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next, the NI 3 , me, eriP be puht; bed. AREPLY to some ANIMADVERSIONS of Dr. E. NATHAN BANCROFT, on the Fifth Report of tM COMMISSIONERS of MILITARY INQUIRY. ly J AMES GRIGOR, M. D. F. R. S. E. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; De von,- Inspector of Ariny Hospitals, /tr. lee. Printed far John Murray, a, Fiect-street. London; A. Con stable and Co. Edinburgh ; and Gilbert and Hodges, Dublin. FOR ACCOUNT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR DANISH PRIZES. FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION, ,At the London Tavern, Foxhole-street, Plymouth, on Friday the 17th day of June next, at 1 t o'Clock in the Forenoon, THE Good Danish Barque NAIADEN, No. 53, no figure head, of the following Dimensions : Length on Deck 70 Ft. I In. Depth in the Hold 14 3 Breadth above the Wales 21 9 . • • - Admeasures 133 59-94 Toris. For viewing, inventories, and other particulars, apply to Mr. JOHN AAWKER, Merchant, Plymouth, One of the Agents to the CoMmissioners for the Sale Plymouth, May 28, 1808. of Danhh Prizes. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE. OF LORDS, MAY so. The Assessed Tax Bill was read a . !_ird time and passed, after which the House adjourned at ten ;.'clock. Lord AUCKLAND moved fur an account of the amount of the Exports and Imports of the Ports of London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Hull, up to the sth instant, and also of the four first months of the year 1807, in order to shew bow prejudicial the Orders in Council bad proved to the commercial interests of the country. A long conversation ensued on thismotion.—Lords Ancx LA ma, GaENVI I.LE ' LAUD ER DALE, and HOLLAND, contending, that the falling off of the commerce of the country was to be imputed to the operation of the Orders in Council; while Lords BA - rut:err, HAWK ESBORT, and the LORD CHANCELLOR, proved that the di minution which had taken place in our trade at the period al luded to, could not be ascribed to the Orders in Council, because it had occurred some months before those measures were adopted, and was evidently to be accounted for from other causes. Lord 4:uekland ' s motions were agreed to, and also a motion of Lord Bathurst's, for extending the order generally to all the other out-ports. INDICTMENT BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Lord ELLEN BOROUGH observed, that he was prevented from delivering his sentiments on the mea sure, in consequence of an attack made on him, in a former stage, by a Noble Lord (Stanhope). He had the honour of holding a very high office, and surely there was some respect due to him on that account; but it did not suit the Noble Lord to refrain from ut tering invectives and calumnious, language, which had so much excited his feelings on the occasion to which he alluded that he thought it advisable to sup press, rather than express his indignation at being compared to the Judges Hallebut, Scroggs, Jeffries, &c. Under such circumstances, he deemed it pru dent and dignified to treat the calumny and calumni ator with silent contempt, instead of giving him any answer, or entering into a vindication of the principle of this Bill. Lord STANHOPE conceived it extremely irre gular in the Noble and Learned Lord to rise ii his place that night, not for the purpose of throwing any light on this measure, but to allude to what passed in a former stage of the business. However, as it was brought forward, he readily acknowledged that he never meant to apply to the Noble and Learned Lord any misconduct in the discharge of his duty : he did not certainly intend to make any comparison between him and those Judges who had disgraced the Courts of Justice, and ccottibuted greatly to the revolution which ensued; but no delicacy towards any indivi• dual, whatever his station, shottle restrain him as an independent Peer of Parliament from expressing his jealousy of a Bill, which would have the effect of in vading, to a certain extent, the liberty of the sub ject. Their Lordships knew that rogues and villains had sat upon the law benches of this country ; and how then could it be supposed absurd or impossible, that men debased by crimes may not hereafter worm themselves, some way or other, into power and office? He maintained, that he was justified, upon constitu tional ground, in opposing this measure. The motion was then put, and negatived without a division. Lords ERSICINZ, HQLLAND, LAUDZIDALL and MOIRA, also opposed the Bill, after which, tht. House divided on the question for the third reining.--Conti.nu 13; Non-contents 6—Majority 7. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Colonel LESBROW, as Chairman of the Committee to try the merits of the Downpatrick Election, reported at the Bar that John Wilson Croker, Esq. was duly elected, and that the Petition did not appesr to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. Mr. CAMPBELL presented a Petition from the Landholders in the Courty of Renfrew, against the Sugar Distillation Bill.— Ordered to lie on the table. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY moved the second reading of the evately Stealing Bill, which, after some words from Mr. Yorke stud the Solicitor Genera!, was read a second time accordingly, and ordered to be committed on Thursday next. 1 he Acquitted Persons' Compensation Bill was ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. The Irish Fees of Assize Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. M'CLEOD presented a Petition from the Landholders of the County of Cromarty, against the Distilleries Bill. Mr. WESTERN gave notice, that he would, on Thursday next, move for leave to hrirg in a Bill for the bet.er regulation of the °rect . Fishery at. Chatnatn. Sir ARTHUR brought op the Report on tl , e Holyhead Harbour Impamement Bill, which was ordered to lie on the table and :al* grit to d. Mr. SMITH pi :genies: at the Bar certa:r Papers relative to the ex,seeces lncurred by the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, in tarry ing into Owes the la.e Peze Act, from the :st cf March, 1807, to the Ist of Marci , ion:t.—Ordered to lie on the table. Alderman SHAW presented a Petition from the Freeholders of the County el Ayr, against the Disulleri ro Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. ._ The Vauxhall Bridge Bill was read a third time, passed, and or dt red to the Loma. Mr. WARDELL gave notice, that he would tomorrow move for fu:ther Papers relative to the Army Clothing The Lunatics' Bill was recommitted, whet: the Report was then received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next. Mr. W. WYNNE gave notice, that he would, on the same day, moves for an humble Address to his Majesty, that he would be graciously phased to order the building of a Gaol for the recep tiss. of Criminal Lunatics. The Dean and New Forest Bill went through a Committee, and th- Report was ordered to be rerawad to-morrow. 11s1r, STURGES BOURNE braught up the Report of the Her sing fishets Committee, and leave was given to bring in a Bill pursuant to the same. Mr. SHERIDAN presented a Petition from J.unes Tandy, Esq. late his .Majesty's gaol of Kilmainham, and once au emits( lit pine merchnnt in the City of Dublin. The petition stated, the itryisentnent of Mr. Tandy for three years, and his solemn protestation of his ignorance of the cause of his confinement, and that be was not an are or any offence that could have produced such to prisonmert, which was alledged . as the cnuse of its decline in the wine traii.:, and the total ruin of his affairs. He thcrafore prayed for such relief as the House might seem fit to grant. The s'esitiuti was erderkd to lie on the Tabk. Sim filar Petitiors were presented from Bernard coy, ThorcaS Ritt•Wsv. and Henry kliegs, which were savcraliy ordeied to lie at the Fraibie, Mr. HUSKISSON mowed," That there be laid upon the table a copy of the Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the King s Proctor, dated October 25, 18015, relative to the restora tion of the Prince of Wales Lisb)n Packet and her cargo."-- Ordered. . The Land-Tax-Commmissioners Bill went through a Commit tee, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. 1 he Committee on the Orders in Council 13:11 was Postponed till to-morrow. _ _ Mr. WHARTON brought up the report of the Committee on the Public Annuities. The resoilgions were. severally agreed to, and a Bill ordered accordingly. Mr. Palmer's per Centage Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed on Friday next. ' COMMISMICERS O:• MII.ITARY INQUIRY. Mr. RQSE was anxious to call the attention of the House to the Fifth Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry. He did not rise to make any complaint against the Commissioners; far from it. He thought that their exertions in the cause of public eco nomy were highly nigitorious; .but still, he was of opinion, that that part of their report which charged the Apothecary-General "dill having received undue profits, did not seem to be strongly supported by proof. He was anxious tosatisfy the. House and the Public, that in the agreement between the Lords of the Treasury and that person, the Public had suffered no loss. lie moved, " That there be laid before that House copies of all Proceed ir.gs of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, from the in of December, 1796, to the 31st of August, 1799, with an Account of Payments made for Medicines and Surgical Instruments for the Use of the Army." Mr. YORKE said a few words in viudicatioa of the Apothe cary General, when the motion was agreed to. The Bri•ish Ships Bill passed through a Committee, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. SMALL-PDX. Mr.' FULLER, pursuant to notice, rose to make his motion for preventing the spreading of the Small Pox. After observing upon the great importance of the object he had in view, he said, that from a statement he had in his hand, it appeared, that the in crease of deaths by the Small Pox, was during a period of 42 years, nearly in the proportion of one-Lurth—it was not his intention to impose she system of Vaccination upon the country. He should leave that to work its own way—his design was to check the spreading of the infection by removing the receptacle to be esta blished for the patients, three miles distant from the next adjoin ing vicinity ; and when any person in the town was suddenly affmted, to remove him to such convenient distance with all pos sible speed, and that such regulation should be enforced by pe nalties to go to the benefit of persons who had caught the infec tion in their efforts to check its progress. The Honourable Gen tleman then moved for leave to hi ins in a Bill to prevent the spreading of the infection of the Small Pox. Mr. ROSE approved of the object of the Bill, and said, that it was his intention on Thursday next to move for leave to bring in a Bill to promote the Vaccine Inoculation. The motion of Mr. Fuller was then agreed to. DANK OF IRELAND. Sir JOHN NEWPORT coufessed he felt himself quite at a loss I how to proceed in recommending his motion to the House. The 'principle on which it was founded was so self-evident, that it wouldbe'ldle to enter into any argument to prove it. He could net easily conceive upon what ground it could be opposed, for he e could not think that Gentlemen would be bold enough to main. tain;that la the direction and controul of any commercial Com pany, it was t• matter of serious concern of what creed such per son employed in that direction professed to be. The first institu tion of the charter of the Bat,k of Ireland was in 1782; in that Act there was no mention of religious distinctions, but in the clauses of the Charter founded thereupon, there were introduced certain religious restrictions In 1793; a liberal interpretation was put on those restrictions, but after referring the point to Counsel, one was of opinion, that they did not go to exclude Catholics from the Direetion, but two cr three of the other.Counsci were of a dif ferent opiniori. lle ash.: d, howeve,r, why the common law right of the Catholic should be taken away without any compensator; privilege? Why take a lucrative right from the Catholic, without .:rig him to any of the benefits derived to the Protestants. It might le asked, why was this point brought forward now ? In 1791, the charter was renewed ; iu 1793, some of the rest:erten:3 originally imposed were removed. • When a soneiderable portion of the inhabitants of this Country were thought to be disaffected to the House of 1-ianover, every means were resorted to by Sir Robert Walpole, to prevail upon that body to vest their lauded in terest in the national funds, that A -ouhl give them an interest in the state sufficient to counteract their supposed disaffection. He asked, Why rot, therefore, exteed the same well-founded policy to the Catholics of Ireland. In the course of his observations, the Right Hon. Baronet alluded to the disgraceful proceedings of the Irish Parliament, in the years 1696 and 1702. The Right Hon. Baronet then concluded with moving, That it is the opinion of this House, that persons professing the Ronan Catholic religion ought to be eligible to the offices cf Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors of the Bank of Ireland, if otherwise qualified with respect to property. Mr. FOSTER opposed the motion on the ground of changing the established Charter of the Bank of Ireland. He moved that the House do proceed to the other orders of the day. Mr. WINDHAM asked simply, why should the present re striction continue ? and if no reason could be assigned why it should continue, he asked in the name of common sense, why it should not be removed ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the mo• don on the same ground as Mr. Foster, and censured the citations made from the Irish Journals by the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. MARTIN shortly replied to the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and the House divided on Mr. Foster's amendment.—Ayes 64—Noes 61—Majority against Sir John Newport's motion 3. On our re-admission, we fund the House in a Committee on the Local Militia Bill. Mr. C. WYNNE, Mr. W. SMITH, Mr. WINDHAM, Mr. sea VORCZ, and Sir S. ROMILLY, dejected to the clause, which obliged every Volunteer to sign a declaration, on oath, that he had net received more than two guineas bounty, on the ground, that too much temptation had been already held out to perjury, par ticularly in the Customs, and on elections, which brought the so lemnity of an oath into contempt. After a few wores from Nit T. TURTON, the oath was ex punged from thu clause. On the clause relating to the qualification of officers, Lord MILTON moved that the officers should have the same qualifi cations with officers of the militia. The Committee divided, when the amendment was negatived by 107 to 31. On the clause for punishing Local Militiamen, LordTEMP moved an amendment, that no sentence of a Court Martial should lse carried into effect unless referred to the Lord Lieutenant of the County, and by him reported to the King for his Majesty's approbation. After some debate, the Cousnahtee divided, and the amendment was lost by 101 to 14. The rest of the clauses were then disposed of, and the Report received. The Bill was ordered to be recommitted on Fritlay.— The of her orders ws re then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half past two 0 dock. List of the Minorityon Sir JOHN NEWPORI'S Motion, last night, in favour of admitting Roman Catholics into the Government and Direction of the Bank of Ireland. Abercromby,lloni. gempe, T. - Power, Richard Anstrether, Right • Latouelse, R. Russell, Lord W. Hon. Sir J. Lawrence, F. Sharpe, Richard Aubrey, Sir John I .each, John Shipley, William • Bagenel, Walter Levers, C. S. Smith. William Barham J. F. ,Lemon, Sir W. • Talbot, R. W. Bradshaw,l - lon.C. B. Madoeks, W. A. Temple, Earl Brand, Hon. Taos. • Martin, Richard Templeton, Vis. Combs., H. C. Maulc, Hon. W.R. Thornton, Henry Creevey, T. .JVliitanke, Sir R. • Tierney,Rr. fin.G. Dundas, Hen. R. 1.. Miller, Sir Thomas Vansittart, G. Ebring ton, Viscount Milton, Viscount Vernon, G. G. V. Eden, Hon. W.F.E. * Nlonognmery, C. • Walpt.le, lion. G. Elliot, It r. Hon. W. Moore, Peter Ward, Hon. J. W. Estcourt, T. G. * Newpert,Rt.lion. - .Van-ender, Sir G. • Grattan,Rt.Hn.H. Sir 1. Western, C. C. Greenough, G. B. • P.rrnell, Henry Whhbread, S. Halsey, Joseph Petty, Lord H. Windham., Right • Herbert, H. A. Philips, R. M. Hon. W. Hippisley, Sir J.Cox Piggott, Sir A. Wynne, Sir W. W. Horner, Francis Poosonby,Rt.Hn.G. • Hume, W. H. • Ponsonby, Hon,G. TELLERS. Wynne, C. W. W. Cakraft, John. Those marked thus • are Irish Members. Only five Irish Members voted against the admis sion of Catholics into the Direction of the Bank of Ireland, and four of these are Gentlemen in Office : Foster, Mr. L. Foster, Mr. W. Pole, Mr. Sneyd, and Dr. Di:lg.:wt.. , THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 91. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Consols money, 68f—for July 69f —Reduced 6744. Omnium 2 prem —4 per Cents. 84 1 4 }—Navy 5 per Cents MU. Exch. Bills, 4s. to 6s. pre.—lndia Bonds, Is. dis. is. pre. par. This day the different bidders for the loan gave in their offers in the 4 per cents. When opened, the bid dings were as follow : 4 per Cents. BARING to take d.llB 3 6 GOLDSIIIO ... 118 18 0 CURTIS llB 17 0 far every £.lOO WALSII 120 10 0. BARIUM ... 120 14 0 Yesterday, just after the STAR was put to press, accounts reached town from Holland, that both CHARLES and FERDINAND of Spain had abdicated the Throne of that Monarchy in favour of NApoLEon. The following letter states the intelligence alluded to : " HAGUE, MAY .5 . —The KING of SPAIN has abdicated his kingdom, with all its dependencies, in favour of ficsuarAixr. The wretched CHARLES goes to, Champagne, with his Queen and Family, there to live as a private individual. The Patxcr of ASTURIAS retires In the same manner to Valency. The Pat:sec of the Presce accompanies the !Qua, as his friend. ThCre is but little doubt that the Grand Duke of Beao is now King of Spain. He has already issued a Proclamation ordering a forced Loan, In order to arm and equip all the vessels of Spain against Britain." We have no doubt that the general substance of this report is correct. What else was to be expected when the remains of the House of BOURBON put itself into the hands of the founder of the new dynasty ? This intelligence clues not rest merely on the au thority of letters : there is a aTufeh - neWsPipei--in town, which presents extracts from the Arcniteyr, announcing the same fact. The Dutch Paper intro duces the article under the following head—a KRYG mrr SPANIEN"-J" War with Spain." From this it would appear that appreheMioni are entertained of resistance on the part of the:spaniih Nobles and Peo ple, and that other means than _ the mere . conCeisionof the former family will be -required to ratify thii:new acquisition. The Dutch Paper mentions a circumstance .which seems to confirm this, but which we were interne measure prepared to expect from fOrmer accounts-- that when the latest ktteis left Cadiz'appreheisiont were entertained that 'the 'English fleet was prepa ring to enter the Bay, This intelligence, though communicated with much caution, betrays at the same time an apprehension that they would be re ceived as friends by the enemies of the new order of things. In other words, they seem to have no hope that the British fleet could be prevented from accom plishing its object. _ _ In the act of abdication, the KING states this mea sure to have been rendered necessary by the conduct of his son ; and the ominous wcirds are repeated which we have heard before,. 66 Noni . but the . Emperor can save the country !"• Some of the letters received by the vessel which brought the above accounts state, that a decree against commerce, much more severe than any which. prece ded it, has just been issued by the Dutch Government. This Decree, which bears date the 20th instant, ab solutely forbids the admission of any! vessel whatever into the Dutch ports, including even those laden with salt, which is an article of the first necessity to.the Dutch. Nay, it goes farther, and orders that such vessels in any of the Dutch ports as may not have broken bulk, shall be immediately sent away. The preamble to this Decree states its object to be the complete enforcement of former Decrees, which had been found ineffective as against Great Britain, while any import whatever was permitted. The Captain of another vessel, which arrived yes terday from Cadiz, which port he left on the 11th inst. states, that the accounts we have hld relative to the massacres, immediately produced by the late re volution at Madrid, aieeiieedingly exaggerated.--= He mentions that not -more than 300. Spaniards and about 100 French fell - upon the 2d of May. But he adds, that MURAT had appointed a Military Commis sion for the trial of such of the " rebellious Spaniards," for so he calls them, as had resisted his force on the 2d. The progress'of this ComMissiOn appears to have been eitremely rapid—for upon the 3d of May 130 of. the " Rebels" forfeited their lives by the ordinary gleans of nulitiry execution. It appears that the American Government have granted Licenses to several vessek to come out, not withstanding the embargo. This we learn through authentic sources, from - letters which were received by the last packet. On the 14th of March, the following Message was sent to the Senate And House. of Rem:ennui/es of the United States : I have heretofore communicated to Congress the Decrees of the Government of France of November 91, I.BOeN and of Spain of February 19, 1807, with the Orders of the British Government Cl January and November, 1807. . • • I now transmit a Decree of the P.mperor of France of Decem ber 17, 180,, and a similar Decree of the . 3d of Januar last, by his Catholic Majesty. Although the Decree of France has not been received by official communication, yet the different channels of promulgation through which the public are possessed of it,with the formal testimony furnished by the Government of Spain in their Decree, leave us without a doubt that such an one has been issued. These Decrees and Orders taken together, want little of amounting to a Declaration that every Neutral Na tion: found en the high seas, whatsoever be her cargo, and whatsoever Foreign port be that of her departure or destination, shall be deemed law ful prize ; and they prove more and more the expediency of de taining our vessels, our seamen and property within our own har bours until the dangers to which they are exposed can be removed or lessened. (Signed) I'H. JEFFERSON. March 17,1808. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. CAPTURE OF A DUTCH FRIGATE. Coax, MAY 25.—The VIRGINIE frigate, of 38 guns, Captain Bitace, one of the ships cruizing on this sta tion, has captured, after an action of one hour and a half, the Dutch frigate Guelderland, Captain Not, of 36 guns and 257 men, and brought her into this harbour. The circumstances of her capture are brief!) , these : On the evening of the 19th inst. in tat. 46, long. 14. Captain BRACE fell in with the Guelderland and chaced her, but slid not come up with her till gnu at night. On coming -alongside, the Vmoixtr hailed her, to ascertain what she was : the reply N% Dutch frigate. It was then signified from the VIII. GINIE, that she was an English frigate ; and the Guel. Berland was required to strike : this, however, car refused, with a remark, that she would soccer sink. An action immediately commenced, and a broadside from the VIRGINIE carried away her antagonist's. niast.si She, however, continued the action, with the most oti.' stinate gallantry, during the period stated, when, hay. ing 25 men killed and 40 wounded, she struck. Afte r the , :vnemy had struck, site was discovered to be on fire, and her appearance•was then extremely alarming. It was, however, subdued, with some difficulty ; and in die effort her crew contributed their exertions, most 'Mutably and efficiently. The Guelderland was last from Bergen, and was bound to Batavia, with stores. She had 23. passengers on board. The bravery and skill of the enemy are handsomely acknowledged by Captain BRACT, and both are sufficiently confirmed by the resistance she made to a ship as ably comman. ded, as finely manned, and in as high a state of dis cipline, as any in his Majesty's service. The VIROINIE has fully repaired her damages, and exhibits a strik. ing contrast to her disabled adversary. The Viactrar had one man killed and one wounded in the action, and suffered severely in her sails and rigging. The Dutch Captain PAOL is among the wounded of his ship. PORTSMOUTH, MAY sr. Sailed his Majesty's brig Mums, with the follow ing vessels under convoy, viz. the Bellona, Tuom. sox, for Madeira and Jamaica ; Bruce Grove, Captain SA.trplyea.t. t with troops ; and the Favourite, Cum*, for Afrfc - a.;—Wilia B. E. • ' DEAL, MAY 30. An' lied the TEOMPEUSE at*" from the gore; Dispatch naval transport, 'tad Loyal Escape lighter, from Deptford ; DESPERATE gun brig from a cruize off Boulogne. Sailed the SPARRoWHAWK sloop on cruize ea the coast of France ; Dispatch naval trans. port, for Portsmouth ; DARING gun brig, with the East-Indiamen and the rest of the outward-bound, for Portsmouth.—Wind S.E. LEITH, MAT 28. Arrived in. Leith Roads on Thursday morning, the PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY Custom-house cutter, with a Danish privateer, of four guns and two swivels, with 55 men. She was captured off Bergen, after an action of seven hours. The privateer had one man killed, - and two severely wounded. The above vessel was formerly the Hope of Lerwick, belonging to this port,.captured very lately. She was first discovered off Peterhead, for which port she had the appearance of. steering, and being sloop-rigged, did not create suspicion to the PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY ; but, upon seeing the cutter, she changed her course, upon which Captain Dow's, who commanded the cutter, gave chase, and succeeded in capturing her. The Danes attempted to board, but were fimtrated. Their guns were managed so dexterously, that the whole were fought on one side. Sailed from the Roads the CLIO sloop of war. The trade that sailed for Gottenburgh arc put back, owing to contrary winds. Sunday a sailor on a pleasure party in our Roads, by some ac cident fell overboard, and was drowned. HARWICH, MAY 90. ved this day live sail of transports with troops from Guernsey and Jersey, C start s t ND, MAT SO.—Passed by the Dispatch, ?st beer, from PE.l.lkl( Iphia ; Littlewear, Crafton, and Camperdown, Leach, from Malta ' • ambuscade, Duval, from Gibraltar ; Carl (a prize) and the Caledonia, M'Master, from Cork.—tiailed the Puent, Anderson, for ?arnica; Leipzeg, Crompton, for Quebec.; Per. severance ' Roberts, for Dublin; Bstsey, Blatt", and the sr• patch, Smith, for H-I:goland. Letters from New York of the 13th ultimo state, that the Session of Congress was to close on the 25th of April. The embargo was not expected to be raised before that period, and it was not known whether a discretionary power, for that purpcse, would be vested in the President. It was reported at the departure of the Packet, that Mr. JZFFERSON had finally resigned the Presidency. The report of the starving inha. bitants of Martinique having revolted, and solicited the English to take possession of the Island, is repeated in the American papers, with the addition that our squadron had sent them a temporary supply of pro visions. Letters from Halifax state, that the Expedition ar rived there from England, under convoy of the Pe- NI LOPE and Barman, had suffered greatly at sea by storm, but fortunately no vessel was lost. Very little apprehensions were entertained of a war between Eng land and America. Several attempts were made on the 22d of March, to set 6re to the city of Charleston. A letter from Philalelphia,•dated April 12, says, “ Letters from Canada mention t/Wirrest of several French spies, and the search after others. Aruericaa emissaries in the mean time have succeeded to detach several Indian tribes from the interest of Great Bri tain. I have seen some of their Chiefs treated and caressed here as well as at Albany and New York. 6 , The news has just been received of nine American ships having been burnt by two French frigates, that had carried troops to the West Indies. It has caused a great sensation, not favourable to the Gallic Fac tion. No talk now of a war with England." On the 18th of March, Mr. 1..101 EMIGRE, in the House of Representatives, moved for a repeal of the Embargo.—The House refused to take Mr. LEVER MORE'S Resolution into consideration, Yeas 24, Nays 84. STATE lEL.kTIVE TO GREAT 1,..—A Note from Mr. Secret m u, to Mr. Munroe the Ameri Ti o ge ou which the attack had woe, disavowing the act itsei tie reparation should be made. -cal Berkeley was recalled sbolotion bad not reached Lon e from Mr. Munro owing bins that he had tran overawe* 01„....Nbte from Mr. Cannir bosun him that he bad just AO copy of the President's w e! possible Chit this rigoroi again st the British natio: sofrom the British Cablne ! joy did or did not disavow th .;.--It wit not till the 7th p as Ago was able to inform Mt o mens from his Governme b ay's attention to the : polotter he informed Mr. I him to blend with this • ent of American se pit his Government cap iflogrnent of both these ca Lar y arrangement respect factl aaty, to heal the wou: Milted States. V.—Note from Mr. Ca-rii p which he again renewed hi issi, and assigned for a rca sat of that transaction was as o fst as the Government of : petition into their own hand: laths ha the first instance, would be entitled take those Otimate of the amount of r( ; Ike former disavowal, and tt bike a prompt and vaitable s pd regret at any attempt to Ind without any tesemblanc cseseill e rdefirst cppatimmit, lirL ote from Mr. Met Arming bins that his instti was entirely out of hia powt poke as a distinct topic ; I lisinary concession on the c mix with this affair, that t okra merchant vessels for lotion, Mr. Muni o made 720 the ',trident Una Ileti.l ii"file tia ll t lY i h i —Note:"Picatjwe Majesty, 1f fromi her r I orderMa I °l-1 it; swim : C '''ri :a n Roder any attempts to ad 4eould, as further evidence *nimbly and honourAly, s he the express purpose of t eteclulion. 'VlM—Letter from Mr. 1 1108, and announcing that kr: adjusting the affsie of th Radon of the President,. of •11 —Note kom Mr. Ms t t ing into the details of : ;tips ntr since eummer 180 .1 , i asmation of the President s MOD, reparation should be 2 it. The American Govern; e fb e l lea 15 w. United°then ro o n f gs S w ta !ic rs h 7 c p al a r rt i s e ttl'l d l i t : X.—Letter from Mr. It Su t ......Bein deeply blajesty's anxiety, th: those views of justice conduct has been reg , unfortunate transactic have arisen ; and of f would learn the fru str: poses ; I have felt it ceipt of the I.tter, wh dress to me on the ss' matter the most am . It is with the most p find...myself on the d'tfeclinini to /miter which by direction.; litotes, you therein , ' competent, in the pi those instructions v the 26th January las *seeding to the coi add, that I am absc Non matters uncom am authorised to di! any pledge con cernir moreover, leads to t elamation of the PTI 2d of July, 1807, is for reparation for ti• to Make it. It is v; Mel myself under lin unable to act it becomes my dut) my instructions, tl stated in my forme my mission is term vernment in provid not conceive that meats respecting tl kn own to this Gov tions pending or u tions, could j ust if ment of the P res id no discretio n i n t h I detailed, though ?nand on the part much concern leas' Government of th stain from an exp.: have no further e! not deem it cssent any misapprehensi I shall therefore t; • which has given r more correctly to ttples upon which Certain desert( of them his Nlaje: ' , entered into the repeatedly and f officers of the rec. but were retained matter of notoi v:ere on board A zesapeake, the) the high seas by knetvledge of th .tic was attacked native Englislim; being deterred b cuntitances host tkeuz, , h they and