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This day was publifbed, price One Shilling. ALETTER to WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, Efq M. P on the propelled ABOLITIoN of the SLAVE TRADE, at pref. nt under the confideration of Parliament. ByWILLIAMaMIIH, Efq Late Reprefentative tar the City of Norwich. Crudell. übique Luaus, übique Favor, et Plurima Mortis Imago. Printed for Longman, Hutit, Rees, and Orme, Paternofter-row. CAPITAL FREEHOLD ESTA HUNTINGDONSIIIRE TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. LEAKE, At the Bell Inn, Stilton, on Monday March ad, at Three o'clock, in Sixteen I.ots, confining of THE MANORS of Sawtrey Milton and Gidding, and fundry valuable Farms (the greater part Tythe Free,) containing 2184 acres of excellent arable, pafture, meadow and wood land in bawtrey Stilton, Caldicot and Gidding, let to refpec table yearly Tenants at old rents, amounting only to 22771. per annum, and capable of very confiderable ii,crcafe. Particulars may be had of George Booth Tyndale, Efq Lincoln's Inn Fields ; of Mr. Hinde, at Sawtrey and of Mr. Leake, at Fletton, near Peterborough. PARLLIMENTART PROCLEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FEB. w. In the Appeal, '• Merc kle v.Dick," the Solicitor-General was beard for the Refpondcnt.•—Further confidered on Monday . In the Appeal, " Lewis v. Morgan," Lord Redefdale and the Lord Chancellor concurred in opinion, that the order of the Court of Exchequer over•ruling (event of the exceptions to the Report of the Deputy Remembrancer, ought to be reverted, and the Deputy Remembrancer direeted to review his Report.—Or derei The Newfoundland Fills Importation Bill p..ffed through a Commerce and was reported. Mr. Alinutt, from the Commiffioners of Thames Navigation, prefented an Account of their Receipts and Diiburfcmcats for the year '&6 ....Ordered to lie on the Table. Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. SIR HOME POPHAM. Mr. GRENVILI.E informed the Houfe from the Bar, that the Lords of the Admira::y having thought proper to put Sir Home Popham, a Member of the Houfe, under arreft, prepare tory to his being tried by Court Martial, for improper conJudt : and being defirous to give the Houle the earlieft information on that proceeding, they had dircdtcd him to lay before the Houk a copy of the warrant ender which the arreft had taken place. Mr. GRENVILLE then brought up the warrant, which was read by the Clerk at the table, and was in fubftance as follows : "Whereas Captain Sir Home Popham left the Cape of Good Hope without any orders, and proceeded to attack a Spann let. element on Rio de la Plata : now, this is to command you, that you take the faid Sir H. Popham under arreft, preparatory to his trial by Court Martial for his faid offence. But you are not to put him to any greater inconvenience than is abfolutely ne ceffary, and therefore having made the arreft, you are to take his word of honour for his appearance, when the Court Martial takes place, and you are to attend him to and from the faid Court - "To John Cricket, Efq. Marlbal of the Admiralty." On the motion of Lord HOWICK it was ordered, that what had been laid by Mr. Grenville, and a copy of the warrant, Ihould be entered on the Journals. On the motion of Lord HOWICK, the Call of the Houfe was deferred till Tucfday. Lord OSSULSTONE informed the Houfe, that his Majefty bad been waited upon with the Addrefs for certain Papers relating to the Slave Trade, and had given directions accordingly. On the motion of Mr. ATKYNS WRIGHT, the farther con fideration of the Special Report of the Penrhyn Eledlion Com mittee was poftponcd from Monday to Monday fe'nnight. MUTINY BILL.-ROMAN CATHOLICS. Lord HOWICK, in eonfequence of the abfence of a Right Hon Friend of his (Mr. Windham, whore eletlion had been declared void), 'elated the Committee on the Mutiwy Bill fhould be poltpored from Tuefday next to Tuefday fe'nnight. He took this opportunity to give notice, that he meant in the Committee to move two new clanks : one for extending to Great Britain the provifions of an Mt of the frith Parliament in the year enabling Roman Catholics to hold certain commiffions in the army ; and another, to fecure to fuch Roman Catholics as are laving in the army, the free exercife of their religion. This freedom was already granted in pradtice, but for the fuller raid. faftion of thole who were the objedts of it, it was intended to give it the fanclion and recur:tie of law.—(Hear! Hear !) The order for the Committee on the Bill was fixed for 'fuelday fe'nright.—ln anfwer to a queltion from Mr. Yorke, it was Rated by Lord Howick, that there was no neon to think it would be put off beyond that day. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. Mr. SHERIDAN rofe to move that the order for taking into confideration the Petition complaining of an undue EleEtion for the City of Weßminfter, fhould be deferred from Tuefday next for a further time.— He was extremely furptifed to learn, that his motion was to be oppofed by a Noble Lord (Folkflone), whom, if he had not learned from his own)ips that he was to oppofe it, he would have expeaed to be the firll to fecund it. He Mould be afhamed to afk the delay he wifhed fur, on the bare Ratement that his Counfel would be abfent on Circuit. On a for mer day, be had contented to the delay of fix weeks to accommodate the Petitioners, and the Noble Lord perfonally, who Rated, that he had at precipitate ly, and contrary to the wifhes of the Petitioners, in expreffing a defire that their petition fhculd be brought to trial as early as poffible, though the Peti tioners themfelves had fince repented their aflertion of an anxiety for early trial. He conceived that there was a perfat and exprefs undertianding that a further delay fhould take place, in confequence of the proximity of the Circuit, which would com mence in a few days after the day then used. It could not he fuppofed that, without fuels an under. (landing, he would have agreed to a motion which went to deprive him of the aid of able Counfel, who had for thirteen weeks before been giving their atten tion to the cafe. He had learned lately that the Counfel for the Petition •did not go Circuit. It was unteafonahle that he (hould be well expeCted to go tin now, when the Petitioners were aware, in making the appcintment, that they would have the benefit of their Counfel, while he would be deptived of his. Lord FOLKSTONE denied that there had been any underflanditlg, or that he had given any pledge for further delay. The Honourable Gentleman him. fell fuppofed, in a jocular way, that the Petitioners would apply themfelves for flintier delay, and that they would at length let the Petition fall to the ground. With refped to the abfence of Counfel on Circuit, he had laid, that would be matter ter Cub fequent contderatirm. Lord HOWICK f.tid, the jealouly with which the Houle viewed any unnecelLtry delay of the trial of Controverted EleCtions was vety *pit. It was moll material, that every feat fhould as early as piAble be filled beyond difpute, by dr: perfon er titled to it. The abfence of Counfel was not in itfelf a to& cient gror.nd for delay ; but, coupled with an un derltanding on a former day that loch farther delay would be granted, and with the &a that the Peti tioners' Counfel would not be abfeni, it was a throng claim. From his recolleCton of what paired on the fortrier day, lie conceived there was fuch an tinder finding. The ATTORNEY GENERAL contended that there bad been an underaanding that further delay would be requifite. He himfelf had fuggefted to his Honourable friend the probable ahfence of his Coun fel (Mr. Serjeant Lens and Mr. Scar lett) on Circuit at the time then fired by the Noble Lord, while the Counfel for the Petitioners, one of the ablell and bell converfant with the Elation Laws (Mr. Plomer). never did go Circuit. The Noble Lord himfdf al lowed that the fubjed of the Circuit was mentioned. If it was, no other undertianciing confillent with pro priety or common fenfe, could have prevailed. Mr. PERCEVAL conceived the idea of further delay to have been thrown out by the Right Honour. abe Gentleman rather in a tone of triumph than a% a pledge of underftanding. It was as if the Hon. Gentleman meant to fay the Petitioners would always put off the bufinefs, and never bring it to trial. Mr. SHERIDAN Paid, if he had not underflood there was a compad for further delay beyond the Circuit, he would not, in the former intiance, have contented to a delay of an hour. Mr. PETER MOORE Paid he bad advifed his Right Hon. Friend on the former occafion, not to affent to the delay propofed by the Noble Lnrd on any conditions. It was impoftible he could have af fented without the compad now claimed. Lord FOLK F.STO/4E offered fome obfervations in vindication of the charaEter of Mr. Paull from the imputation of intending to entrap Mr. Sheridan, by bringing on the trial with all the benefit of his own Counfel'a afilaance, while the fitting Member's Coun fel would be on Circuit. After a few words in explanation between Mr. Moots and Mr. PERCEVAL, relative to the extent of the delay now w;fhed for, a divifion took place, For Mr. SHERIDAN'S Motion t67—Againli it 12. The day for which the Petition now Elands for con fideration, we underflood to be Tuefday, April 21. On the fuggeftion of Lord HOWICK, the other public bufinefs not being likely to take up much time, was proceeded upon prior to the hearing of Counfel againft the Bill for aboliling the Slave Trade. The SPEAKFR Informed the Houfe, that as Monday fe'n• night would be the laft day on which Petitions for private Bills could be received, and as two days in the next week would be taken up in Come degree with Eledtion Mots, &e. be would come down to the Houfe on Monday, and the other days, at three o'clock, for the convenience of fuch Gentlemen as may have Pe titions to prefcnr, Lord TEMPLE prdented a petition from certain Perfons con cerned in the Welt India Trade, againft the Bill for Abolifh:ng the Slave Trade. Mr. MANNING prefented a Petition from certain Ship Owncn againit the continuance of the TonnageDuty,according to the new plan of Finance. Mr. Alderman COMBE prefented a Petition from certain Perfons concerned in the African Trade, againli. the Sierra Ltone Bill. A Petition was Rif° prefented from the South Sea Company againft the South American Trade Bill. All thefe Petitions were ordered to lie on the table. The Turkey Tobacco Bill was read a third time and paffed. Mr. HOBHOUSE brought up the Report of tSe Committee of the whole Houfe for the Relief of the Weft India Trade, and the Refolutions were agreed to. The Irina Sugar Drawback Bill was orderei to be recommitted on Monday next. Ordered, on the motion of Mr. HOBHOUSE, that the Houfe at iu riling do adjourn to Monday next. COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS. The Houle, on the motion of Sir JOHN NEW PORT, refolved itfelf into a Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Hobhoufe in the Chair. Sir JOHN then, purfuant to his notice, moved that the various inland Duties in Ireland, granted by an Aft of lag Sctflon, do ceafe and determine, and that the feveral duties contained in a fchedule which he prefented to the Committee be granted in lieu there of. The Hon. Baronet Rated tome (mall additions which were propofed to be made to force of the du ties, viz. that on Houfes, where the number exceed ed four or five hearths. The duties timid be one half more on Bachelors than on married Men, and it was propofed to make a (mall reduttion in the duty on Licences. There was but one other artide, namely, Paper, on which it was propofed to make a (mall alteration in the exiaing duties. The Refolution was then put from the Chair, and after anion converfation between Mr. Rose and Sir J. NEWPORT, agreed to: when the Houfe having re fumed, the Report was ordered to be received on Monday next. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The Houfe, on the motion of Sir JOHN NEW PORT, refolved itfelf into a Committee of Supply, to which the various accounts refpeaing the Ira Mifcellaneous Services had been previoufly referred, Mr. Hosmouse in the Chair. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved, and it was re fulved by the Committee, that the feveral (=sin the refpeilive Eilimates be granted to his blAjetty's fur ther fervices to which they referred, for the year end ing the sit of January, 1808. The following are fume of the principal items : }or defraying the erpence of publifbing Proclamations and Advenifements - £ro,soo Civil Buildings - - 2.5,000 Printing 2,y0 Copies of the Atts of this Winn s.ico Printing and Stationary for the Public Offices in Dublin a i,soS Criminal Profecutions and Law &pence& ay ,000 Arrelling public offenders - 2,500 Reformed Minifters . T 9,4 2 9 Together with the ufual grants for the charitable hittitutions in Ireland. On the Refolution for a grant to the Society for the Difcouragement of Vice and Promotion of Virtue, Mr. HERBERT objeaed to the grant, on the ground that the Society ought to bear the burthen of their expences on their own q4oulders, but withdrew his oppotition, on being informed that the grant was intended to enable the Society to furnith Bibles and Prayer Books to the mall of the people, at a reduced price. The Refolution was agreed to, after a few obfcrvations from Mr. WILBERFORCE and Mr. CORRY. On the Refulution, that a fum of pool. be grant ' ed for the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth, in addition to the turn of eight thoufaad pounds annu ally, which additional grant was for the ereilion of other buildings, for the further accommodation of the Students in that Seminary, 4 Ilion but intereft ingconverfation took place. Mr. PERCEVAL had no oblation, as this efla blithment had been founded previous to the Union, to granting the fum of B,oopl. as ufual ; but as he looked upon the prelim &imputed addition as the commencement of an intrealing expenditure, which would tend to make that Inllitution rival the Univer thy of Dublin, ;id to the e(labli p iment of the Ca. duty' tholic Religion, he felt it his tity to exprefs his dif fent to it in th'e firli infiauce, though he did not then It t mean to profs his op c i Otion to a ilivifion. II he was rightly toforfoed, - yolab of the Roman Catholic Gentry were educated in the Univerfity of Dublin, before the eltAlithment of this Inaitution,which prat tic: had wholly cured fence. If this addition were in this inllance to be granted, it would be the founda tion for a further application next year; and he was againtt the policy of giving any encouragement to the growth of the Roman Catholic Religion. Sir JOHN NEWPORT obferved, that the qoef• tion was, not whether the Catholic Clergy fhould be educated in foreign countries, or at home ? for in the prefent Rate of Europe, they could not go for educa tion to foreign countries. The quetlion, therefore, was, whether they fhould be educated at all? Every Gentleman would admit that the Catholics could not by being educated abroad, be rendered better fubjeds, and that a dorneflic education for them was mod deferable. Since the eliabliatment of the Inflitotion by the diftrfe of foreign education, the demand for a fupply of Catholic Clergymen had increafed, in order to replace the infirm or the dead, had increafed to fuck a degree, that the College did not afford fuffi cient. Zr had on that account been recommended by the Government of Ireland to increale the Grant, for the purpofe of providing greater accommodations. The Nation was folely for the education of the Catholic Clergy, but a lay feminary had been eflab• lifhed near the College, which had the benefit of the Profeffors of the College. The Catholics had not been allowed to enter the Univerfity of Dublin till the Relaxation in 1793, and this Inditution had immediately been founded. Mr. HERBERT declared, that there was not an item in the whole accounts which he would fupport with more real pleafure than this grant. Mr. GRATTAN obferved, that the queflion was, whether Parliament would fuffer ? by fuffer he meant impofe upon the Catholic Clergy the neceffity of fo reign education and foreign conneetions ; or whether it would give them the means of education at home If the great objeEtion to the Irifh Catholic was his foreign conneflion, the better way of getting rid of I that was to educate him at home. In this confided the wifdom of the Irifh Parliament, in founding this Eftabliffiment, in the year 1793. Though he might think it better that the Catholics should be educated in the College of Dublin, where they would amalgamate with their Protedant bre threw, than in their own College, yet he thought it much better that they thould be educated in a Col lege of their own, than in a foreign College. But the fum was fo fmall, compared with the magnitude of the objed, that he was flue no objection could be preffed againa the grant. Thirteen thoufand pounds was a very moderate fum to be granted for the education of three millions and a half of people, efpecially as domedie education would promote the allegiance, and foreign education might promote the difloyalty of the Catholic. Mr. BANKES objefted to the Grant, as it would have a tendency to promote a growing ellabliihment of the Catholics, which he walled to tolerate, but not to eflablifh. Captain HERBERT and Lord STANLEY both concurred heartily in the Refolution, becavrfe the withholding education in their own feminaries from the Catholics would not promote the Protellant Re ligion, and it was of the molt efrential importance that they fhould have the benefit of the inaruaion of learned men of their own perfuafion. The Refolution was then agreed to without a di vifion ; and the other Refolutions having alto been voted, the Houk refumed, and the Repert was or dered to be received on Monday. SLAVS TRADE. On the motion for the Bill being read, and Counfel called in to be heard againfl it, General GASCOYNE wifhed it to be deferred till Monday, on acconnt of the latenefs of the boon Lord HOWICK thought no further delay fhould arifr. Counfel were attending, it was not fo late an hour, and he was perfuaded that no better atten dance would occur than what then appeared, and he could not content to ponpone it one hour longer. The Bill having been read a fecund time, the Coun fel, Mr. Dallas, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Scarlett, were then called in, and feverally heard on the part of the petitioners. . After which a long and defultory converfation re fpeaing the propriety of heating evidence at the bar, took place, between General Galcoyne, Lord Howick, Mr. Fuller, Sir Charles Pole, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Robert Thornton, Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Role, Mr. Her bert, Mr. Rofcoe, and Sir Philip Francis, the refult of which was, that the motion was negatived without a divifinn. The debate on the quellion of going into a Com. mittee on the Bill was then adjourned to Monday next. General GASCOVNE gave notice that he thould on that day, move for compenfation to loch of the Well India Traders and Planters as might fair in jury from the pafiing of this Bill into a law. Ad klurned at one o'clock. • LONDON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY u. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Cod°ls, for money, lati—for ace. 62f—Omnium Exchequer Bills, par.to as, pre. FOREIGN JOURNALS. Paris Papers to the t3th, and Hamburgh and Al tona to the 1 tth inftant, have been received. The Paris papers contain the Fifty-fifth Bulletin, which, with the other extrafts, immediately follows : FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. FIFTY-FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. Warfaw, Jan. 29. 44 The details of the battle of Mobringen are as follows :•••• al The Martha' Prince of Ponte Corvo arrived at Mohringen with the divifiem of Drouet, on the 25th of this month, at eleven o'clock in the morning, at the very moment when the General of Brigade, Padod, was attacked by the enemy. 44 The Marlhal Prince of Ponte Corvo ordered an immediate attack of the village of Pfarresfeldehen, by a battalion of the ninth of light infantry. The •village was defended by three Ruffian battalions, which were fupported by three others. The Prince of Ponte Corvo caufed alfo two other battalions to march, to rapport chat of the ninth. The aflion was very Corp. The eagle of tae ointh regiment, of light - • 7 infantry was taken by the enemy ; but on the afper t of the affront with which this brave regiment was on the point of being covered for ever, and from which neither victory, nor the glory acquired in an hundred combats, would have purified it, the foldiers, mated with an inconceivable ardour, precipitated themfelves on the enemy, whom they routed, and recovered their eagle. • In the mean while the French line, compared of the Bth of the line, of the z7th of light infantry, and of the 94th, were formed, and attacked the Ruffian line, which had taken its pofition on a riling ground. The fire of the musketry was very bra s and at point blank diffance. 44 At this moment General Dt.pont appeared on the road, with the 3zd and g6th regiments. He turned the right wing of the enemy. A battalion of the 32c1 ruffled upon the enemy with its nfual impetuolity, put them to eight, killing feveral of them. The only prifoners they made were thofe who were in the houfes. The Ruffians were purfued for two leagues, and were it not for the coming on of night, the purfuit would have been continued. Counts Pahlen and Callitzin commanded the Ruffians. They left r zoo dead on the field of battle, and loft 300 prifoners and feveral howitzers. " Laplanche, General of Brigade, diffinguithed himfelf. The 19th Dragoons made a fine charge againa the Ruffian infantry. It is not only the good condo& of the foldiers, and the talents of the Ge. nerals, which are moll worthy of remark, but the expedition with which the traps broke up from their cantonments, and performed a ma-sh whicle would be reckoned extraordinary for any other troop, without a man being miffing in the field of battle. It is this which eminently diainguiffies foldiers who have no other impulfe but that of honour . " A Tartar Meffenger is jut} arrived f, m Con ftantinople, which place he left on the tft of this month. He has been difpatched to London by the Porte. 16 On the Both of December, war with Ittla:A ;Lia beenfolemnly proclaimed. The Pell& and the Sword had been fent to the Grand Vizier. Twenty eight regiments of Janiffisries fet out for Conftantinople ; feveral others pared from Alia to Europe. 66 The Ambafrador of Ruffia, his whole fuite, all the Ruffians in that city, and all the Greeks belong. ing to them, to the amount of lEVen or eight hundred, quitted Conilantinople on the 29th. " The Englifh Minifier, and the two Englilh men of war remained fpellators of thefe events, and ap. peared to wait for orders from their Government. " The Tartar paired through Widdin the isth of January. He found the roads covered with troops, who marched with alacrity againa their eternal eat. my ; 60,00 p men were already at Rodfchuk, and zg.ooo, compofing the advanced guard, were between that town and Buchareft. The Ruffians halted at Buchareft, which they occupied with an advanced guard of 15,0cr0 men. " Prince Su zzo was proclaimed Hofpodar of WA. lachia. Prince Ypfilanti was proclaimed a traitor, and a price (et upon his head. " The Tartar met the Perfian Ambalrador half way between Connantinople and Widdin, and the Ambairador Extraordinary from the Porte beyond that town. 41 The vidories of Pultuile and Golymin were al ready known in the Woman Empire. The Tartar courier had heard the news from the Turks before he arrived at Widdin. " The Thermometer continues at two or three de grees below o. It is the moll favourable feafon for the army." FROM THE HAMBURGH PAPERS. ST. PETERSBURGH, JAN. The Turkitb fortrefs of Akierman is taken. The fubjeets of France, Italy, and Holland, refs ding here, have been examined before Commiffioners appointed for the purpofe, and taken an oath that they will hold no communication with their country men. In failure of thefe conditions they arc to be fubjeited to corporal punithment, or fent to the mines. Thole who refufe to take the oath are allowed a fort- night to prepare for leaving the country ; dg only have refuted. BUCHAREST, DEC. 31. On the 12th, mo Turks, under Mehemet Baraie• tar, arrived here. On the 13th, the Ruffian Conful was brought to Rudfcbuck. On t h e 14th and roll, 20,000 Turks arrived here, and immediately ad. vanced againft 1 s,OOO Ruffians at Fockfan. On the 23d, they came to an action at Grodau, in which the Turks loft boo men ; and on the 27th, the Ruffian General Michelfon and Prince Ypfelante entered the city. On the 29th, General Michelfon bloke up from hence to march to Albania by way of Widdin. TURKISH FRONTIER, JAN. to. The Ruffians under General gichelfon have taken poffeffion of the three provinces of Moldavia, Bak rabia, and Wallachia. They chive all the Turks they meet before them. It fcems as if the Ruffians intend to pats the Danube near Krajowa and etla blith thernfelves in Servia. The Tucks in Bofnia have already taken up arms agaiall the Ruffians. The Servians evacuated the Autirian War Wand upon the Danube on the night of the 6th. FROM THE DANUBE, JAN. a 6. The Hungarian Papers make the number of Rut: flans in Moldavia, sec. amount w too,ooo men. If this Itatement be comet, they mat have Nut aka 1 ~