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t i e d into effect by the Bill, was a great burthen, and w ould be attended with very little benefit. No man would seriously contend, that those regiments of 1...d -al Militia would be fit to be placed in the line of the othn y in case of invasion ; and if they could not be so e mployed, incorporating them in regiments was loc king up a .part of the population of the country, 00 4 the army, and absolutely purchasing weak esa st an enormous expellee. With respect to the v o lunteers, the Noble Lord evidently wished to get r id o f them altogether. The whole plan lie could not com pare to any thing but the Idea of an army clo thier making soldiers red, blue, and yellow, and of 2 11 colours. Did the Noble Lord think, that by such in ems he would frighten Bonaparte ? The Noble Lord's Local Militia would bring a very heavy ex nonce upon the country in point of clothing, which he :gif no occasion for. If the Noble Lord gave them b a d waistcoats to make them look fine, why not give th e m whiskers and furred caps to make them look f or midable also ?—(e/ laugh) For his part, however, b e saw no occasion for clothing them at all. Our c old beavers and chimney sweepers would frighten g ot mparte much better in their own nakedness and eo t than in the Noble Lord's dirt—for, let him pay w hat he might, red coats and feathers were but dirt bi the eyes of a true soldier. The chimney sweepers (or instance, would do best of all in their working c l ot hes: put them into a wood, and they would scram ble up the trees like squirrels—(4 laugh). This cheap system of defence, however, did not please the Noble L or d. He thought the People of England were like else ce esitryman who did not think any physic good the did not gripe him ; or like another count') man e ho sent to a London practitioner to have his tooth drawn, and complained because he had given him no psis, saying, he had been pulled thrice round the room by the country operator, for half the money. In short, the Noble Lord must find a job for his friends, the Army Clothiers—(Hear, hear !) The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to attack Ministers in a Mailer strain of ridicule and humour, which kept the House convulsed with laughter during the whole of his speech. He said, that the present Ministers, although they were, like Falstaff, the cause of wit in others, were confessedly no wits themselves, for they laughed at one and the same joke ever since they came into power. They were like the kings of Brentford, smelling at one nosegay. In this respect they did not resemble the man who went to buy a pair of breeches—" Will they wear well ?" said he to the tailor. " lVcar well !" answered Snip, " Lord bless rei! they are everlasting breeches !"---." Are they so ?" said the Bumkin—" then let me have two pair of them !" Not so with the King's Ministers, for they were one degree wiser. Having got hold of one tverlartin joke, they saw no occasion for having ano ther. '1 he Hon. Gentleman concluded by opposing the passing of the Bill. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT expressed his disap probation of the measure, both as oppressive and un constitutional. The Bill united in itself all opposite defects. It was at once oppressive and ineffectual; harassing to the subject, and at the same time com pletely impotent as a measure of national defence. It ought rather to be called a Bill of Pains and Penalties than a Bill for the Defence of the Country, as it con tained no less than eleven penalties, without counting those which might have been annexed to the clause brought up by the Noble Lord this evening. • He did not think that we ought to trust for our defence to a' standing army alone, after having seen it fail in so many instances in °tin r countries. But we ought to look at the internal condition of the people, upon the existing taxes already bore too heavily, and teleil would certainly be rendered much worse in con equence of the oppressive enactments of the present He professed to be a great enemy to the prac tice of flogging, as detrimental even to the service k ill, and in this opinion he was supported by the rule tithe French armies, where this practise was wholly aploded. The Noble Lord seemed to act on theorin eide of " evil be thou my good ;" he has al tered the Sistem of the Right Honourable Gentleman on. this! side (Mr. Windham) which must in its natural ten dency have considerably added to the eligibility of the Situation of a soldier's life • and he now proposes. to /avert the character and hi:bits of the British people ularge. If such a system is to be carried into exe cution, if the poisoned cup is to be coolly administered to the lips of Englillimen, it is fit that it should be fur eked by the same person who could have viewed sith coldness the scenes which have been witnessed in Ireland (Hear ! hear ! hear !) A delicate word may sometimes be used to express a cruel or a barbarous action, and in this light, the delicate term diseWin< nay be used to convey an idea of lacerating men's backs, of tearing, by means of the scourge, the live flesh off men's bones. This is by some called floe n; but, if the Noble Lord through delicacy calls this discipline, I have now only to wish that he may keep his delicate hands off the backs of Englishmen.—(Re ?rated crier of hear, hear, after the Honourable Baronet rat dews.) The SECRETARY at WAR entered into a strong defence of the discipline of the Army, and maintain ed, that but alimited number received corporal punish ment, and that was chiefly to be ascribed to the prac tice of drinking to excess, which has become too pre valent in this country. He had supported the Train. ing Act, and he had stood almost singly in maintain -11 that the Volunteer body was not that sort of force which could be depended on for the defence of the cpant l 7. He knew, however, that the force raised under the Training Act was by no means perfect, be knew also that the Local Militia could not by any means be equal to Regular Soldiers, who were accus tomed to discipline by long habit and strictness of command. Six weeks also, he admitted, was the time that was generally thought necessary for prepar . kg a ma n f or t h e ran k s . But in all these things, Gentlemen knew there must frequently be something of a compromise. Twenty-eight days were thought taticient, and he now supported that proposition, as the best that he could obtain. The Honourable F. ROBINSON regretted that had heard the comparison that had been made be-, tween the French and English armies, and asserteds that the stick was much more frequently used in the French than in the Enlish Array.—(No; no ! repeated hlPewral Ge n tl emen o , the o th er s ide.)—He had been well informed so, and believed that such a practice did Prevail.—(No, no !)—Well then at least 1-. c would venture to say, that • the punishment of death was much more frequent. Mr. C. W. WYNNE supported the measure, as 1., 1 , 11 E • • G LONDON. SATURDAY, JUNE 11. ST. BARVABAs.—No business done at the Stock Exchange. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stork 2424 243 India Bonds, par Is. pr. 3 per Cent. Red. 69 684 Imp. 9 per Cent. 67j44 3 per Cent. Cons. Ann. shut Excheq. Bills 4s. 7s. pre. 4 per Cent. Cons. ant Omnium 4 34 prem. .; per Cent. Navy shut English Tickets, 211. Os. L. Ann. 19 18i 1.1-16ths Cutts. fur acc. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this day. The only intagence it has brought is the safe arrival of his Majesty's ships Bltusswicx and EDGAR, with a con voy from London, on the 2d instant, at Gottenburgh. Our Expedition remained in that harbour on the 3d, the day on which the packet came away. No news from Finland or Norway had arrived at Gottenburgh since the accounts transmitted by the last mail. Last night French papers to the 30th ult. were rc ceived, from which we have given extracts of every thing deserving of notice. They state that 'the King of SPAIN, his Wife, and Minister, have reached Fon tainebleau, where the diversion of hunting has been prepared for the deposed Sovereign. The Prince of ASTURIAS and Don CARLOS have likewise arrived at Valency, their place of destination ; while he who has thus disposed of them is engaged in the subjugation o, their country. Yesterday accounts were received from Memel to the 17th ult. which, if they be well founded, are of considerable importance. They state that Silesia i s in a state of insurrection against the French, and that large' bodies of troops were in consequence marching towards that country French troops are also stated to be marching towards the Vistula, from an appre hension that the events which have recently taken place in Spain, has produced a change of sentiment in the Russian Councils respecting France. It would be indeed auspicious should resistance spring up in the North of Europe, at the same time. that the patriots of Spain are organizing themselves to take die field against NAPOLEON. Private accounts from Spain state, that the Marquis de Succoa.a, the Commander of the Spanish troops at St. Übe's, having been informed of the patriotic proceedings in the pro vince of Asturias, had proclaimed at the head of the army, his determination to support the cause of his country, in which he was most cheerfully joined by the whole of the troops, and the immense multitudes assembled on the occasion. The Marquis immediately commenced his march, accompanied by the fervent prayers of every description of the people. The same accounts state, that the Portuguese troops, who had been marched into Spain, had 'refused to act against the brave Patriots, and joined the standard of Spa_ nish Independence, determined to inflict ex:mp . ary vengeance on the common Oppressor. Another account represents these Portuguese as having been marched as Conscripts, hand-cuffed, and states, that they were on their way to France ; but that when they reached Valadolid, the Spaniards of the town rose upon the French escort, and set the Portuguese at liberty. According to all the private letters, of which there are many in the city, the insurrection is making rapid progress ; and several Districts, in addition to those we mentioned yesterday, have sent Depun'es to Oviedo: some places, indeed, are stated to have done so, which are actually occupied by French troops. — Proclamations have been issued by the Assembly, at Oviedo, exhorting all Spaniards to assert the dignity-', of their character, by joining in the patriot cause. These proclamations are widely circulated, in spite of the menaces and vigilance of the French. Mukticr's Government seems to feel considerable alar m. He has sent forth a proclamation, which, while it mani fests all the rage, betrays a good deal of the fear tha t belongs to tyranny. He denounces all who connect themselves with what he calls the 4 , the conspiracy," or who attempt to oppose or even defense the 4 , Go vernment ;" and he threatens the most terrible ven geance against any place orpergon where French blood may be shed. If a single Frenchman fall iti o any vil lage, town, or city, in Spain, Mimic proclaims his resolution to have such village, town, or city, razed to the ground. It is reported that BONAPARTE Intimated to the Junta de Castilia, of v: hick the Grand Duke of BERO is President, that they might make their election of a King, either of LUCIEN Or JOSEPH BONAPARTI: ; and that the answer of the Junta was, that they were not competent to decide upon that question, as that was the province of the Cortes. Upon which it is said that BONACARTn ordered, that a Deputation of the Cortes should repair to Bayonne, to deliberate up on the matter; but that every Deputy has declined obeying this order ; and in consequence, that Admiral MAZA amo,the Bishops and other pertons of distinction who were on their way to Bayonne, according to the mandate of BONAPARTE, had returned to their homes. It is likewise said, that the Captain-General of Cadiz had declared against the order of things at tempted to be established by the French ; and it is eonfidently.expected a general insurrection will take place whenever it is practicalle. It is stated, that the Marquis del Succono, who commands the Spanish troops in Portugal, has de• dared against the French, and in favour of the Spanish Patriots. This statement appears entitled to some credit, from a circumstance which has just come to our knowledge. We are informed that the embargo is taken off at Oporto ; and as that town is garrisoned entirely by Spanish troops, it seems very probable that the change is owing to their influence. We have no doubt that the Spanish troops in the North of Europe would feel a disposition similar to that said to be manifested in Portugal, if the state of their country were fairly described to them. Let us hope that proper means will be, or rather have been, taken to communicate this description to them. Viscount MATILROSA is fully accreditecl,by Ministers as Ambassador from the Spanish Patriots, and .has taken a house in Hanover-square. It is under stood that all the Spanish prisoners in England are to be liberated, on condition of enrolling . themselveslor the defence of their country, to which they are to be embarked with all convenient speed. Ammunition, in great quantities, has been already sent off, as one of the first requisites for which Viscount MATHBOSA and DoN DUCCO de la Vega applied. The Local Militia Lai was finally discussed in the House of Commons last night. A number of new clauses were added, as riders to the Bill, the greater part beinz explicit details of the duties to be perfor med by Magistrates, and others charged with carry ing the Act into execution. To a clause empower ing the Magistrates to call out the Militia in cases of riot, considerable opposition was given, and a division took place, in which the clause was carried by a ma jority of 67. The House again divided on the ques tion for passing the Bill—Ayes,, 104; Noes, 26 Majority, 78. Saturday last two troops of the Atli Light Dra goons marched into Norwich, on their route to Stilton Barracks. Two troops of the 15th Dragoons also marched into Norwich on Tuesday. It was confidently stated yesterday, that the Ame rican Congress had adjotfrned to November, leaving the continuation of the embargo, =clan other mat ters, to the entire discussion of Mr. JEFFERig. Letters were yesterday received from Bahia, in the Brazils, of the Stith March, but they contain nothing important. It was said that a vessel had arrived from thence in an English port. Mr. PRINSEP, the Chaiiman, appointed to confer with the Lords of the Admiralty, on the rnbject of the appointment of a Convoy for the Brazils, yester. day had an audience, at which it was determined that the Convoy should sail on the 30th June from Ports mouth. The following official article was yesterday exhi. bited at Lloyd's Coffee-House by order of the Sire. dish Consul " GENTLEMEN, " Dunster court, Mincing lane. " I beg leave to transmit you the translation of an official noti fication, relative to convoys on the coast of Sweden ; and am, respectfully, your's, &c. (Signed) " CHAS. GRILL, Swedish Consul. ".To the Committee at Lloyd' •," " Stockholm, May 17, 1808. " His Majesty having been graciously ple ased, for the protec tion of commerce, to order the Board of Convoy to fit out armed ships, the same Royal Board do hereby make known, for the in formation of Merchants and Ship-Owners, that such ships as may desire convoy between Stockholm, Cottenburgh, Aldewalla, and Marstrand, have to observe as tolkws :- 66 Ist. Vessels that wish to follow the first convoy, must as semble at Del.tro, ut th, end of this month, when the couvw• will sail. " 2d. The merchant ships from the other towns on the coast of Sweden, between this and Gotteuburgh, that wish to take ad vantage of it, must, at the same period, hold themselves in readi ness in the outer-roadsteads; and on the signal being made, which will be communicated to them by the respective Magistrates, or when they observe the convoy on the coast, which they will al ways be able to sail near, in the roads, they must immediately crowd all sail to join it. . . _ _ " 3d. The period for the second convoy is appointed for the 24th of lune, when the same is to be observed as with regard to the first. • " 4th. The trading towns in- the Gulph of Bothnia, that wish to take advantage of the convoy, must let their ships be at Delaro by the above-mentioned periods. " sth. The ships from Gottenburgh, Aidewalla 9 and the southern coasts of this country, can avail themsaves of the return of these convoys ; the saPing of which will be continued in the same manner, so Long as the season of the year win permit it." The present State Lottery abounds with Prizes superior magnitude, such as never were before exhi.. bited to public advantage !—Six Prizes of JE20,000, besides Prizes of £lO,OOO, £5,000, £l,OOO, £5OO, and the usual proportion of smaller Prizes. HORNSE,' and Co. conceive that so desirable a Scheme cannot fail of ensuring a . rapid sale befOre th e D raw i ng be gins, the 28th of the present month. Tickets any Shares are selling at Hour:set and Co.'s State Lot tery Offices, 26, Cornhill, .52, Charing-Cross, ani St. Margaret's Hill, Borough. believing that it TtillSt be productive of a niuch better system than the present Volunteer establishment. Mr. W. SMITH denied, from the best authority, that the stick was made use of in the French army as a mode of punishment. At the same time, though lie knew it was by no means general, he could maintain, that such a mode of enforcing discipline was practi sed here (No, no!)—Gentlemen may cry no, no," but I was eye-witness of the fact. He mentioned it, with a hope that its being publicly noticed might lead to the correction of so gross an error—such a breach of the military constitution. General M. MATHEW said, that he would bring the officer to a Court Martial, who would presume to use any man under his command in the manner that had been alluded to. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR. was of opinion, that it would be improper to have the Local Militia upon a different footing in point of discipline from the Regu lar Army or Militia. Admiral HARVEY observed, that both soldiers and sailors in the French service were flogged with a cat-o'-nine-tails. Sir J. HALL opposed the measure, and defended the Volunteer system. General Sir JAMES STEWART supported the measure, and maintained that any private soldier could obtain redress by an application to his Royal Highness the Commander-in-chief. Mr. W. SMITH did not mean to impute any thing in the least improper to his Royal Highness, neither did he mean to say that the practice was general. The question then being called for, the House divi ded.—Ayes, 104—Noes, :M.—Majority, 78. The Bill was then passed, and ordered to the Lords. Several other orders on the list were then disposed of. The House adjourned at half-past three to this day. NAUTICAL INTELLIGitiC The Kjokker Danish privateer, with *lit ea' ittYkfd; is cap; tured by his Majesty', ship A/trine:r e and sere Into Leith ; 14 rt the privateer's men were absent in Oats : the Axientit has re- captured a Swedish brig, and sent her into Leith also. TORBAY, HINE 9. • t Yesterday arrived his Majesty's ship INIPITerAUZ ' seer lay arrived his Majesty's ship Rov et Grupe', both from P the Now remaining in Torbay, les Majesty's ships Mlle, fads, Dreadnought, Saint George, Nein : sae, Achille, Valiant, i -Anent, Impetueaux, and Royal George; also the Lord Cochrene and Ar- row schooners, and :be Betsey- and Nimrod cutters.—Wind N.W, PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 10. Sailed his Majesty's ship Cute rower, with the following vessels ender convoy, viz. the Wilding, MARKAN, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Lord Eldon Travers, Cain - la:then, Monarch, and the Earl Spencer, for the kast ladies; and his Majesty's ship Crocootioe, with a convoy for Guernsey and Jersey; also the Vestal, for Newfoundland.—Wind N. E. DEAL, JUNE 10. Arrived the FURIOCS gun brig from Yarmouth. Sailed the ALERT sloop, witl. .1 Eete of outward-bound vessels, transports, &c. und. r convoy, fur Portsmouth; PILLTER and VIRAGO gun brigs, for ; BOLD gun brig, for Yarmouth ; Beware gun brig, on a cruise. HARWICH, JUNE 10. Arrived this day four sail of transports from Guernsey and Jersey, with troops, consisting of.the 87th Regiment, part of .: I .e 2d, or Queen's own, and some of the German Legion ; they are an ling at Shutting, on the Suffolk side, in order to proceed to Ipswich. Wild N. blows hard. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, JUNE 10.—Passed by the St. Patrick, Gibbon, j from Belfast; Active, Williams, from Westport; Rolla, Srring tl, I from Waterford; and Four Brothers, Briggs, from Dublin.— Sailed the Mentor, c uelst, for Antigua ; Speculator, I uisl man, for St. Vincent's; Diamond, Stevens, for Rio Janeiro; and the Pilgrim, Watson, for Surinam. LAW IN7ELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 10. THE KING V. HOLT. This was an indictment for a lib.l upon a Mr. Fowler, a die- senting Minister at Tottenham, where the Defendant, Who is a surgeon, resided. The Defendant, it was averted, had spread a report, that the Prosecutor had on some occasions, been afflicted with a disorder which arose from an intercourse not creditable to a Reverend Divine. On this report a me. ring of the congrega was held, and the charge discussed, when Mr. F. was acquitted by a thew of hands. The Defendant afterwards wrote a letter, in which he said, that what he had said of the Prosecutor was eller ; but the letter not stating what those words were, the D. f.ee'ant was acquitted.—The Defendant's Counsel denied that the D. ten- dant intended to cast the reflection upon Mr. F. which the ind.c ment suggested. THE KING v. JAMES BULL, JOHN SMITH, JOHN SYMONDS, AND HENRY BOYLE MACCULLOCII. Three of the Defendants are persons in obscut situations : Macculloch was a merchant in the island of Jamaica. 7he in- dictment stated, that the latter being arrested and imprisoned for a debt of 17941. at the suit of Messrs. Ralph and Ralph Montagee, , two of the Defendants, Bull and Smith, tendered themselves as bail; under the names of BrUmmel and Durant, giving false resi- dences, and swearing contrary to the truth, that they were worth , double the sum for which Mecculloch was arrested. Smith also ' swore, that he served notice of bail upon the Attorney of the Plaintiff, Mr. James, contrary teethe fact. Bull and Smith were •he only Defendants who appeared, and they had pleaded not guilty. Macculloch had escaped to Jamaica, and Symonds had not been discovered. The. chargewas laid as for a conspiracy. Cur Readers may perhaps recollect that the cause of Montigue v. Mac. cuUoch was need, on tee Ist of December last, before Lord El- r lenberOugh, when a verdist was found for the Plaintiffs in the ✓ sum of 2,0101. 17s. including the interest and the debt. Mr. GARROW said, that this was a most malignant case, being a complication of perjury and conspiracy of the most atrocious kind. His witnesses would expose the whole transaction, and - would state the sum of money that was to be paid for the perpe- f -tration of the crime. The clerks from the different offices produced the proceedings in Court ar.d out of Court, under which the• bail was completed, and by which MaeculJoch procured his liberation. I• Mr. Charles James deposed, That he had received no notice for - bail in the action which was sworn by Smith to heve been perso- nally served upon him. Mr. George Ross, a Merchant, deposed, That he knew Bull, I- who. passed under the name of Brummel, on the occasion of R giving bail; but he did not identify the other prisoner, who passed o under the name of Dorant. He said, he was in Court when the men justified bail; that, 'acting for Macculloch, he was to have even them tool. and upwards for becoming bail, and that Ise did tr- give to each of them two or three pounds in tnere-y. 2 . Q. (by the Jury).. Do you continue to be a merchan t n o w?— A. Yes, Sir. L- Q. As a Merchant of the City of London; do you believe it was customary for heaourable hail to be paid for becoming bail? to A. I had nothing to do with that. ' • • To some questions which were put to the witness by the peso- -6 nee Bull, the witness contradicted himself as to his-employmer tof 12 a mats of the fame of Stack to prosture bail. Lord ELetesoitodou.--" I see you have not averred that the notice for bail was in this paetieular action, and such an averm. ne r must be made. A difficulty occurred to the person who drew the. 31 indictment, and be thought he should get rid of it by baring out r- the averment. lam quite clear, /hat without that the indictment at cannot be sustained." S _ Nicholas Hughes, on the paper containing the notice to Mr. James being handed to him, said, that he believed the signature to be the hand-writing of the prisoner, who passed under rife name of Smith, but the name of the man was not Smith • he was called e _ Thomas Dale, and he kept a hair-dresser's shop in Drury-lane. The prisoners bring called upon by his Lordship for their de- fence, said a few words to invalidate the testimony of Ross and Hughes, and a few additional words tending to their own crizni- t ' nation. 31 9 Lord ELLLNISOROUGH, in summing up the evidence to the Jury, observed on the law of the case as to conspiracy. He said, that to convict either of the parties, it was necessary that two persons charged should be found guilty ; because it was impossible that there could be any conspiracy where one only was criminal. It 'e' was not necessary that the two persons so conspiring shut: Li be the ed prisoners before the Court ;so that if the Jury were convinced °- that Symonds and Macculloch were guilty of a conspiracy, eithe: adof the prisoner might be convicted. The witness, Ross, might be considered in the nature of an accomplice, and etarefore his testimony should be received with great caution. Both the pri- n.. try I sieves were found guilty, and were remanded to NI wgate. ECCLESIASTICAL AND ACADEMICAL PROMOTIONS. tat The Itev. C. Wordsworth, A. M. of Trinity College, Cant- • Ibridge, has been presented by the Archbishop of Canterbtry to the Deanery of Bocking, in Essex, vacated by the death of the en Hon. and Rev. Charles Aynsley, brother to the Duke of Athol. O r Yesterday the Rev. Jno. Lukin, son to the Dean of Wells, was collated to the Prebend of Coombe the eeb, void by the de_th of :l y • the Rev. Mr. Fownes. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 6.—The Rev. Wm. Young, B. A. of Em- he Manuel College, was on Wednesday elected a foundation Fellow to of that society. The Rev. Mr. Owen, curate of Fulham, and formerly cf Bene'r- Ul college, has been presented, by the Lord Bishop of London, to t i p r O valuable rectory of Pvglesham, in Essex. ' Denney, June 11.—The two prizes given by his Grace the be Duke of Portland, Chancellor of the University, were last Mon- En day adjudged to the following gentlemen :—The Bachelor s on " e Hereditary Rank, an English Essay, to Mr. Cherie. Edward Grey, B. A. of University College, and now Fellow of Oriel Cuilege of The Undergraduate's, to Mr. Wm. Cleaver, Student of Christ a _ Church, and son of the Bishop of Ferns, in Ireland, for Latin verse, 0 • Delphi. 2 The Undergraduate's Prize, given by an unknown benefactor, Us for English verse and the Subject Mahornet, was aju tc Mr. Ilf Matthew Rolleston, Scholar of University College. of On Monday last the Rev. Is, Stewart Freemar, 73. D. of St. John's College, was presented by the President . cad laows of that Society, to the Prebend of Leckford, Hants. DIED A Thursday last, at the house of Thomas Brown, Esq. Upper lu Tooting, the infant daughter of Edward Kensington, Esq, age d eighteen suotuus.