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• PI friE Rev. THOMAS. JONES, late Fellow and Tutor of TrinityCambridge.—Such Graduates as we or have been Members of Trinity College, Cambridge, are *quested to mart at the Crown and Anther Tavern, in the &rand, on. Saturday next, at One &Clock, for the purpose of Ming into further Consideration the subject of their last meeting. GOVERNESS. O NE of the Daughters of a deceased Clergyman, 1✓ irbo Las left a brge Family, anxious to avoid all possible expence to her widowed Mother, is induced to solicit the atten tion of any Lady a.•ho may be in want of a Governess. She does not profess to teach either Music or Drawing; but, if these ac complishments are venseihrl h , the uuus she csn be well and • recommended. Any letters directed to L. D. Post-Office,Sromley, Kent, (pos; paid) will be duly attended to. _ The SPANIARD'S LETTERS This day were published, the Second Edition, In 3 Volumes,l2roo. price IBs. in boards, LETTERS FROM ENGLAND. - . By Don MANUEL ALVAREZ ESPRIELLA. ' Translated from the Spanish. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-row. •.• This work willbe found to contain a faithful and interest ing delineation of the present state of England, the manners and customs of the different ranks of its inhabitants, and the more re markable diversities of opinions, religious and political, which pre vail among them, and which form so striking a feature of the na tional character. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. NAPLES, FE8.12. Hostilities were resumed in Calabria in the course of the last month. We have not yet, however, re ceived the full particulars of the cccurrences, but what we have already learned is sufficient to slew, that the result has been highly glorious and advan tageous to the arms of France and of our Sovereign. The English expecting soon to be attacked in Sicily, appear to have made an effort again to remove the theatre of the war to Calabria. This effort has,"how. ever, proved very fatal to them. The following is what our Moniteur has already published on this sub ject :—" hi the night between the 26th and 27th of January, a corps of about 600 men, partly English and partly banditti, who were landed at Canatello and Villa San Giovanni, attacked a post which was merely defended by a company of Voltigeurs of the 62d regi ment, and 20 Yagers of the 9th regiment. Captain Livron, who commanded this post, defeated the enemy, put them to flight, and pursued them to the I sea. Part endeavoured to regain their vessels by swimming; the remainder were made prisoners. On the 30th, four of the enemy's gun-boats and two transports were attacked at Portecello by a company of Voltigeurs, of the first regiment, and some grenadiers of the 62d. Our brave troops, in spite of the enemy's fire, rushed into the sea, boarded the vessels under a shower of bullets, and made themselves masters of them. The firing having ex cited observation, some English ships of war put out from Messina, to assist the gun-boats. A brig of 22 guns run in so close to Portecello, that she got aground on the coast. This vessel also fell into our hands, after a defence of two days, during which her Captain was killed, and the Lieutenant wounded. " On the Ist of February our troops made them selves masters of Reggio, which the enemy had sur rounded with entrenchments. The fort surrendered on the 2d. On this occasion we took 900 prisoners, and 14 pieces of cannon." VENICE, FEB. 12. According to accounts from the istrian port of Pi rano, three Russian ships and some transports were still there. They were to come to this port, but we know not whether they are included in the large squadron which arrived here two days ago. PARIS, FEB. 25. The destination of the present kingdom of Etruria is not determined on, or at least not yet made public. In the mean time, that country experiences the ad vantages of the immediate Government of his Va. jesty the Emperor. On the 19th his Majesty issued a Decree, of the highest importance for that beauti ful district of Italy, according to which the Code Napoleon is to be immediately proclaimed, and is to have the force of law in Etruria from the Ist of May next. The same Decree regulates the organization of the different Civil and Criminal Courts. As the Ministers who sign Treaties of Peace, or other Con ventions, usually receive compliments from the Con tracting Princes, his Majesty the Emperor has, in pursuance of this custom, presented the Russian Prince Labanoff, who, in the name of his Master, signed the Treaty of Tilsit, with an elegant service of French porcelaine. This present has been for warded within these few days to PI-ince Labanoff, who is appointed by his Sovereign Governor of Pe tersburgh. We understand that the Arabian horses which the Grand Seignior has sent to the Emperor have already arrived at Strasburgh, and were to proceed on their journey to this City on the 21st or 22d. HANOVER, FEB. 19. A considerable part of the French forces remaining in Germany are now cantoned upon the territory of this Electorate. Their destination will depend upon the part which the Emperor Napoleon shall take in the events of the North of Europe. Generals St. Sul pice, Clement, and Debelle, arrived on the 16th at Hanover, and next day proceeded to their several posts at Celle, Nieuburgh, and Verden. This ex hausted country is still in arrear in the payment of contribution, and a deputation his on it been sent to M. Daru, the Intendant- Besides this contribution, 1300 horses are delivered for the use of the army. The of the fortress of Hameln, which is prose increasing zeal, affords us at least this , that military operations will not in future ):1 in our country, for the purpose of be it place. A considerable number of la ! already busy in destroying the works, and are to be employed, in order to accomplish :tion as speedily as possible. HAGUE, MARCH I. from Brest, dated the 20th ult. state, that ,orTp of the 1 Lth, a brig, supposed to have English transport, was wrecked between and Conquet, and all on board perished.- 9th an English ship was brought into Dieppe, le Grand Napoleon privateer, of Bon le is laden with butter, pork, and salt beef, Id, and her cargo is supposed to be worth the last IntUCS. the last war that account General. 11 yet to be t demolition o cuted with consolation, be carried o; sieging that tourers are : 2000 more a the de3tructi Letter; fr in the stony been an Et Westsand at On the 19th a prize to logne. . Shc from Irelam 100,000 int •\ • PARLIAMENTARr PAOCEZDING& HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH S. Lorti.Late's Annuity Bill, and the Siete Creditorsl44 were received from the Commons, and read a eht time. The Esri of LAUDERDALE liesrPsPia his kweiss tar the consideration of the commercial policy of the Orders in Council, froth Friday until Monday next. Lord HOLLAND also postponed his motion for the consider ation of the general policy of those orders, from Thursday nett until Thursday sennight. Lord GRENVI'LLExoseiIi put a quistion to the Noble Secretary of State, before the House entered on the important discdssion which was this night to engage- their attention, respecting a topic which of late hadoften been alluded to in the course of debate. I'he subject to which he referred was the assertionp made by the Noble Secretary, most assuredly with no design to mislead, that the treaty signed with Ame rica by the late Administration had been received in America, previous to the separation of Congress, and that the treaty was refused to be ratified, and dial sent back by the President of the United States. Now he believed he might safely venture to say, that nei ther of these assertions was founded in fact ; and 11 the Noble Secretary had advanced any such assertions without due consideration, he was convinced that his usual candour would incline him to acknowledge the inadvertence. Lord HAW K ESBURY repeated what he had be. fore said, viz. that an official copy of the treaty, to: gether with a dispatch from the Noble Secretary of State (Lord Howick) had been received in Americaa, antecedent to the separation of Congress ; that is to say, it was received by the British Minister at Wash ington on the 2d of March, and the Congress, he be.' lieved, separated on the 3d of the same month. That the Senate sent a message to the President, expressing a wish to know whether it was his intention to make_ any communication to them previous to their separa.:', tion ? that the answer of the President was in the ne. gative ; and that it was generally understood the' President was displeased with the omission of the ar ticle respecting the question of the impress of seamen. Lord AUCKLAND thought this a matter of such importance, that it could not be too fully discussed , and understood. He contended the treaty was still, in America, and that the President betrayed no other wish than •to continue and follow up the treaty until it was brought to an amicable conclusion. Lord HOLLAND briefly endeavoured to impress upon their Lordships, as an inference from what had now transpired, that Mr. Jefferson's object in with holding the treaty, for a short interval, from the Se nate, was rather to ensure its acceptance at a subse quent period, than to throw any obstacle in the way of a friendly arrangement with this country. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. Lord ERSKINE then rose, and called their Lord ships attention to the order of the day for taking info consideration the question of the legality" of the Orders in Council. These Orders, he said, in his view of them, involved the important consideration whether the violence and injustice introduced by the French Revolution into the relations of national com munities, were to terminate with the present genera tion, and be limited within the immediate sphere of the arms of the Ruler of France, or whether they were to be perpetuated to all time, and extended to every nation on the surface of the globe ? His Lordship then read a long string of Resolutions, commenting on each, the purport of which was to condemn the Or ders in Council, as a violation of the Constitution, by the assumption of a dispensing power in the Crown, as an infraction of our municipal code, by authorising the detention and capture of foreign vessels contrary to Magna Charta, and various statutes of Richard IL and Edward 111. and as a violation of public law, by depriving neutrals of the rights of innocent com merce, under the false pretence of their acquiescence in the French decree of the 21st of November, 1806. Lord ELDON contended, that the Orders in Coun cil were strictly within the acknowledged Law of Na tions, and being so, had been legitimately adopted on the authority of his Majesty's War Prerogative. The statutes quoted by Lord Erskine were solely enacted, as appeared from the preambles, to prevent the Crown from establishing a monopoly of foreign commodities, by an arbitrary regulation of the ports where they should be landed, and the prices at which they should be disposed of. If the Order of the 11th of Novem ber was unjustifiable by the law of nations, he would ever contend, that the principle of the blockade of 1806, extending from the Elbe to Brest, and the Or der in Council of January, 1807, were equally at va riance with that code. His Lordship concluded with. moving the previous question. Lord GRENVILLE spoke at considerable length in support of the motion. Lord HAW KESBURY opposed the resolutions. Lord ERSKINE in reply observed, that the Noble Lord, and his Noble and Learned Friend on the wool sack, were, to use a vulgar expression, completely out of the ring, for they had not at all confined themselves to the real matter in question ; and as to the case cited by the Noble Baron (Hawkesbury) it was the most fallacious he could have well chosen. After some further observatiOns, the question was loudly cal for, when the House divided, and there appeared, For the previous question 67—Proxies 60—Total 127 —Against it 30—Proxies-31—Tota161.—Ma jority against Lord Erskine's Motion 66. The House then adjourned at two o'clock this morning until this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Committee on the New Malten Election— C. Chapman, Esq. H. Colborne, Esq. J. Smith, Esq. B. P. Blackford, Esq. G. Morgan, Esq. H. Willoughby, Esq. W. G. Langton, Esq. T. Baring, Esq. J. Mills, Esq. • Hon. E. Hardy Hon. T.. Brand Hon. L. Dundas Lord Walpole G. W. Thomas, Esq. R. Wharton, Esq. Lord Lakes Annuity NU was read the third time, and ordered to the Lords. The Sugar Drawbadk sod Sugar Bounty Bills were reported, and ordered to be engrossed. The first Sugar Drawback Bill was read the first time; the se cond reading to be to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that he should, on to-morrow, move for leave to bring in a Bill to fund sonic of the outstanding Exchequer Bills. • TREATY WITEI SWEDEN. Mr. PONSONBY asked the Right Hon. Secretary/ (Mr. Can-' ning) whether the treaty under which some subsidrhad already been paid to the King of Sweden would soon be laid upon tie table of that House ? t • Mr. Secretary CANNING replied, that the treaty ratiSed.bsi, the King of Sweden had been received on Smeary, and that W I was probable that it would be ratified by his Majesty to-morrow and that the day after he should bring Awn oadotsige ea elm subject. • GRIMYWtCH WISPITAL. MARLgs POLE moved for leave ,vb bring for the better regulation of the Official. Ap- Volatavapts fe..Greenwic.b Hospital,. and the Royal Naval Afghans. He stated, that by the - okiginal gleaner all the Officers of that Institution should - have sereett ii the navy, or be connected with tke navy, wkickpraision had been grossly violated. One objeCt of his ßall vkas to restore the operation of the original charter in thistespeet. Another abject of Ms 41all was to prevent in future such misapplications of the funds of the ital, as had been detected by the Connthslon aval Enquiry, by obliging the Treasurer 16 to r an mo ney issued by order Parliarnept, for the VINa df die Hospital, in the Bank Of EnglaaL The Hon. Baronet neatadverted to the Royal Na vnaaltional ex Asylum,pence, a public inttitation now supported at the dren of seamen, especially of those who had fallen i n the service ; and as it was his desire to secure to those persons a preference in all official appointments, upon those establishments more immediately . connec ted with the naval service, and as the principle was avowed and acknowledged by those who took a lead in the management of this establishment, although it had in some instances been violated, his object would be, in the part of the Bill'which related to this institu ,tion, to place it on the same footing with respect to the official appointments,'as was pointed" out by the Original charter of Greenwich Hospital, namely, to secure an exclusive preference to such candidates for official situations in the Asylum as hadserved in the navy, or lived in situations connected with the naval service ; and that even the Matron must be the widow of an Officer who had fallen in the service of his country. The Honourable Baronet concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the better en couragement of the naval service, by carrying into effect the purposes before mentioned. Mr. ROSE admitted the circumstan by the Honourable Baronet, relative to the discovery made by the Commission of Naval Inquiry, respect ing the misapplication of monies. As to the other objects of the Bill proposed, it did not • appear that there hail bees laid way gtoond to shew its necessity. The Honourable Baronet had stated no case of gross abuse in any of the appointments on the present esta blishment at Greenwich Hospital, or shewed any striking instance of appointments now existing con trary to the spirit of the charter, where the deviation was not absolutely necessary. The Honourable Ba ronet must be aware, that there were some situations on the establishment which it was not to be expected a man who received his early education in the navy could fill. In the first place, the offices of Surveyor, Architect, and Organist, were out of the question ; and could the Honourable Baronet say, that the Re ceiver to the estates belonging to the Hospital should be a naval officer ? Did he think the office of Auditor was likely to be filled efficiently by a naval officer, when it had been hitherto deemed necessary to have it filled by a man of high legal knowledge ? It had ' been filled by the late Lord Thurlow, whose prede cessor was a lawyer, as well as his successor. The Bill, therefore, proposed, might do mischief, hot no that he could see ; and with respect to the °d Naval Asylum, it was not entirely supported by Parliament, but originally founded upon the liberal subscriptions of private persons, whdm this Bill would deprive of all controul in the direction of an Institution to which they had so amply contributed. He thought it would be much more decorous for the Hon. Baronet to wait until the regulations, now in preparation by the Governors of the Asylum, should be laid before the House. Mr. WHITBREAD contended, that the violation ofthe Charter of Greenwich Hospital; in admitting per sons not of the Navy to appointments under it, was cer tainly an abuse, for which the House ought to provide a remedy. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said, that the Office of Receiver of Rents was one which could not be filled by a person who had received his early education in the Navy.. But he could, put a liv ing instance to the contrary of such an assertion, and that was the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, who, if general report said true, had his early education in the navy—(a laugh)--though he had since filled several high and responsible situations. No one doubted his great talents and capacity for business. The same might be said of an Honourable Baronet (we believe Sir E. Nepean) who had filled the situation of Secre tary to the Admiralty, &c. Both these Honourable Gentlemen were living testimonies of the truth of what he had asserted. Did the Honourable Gentleman mean to say, that a seafaring man could not hold a, sinecure place ? Why, the fact was, that a man held at that moment the very snug and lucrative situation of Barber to the Hospital—and yet the man could not shave!—(A cry of No! No! from the Ministerial side of the House.) —I assert the fact, and I will give the Gentlemen opposite the Barber's own words as to that fact, taken on his examination before the Com missioners of Naval Inquiry. This man's name is Henry Clews. Being examined, he was asked— Q. ". What are you T—A. I superintend the shaving of the Pen , sioners—l can't shave myself; but I employ from five to six RIM I have one halpenny from the men, and one penny from the boys. —Tbe profits of my place are 1.501. per annum, after deducting charges, fitc.—l have sometimes received in the whole Rack in the year."—(Loud laughter.) And this person further confessed, that lie was a Swiu. Was not this a gross violation of the charter? Now, surely a naval man, worn out in his country's service, could hold such a sinecure as well as another. But to be serious, he should ever contend that the terms of the original Charter should be complied with as far as possible, and that the whole• list of naval candidates should, in every instance, be exhausted be fore any others were appcnuted to places under the places under establishment. Mr. LOCKHART contended that any regulations applying to the Naval Asylum, at the present moment, would only tend to disgust the founders and subscri. heti to that Institution, as implying some distrust of 'their intentions ; it would be much better to wait till the 4 ruleland regulations which were drawing up for that Instituiion 'should be before, the House. Mr. PONSONBY,though he was in adverse to Parliamentary interference with C hart ers, r9l yet he thought the present - BM' as it was proposed to revive . and support the operation of a Charter, was laudable, and entitled to support. But hewould advise the' Honourable Baronet, on the present occasion, to le. parate the objec s of the. Bill; to confine himself in the' flirt-jun.4nm to Greenwich Hospital,' and make the Asylum the Object cif a distitict mbasule; • ' • alluded to • Mr . eitAtES : POLE agreed to swer to something that had fallen Honourable Gentleman (Rose), as sident doing this and that, he said, of the navy were not to be played xii Mr. PERCEVAL opposed the ground Of the incopenience of a regut persons less qualified must be preferred qualified. Sir J. NEWPORT said, that the never extend to the appointment of sons. He contended that such a Bit. to enforce the objects of the Charter, praised the Hon. Gentleman for his west of the navy. Mr. MONTAGUE objected to rrdenintral knowledge,-by residin,g the E*k of Deprostramter, which 'fell tal, he knew •tintt none bat a man i sant with the management ar manes. perly manage that estate. Mr. POLE CAREW said, that foind it impossible to adhere strictl , the Charter, that was 4 reason for , . terfere • he would support the motion . able Relative. Sir JOHN ORDE denied that there was any 11e cessity whatever for the Bill proposed. Th e hi tion could not be in better hands than it alre n a y ,.„,: An Act of Parliament would give the T ruitees — no power which they did not possess by the Cha rter. Mr. EDEN explained the duties of sever of the officers, to the performance of which person s e d o ,, cated in the navy, he maintained, were e0z0n ,,,. and supported the motion. ' - '""'s Sir F. BURDETT thought it a very unusual and extraordinary practice to oppose even the introdtun ne of a Bill, the object of which was to remedy g ressan4 acknowledged abuses, The proper time for using th e reasonings which he had heard this night, w ou idl e i e been when the Bill was in its progress throtigh the -House, as it would then have been seen in wh a c,, stances it might be necessary to depart from therei n . lations of the charter with regard to appointroott h and whether'such a departure might be at all sary. There did not appear to him the shadow 4 a reason in what a Right Hon. Gentleman had gi r l i against the proposed Bill ; and the only r eason h e could assign for this was, that it was not possibl e even for his ingenuity to suggest any thing plausible against it. But he rose principally for the putposeof thanking the Hon. Baronet for persevering, in s pi te of every obstacle, in the exposure of abuse; and whatever might be the fate of his presentnotui, though he might fail to persuade the House to accede to it, yet still it would have some good effect in the prevention of abase. The question was then loudly called for, and a di i vision took place, when there appeared, Against the motion 78—For it 52—Majority 96. On our re admittance to the gallery we found Sir C. Pots moving, that there be laid before the House a Copy of the Charter of Greenwich Horpital, which was agreed to. • , KIM= BILL. The House went into it . anninittee on the Mutiny Bill. .. • . . Lord CASTLERUCH proposed a elms 10 allow men the opt:on to enlist for life, instead of fop a limited period. The reasons for this alteration. is the plan of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr, 'Windham) he had stated last Session. He woubloovr, therefore, only give an outline of them. This clans, did not destroy the plan, but protected it from having the bad effects that might be apprehended from st.,c• He himself was no enemy to the principle of limitel service—both he and the late Mr. Pitt had approved of it, and resorted to it in time of war : but he was sr; enemy to the exclusion of service for life altogether. Tilt Right Hon. Gentleman said that his plan was ruined, end that he disc himself of all sort at responsibility. He allo w he was so discharged, but if his plan had been strictly adhered to, we would not now have had the advantage of the military mea sure of last Session, which had been one of great A. ciency, He observed, that the Right Hon. Gentle. man's plan was the only one of all the expedients that had been adopted, which had not augmented the strength of the army, and whose utmost merit was t o . have kept it stationary. He stated first, the augmen• cation of the whole force, from 1804 to 1808, which was 59,000 men. From July 1806 to July 1807, while the Right Hon. Gentleman was in Administration, the addition to the army had been only 7,000 men, of which he had got 6,000 from the Additional Force Act. He then stated the increase of the Regular Army alone, during the same period ; and said, that the augmentation during the Right Hon. Gentleman's administration was only 6,000, being exactly the number received by the operation of tl,ie Act Were' mentioned. Mr. WINDHAM opposed the clause. He did he did so upon strong grounds, as it was a clandes tine and insidious attempt to overturn all the prinde pies of military service he had submitted in diecourse of the existence of the late Administration. That plan embraced limited service for seven years, four` teen and twenty-one, and the question was, upon the present occasion, whether, in the Mutiny Bill now bee fore the Committee, the clause proposed by the Nogg Lord was intended for the Bill, or the Billfbr the clause ? It was but justice to the Noble Lord to state. that m 1806 he opposed, and so did all the psi Ministry, the plan of limited military service, he (Mr. W.) at that time submitted. That plan went as this did, upon a clause in the Mutiny Bill, the only mode in which so very material an alteration could be made, But how did the fact stand ? Before he (Mr. Wiett ham) submitted his plan, a notice of two months was given, and after the plan had been developed, de. hate upon debate took place, and various discus sions upon the policy and extent of the measure were continued for a length of time. Not only was his new plan fully and explicitly stated, but he had the precise clause he moved, in addition to the Mutiny Bill, printed and circulated long antet cedent to the discussion. He did not blame the Noble Lord for attempting to insert the preS clause in.the BM, but he condemned him for do i it so mreititiousty and clandestinely. He broil up this clause upon no lonwr a notice than this week, in the Report of the Committee of SupplY AI the Army Estimates. On that day he (Mr. Wind• ham) eireng the secret out of that Noble L o rd. Thy proposition of the Noble Lord evidently went to the overturn of the Resolutions for liMited service adori• • for 1 it lot over litia last sat ous instancy w ho in ma' line for lien an Addition tionour ahl with consic of the Pr°. utter rum I don, whicl lob e furor MOO m e withstundi circuh by declari, Genera duct of M sure in t!‘ hi conic countrY enemY, f art of h] designs ; thus* w that of tl The S some of He cont sesPri s ! sru nod the bad of alari stamd the isnE having Aft Ledl Upc oeet, CHB wind Lo ercise tamc • • yot. tus, tut from in a , 0 421 , 4 th e tot armies to the wo rt , that the inter% - • tie eith. to • motion, en e x et a, a liud ;gulati en by *4 mfr rred to those to l o wer t° •••• • he mea stue w en o k F unqualified per. t• g ri t e Bill was n ereeeki in the_.,„ 4 — trter. He highly i rs t glum '•••-."., Lis zeal f tu the O. „ nn ; its 141 " 1 a pr the motion, u - for el near the estat e o f The 14 fell to the Ho n i, munber intiourbay cue, es, arc. cask "n o . '• • i wage the Noble at if 'Petn iett kis(IVI :tly to the letter y t, • siscl h e or Parliament to is _ um limi tion of his Hon ot . : ing tl taut WAS C e th, of th , 4 port tion extra the 4 at you be to Stbs4 st; 'fess to So cd ee • Mt 'at lex prt a's ne he nc re. • ay kid cc C Kir ti rse a hat a str c the be', tbs. • qe. • .1 est this ode , id', rut was • tie. :its• tut '• but ,to nte. 1111 red eog c!' l7 elt The • th . ? or'.