The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1807-04-22 00:00:00

11UUSh: uF cOMMONS. Colonel WOOD gave notice, that he would, to (morrow, move for the produdlion of certain papers relative ici the capture of Curacoa. Sir "ISOM AS TL ItTON postponed his motion relative to the Poiygar War, from tomorrow till t, .morrow sennight, oil account of the absence ct an Hon. Gensral, who w.,s likely to take a very considerable pan in the discussion of that subiett. lion the motion of Mr. ROSE, the further tot.,..leratiiii of the (le i sure of the Bill was deferred to th;s day se'nnight. Cu%totus Fees Bill was read a third tiro: and passed. On the motion of Lord POR'.7HESTF.R. Tho. Inas Dnike, now in 2.1.w.5,re, was ~ r tlercd to be onglit 1111, for the pm', vs, of givitig evi. e..cti be lure toe lii.s.minsier Litehiol CO/111Ulliedi AtiLRDF.I N COMMIT! ;.E. Mettibcrb ..rte thts c.ty to tiy 111.1 Jeteraniae the nteists o this EL-awn ; l'iv.fna. .41mM, FA+ W. k..F-I.S D. ILI n Je v ioun, toIKIII Sas age. 1.44 11. mils, bit J. %Vivre.' tiir Chro 114‘kiiis, gait. • I T. Nttetor.L•q Lutii J . K„,g. b....Fe Ma, 401111, Eh+ MO) IN ES. Ott Hon. Homy Moitienaory, Bart. Strangers were excludeJ, ar..l a division took place upon the Dublin Pavinu BJI , the nature of J.d not learn. s;R ilmisroPilFß HAWKINS. A . 1 . 1{1 NS 1V HIGH I' moved the ;der of the e..y Jo: the Hour/ taking into their further colsicler- Ihe Report of the Pe:nrhynth %%La Cnn.n.ittce ► Kiwi that Sir Coistoplwr Hawkins do attend. 'lbis bei.►R accordingly done, The ISPBAKI:1( noberved, drat the most reguler yno t le of proceeding wooLl 107 to hear what Sir C. ila s.l:inv had to r in los defence. S.r CHRIS mei itlt HAWKINS then said a few words in his clfknce, but in so low • tone of that we couli cancel more then teat he turew h•tnielt upon the j•sitice atid liberality of the e. i•ir. A t KVNiI WRIGHT next proceeded tirin the business et his =riots, nt eely4.ll he had formerly stivett anace He biog.( n by recapitulatir.g she leading fv.thres of the evidelice which Lad been adduced before the Penrliyn LleEtion Committee, which Lad given tine to their making a special 11,;- port to the House. [the p.tricielars of this,however, would he rather tedious sin ,1 unintsresting to oar ReAc;ers. the more especially, es the sebstance of it has, upon a fin met nceasi.sn, been laid br'uie them.) The Hon. bilinear said, that the comae he intended to pursue. MIA. to IL we tit • Ht..itse to agate serials:4a to the several itaiolutio. s of the said Conansittse, arid afterwarls jet propose' titt some - Prat l ' 4l ; ll V sliciract'l beiustli utcol agamit Sir Ciu ist ophes, by thesSitorney... General. He, therefore, rcovul, " 'll.at the first resolution be teed by the Clerk, and that the House thruld agree theicto." Tt is was, accotdnlgly. Tract, and WAS to the following purport, vie " Resolved, that Sir Chtistophir Hswkins, Bart. has, by himself. or his agents, bssn guihy of hi ioe ry. an: corrupt pi 4aICCI, in (rider to i..da-ace the Lleetots of 'Burgh of Prurhyn." Cspt. H E.: 3ett wished the debate upon this matter to be postponed to Friday :.est, ran arvarrt of the absence of some professional GAntlemen, who were well acquainted with the whole ciremostsm es attending i:. Ue concluded with un,ving accord ingly. - Mr. Vet HITBREA.I.) observed. that as business of importance ( illud:rig we presum- to the Po ir's Laws Bill) smos.: Ur Friday, he should suggest the adjournment of tLis debate should be to MOll. do- next. Sir WATKINS WILLIAMS WY NE stated, that the repot upon which this motion was founded, had been before the House ever since the 4th of re brusry lac, and it was, he thought, rather extraor dinary, that at this advanced pctind any delay should be proposed. It was of the greatest import ance that a question of this nature should now come on as early as possible, it being materially connected with the privileges of the House ; and tne more specially, since a most unconstitutional threat had been thrown out, which, if put into execu tioo. wonledeprive the House of the oppor tunity of asserting their rights, and proceeding against Bribery and Corruption. How long the duration of their sittings might be, the How.. were at present left in total ignorance ; and therefore no delay ought to take place in determining a question (delis nature. Mr LEIGH KECK said, that as a Member of the Cminiittee alluded to, lie w as convinced that there never was a stronger case made oat for the consideration of the Home, and it became them, consistently with their dignity. to come to an im mediate detern.ination thereon. He looked upon the pioceedings by the Attorney•Gene:al as the most moderate course tt at could possibly he adopt. eJ, under the circumstances of the case. The Com mittee hal shown every disp;sittoa of leaning tcwaids the accused •and, thertiore, instead of pmceedine furtner of theii own arc°, d, had made it tae subjed z f a 'pedal Repast. if the H o use 6:mu 1.1 be of opinion that any suspension of pro cedure should take place, .his shonid bow with td.terence to their determination ; bus as a Member at that Comniittee, be prctested against any sus pt nsion whatever. Mr. HURST said, that the stronger the ca•e was, the more imperiously was the House celled upon to delay its decision, until every species of evitlroce which could strengthen the defence, was bri : iighth•f ore them. Mr. MILNE gave his opinion against any ad journment of the discussion. The el-s.4.NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER suggested that it should only be adjourned till tc. morrow ; which proposition, after some further diawssion, w se ultimately agried to. On the motion of Mr. BANK ES, the Reversion Bill was read a third time, and ordered to be coin. mitred on Thursday. The second reading of the Calico Printers' Bill was postpen-J to Thors.lay. Tne Sierra Leone Bill was read 'a third time and passed. It was ordered that thcre be laid before the House an Account of the Quantity of Corn, Meal, and Flour, exported from Ireland to this Country, from tLe year 1804 to the present period. Mr. PA RN ELI. gave notice, that he would make a motion upon Thurd.ty next, relative to the Fi nances of Ireland.—Adjourned. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETI F. Forript Ofire, Downiv-street, Ari 120.1807. The following intelligence,•respefling the resi n the Siege of Stralsund, 2nd the subsequent eaput• iron of the French foices from Swedish Pomerania, leas been this day officially transmitted to Mr. &ere. tat y Canning, by Baton Rehausen, His Swedish Majesty', Minister Plct.ipotentiary at this Curt : 111•L/40, •PRIL 7,1807. 13.tron 1k Bojie, Aide-de-Camp to flu Majesty, strieed yesterday with Dispatches from Baron D'E•sen, Governnr-General of Pornerahia, of which the folla-ving is an estralle kiss lir.; received certain information of the ene my's hseesz comment d his retreat from Promera mA, by sohill de•Achaienrs, I ordered the following troops to Adeline', in two columns, for the purpose of loiciirg him to quit firs intrenchments, and to abaadori Swedish l'ioncrania. The first column, under my orders, was commanded by the Chief of Brigade Baron De Tavast, and consisted of eight squadron; .of hussars. a detachment of flying artil lery, and four battalions of infantry, with uddr di visiems of Chasseurs. The second column was of equal force with the first, and was commanded by the Chief of Brigade Baron de Vegesack, under ti e orders of Lieutenant-General Baron D'Arnsieldt. These two columns, marcning on the same line, met with the enemy at Lussow, attacked him, and, after a vigorous resistance, forced him to abandon that post, and to retire upon Suderhagen. Here the attack VI3I again renared f a very brisk fire from ligiit troops checked us for sometime, but the fire truss the artillery attached to our two columns. won obliged him to retire upon Voigdebagen, Where ur way attacked in front by the column under Baron D'Aticteldt, and repulsed with great loss; his let flank having been, at the same time, tUrneo by the :cups u.sder the command of llstou De Ta- Whilst nur trnops were carrying the valor of Veigdehagaii, the enemy had abandoned Lu batte ries and initesichments before Stralsund, and had intrt i nclied himself anew on the heights between Vuigdenagers snd Teszhenhagen. on wltie'l he had pLited a battery of tow pieces of cannon and two bow:tato s, whose ices.ssant tie prevented our Lisps roue advancin4. 6:1 car artillery had iti.tceeded in dismminiing them. Tile loss of the enemy uu this occasion moo have been consisle.o4e, since an officer io the Dutch Inuits. ha .aid the oily 2% met td his :..d , rneot wcre kft saves We Iced but tree sificert snJ about 20iied tisotikat id this affsir. o The enemy shortly afterwards "'kW Ids posi. don, and retired upon Teschcnfiftgen. after having vainly attempted to make himself mater of a marsh covered with nude: vino& but was prevented from so doinz by tw i companies of infantry, wl , o, by * well-sustained fire, obliged him to retire. My ellunin then math a movement. in order to harass the left lank of the enemy, whose tetreat shortly became general, retieing from post to post, with the loss of many prisoners, a quantity of baggage, and magazines of all kind-, of wl.ich we have not yet had dine to make out complete returns. My column took possession of inn to on the 21 of April, and, the same day, Bm n D' Armfeldt's column entered Greisswa:d. where it to ik six officers, and a gre it many French soldiers (oil into our hands, as weil as the enemy's hospital, where we recovered all the Swedish soldiers who had hem's wonialed an 1 taken prisoners in the action of the Pfeil March. A hove one thousand =alerts, two hundred brace of pistol., and mai terable magazine., were found there. On the 31 April, I entered Demnien with my column, and I sent no my ligitt troops in pursuit of the enemy towards Aleck!enbow-g. The Barri s es of Demirien were ail made prisoners, atter a feeble resistance. Some small detachments of hug. sari, sent in pursuit of the enemy, were continually coming in with French and Dutch prisoners ; and three hussars alone took one hundred and four men on the road to Neukahlan. A great =mint of prisoners were made, and some stands of arms and provisions taken from the enemy at Dargiihn. A detachment, commanded by Lieutenant Co lonel Baron de Cedrrstrom, took a quantity of bag gage from the enemy, together with two Officers and two hundred and seven The maga zines that have been taken are Very considerable, Lust there has nx as yet been time to make out re turns. I cannot suffitiently praise the good eondul, the nrayery, the cookies., and the piescr.ce cf mind ey•acel by the Chief of Brigad.i Baron llr Tavast. Lieute.taat Colonel Baron De Cederstrom, Major D'Essen, the Captains of Cavalry Ceps. and De Platen, and in general all the Officers, as well as the troops. coudufted themselves with such intre pidity and disci ; line, Ora I could not, without re proaching myself; refrain from expretsing to your `4,i . j.sty, the satisfidicn I feel at having had the co timand of such brave men, or from giving them that honourable testimony on my part which their g contia has so highly deserved. Baron D'Armfeldt entered the town of Anclam this morning, w h ere he took two officers and one hundred and fifty men, besides a considerable booty ; one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five Frederica D'Or, and about three thousand crowns Lfluaging the enemy's military chest, have :also been tik- n. (Signed) H. F. D'Esszn. ilea4-Quartara at Latunnien. April 4, 18'1. P. S. According to all the niformation received at the time of Baron Doile's departure. the num ber of prisoners already taken by thu Swedish troops exceeded one thousand men acrd twenty officers, amongst whom was a French Colonel. . i~ - .. lIIPERIAL P4RLIAMEN't I . , tItrUSE OF Loltai—fursoar, Arso. 21.. - Id the Scotch Appeal Cause. the Earl of Gallo way v. isl.Hict.iuson. Mr. Alexander was heard rt some length for the Respondent. and the Deelee of the Court of Session was affirmed. &tuNTE viuw. The Earl of MOI al A rose, and observed. that an idea had gone abroad. ak to the expedition which captured the important fortress Monte Video, that a sufficient qtiontrry of powder and ammunition had not been seapplied for the the or the troops. In cider to ceirreft this rumour, he proposed to more fora return of the supply ; from which it wculd ap pear, that the pri.piirtion was greater than that torn:shed to expeditions emploTed• par ticuiaily to the Cape of Good Hope. The Noble Lail conducted by moving "An Address to His Al .j -sty. fora retUr .1 (al the proportion of ammu att ion supplied wife) the Artirlery used in the exprdi ti commanded by Sis Samuel Atr:hanity, sue e••vi.ig the greater or less quantity, iu proportion to the tsutnSes trni-i„ss." fate Ear) of GALLOWAY said, that in men. tioauag the tusulliesency of au; pay, he had not oh. tamed the entorrnation from indireft means. but had ithrred it horn the public disnat-7h ct the Naval Commander. Ttie Ntlhle E4ll VI lira) had itated the supply to he :Is great in proportion as that for the C spe. He observ..d, hcheever, that those sell decrieJ the measutes of the Government preceding thd I..st, were eery apt to impute blame where it afd not rest. In the preicit iiistanze, taking it for grams.' that the divatch of tile Naval Commander wa. curry& it would. bd fotit.d perhaps that blame was imply able in other giant rs. There was a wide diffetence between a regtear siege, and the dirtily 01 a piace-which was obstinately defended. Zia Sr'ENCER condemned the prafltee of dis. cursing a question, when the merits were not be fore the H •tire. He denied that either himself er Lis Noble nirnd, with whom he riled, upon any occ je F=4 the measures of their p:edecesso: o. After some further conversation between the E irls of Galiews7, Spencer. Radnor, and Moira. and Lord HollauJ, the original Addrezr was Wit arid earlied. Me. Famves, Mr. Mellish, an I some •other Members, In 'tight up several private Rills Iron the Ci im mains, whit h went through their diffneut stages. Upon the mild reading of the Ttea.ther of toe ICa Regulat ion Bill. The Earl of RA DNO nhjefled to th. further procs:diii,g. and wished at to oe amended in borne pas octane paiois. • Tate Ea . !! a t LAUDERDA LE thought it wou:d to name der..t °us, had leis Majesty's Ministers been resent at the discussion of a ilLi n 1 such great im pertani.e. In their alp:end-, towever, he conceived tbe irdst wait would he to proceed with the Rill. The LORD CHANCELLOR toought the Bill /Aid not go far ervisii;h ; 'oat night be remedied by ss Supplemental BM. Lind i lOLLAN:) (1110111:1t the Bill dil not l c. eiatilligly so pINIVid.: to; the public security ; and also deprecated t: a :Owner of Ministers, up sit a sahjt.ft ro peculiarly afteAlaic a part of the Govern. taco. After some observations by the Earl of ROSS !. \ N and other Lords, the Lill w.i, lead a third time and passed. The Innkeepers' Allowance Bill, and the Assets Ball, were severally teal a bust time. Adjidurned till to-mor low. , THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, WEDNESDAY,.Aram 22. Ministers, we understand, have finally determined upon a Dissolution of Parliament, as their only re source to enable thorn to continue in office. Some circumstances have recently transpired, which evince, that this is not a mere threat to gain over a few Members, who may contemplate a Dissolution, as the end of their political career ; but a measure, aftually resolved u?on, as indispensably necessary to their exi'tenc?. Tire businesc, at present before Parliament, msy be disposed of in the course of three wzeks, so as to adroit of a Prorogation in the cod of May ; and the Dissolution is expeffed to take place before the end of June. Mr. FORT ER has accepted the office of CH A SC rL. LOR of the Factlectocis for Ireland. He has only to follow the footsteps of his predecessor, to make himself eminently useful to his country. The rein:J.4d Maly C'oarent, of the Clst Feb. says--.. At the moment of sanding our Paper to picas, we were informed, from good authority, that intelligence had been just receive.! from Cumana, announcing the capture of that place by the forces under Gen. CPAWFI kD, anyluoting to tit,oo men." No advct.s, of an official nature, have been re. ceived in this country from America, wh;ch can warrant the supposition, that the Treaty lately sent nut had been rejetted. That the Prosident expre:- sed his disapptobation of it. on reading the copy shown to him, by Mr. F.ItSKIN6, if all that is known upon the subje9. The explanatory &co mem% when received by the President, will proba bly remove his ground: of ohj?ttion. At a late hour list night we received Paris Papers to the 15th instant, from which we hay! Made the following extracts, being the only articles in their centcnts of any interest : sLarmo, &putt. 1. The Emperor is annonaced to us; we carted him here }lowly.. A considerable number of cavalry is cantnaed in the environs of our town, and all th: ac cootrement-makeis are employ'd in working (or them. The number of horses which the French have dr two from the Lie of islogat, is estimated at 4,000 ; that is without doubt ore of the finest coun tries in riisssia. Considerable trains of artillery . . have arrived beret* Destsie from Warsaw, by Vistula.—( 4 ,4 IL) CIICKINSTCIN, (1011.9110 A PRIL 3. We have received offload imagism, hear C. stantinople. Affairs go on in ebe best mating htheligEpa to repass nglishhave the eompletely -f----.ltaali- *a d b ve bel oDardanelles, The Porte m n if eits an energy which has confounded the Enr 1 and the Russians ---( Monlitiv. April 14.) The French head-qoarters Were at Fincken on the 3d of April, as appean by a decre. 1 Bonaparte, dated from thence on that day, r e l., • to the promotion of some Officers to the 1..,, 1 of Honour, for having taken some Russian c t ~1 at the battle of E) lau. The Russian Official Report of the battle of E.1 :1 of which we gave the substance yesterday, will found at length in our subsequent columns. The Emperor Ai swinge has left his car and joined the King o! Plicssta at Memel on th e instant. 'lshii intelligence is comm un icate,; private lever from Ehineur, dated the 14 h, adds, " the bran: Swedes are making gr.at gress in Meckleirburgh, which place tin, hire lAt:1 pi s 6 ession of, and are on their march to Lubec,— Ten thousand of the inhabitants of these coantr.e have joined the Swedish army." Berm Sutton's Patent, appointing his Lords!:ii Lnrd High Chancellor of Ireland, has pasted t!,„ Great Seal. Ihe business of the depot is the Isle of Wight. formerly in the Ilispe3ar- General's department for recruits, is now managed by Lieutenant-Colonel Bast.ow. The Gas•tte of last night contains an Order Mean cil. dated April 13, allowing for a father space r six mcntlis, from the 16th inst. s• the importation ,nt. any port or place of Great Britain, of any beans, c ed kidney or French hearts, tarts, lentiles,calavanci t and all other sorts of pulse ; and also of balls, cosi °rens calves, sheep, lambs, and swine, and of bed pork, mutton, veal, and lamb, (except salted b-et .:nd pock). and of bacon, hams, tongues, triter, cheese, potatoes, sago, sago powder, tapioca, micelli, millet seed, poultry, fowls, eggs, ga.ll and soar-trout, in any British vessel, or in any nr , belonging to persons of any State in amity with Ii NUJ rsTY, and navigated in any manner wlortele7 without payment of any duty whatsoever; provi,2. that a due entry shall be made of all such art:el agreeable to an AR passed in she 9th year of present AJCST v." By a letter from China. dated 6th Novemfir 1806, via America, we i.ora the s3fr arrival of the Elpiluitont, ir:ne../Acter, Cerch and Castle. from Bronhay. Lieutenant Coo sr an, who, in the common c. re Gairfeell boats, so heroically hoarded and tuck •„. French brig Le Lynx, is promoted to tile blaster and Commander. Yesterday, the price of bread was ordered to reduced an Assize, or 2.1. in tha ptck-loif, to La/ place from to•morrow, when the quart nn wheaten wilt be sold for l l;d.and h:.usehold lo.i A Protect hAs been entered into against the Nov.,* amptonshite Address to, His MAJesrr, upoo the fullowiny, grnun-1,:- 1.% Berautz the .t‘stft on that the Re; e.aus Estatthihra-v and Goouttution of the C. unhy have been ,n danger, which pretext ,lone the propnety of an Atkirce at 1411 . . . juncture can be supported), oppress to us to be entirely gimp& Ices —Sd. !{,cause the circulation of such lake alarm, sat inevitably tend lk) excite relig.uus watt:tomtit% and dioams,...„ at all time. to laJ deprecated by every iinend of order and r. 4 riverinneut ; and more especially at the present time, limn it is essentially nee ovary to tb, best intereds of our King sal Country. that Hu Majesty's subjech, to all detenetwoe be cmdially united in a steady, vacrous, and auce to the efforts of the consm,,n enemy._ Among the numerous and respeAable signatcr to this Protest, are, the Duke of GIAFTON, EA Stan Can, FITZWI Wahl, Urrra OSIOitY. and Ca. aysrosz ; Viscnuats OLIFDLU. MILTON, sad AL 1110 it►a Lords LI tan a a:id ST. JOHN. On the 7th of tlel;iber, arrived at Calcutta. Arab ship Feu", RHo'aasv NACODA Hussy from Judda ; this ves.el had been boarded by French ship of war. and plundered of 60,000 do:Le and other property to a contideable amount. L' 'irides and Le Deer Severer. French privateers. each mounting IS guns, were cruising in the Buy of Bengal, with several others, whose manes art s mentioned, when the Memory packet sailed. On the 4th Sept. were lying at Prince of Wales's Island—the Blenheim, Admiral Ta•tuasrooa; 6" hound. Wilheltnina, Caroline, Mec.rsser, (lave Paw Dutch prize), and ilireeei. Several ships, bound to China, from Calcutta with rice, had passed Prince of Wales's Island. We understand that one of the Dutch Indismes. captured by the Gr. r bound f rigate and llama, was formerly tne keep Marsa. a Calcutta, coauninded by Captain W. Dawn. who, two or three year' so in consequence of a cordagims disease breaking , on board the ship, on her voyage from Calmat te China. which so reduced the crew as to neets.iiiti Captain Dawn' to bear up fur Batavia, V6l'sr t`r ship was, of coarse, taken possession et by :to enemy. Captain Dawes and the major part of he . crew, fell a sacrifice to that insalubrious chme. _ . Lttters from Gcre;, dated the VEtit of Feiner! , mention that all was tranciail there, mid the goy,i African Corps go to healthy. There 'menu AO 0 1 war on the co .st. The .1,4 had hero d.spaict. 4 to the Weo lndies, on the irrivAl of the der the Adtrionsf ; and the digs 14y atnce sailed tura:. same place. CoLumsi. Bute is said to have requested se earminattnn cf his Port-F , ..1i0 (to t! , e.pourss:ns hi daughter) trom which it would locomotion noway, .hat Gcn. %Vet/titian had been for pen time a Spanish pensioner, and ere• its deer;% e Raged in schema ho .t le to hi. country, as be :vs sell could possihly hare been. If. uis generally pposed: 4 4 every event hat cruniinion, why may not thirteen or l'ortild votaries share the 20,0001. Prise to the firsvdta Ticket, to-nuerrow nr;roing, as wet as thc sr number of Sharer; d'd of the 20.0001. CapitA the 14th itotAut ? Let 4.lventistery c....rty in rte. also, that every tine of tbe Shares of the first 20 Plize so the 6r7.t drawn Nornhir„ was a'‘tt.lti 3 ' purchased. as may happen this day, on the wit,' of the drawing. ~w FASh The eK oeq RADE the proton. The 41 that 04 an/ r. C hot act un 'rick 3dy sbnita bind has had laa 1 den • in th Indio on Wh 11 al Fri and in I. wili tu Pr, Ow quc MI DI an TI