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want locks. ne, however, had concaved it to be his duty to confider is what way the war could be bell carried on for the benefit of the country.— He never wifhed to inftify himfelf at the expence of others, but he would affect, that there had been no more delay in the Expedition, than was necef fary to prepare the troops for their deained duties. As to the produdion of Letters or Papers, he would at any time rather (utter himfelf to be ca lumniated, than call for a document, the produc tion of which might he injurious to the public far. vice, though it might anfwer the purpofe of his juftification. He Frotelted azaina the prefent motion. General TARLETNZ again explained. Mr. GEORG! PONSCINDY laid the querlinn was, whether the whole letter fhould he rTad, from which certain patages had been read in juilitica- Zinn of the Hon. Gentleman I From thence arofe a charge againft the Hon. Gentleman of employ ing a force in Holland, and not one in the Medi terranean, until it was too late. When this charge was &ft made, the Hon. Gentleman faid that the prefent was the moll glorious war in which Eng lane was ever engaged. He did not know what conviction the afrertion had produced ; but cer tainly, if it were the molt glorious war, his (=cell. for mall admit that he mull make the moll gin. rious peace. Now, on the fubjeet of the letter, be did contend that it was contrary to equity and juftice to read part and not the whole, where charges were made againfl individuals, and that was the prefent cafe, it being pofitively Rated that fuch was the indifcipline of the army it could not embark for two months. As to the advantage which the continental armies were alledged to pot, fes over the Britith; he never knew that it was by long marches an army learned difcipline—but, cup pofing it to be the fall, it only went to thew that a Unifier of England fhould be more careful, and more early, in preparing a military force. The force in queßion was connected with two expe ditions, neither of which had proved fortunate. In the one it was to receive the furrender of the Dutch arms. Now any force, however bad, would be fuffieient for this. Its adequacy here did not de pend on the quality of the force, but the accuracy a the information, which Rated, that the Dutch would lay down their arms. But what would be hid, when it turned out, that the Dutch were as ready, and as well difciplined for refinance, in. Read of furrender, as the French ? Was the force Pent adequate then to all its objefts ; or, were all thefe objects only a retreat, and an ignominious capitulation? With regard to the other erpedition, how, or when, did the Hon. Gentlemen calculate upon the effect of the Ruffian and Marian arms au Italy ? It was plain, that he calculated upon their fuccefs ; but what fort of a Minifter was he, who calculated upon fuccefs, and, when &appoint ed, had no means to repair difafter Did it ful. low, that there was no part of our army from which a difpofable force might be taben, except the identical part alluded to ? The Right Hon. Gentleman had Paid that all t . :e trio2s of the line had been fent to Ireland, to defend it during the loot tighta. On the allth of February the long tighu were pretty well over, and with them the' danger of Ireland, and tilde well dfciplined troops might have failed from Cork with as much advantage as from this country: As to the cha. rater of the Commander in Chief; the true way to give it due haltre and eflimation, would be to pro duce the letter. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Dundasrmight think it contained no reflation on that illuttrious perfonage, or himfelf, but others might be of a different opinion, and doubt and fa. 'icon would remain as long as the letter fhould be withheld. Moreover, fourteen months had elapfed lance the letter ,was written; it could, therefore, have no emanation with prefent affairs. There was no power on the Continent, at war with France, that could call on us for a fupply, and with whofe interefts the difclofure of the contents could antertere.—On thefe grounds, therefore, and par ticularly as the Commander in Chief could not jußify himfelf in that Houle, not being a member of it, he thought they were bound to protect his tharater with the greater care, and to call for the produdion of the paper for that purpofe. Colonel PORTER (poke a few words in fcpport .f the motion, and the t i tießion being then loudly balled for, the Houle divided.—Ayes 45, Noes is t. Majority againft the motion to6.—Adjourned. LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 23. PRICE OF - STOCKS THIS DAY 'AT ONE O'CLOC K : Coofols 39160—f0r account 6cl-,Orialturn Si i Si. 511159...-Okl 5 per Cent. 97—New ditto w ICE OP STuCRE YESTERDAY : Ster.k PR 5 Cent. Loy. 91 93 3 Per Caw Itad.s9 $lll 39 Lori Atm. ri 17 i5-t6 IS 6c4 Shore Ann. 5 T-16i 4pa Cool. Cosi 77 t Oniniurn St 71 II pa C. Navy 93H. Cad. for May 604 39i 601 We are happy to annuunce tharthe Paris Jour nal.* of the rsoth (one day later than thufe re• ceived yeilerday,) do not confirm she report of General Aasacaoseats having been defeated. The Official Paper (the Mosiunr,) is wholly filent refpeeting Egypt, which would hardly have ken the cafe had the French Government been in PuilefGon of any fuch intelligence ; and the Ckfdo Cie, !peaking of the news of the day before, rays it needs confirmation. The latter paper lista a piece of intelligence of Gene moment 6 , It appeara," fays that Journal, " that Peace is very far Advanced between France end the Porte, if not already concluded." An article quoted in theie papers frum a Pruf. fan Journal, and printed can Prieriktie. is brav ing of particular notice. It is as follows : LOWIR RAMS, Maims p.—Several Letters from the Nail annuunce, in a very poGzive mut ant tbs death of a veallciace. Thq add, that the Political Sy item ,r r pr,l,al , ly to: be thaken by this uuespeaed evtnt, as his edrOr has already confirmed the tabil.ting ar rangements." MOREAU is loon expeEted at rat is. The foregoing are the only a..-tides worthy of notice in the Paris Pipers of the 19th. His MA/arry yefterday, accompanied by the Q2stm and PRINCESSES, tcuk an airing in Kew GArdens. A Council was ye flerday held at the Secretary of State's Office. Several of the perfuns act:acd of feditious pratlices were brought up to be examined. Our Court has loft no time in renewing its Alli ance with the new Sovereign of Ruirm. As form as the death of the Emperor PAUL was known in England, orders were fent out to Mr. the Secretary of Embalfy at Berlin, to repair to Peteriburgh ; and on Monday evening M. de BOISSY, a Gentleman well known for hts talents, and an Officer in the regiment de Areuren, left town with difpathes to Count de PAHLEN, the Prime Miniller of the Emperor, who is personally attached to M. de Boissy. Mr. CASSAMAJOR is to fucceed Mr. GARLIKS, as Secretary of Legation at Berlin. The account in the Article from Copenhagen, of the tith intl. brought by the liamburgh Mail, of Sir HYDL PARKER having loft a fun in the ac tion of the ad we conclude to be untrue. The Danes did not probably knew that our gallant Ad- miral was very recently ?rallied. Captain &la H, who commanded the GLAT TON in the late engagement off Copenhagen, has been appointed to the command of the MONARCH ; he is coming home in her, and, upon his arrival, takes the command of the Itaastsrms, now fitting at Chatham. Yefterday packets were made up at the General Poll Office, to be forwarded to the Cape of Good Hope by the fhipsWittiam andHitinosrAu,which are to fail without delay. Since the capture of the Company's fhip Kr, mr, Captain ItmtNorms, by SOURCOUFF, all the (hips proceeding to India this feafon, have been put in a better (tate of defence. The prifoners which were taken by his Majefty's (hip Battiostux, and force of the Company's (hips, in the frigates la Medea and Concorde, and which were received on (bore by the Viceroy at Rio de Janeiro, have arrived at Lifbon, from whence, according to a flipulatios, they arc to be fent to France. Letters of the t 3th of March, received from the Officers of the Sucetss frigate, captured by the fqoadron under Geartmums, fate, that the Officers and crew were all well, though much dif treffed, having been plundered by the crew of the fhip which boarded thefts. The Officers are on parole meat. Toulon, till exchanged, and the men confined on board a prifon-ffiip ia that harbour. Laft night an Opera, entitled The Blind Girl ; or, 4 Receipt for Beauty, was performed for the firft time at Covent-Garden; the literary prodthion of Mr. Morro a, of which our prefent limits will not allow us to take much notice. The Rory chiefly re lates to the reflora donor a beautiful and fentimental young lady to fight,and her marriage with the rue cefsful operator, an Englifhman , thrown accidental ly in the way o f family in New Spain, where the fcene of the piece entirely lies. We have alfu a tragic Rory told in ballet, with abundance of broad farce, and common place fentiment from the French fchool. As a fpthacle, The Bfind Girl is certainly a fplendid cimpound of fcene ry, pageantry, and Peruvian coftume, enriched with Come very charming mufic the compofi lion, or rather compilation, of tiAZZINGIII and Its cm The charaders are copies of old pictures, the principal of which are a Sancho in Barataria, and a Trudge, placed in new fituations. The thing and tinging of lag night, particularly that of MUNDIN, FAW,ETT INCLIDOII, JOHNSTONS, Mrs. H. JOHN.. STONI, Mrs. MATTOCILS, ?Airs WATIts, &c. was excellent throughout ; and the Opera, on being given out for a future reprefentation, experienced much more applaufe than cenfure. It is at prefent, however, too long by nearly an hour. Bow-Svassr.—Tuefday evening, Efiher Davit was examined on a charge of giving herfelf a faith charafter, to obtain a fervace in the family of Mr. R. in Red Lion.fquare. Mrs. R. Rated, that being in want of a cook, the was applied to by the prifoner at the bar, who reprefented herfelf to have lived fervant a year and a half with a Mrs. W. at Kingfland, to whom the referred for charaCter. Mrs. R. accordingly wrote to Mrs. W. refpating her, and the nest day received an anfwer, as the fuppofed, from Mrs. W. Rating the prifoner to be a very good fervent, and would, no doubt, fuit her. Some fufpicion, however, arising as to the authenticity of this let ter, application was made to Mrs. W. who declar ed the letter was not her writing, nor did the ever receive that from Mrs. R. to which it appeared to be an anfwer ; that the had fome little knowledge of the prifoner, but that the never lived fervent with her. From fome other circumftances that tranfpired, there was reafon to believe that the let ter fent by Mrs. ft.•to Mrs. W. and which had been put into the penny-poft, had been intercepted at the delivery by the prifoner, who was feen near the houfe that day. The prifoner, in her defence, *clinked the character Otter was a forgery, and that the had procured it to be written for the purple. Ihe Magiftrates, Mr. BOND, Mr. HUNTIR, and Sir W. Paasows, by whom the cafe was invetti gated, being of opinion that the offence was clear ly eftablithed, conviited the prifoner in the penal ty of aol. together with cos. coils, as dire&ed by the Aft, but which being unable immediately to pay, the was committed to the lioufe of Correc tion, Cold Bath-Fields, there to be kept to hard labour for oat month. A nun of the name of Paint" with whom the prifoner cohabited, and who was fuppoted to be implicated with her in the above tranfaetion, was saw examined, bat the evidence aetreaching him, he waidifcbarged. !NT= I.ICENCf. (Yet Jimmie/a Advettifernents fee the la* Var.] MAILS THIS DAY.—wir.dls. 1111111VPI) • Hamburgh o Dahlia o Waterford • Dmagadee, April 19, I Jerky, April 10, t• t. terr.fey, Aprii 22, PLYMOUTH, APR!L st. Came in the thip Pallas, of Plamburgh, Captain PETER JANSEN Scent, from Liaion, bound to Hamburgh, :acten with fugar, fruit, hides, tobacco, and cotton, detaiited on the 18th initant, by the Mittatocas fchuoner, of 16 guns, Lieut. STARK. Came in the Danish Chip Beathea, of Chrillian fiend, Captain haul. Just-, from Cape Francois , bound to Altona, laden with fugar and logw•ood, detained on the 12th infant, by his Majefty's fbip FIEGARD, of 38 guns, Captain MARTIN, in fight of the Channel fleet.—Alfu the —, French lug ger privateer, of 12 guns, taken by his Majefty's fhip CAMIKIAK, of 44 guns, Captain Lions. Sailed on a cruize the JASON, of 38 guns, Capt. YORKE ; and the PLYMOUTH lugger, of 16 guns, Lieutenant ELLIOTT. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL u. Sailed the HIND frigate, with the fleet under convoy for Halifax, &c. and CAMILLA, man of war, with the fleet fur Newfoundland. Arrived the POMoNA frigate from the Channel Fleet. The AtETHOSA frigate is expeled to fail to-morrow, with five or fix Earl India ihips. The China (hips are not to fail till Monday. ttig du iu thc la Gea4'l : ion tro *di sae dui Du tha pie ear no tha "di int tic jnA of tha the i %al I. 31 f aI fla eel c CI L , se a in fi FROM LLOYD'S LIST. DEAL, A►ai6 22.—Remain as per ha.—Wind N. E. blows hard. GR•VESEND, APRIL 2t.—P.llll'd by, the Hori zon, —, from Charlelion ; (Myer El/worth, SKINNER, from New York; Farmer, Giasow ; Latona, —; 'Winifred, ROBINS ; and Anna, —,fromHamburgh.—Sailed the Haniball,—, for Hamburgh ; Cams Delight, NETTLES, for Cork, Daphne, —, and Margarett, CARR, for Aran. 22.—Paa by the Vrow Carolina, —, from Hamburgh ; Charles, Timbres ; Vrow Jane, —; Cornelius, —; Friendthip, Vltavrtet; and Four Sifters, COATI 3, from Rotterdam.--Sailed the Geode Hoffnnng, —, fur Embden. ARRIVED. At Clyde--Hannatt, Campbell, front Charielton ; and Afia, M.CUI, from Demerara. _ _ _ At laverpool—Felicity, Reed, from Philadelphia • Nancy, Ellice, from Surinam; America, Swan, from Phil adelphia; Polly, Hancock, from Virginia; Sophia, Jones, from Ham. burgh ; Superb, —, from Charlfton ; and Onion,—, from &hamar& ,Royal,—.—; Lord Nelfon, ..-..; Lady Nelfon, —; Three Sifters, • Apollo, —; Agenorie, Craig; Polly, and Manning, Lane, Loin Oporto. At Portfmoath—Honduras Packet, Llddle ; Experiment Hafwell I Cognac Packet, Harper, from Oporto, and Mars, —, from Philadelphia. At Amfterdam—Ambition, Ferries, from Ncw rock. At Dartmouth—General Prefcott, Brand, from Oporto. At Southampton—Philappa, from (*ono. At Padttow, Flew. Newcombe, from Littoon. At Waterford--William, Stowell ; Elizabeth, Mills, and Wlndfor Celle, Jones, from Surinam. At Clarklton—Martha Watingtoo, Calder ; Mary, Craig ; and nu, Dorton, from Liverroa Extra& of a letter from on board his Majefly's flip DEFIANCE, dated off Copenhagen, April 4, acit.—" I fuppofe ere this you will - have heard of our anion. We were commanded by the good and gallant little Hero of the Nile, with his flag in the ELEPHANT, accompanied by the following (hips, viz. D s FIANCI ) EDGAR, ARDENT, GLATTON, ISIS, AGAMEMNON, BILLONA, GANGES, MONARCH, Russet, and POLY P H im us ; Tome of them not get ing into anion, made it fell heavier on thole that did. The DEFIANCE was a-breaft of their great Crown battery, and from Tome of the other (hips not getting up, made it fall heavier on the MONARCH and - D MARCIE ; who were next to the MONARCH and northward of her, and from the Ross& and Pot r- PRIMUS not getting up, we were the lail fhip in the line. This is faid to be the atoll bloody and dar ing attack ever made by our worthy and gallant NELSON. Our enterprifing and gallant Admiral (Chaves) of this fhip, was applied for by Lord Netsmt t 3 be with him, knowing him to have a foul every way c , --igenial to his own, and who like himfeif, in tinies.ot danger, has fire and energy which riles in proportion to the difficulties that are in view.—The floating batteries, hulks, and flips were formidable, as well frc.m thcir number as weight of metal, but Rill more fa from their fitua tion and proximity to the fhore, their having means of heating fhot, which they fired the whole of the anion, and from their being covered by numerous bomb and gun batteries on (bore, which alfo fired red hot ;hot at us, by which we wei e often on fire. —This anion is univerfally thought to be unequal led for its length and obllinacy. The loft of the enemy was dreadful. The MONARCH, and this fhip, fuffered moll ; but as our situation was (till more tippled than the MONARCH, who was next to us; it is a matter of wonder that we had only yo killed and wounded badly ; there were a veil number of flight wounds, not mentioned in our re turn, who will be able to go to quarters in a few days. If we could have got elute to the enemy. I am perfuaded, we (hould have done their bufinefs in an hour, which is the fifth part of the time we were engaged. I hope when we get hold of the Ruffians, we (hall not be prevented from getting doff to them, and then, with the blcffing of GOD, we (ball make fliort work of it.—Eight fail of ate large (hips were more than five miles from us, and at the beginning of the anion three of our (hips got agrutind, and the fire of the enemy was heavy be)ond conception, which made the event doubt ful ; but our glorious Commanders, Netson and Gaavae, contained the anion with taint, and kw:444onm tip at Lan.'' 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Cox's Cucaa Tree. oil Sib. Mr. lieubcoter Georgiaua, IR 71b. - 1 Seven to 4. on Chain pion -7 to z againfi Cocoa Tree. Mr. Whaley'srtxredition, 811. bat Mr. Ronke's Jack Andrews, 811 31b. The laft 3 M. of 8.. C. p guineas.4-Seven to 4 oh Jack Andrews. Mr. Cox's Pet, Bfi. slb. beat Mr. Hallet's Wow flu, 78. 31b. R. M. Bogs.--. 11 to Bon Pet. LdfW Ih ' 7ELLICLa•CE. COURT OP RING's BENCH. Yellerday being the firft day of Eager Term, Lord KEN rot., and his brother Judges took their feats on the bench about nine o'clock. After the ufual report had been made concerning the convils at W oolwich, Mr. ATTOILNIT GitlitAL moved, that Thomas Spence might be charged with an information which he had filed againft him, for the publica tion of a malicious and feditious libel, refpeding the right of property in land. The objet of this publication was to (hew that all the oppreftion and diftrefs that at prefent prevailed in the coun try were owing to the proprietors of land ; and that in order to remedy thefe evils, it was indif penfibly neceffary that the prefentfyftem of landed property fhould be completely exterminated, and that all the land in the kingdom fhould be equally divided among all the inhabitants of the Hand without diftindion. This the authorconfiders as the only effetituallcure of Monopolies, Foreftalling, Re grating, &c. Although at firit fi ght it appeared dif f icult to be accomplifhed, yet in fad nothing was fo eafy. It might be efeded in the courfe of a tingle day. As the ALMIGHTY Paid- ." Let there be light, and there was light ; " fo the Pub lic had only to lay--. , Let the laud be ours and it would be Co." When the information was read to the Defen dant, he pleaded—Not Guilty ; and Will be tried at the Sittings after Term. Mr. ERIKINR moved for leave to file a criminal information againft Mr. George Hofkins, suer. chant in Liverpool, for a libel. He Rated, that the Commiffioners of the Income Tax, having fummoned Mr. Hofkins to make a return of his income, he did fo, and his return Rated that he was willing to pay one-tenth part of his income. The Commiffioners having reafon to fuppofe he meant to fabtratt from his income, fummoned him to attend the Board; inftead of doing fo he treated them with contempt, and they were obliged to alters him according to the bell of their judgment ; this he fubmitted to pay, and did not chufe to ap peal. On the following year he delivered in a declaration of the furn he intended to pay, much below what he paid the former year, and in that declaration, charged the Commiffioners with hav ing, while he was neceffiated to attend thedeath bad of his father, been guilty of grofs enikonduet. by having moil iniquitoufly furcharged him. It was for this libel on the Commiffioners. that Mr. Erskine faid he was direlted by them to apply to the Court for a rule.—Rule granted. Several other motions were made, but none of any intereft to the public. TIIIILLUISOII V. COPtlien. Mr. Gams , moved, that the Defendant might be permitted to attend the trial of this caufe. It was an aQion brought againft him by Mr. The!. lufion for a malicious profecution. He was in cullody, and it would be of great importance to him that he fhould be prefent at the trial. Lord Krviron faid, the Court had very lately refufed to linen to a fimilar application. In the cafe of a witnefs, who is in cuftudy, the Court had gone the length of granting an Halves Caput ad VA-warm, but had never proceeded farther. Mr. ATTORNIT GINIII•L, on the part of Mr. Thelluffon faid,that motion would be unnecelfar. becaufe the Defendant bad preferred a ficofid indiftment againit Mr. Thelluifon, where he could he a witnefs, and he might be prefent at the trial of the anion for a malicious profecutien, if the Court would have the goodnefs to order both caufes to come on together. Lord 'Canyon Paid, the Court would not make any order at prefent. His Lordffiip Paid hii dif faculty was this—that the officer, in whore cußody the Defendant was, might be guilty of on efive. Mr. Dining, of Cnunfel alto on the part of Mr. Menai:fon, faid, he should he glad that the ltefrodant would try the fecond indiftment frit, as a fort of a feafoning , to their anion agaiiit him for a malicious profseution. Mr. GAULT took sothimg by his aftloll. i 1