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0 . 5 as the sum to he saved by the improvAd m o d e o f was persuaded that lae Was re asona bl y I m anagentent , he within the mark. A small addition might also, per -1,1 be expected from the Consolidation of the War 7 . 7ses in the same way. This would meet so much f the c harge, and then the amount to he provided he abont A. 1,140,000. The Right lion. 14::71ernan observod, that in order to provide for this h e would recur to the Noble Lord's (H. Petty) a nd charge it upon a portion or the existing I V A Taxes, which would be pledged to the necessary t . sieut With regard to the Vote of Credit, from the s tate of the Continent, it was impossible to f atm any distinct +-tined estimate of what sums might be warde d for the support of our allies, or what it might h e prthient to furnish. Bearing in mind the situa ,:ol i n which affairs stood, whatever desire there might b 2 to assist the nations of the Continent in their strug ., , Or independence, that situation did not seem to bell out any prospect that useful assistance could be A iforded beyond the amount of the Vote of Credit._ 'D o ugh no formal treaty had been made with Aus tra, yet some arrangement had been adopted ; and e xpectations had been raised that this country would be ready to assist her. Acting upon that expectation, A t:s tria had ventured, without any authority however, to d r aw upon this country to a limited amount, and bills drawn by he:. had arrived at the Treasury.— These had not been paid till the fact was communi cated to the House. But the fact having been commu s'cated. it was proper to state, that it was the opinion riGoverament that they ought to be paid, and th. Vote of Credit would furnish the means of doing so. He trusted the House would be of opinion, under all the circumstances, that these bills ought to be ho roared. In the mean time, it was held expedient and proper that the fact should be communicated on the present occasion, though no money had as yet been actually advanced. Mr. Perceval concluded by pro posing the first Resolution, that £14,600,000 should be raised by Loan for the services of the current year for England and Ireland. Lord HENRY PETTY said, it would be neces sary for the House to be fully informed as to what share this country had, or whether she had any share. in producing ihe event which lately took place on the Continent ? He thought it most wise in the Righ' Hon. Gentleman not to lay any additional burtheo, on the people. But it was his duty most maturely le weigh the consequences of making any advances tt Foreign Powers, when no proof existed that they were likely to produce any useful effect. A treaty had been entered into with Sweden, and not one of the objects held out in that treaty had been since carried into ef fect. NJ commercial arrangement was adopted, nor any concert observei in carrying on the war. Even the third object—that of maintaining the Swedish army by our subsidy, was not attended to. He there fore imrlored the House not to give into anv plan of subsidizing Austria, unless the nature and character f the service was made perfectly clear. However, when the time shout come, as he hoped it would, that we might be enabled to make some grand effort, in common with other nations, no man would be more reac. than himself to co-operate in promoting so great ar, cap rats He was happy to find that there was 11C ii,:cntion of adding to the burthens of the year. The i prrciv;e was pertcctly conformable to what he had Lid &wit in a former year. He must, however, no ti:e one thing in the present plan. It appeared that only the common interest was to be taken out of the war taxes, and that these taxes were likely to be per manently burthensome. This would load to an inde finite mortgage of the war taxes, and would gradu ally undermine the means and sinews of the war, which he thought should not be infringed on in the /slightest degree. As to the Loan, he partook of the general satisfaction of the House in the terms at which that Loan was made, but at the same time he hati some objection to the Fund in which it was raised, on account of the difficulty that might attend the reduc tion of it. Mr. CANNING observed, it was quite impossible to lay down an invariable rule as to the amount of the assistance to be rendered to our allies ; the amount could ()illy be decided by circumstances. He assured the Kohle Lord no influence had been used to engage Sweden in the late contest with France ; and he hoped *would feel satisfied with no further explanation at present. The same line of conduct had been pur. sued with respect to Austria ; as Austria must be sup posed to be the best judge of her own interest, so the Government had determined not to influence her it VI respect ; but he thought, when she applied for assistance, it was the duty of Government to assist her to the utmost of our power. Mr. PONSONBY was glad to hear the assurance( of the Ri g ht H o n oura bl e Gentleman, that no improd per influence had been used by Ministers to induce unfortunate Austria to engage in her present tremen dons contest. He contended that no good could be expected from assisting Austria money, though much inconvenience must arise to this country from the circumstance. It would be painful to deny Aus tria assistance in her last struggle, but this was a duty he owed to the public which demanded him to declare such an opinion, Mr. WHITBREAD observed, there was one of the statements of the Right Honourable Gentleman. Upon which he must say a word or two : that was, th e loan of 4'600,000 to the Prince of the Brazils; he would rather have given that sum at mice to his Royal Highness, as there was not a probability of his Royal Highness being able to liquidate the debt. He could not agree to the loan to Austria on an) account ; and whether it were £'50,000, Jelto,oo o , nr £500,000, he should feel himself equally called I, upon to oppose the grant. There was another sub ,e:t which he was very much surprised to find brought forward as part of the Ways and Mean., of the year, without any observations from the Right Honourable Gentleman. He alluded to the Lottery. This was one of the worst systems that was adopted; It was one which spread ruin far and near. A report ,tad been laid upon the table of the House near two years ago; that report contained circumstances, which, zecessary, he would read to the House, as they would prove beyond measure gratified at the subject being brought before it. The Honourable Gentle rano went into a long statement of cases wherein sus cure and madness had been the consequence of spetai :ating in the Lottery and insuring ; and observed, if I were regular, he should then move a resolution to abolish Lotteries altogether. He had been told, that if Lotteries were done away, the people would stall run tr, illegal Little Goes ; but it they did, he ykotrisoi, the law mien be put in force. There was a law to punish them for going to the Little Go ; but if they w eta to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Great Go, no punishment was inflicted ; on the contrary, they were received with open arms. A friend of his s a merchant in the city, had lost a valuable servant a few years since, in consequence of unfortunate specu lations in the Lottery, and the loss of him was of more consequence than the loss of the £lOOO which went with him. Mr. CANNING said, that the discussion of the merits or demerits of lotteries, in the present instance, was extremely inconvenient; the Honourable Gentle tnan might bring forward a specific motion on the subject at any time. In answer to what had fallen from a Noble Lord opposite relative to Austria, he observed, that Austria never had been excited to hos tilities with France by this country ; the fact was, no country could find peace with France but by tame submission and dastardly acquiescence. The fate of Austria was fixed, the eye of vengeance was upon her, and whether the present struggle succeeded or not, it was wisely tindertaken, although by us it would not have been wisely advised. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob served, that he should in the report of the Commit tee, suggest some ideas which he-thought would do away the objectioneagainst Lotteries, by doing away the possibility of ins u rin g ; t h e pl an w hi c h h e s h ou l d' propose was, that the whole of the Lottery should be drawn in one day: the Honourable Gentleman might at that period submit any proposition to the House for its adoption, but the present was not the proper time. Mr. WILBERFORCE spoke in favour of the abolition of Lotteries, on the ground of the injury they do to public morals. Sir THOMAS TU ItTON spoke in favour of lot teries. The Honourable Baronet observed, ay.) , were source from which .i large revenue was drawn and if the system of instoance could be checked effec tually. thought they should not be lightly laid aside. Mr. HUSKISSON observed, that the House could come to no vote on the subject of Lotteries during the present evening. The Right Honourable Gentleman took a general view of the transactions attending the Loan ; and from a comparison with that of last year, proved the present to be a very beneficial bargain for , the public. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY spoke at considerable length against Lotteries. The Hon. Member alluded to the puffs in the daily papers. by which the young and unwary were deceived ; he recollected one in par ticular ; the paragrapn began with recommending economy to apprentices, and went en to state the example of a lad, who having saved iip a sufficient . sum, bought a sixteen t h i n t h e L otter y, w hi c h b e i ng drawn a capital prize, he rode in his carriage. These sort of puffs, the Hon. Baronet obsAlted, served to induce youth to obtain money by any means for the purpose of spending it in Lottery Tickets. By reducing the number of days for drawing, the num ber of victims to insurance would probably be fewer, less number of suicides would be committed, and fewer of his Majesty's su:ijects would visit Botany Bay ; but it was in vain for the Right Hon. Gentle man to Hatter himself with doing away the evil alto gether. Mr. WHITBREAD said, if he could take the sense of the House on the subject, he would most willingly do it ; he should also wish to take the sense of a Committee on the conduct of Mr. Wood. Mr. W. SMITH was against Lotteries altogether. Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought that was a good tax wl.ich brought a large sum of money into the Exchequer ; the Lottery did so ; but it took a larger out of the pockets of the people, which did not go into the Exchequer at all. Mr. BABINGTON thought it was useless to do away one part of the evil, and shut your eyes against another. The rest of the Resolution were thin put and agreed to ; the Hou• e resumed. and the Report was ordered to be receive.] on Homily next. 111 E I.',‘ EN I:\G LONDON. SATURDAY, MAY 13. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Cons. fur money, 68—acc. 67i—Othnium It pre. Excite+ Bill; 119. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS VEVIIIRDAY. Bank Stock 445} India Stock 3 per Ceut. Red. CI intla Bonds, 134. 144. prem. 3 per Cent. Cons. 614 67{ 68 lawyers! 31a Cent. 6.) 4 4 per Cent. :sup. Ann. 7 6 it,p,r Cent. Na% y9q 99 9411{ £xcheq. Bill•, 5s I '23 prem. Lung Assn. 16{ 3-16 Cons, kr acc. 68 E} Some of the Dutch Papers received yesterday con tain Paris news t. the Bth, and aCC( unts from War. saw to the 2 )th ult. It appears that the Austrians entered that city on the 19th, but no mention is made .01 that event having been preceded by a battle. An ..rticle from Vienna attributes the want of success on the part of the Austrians in the first operations of tl - e campaign to the untimely retreat of the Archduke Loris, which enabled the enemy to break thelr —lt is positlve:y stated that hostilities have reccm menced between Russia and Turkey--an event which may for sane tin:e prevent the former from acting against Austria. Third Bulletin of the French Army has also reached this country, dated from Burghauscn the 30th ult. It describes a few movements, but does I.ot announce any important new events. When Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY reached Lisbon, on the 22c1 ult. he found that Sir Joni CR ADOCK had already proceeded with the army under his command, which, it is said, was advanced thirty leagues, near Mondego Bay, towards the North of Stain. Sir AR TIIUR had not left Lisbon on the 25th, but was expec ted to set out soon. Sir Join: CRADOCK, on the other hand, in consequence of Sir ARTHUR'S arrival, was about to lawn to Lisbon, bin had not reached that, city when the STATIRA left it. SOULI had, as we are info, med, sent to Gene ral KuLzraami in Gallicia for succours. KELLER• MAN had answered in a letter, which was intercepted by the Pottuguese i that he was himself in a perilous condition, and utterly unable to furnish any assist ance: Sam-, it is said, had left Opotto to meet the English army, but his force was not estimated at more than 10,006 Men. The English atmy has twice the number. Oeneral Loisotc,who had rendeted himself so odious at Lisbon under the Government of .luNor i died of ex cessive fatigue at Oporto. SECOND EDITION, STAR-OFFICE, (Two &(rlock). We step the Press w insert the following short bin' important Letter, received this day by a most respec table House in the City, from an intelligent Corre spondent at Hamhurgh.—Any person who will take the trouble to compare this Letter with a good Map, will be enabled to form a much more correct opinion of the position of the Armies than from the whole of the verbose French Bulletins. It isalsi highly sa tisfactory to learn, that in Germany the accounts cir culated are more favourable to the Austrians than the trench. We may also remark that the silence of the Third Bulletin respecting any new actions, gives con siderable countenance to the accuracy of the state ments in the following letter " HAMBURGH, MAY 2. " Great events have taken place since my last. It seems that successive engagements have taken place between the French and Austrians on the 18th, 19th, and 20th ult.—the last of them near Neustadt, on the Danube, where NAPOLEON had concentrated all his forces to make a push, and, if possible, break the centre of the Austrian army, shos.e wings had considerably advanced. The issue of the last battle was the retreat of the Austrians behind Landshut, so that the Aus trian line, which before was convex from Ratislx.n , over Neustadt, Pfatfenheirn, to Munich, was now con cave, extending from Ratisbon to Munich, but in clining with their centre tcwards the river Inn. Land shut was taken by the French ; Ratishon was thrice I I taken, and several times retaken by thf! A it strians, who I remained in ultinia7e possession of it. Here the bus; ness stood. We learn to-day that other engagements took place on the 21st, 22d, 2AI, a id 214.11, and that 'the Austrians were successful I:nd ihe French obliged to retreat five German miles Warzburg, it is said, has been taken by the Austrians, and the whole of .he Tyrol is in their possession. They extend there fore from Wurzburgh, making a circle round Nuren berg towards Ratisbon, Munich, and the Tyrol, as far as the Lake of Constance. In Italy the Archduke Joist: has defeated the French near Saule, and taken 6000 prisoners and three eagles.—These are the news of the day." We have also received Hambnrgh Papers to the 3d instant, and Vienna to the 23d tilt. The accounts of the operations of the hostile armies is not of a later date than those given in the Third Bulletin. The ir.. telligenze of the ins urrection inWestph ali a is confirmed. A Proclamation has been published, offering par don to those who will lay down their arms. DRESDEN, APRIL 26. He Ivy cannonading was heard here yesterday and to-day. AUSTRIAN BULLE UN. ORDER OF TIZ DAY. " J - Icatl-quarter., Sncile. April 17. " On the 10th and the 11th his Imperial Highness the Arch• Mike Jona,. with the army and-r his corm tnd, sant red the ter r tory of Frioule, by Pout. ba, Gone, and after sows opposition, advanced so the 13th to the Taglianien'o. Theenen y evired aLross the river, in order to join with the troops in their rear. This junction, which probably took place at Sadie, made he hovti e army five divisions strong. " In the night of the 14th kis Imperial Higl ness proceeded with rhe a Ivinc:d g :rd r •-1 •n ; !he r m d•i ler of the army followed at day-break. The enemy's advanced ns-d was at l'orienone, and his army was posted la, tween that place and S scile, rear Fontat a. In this situation an action commerce, h af.e: a sanguinary contest of two days, terminated entirely t i t.ur advantage. " Tl.e Vice King of Italy commanded the French army. The resul waa so deci.ive, that the enemy could no: maintain them selves behMd the Livut.za, but were obliged to retreat rapit:ly to the Piave. " The prisoners am:tint already to eOOO, atno .- -z w! o • a-e Gentralie l'Az an e,• A )4. More ar con:4a tly brought I. " The Icss in kill, d and wonneleri greatly t z:fed, this nun.be , sad we have tak,:n lei caption and dime casks." The Contest gun-brig, Lieutenant GRr.GORY, which arrived at Plyn.ooth on Tbmsday, got on shore n the night in Basque Roads, where she was soon dr , and remained so next morning at daylight, which being perceived by th'caemy, they detached about 500 men, wish mu%kets and tit - Id-pieces to the Beach, to attack the vessel as she lay. The Contest unluckily could not get a gun to bear on them for more than an hour, till at length, by great exertions, she hoist • ed her guns uver on the sand, and played away so successfully with grape and cannister shut, that she soon cleared the Beach of the enemy, many of whom were killed, and the rest made a precipitate retreat. Preparations are making, in different quarters, to send farther reinfurcemcnts to our flue army uncer SIR Atettit R WELIAALEI. I A duel was fought on Thursday morning, in a field leading from imallhury Green to Heston, be tween Mr. Saul and Capt. Dayky, in wLich the for. mer was wounded in the knee. The wound is not con. sidered dangerous. Mr. Vs'ai.sa Pinata has paid the debt of . nature. He was bound dead in his bed, at his cottage near \ Fulham, on Monday morning last, by the serval t directed to call him. He is supposed to have died in consequence of the burstag of an abscess that had armed on the liver. ~. LAW iNDELL IG EAT et, SHERIFFS' COURT, MAY It. ('RIM. CON. — WELLEsfiEIf V. LORIIPAGET. The Plaintiff having brought his action of ditniges Whit St Noble Defendant, for seducing and ,`• bauchiog his wife, and datt Defendant having suffered judgment by default, a Jury was this daV impanneHed, to assess the damages: Mi. Girt . ** painftd, in forcible language, all the llmentable circomsta. ces attending •hia distreSing case of conjugal Infidelity; and the Int-totter herring. a speech in mitigation, gave the Plaintiff a •erdict; with T*sistr "1 housand Pounds damages. - COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 12. THE klitc 9. 'nitro flawsoN, Esq.--The Defendant WU brought up td receive the ju2grneot of th • Court. Mr. Justice Caosc, arter stating the oficnce vet forth In the indictment, pronounced sentence, which was—" That Mr. Hair son should ray a fine of 1001. and be imprisoned az months In the King's trench prison." Mr. Hanson said, " My Lord, The consciousness of my In nocence will enable me to surport myself under this Venishmeot, or any other the Court might have thought proper to inflict"— Mr. Hanson then bowed respectfully to the Court and wit harlots 141 KING v. JaNtttN Dsvps.—The Defendant Was rtiflViCted of assaulting an Frciseman, who went to search bis prtbrnists in Cardiganshire. He had been confined in the gaol of Car 'irin sink the 25th March, and was brought up in cuttody of the gaoler. ffe was sentenced to two months further imprisonment in that Carol ; and to give sureties, himself in 1001. and two in 501. each, that he would keep the peace. C/IA hi BFRS 5. Jowas.—This was an action tried at the Si:•1-gs after last Michaelmas Term, against the Mardis! of the King's Bench prkon, for the escape of Captain Canfield, who was in custody at the suit of the plaintiff for Crime: Cos. Mr. SCAR: ?TT was heard against granting a new trial, and the AT roe NEY-GtNERAL in support of it. The Court took time to consider of their judgment. The question arose merely on the fdttn of the pleading, and not on any farts. NAVAL INTPLLICENCE. I.OSgOF HIS MAJESTY'S FRIGATE ALCMENE ON THE FRENCH COAST, Plymouth-Dock, May 11. On the 30th of April, half past four P. M. the Alcmene, Capt. TIMILLTT, standing into the Loire, following the Amelia fri gate, Honourable Captain IR Br, to reconnoitre the enemy's force, struck on the Blanche Rock, owing to the ignorarce of the pilot, and the tide then ebbing fast, precluded the poadbility of heaving her <X: at low water she bilged and broke her back. We are happy to add, from the great exertion; of Captain Ta rme cr . /. and his Officers, the whole of the crew got safe on board the Amelia, after saving all her stores, and burning her to the water's edge, S.) that the enemy have derived no advantage from it, not withstanding the accident happened within five miles of a large town: The Amelia arrived here this morning with the intelligence. PIA - MOUTH, AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, MAY 11. Came in, the Partllan, (.1' 18 guns, from a cruize, and brought in the Nouvae Girovdt., 4:f 14 guns and 86 men, which she cap tured on Thursday !as-, after a chase of S 6 hours, in lat. 40.40. long. 9.; she had beiri from Bourdeamt four months, and had made eight captures, among them were the Fortune, from Gib raltar, beitrBl to Glasgow, laden with wheat and ; and the From; from the Cape. of Good Hope : the privateer has not any pm's on board xt ept Ere chesq lincu, wh c'i she took out or the f-,rtune. Arrivsd the Nile cutter, from Lithcm, last from I-al:now h. Arrived, the Nimrod hired cutter, and the Contest gun brig, , "rem Rochefort ; rho Amelia lrigare, 38 Fens, from off Narita ; the Part hian brig of csar, from off Cape Finisrerre; the Nile cat tc.r, from Falmouth ; and the Hailequia hired armed ship, from a cruize :() the westward. Sail -ti, the Theseus, 74, for the Coast of Spain : and the Pros. per, Nl'Allister; for Aladeira and the West Indies. The Royal George, 110, is put out of commission, and laid up in ordinary. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12. Arrived his Majesty's ships Mien from the Baltic, Donnegan from tl e Channel kluet, and Protestor from a cruise. Several coppered transports are ordered for the Downs, and will sail to morrow morning. —Wind DEAL, MAY I°. sailed the Cracker gun-brig, having under her convoy about twenty sail of victualling transports ' ensstrrs, ate. bound to Portsmouth. Arrived the Thunder bomb, from Portsmouth. SHEERNESS, MAY 12. List of ships arrived at the Nore.from the Baltic, under convoy of his Majesty's ship SALarrrE, and there performing quarantine : Wilhelniina, Pott ; Angelina, Fisher; Minerva, Stess ; Aire rantha, Anderson; Radius, Farley; Norden, Reber; Aurora, F.ytinian ; Albertan., Brand; Palamon Uralus ; Nemec al.l Margaretha, Hnrst ; Gustaff Adolph, Melberg; Almine, Or • man; Spec Noriea, Jan Jacobs; Juhy and Leopoldnria, ; Fanny and Elmira, Higgs ; Regeneration, Bay ; Aria r, Booni ; Williehnina, Bousee ; Thomas, Ball; Speculation, Pan., . .1 . Vriendchip, Hendrick ; Fame, Stighton ; Charlotte Stub! , ; R a men. Corlis; Minerva, Sievers ; Isis, Nordman ; Charlotte Maria. Carlstrom ; Minerva, Bruce; Amelia, Richte ; Amelia, .ops. Sailed his Majesty's ship GLVCICSTADT, with the following ships for Heligoland, wind N. W.—Trite Briton, Hays; Albion, Stephenson ; '1 rafalgar, Grunsow ; Ocean, Gilhant ; I at y, Paget; British isle, Day; Olive Branch, Fi*li ; Johannes, J. Iles; Hor. fende Zeerman, Bakker; Eliza, Mercer; Aike Catharine, Oct giese ; and Marls, Monsus. The Centincl gun-brig ha+ 0 e signal Hybl for the Gotten lrirgh convoy, and will sail to-morrow or Sunday, as a number of are ready to go- with her Capt. A. Grut in the Revenue cutter, He at the Nora in charge of all the ships that came from the Northward and from the ports in the Baltic, from which they p Tcorin quarantine under the late regulations. There are several ships now in that situation. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. (11AVESF.ND, MAT 12.—Passed by the Statira, Geer, from Malta. Sailed the Jane Davidson, for Africa; Beliona, "l'homp. son, for Jamaica ; Molly , Mearns, far Cadiz ; Venerable, Wright, for the Brazils ; Diana, Wylie ; and Limerick packet, Lane, for Limerick.; Dublin, Norris ; and Nancy, Douglas for Dublin ; Lady Kenmore, Smith, for Cork; Mary Aun, Bosield; and the Royal Georee, Greatakes, for Heligoland. • "Che Irene, —, from. Hull for Liverpool, is lost In the °Awry's. The brig Eliza, -, from :Malts, for Liverpool, and an Eng 4h:p from the Brazils and Gibraltar, for Malta, are captured and carried into Marseilles. Azaivzo--In the Clyde, the Mary, from Hayti. At Mblin; the Good Intent, Crobby, trnm the limits ; Pomona, Mitchell and Elizabeth,—, from I.ondon. At W ater f or d , the Mary, Brown, from Londn. At Cori, the Russell, Loader, from Lon, don • acid the Eliza, Bradshaw, fr om S t . C roft. At Doniinica the Ann, Rand, from London. At a time wised the declinirg state of morals revaires the land of an able admonisher ro lash the mental depravity of mankind, we beg leave to recommend a valuablepamplilet, lately published, writt e n, we believe, by one of the brightest ornaments of the coun try, entitled," &serious Admonition to a professed Christian, who has violated his Marriage Vow, by living in Adultery, and the sinf u l ana destructive Tendency of Evil Communications."—lt may be had of E. Wilson, Bookseller, No. 51, Paternoster-row, St. Paul's. Mrs. BROWN, No. 2, Park -street, raker-street, North, adds one more to the numerous Cases of the good effect of the AME- RICAN SOOTHING SYRUP. Her infant .was not only re duced to a mere skeleton, through the extreme torture he laboured ander in Cutting his Teeth, but was so convulsed that he was drawn on one side, and one eye was almost lost, if not quite blinded; to all human appearance, if he lived, his intellects would have been very much impaired —tortunately, Mrs. B. heard the benefit that many Children had received from this Medicine, thought she would try it : it bas completely restored her Child, win is a fine bey, and bas got all his Teetk.--To be had of the 'Proprietors, J. Johnson and Co. 94, Newman -street, Oxford street ; and retail of Golding, 12, Cornhill; and of all the principal Medicine Venders in 'lawn and Country, at Ss. 9d. a Bottle, tor ready money. 1 U