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o'clock the Chairman, Lord CIIOLNIvNDELEY, left the Chair, and at the same time Lords GRENVILLE and HOWICK retired. • Sir JOHN Cox 1-11PrIsLEY then observed, that as the objeEt of the Meeting was fully accomplished„: and as the business concluded with the departure- of ; ;' these three Noble Lords, he wished it to be,nnder stood, -that whatever passed after was by-no means. conneded with the object for which that respectable assembly was colleded. • . . ‘,., "°A long pull, a strong pull, and a pugaitogetAer," and several other toasts, were then given, and the. room was not cleared until half past eleven. The following is given as an accurate LiSt of, the Noblemen and Gentlemen present : Duke or Gloucester, - Sir S. ,Rontilly, Duke of Bedford, Mr. H. Martin, Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Combe, Duke of Argyle, Mr. Niaddock, Doke of Grafton, Mr. Creevey, . Duke of St: Albans, Sir Thomas Miller, Marquis of StatlOrd, . Admiral Campbell, M4rsiuis Headforr, Admiral Markham, Marquis Bliodrind, - Mr. Adam, - ' • Earl Hardwicke, Mr, O'Hara, ..-..- Earl Moira, , ' Tlios. H. Knox, • • Earl Spencer, Mr. Cal v,crt, Earl of Essex, Mr. Shakcspear, Earl of lersey, Captain Agar, • Earl Cholmondeley; • Right Hon. T. Grenville, Earl of Darlington, E. L. Loveden, Earl Breadalbane, Thomas Barin, Earl Tankerville, Peter Moore , . E sq. Earl OssorY, • William. Smith .? Esq. Earl l3esborough , • C. l. C. lervoise, Esq. E4rl Anion, . Y. R. Soudarnorc„ Earl Rosslyo, Thomas-Foley, Earl Cowper, Mr., \tomes,. Earl Suttink, lames Maedonald, Earl, Fortescue, J oseph Jekyll, Earl Leicester, obert Latouche. . Earl Fitzwilllam, ' Mr.' R. Phillips, Viscount Clitden, 'Mr. Laing, Lord Dundas, - Mr. Maxwell, Lord Carrington, • . Colonel flughs, Lord Althutp, Mr. Grenfell, Lord Saye and Sele, *Mr. 0. Williams, Lord Hawke, Sir John Aubrey, Lord Sublets, . Mr. Greenhill, Lord Cswdur, Sir Ralph Milbanke, .1 i !, Lord Bray brpoke, Mr. Maulef te:s; Lord Shaftesbury, Mr. J. Wharton, . Lord Ponsthiby, Mr. D. B. Daly, ''' Lord Grenville, Mr. C. Bradshaw, - Lord Erskine, sir john Newport, . Lord Yarborough, - V t. - 4ictiard -Povitt, ‘• '' Lord Foley, , ' h e. Talbot, Lord Euston, 4r. Pelham, Lord King; Col. Campbell, Lord Ossutston, Mr: LlOyd, Lord St. John, Mr. W. Praed, Lord' Albemarle., Sir John Nugent, Lord De Cliitiard, Mr. S. Bernard, Lord Grey De Ruthvyn, Mr. A. Taylor Lord Munson, Hon. Rd:. Neville, • Lord Southampton, Col. Shipley, Lord Anson, '• SitW. Milner, Earl Temple, Sir Matthew W. Ridley s., Lord loins Townshend, Colonel Meade, Lord William Russell, • , Hon. C'hattes Dundasi ..: Lord Nlllton, Mr. Halsey, .-. Lord Ilowick, • 7 'Major Dundas, Lord Henry Petty; Mr. Parnell, Lord Clanricard, '' •: M. Quin, - Lord Mahon, ' Mr. john Latouche, Lord Henry Fitzgerald, Mr. Lee Anzouie, I..urd folio Campbell, -hlr. Larnbton, 1.0%1 Forbes, Mr. Pyin, , Lord iCensington, Dudley North, Lord G. H. Cavetidish, Mr. H. Howard, Lord A. Hamilton • Mr. Sheridan , Lord 1 . 1.1111 pletown, Mr. Cavendish, Lord H. kiiiierald, Mr. Circle, Lord MillOro, Mr. Cuthbert, _ . Lord Yi Orpetli, Hon. - Wolfe, Hun, . iv. Ward, Hori.' W. Ha Lyttteton, Sic V. Wynne ; Bart. Sit I. C. Hippiiley, Bart. T. W. Coke, Ecq George Byng, Esq. , S. Whitbread, Esq. Thomas Baring', F:sq. • , N. Calvert, Esq. M. A. Taylor, , ~`i , ! Mr. Flemmg, Mr. G rattan, General t•itzparrick, General WAlpole. Right Him. W. Windham. Right Hon. W. Met, • W. Fremantle, Esq. Thonias H. Brand, Esq. Sir (. Anstruther, Sir G. Wart - ender, George Ponsonby, Esq. _Francis Prittie, Esq. Tun report insidiously circulated in - a Mi3l . *l l Paper devoted to the-GRENVILLE Party; that an Offer of a compromise had been made-to the OPpositiOn on the part pf the New Ministry, and that, in eon- sequence,. no division- would' probably take place to-morrow, .is top , absurd to deserve our notice, if it were not for the • obvious, and, we may add, mean motive which could induce that Pa per to insinuate . so unfounded a falsehood. The statement itself, we 'feel it our duty to contra- Alia . in the most unqualified — terms. The tone, the-temper, and the pretensions of the Opposition are such as to admit of -no negotiation with theiri on the part of those, who, having been calledlipbn to maintain the P.rerogative of the Crown, will not .basely compromise the important- trust confided to them at this - important crisis. . • . Yesterday, at two o'clock, Hrs - MAJzSTI held a private Levee at the Queen's Palace, which was at . tended by . • . . .• • The Archbishop of Canterbury, the, Lora Privy Seal, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the SeCretaries of State, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master-General of the Ord nance, the fudge Advocateo he Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Montrose,, Earl ofAylesford, Louis Sontervilleand Heath finld, Sir A. Wellesley, Capt. Dunn, R.W. Messrs. Camp bell, Frere, and Fawkener ; and Rev. Mr.. Cote. The following had the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY :-- Captain Dunn, of the Royal Navy, uppn his appointment. Jr. Camplwll, .upon his being appointed ..a Conunis;iyatr of the Excise. Sir Arthur Wellesley, upon his being oppointed Sebretart to.the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Hook ham Frere. by Mr. Canning, upon his leaving England, upon his mission to Prussia. Lord CATHCART took leave of His MAJESTY pre vimis to his leaving England to take the command of the Army on the Continent. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which, we understand, the formation of His MAJESTY'S Speech, to be delivered at the opening of the Session of Par liament, to-morrow, was taken into consideration. His MAJESTY gave audiences to Earl CHATHAM, Lords HAWKESBURY, CASTLEREAGH, and CATH CUIT, Mr. CANNING, and Mr. BOND, who laid be ton': His MAJESTY the proceedings of several Courts Mari ;al. 'Yesterday Her MXJESTY and the PRINCESSES breakfasted with the Countess of HARCOURT. 'iesterday morning the Prince of WAL4pepaicl , a AIAJESTY. J Hi NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, St NE I,.4.—Arrived the Ijinclosi:a4," of 50 guns, Capt. LITTLEHALES . , ()Argus, Captain JAMES STUART, and La Fleche, Capt. WH;TE, Vixen Gun-brig, Lieut. MAY SON 'WRIGHT, and dint Schooner, Lieut. BIRD, from the DoWas; with the Joh 72, SMITH, for Mogadore ; Swift, ---,- for Malta; Providence Increase, SHEPHERD,' Adventure, MtbLEY, Content, BARNES, for the Mediterranean ; Albion, CROSS, for Jamaica ; Enterprise, HENDER SON, for Demerara; Neptune, HARVEY, for Malta and Messina ; Melville, ROACH, for South ArrieriCa . ; with about 20 other outward-bound Ships, from the Downs. Sailed the Isis, of 50 guns, Capt. LAUGHARNE, for NewfOundland, having on board Rear-Admiral HOLLOWAY, who is to take the command on that station ; also the Alphea Cutter, Lieut. JOHN MAN TON, for Newfoundland ; the Paulina Brig, Capt. LUMLEY, with the Lord Hood, and Caniperdown, and eight other Vessels, for the Downs ; and the Strenuous Gun-brig on a cruize. The Mercury Frigate takes convoy for Newfound land, as the Isis has sailed without it. 'DEAL. JUNE 2./.—Came down yesterday even ing, from the River, the Pievoyante Store-ship, bound to Gibraltar ; also several light Transports from the Nore. ' Arrived this slay the Maria, and several other Transports, having on board the 2d Light Battalion of the,King'sertrian Legion, from Ramsgate Pier. Trompeuse Sloop of 'War, from IrarMooth ; and L,'Epiegle Sloop of War, from Cork, with a con voy, which hav'e sailed for the River. . . . .. SifEEANESS, J . .,51; 23.—Came into Harbour, to be paid off, the FaThon Sloop. Sailed the Venus Frigate for Woolwich. The Bel kite sails this evening for Yarmouth. • . THE enemies of Ministers, finding that the Public begin to' look with indignant feelingS on the sys-' tewatic apposition against the measures of Govern ment which is so resolutely preparing by a certain Party, think proper to bring forward the opinion of Mr. HuME on the subjea ; but the words of that historian, adduced on the occasion, though they may justify the existence of a body in Parliament to watch the °mations of Government, can by no means be distorted into a dilletice of a systematic'opposition to measures not only in agitation burprospeaive, which is the case with the present Parliamentary OpponentS of Government. Even supposing Mr. Hurts: had said so:rTinch as the Opposition Writers erroneously impute to him, his opinion would have been but the opinion of an individual, howevtr sagacious and intelligent, and to this opinion might be opposed that of Mr. RURKE, 'a haelical Politician, .whose authority Would be of more weight on the point.. He, as we p - rOved yesterday, by his own words, con sidered a systematic opposition as repugnant. to ho fionr and duty. Butit is said, " since from the na ture of things the adherents•of Ministers must form a Party voting constantly on the same side, it is ne cessary that those who disapprove of their measures should unite and form a Party to oppose them."--- Let them do so, but, let them at least wait till mea sures are brought forward which will justify their censure. But the-Opposition of the present day are determined before-hand to disapprove what is not yet in existence. Such an Opposition Mr.Husta woUld 'have held in abhorrence, and'if he could have found a precedent for it, would have branded it with in famy in the historic work that does so much honour to his memory. INDIA Housge=—Yesterday a Court of Dire6.lors was held, when the undermentioned Ships were thus stationed, viz.—The Sarah Christiuna„Ann, Diana, Glory, and Northampton, for Madras and 'Bengal ; Experimext and Tigris for Maderia, Madras, and Bengal ; Sir William Pulteney and Union for Bom bay, The following Cdptains were sworn into the com mand of their respetive ships, viz: Capt. BEEVER to the G 1973, and Capt. M‘DoucALL to the Tigris.. —.The Court adjourned at six o'clock to Wecrnes:- day next. •. At a Common Hall 33esterday at Guildhall, seve, ral Aldermen 'and Gentlemen were put in nominaH Lion for Sheriff, &c. And upon taking the show of hands, the Sheriffs declared CHRISTOPIIY.It SMITH, Esq. and RICHARD . PIIILL/FS, Esq. to be duly elected Sheriff of Lon, don, and Sheriff of Middlesex, for the year ensuing. RICHARD CLARK, Esq. was re.:eleeted Chamberlain, and Messrs. GALABIN and WELLS Bridge -masters. Messrs. DIMSDALE and L4orAnD were continued (having only served one year), and Messrs. HA LL and COSSART, eleaed Auditors of the City and Bridge house Accounts for the ensuing year. ROGER ENE-. VER, RICHARD SAUNDERS, JOHN BROOKS, and WHELDON JONES, were cleated Aleconners. - The Auditors delivered their Account of the City's In come for the last year according to annual custom.' The Lord Mayor and Aldermen then withdrew to the Council Chamber, and held a ,Court of Alder men ; at which the Chamberlain, Bridge -masters, and Rulers of the Watermen and Lightertnen's Company were severally sworn into their respec tive offices. The precepts for the .eteetion of Lord Mayor on Michaelmas Day next were direacd. to be issued. UliG PAI .2 ER S. : - 2 - . FROM THE TELEGRAPH.] • B:ER LIN, • JuNt 13.—A 'letter :.from Dantzic, of the 7th .of Jutie; states, that the Russian Army, since the sth instant, has made several attempts to obtain advantage over the Grand French army On that day, at six o'clock, the Tete-de-Pont of Spanden, on' the 'Passarge, was attacked by the Rus sians, and - defended by the division of General FRERE. FiVe Russian -regiments mounted three times to the assault, and left 5 to 600 men killed in the attack:. The Prince of PONTE CORNY° was slight ly7vvounded in the neck. At the same time the Rus sians attacked the Bridge-head of Spapenheim, which was defended by General FERRY of the Corps of Marshal SOULT ; the enemy mounted twice to the assault,zatid left 1500 men slain in 'the Abbatis. Several 'Russian Colonels were made prisoners.— Marshal NEY was attacked the same moment, but as often as the enemy advanced to dislodge him from his position, they were repulsed with great slaugh ter. In pursuance of General Orders made by the Emperor NAPOLEON, the Marshal • proceeded to wards the Passarge to Deppern, as soon as he was assured that the Enemy had put his whole force in motion. His Majesty the Emperor has proceeded from Finckenstein to Saalfeld.—(lidnituegh Comes-, pondenten, June 16.) JUNE B.—The Garrison of Graudentz, where want and diseases prevail, is estimated at 5000 meta: FrenCh; Polish, and HesSian Troops form the seige. The Hessian General .NAGEL, and the French General 'ROGERS -- ; -have - their head-quarters in the town which is not bombarded by the enemy. 'VIENNA, JUNE 6.—The COurt gazette•of this day contains the following article from Turkey : • - 0 ' The Turkish Fleet, under the orders of the 'Captain Paella, remained at anchor as late as the Ith May,. between• the inner and outer Castles of the Dardanelles. -• The,Grand'. Admiral SEID ALY . has. deManded reinforcements, in the strongest terms, in order to-be able to cope with the Russian Fleet, coamm - inded by . Vice-Admiral SzuiAviu, far superior in Force; in consequence Whereof, he has been joined. by two Sail of the Line, and three Corvettes. Upon the Whole, every nerve has been strained to fit opt the Turkish Fleet; but the chief obstaele consisted in the want of able seamen, which is the more se-. Verely. felt, as the position of the-Russian Fleet pre vents a supply from the inhabitants of the Islands of the Archipellgo and of the :lonian and .gean coast. In addition to Tenedos, the Russians have taken the Islands of Leinnos and Idra. ' 'FROM TJtE , BANKS OF THE MAINE, JUNE 6.—By a . circular letter;z:ofihe 25th of May, the Landarn man of .Switzerland has called upon all the Cantoni to introdu6 the strictest police, with regaild to the fabrication, sale, and purchase of anus. This letter has been occasioned by a request of the French Ambassador, stating that the enemies of . France have given orders to purchase 400,000 stand ()farms in the ditferent European States. • The Sent - ian Army is divided into four Corps. The:first, under'ihe orders of the General in Chief GEORGE CZaRNI PET3OWICII ) aas in the environs of Nissa and Sophia ; the second, commanded by Ge neral MOLINKO STOICK, is stationed in the vicinity of Widdin ; the third, under the command of General 1 ~ 10.•/010VI:CK i adS . an the' Batiks of the Drina and Buzana ; and the, fourth, under the' orders of Gene ral, STAMADOVIC, : observes Turkey, on Confinesthe bf Albania .and Macedonia. PETERSIWRGHi MAY - 10.-- . -The Court Gazette • contains the folli)wing article The Duke L&iis of Wirtemburgh, General of Horse, the Duke ADAM of WirteMburgh, Lieute nant in the satueßegiincnt, and the Duke ALEX ANDER -of W i rteinburgh, Cornet, has been struck off the List of Officers. 'SCHONEN; JuiE 7..--According to accounts from • Stralsund, of the ad inst. his Swedish Majesty has declared -the Port -of Datitzic -to- be in a. state Of blockade. It appears, by a 'letter from- Stralsund, that Gen; BLUctiER . has gent Capt. PERPONCRER, of . the Siatl, to England. • 13tiNIS F THE Etna, JUNE 15.—We are assured that in the beginning of this month his Majesty the King of Sweden bad an interview with Marshal I3RUNE, the result of Which was not favourable to , the negotiations for Peace. - The last intelligence from the theatre. of war af fords room to believe that the Negotiations. entered into for, Peace have not led to any satisfadory result; on the contrary, it appears certain that the most se rious dispositions are made to open the Campaign; but at the sable time there is reason to suppose that tiothing•important will be undertaken before the ar rival oft E di tiOn.—( L' Abeille Aord, Jane it, :1 SPORTING.—A match of pig on shooting; for .0 guineas, took' place on Tuesday, on Finchley Com mon, between Messrs,'MoßETort and Cowsoic,, celebrated shots, which "afforded unusual diversion. They shut ti eleven birds ; seven were killed by MORETON, - and . right -by .COLLISON, who won by killing the last bird." L4ll' REPORT. COURT OF KiNG's BENCH, WEr:c1:::81 - .%a; !•q. PURCELL V, b/ACNAT.I.kii."I. This was an ne - tion brought to recover co!vpensa 7 : tion, in,dgmages, :or a malicious presecut!, - ;11 tin; perjury, iustituted by the Defendant aghitst ttx Plaintiff. 41r. GUIINEY opened the pleadings on, he,part of the "Plaintiff,: stating the , nature of the Alon e whit, he said; arose out of an indielrnent instituted: by ‘ the Defendant, upon several assignments of pet - prat alleged to have been committed by the 4t'latalt4 upon an affidavit made by her: tn. a cause pendirg between - these parties in the Court of Chancery reports of which we have laid before our readers in former Papers. The declatation further Pt a t that: Upon that indictment the present Piaintitt . was folly acquitted, and she, now laid her dame es - at UUUis to which declaration , the Defendant pleaded the gea neral issue of--Not . • Mi. TOPPING, for the Plaintiff,_then sfated, that this aethan was brought by Miss Frantea Pereell, who was one of the daughters QUA Gentleman, aebr e iii ,the year 7770, was appointed Governor of Toi•- tola;' and possessed very considerable estates in that Island : on his departure from this country,' he took' along with him his only son, Jelen, leaving Old Plaintiff,• and her sister Margaret, tualer the• care and guardianship of the late Dr: Macnamara, a ma -t respectable Gentleman, and uncle to the preset t Defendant. GOvernor Purcell' soon - after died it Tortola, leaving his son John his their at lea', 'and residuary legatee; and in:default of issue, the pro perty to be divided equally between his two daugha ters, to whom he left legacies" Of 70001. each, an 4 _appointed Dr. Macnamaea' and Surgeon Boyd his executors. After the death of the Governor, John PUrcell returned to England', fnrmed an unfortunate, matrimonial connection, and soon after died with out issoe. The Defendant being in t he habit of visiting at his uncle's, became acquainted with t hese young la dies. He was at that time a young man, and a Strident of LinColn's-Inn, but having acquired a splendid for tune,' 'he afterwards gave up , that pursuit. In the' year 1775, a M. Travanion, a - Gentleman of high character, was appointed consignee of these valuable estates in Tortola, and the Defendant contrived to have this trust afterwards ,conveyed to himself.--- John Purcell having died without issue, made his - will; leaving the . whole of his property to the as-- fendaut, except some small. trifle to his sisters,; and Dodor IVlacnamara having died about this. time, the sole management of their , affairs &- Volved upon the Defendaet, who ackanced these, ladies 'various unlimited sums of money, at dif ferent times, ,• until they at last mortgaged the whole of their property to him, and even made their legacies of 70001. subject to his demands, and by - the year 1806 they had 'made an absolute conveyance of the whole of this immense -property to the Defend ant, in lieu of which, the one (Margaret) was to re ceive an annuity of . cool. and the Praintiff eatl. per annum;. which latter finding this a very scanty sum for her - support, retired into France, in the 'hope, of- living - more economically; but in this she was mistaken, foreven the annuity was badly paid, and she was obliged to go into' debt, and, in the sequel, returned to this country, in the hope of procuring payment of her annuity, when she ,fortunately. fell, into the hands of Mr. Whitton, the Attorney, who has been her chief support since. Mr. Whitton bad an interview with the Defendant, after which the annuity was more regularly paid, for a short time. This, however, did •not last long ; :Mr. Whitton was once more obliged to threaten,' and the Defeadinit filed a Bill in Chancery, to prevent the Plaintiff from proceeding to recover her annuity. Ueon her an swer being put in, the Defendant thought it pru— dent to dismiss his own bill, with c•oSts. Mr. atme a .. ton, aCtitig under the best 'legal advice in this coun try-, thentled a bill against the Defendant, praying a v, t , acco unthich he, uotf lhis all ) the a s s ,. : e n t ): m anc oney' cause Le l ta l . t i i n d et ad vanceditloe to the Plaintiff, securities execut e d, & c. to be heard before Lord Chancellor ELDON, who di rected that the Master should take an account. Defendant's object being to draw out all 'he could from the Plaintiff, in the mean time exhibited ie terrogatories, which she was to answer within a li mited period ; hut being then 'confined to her bed, in an ill state of health, the time for answering was enlarged until the 4th December, 1805. Upon that day she was arrested at the 'suit of a m illi ner, to 'whom she became indebted in consequence of the non-payment of her annuity ; and from her sick bed.she was dragged to the lock-up-house of one Laver, a, Sheriff's Officer, in Chancery-lane, when she was pet to bed in a wretched condition. ' Here she Was visited, at ten o'clock at night, by Mr. Mac namara, 'accompanied by her sisteßrl.lsl,arngeagrieeta. red d fl to e who had, from the year 1800 to 1805, pay her one farthing of her annuity, and had .been at daggers with her ever since, now came forward to proffer his friendship and services ; he told her she had been deceived hY , Mr, Petre, her friend, and Mr. Whitten, her Solicitor; and said, if She , would only relinquish any further proceedings against him in Chancery, he would. once more become/ her ' friend and protedor this oiler she refused with indignationa: upon which he flew into the most violent passion, and abused her 'and her friends in the grossest manner. The Learned Counsel here observed, that he did , not, by any means, mean to insinuate, that the Defendant had caus ed this arrest to take place ; bOt he could not help observing, that this early visit of the.Defend a ant, after the arrest, 'and his subsequent condud, compared with his forther negled and hOstility to wards her, was rather an extraordinary circum stance, and that his charily, which had so long lain dormant, should now' be awakened. In the • course of the cause it became necessary for the Plaintiff to make an affidavit of the oc.currences in the loCk-up house, and- the proceedings were going on in. the regular Way, when the Defendant found it tiecessa- ry to take some steps to prevent the further proceed ing of the Cause, for .(the :Learned Counsel ob served) it- could be no honeSt or honourable motive that induced him to prefer the indictment in clues ,. tion, charging the Plaintiff with having ccitntnitted perjury in the last mentioned affidavit. When thq assignments of perjury; he continued, were com parecfwith, the affidavit, it would be found they were of the most trivial nature, leaVing all the material parts- of the tffidavit totally out of the question. The lietdment, however, being . preferred, the anxious to have the matter investigated,