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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF PEERS, WEDNESDAY; APRIL 8. Lord ELDON, the Lord High Chancellor, took his Seal on the.Woolsack as Speaker of the House: -- The Dukes of St. Alban's, Athol, Gordon, the Earl of Chesterfield, .and several other Lords, took the Oaths and their Seats. The Royal Firnjly. Annuities Bill, and the Irish. Paper Bill, were read a third time, and passed.— "The Coffee Warehon , ing Bill passed through a Committee, and was reportecL • • • "Mr. Irving, Inspeetor:-General of :Exports and, Imparts, presented an Account of British and Fo reign Shipping erupkiyed in the Trade' of Great Bri tain ; which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Wori:ley, from the London Flour Company, presented the Annual ACcounts' of the Company; which were ordered. to lie on the table. CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION. , The Marquis of STAFFWID, `understanding that it *Criildl) - 6 — ll.lcOnvenient - for - several Noble Lords to attend this clay,,wisheLi to withdraw the Notice of a SIOOn - which lie had given ; and therefote l'ooved to discharge the Order for snit - it - not:ling the Lords:—The.. Order' was discharged: =—. His Lonbiiip then gave notice, 'that he should bring fdrward his Motion on Monday next—for which day he inoved that 'the Lords bq sututnoned.— Ordered. • ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLA The L 0111) CHANCELLOR (Lord Eldon) moved to discharge the Order for the rekopat*ttal:to- marrow of the Scots Judicature aud:.to .renew it `lu.esday next. His motive for this was, that the Report of the Committee appointed to con der. where ilieJudges ofthe.Court of Session should be placed whilst attendin g that House, could not be made previous to that da:y.----The Order was dis charged,' and renewed tor "fueSday.--:—Adjourned till to-motrOvV; (this day).• HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESIAY ' ,. APRIL .8. Mr. Mr. PATival, tiord..Castlereagh, Mr: 'Foster, Dr. Dnigenan,.Mr. Hans Hamilton (Mem ber for the cburrty of Dublin), Right ,Hon, Maurice Fit'zgerald (Member•for the COMFY of Kerry'), Mr. Elliot (the late Irish Secretary), Lord Lovaine, Lord Robert Seymour,- Porchester, Mr. Jephson, and 'others, Irom 20 to 30 in all, took the Oaths and their Seats. NEW wnurs: On the Motion- of Mr. BULLER, a new. Writ was ordered to be issued for a, Member for West Looe, in the room of Mr. Jameg 'Miller, • who , had 'ac cepted the Office of one of' the Lords of the Ad.: mindty. On the Motion of Mr: Tuegy.tt STEWART, a new Writ was ordered for the Eledion of a Mem ber for. Weymouth; -in the room of Sir James „,Pul tene, who had accepted the Office of Secretary at -War. On the Motion of Mr. SSON, a new Writ was ordered to be issucd for the Election of a Met..- ber for Dorchester," in the room of the Hon. AShley ; who had accepted .the Office of Clerk of the Deliverks of the Ordnance. On the Motion of the satne Getlo,!,-opd, new Writs were ordered fOrMernbers to serve for the follwA ing places :.—For LilKear,i; in the room of the Hon. W. Elliot, who 'had acceptLd the ptfic, of one of the Lords of the Treasury ;. for Hasleniere,.ih the room of Mr. Robert 'Ward, whO had accepted the, °ince of ontr of the Lords of the _Admiralty ; for Dum fries-shire, in the room of Mr. johnstOn , ;: uop, who had accepted the C.i,iiice"of one of the Lords of the Admiralty. LATE ADDRESS TO THE KING. Lord GtOEGE TRYN::r, appeared at the Bar, and stated that his i\lajesty had: ben waited on with the Address of that Fionse, to which his Majesty Was ploased to return the. following most gracious 3115Wqr " His Majesty has received . the Address of the House of Commons, requ:sting him . not tc>conter tiny places-.'except during pleasure ; and he will. take the 'satneinto his serious, considaration. llis Majesty thinks proper :to acquaint the Howse, that he has granted the Office of Chance's-I,f of tit . , Duchy of 'Lancaster only during pleasure and he assure s his faithful Cornmons, that in the exercise of the_pbwers sett to him by raw, as well in - granting places fin. life, as dUring pleasu; . e, his Majesty's discretion will always be re tulati?d•hran - anltiour reprd to the interest and welfare of his people." A Message from the Lords announced 010- assent to the Royal Family Annuity Bill, and the Irish Paper Averson from the Excise Office presented an Ac count of the quantity of Spirits imported , into Eng land from Scotland, from the .Ist of 06toher 1805, to the Ist of 06tober 1806, and from the Ist of Oc tober 1806, to the Ist of March 1807.----Ordered to • lie on the table. . , Mr. GRATTAN presented , two Petitions from certain Citizens of Dublin, .4gainst ..tikq Dublin Pay .ing Bill, Ordered, to lie on the table. The Clyde Navigation Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed, SHREWSBURY ELECTION. Mr. VANSITTART repOrted from the'Shrewsbury Etedion Committee, that the Committee had ad journed for some days in consequence of the illness of a Member (General Fero - tison). Doctor Scott attended at the Bar, and .o%clared that General Ferguson had not been able to attend till the day before ,yesterday.. The Member was therefore ex cused for his non-attendance during the time spe cified. A person from the London Flour, .Company pre sented an Acc ,, unt.—Ordered to lie on the able, and to be printed. , . Lord 1 -) TTY., in compliance with What he und, , rstood to be the wishes of the Gentlemen on the other side, moved for the postponement of the (Yrnmittal of the Loan Interest Bill till Monday next. Oi n red. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER moved for leaye of absence for Lord Harborough, for a week, on account of ill healih.—Leave On the Motion of Sir. J. NEWVORT, the Iris:, Loan Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. _ _ The Irish Starrip Duty' Bill, and the Duslin Coal Suppl,yßill were reported, and ordered to be read a third time .on Friday. The. Irish Public Office Bill; the Irish Malt and Spirits Bill, and the Irish General Lighting Bill were read a third -time, and ,passed. The Irish Servants' Wages Bill was corn- Mitted; reported;and - orders& to' be - read a third time . on Friday. • • . The Sierra Leone Bill was read a second • time, and ordered to be committed, for Friday. The Smuggling Preirention Bill was read a , second and committed for Friday. The Committal, of the Ci.istoins Fees Bill was postponed till Monday. .The Order for the Committal of the Landoll' Port Pe- - &io . n was• postponed till Friday. _ _ _ Colonel STANLEY moved the consideration of the Report or the Lancaster Canal Bill.—Ordered to be further considered on. Friday. Mr. MACDOWAi, presented a Petition from the Master Calico Printers ot . Dumbarton, and (if we heard. right) -of-Glasgow, against' the Calico Prin ters' Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table.—Adjourned. MAILS., - ARRIv ED—I Waterford. I) ux-3,Qottenburgb, L Lisbon, i t Watc.l turd: PRI C (11' Ta}3 DA.Y TW . ELV4 O CLOCK. Consols - - - - - - - - 6 z ii T IT S SOLIM' QUIS DICERS 1 , 41-SUN' UnZt'r ? 1.; D 0, IV, THURSDAY, Arillt D . ; iso7. FIE , public Dispatches. received by the AZercury Pacicet are, act yet 4s,!pvd ; but . we ',Pe I,l;ipi)y,to as sure our Reikiers that the reports of a 'War in : India are without the least foundation. • Last night; at a lateliour,. we received ,Ilatnburgh and Altona Papers to the i.).9tri ult. news from the Armies in ~ Poland, but they give an account of the French army . which is Col;e,;:ling in Italy, to advance into theTurl,i4doinions-aga - in.t the 114.4-ssians, which, we , truo.., is cuii,ideiably ex gg-geriatO. The . army. destined -for tLis 1, ;one is estimated at 110,000„men, and it_ is that the COurt of Vienna 'ha4 granted perinis•sion to this . arnly . • to inarch through a part . of its-territories. There is stiong. reason to believe tilat...BoNA?n,E're is-using every effort to open 'a Negotiation wi:h ItusS,:a and with Prussia. We stated, some days affo, - that he had sent General DERiB4ND,.to the•Ktric; i'mustA:at Memel, and we now ',find -that M. Vox KLEtsT, the'..lidjutant to the KING. of PLCSSIA, off on the 24th ult. w ith a Letter from His NI:O,V to ISONAPARTE, at Osterode.. We trust, how..ver, that 'neither Russia - nor Prussia • will sutrei selves to becOMe the . dupeS Of artiii( es been so often repented, and which, if S u c cessfal in the pres6nt instance,. will destroy every prospca 9t: delivering Europe from the' tyranny Of Ft ince. They eGnrain no -A report was circulated this inoril_tiq - , th,4f Dis• patches had bt!eu received friint fivrc N seN, wiliciiwere not of a very fiP:o - 1, - .1t.); , ..: tendency. . . 'e are, however, enabled to state positively , .that at the time this Paper was put .toPress..ilo ides ging er had arrived from the Continent. The Marquis Of STi/riOhD yesterday. put 9ff.his • Motion till Monday nex.t.—Mr. •ISHAS'o's on this day in 'the Hou'lt .of ( -` 3 °'"iii"ns and it is _supposed that there be. ..-tile Me m th bers.siace ..-tile fullest at: e WE . yesterday an noun t rectiTet of Dispatches from the Mediterraneani they .were—froin Mr. AR-, an d were brought by BUTIINOT acid Admiral LOU 15, a Geotleman of,thefiane of 13 Cr Gfr «lio Caine home M the Carteret. .Th e T ur k., have hrmilited,con.si derable snipicion upon the entrance, of at l y British. 'Ship, of War into their harbo6fs., Si)ider was ill - ed . at upoN entrihg lint - ah eiiiple apo-; logy was -aftt?rivardS made. • -- • . . , bave.received the •10110willg Shippihg Intel ligence by tiv:Carteret . . . The Hind Frigate arrived at.nllta, with a .Fleet froui Gibraltar, on the sth of Fehrui‘ry, The 101- lowing Vessels, which sailed under hedconvbrihad not arrived on the gth.:---Tile Two. Sljters, Coot, from Yarmouth ; and 'ii/e:rander, from Leith. The Frigate, with several .Vessels. from Smyrna, arrived at Malta on the '3oth of January, viz'. Elizabeth; APPLETON, Friend ANDERSoN, and Amiable Betsey. The . P4ehic and Economy, bound to Odesa, have, returned to iVialta. His Majesty's Ships. Ajax and .eompt"e, from Pa leraio, arrived at Malta on the 2d oeFebruary the Apollo anol . Amphion arrived thereon the. 3d ; and the Moucheron Brig, frorn EnglAild., oh the 10th of February.. The following Vessels were captitrettl and sent into Algesiras, from the ist of . Febroai - y to the gth of March, viz,---AMerican Brig Retecca, froM Alex 7 andria ; _Nancy, from Savannah, for Gibraltar; Flora, ANDER:iaN, from Baltimore, for Leghorn ; Litertas, TA VSEN, from Yarmouth; Buena, TIAN, from Lisljun'; and .Feritio,,Cortvl,from Arne r c;t, The following Vessels were captured and sent into, Gibraltar,, from the 13th-of February to,the '26th Spanish Ship San Miguel, from. Tariffa, bound. to. • Ceuta, by the Fortune Privateer ; San :: . ,4ntonio - , s , Btset-NT, from. Denia, for Minorca, by the Cik noni Privateer; Jesus y Maria, ESPEGO, from Malaga. • to Algeziras, by the Fortune Privateer ; Marianne, , PENA, from Malaga, by the Fortune; Cecilia Gotha rina, SHOLDT, from Vella Jovea, for Civita Vecchia, by the Thunder Bomb ;.Maria,',lnna, JACOBSON, from Mavin, for Civita Vecchia,' by His Majesty's 'Ship Magnanime ; and Virgin del Carmen,' from' Valencia, for Faro, by the .111Orth Star Privateer. - Yesterday the Prince. of WALES, the Duchess of YORK, and the , ROYAL DUKES, visited . their MA-••' JESTIES and the PRINCESSES, at the. Queen's At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a Private . Levee, which was attended by— • - The Archbishop of Canterbury.' The Bishops of Landaff and Exeter., The Lord Chancellor. The •Lordfresident of the Council, ,The Lord Privy Seal. The f irst Lord of the. Treasniy. The three Secretaries .of State. " Toe girst Lord of the Admiralty. The Master-General of the . Qrdnaner, Tbe Judge Advocate. The Master of the Mint. - Tie Duke; of Gordon, 'Richmond, and Montrose. Earls Fitz- Winenelsea„ "'mitt, Bathurst,Aylesford, and LonS_ thie. viscounts kitzbarris, and Palinerstf , n s e: Ltai - d s Teiguinouth; and G. Mynne. C6unt, ut AlaidA. Sir A; Welks.iey. 'Gen W 4 atberall., Royal Navy. Messrs. Hammond, Ashley, Huskisson, toxle, and Fawkenei. The following.bad audiences and the".:hononr of being presented to His MAJ 4STY, upon their several appointine•:ts, and , kissed hands Sir Arthur VVellesley, upon 165 being appointed Secretary t 5., the Lord Lieutenant of I reland. • Sir lohti Stuart, upon his bongappointed tonic Command of the 74th Itegitaent, ,:l...(t•receiviiig His ~\Lijrsty's permis 'sion io u,e title of Count.of , Viscount Fitzharris, upon his being appointed Under'Se. „.. cretary of State fur FOIVIAII Atratrs. kiis Grace. the. Duke of Gordon, upon hisbeing appointed, of the Great Seal or Scottand. upon his being appeinted' 1.-ord of the Admiralty. , upon ill. being app•ointed Clerk of the Deli veries of Ills In.jesty . .s. • • it Earl or Lousciale, tip3n Ms creation to that title. ' Mr. Hammond, upon his being appointed. Under Secretary, of State loc. Foreign A tf:drs. •_' • Lord Cathcart - , ultra his return from Edinburgh. • M r, up , m,his being:appointed one of the Secretaries Wm. Johnitt...qie - Hope, upon his being appointed a Lord 'of the Admiralty. . George iohnstoao, upon hid b7-.ng appointed a Coin- LA - 'lV:at:aging the .Ad.tirs rn in 2ra.. . • The flishop of LA N pre;ented - Hts .3\lAszsTY with two Sermons, preached by his Lordship at the The Bishop of ExnT sit presented His 111:0-Es - rY. - with his Lordship's L-I,ler Sermon. Bog a cjier-tjeneral.W , TIIc,sA took leave of nis. 'MAJEST'Y previous to his departure for the Cape of Gohd Ho v e - The Duke of RICHMOND had an audience, — and took leave of His MAJESTY, previous.to hisdeparture fieDUV)lin, to take upon him the Lord Lieuten4otcy • • His MAJEsT,Y held -a Pri‘;y Council, at . -which Viseount NlF.LviccE. was introduced, and re-sworn a Meinty, , ,r, anu took his seat at the pcoardlit:corci in.gly. i..oriTTIGNMCUTII and Sir ARTIWE WELLESLEY were likewise introduced, and sworn in Metnners, :abd tocii; trick seats at the Honourable Bard pc cordingly. : • • • • • His MAJESTY gave audiences to Earl CAMDEN, the Duke of PORTLAND, Lord HAWKESBURY, - k7i3; COtint C4STLEICEAGH, Mr. LAN'NING, Lord CATH CART, the Duko . .of QuiDON, Earls and UXBRIDGE,. and Mr. BoND, the Judge,Advo e:ate, who laid Ili: His .NIA4EsTY.,the hr'oCeeciiiiErs • • • •-•1 o f several 'Courts Abrtial. • The Court; dtd not break up till Ilan:* - past six I o'clock. The retnaindex 'of the crew of the Datch Frigate Utrecht have arri'vet! at Leith, from Orkney, Mani of Whorii . ha‘4; voluntee'rect into the British Navy ; the 'number that have' entered, we. are informed; amounts to about 171). Of these some are Prtis... sians, Swedes, Danes, fiamburghers, &c. who were forced on bOarct: the' Utrecht at whatever 'port they were iOund. . • Sir JoitisT, STUART, it is said, ha-, declined any Ober profest;ioniil einploynink. at, present, on account of his health. The. gal4nt General - sus . - tained a blow by the 611 of his horse, wounded tinder ()LI the inetnori hie 4th of icily; from. the effe& of 'which he is unfortunately sail a sufferer.. ,Lord CATUCAiT is, I.t is said, to have the com 7 mand oL the•troopi going to the Continent : they are to be disembarked.at Memel, nod to join the Rus sian Army soon as po.isible. Three battalions of the Foot Guards are to be sent. ' • Unstc.----The eighth performance 'of TIDE AN CIEN,T CONCERT took place last niL2,ht at the Ha nover-square RoomS. The presiding Director for the night, was the Earl of: WI-ITON. The t . nuiic was .sele6ted with great taste and knowledge, and the cempOsitions judiciously 'assigned to the respeffive Performers ; arming whom HARRISON, BARTLENIAN, KNYVETT; Mrs. SHIPLEY, and Mrs. NrAUGilAN;'par ticularly distinguished...thercelVes. The Possi ons ;, from.HANDEL,, was given by HARRISON, with all the chaste simplicity and :expression which have always Charaderised. !lig style •of singin; The room • was particularly, Well attended, and the Prince of WALE'S, Dukes of KENT and CAMBRIDGE headcd 'a very large 'assemblage of the, highef . orders. The Managers of the Opera. Horse should en deavour to bring B.tr-utipToN and CATALAN' to ;ether on the same Stage. Then there would be a trial 'of skill that interest 'the whole rotisical When. Mrs. YATEs - and Mrs. CRAWFOIII3; in the zenith of their fame, met on the same boards, in Jane S'ilare and Alicia, the struggle for plar4 was as great as any, perhaps, that has -appeared. in the ' World Of politics ; and a contest between the 'two harmonic heroines, would certainly not beless at traoi ve. - The opposition writers are continually, attacking Mr. CNNNING, upon the_pretence that he is' not acs. c_ipinted with the Frewh language, but the vat fault of that Gentleinaq, in their opinion; . i 5,.., 014 he is an enemy to ,Frnch principles. : ' NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, ANAL 7.—Arrived the Conqueror, 0174 guns, Capt. J. 2ELLEW, from the Channel Fleet ; she . will soon con up the Harbour in order to be docked, being much in want of repair. Sai)ed the 'Ain - arch, of 74 guns, to join ,the Channel Fleet. Arrived the 'January, HAIITNOCX, from Dantzic, with masts for the Dock Yard. ` ~~. PoRTSNotITII, APRIL S.—Arrived the Favourite Sloop of War, with a Fleet of Transports under convoy, from Guernsey ; several Sail of outward hound Vessels from the Downa ; Malabar Trans port, from the Westward. P. S. •Just arrived at St. Helens, His Majesty's Brig Pelican, from Jamaica, with the Bellona, THoiriPiorr, from ditto, under convoy : they parted. .from the Fleet, consisting of 51 Sail, ,about three weeks sire. SHEERNESS', APRIL 6.—AiTived the Ilete Ten der from Lynn, with a fe , ,i'r Volunteers and Recruits for the Royal Marines. The Ship's Company of the Astreri are turned over to the'St. Albat's; of Go guns, which Ship is getting ready withall possible expedition to make one of the Baltic Fleet.' • The Illinuiaur, of 74 guns, is added to the North Sea, Fleet: . • c , v< vent Vzrago Gun-brient out of Doek, and the . . Snipe Gun-brig took her place ; .and the Claudia, Bermudian built, wassaken on theslips. The Prificess Royal,' of go guns, is paid off at Chatham. • . Aran 7.-- , Yesterday evening. Admiral Wgr.r.s, 'appointed Port Admiral, ai - rie.l at . this place at sun. , • set ; Vic e T Admiral RowLEY shifted his , Flag (white at the fore), •from.:the Zealand Guard-ship to the Ex&tient, 74, and mar.-Admiral liVELLs.'s Flag (*red at the rnH:7:eir) teas . hoisted on 1)01rd-the Zeeland. 'At sum-risd•tlik morning the Rear-Admiral's Ship saluted witli•thlrWen gmns,• which was returned by the Excelle This day cOurt ,wns held on board the !. ?Wog nahinze, in tho . harbour, for the ;trial of Mr. CHARLES Di.lgN, DiSpell:;er 'of:His,Majesty's Ship Argonalit, at Chatham, for ilsing:LiiSiespeCtfullan , guage to Lieut. JAMES JAMES, the , Cornmander of the said Ship and the charges being fully proved, lie was sentenced to be dismissed His Niajesty's Nadi' vat S , 2rvice for ever, and to be imprisoned 412 , 7 ni0nN in the iNiirslialsea. APRIL 4:L.—AA - Hl:ed . :its I`.flakt.: - -tty's St )re-ship .Ik' vinar, Capt. 1.)..,s —r 3 the Lonetta Sinop of War, froin - the DOwns. . Ibis Majesty's Gun-brig CloirBer, Lieut. BLOW, sa:dect for Yarmouth. ' • . ` Arri%:ed Capt. GREEN, COMIIIISSiOned to the Fox" mind, apdcapt. AUSTIN to,the 4/ban's. HARNS I CII, APRIL 8."-.1110 ;post Office Packets will in future sail direa for Husurn, instead of go* . .• ing to Heligoland.; on the arrival oz the, Danish Nail tO-clay, the Nepean Packer, rapt. Oro. DEA I NE, sailed iminediateli with a fair wind for Husum; and at the same time the Dorset. Packet, Capt. Ham its. TON, with a . Mail for Gottenburgli, i'sTo arrival from the DEAL, Arnit. 3.---Arrived. the Pincher and sew veal other Gun-brigs from off the French Coast, and remain in the Downs with the Snips “, per last. . FAL:vIOTITII, APRIL 6.—Arrhied the Danish Ship Sevrin Margaretta, FALmEriaufiGil, from Barcelona, for Plymouth, • with . cork ;.. • the B . r . eMen Ship Sirius, gIIRISTOPFER. from Bourdeaux, - for Tonningen, with wine, : both detained by.the Diana Fri. . gate and Savage . Skop of Sailed the Columtine, of 18 guns, and William Storesiiip, wit h . a Fleet under conyoy, for Newfound.. land, Halifax, we. bISTIiIBIitI,ON OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's . Gitn-hrik, Clinker, the•proceeds,Ol the Set. born, taken on the zoth Febrnary, 1806, and Ion*: Elizabeth Sophi, taken on the 6th of March, tBo6, on her.arrival in port, .i:(1 every Wed nesd:9, and Friday for three months after the first day of pay ment, at Mr. Marsh's, in Gosport. To the Officers and Cotnp.iny of His Majesty's Gun-brig Fesreter, will. be paid at Sheerness their shares of the D og ger fohanna, Captured 'August 1st,•18os ; and for three mcialts atter, at No. 22; Arundel. : street. ' fo•the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Gun-brig hcute, their shares of salvage, of the Swedish GAliot Anna Maria, capthred 4th December, at No. 22, Arundel street, on the gth . April ; and for three months, at the sans` place. • To'the'Officers arid Contpany of His Majesty's Gun—brig Ferrettr will he paid, atSheerness; thetr shares of a payment on account of the Anna captured of. the 2.3 t 1. July, 1 8c4, at No, 22, Arundel - street , and tor three years, at :hi same place. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's bun -brig Hardy, fir the Capture of the Prussian brig Minerva, o n the 19th of May, 1806, the net proceeds of the said capture, a ) the 6th inst. on bo.ird, or at No. 28, High-streer, Portsmouth , every-Monday and Thursday afterwards for three months , at the same place. T".) the Captain, Officers, aid Company of His Majesty's Ship Acasta, for the Capture of the Hatavian Sh;p Berbilt on the 24th May, 1803, on her ar ival port, will be pa,;u f ; tilt board, the proceeds of the d mite ; anti at Lyne's hoc, Plymouth, every Tuesda) and riday r three years, , s To the Captain, Officert, ...mpany o His Majesty Sloop V mulct, for the Capture of ciao il!t Ship Br DO,