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I aurae, ewe far heart. * brio; in a Eili f. r regoLding tte k. 406 et Debar. The trio\ siik end Cotton Expor:atio • I riailibAica Bill conunittiti, t►r Report reCCIVId, aid lee ata : cdr~►:b • 81IttCd tu.Y HEN TREWSHIEE ELECTION COMMITTEE, SALUDITiIb Tlllll WI?. PaICUC GI c Sop • Sir Wis. itlg3er, Hart.. sq. boie aCairo, Es* Jobe R. M w atleie, . JA,ll,‘ brakes, Esq. Archibald Cooping" E , Esq. Timothy Shelley, Esq. Josiah Jackson, Eaq. H e nry Glassier, Am. &tiaras It. tAtis, Esq. Hon. Crupiry Ashley, Right Hue. itielsorA Ryder. Lat. Lord Wis. Russell. LOA Foikrltoiot.. Right Hon. W. Etnndas. The CH•porf Loa of the Eucnt en. mowed," That all the orders fur tal:',l4 i.ito consideration Petite's* fir con trowelled Elections, subs..*Liteut to that of Pawls) n, lie read and discharged.” This belordone the seine Right Honourable Centimes moved, sad carri:ll, "'That they be distributed is three yer week, in enter to have them c.inelndtd haute Geed Friday.' The, therefore stand es follows : sasses. epoeTseelay, eqtfi Hatch. Clotaclierrli es ditto. Deagarvon Ilituselay, tit slam!. Newry, on 'Tuesday, the sth April. Doerr" on ditto. Witsforil studs is formerly. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Sir Cnaos.es PoLs, pursuant to uotice, moved, " That the Charter of Greenwich H ssp.tal, and the lath Report of the Naval Conimiseiuners rela tive thereto, be entered as reed." This being agreed to, the guise Hon. Reronet moved, .‘ That an humble Addis," he promoted to lb. Majesty, praying that he world be graciously plagued to order that in future all the Offices of Greenwich Hospital should be occupied solely by sen-faring people, according to the ori girl Charter, as for as the same can be complied with." The CIIA nCELLOII of the Excororvin. although Le approved of the motive. which actuated the Hon. Baronet, objected to ibis as not Iseiug the slog proper mode to metal.' his object. Upon the principle* which he hail Inr,nerly stated, he should propose - that, there should be certain e xceptions stated in that ad:hos, officils; of aurveysir, auilitor, organist, and brewer. With these cure- - - , boos he should have no objection to agree to it. - Mr. Wlll'6lE6ll thought the Right lion. Gen. tletnan had not suflieleatly 6dr:2l-Led to the nature oi the Address pro;seied, as it stated the abject to be only "es far as the same eonld be coo plied with." He shottld rather wish to love lite siarrot stan:l so worded than that say Minas be stated, us many persons, miliasstly capable of filling those offices, might be found motto sea faring penpk ; and besides, it worild operate as an etwouragernent to those individuals to turn their attention to such occuitations. in order to adapt tbetneelvee fur them, when it ago known that there was no bar to their. twine admitted. Even the Chaplains might he supplied from amongst that body of peoplti ; and mold there be a better mode of bringing resocutithic people it.to the navy, than the holding oat of such prospects? The only in stance that had occurred during the last adminis *ratios of a person not originally brought tip to the navy, being aopointed to a situation in that hospt %Liras that of superintendent of the victuallinit department thereof, which office was given hr Lord Howick to a very respertahie and worthy Gentle. teat, (alluding to Ralph Davison, Esq.) lately de crewel, who had met with a severe accident, is humanely endeavouring to save some of the crew of His Majesty's cutter Pigsty. wrecked upon the coast of Guernsey. Although this was an appoint ment not a ithin the strict letter of the Chatter, yet it was one oh' such a nature, that it might be rea sonably allowed to form an exception to the geaend rule; anti if all other except:one were under a similar circtunstance of couneetion with the naval service of the country, they could not be moth complained of. After mote further conversation, Sir CHUM= Pol.e agreed to alter his motion as suggested. anti it was accordingly agreed to. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. _ Mr. FOSTER waved for Co i ner of Letters frosu the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, of the stls and 9th of January, twia, to the l'..ustets of this Coder, together with the wooers of Dr. Den, with their iuclosures.—Or dered. NSWPOirt moved for certain nuncio"- • piratical' between Lord Costlerriiih oral Mr. Pc-l imn'', since the year Ira, reverting the Ronan Catholic Establishments upon the Continent, pre vious to the French Revolutiou.,-Ordered. Mr. FOVlrtl gave notice, that he would to morrow move for tense to bring in a Bill for re fulating certain Offices in the Custom-house in Ireland. Upon the motion of the same Right Honour able Gentleman. certain Plans and Estimate, rela tive to the haprnvensents of the Harbour of Estimates, head, were ordered to be pmdueeil. On the Motion of Mr. tO . STER, the House re saved itself into a Committee to consider of certain Acts relative to the 'Dole between the East Indies mid Ireland, particularly as to the proisrietg of amending the Act of 1793. The report of the Committee of Supr.ly wa• brought up, agreed to, and Bills orileeol accord- The report of the Committee en the Exchequer Bills Funding 1%11 wu brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. FOSTIM brought up • Bill to prohibit the warehousing good. under certain regulations, which was read a first time and ordered to be read a se coed 'time on Friday. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Malt Duty Bill, and the report was ordered to be peeved to-mormw. The Annual Qualification Indemnity Bill was read a third time. The Order of the day was then read for the fur ther bearing of Counsel in favour of thePeturiotti against the Orders in Conned, when Messrs. Bell, Martin, Forrest, awl Mann, were severally exa ininVd• Their teatiir.ony went to 'hew the injury which would arise to their respective trade:., in their intercourse with Arne .iem, through the operation of those Orders in Council. The Cuarfcri.t.na of the EXCHEQCFR prop , seri to postpone their further Lea:nig until to-morrow, wleieh was agreed to. The other 'sclera of theAav were thin clstinsei of, and the House adjourned . at Twelve o'clos.i. ••* F • ire h,u !,cen received, sad shall to atteiided Le Shamrock will not be in time until nett Putrid:. Day. Fur Bonham Arises, see last pay. THE BRITISH PRESS. L.ON DON. WEDNESDAY. Masco 23. Dispatehee were received, yesterday, at the Ad miralty, from Admiral WiittsnEo, dated on board the Treat, of 36 guns, otf Cork, but we do not un derstand that they coutuin any netts of importance. Dispatches were sent off, last uight, from the Adniuralty, to all the out-ports, the contras of which are understoud to be of great importanceow. Every menus of precaution are used to defez,t auy attempt which the enemy may meditate apron Ireland. The Channel Fleet Itsw left its statlou and put into *Forbay. Three of the vessels destined for the Baltic, and detained for some time at Portsmouth by contrary winds, vie.. the DapAue frigate, thg Speedy sloop, and the Steady gun-bri i z, sailed on Monday. The Ballot for the Westminster Election Com mittee, which was Used for yesterday in the [louse of Commons, upon the Petition of Mr. SHERIDAN against Lord Coctutaxu, did not take place, Mr. SHERIDAN having declined to prosecute the Peti tion. It is said, that if Mr. SnEll DAS had succeeded in removing Lord Cocuetawa from his seat, the Bruutrr party had it in contemplation to set up Mr. Roscov for Westtninster, and to maintain is election in the same manlier in which they support ed Sr i FILANCIA BURDETT. The Russian army acting against **ellen is com manded by Prince BAGILIITHIOE, with Generals BUYKOEVDSN, BENNICIitIf, and SPRINPORTES under him. BIJX.IIOILVDEN is the General who was said to have behaved in ill iu the late war against France, at the battle of Pultusk ; SPASMS PORTE CC is by birth a Ses-,;11e.; and DC51141041* is the General who commanded at the battle of Ey lan, and displayed so much talents opposed to Bo na TARTg, in whose cause he is now doomed to tight agaiust his late friends. The private letters received by the Gotteubergh Mails state, that the Swedes have already eleven sail of the line, and several sesa:ler vessel s , completely equipped, and *et he the eoth of the presort month they writs to put to sea in order to vetch the French awl Lanes. - Accounts were received at the Admiralty, yes tertlav, trout Cihra!tar. to the tt9th of l'e which communicate the intelligehce, that the Carthagena squadron has pat to sta. aid was standing up the Mediterranean, but war conyelled be a strong Levauter to take shelter in Aliiiort-e. where the Hydra left them about the 13th of Fe lirtiarv. SID% LT SIMS was at Gibraltar in the tualromemt, accompanied by the Aga blkin in water and provisions. previous to his sailing for the Ilra7ils. No further accott•ts have been received respecting the Rotlifort sal ~adrun— but the abort intelligence proves that the :o:voutit of the junction of the Roelifort with t'l.- Car diagram. squadrm, is uot true. 'rite latter is sea sail of the bum. - - - On Monday se'unittfit, the Commisn.on for re ceiving evidence in suprort of the petition nguiiel the return of Mr. FirrTta 6ir the Colleg • of Lub lin, Commenec.l it, sittings in that cit . Should the Election for Beverley prove vnid, four fresh Candidates are reported to b! rendy to start. In couseTrence of the Committee of the Howe of Common, hissing declared the late li..lectioo for Melton MA, BMY A!I Cooar. Esq. 14 now can. ver,ing the votes of that place. and it is expected he wilt be chosen without opposition : —( resit Herd& . . TWO IJCW I,loUsofi Ore t o be added to those in the Admiralty Yard, for the accositoodation of the two Junior Cords of the Board of Admiralty. Sir ion% STI.r are has left town for Plymouth, where he is to embark on board the dleerity sloop of wsr, for s.cily.--Sir Jolts retains the Staff appointed by his successor iSir J. Moon:.) in the commaud of the army in that Capt. Stites is appointed to tire Diomede, Sir EV9IIIIIEI Nsrr.i s fiabr-fbir• The Irish Exchequer Office is rP.innved from iVhitehall to Great George's-street. The late office is to be anacced to that for couiptmlling, the army accounts. which, on account of the iucrease of business, requires to be enlarged. Letters have been received from St. Petershorgh, dated the red alt.; it appears from them, that the Russian Government ions relaxed in its severities agoirr4 the British merchants, and has azreed to furnivh them with passports. A letter of that date, which has been transmitted to London. for the in formation of the merchants, by Mr. EDWARD Ctry BATLET, expressly states, that Count Ro ms‘rotv had sent a formal notilleation that pass ports would be granted. It was sapposell that this appare A favour to the . Esilliela was. rootwithstaud nig. promoted be the Fronds. who mow with & jealous eye the &Madly intercourse wiorlo still sub fiord between the British and Russian{ T. Cottle?, Esq. Purser in the R4ol Navy. yid* mired, on Morolav last, with a sudden intik*. ! , itina, as he say walking down lit. Mary-street, Po7t.motath, and fell, never to rise as.rain. Mr. Cottiza was about forty years of age. and had had no pro.ilbn. Mors*: he is now as alma* regreated as 1e was tespacted when 4414. THEATRES. OPERA. Maclaine CATALAiII was last night so much re covered that vi:e remumed her part in the Comic Opera of Il Firer& roatro 11 Foarbs, with all lier inmal i•xeellenee ; she sans the airs with the rrent est ta s te gyacutiop'. and was rapturously ap plauded. Monsieur laid Madame DES HAVES chimed in their finest stik, and received uuboun4)ri applause. The house nas thinly attended. The favourite Opera of 7%e Haaated Tower was performed Lot night, and went oti with great sp - nt. Mr. BRAILiII visa in time voice, and did the greatest juAice to the beautiful airs al lotted him in the part of Lord Signora STORACE, Mr. Baia tirr ea, mud Mr. Doweow, were very divert ing, aunt kept the audience in continual laughter.— The revived Farce of The Mayor of Garrott follow ed, acid went off with feint. COVENT-GARDEN. Last night the revived Comic Opera of The Traceilers is Swifter/end, with many alterations, new scenery, new dresses, and new music, by the original composer, Mr. SHIIILD, was performed. This Opera, with all the advantages of scenery, caeca:W music, and tine execution, went ad very heavily. The only ewer, was the dust of Ines tempest:um, wiods do Blew, by Mr. lact.tuos and Mr. TREIIIY. Mrs. Dlcitioris, and Mr. BELL/Luc, were its hue voice; but there is such a want of interest throughout the piece, that it will Dot prove a favourite revival. Mrs. C. KIM/La was the lively Chambermaid, iu which she m much exec!'. Mr. Mu tinr.i4 was very humourous in Daniel, the servant; but the representation bore evident marks of very hasty preparation. The farce of The Widow's Choice followed, and pro duced muds laughter. The house was full. The Mall at Cheltenham in honour of St. Pa trick's Day, was opened by Capt. FOTHIIIIN CHAIM and Lady Louisa Kamal. who wan followed by the Wart of La S gaIa.IIOVCII. her Ladyship's ne phew, and Lady ELIZAIIIRTS MATBZW. salter to the Earl of Laserstr. 'The Shamrock prevailed in eilerY"akpart9ent. An honest Pat, who had lost a limb at the battle of Trafalgar, for his King and country, chalked the doom in varions devices em blematical of his King, his Country, and Saint Patrick, The grand novelty of the Plymouth Dock Theatre ism Mr. BESS Err, who plays liorkquin, Mortoch Urlany, and invited recites. The Hon. MN. ('.►aiwatout, whose death we announced last week, was sister to the late iscouut HAWAIIIOIN, mud has left eight children to mourn her low. Si; Gnomic Ruusous. Bart. died at Memel, on the Isth December, ofa fever. From the Proclamations of the Rnsoivms to the lies. elie would suppose that the lawn wens me sislortviesiespiere gods-mos. ,Lord FALMOOI.II left Tres/mhos:3 on Thursday for Woolhompton, his Lordship's sett iu Berk shire. The next Ladies' Vocal Concert will be held to morrow, at Viscountess Uow N R y a. Mr. Kos uew comedy comes forward, next week. at Drury-lone Theatre. It is to be called The World! The Etsrl of Uxoatnag, we are sorry to hear, has experienced a relapse, and was yesterday so ill as to be 4:endued to hi. room. ilasur Hamm FITICLARENCE, second sou !of His Royal Highness t'ae Duke of CLaatact, has jipt attained Ins tith year. Early in the ensuing inr.iith, he wilt' go to Pm neuter the care of Ad miral Kaass,„oli board His :11aJesTv's ship the Smperh. lir is atoutle of the most promising genius, and at his esrty.age is a proficient ia vartous sc complidemeuta. The Duke of GORDON arrived, on Sunday, at the house of his sou, the Marquis of iu Winipole-street. Sir Joey and Lady GAM/VANE WiturfriLtY hare arrived at their house M Stratlord-place Mrs. Da Caesrecter and her family, at their house in Upper Brook-street, from Brighton. Mr. l'Ap.scrr, who did perform' at tee Dublin Theatre,• and is now playiug at Worcester, ou his way to join Mr. BevaatAt's company, at Glloa- Ceder, has published the following adrertiseuteut in the Dublin papers : " Fleabag that a Mae ad malicious report Imp bees is mated aad isciestrimeaty ph/petaled, for the ialimows Far row of Miming is my pralmeios, slug lam creased sad Mire, imaeart of briag, am! aim I. the poroct of ary prefierisw-4 herd/ (Imam, that I win prosecute the pew- PolOstore at that, sari an each malicious reports to die utmost rigour which the law allows. " TALBOT." *. Theatre, Worcester." It is reported that Mr. %VATcu, proprietnr or the Kiines Theatre. is about to publish a pamph let, entitled, The Opera Glass, which will etabeaco his correspondence with Mr. TATLOIt, and a va riety of curious and iuterestiug particulars relati. c to the conduct of that Gentleman, Nlsdarne CA TALAN!, and Mr. D•Eisvitur.. The whole mil form an addrems to the public. ELOPZMENT EITILAOIDVIArt.—On Thu rsrlay night last, Miss .I—, of—, harped fo•in ticr faer's house in Truro, with a kuip it of the thim ble on crotches! and, &cored by the genial; o,f love, succeesfally eluded the pnrsuit of the parish constable, and a posse of neighhanr.. who joined in the pursuit. The amorous fugitives ore bap posed to have bent their course for Bristol, ou the rwati to lappines*. Tht Portsmouth Theatre, wader the manage. anent of Messrs. Maxrart.6 and KaiLl', he., this season, afforded inn& usitisractioo to the puler. Amnon* its distinguished attractions is a lady wises* name is BA Rai. Her clear 011011Ceptiell and jut& eiou, representation of the characters asingticd to her, have. on all occasions, received vied ru.•rite4 appladm ; and her exquisite recitation of Collides Ode, proves a once the extant and worts of hitt power. This lade•. we venture to predict. will soon find her reward in the siirdindion of a Loudon' audiesce. CITY 'BUSINESS. The Loan II AVOR held • Cone of Common Council, Internal ; after hearing of various Petitions awl Itep. eta, - Mr. Jack* stowed a Resoistios relative to the unlit:try force of the 04, and for milliming it to a Committee, ho cos sidir thq bed Beaus of iseraseing the same. Upon arbicidltr. W•ttitie Ai. pier Mveral appropriate observations, meted en ideMilitat at coitaidersh , e length, assertiog the !NUS and Privileges of tie City of London, aod skew in; that they bad, al all ocersijm, cantriliuted iu Si equal and larger proportion Stored, flie extremes of the Male, than any,ueire poet of tie Lisigifoni ; which arm& went war supported by Mr. Qed and Mr. Deetty bete, arid after • Noe i i .ramps agreed tu. The Thank.. of the Coed - ware voted to Mr. Rogers, late Acting Captain of the Windsor Cadle Packet.--JM Parti ed/ow see Advertisement ) The Court agreed to petition the House of Commons maims the Bill for Building a Bridge from the strand to the opposite side, county of Surrey. Oa Friday end a Special Court of Common Conseil' will be held to comider of a motion, of whkh Mi. %%Sidman pee undo!--' That Petit:um be pennatml to butts Motion of Parkaineut,expensaing our rivet, that the Bit fur pro vent ing the granting of Flores in reversion, which , te regarded as the first step towards a reformation of existing alma:a, should have been digested, and praying that measures may be adopted fur earrying soneeessary aid beneficial • Bill tut* tart, sad also for causing inquiries to be made solo the re ceipt, managessest, and expenditere of toe ;rebid mousy, and adopting such wawa m may effectually guard aphid such shoats in future, m wall fur abolishing all placea sad pensions, so • swans of consolidating tl=l of the empire, nod forth the nailed atergias and ass:- t mos of the people." On the mute day, au Address to ilia IIIAJaSTV io to be brought forward, apprvetua all the asseemesuf Miniaters. Yesterday the Lush Mayor reamed tie prim of Bread belt an smite, to take plane tandems, whoa the portent Mal, wisdom, will Weida for i id. and liousebotd OXFORD, Maatus Wednesday hit the Irloposrablt and Rev. James Agar, ad Res. Thomas Stetter, B. A. of Christ Church, • ere mi.. missal Masters of Arts. Meters. Witham Macleod, of Vairersity Collect, sod John Joan, of Christ Church, wars admitted Baclbeione of Arts. Thansity, Rowland Davies Gray, of St. Mary Hall, Esq. sat Maywood Colchester , of Magialsa College, Eat we admitiod Bachsiors A'res, Greed Compoitaderi. Sams day Mr Christopher Brit was admitted Scholar of New Whom from Winchester Selma CANINE A FFItCI7O,7. Mrs. Eleanor Fci win iielased I. et. rasps Cheretryard, on Suede', the ant of last niartis r sod her grave has loco regularly •atelie.d from that period by his Ihitidri trend, a mall black aid ebbe log, win is newer sabred (rum his post but Swaim odirbisit brine dirk aid amain, shell he is supposed to retire for bout, sod resume ain te bit work, where Ise bee proullog the odd greasd, h is eyes deed on the grave of bia siistrosa MISTERIOCISOCCITRBENCE. A very mysterious occurrence took place, last Thursday, in the tinnily of Joseph Gosling. resi dent in Lee's-yard, Meadow-lane, in Leeds. la the abmusce of his father and mother, who were both out on business, a little boy, about tea veers Owe. clone into the house, and found a ;mall cake laid upon *table. ' Not having had may food for souse time, he seized the cake with avidity, and gyre a part of it to two other of the ehiitiren ; shortly after his somber came in, and she partook with thew. They all thought the bread had a very singular taste • sweet, and yet very pungent.-- ' Almost itnmekhately their stomachs became ex tremely disordered, and Mr. Atkinson, the air roe, was sent for; on esamiaing a part of the cake whielt remained, he discovered that it was straggly imprrapiated with poison. An emetic was .is the mesa tune prepansi tot the mother and her tree ebildren, and, we are happy to add, they are all now in a frir way of recovery. The distressed , situation cf these uofortunate people calls for the 1 benevolent ai.." of the charitable and hiimaiiv. The family conbista of font children, birairtesthe father and mother; and the Feltner ha% with a few *hart intervals, been out of eutplaywent for nearly le ntont!rs. _ _ Oince writing the above parsufraph, we have seen Mr. Atkinson, and find, that after ruhrnittiir,g a part of the coke to the mud test, he has over- Mined, that x large proportion of arsenic hod been sainted up with the wheaten flour of which it rasa composed. How this fstal bread Larne into the house, by whom it was plseed on •he table, acrd for what purpose. still remain unexplained— /Leeds Mercury./ A. some workmen were ►act week employed in digipng a cellar in a house opposite the Tankard iti - Tacket-atrisst, Ipswich, they found the skulls and bones of 10 or I>t human bodies. In Kirey's Sella& Traveller, we 6iid, that Sir ANTMONY V. INGFIRI.th Knight (lithe Garter, who was Vice Chamberlain and Privy Counsellor to Htnav VIII. had a house here (now the Tankard public house), opposite to which there was a chapel for the use of ins &Indy ; and it is not unlikely that the place where the slinils were found, was the burial zround attached to it. liYMts, a shipwright, in the Dock-yard at Portsmon h, was married en Thuwilay looming, add died •wdrieulc in the course of the wane uight.-1t is suitl that he had by some means taken A melancholy instmace of suicide happened at Lincoln last week. ♦ young Gentleman of re spectable connexions, so Attorney of that cit), of the assure of Swas, deprived himself of life by nearly severing his head from hill body with a razor. The cause of this rash act remains at pre ! sent unknown. At the late Ai Iles for Glom-ester. a true Bill for wilful murder was found against Lieuta. Heoz/e and Sill !retinal. the principal sail second in the tinter. tusi.te duel at Stroad, in which the mach-lameuted Lieut. Dottie:re was killed; hut neither of theta have yet been apprehended. All the capi...l con verts are reprieved, except Markus% who is left foe execntion. He we+ Ihund guilty of a burglary in the hos-e of C. %V. Hoop, of Bri.tiol. _ The Ticket. No. lt,too. 41ruwti . .esterday, the 3d day of Drawing. a P.ize of .0300, was sold in rixteca Sisteenthi. by Sir JANE* Saanstetts and Co. at their Lvti Lottery °Sees. No. 11. born ; No. 37, ; and No. 33. Haymarket where No. 1 oij. drawn a Prise of t to.ooo. en Va. first day C. f Driosiug, was slaved in 16 Sistoenthai and No. 1 1..i13. draws a Prise of sal the second day of Drawing. was likewise sib cad is one Quassia, three Ei,;fith., and six Svitelmtkiri, by the above Proptietors in the present Lottery; ani *hese T,etos sad Snaresof T. chef.. ars uon veiling. siss o sit c d eiucleawn sad Prises paid on demand.