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had been advanced in a' ow weelitt, 'from 'the lowdt , to the highest rank they could purchase: , Though sonic of these Officers had turned out•ornaments to the profession; ever; , person must feel that such a praaice was calculated to discourage deserving Offi cers, and to 'give rihe to an impression that every thing in the army dependedupon money.. Shortly after the Duke of York was appointed Cointuander, in Chief of the Army, and made a regulation, that no Officer should have the rank of. Captainbefore he' had served two years as a subaltern, nor 'attain the rank of a Field Officer under six years serviCe, Though this regulation did not go tar enough; it torreaed a great part of the mischief; but there still remained a great abuse in the exorbitant prices of commissions. His . Majesty, no doubt, had issued orders, that eo more than a regulated price should be taken for all commissions"; but means were foetid to evade this salutary regulation, by men to whom Money was not an object, urged by the activity of self interest and personal ambition ; 'and dishy ex perienced Officers were tempted to quit the service, by a provision equal to what they chuld expect by continuing in it. The most effedual Checks had been :provided by the Commander in Chief, for the abuses that had prevailed in the army ; and of late more had been done for that . purpose than ever:— Until effeaual measures were taken to put a slop to. the pradices of army brokers, every Newspaper was teeming with advertisements` for • the purchase - and sale of commissions. The measures that hail been taken to put down this prat - bee, had been etfedual, and the clauses inserted in the Mutiny Bill would be a sufficient security against its recurrence in tiiture. He had to apologise to the House for having taken up so much of their time, but he could not omit taking the occasion of the motion of the Hon. Gen denim to' state what had been done for the 'army by the Illustrious Personage at the head of it. The high prices of ,corninissions had been done away, and the most effe&ual checks established against any other abuse. From what he had stated, he thought au Address the Most proper mode of - proceeding, and therefore concluded by moving an' 'amendment to that erred. The SPEAKER, after the statement that had - bent made, bad no hesitation to declare, that the motion should be for an Address to his Majesty. Mr. COCHWE JOHNS I'ONE, had no objee 7 tion whatever to shape his Motion in that form. — Be could assure the House and the Country, that - in bringing it forward, he had no Other than a publiC objea. He had never entertained the smallest sus picion, •nor given the least credit to the malicious and unfounded reports which had been in circulation, against the Illustrious Personage at the liead , olvthe army. But he thought it his , duty, as a Representi •tive of the people, to watch over the expenditure of the Public Money,-and he. looked upon -these sums to be Public Money. The Aceount he 'was persuad ed ought to be laid annual, b..liare the House, espe; Cia ly if, as he understood, the sums received amount ed to one million. The motion was then put and agreed to, after a short explanation from the SECRETARY AT War. An Address was also ordered, on the Motion of Mr. COCHRANIV hpilluTONE, for an Account of all Sums received from Officers on half-pay, and. theif coining upon full pay, from the year 1795 to the present time, with the mites, &e as in the torn ruff Motion. AP Address was then voted on the Motion of the SECRETARY at WAR, for a Statement of the'Savin; to the Public, by the employment of Officers ,taken ftom the-half-pay since the year 1795. The A.ldresses were - ordered to be presented . by such Members as were of the Privy Council. Tile folloWing Petitions were presented,, com plaining of undue Eledions, viz. front Latic,ister, ordered to .be considered on the 23d instant from Liverpool,- ordered' for the same day ; from the University of Dublin, ornered,to be tikktli iuW con sideration on the same,day ; and from the County of Renfrew, which was ordered to be taken into,coust tieration on the 24th inst.• • ' FINANCE. Lard HENRY _PETTY, in pursuance of the. no tice he had given, rose to submit, his Motion for leaVe to brine in a . - Bill, to revise the Law's al ready.: in existence for Reducing the. Natioliat Debt.. His Lordship desired the Resolutions of. the list • Session, which he Submitted,,,and the House,theit received, - t() be read by . the Clerk ; which being . done, he obserVed, that by the adoption of these Resolutions, the then Parliament 'recognized not' merely the principle, but the necessity of adopting the Plan these Resolutions contained, and nise quently Converting. that Plan 'into an existing Law, which was the purport of the Bill he should have the honour of presenting, it the Motion which he was about to inake.shoUld be agreed to, and •whicli Bill h e ' would have brought into the last Parliament, but ter the sUdden and unexpecited Dissolution thereof. The Noble Lord then entered into a dis cussion of the Measure, and repeated thoSeobser'va .tions which have been belbre detailed, The Noble lord cmcluded• with inovieg for leave to bring in a Bill pursuant to the Resolutitets agreed to in the last Session. On . the suggestion of the Speaker, how ever, the Noble Lord then moved—" That a Com tnittee be appointed to consider of certain A 615 re lating to the Redemption of the National Debi on ;Tuesday next." • The CHAACELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to apprise the Noble Lord, that he should op pose this . measere when the Resolutions came be . lore the House. This he felt 'it his duty to .do from • Consistency; for 'the House would recolkt, that be had opposed, in the last Session, the Resolutions on which the Noble Lora had founded the Bill in troducecl at that time he must, therefore, con tinue his opposition in this Seri on to • the . same measure, if the Noble Lord meant to bring it forward. . • •P After a few words from Husxl3sot4 relative to the Ads of Parliament which governed the sub ! , left, the Motion was agreed to. The SECRETARY at Waft presented the usual Pe tition from the Veterinary College; which was or , dared to lieo• n the table. • AMERICAN TI(M)E INDEMNITY BIL40:0% Mr. ROSE moved the Order of the Darforgay -ing into a Cernenittee on the Bill for Indemnifying. his Majesty's Ministers for authorising the.continu • . 4nce of the trade with America; on the stunt footing as it was fixed by the late Act of Parliament, after the expiration of that. Mr. Rose detailcd . the circumstances mulct' which the trade with Amerio L 0 N D 0 .N THURSDAY, ,JULY 9, 1807. This morning a Gottenturgh nail arrived, but the only in►elligence of any importance which it brings is, that the King of SWEDEN has given notice to the French General that the Armistice is at an end. —The Prussian Troops under General BLUCHER, which were in the Island of Rugen, have been landed in Tomerania, and as the first division of the Expedition from this Country must have arrived at Stralsund some time ago,iit is probable that hosti lities have recommenced before this 'time, unless the recent • events which have happened in East ,Prussia should have induced his Swedish Majesty to St iter his determination. It is stated in some of the Public Prints of thii morning, that a Messenger was y ester d ay di spatc h e d frOm the - Admiralty, with order's for the recal of the Expedition. This statement, We are enabled posi tively to assert, is wholly : unfounded ; no such or ders have been sent. So far' from the recalling that par't• of the Expedition which has' sailed, , we have strong reason tobelieVe that the third division of it will sail. this day. If the whole of it had . Sailed three monthi ago, we are persuaded we should not now have . to lament the disasters which have re cently happened on the Continent. The present Ministers cannon however, he accused of any delay, hecatise, from the moment they came into office, they began to make preparations kir affording our Allies effeaual assistance. No Messenger has yet arrived from Lord HUTCHINSON, nor have Government received any official Intelligence from the seat of war. Ws received the ibllowing Letter this morning, froni . a very respe6table Correspondent rat pear: "The Captain of a Vessel (a , Smuggler) who left Dunkirk at i 2 o'clock at noon yesterday (Tuesday) positively declares, that the colours'were hoisted on the aura steeples of that place, and likewise upon Long Tommy, as it is called, being the highest, flag staff on the Batteries, and that there was to be a ge twig IlluminatiOn at night , 'in consequenpe' of n PEACE HAVING fiEIN CONCLUDED betwee n F rance , Prussia, and Russia, and that Preliminaries had b&en adually signed on the 26th : of last month. The . • • Captain- of anOth2r Vessel (a Stungglet also)', whO left Calais at twelve o'clock last night, solemnly de clares that he saw the city moAt timed ; .and that he was a witness to the universal joy - which pervaded all ranks of people in conse- . ittence of the, above intelligence, which came ex press from Paris on ,Monday evening, and !hat he saw the Messenger surrounded by vast multitudes huzzaing as he passed along the street. The report at Calais was, that the Allied Powers had beet) dreadfully routed in the late Battle, and were, in 'consequence, 'compelled to submit to NAPOLEOk'S propositions." We give the foregoing intelligenbe as we received it. • The account of the rejoicings is doubtless true but they TIN* probably refer to the Armistice, raw ther tkan to ;any preliminary Ti'eaty of Peace ; 'though it slionld be observed, indeed, that the Armistice, must have taken place 'several days be te/re the 26th ult . . When, according to this account, the Preliminaries were signed. Yesterday., about twelve o'clock, His Majesty ar rived at the Queen's Palace-, from Windsor. • ,At two o'clock Hts MAJESTY held a Private Le vee, which was attended by. The Archbishop of Cioiterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the• Exchequer, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the First . Lnrd at the Admiralty, the. Lord Chamberlain, the Dean of Bristol, the Recyrder of London,' the Duke of ;ton. tr:.se; Earls A yies!'ord, isthurst,Winchelsea, and Hadding. ton; Lords llealiticitt and Rivers • Colonels Vereker and Bagwell ; Messrs. Vernon and Neville. • The following had the honour of being presenteti to ,His M.OESTY, and kissing his hand upon their appointthents)— • Vereker, upon his bring appointed a Lord of the Treasury in Ireland. Mr.. Neville, upon his being appointed a Teller. of the E. chequer in Ireland. COlonel Bagwell, upon his being appointed Joint Muster- MaArer . to His Majesty's ArMies :tad thrrisons in Ireland: • The Earl or Iladclingion, upon his being appointed Lord Lieutenant of the County of Haddington. The Dean of Bristol presented to His MAJESTY 'R Copy of his Serinop, preached before th e l a t e Con . 7 : vocation of the . Clergy. • • His MAJESTY held a Council, at which the Re corder:Of London attended, and made his . repoit of the coavias•capitally'convici ed at the two laiit Old Bailey Sessions; when. his Majesty was pleased to respite them all, upon their being transported lot' • different periods. .• His MAJBSTY gave audiences to - the Duke of PORTLAND, Lords MULGRAVE and HAwKES.BukY, Messrs. I'Lacnvm. and CANNING., • About five o'clock his MAJESTY set off on his re turn to Wiudsiir. Tat DocuP..is OF 13surniWICK.—We stated on TueSday the arrival of her Royal Highness at.Graves end : previous to her .Itinding, at about •half past eight,o'ctock on Tuesday 'morning, the Princess - of NVAccs arrived - from The interview tw,..eo the Royal Personages on board the Ship lasted upwar,!s of iwia-lunira. At length, esanly at eleven o'clock, the standard was struck, and removed to the barge, in whiCh the Princess sat on the left of her mother. 'Repeated discharges 'of cannon on all sides. took place during her approach to the shore. Capt..OWEN had previously rowed ashore to receive • her Royal, Highness. Upon the platform, the Mayor and Town Clerk advanced towards her, when the Town Clerk read the followin g Add ress :. 44 We, His Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjes, the MaYni. I ou's. awl Conn - non Councillors of the Corporation of Gravesend arid Minot*, most liuMbly beg leave to otter our congratulations Upon vour Royal Highness's sate return to the dominions of our7bel..vedf Sovereign. •' Called upon, at the staiden, to express our feeling's, we are little able to do justice to them,. but-they are not the less sincere. WC entreat your Royal Ilighneks to believe that His Majesty has not any Subjeds who more fervently wish a con. ttnuance of that h.►ppinesa, which must, upon this occasion, be mutually lelt by your Royal Highness and the excellent Princess your daughter." The Princes eurtisied "lowly, at the concluding sentence. The DUchess was, throughout, very .sen. sibly * atfeaed, rind, notwithstanding h e r tears and . agitation; rt.:plied in the following impressive terms : " Von will easily believe, Sir, that my feelings are too gin!, on this .occasion: , to express them as I could wish : I heartily thank you all. ' The effe& upen the surrounding beholders was very 'cOnsiderable, and many of them shed tears. She then proceeded to her carriage, in which the Princess %% as ready to receive her ; and-a copy of ,the Address having been delivered to her, the whole party immediately drove off fur Blackheath. His MAJEATY visited his Royal Sister, the Duchess of BRUNSWICK, to-day, at the Princess of Vs'Auts's house at Blackheath. Yesterday her Royal Highness the Prin c e ss Cnl,n-. torn 'ofWALES, accompanied by:Lady. Du C. 61?!. roan, (her Goveroess).paid her respe6ts•to her Roy al Mother, and xvak introduced to the venerable Du chess of Bausiswictt, (her Grandmother) at Black heath: Their Royal Highnesses and a select party af terwards dined with .the Princess of WALES. The Midsummer Dividends due at the Bank are now paying. Mrs. DICKONR, Mr. and Mrs. VAIJOHAN, Goss and BARTI.EMAN, are engaged as the l'rincipal Sing ers for the ensuing Musical Festivals at Hull and Boston. A Mr.. TALENTS Iris been ele6led Clerk to the Commissioners Of Land and AsSested Taxes fir the division of Newark, Sce. We know not whether this Gentleman belongs to the family of " the Talivris," but hope he willhave discretion enough to keep his place. ~.„ COftN•EXCHAIGE, JUNE g.--There is a tolerable stipply , ot Wheat . to-day, prime 6aroples AI the quoted prices, and inferior somewhat cheaper; • the supply or Barley is short, at about 2s. per quarter dearer ; Malt likewise ; White Pease are in great 'de mand, and it here would be much dearer ; Grey are higher ; 'Beans also ; tliere are further artivats rat foreign Oats and prime samples are quoted rather dearer; Flour without variation. WitrAt Pun. ditto . 43s w 62s a 74, ad I Beans fold) 4 a sas od 764 4 a , t 'riLk ditto (do.) 3/N a 4;s od 31,6 43% a.! °Art. 22 26rt a 3 . 13-s Pol.:nd ditto 320, a 33s 0,1 • 622 a 61'Sssi Rape Sted - 451 a ISI —s a-- s 0.1 Fine Hoot - 60, -3; 6ss. 43* a ;3. od Seconds scs sss Gos irley . Nbut (;(Hy ditto - COTTIN.R I URG4 MA !L. RVTRACT OF A LET rER FROM GO TENMIGH, DAT*ED" JUNE 2(. Inclosed I send you an account which the Cap tain of a Shp, who 'has arrived at Carisham; hat brought, relative to the defeat of the Russian .A. , :tny, and the taking of Konigsburgh, by the French'. From Malmoe we hear, that the KING of SWEDE has declared the Armistice at .an end, and that this took place on the 13th instant. The un dersigned C.iptain; whO arrived yesterday froM lan, with • the Aurora Sehooper, having on board a cargo of oats, -which •was destined for Pillau, foi• Royal Prussian account, states, that on the 14th of June he hailed the Royal Swedish Frigate stationed °lrate above Port, which gave him leave to enter Pil lau, where he heard a violent cannonade, and saw that the suburbs of konigsburgh were on fire. Having gone on shore at Pillau, lie was informed, by Mr. Mks, Royal Commissary at War, on the 15th, in the morn ing, that the day before a severe ba tt le had ,een fought, in which the Russians were defeated. 'Several ft milies arrived, in the course of the day, a: Pll.l - , , to take shipping, and thellbove Swedish Ship of. War left the station in the afternoon, in company with 30 to 40 Vessels laden with oats. He left the Port, and brought up in the Roads. 'lnc 10th of June, the weather being thick and hazy, he heard a violent cannonade at south-east, and before he le . ft the Road of Polau Capt. Quws arrived from Konigsburgh with •a Sloop of Wm', and stated, that a strong column of troops was march ing against Pillao, and 'fired on his Ship about a German mile from that He added, &it as soon as the : French had occupied korn4sburgh, the Russian and Prussian, troops left their e.f trenchments, near Braun burgh, as a column of fifteen hundred men 'clireae;..l its March against them. Mr. MANS having direatea idol to atteni to the utety of his Ship, he set sail and put lino Carl sham ; being at sea, he learned from 1 , 4 r. ,7 :1 of Pillau, that before he had fled from them the French .bad arrived at tiebau. " Tht Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Vos ENGEL.. IIIICCI:TEN, left Konisbnrgh on buard an En.,3-ish Frigate." BULLETIN. STRALSUND, JUNE 19. 7 .--A Violent' storm having for several days prevented the arrival of the Prussian troops from the Isle . oi Rugen, they cross&i over with the first favourable ,wend and weather, and have ~11 reached their cantonments in Pomerania. Yesterday an] to-day his Majesty reviewed.seve— ral Prussian regiMents, on which Occasion he admo- Lished them to tight with an4l valour for their King and Country. The troops answered with the universal acclamation, " Long live the Kingot SWe.- den !" and his Majesty exclaitned, " Long live the King of Prussia!" in which he was' joined by the troops of that Monal-cii. HENRY PIERREPOINT,ESq, his Britannic Majesty's Envoy, Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, had yesterday at five , o'clock •in the afternoon, his fixed audience of his Swedish Majesty.—(From the Gottenturgh Gazette of June 26th.) . STOCKHOLM, Jutm - u:—Her Majesty the QUEEN was yesterday, at two o'clock in the.afternoon, safe ly delivered of a Princess, and is as well as aril be I,expeated.. • PLyMbUTH, JULY MS Majesty's Sloop. Savage, of i 8 guns, from the Downs. Ar rived also the Danish Brig Proviaenct, j4cos TEBSON Master, from Dram, for this Port, wits► timber. . • Sailed the tndeavour Armed ,Brig ,with' a convoy for Wales. Arrived his Majesty's Ship Brilliant, of 32 guns, from a cruize, and went up Harb our ; also Ws Ma.; jesty's Sloop Plover, of 18 guns, from a ernize.— Arrived the Pappenbnrgh Brig Alexandrina, J. FL LANGE Master, from London. PoaTotouTit, JuLY 8.--Yesterday arrived • , the,, Flying Fish, with coals, 'from Sunderland ; and this day the Otter, Copt. .13,,vir, from .the Nine. Sailed.the ./Eubts Frigate, C.ipt. Lord FITZROY, for Cork, and Lc, Decade Frigat e , Cap t . S TU A Ft r: for the Westward ; also ttie Boyd, LAUGUTON, for Ja maica. • . The Aftdp'omene American Ship which upset and filled in this Harbour, was this day , righteued out snstainini any congiderable damage, except juring several bags of cuttee V. hich were stowed in the cabin. • DEAL, JULY 8.-41 is Majesty's Trtinsport Supply catuo in this inornitt,..;fr.,in tae westward, and .aiksi ' main to the northward. with His . . Miajesty's Snip 7rtisty and Phosphroas Fire.ressel. His .Majesty's Sinop-Otter and .Bbitgthound Gun-brig saltvt.l last 1 night to th westward. Irc the DUsvris.—Princess of ocinge and Allred Ships ; Musquito Stoup; Zcbr,3 JEKI Fur) ifritubs, 41.14 LXCttiutl Gun-brig and several Sail or T raosporrs. SHRERNESS, JULY 7.—Sailed the Piercer Gun. brig, Lieut. SIDRELL, with convoy for T onn i ngen. Came out (At Dock ihe Juno Frigate, and the Idyll , was taken in. Arrived the Eliza Tender from Shield,i, with Vo lunteefs and Inipre , ,sed , Mn'e for the Fleet. This morning dirk], at' his house in Charlotte. street, Portland-place, Noel. DesttNPANS, Etiq. a Gentleinan of great telents and knowledgQ, a liberal nod enlightened jodge of the Arts, and of the moot aln - Ab!e charaavr in vriv4t.. lite. • WO been-carried nn ever since the Acknowledgiven 4 t of the Independence of the United States. The - Act of Parliament authorising and regulating that ti a : le bud expired since, the late Dissolution, and l he-- tame necessary, in the present delicate '-‘tic'eno,ioils with the United States; for his Majesty togist.di reCtions that it should be catried on as usual, till Parliament could be called . upon to pass another Bill. It was for this exercise of •discretionary - power that the present Bill of Indemnity was asked of the Flame, Lord HOWICK finding tht this stajed did not engage the attention of the House in the degree in which he thought it should 'do, and that the rity of the House thought differently from him as' to the lat Dissolution, would not trouble the House further than *to record his protest. Bills of Indein nity were tobejustified only by . th 6 Most inevitable necessity. The necessity in this case, was brought on by the wilful a6l of Government in dissolving the Parliament. . - 711 i! CHAACE,LLOR.of the EXCHEQUER de fended the condo& of Govertunent in cotniumng the trade on its former footing, on the ground that it would be highly improper to discontinttelt in tyre present circumstances of theNegotiatiou with Ame rica. After a few words from Sir A. PIGOTT and Mr. BRAND, the, Bill went through a Committee, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to morrow. Mr. Husk issou presented the Report of the - Royal ollegeofPitysicialli on Vaccine Inoculation. __ HOBIIOIISR brought up the Report of the Re version Bill, which vas agree I to, with an amem= mem proposed by Lord HENRY' PETTY, for prevent, Professorships in the Scotch UMVersifies from being granted in reversion, no Prolessqrships log granted in reversion in the British Universities, and it being most likely that the ablest successor would be appointed when 'the vacancy should be complete. The Bill is to be read a third time to morrow. The Smuggling Prevention Bill went through Committee. The Depokt was reoeived, ordered to be printed, and to bz re-considered on Monday .se'nnight. The Parish Apprentice Bill went through a.Com mil tee ; the Repoli to be received to-morrow. Also the Irish Glebe House Bill. The Kilmainhaiii . Hospital Bill and Sir John Stuart's Annuity Bill, were read a third .time and passed. • , A Petition was presented. from Sir James Cock burn, President of the Philanthropic Annuity So-. ciety,' praying leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the Recovery of Debts due, to ,the Society. Mr. HOBl-10I:SE brought in Bills for raising 3,000;0001. and ,500,0001. on Exchequer Bills. Read a first time, fu be read , a second time to morrow. the Motion. of Mr.:non:wt./sa, Committee was appointed to. prepare. Estill - iles of the Expences of the .Pay, Clothing-, and Allow:.inCes Of the Mi litia of Great Britain and Ireland.--Adjourned. MA I LS. ' Rnivzv—t Cottenburgh, i %Valet ford. Dutt--2 Cotten. burgh, I Lis , .00, A Toliningen, i publin, i Waterford. . I PRICE OF STOCKS '' - . THIS.,DA Y .:.A t TWIILV L ,Wcilesic. & Consols . 62,1 i ex. div. i Oinnium - - - 3 pr. THE SUN. SOLILM QUIS DICISAR ?ALIUM AUDtAT f