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'TM Eli G ASH POETRY. ACKINGTON. ALLEN, and CO., regime. lJ ful;r ,cquaiht tIIP Pablic, that a new Fitition of WAR TUN'S HISTORY of ENGLISH rUETaY, a work of great tearcitr and inestiiriltle value, is preparing for the press, by Mr. PARK, in which it is the Editer's iutention pot only to ieshe both text and notes, and free the entraets front the chaige of inaccuracy to which they are subjected, but also to supply a Contuseation, in furthe7atice of MT. Warrin's plan. I p . A. and Co have recently published an Index to the Quarto Edition, which will be found nigh!y useful to the pow:wort of tbe work, price Also, Mr WA.RTON% OBSERVATIONS on SPEN CER'. FAIRY QUEEN, 2 vols. Sect. Li. Finsbury square, June 20. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OP COMMON apAy, jes t ' 17. At three o'clock the Speaker came doµ•n to the noose, and soon alter took the Chair. Mr. C. Dundas presented a petition from certain landholders and inhabitants of the counties of Bet ks and Oxford. praying leave to bring in a Bill for ereeting a Bridge across the river Thames, near Maidenhead.—Ordered to be referred to a Com mittee. Viscount Milton presented a petition frnm certain poor debtors, confined in York Gaol, praying relief. —Ordered to lie on the table. His Lordship al o preseatal several private petitions for inclosing reads, repairing roads, &e. in the county of York. Mr. Shaw Letvvre presented a petition from the Loados Dock Company, which was ordered to lie oa the Table. Viscount FOLKSTONE gave notire. that he would. on Monday next, move for the reprinting the ludia Papers, called the Oude Papers. Mr. LETHBRIDGE pr•sent•d a petition from Mr. Palmer, of the Post-Office, praying relief upon his contraft with Gnvernment; which was ordered to No on the Table. He then moved, that the Ma lentos of the Evidence taken before a former Com mittee of the House, iu July, 1797, should he te printed for the use of the House.—OrJsrtd. He then pave notice. that he would, on '1 (*tido , next, move for a Bele& Committee. to inquire into the merits of the said Petition. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY rave notice, that nn Monday nest he wool i move for leave to bring in a Bill for the more of edually securing the debts of traders. He then presented a Petition, signed by 130 persona, confined for debt in the King's Bi.r.ch Prison, who were ready to surrender all their pro perty to their creditors, praying that the House would take their case into consiJeration, and revise the laws of debtor and creditor. 1-le observed, that Nu of these 130 persons, 53 were charged an execution. and the remainder were detained upon arrest; only ; 112 of these per.ons had families solely depending upon them for support, and the number of their childien amounted to no less than 347. It was not, he colitir.u..J, his intention to snake any specific motion ripon this petition at pr. - soot, he not being prepared with a remedy for this melancholy and growing evil. He thought, how ever, that no time should he lolt to bring it into di.- mission ; and therefore iiv-iled himself of the NM opportunity. The only mode of piov.uing against the evil, that sted itself to his ninid. would be, to make property. not now liable, here after subjelif to the debts of fair creditors. Tne Pe tition wis then ordered to lie on the Table. Viscount HOWICK having adverted to the in.. tenuotion M the progress of private Bills, in eon's. (pence of the lace disso!ution of Parliameat, moved. •4 That there should be prepared an account of all private Bias, s;nce the .t.',7th of April last, distin uishing them under the heads cf Road. I nc l us u re g kc. and specifying the different stages to serkich they had advanced, and such as had not re ceived the Royal as.ent." He made this motion, he said, for the purpose of grounding a proceeding upon this subjedt, which he meant hereafter to submit to the House. T CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no objection whatever to this account rreir.g made our, but at the sant?. time thought that a reireence to the Journals of the House would give every neces.ary i , ,format!on upon this point lie added, that it was his intention on Monday nest to submit 'some resolntions to the House for the purpose of facilaating the: progress of private Bally. Viscount 1-10 WICK erprmsed himself perfectly satisfied, And the account was ordered accordingly. His Lordship then mnved, 14 That there be laid before that I Lut.e, copies of all orders since the 27th April last, issued Irons an• of the Public Of fices, for the colleftion of uuties not authorised by law." Tee CHANCELLOR of tie EXCHEQUER answered, that no orders of thaw nature had beess cawed, except those under the circler of Council, which he then held in Isis hand t and which he im mediately after presented at the Bar of the House, whets it was ordered t, lie nn the Table. Upon the motion of Mr. ROiE, the AR of the 41d c: His pre.ent trlAjesty, called the American Trade A.. 1. being entered as read. a Committee was ap. for taking the said Aft into consideration on Nionclay Viscount HOWICk moved for an acconnt, s*.ewing the amount of all sums of money issu d I,m the public hinds to the raymastri-General of tile Farces. to tl.e Ordnance, and other *Aces for the puhlic service. trims cite 28th April last to the 27th s..l.,Nritt instant, specifying from what partici. las funds she same were issued.—Ordered. Mr. BINKE3 gave notice that he would. on M. nJay neat. move for leave to brirg In a bill to prevent certain offices btin„; grartcJ as reversion. tie added. that it had been his intention to move for the revival of the Committee of finance. but as he found that was wire in other hands, he should not t•ouble the House upon it. STATF. oF IHE N.ITION. Mr. WHITBRI:A/) gave notice, that he would, a Commot,e of the ~ideration the state of ca. that he 'timid ou r.e Bill tor establishing ‘ler Bills for the better , s, introduced lau Par pro .ed tome measure apply to those Bills the count tit the lag The SPEAKER observed, that there was but the one way of proceedii,g. Every thing. is a new Parliament, must proceed from the first stage of it, proressively, as if no such measure had ever been before Parliament. On the motion of Mr. WILLIAM SMITH, the account of the sale of goods belonging to the East India Company, prevuited to the House on the 24th April, I 80ti, was ordered to be rt-?rinted The SECRETARY at WAR gave notice, that he would, on Ilibm da y nest, move for leave to bring in a Bill to correet certain errors, &c. in the Bill al:- pointing Military Commissioners iu the Wend .0 Malta Mr HILEY ADDING I'ON. seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman at the heed of the Board of Con- trotil in his place. begged leave to ask, whether it W.ig his intention to bring forwird the Accounts of the Ea•t Company At an early pet i.AI of the present Session? Mr. DUNDAS replied. that it certainly was Li► intention to bring them torwsrd soon as he pos sibly could ; the last Accounts were not brought forward until the end of July ; but he assured the Hon. Geutleman, that no tame should be lost in preparing them, and bringing them forward. Mr. CROKER wished to know from the 14.,'01e Lord opposite (Viscount Howick), whether he in. tended making any proposition on that most im portant subject—the tythes in Ireland ? The Hon. Gentleman was proceeding to make some general observaticns upon the rubjeß, when he was called to order by the SPEAKER, who told him, he must co .fine himself to the mere question he intended to ask. Vi.count HOW4CK answered, that he had in• tended to bring forward some propositions upon that suhjea. but a delay had taken place in conse quence i.f the necessary plans not being brought entirely to maturity. If Government should make any proposal. he wished to assist rh-m with those plans, when ready. bu , at ptes-nt hr would rather the measure should come horn that side (the Minis terial) of t! - .e House. Mr. Hall brought up the Report of the Address to Ili. blaje.ty. voted the preseiling night, *bide was read and agreed tn. and ordered to be pres-nt • ed to His Majesty by such Members of the House as were of His Majesty's Privy nnncd.: On the moticnolViscount CASTLEtiEAGH,the Speech cf the Lords Commi,sionets to both Houses of Parliament. on Friday last, was ordered to be re ferred to a Committee on Monday neat. ou Monday sennight. move ft,l whole House to take into con,i tl.e nation. H- isi4o gave not Friday ni•zt otove to revive the Parochial Seimli, and the ethi reAulAtouis of the Pooes Laws hat/lent He said,, he sun% would 4e adopted which wool; iliac hod Owen proceeded in, iL IRISH CUSTOMS. The question being put, urns the motion of Mr. FOS I'ER (the Chancellor of the Exchequer for itelanc), for the House ;cling into a Committee upon the I tisli Customs web, _ _ Lord HOWICK called the etttention of the House to the situation in which public business was brought by the late dissolutir.n of Parliament. The Bill in question, by which two miil!ons were annu ally colleard, would -spin, on the Oth July next, and another Bill could nut, by tii,y possibility of means, be passed throug:t its various stages, sa as to give i: effe2, before the Wednesday following, so that the couotry V/di I:1 t 1.4 pirdicstnent, that for two or dime (lays. at least, this impoi tent branch of the revenue could not he co:ie.:kJ at all. or if it was collecied, it must necessarily be without the audio. i• v rit Pti ham. nr. Mr. replied. that t!-.e inconvenience could be very trifling. as the Bill could be con veyed to Dublin in a Jay or a day and an half alter it had received the Royal AMIlt. Lard HO NICK said, this how. ver great the power of expedition or of iLvehttun of be Ilight Hon. Gentleman might be, he knew of rd way it would be so rapt tined, except he meant to do it by means of an air balloon. The Lift was, this branch of the revenue could not be coliated at all. or must be colle3ed contrary to I IW. Every ship coming into the port of Dublin, or any other port of that kingdom, subjea to pay the duties. had a right to land their goods with , ut eot ling them in the Cus tom-House, or being liable to pay the duty. He wished to know what expedient the Right Hon. the Irish Cnarkeller of the Exchequer would invent to remedy this evil. This was another illustration that they nad taken the most proper opportunity for dissolving the Parliament, and suspending the pub. lie Liminess. Mr. ROSE said, that t:;is was by no means% new thing, nor could a: - .y great inconvenience arise from it, for Cie Officers of Excise will have the oppor tunity of taking an account of the stock on hands, and the Aft Parliament will afterwards autho rise the Consm.ssioners to cone& these duties. Mr. FOS LER said, the Bill he proposed to bring in would cm-Arnim the duties from the sth rf July, And when it had passed the House. the duties would attach from that time. The only quest:on was, how the Officers were to cokes those dunes? mer chant will not take the trouble of taki n g away hi, goods without examination by the officers, when he knows they may be brought hack afterward:. Two circumstances perfealy similar to this took place before, which arose from adverse winds, and nu ma terial inconvenience occurred. Sr JOHN NILVVIVRT said, the precedent in• triduced by the Right w as a full iliusvation of what Isis Noble Fliend (Lord Ho wick) had said ; and front the uncertainty of the sea voyage, this AR would not arrive in time to pre vent the all effects arising horn its not being pre viously passed. tut this precedent proved more, for he reconciled on sz former occasion alluied to, that a mast respectable merchant of Dab (Mr. kinson), t te fatber-indew of one of its pie.ont Re presentatives (Mr. :Shaw) positively rehired to pay thTse duties so levied nnuer an alleged Aa of tne Legislature not then in existence ; he defied the Conunissioneis of Customs to force him by any pro cess of law ; and the result was, that the duties were never paid by hint, nor any suit, or any mode of compulsion inst:tated by them. Had Ministers caber foreseen the dif fi culty, or were inclined to re medy the evil, it was in their power, alter the disso lution, by nuking the writs returnable three days sooner than they did. He himself was well aware of the inconvenience that me:chests suffered by being sobjea to a retrospeaive tax when their goods were temoved froth the keys, and a great diffi culty arose in charging that tax on the consumer. Upwards of one thousand instances of this kind oc curred within his own kaowfedge. The more it was considered, the more Would be seen the disadvantage under which the merchant, mem labour, sad they mnst be in a great measure precluded from selling • their goods at all. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR and Mr. HIBBERT ob. jelled to the violation of the constitutional principle, which said, that TO money should Is• raised od the suhje& without a specitiC Aft of Parliament. Mr. PARNELL. observed, th - the great danger of this espc•lient WAS, that the person tattini tl e goods might not be a person suficiently responsible for the payment of the duties, and consequently the revenue might be a considerable loser, auJ the pu'a- Lc interest of course suffer. Mr. HUSK ISSON referred to a precede .t which the late Ministers themselves had made, in the first resolution of the Committee of Supply, relating to the duty upon Foreign Brandy. The resolution passed tt.e Committee on the tO:h of February. And the duty attached upon brandy, in Scotlanri, on the 19th of the same month. Lord TEMPLE, in answer to this observation, said, 'the Hon. Gentleman should have recollefted, there was a material difference between duties upon excise and customs. The former were the heredi tary revenue of the Crown, and might attach, the latter was quite the reverse. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not sufnr the debate to cone:lid:, without making a few observations upon the impot tent and great inconvenience which was stated to arise out of this transaction, by the other side of the House. By the manner in which it was introduced, they made it a most momentous and important .s. tit)°, whilst the result of all their observations 0..1y went to establish this, that the expedient on wh.cli they themselves had aCted in a Bill of Excise, WAS no expedient on a Bill of Customs. Anxious as the Gentlemen opposite were upon this subjea, he was sore they would see the futility of such objfnions, and having some time for reflection between then and Monday, they would view the question in a tiifferent light by that time t particularly, as from tthning it over in dick own excellent understand ings, theri minds would hive time to coo:. and the feculent which was naturally excited by :he di...us sion, and the events of the last night, would have in a great d-gree subsided (.4 kiwi busgh). Mr. HIBBERT and Mr. ROSE severally ex plained. Viscount FOLKSTONE totally differed with the Right lion. Chancellor of the Exchequer, in thinking this a care of so little importance. For his ty.vo part, he was little acquainted with sub. jests of this kind, but the more he heard, the more he was ctnivinced that the greatest inconveniences must necessarily vise in paying a retrospective tax. Mr. ELLISON said, that the most trivial ir.- , eonvenietwe an sing from the dissolution of the late Parliament, was on every occasion magnified, with peculiar sagacity, by the Noble Lord and his friiinds. the truth was, it WAS not from the inconvenience which arose from the dissolution, or to the remedy proposed by his Bight Honour able Friend, that their objeSioils arose, but their hostility to the measure of dissolution prevailed every thing connefted with that measure. Mr. CALCRAFT for his owe( part could answer for himself and many of his friends in the late Parliament, that the dissolution was not so dis gusting to some of them as it must be to genii-- men on the other side. They were sent to their coo stitueins only to receive fresh proofs of their attach meat and approbation for their conduit in Parlia ment. He thought. indeed, that the measure should be mote disgusting to the Gentleman who intro duced the sub) A, and who was, very unexpectedly to himself, bailed (even wish all the support his friends could give him) of representing a great and populous county ( Lincoln). With respeet to theqles tion more immediaiely briar. the House, he should only say, that he was one of those who laved the code of the constitution too well to suffer a violation of its positive laws, Lonely to gratify the Chaiiccllor of the Irish Exchequer. in r4ising the money upon the subj,A without legal an hinny. To him such a violation of the coioaitution appeared highly im proper, however toiling it might appear to that Hon. G:ntl man. the house, therefore, had a duty to poloist], in not suffering the constitution to be invaded, merely to answer t ie particular pur poses, and to remedy the evils of an Adnaiuistration formed by a black intrigue. Mr. ELLISON, in explanation, in a pointed manner retorted on Mr. Calcratt, and seemed to impute persosal motives as the cause of his opposi tion. Here Mere Ito* a loss.! e.y of Ceder I Onkel) Mr. CALt:RA FT rose to order, and said the language of the Honourable Gentleman was both nocisol and unparliamentary. Aster some further explanation between Mt. Smith, Mr. Ellison. sod Mr. Cakraft, the House went into a Committee upon the several Irish Reveniie AEU, when it was agreed they should be further enntinucd. The House having resumed, the report was or dered to be iirceived on Monday. Viscount Castlereagh attended at the Bar of the House, with a message from the King. stating that His Majesty being desirous of conferring some signal mark of his favour upon Major-General Sir J. Stuart, in consequence of that spirit, valour, and skill with which be attacked and defeated the enemy on the Plains of Maida. His Majesty requested the House would consider the best norms to enable His Nlajesty to grant an annuity. not exceeding 10001. per annum. to that gallant Officer. Oo the motion of — Viscount CASTLEREAGH. this Message was ordered to be taken into consider ation on Monday next. The following Eleition Petitions were then pre• seated. and days appointed for taking them into consideration :-- Bmough of Sabath. en the grounds a Bribery sod Ces. repose s to be taken into conddsrausn on Tuesday. July le. Smougb of H ashen, on Thursday, July IC Chest Grimsby on the same d.y. A second Petition ft ..n Saltash, complaining of a double re turn, en Thunday. Anguu 13. Earl TIIMPLE asked if it was intended to make any arrangement for the decision upon rec ta= Petitions The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered, that being in eapodation that this would be a very short liessicm, he would advise that such Petitions as could be decided upon a shoat investie. tiou. should have the preference. and those who h were likely to create much delay, should stand over until the next Session. Several Private Petitions were then lwraiglo up, after which the time adjourned until Wailer. FOREIG.V rauc PNCE. TONNINGVN MAIL. ParticulAts of ate. event% th.tt tffi.oi sae. 03 16 4t Jumt, at the Fitt Curpe of the Grail Army . Aviersaveors, Joist 9. Oa Cie 4th of June, at threw o'clock in the morn. in, the enemy made demonstrations to attack Pettelkau and Itesern, by Braensberg. Part of the 9th Itcginont moved, accordingly, to the point where he Attempted to cross the river, and coin. paled him to retreat ; a cannonade ensued trots both banks of the river, from Zugen to Pettelkis, which lasted some hours, but produced no impona nt result. At 11 o'clock, two columns of the enemy's trnor , .4 wereobserved from the redoubtnearapandan. advanced on the roads of Milsach eel Vinnn ry, against the bridge-%ead ; soon after, their tun , lumas, estimated each at 3)0 foot. , front of the bridge heal, and uamasted a i ts: ,„ of ten pieces of cannon and two howitzers, m i .,. immediately commenced to play on our entrench. meats ; the fire was returned with great vigou. I and * after it clilti:Et which lasted two hours, the enemy was obliged to retreat, both on the rn td of Milsach and .Wormditt. At three o'clock in the afternoon, every thing was quiet along the line. Ou the stla. at four o'clock is the rnorninf;, tie advanced posts reported that a brisk cannonade on heard on the right. and soon alter, intelligence a,, received of a severe attack being made on the 411 and sth corps. The Ist corps took up arms, and prepared for any event that might happen. TN Prince of Ponte Corvo made the necessary dives:. Lion for offensive operations. in order to make a diversion when once the fire ceased on the rt:;,:t wing. General Frere, who commanded at Ca bridge-head of Spandan, reported, at 9 o'cloc:, that two heads of columns were perceived on the roads of Milsach and Wormditt. The r. etay vaned with from 10 to 12000 foot, 3000 horse, and 20 pieces of ordnance, posted some battalious cf light infantry on the Banks of the Passarge, on tit right and left of the ide.slorpov i and his sharp shooters took post on the basks of that river, under cover of the wools which are on the right bask. 1 The Prince of Ponte Corm ordered thereurs six battalions to match from Neumark to Dee: schendort. and directed, at the same time, General G:nerd's brigade to advance from the cam, u: Carivenden, in the heights between Schlvdien Spandan b the 63d regiment teceivrd orders also ‘, support Spandan. The four regiments at dessiore. under General I.ehouurtice, joined soon alter, and were distributed on that line. The 17th repmel were posted in such a manner as to be able at the enemy's first retrograde movement to chance to the right bank. While these dispositions were carried into sees. tion, the Prince passed the line on horseback, and approached Spandau. in order to ascertain the enemy's vi !as. The road which leads iron Schlvdien to that village was rendered dangerous by the fire of the Russian sharp-shooters, who were post •.1 on tl e right hank of the river, and seemed reedy to attempt the passage. The Prince ordered t teas to be dislodged by grapeshot and howitzer shells ; but, unfortunately, the pieces of ordnance destined for that purpose did not arrive is due time. 7•he Prince had proceeded to the bridg - bead. and given his orders to General Frere. On his return he perceived the 17th regiment of dragooos taking • position under the fire of the Russi.sn infantry. He was desirous to post it in a less dangerous place, but while be was approachint the regiment, l.is Serene Highasss was struck by a' musket ball in the neck, under the right ear. contusion was so violent. that he fell forwards wi!i his head on the saddle. The troops. foe a momc:::• were struck with dismay. they thought their G.. neral-in-Chief was killed. But this psinfel en did not last long; the Prince raised his had alai•'• and employed his remaining strength to itapi• , : the soldiers to avenge him. An exclamation of rc venge was their answer, and the Prince was enJe.t• touring to avail himself of this favourable position of the troops, when the blood urea from his wound. and the weakness thereby saved. compelled him to withdraw to a boos: get his wound bound up. He therefore dir:a General Maison. Chief of the General Staff, to cat: • his seam to the different Generals, strenuously • maintain their position. The Patients absence did not last half hour. His wound had been scarcely bound when he received an account that the enemy w attempting to eras the river near lioarden , s a immediately proceeded with the 37th Reginsrat Dragoons to the heights of Datteckeedorf. So after Gen. Lapesse arrived at the head of three rei. ments and a battalion of Light Ilfantry,and tuarc.i. to the river to attack all those who should anew; to cross it. By the presence of these troops. I enemy's design was frustrated. The Pi