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G OTTEN : BURGI-1 FURTHER EXTRACTS. ~ HAMBIIRGH,IEB, 16—T I he General in , Chief to-tlay kiddressed t o th e' troolis of th: - .! Army of Iservation of the Elbe, the follovving CtOer of e; D a y :—. . . • `, ORDER OF THE DAY. . • Gencial -in Chief is extretntThy satisfied !t1 appearance and' Military exercise 50th, 51st, and 52d Cohorts, Which irin the 151st regiment. The Chiefs ,orts deserve praise for their zeal- as ming soldiers who have so well pro— lessans: antral-in-Chief i,as also caused an ac given hint of the conduct and spirit of , f the Army of Oh ervation of the Elbe, an Weel to Haniburgh. He has . 'satisfaction that they are distinguish e:;act discipline; that - they are ac use generous principles, that submis- Nssi've obedience which always cha emit soldiers; and cement the innu tipini to their glory: s of the Army' of Observation. of the rethain other dUties, for y o u to fulfil ; valou r 'and devotedness that the"Etu .ance Taus enemy,. who never -could . SUp! , :k of the French armies, of.whoth the Austerlitz,, Friedland, and' the a!st the :inferiority, - has profited by . the climate, and a voluntary.retreat s l'itc transitory successes over an enemy was accustomed toBy--you are ''''ere of this army, and if you are called. ',44t,4,1:111 labours, yo u will merit also to P•li i ,„ ' I U glory and the bencfactionS of, of r ‘ l Saidi e the duty of a Frenchman is to watch ,tramioilit'y of the country. Far from IPC to that this tranquility can be disturbed: qi clvritings which malevolzocc.circu ,ciu! revolt and insult- iigaihst the Go- England and Russia only p.rop:igate 18 to Miry' Germany under a heap of ill they dare to promise peace and pro -30 hiIVC only fought With the firebrand 4 nda Will they respect the property who have not respected their own ; wh° 'red to lay Waste their own territoyy,. into wretchedne ss ' an d d es p a ir mil aavinuals; .rasher than to endeavour to , 4 ' country with arms in : their hands ? L,nd has had the impudence -to applaud iate r a her.ge, the rui n o f an Empitai is a The peaceable inhabitants will eo tancy in the places of their resi" .ey canticle to the genius of Napo 'lr!!,pf defendi n g them. They will Magistrates in arrestineatul suppress whose blindness may induce them Co tire The tuancouviTo of knowo 'to. me. Lucy seek to' en °Pluimrt • the t;now, that tla :/rvae"ahnugdttliite.l(ll,l2lcetanvssailarily iulautry 1 .5 raVilife• tl:l'4"tiutertill:Liteni knOw,. , fine - , , t 1 of r i ,i`! 1 1 ) Y, a!)" I)itleu t i c y;, the dreadful tile is ti' ll' ed wherever that army, • . , . .ary Commissions ;I i n each depavtment, who will execute will be imtiteliately , stice on all agitators, and if ilnY Corn- 11 , 1 suffer the mse l ves to be fed astray by, :lions insinuatioas, ' they ‘N . 'ill be laid 116 911, and hostages will be required of in'S.Old i ' . ou and , ) ..o vi ers -1 your General • esteems y 4 4 Your value ; yOumust, by your conduct, thr 411 ClOullple to' th e people you are called, r btect athi defend. ‘, T i ( 6 ign e l ') The Count LAURISTqN, , (.velleral in Chiet of th e C orps o f Obser vation of tlie Elbe." P T ii KING Olz SAXONY TO' THIS INITAXIITANTS. c, Mt' rue, DUCtIY OF WARSAW. . fl.s L :e tl 4;3"--The period in Which your liabitat L io , a [ ;, itea l t e lled by `the enemy is precisely En 11 _ lioi r 8 8•1‘,1110 bind the ties closer which uni t t , e i t c h:. hq HI , With Its conntry. Your ancestors, .i.o , Ytatrxet , the world (mg lii,, t . .4% es, have always -given . times of i14:1, tiorious examples A courage In i items tit t ' cl. ' au(' constancy tinder the most ca am ," 111 4tit e44 i W e ' • . o otifs 0,, ourselves and our anccitor - ,., ,.1 1 8 a e ve ,.... 1 . a . ( 4. 1 * . 'it t , i t, your itiviiicihile loyalty.-1.,wt.,.1y,7,7.‘: , t ill wirichiourh the I ohsh nation, ill s P.t . " 4;,t` cirettinstances, shine 'with , fresh splcn- it ti 4 (-)ar paternal care , and attention to your . Ait.ttiii-(1, shall every moment be equal to these court ,,,,, and they will be supported, by • ___ `y,,,',.' la that hero who has restored to yo r ti .. At:.' ntttlinial existence and who will' never fo 14 Y"41 . No, the en,etny shall not tread, the 14i-4 ground of your - natiVe 6ountry. unpunis . h :. - . ii. le ariuies.of Oiir allies, the .-I)4nis ; Y,`" . ' 11 1. 4 ,. 1 '11, will tight far you with the same va.tout 4, 4 1 4 you have already witnessed. Your brav e . te,',l,'l'llits will ag•ain pre ss . forward and spread t4v't Among, the enemy's bands, who already ~ t , telbecti taught to know in thern the comptcrors' 1, 1 C.:lr ► forefathers. Not .in vain has the bloo d tf„::41; forefathers been,' shed hi so many Nieto: . i i , , , , A IlattleS for our country. Their memory will li ' l , l; ° the latest times, T heir I:!rs' 'l',l4elt_Will he dear to tis—their names will b\,,,,ltutliered among the Makers of,peace, and cle f'Klerso ~ . - -I 'lii ei . , their country. The deep wounds 3t 1e,:1ia,:.(:. beets inflicted on the enemy in the 4/.l(Cul4lgn will soon be perceived . liv ,t.tilly...autl thethe approaching spring will likewise tif ee k t :P le k tile genins, of victOry, and carry into -,, 1,7 boPch most pleasing to your heartS. tiottLitt° Cs!.prove ins i worthy fo r wio l cll exerti for the just and holy cause ko„ i ' 4l You have joined yourselves in a general •vvirCthiler4st i • n the invincible confidence that, th e ste absiquice of 'Providence, you will see, tou ra aplnd Sacred cause triumphant. Our , la ,, ci..llehdei.yours for you ftre incessant. L • iv'n at. Dresden, Dian. 21, 1813. • - . ly, the King, e kinist e . " FitEDLIIII:K AucusTus. E Secretary of Stak e , . ~ ._" ST. BitozA." PROCLAMATION t:1 "The Ger tth th , . "c goo( r . ; : ( the 7th, ni Pi. „., . esclit tOr theie C011(i / ;as they,. .. . lb il ~., e their , .. Il G et , I k. :-.j.. it it . r , ~roplis of "No ne I. • . i! T ot , , fro, , iied with ,h' ie;,4 th, to it 1.. , :%. . 3 tlO 44' . l'ol b,. 1 f 'and•th.it , . A . rtu!' i . ~ tzel LIB iiii 'lle Wit 'rule . .1 , i: , , hi N)l(lters 1 ' ' 0:,,..` ',,!l4i;tontre re liiii i p al l your. 1 c ' ; v: .. '"°r arid 1..; , ,,,, r ..„.,.,, . harb ar. id ..:,,,,"`,,` t he Shod r t ii,'",' c'f jut i 'lire . 1:., '.‘,,• a att , ii:' ' rigour of . 11 04 i, • V-: '• 4111 s oh: ~,,,i‘ zte-Aitich a't' .to .fil " rt.el . • (fi." . Ottaki, ~... ! o ver ","tdirr i, t be t, he tiAll; :hp ti le 111 a t t,' ii , ; I 'lrlint' t 6 IC 01' ~rIIP) ""it . 4 ,, qt, I 04. IN: lelir " .t s , , Itt . 11111 :i. '4l o l k 4l ' , Mt() ii . ., ot e l il ' hand ~. ;et 4' %VII( :g' ' i l i re re ,, 'lTC. k p.r i , ev , . i ,f. k ie 'tidy 1 il ii i i E'igiand ~. nsintlati leihtlipi, to hi ail i will , tl J it , i c , e f : the ~ ) it i ' •'e cav e , 1 , 1 . i th e i r i v those 1c i i rV e'tile, a „ ( , "tge Illell 6h bl e the ''s le tellt'S Itli h)y, tile i 1 artillery tt it itt r i , vatttatiott ..see . ; • . ,:tillitari litilted i qjusti, hall 041 11 , rtidi, tlie k t tveitt . „ 801 d... -(co11 7 .1 i's.iiNU'rE OF 1:1-1E CABINtt, JAtsTUAR)f' 25, 1807. 1-16:6 The turd etancellor, Lortl.Pres'n':eot, Lord Piivy Seal, ,•., Dam of Portland, Earl of Chatham, I Earl of Ilatithrgt, Viscoilot Lord Mulgrave, Mr. Secretarr Canni^4, Lord Hawlieibury. - - ".YOur Majesty's Confidential servants Ictiv'e, in . obedience to your ill;tiesty's'commtunig, most at tentively considered tae original Charges and Re port,the-Minutes of evidence,: and all the other papers submitted to the consitteration of your Majesty, on the silbject of those charges tigainst her Royal Highire-ss- the Princess of Wales. " In the stage in, which this business isprought under their Consideration they dO not Seel them selves called upon ti,' give any opinion as,-to the proceeding. itself, Or- to the mode of itiestiga tion in which it , hus,been thought proper to con duct it. But idverting to the advice which is stated hi his Royal Highness the Prince of-Wales to have directed - his conduce, -your. Majesty's COn lidential servants are anxious to impress - upon your Majesty their conviction, that leis Royal Highness could not, tinder such advice, consistent with 'his public duty, have done otherwise than lay before your Majesty tile Statement. and Exa minations ivhich acre submitted - to. him upon the :subject. • . " After the most deliberate consideration, ever, of the, evidence which has been brought be - . fore the CommiSsloners, and of the prev'ious exa-, Minations, as well as of the answer and. observa tions which have been submitted to Your -Majesty upon them, they feel it necessary to declare their. decided concurrence 'in the . clear and unanimous opinion of the Cionmissioners, Confirmed by that of all your Majesty's . late cottfidential servants, that the twO main chargeS 'alleged against her Royal Highness the Princess of - Wales, of preg nancy and delivery, are completely disproved, and they further submit to your. Majesty their' unani mous opinion, that all Ac'-other partif.ttlars of conduct brought in accusation agains+ her. Royal Highness, to which die character of criminality can be ascribed, are either •satisfactorily contra dicted, or rest upon evidence of a nature, - and .which was given 11:4der such circumstances, as render. it, in, the judgment of yot;• `Majcs ty's- confidential servants, undeserving of credit, Your Majesty's confidential servants, there fore, concurring in that part of the opinion of, your late servants, as statod in their Mi3lite o f the '2sth of.lantiary,.that there is no longer any. necessitrfor your Majesty being adv,iSed de cline receiving the Princess into your -Royal pre , settee, humbly submit, to your M , that it is es ,, entially, necessary, in justice :o her :Aloya( Highneis, and for the honour and interests of your Majesty't Illustrious Familv,, that her Royal. Highness the Princess of Wales Sitorthlbei admit , . ted, with as little delay as possible, into your Majesty's Royal presence, and that she should he received in a manner due totter rank and station, into your Majesty's Court rind Family. Your Majesty's confidential seryants likewise beg leave' to submit to youtlklajesty, th:,c consi dering that it tr y be necessary your ty's Government should possess the means of re ferring to the:true State of -this transaction, of the utmost importance that these documents,- deMonstrating the ground on which your Majesty has proceeded, should be preserved in safe custo dy ; and tbat.for. that•porpose.• the originals, or authentiC copies of all these pap,U.s, should- be sealed -up, and depo,:ited in the ()ace of your Ma . • jesty's yrincipal Secretary of State." • Yesterday the Puke of CLARE CE came to town front :Bushey. • • • There was an omission ill the letter from Lady aftmaToist to the Earl of DVERPOOL, publEshed in all the papers; which it, is material to point out. In the original letter to his Lord ship, the words are , --" a mother and 'dlip 4 utcr should be prevented from meeting---a prohibition positrcly against, theklaw of nature and the law of th - e land."- The concluding words, printed in •ita/ics, are omitted in the published letter. Mr, MoteroN" read a new COmetly yesterday- at Covent-Garden to the Performers who are to be concerned in it, and whose report, we understand, is highly favourable. The title Of it is to be 'Education, and the tendency of the piece is to place in a ridicitions point of view the accomplish ments of fashionable life. • The whimsical dramatic sketch of florae has been of more service to .Covent-Garden'Theatre than any other piece Which it has produced this Season; and, what has contributed e,senti,dly to its attraction, 'is that the Performers throUghout have been quite at home. Mr.l3lftn, it eeins,,,has obtained the chief rize at the Ilritish Institution, viz. - three hundred gui neas for his Death of ii, *;end Mr. Ham. the next, two., hundred, toy the Raising of Jairus'v Daughter. These prizes are memly rewards for the merits of the Artists, not for the purchase of the pictures. Arr'rdoi-t NI dCCIW'CS "she will notiiy--'-she menus perhaps, out of this country, where she finds such foolish credulity: Inc late application to Mrs.. SIDDONS to solicit , her return to the stage, is without a parallel in the theatrical records of this country. But as an ' actress she has never been equalled, therefore the matter is the less surprising. A new.play is announced' at the Edinburgh Theatre; nom the pen of Mr. PINKERTON, a , welkknown literary veteran, who is honoured by a panegyric from Ginaos . ,the Historian. The Gentleman who was mortally wounded in a duel,' as stated a few days since, n few miles from Watford, turned olit to be a M. Hipiett, who formerly belonged to dm Staff of a Dragoon regiment now serving is Portugal.' .A private in the Sligo militia met with an ex- A T raordinary accident - on uesday evening, at,the Millstone-inn, ill Stamford. He had incautiously placed the muzzle of' his tirelock upon the left foot, whilst with a lighted Candle, he examined the pan of the lock, when sotne i lodse particles of gunpowder taking the ffnine, the piece exploded, and the charge blew-off the toes'of the soldier's foot, and went through the flo6rof the room into the cellar. INIPtP4,IAii ~P...Ae1it1,A,141%, tiOtSt OF LORDS, 'THURSDAY, MARCH 11 . 'rite Aiarqhis o Downshire; the Earls of Aboyne, r- ,lioaghniore, For Eescue, and Maiiiiefs; Viscount Carzoil, and Lord Cawdor, took the oaths, , and their seats. On the rnotion - of the Archhisholi of Ctinter bury, .the Thank of the lionse were . voted. to the Bishop of Oxford, for ihe excellent Serrnon preached by him yesterday before their LordshipS in Westminster Abbey. Tlwe • Crown .11zbtors Relief, the• Salt Excise, and the Cornish Miners Enlistment Bilis, were red • .- il a third time and pasSed. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. The Earl of CON'kNOHANI presentea. a Petition from the Catholics of the: County of Donegal, in favour of the Claims of the general bocly; which was ordefed.to lie On the - The adjourned consideration uF the reception of the Presbytery of Edin;nirgh's Petition, point of form, as Presented to" the. House on a former s evening, was, resumed ; and' on that tr' sbort conversation ensued beta teen Viscount Mel; the Lord Chancellor, 'and Earl Grey, upon the point,. The Noble- and Learned Lord seemed to think, under the circumstances of the case, and especially es the Courts of.. Law in Scotland held an instrument sa authenticated to be regular and valid, it would be improper in the aouse ; to de-, Cline receiving the Petition as presented. .To this 'opinion the Noble Earl seemed inclined to defer; 'and the Petition being read Aiort,was accordingly ordered to lie on the table. Lord: HoLLANn presented a Petition fronr cer tain inhabitants of the PariSh or St. Mary's,;. Shrewsbury % in favour-of the,Cathc.!:; iaiLus. A short conVersation took place on theocca:;ion between the Noble. Lord and Lord Kenyon, who had some time since presented a. Petitioa of it cop- :traryJendency iron' .the sante Pflrish, and which he seemed' to say was subscribed by all or most of the respectable inhabitants... In ret,:ly to win. ii Lord Holland i stated,. he could aF.sure the• Noble Lord :hp Petition ~then presented by him was hV A.verai resper_lable persons. The Vetition being read, Wi7o; ordered to lie on the table.. . _ . • Loyd KENYON took the • OppOrtlMitY to state, in reference .to u hat felt from him on fornict that he rec! , .ived a ;etter from Lord Grusve,uh, in which th.A Noble .11:1r1 bad dis claimed (so we under toted h» Loydship) his having. authorised the conductwhi::h certain of his agents %yen.; ooderstood to hare pursued, • ! %•it:, re spect. to the Counter Pet 'tiou the Crurty of Flint. this he ans.Aercn, that he never •auy distinct iufocuiation that would attribute it to 111tH. a7l+ he to6k , the liherty to stty , h.:" had "siated ;vas to that effect, ht'• so sta:e ; and the Noble Ifalrl tat that if he should Oiscover• any such conquq on th , . part of his agents, t..at he ' . .% . 0u1d make then feel the effect's Of b:s tfz pte i,ure. lituk'r these circum stances, he. thought it proper to say- thus much in thq way of e.ol:l!)iition. frE‘;TION. Lord BoatNonON presented a Petition from the lUayfr,s Commonalty, and Burgesses of the rough of Lixetcr, .against tt continuance of the exclusive privileges of. the East India Company, His Loi:lship took oreasion briefly to remark,. that his own wishes concurred- in the general ex presaions of_the :Petitioners ; and that few towns, could boast of works of greater public utility than thos'entid,ertaken by its inhabitants, •rhc Nisble Lord presented another ..Petition from. the Mere hints, Tra:lns, an j other fulia 7 . bitants of the said Town anti Port, to the same e ea. These documents being read, were 3eVerally ordered to iie on tile table, STII4:NDIARY CIJAATES7Bitt„ On the Occasion 'of the second reading of this Bahia short conversation' took place between: the Bishop, of London, and the Noble Intrip,lticer of the measure, the Earl o' liarrOwby, on which, logth o:4;ir Lordships expressed themselves in ; a eery low ,tone of voice. We understood the Prelate to Say, that a rt7ular and convenient op pOrtimity ought to' be utiorded for fully consider ing the principle • of: the' Bill, Which he regarded us one of considerable importance, and tending to introduce Material alterations in .the present Constituthin' of the ChUrch. The Noble Elrl professed his willingness to have the principle of the Bill, tir • well as the detail s of the measure, ftitty , and . deliberately cliscus!ied in Parliament : he adverted to some, comparatively tlight, 'altera tions in the preSent thur xv.ich was be fore the House last- Session, and obierved, that their Lord;hipS would be' better 11,1;14e to form a' ,judgment of its , merits, when the Bill should come before them amended froMthe Committee.' Lord 11oLLAND was of opinion, the -measure 'was one that, called' for a full and deliberate eusijon, ill principle as well its in detail. He therefore thought, that With respect Co- such a, consideration; sufficient notiee shouid he given, so us ti mance an adequate attendance. - • The 13ill *as - then.rFad a Seco.,d time, and or-- dered to be committed.' , It was ordercd, on the motion of Lord Wait. `singhani .) that the Report of the Committee of Piivileges, respecting the Banbury Peerage r should be taken into consideration on Monday. The remaining Bilis upon the table being re spectively forwarded, ale House adjourned till to morroW ; when their Lordships stand summoned" on Lord Wellesley's mution respecting the late Campaign in Spain. HOUSE, OF COMMONS, THURSD/4Y, MARCH 11. GRAMPOL7ND ELECTIOg The names of the Committee appointed to try the Prampound Election, are ns follows : Sir &Am C9tterell W. la. Hase J. Mai ebb•citk G. Campbell Lord Dilfrerin J. I.littvrwartit. W. Tlibrnton IS H. DAvls brought up a Petition from 13tis . Lori! Lova - lug W. E. Luelihart C. y. aiwthora P. Lloyd J. P. tratlkorn M. Russell. tilt in India, hitty praying that slips be regiat:re.i. in Briiisb purt6. ordered to lie on the table. Mr. MOURE brought iit a Bill for.the of a Wet Dotl in the -County of ;%liddle..3. The Thanks of the fionte were give. to th , ,i Rev. I. Ireland ; D. D. fur a Sermon . by him before this Honse•Un *Wednesday twit: Mr. ,losEtin PITT brought in itBill'o• repeaLibd 17th of the King, and for regulating' the Giant of Lice Annuities. • Mr. Alderman ATKrzs bro4ht thc• Beport of the Weymouth and Mcleoinhe Regis . Coat mittee. .1( .ca:; r Daniel Luce, forgross prevarication bet ore the Coiuinitec, was brought- to the' Bar-, and t!'.o 81 , 14tc.Ett addressed 14w nearly in the following terms " Daniel Luce, by the Committee appOinted by this 114 use to inquire...into the Weyinoi:Cri Meleombe . Regis Election,k it , is Teßlracd , you, having been culled before them as a swicm.s.s, were guilty Of gross and wilful prevari - caion that you again, on i a subsequent day, per ,istc,t, in similar yeyarieation .; and . that for this aggru uteri conduce you were finally cominitted tA.) 11:fajesty's gaol of Newgate. Upon your exam:ni , ..- tion, it appears, that having 'been interrogated to facts, which must necessarily have been viithn; your linowredge; that having been assisted in your recollection by the interval - of a day's con finement, and by repeated warnings given by the CommittO, you nevertheless thought rA to preva- , , ricate before them, in the ; . :-ice tifGod. and yol.tr : country, for th;.. crimimd purpose of defeatin4,the ends ofjustice. 'justice, hovVever,Aias. been cibr twined by other nteens, and ytm have been left to, shame and disappointment. At length, by the re pentance expressed in youir Petition, tire 'iTiortv.t : !rave been induced to consent to your relcase.---- l 'lOn may therefore return to your townsmen and : emplOyees, exhibiting,'in yourself, '. useful intim) that witnesses attempting, before rt Com mittee of this House, to defeat, by calumny and arOntery, the. ends- of justice, cannot ,t,l•ree.a themselves - from jnst punishment and lisiftilcc.. Xou are accordingly discharged upon paying yca fees. The names of the ,Corzynittec appointed to try the Derby Election are as follow 14;144rtriltua A. J.Tost,r G. A. Robinson J. Hart ,G. Ford _ J. Drunvuoud V;,.e Sil C.. Mnrtlannt P. Mklnt's W. 11. it. Douglas R. J. Mansell R. Holmes IL I:lnes Wrutlesly. on the motion of Mr. PEELS, a Committee appointed to inquire into the Etae of the inland Navigation in Ireland. Lord CocnitANT.moved for certain papert rela— tive.tothe state of the .Greenwich Ai nisi) for the nuMber of persons admitted Ks In AO' Oat Pensioners since ISO,O, He had heard, he s;;(1,- that, it wits intended to apply a petrt of these tund to the servircespf the corr:mt vent.. • The Cit aNcgLLott of the Eton Euurtt (Hid timed any such intention. Lord Coctitt.tx complained, that'there.wav no limited, period. to the set-vice of seatnip ; ine:l - ih.wnich they were obli .21 to pay &ts much for their discharge as would sufficient to procure from a.life insurance an an mini sum egzial to the pettsion received t'ici,a , the, hospital, It. Was his inte , qion to bring in • a Bill for the purpose,of linticing the service seamen., The. CIiANCEI.I.OIt of the. Excupaunn ex. pl tined. Mr.,.l,tosE stud, that the sti n ts paid for tiischaive did not go to the funds at the Hospital. ,It NVA'i, in opinion, ns Mlininistercd as it could 1)e, Lord A'. ITAieli.Tobt approved of the motion of• .his Noble Friend. • The previoul question having been moved :by the Cli , lllcftLon'uf the .gXClitAlrgß, the motion Of the Noble Lord. Was lost. • • COPY-11/(lHr OF Mr. (3.t00y; called the attention of the House to this subject, To secure to anranthor the be'- netit of the copy-right - of any work, it was ne cessary for it to 'be entered-at Stationers' flan, and that done, he was obliged, to supply certain Copies to the Universities. It had ihten.ondert, stood that it .was at the option of an author to secure the copy-right oP 'his work, by entering it at Stationers' AO, and depositing certain copies ' of it iii the public libraries, or not enter:it, .and withhold copies of it from the Utiiverities, at I risk of losing the .Copy-right, latterly, however, is vas held_, that he was bound to give conies of. his Iworlt to the iiuhlie libraries, if be did not en ter it at Stationers' Ball. Against this the book,' sellers. had petitioned .the They -wizihed the law on this subject tobe revised,- and the parts infecting them, in the matmee would be repealed. - The law a, it stood that die copies deposited at the UttiVelsitie'i 1.,t1t., , ,t1 I be printed on - the very Lest paper.usmid- by the • boulesehers. The Petition-ell on this point eon," plainvd, that some persOns chose to have nooks printed in• the most splendid - manner, and the law in such cases exposed then) to a very eon sideiable expense. From this .they prayed t• relieved, as copies' printed in a ics.i manner would answer every possible ••: well. They also conipl.iined, that if,second -tions were published,containinA additio.,s e, e,::., inall, they. were obliged to send s rew the whole work. Praying to. be roileved frYll this, they suggested that every purpose he answered, by. printing and siemling the ditious 'made to time work, Separatmo from ti e work.' Some works, the. tionourahle teht:.- inkm represented, were very cKpe!is . ive; from the prints' they ' contained, and tit these it sometimes happened, that yery , 0,--ere • sold, and in such cases the operation of thi,; was heavily felt. This be instanced in the case 6t . a Learned Friend of his, who tinfortanately science 'died very young--!Doctor whose work :of the Flora' of .Greece, than 35 copies Were sold in all Europe. lie eluded by moving, that a Committee of 21 he tip . pointed to take into consideration the laws atio.et mg the copy-lighes - of authors, to report to titv Hotise their opinion thereon, and Ishe,tiika any, unit what alterations ought to'he made. Mr. G, Ross thought. a naeasare. mjght, be d'-