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~,, , -~ SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. lib Royal Highness the Dike of CLARENCE and ST. ANDREWS. President. VICZ•PRES,IDEN TS. The marl of R othes • Lord Dundee ' The Earl of Aberdoen Admiral Lord Keith Lord Viscount Melville The Hon. WM. Mauls, M.P. 3 reesu ter, Alexander Gordon, Esq. I MOTICE is hereby g i ven , Th at a SPECIAL .16.1 GENERAL COURT of the GOVERNORS of this Cor- Foration, will be held at the Ha I, in Crane-ceart, Fleet-street, TO-MORROW, the Bth of May, at Twelve o'Clock ; the Chair to be taken at One, p. in. precisely. The Court will afterwards adjourn to the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, to Dinner, with the Governors, Benefactors, and Friends of the Institution, 'whose company on this occasion is particularly requested. Dinner on Table at Six o'clock precisely. His Royal High. 13 4sl the Duke Of CA M MUDGE in the Chair. By Order, JAM ES DO BIE, Secretary.. STEWA ADS-HiS Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. I.ord Sinclair Kirkman Finlay, Esq. M. P the I.ord Viscount Melgund I Lord Provost of Glasgow Sir Robert Pael, Bart. M. P. 1 Charles Forbes, Esq. M. P. Sir James Mackintosh, Kt. Charles Greenwood, E sq . i Nathaniel Atcheson, E sq. William Henderson, Esq. Earn. Birch, Esq. Ald erman W m . H eygate, E sq. Alderman Alexander Campbell, E.g. William Prest, jun. Esq. Wm. R. K . Douglas, Esq. M.P. Geddes M. Simpson, Esq. Tickets Li each, to be had of the Stewards; at the Hall, Crane-nom; and Bar of the Tavern. £20,000 For the FIRST-DRAWN PRIZE above 220, OA TUESDAY, 10th of MAY, the Second Day's Drawing * With the following Rich State of the Wheel: 3 S S 4 ...... Prizes of And numerous other Prizes of £500,2300,2200,2100, 250,&c. being more dual double the number of Capitals and other Prizes in any I.ottery hitherto with the same Number of Tickets. BISI-1, Contractor, impressed with gratitude • to the Public for their distinguished favours In the unex ampled demand for '1 ickets and Shares In this truly-popular Lottery, begs to acquaint them that the First Day's Drawing is over, leaving the Wheel RICH BEYOND PRECEDENT, for the SECOND DAY's DRAWING, when the first Prize above AU) is so arranged (at his request) by Government, that it cannot be less than £4l, 00—and may be 230,000, or £40,000. Front this circumstance, and the UNEQUALLED GRAND STATE OP Tue Wtie:rt, he does with confidence expect a VERY GREAT Demand for') ickets and Shares; therefore solicits the immediate Fc - ours of his Friends, at his fortunate Offices, where, as long as any 1 ickets can be had, they may rely on a choice of num bers, WAR •tA NTED V n DRAWN ; and should Persons in the Coun try Anil Jidi.ulty in ban' , supplied by the Agents, the favour of their Commands, postp aid, at either No. 4, CURNHILL, or No. 9, CHARING-CROSS, will be punctually attended to. .P.iltLrantsyrrißr ?ROCEEDDWL HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 11. Their Lordships met Ins Committee of Privitecie en the Alrly Peerage, when after hearing Mr. Adam in behalf tithe claimant (Mr. Ogilvie), and Sir Samuel Routilly In the examina tion of witnesses, the further hearing of the cause With postponed to Tuesday next. Lord DE DUNSTANVILLE presented a Petition from the Copper-manufacturers, praying for a Renewal of all the Privi leges at present enjoyed by the East India Cempany.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord GLASTONBURY presented & Petition from certain Parishes in the County of Somerset, praying that measures would he adopted by the Legislature for the diffusion of Christian Knowledge in India. The Earl of DERBY presented two Petitions to the same effect, one from Ltverpool and the other from Preston. The Irkli Sugar Spirits, and die Bermudas Trade Bills went through a Committee, and were ordered to be reported. The Marine °Seers' Wine. and the Irish Butter Bills, were read the second time anti ordered to be oomn3ltted. Mr. AIIIIR,CItOII S I,OZ, Sir !AMU GRAVANG and others, from the Commons, brought up the Covent-garden Market Regula tion, the Irish Widows' Officers' Pensions, and a few Private Bills, which were read the first time. Mr. O'Brien, from the Court of Chancery in Ireland, pra. seated papers. The Weymouth Voters BW, after some observations from the Duke of NORFOLK, relative to the Rights and Qualifications of Electors, and a brief reply from the Earl of Ltvcaroot., was read the third time and passed. CURATES. - - ----- The Bishop of LONDON adverting to the Curates' Bill, which stood for discussion in its last stage for Tuesday next, observed, that as it appeared inconvenient for many Noble Lords to attend the House on that day, and as he could perceive ao other fit opportunity in the ensuing week, he should move, in the first place, that the Order for Tuesday be discharged; and next, that Monday senuight be fixed for the third reading. Aftir a few observations from Lord HARROWBY, in which he signified his, acquiescence in the motions, they were both se verally agreed to.—Adjourned to to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. LYTTLETON moved that an Order of the House,maAe on a former motion of his, for the production of the Minutes of the Court Martial, held on the Officer commanding the Java, be diacharged.-e-Agreod to, and the Order discharged accordingly. The Honourable Member then moved for a Return of the Complement of Men on board the Java, according to the last muster of that ship, previous to her departure from England.— As also for a Return of the Number of Ketrults on board tbsi Java, the Guerriere, and the Macedonian, at the time of their capture.—Agreed to. Mr. WM. DUNDAS gave notice of a motion for Monday, for the better Regulation of the Quarter Sessions in Scotland. Mr. Richards, from the Officer of the Clerk of the Crown, brought tip the Returns of the number of Convictions for Pot Stealing, pursuant to a late Order of the House, made on the motion of Mr. Wharton. AUS'IRMN .1147.$ P4I).ER, The Report of the Committee on the Irish Parish Churches —....„,,.-- Bill was brought up, the Amendments read and agreed to, and We, FeANCte 1. by the grace of Con Emperor of the Bill ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. .Aderie. King of Hungary, Bohemia, Gallicia, and Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report of the Commit tee of Supply.—The Resolutions were read and agreed to. odornirta, tee. Archduke of Austria, Etc. The second reading of the Mary-la-bonne New Street Bill was The events of late years, and especially of that . postponed till Monday next. which has last closed, must necessarily have the most The further consideration of the Report of the Committee on marked influence on the relations of our Empire.— the A Prisoners' Relief Bill was postpored until this day se'nnight. L w o a r s ds r b e i c p e s i received th fr o om , t h ol e Lords, announcing r an tio i n io ü ß st i Ling wi t t h h e . The peace and war, the prosperoos or untoward si- assent of their notion of the States contiguous to us, inevitably ope- out any amendment. LY 1 rate on the tranquillity and welfare of the people en- Lord STANLEY presented a Petition from the Cotton trusted Co us by Providence. Weavers of the town and neighbourldiod of Manchester, the HOW much we have endeavoured to read e r th e object o o n a f wnhiewch lying,w asto o c n o t u h n o t e r r a a c b t le t o fire t p o o e s s H ib o l u e se effe i c t fa o f: e r r o t ai f r a . efforts which we have been hitherto necessitated to Prohibition of Ame r i can C otten . Th e Noble LUrti n sta v ted li , that make by the , state of things,• compatible with the the Petitioners had no objection to a Prohibition by Blockade, great interests aud the prosperity of our subjects, they but conceived that a Prohibition by Law would necessarily act themselves will gratefully acknowledge. That the as a tax upon cotton. G. PHILLIPS spoke briefly in approbation of the Prayer object of our exertions—the aim of all the great aud of the Petition. extraordinary sacrifices demanded of our provinces Tbe CHANCELLOR •f the EXCHEQUER having said a during the last year—has been the establishment, if few words in reply, Mr. BARING expressed Isis conviction of the necessity that possible, of a tranquillity built on lasting foundations, existed fur putting an end t• the agitation of a question as to the not only our own Empire but all Europe must be imposition'of a large duty on a raw material, from which very thoroughly convinced, important consequences were expected to result. And as we now cherish the hope, in the impending The Petition was then ordered to lie upon the Table. crisis of the fate of Eu r ope, to ren d er ava il a bl e t h at The Battle-axe Guards' Bill was read a thi r d t i me an d p asse d. l ti. y ec Committee on the Ship-owner. ' Bill was postponed till weight which is secured to us by the s t a t e o f our mo- Mon. narchy, and other relations with our Powers, gene- Mr. COURTENAY presented a Petition from Exeter in fa rally, towards the common advantage, from which your of the Propagation of the Christian Religion in the East our own is inseparable ; so it b ec om es t h e more ne - Indies.—Ordered to lit upon the Tabl e . Mr. DAVIES GIDDY gave notice of a motion for Thursday cessary to place ourselves, by the increase of our rui- se'nnight for Returns of the Number of Acquittals on Criminal litary force, in a condition perfectly adequate to so Prosecutions which bad taken place within a certain time in the important a determination. various Counties of England, and the Fees payable to the Clerks The greater have been the proofs which ou r pen- of Assize and the Clerks of the Peace. ple have exhibited to us, of their affection and faith- :stiles CAPTURED BY THE AMERICANS. ful co-operation in the important and difficult periods Mr. BARING then rose, and observ e d, th a t no tice o a motion ad iven by an Hon. ri of one reign, the more are we justified in reckonin g of his, f h been respecting the conduct of the NavalF end War, on their ready willingness to make every effort, i n this the most important crisis of all, which is to de. which included the req u i s i t i on o f papers re l at i ng to cide upon the establishment of a state of repose with the state of our ship s of w ar . Th ere wou ld b e some all its blessed consequences—so necessary to all, and thing, he conceiv e d, want i ng i n t hi s mot i on , w hi c h which is the object of so many ardent wi s hes. it would be the object of that h e was now a b out to It has, however, been the object of our paternal make to supply. He wished to call the attention of solicitude, to obtain the means of supplying our cork. I chants trading to A mer i ca an d t h e W est I n di es , for the House to the n umerous comp l a i nts ma d e b y mer sequent extraordinary necessities by a measure, which I 'without requiring of our subjects such immoderate the want of protection to their commerce—the coasts 'sacrifices as might disturb the prosperity of our fi and harbours frequented by th e i r vesse l s b e i ng con - nan- i cial system, or the most important pursuits of in- I scantly insulted by American privat eers . !'here dustry, will better matlifest the confidence which we never was any case in which a more general sensa place in our people.tion was excited among the merc a ntil e p art o f t h e Community, 'As we still persevere in the resolutions which wereommunity, than was the result of this w an t o f p ro . made known in the Ordinance of the 20th of Fe- tection, which had been very sensibly felt ev er s i nce buttery, 1811, never, , and on no account, to increase the commencement of the war with Am er i ca . Whe , the number of Redemption bills, so we have found it ther it was the consequence of Gove r nment h av i ng underrated the power of the American nation, or necessary to establish a considerable and immediately. i i from wha ever other cause it arose, he should not applicable Fund, by way of anticipation, on a portion • t of the best-secured revenues of the state. We have : attempt to decide ; but such • was the fact. The therefore resolved, and do ordain, as follows : • i coast of the Bra z il s — t h at o f t h e W est I n di a i s l an d s , 'I. Towards the credit of this anticipation-fund, we devote the of Jamaica in p ar ticul ar — were ver y muc h expose d anneal sum of 5,750,000 flutinS, which, for twelve years ensuing, to the evil he had mentioned. Not wishing to anti. commencing with the year lei 4, shall be yearly set apart for cipate the discussion fixed for a future day, he would that purpose out of the receipt of the land-revenue in our Ger- not go at any great length into the part of the sub sume Bohemian, and Gallician provinces. L•. As the united Redemption and Extinction Committee, by ject of the naval war with Am er i ca , conn e cte d w i t h their accurate performance e,l the duties entrusted to them, have Lis intended motio n . H e wou ld mere l y say w h at h e verited our gratitude and the general confidence, we also place thought necessary to justify to the House in his in their hands the exclusive mapagemeat of the funds so issuing troubling them with such a motion. He had in fact as aforesaid. intended to move for a return of the number and 3. For this purpose the aforesaid sum of 3,750,000 Rosins, ari .sine out of the receipt of the land-tar, shall be yearly paid over tonnage of the m e r c h ant vesse l s capture d b y t h e .10 the Redemption and Extinction Committee, by which moans Americans since the commencement of the war, in they will receive , within the before fixed period of twelve years, • order to ascertain whether such captures were the the sum of 45 millions of florins. I result of any neglect in the Admiralty department ; 4. Bat that the whole of this fond may be applicable as occa- , sign may require, to the defraying of the extraordinary exp e nd'. I but he had been informed that there was no office tine., we authorise the said Redemption Committee to prepare I which could furnish such returns. This was a fact aaticipation OLIO, to the amount of 45 millions of florins, and to that appeared somewhat extraordinary ; for how was piece there at the disposal of our Exchequer. I it possible for the Admiralty to form an adequate •5. The'form of these anticipation hills, according to their ea. riots subdivisions, will be made knottn by another ordinance. - judgment of the vigilance and g oo d con d uct o f offs • 6.1 he Red.inptiou Committee .hall he r. sponsible for extin- cers employed in various parts of the world, if they geishing yearly, from the year 1514, a sum of 3,75v,000 florins had not such regular returns of captures as would in. atiticipattotebills and they shall regularly make known the ac- enable 'them to coMply, to the fullest extent, with eurateleffilment o f obligation. 1. As the anticipation-bills which in this way will come into such a motion as he had design e d to s ubmit ?A t circulation; are covered by en ample fund of the securest rvere, Lloyd's Coffee-house, there was a list of captures b• means of which they will be emnplet.,4y ex t inguished within , kept for the information of persons who might be the period of twelve years—we therefore hereby order them to j interested in them ; and he could not conceive, why be reaeived at their full value in all payments to the Exchequer, . . as well as in private transactions, and an all other way. in which the Admiralty should be less anxious in obtaining they may be employed. information with respect to the department of the t - 4 Atm at Vienna, this 1::.h pf April, 1813. ,Public Service in which they were engaged, than • - . • (biped) 71/INSII. Any set of p eo p le h • having their own interest i view. . • . .... , • It appeared to him to be esmathit. !lint they should have constant returns from the diferent naval sta tions; but as it appeared they had them not. and that in eonseqUence ision, shaped according to his original intention, could not be acquiesced in, be found himself under the necessity of having recourse to the next best measure be could devise for the pur pose of bringing to issue before the House the ques tion contested between the Government and the suf ferers in the American trade, the latter of them con- I tending, that they had incurred immense losses, while - Ole former maintained that none had been in curred. He would accordingly move for the pro duction of copies of the various memorials and re-' monstrances made to the Admiralty by merchants, ship-owners, and others, on account of the want of convoy and insufficiency of protection to their trade, on the coasts of America and the West Indies, suite the breaking out of the war. To an acquiescence in this motion, he hoped there could be no objection.— They might plead inability to produce a formal do cument such as he had intended at first to move for, but he could see no similar ground for refusal now. Lord CASTLEREAGH would not now antici pate the discussion which was to take place on the motion concerning the conduct of the naval war. He . would be then ready to thew, that t h ere h a d b een no deficiency of ability or zeal in the conduct of it. With respect to the motion of the Honourable Gentlemkn, in its first shape, he must observe, that it assumed that the Admiralty was not only the depository of the register of our own naval a ff a i rs , b ut a l so o f those of America. That however being by no means the case, it must be obvious that any return like that which had been expected, must, if supplied, be ne cessarily imperfect and fallacious. With respect to the class of information now called for, he could not sufficiently express his surprize that it should have been called for by so experienced a Member as the Honourable Gentleman. He had called for all the Memorials and Remonstrances which had been presented to the Admiralty on a certain subject, meaning, he presumed, to include even the letters of individuals ; and on the information supplied by such documents as these, it appeared to be his desig n to put the Administration on th e i r tr i a l. B ut he would put it to the House to consider, what must be the consequence 6f their entertaining such a motion. The consequence would be, that the different public offices would be on all occasions heaped with the unfounded, vexatious, and scandalous complaints of individuals who fancied themselves aggrieved, to the great hindrance and detriment of the public business. it was impossible to say what mischief might be ef fected by such swarming querulous claimants a s would thus be directed against the Government. He trusted, therefore, that the motion would be nega tived without hesitation. If there was any point on which his Majesty's Ministers were thought culpable, there was not want of fit persons in the House to inves tigate that conduct, and put them on their defence, if expedient, without having recourse to means so ex traordinary and ineligible as those adopted by !he Hon. Gentleman. He hoped there was no second person in the House would be found to approve of them, and indeed he thotight it likely that the Hon. Gentleman himself would, on due consideration, be inclined to abandon them. the the should ang How cite be but So. Wales of his mov( ness.. the' be an tion. whether Addret omitted dente to convey not - grand; to the Regent. ins Under these circumstances he should, in the first in. stance, propose a Resolution ; and afterwards, if the Court should so determine, he would lay before it as Address, which he had prepared, to the Prince Re. gent. He then then read the following resolution " That Lord Viscount Sidmouth, by his unprecedented con. duct In departing from immemorial usage, by refusing to insert in the London Gazette the dutiful and loyal Address of this Court, to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, with ber most gracious Answer thereto, so that our regard and venera tion for the virtues of her Royal Highness might he preserved i* official security, and remain capable of being at any time resort. eel to, as the recorded opinion of the City of has evinced a marked contempt for the feelings and opinions of this City, and the country at large, and that by so suspicious an exercise of his discretion, has seemed to insinuate a belief, that the triumph of the Princess of Wales, over a conspiracy so foul and detestable, could have been displeasing to die Prince Regent, and has thereby offered a gross indignity to the Princess of Wales, and cast a most invidious and odious Imputation on the honour and cbatac ter of his Royal Master ; that this Court is therefore most peal liarly called upon to present a loyal and dutiful Moires, to Lis Royal Highness the Prince Regent, congratulating him on the established innocence of his Royal Consort, and expressing the feelings of this Court at the misconduct of his Minister, at the same time expressing our anxious desire that her Royal Itgb. new may be allowed an establishment suitable to her high rank and station in this couniry." Mr, FA.VELL seconded the Resolution, and declared no indignity like the present had been offered to that Court since the Revolution. Sir W. cURTIF said, no one was more ready dint himself to resent any contempt shewn to that Court, but he differed from the Gentleman who brought for. ward this motion with respect to the conduct of Lord Sidmouth. He was satisfied that no one had a more sincere respect for the City ;4* London than the Noble Lord. He'had, howeger, been placed in a new situ;. lion ; a common copy of :he gocuments in question having been sent to it. - -tead of the original au thenticated instruments, which had heretofore invari. ably been sent. All Addresses, moreover, ought to be examined by the Sovereign, previous to their in ? sertion in the Gazette. If, then, those who censured Lord Sidmouth could put themselves in his situation, would they have presented these Addresses to the Prince ? In the situation in which his Royal High- ness stood, would it not be to offer him an indignity to present such an Address to him, and could it be the wish of that Court to offer him an indignity ? (Cries of " Certainly not I")—He hoped ;he motion would be withdrawn. Mr. S. Ducom disapproved of the motion, and particularly of the matter therein introduced. Mr. DORNFORD was of opinion that the best course they could pursue, if they were displeased with the conduct of Lord Sidmouth, would be to present e remonstrance to him, as they had done to Mr. Ryder on a similar occasion. Mr. BARING said, he had not called for vague information, as the Noble Lord assumed that he had, but had grounded his motion on a defined and spe cific complaint of the insufficiency of convoy and na val protection ; nor could he see what evil could re suit from granting the information required.—The merchants engaged in a certain trade complained that they could not send their ships from one port to another—and, unprotected as it thus appeared they were, it was no more than reasonable that all infor mation which might account for their being so should be afforded the House ; and it was to be expected that it would be afforded by Ministers, who professed themselves ready at all times to afford every informa tion which might tend to facilitate discussion in that House. He had not heard any thing which appeared to him a sufficient reason why he should not press his motion. Mr. Alderman HuNun could not conceive that Lord Sidmouth intended to throw any obloquy on the proceedings of the City; his coqduct had been called unprecedented, yet no one had been able to prove, that Addresses to Princes and Princesses of Wales had been alwjys published in the London Gazette. The question was then put from the Chair, and the motion was negatived without a division. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day.) Mr. Quo/ could not concur in the panegyrics passed on Lord Sidmouth ; he could see nothing in his con duct which entitled him to their veneration ; and therefore thought that his conduct on the present oc. casion ought to be censured. Mr. WAITIIMAN replied, that all persons seemed to concur in the established innocence of the Vrincess : why, then, was she to labour under the privaticn of her dignity and splendour, and still to be denied the intercourse of her daughter, as if her innocence had not been ascertained ? As to the right of insertion its the Gazette, it was a long-established usage, which, in such a case, was a right. It was the King's Gazfue, but paid out of the public-money, and held for the use of the people. The question of the Address had not been a private one—it involved even the succes sion to the Crown—it demanded the interference of the City—and the expression of their opinion ought to have been recorded in a public document whose high nature would have given it a security. The right, it seemed, had been questioned before—there was the more necessity, therefore, that it should now be as. serted. What I were they togo up to the Regent's Ministers, and ask as a favour, that the innocence of a person, whose disgrace would have affected the whole House of Brunswick, might be officially announced —As to an establishment for the Princess, he thought it was due to her character and conduct. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. - A Court was yesterday held for the purpose of re ceiving the Answer of her Royal Highness the Prin cess of WALES to the Address of the last Court. The LORD MAYOR opened the business, and di rected the Recorder to read the Answer of the Prin cess, which was done, and, on the motion of Mr. Griffiths, ordered to be entered on the Journals of the Court. The LORD MAYOR then caused a Letter of Thanks from the Russian Captain Bock to be read. In this Captain Bock expressed his gratitude for the flatter ing attention he bad met with since he came to this country. Mr. WAITHMAN understood, that neither the Ad dressnf the Coutt to the Princess of Wales, nor the answer of her Royal Highness, had been inserted in the Gazette. He wished to be informed of the cause of their non-appearance. The REM/MARC= then read a letter which he had sent with the Address to Lord Sidmouth, toge ther with the answer of the Noble Lord, stating, that in the exercise of that discretion which belonged to his office, he did not think proper to order the inset. tion of it in the Gazette. Mr. WAITHMAN said he rose under circumstances of considerable difficulty, resulting from mauy causes, but not among the least, from a painful feeling of disappointment, that amid the general satisfaction prevailing on the vindication of the Princess of \V ales, one event should have occurred to diminish the uni versal joy. It was, however, impossible to pass over in silence the indignity offered by Lord Sidmoith to the Court and to the Princess of Wales, and the in sult given by him to the Regent his master: He WAS happy that the Court came to the consideration of this disagreeable question, after the lapse of some days, for in the heat of its resentment Resolutions might have been passed, the warmth of which nupt hereafter have been repented. The time at which this refusal had been given by the Secretary of State for the Home Department was not a little singular : it was after the complete vindication of the Consort of the Thronefrom charges that would have rendered yworttlY to it. She had clemachicd a public ll Mr. Java said, there was no right to have the Ad• dresses published in the Lenders Gate*. They !nig; contain improper, said even immodest expresmolic, which it might be discreet to keep from the pubi... eye. One, in particular, had talked, not very dastly, of the suppression of conjugal rights. If Ai , Address to the Regent was intunded, notice was cescary. lie should vote for the Amendment. _ _ _ Mr. Moonc was against the part of the Ite,oltiti which related to an Address, as no notice hAel bt given, no requisition made. Mr. ALDEN, on the ground that it was irregular move such an Addicss without longer notice, an adjournment. The Court divided.—rnr the Adjournment, 50 against it, 50—when thv Laity MAWR, who gay. casting vote for die adjourument, said he should tow an early day for reconsidering the vestion. The Cgurt then adjourned. rial—she had been declared by the united voice a he empire innocent, and yet one of the Ministers of ;he Crown had ,dared to refuse that her acquittal should be placed upon record, that posterity, in judp ing of her, might be equally certain she was guiltle,,. How would this servant of the Prince Regent rem... cite such conduct to is indignant master, who rnr.v. be doubly anxious that the purity of his uablemislicl but suspected wife should be unequivocally declare. , .. So convinced was Mr. Waithenan that the Prince c'' Wales woula be inexpressibly rejoiced at the decision of his people, that be had it in contemplation tl ,„ move a Congratulatory Address to his Royal Hie. tress.—(lfeer, hear, hear.)—He was in the hands o r the Court, and if it were thought expedient, he sl:ouk be happy to be the instrument of giving the Regen• an opportunity of expressing his unfeigned satisfi c . tion. He put it to the Law Officers of the C. ) . whether there was a precedent upon record where .' Address of the Corporation had been previously omitted in the Gazette ? and if not, upon what eri. dente did Lord Sidmouth venture, by his conduct, to convey a suspicion that the Princess of Wales wat not perfectly innocent How did he dare thus IL. grand, to insult the Sovereign. by covertly imputin& to the Regent, false and unfounded