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The House' met this morning at ten o'clock. Oq the motion of Lord ‘VALSINGI - 1 AM, the Mutiny. ; , :agar Drawback, New providence Trade, and Pad toe Coal Bills, were severally read a third time 111 passed. The Irish Licer.te Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Mcnday, to which day the Hoase adjourned. . BARBA DOLS: simsexTov.v., 1RC.424. His Majesty's ship Circe, Capt. Pigott, from Tor tola, arrived yesterday. She has captured and sent to that Island, a vat:sable ship of 700•toas. from Cadiz, hound to Vera Cruz, with quicksilver, and buPl'"'ed to be worth from 60,0001. to 70,0001. stn 1!..g. We lament to state the confirmation of the recent destruOinn of the Tnwn of the Island of St. Thomas by fire, for tbs. third tim-, as mentioned in our last. It is represented to have been more dis ...giro's% than the two former, only one mercantile house having escaped, and property to a cunsider able amount being consumed. Washington, dated the 221 mentions, that a rest toward hini been offered for the apprehension of Burr, whose attack upon New Orleans was to have taken place on the 90th of that month, A Letter from New Orleans, dated the Vith De cember, represents all business as having been at a stand for 20 days past, in consequence of the 1141:1 , at Burr's intended expedition down the rivet : the planters are afraid to send dawn their produce, and the dealers are disinclined to buy merchandise Congress his passed the Bill for the Atten tion of the Slave Trade. by a majority of t:si. The numbers being ayes 73, noes 49. EXTRACT OV A LETTER PROM MONTITIDIVI, ON THE RIVER LA PLATA, UNDER DATE OR GLIJUESI 3. TO A GENTLEMEN IX 11101040 ND. The evening we arrived here, we were bearded by Its BIIITANNIC MAJESTY'S ship the Dionerd,, who informed us of their having taken possession of Buenos Ayres, and holding it for two months, and the Spaniards having retaken it, as the English had reposed much confidence its them, as they were pleased with their Govern.nent, by falling on them when they least expeaed it, anJ a low thou sand troops to contend with innumerable numbers. Such was the English story. All the English concur in blaming the General and Commodore in not securing what money and produce they had in possession, by sending it on board of their ships. "We were ordered up to the Commodore, who is now lying off this port, with one 6ls one ! 0, one 44, and a gun brig of 18, who detained us i 5 Jays, and after he had taken what provisions we could spare, he permitted us to come into this place, but will not allow us to come out. This place is well fortified wi h a strong wall round the town (which is larger than the u. nd, hut does not occupy as much grountl) with about cane bundled large cannon; but the soldiers are wretched looking devils, no clothes on their hacks, and misarable look ing fellows indeed, no Jibcipline Among them. The English would t..ke the place with a thousand men, if they could came nigh enough w jell their ship. ; or if they would come in of a night. This ship without leave or license, if the can escape a few shot." -14 P`71:'` " • ' X ‘- 41. 1 . 1611 . 1 " 0 IMPE RI If P A AI::24IENT. The General hid left Irinkfolt two days before for St. Louis. HOSIt OF LORUS...r.iITVISJA T., MASSY 21. U Another Letter front Washington, dated the till The Reuse met this mornince at ten o'clock. On of Jar.Faiy, mention s, entions 2 thn! a vet! tewaril het} / A.WERIC.I. W. have received New York, Boston, and Charles. ton Papers, of various dates, up to the Sth last. Fl,e coospitacy of Col. Barr. which has been the fa' jea of a Message from the :resident to the Se nate, coutinutt to agitate America. Those Papers contain a letter from Cincinnati, dated the cod of December, stating the miliii.r to he posted along the Onto, frem Pic tsour:th to the mouth rf Kentucky River, with orders to board essry beat that descenes. T'ne heats that I4urr built at Ma rietta have been seised loy reeler of the Government; they are repiesented as of a singular construshion, :and 'capable of carrying 200 men each. It was believed. teat the print pal part of these boats had passed to Their ds sone' ion, before the orders arrived to seize them ; and sane thousand sh'd of small wens, as well as several brass fiell-p;eces, had passed down the river several weeks before the date of the letter. Barr was Ite..sen to have purchased pro. visions to the amount of 100,000 dollars, and it was apprehended. t h at in case of a rupture with the Spaniards, General Wilkinson, with the army, would go over to the enemy. On the 22d ult. the House received a message from the President, relative to fois sopp:Thed con spiracy ; it was referred to a Selek Committee of seven, and 2uoo copies ordered to be ;minted. The President states, that he first had information of burr's des gos. in September last, and sent a trussy rtirsaeneer to the State of Ohio. Supposed evidence of Burr's guilty inreei ioni increasing, the messenger communicated with the Governor et Ohio, and hence arose the proceedings of the Legislature of that State. The President receives' letters from Genets' NVllicinson, in which he says, that he had, front cotnwiti ecations ;rem Burr, partly oral and pertly in cypher, the fullest evidence of his inten tions ; that f e had severs! ohj•ns in ',few ; such as a separatism of the Union by the Alieghany moun tains, and an attack on Mexico ; the sestlement of B a ron Bastrop's lands to serve as a cover. Finding he could nut alienate ter affsaions of the Western .cares front toe Uoine,hedisieteniate4 in seize on New o.leans. the /link there, and then to Mexico. •No proof spoeared of any foreign merest being wince:tied in the conspiracy; but, from Burr's briastrires, it might be id - erred. that England was ertgageu in it !he Pre.ideat then proceeds to Vote. that be considers the enterprize as nearly crushed, and mentions the atoprise y of bringing Ur. Boilinan, a , ,d others, who are taken, before She Supreme Court of the United States, in the distil& of Columbia, the week after next. Almost an the rroefs against Barr, appear to have come from Wriciirsen. On the 221 December, Col. Burr smiled from Nasky ite, atilt two barns. and wet to be joined by a numher of others, at the mouth of Ceasbetlarid River. In 6e 1-lowee ef Representatives, nn the IGth of lanuarv, it was resolved, that the President be re quested to furnish any information in his possession, relative to the illegal combinations of individuals. against' the safety of the State, or of any military eseidirion planned by them against any nation ser which the Un:ted Stares ate at peace; ex eent•ny such imfruination as nrglit not suit tie public welfare to Ise disclosed. There Were for the motion. 100; against it. 14. To the original motion was then added, a request to blow what measures Government had taken to *eat the at tempts in question, which was carried by a majority ef 1;7 tn 52. lee Aagatta Paper, of the Tich December, re ports, that Colonel Barr has Seen arrested at Ma rietta ; and that the Governor at Nlefico had re kissed to ratify the Treaty with General ‘Villoiorm. Mr. Randolph, in his speech, r.,lGcg upon the President to ernonsunicate the info/matron re,peet fog di- proceeding in the Western country, observ ed, that either the eon. piracy had been defeated, or it had succeeded to ice utnisst; but he did not de spair of seeing it checks d, even if it had gained its greatest extent. He made soele severe comments un the enoduet of Spate towards the United States ; whin. while she was treating with them uith one hand, was preparing to stab theirs with the other. lie a'ked, why the Spanish Misdater bad not been sent home ? said. that Nees Oriears was the °hied of the expedition, and that if the conspirators should arrive at Baton storage before the American troops. Yew Orleaes mut: tall. He had, he said, exPeava and foretold the slangs.r of losing the I) Its of the Mississippi ; he knew not who the modern Catiline would he; hut he was ermeinced there would be one. On concluding, hr earnestly entreated the Horse to be m re prompt in their decisions. A Letter tri m Fineas:le ( Rettctiurth, Virginia), to a CsalStlent in in Richmond. state.. that a prrunt of resprealsaity. who came direB from Kentucky. had brought internee.* of an insuirillion which had taken place on rue I.lih Nioremoer at st. I.nni.; that the Sourish dig had beta hi.issed.'and nine. tenths of the people had tick-d to it ; that Burr Ut hail been again acted. and friar officers were is pu t . suit of General Adair, as a witness against huo. • 4;.r I Ils DIA. 1481;1111111, BUT. 15. His M.aj•sty's brig Serlower. Lieut. Qweu, is itr, rived trona a cruise. On Mionday evening arrived the ship fa Fewore. Capt. liiintine, last trom Prince of Wales's lslau j i. The Fat-N oir made the coast on Nlonday morning, a little to the north of Pttlieu, when she tell in with and was chased by a French ship privateer, mount ing 14 guns, which contiaud.l the chase h.twecn the Arrnagon shoal and the coast, and wail neariy wtthin si.Fht of Madras ; whin , perceiving the so pet ior sailing of the Foriatir f the privateer took is sail, .and stood to the N.E. i)uring the chase. the privateer, which is sup posed to be La &lore, fired repeatedly at the Forissar, but without doing her nay dinnage, except carrying away one of her back nays. OCT. 2. On Monday last arrived the Honourable C'orn pany's ship Saudi riiristioNd. Capt. nlaltsbon, from Calcutta, which the lett on the l2th ult. PASSIbOEII3. For Madras—. Major A. Campbell and Cornet I T. and W. T Erskine. For Enrolls—Mrs. Sim Bedell ; Miami Nd A. Keil I. Mani Cram. Frs. .r • LieutenLd-Cele..al Major W. 8.-deli. ahl I.l.ist.s !like, 2tltn Native Regiment, Juts Weston. Loeu. tenants Williams arid fitsdett, mid W. Wimi.ley, Esq As aistant•Susitsam. On Moi.ddy anchored in the Roads, the French privweer Phmtrien. prize to the Crilladeß His Majesty's ship Gailodise anchored in the Rouls, at the same time. with her prize; she is the same vessel which recently chascd the Fortune. Pulicar, and afterwdrds had proceeded to the Northward, where she ran on shore. near Masulipatam. In consequence ct ti.is accident, she threw several 01 her guns overhr ird. L'Eaidieu :.hip-rigged, acrd appears to have mounted 14 guns, site is a very handsome vessvl. Letters tram Penang mention, that the ship Ml le•ley, Captain Camp'sell, has takers a Loge Spanish ship, laden with ma r in e s:nres, bound to Batavia, and had arrived with her prize at Soosoo. Arrsvala at the Presidency : R. D;lun. Esq.; Major Fonts,.e, Ins NfljestsAs 19 , 11 1.10, , DrAg , s.us; Caps. 11 , y, Ibth Krg , lll ,, ltt, Native ItAntry ; .1. I3alusta,Lll. SLogcuss. i./..p4rttlfes : I..tutenAut Buchan. Stro,d ittrasinst Native Cata'ry Litattatitut lialmain, Namur Civairy. PNINCR OF WA.I.E'S MAN*. VAV The lion. Company's extra ship Nor; bairevldad, ltanicork. on 'Thursday evening, an..horell in the outer haibuur, from England. last from the Cape, whence she sailed on the 27th March, in company with the Man. Company's extra ship, &Araks, Capt. lirrSert, for this island, and horn which ship she parted in a heavy gale of wind, in the night of the sth ult. in tat 29. 49. S. los. 23. 19. E. The following pasbengers have :unveil in the 11forlbr•-6• Flan/ Pant 'eat., FS(' AstiAssn Fogihser J., this tietthostent ; Me.sts. G. Willentsnn. J. Trnnaot, J It. Nap, r. and I*. Stunk'. Cadets. for Hengal s M C V Cons.to .gs, end Mr. i.Clossmongs. from :As•ttila ; Mr. and letrs Plusher. mid Mr. John Plusher, from the Car• 4 $.7,4re1l Hope. WO undtvmand, the No, t•gpatt. and Pater.. ler bring out marine stores nt every desetiptpiu, ant only for His Majesty's nary, but this settlement. AUGUsT t 6. The ship Pantie, Ciptain E. (::Ifenniscm, anchored in the harbour on Tuesday LIU, from the Cape, last from Malacca, whence the sailed the tub instant. lly her came passengers. !Wis. Dennison, and Miss Fell, from Enrol's:. and Lieut. C. W. Yates. from Warr,. By the rarrna, we lesrn,thst;•; the lst inst an Arab ship had a►riveJ at Malacca, fourteen Jays from B itavia, bringing intylligence of a very omit's,' insrerreetion having taken place am , -igst the Ja varese, at Cheribon ; that the Dutch Government had detached a large force from Batavia, tamststing of Javasse.e and e rench troops, to the assistance of the garrison, ari.l th.tt the former, abaft 1000 men, had gone over to the Insnrg•rts, Au .lanuessi.tn passenger la the Arab ship men- THE BRITISH PRESS. • tinns, that the day L .10-e they 1.4: BatariA, a Dankh chip h. 4,1 art:ye.: tram O.- ►lauritius. acc , aa of a r r ich illet hiving ‘ailed from thence, with 9:),K)..rtulin On board, supp,sall for Ceylnn. The brie Xlaleobri. C4ptail T":IY.-474t. arrived on rhartiday, trona Petiier, N•ith cargo of bcrrl nut. Yesterday anchnred in the harhnttr, fram Maha.. whence they sailed the 3.1 ina. the 11 , 1 n. C .rnpany's ship AA wick Chstte, Captain E. C. Pr-4c srr ; G. Bonham; and Dava Scot, J. Locke. bound to China. names of the passen;ers w•e have been able to ascert tin by these ships are, M ijr:r And Mrs. West, King's-Captain Curance„ of the M. F.. regi ment ; Mr. Daly, navy and Captain Wallace, of the country service. EXTRACI OF A LETTER TIOM \MAS.ACCA, DATED JUNE I, sOti. The small pox rages throughout Malacca, with a violence hitherto unknown. Not a single instance occurred ot a recovery, when the ird...Ton had been caught in the natural mo,:e. From the humane ar.d indefatigable exertions of the garristei•surgeon, D. I.oftie, niany hundred lives have been saved ; and he has succeeded in convincing the natives ot the efficacy of vaccine inoculation ;. Lis house is thronged every morning with the chi!Jren of the natives On Thursday evening. little past sun-set, the Hint. Company's ship dAi n, Capt. K nj. ItichArd son, anchored in the h irbour, from Calcutta, whcrice she sailed on the '42 I. tilt. By the above convey in .e cone Col. N. Mae Alistrr. Commander-iii-C'oef of this Isl And, te turued to resume the duties at hts st.itma. AucaAT 9. Last Thursday evening a brig, mounting I 4 car riage wins. and six swivels, under white colours, entered the harbour from the sonttr.vard. The NI Aster Atteadant's boat, as usual, proceeded on board, and returned with three Javan..se, who re ported, that the vessel was named the and for mat ly commanded by Captain blunkenberg, be longed to the Dutch East India Company at marang ; had sailed from thence ahrmt 8 months since for Termite, to cruise off the Islands, touching at Nlacass-r in thtlr way. It was .bunt two months ere they leached blacasser, where they remained flae month ; that the Captain, thricers, ar.d Euro p?an part of the crew, twelve in number, had treated them very lil, with constant abis.:e, punishment, and almost starvation; that linable to bear this treat men:, they unanimously resolved to des:rny them, and carry the vessel to a Biitish port ; accordingly, four days after leaving Maeasser, when at anchor no a bank, about mid,uight, the Dutchmen all asleep, they raurezred every one, and threw them over boat d; they then searched the vessel for all the papers, which were thrown orea-boud and sunk, apprehmsive of their leading t a discover y, should they fall in with any Dutch vessel ; that they then made s til for this island, with intent to deliver up the vessel to Gov. rnment ; :shout six weeks after they reached what they supposed Litwin, when the boat with four men went ashore for provisions, but dad not return; that they sailed thence «hoot six weeks since Shortly after anchoring, the Honourable tptain Cochrane proceeded on board, and took posseun. LON DON, NIONDAY, MARCH 23. Although the Duke of PORTLAND has accepted the place First Lord of the Treasury, and is now at the head of the new Ministry, we find, that Viscount t.i.c is the principal aftor behind the cura;n. His Lordship breakfasted with his Grace on Friday morning, at Darlington House, at eleven o'clock. In the course of the morning, the Marquis of Air ft- COIVI ; Earl, V5 . ...t,r:%1.0tt. lAN 13 and Ca MDLN ; Vic cOLIDE C•ST LER E•0!I ; Lrrds 11A‘S tusauitv, Rancsnat.e. and Ea DON; Messrs. PLNCEY AL, CA ts• ri Ivo, and Lotto had interviirers wirh Viscount Mcovrt Lc, at which the Dake of PORTLAND was only occasionally present, and even then took very little part in the conversation. Abnet five o'clock, Viscount Meter LLB went home, and shortly after six returned to Burlington House to dinner. The above Nolalemen and Gentlemen wear of the party, and also the Earl of CII A Tilt% NI who came to town from Colchester, for the purpose. several other Noblemen and Gentlemen were also at dinner, or came in the coarse of the evening, and the meeting did not break up until after 12 o'clock. On `iaritralay, about 12 o'clock, the Earl of II A RD. 11.. and Lord Etoos arrived at Windsor. and %vele :admitted to an interview with the Kano, in his closet, which lasted two hours, after which they returned to London. Early yesterday morn ing, Lord Hawactscuar arrived a; Windsor, to fern proAress. His Lordship returned to town, after a private audience with His MAJesry of about an hour. The formation of the new Ministry this appears to be carried on with all due diligence, and it is generally supposird that the arrangement will be ready lot His MAJESTY'S consideration, on his arrival in town, on Wednesday. Ilse Earl of Ha a., it is now r hid, will be the new Loud Lieutenant of Ireland, and the Earl of C{aATNA U. Master of the Ordnance. We are glad of this. The Marquis of AuIIiCWIN is ni t ex ally fit for Ireland. the Duke of Piiii-ta.a No is 69 years of age, and .till older in const.tutian. having been for some time in a very bad state of health. Viscouut Mut vixt.t is alsovery far advanced • •a the vale f life t but Isis s'age is-V Lee . wituer—freste, bat kindly." The pleten e however, in the hack-ground, and behind the cm tain, appears to be not so much a metier, choice as of policy. His Lordship's tr i.,l , b y mi. peachinent, for maleeesetion in Ake, only closed the Nth of lime las: ; and is is fresh in every man's recolleelion, that 57 Peers declared him guilty wfre their tonour, on the second erod e of charge, while 79 declared him ear pet.. ft, Lordship is certainly an able man ;'but alter what passed in the Last Session of the late Parliament, it may prove an experiment of some delicacy ere : danger to the new Ministry, to make him a rr• minent member of it. His Lordship's friends g.• out with confidence, that he is to be Pirti Load the Admiralty. Meanwhile, the present Mlniste have not resigned ; but, after having seize.: abandoned the Catholic Bill, they await their formal dismissal from His MAJesT v. They: have thus placed themselves upon the right gromd ; and yet the partizens of those wb a hope to succeed them, arraign this conduit o indelicate, and disrespenful to His 'Werke The reverse is, however, the fa Sitrely, ie. rer. nary life, it is more respectfill for the seers e to await his dismissal, than to discharge himself. Ti.e total abandonment of the obj-dienable measure, is surely alsg,a proof of a desire to conciliete rhe geod will of their Sov Ls kiGN, and to repair their error ; for in such light we consider the intrusleaion of the Bill. We do not mean to discuss its ioninsic merit. We only mean to say, the:, whether 4, he goed, or whether it be bed, the re oler feeling is against it ; and with tlie Kirsa also against the measure, it was ong cr ie. traduce it. The partizans of the wouid-he Ministers have made good use of the unpo. pularity of the measure. All the dead walls are phicerded with bilks, inscribed. " No Popery ! Nn P..pery ! " and their orarnrs art sent into the porter-houses, to cry out, that, the Church is in danger, and an attempt sets making to overthrow the Protestant Relig'on. Be: though the measure is unpopular, the public voice is ii:lsinst the removal of the present Ministers trorn orii:e. It would be arrogating too much, to ex. pen thst any Ministry should be peifett—the wisest are liable to error ; and that they should repair their error, when they fall into it, is as much as cart be *vetted of the best. This !Ministers hare done, by abandoning the Bill ; and here the public think the matter ought to rest. It is not to be presumed, the: any Minister would revive a measure so strongly masked by the Royal displeasure, and popular feel iag. The refusal on the part of Ministers to pledge themselves to that effect, is not the slightest esi dence of any such intention. If they are to be re sponsible, they should be free agents. They have taken an oath, and have also a conscience to con sult in its construtlion. Notwithstanding, then, the Rill is becoming every hour more unpopular ; not withstanding the loud and afrened railings in the erints, devoted to the exoe&slit Ministers, that attempts have been made to entrap the Ki eel's con science, that their's is a Popish plot, a conspiracy against the church; the present Ministers are strong ly rooted in the confidence and affenions of the people. Their popularity indeed is indirettly con fessed by the condod of those who hope soon to succeed them. N 'thing but a consciousnes of their own weakness,and of the strength of their opponent.. eriuld induce them to breast that they will be able to gain over some of the present Ministry. It is an admission that they cannot stand without the sup port of part of the very edifice which they seek to poll down. Viscount SIDNIOUTII and Lord Le ere sow - wort have been mentioned as two of the present Cabinet whom they expect to detach ; bur we are assured that they will be disappointed in these hopes. It was also said that Lord ERSILINE would continue Chancellor ; but that rumour is also unfounded. In the course cf his sitting, on Sa turday, at Lincoln's Inn Hell, his Lnrdship, making some observe:ions relative to causes white: stood over for judgmei, , said, he would endeavou to pronounce his opinion upon certain of them ie the course of this week, as it was more this. probable he should be obliged soon to heed ere over the papers, in other cases, to his successor.— Viscout Stleremern's ft iends, in the House of Com mons, are between 23 and 30 ; and the expeflant Ministers think, that, with the accession of this force, the iefloence of the crown, tee. they might be able to muster a majority. The present Minis ters, however, we arc assured, will go out in body, solid and undivided ; and, if so, there must be a dissolution of Parliament. Under these eirctimstences, Wednesday is looked for tresd to with universel and great anxiety. Should the present Ministers receive their dismissal, on that Jay, we thould not he surprised, if some Gentlemen will rise in the House of Commons, and express dcr.ire to know, by v.ll -se advice thnt cep has Lre-• seken ~`' .'