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IN t E W 6. P LYI/01.7T11; An,IL 30.—Arrived the Bellerophon, (11 74 UI s, from the Channel Fleet: Sailed the 'Thetis Frigate,. On a Criiiie to the westward; thc Cockatrice Sloop' of War with a C onvoy for the Downs ; the Cheerty Sloop of War' t° the Eastward ; and ColpOys Armed Brig, an, a Cruize to the Westward. P ORTSMOTJTtr, MAY I.—Arrived the Pluto Sloop °I War, Capt. JANYSRIN, from a cruize in the Channel. Sailed the Strenuous Gun-brig, Lieut. NtIGET, 111 th a Convoy, for Guernsey. YARMOUTH, MAY 1.-Arrived the Dauntless, Combatant, and Valorous Praams,which are to corn -I)°se pita ofa Squadron 'to be commanded by Sir H. 13 °?Iiiti ; at - lived also the Goliatlt, 0174 guns, and Quelec Frigate from a Cruize. S REERNESS, MAY I.—Sailed the .eiriadne, of 24 Floc; Capt. F ARQ U H AR, and the St ar li ng G un -b r i g , or Yarmouth. His Majesty's Ships Wincitthea and Ceres were Paid wages up to six. mouths. A i S 'iilks at the.tiure—Lealaitcl,Excellent,Vinchelsea, Ceres, -"`"; and Malabar. • r . thAL, MAY t.--Sailed through the Downs last Dht from the River the Duke of York, SANLIN, for Arrived this morning the Explosion Bomb from r ottskno ut h, with a Convoy,whicli are sailed for the DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. ke° the Officers and Ship's Company of His Majesty's P Leander, for the Ca 'tore of the Ville de Milan. and of the Cleopatra, on the 24th of Feb. 1815, hFarf. l at : 4 'l..7•lnance stores, &c. of the former, and salvage of the ci, e ` er, upper Thames-street, on the4th nit and . .fr day r ot three months, at the same place. . THE VOLUNTEERS. Wu re j o ice - to find that Government h ave a l rea d y t ,eterini ne d upon giving all due encouragement to Vollruteer Force ct the Country. The fdllowing •Lt lter Upon this suhje& Will be read with high P e asure, not only by the V o l unteers, b ut b y every r tle - Patriot (CIRCULAR.) " Mt Loam, Apll 25, iBo7. .` His Majesty being impressed with the most favourable pinion of the value and importance of the Volunteer Force "If United giirigdom, of the good order and discipline of co nsiderable proportion of them. and of the zeal and alai. cri t, which they have-all invariably manifested on every oc 'i°nin which theii services have been required, is desirous s 431, rdin g to them eveiy encouragement which a due consi s' avr atiori of the other branches of the Military SerVices, and alt attention to public economy, will permit. H has therefor e cMrimandeci me to acquaint ynu, for the I t l lnr mation of the different Volunteer Corns within your 11 : 411 Y. thatit is hi:, :rittntidn to ()won to-Parliament, that he P ay and Allowanceis settled for the Yeomanry Cavalry the Volunteer Infantry and Artillery, by the Regulations of 14 1 Y, '8 5, and which were intended at that time to he granted t 4 t hose men only,who had been enrol led antecedently to the IQ " "f should in future. be extended to all V o . rile ers who may have been enrolled subsequent to that pc 1, or who may be enrolled hereafter, provided the ePeEtive establishments of Volunteer Corps be not thereby` ceetled. a : His Majesty ente r tai ns t h e most sangu i ne h opes t h at t he ° Ptinn of this measure will have the effect of preventing the' . 7raclal decline of the Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps, and that 8 4 wi ll furni s h a st r ong i n d ucem e nt to t h e Offi cers com ma n d . R those Corps to maintain them in a state of efficiency and Ord-r. " As the emP lo) unent Of Inspecting Field Officers in a.dtte Aro • ); Portio n appears to His Majesty's Government to be essen -45-411Y necessary for preserving the Volunteer Force in a state Pt ef ci en cy , and for enabling His Majesty's Government . t4 nl n time, to time to Tolman accurate judgment of the condi._ On ' number, and good order of the rcapelive Corps * it is 1 1; 3 h Maj esty ' s i ntention to appoint, without delay, a certain 7 3 441 ber of Persons to execute the duties of InspeCting Field ria ' peers in the different Dists. v There are many other circumstances conneaed with the' °lunteer Establishment, upon which I have received re "rfs fro m var i ous quarters, which are under the considers. 11 04 of His Majesty's Governnaent, and upon whi c h i t may "'necess ar y for mete make some further communications to hereafter ; but it has b etndeemedimportant, that no time Thould be lost in communicating to you His Majesty's de ter minati on upon the above points. " I have the Honour toll:, my Lord, . "Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant, f,t O Ibis " HA WKESIIURY." Majesty's Lieutenants of Counties in Great 'Britain."' , Sir F. BURDET7' and Mr. PA vz,r,.d IN th„ consequence of a misunderstanding between ' S e Gentlemen, a meeting took, place this mannin g, inhich they were both wounded , f ormer, we understand, dangerouq, in the np 7 part o f the thigh , and the ratter in the leg: • LYesterday morning, about half past nine o'cl oc k, o , CAT had an audience of his MAJEsTy ; after which his I‘4JE3TY set off in his c4 ' '„ ve lling carriage for London, and arrived• at the oqeen's Palace about- half past twelye. •At• two a r c r i • c 'ek, her Royal Highness the Princess Of WALES k le ' l l'ed at the Queen's Palace, from Blackheath, to ebi r r , tra velling carriage, accompanied by the' Mar. , ' —n ess Of TOWNSEND. Her Royal Highness im coediately had an interview of his MAJESTY, which u l tlti uued . 'near an hour: Her Royal Highness then :, off on her return to her house at Blackheath. half Past three o'clock, the Duke of PORT-, L a i ND had an audience of his MAJESTY ; after which ~ r I \, I AJE sTY set off on his return to Windsor, Drawing -room intended to have been 3,l.44utsTY_next Thursday, is put off on ae Ilci ` 4ll . t of its' being the Duchess of YoßK's Birth-day, i t will be held on Thurzdi7 the 14th install:. , . Though Mr. TiniTIATRIArAYTE has declined for Hampshire, the frien& of Mr. HER.eir. - r confi dently report that another., Gentleman the first respectability is about to declare hiniself. Thegrow id is now, however,' occupied, or rather Mr. (.Wm: is gaining ground every , hour, and it is supposed that Mr. HERBERT himself will also decline the contest. The contest is likely to be very severe for ,the Coun ty u Huntingdon. Viscount PROBY is actively can vassing against Wrt. H. FELLOWS, Esq. and Lord EffNcuiNsEtootc. Four parties, are canvassing the town of Boston, the respeCtive friends of Mr. Fvot..t.,, Mr. MADDoczs, the Hon. Mr. BURRELL, (son of Lord GWYIIR), and that o,ld Pdilianzentar4 Re former, Major CART*RIGHT. The Representation for the City of Lincoln will be very warmly dis: puted. The Candidates are Colonel ELLISON, the Hon. Colonel MONSON, and JOHN SULLIVAN, Esq. -Lord DUN CANNON has started for the Borough of St. Alban's, in consequence of the retirement of Mr. POYNTi.—Mr. SHERIDAN,' it is said, is secut'e at Ilchester, if he should .be disposed finally to decline :all other applications.—Mr. HANR.By proceeds with the most flourishing Siiccess in his canvass for the City, is he is supported by many of the most distinguished CharaCters in the Mercantile world.—Sir ltrcnAßD BICKERTON offers himself as a Candidate for Poole ; Mr..CLIRISTOPHER SPURIIIER, a Gentleman of the place, comes forward in warm opposition to him : Mr. JEF..FREY, the former .Member, again offers, and • will most I •Drobably be returned j the other former' Member, Mr. GEORGE GARLAND; on account of ill health, means to retire from public life, much to. the regret of a numerous train of friends,—Cap thin MANEY, of the Navy, is gone to. offer him self for Yartnouth ; Messrs: 14ftfioaktr). and LUSH INGTON had previously a very promising can- vass.—Lord WILLIAM, STUART is in little doubt of being returned for Cardiff. FRANCIS BUR TON, Esq. and JOHN INGRAM LOCKHART, Esq. are Candidates forOxford.— , The Candidates for Tewkes bury ate C. CODDRINGTON, CHARLES HANBURY and JOHN MARTIN, Esors. The contest will be warm. .ROYAL ACADEMY. Yesterday the Rooms at this place were opened, and many friends of the Academicians were. in dulged with a private view of the ensuing Exhibi tion. It is by no means an exaggeration to' ay, that the'British, Arts in- general have improved since last year. The Artists of established reputation, as we have before said, fully 'maintain their character, and (the younger race promise to rise to equal heights.` The Exhibition altogether not only dis plays great excellence, but great variety of attrac tion through all the different branches of Art. LAWRENCE'S picture of Sir FRANCIS BARING, and. two of his friends, may be considered as the chief effort of this year. It is a very splendid pic ture. HOPPNER'S portrait of the Prince of WALES is .also very high in merit. BEECHEY has an admira ble portrait ofSir JAMES EARL. WESTALL has some beautiful fancy pieces: THOMSON has some of the . same description, as well as some good portraits, among which is a fine likeness of Lord PENRIZYN. OWEN has same wry fine pictures we .have alreadr noticed his Road- Side, which no doubt will bu a great favourite with the public., WILKIE .has risen to an height of unrivalled excellence in his pro, vince, and produced a psaure of exquisite merit. The subje& is the interior of a cottage, and the figures shew an accurate eye in tracing the var i e ti es of the human obaraaer, in addition to the most extraordinary poWers of mechanical dexterity. SHED _fully sustains his credit, and gives to his portraits a piauresque beauty that might be expected from his, -poetical taste, as well as professional skill. . '4-will easily be conceived what an abundance of attraaive objets the Exhibition contains, when we ist4te, that BEECHEY has eight I'i&ures, OWEN the sanie number. That there are six from the hand of OPIE, all of which confirm the public regret in the Ipss of so valuable an Artist. WESTALL has seven Pi Lures ; the President three, .in honour of the ini m'offal NEA..soN. THomsoN -has five. SHER has three. Nowrucorz has four, the chief of which is an eques trian:Portrait of our excellent Monarch. CALLCOTT -11# fy v excellent specimens of his skill. There are a/o charming Landscapes from Sir F. BOURGEOIS. Op LOUTHERBOURG has tour Pictures, painted with, his usual dexterity and splendor. TURNER has a fine Pianre, representing the Sun risin g thr o u g h vapo u r; Fishermen cleaning and selling fish. He seems to have entered into a competition with WILKIQ in lliS other piece, a Blacksmith's, work-shop, but by no means gains by the comparison. There is a beau tiful view of KeSwick Lake, from the pencil of Sir GEORGE BEAUMONT. We have not room, at present to 'particularize all the merits of the Exhibition, but shall, in due time, give an ample account of the several works which this year do honour to the British School. Mostc.—Mr.llAßßlSON'i Annual concert took place last night in the Great Room at the King's Theatre. The merit of his private chara6ter„ as well as his high‘professional repute, was visible in a ver'Y nuPierous and elegant Audience. The musical treat 'was altogether excellent, as may be easily conceived, since, the vocal departtnent supplied 'by TIARRISON, NALDI, BARTLR r'.!A fiELGAIVIY, VAt/OHAN, Mad. BIANCIII, Mrs. vAuGnAN, ...Mrs.. ASHE, Mrs. MopirAtN, and 2‘l.:ss PARK.E.—IVESS HARRISON and her sister essen tia4 contributed to the general amusement, by a j)uet oii the Harp and Piano-forte. The whole was a rich repast. t The following Song, to a very - interesting air by RAUZZINI, was sung by Mrs. ASUE t ' False Shepher4for ever farewell I I confess that I deciti'd tlwe sincere ; And this to the vale thou may'st tell, That thy.triumpki has cost me a tear. Go boast 'of that tear on my eye, Y. And be proud thcu halt won on my youth„ Tell the Swains that I fancy'd thy sigh A pledge of love, friendship, a►►d truth Yet know that my heart•shal he, gay, As thy falsehood ha: ceas'd to eve pa - n ; For the art that sexed it away, :: -- ank t 7 rny again. Several ot Mr. PAT.ILL's friends met at the Crown and Anchor Tznerti. yesterday, and dined together— Mr. PAULL II) the Chair. " The healths of the King, Lords, and Coin irions," were drank, with three times three. Sir FRANCIS brotlieri who attended; (Sir F. BURDETT himself was not present) declare* that he had not consented to take the chair, and that Mr. PAuLL's advertisement had been pub withqui. any communication with him, and that the Honourable Baronet: stood -on his - , own . ground only, Mr. PAULL then said, that he was sure there could be no real difference between 'himself and Sir F. BURDETT—and that there could be nothing but mistake. He declared, that it was his deterqii 7 nation to• support the Constitution. _He said, that the late Ministers had done nothing to overturn the Protestant Establishment in this country, and had , no hesitation to declare, that though it might lose him some votes,, he believed . the cry of—" No Popery'." unfounded: He 'was convinced at the 'same time, that though the late Bill in favotir. the Cathplics had passed,,it would have contributed little to the establishment of tranquillity in Ireland. He adverted to the proceedings of the Westminster Comthittee, and stated, that Mr. WHITBREAD and Others, as witnesses . ; had proved that several PeerS had improperly interfered in the late Eleatiou. He would explain further" on this point when he ap peared on the Hustings at Covent=Garderi. He did not know, he said, a person more worthy' of their chol,ce than Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, and he hoped sorneperson who had waited upbn Sir FR-AN CIS With a view to induce him to be a Candidate for 'Westminster, would explain what had been the result of the conference. A Gentlernau whose name we could not learn, said, that he, along with others, , had. waited on Sir FRANCIS BORDETT ; who observed, that he saw no probability of being of any use to the People in Par liament at present ; but, if they Chose to-eleal him, he would do his duty. 'He also stated, that pre-' vious to this about two thousand people had sub scribed to vote for Sir F. BURDETT. Mr. J. BUR DETT read two letters from his brother, Sir FaAypts, in order to shew that there had been a mistake in Mr. PAULL'S advertisement. TO THE ELECTORS OP WESTMINSTER, ASSEMBLED AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN. " GENTLEMEN—I am exceedingly distressed by the disagreeable, necessity imposed upon me to Con tradiCt thus publicly the implied import of the•two 'advertisements by which, you "are called together this day. They were both inserted without any communication with me; and never, should, have been inserted, if any means had been afforded me of preventing it. As soon as I knew of the first Advertisement, placing me in the Chair, I wrote the following letter to Mr. PAULL."—[The Letter to Mr..P•A'eta; was here read by Mr. BUUDETT]:— . " Wimbledon, April 2g, " DEA:: PAULL—Your Letter this morning occa sioned Me great sUrprise, and, t 6 speak, the truth, soma displeasure. I must say, that to have my time published for meetings (like Such a day is to -be seen!the great, Caterfelto r) without My pre vious consent, or any application to rue, is -a circum r.tioce T :ihOuld really, frorn,any one else, regard 'as an insult. You were' acquainted with my . senti ments add determination' opt to do any thing, even for my own.lile6tion ; and, I should have thought, :must haVe been consequently aware of the impossi bility of my coming forward in any body'i else. I yielded to your desire that I should nominate you, -although I should much, rather avoid even that ; but as I, highly approve your conduEt, I do not ob jed to that one a6t, as a public testimony of such approbation, in case you think it (which I. do not) of any importance ---but to that single aa I must con fine myself, or be exposed to be reproached, and justly, with inc o n s i s te nc y aw l f o lly: I s hall pay the greatest attention to.(::obbett's promikd letter; but rny own mind is quite Made up ; the Country can not be served by taking a part, arid thereby aiding, in the delusion. Yoisr'S, notwithstanding; very sin cerely,: " FRANCIS BURDETT." • " The advertisement of this day is still more-of fensive to me, as. it might, if not thuccontradifted by me, lead many 'persons to. suspect that I had a dissembled wish to be ele&ed into Parliament, not withstanding my public declarations to the contrary. I beg you,. Gentlemen, to accept this explanation from me as an aft of fairness towards you, whilst it is one of aria duty towards myself. With every wish for the happiness and prosperity of the Elec tots of Westminster, I beg leave to subscribe myself " your much obliged and faithful humble Serva;t; " May 1, 1807. - F. BURDETT." Mr. GIBBONS defended himself against imputa tions that had been cast upon hii conduot at the late tletaion, and maintained that he. had abed on principles, at the expence both of his purse and person-. , - , )re affirmed that he had aded from 'interestedDiv views, but solely from conscientious mQtivcs. '• Mr.sGiaaoris was appointed one of a Comthittee to condua Mr. PAULL'S Ele6tion ; and several Re solutions were passed expressive 'of the' opinion of the AsSeMbly, that Mr. PAULL and -Sir F. BUR DEtr were proper persons to represent the City of Westminster in Parliament; alter which the As , seMbly separated. The . fine Fdflc Battalion of the 60th Regiment, coin posed entirely of Germans, will march on.Mun day from'Haslar,. for the Kentish Coast, there to be embarked with the German Legion for the Conti. vent. The Battalions of the German Legion, now in irelabd, - arc daily expeded in this country, to be embarked for the same destination. We are happy to confirm the capture of a valua ble Spanish Register Ship from Acapulco,: by the Phaeton Frigate, commanded by Capt. Woof), a na tive of Sandwich. A letter from an Officer on board Abe Ilhacton states, that the Prize contained a cargo critra: in value to th. , doliars, which were estimated at one million. Capt. WOOD carried his Prize into Macao, where he disposed oilier and the cargo. We understand , he had two of his sons on board the Phaeton'; and we have the'pleasure to learn, that a son of Mr. EDWARD PILLOW, of Canterbury, is also an Officer on board that 'Ship.—(Conterbury, lie-. The J:ma, Franz!, from Africa, is capturcd and carried itito Uartieique;' MEETING CI tkeST. ALI:L.:M.'s TAPTR A'. ,A numerous attendance of Lord C6tenr‘Asm'i il'iendi; ; pursuant to public netice, took place; cst clAy at' the St. 1-4txui's T#eril; ahout*x to When Mr. WreeOcK. (of Golden-Squarej haying taken the Chair, Lord .Cesentvis:E said, he felt it hiS eaat:e, in conse quence of having offered himself a Candidate for ti :e City- of Westminster, e to state his prineiples' to this Ele'Clors. He'ehad done so already; throws!) -medium of the. Public Prints ; girt as some pc: present Might not have attended sufileientlY to t het: statemenf,, lie heped for the indulgence e ef • Meeting, while he should endeavour to me: briefly the grounds on which - had made re rnind to 4a,. if he should have the honour of re ':presenting the first City in the Entire. Os first leading principle was, to support any Measure its Parliamenti.o6*svr might bring it forward, that tended tortornotee the stibstantial interest of Country. He' Wertlif be always ready in the sai'nu manner, to oppose the machihations of party and,t intrigues of.l4oionie elc was 013 thi's ground he gave his vote on anl , i.Aioirant ~ question, brouo - ht liar . ward by the late Ministers, he meant the abstract proposition; the King could do no wrong :" but, that still, as wrong may be done, the King must have responsible advisers. .Though he acknow ledged the principle, .yet he saw inisdhid in its CI feas," if the question were carried on that`cceasion he observed„ that the intention of the party was to 4 Press - fdajes7 on tot a . shier stvd point, with a view of accomplishing a lattiouS purpose.; and not from ,any motive of maintaining the purity of the -Con stitution. Under such circumstances he felt him- _ self called on-to vote_with the ,present AdMinistre- iion, on that single point. It was the only vote he gave du . ring the short titne.'he had 'the ho our of a Seat in Parliament, and he hoped he shouki • never have cause to regret the part he had taken. —He had made up his • mind, after Matur4 considering the subjeB, and upon; ‘cOnviaion - jhat ' - the King had ;Led constitutionally in dismissing Ministers, who had sent in a declaration which made their professions of giving tip the Catholic question extremely. suspicious. His Majesty was justified therefore inrequiring from them a pledge, as a kind of security against their declaration. This was hiS view of, that tranSaaion, and he voted accordinly, Some persons objected that naval Men were not ? tit; from their situations, to hold seats in Ritliansert ; but he was , conviticed that naval men ought to have Seats, because they were more capable than others' of stating the abuses and grievances which might exist in their department. He bad no hesitation to Say; that more important service might be rendered in three hours by a naval man on naval affairs its the • House of Commons . , tln by a person of another calling during a whole SesSion. But he might be asked why he stood for Westminster ? his answer was, that, by representhig . such a city, lie would be more independent. The fad was, that ans ., man coming in for a rotten borough could not feel himself of equal conseqUence u ith a Member for a County or City; a person standing up in The House of Commons, from such a dirty placed. looked like a man rising with a dirty shirt out of what. he could not well mention. He wished therefore not, to put himself into such an un pleasant situation, and- conseqeently took the li berty of soliciting the suffrages of the Eledora of Westminster. From his last observations,' it , may be, easily inferred, that he was a friend to reform in Parliament. He- would state un equivocally, that, in his opinion, all rotten bo roughs ought to be disfranchised e fot'. to Their bane fuhnfinence he attributed the• peculation, corrup tion,-and other evils 'which afflicted the conntre-. He &fired Widely,. however, from Sir FaANcts BuRISETT,. whe.Thought that corruption would ithi mately lead to the regeneration of the Courtry, What ! was corr,npti'on to 'destroy every thing at pre sent, in the hope - that, when it exhausted its means, a new order of things would arise, which must wise up all those blessingi in.praClice which only ceested theoretieally tit present ? Was of opinion, on the contrary, that Theugh the torrent could not be stem med, yet that we may turn it, and thus check, In first instance, if We could not effednallystop, tatien 4nd ruin. The Noble Lord then entered"inte a detail of abuses which existed in the dock-yards nuder . the late Lords . of the Admiralty, and stated griev ances in the Naval Hospitals, which he meant to • bring before Parliament. He had it also in con templation to propoSe a measure, the ohjed'of which should be - to attach responsibility to some person or persons 'whenever ad Officer of the Army might be diSmissedThe e sorvice of his 'MAJESTY without a charge exhibited against him, or, being tried by Iris Military Peers. As his Lordship-was ptocceding-to, enlarge on this ;topic,' a Gentleman (whose name we did not learn) reminded his Lordship, that he would probably have Opportunities enough,: before , the close of the Election, for further detail and ex planation. He recommended, Therefore, that they should , proceed to business. A conversation then ensued between IVir. s ..,l`C,.;a- Tin' and Lord COCHRANE, after which the Chair man proposed the Noble Lord as a fit per Son to re present the City of Westminster in ParliaMent. Mr. RICIIIRDS2N concurred with the Chaistnap„ that his Lordship's independent character entitled him to the support of the Eledors; he begged leave, therefore, to second the Motion. After a few:words froM Mr. SMYTH, Barrister, to the same effed, 'Several Resolutions were put and agreed fa, for tlie`arrangeinent of the canvass and, election. - • - His Lordship then thanked the Electors for their attendance; after which the meeting broke up. The Address which Mr. 'WHITBREAD publiSbed in the London Papers to his late Constituents; and ,which was so very similar,- both in style and sub stance, to that Which was issued by Lord How'icx, was, we presume, the opinion of the Gentleman, only calculated for the meridian of London,- for real Address to the Electors of Bedford does not contain the slightest allusion to politics. We have authority to say that the EleEtio . n'fir the University ofCambridge has been fixed by the Vice Chancellor for Friday, the sib of May, aod not for Thursday the 7th, as some accounts from..Camb:iege have qtvneously stated. PRICE , OF STOCKS AT TWELVF. O'CLOCK. Consols - - - 6jl l Oinniuna pr. rt Ll. Id a st lye crli -ee ,ed ,ed re-