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IMPERIAL P.IRLIAMENt. HuU'E OF LURI)s, TvisoAT, Fes. IL Counsel were heard, in continuation, relative to the Appeal Laos.. the Cow tess of Lincoln v. the Duke of rivwcarle ; nanisly, the preseat end late Attorney-(;rne►al, on the part of the Respondent. The further consideration of the case was deferred r I Lord ELDON gave notice, that he should, on Monday next, move for the appointment of a Como m;ttee to search for, and to report precedents of the .pradice and proceedings of that House, in cases of Indemnity Bills sr oh resped to Witnesses in the pro secution of Impeachments. On the motion of Lord Walsingham, their Lord. ships were ordered to be summoned relative to the Standing Order, No. 132, as affecting a certain private bill, for Monday next. The Lady Viscountess Nelson's Annuity Bill, and Sir Richard Strachon's Annuity Bill, were severally re •J third time, and passed, and messages ordered tc. I..quaint the Commons therewith. ".Ir. Alexander brought up from the Cornrows, ewe B II for nraating to His Majesty the some of li.e millions, by wax pf Exchequer Balls, ice ; and also the New Foreu Road Bill, which were respect ively read ai first time. • ' Some orders were m ide with resped to Appeal Caalklaii and sonar pi ivate business disposed of. Petition was resented on die part of Eta:theft, Countess De Vlerdenber„o, setting forth that she - If ray ironinlidd - with ell the rules and regulations 'ipiressuihrd with roped to aliens, and praying that leave Inight be given to bring in a Bill fur her natu ralisation ; which was ordered to lie on the table. After which; their Lordships adjourned tiff litioaday use. ••• lIOUSE OF COMMONS. levy WRITS.. 1.04 d. CAVENDISH moved for a new Writ 4/Pilislioroesh of Knareshorough, in Yorkshire, Ai/0U rooniefLord John Townshend, who has aes gepiqd.the office of Joint. Paymaster of His Islajes , ty'ii Forces. Mr. CHF:EVY moved fur a new Writ for the Bercregli of Aldeburgh, iri are county of Seffolk, in Ilitelferven of John llPMahon, Esq. who has accepted die (Ake of Chief Storekeeper of His Majesty's Nr o V e ANSITTART moved for a new Writ for if Waterford, in Ireland, in the room of .hornet Newport, Bart. who has accepted the • • •w Hundreds; and r. WHITBREAD moved for a new Writ for the . ough of StafFoi d, in the room. of R. B. Shin Ssq. wise has accepted the office of Treasurer of A* Navy—which were severally ordered accord • . DUIGENAN gave notice that he would, on 'll4eoday neat, move for leave to bring in a Bill for • regsrlating the Forst Frui's in Ireland. Mr. J. ITI:ZGERALD moved, that the Right Rel ., . Hobert Allen Dean of Raphue, be re quested to preach before this House, at St. Mar garet's Church, Westminster, on Wednesday, the s6th instant, being the day appointed by His Ma jesty for a Gencral . Fast in Ibis f(in deem.—Or dared. And that Mr. Wilberforce Mr. Smith do wait onhim to acquaint him thetewitb. The Qualrfisation Indemnity Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Mr. PAUL gave notice, that he would bring for ward his motion, which stood for to-morrow, on 'reader wit. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER • (Lard Henry y) m, ved, that this I louse, on its xiiing, do adjaurn to Monday. Mi. SPENCER STANHOPE said, that before the gement was put, he would beg leave to ask the Noble Lord for an answer as to a single fad, which be would state without any comment what ever ; and that was, whether Lord Ellenborongh, -who is one of the Privy Council, be also allowed to it and vote in that d..partmont of the executive go vernment, which is in common parlexce, out of that House, called the Cabinet Council ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER asid e he bad no hesitatkm to answer the question of Waion. Gentleman, and to inform him, and the le,' that the Noble and Learned Lord he had stained as being one of the Privy Council, had also .bean soninsorted to, and had attended more than tow. the sittings of what was vulgarly called the Cabinet Ceased. The further consideration of the Report on Lord Collingwood's Annuity Bill, St postponed to this 4:aLsennight. ine Irish Lana Partition Bill was ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The other orders of the day were then read, and the House adjourned to Monday. ommeresoworao-eo-. COMMON COUNCIL, GuiLinutz.. . . 'Yesterday, a Coon of Common Council was held In the Council Chamber, Guildhall, at which the Right lion. the Lord Mayor presided. There were present thirteen Aldermen, and nearly two hundred Commoners. We never before observed the Court, or bar, so much crowded, on any oc casion. The Minutes of the law Court being read, The Lowe avow stated, that he had convened them farther. in consequence of a requisition he bad received, segued by several respeaable Members of the Court, fur the purpose of re•considering the Addie.s moved at the last Court. Some precedents for similar proeeedings were Giagi read. immediately atter which r. 'fairer :use, and, after adverting to the till‘c for which the Court was convened, name ly, for the purpose of re.cipsidering an Ad elrosss had been already voted by that t qua& to His Majes'y, observed, that he did not tAiftre could pc i% ibly be a measure propor•d so chainvirically opposite to ail precedents, or • ittukod 'to All psespriets , Ile conceived that it was isiapcseihie any. altsseion c-ntid now be made the ...citin% as, at i..e vesy naua.er.t he was speakiot. the Shtziffs, by the c.frnmand of the Co • rt. wer at Windsor, waiting on His Majesty to kauw at was. it would be Li. pkas:ire to receive th. Atniress. A copy of it liA.l already bo uu auto the of chat of H 4 :;:ijetiy'S lib Olken, so that if they now entered nn a further consideration of it, many Rhaetian% would perhaps be made, which would mash the whole busisess a?c l ar absurd ; or, perhaps, the Addreps world be ne lived it; lobo, and ;hen His hid:testy puss be d, that forsooth the Common Council had al tered their imbeds on the subjea.. From these con siderations he was induced to believe the majority of the Gentlemen would coincide in the motion he WAS about to make, which was, " that the Lourt should now adjourn." This motion being seconded, and read over by the Records, Mr. li. v. stet e said, he was compelled to differ from. the worthy Mover its almost every thing he stated to the Court. He had taken considerable trouble to examine into the books, and lead found a precedent in the year 1781, which would effeaually do away any scruples on that head. The Motion had been made with much mildness and modera tion, which, in fa& had imposed on the feelings of the Court, and the Address was voted. He was sorry to find that the same moderation had not been poe tised in framing the Address; on which account he thought it but right,as the greater part of theMensbers were not pre,ent, when the Address, as framed by the Committee, was agreed to, that the Court should now proceed to take it into consideration. He then concluded by moving, as an amendment, that all the words of the motion, after the word " that," be left out, and that there be inserted in their place, ' 6 that the Address be now read, for the purpose of being re-consfirered." Mw S Dixon supported the amendment, add, in a very long and able speech, reprobated the idea of imposing on the Court by apparent moderation in the first instance, and then framing an Address in the Committee, which undoubtedly contained most exceptionable passages. Mr. GRIFFITH was of opinion, that, as the Ad dress was framed and agreed to by the Court, it would be now the height of impropriety to enter into a discussion with respe,sl to its mer its. Mr. WA ITHMAN called upon the Gentlemen not to sullarsuch an underhand pradice as the present,to be of any avail 'l\ith theni:lshe motion for an Address had been made, at the last Court. A tier a notice of more than ten days, the measure had been fairly Aral openly discu.,sed. The result of that discussion was, that the majority of the members at that time present, were convinced of the propriety of addressir.g His Majesty ; and a Committee wits therefore appointed to frame the Address, which was afterwards agreed to by the Court. Some op• positioncertainly had been made by those who had.all along, elishSed the measure ; but the majority of the Court, 4-7 to 17, were of opinion, that the Address, as drawn up by the Committee, should be presented to His Majesty. The worthy gentleman then took occasion to observe on the impropriety of endea vouring, by a side-wind, to overturn a measure which, in a fair and open attack, had withstood all their efforts. If the Court would agree to enter into a discussion of this Address, it might be tben pro posed, by the Gentlemen who were so anxious to have this Meeting called, that the measure should be entirely laid aside. There was no security that this proposition would not be made ; and, when he looked round and saw so full an attendance, though, to his certain knowledge, all the Member. had not received summonses, he thought it very probaltle, that something of that kind was intended. The worthy Gentleman concluded, by hoping, that. for the future, when such underhand practices were put into execution, the officers of the City should not be made the bearers of party notices. Mr. Qeta declared himself in favour of the Amendment. He said, that when the Address, as drawn up by the Committee, was taken into consi deration by the Court, some parts of it were consi dered exceptionable by several Gentle.nen. It was therefore moved, that the Address should be read, paragraph by paragraph, but the Motion was ne gatived, on the grounds of its being contrary to pradice. A Motion was then made, that one para graph should be omitted, bet that was also ne gatived ; so that, in fa& the Address was cut con sidered, even in the slightest degree, by the Court ; he therefore thought, that they should now deli berate on it. Mr. Su: ru expressed himself of the same opinion. Alderman NEWNHAN conceived, that as the Ad dress had been agreed to, and given inlet the hands of one of His Majesty's Secretaries, it should not be altered, or undergo bother deliberation. Alderman HANKY, though apvinted on the Committee. was not able to attend it. He conceived that the Address should have been as moderate as the :Notion for it had been ; and, as he understood that was not the case, he thought it should now be taken into consideration. Mr. JACKS declared himself in favour of the Amendment. Mr. Gouoar sits was an advocate for the ori ginal Motion, as the Address had been duly con sidered in the Committee, and afterwards agreed to by the Court. It was no argument, in Lis opinion, that many members had gene away from the Court, at the time the Address was agreed to, as there were sufficient remaining to constitute a Court. The Sheriffs were now in waiting on His Majesty, and the business ought to remain as it was. The worthy Cientlernan, in the course of his speech, was often inclined to refer to the words of the Ad dress, but was as often called to order ; and was at length informed by the Loan MA v on. that if the Address were referred to, he would be obliged to request the strangers to withdraw. liessete delivered his sentiments a second time. Mr. St Ant thought the quiestiou of adjournment should undoubtedly be carried; as perhaps His Ma_ jesty was, at that moment, on his way to town, to receive the Address. If they again took it into corsideration, them was a question, whether it would not be thrown out entirel► ; and, at all events, it might not be ready at the time appointed by the Sort-feign to receive it. Sir R C. Gtva supported the amendment. He wished to infotm the Court, that the Address was not in the hands of any of His Majesty's officers ; and would not, until the Sheriffs returned from Windsor. On that gronnd he conceived, therefore, there could be no objedion. Mr. S. 1.)!tos spoke a second time on the subject. Alderman kuw.soe r said, he had voted tor the A 'III wfr udder the idle. that it wiauld he at:lbn ig more than an amplification of the words of the Mo tion, the moderation of whkh struck him. fie was on the Coniznittee ; and, not liking the mode in which the Address was framed, he endeavoured to have some alterations made ; but bis endeavours being °rioted. he was obliged, whoa the Address was brought tip and submitted for the approbation of the Court, to divide against its being carried. fie still thought that it should undt rgo several alte rations, and therefore would give his hearty assent to the Amendment. Mr. WAITHMAN spoke ngain in favour of the original Motion, and took an extensive review of the different arguments which had been made use of in the debate. After a few other Members had expressed their sentiments, the question was put on the Amend ment, by the Recorder, and a division having taken place, there appeared For the Amendment, Aping it, Aldermen, - - 10 Aldermen, - - 3 Commons, • - 107 Commons, . - 59 117 62 Majority, • 55 The bar wag then cleared, and the Court entered on the re-consideration of the Address. After the strangers were desired to withdraw, we understand the Address agreed to at the former Court was read, paragraph by paragraph ; a few verbal alterations proposed ; and, at the suggestion of Mr. Jacks and Mr. Waithman, one paragraph, of nearly the same irm ott, substituted for another. The Mover and Seconder of the former Address. readily acquiesced in these alterations. Atter a few observations from Mr. WAlTablAll, merely appealing to the Court whether the repre sentations which had gone abroad were net tut:illy unfounded, as the alterations propoied and adopted were such as would have been readily acceded to had they been proposed at the last Court, and did not at all alter the import, the Address was agreed to unanimously. uneitenemeosinme BOROUGH A:ELTING. . Yesterday, a meeting of the inhabitants of the Borough of Southwark, convened by the High Bailiff (Sir Watkin Lewis), was held at the Union Hall, in the Borough. Mr. 'Fowese LND (Deputy Bailiff), in the Chair. ADDRESS TO HIS NIA,34STY. ' The usual formalities being complied with, she business of the day was opened by Major Fem..r., who observed, that he had for twenty years been in the habit of Meeting his fellow Eli-eters, at that Hall, arid called upon {hem to witness, that he never shrank from ditties of this kind, popular, or unpopular; whether it were to congratulate His Majesty. or to im peach any of his confidential servants for breach of trust. That lie never rose with more satisfaCtion to himself than at present, because he verily be lieved His Majesty had aged in conformity with the wishes of his people, by calling into power mee of different parties, able to serve their country at a difficult crisis. That it was not an Administration of party, but an Administration for the country. He slightly alluded to the late Minister, by observing, that he warred not with the ashes of the dead ; but that it mutt be acknowledged, with all his great talents, he bore not his faculties meekly. lie afied with few rivals. Ara Cote► eat mails, was bail motto. Thus the members of his late Administra tion were like' satellites mbving round him, and shining (if they shined at all) by his borrowed lus tre ; ant he corwnitted his memory to the historic page, in which, i.e hoped, many monuments would be reared, to warn future atatesmen of his errors. With respell to the present Men in power, they would never be flattered by hien ; their charaZters were superior to adulation, and they were to be judged of by their eevoliqed itfuertre; but he could no: help saying, that when on the Continent, at the same time with the illustrious Secretary for Foreign Affairs, he observed him to be held, by foreigners/ in the highest esteem. What they could do, if angels, it was difficult to say. The map of Europe, from the Dardanelles to the Baltic, presented' a dreary aspeCt, as to the number of ports for Bri tish Commerce; and it was peculiarly lamentable, that while speculative men had been longing and expefting that reason would prevail over force, every thing tended to military power ;—the small inde pendent States were fast emerging into the great et ;—at home, public debt, taxes, and pauperege, stared us in the face ; and it seemed as if, like the Jews of old, we must soon build houses and carry on manufaftures, with a tool in one hand, and a sword in the other. But, he trusted, this Administration would so unite the Country, that every man would prepare hims:ll for those personal sacrifices of time or property, which the Country called for. Men were often say ing, " individually, what can I do P' Ile would al. ways reply in the elegant sentiment cf a friend— " Human life would have for ever remained unor namented and unimi.rneed, if men had nicely com pared a etroke of the chissel with the pyramid they were to raise ; or the single imptestieirwf-ebrepede with the mountain they were to level ;" the whole was made up of parts, and he trusted, according to the old story they heard from children, that how ever British buil dogs might quarrel, when they saw the common enemy. the bull, even if his horns were tipped with Imperial purple, they wo.ild smite in pinning him to the ground. The City of Lon don had set a proper examp le , as he hoped the me tropolis of the Country wo uld be upon cordial terms with the Government ; hut, he trusted, that cor diality would not be maintained by job, or corrupt influence. He read a precedent far their Address to the king, in that of 1782, on the change of Minis ters. Some wise men in the city wished for a sullen silence; he asked, for what end? was that likely to rouse the Country to exert themselves in repell ing the enemy ? was it respeCtful to the king to ob serve a sullen silence ? was it not most civil to the common enemy, who might wish to divide and conquer ? He concluded, by hoping that this Ad ministration, whatever their success, might be marked as giving the death blow to imposture, spe culation, and corruption, and be the resurreCtrun of honest men, and honest measures.. This speech was received with long and continued bursts ef applause. He then moved the first resolution, for an hum ble Address to His hltijoity, the effeA of which • • • was, " To thank His Majesty for his paternal mud especial care of the interest an.l welfare of his pe o , ple, in his late appointment of , a firm and efficient Administration, on whose abilities they can with confidence rely, and under whose guidance tilt), hope to be delivered from the dangers aid difficul ties that now threaten them." ME. SHIPLEY seconded the Motion, observing, that His Majesty had been graciously pleased to lea men of approved talents, ep.rience, and great integrity ; and the simple question was, whether His Majesty did not deserve their warmest thanks? Mr. HAWEIss paid massy compliments to the int speaker ; his whole speech, he thought, should be the Address. He was rot tor milk and water thanks, but for pledging their lives and fortunes. Mr. ELLIst made some observations unfavourable to Mr. Pitt, and yet was unfriendly to an Address, He seemul toveptelent Major Favell as arguing for Mr. Fos ;. r.nsi that it was a recomm e nslattoa 'th at he was a French Courtier. • 1 Maki. Fairs t.t. called upon the Meeting to repel she mis•statement of the last speaker, deprecatin g every idea that he argued the case as if it were Ai: Foes administration, 'nit a combined One ; and lean ing his whole life, meaning Mr. Fox's, to contra.. the insinuation, that he was nor a truly Er .; Minister ;to which the Hall assented with lota • phonic. The Resolution and the Address were carried nimously ; and R. Shipley, Lieutenant-Colonel cock, Lieutenant-Colonel Davis, and 14111jOr Fa ortkrod to carzy-kup. Lieutenant-Colonel Alcock made a very hand. some speech on the occasion. _anr- * A • The India lagers will be resumed to 11710110 W. THE BRITISH PRES S. _ LONDON, • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY i 9. Two cf the Hamburg h blails due, those of the 4th tad 7th, arrived yesterday morning, and tile 3d, that of the I lth, arrived at a late hour ll.t nfiLde..- Our - readers are apprised that the nth in stant was the day on which Prussia was rakeed to take- possession of Hanover. There are letters from Hanover of the Bth, but they take no notice Of any thing that spay have passed on the sth or Eth. They state, however, that on the 7th the Duke of BeIIaSWICK entered the city of Hanover, and marched to Cell, where a PrasSian Field Hospital had arrived. Upon the quality of she possession taken by Prussia, there is nothing decisive, but there is reason to fear that Power has been playing a foul g ime —Oa the night of the 7th, not fewer &AO six couriers arrir. cd at, or left Hanover, on the part of the Bri tish, Russians, and PrUNHAGS. Vary this activity of couriers, unless something new and unexpeded hal arisen? But there is* stronger circeunstanoe. The Hanoverian Minister, Count Mu%srEll, previous to hie•deperture from that Electorate, published • ireclam.cion to the inhabitants, dated the 3d in- Stant, advising them to make no resistance to she measutes about to be adopted, " as the Russian army, now under the cerarnand of the Xing of Prussia, most quit the Electorate, the English were obliged to rerwn home, arid the King of Swener was aiiabie to defend tile country against a measure, which France and Prussia had concerted in common."— It is evidentlram the language of this Proclama tion, thee Count MCKSTIM regarded the possession meditated by Prussia as an hostile proCeeiling. The King and Qseen of Niteees, it is saidehave retired to Sicily, and the King of SA R coin( a, tie JOsZPII BON A P•RTIt is to be created King ci N AT SKS 11' rits were moved, last night, in the Houseof Commons, for Sir JOHN Nawroar, who has accepted the place of Chancrllar of the Exche quer fur Ireland, Mr. SHBRIDAN, Lord lowa TOWNSHIND, and 'SUM WM AMOI4. lig. , con sequence of their recent promotiqa. • , 1-1 k MA.ICST Y has appointed this 'dire, at two o'clock, to receive the'Address evflkeSitt of Lon don, upon his appoihtment of tie r , Adminis tration. on the Throne, at St. James's Palace. His al AJIISTY will afterwards hold d Pti•y Courtd. Yeereutay, the Doke-cf.Yoisa held if public dery at. Ilia rrlice, in the Hops-guards, and saw a num bet. of is INAmlikin, as tlltyjeat th:ir .• Its Royal Hiithness will regularly sis.; on Tuesdays aid Fridays, during the sitting 4 Parliament. Capt. 1 r•e• es, of the ship dimrirff, arrived oT Dover, spoke on the 12oh inst. the outward-b4etoil fleets. aboot 350 sail, in c impany with ten sail of the line, in hat. 4t. 40. long. 9. all well, after cs perieecing most dreadful gales. then proceeding with top-gallant -masts snuck, moderate weather, wind W.N.W. one brig said to be sunk, crew saved. We understand, the wlwnle of the Cork fret had arrived at Bathadnes, previous to the rencrabie sailing, except the following vessel- i— hirtrt, PA,Hi.LY, from Cork; Fame, Bristol; lirra, Conly • General Hafer., —, drew rr iin,—, and the eerirree. from the Clyde. Oa Mr. C 417% first interview with His id 6- JEST V, after some conversation relative to 1,1 -'• Admiralty, His Manses - said, " Sir, there is bet oee person in your department fur whom I wish vc. , . to provide, and wham I hope you %via nnt Mr. GREY hawed assent. Upon whicis •Ms JISTY added, with the most in•erestint allsbait!. " It is the Hon. Capt. G a ev."—Mrant: g Mr GREV's owl. brother. This Mel:sant Asa ilvlieate compliment thews what an int lett 1-tie !daises take: its the . .rfare at tai. gallant Officer.