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EAST INDIA HOUSE, April 6, 1808. T ilt COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNTIED COMPANY of MERCHANTS e ENGLAND, trading to Me EAST INDIES, do hereby give notice, That the General Conrt of the said Company appointed to be held at their Mouse in Leadenhall-street, on Wednesday next the 13th instant, far the Election of Six Directors of the said tom... pany for Four Years, will be continued Lora Nine &Clock in the Morning until Eight in the Evening. WILLIAM RAMSAY, Secretary. FALMOUTH. FOft—SAL - E 4 BY AUCTION, On Monday, the llat of April next, by it &Clock b the fore noon, at V'yrm's Hotel, in the-Town of Falmouth, . T HE GoQd Spanish Schooner, SAN DOMINGO. Feet Inch. Length from Stem to Stern-post, 46. 3 Breadth, - - 13 8 Depth, - - - - d. 43 . .Ara Admeasores 35 tons. Condemned as Prize to'his Ma)esty's Gun-brig RAPID, Lieu - tenant BAUGH, Commander. • Alo the Cargo of the said Vessel, consisting of about 60 Casks of SARDINIAS. After the Sale of the San Domingo and her Cargo, will be Sold, ABOUT TWENTY TUN FRENCH WHITE WINE, Being the Remainder of the Cargo of the Galliot IRIS, lAN TicomAN, late Master, condemned as Prize to hie Maj,sty's Armed Ship HARLEQUIN, LieMellald P. C. ANIITRUTHER, Com mander. For viewing the above, and further Particulars, apply to Laz. and Nath. Hingston. Falmouth, March 27, 1808. NEW EXHIBITION, BROOK-STREET. THE First Exhibition, by a New Society, entitled The ASSOCIATED ARTISTS in WATER COLOURS,' will open on MONDAY, the 18th of April, ItsoB, at No. 20, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. Admittance One Shilling—Catalogues Sixpence. • A. RO BERTSO N, Sec. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. VENICE, MARCH 5. The English have just established themselves in the little island of Lesina, on the Coast of Dalmatia, which the Russians occupied• several months during the last war with France. But it is very probable that they will not remain there long, since the island is sufficiently near the land to permit the French to effect a landing by the aid of small boats. By a I and Adn respectia thrJugho The fe in Swede and of cc of all pro quoted w lowing ti This que the IVth 141. sterl' pay twin it must b a people for their : Mime] which is the pass the masse so that sl be possib march in of Swede a medal debuit uno heartily giving C The K tion bets of death. itself. 1 to prevei whose of the seaso All an • barkatior Scania. mediate its move island to His I Duke of with the formed I the uLeft tion : ha the Prat those pre letter to of the pi a nnoun c actness f concludi d an a of csteer 'with all The c federac) Cn the definitiN \V irtern ritoty o the tow I rt.l cg The li.sh the considc men fn cry Se nc,rs, a: t:on of and 13 ••. in g fro FLORENCE, MARCH 7. By a Decree of M. Dauchy, Commllor of State, and Administrator of Tuscany, the laws of France respecting military service, have been put in force thrJughout Tuscany since the Ist of this month. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 9. The fermentation of the public mind is very great in Sweden, if u e may believe the reports of travellers and of certain writings, which are circulated in spite of all prohibitions. Among others, one pamphlet is quoted which is said to be very bitter ; it has the fol lowing title : Why are not two Swede.: worth an Ox ? This question alludes to a treaty by which Gustavus the IVth sells his subjects to the English Ministry at 141. sterling per head, while the English themselves pay twice as much for an ox. We cannot deny that it must be very humiliating to so brave and spirited a people to be assimilated to the cattle which save for their food. _ MAiteit I.—We perceive no part of the Sound which is not covered with ice. At Elsineur, where the passage is narrow, and the current more rapid, the masses of ice are seen collecting from day to day, so that should the frost continue a week only, it would be possible for the foot soldiers to cross the ice and march into Sweden. When Charles Gustavus, King of Sweden, passed the two Belts on the ice, he caused a medal to be struck with this incription, Natura hoc debtat uno—" Nature owed this to One alone :" We heartily wish that nature would unite with fortune in giving Charles Gustas us the lie. HAMBURGH, MARCH 13. The King of Sweden has forbidden all communica tion between his kingdom and Denmark, upon pain of death. The army of this Monarch is concentrating itself. The flotilla of Abo has been burnt, in order to prevent its falling into the hands of the Russians, whose operations are well seconded by the rigour of the season. ELSINEUR, MARCH 7. All are actively employed in preparing for the em barkation and transport of the French army into ticania. The flotilla which is building will he in im mediate union with the navy, and will serve to protect its movements, and secure the transport from one island to another. BURGOS, MARCH 15. His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Berg is arrived here, and has been received with the honours due to his rank. His Highness in formed himself concerning the details of what respects the useful establishments, economy, and administra tion : having in the course of his inquiry, learnt that the French armies were a charge to the inhabitants of those provinces, he was pleased to write in Spanish a letter to the Commandants, Governors, and Deputies of provinces of Burgos, Old Castile, and Biscay, announcing his intention to pay with scrupulous ex actness for every thing supplied to the troops, and concluding by saying, that he had " hastened to ren d•r an account to his Majesty he Emperor, who, full of esteem for the Spanish nation, desires to contribute with all his heart to the welfare of this couatty." FRANKFCLT, MARCH 18. The changes projected among the Courts of the Con federacy of the Rhine begin to be carried into effect. Cn the 27th of this month the Bavarians will take definitive possession of the principality of Bayreuth. Wirtemberg will take possession of the town and tcr rilory of Ulm. The Duke of Wurtzburg will have the town and territory of Swinfurt, in exchange for 1 nl ceded to Prussia. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 26. The Porte is making the greatest efforts to re-estab lish the army of the Grand Vizier, which has been considerably weakened during the winter ; 150,000 men from the Asiatic provinces arc to repair to it ; very severe tirmans have been addressed to the goves, nors, and envoys have been sent to press the execu fon of the orders of the Grand Signior. On the 12th and 13th i.f February, several corps of infantry, com ing from Np.tol4 and Selntunla, and repairing to the that House, whenever an order had dropped, not to revive it without a specific notice. If this was a ge neral rule, it should hold particularly in a case of such importance as the present. The Bill in question had deservedly excited a great portion of the public i and that interest had not been lessened by t} l i t e ere rumours ; ours that had been so very prevalent, perhaps unfounded, but not altogether discredited, that the great principle of the Bill would be compromis e d .— lie was anxious, therefore, that the public should be satisfied that every advantage of a fall, fair, and ade quate discussion had been afforded to the measure.— He hoped that on these grounds the Hon. Gentleman would have the goodness to let the order for going intq, ComMittee stand for to-morrow, and he was sure that his Hon. Friend near him (Mr. Whitbread) ' would have no objection to give way, by postponing his motion that stood for to-morrow, to a future day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that he was very far from being disposed to give any obstruction to the motion of his Honourable Friend ; and could not conceive why the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, should think that I there could not now be as full and as ample a discus sion of the measure, in so very full an attendance, as at a future day. However, he did not wish to press the motion at preient, since the Right Honourable Gentleman seemed to think it would be attended with so much inconvenience to his friends. He did en tirely agree with him, that the Bill was one of great importance, and had excited a great portion of the public attention ,• for that reason he was most anxious that the least delay possible might occur, before the sentiments of the House upon the subject, in its present circumstances, should go forth to the Country ; and he was the more anxious on this ground, because a very general misunderstanding hod arisen without doors, both upon the measure itself, and the late proceeding thereupon. That misunderstanding had been most industriously excited ; he would not say with what view, nor from what motives, but certainly it had been most actively disseminated. For himself he was free to declare what, in his humble opinion, should be the main object of that House in its further proceedings on this measure—so to arrange and model the Bill, as that they might not send up to the other House the same Bill which that other House had al ready rejected ; and if they could so qualify the Bill as to ensure t he concurrence of the other House, without vitally affecting its principle, lie did think i that the House in that case would have accomplished HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1 its object. But if any Bill which had been rejected Sir GEORGE NUGENT, the Chairman of the Diingarven by Committee, reported at the Bar that the Sitting Member was - the other House should be again sent up to them, duly elected ; and that the Petition was not frivolous or wale Gentlemen must feel, that the Lords would in that thee. ; case jealously assert their own privileges, and consult Mr. JOHNSTONE presented at the Bar certain accounts re- their honour and dignity as one of the Houses of Par specting Meynooth College. liament, in rejecting. at once any attempt to'force Sir F. BURDETT presented a Petition from certain inhabi upon them a measure they had already negatived.— tares of Westminster against the Vauxhall Bridge bill. Sir THOMAS TURTON gave notice that he would to-mor- I He, for his part, - should cheerfully accede to the row submit to the House a Motion respecting the Peti: ion of the proposition of his Honourable Friend, but at the same Journeymen Bakers. I tune, if it would - be so inconvenient to the Right NEWRY El E - TION. . Honourable Gentleman now to go into Committee, The following Gentlealen were ballotted as a Committee to Inc should not resist any arrangement for mutual ac try tie merits of this contested Election : Lloyd Wardell Lord Yarmouth commodation. Archibald Cjiquhoun Lord Bingham 'l'he SPEAKER thought it necessary to apprize 1 hIrIAS Pabiegton Thomas Bligh . the House, that no order being dropped, was revived V'. 'l 1 =•; for R. W. Howard Vyse lof course ; unless a general upderstanding in any Hon. kred. Townshend George Johnstone A new Wilt was ordered for the Burghs of Dornoc;:, Ste. in the particular case dispensed with the general usage, it room of Sir A. Mackenzie, who kad aeccpted the place of Ste- . was otherwise competent for any Honourable Mem ward of tl.e Chiltern Hundreds. i tier to object to any motion grounded on such order. Mr. PARNELL rote to ash the Right Honourable Gentleman Mr. BAN ICES said, that he should be governed by oppoelte (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) whether it was his in tention to move for a new writ in the room of an Honourable the opinion of the Chair, and therefore should now Gentleman who had been recently appointed to the Governmeut : merely move, that the House do to-morrow resolve as:eine - it ? That Gentleman had yesterday occasioned the ad- i itself into a Committee on the Bill for prohibiting the journmcnt of a Committee on which he s - se, and on which he, g rant of Reversions, Stc. for a time to be limited. Mr. Pirnell, was also a Member, and the alleged ground of that I Mr TIERNEY, before the question was put, adjournment was, that that Gentleman had to attend the Court, I • in order to be presented to his Majesty. His object in risirg was I wished to know from the Right Honourable Gentle to know if the Right Honourable Gentleman was apprized of that 1 man opposite, if it was his intention to propose in the appointment ; and if it did not, of course, vacate the seat of the I Conlnlitt.-e any amendments, of a nature import person so appointed ? ant as to effect materially the principle and constitu -1 be SPEAKER wished to know, if the House were to under stand that it was the intention of the Hon. Member to ground Lion of the Bill ? He wished, in short, to know the any proceeding upon the statement he had just made ? object of the Right Honourable Gentleman's amend- Mr. PARNELL replied, that that would depend upon the an- meats. swer given by the Right Honourable Gentleinan : if the appoint ment was acknowledged, he should then feel it his duty to move The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for a new writ writ ferthwith. i r eplied, that in any amendments he might feel it his The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that he I uuty to offer, his sole object would be to prevail upon was not quite sure that the Honourable Gentleman had actually i that House to let the Bill so go out of it as to ensure ascertained the appointment of the Nleinber in question to the as far as could be done, the concurrence of the Lords, Government of Surinam; and before that appointment was ascertained, he did think that it wotild be rather premature to 1 to make the Bill now before the House substantively move for a new writ before the vacancy had actually occurred. I different from that which had been already rejected It was, however, a matter of doubt, and it would be therefore Iby the upper House. He knew not that it would be more advisable for the Honourable Gentleman not to press any I necessary for him to suggest any amendment to the motion than, but to give notice that he would move for a new 1 writ to-morrow. i Committee, nor was he at all anxious to engraft any Mr. PARNELL acceded to the suggestion of the Right Hon. I amendment on the Bill, but in the way and for the Gentleman ; but said, that he had no reason to doubt the authen- purpose he had already stated. ticity of his information, as he had it from no less an authority I than the Right Hon. Gentleman himself} Mr. CALCRAFT felt for the embarrassme of nt 1 the Right Honourable Gentleman; for certainly' he CONSOLIDATED FUND. Mr. HUSKISSON said, that he had no doubt that the House . did appear in relation to the present Bill, to be ra would see much reason to be gratified with the statement which ther awkwardly circumstanced, but he (Mr. Calcraft) he had to make with respect to the considerable encrease for the could not help expressing his surprize, that the Right last year, in the surplus of the Consolidated Fund. It had consi- ; ale g Honourable Gentleman after h 'n given a specific derahly exceeded the usual estimates. The surplus of the former year, had amounted to three millions five hundred thousand notice of moving two amendments in the Committee, pounds, which was thought at that time a very considerable en- should not now be prepared to state, whether he crease. The surplus, however, for the last year, unmounted to : meant to press those amendments or not. He did not lets than bur millions and a half, and the surplus for the think, that the Rig ht Honourable Gentleman, in quarter now ending exceeded that of the corresponding quarter of cou rtes to the House, and in justice to his own con the former year, by six hundred thousand pounds. He then,moved., y that there be laid before the House an Account of the Surplus ' sistrney, ought to answer " yes" or " no," to the of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending the stil April, 1808.. plain question proposed to him. Mr. TIERNEY wished that the accounts should be so made up, ii The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER as that the corresponding quarters might he severally distinguished ; . was of opinion, that all that the courtesy of that to which Mr. Huskisson assenting, the motion was agreed to. It EVIERS:ONARY GRANTS. i House, or his own consistency could require of him Mr. BANKES (being called upon from all quer- to say, he had said Already. He felt grateful for the tern of the House) rose and said, that there now ap- I Honourable Gentleman's compassion, but confessed pealed to be so full an attendance, he should be glad, I he was not conscious of the embarrassment that, had though the order had been dropped, to take that op- I excited it, and shrewdly suspected that the Hon. portuaity of moving, that the Speaker do now leave J Gentleman had been endeavouring to transfer to him the Chair, for the purpose of going into Committee ', (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) an awkwardness on the Bill for preventing the Grant of Reversions, I that was all his own ; for the Honourablepentleman for a time to be limited. He hoped, it would not be : seemed to be alarmed at the idea of the Bill going to attended with any inconvenience to Gentlemen of the other House with less obstruction than he had at either side, as upon a subject of such importance it first anticipated. It would, however, be the object was desirable to avoid all unnecessary delay—( Hear, of all he might have to offer upon that subject, to free hear 0 the Bill from every obstruction possible, and to render Mr. TIERNEY said, he should be the last man 1 it as acceptable to the Lords as it could be made, to occasion any unnecessary delay in the discussion of which appeared to him to be the most efficacious way 'to a subject that had excited so much of the attention of secure its ultimate enactment. the public, but he did think that in proportion to its Mr. CALCRAFT said, in explanation, that it was importance it should be entitled to a fair and adequate his wish that it slsonld go to the Lords as free from consideration. There were several Gentlemen now obstruction as possible, but confessed himself to be absent who had taken a particular interest .in that totally at a loss to understand either the amendments measure, and who had they known that the discus- of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, their objects, or sion would have come on to-day, would have attend-' the answer nowgiven by that Right Hon. Gentleman e ed in their places ; they did not, however, think that to the question put to him. it would have come on, nor had they any right to Mr. BANKES wished to say one word in answer to expect it would,. as it was the established usage of an insinuation that had fallen from a Right Honour- head-quarters of the Grand Vizier at Adrimople, - passed through Constantinople. The English squadrons continue to have the ex clusive dominion of the Archipelago ; their vessels, as well as 'the_ Maltese cruizers, carry the English flag; they seize all Turkish vessels, as well as all those which issue from a Turkish port. On the Bth of Ja nuary, the Captain of the frigate Seaorse, (Sea-horse) John Stewart, who commands a division, addressed a Proclamation to the inhabitants of the Cyclades, in the name of Admiral Coliingwood, in which he an nounces to them the close blockade of the Darda nelles, and the ports of Egypt. He adds, that he has orders to seize all Turkiih vessels, even those con cerned in the boasting trade, but that he will grant passports to all vessels sailing to and from Malta.— The commerce in the Levant is in a state of absolute stagnation. • PiiRLIAMEMART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 6. The Irish ret India Trade till, and the Irish Warehousing Bill, passed thrcugh Committees, a:td were reported. The further consideration of the Irish Appeal Cause, Hill V. Spence, being resumed, the LORD CHANCELLOR, after sum.: further observations upon the case , moved a Resolution as the decision of their Lordships, which, in effect, went partly to affirm the judgment of the Irish Court, and to refer certain other parts of the case back for further consideration, which, or the question being put, was ordered accordingly. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. • The House having resolved itself into a Committee on the pe titions against the Orders in Council, Mr. BROUGHAM vary ably and perspicuously summed up the evidence adduced in support of the petitions, and cumitent ed upon the most material parts of it; contending, that it was proved that the decrees of tL, enemy had not been enforced until the Orders in Council were issued ; that the latter measures thing a countersign to the decrees of the enemy, and enabled him to execute it; that the effect would be, the loss of the Continental trade through America, which took off three-fourths of the Bri tish manufactures exported to the United States ; and with res pect to the embargo, that the substance the Orders in Coun cil were known at Washington previous to that measure was resorted to. The Learned Gentleman concluded a speech of up wards of two hours, by making an eloquent appeal to the Com mittee, on the gene ral result of the evidence adduced, as shewiog the impolicy of continuing the Orders us Council. The House having resumed, Los d GRENVILLE gave notice of his intention to move, on an early day after the recess, an Address to his Majesty, praying, that his Majesty would be graciously pleased to revoke the Orders in Council. His Lordship said, he could not precisely fix the slay, but it would be between the sth and the 10th of May. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). able Geed man (Mr. Tierney) in commenting o n t t, reports of the day with respect to the measur e . ne „, before the House. He did hope that his co l d oe ; from the first proposition of that measure down t ot ; present moment, was too well known to have vett e d suspicion. —( Hear !. hear !) ,He wo u ld not r ,, ., s werve fron: the principle that had hitherto dictiei that conduct; he had felt himself obliged to abande.. part of his original plan, but it yas on the coavictio; that though not now, the time would come, when ti, whole would be acceded to ; in doing so, he thou h' he had gone far enough, and he wou ld not go to-. ther ; the Right Honourable Gentleman and ti. House might be assured, that he would take erei; constitutional means to carry into effect an object tha.• appeared to him and the country so desirable, and that he would not willingly listen to any unw ort h y 24: , nugatory compromise. Mr. TIERNEY, in explanatica, assured the Hu. nugatory } th('H nourable Member, that he had entirely n n sta k v , what had fallen from him, if he construed it but o , most distant imputation of his sincerity. l i Mr. 'WHITBREAD did not th r i hen n i : deo tl r la it t had been fairly treated by the Chancellor if tile E t . . chequer; the Right Honoura'ale Gentleman ha d g i ven a formal notice of two Amendments, which wen , and of much opinion, would defeatspecifi cll e l y ob s stated, and of the B w i li ll t , c h a , n i d n as to the filling up of the blanks, there eels blank in the Bill, and that related to the limitat'on a time. The Right Hon. Gentleman should lie candid, at least, upon such a subject as the Present, f ee i t great mom e m n o t m it c o n m t in th lt e s o ni n:n tnr i l l e a r tu i r n e which it had opposed (Hear ! Hear ! ) as the great delicacy wasgb i) e r re u eia f i e toe s f s e r db y the Right Yisque of offendinn• *the other House. He though it of much more importance . to maintai n the vain tency of that House, though i n doing so they didn:: the risk of offending the other, much as he depie. cated that risk ; and with that v i ew it was his int.-. tion to move, after the Bill had gone through a Coat. mittee, to leave out the chose of limitation altoget&e. He acceded to the suggestion of his Right Honour:. Lie Friend, and should postpone he; motion to Friday. The motion was then agreed to, and the Commit. tee ordered for to-morrow (this day). TAUVER LUNATICS. Mr. WILLIAMS WYNNE brought in a Bill for the better management of these unfortunate objects. He stated, that it was not the object of the Bill to compel the Counties of England to build Asylums fcr Lunatics, but merely enabling them to levy a rate for so doing, if they found it necessary. When such houses were built, Pauper Lunatics from any part of the country might be taken care of in them, but at the expence of the parishes to which they belonget...— After a few general observations as to the humanity and policy of the measure, the Bill was read a first time. Mr. FOSTER brought in the Irish Possess'ois Bill ; which was read a first tithe, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The other routine business was then disposed of, and the House adjourned at seven o'clock. THF, EV ENING NrAlt. LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 7. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 6s—for account, GSl—Otnnium4. Exchequer Bills, 4s. to ss. preen. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank stock 2291 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 64 64j 3 per Cent. Cons. 6411 4 per Cent. 81811 5 per Cent. 97 Long Ann. shut 17 15-16ths II India Bonds, par is. dis. E% Bills, Ss. 61. pr. English Tickets, 211. 14. Cons. for sec. Paris journals to the Ist inst. have been received. They contain no report of the kind asserted by some of our contemporaries, who pretended to have sees one or more French papers that alluded to a battle in the Mediterranean. Their contents, which are note much importance, are given in a preceding column. Accounts were yesterday received from Portugal. containing the particulars of the contributiori levied upon the inhabitants of Lisbon by General Jcsot!...- The only standard of exaction has been the reptri property of those who are compelled to pay. The amount of the contributions is 800,000,000 of reale; the highest sum imposed upon any individual being 32,000,000, and only one so low as 50,000. The list contains more than 200 names, with the sums levied upon each. Lettcrs received from Plymouth this morning state, that the Cuckoo schooner had arrived there from L'Orient, with intelligence that L'Aig gate, of 56 guns, Captain Wos.n, bad had a very severe action with two French frigates, of 44 goo each, off L'Orient. Notwithstanding the great do' parity of force, L'Aigle forced the French frigates w sheer off, but was top much cut up in her masts and rigging to pursue them. L'Aigle had one man Wiwi and seven wounded. Captain WOLFE, we are sorry to say, is among the latter. Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, his MAJESTY held a private levee at the Queen's Palace, when the following bad the honour of being presented to his MAJisrr : Master GEORGE ALLEN, by the Earl of Harcourt, upon being appointed a Page of Honour to her Majesty. The bishop of LIMERICK, upon his promotion to tb iri• shoprick. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, upon his marriage. Major-General Co-rrors, upon his promotion. Lieutenant-General MAXWELL, upon his be i ng appointed Co' lonel to the 3d Veteran Battalion. Major-General PAYNE delivered to his MoEsrl the Order of the Knight of the Bath, worn by de late Lord LAVINGTON. MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave at? -silences to the Cabinet Ministers present. The Dube of PORTLAND'S audience was the first he has had these eight weeks past, owing to his Grac e having bee!, severely afflicted with the gout in his stomach, which he is pow recovered. .1) 01 it° b retie I L iI N ren ral e r2l seber e ers of th( ted T Hof ok place 11( 1 4 451e eta S taff e f the u" aso ifict The xi ,r— -ed o ve s ib r ded d Ake ° xos~wow I. F. tad UNG I El`7 0 . hirEt Self , ' review* a leg e COI an' 1 m rs. at her 1 beautifi .dertoto *essioi ationt p;ann forme rrSr. V] The eoricln Th gem trick TEN, from near _ in ince the "c whicl 'terra an el ~+ trc Nib A C a, II