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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. THURSDAY, JAN. 8. the ameal " Charley v. Lord Dunsany," :hich was under consideration last Session, the 50:,,,:.:.i!0r-Gmer-A : , ,,:.:.i!or-Gmer-A was heard in reply. The further Consi 4 eration deferred till this day se'nnight. Earl SI'ENCER informed the House that his Ma jesty had been waited on with the Address of their Lordships relative to the late Negotiation with France, to which his Majesty had been pleased to return a most gracious answer. The Malt Duty Bill, and the Pension, &c. Duty Bill, were read a second tune and committed for to morrow. The Commissioners of the Customs presented se veral Annual Accounts ; ' which were ordered to lie Oil the table.—Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, JAN. 8. Mr. ADAM gave notice, that to-morrow he would move that the Order respeding the consideration of the Aherdeenshire Election should be rescinded, for the purpose of being fixed for a more dis tant day. __ ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Mr. HOBHOUSE brought up the Report of the Supply on the Ordnance Estimates. The first Resolution being put, Mr. JOHNSTONE observed, that there were two charges which appeared to him to require some 'ex planation. - Among the stores sent to Ceylon, amountinL. — nearly to 60,0001. he observed some gunpowder, estimated at 40001. Now it seemed very improvident to send out so much powder from this country, when it might havebeen sent to-Cey lon .at a much cheaper rate from some of our Set tlements in the East Indies. This was the first charge. The second was this :—He observed that for worms, turn-screws, &c. the charge for the Irish service was about 70001. while that for the English service was only 10001. This required ex planation. Mr. CALCRAFT replied, that as to the stores sent to Ceylon, they were sent out'under an order by the Secretary of State:- This was all the answer that could be required from the Board of Ordnance on the subject. As, to the item respeaing the turn-screws and worms, Bcc.' &c. be apprehended that these might not have been supplied for the Irish service for some time past, by which the re gular allowance• might have accumulated to .this sum of 70251. But he acknowledged that he was not sufficiently master of this point, and would not fail to make inquiry in order to satisfy the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. JOHNSTON'It stated, that he had no doubt these things would be sati4ktortly explained ; not with regard to the Ceylon stores, he did not think it consistent with his duty to pass over such a large sum without requiring some explanation, wherever it appeared to be wanting. And with respet to the turn-screws, the matter might proceed en tirely from an oversight ; at the same time he did not think the answer as to this point at all sa tista&Dry. Mr. 6ALCRAFT admitted that it was not perfeEtly satisfactory, and again expressed his resolution to make inquiry into the affair. As to the Ceylon stores, be would furnish a detailed account if the Hon. Gentleman thought it necessary. ' • The Resolutions were then severally .read and agreed to. General WALPOLE gave notice, that to-morrow he would move for an enlargement of the time for taking the Recognizaucesin the Derry Ele6tion. The Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Annual In demi-14y Bill, were read a second time . , and ordered to be committed to-morrow.. F.I TAR Y ESTABLISHMENT. Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice, That he would ea Monday next move for Returns of the Effective State of our present Military Establishment. (When this notice was given Mr. Windham was rot in the House ; he Caine in, however, - almost immediately after.) Lord CASTLEREAGH again rose, and said, that if the Rizlit Honourable Gentleman had'been in the House when he gave his notice, he would have asked him a question. As he was in his place now, he begged leave to put this question. He wished to know whether it was the Right Honourable Se cretary's intention to put the Training At in execu tion, or whether he n had any, other measure to Pro• pose instead of it - - Mr. Wlgrn-lA:4 replied, that he had ,no other to propose instead of it—that it was to.be executed and extended to Scotland, which had manifested no disinclination to bear a proportionate share of the burthens. It would, of course, be applied there with such modifications as were suited to the circdm stances of the place, as' had been stated. It was al ready in a course of execution, as far as respected the ballot, and in all probability it would be exe cuted in every other point, subjea to - the 'disere , tion of the Government, as had already been pro- Lord CASTLEREAGH desired to know, not only whether it was to be executed as far as the ballot was concerned, but also whether it was to be put into military execution ?—Whether the men were a&u ally to be called out to be trained, or whether the Right Hon. Secretary meant to confine it merely to lists ? Mr. WiNpuan replied, that it was designed 'to carry it into complete etfeet in some parts of the kingdom, and apply it to others as their situation and circumstances would permit. This he had be fore stated, would be done, unless he should see some reasons to the contrary, which he could not then perceive. As yet he had seen no reasons for al teripg his intentions.. HORSHAM ELECTION. Mr. WHITE appeared at the Bar with the reduced 11,t of the Members chosen by ballot to form the Committee fur trying the merits, of the Horsham Vection. The Members were these : Erich of the Members, as the namps were called, came to the table, where the whole were sworn.— The Committee were ordered to go forth and pro ceedto business in the usual.form.—Adjourned. MAiLg. • buz—z Gottenburgh, x Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE o'cLiScic. Consols . 591 ex. div. I . Red. Ann. - . 6o i I THE SUN. SOLAIS QUIS DICSRS FALSUM AUDEAT? LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1807. I YESTERDAY was very fertile in reports froth the _ Continent, but we fear they are not entitled to more credit than those we have hitherto received. Tile Master of a Vessel, who arrived in the River yes terday, and who left Stettin,on the 27th ult. states, that before he sailed dconsiderable Russian and Prus sian force had arrived within a few miles of Stettin— that they had marched by a circuitous route—and that their,obje& was to attack the French in the rear. This story is upon the face of it so improba ble that it is scarcely deserving . of notice, unless indeed we could suppose that the French Army had been so weakened by disease - as to permit the Allies 1 to divide their force, in order effedually to cut off the retreat of the Invaders. . That the French have suffered dreadfully by the fatigues they have undergone, and by the severity of the climate, that great numbers of them have been swept off by disease, is proved by concurrent testimony from al l quarters : but we cannot believe that they have been weakened to such a degree as would justify the Allies to make so hazardous a movement as that, to which we haVe alluded. Another report circulated yesterday was, that a battle had been fought between the Russians and the French, on the Banks of the ." Narew, in which the latter were defeated with great loss.. This report is founded on the authority , of private letters from Harnburgh. • AN Order has•been issued to His Majesty's Ships of War 'and Privateers, to seize and detain all Ships belonging to Neutrals trading from one Port of France to another, or any Port under the controul of the French Government, where British Vessels are not permitted to trade. Neutrals are, however, still permitted to trade from their own Ports dire& with the Enemy. This Order will appear in the Gazette to-morrow evening. • The West India Fleet sailed on Tuesday last from Falmouth,under convoy of His Majesty's Ship Blonde, of 32 guns, „Moselle, of 18 guns, Abundance Store ship and Snipe, and no doubt joined the remainder of the Fleet off Portsmouth the next day, according to a Telegraphic order issued for that pUrpose. An American Ship, from Rochefort, in seven days, arrived at Falmouth on Tuesday ; left there five Sail of the Line and two 'Frigates, with Troops, waiting an opportunity to sail, • Nye are happy in being able to state, that advice& were yesterday received by Government, that Lord HUTCIIINSON had arrived perfealy well 'at Dantzic, and was proceeding to join the King of Prussia wherever he might be. The universal tenor of the letters brought by the Mail confirm the report that the French Army in Poland was rapidly thinning by dysentery and fever. nht very l arge remi t - The Hamburgh letter s tiro tances to the merchants, and assurances of further re mittances to ,a considerable amount. Thi season able supply has almost entirely removed the embar rassments ,which were ocei,:ioned by the, first inter ruption to the regular bmluess with Hamburgh. PRISONER IN FRANCE--The brother of Mr. BILLINGS, hosier, in the Strand, .recently attempted to escape from VeOun, and had aclually got thirty }'miles fiom that place, towards the banks of the , Rhine ; when he was apprehended in a cottage, hlnd-tuffed, condated to a prison' called the Round Castle, at Beach , Head, thrown into a damp dun , geon under ground, without light; and contirmed in that situation two months, for breaking his pa role : he is still a close prisoner. The melancholy event which recently attended the Passage-boat at Conway Ferry was chiefly ow, ing, it is said, to the obstinacy of the Steward, who would not put back, notwithstanding the most anxious entreaties of the passengers, who were fully aware of their danger. Fifteen persons fell a semi ice on this occasion. Eleven of the bodies have been 'found, and cash recovered to the. amount of about four thousand pounds. It is a fact recorded, that on the morningof mas-day, A. I). 1605, a boat, with passengers on their way to Ireland, was lost in crossing Conway Ferry. A match, for 50 guineas, has been made between, two Gentle:nen in the neighbourhood of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, to ride a steeple_ race, for ten miles, on some day in this month. Much :interest has been excited, and large bets are depending upon-the performance. The rider, are not to go through any , gateway, nor is either to take the same leap as the .other. We hear with reg et that the BISIJOP of LoNPOI much indi,posed at Bath: The Epkcoi:al :has never had a,brlgh ter ornament in learning, - piety, and an glive discharge of its important fun6tions, than this v6nerable.Pulate. Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane, Earl. Percy, john Hearle Tremaine, Will:am Jacobs, Esq. Hon. Win. Howard, Arthur Adder ly, Esq. Alex. Towers, Esq. Thos. K. Beaumont, Esq. joughan Raine, Esq. Sir John Lubbock, ,I,3art. Hon. Andrew FoleY; Lord Walpole, Gilbert (ones Esq. John Barry, NOMINEES. William DiCliellSOD, Esq. NA. PAL N E IFS. FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Sailed this day the out ward-bound Lisbon, Oporto, Mediterranean, and West India Fleets, under convoy of . His Majesty's Ships Blonde, of 32 guns, Moselle, of 18 guns, . e ibundance Store-ship, and Snipe Tender : they ex peat to fall in with the remainder of the Fleet from Portsmouth in the morning, as a Telegraphic Dis patch.announced their sailing, and ordered the sail 'big of thd above from fence. Also sailed the Hope, liumPlutus, for, Plymouth ; and the Unity, MAR SHALL, for Portsmouth. Arrived this day the American Ship Diana, Capt. NOBLE, from Rochefort, seven days passage : left lying there four Sail of the Line (one a three-decker, full of trOops) readrfor sea. It was currently re ported there that- the Russians had been defeated by the French on the Banks of the Vistula : being without date, Canndt form an opinion as to its ac curacy. Arrived also the Hired Armed Brig, Morristown, from Swansea, with convoy, from thence for Fal mouth and Plymouth and the Hope,. REEi, front Cork. PLYMOUTH, JAN, 7.--Arrived tne Endeavour, HORNSEY, from Guernsey; the Die Gate Erwart ung, ALTMAN, from-Riga; the Nt'Uti - alitetell, HER BERT, -from - Stockholm; and the Danish Galliot Wroom, OLSEN, from Bourdeaux, laden with wine, detained by the Busy Privateer; also alarge Fleet of Merchantmen and Coasters, under convoy, from the Eastward ; and the Industry, MOOR, from ,Archangel. Sailed the Colossus, of 74 guns, to join the Chan nel Fleet. PORTSMOUTH, JA.N. B. Arrived the Crocodile Frigate, Capt.- BI TTESWORTII ; Grasshopper • Sloop of War, Capt. SEARLE, having detained the Danish Galliot Altrea, from Tonningen, bound to Corunna, laden with tobacco, &c.; Magpie Gun-brig, Lieut. Joiu NintrodCdtter, Lieut. IiAswELL, and the Hearty Gun-vessel, all from cruizes. Sailed the -Hearty Gun-vessel on a Cruize. Came into Harbour.the Revenge, of 74 guns. YARMOUTH, JAN. B.—A French Lugger Priva teer, named the 'Jena, was this morning brought into the Roads by His Majesty's Sloop of War Cruizer. Thz. Cruizer fell in with her off the Gal loper Sands, and took her after a chase of six hours. She mounted 18 guns, but threw two of them over ,board during the chase. She had taken, prey-43; 24 ,1J . to The Cruizer falling in-with her, the Bee, of this -I Port, MARTIN Master, and the Slptune, of Sunder land, GRAHAM Master, both from Dantzic to Lon don, with wheat, and anther vessel, • DEAL, JAN. B.—Arrived the Fury Bomb, with the DeplJbrd Naval Transport, and a Fleet of Coast ers, under.convoy from Portsmouth, Nyilich are sailed for the River. Sailed the Spitfire Sloop of War on a cruize. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.--Captain AtEXAN'tiEk FRASER, to the Prince; Captain P. PUG ET, to ..the Gibraltar ; Captain T. BOWEN, to the Indostaft; Capt. G. PIGOT, to the Blossom ; Mr. PAYNE, First Lieutenant o; the clyde, is promoted to' a Com— wander.; S. W. NELSON, Esq. Clerk of the Survey at Deptford Dock Yard, is appointed' Storekeeper of Pprtstnouth Dock Yard, in the room ofW..GILTsERT, Esq. who is ,superazinuatesl; J. SCOTT, Esq. Clerk of the Plymouth Rope Yard, succeeds Mr. NELSON, at Deptford ; and Mr: SCOTT'S son is appointed Clerk of the Rope Yard at Plymouth. Mt . ..GILBERT has been a zealous, upright, and faithful public servant in his Majesty's service 47'years he retires with a . pension of 3001. a year. Mr. ALLlNonim's new Musical Piece was yes terday read to the Performers who . are to be con cerned in it, at Covent Garden Theatre. It is said to be characterized by all the original, whim which ap pears in the other produitions of the same Author. STEPHEN KEMBLE is now at Edinburgh endea vouring to procure the reversion of the Patent of the Theatre in that City, which be was promised many yeara ago, but' could not then obtain, owing to the superior interest of 311 r. EsTEN. EXTRAORDINARY lloamy.—Mr. LANZA, who composed the music to the After-piece entitled The Deserts of Arabia, presented a TrzieUth cake and a dozen of Port to the Musical Band of Covent-Garden Theatre on Tuesday last. It was determined that the - intended festival on this occasion:should be ad journed till the following night—the Cake and the Wine in the interim were deposited, under lock and key in the Hair,dresser's Rooin. When, hoWever, the Musicians were all in concert and ready to play their parts with g reat activity at the luxurious board, neither Cake nor Wine could be found.— The cruel spoiler • has not been discovered. It might be imagined that " the old Mouse of the Green Room," and his family, .had - contrived to nilible away the Cake ; _bbt they can - hardly be suspeaed of having (peed qff all the Wine. , The title of MottToN's new Comedy is not yet fixed, but it will probably be called Town and Coun-. The scene of anion lies in both, and thd manners of both form the subje6t of the Fable. It is somewhat curious that QUICK, .who has so long been a prop of the Theatre, should have been thrown from the Stage. kiXTRAORDINARY PUN --A whimsical Dramatist hearing the cry of ." BURDETT for ever I" .during the Middlesex Ele&ton, observed, that it reminded biro of Prometheus, who was to be lird-cat for ever. ASTRJEA FRIGATE,' CAPT. DUNBAR. The perils which this Frigate encountered, and the imminent destruction which for nine hours threatened to - .overwhell - n her, and which, in, fa6t, awaited her dpring the remainder of S her voyage, can be but iniperfeelly understood from any thing that the- Public Prints hare yet related upon this sUbjed.' The letter - That we have subjoined describes, with affealing minuteness, the incidents of this dan gerous and almost . fatal voyage : " Et.SINEUR, DEC. 1, 1806.—After a tremendous passage, niis description of. which can 7 give any 'ade quate idea of its horror s , th e Astroca Frigate arrived here, I• may say, a:most a total wreck. We had little to complain of, considering the season of-the year and the dreary region we were approach ine from the time we l e f t th e E ng li s h coast till er • Friday. last, when •we made the Naze of Norway, which is the southern part of that' country: We had the shore upon the larboard hand, a good breeze of wind, and were going at 'the rate of ten knots, when 011: a sudden, without the smallest in dication that . such an,evil was impending, one of. the most terrible gales of wind broke upon us that the oldest seaman on board ever witnessed. The roar - of its sudden bur s t i s y e t i n my ears., 'Tremendous as the tempest was, the admirable discipline of the Ship, and the alertness of our men, were able to meet it with every exertion that, under such a dif ficulty, it was possible to make ; but the weight of the storm and its rapidity hdd disabled. our rigging' considerably ; and it was only Such a: crew as we • had, that, under Providence, was able to work our safety. For a time we , apprehended that our fate was inevitable, and that the Astrcea was destined , to leave her ribs on e the shoals of .Nor w ay ;' but we • were reserved for new and sfill'inore alarming dan gers, though, thank God,. ultimately for safety. We disengaged the .Vessel from the shore with in finite difficulty, and pursuing our course,. we had to encounter -the risk of touching upon the..Skaws, which are off the point of Jutland; and which are', objects of terror to the best Pilots even in the finest weather. .With the best preparations, that precau tion and seamanship could take; every man looking- out that was -possiblesounding continually—and the Master and Pilot as vigilant as our Officers and Men were strenuous and ,aaive, we escaped the Skaws and got into the Cattegat. Here our confi dence was - somewhat restored, and the piercing cold, and the furious gal e th a t was bl ow i ng, were scarcely inconveniencies, when we relieded upon what we had escaped. In this disposition our spi rits felt relieved, though there was not any' material abatement of our caution—our Pilot did not seem to give us much cause for apprehension, and we were pursuing our course brikly e when, to our dismay, the frigate struck h—We found ourselves upon e reef of rocks,,perbaps those called the New Dan gers,' about three miles from the.lsland of Anholt e . and about nine miles, as well as I can 4uess, from any other shore. It will requife some aid from the fancy' of whoever has witnessed a scene of this:, sort, to imagine our condition. We immediateli hoisted signals, and fired guns of distress--'tint iii vain. Not a soul from the shore put off to assist us in any way. Several Vessels .passed us, indifferent spectators of our distress, and insensible to every in vr,-. made to themeel our_ dreadful situation their crews were as callous as the reef of " All this time no effort was spared on board the Astrtva that coolness and' seamanship cotild devise.. The mizen and mainmasts were cut away, the guns. *ere thrown overboard, .as well as the stores , and provisions to a considerable degiee. Still the Vessel laboured hard, and the water was rushing through, her bottom in a degree that left no man the hope of '-being saved—before it gaiued considerably, a great quantity of ballaSt was thrown over. At this awful moment, it was only a British Man of War that could 'exhibit so tioble a display of Cool and sober heroisria. The conduCt of every man in the Ship was fine beyond" all praise. Ait!iough impending • death had levelled us all to a sei:6iiient of equality, and though every man expected momentary en gulphmept, still not a voice. was heard but tin:cern inand • - f the Officer from one end el the Ship to the other-,--not a face betrayed fear—not an instance of • turbulent despair —every man was displaying in this sort of passive courage as much heroism as if he were grappled with an enemy. The miraculous et - lofts made by the crew, with all the pumps, kept the water from gaining wholly upon us ; and while we were in the midst of all this exertion, to our, astonishment, and to our horror, in some respeas, .the Ship floated !—ludge of our situation, lightened • even to the loss of some of our ballast, with only the foremast standing, and the Vess e l so d amage d in the bottom, as that it required all the pumps to prevent the water/gaining to a fatal increase upon us !`Those terriffic difficulties, however, 'only shewed the re sources of skill and courage. In an incredible short time jury, 'main, and mizen-masts were rigged, though only a few could be spared from the pumps; and as the wind was fair, we took a farewell of the reef that had been neatly so fatal to usi and 4C-, length, exhausted almost to death, we arrived here this day. " During the'dreadful scene we had experienced * Lord. HUTCHINSON 'arid his suitewere not inactive assistants.- New as the danger was, they were as composed under it al any person on board, thoue). the expectation of safety was ahandonded by all. L British Seamen wanted the force of example, they would have it very amply in the amazing coolness and ColleCtedness of Lord HUTCHINSON during the whole of our danger, in which the force of his Lord ship's mind afforded some valuable suggestions. His Lordship, I am sorry to say, has not escaped the effeCts of Ms wiertions and privations for nearly three days—he is gone on shore somewhat indis posed, "'You will expect me to say something about the . King of Prussia--there is . nothing known of him here. The .French have perplexed the news of this' place with such a mixture of lies and rumours, that we know as little of mimic; events that happen, as , you do at home. Whenever 'any thing of moment 6ccurs, you shal3 have a line, if the French do n ot stop the Mails. Husain, I understand . , is an unsafe channel of conveyance, but I must try it." The Norwich coach, which passed through Ips.• wich on Cbristnms EV(I, carried to London 73 turkies, har.2s, I 9 partridges, 59 capons, 86 pheasants, 70 wild-ducks, 64 widgeons, 4V dun birds, 100 rab bits, p 9 chines, aild 1281bs. sausages. S