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the heat of the French reevolutlon, - COUta not , mince their arh•ereuriea with more fury than: arbich inflame§ some of the iliurual writers in ,ing for the person who appinted General iIITILLOCKE to commend, in order to delionnee to the vengeance-of thn people. Mr. WI s ,a, his Royal Highness the Doke of YORK, anti . . . . ler personages of still more note, are pointed out a s the authors of his promotion, and consequently arspousible for his diigrace. His appointment to the command in South Asnerica certainly took plate 'daring the late Administration, when kir. WINDHIAII was Secretary at War, but at whose particular recommendation the appoint- , ro am was made, ye do not pretend to say.— But Whoever may have been his patron, we do not think that blame must necessarily attach to his olioice. If he knew that his favourite was impotent and iin!orile, then indeed his erizne would have been great ; but as far as we have been able to learn, previous t o th e unfortunate expedition to the Rio de la Plata, there was uo blot in the escutcheon of General WHITELOCKE. On the contrary, lie stoodea fair, and was an officer at as much proinisr, as any of his tank itt the iuti dent that calli L him maw .the so ti reap the Pht service. We received yesterday a regular series of New York Papers from the 251.1 k of December to the 35th of February, containing the proceedings in Congress to the 19,th. The British Orders in Council were laid before Congress by the' Presi dent, on the 2d, and next day ordered to be re ferred to a Committee. They do not appear to lave excited so strong a sensation as was ex pected ; and; upon the whole, affairs in that country wore rather a pacific aspect The pri vations attending the embargo had produced some oestinurs, but they were very feeble, cod the public mind was taking a direction unfa vourable to the manufactures or this country, by applying itself to the di.covery of substitutes, and the establishment of mAnalactories for the supply of articles hitherto principally imported from England. Our fleet from the ,deditermnean fell in with 2 French men of war. on the 17th instant, west of Scilly., when a signal was made for the. Beef to &Asperse.. Our Falmouth letter states that the Frenchmen were hue of battle Any.. ; our Ply. mouth letter states that they were frigates. Part ,for the eoL,eoy . has a:rived. but we fear some them have fallen into the hands of the enemy. - • " Four vessels from Oporto. wlV , :h I.ft that place 6u the 10th invtaut, arrived yesterday. The pre eilare of k rehvh hoops, and the stagnation of com merce, base reduced that place to the grate distress. Dispatches were received 3 esterday at the Ad miralty from Plyn i nuth, statiogtnat 11. s 'MAJESTY', ship Liam was spoken with on the l ith instant, with the whole of her convoy, all well, for the East Ladies. Sir .114urs SAUKAREZ had yesterday a long in terview with the Lords of the Admiralty. Admi nd,flowsor also attended the Board yesterday. Dispatches were received, )estertlay, from the West fries Admiral DAMES, announcing the capture of several valuable prize's; the peril talan of which will appear in this night's Gazette. Ye;tertlay a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain JOHN COLLINS was sworn into the command of the ship Tracers, consigned to Madras and Behgal.—The Court ad journed at six o'clock. till Wednesday next. The St. Michael. (a Russian), SaßiltaoS, from London to Revel and Petersburg, is takeu posses= skin of at fiottealturgh by the Swedes. The Grouper, New York to Jamaica, Las been taken, retaken. and arrived at Jamaica nib January. The Fabian, Tricorn, from St. Domingo to the Havatinah ; the Sally, WHITE, from Cuba to Baltimore ; the Hornet, GRADY, from Aruba to Curacos ' • the St. no:l*as,—, from Cuba to Jr reinie ; the Ambition, SHALL, from Jamaica to Honduras and Portland ; the Telegraph, --, from Baltimore to Cuba; the Foords of July, %own, from Africa to Charleston ; th e Loa, Hawn, from - Goadaloupe to New York; Cie Achilles, Hail, from New York to Cuba ; the Two Lydias, from New York to Pwrt- au -P r i nce ; the Harriet and Martha, TWYsoss, from Tencritte to New Orlcr,-is, are detained and sent into Ja maica. it appears from accounts laid before Parliament, that the total expence of Government expresses to and from London and Holyhead, and between I In- Mead alld Dublin, for the last four years, was 115,097: That the real valne of all imports into Great fortbe last 3 years was, for 1805, £53,552, I 16, for 1806, R 50,621,707, and for 1802. &33.0owipu. That the real valor of exports, for the bustle three years was, for 1:81,1011,109, for 1, 4 '4 i, 253,023,991, and for 1807, 250,482,661 ; That the total real value of all imports from America was, for the tear 1805, 1.C07ti,t..t.t, for Iso6, 24,360,743, and for 1i . 507,110.11,410 ; and that the re a l va l ue of e x port s from f ;rent ill i taiu to America for said three years ass, fur 1 )40,5 , 211,446,0 A , for 1:0C, &12,003..151, and fur 1 807, £12,097,94e. 1. Aff,- - -'• ' --: : - S r likM - 4 1 1:1 1 4 17 b, FOCAL CONCEnr. The sixth or Messrs. HARE.I4ON, BARTLEM and CuEsTtourx'sweds. was given last night, at the New Rooms, Huuover-squaw, and must munerou%ly attended. There was u lerzelto, lice° di. + 0 dok, istaste, sweetly suyg by Mrs. BILL( ti uTON. Mr. filmentsou, owl Mr. BARTLE SIAM. Mr. WE 1CH,14 L performed a new Concerto on the V iolia, which was most loudly applauded.. A new Glee, the Air I,y SACCHI NI, liartuu:lized for four voices li Mr. liAwxs, Henry cull'a the flow'retli bloom, Marian toe'd the e.,it perfuste ; Had playful kiait'd, but Prudence um, i'llimper:d timely in her ear, Simple Marian, ab ! beware, Touch thew wot, for Love is there! was given with great effect by Nlrs. lit Lttsueott, m e ,, s r s . HAHRIBHH, Coss, and BAIVI'LLMAN, and rapturously applauded; Mrs. VAUGHAN and Mr. BARTLF:M•N were also rapturously applauded in tan solos. 'There were near seven hmulreil subscribers pre sent—Amongst whom were— Their am* Highnesses the Dukes of Sawn mid eans• bridge ; tJbe Marquis of Stafford; the Earl of Oxford Lord G. Cavendish ; Ladies R. Mtlkr, Drummond South, R. Proctor, and G. Careudish. The Oratorio, last night, was mast brilliantly attended ; acid the nacre music of. The Messi l di could not be performed with tiller effect than by the several perfonuers. . Mr. RAUZZINI has announced his Spring bene fit at Bath, with the attractant of Mrs. BILLING.. TON as trincipal vocal performer. The Honourable Mrs. Rosa ,sox have a grand rout, last night, at her hotose in Prrvy Gardens. which was attended by the principal Nobility and Fashicsuables in town. IL P. HOPE, Esq. will give a grand dinner, this day, at his house in Bond-street. T. F. PEN 11111 f Esq. and family arrived, yester day, at their house in Wimple-street, from Bristol. Lady GAGS will give a grand dinner, next Tuesday, at her house iu Edward -street, Portman square. Sir THOMAS ACKLAND will attain his twenty first year 'next Tuesdc , on which ncca,io;► there will be great rejoicings at Killertos, in Dettoisshire, and at Alnitmt, in . Somersetshire, amongst the gentlemen and numerous tenants. A great quan tity of ale, loosed on the day of his birth, wilt be distributed on the occasion. The Young liwrius eoneludeA, oh Thum* last, a most imcces.ful engagement at Rochester ;• The performance* (being for his oven benefit) were Pizarro. and Three Weeks oiler itirriage. Tie Marquis of Anzaioars has !fives .up his Theatrical*. The scenery, awl a great part Of the Stanmore wardrobe. have been sold to a Loudap Maw Taitaire: • At the moment when the House of Repreeenta tives were in full debate, at Washington, on the of January. the pipes whiclscondact the warm air from under the Hell, burst. a:el the Members were all actually and literally •mo!:ed out of the place. The End of CAVA x is expects. to succeed to the 89th Regiment of Foot, fro . iu which Gen. WHITE LUCILE lies been cashiereo. Iry Lordship's suc cessor to the Second Wed India Regiment is nut yet . kaown. • . . While the friends of the abolition of the Slave Trade were .ye,stertlay celebrating that glorious event, the readers of the American papers received in the merino* weiv.clisgusted with strings of ad vertisemciiti, of which the following may serve u &minks ; " For ask, a Nev.° IVench,•shout 20 years of age--will be sold a great bargain. Inquire of the printer." tau go. For sale, eleven years time of a Black Girl, aged ghost 21 sears. Ste is stoat sad healthy. For fortlier parties • lan, inquire at No. oti, Bowery-lasi." Jan. lg. • The American* display their skill in anagrams upon the liatbargo.--One witty writer says, read barkviards, it is Co-bar-nn: Another, that it is inure appropriately Olsab-ate. BRITISH GALLXILY,rALL-MALL: Theit elegant depot of British genius continues to be the favour ite laitnse of the admirers of the tine arts. Yes terday his Royal Highness the Duke of GLourEs- TER visited the Gallery, and expressed great mho faction at several of the perfonnances. His High ness purchased Mr. ARNALD . s.beautiful little pic ture of Ragtime Castle. • _ _ . A ilasquerude wile lately given at Philadelphia, which was attended by nearly two hundred.persons, including a foreign agent and x foreign ex-minister; but the populace were so enraged, that they sur rounded the doors, and beat and abused the coin panty as they carne out. A Bill has accordingly been brought into the Moore of Iteprcwitatives, 'declaring Masquerades; or :Veneer! Balls, public nuiranef On Monday evening last, the Theat re at Foston closed for the season. The receipts of the house, on that night's performance (free of_ all expense:), amounting to 681. .19it. 6d. were very generously given by Mr. Rosuersox, towards ►he relief of the seamen of the port of Boston, now prisoners of war in France.,_ . A few days since, as some workmen were digging a vault in a small court at the buck of Mr. LAW RENCE', house, No. 3N, Iligh-street, Cheltenham, they found, within sixteen inches of the surface, a fresh looking brown earthen pot, containing be tween 14 and 1500 shillings of the reigns of En %VALID VL l'uttte andltisaT, ELIZABETH, JAMES I. and CllalttLl I. The whole were in tolerable good condition, and the oat, except f:orn its shape, (kchi h somewhat re.:enthled a rtti,iit jar!, appeared as if but lately hiiried.—From there Ikeiog no coin, however, amongst them sinee those of Commis I. it is probable that the owner eo,,ceahwi this ftrlr treasure duriog the di:wen...Mos th.it followed that reign, and, filling himself a victim, never retuwied to reclai:n it. A fire broke nut, at two o'clock, on 'Thursday morning, at the house of Mr. ('n 41.'1! N. hatter, in Bontl-street, which did considerable ilomaLs. . - ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. The Friends of the Abolition of this Slave Trade dined, yesterday. at the Freemasons' Tavern, Grew Quetn-street, it - be* tRe Annivereary of the day nn which the Act fog abelithing "the Slave Trade received the Royal tilicotiou ; 11; tbe ---- Dake of GLPUCESTEII is . W Chau% _ _ _ Atte? The Kheg, Queen, and other loyal and ap propriate toasts t i vvre think, the Rev. .Mr. read aome poetry written .upon the ocesoion. 'Me Duke of NORFOLK than gave. the health of the Royal Chi irtuah; which was. received with eu thuiliaam: His Royal highness the Duko-of sTF a rose, and said hs was highly flattered by his health being drank 'you the occasion of celebrating a measure dignified and distinguished by displaying the virtue, the huniudity and justice of the COl.lO - Ilia Royal Highness concluded with giving, the heulth of .. • . • " the oat who had laboured until he had accomplished the great uadertakiug is lavase - it ha mitaity."-..(Ected applause.) • Mr. WilaililtFOßCk; returned thanks for the flat tering iminner in which , his health had been give,' by the Royal Personage presiding, and for the un bounded and undeserved thew of approbation at tending it. .Such en expression of kindness bad left Ititb totally at a WM for words to couvey his feelings The pert . whith be had performed ;as more OW' ainydy conaliesaistett-iTyhe approbation" of that as sembly. There were many noble persons who had lahriured in the cause with greater effect than he had done, for they were possessed of vast and powerful abilities, of which he could not boa-t, but. he must ever remember the day that abolished the Slate Trade as nue of the happiest of his life, and he was rejoiced to have found that his sentiments were those of his country, which the 111111111 \LOUIS voiee of those present declared them to be. The health* of Earl 1.1114 Y and Lord Gamcvet.bz were given from the Chair as the lion supporters of the measure. Lard Easstwn rose and said, he felt extremely sorry that the two Noble Lords were obliged their legislative duties to he absents but in their absence he would return thanks in their name, as be well knew . how grateful they would be for the complimeitt. lie then ob served, that he felt regret and sorrow that he had remained so long in darkness as to the propriety of the abolition law; it had not been from want of humanity, but the scenes of life to which be was aecustomited had prejudiced him agaimit that un happy people. It was u length of tune before the ' arguments of that great ►aan, Mr. Willierfoire, whose conduct on the occasion enght to humor's.. lite him, hid prod►sced conviction ►n his mind. File Lomyhthip then drew a picture of the horrors of the ' Slave Trade, uud concluded with Aiding, that the greatest honour ever conferred Upon him, was that .of being the Represemmeative of His Majesty. in con- ' sequence of the high station which► he then held;' on the Airing of the Royal Assot to th(Bill for sibolishindthe Slave Trade. Time memory of Mr. Pitt and Fox were then given from the Chair. The memory of Lord Nelson followed. The Rest &Ir.-Owen tead - 411.1trIlK written on the occasion. Several Other excellent musts were given by the Royal Chairman, and the • netting was spent with the greatest hariwonys- At half past teo, the Hovel Doke left the Chair. and was succeeded by Lord Milton. Ashis new retired, he was followed by load and universal huaeos and plaudits. Among the company pre- aeut The Duke of Norfolk ; Earls Moira, Grorreaor, and Cowper; Vasooont !dikrsn; Leda Holland, selkirk, Craw - ford, H. Petty, Erskine, Hicrowby, and Ilewiky ; Etchers of London Durham, path awl ‘Vella • Sir Math c ; Henouralia C. Villiert spit M. Matte ;; rues. Whitlis rail, Canning, Perceval, Hooke% Wilberforce, H. sad R. 'n0..., too,Naissittart, Charles (,rant, mid several other Members of the Horse of Commons. The company amounted to near 700. or whom YOO could not be accommodated in the great room. An attempt was made, last morning, to rob the shoo of Mr. MaarpcAcc. of S ea l e . street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields. The villains suc ceeded in cutting a hole throu:h the shutter, but the watchman haring . given the nlarni, thej• de camped without effectiog their purpose. The ship Worms. of Baltimore, of 40 guns and Ino melt. was taken possess.oli of in the harbour of conception, on glat January, 14J7, by the Spanish G o vernor, having contraband goods on board. The A&la, DILL! NG ; from Barcelona to New York, was sent into Gibraltar, this 13th ult. by His MAiESTY'S ship ma g wveind. The Barrett, LOTIIII AN, from Liverpool, struck on au anchor, and sunk at Falmouth, Jamaica, January 1. The Euphrates, HIRAI/LEY, from Honduras ; the Commun. tieuste, bonnd to Malta ; and the Mary. —, from New-York, with several other vessels, were driven on shore at Gibraltar, in a vio lent gale. on the Gth ult. A large Dutch-built snip, from Charleston to London, with timber, put into Cape May, 13th February, in distress. The Ramblir, WILLIAMS, from Jamaica to London, is put into Antigua in distrrui. In some of the Southern States of America, they have a phrase of g , stopping law." A plain Yankee would suppose that is only another expression for open rebellion. But they manage these matters better in Virginia. If, through any general cala mity, the planters find it inconvenient to pay their debts, they have only to it. an act to *hut up their Courts, and suspend legal process. This, in their vulgar dialect, they call stopping law. There is, in the nothern states, thank God, enough of common honesty to prevent the adoption of such detectable measures.. To the north of Maryland, I believe no state has ever been disgraced by such legislative iniquity. There is another way of stopping law, which is about being resorted to in % irciuia, to prevent some of the evils of embargo. If goods are ,eizert by a writ of execution, the Dereiu'a:it has only to pray out a replevin and the , goods will be re stored. In the moan time the shMoa the replevin is delayed from Court to Court. until it suit the debtor to pay.the d •bt. It lias !dna% a been a se- Veil ‘.•n•l: In vollert a ark (01:ted Staef • OFHCOMMON COUNCIL. i ss . - A vArioinacr me Court of Aldermen and Com. lawmen, vioaraiterday held at Guildhall, in coast vitienbeof a requisition of some Members. MhiSixuni. Duo* addressed the Court, under etiore c teat hopee,that the motion he had to sub mit would meet the general lipprobation of every 'nom who beard him. Iu this mica, when the once powerful States of the Contteent were so coin- Aetely subjugated, and when the independence of .iris favoured country was menaced with assault, it rebored the great city of London to come forward. sod express its unshaken attachment to the best of ibvereigns. Ai this particular period, other team sons openstail to recommend such a proceeding. three was • fortuldable opposition arrayed againit I lis Majesty's Gtiveiliineut—.formidable not clone in numbers, hut in admitted talents and great faMily conuexions. Independent of this impediment to the Councils of the Government, • cry for Peace was raised amongst the lower classed of the niann facturers, in difiereut parts of the country. That Peace was a desirable object, he was. most ready to acknowledge, and if clamour could effect that wisif, he would be unwed the most clamorous but, feeling as he did, hi must deprecate such conduct, because he wet aware that the cries and groans of our suffering manufacturers were music most sweet to the eatiof Bonaparte. Linder such circumstances, the Corporation of London hail • duty to perfoeta, leat.yis fsitilettly may coo ceive that there was the slightest suspicion that it would desert him under viten complicated embar rassments. lie should therefore more, " That an humble Address be presented toll's Majesty, as suring him of the unshaken attachment of his good city of Loudon, at this important period, to Isis sacred Person and Government." . Mr. Deputy Box, io a httortspeet:,, seconded Lhe motion. Mr. Deputy Gooosztrittsi in a clear, dispas sionate mangier, denied the necessity for moviog any such address. He wished thakohttii the Court of Common Council esteemed it its duty to sddrese their Sovereign. it would be on ocea,ions suit:•d to the dignified character of the revered personage to whom it communicated such assurances. To make such assurances valuable, it was neces.ary to prove them the sincere and spoutaneous feeling of the Court, not called into action for eny party purpose, or calculated upon as expedients to entrap its sup port fur Ministers under the shelter of the }toyed Name. At this important moment, the City of Loudon should prove itself superior to such a s►s tem of iotrigue. It should tell the country that it was determined to adhere to the genuine princi.. • ply. of national anion, without becoming. the cring►egpurtisans either of those who were in power. or of those rho were out. Fur the last year, it had humbled its character• by such a subserviency, but e►en isexcusalate as such conduct was then, at the. pent momost, when all persoual and party views should merge in the general interests and security of the State, it If eo 1 d he highly cri minal. From such a feeting he would oppose the pro?osed .Address, and at the Name. time cell upon %bat Court. by its vote, to petition. Parbinneot on a I . sir wwarity, to 'conciliate the great body ef our isturdedest follow subjects, and, above all, to ad. vett to the failure of emit uieaaure, which, by pre venting the visi_.„its of 'offices in revers on, endear , " toured to rellattaßlastiug abuses iii the expenditure of the puhl'c tuon4y. Arr amendment to that " - effect, was -then p oposed, seomded, and cubes. queutly read from the Chain• Mr. (Juts culled upon the proposer of the Ad. dress to :tate the • outline, because his motion was so general, that though the Court should agree to the propriety of presenting an Aridieoi, it might involve the most contradictory - inferences. Mr. Dixon espiainetl, and' described the usual form adapted on ordinary occasions for expressions of fidelity and attachmeat. Mr. W•tentsan confessed his ioability to de. tide upon the object of the address, from the ex. planation given by the _imposer of the motion.-,* Indeed, it was insposeibie to arrive at any positive inference, from* his attmmt to describe what he would wish to have coaveyed to His Majesty. Still there were some observations in the speech with which he prefaced his motion, whit& guire some clue, not only to the object, but probably to the motives of the proposer. He had called upon that Court to express its attachment to the King, because a very formidable opposition existed in both Houses of Parliament against the s, stern of Government pursued by his Alinieters. An evil. i.. his 07iillioos aggravated lir the Pet4im. for Pea . e, whit the !tuning manidscturers of our chief inannfac.uring distnas had beeoinduced to presmtto ti e Legisla:. tore. Did he mean to infer from mell a stub meitt,that the Corporation of London were to take u:. the gauntlet for Ministers, sod defend them from the active and vigilant Opposition which emir, measure of their poLcy had to esocaunter? If such WII4 his object...lje trusted that the rod sense i.f the Court would interpose to defeat it. But then the glm rion*Contitstution was to be preserved in all its ale leged purity and perfection, notwith.tantling the inroads which the degeneracy of the age, sod the corruption of the times, had introduced. Redly the observations of the worthy More.* were intros. icilable; for either his formidable opposition, whit* lie arraigned, spoke the sense of their constituents, and therefore were right, or they had obtaiJed their seats by improper infiusnee, by money, or ether undue means, and then there wa• an end to the purity of that Constitution, on whish the Gen. tleman was se loul in his panegyric. He (Mr. Waitlimen, bad often occasion to allude to the ex. ercitae of au unjustifiable induat.ce on the part of Ministers in that Court. Recent circuital:awns lied pruved, that at was a part of tide systeut of Ministe. rial intrigue, to keep what was designated itd organ iit public assemblies of the peopie. Thus in the Cominon it was ascertained, f.om ittiquestiuvah!e authority, that Corernineut hri.l employed, hi ritrintie a Mr. CM. fart!. It so hotpot-3ml, tf it ota a istAteuhr ques. lion, the zeal of this °mita, or (-rpm 10..,..etr, out.. r.ua Cie i‘he. of 1.1. e 1;••t•-rincirt, a 41 it •:c4 his misfcrtu:ie to /io ditauli.A...l for his Jcs.riti; by the bre, as cotiinotita ottoottle Q . ,' those Minis. teriat weeper, in this to.tt other piatt'le 1.3.4 ie. -t•WI. • (•016,1M:ted with the tvets,dl.ll ut t.L. Cutlet, whela Oil a 1at14.13 Le. by 116 tlr ref I k his fled