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it() THE PROPRIETORS OFEAST" ,INDIA STOCK. 'LAMES AND GENTLEMLN, A S the lamented Death of yovt c late respectable ~(16 Eot-Direitor. Sir STEPHEN LIA; HINGTON, Bart. !.,by occasioning a -Vacancy in the Dire on, at. the Annual .Elediou in ,April next, will afford you/ n opportunity of s :leaing a Person to,,succeed him thero - i- 1, I b,-.T leave, thus .early, tconnounce my intention of be4c ming a Candidate on . the occasion, and to renew my solio,ta! ion for the honour of your Votes and Interest to plate At; in that distinguished _ • Should - I become the objc& of your - choice, I shall endea vour to.roerit the hondur conferred on me, by the most zea lous and assiduims attention to Kw, ,ote the Interest of the ConapaY t hereby committed .to y charge; being, with ; the greatest Respeel, • ladies and Gentler:4i 31, your most ottee .ient htimble Servant, • ;CAMP,* LL MA.RIOI2.II3A.NKS. IMPERIAL i RLIAIVIENT HOUSE PEERS, TUESDA'ip ji A Ntl ARY 13. The - Bishop of chichept.cr took the Oaths and his Seat. In•the Appeal, Page F.4ld Others v. Hamilton and .Others, Mr. Richards , was heard for the Respondents. —Farther coni t ideration deferred tilLto-morrow. The Exchequer Bills Bill was read.n second time, and committed for.to-r.morrow. Bowyer's Lottery Bill was read a second time, and committed to a Private Committee for Thursday. Adjonrned . till to-.morrow (this day). ROUSE .OF COMMONS, TUESDAY, JAN. 13. Mr. Johnstone, from the Office of the Chief Se- Aretary for Ireland., gave in at Bar a .Return of the Imports and Exports of that. Country for the year ending the sth January, 1806. , Mr. ByNo - brought up the Report °lithe Stratford- le-Bow Water-Works.--Leave given to bring in a Bill pursuant to said Report. . Sir FREDERICIi FLETCHER VANE moved, that the Order of the Day for hearing the Tregony Petition be discharged. After the Motion had been agreedto, Mr. SWAN was about to make some observations in support of postponing the hearing of this Petition to some day subsequent to.the loth inst. (not aware that the Order for that day had been discharged); Ndeo The SPEAXER apprized the Honourable Member that the House had already determined upon- a more. distant day, and that the question now before it ,was, whether that day should be :the 2ith 'January.— Ordered that said petition be taken. into consideration nu the r i .ith inst. at a quarter before four o'clock in the afternoon. On the motion of Mr. VANSITTART the House went into a Cornmhtee on the Malt Duty Bill, the Committee being previously empowered to receive a Clause to make good deficiencies, The Bill went through the committee., and the clauses being introduced and agreed to, on the motion of Mr. Hobhouse, it was ordered that the Report be re ceived to-morrow. On the question of adjournment being put, the Honourable WELLESLEY POLE said, that he wished to premise the notice he was about to give with one ot unnecessary observation. When a Is;roble Lord (Lord Folkstone) yesterday gave notice of his in tention to submit to that House, upon Monday se'noight, a Motion for, printing the Oude pa - pets, be (Mr. Pole) conceived that the motion was meant to be general; and that all the papers re latiye tp the Oude charge, if the motion was acceded to, would be printed. He has however since learnt, that after he had left the House, the Noble Lord, in answer to a : question put by one of his Majesty's ninisters, had expressed his intention of moving that three papers only, Nos. 3,4, and 5, rela tive to, the Oucle, charge, be printed. This did not appear to him to be quite a fair proceeding' to wards the - Noble Person who was the obeil of that charge. Understanding, therefore,-the Noble Lord's notice to sand for such atnotion, he should now give notice that be would, upon the same day, move tor the printing of all. the papers- concerning that charge, not meaning by. ; this to anticipate• the de •Cisioo of that ,House upon the Noble Lerd's motion, but thinking that if-that was ao - reed.to, it would be' expedient to take the sense of the House upon this ako.---Adjourned. MAILS. AR& ty si)-2 Dublin, z Waterford. Dun-3 Gottenburgh, 2. WajerlOrd. PRICE OF STOCKS Tn.t4 DAY AT TWET.V E O'CLOCK. - 59 I Red. ion. - Corvols - - TII E SU N. euis rtettßz ?ALBUM ATIDELVT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1807. No further accounts have been received respeaing pumos Ayres. We have already stated that the Spa nish Ship El Cupedo, which was taken by the Phoenix, left Monte-Video on the 13th September; at that time no suspicion of such an event as the re-cap ture of Buenos Ayres existed there. We trust, therefore, that the British Government are still in possession of that Most important conquest, though from the very extraordinary length of time which has elapsed since any dispatches were re ceived from our Commanders in that quarter, it is impossible to say what events may have occurred, or to pledge ourselves to the Public against any c h ange o r unforeseen circumstances that May have arisen. We can only rest ourselves upon the mown - established courage and . 'perseverance of pur Troops, and upon the aatvity, zeal, and exertion, of our • Government, which has never ceased, from the period that the Conquest was first qfficially notified to us. , . . • •WF feel it to be our duty to lay befpre our Rea ders the various reports whiCh 're'ach us from the Pontipent., although they may not appear to In, de. wring of credit. Not at single week : has elapsed since the French crossed, the Oder in which we have not received accounts of a decisive battle having been fought, in which the advantage has been given sometimes to one and sometimes to the .other.-- A Gentleman v%•ho arrived from Holland yesterday, declared, that before he sailed he qaw in a Dutch Paper of the Bth, an account of a dreadful Battle having been fought on the Vistula, in which the French were ultimately defeated with great slaugh- - ter.—This account does not stand upon better autho rity than any of the former ones, and therefore 'we do not think it deserving of credit. It is very, im. probable that an account of the defeat of the French should appear in a Dutch Paper. WE have thia..Day continued ,our Extracts from the Foreign Papers : an article-from Konigsberg, re ceived at Altona the 18th ult. states, that the QUEEN OP PRUSSIA had fallen a victim to a nervous fever;the consequence of the agitation and •dejecnon winch had resulted 'from the dreadful calamities Which ,her family- andl country • have suffered: This . Melancholy report was preceded by-an . account of HER NiAjESTYS indisposition, which had. been mentioned atierlin . We. have no other authority, but weareapprehen sive that the report is well-founded. Such a circum stance may - Well be ekpeEted to be a subjea of exul tation to BoNArAnTE, after hi s unm an l y attack upon. the unfortunate aueen, whom, according to all ac counts, he had ‘no , reason to condemn but fdr her attachment to her Royal Consort and .the interests of Prussia: . Yesterday His MAJESTY, accompanied by the PRINCESSES, Earl •MACCLESFIELD, Lord ST. HE LENS, Colonel' WHATITAYI, &C. took an airing on horseback by Cranbourn. The ROYAL F A MI LY came to town to-day, and it is expetled they will, remain till Friday se'nnight. . Mr. MuNßoe, one of His Majesty's Messengers, sailed on Monday morning troth Harwich, in the Prince of "Wales Packet, for Heligoland, with dis patches for Lord HUTCIIINSON. I.resterday,a Court of Dire&ors was held at the East India House, when the ship Lady Castlereagh was taken up fora voyage to Madras and Bengal, to carry out goods for mdividuak She - is ordered to. sail to Gravesend the 7th Feb. stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs the 15th of March. Captain. MURRAY, of the Devonshire, for Bombay, and Cap tain TIM3RILL, of the Taunton Castle., for China, were sworn into the command .of their respthive ships.—The Court adjourned At .six o'clock itill this day. • A Vessel is arrived at Bristol from St. Andero's, bringing letters from Spain, of a date subsequent to the advices received from LiSbon by 14 days, Which make no mention of the recapture of Buencis Ayres. This is en additional circumstance for the disbelief of the previous accounts. , The Dublin Papers to the 9th, received yesterday morning, all concur in stating, that the reports of meetings, for treasonable purposes, in the counties of Cork,:Carlow, &c. are wholly destitute of foun dation'. • - The . General, court-Martial, which lately sat at Chelsea 'Hospital on Captain DAVIS, liar closed its proceedings. , The sentence, however, will not trait , spire until sanaioned bv 'HIS MAJESTY. The Message of the French Senile, in au swer to one from the Usurper, is one of the most servile corn positionslhat ever .issued from . the, prostituted Re presentatives (if such they maybe called) Of a deL graded people. Among-other instances of servile udnlation they tell their ferotious Tyrant that 'his 'wrath is f` • more terrible than the storms of the Ocean," That it may be more terrible td 111614'i-each egop!e will be easily .admitted, beeauselhey Might escape from those.:storms, but none • within the reach of BONAPARTE could hope to escape from his deadly vengeance. This abed Senate, how ever, have not shewn much policy in their adula tion, in reminding their Tyrant of the Ocean, since it. affords an insurmountable check upon his .ani bition,• and presents to him the •scene of :British superiority. _ , • • _ • - . . It would be mere mockery of the French- Ruler to Make an application to. him for his participation in any attempt to put 011 eud to Slavery, conSider ing the condition of his &Yed s,. and that or - the people in every country under his coniroul. • It has been in'sinuatedr that thernmoursagaiPst CATALANI and her husband arose from the 'Comic Fatlion of the Opera, who are jealous of .W ties "; but as the husband of thth. Singer is said. to be a Member of the Legion of Honour, and was nearly conneaed with .BoNArAwrg, he mighLrea sonably be -considered as an objea' of - suspicion, however satisfactory to Government the result. of an inquiry might prove The person in question, according to report, made such an ostentatious pa rade of his military rank under the French Ruler, while he was in Lisbon, that the Government 'of the country thought it necessary to lnterfere; un willingas it is to . do any thing that might tend to provoke the resentment of . France. Mrs. LUDLAM, according to the account ,pf a Morning Ri-per, is not actually the wife of the u -fortunate Gentleman whose name she has aisurried, but of a Gentleman named 1 - 4xnEasoN,. from whom she was separated • some "years ago, PpOn the ground of an improper intercourse betwepii - her and a Northern Baronet. Yesterday, at 7Hick ', i Hall, a true bill was -fOund. against Jean Baptisti Lous Barrieuliet, the Swiss 'set-, vant to the Earl of CAl.. . nos . It is expe&ed that the trial will conic on next Friday. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be fore the Right Hon. EDWARD Lord ELLENBoRouon, Lord Chief Justi4!, &c. in and afte'r Hilary Terni, .4807.: IN TE;iat. •. - , • MIDDLESr2C- Lpr , :nom. . , . Wednesday, , fan. 28 Thursday, ' - fan; i Ivion , )ay; - 2 Feb, 2 Wednesday; ~ ,tyh. --;• , 17. Tuesday, - - to -Wednesday, - - - H' Ili' fridoy. AFTER - Feb. j 3 TERM. Saturday, v=b. ;4 NA TAL NEWS. F, on the LONDON GAZ ET q, Jan. 13, 147. Admiralty Office, Jan. 13. Copy a Letter from Vice-Admiral Lord Coiling wood, Commander in aid' of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to William Marsden, ss.q. dated an board the Ocean, qff Cadiz, the 20th of December, 180. sin, . I inclose to you, to be laid before the Lords Comp missioners of the Admiralty, the Copy of a . Letter from Captain Pearse, Commander of His Majesty's Sloop thetlalcyon, informing me - of his having Wien in with a Ship, ,a Brig, and Zebec, of the Enemy's Cruizers, on the 13th inst. oti Cape St. Martin's; and _after an'a6tion, highly creditable to this Officer and his Ship's Company, succeeded in capturing the Spanish Ship the Neptuno dios de los Mares, of 14 guns and 72 men, the Brig and Zebec making their escape'after their fire was silenced. I am glad of this opportunity of giving to their Lordships, my testimony of, the spirited and skiltial conduit OfCaptain Pearse in all the duties, in which he is employed. The present instance of hislaving attacked and succeeded against an Enemy so very. superior, demonstrates what his ability is when there is opportunity to exhibit it. I am, &c. -COLLINGWOOD. His Majesty's 'Ship Halcyon, Gibrctltar MY LORD, Bay, December 18, 1806.- • I beg leave to inform your Lordship, that on-the 13th•inst. at eight in the morning, Cape:St. Martin's S. S.W. six-leagues, I perceived three Sail standing out from the land towards me ; being 011'cootrary tacks,, we closed , fast; when within four or five miles, I discovered they were Vessels of War (a Ship, a Brig, and a Ze.bec); and shortly after steered reedy for me; . seeing :they. were superior,. and five Settees seep :rom the tops comin from the same cinarter, I judged it prudent (as they seemed deter 7 mined to. bring Inc to action) close with them as soon as possible, and decide the contest before any assistance could be given from the other five; at half-. past ten (being nearly within musket shot) they' hoisted Spanish.colours, and commenced action ;:.as soon as I got abreast of the second Vessel, I got on the other tack, and brought them to closer action, which lasted till twelve o'clock, when their fire slackened ; at half past, being nearly a calm, the Brig and Zebec hauled away to the Southward, assisted' by their boats and sweeps, the Ship then nearestus_endea vouring to do the same to the Northward; We swept after her, 'and in an hour got close alongside,' when she struck her colours; she proved to be a Spanish Polacre Ship (Privateer),' the' Neptuno dios de los Mares, of 14 guns and 72 men, from Denia, going on a cruize between Minorca and the Coast of Africa, with the other two in company, who, I am sorry to-say, made their escape, but not before their fire had been silenced. The five Settees, when within _ three miles,. seeing the Ship deserted, re turned to the shore, and went into the Port of De nia. Though extraordinary, lam happy-to say we had none killed, and only three wounded, Lieute nant Briggs, my First, by a splinter in the arm, whom I beg leave to recommend to your Lordship's notice; Lieutenant Pearse, who has been acting three years and a half in this Vessel, and one Sk:3- man. The loss of the Enemy must be great. The wounded from the Ship are doing well,..nine in all. I give your Lordship the full particulars , 6l this event, and trust my attacking so very superior a force csee- Mg they were resolutely determined to bring me to action) will meet your Lordship's approbation, know ing I could depend upon my Onacers, and Ship's Company, whose cool, brave; and steady conduit on this, as on former occasions, almost ensured me success before the action cornmenced—they merit my - warmest acknowledgments. I cannot omit mentioning my having four Passen gers, Captain Sullivan, of the 81 st Regitnen t,., ho commanded the small arms i Messrs. Purvis, Crolskit, and a, Neapolitan Messenger, were all of great ser vice, as we were sixteen short of complement.' 'The -objed of the Enemy's fire was mostly direeted masts and rigging, in which I am sorry to say Ave have suffered very materially. . . w The force opposed to the Halcyon as,' Neptimo dios de los Mares, 14 twelve-pounders; and 72 'Men; La Vergin,di Solidad, 14 twelve and eight-pounders, .and 78 men; El Vives, 12 eight and six-pounders, and t men. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) H. W. PEARSE. The Right ion. C. Lord. Collingwood. • Admiralty Office, Jan. 13. Copy•tf.a Letter from the .1.411 Honourable Lord Gardner, Admiral of the. IFicite,'&e. &c. to Wil , lia►n lliarsden, .Esq. dated ?rent, Corp' Harbour, 6th January 1807. SIR, ' . . . I have the honour to transmit herewith, for the intbrmation of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty, copy of . a Letter from Captain James BriS bane, of the Alcmene, giving an accomat of the captUre, by' that Ship, on the 4th inst. in 50. deg. N. long. .11 deg. W. of Le Courier French Cutter Privateer, 'of St. Maloes. . . 1 have the honour to be, &c. . GARDNER. . . MY tonn, Alcmene, ,at Sea,, Jan, 6, 1807. , I have the honour to acquaint ) our Lordship, that His Majesty's Ship under nay command, on the, 4th inst. in lat. 50 deg. N, long. 11 deg, ,W. fell in with and captured Le Cdurier,, French ,Cutter Privateer (formerly His Majesty's hired armed Cutter Alert), pierced:for 'fourteen guns, but now mounting seven, of different calibres, forty-two and twenty-four pound brass carronades, and seventy men ; tour days from, Morlaix, without making a capture. • . .1 have, Scc• • • • (Signed) JAMES BRISBANE. The Right Hon. Admiral Lord Gardnei• &c. &c. &c. P,ORTSMOUTII, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Avon Sloop of, War, Capt. THRUSH, from America, and the Inconstant Frigate, Capt. DICKSON, from the Guern- • sey station.. r • Went out •of the harbour the 'Dreadnought, of guns - ; Pelleisle and Audacious, of 74 - guns and the Zara Bomb. Sailed Ulu Ant, Schooner on a CI-4i4e. SUZERNUSS, JAN. t3.--Arrivea the Bold Gurw Brig, Lieutenant \V. CHivnas, from the Downs , having several French Prisoner.; of War on beard for the Prison Ships at Gillingham. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Jalouse, captain STEW R;, to Portsmouth. , Arrived His Majesty's Frigate .4Teleager from Passed down an cut ward-bound st Indianan for the Downs. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Satellite to Deal. Ships at this Port—Resolution and Defence, 74 guns „• Li' Modesto, Solehty, Daedalus, and Seahorse rigates ; Hya. cinth, Favourite ' 'Redwing,'Fotrelitet, Falcon, 13Onattii,•Spy,. Star, Satellite; Hermes, Vulture, and Termagant Sloops of War • Sentinel, .Desperate, Pincher Bold, Fan c y, Rifl eman , and'escott-G . un-brigs ; Zealand, ‘Vinchiliiea, and Ceres Re ceiving Ships-•, SuSseic Hospital Ship ; Magnanime 'Harbour Duty'Ship Overyssel Victualling Depot ;• and Alkmaar, with Stores to supply the Ships in the .Downs. DEAL, JAN. 13.—Carne : down His Majesty's Ships Sea Horse - and Satellite from Sheerness; Mike of Montrose Castle Edeii Xast.lndiathen ; Greenwich, littivroL, for the South Seas; Experi ment,•l3lssiT, for the Cape of Good Hope, and se- . venal other outward-bound Vessels from the giver. . Arrived the Orion Man of War, from the We.§t , ward,, and remains in the Downs with His Majesty'* Ships as par last: The Valorous Praam has a signal flying for a Con voy to the Westward. FALMOUTH, JAN. 1 1 .-Sailed the 'lucklank Packet, Capt. SCIWYLER, with Mails for. Lisbon; Prince Adolphus Packet; Capt: BOULDEZBON, with Mails foi Barbadoes and Jamaica ; and the Man. chester Packet, Capt. DAVIS, with Mails for Amer. . h ri'ea 7 . ' , . emain His Majesty's Ships Britannia, Humber, acid: tale llforristaign. . . {" COWX, JAN. 7 7 - , 7 -Arrived His'Majesty's Brig Ama. ranthe, from Portsmouth, with 14 Sail 01Transports, with the gth, 14th,. and 91st Regiments on board, His Majesty's Ship dlcmene, Captain BRISBANg ? arrived this morning .at Cove, from a cruize, with the Courier -Privateer Cutter, from St. Maloes, of 7 guns and 72 men, which she captured off Cape Clear. The Ship Sally, of and from Baltimore,. Captain, DEw, laden with staves, rice, &c. for this port, foundered at seal crew saved by the George, Capt. TAYLOR, frOm New York, arrived at Greenock. Part of the crew were put on board a Vessel hotind to the West Indies. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MO'NEV. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Dra gon, the net pron:eeds of the proportion of the St. kapbao and El Finite, captured on the 224 inly, tgos, by Sir Robert Calddr's Squadion, on her arrival in Port, and every Wednes day and Thursday for three months, at NG. 3, Cliftbrd's. J on. The following is statement of the Naval sustained. by the Maritime Powers at War, during the year 1806: . z - Fritter, fits. , . French, .13 • 1 5 S panis'a, .2 - 3 9 Diadt; 2 The above loss on the part of the Enemy was en tirely oecaooned by the vigilance of the British Crtuzers':.' hot one Ship, either layge or sing being lost by any accident occasioned by 'adverse weather, &c. Oa the contrary, only five small British Ships ,leave fallen into the hands of the Enemy, the , re, mainder having been lost by unforeseen: misfortunes.. The Letters and Papers from Scotlatid ' mention a. landing having -been: Made by the crows of three French Privateers, in the Orkneys, and of-tia. Volunteers having turned out, and embarked in fish* smacks - to attack them. Th e f o llo w i ng is a Utter from Lei t h Night's NOrth Mail Img brought, accounts of the crews of three French Privateers ha6ng: made a landing in Orkney, and the Thurso.-Volunteers.- were embarking in fishing Smacks Co expel them." Other Letters from Leith, of the mth,•give a different- account. They state, that Ships are muss tering to. sail in the course of the, day for the Ork- - neys, where a French Ship has. been east ashore, • the crew of which had landed their gunS and fora-. • lied themselves. On Wedne,iday the 31 st of December Alexander 114 f Walter; belonging to Paisley, not twenty years of age, walked from Perth to Paisley ; a distance of 7if miles, in 17 hours. He left Perth at seven o'clock in the morning, and arrived at -Paisley.at .half.past twelve. He came by the way of Crieti ; and walked. in his boots .the whole way. IRELAND.—The High Sheriff' and Grand Jury of the County of Mayo :have .addressed 'the LOR6 LIEUTENANT. ' for the attention he had, exhibited 'to the restoration, of 'the peace of the' country, in or; . klering 'a Special. commission, under which they lwere- then-assembled. After expressing their readi iness to concur,with his Grace in the'measures he had adopted preserying the tranquillity of the coun ty; they observe —" That the original appointment of the Judges your Grace was pleased to send on the Commission was gratefial to the. of Ireland because-their talents, constitutional principles, and knowledge, are well known—e% cry at of those Judges 'since has dignified 'the Coulmision of our Sovereign, and justified the confidence of their coun try. The talents of the ATTORNEY, sand Somorrog.• GENERAL never were more 'splendidly and benefi ciallyisgsplayed for the public service., than•at the CommiSsion in this county ; 'and we cannot be sta.' . ciently grateful to your Grace for sparing them for our service from your Council, and for sending such meta to ourzssistauce." The LOttD LIEUTENANT has been pleased to e%' press his satisfadion at the tenor of, the Address.