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row, after the. Irish - business (the Budget) teas finiAied ; and the Witnesses and Mr. Alcock were ii..!cordint.l!y ordered to attend. OFFICES, PLACES, &c. • Mr. „BA NKES rose, pursuant to notice, to move his Resolution against the granting of Offices, Places. or Employments in reversion. Though this was a -• ssubjeet of the greatest importance, ,yetlse-did not s conceive that there was any necessity - for detainiug • the House by any long preface, as be Was not aware that therecould be any obje&ion to the Motion. It . :. did not rest solely on his personal authority, but • • 'carne recommended by the Committee . on Offices lately appointed by the House, of which he was Chairman. In the first part of their inquiry it struck them, that the granting of. Offices in rever sion required reform. This pradiee had not for some • time been so much abused as formerlyin this coun try ;, but with respect to Ireland, he believed the case was different. It -was, he apprehended, in every point of view proper to..restrairr this prac tice ; and therefore he Concluded by moving aßeso -lution—" That no Offiee, - Place, or Employthent,, in any part of his IVlajesty's dominions, ought to be granted in reversion." . YORK.k; gave every possible, credit .to the motives of his Hon. Friend, and of the Committee, and yet he felt a good s deal Of difficulty in assenting to this Motion. 'The doubt in - his mind was, whe ther the ancient and accustomed practice ought to be altered when, as'stated by his lion. Friend him= soll, it had of late been but little abused. It was a favoorite, maxim with him not to change established Usages unless he saw some strong reason-for it. This ()Taming of Offices in reversion had been a power in t ' le hands of the crown for the purpose of reward in .services; and hitherto it had; in fact, been a saving to, the Public; for unlesS these Offices could • bP given in this manner, services, if they were re , wardedat all, must be rewarded by a grant,, and a _double burthen must thus be laid upon She Public. The objeft of this,Mation, as had.been stated, was 'undoubtedly of the greatest importance;,and yet the House was called upon to decide . uprin it at once. .The notice had only been given yesterday, and given in such a manner, that until he came dosyn this day he did not exadly know the purpbrt'd it. He , toped;therefore, that .the HOtisesosOsitleast take - more time to consider of it. lithe Motion had been - for leave to brims in - asßill, fib would have had no eiiedion.to it, because he could . then have stated jiffs objethous in the different 'sta e ges, provided he thodght it was liable to-objectio% A v. as, the Mos lion was for a Resolution,.he ;vas inchiiect to dissent. from it ; for even though it shoUld be followed by 31 Bill, those - ar Duinb against that Bill; Would be under an evident disadvantage when suche Re solution as this - stood on . the Journals. He hoped, therefore, the Motion would :be postponed ; if not, he would be under the necessity' of giving it his pegative. Lard •./Ks"WICK declared the - .Motion had .his most cordial support, and he had heard no obje,etions that induced ,him in the least to think that it ought • to be postponed. As to the notice, it was perfedly sufficient, having been given in 'a frill attendance of the I - louse ; and besides, it was marked by an ob servation of hiS, which he now repeated, that no OGices , bad, by the presept Administration, been granted in reversion. But this, however, he :must in some degree explain, in order to meet a sort of ff contradiai,n which had been attempted to be given ' 1,0 this observation. He had not been aware at the time he made 'the statement that one or . two Law. Offices of the Court. of Chancery - had been'granted in this meaner. This, howeaer,, he apprehended did not apply to the present motion, as he should think that the Honourable • Gsentlemao meant to con fine it to the offices held immediately by . gtant from the Crown. The fad was, that the • Lord Chan cellos.- had obtained from his Majesty permission to grant the offices in question to the person. who held the lucrative situation• of his Clerk . during his 'ex . teruiive practice at the Bar, in order to make some provision for, him, and to compensate his loss, in esnseqUenee of the advancement dfhhis employer to , the Chancellorship. But with regard to the great the Ministry had made it a rul* to grant none in reversion, and it is well known they had it in their power to grant a Tellership. Then is to the propriety of the Motion, however old any prac t;ce might be, he thought it waqmproper to con foots it it it was liable top-osS . rabti - Ses As to the inutility of these reversionary grants, he had always found a general- concurrence of opinion.. He would not enter upon the arguments to prove that Motility a; present, but reserve them till the . Bill came for ward. The Right Honourable' Gentleman (Mr. '!i'ork,e) said, 'that. if these o reversions were taken iway, a double burthen would be imposed on the rewarding services. He must surely have . Linked very slightly into the, matter; •for it is well • known that the reversions came to persons at an age when :they-could have-performed no 'services; ti o s 6st:sequence was, that though meritorious per,orti remained to be provided for, these offices, • though they dropped, could not, be had for that purpose, and thus the ; Public was- indeed saddled' with a double burthen: 'TherefOre, on his own ground, , of rewarding services, and preventing' . a double burthen to the Public, the present Mo . tion ought to •be supported. The Right Ho • nodrable Gentleman then objeded to the Mode Of bringing, forward this subjett. He would have bad - no .objeaion to, a Motion 'for leave to bring in Bill, but he disapproved of . a Reselution. As he (Lord Ilowick) apsroved of-the measure itself; so it appro;itei - of the Mede; because, if it was fit to eiiteitain the proceeding at all, it Nvas fit that grants in- reversion should be restraited in the'-ihterim ; for none, would venture. to propose such algrarit, with this P,esolut* on the Journals, fiouse.bad filly considered 'the subjeet, . - Whlither any ex • seaordinaiy, abuses had been committed of late, M the grantu of reversions, he could fiqt, from his own koousiedge, positively say; but he certainly un derstood, that at no very - remote -period the pradice • bad beets ca rried to a coti4iderable extent in Ireland. • Fle expressed his full approbaiion,octhe Motion, Only ooServing in addition,. ilfitHid --- seisfied . it had gone a little, farther,. and .declared it iisi'proper not only to, grant efbees in reversion, .but alsd to • grant of ices for hie, that wire .114:14 aptirig plc asure. • -r : PLLI.:IIEU ((,1 Hertfofd) . tiecialcd that th e Motion 'hail his most hearty aaseisi; and' he only trishc:ci - mt it had paised 30, 40, or too vviirs ago. • ilk expr,2sse(t2 his opinion ;that the Aduliniitation :Ole believed they were - stilkin Offke) bad '44 Ivitfi ft degree of disinterestedness, and a' rbrd to , public economy, which was hi lily prilieworthy, anti, to that they had his* most - ardent tha'n'ks. •He ht ird -a report that the new Government ,Avere . endeavour- ing to procure for an Honourable and Learned Gen tleman (Mr. 'Percival perhaps), for life, an office connected with the Duchy of Lancaster, now held during pleasure, with a view to induce hint to accept nfanother place during, pleasure. fle.really thought that this, was extremely improper, for every. Gentle man, when an office during pleasure ,w as offered him; bad the choice to accept it or not. But at all events, he protested against this praaice of clueing persons to accept of offices during pleasure, by the grant of other offices foe life. , . , Sir .TORN NE wPORT rose merely . , for the pur, pose of stating, that if this Resohnion had passed two years ago, the HoUSe would 'not have stood in the situation in -which it waS now placed with respect} to the regulating of certain 'Offices in Ireland, in; stead of abolishing them. He mentioned, an office in Ireland which had dropped twice during that period, and, which could not be got at, as it was still in the possession' of some one under a never= Aionarygrant. • .; . . . 11 in) . Mi. JOHNSTONE approved of the Motion, which was pertealy consistent withthe principles on which his Honourable Friend (Mr. Bankes) had al . - ways aded, and he thought it was a happy omen of what we might expeet from - the exertions of the' Committee of which he was Chairman. -As to what bad been said concerni n g 'th e L ear ned Gentleman, a Member of this House, he thought that he ought not to have been alluded to in the manner be had been, upon such vagueauthority as common rumour. Ever,' one who, kneW that Learned -Gentlemati:wonld be 'satisfied that he would do nothing inconsistent vita hispublic duty. He was happy to find,. .however, that those approved most of the present Moti on whom the Public considered as loaded with 'offices - and places. 'He wished that this Motion had passed 40 years ago, and then one family would not haVe• at this time engrossed places to the amount of 60,0001. annnally. But however eager they might have been 'for places, he was glad that at last they had changed thefr tone. Mr. PLUMED, in explanation, observed, that what he stated respeCting a Learned 'Gentleman did nOt rest entirely on vague rumour, as he had same intimat ion• of itfrotia a Gentleman near hith (we be lieve Mr. Huskisson), although he did, not pretend to say that it had'been stated to him as a matter of certainty. If the rumour was false, however, What he said could do no harm; if true; it might do some gOod. 'When the Hon. Gebtleman talked of one family engrossing a deal of the public money, he supposed he could not allude to him, as he was not of a family of this description (a laugh). Lora HENRY PETTY, though he approved of the present Motion, rose,, not so much for the pur pose of expressing that approbation, as' with a view to apologize 'to the House for, not having brought forward the subjeet himself. .He entertain- ed the same opinion with the Committee some time ago, and intended to havynade. a similar Motion, and, for that purpose, bad moved for an accOinit, of the offices granted in reversion, wl:ieh v. as now on the table. He had, he believed, co no notice -of his intention, bUt he had only not p:9ijosed the')liill • before, as he bad not been aware of any immediate necessity for it. He had a , surances on the subjed, and in favour of his view of it, from the Noble Per son at the head of atElirs in Ire laird, -and froin the Noble Lord here, too, to whOrn the Honourable Gentleman.opriosite (Mr Dohnsione) had alluded._ He had with singular propriety adverted to that Nib ble Lbrd in the language of reproach on that day, when it was well known that he had. poWer to g ran t a considerable office in , reversion, and yet that the only use be made of it was to abstain from e xer .: cising a privilege which had been` used by every, one who preceded him. That Noble Lord had already laid down in pradice what it was now propOsed to lay down in theory, and therefore the Honourable Gentleman's allusion was 'peculiarly well timed,-- When he approved Of the Resolutions now- moved, he ought to recolletl that Lord Grenville had already acted upon the principle. • It was not, therefore, by those who followed the practice .of granting °tikes , in reversion that the Resolution was loudly ,approv ed of, notwithstanding the Honourable Gentlemin's insinuation, but b those who abstained. from it. ' Mr. MARTIN expressed his approbation of the Re solution, and gave notice that to-morrow he Would Move for an burnble,Address to his Majesty,.that of fices riot at present held for life, should be held only . during his-pleasure; , • :General GASCOYNE disapproved Of the britiging forward this Resolution at present; because he thought it looked very suspicious, and had the, ap-,. pearance of being intended to restrid the ne.W.'Go vernment. s ln the absence- of all.those,. ac cording to report, w ere t o .h ave a share in thatiGo 7 vernment, it was not properto pressit.. N9,Aptice. had been given of it that must necessari*lave reached them. At all events, though it should PasS atpresent, that must:not be considered as a pledge to support the Mr. HORNER, in reply to the insinuation ; ' that this measure - was intended to restrict the new, Ad ministration, stated that it was one of the first:sub jeds that laid- under the cOnsideration of the Com mittee, and there was on e Gentleman, w h o , it. was ,said, was to form oneof the new Ministers,' had perfealy concurred in We propriety of such a Reso- . lotion as this. He thought - the Honourable -Gene ran remarks rather extraordinary, as he was 'sure that neither the. Committee nor his Honourable Friend .deserved the insinuation s thr own ou t ag ai nst I them., . . General GASCOYNE denied having insinuated any! thing against the Committee or Chairman. Mr. SHERID4N. agreed. that .the Honourable General had cast no insinuation on the Comtnitige or On the Chairman, - but maintained he hadqhrown opt a very gross one against -the new Government. Could those who were coming in, in defence of the. Prerogative of the Crown, as was stated—rwho,were coming in on the purest and most ciisintere.attrd mo-' Lives, forsooth—who were to proteia.. the Crov.in: against the force and violence which had .been - al ledged—could they propose-to establish their,antho rity by buying and selling places for lif(-.! This : was" surely 'a curious insinuation coining from a:per , :r,n who seemed disposed to support the new stration. With Tegarcijo thefatmly offices alluded to, by an Honourable Gentleman, these, - he ought to . ilavo recolletied, were for. geryces . done. • Bilt It was quite nnother thing to buy the entrance of men into office by the grant Of places for life. This was a deplorable speeimep of the support which it was ,inteneci to giye to the new Government. He hoped the Gentleman would be enabled to give a better support when his friends a(qually came into office: • General GASCOI'NE said that he had been so to tally in4repreAented ; that he believed •the Right fiononrable Gentleman could not have understood HUSKlsSON,observed, that the charar of his Hon.-Friend (Mr. Bankes) was of itself suf ficient evidence that this was no party measure. He would remind the, Gentlemen on the other side of the first Bill introduced by the present Administra tion, which went to vest an Office in a persbn hold ing another incompatible with it. ,This ought 'to prevent theth frPm taking so much credit to them selves, and from expressing so much hostility to the' granting an Office for life to induce a person to ac cent another during pleasnre. However, on that point he knew nothing, except from rumour.' He knew only by report .of the arrangements which;. perhaps, were not fully. completed, and which had not as yet been submitted to the highest quarter, nor received the final sanetion. Of course he could say nothing on that head that could be of sufficient foun-• dation for observation or argument. -•- Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that without giv ing any opinion upon the Merits of the case (that of i.Lord Grenville) referred to by the : Hon : Gentleman (\r johnstone),.he had no hesitation,in asserting,' that there was a material ditreketiee between that case and the one more parfictilarly alluded td in the course of this debate : for in the one, the objet was' to enable a man to hold an Office which was con . - ferred upon him - for life, in conjunction 'with one- to which he was appointed during' 'pleasure, 'and,. for that purpose the sanation of Parliament was applied for, and obtained ; while in the other the proposi tion was; that an Office •-heretofore keld during plea.... - sin - esti - mild be conferred for life, and that COO at the mere will of the Crown, in order, as rumour`stated; to induce a' man to accept another Office,during pleasure. With regard to the Noble Family al luded to by the Honourable Qentle'rnan on 'the other side as balding places of.cohsiderable'profit, did the' Hononiable • Gentleman mean Co assert, that the' holding places of profit bypublie Omen "was incon sistent with the purity of public cliaraeldr . ? . if the Hon. Gentleman did Mean that, such a: sentiment' must be heard xvith peculiar surprise from i sua a - quarter, after the panegyric which •the Hon: Gen .!-• tleman had thought proper to prondunce upon the. 'public spirit and patriotism of his Right Honour tbl Friend—(we understood the alhision to . Mr.' Percig' val) : for that Hon. Gentleman must knovj, that :AY place of the very highest' profit in the country Oa. granted in.reverSion to a person of the. name of Per cival ; :and again in rever i sion to another person of the same , narne:' The Hon. 'Gentleman fexpres . sed his heart felt approbatiOn of the measure which the 1, ?Motion before the HOnse had inView . ; and in can- l• enfrence with the" Hon. Member his regret that such, a measure had not been introduced 40 years ago. in r alluding to ihe Hon. Mover, hecould not help ex. I pressing his surprisethat-any man .who had the leasll opportunity of appreciating the charaater of that Hon. Gentleman could suppo - Se him capable of binding himself to the purposes of any' party. The House indeed. must have heard with astonishment the im putation which an Hon: Gentleman oti - the other 4 side had thought proper to throw out. , The Hon. , Member' concluded with declaring his cordial con currence in the Motion beiore ,ilie House, against whiCh he had not heard a single argument ; and his. 1 anxious wish for the succ.ess,of the Motion of which his Honourable Fiend behind him had given notice for to-Morrow. Mr. RusKissoiv in explanation stated, that he did not mean 'to . assert a cotnplete'anafegy betweeti: the ease of the•Nob!e Lord alluded to :(Lord vine), and thdt which appeared to be so much 4; e view in the present discussion,.,' He merely meant to infer from the former case, that in the contetrij'l plation of ministerial arrangements, 'the'natdre of aw office might be changed by conne&ing it with one s with which it was previou'ly deemed -altogether in compatible. To be sure in one case the change ,evald be affeeted only by the sanetion'of Parliament, whereas in the other it was suite subject to the will of the King. Mr. PARNELL thought that it behov,ed the HO,use to take 'peculiar care upon a question of this nature.. For, understanding that a certain Noble Lord (Lord Castlereagh, as we understood) was iikely "to hold a leading situation in that House, whOse condutf in Ireland could not escape his 'recolleCtion, - he was fully convinced of the necessity of vigilant precaution. He (Mr. Parnell) had the honourot7a seat in theliouse of cornmons in Ireland during the discussions upUif the sub . vet of Union, and be4emenibered ,that tile first ,Sessions that-measure tvas proposed, , two fa milies of some Parliamentary influence stood neuter. But in the following Session, under this NobJe Lord's management of reversions, theSe two faMilies were brought- into action, and by such means the Union was' voted by a small majority. A son of one ofthesefatuilies was, to his ownknowledge, secured in the 'reversion of the Clerkship of the Pelts in Ireland,' • and to a son of the other family tie , imagined that a ' reversionof a • More serious nature was prOtifised for the first Bishopric that became vacant was.asisign-, ed to him. With these faCts iu his recolleation, and with the prospeCt now before the HOUse, he th oug hC that everyprnareable,guard against cbrruptiorioligith: to be immediately established ; 'Mr.' JOHNSTONE disclaimed any .intention to assert any . ihtn„cr so absurd, as th a t t h e h o lding,of a"' public place of profit vas incompatible 'With 'the' rJty, of public charaCter. •He only meant , - to--say, that it ad - bided him great satisfa(tion, to heal:. a Birp-: tiOn thig - tiature "sci applauded by men who -werellemselves loaded with ge; - Much' of - the money. It-was a good omen; atilt he-hoped it would* .not prove ,dettlsive. , 7 • The,Resolution was put, and the Ayes were loud and'uniVers - a1:-whe'n put in the . ne , tative we could ` . .hear Only two Noes.. t• X 4eave was.giv.cp:,..without a xliKsentielit voice, for a Bill, founded on this Resolution. The BAN Ls), ,Mr. hot IsZix, and_ • Mr. STCHlGEq'&tYliiii, were appointed to prepare and bring in the.sa.me: . • SirsJutiN NEwroßT•obtained leave to iNing-in Bills fur the following purposeS for Alteriug and Aniend irig the Aa. of list "with respeta"to tliy 1h flrmaries or Prelan&—for Authorising the jUdges of I the King's Bench, Exchequer, and Cot - ninon Pleas in Ireland, to appoint Commissioners.to take Affida vits in their absence—for Regulating the Collection of the Duty upon certain Articles of Excise—for Al tering and Amending the Aar of last Session with regard tb - tbe' Duty upon Spirits—for Altering and' Amer an At of the Irish .Parliament relative to the colledion.of the 'Duty on Malt and th.Fßegii latidb-Of the Trade of Maltsters—for Regulating the Granliftef Liieences for the Sale of Spirits—for the Regliiatiuirrwildibeiter Colledion of -the ,Duty,upoa Tobacco -,imported—for the Regulation . and better Collection of the Duties upon Tobacco manufactured in Irelantl,--for better Regulating the Issue of Per mits and Certificates; and the,more effedual Pre vention of Frauds upon the Revenue—for Regulating and better ColleEting the DutieS upon Gold and Sil- Ver.Phiti Vtirought and manufit&ured in: Ireland. The third reading of the Sicilian Prize Bill was potp9riepill . to-.morrow, when the Ju0.0.. ADVO c.Aqt gave nOtice of his'intention to propose a Rider, the: mature of which the - Learned 'Gentleman de seribed?, bto. in a tone of voice so, low as to be quite inand4iy in the Gallery. The - ElOnse in a Committee, upon the notion of Mr. SHERID A -N, went through the Treasurer bf the Navy's :farther.. Regulation Bill. The Report was -received.---,Ordered to be farther considered to-mor row,.and.the Bill to be printed. Lord TEIvi,PLE moved, that. the Amendments of the Lords in the Sierra Leone Company Bill should - be taken into considet - atipn. The SPEA/CP,P felt it hiS duty to call. the atten+ tion of . the klousetb the subject of these Amend ments. This Bill, proposing. t9.vest tae Crown, ,struck him to be..of the .same nature of a Money Bill ; and if in the .one or the other the Lords should introduceany amendthents, it appeared to , him:. that, according to the privileges of that House, such amendments' were'fatal, to the lie Supposed, therefore, that so me Member of that Tiouse would' Moye, that thiS Bill• should be laid aside. . • * LordTpgLE,,in conformity with the opinion of' the aair, mdved, that this Bill should b 2 thrown out ; which Motion was agreed to nen . 2 con, . • I}-siblitua Nn - oble Lord the moved, that the H ouse t,ormorrow risolve. into a_. Comtni4ee. gp ori. ,the A&s relative to the'Sierra Leone Company, With iNti.S, 4 4 . s . 'the .ISloble Lord stated, of thoyins . rat leave: to 'bring in. .a of the 'same nature as that which cLbeen just. vejeEted.:' . ...Mr, rose to state, that an Hon, g'en:tlenian (Mr. °shorn . MarkliaM), who was a litei l tbei r gr t e - Shrewsbury coMmittee, having va, al - mdibis...rseatin..consequence -of his acceptance of a 0-lent ; he .r sobrnitted, for the considera tidrt arth - 9, - Hou - se,' how the Committee were _to ad an.evenf? ..--1144 6 / 1 13.ACKER felt-that the 'Right Hon. Gentle man liaddone right in communicating the iptorrna •, • • Lion which the house liadsuSt heard. But as lo the '7.subjeel Of that information, it . Was his duty to state, that a Member -vacatii)g;liis sent•in -consequence of his acceptance of an %office which was incompatible with such seat, or from any other natural cause, was . no - reason why the coinmittee allu4ed to shoult4, not: proceed' in its •tivtstigatidn, nor could the Hotise prevent, upon such grOunds, any such Committee from proceeding. ' Sir J. NEwrott.i brought in a't ill - fopektending try cities andcounties-„of towns-itt Ireland the . .. Late with regard to the_Payment of et:v . au ts' firsrand ordered to bereild'a Second time to-mos-' Oklered, Op MOtion of Mr. VANsiTT4R.i.. the,,House- should to-morrow resolve into a Com mittee to consider of the E,,,Ncise - Acts,l . Vvith to the Duty on Salt used Thelrish- Stun!) Duty - Bill was .read.a second time and committed :..for to-diorrow;• as was the Atlg4tjh >tilait ; lluty Re elation lii]},: reading of the Land Tax Conln.ision ers- lir - gric was posti.; ned .for three Areelis, otl the gletnilbn of Mr; VANSITTART. ~b 3T k%lri,sh Tawas and, Cities Lighting, Clea&ipg., - an Nyatc.hing Bills., and the Irish. &Litt. and Si ) lrit' [ll5 111 - were cOnimittpd, and tine Deports ordered t6-:bt, , -11iosight up t6LinorrolAr. _ . The Irish Commissioners' of-Inquiry nuance Bill was co i trilp.ttecl,,.and a Clause r..itreclncec; enabling a Baton of ExChequer to swear inTa Cum- . ttnighilmwei hi the absence of, the Chancellor of the 4 ,-4*,(=.1,14quer.--Ileport to-mormw. . • 'file Bill . for CorrtNting a Mistake in the Rnyal 'Family-Annuity At, of iast Session, was committed; reported; and ordered to 'tie read a third time tol . C0:479W. • .• 'Sr J. NEWPOR T p l eopOsed the committal of the 151.1blin Coal Bill ; INA . Mr. TAYLOR obgerved, that from *the-coriver ,- satipn tuok place upon a tOrtner the Right Hon. Baronet roust' be aware of an oppo'sition to this measure. There were 'many' persons inc.-ed with Who,n he had conveted,. who w ra exceeniti.jy alarmed by such a pri„,pb'sitidn concurrit.g :with Ahem., .as. the. Right Huta, Baret:et resolved to: • press the .nleasur.e, and as he' bad Lit it . his duty by every means to resist it, 'he'should in:ive to count the House. Sir J.:NEWPORT rose; but - tbe„Speaker stating it to he his inwer4ive duty immediately to cumpty .with the Alolion 7 =the House was counted,, aril .'there beinglitit' about half a dozen - 11Teinbers present, an .Aeljulantneartook place: - • , • • •• • cs iCC VOREIGN 'INTELLIGENCE. to blif e D;zrtTy:p - I BULLETIN O.E" THE GRAND ARMY. !‘lr 43 "#)s.nii"6l), MAii6H't) - :- - -:l'he . • to‘,vn of Erbing •ffirrfilieSifek resbures:le army' : a' . tit 3 of wine and , was:bra'ndy fonnd there. This C'eciAr of the LOwerVisttila,i4 very tiqtile. 1 1 4 11(1 Ambassadors from CodsiantinCsi)leand Per sia gave en~ered Poland, their way to V arsaw. 4l "' , • lite \ battle of Eylau the' Em peror passed, everyday, several hopys..upon'the field of bitile—a horrible sp:seaaele,. but ,which,tiuty rendered neces sary:: It-required great labour to bury all 'th'e A' great number of Russian slain were_ tianal w ith the..ttgign Ois of their rtiers....lt.--appears, that among them was a Prince REPNIN. 'Forty-eight hours ate!