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[Li further ccas;derati: , it was ax:ointi:d f..;: Monday next. The Annual ra fur 7rntiting tn Ir.; Majesty cer tain Duties on PenpiQ:,t, C. went through a Committee, and was ;nned. On the Order of the Day being read, for the teso:e,ng itself into a Committee on the Malt 1),•y LORD CHANCELLOR left the Woolsack. ancl r. Tle:rel the attention of fille:r Lordships to tl,e tia ot the big; and xr the same time moved, t;te Oiler of the House s declaring it linp:olitmentary and injutioas to the C ., nstiteutin m she country. to blend with a Sty ply, any foreign or escrooestu. manor. shoald be reetit" The Order being reads his Lordship said it was Unnecessary to trouble the House upon ibi merits and propriety of she Standing Ordar • with %weft to t:.e Bill at resent nodes their L;rdships con iderat'on, this. was in its title a reference to au limit of certain Exchequer Bills for the serails, of the last year, which was altogether foreign to its Orin mph. !le thought it his duty. therefore. to move, "17 , at the Bill be rejeeed."—Carried us the affir. :native. • 'll4 Bill for neuraliring John James &basics, was ^6 .1 a second time, a.t.l ordered to be corn- Or until Monday next. ' HOUSE OF COMMONS. s:r John Newport, and another new Member, wt 1 t. sworn, and took their seats. Mr. Peter Moore brought up the Report of the Cemmi tee upon Bowyer's Lottery Bill. The se- Requhitions were read, and agreed to, and the L.II ordered to lie engrossed. I 01IN NEWPORT intimated to the House, having been returned fer the City of Water.: idor J, and also for the Borough of Malton, in the it unty ef York, he made his eleaion to save in Par liam.nt for the City at Waterford. A n.• a Writ was moved for a Member to serve in Par!i..m-nt far the county of Sussex, in the loom of !;enorai L-nos, now Duke of Richmond, who had bean c.0. 1 .!3 up to the House of Peers. ' Sir .10lIN NEWPOICE gave notice that he shmtla, on Monday o-:t. move tor leas•e to bring in a Bill to amend the tenth Clanso of an A , " of the 42.1 of His present Nlahty, entitled " An A. for the Regulation of the Trial nt contro►erted Elec tions, for that part of the UniteJ Kingdrun Ireland j" there being a very i oportant omission io the clause already mentioned: which was, that there wis no ri,tver in the Al, as it now stood, to teacher ti a nark to the Clerk who took down the evisience, there was power to swear the Commis ,inners tl;einwl:•es. . Sir J Vtedettek lerought up the Report of the Cr,rnratate_ to br: l ots) the con.iJetAtion of the Croy ty MIS re:err:J. Resolutions were read Ima a r ia tc, and the Itettort erdett►a to lie on the table. Mr. CALCRAFT rose to answer a guidon put to hint ►esterday by an H. Gentleman opposite, (Mr Jobbstone) keitpettiug Ordnance Expentes relating to the Island of Ceylon. A supply of gun-powder had been sent to that place in a ►ery considerable quantity, at the express requisition ot the Go►ernor, supported by the Commanding Ar , tales y Officer of that place ; who reported, that the gun-powder there was bad and scarce ; and not only an immediate, but an annual sopply, was sent from Woolwich. Howe►er, the Board of Ordnance had since inquired, and it was supposed gun-pow der must be cheaper in India, and the necessary regulations were accordingly made. With resped to the other expmditures, he was not as yet able to gi►e an answer, but should be happy at all times, as far as he was concerned with that department, to gi►e every satisfaction in his power, respecting ex penditures : 10001. it appeared, had been expended for pickers and turn-screws, when formerly the ex pence, upon that head, amounted to 2700 i. In fa& there was, at present, 90001 worth of these articles unexpended ; and, in the court • of the next year, they should be more than ah:e t i meet th t expenditure. More than 70001. w mh were Annually taken for the ser►ice of helix ; this, to he sure, was proportionably tar too mush, and th r-sore, an inquiry should he made relati►e to that suojfa. Mr. JOHNS lONE expressed himspb much obliged by, and pertenly %rie.fi d weth. Ole explana tion of the Right Hon. G..-ni4mait. H cer ainly could not help entertaining an opineon, rut 3000 barrels of gun-pnwder was an tAtrAordinary ye:sil lily to send to India, particeila ly when it was le colleamd, that the gre :ter part of t .e ma eri els for making it, came from that country, and as in this. it exceeded six the c u ts. The Gov:rnar of Ceylon fp cerulean not exercised the rules of economy, as tie badness of the powder must have arisen Rosa keeping it too long in store. With teepee to Ireland, there &taut haws been some negli gence in the Ordnance Department of that milt, y. They shoul I not have returned on hands more than was necessary. Mr. CAI :CRAFT replied, that if blAnts was to be attached to any p.sity, it wa. to the Ordnance here, as they • bad the controlling power in their own hands. Mr. WALPOLE gave notice, that he wouhl. nn Monday next, move to enlarge the time for recogni. sauces being entered into. upon the Derry Election Petition. Mr. ADAM, pursua-1 to notice, moved "That the order for taking into con,ideration the EleSion Pe tition (or the Court!) , of Aberdeen, should be en larged from the 22i of January, for which day it hal been fixed, until Thursday, the 26th day of March next." Mr. DUNDAS, and another Member, whose mane we could nlt learn, fonowing the precedent laid down a few nights ap,o, upon the Thetford Pe tition, thought the tion. Memher should state some special ieason fir. postponing the consideration of that Petition. Mr. ADAM answered, that he thought the very nun , of the County would have been quite sufficient reason far postponing it. It was one of the moat Northein Counties of Scotland, in sn porticolar a situation, that it w, impoF,; , •lr to up evidence by s..# c.u:•• a p.rund a; that for wittca it n uv stond. '1 hi; was therc:oic that stilt of cos:, ti, winch the !louse always extended that sort (if indulgence. Atter a few words more from Mr. DUNDAS, the Motion was agreed to. The House went into a Committee upon the An nual Indemnity Bill, and the Exchequer Bills Bill, the Amendments were severally read and agreed to, and the Reports ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. WOOLMORE wok that opportunity of asking the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. \Wind ham), the reason why Colonel, now Gen. Osborne's name. was not mentioned in the Vote of Thanks of that House, to General Stewart, and the other Of kers, Scc at the battle of Maida. Mr. WINDHAM answered, that in that resota the vote of thanks. upon that occasion, was arrie i d as far as any precedent would allow. It was usaal am to mention any person's name. especially under the rank of Major-Genital ; and, therefore. did not extend to that gallant Officer. He assured the Hon. Gentleman, that that Officer had as much credit for his bravery upon that occasion as any other Officer; but, in point of form. General Os borne was not at that time a Brigadier-General, wily Colonel Osborne. He. therefore, could not have been iatentionally negletted, as the case never was carried so far. Mr. WOOLMORF. declared himself perfectly satisfied with this eaplanation. Mr. WINGFIELD presented a Petition on be half of the Petitioners upon the Penrhyn Election Petition, praying to enlarge the time for entering into recognisance. He stated, that reco gnizances having been entered into upon this Petit ion, io the country, three days previous to its being presentedto the House, and there being no provision in the At for such a circumstance, it became necessary to enter into fresh recognizances ; and, therefore, he sought to obtain rinse for that purpose. Mr. SWANN ohjetted to the Motion, upon the grounds, that in their anxiety to present their Peti tion, they had aced illzgally, and were not entitled to any indulgence from that House ; besides, the notices were kept back from the' Sitting Members until the last moment. The two persons who en tered into this recognizance were labouring men, one of whom voted for himself. After some further conversation between Mr. PERCEV AL, Mr. SWANN, and Mr. WING FIELD, the Petition was brought up, and the time for entering into the usual recognizance, enlarged until Monday, the 19th instant. Cron Motion of Mr. VANSIrTART, the Re solutions cf the lst instant, relative to referring the Malt Duty Bill to the Committee of Ways and Wars, was read. Mr. YAWL ITART then stated, that under st aiding, from some circumstances which were not necessary for him to enter into, that the Bill in ques tion was t'.rnwn cut of the Lords, he moved the for leave to bring in a Bill according to the said Reso?otiuns. Irate :was granted, accordingly. and the other orders of the day being then dispitad of, the House i'nrcl, unt , l ot-morrew (this d, r ) .THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10. An American vessel is arrived at Falmouth from Rochfort, in seven days. She sailed from Rochfor t on the 30th of December ; a report was then in circulation there, that the Russians had experienced a severe defeat en the other side of the Vistula.— this report is just as little entitled to credit as most of the other reports brought by American ships.— We have accounts of as late a date from liansburgh and Altona as the day on which the American sailed—yet no such irtelligence had reached either of those places, which are so much nearer the scene of anion. Five sail of the line, one a three-decker, and two frigates, are s lid to be ready fur sea at Rochfort, with troops co board. The Cru,'.rer gun-brig has captured a French log ger privateer of 18 guns, and carried her into Yar mouth. The prize was taken after a chest of six hours, during which she threw two of her guns overboard. Her name is LJ Jena, after the cele brated battle of the 14th of 02o!ver, from Dunkirk, a complete new vessel, only I l days cif the stocks. She Is id been out only scv,a drys, in which time she had made the following captures :—Neptu.re, of Sunderland, R. G3AN AM, Master ; Bee, of Yar mouth, Marx's. from Dantaic to London, with wheat; and ere Fdirdy, of Kirkaldy, Tiros. PAR KINSON, from Psilau, bound to Hull, with yarn. on Friday and Saturday last, off the Spurn, and sent them for the Texel. Three of the Masters of these vessels were prisoners on hoard L 4 geld. Her Captain, M. Ilnar 1., states, that seven sail of the line are nearly finished at Antwerp ; that one fri gate and a corvette are ready for sea at 'Dunkirk, and several frigates and slunps in a state of great forwardness. A carious case of desertion occurred on kcard the Trailer, while at anchor off Flushing. A Swedish seaman, who had been impressed out of a smuggling cutter, contrived to possess himself of one of Datrier.s' Life Preservers, the property of the Boatswain, and though at a (considerable dis tance from the land, committed himself to the waves, through which it is supposed, with the as sistance of this device, he made his way to shore in safety. We announced, yesterday, that an Order bad been issued to His MAJESTY'S ships of war and priva teers, to detain and bring in all ships and vessels belonging to neutrals trading firm one port of France to another, or any port under the controul of the French Government, where British vessels arc not permitted to trade. The Order will appear in Toe Gazeete of this evening ; and, we have au• THORITT to state, that the following is a corral outline of it : " No neutral tenets will be permitted to trade from any pert under the controul, or in the ponakeion of, the enemy Tue neutral trade direr/ from neutral nations to the enemy's porn, is still permitted i but the neutral trade, from port to port, ie prohibited." The coasting trade and .the carrying are thus entirely cut off, so far as respeas France and the countries nutter her influence and controul. They may rec-ive the produce of neutral countries, dime, in neutral ships ; but they cannot export their own direelly, or indireilly, to neutral countries, nor to each other and the only powers of Europe with which neutral trade remains free and oaaffeaed by the Order, aro the British Islcs, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, Sicily, and Turkey. Austria has one or two Ports in the Mediterranean, but they are is a state of blockade. The effect of this mea sure must be, as we stated yesterday, to extinguish every spark of mercantile spirit and speculation in the countries upon which it operates. Their whole export and carrying trade being thus swept away, no incentive to industry or commerce remains, but internal consumption ; and even that, the frantic ambition of Box AAAAA s, which Inflit!s every thing to its gratification, is daily reducing. Had he the means of spreading the produce and menu hearts of France, all over the Continent, where is he to find purchasers ? The plundered and op pressed people of Hulland, Prussia, Poland, Sunny, ace. have neither money nor property to give in exchange. And even though these nations of the Continent had remained in their original state of prosperity, their consumption of the produce and manufailures of France would bear a very small proportion to that of the other three quarters of the Globe, from which they are now interdiEted, by this vigorous measure of the British Govern ment. We announced, on Wednesday, that the writers, hostile to the present Administration, would not fail to reptesent Mr. Will Til •D'S speech, on Mon day, as a declaration of war againit the Minister.— We gave this junto full credit for falsehood and p'e varication ; but we gteatly under-rated the excess in bath, of which they have proved themselves ova- Me. One of this pee*, sei yesterday male tL.: following °lnes vAtioas s "Ir. Whitbread's spceek In opposition to the address and the spate of Mr. Sh:diden ■nd Mr. Tierney, In ones, has ciLated mush secculatien on tom dries of u t , House." " Load Ye 110111 h% ralitittt discontent is certsinly a new idea with hi. .rd.hi,; hut, etwinwitied with MOS eirrliaatow ea 4 - disoffistscli..e octal- yr:al er a s it itutte dot, pretty phtn. In that there Is •• 509100AI:1 introit in the state of be nark _ . " Rotten in the sure of Deltas:irk theta certainly M— , ette e In the atm, ari4 composition of the itrami-boaewell Cabinet which, however it may beast, • prieunt:ttuain bust it is, 0 ( possessing all the Waste is the connive, eanotit.be sr cordial, and therefore might wit, anal we trust will e G t, remain as it is." The writer of the above cbseivatisns must 6e a man roamin g wonderful discernment...N T . WOITBACAU is no Member of Administratioe I.ord Yaa>tou ru is no Member of Adrninistrcioe. What symptoms and signs of rotten's'', in tit. Government can be discovered in the conded of men, who neither do, nor ever did, form a p.trt of it, minds of the ordinary stamp are un able to discover. For symptoms of rottenness in a body, a vulgar mind would look into the L itself ; but it was reserved for these sagacious A. totuists to seek and d:sctiver them in some extra. neous and totally distinct substance. Oh, bet then Mr. MANLY and Mr. SMEIIDAN ate Mrs. hers of the Administration, and their silence on tat night of the Address is a volume of evidence, that tl.! fabric to which they belong is rotten, and ready to tumble to pieces. We have really seldom met so ewe: - mining and dextrous a disputant. The speeches Mv.tV arsAu and Lord Y auxocaa....the silea ct of Mr. &Mail:IAN and Mr.Tisaniv—the ivu a:.,1 the ekes all leod, in his opinior., to ono and the i:17:. ; inevitable and obvious inference. All these discords: and contrarient premises conspire to prove, that .;:e Administration is ready to tumble to pieces, and that nothing but the Herculean thoulciers of Mew-. Peactvat, C•simino, and Co. can support the tottering pile. Had Mr. Warrentan persiste.! in his amendment, and had Lord Howica hard pressed in debate, while Mr. Sara, OAN and Mr. Tinaarr sat silent, and with-held their aid, their silence would indeed be a proof of their was: of seal in the cause. But it would have been waste of powder and shot to have interfered, wLe:e the single arm of Viscoent HOWICIL was competes.: to put his puny antagonists to Sight. 'leis, hot:. ever, is not the rust time this sagacious writer has discovered rottenness and disunion in the Ministry, and laboured most diligently in his calling, to ac complish his own prediaioa. With hollow and peril dious professions of friendship for Mr. S,scwi DAN, an./ esteem for his talents, that Gentleman was early assured he ought to have been at the head of the Cabinet, and that he was insulted by the place of Treasurer of the Navy. Mr. SHLRIDAteI we admit, cannot be too highly rewarded; but he would not desezve the great eharaCter which he possesses, had he been the dope of such shallow artifice. Mr. SHERIDAJI felt that it was an insidious attempt to excite discontent and jealousy in Lis breast, with a view to divide the Ministry, and be treated it with all the can:erupt wlateh it deserved. . We lately anacunce.7, l ripoTt the authority of tLe Getman Papers, that several Prussian °dicers had been brought to trial tor their conduit in the late unfortunate events. The King of Paussta has issued a Proclamation upon the subjea, and con taining also direitions for future conduit, undrr the severest penalties. It is given et length in our last page. It appears, from our Bath Letter, that the report of the Bishop of Lownots being seriously indisposed in that city, is without foundation. The first battalion of the 6th Regiment of Foot moved, on Thorslay. from Dover to Deal bar racks. The Fifeshire Militia is also under orders to move from Dover into the Sussex dissrid, and commenced its march by the coast, on Tuesday. A farther change of quarters of the treer is the rent distria, arising from the late movements, took place in the course of the present week. The Renfrew Militia moved from Ashford to the Sussex district, and the Denbeigh Militia from Ashford to Dover. The Renfrew were expected to commence their march yesterday. The Loyd, a vessel of between 4 and 500 toss. chartered by the Ordnance Board, passed through the Downs, en Sunday, from Woolwich, laden with 800 barrels of gunpowder, .hut and shel:s for Malts. The Two Brothers, —, of Dundee, laden with GI and hemp, has been found on the Dogger Bank, without any person on boat d. No further intelligence, worthy of credit, has been received from the Continent. The Master of a vessel, indeed, arrived in the River on Thursday. from Stettin, which place he lett en the 27th ult. reports, that, prior to his sailing. advice, had reached that place, that a Russian and Pru►sian force had appeared at Stargard, a town about twenty miles from Stettin. It was said thAt these troops had come a considerable distance, by a circuitous route. for the purpose of attar►ing the Fsen.h in the rear. The reports of m.tsteis of vessels have *marshy proved fallacious. This rumour ;givens one of the most improbable that w: have heard. :.nit I i. e ..,e A .11 ! -e • :