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, en t the e cf life. 5, ia cind- iring their it in. Id it. rki:h nun. r isiq filled mei rs of :h is it it tber. n 0.% ige re. led. h co ilk+, )ran: de. ie zu lief bar t st: Li •reordino y Spuldr.s..Orielries of NIL 111. 16-sew. cettasnly. 1E BRITISH PRE 3Si LONDON, MONDAY, Avutt. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIANIFNT. a.ter having paused awhile upon the iks of the Rubicon, have det-rmined to take a ige. The threatened measure of a Dissolution larliament is resolved noon. This day and Wed at-e both mentioned as the was of this im- Ant event. We are inclined to think that the volition for that purpose will appesr in The stir elf tomorrow At all event:, we ear re with positiveness and precision, that a Disso iin will take place withiu a Fe , / days. The new i4ment will meet agait; in the month of July, sit 1 );- a 12w weet.s. This determination of the users vi.ts universally known in the political cir ; vette day. Expresses were in comeq•aenee sent to all parts of the United Kingdom ; and the can is iu this metropolis assumed a more alive ap - Mr. HANISCY '1 and Sir C. Patca ' s Ad itisements for the City of London, are given in our mance. it page Our readers will rpcollen that we have ifortnly asserted, as our decided opinion, frnm the birth Le the prr•ent Ministry, that they must ild of the present Parliament, or resign their ices: rti.it the arty chance of continued existence ;a, they had. wa: the increases strength that t be posAbly derived from a general Eieet , nn. to neur• r f tint eapeZted strength it d scribed in int, of Friday. the 4th inst. in the (lowing words:— " There are in almost all boroughs, cities, and ern in many counties, certain persons, from Dukes down to shtykeepiii s, who, from situation or effirt, alo:r.: an aireadancy arno7g the Eleetrirs. Th-se rers irt will t;c.t stir with their troops, till they it i I make their assistance a grey favour, for which they took to a return. The freasury knows them all ; er, if it dors rot, they take care to make themselves k o.vn. *file Treasury sendi to request their assistsnce, or they off , r their assistance ; in einur case the consequences are perfellly under st d. 13 this way it is that the Government De patments, but the Treasui y, in particular, possesses rich an :ntluence in a General Eleclion, and lays the Cardidates under such obligations, compelling than, in point of he toor, for there is w:.at they c ell honour, even in these infamous transait'strale, to TMe through thick and this with the Mitiiit.:rs who thus assist them." Tie alsrve pasiiiiTr is an extra& from Lie Colour of the 4e, instant ; we dare not give it as our own original sentiment, and should not Lee ,ourage to have stated it, had we not found it as the avowed creel of the Ministry, in a Print entirely devoted to their service.—But then is not the soltt temptation to induce Minis ters to adopt this bold measure. They have been but too successful * rising a religious Cl4lllllll through the land, the grounds of which they know are false and illusory. His present 'Ala- Jest 's reign has been a series of concessions and kindnesses to the Catholics, many of them of ten times the solid value and importance of any thing prop:h.:a by the recent measure ; And yet it was I..ereed for the sagacity of Mr. PIItCSV L to d.scaver, that in bestowing them, an attempt was made to swindle the KING'S cosnscience ; that they vit,lated the KING'S Coronation Oath ; that the Church was in danger, and that nothing but His powerful interposition could save it from be ing swallowed up in the overwhelming tide of Popery. Pie Ministers feel and know, that the popular clamour which they have raised up on this deceitful and hollow ground, is tran• sitory and uncertain; and, therefore, that they may :live the full benefit of the delusion, it becomes ne Cr scary to dissolve Parliament, before the eyes of the an ! i s arc opened to the fallacy praflised upon their nod rstanding. Were the dissolution of Parliament to be deferred to the 2; th of May, the period mentioned, the popular freer would have 3;:nt itself, and Ministers would have nothing to depend upon but the influence of corruption, I' , en:teSly stated by Mr. CAMINO'S Print, 11 the extras which we have quoted.— its of the new Ministers have assured us, that t:..! may dissolve the Parliament when he We do not deny His MAJZST v's right to (!'-' so, but we de not believe that any King ever at tempted to carry the exercise of that right to the extreme. By this, however, we are given to under stand, that if the new Parliament, which will meet in July, shall not appear more friendly to the Mi ni,ter, that it istu be dissolved at the end of four days or four hours, as suddenly as the present at the end of four months. When a man is very strong, very h-althy, young and vigorous, surrounded by frien Is, and good and atilt physicians, he may be excused for indulging in some little excesses; but we do not think, looking to Europe, looking to Ame rica, and looking to the Catholic feeltig in Ireland, that this is a time taking liberties with, and trenching unnecessarily upon, the British Constitu tion. We have recrived Paris Pipers to the 19th inst. containin! the Sixty-ninth Bulletin of the Grand Army, dated Finkenstein, the Ch. It does not present any intelligence of the least importance, and could afford nothing new, as we had been pre viously in possession of accounts from Finkenstein to the 9th; at which date the French head•quarters were at that place. The Paris paper; are silent on the suoj-ft of the battle, said to have been fought upon the Passarge. His MAMTV is expeded in town to•day. Yesterday morning, His MAJESTY. Princesses Auniusda, MARY, SOEFIIA, and AVALIA, walked to St. George's Chapel, attended by Generals GWYNIOE. DE Burn, Fi IZROY, and W.A. TM/HALL ; Colonels TAYLOR and DEseitow ; La dies DAMIR, WirweE. icc.; where a Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Busse, from the 3.1 chapter of A. and 19th verse. Afterwards rode to Frogmore, to dinrer, and returned to the Palace at three o'clock. The and Princess 11F.TH had Divine Service pertn•med in the Chapel ; afterwards rode to Frogmcre, and returned with His MAJESTY. &c. _ _ _ Saturday. Prineess MARY completed her 31st 'Var. on which ocrasio the Doke and Duchess of Yoa K visited Their Mai ssT I s , and returned to town on the night r f that do. Papers from New York t the 16th, and from Philadelphia to the 19th last, arrived on Saturday N. thing far they was known respeEking the American Treaty. which continued, at these respet9ive dates, the sui jet, of puhi c diselission in these respiglive cries. Of 2.5 articles which at ccntains, '29 are al lowed to be unexcep On Tuesday, the Duke of Ptcoruno took his departure, fr , tm aecompaeied by the re gret and affeCtion of a people, ro whom his mild and conciliating virtue, have endeared him. The Duke of Illicit worts, when swearing into office, at Dublin Castle, was dressed to a General's uniform. Al er the ceremony, he returned thanks for the att-taion and celerity with which matzers were cnnclufki. A strong force is immediately to be sent to ths , West Indies. Five r-girneur., amongst which are the 13th and 26th, are to embark from Deal ; and two regiments, suppnsed to he the Bth and 50th, are mentioned as coming from Ireland for the same pur pose. The 6 , 1 i Regiment. 1200 strong, is to proceed immediately to Gibral'ar, whither, it is beli,ved, the I nth will follow ir. On their arrival, the 42d, and another now there, will go to juin the Sizilian Army, under Gene , al c. fhe Font Guards and it!fl • Corps are to receive a considerable augmentation. It is supposed roar a dis , olution of Parliament will immed;ately take place s and wv.. have autsority in state, that Mr. WILT IAM MELLISII will ce.- tainly stand for MiddLsex. Saturday, at twelve o'clock. a Cabinet Connell was held at the Fora. n Uffi:e, virticn was a;ten,ied by all the Cabinet Mil,i tens, except Earl Cassette, who was indisposed. she LORD Cosauctitua unexpedlestly leit the Court of Chancery to attend it. An appeal in the Lords of the Councl was put ci:f its coasequence The Loans of the Angtaaxry have appoisted Sir Hosts Pets•st to the command of a smao squadron so guise off the Continent, in the River, dce. with A rOV•QZ C • rnaubbiun. The Hon. Cantos Ketox. it is said, will succeed the Earl of Guam MI% as Clerk of the Hanaper, in Ireland Mr. Navitzz will succeed the Hon. CAvi.Nvissi BRADIII•M b as Teller of the Exchequer, in Ire land. Mr. Herter ALLICANDLII will proceed shortly to the Capz of Goo.) Hope The KING ha. hero pleased to constitute and ap point the Right Hon. FRANCIS Lord Ns 'qui. to be His MaJastr's High Commisiioner to t' e General Assembly of the Church of Scotia. d --(Gazette.) The Ktmo has also been pleased to c institute And appoint Mt. WILLIAM Otiose, jon Advocate, to Int Sheriff Depute of the shire of Roxfargh, in the room of Mr. WILLIAM OL,vIR, rep gned.—(/Sid.) Letters were received in town on Saturday from on board the British squadron off Rochefort, dated the 40th inst. They mention. that the French squadron, so long prepared for slippng out of that port, as it was supposed, on a buccaneering trip to the West Indies, have, within a few days. been entirely dismantled. It consisted of five 74's and one three-decker. rho crews were ordered on shore. and encamped on L'l D'Aiz, for the pu-pose, it was imagined, of learning the use of arms, and being sent with the conscripts to the army in Po land. Our squadron before Rochfort consists of She Cesar. of b 0 guns, Admiral Sir RICHARD Sraa- Galati j the Mars, Datepl. losiactors, Rt 11,11V0. and Spersiats. besides frigates and cutters. A report is in circulation, that the discovery of some late transitions is ewe of the Public Offices, has induced a Member if the House of Commons, to pledge hunt& to move an Impeachment, next week, ;against a very distinguished charader, who is wpposed to be implicated in those transactions. Lieutenant W. Cowles, who commanded the boats of the Gelded, with 5 officers and 70 men, and took the Lyme, of 16 guns, and 161 men, on the Ist of List January, has been promoted to the rank of Commander in His Mijear v's Navy, on the express application of the Lords of the Admiralty, to His &ugs V, to enable them to make the promotion ; there being an Order of Council against any Lieutenant being promoted to the rank of Commander, till be had served two ye.irs, which Lieutenant Cooklse had not done, by several months. When this brave officer fought this desperate anion, he was there times beat off in los boat from the Lynx ; when, in addition to t'.e lois of one of his legs, in a similar brave idiom ne recelvej a wound in his thigh, above the former MASQUERALth ARGYLE-STRLET. On Friday evea;ng, the First klasqnerade, this Season, rook place at the FAsbiqaable It was attended by upwards of 600 persons of the first distinEtion. In the hall was suspended a Grecian lamp, and the alcove, in which the band of His Royal High ness the Duke of CASIBRIDGIS was stationed, was hung with variegated lamps. The staircase was lined with crimson ; on the entrance ware arches of laurel and other evergreens, interspersed with artificial flowers; in the centre of tl:e window was a large star of variegated lamps, surmounted by an arch of artificial flowers. The company en tered into an anti.roem, which was laid out with refreshments, hung with gauze drapery, wreaths of laurel and artificial flowers, and lighted by girandales and side-lights. The great ball room floor was chalked out with emblematic figures ; and lighted up with six balloon cut•glass chandeliers, and twelve wax lights in -each ; the Orchestra was lighted up with Grecian lamps, the front of which was ornamented with muslin bor ders, interwoven with wreaths and rosettes of artifi cial Bowers; the Royal Boxes were equally bril liant. On the right is she l'arkish Room, which was hung with blue drapery, furniture to corte spond. The Prince of Wa La.'s Harmonic Room was laid out with six ronnd tables for 100 persons, lighted up with five Grecian cut-glass chandeliers. In the Grove and Billiard Rooms, supper was laid out for 9n; and in the Supper.rnons and two adjacent rooms, covers were laid for 70. In the morning Promenade Room were laid seven long tables, with supper fur two hundred. This room exhibited a scene of unexampled mag nificence. On the entrance, the eye was struck with the appearance of twenty arches, com posed of laurel, tuner evergreens, and rich arti ficial flowers, each arch about nine feet high and seven wide. intersp-rsed with variegated lamps, and lighted up with wax livhts, in silver candle. s• ieks ; the new supper room corresponded with this, where coven were laid for one hundred. The dancing cimmenced pret::elv a , twelve o'clock, and I continued without intermi.sion till six, when the company deputed, highly delighted. Great praise is due to Mr. St ADC, of Fringes-street, Cavendish square, under whose direftion the ornaments were made. Among the company we observed the fol lowing Nobility and Gentry : aistcni , .nes= or Winchester. fa , cy Domino; Nibs 'We!by, £ •, C. 11; Mrs. I.ydvard. Tape N;;.mata; Lady Amcot, D. nino ; Cos i•e=s of Bu.ktrigna.nthire and Mr. Ellison. Ucai and Dim Meg:ars; G.umrs, Bligh, sickly Old Miser; Miss 3 liteawertli, • Nun; Capt. Seret..aha.l., a Friar; Hon. L. Stanhope, as Sancho ; Sir W. W. Wynne, Domino; Caps G. Cnopetr, Fe. 01 the 14th Century; Countess Gal- Ivrea?, fancy laeitii..o; Countess Iltorslyit, duos; Count•te Co spar, sun; Cn.satess of Ha:to-nom dirt° ; N s &mold, in a beautslul fan .y Dorniile of light pink, coveted with silver arniainvirs; Duke of Cantbridge; M !trawls, Ballad-singer; Vi.euutrirs Percent, Spanish Officer; Mr. Nutr,n, Ne e • tune r; Lady C Gresife, Nun; Ms. Chnlmon.leley, an Oil Wu...au 4 M Km, a Highland Offsets; Coin Mi Breen, • 11...1a Mater j Captain Manny, a Sailor; Disc de "roil • Pepper, an Austrian If us•ar ; Mr. St. John, an Oxford Scholar ; Ca..i Harrington, a trammed; Countess of Choi. minders r, fancy dress; Nrs.Clarkwii, Vestal Virgin; Miss L. J Mr. Willet, an Old Woman of the 16th c• ith ho. a, &c. ; Mr. Attars.% a hoping Gig fey, w cutlet. Ac ; Duchess of Beascort, a Nun; Mr. Marken, as Death, with Intimations, drc. (a MO4 excellent character); Sir. Sow ray, a Jew Ped:ar. wh.ch be maintained wilt great au e.os ; Sir James Kadd!e. an Old English Baron; Made. minion* St Jules, an Italian Nun; Mr. Hunter, a Dolor ; Mr. G. Heath, an Old Match Woman; Mr. Mort lord, a Cbsd.hopping C iuntryir an ; Mr. Haney, • Harlequin, cipital; Mr. G. Wynne, a Waggoner; Lord Chartley, a S a.. 1•11 Chief; Lady, G. Morpeth, a Nun; Nine NPCIwal, • d Mem Samford, Gypsies; Major Daniels, a Turk; Mr. Williams, a Gingerbread-Nut-man ; Mr. A. lioublitn, a Dutch Merchant; Viscount Newark. a Sailor; Mr. De Hen ning+, Gypsey, Child, &c.; Miss Badey, a Spanish Lady; Mrs. Settee', a Servant of all Work; Lord 13 L.Giwar, a Friar ; Lord Clinton, a Drunken Sailor; Mr. W. Sterling, as I..sdr Pentw.sie, an excellent Claracter, and most admirab4 .0 - . p .rted; Ea., Cooper, as a Spa nish Count; Count Cowper tea. attired in a beautiful fancy Domino. Lord Henry Moore, a Mu-sidman ; Mr. Wyatt, a 3-ggarinan ; Pane., Eitsilwas, as a German Count ; Lord Petersham, an Arabian Chief; Mr. ThumasMellish, a Footman. The Durhess of Rosati itGit and Mr. JOHN Man- u mits, will give a grand dinner to-morrow, at t'le.r house, in Portman-square, to a lards parry of No bility. Lord and Lady Caura wll give a grand dinner, this day, at their house, in Lower Brook•streec, Grosvenor-square. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lawsnowv gave a grand dinner, last Saturday, at Lansdown House, to the Earl of WINCNELSBA. Viscount and Viscountess HA utopian. Lords SAINT limas's and PLTIERSH•II, Admiral Bairincit,Admital and Mrs. C•saractt, and Mr. H. Lsica. The Proprietors of Drury-lane Theatre have en. tered into articles with Mr. Et Livros, at an ad vanced salary, for five years. Mr. HRAINCOTE settles 60001. On Miss SEARLE, and on Thursday next will add his name to the gi:t Madame Car at tit sang sr Ratzzint's Concert at Bath, on Wednesday. All the neighbourhood, for many miles, welt present. She was greeted with loud and reiterated plaudits. The at tradions of 7.4 Wood Damla suffer not the least abatement ; and Mr. Lawn has the satisfaition of keeping the Prnprieters of Drury-lane ra spree. Lady Ei.tior will give her first grand rout, this evening, at her elegant house, in StJatnes's-squa-e. The Duchess of GORDON received. on Friday morning last, the melancholy news of the death of her Mother. Her Grace has been confined to her bed-chamber ever since, and would not even see her daughter. Cards were, on Friday morning, issued, to postpone her Grace's party in the evening. The Earl and Countess Foal* tscus gave a grand dinner, yesterdiy. to a large party of Nobility, at their house in Grosvenor-square. 'lle Vocal Concerts, under the direllion of Messrs. HARRISON, B MAN, and GIZA TOKILI. closed a most successful season, on litiday evening last. The number of Subscribers from the printed list, is 770, including four of the Roy A t. PRlNcts, an.l all the principal N.Asility who have been in town. Ihe attention to the amusement, and the convenience of the visitors, has afforded the greatest &misfit/lion ; it is seven yt ars since the present Condullor revived there elegant and rational amusements. !PP , " MVYWN IFMNW ■ LA INTELLMENCE. COURT OF CliesmAßT, Aram IS. Af le looking ma ss n • addreed th e Chen. i nFeemb cellori and informed bim that. id conselnence of his having heen desert,d by his le ..„.1 advisers, and not being in a condition to fee Cosmos , 1, '. e w isle': whol ly yearly the means his inluties demanded. the • patty was about to state the rettnre of those injuries, when the CIIAMCILLOR very human-IT told him, that if he would draw up a short statement of his grievances, and give it to one of toe Officers of the Court, he would la at it, and see if any and t-hat red , e-s he was entitled to. The party thanked :4 Lord hip, and said he should convince bim that he was entitled to the justice of that Corwt. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Wars' , Ar, eg. Mr. GA eaow moved for a Writ of Manch/nes to be diretted to the Mayor, and other superior OiL cers of the Borough of Nottingham, requiring tnem to proceed so swear in Mr. Lewis Alsop, a Corn mon•Councilman of the said Borough, who bad been duly elefted, according to the Charter ; but had refused to take An oath, tendered to him by the Mayor, requiring him •o keep secret the secrets of that body, so far as the same were not inimical to Church and State, &c. He contended, that this oath was c ntrary to the Charter, and would not therefore take it ; and the Mayor refused to admit him unless he would do so. Lord ElLte..actovoti said, he saw nothing in congruou. with the Charier, or inimical to the State in this oath, and the rule was accordingly re fused. hci ig the last ciy for justifyiisg bail this term, the Court was occupied the greater part of the morning in this way. Tne Court rose soon after twAre o'clock, and the Judges of the ri.speflive Courts ri•asaud to the Es chews. Chamber to hear the arp,usrents of Counsel with respeii to a point of law reserved for their opi nioo, in theca:* of Frederick Smith, alt s Henry St. John, can.rsaed at the January Scssions of stealing a 300!. Bank-note privily from tie person of Thos. Berth It. The result will be commusiicatsd to th• prisoner at the ensuing Sessions, hot is not suffezed to transpire publicly. • , £1 TI I It' the • lake ( 1;t11. ;lunge. , ee• dParli I se sdl Y obi. O ctant prnelx r. &Milt i t gee S. LeLm ?.st.:4r the an. with 6'67 of to the van it met. Cearll terhst first p a enifor who f, r t bi arne r rlt r r 1 plans an which she mig' t laa :e of Mr. C die Olio V die " ; in even i t down uei Ego: WASTMINST fr. k LLECTION. Saturday, the Westmoister Deakin Committee resumed their incpairy, and examined M.. Downs, with a view to establish an aginey between Lim and Mr. Sheridan. He was near two hours under ex amination. The next Witness was Mr. W. Drake, the half-pay Lieutenant, who was some time since committed to Newgate, for prevaricating on his ex amination before the House of Commons. He was examined as to the e'.arge of briber^, and underwent a very long and severe cro 5-examina tion, with a view to discredit his testimony. When the examination of Mr. Downs closed. Mr. Waite ate, the Petitioner's Counsel, stated, that in consequence of the decision of the Committee on Friday, that they could noLunder the prese-t form of the Petition, receive evidence of the inter. ferefce of Peers, and Ministers of State, as such, the petitions, felt, that it could be nunecessety foe him to gn into a scrutiny. The objtift of the seat in Parliament was to him but a bec , .r.dary view. It was his anxious desire to have substar.thaell a charge of undue influence, and to slow, that he was home down by a combination of the Ministers, and of Lords of Parliament; and he had hoped to have sheave, that even an Illustrious Personage interfered with his influence and his purse to procure the re turn- of the sitting member. Failing in this object. he should abandon the scrutiny, and should is t call either Colonel Mac Mahon or Lord Grenv,lie to give evidence. Mr. Seajeant Lairs was 15 - tocreding to chew the improprie'y of insinuating charges nt this nature against the illustrious personage alluded to ; ani that so far from it being true, be was not in town during tlle whole of the election ; when be W 2.3 stopped by Lord POICNESTEII, who said, that by the deci sion alluded to, the Petitioner was not prevented from going into evidence of undue influence, to al. feet the votes of individual persons, but only from giving evidence of such influence as a d:stinet head of charge: and that in coining to Oat decision the Committee had by no .news precluded themselves from taking notice of such interference of Peers and Ministe:s, if :t should arise incidentally in the course of the legal evidence; and of reporting thereupon to the House. The decision was calf tha: the interference of Peers and Ministers did not make a part of the direct charges in the Petition. The Committee Room was crowdedto one:creme. lemlrts rammed to carve in Parliament for the fr. Lowing noegi; f;f Eye—The Hon. Henry Wellesley, in the room of the Right Hon. Genres Gordon, comm./lily called the Mor gan of Hunt', o,enlied op to the Rouse •:f Peers. &meg% of f3reet Been ndtfr Vnary (Mb:, Knight, Hit 114joetr'4 Attorney-Geromel, in the room of Os,: Right Hon. ',ire Viscount Stopfutel, oho since hie eiet:ll.l.l for the soot 13,4,4 , 1 i, l hath +-copied the ;Ake of CoMptrAferlor H 3 Ma. 1.. L, 11..0.0.t0id. ir..ugh of Marlbemogh—The Right Hen. Jame; Gem,* Ktopfmn, cominont• called Lned Vitcou.it Stoonnil, in the cio, of Th., Right Hon the End of fletkenh,:alei up to the H , ..n0 of Peers. IS .rough of !W ball—The light Hon. Sir Arthur Wel. lotity, hart. The ramourrel evacuation of Hamburgh !ty the French troops is not confirmed. General Bitorts. according to private letters from that city et the I litth inst merely left it for the purpose of forming a moveable camp in the neighourhttorl. A melancholy xfrair has taken pace at Liver pool : one of the Banks has stopped payment ; and on Tuesday last one of the partners !- urg himself. Both Chance and Fortune stem t, combine to leave tht.ir backward votaries with PI t ar excuse for not adventning in the preseu• 1.-tteiy. Not a single one of the several large floating (:ap.i.els has yet come up. untwithstardiug two days drawiag of the ten are over. The InerrAsed richness of the ther,fore, must be obvlNtis to every oile. When. to this important fall, it is• added. that the first-dtaw,p N-mbet, on Saturday next. coal be en. tided to 110.000 i, and!very other Kimher of that day's drawing be a Prise, it is reasnnaule to can. clue that such a coojniat'l;on of weighty iatermts will prove ittesistibly atmtaive.