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That the Decifions of the Honourable the Houfe of Com mon,: n the Eighth and Tenth Days of April lA, the firß declar ing lord Vffenunt Melville, late Treafurer of the Navy, to have committed 7. rtors violation of the Law,and a high breach of his Public Duty. and :he latter crelering fuch Vote to be laid at the foot of the Throne, (the whole Houle attending hi. Iklajefty fur that purpofe) are a fouree of great and Public far isfadion. ad. 'That the Connifli.tners of Naval Enquiry, have, by their indefatigable Indußry, their rectilutc Pc:fcverance, their unexam pled Fortitude, and their incorruptible Integrity, deferred the Thanks of every &leapt:on of Perfons in the United Kingdom ; and that a continuance at Raft, if not an extetifion of the Powers vcßed in them, and a general lightiry into the condutt of every other department of Finance. are effentially requifite to the fatis fadion and welfare of the Nation. .td. That every plats or contrivance for the purpofe of proteet ing Lord V ifeount Melville from the diferace and puniffiment juftly due to his criminal klulverfation in a great and important Public Trutt, is a contempt of the Houle of Commons, an intuit to the People, and will mark its authors u objects of jolt and general Indignation. att. That the puniihment of great Delinquents is, on grounds of Public Expediency, a duty of the higheft Importance; inalinuch as the execution of equal Laws is the fiat principle which can attach an enlightened Peuplc to the Government wider which they live. tth. That In humble Adieefs be prefented to his Majclty, and a Petition to the Hoof, of Cummons.foundcd on the above Refo itaiults; and that Sir WILLIAM hlitNts, B.tronct, and the Ho nourable Laws DuNum', the worthy Reprcfentatives of this City in Parli.ancut, be, and they are hereby, rcquetted to prefect the lane 6th Tt.at Hat. Efquire, for the Ability, Firmnefs, and Perfevcrance, difplayed by him on his Motions upon and fnbrequent to the Eighth and Tenth days of April, 13 irtitled to the gratitude of his Com try, and that be has the warmelt Dumas of this hie cting. 7th. That the? hanks of this Meeting be yen to Sir WI L LIAM MILN to and the hODOUrable LAWRiNCE VI/NCIAI, for the !up portthcy have rya, to Mr. PUT Rat A o's klotions. That the w .t diirds and Petition now read, is approved of as the unanimous Act of this Meeting. 9th. That the Thanks of this Meting 1•e given to the Right Floc. Arable the 1 or o MAroa, for convening this Meeting, and far his impartial conduct in the Chair. and that he be, and he is hereby reqatfted, to &go the Addrefs and Petition on behalf of this Meeting. • loth. That Ow Thanks of this Meeting be given to SAMUEL Efquire, for thiable manioc in which he in troduced and explained the litifinefs relating thereto t sib. That the Tit:ll4.oof this Meeting be given to the Gentle men who reque.itcd tht Lori' Mayor to call •he fame. 1 ith. Tbat the above Refolutions be publifhed in the York Parrs, tbe MomingChronicle and STAR. by Oulcr of the fitecting. ROl3 . STOCKTON. Chairman. FREA CH AA D DUTCH PAPERS. FROM THE MONITEUR. INTERCEPTED CORRESPONDENCE. ARNOLD TO HIS BROTHER IN LONDON• Chandoufey, July 26. 1 wrote you lately of our exploits. lam now piing to refume the thread of my narrative. hue marches in pursuit of Holitar, before the reduction of it ampourah, have been as rapid as cir tunattances would permit; hut, as his army confided entirely of cavalry, and ours of infantry, in Europeans, and field artilkry, drawn by oxen, we were not able to come up with him. How ever, we have at length focceedtd in getting him out of the coun try, and fending him back into his provinces. About the fame time, one of his Chiefs, an attire partifan (Amyr Khan). enter ed the province of Sundlecund—ef which a detachment, under the command of Colonel Powil, had taken poffeffion at the he- ginstin2 of the war—at tee head of from eight to 10,000 cavalry. Colin,' Poteell has been unfortunately obliged to quit the com mand, on aceoum of had health. Colonel Polhill, fecond in c,ni mand, tied; thus, by a fort 'Of fatality, the command devolved upon Lieetenatn-Colonel Faweeir.—fliere the writer applies a grofe epithet to the public and private charade*. of Col. Fawcett, ana thus pritecesis:3—He loon gave an example of his had coodutit. Ou the aath M y, a body of the eavalrk of Amvr Khan fell on a detachment and cut it in Maces. Captain Fead. and Lieutenant Mortis, In an Lieutenant Gillapie, have been killed. The • FalifeCtf, who bad at his difpold four battaliOns if Sepoys, a re. giosent of coo Europeans. two Iquadrons of cavalry, and a great Dumber of irregular cavalry and inf.anry, during all this time made r.ot a tingle noweviscnt. To complete this frene of dif gr.ice, the number of the enemy was exaggerated to the amount of 40,000 men. The detachment fell back in coniequenee to cover Allahabad, a forrrtfs almoft impregnable to the belt army • Europe; provided with a drool; rarrifou, lurroundtd upon up,.. three tides by the Ganges, and the Juninah at their conflu ence, a: I :amble of being inundated at the dillanee of (oar miles. So precipn:-: I was the retreat of the detachment, that in one day it k.it ataEttrojc. front heat and fatigue, and toB others fuecef fively. During th.. • • the only enemy leen was a (mall de tachment of our irrigeLr cavalry. They fired upon it with great courage, and, lam ferry .4) fay, with elfea. Fawcett is to be tried hy a Court Martial. It is the general opinion that he will be bndkcii. Amyr Khan,eneour fired by the foccels of this Litt and thc menus:of I•aweett, a lvanced tow..ras Ceilper, with an in tention to upon our provitic.-s. and lay m wada posi ii.- tagattiCs; of this, the main army wonted I.y forced m..rehes, the cavalry moving at the :are of from eighteen to twenty miles a day, leaving the infantry twelve days n:vrch behind it. This rapid sr fell cult us dear. We 101 l each day, from twenty to thirty Eu roPeauts, and ten blasts is mail natives. The heat has been fo ex ceilive,that I have been an eye witoefs of !leen men who went to a well to quench their third, live of whom red dead. The Ther mometer sv.‘s for leveral days at Ito and above it. Upon our arrival at Agra, we learned tlitt Amyr Khan croffed the Jumna, at Calpee, and menaced Cimnpeor and Futtyghur ; but the ford being too deep, he was nor able. to cited his 2urpok, said turned bit vengeance agabilt the c ty. At length Captain Sid ney Jones forced him to retreat, and, after form engagements with Colonel Shepherd, he evacuated the provioce, and went to join hiving augmented his force:. to 10,000 men. • SOL. a. WALPOLE TO HIS WWI Hilt 114 LONDOH. CACUttI : July 25. It is now fix months Since w.• have received intelligence from Europe but what h.ai Arrivcd over land; and, during this whole period, not a fingle veffel belong to the Company has arrived; con fequently the price of every neceffary is very high. We have no hs.cr, which is the wincipal drink here, no claret, nor any kind of cheek.. A ha, colts so rupees (nearly fix guineas). If no goods Should arrive, we poor writers than be ruined The Captain of the fiat Zip that arrives will make his fortune, for he may fell all his commodities at a profit of 3csci per cs in. You have no idea of the fatigues which the Officers undergo in India, aild they get fcar,;eltany thing. Imagine that an European. jolt landed, who is not accuftorned to toe excethve beat of India, is obliged to march aci miles a day, and fometimcs more, while the thermometer, svca within the tents, fifes to tic or 120 degrees during the hoe wlcds. The Eu ropran Officers and foldicrs frequentl7lofe the phis of their fact. by the (birching winds and the fun. 'ffeefe are the (mall& diffi culties of an Indian fohlter. Betides this, an excr_pve jealonly pre vails between the cis it arid military fervice ; the:termer holds ill lucr ,tive places, and confiders the military as beings of an inferior order, fo that the fuhaltern Officers Arc alatott exetudc•l from fo ci he promotion of all Officer is equally floW and uncertain, and it is (tido m that be becomes a Captaw before he haa retired 2,t pc 23 years. • - - The other letters are from the following perfons TO MAJOR-GthFRAL R. STUART AT 1L0N0•ea..... It anodes to the unfortunate operations in the alundlctund. psi lone! Powell Is repref,Lted as kering beat much checked in there operation, by a Politi:.l itgast of the Marquis of Wald:ley, Cap tain Bailin., a Pt-obi:10r. _ _ . ' The Irtier concludes with lonic remarks on the Marquis of Wattle:is magnificence, and neon his intended journey to re ceive the Grai d fro( rnal embrace. Mr. Cumt Las (not tsTos to —Praire% lota Lake, and is I. Ippy that our fact:. it, s have d. tuAtLil SULay.“ Leb grand plan, which ...Nasal:mat tip.. for . xecution. VI CUASt, CDINNET, M'llct Lc AND CO. TO M. Baud, !fF AND Co.—I:oil:a: law; given us check, and the arc r:frailtirst. MR. WOLTZ% NANTES TOMBS. Ca•caarr.—txpreffes the furprife felt in India at the publication intercepted on board the Admiral Aplin. Ma. W. PAI MEP to Ili% SON—Advifes an expedition againft the Cape of Good Hope, an I thinks that if the French could fend nut an expedition India they would effea a defeent on fume point of the coaftg, and do much inifchief before we could combat them with fume'''. Mr. H. J. BLANCKENtIHAGLN TO Mu FATIISR agalnft Scindia undertaken to defeat the fecret machinations of Bonaparte. J. MACDONALD TO HIS BROTHSR.COIItiTIUMICC of the war with the Mahrattaswill nearly ruin the fi nances of the Company in three years. The loft of Europeans has been very great,. Mr. W. ptcasoN TO Mr. W. Jima sox of Edinburgh, (Kaki of Colonel Mouton'. defeat. SARAH KAUKEL TOS. HAW/CM Est—Cannot believe that the French have pullitbcd the Correfpandcnce intercepted on board the Admiral Aplin. MR. GEORGE CAP.TY TO THE Rev. R. TAYLOR, at licaGng ton, menrions the capture of the Althea. Mr. JOHN STRACY TO ANDREW MACULIN, Esc), relates to the operations againft Holkar. JAMES HARE, TO Defcribes the manner in which lln has been avoided by the publication of the letters intercept. ed on board the Admiral Aplin. MRS. STUAR 1' TO M. SLASOALE AT thSRIDOE.The pub lication of the Admiral Aplin's Letter. as viewed as a very dila greeable thing—particulass • to the Marquis of W‘lte.7ey. Documents relative to India, from M. Muller. a Sab-Licute. nant to General Decant. Lieutenant Muller teems to have been fent as a fly to procure intelligence. He enters Into a Song view of the Mouton of our at. fairs in India, and of the war with Holkar. HoMar's General, Amyr Khan. is dcfcribcd at a brave and intelligent officer. General Decaen fuecteded in ftrengthening flolitar's Arrry with two companies of light artillery, and feveral °dicers au.l eilgineers. H&c Ist, MAY . s.—The Batavian troops, belonging to the expedition. received Taft week orders it is raid, to make preparations for marching into camp on the firft notice. PETERSBURGH, APRIL g.—" His Imperial Majefty has charged the Academy of Sciences to draw up inftrultions for the men of fcience, who are to ac company the Embalfy to China. BAYROFF, Gentle man of the Bedchamber, and formerly attached to the Ruffian Legation at' Paris, has been appointed Secretary to the Embaffy. CAIRO, Fes. B.—The Ottoman army is encamped near Which. In the latt engagement which took place with the Mameltikei., MOUARD BEY and ELT v BEY were killed. '1 he Arabs of Tor have t a ken a caravan laden with coffee. This will be a lots to the inhabitants of Cairo of two millions. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL lE.—lt is afferted that the Turkith Miniltry are now bail,' employed with the Ruffian Ambaffador. in renewing the Treaty be tween Roffia and the Porte, and that the final con clotion of it depends on the arrival of the Englilh Ambaffador, Mr. ARM/74,40y. The introduftion of the new tarif for the Cullom honk Duties has not yet taken place, as the Englith Amhaffador rcfufes to ratify the additional duty im poled on Bi itifh goods, until he has received inttruc ji lions from his C t. PARLfiI TAR ?" PROCEEDING.:. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MAY t 7. The Royil Agent was given by Commit Gan to the kith Poftage Duty Bill, and feveral other Bills. The Cornmilßonera wire the I .ord Chancellor, the Arc 111)1010p of Canterbury, and Lord Walfingham. The Property Duty Amendment Bill. Commirsonera of Taves Name Bill, and Irith Firft Fruits Bill, were brought from the Com • mons and read a ftrft time. Earl DA in Ley flied his motioo relative to the Management of the Navy for Friday next—Jos Which day their LordQiips were or dered to be fummooed. On the motion of Lord At:cumin, a Comistittee of the Lards who might be prefect during the ScfEon, was appointed to provide for the warming and cleaning of the Hook, and sppointinz prover Ipartmcnts for the Noble Lord on the Woolfack, and for tLe Oifi :et's of the Houfee-•••Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The frith Spirit Retail I.icence Sall went through a Committee and wail ordered to be reported on Mcn.day next. 'f be Houk then went into a Committee of Ways and Means, when Mr. FOSTER moved the following Rcfoludons, which were agreed to:— A Duty of sd. on Banker's Checks each, not exceeding the fum of sL An Additional Duty of ts. 6d. on each tool. luforance, which would make the whole u. 6d. the fame as in tlas country. On POliCiC3 a Duty of Is. Die Report was ordered to be received on Monday next. Mr. FOSTER gave notice, that on Monday be would move for Papeterelstive to the Revenue of Ireland. The Houfe went into a Committee on the Irilh EleCtion Mr. MAURICF. Fl f7.GEßAl.Dohjraed to the principle, arid to various regulations of the Bill, acid moved, that clie Cliiirtnan do now leave the Chair. This wag fupportal by Mr. Ccorye Ponfotaby, Mr. Latouche, Mr. Martin, (of Galway), and otl.cr Members.-and oppofed by Colonel Bagwell, Mr. Jame Et- l a:ad, Mr. Hawkins Browne, and Mr. Lee. The Houle divided on the Motion—Ayes 19—Noes 3s. The other claufes being gone through with, the Hnufe returned.l The Report was thin brought up, and ordered to be taken', iuto further conlideration on Wu:clef - day nest, and alto to be printed. The frith Land Partition Bill, and the Pancras Poor Bill, were read a third time, and palr.d. In confequetice of a tumni -ins from the Lords the Speaker went up acconsp 'tied by feveral of the Members, and on his return ac quainted the Houle that the Royal Affent had been given by com mit:Goo to the Irith I.oan Bill, the Irith Pod Road Bill, thellrith Pre milfory Notes Bill, the kith Silver Token Bill, the Scots Etc& ineorporatitm Bill, and other private Bills. A oonverfation of fume length rook place on the fecond reading of the Bilappointing a ratan. the Chairmtn of tht aaltord and Lancafter fullicet o n the queftion that it be read a third time on Monday fe'unight the Hou(e divided, Ars 49--Noes 38. On our re-entering the C. fiery the Clerk afthe Houle was read ing a Petition from Norfolk i of th e fame nature as the many altet.ly prefented relative to the fubject of the Tenth Report. Mr. CURW EN prefented a Petition from the Houle of Keyes, in the Me of Man, praying to be heard by thensfelves or Counfel, againft the Claims of Compeniation made by Grace the Duke 'of Athol.--Ordered to Be on the Table. • • . _ Lord CASTLEREAGH. purfuant to the notice be gave loft eight. moved that Icave be given to bring in a Bill to amend and render more effeetual the Act for Eltabiiilung and exciting Public Infirmariet in Ireland. His Lordfhip was induced to.tnake this motion from a cosividlion of the groat it., onvenicncy futtained by the poorer Haire, of the people, from the ilitionce they often were from thole Hofpitals, and meant that the Bid, among other regu lotions, fttould remedy that evil by providing for clic vitablithmcnt of Difnrarirs at proper dill:ince'. ' Sir JOHN NEWPORT walled that an accurate inquiry fhould be made into the mode of condudting thole County Eiofpitals, as he was convinced great abufes exifted in that quarter, and that the fowls wire not unfrequently converted into purport's of private emolument.' Leave Vas then granted, and a Committee Appointed to draw u. the Bill. Or. the motion of Lord STANLEY, a Return of the Number of the Militia who have Volunteered into the Regular Sec% ize,fpe • cifyioz, the Number &cirri each Regiment, and the kind of force they bad joined, as Artillery, Marine, &c. was ordered. Mr. CF.EEVEY gave notice that on Monday nett he would move for an Account of dec. 'SaLuia of the Judges of the Ad miralty. •, MILITARY thorttatf. Mr. ALEXANDER brou g ht up the Report of the Military Commilaners Bill, into which, ftvcral amendatory claufes were intruclureel. Mae was pea. pofed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. relativ e to the examination of perfons that might be called before the Commiffionets as evidence, and by which they are in certain cafes empowered to compel them to anfwer, provided fuch anfwers here na tendency to eliminate themfelves. Another was PrOpufed ,jr Mr. Grey, that in order to include a fubjed of il. quiry that did not properly come under any held c; inveftigation yet fpecified in the Rill, btu whien i... ; thought of material confequcnce, the sv , ,rds Medici Department be introduced after the enumeration the Royal ll,,fpital of Chelfea, and the Royal M.. 2.. cal Afylum. Mr. FOX was of opinion, that inilea 3 of leavin:, any inquiry into former abufes to the chit:retina of ; I: Commitlioners, as the Bill did, were any diltinEt.;,. to be made, the reverie &mid raiher be the cafe.— Matters of form, and fuch as were of fecondary moment, might be fairly left to their difiretion ; lout it was ("jugular to leave it to their option whether they were at all to do that which ought properly tc, be enjoined :hem as a duty. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEVIJER was agairat any limitation in refpea to time, an ;v at not altogether unwilling, which he apprehended would meet pretty nearly the Honourable Gentle man's idea, that the Commillioners timid be direet ed to inquire into former abufes as far as they Crould think expedient, leasing both the time, the degree, and manner of inquiry, difcretionarv. 'fbefe amend ments were feverally agreed to, at.d the Bill in dend to be read a third time on Tuetd.ty next. N•VAL INQVIRY. Mr. ALEXANDER brougnt up the Report a. the Contraiffioners of Naval Inquiry Bili. Admiral MARKHAM prop')fed that as Che li Hofpital was included in the Bill for Military quiry, this Bill fhould in likemanner enthrace Greet. with Hofpital as a ft:hie& of Inquiry. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ferved, that as this amendment affaled the original form of the Bill, 4 would for that purple he fleet:. fry to re-commit it, and moved the Committee ac. cordingly. The Houfe having refumed, Mr. ALEXANDEI brought up the Report, which was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Tuefday. LONDON. SATURDAY. MAY it PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONS O•CI.00Rs Cent for money, 38;—Ditto, May. s3;}—Orardion 3-- Eiclacq. Bills par ts. prg.zu. It is probable that in a few days we (hall have to announce the refult of an anion between the fleet nu der the command of Lord GARDII IR and tLe French Brea fleet. Two tranfports, which left his Lordthip's fleet on Tuefday evening about (even o'clock, arrived at Falmouth on Wednefday with intelligence, that a: the time of their quitting the fleet, 25 French (hips of the line and rouse frigates were ftandiag out from Breit harbour for fea, manifefting every appearance of a determination to attack our fquadron, which then confifted of 17 Gil of the line and feveral frigates.— Admiral Lord Goaort se had formed the sine in two dovifious, and the tranfports were ordered to snake the Erft port in England with this intelligence. Account's of a &liar nature have reached town from Plymouth, but there Rate the enemy', fleet to contlit of as !lips of the line, and that thcy had come out of Breit on Saturday or Monday Another report Rates, that the Nroai, arrived at Plymouth on Thu rfday in le►enteen hours from Lord GaapsEr.°S fleet, ha, brought intelligence that the enemy's fleet was coming out in line of battle, and that Lord GatorEtt had the lignal flying for a gent rid aetion. Thee accounts, through different channels, agree as to tlle fa& of the enemy maniteiting an tendon to put to fea in the face of Lord Galivs k!Ci fleet, though they d;frer as to the pr,!crfit day.—The accounts from Falm6nth are the molt .rccife, aol therefore probably the molt correa. We entzrtain no apprchenlion as to the ;:rce of the combat, fhould .he enemy have afforded Admiral GALL/MEd. an oppiirtunity of totting to anion, whe ther their force be 22 or 25 fail:of the line. A. (port time—poll - 1bl) , a few houra will bring us intelligence of the refult—a refult glorious to the country, and honourable to the brave fellows by whom w.; are de• fended. To the above, and to our Falmouth and Plymouth letters, we have to add, that jull before thi, went to peels, the contents of difpatches received this morning from Lord GAILDN ea, were Coffered to tranf• pine. They are dated off Ufhant; and flatc briefly as fellows " 1142,y 14, Half paft Five in the Aftertino!. " His Mal:fly's fhlp WARRIOR, dt.racho by me "in Shore, has jut made a fignal that-the enemy's " Fleet are under way, and coming out of pott." STAN. OFFICC, HALF PAST 4 o'rLocx. " Lieutenant ALT has arrived at the Admiralty. with ditpatches from the Welt Indies, coma nin i : an account that Admiral COCHRANE, Kith tiVc tail of the line, arrived at Barbadoes on the sth April, and pr ceeded in porfoit of the Fretich Manic' t , NNE frigate, with her convoy trom had arrived at Barbadoes, n d intended to proceed for Jamaica on the 7th of Aptil. It was repotted at Barbadoes, that the Ft enth .feet had failed from K.:- Cnique. Detlination unknoWn." Yeilerday morning dispatches were received :.t the Admiralty from Lord Natio*, tranfinitted from Cot k by Admiral DRURY, one of whole Lieutenant►, Mr. SCUTT, ITU the hearer of them. They xc►e forwarded at noon to his Ms i ksrv, At the seeker 0; the Royal artillery. In the mean time, the mural.