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Office, on Friday the 16th of 1610, to receive seakd Tenders, and treat with such Prrsons :s may be willing to contract for Victualling Prisoners of sickness, on board la Caton kinspital.Prison Ship at Pl%cia:.-h, far six months certafirt, from the lit of April next ; and for Victualling Prisoners of War, in sickness, at Norman Cress. for six months cenaln, from the Ist of May next. PdIRLIAMENTiMr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH S. Sir S. Rounty Was heard on the case of the Minos! Appeal. Earl COWPER presented a Petition from the Debtors con fined in Hertford gaol.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Johnson presented Accounts from the Loadna Dock Com pany, from January 1805 to January inn. Mr. Irving, from the Custom-house, presented certain home accounts of grain imported by licence, or otherwise, and of the average price of sugar during the last eight months. Mr. WESTERN ipposed the *ill in principle, be., cause if once this measure was adopted in the county of Essex, it would be followed as a precedent in every county through the kingdom. The real object of the Bill, as he conceived, was to remove the ex pence and responsibility of accommodating the Judges from whence it now rests, namely, in the Sheriff, and to throw the expence upon the county at large. He conceived it was not in the discretion of the Judges to determine in what particular town of a county they were to hold the Assizes. On that point they were specifically directed by the Crown in their Commission. It was the duty of the Sheriff to pro vide for their accommodation, for which he was after wards reimbursed by the Exchequer. This was the _ ill [PRICE NO Tender mrll be re,- toed after one eche& on Me sky of treaty, nor test ~tied Nolen the party, or an agent for him, personally attend. Each Tender must be a:comp.:rued it, a LePer from two respectable p„,„ 1 , fl.7a;ing to become bound faith the Per!** tendering, in the Sans cfX3(9. for the dse performance of Me Contract. Fur: 4n. prticuhrs may he lama, 4, andyizx at thio o . ffice ; to alttan Roger?, Pip:meth ; and Captain Presslaad, Norma" Crass. • DISTILLERIES. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from the corn-growers and land-holders in the 'neigh bourhood of Ipswich, in Suffolk, against the Bill pro hibiting the distillation of spirits from corn, &c. The petition being read, his Lordsh i p observed, that the indeceat and unwarrantable haste with attempted to hurry the Bill through cause why more petitions had not been He would again repeat what he had that if sufficient time were allowed, pe; be found to flow in from all parts of against the Bill. The petition he now nour of presenting was signed by a great number of names, and those of the first respectability. Earl BATHURST replied, that there wasno room for the charge made by the Noble Earl, of the Bill being hurried through Parliament with indecent and unwarrantable haste. The fact was, that the Bill had ' been before Parliament more than a month, and that abundant time had been afforded of petitioning against it from the remotest parts of the country. If it should be agreed that in its operation it would be found so injurious to the essential interests of the country, as had been asserted by some Noble Lords, the House would redollect that there was a clause in the Bill f,nabling Parliament to repeal or new-model the Bill, during the course of the present Session. _Lord LAUDERDALE contended, that the Bill had not been more than four days before that House, when it was endeavoured to hurry it to its last stage, with what was justly called indecent and unwarrant able haste. He held in his hand a petition fiom se. veral respectable Landholders of the County of Nor. folk against the Bill ; and the complaint it preferred was not only the complaint of the County of Norfolk, but was also the Ebeling of the Agricultural part of Scotland. It was well 1. gown, that farmers had on their hands a large quantity of damaged Barley, of which they would be prevented from disposing by the present Bill. That and many other objections to the Bill would be urged from almost all parts of the king dom, if sufficient time were allowed to send them in His Lordship concluded with moving, that the Peti tion do lie on the table. Earl BATHURST contended that the repealing of the present Bill would afford no relief to the far mers, by taking off their hands the damaged bailey mentioned by the Noble Lord. The Distillers would not pueclaase, nor attempt to distil from such barley, for they always found it their interest to employ the best grain for distillation. After a few observations from Lords ALBEMARLE, GLASGOW, L A CBE RDA LE and HARDWICK 14 it was agreed to hear counsel and witnesses against the Bill, arid counsel was accordingly called in. After Counsel had been heard, and witnesses exa mined, the conversation was renewed respecting the granting of further time, which Lord LAUDERDALE ac quiesced in, by moving that the debate be adjourned till Thursday rext. Lord BATHUItST had previously moved that Mr. Smith be examined, in order to prove that da maged barley was not used by distillers. Lot d LAUDERDALE, however, pressed his amendment for an adjournment of the debate, which was agreed to without a division. Lord LAUDERDALE then moved the discharge of the order for Thursday next, on a motion for a Se lect Committee.on the Affairs of the East-India Com pany, which motion he should bring forward on Monday—Ordered.—Adjourned a quarter before 8. order at pres en t ; b ut , if t hi s Bill should pass into a I Coll i which it was was the great law, the expence w 0444 InatiaAsppled, ;4nd the ilole 1 the A presented.— . thrown on the j-; 44 asahere.were two itm4s his before stated, in the county4tt eA . thestssitii.nsight held al- .no etitions woilt ternp.iy, as • . . :SllklisAmet,Atetili g niglax it 41 f the country fiecome necestry to kovide a second establishment. d d w had the ho- But, besides his objection to the Bill on ' principle ' - he bee i. TT 1 I PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 1, 1110. MR. JOHN SMITH begs to inform his Friends end the Public, the &cal Dissolotion of his Copartnership with Mr. J. N. Rosin eon having taken place on the 2eth ult. that b e has purchased the Stock .and "Premises of Mr. George 100 , ,No. s 4, firoadsnreet, on the Point, where he intends car ryicg on the business of a Ship Chandler, Etc. and will open in the shove Trades on his own sole account the 20:h instant. s. begs to return his sincere acknemledgments for the past favours, and trusts, by his assiduity ana attention to business, to merit the confidence of those who m.sy commit their commands to his care. I thought it unnecessary. He had seen the liklgings ,with which the dodges were accommodated in many f atizer.counties, and particularly in the two neighbo9r .. mg, of Suffolk and Norfolk, and he saw none supe rior to those of Chelmsford, and with these the Judges had always declared themselves highly satis fied. A similar Bill was introduced last year, but ejected in the Committee, and he could not see upon what nem ground it was now revived. He should, ,however, oppose it in every stage. Mr. ROSE thought, that to ease the Gentlemen who serve the office of Sheriff from this expence, and throw it on the county at large, was an arrangement extremely desirable. Mr. WYNNE decidedly opposed the bill, as going to throw a new expence upon the county, and which, I if carried into precedent, would go to increase the burdens on landed property, which were already too numerous and heavy. With respect to the expellees incurred by Gentlemen while serving the office of County Sheriff, he had it long in contemplation to submit some regulation on the subject for the consi cierition of the House ; and this he should do, so soon as he should have made himself master of the several items of expenditure from the different counties ; for the present, however, he should decidedly oppose this bill ; and move in amendment, that instead of the word aow, the words 44 this day six months" be in serted. Colonel DUCKET spoke in support of the bill The House then divided—ln favour of the bill 89. Against it 101—Majority 12. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 2s. JAMES NEWTON ROBINSO N _respectfully in forms his Friends and the Public in generalohat the final Dissolution of the Copartnership of Messrs. `MYTH and Ront.u -so:: has this day taken place, and that he intends in future to carry on the business of Shit, Chandler on his own sole account, in the Shop and Warehouse in Bath-square, Portsmouth, where tti partnership Business of Swirls and Robinson was carried'un. JAXESNEWT(ON R 0111145024 takes this opportunity of returning L s grateful acknowledgments for the preference in Business COT-. ferr,td on t h e late Firm of Smith•and Robinson, and trusts, by actiduous attention on his part, to merit a continuance of it to himself in :attire. FIL.NCIS MO ORE, ESQ. DECEASED. • LL Persons having claims - or demands upon the Estate and F.fects of FRANCIS MOORE, Esq. late of Eggin tr, in the Co.uity of liediford, deceased, are ()rimed to send an e, t - 4 to Mr. Reddall, Attorney, at Woburn, Bedford ,'Aire—!l^d all persons indebted to the deceased, are desired to pay, the;r debts immediately to Mr. Rocklin, who is authorized be the Executors to receive staesame. CLERK OF THE PEACE'S OFF/CE, LANCASHIRE. Preatoct, Fetirtury 24, 1810. PRESTON HCUSE OF CORRECTION WANTED, a Grvernor or Gaoler for the House of Co-rection at Preston. All Persons making application for the above Office, are to teldTersticluniali, in writing. of their characer and abilities to tvrcee the same, to the Office of the Clerk of the Peace at tastes. Tie Governor will be allowed a Salary of X 2.30, together with tP the of the Field adfoining the Prison. All Fees and Gra riies of what desetiption soever, are abolished, and out of the &Tr Salary the Governor is to pay the T u rnk ey. _ _ _ . . . Due notice will be given by future Adverrkement of the day el eltttioe. E. GORST, Deputy Cierk of the Peace. MONEY. SSRS. LUCAS and Co. beg leave to inform those that may be in want and desirous of borrowing tem porary or permanent sums of money, that they can at all times adrt:e any sum from 1001. to 20,0001. and upwards, on personal Cr any other security arising from Matriage Settlements, Money In the Funds, Clergymene Livings , or Freehold, Capyhold, and Leasehold states, on the most liberal and honourable terms.— Personal appliation Messrs. Lucas and Co. daily receive at their house, N 0.19, lertnyn-street, St. James's, either pessonally or by letter, post-paid. N.B. Ten years purchase will be given for well-secured Annuities. AYOUNG WOMAN of respectability, wishes a situation to attend a lady, or Lady and Faintly going abroad (-be Fast Indies would be preferred). She can give the most satisfactory reference, and would endeavour to make herself meal, a eorr.fortahle situation being the only object..—Lectern (post paid) addressed to A. P. R. tee be left at the Post-Office, kmingluuu, will be immediately &mulcted. _ C ire f a tidy That :.*arch, Prrsoll s Of Wat, and for Cress. I No T tru Each Perors, X3eo. Fur: 4, C4Nro vi . OA el with NT that he oor, ryicg o the abol J. S. favours, merit tt to his c: A M J form Disso!ut so:: has carry on in the S tht: Part 'Axe his grate {erred o as!iduou himself' AL] E, ton,in kzount par the; by the 1 CLE All P teld Tr e:;:ree Preston Tael Ibt c eymt Due of elet fr PorarT sdr.rn Cr any , In the F Liam& Persona house, letter, abroad most 52 Is tsefal, it (post pa Eirminz a-E1 kedy-a: ing a'•pa id Pr;ncipi. Gpmatio Sc„iit at o ug tle Izb ol tvit from thi re• uneer.i4 took for Isti, be F.' Aide; w ;r3 :l Lo OrJer Ad at ~, lit A,r. tint tithe s t'Ad le it tai o r Ta;, , t ow It Ys y i - Is ?aid. gut _ tn CAPT. e r ,, tb " r, I • On atriv t C.. - Mr>: k , :sel, oil (if 110 (1 En , Ste 10 0.1(a Shoi cc:l T ow; "r1:1 a ari 54 !he rel; " 11 1 , ;..4 4‘);?;1 1 ?iglu eh r E'Cre . , .7 S SAVING 'IN CH ..11.`rR's STEAM KIT EN, combined with s-Roaster; and With ot with Ont a Hof Closet, on a new and kilt-approved construction, forms the most clean and best cook a;•paratus in the world. The whole i, upon the most simple P r " 4l Pit ; performing, by the aid of one mail fire, the various tiprations of steaming, boiling, roast ing,stewing,baking and broil e;, at one and the same time or separately, doing away nearly all Cie labour and expence in common use.--References may be had from the Proprietor to families of the first respectability. the Apparatus may be had of any size or form, according to mrecience of situation or the number of persons it is intendudto ' 4.4 for. One that will stand in the compass of a square yard Lbe found large enough to dress victuals far more than thirty riie; the price is niodtrate ' and one fourth of th e ssain.7,F.aris -1"::::3:u use will clear its first com in the tourse of one year. ' %Jets received by John Slater, the Patentee, in Birmingham ; tin. 4'.1 Itathboue• lace, Oxford sereei, London. TIMBER, BUCKS. i^rnediate SALE by PRIVATE CONTRACT, . A QUANTITY of OAK, ELM, ASH, and other TIMBER, now standing in Woads and Enclosures, the ticinity of Taplow and Maidenhead Bridge, which wilt be t, 14 It Lots, amounting to from JEVO to £t 00. The Winter •ut mist be taken down, and paid for immediately, and the 44 a , mon as th e season vsill admit. „jot' Particula rs , a p p l y to Mr. [Ririe, at the Queen's Head, ' a lt(wi, who will attend to shear the Thialser. Ts"d applications by letter will be attended to unless the postage ? CIPTI'AL MANSION-HOUSE, MANORS, FISHERY, ate. TO BE LET, COMPLETELY FURNISHED, For a Term of Three or Years, most capital MANSI ON HOUSE, tailed I ' A RLASTON HALL, near Stone, Staff or d s hi re , for -IV'er the residents of John Jervis, Esq. deceased, and now of .lrl• Wedgwood, with the Outbuildings, Walled Carders, Hot- Green house, Lawn, Plantations, and'about 100 Acres, ( i f /tithed for) of most capital Land adjoining. The House is 14 4 Err. coraprlses spacious, lofty, and well proportioned ~,; Dravritl;, and Bra Room,, Library, &c. &c. and ihr,,rt m ay expected in a Gentleman's residence. •I'Leftbe accommodated during tile term of the Lease I)o Potation of the Manors of Darlasten and Tittensor „_':Lnamg with Game), and the exclusive privilege of sporting' "v4.,.hst extensive Estates of the late John Jervis, Esq. deceased, those Manors, and also the Fishery of the River Trent adjoins the Lawn. l ' r cluises are situate about smile from Stone, and nearly j~fc4atre of the towns of Newcastle under Lyme, Eccleshall, 21%., Wen:re, Uttoxeter, Nantwich, and Cheadle: .I,44ste scion of the Mansion-house, Garden, Lawn, Manors, . 4 ; . 444 about S 0 or 4Q Acres of Laud, may be had at Lady- Pa n i '.7 lewttehril,l p l u s the Rent &c. be f urn ished on application ~ V. ; paid) to Messr , . Anstice and Cox, Temple, 1 ^ Messrs. Pip. and Blair, of Uttoxeter ; at each of ' 44,11 1 a ihatt ci the proposed Least may be inspected. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir WILLIAM CURrlSAibtained leave to bring in a Bill for enabling certain persons to purchase ground in the City of Lon don, to build a public fend and stock market. A new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a Bur gess for New Windsor, in the room of RICHARD RAbIiBOTTOM, Esq„ who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Leave was given to bring in a Bill for the erection of new docks on the South side of the River Thames, near Rotherhithe, and a Committee appointed to prepare the same. The Sheriffs of London presented at the Bar a petition against the said purpose; which was referred to the Committee for pre paring the Bill. Mr. H. MARTIN moved, that there be laid before the House an account of the Incomes and emoluments received by persons an the Custom House, from the year 1797 down to the present pe riod, specifying the sources from whence such incomes or emolu ments were &rived, together with an account of the disbursement during that period in the same Deratment. An account was ordered to be presented to the House of the quantity of Sugar Wash made during the last year, together with an account of the Spirits distilled therefrom. The Committee on the Embezzlement Bill, on the Motion of Sir JOHN NEWPCfRT, was postponed to Tuesday se'nnight. Mr. HARVEY moved the second reading of the Bill for erecting a house for the accommodation of the Judges of Assize at Chelmsford, when there on circuit. In support of the Bill, the Honourable Mem ber stated, that there was now no house in Chelmsford whereat the Judges, when on circuit, could procure suitable or commodious lodgings ; the house wherein they were usually accommodated heretofore, - being occupied by the Military Commander of the District. The people of Chelmsford apprehended. that the want of proper accommodation hi this respect would induce the. Judges to transfer their Court in.future to Colchester, or some other town in the county, to the great injury of Chelmsford, and the great inconveni-1 ence of Gentlemen from distant parts of the county obliged to attend the Assizes. The erection, he said, would cost the county but £2OOO, exclusive of furni ture. The expence would be trivial when assessed upon the whole county ; and besides, in order as much as possible to ease the expence, it was intended to let the house during the vacations between the Assizes, and also to devote towards it the money annually al lowed by Government to the Sheriffs for providing lodgings for the Judges. ADJOURNED DEBATE. ON MR. WHITBREAD'S RESOLUTIONS. Mr. WHITBREAD rose, and moved the Order of the day, for resuming the debate, adjourned from Friday last, urron the Resolutions he had moved touching the testimony of Lord Chatham. The motion was put from the chair, and the de bate resumed. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that as he had troubled the House with a few words introductory to those Resolutions, previous to the adjournment on Friday night, he should not now tresisiss further on their at tention, but reserve himself for the opportunity usually allowed by the House, should he feel it ne cessary to reply to any thing which might fall from other Gentlemen in the course of this night's debate. General CRAUFURD, disclaiming all party con siderations on this question, said, the Noble Earl was accused of having delivered to his Majesty on the 15th January a Narrative of his proceedings upon the late expedition to the Scheldt, without having previously communicated with his colleagues. The Noble Earl had disavowed the intention that any opinion he had ever given should cast the most distant shade of cen sure uponthe character or conduct of the tall int Ad miral, who was his naval cclleague on that expedition. The Narrative was a plain and simple statement of the grounds for his defence, should inquiry be thought necessary ; but whether he was right or wrong in delivering that paper (and the Honourable :General was willing to admit it might be an error), .ye: most confident he felt that he never was actuated in this instance, in the slightest degree, by the mo tives ascribed to him. The Noble Lord considered the paper as applying merely to his own conduct, and nothing else whatsoever. But such an intention as that of poisoning the King's mind against a gallant 'brother officer never, in the slightest degree, occurred to his mind. If the Noble Earl had incurred blame 'hy making this communication to hi , Majesty, with ' out the consent of his colleagues, he trusted that the IHOuse, under the circumstances, would consider it a venial error. He foresaw that some . inquiry would take place. He knew the moment the paper was in 'an official form, it would be deemed a public docu ment ; and, as such, would be called for. He wished it to remain private for a short time, and not to offer it officially before it became necessary to his defence. Although he had delivered it to his Majesty on the 15th of January, it was ,not made a public document until the 14th of February ; because then the Noble Earl was aware he should be put on his defence : and, therefore, when the Noble Earl stated in his testimony that he had not delivered his Narrative until the 14th of February, he meant that it did not becoma till then ar official document ; and therefore he could not refer to it as a public document before that date, as he had given it in the first instance Merely as a private communication ; and to divulge that circumstance would not have been consistent with his oath as a Priv; Councillor. If the House, therefore, considered the motives which actuate d the Noble Earl in this instance, they must extenuate his error, and vindicate him from every intention of cas ting censure upon the gallant Admiral, or to preju dice the King's mind against him. The House would likewise take into its consideration, the time when the Narrative was first delivered. Shor.ly after the Noble Earl's arrival from Atte Continent, he was aware that some inquiry into the business of the ex pedition must take place. This idea pressed upon his mind ; and he saw, that, trains some satisfacto y explanation was given, he must be tried by a Court Martial. It was to_ give this etplanation that I e • drew it up, and to state what would be the grourds of hti defence. If it were possible he could have harboured the views attributed to him, would he ' ve kept it back from the time of his arrival in oe er until the Janneay following ? Why did he cle ver it then ? Because Parliament was about to Oisieet. If the Noble' Earl had any intention to pre it judice the King against the gallant Admiral, would be have chosen such a mode to accomplish his pur 'pose ? To suppose such a thing would be to set down the Noble ; Earl as little more than a mere dri veller. Had he not daily opportunities of personal communication with his Majesty ? and could he not, therefore, have used those opportunities of conveying accusations verbally in a way which would leave tekre behind, instead of makits his statement in #vi , *ten Narr itive, which helinew must rentals as • ..doeutraent, - ant! which he meant should some day become official. Any Member of a Court Martial, to which the Noble Earl might be eventually refer red for trial, might have called for it. It must have been moved for by Parliament in the case of any in. quirt being instituted.' The Honourable General felt that if he had not stated these his opinions, he should not have done his duty ; and he hoped the House, upon maturely considering all the circum stances, would, in its own justice and liberality, fully acquit the Noble Earl of those motives ascribed to him by other Gentlemen, from no other cause, he was sure, than a different view of the subject. Mr. C. WYNNE had never had the honour of any personal intimacy with the Noble Lord to whose con duct the Resnlutioes before the House applied. But there were other considerations of feeling and near connection, which would render it more pleasing Lo him to give a silent vote on this question. The ex treme importance of the subject, however, rendered it impossible for him to justify his vote to himself, vrith out.stating the reasons upon which it *as founded.— It was now allowed, even by the Hon. and Learned Gendarme who had jest sat down, that the conduct. of Lord Chatham had been erroneous. No man who possessed any parliameotary information or constitu tional knowledge could commit his character by as serting the contrary. When this, then, was admit. ted on all hands, was the House of Commons, by not agreeing to the Resolutions of his Honourable Friend, to put upon their Journals that such conduct was not erroneous ? That would be the effect of voting the previous question, which he understood was to be moved by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite.— Lord Chatham, a Cabinet Minister, and also Com mander in Chief of an important Expedition, having given ihto his Sovereign a statement containing h eav y 'charkes against a gallant Admiral who had been em ployed with him in that Expedition ; and having, contrary to all constitutional practice, and the whole course of precedents, accompanied his statement with a desire of secrecy, it was impossible that the Hru . st of Commons could declare such conduct not only not erroneous but justifiable. It would be to hold out to all military men an encouragement to Col lett% tle same practice. It would, in any such.case, be open to them to give in any statement containing any charges against other officers, with a request of secresy, and without communicating it to the confi dential servants of the Crown, at least those who were formerly considered Confidential servants (Mar, hear,) and thee, if it was likely that - the paper should be called for by the House, all they would have to do would be to demand the statement back, and ex punge such passages as contaioed the most objec tionable charges. This was a principle, which he was persuaded that house would never sanction., But it had been argued that the statement was not official till the 14th of February, when Lord Chatham hid given it in to the Secretary of State by his Majesty's command, after having omitted, as appeared from his own evidence, that part which contained a parti cular opinion- He could not perceive the force of this observation, because he could not consider the original statement in any other light than as the offi .cial report of the proceedings of the army under Lord Chatham. He could not conceive any thing which would ever more satisfactorily prove the statement to be official, than that it was given in to his Majesty with the signature, " CIIATIIAM, Lieutenant Gene ral." If it had been aprivate communication, and not an official one, it would have been signed in tae ordinary manner, " Chatham." There would be an end of all responsibility of Ministers, if the doctrine now set up were to be admitted. All that any Mi nister need to do in that case, to avoid responsibility, would be to say, that any advice which he might have conveyed to his. Sovereign, was a private communi cation.—(Hear, helr.)-1-ie could not conceive how any paper presented to his Majesty respecting a pub lic measure could be considered in any other light than as official. If it had not been an official docu ment till the 14th of February, he would ask what act of Lord Chatham had made it official then ? He had tendered the narrative to his Majesty in the same manner as in the first instance. His M jesty, how ' ever, having reflected upon the business, and m eaning the examples of his own uniform conduct, . and the practice of all the constitutional Monarchs who preceded him on the Throne, directed the Noble Earl to give the narrative in the regular way to ehe Se. cretary of State. If his Majesty had given the same di rections in the first instance, was any Gentlemarrpre plied to say that the paper would not have been offi cial ? He felt it necessary, therefore, for the charac ter and dignity of that House, to follow up the Ad dress of the former night, by the adoption of the re solutions then under consideration They could not have had the slightest suspiciuh that such a paper e). isted, till it was moved for, and presented for their inspection. The House was now in possession of the whole business, and was bound to prosecute it to some , satibfactorf issue. They were particularly called up on to adopt this course, because they,, been been kit to sift the transaction as they could, slaVinikassse at . . .- •