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r- - r L:. r with the hope that the peace of the Continent will be preserved. They fontal this hope ou the lois ston of Monsieurlharao:is, the ititst.last Adjutant, wan a litter in the Emperor Alexander's 173114- v..ritiog, to Itooupartr ; bw•aitv it war reported t 'at thi s Canner hail tinier,. to tovoinke send hack another that had bunt *tat off shortly before him, but the Emperor Alexander's Inter, we are assured, trotting's oulc cougrstillotion« on the Emperor Napoleon's return to Paris, and on his victories is Spain. The host understailding pre vails between itfissik and France. • The division of Legiend is to tnkreh back in a ' few days from Fnince to Germany. 'Three ivattalimis of Hessians marched yesterday through Frankfort to Darinstadt.—(Correvoadeta tn.) - • - • BUSINESS IN DIE iirPCNE, OF cat/MONS. • ORDERS or TII6 DAY, APRIL 18, t aina. Beeterily Bill to lie leaf a *raved Haar —tenth Militia o.m Bill to Lr mad a court time.--Stnitlibcht gvrl.et Ball tube ren,l • fecund tam., ; Petition and Counsel. ua the Militia 11‘11 Completion, and uu the Mite Bill. anTic,. .Mr. on the Irish Currency. °ROCKS Of TUE DAY, APRIL 19. Healey Common Rn ul Bill to be read a seminal time ; Pe. titian aid Cutiuml.—.Cosimuterc on the trivia Cjlllitailit —li ib Cuisaanuijunem Feu Bill tube reed a arciind time. 1/2111IRd •P THE DAV, APRIL 20. Irivb Ineolvert Bill to be read a scrotal times—Offices Sale Bill to be read a second time. oottcy. Sir THOMAS TVILTON. servicing the lute proreediup against tiincral Clavrring. APRIL 11. I Aril A. H A veittos ;...neons•Orridion or* Report of the Cniutuittie 1)11 east India Putrninge, su tar as finite, tu the Evidence goers by Lord Casileresgh. ~nTire. Aram 44. Lord POR.(IIE,TEK;-..Ci1l U 1 prevent the Grunting of Orlices in Retersiuu. %water, ApitTL a 6 a 6 Mr II VN Itir t ART'', ;-.44. refer Report nf tlie Committee ou Public (laces to a l'oriamittre of the %hole 'tootle. MOTILE, A VIII gb. Luca TEIIPLZ ;....triatite to the Csinpaiza in Spain, 3.c TIM BRITISH PRESS. ~_z LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 18. Four Goteettburgh Mails arrived yesterday. We have also received liainburgli Papers to the 25th March, and Swedish, to the 9th instant EIPIUL4.-.-The blow has not been yet struck by Frawee. or AuAria in Germany. nor do the symp toms of war betireen those powers, appear stronger than those previously exhibited iu the foreign Jour sals.s—With respect to Swed e n, bi l e i s ev id e ntly endeavouring to make peace, with Ituisia, and it will be just such tr 'mace rs F runci: chuses to dic tate. Lord Fat itsroN motion fur au inqniry into public abu►es, last night. was negatived in the /UMW of Cumiooie. Titter was ►w objection to the principle. The mot►on was constde►ed as too gintertil and indefinite. The report or an immediate attack upon the island of Guisdalunee is without foundation, nod that enterprise is reseiteeil for a future tit-riot!, whew the island will Probably prove an easier conquest. Part of the troops antler General Par, woe?, which achieved the rapture of Martinique, onto return imlnediately to gailitilti [' :,. r While Europe is eviileutly about to exhibit new revolutionary scenes, which, in their result, will either sweep from the political Chart of Nations, the remain of those dynasties, which, for en many ages, bave governed the civilized *odd, or trill set some limits tv the career of N aroceoti ; Great Bri tain seems to prepare fur internal changes 01111 ope e.ttions not less interesting. The spirit of Military and investigation awaketied by a prima, Mitinber of Parliainent,ilirected in the first instance against 'me . of the greatest -uhjrcts of the Realm, standing by . birth near the Throne, and oct iipying the post of ! Consuseuder-in-Chief, hoe, contrary to all especta bon, and to all probability, been crowned with complete suecess. For, so we esteem the resign ation of the Duke of YORK, however the !louse of s2oramons might thiuk proper to declare him in lament. The torch thus lighted, we venture to bey, cannot be extiognished either by Ministenal tutiiiiidation, or by corruption sod seen t ilifliieuce. It is fed by public approbation, by tuitional applies.. and by the geuer.sl &mead for re. form. Already we see that it *pleads, and be gins to• illnmirtate the darkest 'remises of the Treaeury, of Soinereet noose, and of (Aviles -iiall-strect. To its inflitesice we e, .e this exclu sion of a Director from the Honse fa,t ; if not for malversation in Ills own person, yet fin (naps !de negligence and unjustifiable reiairsiiess in the tliacharge of our of the important 1 . 110C,10410 of his office. This is the second personal and inslirideal triumph of the great principle which can alone re vivify and re-create, if we may see the expression, our Constitution, without the necessity, as in Spain, in Germany, and in France, of culling in a revolu tionary operator. Every day we rejoice to see in .. proofs of the ditrusiou and augnientiog Mit:lloi of the uwakeued energy of the consitry. It has. taken by the throat one of the first officers of the Crown, a Secretary of State, who, scene tomes] in another kingdom, where he held a highs political situation, to tamper in ell the hairpins sad Nies of corruption, has ventured to open a ne goctation of the most unconstitutional, amid we be lieve. in a man of his 'situation, of the most net precodonted Lind. We Meilli the Comminution of past India Patronage, for a parliamentary seat. or the rupture of this ~-~-. most reprehensible and indefensible negociation. can form no erceut , e or utcnlpation of the act itself. It is iluilicult to i!tinceiee any proceeding et - one's more ustlecent, end more peroicions to the country, caller polotically or morally enu.itkn tl ; since Ltird hl' los rank tlllll tinny, wad bound to revcet, and cot to su'Jvert, the forum of the British Coieoitiii,on. Proceediug ist its salutary career, and acquiring force us it advances, the S lIIIN principle, in the hands or the Fiiimier Committee, after thus attacking Counumider, its Chief, East India Directors, and Secretaries of State, torus towards snore obscure. bat not less criminal and repreliensible. public functiosta:scr. Never slid any commission, we ven ture to assert, call more 1 lly fur legislative sr lewd interference, teidn that board, instituted by Mr. Pore. in 1793, and %Inch had fur its object the sale of the Dutch prises; or, rather the vessels and other national effect, of that republic, %%Inch, on the en trance of the French into I lull:slid. and the flightier the Prime of Oilloge to thus conotry, fell into our possession. T. the (11,grace or every Administration, since the period to which we allude. these Commis sioners hare mit only a itlihrld all ace t, retained all balauers,Unil even trafficked for their own hid:- (idual heisetit and eatoliostelit, with the public : Iny 1111 Is. t of unprece(rented audacity. they have arbitrarily ti r ed, and then paid their own salaries. And this abuse, which Even under Lord NORTH, or Sir Router 11 . 1.1.01. E, neither could, nor would have been tolerated, has remained un checked and onyx:I:11111(.4 for near fourteen years ! We rejoice, neveitheless, that the hour of iiiquiry, and, we trust, of punishment, is at length arrived. For, if no retrospective operatimi takes place ; if, after pillagii o the public for such a length of time, in various modes and shapes tor-mercantile or offi cial ingeuuity; if, after withholding, for private purposes, a sum SlUOUntliig, on au average, to 90,0001. or more. annually, of uatimial money ;.. if. after sown misconduct and peculation. no portion of the ptnnder is to be restored to the state. such reforms ail!, we are persuaded. neither satisfy the people, nor produce any permanent benefit. Ministers stand upon a giddy, a slippery, and an isoo ful eminence. .If they do not perceive it, they are blind iiirleeol ! It is not a renal Majority, it is not even tlw power of the Crown that can pro tect and sustain thetu. Tim es- do net, and assonedly looking forward. will toot allow them to trier with the feeliwgs, the olconnuils, and the ex pectations of the country. We must have Reform. Ecenoony, Reduction of liapetire, Redress of Abuses. Diminution, not Augmentation of Public Burdens, Alleviation of every Grievance. If it is nut voluntarily conceded, it will, as iu 1611, mod in Was, be demanded and compelled...- Revolution stalks without; and van only be re- pressed by wisdom, by enlarged and beiteliceut suationms, calculated to convince the British people that they have a paternal Government ; and can adv. by • change, introduce either anarchy. or Corsican despotism, spoli.st . , and conseription. BONAPARTL C:113 never subject us by open force; and lie knows it well but he builds on the weak ness, the moll-administration, and the unpopularity of our administration; on the relaxed affections of the people ; lastly. on his.own revolutionary which have subverted so many throms. If we re suscitate ourselves, the tyrant of the continent will court our friends!4ip. It is we, oitioi we only, who can enable him to fulfil his sangieitiary menace of " carrying. the veugeivoice of the continent to our shorts." Baum Strtw, late Prussian Alinister of State, prosecuted and widowed by the Govenin.ciit of France, iy iu Vienna, where M. Van Grim, author of the Prussian' Manifesto, published in 1006, is also expected. Accounts are ,aid to have been received from France, which state, that :in arrangmment his taken place between Austria and France, by which the former consents to give up to the latter Trieste and Finns, and engages that no Asotrian troops shall upprw.ich within 21i leagues of the frontiers of Saxony or Bavaria. By the latest accounts from St. Domingo. we understand, that the island was not in the exclusive passeasion of the Spanish. The French, it seems, are willing to capitulate with a British force, but, apprehens►ve of the atrocities that will be committed by the justly indignant and irritated feelings of the Spaniards, they prefer an obstinate resistance, and are determined to bold out to the last extremity. A Frenchman, who has been travellihg about the country, under the pretence of exhibiting ►noslels of vessels, &e. cut in bone, was lately apprehended at Grinsbormigh. under a warrant from the Secre tary of State's Office. He is inspected of being a spy in the pay of the French Government. Extract of a Letter, dated Curacao. February 7: On the 3d inst. Sir J AMU Coessusse. the Governor and Commander in Chief of this Colory and its dependencies, atte► u kd by beutenant-Co loitel FAIRS4III, his Aid.ilis-Ctimp and Military Se cretary, Lieutenant-Colonel and Major GORDON, embarked in Ills :Majesty's ship Hebe. Captain FY FE. for the Spanish nu►, on a visit to the Cap titin-Grartal of the Caraccas. On his Expellency's going on board the frigate a silute was tired, and the yards were maimed, in coutplin►ent to the oc..7a sion. The general sentiment of attachment that was manifested toward* his Excellency, is. him pra sp►ert of only n few weeks absence, beap►eska the regret that would follow his departure fur a longer period, sad is the strongest possible proof of his po pularity with the inhabitants of the island. Col. LAYARD, the C•nnivauder of the Farces, of se Lieutenant-tioreruor until Sir Jain, ►eturue. - ""P"mrie!"`" ~---~ .. , .....-,,.....-,.,- .... c ... ~. -----,..e.,... TIIF rUNt FThlirtA. NEWMARKET SECt)N D SPRING MEETING. MON oar. Mr S. Sitwell's Clinker against the Duke of Craflon's Morel, Sc racb, Abiuttdnw Jl ile, .:00,0. • 111111• Y In Demister Ritee-Week, Mr. Brackenbary's Manama, by Chance, against Mr. Hrwett's 'Teazle (Pena, set each, the St. tiger Coarse.—Mr. Hewett *taker toup. to .up. BETTING AT TA*FTERSALL'S, MOND t Y, •PRIL For the einsigis. Stakes um Twesrlay, April lg. DO to too field apt. Mr. tVilsou's Wizard, by Sorcerer, dans by Precipitate. S to 1 against the Brother to Ekanur. sto I against Japan, l Trurnpatur. 7 to I agniost Black Dismount, by Stamford. to to I araiust Alinanark, by Sir Peter. Fur the Clarrt Stakes, Tuesday, April le_. Sto against Vaud-..ke, by Sir Prtsr. S to 1 against Clinker, by Sir Pro r. 7 to J against I..unrel:lear, by t:toinford. The Match—Ai to 5 More( against Clinker, Derby Stakes Thawillay, May N. 3 to /*anima Air. AVitse.u's AViaarei, by hyrEtll7.. 9 to 1 against sir C. Birubury's Brother to Eleanor. 9 to I against the Duke ul• eiratton's Pennell& cult. Is to 1 against Timeluser, by listen:to Oakes Stakes, Friday, May 19. 6 to I against Mr. Wilson's Spinle, by Shuttle. • 7to I against Mr. Lal.e's Britannia, by Gouty. 7 to I agaii:st Gen. Grusrenor's t'hrysea", by Abetter's. s to I rcznirot Geis Gower's fitly. by Sorcerer. 11, to I s,tnmat Lord Egreriateit's Nitre filly. 52 10 1. 11.4141011 i I.lll'd Giusvenoe% Dee Nyorph. t a•zutust Air. Ferrous's Vezina Ally. Mr. Firth boo purchased Sumbeaut, by Meteor, of Lord Grusvencr, toe I,ootigs. The H. H. Meeting, on 11 . c.Itiesulstv, wig wwwleretw9y at trt.deJ. The cup mar 16 VII, at four amts. lry Mr. Lowtha b. g. Itepeater. The horws cause iu an unite: Mr. Loalli's b. g. Itepeubcr v 1 9 1 Mr. Grime** b. e. Ituriorit 4 3 1 Mr. Oar% b. g. Sour. net 1 2 9 dr. Mr. I)ruitiniond'a ch. g. 4 dr. 11w rare afforded great apart. Mr. (Ireitie'r hone was the favourite, and mune of the sporting men expected Re pealer to win. 'f hr Sweepotaltes of In guises* each was wen by Mr. At kim.on's Ir. g. Coachman, basting Sir H. Mildsasys Mrs. Clarke, and Lord Hoiltecy's Cockney. FR4(..A.5 Al THE OPERA. Oa Stdurtlay, during the last part of the Ballet at the Opera I louse, two Gentlemen whe were sitting in the stage boxes, amused themselves by %Mai% nu the figunnots. One of the f ;cootie:urn of the mime of Otit.r., went eftcrwatds behind the scene. cud twang itutieedl by Mr. MATHEW, one of the dancer-, tits explanation took place, the result of which concluded in a imgilisti(: cantrst, in which Mr. MsTncws showed gtest dexterity, hut Mr. 0. twin. ahatittate, Mr. Tow ssitxxn was set t for and secw'r'ed dim, in Mr. I)'Etivii.t.st's room, when proper urology Was made II Mr. 0. and the par ties were areordingly liberated from their tutups rml- confinement. GRAS]) PLA:ILIS.I7. Gelly and Crib, hitherto considered the IVisms end Er/rya/as, the Pidearil and Orestes, in the pu gilirtic world, are likely I. eoter the lists as OP'. igoll . ll4tfl at no great distance of time. The friend ship that subsisted between these first-rate heroes hail been often retailed by the arts of envious ia trig Jers and lovers of mischief; but it stood firm and unshaken by all their fraud and malice. Some recent losses, however, it is said, have soared Crib's temper, under the influence of which. according to report, he has betrayed symptoms of disposition, if well cultivated nrid'enerniraged, to dispute the palm with Gully. who certiti•ly now stands first in the ranks of pugilistic tame. Should a light take place hetween them, it will be the most tremendous and interesting ever witner-ed. Gull is allowed to be admirable in all his points, and is considered Ole of the most superb pugilistic tigiires that ever en tered the arena. He is the favourite ; hut even his friends allow that Crib excels him in girt/tau. They boast that heeling.* be satisfied, and that lie can carry away more beating than any man can give him. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Vont:nod CUMBERLAND were in the House of Louis, lwat night. They were iu plain blue coats, with their stars. Mrs. JORDAN played the part of Letitia !lardy, in The Belles' Stratagem, at the Bath Theism., on Saturday Her Royal Highness the Princess of WAr.ss gave a grand rout, last night, at Kensington-pa. lace. Earl and Counters Forraseue gave a grand r yesteruay, at their house in Grosvenor s_quare. to Sir Finials% and Lady GAGE, Lady M ART ANN GARR. the Ilan. Captain FORTESCUR, Miss ACK I. A 4n, Mr. CARY, and several other per sons of distinction. The friends of a young Lady in the vicinity of Portman-square, having in vain waited her return toiliiiiirr, it few days since, were at length relieved front their rusysseae, but vexed and surprised, on being informed by her footman, he had waited at the shop-door of a tradesman (it young man re cently commenced badness, and whom, it appears, she accidentally met near lri'nuiennere Luke, last autumn) and ea entering the shop, leaint the par ties had left it an hour before in haste. A letter was on Saturday received by the WO4 friends. stating her determination to become die a de of Mr. S. The lady has, on her coming or 5.., we understand, an independent fortune of I.;,intol. She is now 19, the young man is in his 23d year. First day of drawing present State Lottery—No. 04,031, a Prise of Twenty Thousand Faands, was sold on the 2d of last mouth, in a Whole Ticket, by Ittotsanson, Goonuica, and Co. The ie.- cond day of drawing will be on Friday 'lest, Hie ivi instant, when the First-drawn Prize above 131. will be entitled to the Parcel of Five Hundred Tickets. Warranted undrawn Ticket,. and Shares, are on vale by Hu HAMMON, GOODLIVCA nod CO. at their Old Offices, corner of Crinihill, and facing the Gale of the King'v Merry, OLD 13,111.11 Y, ArlIV. 17. Elisabeth Satith was capitally isitlicted for !qr.. tog lie awl console:reit on t Aids of Marti' hist ; she iyvicig been before convicted of a similar wiener, at the Sessions (tithe Peace for the: County of, Midd.erex, to Devenitier 1805 ; far which she was sentenced to twelve minutiae impri sonment iu the House of Corrnetion, and to hod surety for her good behaviour for two years rose nig. 'Fite circumstance* of the ease were clearly proved, and the Jury retarued a verdict of Guilty' —Death. kirytso Coeasogfi. and Memo Veresefe, were cow/toted of stealing tivc yards of red plush, from on board a ship iii the London Docks, winch as limper% they were employed to loud. I hornets Ward was capitally indicted for fritori ously setting tire to his Loilgusev.. No. 3, John's. court, (;oldesi.square, ua the Hint Or March last. The evidence, although principally eircismotantial, was clear and eounected, and the Prisoner was found guilty—Death. Steinbeck, a ileriaau, was capitally indicted for commit um; a rape 011 the body of Anne Sisgo,a chi ti 1 I years of . gr. his niece, //11 the fith of the present mood). From a partial ticquiesceoce on the part of the child, however, which appeared in the course of evidence, the capitol past of the offence was dour away, and the Prisoner was aerpitled. In the Court of Ch tin yesterday, the LAIRD CHANCELLOR asked if there had been eflidavits made iu extenuutimi of the charge against the father of a young lady who had lately married a young gesstleinao, a Wart, io Chancery, and also against the Clergyman who married them ? Being nnswered ih the negative, and being informed the father was iu Court, whose eume. we undertow!, is MONTAGM a resident of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; he directed that he should be forthwith sent to the Fleet Prison. Mr. MONTAUUE was accontpa.iied by one of Isis daughters, II girl almet 15, who fell into hysterics on her father bong taken into custndy.-.-. 'the CH•NCELLON ordered a warrant to be issued for the apprehension of the fair bode. The young gentleman has property to the amuuut of 10,0ciuk ills name is l'oaTKe. A Correspondent asks, if Cayenne be taken by our troops aid the Portuguese from the Freiccli, why not cede this portion of the But RYON pout nicely at rater to LEWIS XVII I. ? Eitlits be might remove thither in person. or place some of his rela tives there as viceroys. With proper attention it might become a saleable kingdom. Its extent ie cousideruble; and if France be, destioril to be the dominion of the Corsican upstart, and his collateral deseetalatits, it is, better for the old flintily to reign beyond the Atlantic thou to he iii theo lattice si tuation. The Emigrants, no doubt, world repair to the new French Empire! and number.; of Roy alists, now in France, would ultimately follow their example. Let It's from Kningsberg state, that tire Queen of Prussia does not intend to return to Bustin for souse time. The A:8;3404e French frigate, which was set no Are by the enemy in Fort Royal hay, Martinique, to inertia her falhng iato our hands, lost only her masts mid upper deck by the 6141/1/tll4 sod ha. hr.. repaired, and sent to A Rtidua to receive a complete seat, Nuttritlknoiliog 1,000 Lottery Tickets were . • gained by the tirut-drau u prise above Rl5 on Wed nesday last, 500 more Whole Ticket* will be pos sessed, in like trimmer, on 1 riday next--an tutelar* ment capable of acquiring, in principal money t Prizes, upwards of .1:70,000, though but Three Drys more remora of the drawing. What Mina this great object, and the chaueer independent- of it, of participating of the several immriaie Capitols still in the Wheel, it is hardly possible to suppose that any Ticket or Share will be found unsold after Thuraday next. SIXTY THOUSAND POUNDS may he gained by the purchase of a single ticket, and in proportion for alnicea, ut Busies old-established offices. 4, Corithill. and g. Charily;-Crow, where tickets and shares are selling. Friday. next is the %timid day ,of draw tug, and the first-drawn prize abuse 151. iv entitled to live liuridaso %Viotti' TICKETS, amoug which" there is already a :Aut. Prize. Among the various reports of the day, there is one which iippears to gain a weat degree of credit. that a sage Astrologer of great know ledge, and Ina , versed in the lunar influence, has ecnifidetstly aim serterl, that in the present I.ottery the west grand Prize of SOU whole 'rickets, which must lie drawn next Friday, and its which is already a Capital Prize of 5001. drawn the first day, will certainly he sold ut the truly lucky Office of Moan and Co.. No. I, Skinner-street, corner of Fleet-inerket ; where there have been sold iu the last two years oily, Capital Prises, Ike. to the amount of 100.0001. Sir JAMES lIRASISCOHD and Co. loivethe pleasure to acquaint the public they shared two of the Gland Prizes drawn on ‘Vedoesday last, viz.—Nn. 3,618, entitled to 1.000 Tickets. and 9,12.1 dues a Prize of tlo,oau, both in Sixteen Sixteenths. The First-drawn Prier: , above 151. on Friday the !Ist inst. will lie entitled to 500 Whole 'rickets ' which may gain 50,000 guineas. 'Pickets and Shares, warranted undrasti, are selling ut their Licensed Offices. No. 11, Holborn, 37, Curuhill. 1169. Strad, and 36, Haymarket. PRICE OF STOCkN, VESTERDAY. seer ead.Castwas 6 7 lii 4 per Cent. s per Cent Navy CPU Lung %ramifies India bawls I.:imbecile' Bill, Enlist. Lottery Tickets ca. 45: Casuals but .. T. lIISH, Staels ffsekar, No. a, Catskill, Ic 9,Charisi-evess. A few days WO. A ir re tß turd, RlA Nl D r E. phour - , ar ----- acce 7 4.4 surgeon, to 11,s %Vitro., widow of the late Mr. Willi.. Witear, mirgeon and apothecary. of Creatord. DEATHS . Ardstaaly, on the tOth instant, at his Loose, Walser& Drury North, Egg. In tM itstb if Murcia, at Timms' Atmore., Esq. Thom tem Aka. Illooks, Mrs. Gunny, I. LONDON: reisstall by G. D iVIDSON, N. 1 4 3, Old Nuswail-tewt, Care)-atre,t sad pabliabeti at the Office IN 06 lg. hack of At. Cleniears (arch , farmed, by .1. WHITE, o f Same Owe ...Order., de. far thus NW mil la the alibte,4eat pai.l;, ill he dal) atteueled to