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e! ofeett, ft and Lord Dmucts/, wan dedist Casillkittie as eportell- - Is i m Marquis WE I,I:ESLEY was siesireus to be liver/fled by lit- Noble Earl opposire ( Lord Liverpool), whether any MOsgage .•.a..1 to be L. , mmutncatt : from the Prince Re.-e n • to the Ho tee, relative to vortugal, and tf so, how soon ? as it was his ihtendon • -, offer some üb4erratious on that subject, which appeared to him t , l be impor . rh e k v nt LIVERPOOL replied, that he bad not yet re. c ••ived any .nmmands from his Royal H.v:,ness ou the subject, but that in a week or t No. he probably might, and shoUld of course communicate (nem ro the House. , ' NAVAL. MISMANAGPMES:T. Lord DARNLEY adverted to the capture of ano -o,er of our ti it , ,,ttes by the Americans, which con vinced him of wh•tt he had before suspected, vii. that Parliament had teen extremely remiss in its' attention to the administration of the Navy. The Noble Lord at the head of the Naval Department was not in his r':tce, but he thought it his bounden duty to take the • lrliest opportunity of giving tice, that he should, upon an early day, submit to their Lordships a mo. tton relative to the Naval Administration of the conn -try. Their Lordships ought no longer to refrain from instituting the proper inquiries. He, at lastst, would bring the subject before them ; aftd in doing so, he as actuated solely by a sense of duty, and a deep conviction of its necessity. CATUOLIOS. The Duke of CUMBER !.AND presented a Petition from the Citizens of Dublin 'plow the Catholic Clew. , The Earl of DONOUGHMORE rose, to present a variety of Petitions in behalf of a numerous and , most'respec table body of his Majesty's subjects, who I had so noels complained, and still continued to coo- I plain, respecting the degraded condition in which 1 they felt themselves placed, yet who, notwithstanding that degradation, were alumna to renew their ac knowledgments of the important benefits which they had received during the progress of his Majesty's be- nignant reign, and to express their undiminished con- fioence in the justice and wisdom of Parliament for) securing, extending, and`coMpleting those benefits., The language, he trusted, in which all the petitions were conveyed, would be found loyal and temperate. That from Roscommon was peculiarly impressive. With respect to signatures, it had not been his wish, nor that of the Catholics, that they should make, in the face of their Protestant brethren and friends, a display of their superior numbers; and though one of I them was subscribed by fourteen thousand names, they in general were cautious not to emulate in that particular. The seal which united in a recent petition presented by the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack from certain parishes in Londo,. contained 56.900 names. What the Catholics of Irt land con tendid for would, perhaps, be generally mere satis factorily understood by his stating what they did sea conterd for. There was nothieg ecclesiastical urged in il.e petitions as a ground of complaint or of de mand. The object of the Pejitioners was merely ibe unitution of thar civil rights, and to that object solely were directed the hopes and expectations of the' whole body of the Catholic Gentlemen, Clergy, and all other descriptions, v hether mercantile, landed, or mechanical. The Catholic Clergy - joined with the Laity not for ecclesiastical objects, but to commit and bind themselves by solemn oaths to support the Protestant establishment. Knowing, as he did, those to be the only aim and object of the Petitions, he was desirous to call the attention of the House to the steiject the first cOnvenievit day. before he conclud ed he could nut forbear from soliciting their Lotd ships' attention to . the mild and temperate language impleyed by the Catholics at the last meeting of their Board in Dufdln.—He then presented five seve- ' ral Petitions, praying for a repeal of the restrictive Statutes operating against the Catholics, namely-- first, a general Petition from all the Roman Catho. lies of Ireland ; 'idly, from the County and City of Cork ; 541 y, from the County of Roscommon ; 4thly, I from the County of Tipperary ; and &lily, from the County 4 Clare. His Lordship was aware of the I informality of one of the Petitions (that from the County and City of Co*). which, atter a short ob-, servauon from the Lotto Cuanceizon, was received under that correction. Lord STANHOPE said, he had in his hand a Petition, similar to those which had just been presen.' ted, from the Catholics of the town and neighbour hood of Ballynalall, in the Queen's County. In pre. ,senting this petition'to their Lordships, he requested that they should always keep in view the distinction between Catholics and Papists. The Penal Laws had been enacted against Papists, because they held prin ciples hostile to the Constitution ; but the case of the Catholics was different. Their religious tenets were different from these of the Protestants ; but they ad. mitred no doctrine hostile to the Constitution. He did nit believe there was a single Papist, in the strict sense of the term, either in England or Ireland. It was necessary to keep the distinction which lie had mentioned, because much misconception prevailed on this s .bject ; and he was persuaded, that misconcep tion alone prevented a cordial co-operation and union attioeg the parties. His Lordship then adverted to the Resolutions of a Society called-- ,, The Protes tant Union," at the bead of which was that famous man, Mr. Granville Sharpe—famous for his benevo lence and love of civil and religious liberty—famous for those exertions which procured the celebrated de cision, that negroes in this country could not be taken up as slaves. These Resolutions, he thought, set out in a very fair way. They did not absolusely oppose C:e Claims of the Catholics, but only thought it-ne cessary that enquiries should be made, and certain questions satistactortly answered, before these claims were granted. He suppostd there were now few, if any Protes tant s, w h o thought the Catholic tenets, r. , ertly as religious tenets, a proper ground of exclu 4i' 1:- Even the Noble Lord opposite, the Minister I:im)t 16, had formerly admitted, and, he supposed, 'v a s prepared still to admit, that a belief in the doc. e.ine oftrans-substantiation, merely as a religious te net, was not a good ground df exclusion. (A move ment 0f assent from Lord Liverpool.) Why, then, did not the NOble Lord frame an oath for the Ca tholics, to guard against the dangers of which he was .afraid, instead of supporting an oath against trans iubstantiation, of which he was not afraid ? Could my thing be more ridiculous than this ? He con. auded, by expressing his hope that the system of ex. fusion would 15e speedily abolished. The Petition being read, his Lordship then said, 'at he moved that this Petition do /ay on the table, ..ci not, as bad been moved in regard to many of the . iitions on the other side, that it do lie on the table, kepi)) The petition was laid on the tables LONDON. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1813. PRICk t I'OCK2 11-11% DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK* Imperial 3 per Cents. sR4..—imperial Anna. 4 9.16 th% f Cod's. 59H—for 3.e. .591-5 per Cent. 291—Bunds 36.2.. 3s. dl.. Exch. Bills Ss. 3s. pr.—Outniunt. nothing done. DEFEAT OF ANOTHER AMERICAN ARMY. American Papers to the 24th ult. have been re ceived. They contain the gratifying intelligence of another defeat sustained by their Invading Army in Canada. The party of Americans which advanced on this occasion, was commanded by General Wino-manta ; and the action, which terminated in his disgrace, was fought on the 22d of January. Seven hnndred laid down their arms, and the rest either ran away or were killed and wounded. The action was fought on the banks of the river Raisin. The loss on the part of the British was only 60 killed and wounded. Colonel Pnocroa and Lieu tenant-Colonel ST. GICORON, of the British Army, are wounded, the latter mortally. The Americans estimate their own loss in killed and wounded at 250. The British flrce amounted to 3 or 400 regulars, and 8 or 900 Indians. New York was closely blockaded on the 24th ult. by Sir JoIIN BORLASE WARREN'S squadron. The in habitants were in a dreadful state of alarm. It is our painful duty to record another humiliating sacrifice to the Americans, in the capture of the JAVA, one of the finest British frigates which was ever launched! The DAUNTLESS, of 18 guns, has arrived at Plymouth, from Gibraltar, with the melancholy imelligence.—The JAva sailed from Portsmouth in November, for the Eat; Indies, with a fleet under her convoy; and on the 29th December, when off the coast of Brazil, she fell in with the Constitution American frigate, Commodore BAINBRIDGE, when a sanguinary action commenced, which lasted one hour and fifty minutes, and terminated in favour of the Americans. ThoJAVA mast have been fought most gallantly; for she was so completely destroyed, that the Americans were under the necessity of setting fire to her after the action. Sixty of her brave crew were killed, and 101 wounded—fifty of the latter, (among whom is the brave Captain LAMBERT, who commanded her,) have died of their wounds.—The Americans admit a loss of nine killed and 25 wounded. While we lament this additional misfortune, it is some satisfaction to know that the brave men, who composed the crew of the JAVA, did their duty. Her colours were not struck until her bowsprit and masts were literally blown out of her. She was a fine French built ship, seven or eight years old, and was captured after a gallant action, from the French, in the East Indies, about two years and an half ago.— She mounted 28 18-pounders, 16 32-pound-carro nades, and two long 9-pounders, is all 46 guns ; whereas the Constitution carries 66 guns, and the difference of the weight of metal in favour of the latter is still more considerable, being as 1620 to .1034. This circumstance, tog et h er with the vast superiority of built iu the American frigate, she being of the very largest class, sufficiently exempts every individual on board the JAVA from censure, and leaves us only to regret the unavailable exertion of much bravery in so unequal a cuotut. NAPA,. INILLICIAMIL FALMOUTH. biAßcit if. the i'lltiet, supposed yesterday so be the (h tees Charlotte; from Corunna, proves Id be the Noctnn, from Bermuda in el days.—She has this tnoment landed her Mail. PLYaeIotITH, MARCH 111: Arrived the Dausrmass, of 18guns, from Gibraltar, _with dispatches (which she landed at Millionth yester day), and is under quarainine : she brings an account of the American frigate Constitution having taptirred the British frigate JAVA, of $8 guns, off the coast of Brazil. The PHRAWIT, of 18 guns, has captured and brought in with her, the American brig Decor nean, from l'Orient bound to America; and the WARSPITS, of 74 guns, has captured and brought in, the American ship Madison, from America for France, with a cargo of coffee and sugar. By her we learn that the Pacific cartel was to sail from New York for Liverpool on the 13th February. By a late Act of Congress, sixteen 74's were ordered to be built, one in each State ; and the Legislature of Massachusets had voted a sum for building one in addition ; at her own expence. Twenty-eight prizes had arrived at New York within the week previous to the sailing cf the above vessel. An Act had lately passed Con gress for raising a large body of men. The General Armstrong privateer had bad a severe action with the English ship Queen, and captured her ; it was suppos ed the Queen was afterwards lost on Nantucket shoals. The MACEDONIAN sailed from New York on a cruize. The Waaserra has also setit In the American ships Canonaire and Charlotte, from New - York and Charleston, bound to France. The Cancinaire left New-York the Ist of March. A squadron of French frigates had been spoken with on the Banks of Newfoundland, bound to the coast of America.— Bailed the NINROD cutter, for the Brest station. The BRAMBLZ, of 10 guns, went into the Sound.—A. large fleet are now off this Port, passing down Channel, supposed to be the Portugal and West-India convoys. Vinod North. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 194 Arrived his Majesty's ship ALaiox from the East ward, and Muntrros from the Westward. Sailed his Majesty's ship Psionat, with. the ship Isaac Todd, SMITH, for South America—these ships got under weigh to proceed yesterday with the convoys for the East-Indies, Brazils, &e. but brought up again at St. Helen's, in consequence of a mutiny on board the Isaac Todd. The ship Somersetshire remains at Spithead, having been detained in consequence of having too much gunpowder on board—she is bound to the Brazils.—Wind S. and foggy weather. DEAL, MARCH is., Remain his Majesty's ships as per last. The Nor. folk, Nearchus, Belvoaden, and Duncombe tran sports, will sail to the northward under convoy of the URGENT gun-brig, as soon as the wind changes. Admiral Hopa leaves Town on Monday, to as sume the command in the Baltic. The intelligence contained in a letter from Liver. pool, which we inserted yesterday, must have been founded in complete etror ; and it appears to be a mere repetition of a former rumour from the Medi terranean, of the Essex American frigate having been captured by the rOICTIERS. The John Privateer, of Salem, of 20 guns and 95 men, is taken by the PeauviAli .sloop of war and carried into St. Thomas's. The Minerva, LEE, from Surinam to London, was taken and sunk the 23d December, by the Claire French frigate, which sailed from Havre the I December, and arrived at Brest the 20th ult.—She lately captured the LINNET sloop of war, of 18 guns. The JUNIPER schooner was, on the 23d December, at Rio Janeiro, with a signal flying for convoy for England, and intended to sail the 27th, with the four following vessels, viz. the Murphy, from Buenos Apes, the Rambler, Queen Charlotte, and Elizabeth. —lt es much feared from the above that this is the sloop of war and convoy which is reported in the American Papers to have been captured by the Essex American frigate, as the Essex captured the Nocton packet, on the 19th December, a little to the South ward of the Line, and parted from her on the 21st, to cruize on the Coast of Brazils. Letters received from Bermuda of a late date, state that 10 sail of the line, some frigates , and a number of sloops, had sailed For the America* Coast, with a determination to bombard the American towns on the coast. The sloop William and Isobel, CHAIM= Gnmorr, of and for Aberdeen, from. Peterhead, sprung a leak in the ga)e of Saturday se'nnight, and was deserted by the crew, who were taken on board the whale fishing ship Mary and Ann, of Dundee. The following ships will be dispatched at the India House on Saturday, the 3d of April, viz. the Bata via, for St. Helena and Bengal; the Moffatt, Union, and Tottenham, for Madeira, Madras, and Bent and the Retreat, for Bombay and Bencoolen. Northumberland will sail in company, for Bengal.— No precise period is fixed for the departure of the Stirling Castle. Captain GOODALL has been appointed to the comb ?nand of a Post Office Packet by the Post Master Ge neral, on the recommendation of Lord Ltvearoor.. This is the same Gentleman who was Admiral to King Christopht.—This is a good and honourable change of Masters, worthy of those who gave it, and honourable to him who has received it.—Can any of our Correspondents inform us what is ,become of CHRISTOPHE ? Mr. DESBASSAYNS. who *as generally thought to have come to this country on some diplomatic mis sion, embarked on the 10th inst. at Margate, on board a vessel which was waiting there for hun t with two young persons, of whom one was his son, and sailed for France on Sunday. qt on la 1 - PitNctsd of WALIgi The Deposition b( linutroa N Pantst tgottit td &tinny, at Staitolore. I &member hhltag informed by Mr. klertity, Lord tilidirs late step ard, now dead, d at 1 was wanted by Lord Moira, In e town ; ace vungly I wcotNeith M. Keruf , r to Lord Moira's, in St. James • laces. on the King s hittlisday, in 10104 His Lord ship asked me, if I rem , ninered the l'rencess comir,g to Belvedere some time befor ? I sail. yjs ;, and told him that there were two or three Lidice, I think three, with her It oyal Highness, and a iontietnan with them, who came on horsehair; that they. looked at the pictures in the house, had their luncheon there. and that her Royal Highness's servetu wai.ad upon them, as I was in a dishabille. His Lordship baked me, whether they went up stairs ? and I told him that they did not. He asked me, how long the:s 4 staid ? and I said, 111 far as I recollected, they did ndt stay aboie an hour, or an hour and quarter ; that they waited some little time for the carriage, which had gone to the public-house, and, till It came, they walked up and down altogether in the portico before the house. HI, Lora Tit, in the course of what he raid to me, said, It was a subject of importance, anti might be of consequence. His Lordship, folding that I bad nothing more to say, told ate I might go. " Some time afterwards, his Lordship sent for me again, and asked me, If I was sure of what i said being all that I could say respecting the Princess ? I said, it was ; and that I was ready to take my oath of it, if his Lordship thought proper. He said, it was very sadsfaetory ; said I might go, and he should not want me any more. (Signed) " JONATIIIAN PAII.IIIDOI6 " Sworn at the Coanty Court of Middlesex, in Fellwood's Rents. the 25th day of Sep. tember, 1805, before me, (Signed) " The Deposition of Pump Kancuttaa, one of the Footmen of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wm.as, and Roasar EAGLISTONE, Park-keeper to her Royal Highness the Prin- COM of WALES. These Deponents say, that on or about the 20th day of June I last, as tiny were walking together across Greenwich Park s they saw Robert Bidgood, one of the rages of her Roril Highness, walking in a direction, as if he were going front the town of Greenwich, towards the House of Sil• John Douglas, and which is a different road from that which leads to Montagne Kona, and they at the same time perceived Lady Douglas walking in a direction to meet him. And this deponent Philip Krackeler, then desired the other deponent to take notice, whether Lady Dotiglas and Mr. Bidgood would speak to each ocher; and both of these deponents observed, that when Lady Douglas and Mr. Bidgood met, they stopped, and convened together for the space of about two or three minutes, whilst to *kw of these deponents; but how much longer their conversation lasted, these deponents cannot say, as th-y, the* deponents, proceeded on their road, which took them out of sight of Lady Douglas and Mr. Bidgood. (Signed). " PHILIP IRACIULftI. " HOSP. tAOLISTONH. " Sworn at the Public Office. Hatton-garden, this 27th day of :Aix. IBf 6, before me, Stgned " THOMAS LtACH." THE EVENING STAR tilt kiwi'. feiterdagi tile baggage of the 133d . regiment passed through London, on its route to Ipswich. The Hussar brigade now in Portugal, is admitted like by friends and foes, to be the handsomest body of cavalry in Europe, whether considered by the ap- Erace of the men, the figure and spirit of the es, or the magnificence of their equiiment. Captain Gaonon SMYTH, of Mellis, en occount o 1 his continued ill health, has, in a handsome le:ter, resigned the command of the 3d troop of Suffolk' Yeomanry Cavalry; which has since been unani. mously Offered to SOHN WYTHE, Esq. of Eye, whosi acceptance it awaits: • iesterday his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT dined at home with a few select friends. Yesterday Lord CAMDEN entertained a party with sumptuous dinner, at his house in Arlington-street. Yesterday the Marquis of HEADIPORT and a select party of friends dined with Mr. Poz.um., at his house in York-place, Baker street. General Srevesn's dinner, in Montague-square, was attended by Mr. GREENWOOD and some of the Staff Officers. The salary of the Vice.Chancellrr of England it to be. £5OOO a-year, not £7.500, as erroneou►ly stated in some of Vac public prints ; the sum of 419.5j0 to be annually paid by the LORD CHANCE! LOR out e f his fees aud emoluments, constitute part of the NSW% the req:ainder being to be paid out of the dead cash in Chancery. A strong symptom of the public feeling exhibited itself at Covent-garden Theatre, on Thursday, in the representation of Costoneves Comedy of Love foe Love. In the mock mad scene, Foresight asks Palen. tine, 1$ Pray what will be done at Court 1" On Valentine's answering " Scandal will tell you;" the loudest, and general applause burst forth from all parts of the house, which continued some time; and on Valentine's concluding the sentence, " lam Honesty, 1 never come thei-e," Cie plaudits were renewed, and it was some time before the actors could proceed. We understand the Leather Trade have closed their evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons on the very injurious effects of the lately. imposed tax ; and we have every reason to believe, from the strong evidence adduced, by most respect• able witnesses from all parts of the kingdom, that the Trade will meet with every success in their applica. tion to the Legislature, and the public relieved from that most oppressive and impolitic Tar. Every friend of his country will rejoice at the cor► ciliatory spirit manifested by the Catholics. As soon as intelligence was received of the friendly disposi tion manifested to their body by the House of Corn. mons, a meeting of the Catholic Board was assem. bled, when it was agreed to express, by a resolution of the body, a sentiment of concord and conciliation, harmonising with the spirit of justice and liberality which characterise the late resolution of the House of Commons. To accomplish this, an amendment to a former resolution of the Board was moved and carried by acclamation. The resolution as amended stand. thus : Itsenveo—t , That we heartily congratulate one fellow-subs jecta of every religious persuasion in the British Empire, on the late glorious and successful struggle of the Friends of Religious Freedom in the British House of Commons, frum which we may confidently date the commencement of that harmony which is likely hereafter to subsist among men of all denorntilations and. religions in this country, which must obliterate the remembrance of past injuries, and make Ireland as sviitcd as she wig/ be un. conquei able, and that confiding in t wisdom and ju.tlce of the Paliament, that nothing will be required of us incoo. sister; with the intigrlty of our rtligiou, no disposition towards conciliation shall he wanting on our part to aid the benevolent views of the Legislature." FIRE.—A very alarming fire broke out this morn. ing, about two o'clock, in Change -court, Exeter. street, at a public-house ailed the Carpenters' Again. It raged with much fury before sufficient water was procured ; but it was at last happily subdued, with. out doing much injury beyond the destruction of the interior of the house in which it commenced. Some apprehension was entertained lest it should be am s. saty to remove the wild beasts, as the house wi.ich is burnt is situated behind Exeter Chang SIDNEY COLLEGE, CAMBRlDGE.—Yesterday the trial of Mr. Kendal, charged with setting fire to the Col lege, commenced at the Cambridge Assizes. Before the SOLICITOR-GEXERAL had finished the cross-exami. nation of Paterson the watchman, such a scene of perjury was displayed, that Mr. Kendal was immxs.; diately acquitted. KENT LENT ASSIZES. Maidstone, March 19. THE NINO 9. NADRISON AND sr. JULIAN. This important case, which had been put off tur the two la* Assizes, has, after the most patient investigation, been decided.' • It was an indictment instituted by the Hun. Basil Cochrane against the tsksi defendants, for a conspiracy to extort from hts* I the sum of £10,000,-upon a threat of publicly charging hits with' having compelled the female defendant ' St. who had livid under his protection, to procure an abort iso by means of a vapor's bath. Mr. Serjeant Bear stated the cue with great ,abilky, on the part of the prosecution, from which, and the evideuce afterward, adduced, it appeared that there was not the slightest pretense fog , the diabolical imputation attempted to be cut upon the Prose., tutor's character and conduct ; on the contrary, the whole of the evidence went to stew that he had, upon all occasions, anttpatul titularly on the occasion alluded to in the libel, acted in the most humane, affectionate, and attentive manner, towards the female defendant : whilst, on the other hand, she had requited his kindness by Infidelity. That his kindness had not only extended to herself but to her mother and sister, to whose suppqrt he had contributed largely. It further appeare d, that the Honourable Mr. Cochrane beipg a scientific man, and having invented a vapor-bath, had been on seseraN..ccasims instrumental to the benefit of the public, by extending Abe advantages of his inven. don to many, whose disorders were Muted by its salubrious effects ; and, moreover, that on the occasion suggested by the conspirators, the female defendant, who, it was alledged. was In a state of pregnancy, in fact was not in that condition. That it she had been la that condition, the bash in question would have had a contrary effect, and that it was used by her, as it had on other occasions, to relieve her from a painful coutpiaint, with which she was then affected. Mr. Serjeant SHITHERD, on the part of the Defendants. die• claimed any intention seriously to impute to the Prosecutor any such conduct as that suggested, or that be had 'educed the Paula Defendant, and admitted that there was not the I. act foundation in fact for the imputation against the Prosecutor's character; but put the case to the consideration of the Jury, upon general argu. menu, touching the infirmity of human nature, and the youthful indiscretion of the Defendants, both of whom were sitremtlr oung y . Mier an able charge from Chief Bares' M'Dostatn, the Jury, on a short retirement, found both Defendants Guilty. Mr. Setjeant Bevr thcn stated, in justice to Mr. Cochrane, that it was never his intention to bring up the unfortunatofemate Defendant for judgment whatever course be might be dispeod aadopt towards the ober Nfendsat.