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FOR SALE AY PUBLIC AUCTION, •• At the London Tavern, Fosh ale-ctreet, Plymouth, on Tuesday, the 2 d (14 . May next, THE f ist-s cling Coppered Cutter POMMEREUL, of the following Dimensions : Breadth - - • 66 Ft. 10 ht. Lerwh - - 21 4- Depth - - 9 0 Aerreacures 118 36-94 Tons. Pierced for 16 gti 1 1 ..., nearly new, well found in good stores, and appears to be particularly calculated fora letter of marque, or runner to the West Indies, has got d cppacity of stowage, and needs nothing more than men and provisiotis to proceed on any voyage immediately. Captured after ,a very long chase, (having carried away her top -n.ast) by his Majesty's'ship Shannon, P. B. V. BROKE, Esq. Captair. For viewing the Vessel and Materials, and further Informa tion, apply to W. P. Smith, Esq. George's-street, Dock, or Mr. JOHN HAWKER, Briton Side, April 13. Merchant, Plymouth. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEBRUARY s, The moment of the arrival of the English Ambas sador, they had placed on the top of the Palace of England an immense English flag, which was seen from all quarters 6f the city. In the course of these last few days the flag has disappeared, and they have even beaten down the mast which supported it. The English vessels which had entered the Archi pelago have returned to Malta, on the advice they received by a brig expedited from the Dardanelles. FEB. Io.—Since the. English have been here, trou ble and inquietude agitate the public mind. Wise men, who could foretel events, feared those which the return of the English in Turkey would be calcu lated to produce. Now is clearly seen, what was be fore doubted of, viz. that peace between England and the Porte was the work of a small number of men, recent enemies to the Mussulman name, who have endeavoured by means of bribery and seduction, to put in play the passions of a frenzied soldiery be come absolute, and to the will of whom nothing could oppose resistance after the revolution of the month of November. Tl►e nomination of the Grand Vizier is not yet known. It is a case without example, that the im portant post of Li'...ttonant of the Sovereign should Lave been vacant so long. It is believed that this unc-rtaiiity arises from our Sovereign having chosen Juseph Paella to occupy it, whom the Janissaries ob stinately refused to r2ci-ive into Constantinople. It is feared ft:a this disagreement will bring on fresh mis fortu.:e. At tl T . Pi ant rune riecd vom carru V. B Fo tion, Brito T sadc Eng fron last even T • pela, recei ble men, the r lated I fore and men, have to pi corm cowl mon T knov port, have unc Juse; stin' feare tom: are Ault the 1 the l and ing I In ordir tersb Fren this Fari: A arm] has FRANCKFORT, APRII. 1. %V hear from Bavaria that formidable preparations are making to repulse the invasion with which the Austrians threaten that country. They have broken the bridge of the Reger, and sent all the vessels of the Danube to the right of that river. At Straubing and on Mount Trinity, near Ratisbon, they are rais ing batteries. VIENNA, MARCH 23. In the course of the last week six Couriers Extra , ordinary have arrived here—namely, one from Pc tersburgh, and four from Paris, of which two were French and two Austrian. There were sent from this capital in the same week three Couriers, two for Faris and one for Russia. • As among the militia, and the volunteers of the army of rest-rye, there are married :Leo, Government has assigned to the wives of woi.;:r., going with the army, six florins, (21 kreutzers moms for each, tha: they may be assured of maintenance. during the ab sence of their husbands. N.vcrtheless, it is to be oh. served at the same time, that every female capable of travelling can gain as mtis.li by the day as a mar The women with children receive a proportions consideration. The opaknt inhabitants of Viel.aa have offered a voluntary contribution for the use of the six battalions which ccmpcse the Militia of their capital. PARLIAMEN7ARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 20, In the Appeal Cause the I'ari.l or Sr. Gregory ro. the Minor Canons of St. Paul's, Mr. LEACII was again heard in behalf of the Appellants, and Mr. Itivit nos on the part of the Re.pon dents, when die further proceedings were postponed till hionclay. The Committee of Pris lieges was delayed until Tuesday next, on which day the proceedings of the Roxburgh Peerage were or dered to be resented. 'the further hearing of Counsel on Paulet's Divorce Bill, was deferred to Monday next. The LORI) CI - I:INCELLOR, in consequence of Lord Auck- Ltnd's motion, laid on the table accounts of the recruits enlisted in the British s-rvice since the opening of the campaign iu Por tugal. The Scots Creditors' Bill, and several private Bins, were com mitted ; and the Scots Records' 2xll read a second time, and re ported to be committed on :11temlay next.—Adjourned. HOUSF OF COMNiONS. Sir HENRY IVION EGO F:R Y presented a Petition from the Debtcrs confined in Cork Pri,ov, praying for relieh—Orderee lie on ite The Gas Ligbt Company Incorporation Bill was wi:hdrawn, in consequence of inforn.ality, and a new Bill ordered to be pre pared. • Sir CHAP LES HAMILTON, presented a Petition from Daniel Butlir (the Sheriffs' OfEcer) expressive of his contrition, it.:ving be guilty of a breach cf the pkivilrgcs of the House, zrr! hl 1..:g to be d from his confinenu.nt. il.o zr:ozion t.i Sir CHARLES HAY/11:10N, the Petitioner vac ota-itd to be brcuLla to the bar to-morrow, in order to be 1 te Itisii insole( nt Dditors'Bill was read a second time, and ordercd to hem:we - fitted 0:1 Monday next. A rneF.sage from the Lords acquainted the House that their .I.ord,hipt had agreed to the Malta Prize Ship Registry Bill, the Irt:L-epers AilowaLce, the Irish infirmary bill, and several pri vate Bits. 1 he R.:Tort of the Iri,ll Militia Bill was postponed to this tizy se'rt On the motion of l‘.lr. Ott i'i otsr reftolvt d itself into a Comntittzr of tv, whop, I s,• on •he Brit:4i ip Prize Bill, and the Rtpr.rt was crd. rt d rct:ived to-r. I. rim. .7klr- \VARI) prest . nt...d of the remaining in the h4l tls of tht. r ~t ;! I Court t•f Admirt.hy, p,,,ort of tht to. - .ll!e;it.o Is:11 was hrouglit tip and agrct.el to, at:tl Ch. , to he rt-ad a ll.lrtl time. on Mondry. The Report of the I.ocal a Bill w t 4 f rthe r cousidere t ' Tw, clauses were at1.1. , t1, tile 1)(!e it) la Pei !n , 1`.1 ' Local IVlilitia to tn'ti,t ON ~:.• otitkr Colonels to appoict I „;:u.orter N::.sters withi.t the tw.:Al rt., 1 1 o f service. Mr. WY NNE o'.ll. et.d to the fcrmtr of th , se dances ground that it would i:.jurr the Oiscipline of thel.c.:3lll. vice; and stated, that on the; bird rea.lih t ;he woul clause to Tv1110,1: that objection. Mr. BANCES tv Eltett that it should be genera' •••• V." 11 tl.-: the Counties were obliged to keep up the numb, • u. Militia, and to fill up every •acae,ey from what, .turn avtcr it arose. Lord CASI'LIEREAGH expressed his surpr hat it had ever bten doubtod..llse Bill was tbt,u ordered to lie read a th u d t i me tomorrow. The Navy Compassionate !Ist BM was maned, a. 4 ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. HUSIUSSON brought up art account of the gross produce (A the Treasury Fee Fund. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. lIUSKiSSON also brought up tit* Warrant of. 1767, granting" X5OOO per annum to the late Duke of Gloucester, se cured on some of the Leeward Islands. Ordered to lie on the table. Upon the Motion of Mr. C. W. WYNNE, some additional Returns with respect to Spain and Portugal were ordered. AMERICA. Lord HENRY PETTY said, that seeing a Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Canning) in his place, he wished to be informed, what constructions his Majesty's Ministers put on the Act which it was now pretty generally understood had passed in the Ameri can Congress, by which British ships entering into American, ports after the 20th day of May next were declared liable to confiscation ? And, as many Bri tish ships were at sea, bound to American ports, which could not have information that such an Act had passed in America, he wished . to know if measures had been taken to prevent such vessels from entering the perts of the United States ? Mr: CANNING said, it was not for him to inter pret the Acts of the American Legislature, but he conceived, as the Noble Lord had stated, that British or French ships entering the ports of the United States after the 20th of May next would be liable to confiscation. With regard to the second question proposed to him by the Noble Lord, he could only say, that he had no doubt Mr. Erskine, the British Minister in America, would take care to inform the Commanders on the American station of the Act of the American Legislature, and they would distribute their force in such a manner as to prevent any of our merchants ships from entering the harbours of the United States after that period. Mr. EDEN wished to be informed by the than- cellor of the Exchequer, whether it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to bring in a bill to conti nue the Act passed last Sessions, laying on duties on certain articles, in furtheranceof the Orders in Council? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he could not at present state what were the in tentions of his• Majesty's Government on that subject; but if it should be thought expedient to continue that bill, the House would have due notice of it. TREATY WITH SPAIN. Mr. PONSONBY said, that seeing the Right Ho nourable Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in his place, he wished to receive informatiop from him re lative to one of die articles of the treaty lately con cluded with Spain. The article to which he alluded was that by which his Majesty engages to continue to assist, to the utmost of his power, the Spanish na tion, in.their struggle against the tyranny and usurpa tion of France, and promises not to acknowledge any other King of Spain, and of the Indies thereunto ap pertaining, than his Catholic Majesty FerdinandVll. his heirs, or such lawful successor as the Spanish na tion shall acknowledge. • In his view of the subject, this article admit t ed of two interpretations. 1. That in case of Ferdinand VII. remaining a prisoner, Nye were bound to fight for the right of the heir in lineal succession-2. That we might acknowledge the King of Spain de ::.cto, to be the legitimate monarch cf that country. He wished to be informed which of the two interpretations was the right one ? Mr. CANNING said that neither of these inter pretatior s had been in the contemplation of those by whom !I;ii treaty was framed. lithe present branches of the Family of Spain who were in confine-, men .hould become extinct, it would be for the Spa nis• action to say who were the heirs next in succes s: •. to the Crown ; and t h was a point upon which ' - understood some difference of opinion existed .mung the Spanish jurists themselves. Certainly it was one in which this country had no right to inter fere. With regard to the oilier interpretation, that of acknowledging a King of Spain de facto, when ever that became a case for consideration, the treaty itself would be, ifrsofacto, annulled. Mr. PONSONBY profi:ssed himself satisfied with the explanation afforded; but there was another point on which he was extremely desirous of receiving some information. In one of the dispatches from Mr. Frere to Sir John Moore, Mr. Frere desires that the General would call a Council of war, to examine the Messenger who was the bearer of that dispatch. This he could not help considering as very extraordinary ; a civil officer to dictate in that way to a military commander. Mr. CANNING spoke to order. He said it was irrregular for any Gentleman, who rose merely to propose a question, to enter into any arguments on the merits of that question, which must necessarily give birth to discussion. Mr. I'ONSONBY apologized. He wished to know who the Messenger was, and what was the na ture cf the message of which he was the bearer ? Mr. CANNING declined giving the name of the hoc. , --- F- • vl , at as he had been at Ma defence which were then making in that • • • 'lr. Freres wish that he should be examined .:uncil of War as a winless, not to give an opinion. Mr. PONSONBY enquired of the Chanctli :r of the Exchtquer, whetiier, in consequence of the third report - of ;:le Coinmittee of Finance, which disclosed various at...ses, he had any plan to submit to the House, ..vhich those abuses might be corrected for the faun: The C; LANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plied tha he had no peculiar plan for that purpose at present contemplation. . . . . Mr. ' HITBREAD asked, whether it was the iiltenti.i. of his Majesty's Ministers to continue Mr. 1 rcre iris situation ? M ....ANNING said that there was no intention on t part cf his Majesty's Government to remove hir. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved, that th• • be laid before the House copies of certain notes f. :-:, the Spanish Ambassador to his Majesty's grin • Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. • Ordered. TILE CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL, Mr. YORKE prefaced his motion for additional 2apers relative to the Campaign in Portugal, with (:!,A.rving, that a great deal of misrepresentation had ; ; :me abroad relative to the conclusion of the campaign, which he thought better information would serve to correct. He felt peculiarly for the case of a General Officer (Sir Hew DalryMple) who was concerned in iliohe transactions, and who, in his judgment, had been treated with much undeserved severity. It was the in tention of Sir hew Dalrymple to have produced those papers which he should move flit-, had any proceedings been instituted against him ulterior to the Court din . . • (inky; but as no subsequent proceedings were adopted, he had no opportunity of bringing them forward. He concluded with moving— " That an bumble Address he'presented to his Majesty, that be would he pleased to order that Extracts or Copies of the Let ter, dated the 23d of December, •from Sir Hew Dalrymple to Lord Castlereagh, and the Inclosures, as far as related to the Re. • presentations of the Portuguese Generals with respect to the Ar mistice with the Portuguese Ambassador In London ; and that the Communication with Sir Arthur Wellesley on the 22d of August, concerning the Convention, should be laid before the House—together with the Answer of Lord Castlereagh, as far as they would not prove detrimental to the public service." Lord CASTLEREAGH opposed the motion, en the ground th:lt he had left it to the discretion of Sir Hew Dalrymple whether or not he would havethose Papers produced at the Board of Inquiry, which he declined. He was not aware that any impression had been made on the public mind adverse to the Officer in question ; or that it would be of such im portance to his character as the Right Honourable Gentleman seemed to think, to have these Papers made public. Of this he was certain, that every re presentation which could be favourable to Sir Hew Dalrymple had been laid before his Majesty before the final decision. General TARLETON entered into a detail of the Portuguese campaign, and severely reprobated the Convention of Cintra. He regretted that the motion was opposed ; because, perhaps, if the papers had been granted, the Right Honourable Gentleman would have made them the foundation of a motion, on which subject he would be ready to meet him. Lord OSSULSTON generally differed from the Honourable Mover on the subject of the Convention of Cintra, which he did not consider as at all honourable or advantageous to the country. He often found it the case, that where Men very strenuously upon all occasions stood up for the Royal Prerogative, they were very little interested in the honour of the country. Mr. N. CALVERT said a few words. ' Mr. YORKE rose in some warmth to repel the in sinuations of the Noble Lord. He had held a seat in that House much longer than the Noble Lord, and -was as warmly interested both for the Country and Constitution. He had been educated in the principles of the old Whig * School, and was as zealonsly attach ed to the interests of the people as the Noble Lord, or any of his ancestors. The motion was then put and negatived, Mr. YORKE then moved— " That the Ctpy of a Letttr, dated September R, 1808, con taining an Account of the Number of Transports employed in carrying the French Troops from Lisbon, should be laid before the House."—Agreed to. CHELSEA HOSPITAL. Mr. HUSKISSON said, .that knowing the agree ment which had been made between the Treasury and Colonel Gordon was, that he should in no way build so as to obstruct the Infirmary of the Hospital, he was certainly astonished at what had fallen on a former occasion from two Worthy Baronets on the other side of the House ; in consequence of which, he had gone himself to look at the works carrying on by Colonel Gordon, when he found it to be as the Wor thy Baronets had stated. He hoped, however, that this would not go against what he had formerly said relative to the disposal of that ground. He mention. ed what he lad seen to his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Perceval), and they sent people to inspect the pre mises. • In consequence of their report, the Treasury sent for the Surveyor General of Crowa Lands, when it appeared that a spot had been taken possession of by Cannel Gordon without the Surveyor General's consent. On which the Physician and Surgeon of the Hospital, with the Surveyor General; settled on another scite as whollf unexceptionable. The papers he should move for were, the examination of the Sur veyor General before the Treasury ; as also the grounds on which the Surveyor thought the valua tion of the spot of ground at £55 a-year was a fair one. He said, that this was done w:kh a view to satisfy Gentlemen on the other side, that the Trea ' anry had not made a grout of that land with a view to the injury of the health and comfort of such deser ving men as the inmates of that Hospital. Mr. MAXWELL stated, that he had gone to s , !e the wok in question, when he was refused admit tance by the workmen. He told them he was a Mem. ber of Parliament ; they said they could not help that, and that it was more than their bread wasworth to admit him. They were boarding up an iron gate, through w1::,;f1 he could perceive it was a most de lightful spot, which no doubt Colonel Gordon would be very unwilling to part with. ' Mr. LONG said, e,at he had no knowledge of the person who h.id given the order. As soon, as the Treasury heard the complaint of the Hon Baronet, which was the first 'time they had heard of the circum stance, they had taken the necessary steps to rectify it. Sir OSWALD MOSE LY complained of the infa mous step of preventing Members - from inspecting the house. He said, he had heard the order had been given by the present Commander in Chief, and believed it was so. He understood that Lord Yar borough had parted with the ground at a less rate than he otherwise would have done, on account of its being for the use of the Hospital ; of that, how ever, he was not certain. Mr. HUSKISSON assured the Honourablt, Baro net that no such consideration had influenced Lord Yarborough ; for that the person negociating for Lord Y. tried all in his power to make as much as he could of it. Mr. PERCEVAL said, he thought the order for non-admittance to the premises in question had been given, most likely, by some one immediately con cerned in them. Nor did he believe that the order went to reject Members of Parliament,. but merely to prevent the premises being over-run. Mr. MAXWELL explained. General TARLETON congratulated the House and Country, that all the points of this business had been made a subject of discussion; and that the wor thy Baronet who first complained of it, had thus drawn the attention of the House to it. He thought it expedient that evidence should be heard at the bar . on the present subject. Mr. PONSONBY wished to know whether the grant bad actually been made to Colonel Gordon ? and if the grounds were legally invested in him, he might build his house in any part of the ground he chose. Mr. HUSKISSON repeated, that the warrant film the Treasury directed that the House should be built in a spot where it should not annoy the hospital ; and if any house was built in that inconvenient situation, it would be a violation of the contract. General TAR.I.ETON said, the %cite of the house had been removed, and thit must have been done in consequence of the discussions in that House. Mr. LONG denied this statement. Before the subject was mentioned in the House, the Lords of the Treasury, on seeing, the report of the Surgeon and Phys . Oan, of the Hospital, gave orders to hay e the scite. of the .building removed, because it wwild be highly inconvenient. Mr. CALCRAF'I' said, he went to see the ground, and a person there told him he had positive orders from Colonel Gordon not to let any person e nter th e premise*. He then applied to a Gentleman of acquaintance in the Hospital for permissi , n to the ground. This Gentleman could not grant it, but desired him to apply to Sir David Dundas fo r permission, Mr. C. W. WYNNE emphatically remarked that when this business was last before the• House no, a word was said about removing the house alluded on the contrary, he distinctly remembered that „ Physician and Surgeon of the Hospital were swe.•! t , : have approved of the scite objected to by the Baronet with wham the motion originated. Mr. LONG contended that his statement on a fcr. mer evening referred only to the appropriation of :o much of this ground as was necessary to the purpos , ..: of the Hospital, Mr. BARHAM thought it material to ascertain with whom the order originated for excluding per. sons from the review of those premises, as that order appeared of a very suspicious nature. Mr, CALVERT was of the same opinion. Mr. WORTLEY STEWART saw nothinT re markable in the' order. It appeared to the na. tural consequence of the multitude who soi:.ht to se e the ground aftbr it was mentioned in that S , nia thousands had, he understood, visited these pre: iies on the Sunday. The papers moved for by Mr. Huskisson were or. dered, and presented accordingly. GENERAL ctAvguisQ, Sir T. TURTON rose, pursuant to notice, to call the attention of the House to the case of this Officer. This motion, he declared, without any knowledge of the individual in question or his family, he was in duced to bring forward from a solicitude for the maintenance of the dignity of that Howe, and for the preservation of the liberty of the subject, When such important objects were tinder consideration the Ho use would, he had no doubt, be happy to correct any error into which it might have been betrayed, more particularly, when it was seen, as he thotlght he could skew, that General Clavering had in no instance been guilty of prevarication, which formed the ground of h s committal. Mr. WHITBREAD rose to order, conceiving th object of the Hon. Baronet to be, the reversal of :t solemn decision of the House,. within the same Ses sion in which the decision had taken place. He appealed i o the Chair whether such a proceeding was regular The SPEAKER was not aware of any precedent for such a proceeding, there being no petition before the House from the individual alluded to, 'Sir T. TURTON cited the precedent of Sir John Harman, in the reign of Charles 11, The SPEAKER stated, that the case cited was net analogous ; for in that instance the person named was brought up for further examination ; and having upon such re-examination satisfactorily explained he was discharged. After some further observations from the Speaker, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Ponsenhy, and Sir Thomas 'l'urton, the Hon, Baronet abandeaed his object, and the business dropped. SALE OF OFFICES, &C. . - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having.moyed the second reading, of the Bill to pre. vent the 'Sale of Otficei— Lord FOLKSTONE said, the present Bill pro, fessed to check abuses in the sale of offices in evc, t. :;e --pat tment of the country. He felt it difficult to f flow the Bill in its different-parts, referring as it did to the Act cf Edward VI. on the same subject. He was satisfied that the object of the Right 11,,n. Gen. ieman opposite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) hid been to make the Bill as comprehensive as p ssiole, for which he gave him full credit. He was, however of opinion, that little good would attend the Bill, as in deed little good attended Bills of Prevention. The House knew.well what Bills had been passed to pre vent bribery and corruption in the elections of Nem, bers of Parliament, yet that the evils sought to be provided against still existed, because the only effect of these Acts was to render the persons concerned more circumspect, and the practices more difficult of detection. If the Inquiry for which he had moved the ether night had been allowed, it would have been in the power of the House to see whether the Bill proposed would be likely to do any good.— The Inquiry, 4 however, had been refused, and he was therefore bound to say, that however an Act like the present might increase the difficulty of continuing the practices sought to be checked, the evils them selves would still exist. He did not quarrel with the Right Honourable Gentleman, however, on this ac count. He had uo doubt the .Right Honourable Gentleman had done what he thought best—but he would ask, why any exceptions had been made ? Why had offices in the Courts of Law been exemp ted,they being the most objectionable of any ? Was it fitting that offices connected with the administra tion of justice should be made the subject of sale ? It surely was not so, and the present was a fit (Ivor. tunity of eradicating the practice. There was, how ever, another exception in the present Bill more im portant than that to which he had just alluded, more important, on this account, because the attenti.4l of the House and of the Country had been more par ticularly called to it in consequence of the Report of the East India Company's Offices Commiztee— that seats in Parliament were trafficked for. V.': en tie considered that this practice bad been of such long standing, be thought it impossible that the licuse should not take some notice of it. He threw 11 out, therefore, for consideration, if it would not be proper that a provision to prevent this disgraceful practice in future should be introduced e Or if it would not be the better plan to ins,itute an inquiry in the trct instance, and then to pass such a provision = Ike was satisfied the Right He nourable Gentleman would nos object to the introduction of such a provision. The Treasury was said to have a great trade it this :raffic. The Secretaries of the Treasury were understood to , bethe great persons cqncerned in carrying it on. ji