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r - jettinn, namely, that they were all difenvered to be forgeries. He was not anxious to prefs upon the Houle the grnfs and flagrant contradiftinns and ah futditieb in the evidence they had heard ; he did not with to expofe the miferable wretches to the jolt ti gout of the hnnell indignation they had fo univerfally excited ; but he would put it to the feelings of that Houfe, whether it was not necelTary to inquire how far thole wretches had been the tools of a confpira cy ; how far it was the duty of any agent or agents to inquire into the nature a the teflimnny and the charafier of the witnetTes ' more efpecially in a raft where this evidence went clireitly to affed the feat of a Member of Parliament, to mention nothing nt the danger of propagating groundlefs flander againfl a privy councillor. It was for the Houfe to confider how far the agents are refponfible for employing , rretcheq, as firbflantial evidence, whole charafter they might have learned (had they been ignorant of it) in the neighbourhood of Bow-flreet, Hatton garden. and Newgate ; but he fhould abaain, he would keep his word with the Houle, and not enter into any remark upon the evidence. He had an idea rf fubmitting Tome motion for the purpofe of invefligating the charge of cnnfpiracv ; he thould however, in compliance with the fuggeitions of thnfe Right Honourable Friends, whole fuperior judg tnent was with him deeilive, give way, and &mid now through a fenfe of delicacy retire, leaving his caufe with confidence to the Houle, Allred as he was, that the Houle would with becoming dignity alien its own character and honour, and in doing fo preferve his. Mr. SHERIDAN immediately withdrew. Mr. MICHAEL ANGELO TAYLOR declared that he had been very attentive to the whole feries of evidence that had been adduced with refpeet to this Petition, and he had not a doubt upon hii mind, that the whole was'a flagrant and infamous confpiracy. He had been always an advocate f,r !the Grenville Aft, and he could not confider this bufinefs in any other light than that of a direCt attack upon it. 'I he Ho nourable Gentleman then went into a recapitulation of the evidence, and dw e lt with C ome warmt h an d at contiderable length upon the various inflames of grcfs prevarication and dire& contradidion in the courfe of the tcflimony advanced, both by Weatherhead and Drake. He infilled that the letter which Drake raid he had been commiffioned by Mr. Sheridan to put-. chafe from Harris, was an infamons forgery. He thought the Houle would he junified in punifhing loch conduCt to the utmotl rigour; he was convinced that a profecutinn for a confpiracy could be fuccefa fully maintained in a court of junice. If, however, the Houle was not willing to go In far, he fhonld be content with their inflifting Come fignal punifhment on the wretches who had been guilty of every thing that could convict them in the opinion of the world as men deteflable and infamous.—He concluded with moving, That the allegations contained in the raid Petition were falfe and fcandalous. Lord FOLKSTONE would not difpute the juflice of the obfervations of the Hon. Member on the cha raeter of Weatherhead. But he could not help confi dering the evidence of Drake as continent in all its parts, except in a few immaterial points. It did not appear to him that thofe perfons could have any pri vac intereft or views in making thole charges, with out any foundation. He then proceeded to comment on the evidence of Drake, which feemed to him confirmed by the evidence of the friends of Mr. She ridan. The Hon. Member had raid, that it was the duty of Mr. Paull and his Solicitor to have made previous enquiries into the charalters of the perfons who made there.allegations. But in that cafe what would they have found ?They would have difeovered that Drake had been for many years connected with Mr. Sheridan, and that bills drawn by Drake had been accepted by Mr. Sheridan, for the purpufe of being negotiated by Drake. And furely, when loch a perfon comes forward and makes affidavit of the rails contained in tie petition, it was very natu ral to place fome degree of confidence in Lis Rate ments. He mutt therefore confider it as very hard to impute any thing like a confpiracy to Mr. Paull. With regard to other matters contained in the evi dence, he confidered the Litt of tampering as brought home to Wallis, though not to Burgers and other in dividuals, On dm whole, the evidence had made .1 very different impreffinn on his mind from what it had done on that of the Hon. Member, and be was free to declare, that, in his opinion, the allegations had been proved. He fhould therefore give a negative to the prefent motion. Mr. WHITBREAD, in very animated terms, de clared his furprife at the declaration which the Noble Lord had made in the outlet of his fpeech, that he confidered the evidence of Drake as confitlent ; and which was Hill further heightened when he heard him, in the dole, erprefs an opinion that the allega tions had been fully proved. He had confidered the evidence with the fame eyes, and with the fame feel inga of impartiality with the Noble Lard, and it ap peared to him, that out of their own mouths the witnettes had been convicted of the groffell prevarica tion and falfehond. The - allegations which they had made moll let ioufly affected the charafter of an Hon. Gentleman ; but, he would ant, had any one of there charges been proved ? or where would the Noble Lord be able to point it nut ? Suppofing there even had been tampering in one inflance, he meant that of Wallts,yet there was nor the (lighten evidence that this was done at the infligation of Mr. Sheridan.— He then proceeded to examine the evidence of Drake which the Noble Lord had raid to be perfeCtly con tlitent. This man had told the Houle that he had b-..en a: Ling Lieutenant, which it had been proved he never was. He had alto laid that he had loft his leg at the battle of Camperdown, which had been proved equally falfe—in (hurt, his evidence was one tiffue of falfehood and prevarication. The Noble" Lord Purely had not read the evidence before the Houle, elfe with the fame eyes, the fame feelings, and the lime judgment as other men, he could not have made the alfertion this night, that the various allegariJne had !leen proved. He vp.uld a(k any man, were witnefres, who had contradifted one another, and who had been guilty of th e groffeft falfehunds, entitled to the {lighten credit ? It would not require any thing but their own evidence to prove that the charges were falfe and reandalous. He certainly acquitted Mr. Paull of a confpiracy, but he was furprized that neither he nor his 'Solicitor fhould have mane tome previous enquiry into the charafter of th.le Who brought forward charges affecting the honour of Lis Right Hon. Friend, and even the eharafter of the Hof itfelf. Mr. TAYLOR'. tnntion was then put— "That the allegations in Paid Petition were fake and fcartflalnts. " Which was carried, with the tingle negative of Lord FOLIESTONE. Mr. TAYLOR next moved— . 4 That William Drake, in giving evidence before this Route, had been guilty of gmfs talfchood and prevarication." " That the Paid William Drake, for his fai.l offence, he com mitted to his Majetty's gaol of Newgate, and that the Speaker do ifruc his warrant accordingly." Both which motions paired unanimotilly. IFREEHOLD ASSPTS DILL. The SOLICITOR CFNERAL moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Bill for rendering the Freehold Pro p:lly of Peron who die infolvent, Afros for the Payment of their Simple Contradt Debts. Mr. TUFNELL role tip nppofe the third reading of the Bill. He raid, that he did not driebt the prefent Bill would operate in a con fiderable degree to enlarge the credit of Freehold Proprietors, and facilitate the raifing of large (urns of money, which, to many, would be a confiderable lnurce of profperity ; but at the fame time 1 it mutt obvioully be prodedlive of confiderable inconvenience, and ' in many cafes of much ntifchief to the creditor, who having no means to come at any precife knowledge of the debts already due by the freehold proprietor, or the fettlements made upon his eftate, would feel himfelf much difappointed, upon the demife of his debtor, to find debts to a much larger amount than he expedted charged upon that property to which he looked for his (=thy. This would neeeffarily give rife to litigations without end, and let the new creditor upon endeavouring to find out flaws in the fettle. ments which preceded his claimcwith a vi:w to let them afide for his own advantage, aril thus, in many inftancee, the creditors, for whole fecurity this Bill was avowedly d-figned, would have juft reafon to complain that their property was injured rather than reeved, through a meafure which would teach them to advance large fume, and to rely often upon a bellow fecurity. He thought too, that it was unfair to place the freehold property of the country on fuck a footing, while the copybold was exempt ; and peculiarly fcvere to involve the whole of the former, merely for the faults of a few men He wag convinced the Learned Gentleman who in troduced this Bill was amply competent to devife means for bit purpofe much more eligible He concluded by evprefling a Dope that (nine further time would he given for the better confideration of a fubjed of fuels importance. The SPEAKER obferved, that in the prefent Rage of the Bill it was too late after it had heen engroffed, to have it recommitted. Mr. SIMEON defended the Bill. He Rated that the prefent Bill was not a new idea of the Honourable and Learned Gentle• matt who brought it in, but tied a Bill fimilar to the prefent, and ftill more extenfive, as including Copyhold property, was brought in, in the year tyre, by a molt learned Lawyer. Mr. Ambler, and bad pared through that Houle at a time that there were a great many very eminent Lawyers who had feats there. It was loft afterwards in the Lords, in a very thin Hosife, when (even voted againft it, and hut five for it. He could eafily ftate many cafes of the molt revere injultice which could he pradlifed under the pre• fent law. Country hankers might purehafe landed caste* with the money of other people, and tittle eft ars would defeend to their heirs free from all their debts as bankers. As a Matter in Chan. eery. many cafes came before hint, where (Telma for confiders. able funs Rated that they did not think it worth their while to prove their debts, as they had nn fpecialties, and the property of the deceafed was principally in landed eftates. He confidered this property of freehold eliatts not being liable to thofe debts, as a mere remnant of antiquity that had been kept up long after the rearms of it had ceafed. '1 he MASTER of the ROLLS, in a very long fpeech, contended againft the arguments of the lot Speaker, and maintained that it would be a dangerous innovation on the exitting lives of the country. If we were to find fault with any thing merely for being a remnant of antiquity,and preferved from feudal times, we mutt egregft the whole fyftem of. ur laws. It was only from the feudal fyftem that the diltindion Belt note between landed and perfonal property. That diftinefiiien was not known to the Roman law, nor to the laws of the Saxons. The principle of the Bill went to remove this diitinetion altogether, and although the indent Bill did not go fo far, yet, if he were to vote for the prefent he did not fee how he could withhold his vote from another Bill founded on .the fame principles. The law at prefent rays, that no man shall alienate a freehold except by deeds executed in a certain form, and that he fhall not charge it with debts except in a certain manner. If then be dies without executing the power and controull that he might have had over his freehold property, the law gives it to the heir unineumhered, and the heir enters with a legal right, as ftrong as the tenant in tail would do after the death of the tenant for life. The laws anatural juftice were not applicable to the quef. don ; for it was not natural juftice, but the law of the land, which allows a man to ditpore of his freeholds after his death. It could not he faid to be contrary to natural juftice, if it were the law, as it was formerly in France, that a certain portion of a man's landed eftate, mould defeend to his children unineumbered by any debts, and not to be revoked by any deed or will, It was not contrary to natural juftice, that a widow mould receive, as her dowry, an abfolute third of the whole eftate, although it might be charged with debts beyond its real value. The principle of the Bill, if carried to its full extent, would (hike the foundation of the fecurity of marriage fettlements, as the man who propofed to fet tle cßates on a Marriage, might owe debts equal to the whole value of the eitates. He confidered that the commercial credit of the country Rood now en much higher grounds than it did in former ages ; and although„ was highly liberal in the Ar iftocrsey to con tent, in the reign of Edward the Firit, that, far the benefit of com merce, lands might be charged with fimplc contradt debts, by whoever mould fue out a Statute-merchant, yet that writ was never now retorted to. The privilege of Parliament was now much more in favo . ur of Monied Men than of Landed Gentlemen, beeaufe the profitsof land could be got to the laft (billing by Ve gas ; whereas there was no means of touching the income from funded property, which any Member of that Houfe poftelred. After repeating molt of the arguments he had ufed on a former night, he concluded by oppofing the Bill. Mr. WYNNF. faid, that in this country the molt defedive law was that of Debtor and Creditor; in no nation was property fo much proteCted and the perfon fo much expofed. This Bill would partly crated that grievance It was improperly objeCted, that marriage fettlements might fl ill defraud creditors, and therefore ought to have been compelled in the meafurc. Honourable Mewl hers teemed to forget that a marriage fettlement was a purchafe for a valuable confideration Mr. NICOISON CA INF.RT &dared. that he had converted with revere' upon thia fubjed, but he never heard of fuch frauds a* had been alluded to this titght. The men of landed property he now heard reprefented as being the rich and the opprelrurs; and the commercial part of the community were fpoken of as a poor and diftreffed fet of people. The very reverie of this be believed to be the fa& The landed property-then were the seep, whom the Miniftcr, whoever he was, could cant) , lay hold of and weer at pleafure—when, if a Minitter attentred to laq his hands on any particular branch of Commerce, there were rncetinp in every Coffee-houfe in London, and in many cafes, they dosed from his grafp. The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND highly approved of the 'mature. In Greece and Rome, in every venerable political emftitution of former times, an 3 throughout the whole of modern Europe, fuel' a law as was now propofed eaifted, therefore in (up porting this Bill, he only attempted to accommodate the law of England to the jurifprudenee adopted in every part of the world. Mr CANNING eartteßly hoped, that Ws Bill would not pats into a law. It was no conclufive argument with him, that landed etiates were lets proteled in other countries, and theretore ought to be lets guarded here. By the peculiar eonftitution of nor laws we had been preLrved, while others had been consigned to utter deitruftion. There were three points to be confidered:— a. What Is the evil to be remedied a. What is the remedy pro pored? 3. If it were too comprebenfive for the obJedt it'propoted to effeet r All there the booourable Member tcparately and collec tively confidered. Mr. JOHN SMITH approved of the Bill ; and after a few words in explanation from the laft Speaker, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL entered into a minute emmi nation of all the objedions to the Bill. He Rated the numerous cafes of mifebief sgainft which it was to provide, and in a Rile of powerful o and animated Worm commented on the obferration, that the ariftoeracy of this country, dinhaguithed for its exalted (titre of virtue and honour, could oiled to a Bil I, the objedt of which was to render their eftates liable to their .own debts The MASTER of the ROLLS, and the SOLICITOR GENE RA!. having feverally erplained, the Houle divided on the clue. tion of the third reading, when there appeared, Against it 69 For k • 47 Maturity The ether Order, were then d➢fpofcd of and the Huufs ad journed at Ors o'CLoeit this morning► THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MARSH z 9. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Confols, for money 64}—for April 6 tf—Ornoium if Exchequer Bills, par ..,. Is di( 3p. Ct. Red Ann. thus I Imp. Ann. 3 per C. C0nf.64:4 India Bonds, 31 41. prem. 4 per Cent. 0114 Exch. Bills. i s dif. par 5 per Cent. Navy, 9.if 95i 96 Omniurn !If prem. Long. Ann. that Lottery T:ckets. :91 171. Shan Ann. that Confute for acc. 63* It is not yet in nor power to (late to our Readers, the refult of the differences that have arifen in con. fequence of the Catholic Army Bill. His MAJESTY yefterday arrived in town, when a Privy Council being fiimmor.ed, the great queltion was again the fubjed of very ferious difctiffion. The Council met at halt RR one, and was at tended by the MASTER of the Hoasa, the Loan CHANCELLOR, Lord ELLENBOAOUGH, Earl WIN CHELSEA, the Earl of AYLE2FORD, Lord GREN•ILLE, Lnrd HOWICK, Earl MOIRA, Lord HENRY PETTY, the A&CMIIISH , II , of CANTERBURY, and Mr. WIND HAM and Mr. Boon. At four o'clock the following went away : the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY, Earl MOIRA, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the MASTER of the HORSE, VISCOUNT Hooka, Lord GRENVILLE, Lord Ezmiaottouon, Mr. THOMAS Gaaaviszr, Lord HENRY PETTY, and Mr. WINDHAM. The following Noblemen remained with his MAJESTY till five o'clock, viz. Earls Wtacos Wt.% ArLasroaD, Lord' HIATHFIRLD, and Mr. BOND. To pretend to (late all that is reported to have pallid at the Council, and in different conferences among the great, would be to impofe upon our Readers. We can only give what is confidered as coming from the leading men on either fide. but which is only fa confidered, from its being what is circulated among their iefpeetive conne&ions. On the one fide it is faid 4 4 That if the prefent Mi niters be removed, it will not be in confequenre of the rtfination of the pefent Miniflers ; that agreeably to what was hated in Lord Howices Speech tan night, a future explanation of what has paired will be given to the Public—an explanation which will accord with that confitlency and opennefs of charader which has marked the conduk of this Government from the origin of its exifience, that every difpofition has been !hewn on the part of his Majelly's Miniflers to accede to his wifhes, and to make every conceilion that it was poffible fur them to make confluent with their characters, as loon as thole willies were made known to them ; but having fu done, they found , themfelves further called upon to enter into engagenvnts as to their future condul under all poffible contingencies —engagements which had not been exacted at the formation of the Government, or even intimated, and which no public man could poffihly be junified in entering into, as it might involve the very exiflence of the country." On the other hand it is faid, " that his MI JESTeI withes ought to have been known before Rich a quef tion was brought into Parliament; that from events that took place fome years ago, they could hardly be fuppofed ignorant of his Majsrry's opinion ; that no pledge has been now required but what might have been fuppofed virtually to have been given, (Co far as refpeaed any meafure of the kind that has produced the prefent mifunderaanding, by their acceptance of office after events that mull be in every one's recolleaion, without any Ri. pulation on their part to be permitted to depart from that principles which have hitherto guided his Ma jelly's Government ; and that even the Miniaers themfelves are not agreed in the propriety of the mea fure,feveral high characters among them difapproving of it as threatening danger to the Conftitution." We offer no opinion of our own. We are more anxious to Rate what the parties themfelves circu late on the queßion, that the public may be_able to form an opinion for themfelves. We lall night received Hamburgh Papers to the 7th, and Dutch to the 14th inclufive, from which we have made fame extracts. There is nothing new from the theatre of war. There is no truth in the report of Bomarmere going to Paris. It is laid the Ruffians have had fame fmart aElions with the Turks, and are marching towards Confian tinople. It feems probable tbat Dalmatia will be the fcene of important operations. Yelerday the Petition relative to the Weßminfier Eleaion was voted falfe and fcandalous, and Drake was fent to Newgate. Mr. Burr, the'Serjeant at Arms, arrived in town yellerday morning from Edinburgh, where he had been to fummon three of the Judges of the Court of Seffinn. Sir Ho/411 Portiere prefented himfelf yetterday on 'Change and at Lloyd's. At the latter'place, being fnon recognized, he was received by the Gentlemen prefent with three cheers. Sir Hord @Ponta ss returned thanks, and, in a (bort fpeech. Rated there was no doubt that Monte Video was taken, for he could have taken it with 300 men. He retired amidtt the cheers of the room. Monday a General Court Martial afiembled in Edinburgh Cagle for the trial of Lieut. Ross, of the 72d Regiment, on charges brought againit him by Lieutenant Colonel Hay, commanding the Regiment. We have pleafure in being able to (late. that the kneels ot,the new 0x5.. , x0 Itivtzw, has far exceeded the MoR fanguine expettations of its proprietors. A Ready file, of from two to three thoutind copies, pramife► a long and profperout exidence. NATI 'CAL INTELLICP. YCE. FALMOU ru. MARCH 16. Arrived the Nimrod cutter, from off Ufhant, fhe left the fleet all well on the loth indant.—SAiled the INSOLENT gun brig, LieutenAut Moak's., fur Ply mouth.—Wind N. W. PLYMOUTH, Mkroti 17 Came in the Itivewae, of 74.10n5, from Roche fort,to refit. The SUPkRII, of 74 and the others of the fquadron, are expected herein refit. Soiled the BOADICIA, of 38 guns, to join the Channel Fleet; Lear WARREN, of 18 guns, and the Virse, of 4 guns, to the Eallward, with a fl:et, under cotoroy. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18. • Arrived two brigs from Poole, bound to Lilon. DEAL, MARCH 18. Arrived yefterday evening the Ex, coma bomb from Purtimouth, with a convoy confiding of Coati ing and Swedifh veffds ; the latter have failed for Sheernefs to join convoy for the Baltic. This motn• ing put back the FURY bomb, with the tranfvorts and outward-bound vetfels under convoy, which failed from the Downs on the 15th infant ; alt . () the lord Hawkefbury and the Surrey Eaft Indiamen, and re• veral other veffels, which failed from the Downs laft night —Arrived the ZEBRA bomb from Portfmouth; PHOSPHORUS fire trail, RAILLEUR !Nip of war, Irr- Tactic ENT gun brig, and feveral other cruizers from off the French Coati, and remain in the Downs with the (hips as per lA.—Sailed the FLORA frigate for Portfmouth. Arrived the EARL SPENCER cntter, from Dublin and Scilly, with a convoy, which are failed for the River. The EARL SPENCER remains. HULL, MARCH z 6, rttor. Yefterday and this morning a large fleet of ve ldts failed from this port for the Baltic.—Since our laft the following veffels have failed from hence for the Greenland and Davis' Streights whale fi(heries, viz.—For Greenland, the Minerva, BURR ILL ; the New Manchefter, HUNTER ; the Sarah and Eliza beth, Ewaasx ; and the Emperor, THREADOoLD.— For Davis' Streights, the Symmetry, Cloughton. On Saturday morning, the Aimwell, AGAR ; and William and Mary, Joint:ow, failed from Whitby, for the Davis' Streights fifhery.—Alfo the William, joHNSON, for Aberdeen, with a cargo of coals, taken out of the Neftor, of Sunderland, which having re ceived damage in entering the harbour, was obliged to deliver.—Several fifbing cobles, belonging to Ro. bin Hood's Bay, were at fea at the commencement of the heavy gale, on Wednefday week ; the whole of which, with the exception of one, with difficulty, got fafe to the fhore : the latter was picked up three days afterwards, to the fouthward of Scarborough, from which it is concluded, that the people belonging to her have been drowned.—By accoun:s received from Scotland we learn, that in a violent gale of wind, about Chi jamas, fifteen Elting cobles belonging to Lnngfound, were caught at fea, the whole of which were loft. Out of fifty-one perfons, of whom their crews confifled, only one was feted. The brig Q2een of Harvei, EDWARD MANN mailer, bound to Newcaflle, has not been heard of fince the dreadful gale of Wednefday the 18th ult. About four o'clock in the morning of Wednefday fe'nnight, the brig London Merchant, belonging to Woodbridge, JOHN PAIN a, matter, bound from thence to Newcattle with potatoes, was (ruck by the Item of the (hip Eleanor of Blytb, and (Love down to the water's edge, clofe in with the cheek c,f Robin Hood's Bay, on the York(hire coati, and a quarter pail eight o'clock, the wind blowing hard, accompanied with (now, the brig's company providentially took to their boat, and in a quarter of an hour after, the brig funk in deep water, about two miles Eaft of Scarborough Caftle. The crew mull inevitably have been drowned, had not their fituation been perceived on (lore, when a coble and crew went to their affiftance, and towed the boat into Scarborough harbour. Yellerday his MAJESTY came to town from Wind for as ufual, and held a private Levee at the Q.teen's Palace at 2 o'clock, which was attended by The Archbifhop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Prefident of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Firit Lord of the Treafury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the three Secreta ries of State, the Matter General of the Ordnance, the Firlt Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Chief Jutlice cf the Court of King's Beach, the Judge Advocate, the Lord Steward of the Houft hold ; Earls Winchelfes and Carnarvon; Lord Heathfield; Admiral Do met, General Finch, Meffrs.Plerrepoitit, Fawkener and Fordyce. Mr. PIERRITOINT was prefented to his tvlaissrv, upon his return from his Embaffy to Sweden. Admiral Dorssr and Mr. FORDYCII laid before his Msjssry the 7th Report of the Commiffioners of N.rval Revifinn. His Majsrrr held a Privy Council, and gave pri vate audiences to moll of the Cabinet Minifters. The RF coßDez of London attended, and made a Report of the following thirteen capital convisfts under fentence of death in Newgate, viz.— J. Wood, W. Marfden and J. Butler, for ftealing goods and monies in dwclling-houfes; Patrick Prendergaft, fora burglary in the hritife of G. Bell, at Edgeware ;—J. Williams for returning from tranfportation; T. Jones and R. Gagg, for highway robberies; J. Field and T. Ward, for Realing three calves ; Elizabeth Stracey, for houfebreaking ; Frederick Smith alias Henry St. John, for ftealing a Banknote, value 3ocl ; Catharine M' arty, for uttering counterfeit money; and Mary Crawley, for lop — When Patrici Prenderge was ordered for execution on Wednefday next— l'he others were refpited during his MAJESTY'S ple.tfore. Neither the men for the robbery at Ponder's End, nor thole convided at the tall &Ilion, were reported. Mr. Bono, the Judge Advocate, laid before his MAJISTY the proceedings cf feveral Courts Martial. His MAJESTY left the Qt2een's Palace for Windfor at five ''clock. Earl Spew CU was at Court yellerday, for the &It time fence his indifpofition. The Noble Earl's com plaint is bilious, and has very much reduced him. General CILOSBIE died yenerday, at his houfe in Seymour.dreet, in the 53d year of his age. By his death the Colunelcy of the 53d Regiment becomes vacant. The Oratorio, WI night, was crowded with falhiqo ; the performers ezer►ed ►hemfclves to the utmott ; and the audience Chewed their fenie of Meths. A s nt.e exertions fur their entertainment, by repeated p udits.