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.~ ~ s ~~ - I'__'•_s••_' ~.~ -. "." 1 . 4 " 5. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Or LORDS—Ppc.u.v, APitit 11. Tae Piiltc upon e , e rah e wereiormArded in th-ir respectives sups; among their, the Irhit DtiLld Service 13.11, was read t third•trrne, and rirtsed ; and the Irish Treasury Bills MU, and the B kis!: Fishery Encuurageruer.t Bill, were severally read a second bow. Mr. 14'orsley. from the London Flour Company, presented erasion accounts, direited to be laid au. hefor • the Parliament. Mr. PurcPll, from the Court of Exchequer, in Irelan.f, presented certain papers respelling an ap peal from t,iat Court, now pending before their Lordships. Mr. Crewe, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, presented several d rcurnents respeCting the state of the train of Artillery, ticc. , • - There papers were ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Irving, Inspector-General of the Customs, laid b •fore the• House a variety of documents rela tive to the exports aid imports of Great Britain, during a given number of years; particularly to and from the West India Islands, agreeably to a former motion of Lord Auckland, and which were ordered to be printed. Lord Viscount Duncan was sworn, and took his seat, en acceding to Inc Peerage, in consequence of the demise of Iris father, the late Lord. Mr. Hawthorn, attended by s:•veral Members, brought up, from the House of Commons, the new Loan BA senii;ll was forthwith read a first time. Some order; were m.:de with respeet to the hear ing of appeals ; after which, thca Lordships ad journed till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMNIONS. INDIA AFFAIRS. Mr. FRANCIS said, that not having been in the House yesterday, when a Motion was made on the subject of the debts claimed by the Creditors of the Nabob of the Carmine, he wished to give notice, that id morrow he should bring forward a Motion, the olsjesl of which would be, to know the specific claims of those Creditors, their names, and the grounds upon which the demands stood. Mr. HOSHOUSL then brought in his Bill, for enabling the Commissioners, appointed for that purpose, to settle the debts claimed by the Credi tors of the Nabob of the Carnatic ; which being read a first time, he said, that as business of con siderable tploortance stood both for Monday and Tuesday fiat, be should propose the second read ing for Monday se'nnight, isbids was agreed to. Mr. PAUL gave noder, that his intention was to lay the ground of his proposed charges against the Marquis of Wellesley for his conduct towards the Raj in f earricabad, on Tuesday next ; and re. speBing his misapplication of the money of the East India Company, on Fi Way next. • Oe the motion of Sir JOHN NEWPORT, the Irish Bank Notes Dell was read a first, and ordered ffe Iso read a second time on 1 hursday next. Mr. Serjeant BEST gave notice, that on Friday next he should bring forward a motion to prevent Newspapers from publishing accounts of felonies before u.c issue of tile trials. Tlt %DE. General Taileton presented a Petition, which, be stated, bad been signed by 7000 mer chants. planters, and other inhabitants of Bristol, praying to he heard by themselves, or counsel, against the Bill now pending in Parliament fur pro hibiting the importation of Slaves by British sub jeas. into the colonies of possess not in amity Stith His Majesty. or such as, during the present war, bad been surrendered to His Majesty's arms. Or. tiered to lie on the table. General TAR :.e. - CON moved an Address to His . Maje-ty, praying fir a copy of the Capitulation of the island of; Tobago, to His Majesty's arms, and the Orders in Council issued on that occasion of the 27th of December which was •7teed to. He then begged to he by the Attor ney-General, whether it were hi. intention to bring on the second reading of the Wave Importation Prohibition Bill to-morrow The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, that he was not at present aware of any thing which was likely to delay it. General GASCOIGNE, after some other busi. pass had been disposed of, said, that as the Papers moved far could not be on the Table of the House before to-mon ow, he hoped the Attorney-General would not refuse to po , oone the second reading of the Slave Bill to 1 hersday next; and proposed a Mo:'on to that effect, which was agreed to. Mr. Jarvis brought in a Bill for the more speedy trial of offences committed on more distant parts of the seat; which was read a first time, and ordered to be rra I a secoroi time, an this dsy tennight. Mr. Percival brought in a Bill for malting pro v'sion for, and more efi e eftually enforcing the resi dence of :Stipendiary Curates; which being read a first time, lie moved to be read a second time on Tuesday next ; but on the suggestion of Sir J. waorrEs LEY, that an important discus eion was to take place that day upon the new host Duty. she second reading of the Bill was appointed for to-marrow. The eta millions Exchequer Bills Bill and the Irish Butter packing Regulations Bill were read a Ist, and ordered to he read a tcl time on Thursday next, as was also the'Bill for Repealing the Duty of npnn Dwelling-houses in Ireland. -The Report cf the Committee of Supply of yes terday. was blOUg'il up by Mr. Hebhouse, and agreed to. Lord OSSULSTONE acquainted the House that His Majesty had been waited upon wtith their last Address, and world give directions ac cordingly. Almirai Duckworth's Annuity Bill was report ed, and ordered to be read a 9d time tomorrow. WATERFORD ELECTION. Sir J. NEWPORTthers rose, and stated, that be fore the motion, of which notice had been given, fair the attendance cf the Sheriffs of ‘Vaterford at the bar, was made, he wished to request of his Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, to ftrbear pressing any punishment, far a COMIlla, which was W he attributed to the negleet, ignorance, or mis apprehension of the parties. Ile hop e d, th at hi s Might L _ on. sierlJ, to elm:lees: towsr.ll him, would \I. shinn.s from his consideration .ny inconvenience that conduit might have imposed upon him as the itii vidu most concerned. and the more so, as there were some doubts respeanirg the operation of the A,ri of ( ) aril Iment. lithe meaning of that a& was to m. , antelpretati.m, it wa. in the power of the House to take suds steps as would remedy all defect. is future, but he was AllYlo4ls to &lA-m.4u any severits towards mistaken individuals. Mr. Ft )X said, that after what had been ex pressed by his (tight lion. Friend, he should feel un willing to 4,9 towards the persons concerned, in the ni inner he first proposed to do. The Aft of Pa:. liamein appeared to him to be imperative, and im posed peculiar penalties on the officers who did not make their returns within forty days. However, if the construaion of it were doubtful, he would he far from aaing with severity against any indivi duals ; but, as it was manifest that such e.ing% should not be left to the discretion of Sheriffs, or other Returning Officers, he should take an eddy opportunity of moving either a resolution of that House, or an amendment to the Aa, which should put all suc!: (pevions beyond the possibility of doubt. Mr. LEE, observed, that, in his opinion, an improper power was given by the A&, to the She riffs in Ireland ; and, to slr3vz how doubtful the con str,i3ion of the a& seas, he nerd oily refer to a Noble Lord, whom he then saw in his place, and who, he believed, could not obtain any decisive opi nion on it. Lord CASTLERE osGH then stated, that in an instance of a similar nature, in which he WAS con cerned, he had taken the opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, both in England and Ire land, and found, that on the construction of the Ad, their sentiments were in absolute contradiliun to each other. Sir VICKARY GIBBS thought himself called upon to explain the opinion he gave upon the occa sion alluded to, which was, that the Sherif was bound to make his return within a reasonable time. Mr. FOX said, the sentiment now expressed, fully conveyed his idea of the subject ; which terminated the conversation for the present. DECLARATORY am.. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the or der of the day, for going into a Committee on the hill sent down from the Lords, to declare the law relative to the obligation on witnesses to answer questions, the effect of which mightsubjeft them to civil process. Mr. PERCIVAL said, that though he thought the Bill altogether unnecessary, he should not ob jeft to it, before he saw what alteration it might undergo in the Committee. He would,,huwever, even in this stage, give one decided objection, which was, that the Bill professed to declare, as lase, the opinions of the Twelve Judges ; whereas, six out of the twelve, gave only qualified opinions. The ATTOR.NEY-GENERAL replied, that as his Right Hon. Friend seemed to (Neel to the prin ciple of the Bill, he should think that no time should be wasted, and that the discussion had better tike place, on the question for the Speaker's leaving the Chair. The MASTER of the ROLLS declared himself to hold the same opinion as Mr. Percival. If the Bit were unnecessary, it certainly ought not to pass into a law; but, for the present. he felt himself unwilling either to oppose or acquiesce in it. If the difficulty in tile case were but slight. and the necessity for the Bill a strong one, it might be advisable to enact it ; but, in the absence of all necessity, it was not so easy to approve of it. Great doubts had for merly been entertained upon this stihjed; and he, if consulted, would have joined in the opinions given by the minority of the Judges ; hut he could never think of calling upon Parliament to declare these opinions to be law. Whatever doubts might have hitherto prevailed, if he were a Judge, though he concurred in the sentiments of the minority, he should not, sitting in a Court of Justice, think it right to as corgi ary to what was the declared opi nion of the majority t and he believed there was no Judge who would r t adopt a similar line of con duct. Upon these grounds, he thought that there was no necessity for this Bill ; for, as no Judge de. livered an opinion to samtlion what was now pro. posed, as a universal proposition, the inference must be inferred, that there were some exceptions to it. The House then went into the Committee, when the blanks were Ailed up, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. ----- CAPE OP GOOD HOPE. Lord GAR LIES called to the recollection of the House, that, before the holidays, he suggested to His Majesty's Minister s t h e p ro p r i ety o f a Vote of Thanks to General Sir David Baird and Admiral Sir Home Popham, for the capture of the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope ; but was answered that no accounts had then been received of its complete re duCtion. Since that, however, dispatches hrd been received, announcing the complete conquest of the colony, and he therefore wished now to be informed' by the Right Hon. Secretary of State, whether it were his intention to take any notice of this con quest ; and be applied to him the more particularly, as he made no doubt, that had it bees a naval ex ploit only, the Noble Lord opposite him (Howick) would have paid the same attentioo to it, as he did to that of Admiral Duckworth. Mr. WINDHAM replied, that the condo& of the gallant Officers alluded to, was entirely every way meritorious, and he wished it to be distinElly under stood, that it was not from any want of the entire ap probation of His Majesty's Ministers, that national honours were not prepared. They certainly did every thing that the nature of the service would admit of ; and he was cnovineed would have done more if occa sion required it; but from the nature of the tesiatance which it was in the power of the enemy to offer, it was not considered to be an achievement or exploit to claim those honours which were bestowed upon ser vices of more difficulty ; though what was accom plish:id in this instance, must be acknowledged to have been in every respe& complete. Lord GA R LI b.S rejoined, that be was not at present inclined to go into all the merits of this im portant service; but the Speaker here reminded him. that though the house, from motives of con veniences allowed questions to be put to His Ma jesty's Minister., yet. when an answer was given ; it was irregular to prol mg the couversation. Mt. HUDDLE`STONE referred to a notice which be gave. and which bad been frequently post poned, for the prodnetlim of some East hidia papers, and stated, that as the most material of them had been produced in another place, it was no longer his intention to malce.,any motion on the suhjth. Lord ARCH! lIA LI) HAMILTON gave notice, that on Monday next, he should move for the pros &Flinn of some East India Papers, the nature of which we could not hear. DUHLIN PAVING RILL. Sir JOHN N EWPORT moved, that the order for the second reading of this Bill should be postponed to the Ist May next. Lord DE BLAQUIERE wished to be informed of the reason for this postponement. Sir J. NEWPORT replied, that it was because the Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the condud of the late Paving Board had not yet been printed. Di. DUIGENAN shortly defended the conduel of the suspended Commissioners. Mr. ALEXANDER also considered the suspen sion to be only for the purpose of acquiring State influence. He said he was very far from condemn ing the Administratiuo of the Earl of I lardwiLke, but thought, that in this instance, that well•inten tiouod Nublcman had bees ►adly advised. Lor.l BL.XQUII.:RE renewed the observa tions which he in often before made, respelling the condemnation of the late Paving Board, without the Commissioners being heard in their own defence; after which the motion of Sir .1. Newport was agreed to. A person from the Tat Office presented an ac count of the gross assessments of the Property Tax, the names of the persons assessed, and the arrears due upon it for the ?ears 1f304 and !SOS. Ordered to lie on the table. In a Committee on the Tea Duties it was voted. that the Cus:cm Dicks now in force should cease and determine, and in lieu a new duty be imposed of 61. per cent. allowing a drawback of the same upon exportation. The Report was ordered to be received tomor row, and the House adjourned. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. lIAMBURGH MAIL. HANDL/RON, APRIL 8. His Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick has returned from Berlin to Brunswick, where he arrived on the 4th. aerial, YARCR 1 1. The Gazette of this city contains the following article:— " Notwithstanding the arrest ani removal of se veral disturbers of the public tranquillity. and the afelionate admonition of Prince Joseph, the foolish measure of arming is still resorted to. His Impe rial Highness has, in consequence, authorised Mar shal Massena to establish a Military Commission, wherever he thinks proper. The substance cf the ediCt issued on this occasion is as follows All in dividuals who shall be arrested in the public roads, or streets, with arms in their hands, thieves or assas sins, spies, and all persons convifted of an muster stamling with the enemy, for the purpose of disturb ing the public peace, or undertaking any thing hos tile to the safety of the army, shall be tried by Mili. tary Commissions. There shall be as many Com missions as there are corps of the army. No appeal to any other tribunal shall be allowed, from the sentences of the Commission, which shall be execut ed within twenty-four hours. One of these Com missions shall be established in the city of Naples.' Accordingly a Police Commission, with a moveable column of 1,400 men, set out on the Bth inst. for the purpose ut quelling these disturbers of the public tranquillity, and began to disarm the inhabitants of Portici, Resins, and Ponticello. As Gaeta is the lies of the insurgents, every ne cessary preparation has been made for its formal in vestment. Operations have likewise commenced in Calabria. The following official Bulletin has been published : FRENCH ARMY OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES. Head Quarters at Naples, Much 9,1806. ACCOUNT OF Tilt BATTLE AT LACO NERO. ‘, On the 6th instant, the advanced guard of the 3d corps of the army, commanded by General Regnier, arrived, at two o'clock in the afternoon, on the Banks of the Silo. The enemy had burned the bridge, and endeavoured to dispute the passage with a numerous infantry, a twelve pounder, and a howitzer. Dispositions were instantly made for the attack, and with such judgment, that the enemy could not avail himself of the advantage of his position. The Voltigeurs sprang upon the cannon, and compelled their defenders to fly, and to leave behind the whole of their artillery and ammunition waggons. Our troops pursued the fugitives more than two miles, to Lago Nero, where the enemy had made preparations for a vigorous resistance. But our troops, without sneering themselves to be in the least checked in their nvirch, advanced into the place, in spite of a heavy fire of musketry and ar tillery. A great number of prisoners were here taken ; among these was a Colonel, a Major, and several other superior Officers ; two pair of colours, three cannons, some horses, and a very large equi page, belonging to the General Commandant, and other Generals who betook themselves to flight, were left in our possession, together with the chests of several regiments. The enemy lost magazines of I,i,cuits, brand", dm" The five Neapolitan companies of Artillery are already completed, and Brigadier Don Joseph Fon seca, is appointed Commandant of them. We have received intelligence from Palermo, that General Forteguerri, the Minister of War and Ma rine, on his arrival in that city, requested, and ob tained leave to resign, on accuent of his health. IIItNNA. MARCH 29. The surrender of the Bocea di Cattaro, in Dalma tia, by the Austrian COHlMander. 441 the summons of the Russians, will. it is hoped, occasion no dis pute, as it appears msrely to have arisen from the circumstance, that after the signing of the treaty of lircsburg, the Commander of the lin:sir:l squadron was not furnished soon enough with the necessary counter-orders. Our Ministry has delivered to the Russian Ambassador, Count Ra•oumofski, a cir. curnstuntial note, relative to this affair, and re (rifting, that the Russian troops shall be u itlthav • from the puss they have occupied. nnt.s been sent by a courier to Sr. Pezers!)tsr7h. Thy Vrench Ambassador here, M. de Ro. bef,“ ) . cauld, has received from his Court the slew arms, vsz. au eagle, with a golden crown. TiIIEST, NIII(C11 According to the latest advices, the ltuuians I. ly e extended themselves still further in Dalmatia, a l ,' have taken p.m. er Al places, among others, the impnrt, ant post of Castel Nuovo, and its harbour, hy which they secure their pirsition in Corfu. The Montene• grins have joined the liussiacs. ai.u , nonnu, MARCH 30. The clay before yes'efclay, 50u new conscript, arrived here from StraQf urg ; they are Jestived Ice Verona ; and will he lolloweil by 4,000 more in a few days. According to what is reported here, the Court of Munich will set out on the Bth of next month for Milan, whence it will 2-,o toP.tris, to he preent at the great national frstiviii, which will be helJ there i 3 die m o nth of May. MI the French ernes t h e r ,,. main in Bavaria, will by that time have repass4 the Rhine. t anon, tn. Yesterday, fifteen couriers pas.ed tittough rt.is city, three of which took the road to Paris. Tae others those to Munich, Ingolstal, Vienna, Scc. Tae contents of their dispatches are a seciet, even tii the staff officers. The officers do not know Low loos their stay will be. ft ANCONIA, •arm 1. A report is encl.'s*. that the King of Bavaria will receive the principality of Witstzbuqr. It is besides said. that the Prince de Piombino well hive Switzerland ; that country having expressed a desire to be governed by a Prince of the family of the Empei or Napoleon. BERLIN, ♦PRIL 5. Ccunt Metternich, who has been recalled from his post of Envoy here, has set out for Vienna. The corps of troops which is destined to ad►ance to the frontiers of Swedish Pomerania, is command ed by the General of Cavalry, Count Kalkreuth, and that destined for the territory of Laueuburg, by Lieutenant• General Count Schmettau. HANOVER, •11 , 1111.4 On the SI it ult. General Harbou arrived here, and the next day repaired, accompanied by his Staff officers, to Colint Sehulenberg Kehnert, and deli vered his credentials as Commissary for His Majesty the Emperor of the French and K lag of Italy. ITUALSIJNO. APRIL 1. Yesterday several waggons with provisions left this place for Greifswald, Berth. and Tribsees. tiffs Majesty was expected at Greifswislil. WITZLArt. APRIL 1. Yesterday intelligence was received here that the sovereignty of the towns of Linz., Dente, and Konigswinter, belonging to Nassau. the lordship of Homburg, belonging to Witgenstein, of the Prince of Hatzfeld's Lordships on the Sieg. of Circ. born, Broich, Ecc. and the possessions of the Teuto nic Order, had been annexed to that of the new duchies of Cleves and Berg. COIOGN7, MARCH O. Besides the Abbies of Werden and Essen, d:e French have also taken - possession of Eisen. BANKS or THE MAINL, APRIL I. His Majesty of Wittemberg, who was indisposed, has recovered. Roue, MARCH 17. Prince Borghese has passed through this city, on his way (tom Naples to Paris. His Holiness has, within these two days, held two successive private congregations, in the presence of all the Cardinals. Several disturbers of tranquillity have been con dated to Capua, into confinement. ♦NOTNER LITTER, SAM! DATE. Ai the Prince of Hesse Philipsthal still continues to defend the strong fortress of Gaeta, and has re fused the capitulation that was offered his ; the trenches have adually been opened before the place. The report of she voluntary submiss;on of Calabria is false. The French army is advancing thither, in three columns. The centre is commanded by Mar shal Massena ; the lett wing, by General Lecchi, and the right, by General Regnier. The latter has had a smart anion with the King's troops and the Calabrians, at Monte Nero. The Bishop of Gaeta has, in vain, intreated the Prince of Hesse Philipsthal, riot to expose the town to the horrors of a siege. The communication, by means of the post, with Sicily, has totally ceased. Accounts ate received only indiredly from that island. EXTRACT OP A LRTTRR PROM THE 111110-4 ,4 G. TEIS OP MIS SWEDISki MAJESTY AT APRIL 2. ‘, The army having assembled on the 2:101 of March, in the neighbourhood of Laage, and re mained there on the 30th, marched again on the 31st. The first and third brigade met war Kolzow, and continued their march towards a new position in front of Tessen. under the immediate orders of His Majesty. A detached column, commanded by Lieutenant-General Baron Von Ai mteldt. tollowed a parallel route, and proceeded twu ur three leagues to its new destination. s• His Majesty fixed his head quarters at Tessen , the first and third brigades again joined at Thelekois . and marched towards Tribsees, where his Mtst!' arrived at 3p. as. He was re rived on the frontiers of Swedish Pomerania, by his Excellency the Go vernor General. Baron Von Essen, by the deputies at the States, and utiler civil officers. The detach ed column marched in a parallel dire lion with the army, and at the prescribed distance. till the army had passed the river, and taken a military posi:i° l en the opposite bank." • KANAV, 114•11,C' 29. Great changes were yesterday expeded At Frank fort, relative to the fottire fate of that city, but no thing has yet transpired, and things will prohabil remain as they arc, till after the marriage of the Eledoral Prince of Baden. It is said that the cit' of Frankfort and the principality of Starkenberg will be given as a dowry to his bride, the Prioress Ste phanie, and placed under the proeediou of Frans*: The departure of Marshal Atigereass. who bas lea this place, with 2.5 horse chasseurs. fir Wisio4 Irn, to use the baths, seer's, in fa& to promise that t'°' thing will tae place t Jl his retarc. • I 1 f 1 'I 1.