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IP 7171. (OT.: -P. _ Yesterday, about twrc•lve o'clock, His MAJESTY arrived at St. James's Palace, in his travelling car. r;age, from Windsor. His MaJiirry, as usual, dined at one o'clock At two o'clock His MAJESTY brld a private Li vre ; which was attended by Tne I.erd The CI an el •r of t'.. f cr . Sctret.n enf Stetc—Mr Fi.) , „ Earl Spencer, and Mr. Windham. The Secretary Wai—Getlerel Fitzpatrick. The Feat Lord of Ow Treasury--Lard Grem The Fiti.t. Lord of the Adiiaiteity--Mr. Grey. Earls—Mira. Splicer, Catnattun, Maccl,se!d, Lauderdale, Daitinotitti, Ayitainod, n. Va/COU S Loitta—J Thvitioe, G. Myna's, licathfield, Rendierham, Creee, AlllO , l, 13 )st.ni, Settee, St. S3l4Cryli.e, Grcn rlill•,an.lll Bu.rouri:, and Lhborne. The L, ht Mayor ut The following presentations took place to His E Liudentato and Eglimo'', Lords Anson rut , upon their creation en the Miitish Peerage ; and Lord Raiirlierittaisi upon his hiniit created an Li.h Peer ; op in loch occasion they had the honour to kiss bits 'Majesty's Lan' Eat; C tzwi'diam 11.. d the trtneur to kiss 111. Majesty's hand his g aup..tot. d :et of the Council. It was reported the Earl of LA DERDA LE had like"i.e the honour to kiss His MAJESTY'S hand, upon h's being appointed Keeper of the Signet, in Scn .ani. S., .VILtIASt Boainuons had the honour to kiss kl s M AJUT Y . ll hAnd, on his Appointment at Bengal, and k leave of His MAJESTY. Ltotu MA TOR of LONDON was introduced, an.' had the honour to kiss His MAJEbTI'S hand, upon hit appoin , ment. After the Levee, His hcsiestv retired to the (Iran I Ch tmher, and took his wet upon the Throne, a•tended by the Lotto t„,:tittst I "MAIN, C , e Mager Cr the Horse, Earl C A RNA %VON (fon. the 51.4 time), the Vice-Ceta ate LAIN. and COMP /BOLLER of the ilaustnot.n, the Got Y STICK, CA,' ale of the YEOMAN of the Gus DS, 71111 , 1 4 numb-r of the Gewtle. e.t Pensitme-, Ihe Cor• rttraton of London being itt wAitlng in an anti -rt orn, to present an Addr Hi• ‘l,sit,TY, tip n his a 000,ntrneor of the New Admi.tistrAtioo, they w•• e introduced by stwoe Ce•qtente.i in waiting, in the following ord.•?.- • Mace, Sword o ~ . te, ads number of City Oferero rot Lewd 1 \1•!,e , AM raa.o—Nowrrivni, Clothe, Hunter, !holm, Prinsep. Isydell,.Scfio ac, ::thi.th. aed Atos.ey. o•ClianowiLua. S7l..flfT. The R The Orme ggggg Seri , a'.t CR, COMMA, •^nty Gentlemen or tie Com nt..n C .wrni 'the R cco Rota read the Address, which was as f• ll•rtes KING'S W)ST EXCP:I.LFNT MUESTY. The huMale, loyal, end dutiful Artifices of the 'mid Mayor, Akiern•en, and C ~,,, nom' of the Cay of A , ,D, in Common Onuncil assembled. ‘I,6T Cawrto •a So esnae, We, Your Matenty's must dutiful and loyal Subjects, the tu r d May., Al un d - o a n d CO O MOtle of the City of London, is Common Council esicnibled, most humbly aorroach Your hfuestr, with the warmest sentor,nta of loyalry and attach ment to Your Majesty's sacred Powers and ramify. 'Are be to assure Yo. t. Majesty, that Wide we contemplate, with the deepest concern and ditaypoininent, the late drs a.troo. merits w:imh have WO, in sn round and extraordinary a Mall/tr, to the driest and humiliation of the Austrian Power, we c onset refrain from °Tomo to Your Majesty our sincere Thinks a. d Congratulation on the formation of an Marini straiinn, combining Men of the highest consideration and talents, affording, amidst these adverse events, the cheenng prolieto, that by such an unlon of Wisdom and Energy in Your Majesty's Conncils, a system of vigour, vigilance, and economy will be adopted, which may Support our Publm Affairs, preserve and strengthe.l our National Security, and prove Jona conducive to the Honour and Dignity of Your Molests% Crown, and the Happiness and Liberties of Your Pt pie. • Viewing the high and distinguished Characters compoimg Your Majesty's present Gosemcnont, we have I.erfee conk dcace that, under Your Majesty's diredlion, the National Strength will be augmented, its resources improved and pre. served, and the utmost energies of • free, Loyal, and united People, will he called nuth into action ; ;co that, with the Blessing ei Divine Providence, this Counts may keep fast its Liberti,s *A Independence, and may maintain its due rank among thu Nations of Europe. Permit us to asiuro Your Majesty of our him crsmptration it eery measure which may be deemed e•sennat towards smarting any unreasonable pretensions on the part of Your fifste.ty's Enemie, and tar enabling Your hfajesly to restore to Your People the Ble•singe of Peace, on such terms as may he too.istent with tho honour, dignity, and safety of thee Realms. Slcied, be Order of Court, HENRY WOODTHORPE. His Maaasar's Answer wan read by Earl SPEN eta. Secretary of State for the Home Department. It was as follows : I thank you for this loyal aid dutiful Addrew. I receive, with the highest satisfaction, your sesurances of and attachment to my Person and Family ; and you MIT test sutured, that - 1 can have no other object in crew, in ttl• ntettatts ads; teed for the Administration of me Govern ment, than tr. mameain rhc himoor andit , goity of my Crown, and the emon, Ode happiness, and the essential interests of try P•mple. . Alter the Citizens had retired. His M AJ CST Y held a Privy Council, which was attended by Re Lnrd chanee!lor. " "..ACtiti ; S.,llllCW, Fozoilha , n, Cimarron, Ayloaford, Srl DAr.lno-fh. Vl•egvnt • ;Tlninutti Petty a"A Ggen•iitt• M"nri--rmr, Wanrii•a , n, FOstetrietr, ion Gory. fir Srrritrie COTTENCL. and Mr. lawit soma attended the Council as Clerks. Eati Firz WI I. t. t A IA was introduced and re-cword, in consequence of the Nroale Earl net having attend -6J a Council since the Union with Ireland. and took Ills seat as President Tne Council sat but a short time ; after which, a eibiliet Council WAS held ; at the Conclusion of Which, His MAJESTY gave atid:ences to Viscount SI DNIOUTH, Mr. Garr, Mr. WsNinii•m, Mr. Fos, 10, d Lord Gainvitsz. At a quarter before four o'clock. His Ma izsry KI off fur Windsor. Mr WHITARL Nlil and Mr. CMCC, of Norfolk, 14 " , both declined accepting of Peerages. hear with great pleasure that the Right Hon. witti,su Be A lIA7OFI FONSONIBY will be appointed ape of the Postm :1--i .-Oeneral of Ireland, a situa -160,11 Le formerly fined. 'lt ildventrre, —, from Sunderland, for Shoreham, wAs captured on Friday laq, iirf the North Foreland, by h tench privateer, which cap isrut several other ‘essels, mostly colliers. " . far rivrELLIGENCE. COURT OF KINCes BENCH, Wisrosi Fas 12. Sittiab et Niti Pries before the Lord .lov e,'. Et.t.esaoaol;oir. AMITY C. CLARK. Mr. Reenra, in opening this case, stated, that it was an aPion to recover compensation for the u.,e and occupation of certain furnished apartments, which the Plaintiff had taken in the !louse of the Defendant, in Titchfield-street, Mary-la-bonne, at a guinea and a half per week. The sam sued for, was 181. 13s. 10d. being the rent which was at pre sent due. Witnesses were called to prove the occnparion by the Defendant, and that tire charge, per Week, was not excessive. Sir V IeXEST Gin's, for the Defendant, etoss examined a.* witnezet, with a view to procure the admission, that the house of the Plaintiff was one in which women of a certain description were ac commodated with lodgings; arid, in addressing the Jury, he observed, that, although he had not at pre sent extorted, he v:ould, nevertheless, he able to prove 'hat the Plaintiff bad let the lod g i ngs t o the Defendant, with the knowledge of the improper use to which they were to be appropriated ; and, having established that feet, he conceived there was an end to the Plaintiff's case ; as the law did not al low any persons to seek compensation in a court of justice, for facilities afforded to the carrying on an illicit commerce. He then called, Ether Clark, who deposed, that she was the el der sister of the Defendant, and was with her, as a servant, at the time she took the lodgings ; that the Defendant informed Mrs. Smith what her way of life was—that site did not walk the streets, but went to the Theattes every night, and had no other means of subsistence, but upon rhegenerosity of gentlemen. She farther deposed, th it sell -n the I heletidant be came its arrears of rent, the Plaintiff's wife would frequently desire her (the witness) to ask gentlemen to walk into the loom below, until other gentle men, who happened to beat the tone, with the De fendant up-stairs, were gone ; and that the money which the gentlemen left, was taken down to Mrs. Smith, in part payment of rent. On cross-etarninattion, the Witness said she was a married woman, but, Flavin patted from her husband, did not pars under his name. Mr. G Alt ROW made some remarks to the Jury on the character of this Witness, and ob,erved, that the principle which bad been laid down by Sir Vickery Gibbs ought not ro be carried too far, as it might seriously aggri-ve many honest house keepers, who, in these times, were compelled to let part of their houses, in order to be able to pay their rent. Under the semblance of rno.lesty, and sanaion of A married sister (suci, a woman as this Mrs. Sparks, anal Clark). there was n. difficulty in procuring locleing,s in the houses of the most corral and scrupulous persons ; and when lodgers were once admitted. le them turn out what they might, there was much difficult.; m turning them out, as the Plaintiff had, ere this, found ; for when he went first to his house, in Titchfield•street, he found that he harboured a lodger of immoral behaviour, and applied to the Police-office to be enabled to - get rid of her; but was informed, that so long as she con deleted herself peaceably, and paid her rent punc tually, she could not he thrust out of the lodgings. Lord Etter entovon said, that if the rooms had been let by the Plaintiff, or his wife, with knowledge that they were to be used for the purposes of illicit concupiscence, he could not be permitted to reco. ver a reimbursement for the means he had afforded vt t:.at prostitution. If the Jut y gave full credit to the evidence of Esther COM+, there seemed no doubt which way their vertlitt must incline ; nor any, from the occupat'on of the lodgings having been clearly proved, if they disbelieved what she had said. After a short consnhation, the Jury returned a verdict fit the Defendant. VA RWoOD r. DAWIS. Mr. Reziorasaid, that this was an anion against the Defendant, who was an apothecary, for inju riously. and without cause, signing a certificate, and causing the Plaintiff to be taken into custody, as lunatic, by the servants of Mr. Warburton, at the Bethnal-green madhouse. Mr. Gamlen% on the same side, stated, that the Plaintiff was a gentleman of eminent literary at tainments, and a B achelor iii Laws of Trinity hall, in the University of Cambridge, against whom the Defendant, merely at the instigation of the Plaintiff's mother. and some interested per sons, and without even seeing the Plaintiff himself, signed a certificate of lunacy. In consequence of this certificate, he was seized by the keepers of a mad-house. and was forcibly carrying away down Fleet-street, into confinement. when he was acci dentally met by some acquaintance, who was struck with wonder at seeing him in such com pany ; and experienced no ahatemznt of astonish. ment, tin being told what the objeß was of the men in whose custody he was f Arad. The strangeness of the circumstance drew together a glee mob, who were so exasperated at the relation of the case, that, without the forms of instituting commissioners of enquiry, or in any way con.tilting the statute of lunacy, they rescued the Prisoner trim the grasp of the keepers ; and. per haps, from that insanity, which has, not unfresiu,nt ly, been induced by the confinement of sane persons in these cells of misery. • The evidence had been a little gone into in this strange case. when. in consequence of some ne cessary document not being at present forthcoming, the Plaintiff's Counsel consented to a non-ssit. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Fag. 19. Meld de/we Mr. Juctsee Lt BLANC. Mr. Jitifice Ht•TY. Mr. Baron GRAHAM. the LORD MAYOR . RICO' DEC dysei sei ere! ALDERMEN. johns CaUagber was indinci for feloniously break ing and entering the dwelitng house of Mary Dibble, and stealing therein a quantity of leaden pipe. It appeared that the Priioner was one of the Turncocksensployed by the New River Company. The Prosecutriz lived in Edmond's.eourt, Rupert street. On the ISth of this month, about eight o'clock in the evening, shc heard a noise in the : Court ; on Roil& ont to learn the occasion of it, she saw a large piece cf leaden pipe lying on the flag-way, and also observed, that her cel lar door had ileen broken open. A young nlan who IftAired in her house, stated, that he went out before Mis. Dibble, s,iie the prisoner stand ing opposite the cellar door. lle c!:....rg,ed him with taking the pipe, but he denied knowing any thing about it. The witness then took up an instrument used by Tumcocks, which lay on the ground with the pipe, and showed it to the prisoner, who in vat:fly snatched it from his hand, and made off He was pursued, and apprehended at his own house. Another witness was then called, who, lrom a !ii.,use at the opposite side of the court, saw the prisc.ner creep out of the cellar. Mr. Justice Le iii. ANC summed up the evidence, and after explaining the law to the Jury, lett it to them to consider whether the prisoner were guilty of the burglary, or of a single felony only ? The Jury deliberated for a very short time, and Pronounced the prisoner Guilty of stealing only. PILLORY. Yesterday, T. IV. Bowfin, convilted in Janna. 7, in the Court of King's Bench, of c!efraudinp, Go vernment of various sums, by forging the signatures of the Captain and Master of the ship '/rusty, of which he was Purser, stood in the Pillory, pursuant to his sentence, in front of Somerset-house. He was dressed is a large rough great coat, and stood from twelve o'clock until one. The mob were re markably quiet, until the Defend int was taken down ; they then followed the coach, and expressed their indignation. He was conveyed to Nesegate, to undergo two years imprisoome t, the remainder of his sentence. POLICIt. Malt BOROVOSISTSELT. Yesterday William Hotly was re-r',miced on the charge of dettauding tradespeople of their goads, by giving a haitious note, resembling those of the Bank of England. The charges preferred in the present instance were very numerous. Mr. Moore, who lives at the igri of the Robin Hood, Charles-street,St. James's-square, stated, that a person, whom he believed to he the Prisoner, or dered a pint of brandy, some weeks since, to be sent to the house of G. Byng, Esq. M. P. in St. James's-square, for the servants, with change for a 11. note ; a boy, who was sent with the liquor, and who identified the Prisoner, s iid, that he ran from the steps of Mr. Byng's door, took the liquor and change, and gave him a fiaitious 11. 119te. Mr. Fitzgerald, a tallow-chandler, Tothill-street, Westminster, said the Prisoner ordered three pounds of mould candles to be sent immediately to the house of Mr. Annesley, M. P. in Parl-lane, with change for a note, and lie procured possession of the change and goods by giving another of his own notes. There were other charges against the Prisoner, who was very well identified ; and it was represent ed that the artifice had succeeded in every part of the west.end of the town. The notes given by the Prisoner were very badly exerutel ; a word or two differed from those of a real note, such as " For the Governer and Company of the Bank of New. gate," sm. rile other person in custody, of the name of Harrywon, who was suspected of the above fr.,ud, MIS liberated; and 1106, was fully cousmizted for trial. Extra& of a letter from as Officer on boar.l one of His MAJESTY'S ships cruisi.,g off the na,iiitius, dated July 27, 18r).5: — Our flee', is prcperly distributed, but, notwith standing our unwearied vigilance and attention, .1 French frigate got nut a few nights since, and, we understand, effeard her escape by her superiority of sailing. I am not fully acquainted with the parti culars. We have certainly not been so fortunate as we espeCled ; but I trust our gaud fortune may be reserved to crown the conclusion el our anise. Scarcely a day passes without our speaking some American ship or other ; lour their pipers are, in general, so clear and correct, that they do not conic under nor cognizance. We are wholly unable to obtain any information whatever, either from any of the ports in the Mauritius, or the island of Bourbon, as a very strict embargo appears to exist in bosh the Islands, and not a vessel of any descrip tion his been suffered to sail since we took op our cruising station before this plice. " Last week, an officer from the French Gover nor-General, M. Di CA's, was sent with a flag of truce on board the Commodore's ship, for the pur pose of negociating an exchange of prisoners, but I do not yet know the result. We have this instant brought-to an English cartel ;if the boats return in time, you shall hear what she is. " A French ship (apparently a privateer), about three weeks ago effeeted her escape from the Island, notwithstanding she was chased by the Trrnerndora, at one time going at the rate of twelve knots an hour ; and, so confident was the Frenchman of the superior sailing of his ship, that he kept his tri coloured flag np the whole time of the chase, that we might not be deceived in the nation he belonged to " The Ann, —, frnm St. Vincent's, for Dublin, is on shore on the Lancashire Coast ; and, it is feared, will be lost. Monday last, being the day appointed for the no mination of a candidate to "repiesent the County of Suffolk in Parliament, in the room of Lord Vis count Booms (now Marquis CONSWA LLIS) there was a very numerous and respedable attendance of Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders, at Stow market. Admiral Wi tsorr proposed THOMAS SHER* LOCK GOOCH, Esq. the eldest son of Si. T. GoocH, Bart. and was seconded by Sir GILBERT Arrtscx, Bart. Mr. GoocH then addressed the Elearns, in a speech of some length. No opposition whatever was made, and an unanimous show of hands indi cated Mr. Goocrea certain election, which will take place this day at Ipswich. Every Ticket drawn next Saturday is sure to be a Prize, and the First-drawn Ticket on the Sixth Day is sure to In* '20,0001. ; therefore, those who purchase now have a double chance, as every Ticket drawn before the 28th instant is cure to be a Prize, and every capital Plias already drawn has been sold in Shares. aiMERICAN STATE TRADE. The nature of a 1 rte ,irt ,Oe.litog in the Congress of the United tttes of America. in regard to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, having !seen erro neously and inconsistently stared, in some of our newsy tapers, the following correct account of it, and of the circumstancits from which it arose, mat be ae:eptable in our readers : By the Constitution of the United Slates, the Ce. net-al Congress was restrained from prohibit', the importation of slaves, pilot- to the Ist of January. I YOB. The restriction, however, not estyndinsr, to the prnte&on of the trade in slaves from A trice to foreign countries, in American shipping. an Ha to prohibit this branch of commerce, under severe penalties, was passed in 1794, and has been en forced, as fir AS the arm of the Government could reach the offenders, against it. A few years after, the different States of the Uninn successively passed Abolition Ads, in their respect ive Legislative Ass,rmSlies, prohibiting the home bran of the trade within their own jurisdiaions; so t sat there remained no de•cription of Slave Frade to the ports of that country, nor any in American ships t s any part of the world, except some smugglers, under the colour of the United States, who traded to the French and Spanish West Indies, and who were chiefly, if not wholly, the disguised agents of merchants in this country, or in the islands to which they traded. About two years ago, however, the Assembly of South Carolina, influenced, as is asserted, by Mer. chants of Charlestown, in connedtion with slave trading houses in this country, again opened the parts of that state, fur the admission of Negroes The sole effaa, and, as is supposed, the sole ob. jet, was to provide a market for the cargoes sent en British account to the Flavannah, whets refused that port, on account of a redundant supply, or when the prices were below what the importers cold afford to ac:ept. The Americans them- ' selves, it is said, have taken scarce any part in this revived trade, tici;pt in nenti alizing British car goes, under their mime, since ilia recommencement of the war. "Ibis relapse of South Carolina, gave great and general offence' through the Union. A Bill was brought into Congress immediately after, to lay la high duty on 'Lures imported ; but the *IMO?* was resisted and relinquished, en the right prin ciple, that the general legislature ought not thus, by a side wind, to du that which it was tlpresSit restrained, by the articles of the confederation, hoot doing iiiredly, till a peri"d not yet arrived. The opponent., as .WC:I as toe supporters of the Bill, were uninionaes in condeenniug the Slave Trade, and in holdmg that it ought to be abolished through. out the Union, as satin as the Constitution allowed of such a contioul over the late ad of a single State; hut they properly ohjeded to an indired en.. croachmen: on the authority of the Charlesi,own. Assembly, however they might regret the IAIIO which had been made of it. To this argument was addc 1, a repugnance to the idea of raising a reve nue on such an article of commerce ; and, besides, the South Carohoa Members assured the promoters of the Biil, that the obnoxious Al would sooolse repealed by their Cnostituents. The pledge thus given, has not yet been taken op, though the Government and General Congreta have since manifested their unshaken antipathy to the Slave Trade, by prohibiting it, in spite of the loudest murmurs of t hei r ne w Citizens of Louisiana, in that extensive Pt ovince. Though the heat of tin climate, and the culture of the sugar-cane, seen.ed to demand an exception there from the general prioziple, it has been inviolably adhered tn. The late oircussions at Washington, which one account has tepees nted as ending in an Ad to abolish the Slave Trade, on the Ist of January. tail! ; and which another accou .t has stated as producing a rejeaion of that measure; furnish, t•u:y related, a new proof of tla- ze 1 and steady determination which prevail in A.oerica on this interesting subject. The truth is, that a ha:red of the Slave 'I rade had, in this instance, nearly be trayed the National Legislature into a vett un watrantable measure, floes which the wisdom and moderation of the Senate rescued it only by a cast ing vote. The House of Representatives, anticipating their ionstitutonsl power, sent up a Bill for prohibiting the importation of Slaves into any State in the Union, from and after the Ist of January, 10(4 ; but in the Senate it was justly opposed, and, atter a great struggle, rejected, on the obvious principle. that the restriclion in the constitutional ea, post poned the right of legislatmg for such a purpose. and not merely that of giving an earlier operation to the law. If we refer to the words of the restriaion itself, not to mention its obvious spirit, it will be difficult to conceive how any fair doubt could be entertained on this subjed ; for the words are, ti 4 yivgr,,tdvs or emportattoo of such peel:mg as av qf the n Stater now est,iiNg ihalt tLigh proper to adopt, shea 4* out be peuhibard L ,v the Comgrese prior to the year " 1808." As it was never disputed that this euphonism t .1 seri person'," &c. was meant to be descriptive or Slam, it is wonderful that the clause could be cue. sidered as compatible with the passing a ',rostrata'', prohibitory ad, in 1805. Yet, such is the im patience felt in America, at the temporary toleration of the Slave Trade, by any State in the Union, that this violent strain of the Constitution was twice sup ported, even in the Senate, by considerable ma. jorities, and was defeated at last only by the Vice. President's casting voice. This decision took place on the 18th of December last, and is detailed in The Nese-York Erma, Post of December 21. The account adds, "it was al " lowed on iC.I Lands, that, as soon as the time " arrived when the Congress shall possess the con " stitutional power of prohibiting the importation of 1 31 " Slaves, it would be proper for them to exercise it." STATE LOTTERY.—The Ticket, No. 10,730, 11 first-drawn yesterday, entitled to 211,0221. was so!cl at Mrssrs. /laza so, Bu r, and Co.'s Office, Royal Exchange, in one Fourth, one Eighth, and ten Sixteenth Shares. 1 ickets and Sha•:s, warranted undrawn, continue on Sale at the above Office. All Tickets drawn on Saturday nest, the Filth Day, will be entitled to 221. each, and the E,st•drawn on the Sixth to £O.OOOl.