts. As may be expected in every country denied a free press, these papers present but little novelty--thoy contain a variety of mutilated extracts from the English papers. From the Lisbon pipers k is stated, that part of the Spanish army which was under the command of BALLASTEROS, is, we feat, hearty sap._ med. The last dispatches from Lerd WELLINGTort inform us, that 3,000 of them had been taken in Oli venca. Since then it appeats :that B*Ltr►srEnos marched down the left bank of the Guadiana, for the' purpose of embarking - 5,000 men at Ayamonte, for Cadiz. In order to cover the embarkation, he took a position at Castilegos, where he was attacked by a division of SOULT°S corps, by which he was defeated and driven across the Guadiana with great loss. His artillery and cavalry he is saki to have left at Pay. moza, which ii on the left of that river. They were consequently unable to retreat with him, and have probably been taken. The private letters from Lisbon mention a fact of some importance—that 4000 troops have arrived in the Tagus, from Sicily, to reinforce the army \ un der Lord WELLINGTON. Later accounts from Lisbon arrived this morning; they were brought to Falmouth by the Princess Eli zabeth packet, Capt. K►m, in eight days. No fur ther intelligence has been received from the armies, with the exception of accounts of daily skirmishes be. tw•een foraging parties and outposts. A French party crossed to the south side of the Tagus a few days be fore the packet sailed, but were driven back. LENT ASSIZES. Captain HUGONIN, of the Army, care passenger in the Princess Elizabeth. betters from Corunna to the 16th inst. bring -an account of a smart action between BALM (Mar quesito) and a French detachment of the corps of BONNET, when the latter was defeated, with the loss of many killed and wounded, and 200 prisoners ;—it took place near Ribadeo. At Oviedo the French Commandant issued :in or der, that all males should enlist in the armies of Kiel; JosErn, between the ages of 16 and 46, whether single or married. The inhabitants on hearing of this 111. la date, fled to the mountains, and did not return Mai the rescript was withdrawn. The rumours that have been circulated respecting a change of sentiments in Russia, appear to have some foundation—That a Russian General has been arrested and sent to prison for communicating to M. CAULIAOURT the exact strength of the army,' is certain. And another fact is stated—the gal-1 lant and enterprising Gus-ravus, King of Sweden, is forthwith about to proceed to St. Petersburgh.— We understand that he was to spit London yester day for that purpose. He returns to the Court of his Brather-in-law with full confidence, not merely of se- 1 curdy, but of welcome. What conduct the Crown Prince, BERNADOTTF, may be disposed to hold on the I arrival of the legitimate Sovereign of Sweden, at the Court of Petersburgh, we pretend not to anticipate. American papers and letters have arrived, the for mer to the I 2th and the latter to the 14th ult. A Boston Paper of the llth states, that there has been a battle in West Florida, between the Indepen dents under Colonel KEMPE, and the Spanish forces under General FOLCII, in which the former were de ` feated.—The British Government is said to have strongly protested against the Americans taking pos session of West Florida; in consequence of which a . message from the President was sent to Congress, marked " confidential;' and the doors were closed for a considerable time. CHESTER SPRING mew, lsll. bALLAII,E•q: FRANCIS B , Esq. seryshirer—Saturday, March 30, st Pool. shire—Friday. April 5, at Ruthin. Flintshire —Thursday, Ai ell 11, at Mold. Cheshire—Wednesday, April 17, at Chester Castle. NAttl H WALES SPRING CIRCUIT. Hoots Ltvcrsrea, Esq. Mr INONIAO Pcussait. Anglesey—Tuesday, May 26, at Beastnaris. Carnarvonshire—Monday, April I, at Carnarvan. Merionetlrthlre--Satardsty, April 6, at Bala. CARMARTHP 14 SITING CIRCUIT. SaltUrL HITWOOD, Serjaant at Law, Chat ludas. Joins 11.m.our, Esq. Sewed Justice. Cattligan--Tuesday, April 2. . Haverfordwest—Monday, April S. Cartnasthen—Saturday, April 13. OLD BAILEr.. Friday, J. E. Cartoso and L. Joka, two Portuguese sailors, were capitally indicted, under Lord Efienborougit's Act, for cut. trig and maiming, In the back, with a knife, J. Staring, '1 Le prisoners were, en the evening of eke lid of December, drink. log at the Duke of York, in Shadwell, when the prosecutor and two of three other seamen, came into the tap-room, and attempt ed to sit down with them, when Canoga immediately pushedltim away with great violence. •Virkhout taking any notice of this rudeness, he retired to anothe box with Ids friends, and called for some refreshment. Join then drew a knife from his sleeve, and said be would teach theinN/th4 kinglibmen) a Fortunes* fashion. He then struck a IlleittAtiti his knife at one of mice young men named Browne, but mineable Am. The prosecutor and his companions ran into tha etreet,lsit were followed by tit prisoner*, with knives in their hands—the latter (C.-knot') stuck his weapon into the back of the prosecutor, who immediately cried out, ° Lord have mercy upon me." He "was taken to the London Hospital, but was in a few weeks completely tee:twit te d. The Court sifted the testhnony of @Utile witnesses very CIA*, In order to find out some rational round of irritation on the parr of the prisoners, but in vain. Baron Titosanott summed up the evidence to the fury, who found both prisoners Guilty—Death. The following were also capitally oonvided, T. Steward, for a burglary in the house at Thomas Newberrii, and resting seven handkerchiefs; and S. Edwards, for a bur glary in the house of Win. Lelant, and stealing a looking-gle Five were convicted of felony, viz. 1. Levels r, capitally eidetic ted on Wednesday, was found guilty of nesting eight gold seals; Mary Satin, for stealing throe sheets, a gold hog, sod three silver tea-spoons; C. Williams, for stetting a saddle ;T.Cherton for stealing I 0 on. of tea; Susannah Oroom for stealing to, and a elver watch. Seth ael Woodthorpe, aged 4S, was )ndicted for the wilful ua murder of Josh Crickets 'l'he circumstances of the case, as tbry appeared in eVideace, were the following : The deceased wa. an infirm old man, up. wards of 80, and the prisoner was his blece. He had formerly --- and i M.! been a silk-weaver, . -at the time of bit decease occupied oat The Columbian Sentinel has the following passage: of the weavers ithltabouses Us Spitalfielde,-where the prisoner de The letter of the Duke of CADnRE to General attended him as a nurse, and had dnue so for three years before. la this tenement he supported himself by two trifling annuities Asmara°No, did not amount to a repeal of tile French in addition to which he had a weekly allowance from his friends Decrees hostile to our commerce. 1. Because it of es. which was paid to hint by a gentleman named Spine Hui. loway, miffing at Hampton Court. On the evening of Saturday was accompanied by no Decree to annul the edicts the ftb inv. Mr. Holloway went to the residence of the deceased of France. 2. Beceause it did not even promise a for the purpose of paying innsfour shillings The ' , limner, who attended the door, opened it only one third, and appeared to repeal of all the Decrees violating our neutral rights. wish to prevent his entrance. She asked him whether the KO. ney was in halfpence or silver He said copper, and pushed into S. Because it was accompanied with no order for the the room While there. whichever way he turned, the primer restoration of the property seized. 4. Because it was placed herself between hint and the bed, in order to prevent his accompanied with conditions as to Great Britain, seeing the deceased. Mr. Holloway, however, gin a glance of the bed, and the deceased appeared to be almost hidby the clothes, which rendered it altogether nugatory. ; He then went away, and the next day the prisoner sent him a note, federating him that her Mack had the night preceding cut We ;hall only add, that almost all the private letters its throat, and desiring him to come immediately. received, favour the opinion that the Non.lmport Act The moment he arrived be charged her with the murder (improperly called the Non.lntercostse Act) as of her uncle, and said, " I now see the reason of your wish ing to prevent my coming in last night, and of preventing me worn agaiast this country, will not have taken effect on the, seeing the bed; it in you that have done this." When he matte Sintstant ; if such be the fact, it can only have been this remark, she said to persons in the room, "Do you hear what he says ? HI. words are like swordi and daggers to me." He prevented by legislative interference, as otherwise, by then went to the deceased, who was not quite dead. He found the operation of the existing laws, it could not have hint tying on the bed in an exhausted scare; and told him, if he had done that act himself to hold tip his hand, as a token of stile. been avoided. madoo. He did not hold up his hand. He then desired him :o hold up his band if his niece was the author of the deed. Shortly after he was able to articulate: and, on the first question b-ag repeated to him, he answered, No.—He said no more on tin: occasion, and witness went away. On Monday morning, at :to o'cioek. he returned again, and, upon searching the bed, he found a new-ground penknife. The deceased was then sensible, and able to speak. Witness asked him whether he had done that (pointing to his throat). He replied distinctly, " No." He then asked him if his niece had done it I' He said, " Yes." This quem lion was asked him over anti over again, and he and replied in the affirmative. Mr. Holloway soon after went to a Magistrate. who came, and took the deceased's deposition, is presence of the prisoner. Witness had a Nether conversation with the deceased, about nine in the evening, and put to bitn the same questions ae in the morning; and h,• distinctly said that it was the prisoner. and not himself, win, had done the deed. Mr. Holloway knee; the deceased from his own infancy, and about 17 year. sauce re. collected his having been insane; but from that period down to his death, although he had frequent oppenonities of seeing him, he never knew him to be in the slightest degree deranged in mind. On Tuesday evening he was Again with the deceased, on which occasion T. Holloway, witness's brother, prayed with him; in which prayers the deceased fervently joined, and appeared per. reedy conscious of what was going forward. After this, witness put for a third time the questions already stated; 'ben he again answered as before. Two women proved, that on Saturday evening, the 9th inv. they came to the door of the deceased ; but instead of being ads witted, the prisoner observed that her uncle was very unwell. Sarah Saunders hied nest door to the deemed. She knew that he had bees confined to his bed for near six months, and could not help himself. Sunday morning between 7 and 8 o'clock, when she opened her door, the prisoner ante to bee , and said she was in great distress, and that her uncle bad cut his throat. Winans then asked her how the circumstance bad occurred, when sbe told her that she was awakened about half-past two, o'clock in the morn ing, by a very strong smell, and on getting up to see what was the matter, she found he pelf attic' a gore of blood, and that her mute MA can ill threat. Witness asked bee wise she had oat. Oiled somebody to her assistance, when she replied, that as her uncle was not dead, she did not like is disturb anybody. Witness then went into the room of the deceased with the prisoner, and there remained until medical assistance arrived. On Rlon. L morning she again went in. and kneeling down by the bed-side of the deceased, she asked him twice whether he had cbt his ow a throat, and he said," No." She then asked if his niece had done it, when he said," 'es." Two other persons were in the nasal when witness put these questions. The prisoner always kept the deceased extremely clean and comfortable, and appeared to pay hint every af f ectionate attention. Several other witnesses bore testimony to the same effect. • S. Lemair, beadle of the Weavers Company, stated, that he bad known the deceased for many years; he knew that he bed been twee insane, and once confined in Bennett% Hospital: he also heard, that shout 30 years since he had hanged himself, but was cut down before be was dead. Mr. Fox, a surgeon, who was called in to attend the deceased, stated, that he had been with him several times within the list 18 months, and frequently observed that he was flighty, and des ranged in mind. Mr. Justice HCATR summed up the evidence ' etnervieg, that this was one of th e most myster i ous cases that had occurred to hi. knowledge for many years. That the deceased bad met with his death by violent means was most evident: it was for the Jury to say, however, under all the circumstances of the case, whether the act had been committed by the prisoner,or by the deceased on himself. In Riming their judgment, they maid take into their consideration the evid e nc e o f M r . F ox , th e s urgeon, as to the ix. casional de —rahgenamit of the deceased, and the probability that he might himself, in tie coarse of a suddenfit of insanity,have cam mitred the Alain. * own person.—The Jury retired, and after an absep te o f three quarters of an hour, returned their ye- Bagan.--Taday there was no Court of Aldermen. The LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the returns, or dered the present prices n. coatinue. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—MrS• EGERTON, from Birmingham, made her first appearance before a London audience last night in the part of Juliet and acquitted herself with a considerable degree of credit. Among the snfferers on board the Minotaur, lately wrecked on the Dutch coast, were his Majesty's late Consul for Memel, L. DRUSINA, Esq. and his two eldest sons, who were returning Crom Konigsberg. Ensign DUFF, of the 11 th Regiment, was the only Officer on board the John and .lane transport who was saved when that siiip was unfortunately run down. The BoAtswain of the transport got safe on board the Franchise, but recollecting his wife was left behind, he leaped again on the wreck, in hopes of bringing her with him, but was never seen aftefwards. FAI.MOpTH, FEBRUARY 25. Arrived the Francis Freeling packet, Cant. Ben, with mails from the Leeward Islands, 26 days pas sage ; left Barbadoes on the 31st December, brings no news. The Express packet, sailed from Marti nique on the 2d January for Curasoa, with mails for thence and Jamaica. His Majesty's ships DRAGON and STATIRE were lying at Barbadoes. Passengers are, Mr. BLoIs, Mr. Pinnies, and Mr. CooK, late master of a merchant vessel. The Princess Elizabeth _ issa icat. Captain KIDD, is also arrived from Lisbon. No packet was out. A large fleet of transports and merchant vessels came out the same day as the packet, under convoy of his Majesty's ship the Pole. TIERS, for England. Passengers per the Elizabeth are, Captain Hmownc, of the army, Messrs. MAT. THEWWAN, LAWRENCE, SNOW, BALL, FoRsTER, SHAW, Boom, and Wool:ow/km The packets still remain by contrary wind. Sailed his Majesty's brig JASPER, o the Eastward. Wind S. W. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 24. No arrivals.—Sailed the ALPHEA cutter, with four transports of stores, to join the Lisbon convoy at Fat: mouth ; and the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE frigate, on a cruizc, to look after some of the straggling transports which overshot Falmouth, and are supposed to have stood away for Cork.--Wind S. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 25. Arrived the AMELIA frigate from a cruize. Sailed - his Majesty's ship GANNET on a cruize ; Pnovinvicz With convoy for the Downs ; DESPERATE for Cadiz ; And the COQUETTE in search of French privateers.. Wind W. S.W. SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY 24. Went up to Chatham, several vessels from the North, ward. Arrived from Chatham the DIM A frigate. FF.& el—Arrived from Chatham the Nit ILDRARR Ulan of war, and the QUAIL sloop of war 'rum the jiver Thames. Sailed the FORWARD g 4ll.bri g IP LONDON:I36.i . W, I Lint KENT, St the ST Leith.... Wirt ""is t .19. Offor swat, sod st the OliPs Itm1011•321 r r