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Jh me system would Jet is 6 Coentiitteo. Many e mbers had withdrawn from that appointed last we , ea account of the difference of opinion that eersi:cd ; not on matters of detail., but on the w i points and principles for which they were ppointed. If Gentlemen went to that Committee, e a a predisposition to suppose reform unneces ri, what good could be expected from them ? He, however, had one objection to the list f the Honourable Gentleman, whiclt w■s, that contained the name of not one Member, they from Scotland or Ireland. Of this he a+ sure, that no part of the United liiiigdein ore required theirlabnurs than that from which e was sent as a representative. There was no part where wore abuses existed—uo part where more lobbing wen carried on—wno pint whore others were Converted into sinecures -with more rapolite.—lic therefore hoped, that some Member friWn that Count►? would be named on the Committee, who, From his loeil knowledge and information, would he able to direct their inquiries to very neceiwary Ind important reforms. Mr.I3ITHUUT thought that the present matter lit to, 1(16 1 le tt 1 G. ru brought forward in rather a novel way, And toles some reams was alsigned„ and some breach of dety obeys against the Gentlemen who con►. ,used the Committee of list sesitbn, and who were excluded from the list of his H. Friend (Jr. full blokes) he. for one, could give his con'aesit or that exclusion. The suestioo before the Com ittee was ant one in which party was at all con reroed, and c'eutlemen might entertain very dif ferent, yet very fair and proper views on the sub 'et. They might differ, nut uto the necessityffor farm, but ut•on the manner of carrying it into execatioa. Such being the case. the Committee otr4ht not to be a select's.; of Gmitienaeu. all of one mind, but there might to be a bald nee of opinions, from which the right might he elicited. The Hon. Gentleman. however, seemed to thiiik it would be b e tt e r du was n.R crrried on his owa way. He said, 4. Let lithium no discusaion, but either let me have it all my way, or elect a Committee all on the other side." He (Mr. B.) would nit pin his faith to ■ny Chairman's sleeve; and considered it as highly on- Mat to throw out, without any cause, worthy and efficient members. for the purpose of substituting others in their place, who had no exporieoce, and were unacquainted with the preceding bu,iuess of the Committee. r0t1 516 . I. Id it e let Co b rosy ti; 4 ,4 • ',etc? it 'lleti rial. krnt that rh or. suit 44641 1 Mr. Bastes defended himself from :be charge of arrogating the idea, that if all did not go his sin way, he would not ad 40 any other ground. 'Stich conduct would have boas very unbecoming 'en his part ; nor could it be supporeci, front the list he had produced, that the i ientleativ,i who. cortmeied it would yield to his dictat••s. Ile had selected them from all parts of the House; and. fries a knowledge. that, when they did differ from hie in opinion, it- would be in such a way, as nut i to preclude thins from acting together for the good of the public. With others, he was aware. he could rot act soh any prospect of public utility. He bad not consuhed any Gentleman upon his het tut two; tied, therefore, he must he acquitted of the charge of having canvassed for a Committee bolding opinions similar to lii, own. They would do their duty, h• was convinced, from a sense of it. and not out of respect to Min. With respect to there being no Irish or Scots Member to it, he , trntld see no obectipu to istroduciag one or two lama Corn theaetmentries, in the boom of soma Iran his list, which might, perhaps, be omitted ; wither had he any objection to take all the mites of the liNt Committee, if that should be thought preferable to the mode he hed proposed. Mr. FULLER had only to say. that, whether the Committee consisted of IS, 20. or 25, they had not yet dune their duty. They had been sent to in quire into the abolition of tineinrce planes, and they Lab uut carried into effect any resolution on that subject. Ile hoped, however, that this would Mill he done, and that every honest man would assist No 6 the motion be would bring forward in a few 1 days, and that it would be Larne& As for the tomes on the list, if they had any doubts on that sali.ct. let the Hon. Proposer and the Minister Some mail and Willi apiece, till the ',umber was completed. Ift 1.114 6 1 C Z:Jtlf ofit )ft' 1,-ti Nies. 447, Om; DI tls enl , thi this DI& out, iii 00 COLbli, lellt9 ormel htini • Lord A.flausLrew &Hurled to the want of de enun no the pen of the Chairman of Abe original roniniitt cc. It was three years since they were hr-t estahlidiesl„ end from what had b eu done, he uespored of any great public beuelit accruing from the it lebours. The SAILITOR-Galtaaal. strenuously opprwed the mode of proceeding recommended by Mr. banker. He preferred a Committee of 21 to one of 13 Nlembers ; end contended, that the public I"l6'neo was more lik e ly t o b e expe di te d by the firmer than the latter, which was °lkea inefficient, from the lulu-attendance of its N.lenibers. The I!eNt 41(1(16011 was, whether the greater pert of the a ''''olint'ce last se-sion should be rumored, on the 1o1 " looi_irlion of one Geutlentan. mod without the evidence of nny one fact whateveir ? lle would hare thought, supposing, for the moo tent, that they a•Te equal savegrity en.: ability with any others 13 it roitlii h e named, that their mtperieuce with t . e past LlitalleSl of the Committee wee a strong f ivoutinendsn un to their bring continued upon it. The third point to be considered wits., what ground had been Idol for their removal. The lion. Gent. had brought forward a charge against Ahem. which, nni.t ray, wits of a personal neturme-he charged lily in wide manners for the duty; with being Kahle 4 the 019,,ri of the Cotninitteet and osith distract “ig their hoNitiro i . But would the I lotese adopt the lane and unfounded assertion thus me de,, end de upon the removal of these Ge oilmen ? lb. Lir our, could tint do so. He woe tld never go a loose general charge , to stigma l'" mill, many of wheat he kn ew to be of the erieiest ititegr i ty, and most sincerely devoted to knrniiie the good of the country. In lusher to nolo, ill,. lion. Gentlemen was bonnet to tying for eliar,4ee rpeeilically, y. mid unionior ; and he now rolled On him to do an. hat these charges had in fact been refuted by an .:ther Member of the Coinnuttee, who told them. in ;Place, that he never. though he attended rain nny, saw may hostility to reform evinced, or any e .,:linaction give n to t h e business of the Committee. Hon. Cent:ernan seamed to n ant only those on yla n y i re cuuld depend -- a pt it Jersey is veria•Mogisiri ; w as only from colluiau and argument that, r, the Lea • hit LONDON, . THURSDAY, Froauwr I. The Walcheren Papers were delivered last night to the Members of the House of Commons. They consist of four sets, viz. No. 1. Containing letters, ptiocipallyfrom the Naval Officers iii the Eerie dition. pal titularly Sir R. STRACHA 4.—No. 3. Let ters from the same, respecting the departure of the aruiameat. and subsequent operations. No. B. Dawatiises from the Earl of CHATII AM, detaifibt his progress, down to his determination that the ulterior objects of the expedition were unat tainable ; and Nu. D. Dispatches fruin Lieut.-Geo. Dox, stating his measures for the evacuation of Walcheren. Of these four sets of papers, contain ing 180 folio pages, we do nut suppose that 20 pages bear upon the merits of the .Expedition. or eau throw any ligot upon its merits or demerits. We have (ruin the inane selected such parts as we consider most pertinent ; from which, and others, it appears, that. in the month of January, Ministers knew that Flushing. and the !left in the harbour, were sickly, that they buried 30 a-day, .and that half the town was upon the sick list. That so far back as the 7th of April. an attack by the EngliA was expected at Flushing, at which time the army there was very sickly ; and that on the 2ln of May 10,000 troops had arrived at Cadaand, and 10,000 on Wakherea, in expec. Cation of such attack, sad the ships had gone up the Scheldt to is stated by Sir R. STRACMAN, that the capture of Codsand was a prima ry object of the Expedition, yet so resson.is assign ed why it was not attempted ; but it does appear, that Lord CHATHAM was required, by his instruc tions, to obtain, in the first instance, a safe sod permanent footing in Welchers's. Upon this point the question almost entirely rests; for it does ap pear, that, by the delay of reducing Flushing, the ulterior objects, if ever attainable, were completely lost. Admirals ICIIATI and STRACHVI were both of opinion, on the 17th or August, that the ene my's fleet, having then gone above Lille, nothing could be done for the ultimate object of the Expe• dition, without Cie co-operation of the army ; and Lord Csis man. wus of opinion, that, from the advanced scuon of the year. the sickness of his troops, and the increased strength of the enemy, nothing farther could he dour. The number of his sick, cas the geth of August, he states at 3000, and, on the fith of Sepember. at 8000. We have already stated. that, of this great mass of papers, the greater part is irrelevant, or merely surplusage ; but from such part as tints bear upon the point, Lord CMATUAM stands acquitted, aid the failure, sapposing the of attainable, is to be imputed to Ministers. We have receive"! French Papers to the 23.1, and Dutch to the 27th instant. French troops are pouring into Spain. through Uayoune. They ar rive at that city upon an average of from 12 to 15,000 men a-day. The sth corps, under the Dulsc of ASILINTIS, begw• to arrive on the 12;11. • The Beld&ecptipcgeV lift;tkhal latttrittEtt, Prince of NEU FCHATUr. had reached ti•at city at that date, and his Highness was expected in a rye days.— Wig been in all 3 01114FARTZ . 4 campaigns, his Mentor and Fsvourite ; and his arrival at Bayonne will probably b the sig.'s! for the ap . - proach of the Emperor not, how ever, left Paris on the tli; but as a considerable bustle was observable in the Cabillet. for several preceding days, he was perhaps p.eparin g II( his departure. Au article, dated Munich, the 12th, states, that the Tyrolese Patriots, who were iii the prisons of flown, have been set at libetty ; awl that the Special Tribunal of tlic : Circle of the Bier, established at Liiichiu, uu account of the insur rection in the Voralberg, has been dissolved.— If this statement be founded iu fact, it is decisive evidence of the total suppression of the insurrection in the Tyrol and Voralberg: The exiled King of Sweden, after.. residence of dve days at Haruburgh, left that city with his fa mily. on the Ithh, on bit way to Switzerland. It appears that, central, to expectation, a con siderable part of the French troops, forming the army of Germany, will aot repass the Rhine.—lt consists of .two corps of thirty thousand men each; one under the Duke of Rscioto, which will be stationed in the vicinity of Ulm and Augsburgh, the other in Wurtzburgh, Fulda. and Hamm It is stated in a letter from Boeharest,of the 12th December, that the Russians, who had retreated, after their defeat at Silistria, had again advanced towards that place. It is also said; that the for tress of Brsilow surrendered to them on the 3d inst. We have been charged with prec4iitancy, in the Treasury Journals, when, relying upon the majority in favour of Lord Poacaavria's 'notion, we an nounced the &meall of the present Ministers. For our justification, we must refer to the proceedings, last night, in the House of Commons. The loyal and patriotic motion of Mr. BANIES, to restrain a profligate Minister from dissipating the property and patronage of the Crown, to the impoverish ment of the successor of the reigning Esau, sail the comei t uelit necessity of saddling the coun try with new phices and pensions, to supply the waste, was the subject of last night's debate, and Mr. PrIttAVAL had announced his deter mination to oppose it ; but he shrank from the contest, and the motion of Mr. BeugEs was car ried without a division. Thy Minister thiu de feated, with all that little finesse, in which cer tainly is en adept, hyped to break his fall, and let himself down easy. , On the appointment of the Finance Coininittee,• he appealed to the argyles**. tun ad oereestudiann, and the ergo/meninx' ad ho miness. lie pitted his own friend, STURGES Banana, against his own friend, Mr. 1. H. Itauwet. • Hera he was defeated; and, going to ilia * Other ektrtnie, he proposed Mr. 1). Beeman spied Mr. Hammy Cowas. And here, too, the Minister was left in a still greater mi nority. The !lista+, of Eogland does not afford an instance of a Minister who has stuck, and clang, and fastened to place, with the eagerness, the lust, and•the pertinacity, of Mr. PIRCEVAL. Loy MOO of ordinary sense and reeling. or of common pru dence, in his deplorable situation, would have thought hiusaelf fortunate, had be been able to make a safe retreat, some months ago, into privacymnd re tirement; yet he still grapples to office, and nothing but the exercise of the public mind, divesting itself of all that delicacy which he disowns in his conduct towards the public, can reduce him to that situa tion, from which the Historian if England will be puzzled to explain, how a man, so destitute of ta lent., and of so little a mind, could have ascended to so great a height. or ever had in his power to in fluence. or direct. nut the destinies of England, but of even so paltry a place as the isle of Jersey, or Gaernsey, or the Isle of Man. Mr. PIRCVIAL. finding himself io a decided minority, last night, on • Mr. BANELIVI motion, ex erted all his powers to collect his frieods, but when they did come, hr had the rnivfortune to find that many of thetas voted uguisist Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Capt. Gnomes Hourga was sworn intu the command of the ship Sir Wil liam Beasley, consigned to Madras and Bengal.— The Court adjourned at ■ix o'clock till to-morrow. The Narcissus frigate has captured and seat into Scilly. the French privateer Darr, Troia. of 16 guns ;. she had captured the tenia/ation, Trom so*. and the Maria, Para, from Newfoundlaud, for Pool; the form✓.r is retaken by the Narcissus, and also arrived at Scilly. The Antelope Antelope men of war, with the Hon. Henry Welles!. y on board, *wird from Portitmouth uu Tuesday, for Cadiz. Yesterday, • very respectable meeting was held of the Proprietors to the proposed establishment ef a Public Stock Market, %Vit. SALTE, Esq. in the chair, for the purpose of electing Trustees and a Tresswer, whew the ft . ..Aosta% Gentlemen were tin int ineuslv elected • Bane, Esq. B. Timone'', Esq. .1 Blades, Esq. William Esq. Brock, Esq. Benjamin Walsh, Esq. Abraham FAVCRC, Fag Robrri P.iekrtt, Esq. John/2;13.4th, E.'s Treassiery. The capital of the propos-d estAhlishment is 30,0001. iu shares of 501. each, which, as soon as the result of the meeting was known. were doue at forty gulueas per share Pl'lEllllllBO. The election tnr the CU M )of F.•s.s.c/mmetyced yesterday at Chelsustard. Mr, tiousLow and Mr. Bum:wig% are Use tbso the right sly could be r.0..d. The teerntd Geut. then entered into as sigionent to defend his friends from the char g e of loconhostenry in new-mo delling the first Committee, and now oppo4ng ano ther modellinv; proposed by others. If the old Committee 'sere permitted to remain as the basis, they would only have to consider or the siecemoiry a - Idaho's to he suede.: but of they removed those from whose labours and iwrrices they had reaped so much benefit, without any rllll4e heing *hewn, they could never expect hereafter, that man would voluntarily devote themselves to a public duty, for which the return wits se ungraMous. Mr. D. BROWNE lierrnded ills own conduct, and the conduct of his colleagues, uu the last Co,. mittee. Mr. Tiannsena explained. After which, the SPEAKER put the question, that Mr. Bankes he appointed to the Committee? which was carried. He then proceeded to put the question, seriatim. upon Mr. Bankeis list and M►. H. Thornton and Nlr. Birldillph were elected, without a division. Oa proposing the 'mute of Mr. S. Bourne, The CHANCELLOR of the EECNIEHURR took this opportunity of opposing the vote, as, from his known ri.spent and regard for the Hon. Gentleman named, it could not be intaici!ied that he had any peronul objection to him. lbu objection was merely because that Gentleman had not been a menther of the last Committee, and he proposed the name of Mr. klawkuss Browne in his stead. The Gallery was oow for a division, wheo we understand the num hers Wile. For Mr. Psrervars A oirotlinest ...... pa Against it Majority for Mr. S. Bourne ...... ••• • .• Strangers were lint re-adinthed, but wv were in. formed, that similar divisions took place on the motions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to sub stituie the name of Mr. 11. Leyceater for th.t. of Mr. Cavendish, and the name of Mr. D. Broome for that of Mr. Alderman Coln hr. 011 the firs' of these, the division se:wi— rer the Amendment .... Apiast it ............. IDS 101 Majority *pima Ministers...." • • S On the I. reolifl— For the Aracudment lO4 Agaioat It Majority wisest ?disinters Adjourned et ELkyrot o'CLock. ••• Tha Meat* Literacy Cataloger is amarairlably Or tared aatill to-areirev. Fur the Wridiereuyapwr, see the tart page. THE BRITISH PRESS. R~' ql* - _ 7 7:4-j SO 4'. .;, E r OU RT. .•.1 ••o'.F so a poi/ ~., , ...•Yestirdurp, about lielfl pa-t twelve nirleek, atlaugaTY *trivet, oh tqe 141;KEN's Palace, boat i4h'iadeenwhere.be recetved by tie J)oke•a of •Kimocr CoPyrsaLAND, au J CAIthitIDGL. Soceraffier timelit'elvele, His held a privee Levee, which sat wended by— The Aardighjekop of Kgrk ; the Lord President of the Council ; Itfe Lord Prief Neal ; the First Lord of die Teen.- stio y and Chancellor of the Eta:WA:nee ; the ee Nrcretarirs of State; the President of the Board of Trade; the COZIM manderdaVhief ; the President of the Bowed of Coat7oul ; Earls Harrowlry, and Mns:cleslield ; Lords givers (m high Heatbdeld (gold stick), and C. dot:tenet ; 15.Cut trell, and F. Baker; Coluuel Ilulney ; f'netain Nesrinau ; the Dean of Exeter ; and Me r. s. Herbert and Fan Artier. The following had the honour of beti.y, pie:ent ed to Ili* MAJUTY Lieutenant-Colonel Udney, upon his promotion tea can-.' pm, in the it Be/intent of Fnot Guaids. Sir Frederick Baker, span his coming to his ti:le. The Rey. John Garnett, (7htiplain . i■ Ordinary to Ilia Majesty, upon bis precaution to the Deanery of Exa ter. Capesin N. Nerease, R. N. upon his retina hi um Olisque Roads. Hill Moscnir pre audiences to Mr. PERI:EVA t., the rest of she Cabinet Altimeters pretent, rod S.r DAVID DUIDAIL llis Mus•rtr held • Privy Conned, at which be pricked for the Sheriff* for the yeti' rtietsiug. Abet *is o'clock. the !Uwe set off upou itts re turn to Modem OLD 1)x6' 1:}: The most numerous meeting, ever collettea, of the Renters of this Theatre, took plire at the Crown aid Anchor Tavern, yesterday. Our rootlet* may recollect, perhaps, that, at the last MeVln* cermiii particulars were referred, to he settled ru concert with the Proprietors', the Tritsteeei', and tins Reuters'Counnittee. The subject before toe meet ing of yesterday was, therefore, to consider the Report of their own Committee, which oss dis tinctly stated by Mr. Hosier. the Chairmin of the Committee, and the Clisirsnan presiding at the meeting. Nothing. could exceed the cordial unani mity with which all the resolutions, adopted by the Committee. in concert with the Presioktists, were received. Asa proof of the liberal spirit which jperviiiied the meeting, it is worthy and tit in he recorded, that, when .1. Kingston, Eq. M. P. proposed, that a farther addition should be insiele to toe Stated annuity, to be iii future secured to the Renters, gut of the presumed profits of the new undertaking. the propininica was unanimously R. jected. though Mr. Kingston, upon the first sag gtistion of it, gaff his irnsilediate consent. Mr. If.. trier. however. the Chaiman, who has acted rich ti.- defaugable keel wad persevenine e in the common cause, said, that he would state the question, though the !Dm. Proposer hiad.left the room, 11154.1 the proirwitiou had not lijeci secon d e d ; h ut , f or his own part, he thought the Proprietors had acted so sincerely, and so justly, that he could not Consent to any further pressure upon them. He felt the disinterested liberality of Mr. Sheridan. in so readily gi,ving his assent to the proposition ; lint liberality. on his part, ought to he met with cone. sponding liberality on the part of the Reuters. It was manifest that everything e t eadone fur the Ill*ut ers, compatible with the rebuilding of the Theatre ; if soy such surplus should arise, as Mr. Kingston supposed, in God's name ! let Mr. Sheridan, who has acted so fairly towards all constituting the preneut meeting, and who has announced his in. tention of retiring himself wholly from the con cern, when he has seen its fair creditors duly sa tisfied, have the power of making over any such• surplus to his son mud his infant family; and do not let us, satisfied as I think we ought to be. grasp it from him, even with hi s own consent.— ow ...•••••••-••••-'' • • I..fned end general applause., Mr. HEATH; the bArrisirr, azeod with every word and sentiment that had faliris f a in the Cinna mon. He would, hoarser, woad thr nonti mi ; in order that a direct negative might be put ou the proposition.. The question was accordingly put, awl, to the g►eat houour of the Reuters, unanimously ne giber& All this augurs well indeed for the resurrection of Old Drury. The Meeting next proceed' I to the consider ation stated in the. Ti mitres' Advertoenieut, re. specting the application fur a third Theatie ; rod here again an unanimous resolution was entered into, to oppose, by all legal and constitutional means, se cruel and unprincipled au attempt to in duce the Crown to countenance ■ plan of such ruinous and extensive inj %mice. The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting did not reportage till after candles had been canted for. _ . [This account was left at our Office by a respect able Renter present, who gave his name with his report.] Yesterday, a messenger came to town, from' Windsor, with • letter for Sir HENRY HALFORIA• (iiite Dr. VAUG•AtIp requiring his iattends.ice at Windsor, upon the risicess Altana, with all pir.— sible speed, The ROYAL FAMILY are expected in town on Tuesday. to remain till Friday. The Xts.. to hold a Private Levee and Privy Ceittreil 1 1 efi neqcloy, and the Quas i , a Drawing R.iorn on Thursday._ Lord MvLattAva did not mewl the Ktmo's Levee. yesterday. on account Oche death 0 Lady IJ I.OBAV is frailty.. The I)eke of Mon votovs v indispoev4. Mrsxri. JOHN and Roster LartrotsC. M.P. are Nut expected its town, from Sidatoutit, D•aotta shire. until the Lotter end of next week, en are..ur4 of the death of their father. Mr. JOU Lltout its. who oiled ou Frioiey morning last. The riteit lionteoureble the %Massa of the floosie of Commons will give hie second gram' rim o'er, at Ilia home, Nut Palgee-yerd, en fi..itura..y nett. Th!•Duke of NiiicseTt.s has Airel4l,4 the pur chase in Lord Fouat's house, iu Milt -meet. Bel kr ley-Nuarr. The Marquis st ELT is at pisseut vs great' for its