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AMERICAN QUESTION. In a few days will be eublished, price 51.6 d. Svc,. sewn, SERIES of I,ETTERS from'a COSMOPO LITE to • CLERGYMAN; eontaining a temperate la / Into the Subjects of Dispute between GREAT BRITAIN . AMERICA ; with Remarks on the erroneous opinion enter irted In this country, relative to the partiality of Assaaica yards Faancs ; including authentic Documents to prove the unrary. Sold by J. M. Richardson, opposite the Royal Exchange; Gale ' Curtis, Paternoster-row; and all other Booksellers. JIMM ln a I A SE quint into and AME t.iined In towards F contrary. Sold by and Curti In Blati speedos I Nfiaa Can of Saxony the Court their mar Nat chitin of the Ch mrly bee The Cc then that be a valid perfonnet to be a g norther tit The Ea of the ran of that na, ordersd•c The El rat in Chi Honduras for to-mo The Lc The W the Amer Me mben Mr. I:ragt thee. The M Militia A passed tbr On the _Hansel E months. . On th 'the Ord( row, in Catholic Tuesda] Earl certain / Woolley Pgainpt t'ergi at statemes deserria Was sip the grie' quence should I House t be moos Lord Mayor a East In 24 21 0, Petition VCITIMea bad had The Of the C ment an respectir His Cornwal tas► i f l orc The objectior 'he that he s Director !hewing India Ti therefore the Hott, The E motion I fixed it f The E there wei the East 'thigh In carried to know order th belief tha openins • ration of East Ind out to be hare laid dinaaces dered by The l this mot Lauderd The from the the open His Lcr( sons, ant . 'fhe I presente( commun ports, bat the Man should II from Stu nity of a: of Govel The I ruction CI of the Pr of &rid, served, I derived lament i by zwas , the coun if v grea • • PiIRLI.d.WEIV7WRr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 9. . Thatchford's Divorce Bill, Lord Henley was examined I.& specting the marriage of Mr. Blatchfprd at Vienna, in 1796, to Camille Maria Preday. a Maid of Honour to the Electress many. His Lordship deposed, tbat while he was Envoy to :ourt of Vienna, he knew the parties. but was not present at marriage. The Chaplain to the Embassy married Mr. .chford and Miss Preday in Mr. B.'s lodgings, after the forms Church of England. He understood that they Lad for been married after the Roman Catholic ritual at Dresden. The Counsel for the appellant not being in a situation to prove that this wartime, (which the Lord Chancellor held not to valid one according to the English law, because it was not firmed at the residence of our Envoy), would have been held oe a good one by the Austrian laws, his Lordship gave them , rther time until Thursday neat, to bring proof, if they could. Se Earl of Lawsuit...aux presented a Petition from a person the name of Bortbwick, against the claim of another person that name now claiming the Peerage of Borthwick, which was arderad.o be taken into consideration to.mor row. 'he Earl of Wellinewn's Annuity Bill, the Accountant Gene n Chan-.ery Clerk's Bill, the Military Enquiry Bill, and the tonduras Wood BUI, were read a second ume, and committed to-morrow. The Local Militia Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Wanderer's Bill was returned from the Commons, with t Amendment agreed to. by Sir Samuel RotnUly and other mbers, and some local and private Bills were brought up by Dagdak, Mr. Estcourt, and other Members, and read a int The Irish Soldier.' Families Bill, the Masts' Bill, the Irish stilitia Amendment Bill, and the Irish Militia Families' Bill, passed through the Committees, and were reported. On the Motion of the Earl of CLAIWARTY, the Trish Court _Houses BID was ordtred to be resat a second time this six months. !MU CATIIOLICS. On the motion of the Earl of DONOUGHMORK, Order for summoning their Lordships for to-mor in the discussion relative to his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, was discharged, and renewed for Tuesday, the 21st instant. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. Earl FITZWTLLIAM presented a Petiticn from certain Merchants and Manufacturers engaged in the Woollen Trade in the West Riding of Yorkshire, ling the Orders in Councils which having been at the table, his Lordship observed, that the statement of so respectable a body of men was highly deserving of attention. The Petition, he understood, • signed by 15,000 persons, whose complaints of grievances under which they laboured, in conse ace of the operation of the Orders in Council, he ild (eel it his duty to call the attention of the ise to on Tuesday the 28th instant, for which day moved that the Lords be summoned.—Ordered. - EAST INDIA TRADE. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from the Tor and Burgesses of Nottingham, for opening the India Trade, which was ordered to lie on the .111 bin, His Lordship also stated that there was a Petition from the same place to the Executive Go vernment, against the Orders in Council, which he bad the honour of presenting this morning. The Earl of LAUDERDALE moved for a copy the Correspondence between his Majesty's Govern _ and the Directors of the East India Company, respecting a renewal of the Charter —Ordered. His Lordship also moved for a Copy of Lord ..awallis's Plan in 1794, for transferring - the laVorce of the Comp an y to G overnment. The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE had no objection. and the motion was agreed to. The Earl of LAUDERDALE then observed, I • he saw by the corresprndence that the East India ,'rectors conceived they possessed information ,hewing an intimate connection between the East dia Trade and our navigation system. He wished, retort., that this information should be laid before House, The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE wished the lon to be delayed, and the Earl of Lauderdale 4 it for Tuesday next. The Earl of LAUDERDALE also stated •that were a variety of rules and regulations made by East India Board for the government of India, whish might materially interfere with the trade to be cried on there, and it was therefore of importance know what those rules and regulations were, in _ that the country might not be deceived into a •lief that great advantages were to be derived from -ing the trade to India, when in fact, by the ape al of the rules and regulations imposed by the India Board, the opening the trade might turn to be a mere humbug. Pie therefore wished to laid before the House Copies of all Rules, Or laces and Regulations operating in India, as or - by the East India Board. 'he F2rl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE wished motion also to be postponed, and the Earl of iuderdale fixed it for Tuesday next. The Earl of WARWICK presented a Petition the Manufacturers of Birmingham, praying for opening of the East Indi Trade, which ' as read. Lcrdship stated that it was signed by 17,000 per , and moved that it do lie on the table. Ordered. .The Duke of NORFOLK stated, that the Petition presented by the Noble Earl was not the result of any - Imunication with Liverpool, Bristol, er other ;s, but was entirely the offspring of the feelings of Manufacturers of Birmingham theMselves. He id have to present next week a similar Petition Sheffield, and he intended to Dike that opportu of asking of Ministers what was the specific object ;uvernment with respect to the East India Trade ? emiat OP XIoipLAND. The Earl of LAUDERDALE adverted to the tien of wlikh be bad given notice, for an Account the Prict s of Bank Stec lesince'l797,—the increase 'ividends, end the amount of bohUses, and ob ,ed, that he blieved the Bank Proprietors had :cd a profit iroru de measures adopted by Par- Iment of 417,000,000; This profit was produced measures which had greatly distressed the rest of country, and he meant distinctly to contend that greAt eapeuditure Wits wanted, those who derived a profit from it ought to be subjected to taxation, to contribute to its support. He thought the informa tion he now sought was peculiarly important at the present moment, with a view to the Bill now in the House of Commons, as it was to make Bank-notes every- thing but a legal tender. The Earl of LIVERPOOL wished the motion to be postponed, and tlje Earl of Lauderdale fixed it for Tuesday next. Earl GREY stated that be understood,with respect to his motion relative to Notes presented at the Bank of England, and refused payment on the ground of their being forged, that there was no objection to furnish the total amount, or the amount in each year, since 1797, but that there was an objection to furnish the number and description of the notes of which pay ment had been refused. Not being aware of the va lidity of this latter objection, he intended to bring forward his motion o n Tuesday next.—Adjourned. HOUSE. OF COMMONS. Mr. Goy:Amax presented certain Papers relative to the Li cense Trade.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord Gowt It presented a Petition from the Merchants of Wal tham against the East-India Monopoly. Mr. CALCRAFT presented a Petition from Henry Portman, Esq. against the Paddington and Limehouse Canal Bill.—Order ed to be referred to a Committee. Mr. MACDONALD presented an account of the permanent and war taxes, for 1611, distinguishing each quarter.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. FULLER presented a Petition from the innkeeper: of Sus sex, praying for en increase of Innkeepers' allowance. After a few words from Lord PALMUS rote and Sir C. BURRELL it was ordered to be brought up. Mr. LYTTL!TON postponed his motion relative to the amend. ment of the 22d of Geo. 111. to the Gth of May. Lord A. HAMILTON gave notice of his Intention on a near day to move, that during the continuance of the Gold Coin Bill, the Directors of the Bank of England should not make any larger payment of dividends than they do at present. Mr. P. Moose presented three Petitions La favour of the Sea water Baths Bill, one from the City of Loudon, another front the City of Westminster, and the third front the College of l'hysi chins. Mr. Moo R e then moved the second reading of the £IIL it was opposed by Admiral HARVEY and Lord HLNNIKER, aud supported by Mr. Hume and Mr. Cue wex.—The House divi ded, and it was lost by 3 majority of 12; the numbers being 17 for, and 29 against it. EXPORTATION OF RIC& Mr..LYTTLETON asked the Right Honourable Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) if it was true, that ships laden with rice were in the river ready to sail under the authority of licenses ? In the present scarcity of grain, he thought an answer to this question cz•tremely necessary. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER not appearing inclined to rise, Mr. WHITBREAD pressed the question. He observed, that in the present scarcity of provision throughout the Empire, the exportation of rice to the enemy's country was a subject of the utmost im portance._. - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if licenses were to be panted at all, he knew no particular law against the exportation of rice. It might be a very serious question, whether the importation of rice might not be prevented, and its price, therefore, raised, by not suffering it to be exported. Mr. WHITBREAD was not satisfied with this explanation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said farther, that the word rice" was omitted lately in the licenses, on account of some representations to the Board of Trade. Some few observations more were made by Mr. WHITBREAD, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. LYTTLE•TON, and the conversation dropped. MARTINIQUE SUGARS. Sir JOHN NEWPORT called the attention of the House to the system of conducting the Finan:ial Affairs of Ireland. He complained that the collec tion of the revenue there was not intrusted to a re. sponsible Board, and that a higher duty was charged on imported Martinique sugars than was allowed by law on colonial produce introduced into England.-- There were sore papers before the House from which this latter fact was evident ; and he should therefore move a resolution, which would be nothing more than embodying in a contracted form the substance of these papers.—Having moved his resolution, Mr. W. POLE briefly defended the Board of Cus toms and the Treasury Board in Ireland. - - Mr. PARNELL condemned generally the policy on which the financial concerns of Ireland were con ducted. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said this was the most extraordinary motion he had ever known to be attempted `..0 be brought before the House. No ground had been laid before them, no character had been given to the resolutions either of praise or blame ; and as so much of the time of the House had been already taken up to no purpose, he felt it his duty to move the previous question. Sir JOHN NEWPORT insisted that a character had been given to the Resolutions. One of them particularly complained that the regulation of the duties on excise and customs had been assumed and acted on by the,Executive Power, without any appli cation to thg Board ofTreasury, to which department they belonged. That when he shewed this to the late Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer (Mr. Foster), he was absolutely amazed at the transaction, and could scarcely bring himself to credit it : but the fact was, that of which another of the resolutions com plained, viz, that the Right Honourable Secretary had a preponderating influence in Ireland—that he was the sole organ of Government, and no other person had any will under it. The Right Honour. able Gentleman himself had frequently proclaimed it to the House, and it was now fully evinced. He wit therefore surprised the Right Hon. Gentleman should have stept in with the previous question. After a few words from Mr. POLR, the CHART. CFL;,OR of the ficurouEn, and Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in explanation, A division took place on the original question— For the Resolutions 11—Against them 36. BOARD OF CONTROL. Mr. CREEVEYrose to make the motion of which he had giien notice. He said; that when the Board of Control was first instituted in 1784., it was held out to the House and the country, that the offices of President and Vice-President were always to be tilled by those who held other high and lucrative offices of State, and who would therefore dischirge the duties of Pres!dm; and Vice.Preident of the Board of Con• 4;01 without any salary: The late Lord Melville hada however, brought in a bill to provide a salary of £9OOO a-year for the President, and had received it for some years, though he possessed the sinecure place of Privy Seal for Scotland. The present Lord Mel vine had, last Session, brought in a bill to increase the salary of the President to £5OOO a-year. He, (Mr. Creevey) had opposed that Bill on the ground above alluded to, that it was' originally held out to the public, that the office of President was to be dis- ' charged by whoever held it without any salary. The bill, however, passed, and the Noble Lord had ever since received the salary of £5OOO a-year, though he had since been appointed to the sinecure, held by his deceased father, of Privy Seal for Scotland, which amounted to £9500 a-year. The Earl of Bucking ' hamshire had lately been appointed by the Prince I Regent to the office of President of the Board of Controul. That Noble Earl held a sinecure office in Ireland of £ll,OOO ayear, though he had never been in any higher situation i n t h at country t h an Chi e f I Secretary. He had also a pension granted by the East-India Company of£l soo ; and the £5OOO a-year as President, would alit:Tether amount to £17,000 a-year. He thought it his duty, therefore, to move for the papers which he now did, for the pur pose of ascertaining this, in order to ground on them a future motion on this subject, and would therefore move for “Copies of all Warrants under the King's Sign Manual, directing the amount of the salaries of Lord Melville as President of the Board of Controul, and of Lord Buckinghamshire to the same office." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the objections of the Hon. Gentleman to the , increase of the s a l ar y o f t h e P res id ent to £5,000 a. I year had been over-ruled by Parliament. Since then, l it was true, the N o ble L or d (M e l v ill e ) h a d been lap pointed Privy Seal for Scotland ; but the appoint ment was only temporary, and the Noble Lord had never received a shilling of the salary. The Earl of Buckinghamshire had also, since his appointment to be President, intimated to the East India Company that he would not receive the salary. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that he understood the pension to the Earl of Buckinghamshire ceased with the Company's charter; and he thought it was rather extraordinary he should be placed at the head of the Board of Control, at a time when the question of O• renewal of that Charter was about to be brought forward, in which he must of course be eventually interested. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he thought that when the character of the Earl of Buckinghamshire was considered, the objection just mentioned by the Hon. Gentleman could be of , no avail, unless it constituted a legal objection. Mr. WH ITBR E AD said, whether the Noble Lord was properly or improperly rewarded, was not the question—he was not speaking of the Earl of Buck inghamshire, but of men—and the true question was, whether the man who is President of the Board of Control, is not interested in the renewal of the Com pany's Charter t and he supposed that interested mo-1 tives firmed the strongest ground-work even of legal objection.—The motion was then agreed to. IRISH PINAR= Sir I, NEWPORT, for the t - easons;hich he stated on giving his notice, rose to move the addition of six Members to the Committee op Irish Finance. The first name was Mr. Shaw, of Dublin. After some conversation, however, between Mr. W. POLE, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Sir J. NEWPORT, the Hon. Baronet withdrew his mo tion, but at tl-e same time expressed his hope that the House would allow him to abstract himself from a Committee, from which, constituted as it then was, he was persuaded the public would be deluded if they expected any beneficial results. Mr. W. POLE trusted that the Honourable Baro net would reconsider his determination on this sub ject, as he should regret extremely that the Com• mittee should sustain so severe a loss as would be oc casioned by the secession of a Member, whose talent and whose general knowledge of Ireland rendered him a most valuable acquisktion to any body of men to whom the consideration of the affairs of that coun try were entrusted. On the motion of Mr. W. POLE, Lord Castle. reagh was added to the Committee. EXPORTATION OF IRISHSPIRITS. The resolution for prohibiting the exportation of Irish spirits to foreign countries having been brought up, Sir JOHN NEWPORT intreated the Right Ho nourable Gentleman (Mr. Pole) to consider seriously the distresses of Ireland, and the great apprehension of scarcity, and not from the mere idea of consistency, to stop short of that remedy which might be suffici. ent to meet the evil,—namely, the prohibition of dia.' tillation from grain. The Right Hcr ;urable Gen tleman took upon himself a very great responsibility in proposing nothing more than such a measure as this to meet so general and well-founded an alarm. Mr. POLE said, that he was fully sensible of the responsibility which he incurred. If the Honourable Baronet cast his eyes upon the publications which were daily issuing from the Irish press, he must sup pose that he had not the heart of a man if be could be insensible to the responsibility which he incurred. He saw in most of the Irish Newspapers, a d.sposi tion very much to aggravate and exaggerate the ac. tual calamity, and a disposition no less strongly mark. led to v;sit the wh o le o f k on hi s h ea d. N ot shrink ing, then, from the responsibility to which he made ihimself liable, he should at present only propose the I present measure; but if he percei v ed th a t t h e ev il in creased, and that it was necessary to stop the distil lation altogether, he should not then shrink from the responsibility of proposing what it would in that case appear his duty to propose. St. JOHN NEWPORT said, that the informa tion to which he alluded had not reached him through the Irish newspapers, but from private letters from all parts of the country, and . font persons of the greatest respectability, many or whom were friends to the Right Hon. Gentlemen, and thought most highly of them. 1 ,•. . Mr. POLE said, that he knew the letters which had arrived by the last post, stated a very great rise' in the prices of the markets in Ireland. i This Resolution, as well as the Resolution for im posing an additional duty of 't.s. 6d. per gallon on spirits distilled in Ireland, weir agreed tn, and leave given to bring in the Bills. 1 • The Bills were then brought in, and read a first time:—Ordered to be ;cad a second time tomorrow. .Adjourned. CdfIUCCA PIPERS. By the Contradiction, Pairc.,l, which sailed fee* la 4,1, Lira as late as the Sd of February, and which has arrived at a foreign port, we learn that perfect tran quillity pravailed, and much encouragement wasgiven to trade. There were aboutfour or fire Americo' Ops there when she quitted the port. Gen. Mtaanny by the last advice:, was at Caraccas, highly popular. He was reinforcing his army by a vast number of re. cruits that had entered as volunteers. The whole force of Caraccas and the United Provinces, was ed. enlaced at between 15 and 20,000 men. Ali the neighbouring States had sent Deputies to the General Congress. l'he Gaseita, by this opportunity, are,'( the lg of February, from which is extracted the fol. lowing intelligence : _ " C ARACC AS, PEBILUARY 1. " The general condition °four affairs is extremely pr over and 'notwithstanding the opposition of the rebels to liberty hi* yrovince of Coro, and in the town of Santa Martha, we realm in a state of happiness anfl tranquillity never before enjoyed by the people of Venezuela, within the memory of sesn. Mexico will soon he equally free, and, with ear assistance of troops fr o m thew provinces (rendered now almost unnecessary) will dews, its tyrants. Vsb sows has sheltered himself in the capital, which ha. bean strongly fortified; but be is surrounded with enemies. “The l'reddent of the Congress has thought fit, with the a s vice of his Council, to prohibit the exportation of specie, since it ba. been found detrimental to the State that it should be allowed to be transmitted front the territory. This measure has out bras dictated Ly any de&iency, but from a proper determination not to supply the' necessities of our enemies. 'the octanes from Va. lencia are to the eed of last montlr, at which time Central Vohs was in command, and the City p er f ect l y tranquil. Gener a l Mi. rands will set of to join the army in a few days." It is added, that a shipment of 40,000 dollars had been seized, in pursuance of the order above gives, just before the vcs*l bailed. FREATII PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL s. To-day his Majesty presided at a Co unc il of State held at St. Cloud. The last letters from Bayonne announced that four magnificent fusilccr regiments of the Imperial Guard had passed through that town, proceeding from Spain to Paris. Indeed, scarcely had we received this in. telligence, when we saw those brave soldiers arrive; they spread themselves through the streets ache ca pital, and ran, after several years absence, to embrace their friends and relations, astonished at seeing them in Paris before they even knew of their departure from Spain. These arc not the only movements being exe cuted. To-day we have received letters from 'Tou louse, R..:helle, and Toulon, stating that many regi. menu are seen passing through these towns on their route to Spain ; among which is the 29th of the line, quite complete, and particularly remarkable for its fine appearance. The order and uniformity wbqa prevail in these grand movements cache less adnisation than the prodigious and hitherto unknown rapidity with which these victorious legions .re marched from one extremity of Europe to the other: Such operations prove in a brilliant manner the pewee of France, which, in the moment in which she has a formidable army upon the banks of the Vistula, sends more than 60 fresh battalions across the differing issues of the Pyrenees, to reinforce her armies in Spain and Portugal. Never did the Roman Empire, at the epoch of its greatest power, move such im mense masses with sach rapidity; and besides, dal French eagle, in passing the Elbe and the Oder, is now displayed in regions into which the gonna eagles never penetrated. On the 20th March, there were publicly burnt is Square Napoleon, in Leghorn, about 2uPruoo francs worth of English goods. PAU, MARCH 15. Some days ago six Polish re g im en t s passed through this town. They came from Spain, and took the route for Paris. These were the Ist, 2d, and 3d re. giments of the Vistula, and three other regiments of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. Almost the whom, of these troops, who have been some years in Spain, formed part of the Army of Arragon, whose fatigues and triumphs they have shared. We yet remember the honourable testimony which General Sachet hse borne of their valour, in 'all the official reports pub lished. It is not in one battle, or one siege only, that these troops have covered themselves with glory.-- From Saragossa to Valenci., they have proved them selves worthy companions in arms to the most veteran French soldiers. How great was our surprise on such handsome manoeuvres, and weli.clothed troops ! It is impossible for any troops to have a more magnificent appearance, than those regiments, whose existence is to be dated from the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw; they rival the an cient legions, and most warlike and best disciplined soldiers of Fiance. These brave men appear to re gret leaving Spain, the climate of which they mach like ; they speak with the most sovereign contempt& the bands which they name Guerillas. All is m mo tion in our town. Whilst on the one side it ism cumbered with foreign troops returning from Spear and a considerable number of Spaniards, who are to be conducted to the interior of France; on Ocotillos the speedy arrival of a great number of mops. Pro ceeding from Toulouse to Spain, is announced. At Perpignan several regiments are expected, on the same destination. BUCHAREST, FEBRUARY 29. • General Count Langeron arrived here on the Mk from Giurgewo. At his departure thence theDamdis was completely frozen. A courier arrived from Peters. burgh has brought to Generals Langdion. Sass, sod Essen, the Cross of Waldimer, Ist class, as a ream' pence for the distinguished services they rendered list campaign. MAUCH 4.—The Turkish Plenipotentiaries meta here. Some days ago arrived bore a couriers sot by the father of Iscnapan Oglu to his son, lads!' mediatay a report was spread that it was a mat% from the Divan. Ischapan Oglu lest his eon 1001 0 . piastres, which he had, received at Bucharest, to r i e . .yed for the use of his Cafes. The stoop Ise apanOglu, which bad set out from tuddessaw_ for' oldavia, received orders On the rood tolls* and are cantoned in the villages sound Fool the Officers have even' the town of Focksebsa, l l " quarters. A few dap ago th eir Commadast 1.5 them 15 ' 000 piastres for their support. •-•