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- 7 h 11.1.11.1"..P2r- V •: duet of Lord Wellefley, molt part of which had been already laid nn the table, many of them delivered to the Members in print—thofe relarive to Oude indeed were now dittributing at the door. Yet the Hon. Gen tleman chore to overlook all there papers, and to bring forward the charge before the Houfe, with regard to which not one document was to be found on the table, or was ever moved for. Thus, grange to tell, the Hon. Gentleman palled by the acculations, to fubftantiate which he had been fo long colleaing evidence, and fixed upon one with regard to which he had not yet attempted to adduce any evidence whatever. But the Honourable Gentleman pleaded as an excufe for this, that he was provoked by a Noble Lord (Temple) and another Member, who were perpetually teazing him; as he (toted, becaufe he did nothing but move for papers, inilead of bringing forward any charge. So far the Hon. Gentleman teemed difpofed to deal in a fort of repartee with the Members of whom he complained, and therefore propnfed a charge, with reference to which he had moved for no papers at all. The Right Honourable Gentleman did not mean it to be inferred from the motion he was about to fubmit, that he was in all cafes adverfe to the pub lication of a charge before trial, or that he had that objeaiou to what were called ex parte ftatements, up on which the principle of a bill lately introduced by a Learned Serjeant (Belt), teemed jo refl. On the contrary, he was determined to•Wpofe that Bill in every One of its progrefs—( cry of Hear! Hear !) • Returning to the labia% of his Motion, the R,ight Honourable Gentleman obferved, that it as highly material this charge fhould be brought to Ate as loon as poffible. But as that iffue was not to be looked for, he felt that nothing fltould be allowed to go forth from that Houfe accompanied by the letters and ex trees of difpatches from Lord Cornwallis and others, of which no previous notice had been giver, and which were calculated to prejudice the public mind upon the fubjea.—He underflood that feveral months would elapfe before the documents to which the Ho nourable Gentleman alluded yefterday, could be pre pared and laid before the Houfe. If In, it would not Cutely be confiftent with juftice to allow the publica tion of a paper that mutt unfairly operate againfk the accufed. An objection was laft night flatted to his motion, on the ground that it was not calculated to produce the effeEt in view, as the chargi under con fideration would be publithcd among the Votes of the • Houle, which were ufually circulated among the Members. But that ftatement he found, upon inquiry, to be erroneous, as this Paper would be printed in the Journals, which would not, of eourfe, be pub. tithed. The Honourable Gentleman concluded, in order to fatisfy the Houle, by silting his Right Hon. Friend near him ( Mr. H. Addington), in what time the documents, on which the charge before the Houfe profeffed to reft, could be got ready ? Mr. H. ADDINGTON replied, that to prepare the lift of papers alluded to, would, he was lorry to fay, require a confiderable time. This, he was ena bled to flee from his experience relpeeting other papers of a fimilar nature : and he was lorry for the delay, becanfe it was highly defirable, that the whole of this cafe &told be dffpofed of with all convenient expediticn. He was lure that every Member mutt fyinpiteMze in the feelings of Lord Wellefley, in con fequenee of loch fufpenfe. Willing, therefore, the fpeedy decifion of the queftion, he regretted to fay that the papers referred to by his Right Honourable Friend, could not be prepared in left than two or 'three months. . Mr. PAULL, in allufion to the remarks of the Right Honourable Mover, begged to Rate that the papers which referred to any of the charges he had it in einstemplation to bring forward were•not yet com pletely before the Houfe. Not one of thofe with re gard to Bhurtpore or Surat were yet on the table, although he moved for them between three and four months ago. There were other papers, between the prodottion of which, and the order, on his motion, for: thee, not left than ten months elapfed. There eircemlitances he mentioned, merely to thew the juf tics with which Gentlemen could afcribe any delay to him. The charge which he brought forward yet terday, evinced ilearly that he was ready to anfwer the challenge of thole who called for acculations, and he would prove that he could funain them too, ff the patters were granted to him for which he fltould Apply. 'As loon' as thofe papers Ihould be before the Houfe, be was refolved to follow up his charges ; but if, in the con& of Ms progrets, he (tumid from inexperience be betrayed into error, he hoped the Houk would feel that he Rood there with but little aftinance. As to the error which the Right Hon. Mover alluded to, he had only to fay, that he aced according to the fuggeflion of the Chair. With re. gard to the time neceffary to prepare the papers connected with the charge before the Houfe, he begged leave to °Verve, that the Right Honourable Gentleman who fpoke laft was not competent to (peak to that point. He, in fad, was not likely to • know say thing about them, for they were not in his department. They were all in the department of the breams of the India Company. The SPEAKER Pet the Honourable Gentleman right as to his fuggettion, which importedilnothing more than referring the Hon. Gentleman to the care of Mr. Ridings, in order to inform himfelf as to the proper entitle of proceeding. Mr. W. SMYTH deprecated the manner in which I the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Paull) was treated in the profecution of this bufinefs. He witnefTed fuch tre.itment tall night as it was not becoming to ufe.— The Houfe owed rclpe to one of its own Members, a.td any Member who brought forward a charge lg.rinft a public officer, upon public grounds, was rotitled to attention. He knew nothing of the Hon. Gentleman but as a Member of that Houk, and he to•old not help rating, that he acted with extreme raffinefs, in bringing forward a bufinefs of (itch mag nitode without any affiflance. But Rill, as the lion. Zehtleman appeared to aft from public motives,twith view to ferve the public, he thought him deferving of attention in that Houfe. The motion was agreed to. WITIISISIS INSISSISITY site. Thk SOLICITOR GENERAL moved the third reading of the Declaratory Bill. Sir VICKARY GIBBS renewed the former objec• lions made to the Bill; obferving, that in the firft place there was no neeerfity for it, and in the fecond, that it might produce an effect different from what it w . s intended to do, as it went much farther than the opinions given by the majority of the fudges. In 1 his opinion, inner] of removing doubts, it would be introducing new ones. Mr. TY RW H ITT objected tip the 80, as there) was no pradical inconvenience from the prefent Rate of the law, and as it originated from a legiflative queflion. Mr. MORRIS conceived, that if any declaratory Bill were necetFary, this was the ben that could be adopted. The Learned Gentleman then entered into a very long argument, to prove that it was necef fary to declare the 1.. w, and concluded by calling on the Hoofe to flipport the Bill. Mr. PERCIVAL did not fee that any ill mire quences could arife from the reje.lion of the Bill ; on the contrary. he thought it much better that it fhould be thrown out, as there would be but one un certainty in the praiice of the Courts ; orhereas, if it were puffed into a law, there would he many, ari" ft:3g from the different confiruetions of it. The SOLICITOR GENERAL entered at great length into a liatement of the advantages which would arife from the patting of this Bill. The law at prefent, he (aid, was in an unfettled Rate, fo much fo, that it was not confidered, by many of the Judges themfelves, that the opinion of the majority of that learned body, ae given in the Houfe of Lords. was binding on the minority. A witncfs at the Old Bai ley might be permitted to refufe giving an anfwer, which would convia an offender, beeaufe the anfwer would fubjed him to a civil anion ; or, what was (till wurfe, a witnefs, for the fame reafon, might re fufe to anfwer a quenion, the anfwer to which would acquit a prifoner. After many other arguments, very ably delivered. the Learned Gentleman de- dared his intention of voting in favour of the Bill. The MASTER of the ROLLS flitted, that he never recollected Any point of law relating to evi dence, fettled by the Legillature, on which account he was inimical to the Bill. He did not think an as could be paired which would comprehend every cafe, and therefore as the Courts of Law would io time fettle their own pradice, which could be again altered as necelfity required, he thought it much preferable to permit them to do that, than to enaa a pofitive Law, which in all cafes mutt be conftrued according to the letter. Mr. Secretary FOX, in inlayer to the arguments I of the Learned Gentleman. obferred, that every thing which had been urged againft this bill. con vinced him the more of the neceflity of it. The difference of opinion among the Judger, was a cer tain proof, that fome remedy fhould be applied to the evil ; and when he confidered the arguments of the many Learned Gentlemen who had expreffed their fentiments upon it. he thought the neceffity ftronger. The Learned Gentleman who had . joft ' fat down, had pre fi ded at one time of his life to a Criminal Court, when he was Chief Jullice of Chefter ; and he begged leave to alk him, whether he ever had heard the exception taken ? The negative opinion he confidered the ftrongeft point in favour of it ; bat from the argument. he was to prefume, that no foes doubt ever did exift. A Noble and Learned Lord. however. of the Upper Honfe (Lord Eldon), had expreffed very confiderable doubts upon the fubjed, and, if a doubt did cull. the mifchief would be with out bounds in every part of the judicature of the kingdom. if the bill were not paled. From every conlideration which he could poffibly give the fubjed, be thought the bill did not go one tittle.beyond the opinion of the Judges, and the words of it were pet tedly confonant with that opinion, for which reafons be fupported the bill. After a few obfervations from Sir WILLIAM YOUNG, in favour of the 011. the queftion was loudly called for, and the Haute divided, when there appeared—For the third reading of the bill p Againft it, 18—Majority, 33. The other orders of the day were then difpofed of, and the Houfe adjourned till to-morrow. LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Confols fer nasne3,39l.—for ace • 591 6o—Omnlum tf s prem. Sank StockOsis 11343 Ann. 17 2-16 27 3 per Calf. Red. An 0.31 1 .39 fad Is Sends is. dIE par per C Conf. spit Ontalm Ifs xi pram 4 Per C. Enslifis Tkkets tpl. spa. pa Cerra Nary 92if Sea kw me. J 9160 THE NAVY. We have to congratulate. not our Naval feasters only, but the Country at large, on the notice given lei night in the Houle of Commons by Lord Howsce. Our brave defenders, the calligators of our enemies, whole claims to a more adequate remuneration for their meritorious fervices, we have, with unremitting perfeverance. been recommending for years to the notice of the Nation, are at length to receive from the juftice of the country a fuitable degree of attention. This is a condua highly meritorious on the part of Adminifiration, and we doubt not that the O. cers of the Army will, as loon as Knitters can be lbw the time neceffary for the difeuflion, receive alfo au increafe of their pay. The public at large are fatisfied that fuck a meafure is highly neceffary. WAR WITH PRUSSIA. It is now impoffible to confider Britain and Pruffia in any other light than as in a Rate of Offal hoßility nor was it in the power of Minifer► to prevent, by any aft of theirs, the hoftilities to which the perfidy of the Court of Berlin has led the two countries. We have this day laid before our Readers an TM pot rant State Paper—the Declaration of His Bit- MAJiSTY, in his quality of Eleflor of Hano• ver, on the condua of Pruflia. It is dignified and manly, and may be cnnfidered as embracing the fame points of argument as the admirable fpeeches deli. vered laf night in Parliament by Lord GatavlL Li and Mr. Fox, of which we have given an ample re port in the preceding columns. FRENCH SQUADRONS. We flared yellerday, that accounts had been re. ceived from Liverpool and Cork, of Admiral Duca- WORTH having received information of a French (qua dron in the Weft Indies. According to the Cork le'ter, the fquedron alluded to had arrived at La Guayra, a port on the coaft of the Caracas, on the Continent of South America. We have thus a pretty carrell account of the def tination of the three divillons of the fleet which &op. et , from Brea in December. One was completely difpofedof by Sir Jona Duccwoarit off St. Domingo. The fecond has failed for the Cape, or far India, where Sir Howe POPHAM and Sir T. Taoweatncie will, no doubt, give it a proper reception. The gal. lant Ducsworru will, we troll, return a proper ac count of the remainder. Sir ROBERT WlLE''', with the toth Dragoons and all the Regiments of Infantry now at the Cape of Good Hope, are immediately to proceed from thence to India, where one affairs are in the moil perilous Rate. A large force is likewife ordered to proceed immediately from this country for India and the Cape. Among others, the sorb Dragoons, Lord Hotta's Regiment the 27th : General Limnos's the 35th, the 3oth, and the 82d, Infantry, are now em barking at Portfmonth. Meafures have already been taken for the reduc tion of lbw Cavalry to that rate of eltablifiament, which the demands of the fervice, and the peculiar • mature of the pofition of this country require. The following is a Copy of the Circular Letter ad. dread on this fubjea to the Colonels commanding the feveral Regiments of Cavalry: Sit —I have the hessente to acquaint yew, that his Welty has been pinged to Area that the regbatat under your mammal ihaS be placed on the eitabliihment of tea mops of So sunk sad Me leek, agreeably to the partitulars listed he the margin, and that foci Consmilianni and NesswesemilliteedoSeers,above the num ' bets SpeelSed, as are now algal, ea the Arens* of the Comb Sal be amtinued as Supenertnenties until ineamies occur' Into which they are to fall. Sock Canada as mu now memt In coofequetwe of the late aarnsentadon, we to combine (o, until the Superomarrary Lieutenants Mean eifeetive. The eitablifb meet abo►e oidled Is to be eeofidered from the ajth of December la& isehdin. PARTICULARS 111 THI DURGIN. Coined, i Lieutenant Colend. s MaJcns. 10 Captains, to Lieutenants, to Cornets, I Paymafter. t Adjutant, I Surgeon, Militant Sergeant, I Vetcr bei y Surgeon, to (tarter Matta*, t =ad4o Major Salem& , t Serjesat s aselsant Arniourer, it Pay. Rank and File—Carporals, 40; Trumpeters, to; Privets', 7so. —Total Rank sod FOe, foo. Yellerday, about 11 o'clock, his IittIIRSTT came to the Q2een's Palace, from Windfor. Soon after two o'clock his Mejarrt gave audiences to the LORD CNANCILLOD and Mr. Fox.—After which his MI. IRITT held a Private Levee, which was attended by The Mali Whop M. of M Catert?ary. The et ay. TM Swan se nine far die Haim persetseent. The Lola dee Traahry. • The Preldestsfehe Oassal. ree Load Myr Seal Tts• Mogi* at War. The 1110er Mord 4Se Ordiessee. Th Lsb Mile:011118. mil the allarhal Genera OreuNasik ~ a. Darearank, and Aybeford. Leillee—Hawkk ndlibees. Labback 0. Mmes., ail S. Cateeree. QsaeHl Vases. and Comb WSW LW. 141111%—Late. Bet, Daimon. and Itererme. The following prefentations to his Mayasry took Place The New of Offory, co hie enektatet to that It&orbit, by Earl tracer. 4„ Dietehdby Lord Bowl& ; when he ibberted to be OM sAid Mod sad Order of the el the Bath, ee Ye bey beter ,'Aiiikel kr Aram IllrWee*, by gad tgansr. OM lb hal created a Ba• Neel I es seek melee he hei the bow to Mb kb Majeftje Mit ' gerjeants Busy and Taws had the honour to kilt his MAJarry's bead, on their being appointed. King's fiasieants. Mars. DA UNCSY and HARGRAIS had the like ho. pour; the former on receiving a Patent of Piece deuce, the latter on being appointed one of his Majefty's Connie! learned in the Law. After the Levee, his Majefty held a Ptivy Cotutcil, • and afterwards gave audiences to Earl Sr sac' a,Lord Gitaavtu.s. General VILINOII, and Mr. Bolin, the judge Advocate, who laid before his Majefty the proceedings of raven] Court Martials. At five o'clock his Majefty fet off for Windfor. It is reported that Sir Woe. CUNNINGHAM is to be Receiver General of the Land Tax for Scotland. Mr. Jamas Grum', to be Solicitor of Stamps, and Lord Sim rut, to be Ranger of Ettrick Porta. • Yellerday a Court of Direaors was held at the Eaft India Houle, when the under-mentioned Com manders took leave, previous to departing for their refpeaive deffinations, Viz. Capt. LYNCH, of Ole Harriot ; and Capt. Yowler, of the Lord Eldon , for Madras and Bengal ; Capt. RAI4IOI, of the .ord Keith ; and Capt. M.Tacroaar, of the Ocean, for St. Helena and Bengal. Captain THOMAS Bucmawan was fwnrn into the command of the Neptune, and took leave, previous to departing for China dire& At the Cork Affixes, on Saturday the sth inn. Jo feph Kelly, Efq. Captain and Paymafier of the 32d re• girnent of Font, was tried on a charge of having killed, in a duel, Captain Harrifon of the fame regiment. It appeared in evidence that the prifoner and the de. eeafed had lived in habits of the moll cordial intima cy, and refided in the fame houfe. On the day pre ceding the duel they dined together, and drank ra ther more wine than was continent with the aria rules of temperance. At night whey Captain Kelly returned home a difpute stole between him and the fervant of the deceafed, upon whom he at length in• Sifted perfonal chaftifement : this eircumfiance he fubfequently inetreaually endeavoured to explain to the fatisfation of Captain Harrifon, who, conceiving that he had been ftruck in a fcuflie which had enfned between them, infifted on a meeting in the morning, and refufed every apology offered by Captain Kelly. The parties in confequence met, attended by their feconds ; they fired at the fame inflant, and Captain Harrifon fell, mortally wounded. The Jury returned a verdia of Manflaughter in his own d e f ence , w hi c h, on being objeaed to b 7 the Judge, they changed into a general verdia of—Not Guilty. J.POItrIgG INTELZIOANCE. • NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MUTING. MONDAY, ATM 21.. SWeepßakes of wogs:each, h. ft. for the prOdere or mares covered in t So:, colts SR. 41b. and fillies 8& Actofs the Flat. Sir F. Standia'a br. c by Sir Peter, out of Nevada . s Mr Wation'a b. c. by Ur Peter, oat of Deobtful . s Six tot on Sir F. Standifle, br. The bra Clefs of the Prince's Stakes of tongs. each, h. ft. colts carrying SR 71b. End fillies fla.4lb. Acrofs the Flat, rifing 3 yr. old. - Date of Grafteeia e. Trakipr, by Wklikey, eat of Safiewi General orstvenoes br e Have at.'eas,by Hambletaden • Mr Wilkes b. c. by Corlanda, dam by Hliblyer, out Sincerity , • 3 Seven to 4 on Trafalgar Sweephakes of tongs each, h. ft. Ab. ld. SR. alb. each. Mr Sitwers b. f. Orter. by Mamma, out or gsbniewsr Mr Mollifies b.f. Fbilaty, by Travelkr, est of a Ma to Mire a Two tot on Ober. Sweepßakes of roogs. each, T. K. M. B. O. Lord Sarryineres Gratltu le, ylt 7b Mr Mall. ftdd, SR lib Five to s on Gratitude. Svreepliaku of wogs each, h. ft. for. colts and lilies, nnbacked at the time of naming (May 4, 1805) colts SR. 31b. fillies SR. R. M. • Lad Grofventes b. e. by John Rail. eat of Tulip • Lad Poly' b. a Knee Soak, by Zacbariab Mr Warfon'a b. * Worthy, oat of mrs.cansoer 3 Even betting on Knee Buckle. Mr. Watfon's Yorkfhir ,e SR. beat Sir J. Slidley's Sir Launcelot, SR. slb. D. L soogs. h. ft.--a to t ash Yorkfhire. Lord Sackville's Witchcraft, 811. beat Lord Fa Abfolute, SR. alb- D. L songs. lt. ft.-7.t0 4 i s Witchcraft. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. Peezatice, Aram at.....Yefterday artivadthe brig Hope, of Liverpool, Capt. Cuts, front Grotto, with wine for Dublin : the was captured on the myth init. by a French brig privateer, of 12 guns, but through the ignorance of the Prize.mafter, the was bend fot.the Land's•end, where the was boarded by as old man and three lons, by whole aid and Alla-nee the owner and one man (who were left on board), overpowered the Frenchmen, and brought the refit fafe into Penzance Pier; fame time arrived the hip Belle, of Bremen, Captain C. Kossemzeste, with fundries. from Baltimore de tained by the Dementia cutter, RICHARD Jose, Baltimor e, Commander. PLYMOUTH, APRIL as.—Came in the Swedith Sip Bt. Self, Captain Titan, from St. Übe's, for Stock, halm, laden withjfalt • brig John, of Hull, R. Dar* boaoueo Mailer, fro m Lifbon, laden wi th wine and Ask ; the was ta ken the 17th infant, off &lily, by dboloompid French privateer, of 14 gums, and was pailmaisma after by the Coartriece, of ill gins—the Intrepid was brought in here yellerday by the revenue Setter Hind, Capt. Aztec Sailed the Picas.s, of to sans, to the Weftward,thid to be bound to Gibraltar. difpatches. It is Paid that the Corriere( is Orient at Cork, with another retaken Tad from Man, and that Ott ehaeed a French hip privateer, Initoold not get op with her. Came is the Sratrecn ga l brig, and the Happy Return privateer, from a unease; and the Perfeverance s Captain nuance, from Lilbon, for London, with wine and fruit. Poarssioure, APRIL 21.---Artited the twit, of f 4 guru, Captain Rents, om the Downs, with the Mugu', of Ely and Neptune Infelahsaten, and re vere] outward booed wads anal eonvoy ; lath the Useetrav frigate, from a cruise, having detained the American aup Indußry, from Baltimore, bound to Asstterdarn, laden with fugar ; the Heart of Oak. with timber, from Cbepftow, retaken by the DIANA cutter ; and the Three Si ft ers, from Hollesd, he Philadelphia, detained by the Aerators cutter. The Kt/la:rise aa (loop of war was this morning ap. pointed to take the Newfoundland, Halifax,, anal Quebec convoys, and will fail to-morrow morning. thould the wind continue fair. There are about ninety fail of homeward bound veffels at the back of the We of Wight, bound to the River. Dim.. Ares", 33.—Sailed the Atemtarrms floop of war, and DIONICIT and HMOCK gun brigs, oft ss ernize.—Laft night it blowing ftrnng from the N.E. the American (hip Portfmouth, Captain Lewis (fent in by the Am, detained on the Coall of tf r zt parted her cable in the Gulls off the North F and drove athwart his Majefty'sfhip ANTELOPI, and carried away her jib-boom, bowfprn, and part oilier bead : the American lhip loft her main and raifen• malls, and appears very much damaged in her holt, but again brought up.—Remain in the Downs the Edgar, Trutt'', Antelope, Ills, Mira', Seagull, Kangaroo, Devallation, Explofion, Farina*, Tur bulent, Intelligent, Jackal', Sparkler, Bold, Con- Rant, Earneft, Blazer, and Harmeny.—Paled this afternoon, at the back of the Goodwin Sands, the ELIPHANT, of 74 guns, fmm the North Sea, fup pohd to join the Channel Fleet. Arrived the Swirl op, from the Weftward. The Ezrzosiox bosab !hat a fignal flying for a convoy to the Weftward.— ' Wind N. E. blows hard. Doves. APRIL 23.—The wind blew lall night ex. cefGve hard from the N. E. accompanied with hem fqualls of rain, it is much feared a great deal of da mage was done in the Downs, as the mails and yards of a fhip floated pall here early this morning from thence. A number of coafters and other Tails have put in here this afternoon's tide, among them vet the fehnoner San Pedro, Captain Muscly Ira, of and from Lilbon, with oranges, for London, wind bound brig Unity, of Topfham, with butter, from Limerick, bound to London, with the 101 l of an anchor and cables hoy Cecilia, of Kragoroe. in Norway, Cap. fain Pau 1, bound to London, put back. YARMOVTH,APRIL 33. —This morning acartel failed forthe Turd with upwards of 4o Dutch prifoners on board : by the arrival of the above cartel we are in formed, that the crew of the Agnefs lugger which has been fo long miffing, are all fared by the boats belonging to Admiral not taT . ll fquadron i the lug ger having ran on the Haaks Sand off the Dutch coati, where the Coon went to pieces. The F TT sa gun brig has detaineJ the Vluggebart, T. ETIAS, from Harling, bound to Norway, in ballall. LONDON: Printed and pebillaill by LEVEL. KENT (at Can terbury-place, Lambath). at dis hada Orrice, No. a, Carey dram Ymbnibed ado ai the has Onine, ,Teinpla-Par.