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- YOUTh 24 SSING. - erHE YOUTH who Itft , hie• friends at Worcester sumeoly. OP Frlxtsyevesiimiiiiiith insuen, is mest earnest)) , irtreated to write to his (*het or his Uncle; and may be assured that wbit has pigsed shall. ba. entirely forgotten, and every reasonabli ground of dissatisfaction remove, and whatever suoney may be neeesiary to discharge his dens and enable him to return home, shall be readily f urnished. A - WHOLESALE HOUSE , in the Centre of London, of well known respectability, is wilfirg, for a moderato ormunission, to allow the Notes or Acceptances of Country Mandacturers and Tradetaiwa, to be addresse I pay able thee°, and ahn to pay the one and two Pound Notes of Coon try /tankers, 'oe terms of convenitiste to the Partners. • 11/' For further particulars, address (pose paid) with real Nalnes, to A. D. C. at the Yank Hotel, London. .44VHOLT AWL. .` ~. GOTTENBURGH, *MARCH is. A courier, charged with dispatches from the Por tuguese Minister at St. Petersburgh, proceeds to Eng land. About a week since a Mail from Hansburgh arrived at Stockholm, which, on being opened, was found to contain only packages of brown paper; some of the parcels were shown to his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is said to have been much offen ded, at so Ti4culous and unaccountable a circuits stance. Eight Mails arrived here on the llst instant fr4m• Germany; the greater part of the letters they contained were written in July and August last. The four last vtectish Mails have been returned from Hel sinburgh, the Danes having refuod to , receive them on the oftnsite coast. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 9. His Royal Majesty having taken the resolution of sending Major-General Von Engelbrechten to Swedish Pomerania, for the purpose of ascertaining the real extent of the French troops in that province, and also to bring his Royal Majesty's troops back again from thence, and for which purpose a fleet of fourteen sail of transport vessels was, on the 26th February, dis patched frem Ystadt, under the escort of two brig cutters and two-decked gun-boats, commanded by Adjutant-General Major Wirsen. This armament, ots the 26th ditto, at one o'clock in the afternoon, came to an anchor in the road of Perth. The usual signals were made for pilots to come off, and three guns fired ; but no Signal was returned by the pilot stations, ' nor did any pilot come off. It was after wards &covered- that the pilots were prohibited, on pain of death, from going off to the vessels of any station whatever, and that their boats, which are hauled high up on shore, are strictly watched by the military posted along the coast. The submissive Re port transmitted by the MajorZeneral, concerning the result of the commission with which he was charged, is as follows ; MOST SU 13611661 V E R EfORT. s , The expedition arrived here on the 26th instant, just after noon, and as soon as the brig had brought to anchor, I immediately sent my Adjutant Thomas with a letter to the French General, of which a copy Is herewith inclosed. The Captain was received by two soldiers of the troops of Berg, and taken before the Commander of. the strand pests at Phillipshagen, who was a Captain in the said' troops, and afterwards sent to Stralsund from Philipshagen, to Puthus, un der the guard of a serjeant, and from thence accom panied by an Adjutant, a Major in the 2d brigade re giment. At ten in the evening of the 27th, a pilot lag; came off with a report from Captain Thomas, 1 stating, liras he was remaining behind at Philipsha gen, and that the same- Major-Adjutant, that had gone with him to Stralsund, and likewise again ac companied him, and had been directed by General Friant to give a verbal reply to my letter. Captain Thomas, therefore, requesting to have further instruc. dons given him for his proceedings, I immediately wrote him by the returning-pilot-boat, that although I had expected to receive a written reply from Gene ral Friant, and was still in expectation of receiving it, yet I was nevertheless still willing to have a con versation with the officer sent to me, and that he might immediately return on board with him. I in vain ex pected their coming the whole of the 27th, and morn ing of the 28th ; it blew so hard, that no boat could come off from the shore, so that a launch which was sent on shore by the Major and Knight Wirsen, es commander of the flotilla. to demand the reason of the pilot's delay, and which had hauled up to bring on board the aforesaid officers, was likewise prevented by the heaving surf from returning. " As this weather, according to the commodore's opinion, was likely to continue for a long while, and the danger of the squadron, which, by the increasing gale,. was every moment at the risk of driving on shore and being lost, and besides not relishing the in formation that an Adjutant-Major was to give me a verbal answer, I, discontented with my situation, e i sok the resolution of immediately carrying: your Royal Majesty's gracious commands into execution, and, as agreed with the Major and Knight Wirsen, to go on shore, and proceed even to. Stralsund, if I should not meet with the French Officer. I landed at Thissau en the 28th, at three in t 4 afternoon, and got on shore without difficulty, where I was received Sy a Serjeant of the troops of &r who 04 me to the town, from whence I immediately sent a messen ger to Pl;ilipshagen to inform CaptamThomas.of my arrival, and comm.tnding him to invite, the French Officer to give me a meeting without delay. After the expiration of two hours, I received intelligence, first by a Lieutenant, and afterwards from the Chief of the Out-posts himself, who followed immediately after, that whilst I was on the way, and was steering towards Thissau, to get under the lee of the land, my Adjutant and the French Officers had embarked on board a Danish galeasse, which was lying near the tame, and had attempted by that means to get on board the brig. As the gale at - this moment made it 1 impossible to return, I resolved to wait at Philipshagen for the return of Gen. Fri Ant's messenger, and who actually did arrive the same day, at eleven o'clock at night, without ever having once attempted to get on board ,he brig, through fear of sea sickness, 'and the danger attending it, or even to accompany my Adjutant, who wa4 fetched on board in a boat from the said galeasse. 0 This Officer declared to me, in the name of Gen. ' giant, that he could not enter , into any correspon dence with me, but must make my application to the Prince of Eckmuhl, at Hatiburgh, and therefore re turned again to the squadron. On my requesting to • bare this given me in writing, he said, that he was pot perm itted to deliver any thing In writing, .neither was he to be prevailed upon to gave me a copy Obis 1 r ittstrtietioes, bet which I not only did read myself but likewise caused it to be read aloud by th 4,011 -. vernment's Secretary, Mr Tho m i s , w h o , et nay re. quest.' had accompanied me on this mission. The contents of this paper was, so far as I can recollect, as follows: t, the undersigned, order the Adjutant and Major Thomas rd repair on board the .hip when Gen. Engelbruhten now is, and inform him I cann ot L ave soy eeeversanon with hint, bet that he must apply for such purpose to his Excellency the Prince of Eckmuhl, at Hambro'. (Signed) " FRIANT, " Gem of Division, commanding the " Stralsund, Feb. 27. " French troops in Pomerania." " On my expressing my intention of going by land to Hamburgh, I received for answer that this could not be allowed, but that I must'proceed there by see. " After this conversation. the Adjutant and Major returned immediately to Stralsund.. and as I consi 'tiered the treatment which I was obliged to suffer on shore as being derogatory to the station filled by me, as being continually followedig a soldier and an of ficer on station there, who by every possible means prevented me from speaking or communicating with any other person whatsoever, I endeavoured, not withstanding the gale and heavy sea, t 7 return on board in a pilot boat, and there'draw up my submis sive report, which it was utterly impossible for me to do on shore. 'Yesterday afternoon I arrived safe en board the brig. accompanied by a corporal and three soldiers of the 2cl Regiment of Berg, under the pre. text of &narding me against a French privateer which was cruizing off Thissawwick ; and sent with the re turning boat the letter, of which a copy is inclosed, to General Friant, with accompanying directions to. Colonel Peyron to repair immediately on board to . me, and have now to watt the' G enera l' s fi na l an . swer here on board the brig Swallow, before that I can enter into any farther proceedings. 4 , I hale, in conjunction with the Major and Knight Wirsen, caused the remaining part of the transport fleet to return to Ystad, and there wait in a safe har bour for farther orders, in order to prevent the crown from being unnecessarily exposed to a considerable loss, as, more especially, according to the answers that I had received, no immediate embarkation could take place, and the situation of the transport vessels in this bay becoming every day more dangerous. The reception given to my Adjutant, who was not permitted to speak with any person whatsoever, either at Stralsund, or on his journey there and back. as likewise the guard placed upon myself during my stay on shore, joined to the dread entertained by the inhabitants of a secret police existing at Stralsund, has rendered it nearly impossible for me to transmit any orders to the Commanders of your Majesty's troops, some hundred men of whom are said to be in Rugen performing duty in common with the French, but, as it is reported, they have been obliged to deliver up their cannon and ammunition. 44 The Chancellor Von Raehelbek is sent away to Hambro'. (Signed) ,4 is. V. ENGLEBRECIITE.V. " On board the brig Swallow, in Perth Roads, March 1, 1812." " GENIRAL--The King my masts, having commanded me to repair, in quality of negoclator, to Sivedish Pomerania, for the purpose of coming to an agreement with you on certain points, I have to request you will be pleased to appoint a day and place, when and where we should meet. I have, therefore, to appoint the town of Bergen, on the island nfitugen ; and forward this by My Adjutant, Captain Thomas, who had undertaken to bring me back your answer. I have the honour to remain, &c. (Signed) V. ENG tillatelaTtN, Major-General." " On board thebrig Swallow, in Perth Roads, Feb. 26.* " GINIRAT.--It was with the utmost surprise received your reply to my letter of the 26th inst. which reply was verbally com municated to me by the Adjutant Major Engin, who I acciden tally fell in with yesterday evening, and who did not bring me a single word in writing. I cannot entertain the least doubt that you, General, must know It is necessary for every one to prove their having executed the commands to them intrusted, and this single consideration ought already to have procured me a written answer to my aforesaid letter, without referring to the usages and customs every where established, and other excuses which might have brought It about. Your refusal of entering into any correspondence with me, without informing yourself of my motives, and the express commands by you given to afford no pilots to Swedish vessels, sufficiently proves you have not en tered Swedish Pomerania as a friend. It is upon this point, as well as upon my request of having a conference with you, that I expect a reply in writing, being well assured that yeu, General, will, on account of the severe season, and the situation of the Swedish squadron, cause It to be transmitted as soon as pos sible to me on board the brig Swallow, which I shall retain here for that purpose, and let the other vessels return to Sweden. " As I have, besides, orders, In the King's name, to transmit to Colonel Peyron, Commander of the Swedish troops in Pome rania, I herewith inclose them, requesting that you, General, will cause them to come to the said Colonel's hands, I having no other means of effecting it.—l have the honour to remain, &c. (Signed) " V. ENCELBarCLITILN, Major-Gen. " On board the brig Swallow, in Perth Roads, Ft+. t 9." Besides which, the following information has been received concerning the condition of Pom.!rania.— That ti.- force entered into that country consists of French, Spanish, Berg, and Wirtemberg troops, of which 2000 men are quartered in Rugen, 5000 in [Stralsund, and, the temainder distributed in the coun try, 'The Government, the Officers of Justice and the Custom-house, are put entirely out of activity, with the sole exception of what is called the Chief Commission, which still continues its vocations. The property. of the merchant Mr. Hans, who is sent to Hamburgh, has been confiscated for French account. The packet sloops are to be fitted out to take a com plement of fifty men, and to act as privateers. All other vessels continue to be dismasted. The course of the post, both inland and foreign, is stopped. The Swedish troops receive no pay. As proof of the heavy amount of the contributions ex acted, it may be stated, that the proprietor of one single domain in Rugen, has, within a month, paid 100 rix dollars, Pomeranian currency, in hard money, and besides furnished 989 pounds of meat, is also wheat, rye, and forage. The Swedish vessels of burthen at Wolgast are put under French guard, their suns taken out and put on board a privateer, which is fitting out. The crew and their officers are quartered on the inhabitants. His Royal Majesty has been informed, by a submis sive report from Captain Ognilooh, that the whole of the trangpoit fleet, together with the two decked gun boats, returned to Irstadt on the 2.d instant. The brig-cutter Dolphin, which accompanied them, was to sail to Perth Roads with the first fair wind, and there join the brig-cutter Swallow. None of the crews of Swedilh revels bitti suffered ,y ,i4ness. PARLI.IMENT.nr PROCEEDINGS. ...4 OF LORDS, A. ...mktee of Platers on, fbe.fit. co was adduced * and the finik. till after the Recess; the day be Anti 4 4a1rd Pacer was introduced by Lord Nodes and . barnbant (Viscount St. Asiph). His writ of sentntotts . been read at the Table, his lordship to& the oaths std Iris ,mate • The Mali/ ladornialty Bill was read a wand time mid com mitted for to-morrow. - • . ._ The Committee on the Loki' Act Ameasiment Bill was post , posed tin to-morrow. The Evidence in the flaihewePeera — iii ti gu iitinilerid to be printed. -. t' The Infant Suitors' Bill, some local utl private Bill!, were brought up froaribe Commas by Mr4lmlift, It= Sir James Graham, Sir William Q u i t e, motoilier raid a Bret dal. •' ~TI Ii The Watch am Ward Bill was returned from the Conansons by Mr. Wharton and other Members, with tbe Amendments Ittgreed to. ' The Reredos Bill was brought up front the arm. by Mr. Backe, and other Members, read a liestaimi‘'ineorikeed to be print d. 1 •,' 1 SIUTINY BILL. e The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved that the H should go into a Committee on this sill. - Earl GROSVENOR said, it must depend on the answers which he might-receive from the Noble 6e. cretary of State to certain points' which he meant tol . animadvert on, whether he should g'eve his assent to the Bill going into a Committee. There were many persons sent from the hulks into -the Army, he bad heard, to the extreme dissatisfaction of the Officers and prejudice of the service. He admitted• that it was proper to allow small bodies of Convicts to be : introduced into the Army, according to their amend ment during their confinement, and with a view to.: their retrieving their characters ; but certainly not in ' such numbers as he had heard, nearly equalling whole regiments at a time. He had also heard, that Irish- men, in the orders given to the recruiting Serjeants j of several regiments, were not to he enlisted, and that foreigners were received into the same regiments.—' For his part, he could not conceive why the people of that country should be so much stigmatized, when it was well known that they made the bravest and steadiest of soldiers. The next point which he had to mention was the establishment of Schools in the Arm y by the Commander in Chief, for which his Royal Highness deserved the greatest praise ; but this was also liable to objection ' . for those schools aeon Ara established alter Mr. Lancastei's plan, which was conduCted on the principles of the Church of England, and partly on the Madras system 61 Dr. Bell. lie ( Lord Grosvenor) thought that this sys tem should not have been objected to because it was introduced by a dissenter of any description whatever. With regard to the recruiting of the Army by the Means used at present, he thought - there - was great reason to regret that the system of recruiting, RS esta blished in 1806, had been abolished before it had se ceived a fair trial ; but even with that small trial it bad been more effectual than any other means &mug ; : a like period. On the subject of corphral punishments )_ : Accounts were last night received at the Mai, he should only say, that the ablest write r s o n . m ilit ar y ratty, of the escape from L'Orient of an enemy;: had condemned it ; and when he h.m4f commanded a Militia Regiment he. had viewed those 4 squadron of four sail of the line and one frigate, on scenes with disgust, and had discouraged them as the night of the LOth instant. Our blockading squat., much as possible. Wit h'regard to the enlistment of . dron was of equal force, but the Measures of the foreigners, our ancestors viewed it with extreme jea- • enemy were so cautiously taken, that they hat lousy; and that was a feeling which he thought oug ht . still to be cherished. ' eluded their vigilance for the present. The deicing, 1 The Earl of LIVERPOOL said that if there were • tion of this enterptize is of course merely conjec. . • i my 'impropriety in sending men from on biiaid the I rural, but we have gat satisfaction in aorrning our hulks to the Army and enlisting Foreigners, that was . Reorders that - the great East-India and Wen India not the proper time for discussin those subjects, since . fleets, which have lately are not lik e l y w be it was competent for the Noble Lords to discuss them s a il e d , on their own merits. With regard to the hulks, they , met with by the French squadron, as the latter sailed were now so well regulated, under the,insPection of , on the 10th, and the East India fleet was still is sight a most excellent Magistrate, that there were now onl7 of Falmouth late on the 130 ; and the West-India such men sent from them as had she great signs fleet sailed from Falmouth only on the lath :so that, of contrition and amendment. He could assure the • I Noble Lord that no such orders had been issued from unless the French have 'the audacity to cruise sad head-quarters with respect to Irishmen ; but if regi.: wait for these fleets, they can hardly fall in with meets were full, and favourite ones, there was no psis- them; and if they are bold enough to loiter with taxis sibility of hindering their Commanding Officers from in view, they 'llafford pursuing d object enlisting what men they pleased. It WAS contrary to .. common sense to conceive that any such orde r could a chance o f overtaking them, which might not other• have been generally given, when it was well known ' wise have been given. that the great strength of our army depended on the 'As we have already stated, we cannot offer any soldiers of that nation. The system of limited ser- i thing but con vice introduced in 1806, he had n o h es it at i on i n sa y- 1 jecture as to the objects which the French squadron may have in view ; bpt there it litchi.' i. ing, in his opinion, was prejudicial to the military: establishment of tie country; and the new system of , 13:ability of their being able to continue long at sal,: recruiting, on the contrary, had rendered the Army . for Lord Kenai has left town for Plymouth, mad far more numerous and etiective' than it had hitherto ! Admiral DURHAM has been dispatched to Pons been. The punishments in the Asmy had been as ; much mitigated as could be done with safety, by a mouth, to take the command of such ships as may be ready for sea, and they will instantly sail in per.. clause in the Bill of List Session, which enabled them i to punish with flogging or imprisonment, at discre- ' suit in various directions. tion. As to liheigiters being enlisted into our army.l in the-present state of Enroee, it was highly neces-.. Since writing the above, we have been (avowed sary to employ foreigners stgainst our enemy, parti- ! with the following particulars : cularly when we considered what that enemy had i Advices'have been received at the Admiralty dot been able to do by the means of foreign troops. an enemy' After a few words from the Duke of Noaeorat, s squadron of foul sail of the line and two Earl GROSVENOR; and the Earl of Livearooc, the corvettes, which escaped from L'Orient on *NS till went through the Committee, and was reported.' instant, were seen anckkept company with by.his Mo. , , . I jetty's ship DIANA, of 36 guns, on the Odle 'ad-IM' HOUSE OF COMMONS. i whole of the 10th; on the latter day she fell in with ' The Offices in Reversion Bill was read a third timeand passed. The Glass Duty Bill was read a first time. To be road asr i the Pommel), of SO guns, and late in the eeeotil silt mod time to•morrow. t discovered tak sail, apparently ache line, in Pli glaie ' Mr. lame, from the Customs, pnimated an account of the of ctatititks of Coffee and Sugar imported and ezpon.ed during the , bet fi ve years , which accounts were ordered to be printed. II k the the French squadron. On the morning of the Mr.). bMITH mosed fur the revival of the Irish 1 ontlue e _____• sap-, DIAsA being in lat.'4B. 15. long. 5. lig• W 5 Ceemadttre. Agreed to—and the Gentlemen who composed the. ; a sula ig . . , late Committee were re-appointed. 1 calculates was the French and the two ships in PO W* their b eing re _ Sir RIUtARD Mr. WHARTON moved for leave to bring in aBM fb- the t . was heard in die N.W. which Capt. Tom' better regulating Securities in Public Offices by.. &died, and fur a Bill to amend the Act of ;he "ill ciihcKbal i 48. 18. N. 1 5. 46 . W. Ushant being E. 4 14 1 ong. Kama writes, that on the 11th, ill ifitt 'to that effect. After a few words from Sir J. NEWPORT leave was given. Sir C. BUIMEL gave notice that he would, on the 17th of half N. distant 28 miles ; that he had (alien nev i * This Majesty's ship Malin!, who had communicate{ April, move for the appointment o r e committee se wore hoe the losses suffered by individhals who had placed mto hi rer by telegraph ghat in the at the L'Oritnt squadron Sank of England, under the direction of the Acoomptant General fir the High Coats of Chancery. seen on the 10th, 20 leagues N.W. of Uthnnti all • The House went into a Committee on the West India Trade, the larboard tack, wind N.W. The 1 a • imminda The report was ordered to be received to-marrow, EARL WELLINGTON'S PRIMION I and Paleness being to windward of than. Sir Mi' Mr..WHARTON brought in a Bill for settling and securing cu a° Kum, with the Bot.waitgr Noanionanin. ol6 'errata Annuities on the Earl of Wellington, and his immediate Mid COLOSSUS, WAS proceeding off Breit. Heir, in consideration of the eminent Se rvices performed by —•- . -- him. Read a first, and ordered to be read a Yd time taint/Troy/. An Anholt Mail arrived last night, and as toil DisTßeiliiKl) lIANUFACTUItfUtes Mr..WHI TBREAD mid, be held la his land a petition from thing front the North, in the shape of inarli i r lissi several thousands of the Alsoufacturers of Yorkshire, rating the is at this period more than usually intereoll4 M hardships under which they were at present Istwerine; and stating Stitilk their conviction that th e i r hardships remitted Item the war, and have been ample in our. ax the from the present system of rapeciaeraison In oadiement ; and praying Journals, In addition, we have tp inform for atia.orittf4rwinutearnamen494l the Tabic, The i lwitl aa w as 1419 4 14 VI m i d, tha t although certain propositions have been c . . mute in an oblique maw w this Comon* , .. • - MUIRIPIESENTAZION. Mr. BARING, in rising to move for certain docu ments connected with finance, said he never doub te d the solvency of the Bank ; nor, he believed, was there a Gentleman-in the House that did. He was of cpi. njon, that, on a very short notice, the Bank would be able to pay, even in specie, all demands which could be made upon it. The Honourable Mcruber conclu ded by moving for an account of the differ ent sums "Talsed for the public service each year, since the year 1 1 790 distinguishing each ycai's amount, and the each year by taxes, and the !inn by lccuis. tati;l S. " • Peerage, sew Prw e ! d thi " Ordered. SCARCITY 111 [RYLAND. , Mr. M. FITZGERALD. after some ob%rzatioes, ia the course of which he stated, that by the motio n lie was about to submit, it was far from his intention; ,to raise any alarm of scarcity prevailing in Irelnd— stich alarm by no means existed in his mind ; but it head done, it was well known, in different pans at IycLuid. He believed the crops in Irclard had bee n ' 1 , unequal ; but he trusted the abundance iu some cpunties would more than suffice to supply the k i t . city in others. An alarm had spread abroad, that the quantity of grain used by the &sullen had done much tpwards producing this scarcity, and that ranch more than a usual quantity of gr.tin had been applied to the purposes of distillation. It was not his inttntiou to interfere in the management of corn at all ; foe lie Was persuaded every interference of Parliament ou .this subject had been productive en!) of evil ; but he Ahought something should be done to satisfy the public, and for that purpose he should move, 4. Th a t there be laid before the House an account of the num.i her of gallons of Irish made spirits, on whi r l d uty had been paid in Ireland, from the ith of January. 1811, to the latest period to which the same could be made up, and the aniutust of the duty so paid." Mr. W. POLE felt no inclination to oppose the motion, especially after the manner in which it bad been brought forward. : Sir J. NEWPORT thought the House should b e very careful how it interfered to interrupt the free i e , tercourse between the two countries. Mr. MA RItYATT thought the Regent should have the power of suspending distillation in lielan4 as in England.—The motion was then agreed to. Mr. III'ZGERALD then moved for an accouna of the quantities of flour, meal, and malt esporteil from Ireland, from the sth 4111w:try 1811; to the ; latest period the same could be made up.—Ordered. Adjourned. THI4: - .EVENING S'fAitr: i.UNDON. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, PRICE 01 S /HIS NAY .4'l ONE it'CI,OCA • , ver Ct. Cons. kw motley 60160—D0. for scc. toff S per Ct. PO}—.4 per Ct. Scrip t pm-Attu:lde I ii. 12‘ pre. - Exch. 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