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influence. This system trenches! as Much on the rights of the Crown as the interests of the people, and it was only the borough-mongers who profited by it. It was. also important to observe, that the Learned Gentleman supposed the system would go o n in spite of thLs Bill, in which he concurred with him ; but it was so much gained, as it fairly laid aside the mask at once, and acknowledged the etist ence of the system. For his part, he would rather have men entering that House by paying their way, than by coming in under the wing of Government. It was not merely office which produced this undue influence, but the expectation of office. With regard to this clause, he thought that it necessarily placed the exclusive influence in the hands of those who were most likely to abuse it. Mr. WILBERFORCE was against the atnend went moved by the Noble Lord. The word express, whether ;n the clause or not, must be understood, as it was impossible, he thought, that any Committee could turn a Member out of his stainless the proof of the allegation amounted to an express conviction. The clause itself he thought highly necess4ry, as when money transactions were no longer achnitted, the barter of offices and honours were likely to be much more frequent,without some check of this kind. Mr. S. WORTLEY was also against the aippude =tent. • Sir W. MILNER was in favour of the amend ment, and of opinion that the word express would de stroy the whole tendency of the clause, if not of the whole Bill. Mr. CURWEN coitended, that should the Bill fass with the clause in question unamended, it must ail in producing the great object he had in view. The Bill he thought, if not too much narrowed in its opera tion, would prove a remedy forevery evil complained of. He regretted that most Governments that he bad seen were more inclined to carry their several objects by numbers than the justness and reasonable ness of their measures. Of this propensity a tendency to corruption was the necessary consequence which the Bill was calculated to check. The passing of such a Bill, he was convinced, would raise the House in the estimation of the Country ; and he would therefore vote for it, even though Ministers should insist on the word express' remaining part of the clause. Sir JOHN NEWPORT was in favour of the amendment, and observed, that one great difference betweeen seats bartered for money and those for of fice was, that in the former case they might have a bad Member of Parliament, but in the latter they would not only have a bad Member of Parliament, but also an improper person, in many cases, to fill up the office Fo bartered. Mr. GRATTAN approved highly of the tendency of the Bill, and ascribed its defects, not to the Gentle= man with whom it had originated,but to the alterations since introduced. He considered it not as enacting any new law, but as reviving the laws existing on the subject, and which had not been in fact, though in practice, repealed. Should they refuse to pass such a Bill, it would be equivalent to sanctioning the exist iag corruptirm and violation of the law. He did not attach so much importance to the word " express" as some others, because though Ministers should buy by implied and not direct contracts, the notoriety would necessarily become so great that there would be suf ficient ground for impeachment, and the law, even as it now stood, would find them guilty. He would rather, therefore, have the whole clause thrown out, than that word continued as a part of the clause. In either case he should vote for the Bill, as reviving the common law Mr. CANNING agreed that an object of the I highest importance would, be gained by passing the Bill, but placed much less stress on the particular de. rails than some other Gentlemen appear to do. The Bill, he conceived, had originated in the admission that seats in that House were bought for money.— (Some cries of ! No !) The idea, no doubt, of barter fur office had been introduced during the dis eussion ; but the great object of the Bill was to pre vent the sale of seats, and should it effect no more in the first instance than this, much he conceived was Rained, and the means furnished of going still farther. But as the Bill now stood, it would not only prevent the sale of seats on the one hand for money, but also any direct agreement or barter for office on the other. He did not wish however that the innocent should be involved in unnecessary difficulties, and even exposed to hazard, where their intentions were the most pure, which would be the case if implied contracts were admitted incapable of proof, but perhaps equally in capable of refutation. In this case a Minister would not have it in his power to look ansott his friends either by blood or m 4rriage, or even by a similarity of opialtAis and principles, for men to rill up vacant offices. This would immediately create a suspicion that would prove fatal to both. He must therefore look among his enemies and political ofponents for men to be appointed to public offices. The opposi tion then would be the fair channel of preferment, -as no Minister would be daring enough to prefer any friend of his own.— ( Bursts of laughter, and Hear ! Hear !) The general enactments and principles of the Bill were good. Mr. WHITBREAD thought, if the Right Hon. Gentleman by his speech meant to amuse the House, and display his own talent at humour, and his com mand of the English language, he had certainly gain ed his end ; but as to answering any of the arguments that had been advanced in favour of the amendment, should that have formed any part of his object, he had entirely, in his opinion, failed. The Bill in its present state, he contended, had undergone such al terations, that it had no longer any resemblance to the ori g inal measure. Should the word " express" be omitted, which, he contended, ought to be the case, he put the quastion, if any man in that House could seriously believe that a Committee of the House of Commons, or a Jury, would find any man guilty without sufficient evidence to prove and establish the fact ? and was it reasonable then that a man should be acquitted, though evidently guilty, merely because the contract was not express ? He wished to know what was meant by the word express in this instance. Was Lord Castlereagh's contracting with Reding an express contract, or not ? • Perhaps his Lordship was acquitted on the ground that his contract was not ex. press, thuugh they had had his Lordship's own con-I fession. The House might deceive themselves by' subterfuges, but he assured them that they could not ileceive me public. The direct tendency of the word , :xpress was to promote corruption in the government. Mr. CANNING, in expliuration s stated, that the agteeinetit in the case of Lord Castlereagh had sot been carried into affect, and on that ground any pro ceeding on it was unnecessau- Mr. LYTTLETON urged the necessity of some moderate and mild measure in the present circum stances, and had trusted, when the Bill was first brought in, it would have proved a measure of this nature ; but it had since been so altered and muti lated, that he feared it would fill of its effect. Mt MtDITERRANEAN. We have this rnorniz.g received some interesting letters from the Mediterranean, brought by the Punt gun-brig. The House then divided—Ayes 74—Noes 97, Majority against the amendment 23. A division then, we understand, took place upon the clause, when there appeared, for it 75, against it 57. Majority 18. On our admission into the Gallery we found Mr.WHITBREAD saying, that he entirely disap proved of the Bill, after the alterations which it had undergone, and although he should not be present at the third reading, he trusted a majority of the House would then throw it out. Mr. CURWEN said, that although many altera tions had taken place in the Bill, yet still he wished it to pass, as the principle would remain acknowledged in the preamble, and thecountry might entertain better hopes of success in future. After a fete words from Mr. W. Smith, Lord Mil ton, and Mr. Tierney, _ _ Mr. ADAM stated that he should have three amendments to propose on the third reading, which should render it more effectual. Mr. PONSONBY said, that only three lines and a half of the original Bill remained, and he entirely dis approved of the Bill as it now stood. Thz question was then put, that the Bill be engros sed, when there were—Ayes 84—Noes 33.—Majority 31. It was•;tben ordered to be read a third time on Monday next.' Oa Our admission to the Gallery, we found the ATTORNEY-GENERAL on his legs, expressing a desire to withdraw his Seditious Socisties Bill; at the same time he intimated his intention to ►ntroduce it again early next Session of Parliament. After a few observations from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. W. Smith, and Lord Folkstone, the Bill was withdrawn. The House adjourned at half past two o'clock, till to-morrow (this day.) THE EVENING STAR. THE ARMY.* Thursday morning a detachment of the Royal Ar tillery, conssisting of 40 men, together with 80 horses, left Plymouth garrison for Portsmouth. They are I to be joined at Exeter by another detachment of artil lery, and by the whole or part of the lath Light Dri -goons, now in garrison there ; and at Dorchester they are to be joined by other detachments of artillery and cavalry ; when the whole will proceed to embark for foreign service. The 40th Regiment has embarked at Cadiz for Lisbon. Thursday the troop of Hotse Artillery under the command of Captain Ross, destined for foreign ser vice, were embarked at Ramsgate : the troop march ed from Chatham on 'Wednesday morning, in conse quence of a sudden order to that effect. The Shropshire Militia marched from Dover Castle on Wednesday and yesterday, on their march to East bourne ; the Warwick encamped on Dover Heights on Tuesday ; and yesterday morning the Ist division of the Royal Buckingham marched into Dover, from the Sussex district, to relieve the Shropshire. The Leicester Militia, which lately arrived at Portsmouth, will march to Gosport on Monday.— They are to be replaced by the Northampton, which will arrive on Tuesday and Wednesday. Brigadier-General WALE has arrived at Ports mouth, to take his passage to the West Indies. Ten Brigadier-Generals are appointed to act with the Portuguese army under General BEIWIFORD: none of them have yet arrived at Portsmouth, from whence they are to embark. Lord WELLESLEY iS to take his passage in the Do.. NEcat. for Spain. Yesterday upwards of 100 privates and two Officers of the 36th Regiment of Foot, marched into Oxford, on their route to Battle, in Sussex, to join the first battalion, ordered for foreign service. A General Court Martial has been held at Ridge, Antigua, on Lieut. E. Schultze, of the 3d Battalion of the 60th Regiment—" For ungentleman and un officer-like conduct."—Upon which charge the Court having found him Guilty, sentenced him to be ca ‘hi:rell, which senlence his Majesty has approved and confirmed. Two Decrees have been recently issued at Madrid, by order of JOSEPH BONAFARI-11. The first informs the people, that in consequence of the non-arrival of ships from South America, and from the difficulty of raising the taxes in the various provinces, it became necessary to dismiss from his person all such as 3A-ere.' not in the habit of performing permanent services in the State.—The other Decree dismisses the whole of his Body Guard, and in their stead, invites a cer tain number of the young Nobility of the provinces of Spain to take upon themselves this ?fee of honour, and such as have suf3icient love for the person of their new Monarch are to repair to Madrid clothed, equipped, and mounted at their own expence, and to be!tonsi dered a Guard of Honour, and not entitled to receive pay. The Burgesses and Inhabitants of KiLwinning, in Scotland, have unanimously voted their thanks to 'Mr. WARDLE for his late patriotic conduct. The Bowmen of that place have also voted a Kilwinning bow, and set of arrows, with a silver plate and suit able inscription, to Mr. WARDLE, as a further testi mony of the approbation of the independent part of his fellow-countrymen. A short time after her MAJESTY left the Duke of CUSIBERLAND'S apartments on Monday, and passed through the gallery leading to the ball-room, one of the Duke's female servants picked up off the floor what she supposed to be a button ; and thinking that it belonged to the coat of one of the Gentlemen of the Duke's household, the took it to him as such ; but it proved to be a diamond that had fallen from her MA JESTY'S dress, of 3001. value. The report of the case of Nullity of Marriage in serted in Thursday's Paper, we are authorised to state, was by mistake of the Reporter, stiled Salmon against Peyton, instead of Peyton 'against Salmon, the suit having been instituted by the husband. PuZLIC Or rice, HA T TON GA ROI Nm•••Yellterday 11410t11:14* the murderer pf his wife and child in Skinner-street,Somentowo, on Tueaday morning last, was put to the bar. He appeared Very gloomy and reserved. On being asked what he had, *sty for himself, he answered nothing, and that he knew main/ bi l hh ' wife and child being dead. A full commitment was Minis sot, when he was mot to Nonage for UK SPORTING INTELLIGENeI. ASCOT-HEATH RACES. THIRD DAY, FRIDAY, AMR 9. The second last year of the renewed logs..Swespstakes, for S-yY old colts to curt 85t. 71b. fillies eist. 21b. The New Mile. 1 ha I By accounts from Con s t ant i no pl e of the 26th of winner of the Derby Oaks to car r y 71b. extra . , Mr. Wyndham's dr. c. Trusty . - 1 March, we learn, that a Russian OffiCer had arrived Sir C. Bunbury's b. c. Fair Star - - I there with dispatches to the Pottre, from Rnssis and Sir F. Standish named Gen. Grosvenor's Chrysda $ I.ord G. H. Cavendish named Black Diamond - . - 4 France, requiring that Mr. ADAM should ese ordered The Duke of York's Britannia - . I to quit Const ant i no pl e , or t h at R uss i a an d Trance Th S e t G 4l , l 4 : ll C t up he d fie O ne H un d re d co l lag e eu t ue ,i s e •pdenld apt Fair Star, and 10 to 1 opt the winner.ef would declare war against that country. The Divan, Twenty Guineas each (the ascend horse td receive back hie however, rejected the proposition, declaring their In- stake), for horses of asps that never won aboye 100 gs. at any one time before the day of naming, in plate, match, or 'tendon of abiding by their alliance with Bngland to sweepstakes. Three-year-olds, Est. 101 b. 4-yr-olds, xst. 21b. the last extremity. The Ofßcer, in consequence, left 5-yr-olds, ass. 121 b. I yr-olds, and aged, 9st. Sib. Mares to be allowed 31b. Contstantinople, and hostilities were expected instantly Gen. Gower's Anderida, 4 yrs old - -. 1 - Tumbler, 4 yrs aid - .., I to commence between the Russian and Turkish armies. S Mr. Croft's Saragossa, 3 yrs old - . " GIBRALTAR, MAY 15. 6 to 4 on Tumbler; who baked, whilst winning, at the pest. • " On the 12th th e S uccess sa il e d w i t h t h e convoY • ' 9 w I gist the winner. A ee ps takes of 10ga. earl ; thr 1 - Laiters that never won ROgs. for Malta ; a l so t h e H IBERNIA , h av i ng P ADRE G IL wards before the day of iLuilizig. Four-yr-olds to carry lb. 5-yr-olds 9st. 51b. rwyr-okk,and aged, 9st. 101 b. Mares and his suite o n b oar d f or Si c ily. allowed 31b. The winner of the ranee Plate to carry " The accounts from every part of Spain are fa. 51b. extra. One Heat. vourable. The Fren c h a r m i es i n t h at country are Mr. Peirce', b. g. Spear, aged - .. 1 Mr. Sbackel ' s br. g. 'Cony Lumpkin, S yrs old .. 9 rapidly decreasing in consequence of daily skirmishes Mr. Mortimees b. g. Spear • . e and a pestilential fever, which lam sorry to add, has Mr. Davies b. in. Lydia Languish, 5 yrs old .., 4 Mr. Milton's ch. h. by Teddy, 4 yrs old -. . S also extended to some of the Spanish armies. A qua- 1 I Even betting between Tony•Ltunpkin and the field. e k rantine has, in consequenc.been established on all ! Her MaJes.ry and the whole of the family, with •.., vessels coming from suspected parts of Spain, and the exception of the Pri:.cess Amelia, were moons. every precaution has been taken to gu ar d aga i ns t i ts I -- being introduced into this garrison." LONDON. TO CORRESPONDENTS. G. B. who sent a certain Advertisement to thie Office, is informed that, if he do not on or before Tuestlay next reply to the Answer that was sent to that Advertisement, his Letter will be given to the Person who answered it. G. B.'s conununic.atian must be addressed to the Office ot thia Paper. SATURDAY, JUNE 10. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Cons. for money, shut—for July 691—Reduced 674-li. Oninium I prem.—Esche. Bills. 10s. lf.s. pt. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bnk Stock 1564 2574 Long Ann. 131 per Cent. Red. 61 63 India Bonds 19s. Ms. pr. 3 per Cons. shut Exckeq. Bills, Its 7s. Gs. pre. 4 per Cent. 8311 Omnium prem. 4 per Cent. Navy shut I Cons. for acc. 69it The Austrian Official Bulletin of the late battle, l l which we have given in another column, is an inter esting document. In substance it is the same as the abstract previously published ; but it is still given only as a " Preliminary Report" of the battle, and we may therefore expect in a day or two those cir ctunctantial details which, by a comparison with the French accounts, will decide the extent of the advan tage gained over the enemy. In the mean time it is obvious tiat the Austrians gave a display of valour, of energy, of soldiership and patriotism, which au gurs well of their future operations under such a Ge. acral as the Archduke, who, on the present occasion, has certainly displayed abilities equal to those of his formidable opponent. It now remains to be seen which of the Comman ders possesses the greatest mental resources ; fur it is difficult to decide whether the greatest abilities be required by the conqueror, to enable him to receive the full reward of this great victory ; or by the van quished, to retrieve his disaster and prevent the com plete ruin of his mighty hest. This is now the point at issue ; and, in our mind, if the Archduke actually possesses abilities equal to NAPOLEON, he must finally triumph in the present contest . We mentioned a report yesterday that Limi.APattTE had deemed it necess.try to evacuate Vienna, and fall back towards Lintz. Another report stated, that this retrograde movement was the consequence of another defeat, the Archduke CHARLES having carried the bridge-head on the left bank, and made a general attack upon BONAPAR rE'S position at In-der-Lobau on the 38th ult. The enemy are said to have lost some thousands in killed, wounded, and prisoners.— BONAPARTE then found his position at Vienna peri lous, and abandoned it, taking the road towards Lintz. We shall be glad to find this rumour true : but. no such intelligence has reached Government. The Parth:an sloop of war which has just arrived at Plymouth, after a passage or three !Jays from Oporto, brings an account of the miserable state to which Souor and his army are reduced. They are now nearly destitute of provisions, having destroyed their magazines in their retreat, and are in a situation where they can have no hope of any supplies. His troops are every day falling victims to famine. SE BASTIAN! has taken the command of Vic:Toles army, the latter having resigned it. When the Parthian left Oporto, all the vessels which were lying there, to the number of 14 or 15, were laden, and upon the point of sailing for England, under charge of the Semiramis frigate. It seems that some misunderstanding has arisen between the Cap tain of the Semiramis and the Merchants, in regard to the claim of salvage made by the former.—Some of the letters say, that they are thus sent away with out the consent or even cogatisanco of the o wners, to this cowatry. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, JUNE 7. Arrived this day the Princess Elizabeth packet, KIDD, with mails, from the Mediterranean and Cadiz, left the latter place on the 25th ult. ; she brings no news whatever. On the 24th ult. fire transports, under convoy of a ketch, and having on board the 40th Regiment, sailed from Cadiz for Lisbon; ths packet spoke them on the 29th ; on the 25d ult. his Majesty's ships ATLAS and SURVEILLANT* arrived at Cadiz ; on the 25th his Majesty's ship UNDAUNTED sailed for the West Indies; on the 4th inst. is lat. 45. 6. long. 9. 27. spoke the American brig Daniel, of Baltimore, from Madeira, for Liverpool,•out eight days ; yesterday a large fleet, supposed to be his Ma. jesty's ship OCEAN and convoy which left Cadiz on the 18th ult. for.. England. The Manchester packet arrived at Messina on the 14th April ; the Princess Elizabeth left Malta on the 23c1 April, at which time his Majesty's ships Trident, Warrior, Volage, Herald, Magnificent, Redwing and Wizard, were lying there ; his Majesty's brig Gannet, sailed from Malta on the 22d April; his Majesty's brig Cephelus sailed from Cagliari on the 28th ; his Majesty's ships Bulwark and Invincible, sailed from Gibraltar on the 20th May, for Malta; also arrived the ship Eurydice, Capt. CoruProN, from London, for Surinam ; the ship Charming Kitty, Capt. MANNING, from London, for the Bay of Honduras. Sailed his Majesty's brig Raven, with a fleet of coasters, for the Downs ; the Jolly Tar, DAVY, for Plymouth; the Commerce, Jo- LIAN, for Guernsey. The brig Mentid, CUNNING HAM, from Liverpool, for Falmouth, is lost in Mount's Bay.—Wind W. PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH DOCK, JUNE I. Arrived the Berm hired cutter from Portsmouth ; la SYBILLE, of 38 guns, Captain UPTON, from Cork, with loss of topmasts in the late gales ; Venus, Cap. tain BIJND, from London ; Craven, Captain How. LAND, from ditto, both bound to the West Indies.— Sailed the ORNSTES, of 18 gyms, on a cruize ; the BETSEY cutter to the westward ; the Km; GEORGE, hired cutter, with dispatches and instructions for the squadron under Captain NEWMAN, in the HERO, con sisting of four sail of the line. Report says they are ordered in, and that The King's pilots have orders to look out for nine sail of the line, daily expected. At present there is not a single ship of war in Cawsand- Bay. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE S. Sailed his Majesty's ships REPULSE, tiAttuloacouou, and ANTELOPE, to cruize off Cherbourg ; and TYRIAI for Portugal. The BONNE CITOYENNE is appointed to take convoy to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada. The BEAGLE takes convoy to the Downs. The FRIDERICKSTEIN and convoy for the Tagus, still remain at Spithead ; as does the NYMPH, with the transports, in Cowes roads.—Wind W.N.W. DOVER, JUNE s. Passed by this day the brig Betsey and Sophia, Captain SHAW, from the Brazils; also the ship Rich mend from Philadelphia, bound to London. Arrived in the Roads, from a cruize, this morning his Majes ty's sloop FLY, and sailed again this afternoon. Wins W. S. W. and blows strong with rain. CHATHAM, JUNE 7. The LONDON, of 90 guns, is ordered to this port to refit, or to be paid off, if her defects should prove to be considerable. To-day the GLORY, lying in the harbour, was ordered to be fitted for the reception of prisoners of war. The UTRECHT also to be fitted for a hulk, to receive alb crews of the me of war during their refitment at this port. YARMOUTH, JUNE 9. Sailed the CROCODILE, l'AsitAutr, and NYMPBXE ft igates ; the latter for the Nore, having struck against a rock in the Baltic ; STARLIEG, NED ELVEN, and PINCHER gun brigs. The CHALLENGER is appointed convoy, and will sail with the transports KX and EA, for the Downs, with the 71st regiment. Sailed for Hanvich the King George, Auckland, Lady Ne. pean, and Beaufoy packets. The ships in the Roads are the Plantagenet, Princess Carolina, Roebuck, Ephira, Onyx, Drake, Mercurius, Calliope, Challen ger, and Chanticleer. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVEStND, JUNE 9.—Arrived the Senora ROAM, from Lisbon ; Drina, Warren, from St. Übe' ; Otwey, from tho Canary Islands ; and Sidbury, Blacksaa, from Peroaasbuco.—= Sailed the Nancy, Randall, for Magadan; Interprine, Major. for Stocking=; Gertrude, Cundy, and Amiable Doncilia, Mon trel, for Cadiz • Lord Lenox , °nig, for. Lisbon ; Ceres, Scott, for Qintex; D ote, Harman, for Guernsey; and Berbice packet, Bong dy ' for Stockholm. The Neptune, Salisbury, arrived as Liverpool, spoke, the 29th May, the 'Bolus, of Neweastle,boond to NovsScotia, out 14 days, in lat. 46. 37. long. 22. 21. She sailed under convoy • r his Mar, jeit3s ship Alert which convoy were all dl spersed in a gale. Mae Carnatia, Swinton, from Lon4 e% to ( fidie,was all well is the 9th ult. hi Ist. 9.10ng. SS. • ,:.,:i3 • Da!) . , • fir Pr tro.:•ruel , . • ' Tuesday evening, at his !tense in ; an as st‘ Tweed ate. Mr. Robert Crosby. 71, 41 1 0 1 4 11111 ! • Sunday last at Yeotown, in Barrstable, Dries, die Lidt lii R. Newton latladon, Es,. of that glass. , -7 111 1 , 1