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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDZIESDAY, FEB. I Sir EVAN'NEPEAN ' presented•a- Report from the Committee to whom the Naval. Asylum Petition was referred. Referred to a Committee "of the whole House to-morrow. - Mr. RoßsoN gave notice, that he would on this day se'nnight move for the prodation of certain Pa pers relative to the Barrack Department in Great Britain. He should also move, on the same day, for Papers conneoed with the. Business of the Bar rack Department in Ireland ; and probably,, on the same day, he . might also move for. Papers relative to the Barrack department of our Colonies. Mr. MANNING apprised'the House, that he should think it his duty, on s ome conven i en t day after the second reading of the Slave Trade Abolition' Bill, to move for the House to go into a Committee for the purpose of considering of the expediency of granting Compensation to those Persons. who mayor by the passing of that Bill into a law-. Earl TENPLE gave notice,. that he would to-mor row move for leave to bring is a Bill for the further. Regulation of the Business of PilotS in. Great Britain and the Cinque Ports. Cape of Good Hope Trade Bill was reported' and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Earl TEMPLE moved that the House do resolve . into a Committee on the Report of the,SeleCt Com mittee to which the Sierra Leone Petition was re fered. The Report stated that it was expedient cer tain ri. ,- hts now vested 'in the Company should, be transfered to his Majesty. The Committee agreed to the Report, the House' was resumed, and leave grouted, tUbring in a Bill pursuant to the terms there of. The Newfoundland and •Labradore Fishery . Bill was read in a Committee;, the blanks filled up, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. • The Barrack 'Account Commissioners' Bill was read a third time and pasSed. Earl TwarLE obtained leaVe to bring in a Bill to extend the Provisions of the yarn Importation Bill to Yarn Made of Flak to be imported froth Gerrnany. The Committee on the Mutiny Bill was postpon ed rn Tuesday - se'nnight. Mr. BIDDULPH proposed that the name of Mr: Ellison should be added to the list of 'persons ap ! . pointed as a Committee for the ptirpo.se of examin- Ing into the Salaries and 'Emoluments annexed to Public Off i ces. . Mr. JJATHURST declared that he could not avoid resisting a Motion of this nature. The Com , - . tnittee. at present consisted of twenty-fwd instead of twenty-one, the more usual number of Members.; and, it the pra&ice of adding names to a select Com mittee were to be encouraged by the House accech ing to the proposal of adding any name, hoWever respedable, to a Corninittee already so numerous as this was, instead of •sele6t, they would have almost General Committees, when they were voted to be seleEt ones, as every .other Member would have an equal right to propose the addition of whatever per soli they might. think particularly qualified to serve on that Committee then spoken of. If one was to be proposed in the stead of another; however di's agreeable it might be to their feelings, Gentlemen must see that that would be a fair ground of dis • cus , ion. Mr. NICHOLSON CALVERT supported. the Motion On the ground ofthe probability that some of the Members might be absent from their duty at the Committee, and adverted, to an instance where he 'had seen. only one Hon: Member, Mr. Bathurst, • actinc , in a Comtnittee-rocim. ..1117. BAT HURST explained to the House that he was at that time engaged in making abstraas froth the statements which were in the voluminOtts docti meats befiire the Committee. It would'he'perfeelly nugatory for fourteen persons to attempt to perform suet) a task. In this they could only suppose that he afted as an assistant to the Clerk, and not that be personated the Committee. Lord HENRY PETTY reminded the House that the Committee of Finance, whose labours were es teemed to be particularly advantageous to the pub- H o , an d w ith who m the House was - most lady well satisfied, consisted of only 15 Members; 1 and yet now that the plan was completely designed before them, when the labour must necessarily have been conSidertthly decreased, the House were to be told that 22 persons were•noi equal to the task. The • names had not been chosen by ballot; they were each announced singly in an open manner to the House, and were thus the polled representatives of the whole body of the House. He appealed to the House itself whether there was any possibility of there being a Committee more impartially chosen ; they were a seleOlion of the men most eminent for their talent and independence 'within those walls, and might be said to have been culled from every class of men, except that .class which most assuredly the Hon. Gentleman could not think the best quali.! fed for acing on a Committee such as that of which they were then speaking—the class Of placethen he meant. He had not, for his own part, the smallest ob jection to the Gentleman alluded to being one of the Committee ; but then his name should have been mentioned before a Committee of 22 persons were actually chosen by the House. Mr. JOHNSTONE declared, that the Noble Lord had not satisfied his mind upon this head. The thriller Committee, he agreed .with .the Noble Lord in saying, had, discharged their duty in a manner most highly creditable to themselves, and 'benefiCial to the service of the public.. He had no doubt also,. that the present Committee were as eminently qua lified as the Noble Lord had described, to perform. the task assigned to them with honour and ability. But still he thought it was rather hard that, after his Hon. Friend had suggested the propriety of adopt ing a measure, though he unquestionably was not so capable of supporting it as the Noble Lord was, and though the Noble Lord entirely concurred with trim, anct supported him in the main objea of his Motion, with only some little variation of terms, he •atill thought it was rather hard that his Hon. Friend should not be allowed to name one person, for the Committee. There had been instances of names being added to the Seled Committee on many for- Fier occasions. Mr. 1P FREEMANTLE also bore testimony to the iespeClability of the names of the present list ; iu fittt lie could not ate that it was, possible to,seled twenty-two tmore indeperseent, More capable, or more honourable men. As to precedent, he did not think . that it was necessary to be resorted to in such a case as the preSent; but even on the score of pre cedent, he understood that it . was contrary to the established usage of the House to add any names aftei• the complete appointment of a - Finance Com mittee. The Gallery was then elearedfor 'but we understand that the Motion was withdrawn.. The routine bUsiness of the day was then disposed of, and the'House adjourned. MAILS. Duz-4 Gottenburgh, t Dublin, 4 IVaterford. PRICE OF 'STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. COMO'S - - _ 6z THE SUN. SOLZM Qt/I'S DICERS FA; (7M A UDE T Loi D 0 .Ar, fiIitIRSDAY,• FEBRUARY 12, 1807. THE Expedition which sailed from-Falmouth' on the loth O&ober, under Gen. CRAUFURD, arrived at St. Jago on the 14th December, and sailed on, the 11th January, supposed to be going totind Cape }Torn. The Troops were all in perfe& health. The Ships bdund for Buenos Ayres left them on the 2d January. • THIS morning the Proposals of the different Par ties who wished to contras for the ensuing Lottery were opened at the Treasury. The fb!lowing were the biddings : • : RICHARDSON, SWIFT, and Co. - 16 2 6 BEST and Co. 16 z 6 HENSLEY and Co, - - - 16 z 6 Corz and Co. - ;6 2 6 Tow coon and Co. - - 16 z 6 WALsn and NESBITT - 16 I We understand that the Lords of the Treasury had determined not to dispose of the Lottery under 161. tos. consequently none. of the above prOposals , were accepted, and the bidding. was postponed. If no proposition should .be made equal to the sum expeeted by Government, it is, we belieVe, in tended that the Tickets should be sold to the Public at the Bank. WE have this day made some further - Extratis from the Foreign PaperS which arrived on Tuesday . • • night. The French have for some time taken great pains to prove that Turkey has declared War against Russia. These Papers assert it- more positively than evor ; but it is singular that the last French Bulletin, which ,is dated the 19th January, should be silent upon the subject}. If the Porte had declared War against RuSsia on the 1 7th Decetnber;as it is stated, it is more than probable that the fa& would have been known at Warsaw' on the 19th ofJanuary. •But there are other strong reasons which induce us very much tc k doubt the truth of this statement. The Squadron under Admiral Louis, which is cruizing . at the entrance of - the Dardanelles, and the Russian Army in Moldavia, would, we think, prevent the-Turkish Government from taking a decided part in favour of Fraike, even if . it were so inclined. Indeed the article in . the French Papers, dated Constantinople, is such an evident fabrication, that it is wholly undeserving of credit. If the French writers had been satisfied with stating that the Porte had declared war against Rus sia; they might. have obtained some belief; but when we are told of, the anxiety expressed. by the Turkish soldiers to display their courage in presence of the invincible NAPOLEON, &c. we have no difficulty in ascertaining what degree of credit is due to the statement. With respeta. to the intelligence contained in the French Bulletins, we have very little to add to the observations we have already made upon them: The contradi&ion which they give to General BENNINGSEN'S aCCOLUIt of the battle of the 26th we fully expelled ; it Was not to be supposed that BONAPARTE would acknowledge a defeat, or even a check ; .it is quite natural therefore, that be should claim a vi&ory. But the point which appears to us the -most inexplicable, is:the assertion that General BuxnovuEm -was also de feated on the 26th December. There is reason to apprehend that some unfortunate difference of opi nion prevailed. among the , Russian Generals, and it is possible that Generals BENNTNGSN, and Btrx- HOVDEN might not have been fully acquainted with each others intentions and movements ; but it is dif ficult to suppose that General BEtsraticsEN - could, have remained ignorant- - for 24 hours that a great battle bad been - fought within a few miles of him. The expression in General iBENIONGSEN'S Letter,' respe6lint Gen. .KAMENSKSI, is rather ambiguous. We.-have reason.to believe that General KAmitsrsx.oi returned Pctersburgh early in January, but whe ther lie had ' finally given up the'cominind Of. the Army, or whether to propose. some Irrangement-re ,. spetaing the remainder of the Campaign, we do not know ; but we are inclined to believe that the latter was the feet. It is also stated, that General Ilux- HUNTDEN has been recalled, and that. Prince 13,ton'A THION, who distinguished himself so much in the short Campaign in 1605, has been appointed to suc ceed .. . One of the great. obje&s of the last Bulletins is . to convince the people of France and the Army that the rumours which were so confidently circulated of the disposition of Austria to take a part in the War against France, was not only unfounded, but that, in fa&, the closest intimacy subsists bet Ween Austria and France, and that the former is more like?y to make a common cause with France thane to take arms against her. These statements are not only improbable in themselves, but are in dire& opposition to all the accounts which ,have lately been received, from Vienna. So far from having given any assent to BONAPARTE'S progress in Poland, we are convinced that that Cabinet has remonstrated most firmly upon the subje&, and that it is owing to this interference alone that he has hitherto refrained. from keeping his promise of proclaiming the independence of Poland. THE observations of Lord HENRY PETTY,. - 011 Tuesday evening, in acceding to the . substance of the Motion proposed by Mr. 13innuLPFt, will excite_ the applause, and strengthen the confidence of those who derived satisfa6tion from the assurance given ' on the part of the present Ministers,_ on th e i r en trance into power, of their determination to exert the utmost vigilance and economy in the application of the Revenue. The earnestness with which the same sentiments are still maintained, and the expe rienee already afforded of, their .pra6ical operation, will impress a ; general convi&ion that the Expendi- . ture of the Country will undergo every feasible Reform: and Retrenchment consistent with puplic faith and justice, and compatible with the hollow, the safety, and the interests of the Country. The policy and duty of remunerating Services rendered to the State, by Pensions or by Sinecure Offices, will not be queS tioned by, any person, in whose mind the prosperity and glory of the Country are primary Considerations: The task of investigating whether such grants_ are duly confined within the limits of expediency may be intrusted to Committees appointed at suc cessive periods hereafter for this purpose, and. such ob je6ts will constantly claim the watchful.attention.and . superintendence of Parliament. The pra6tice ofgrant ing Offices in reversion, and particularly in cases where the fees are augmented in proportion to theincrease of expenditure, must tend greatly to perpetuate abuses, a \ nd t has' therefore received the decided disapproba tionot the,present Administration. The declaration , of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that no Re- vet : 3lons have in any instance been granted either in Great Britain or 4reland•during the existence of the present Government, presents a fresh proof that Mi ' nisters have steadily maintained the system which they pledged themselves: to , pursue, and furnishes practical evidence that the : proposed Reform in .the Adminiitration of the Finances will be prosecuted with integrity, vigour, and consistency.. Yesterday the ROYAL FAMILY came to town from Windsor at twelve o'clock. Soo❑ after two-o'clock Hl3 MAJCSTY held a, private Levee at the Queen's Palae, which was attended by The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the .First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer s the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, the. First Lord of the Adiniralty,,ilte Master_ Geneial of the Ordnance, the Chancellor of the chequer in Ireland, the Lord Chamberlain, the judge Advo cate, the Danish Ambassador, Earl Carmirvon, Viscount Forbes, Counts D. and C. Reventlow, Lords Heathfield and Amherst, General Sir George Nugent, Rev. Mr. Hughes, Messrs. Villiers, Fawkener, Monk, Horseley, and Garrick'. The following had the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY : General Sir George Nugent, upon his being createda Baron, and appointed to the command or the 6th Regiment. Counts D. and C. Reventlow, by Mr. Rist, the Danish Ambassador, upon their arrival in England froth Denmark. The Rev. Mr. Hughes, upon his being eleded Residentiary Canon at Sr. Paul's Cathedral, and being appointed Clerk of His Majesty's Closet. Mr. Roger Monk, on his being appointed one of the Exons of His Majesty's Yeomen of the Guards. Viscount Forbes, on his coming to his title. Mr. Nathiniel LgertQn Carrick, upon hiS being appointed Lieutenant to the Yeomen of the Guards. Messrs. Leach, Hart, Martin, * ancLThompsan, the Barris ters, upon their being appointed'liing's Counsellors, by tile Lord 'Chancellor. His , MAJESTY held a Privy Council, likewise gave . audiences to the LORD CHANCELLOR,. Lords GRENVILLE, HOWICK, PETTY, SIDMOUTFI, and Mr. BOND, who laid before His MAJESTY the pro ceedings of several Courts Martial, At two o'clock. Her MAJFsTy and the PRINCESSES visted the Duke and Duchess: of YORK, at their house in the Stable-yard, St. James's, Their Royal, High-. nesses received "Her MAJESTY and their Royal Sisters at the dbor, arld cdoduEled them into the interior of the house. In a short time: after, their Royal High, nesses agreeably surprised Her MAJESTY ancj the PRINCESSES with 'a Concert, for the purpose of their hearing Madame CATALANI sing; who sung several songs, accompanied by Mr. wEiCHSELL, Mr. DRAGONETTI, and several seled performers. .The Prince of WALES, Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, the Dukes Of KENT, CLIMBERLAND,MId CAMBRIDGE, 'were of the party.—At half past four o'clock the Royal PartY sat down to a sumptuous dinner. A little before six O'clock her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES returned to the QUEEN'S Palace. . Yesterday the Bishop of LONDON preached at the Chapel Royal before the Duke of . CANBEIDGE, and 'A' number of the Nobility. After the Sermon, Dr. GREEN'S. excellent Anthem, " Rebuke me not," was sung by Mes*. KNYVETT, VALTGLIA'N, ailf i l t BARTLEMAN. The Princess CuLtim . ..LoTTE of WALES will com mence attending Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, 'for the season ) on Sunday next . ' On Tuesday night; at ten o'clock, a Cabinet Coun cil was held' at Lord Gazs-VILLE'}.; house, .which sat_ till near one o'clock yeSterday morning. AA•PAL . NEWS. PLYMOUTH, FEB. g.—Arrived the Danish. Brig Three Brothers, HANS BLACK, laden with wine . and nuts,. fromi3arcelona, put in for orders ; also the Portugueze Big Rio Douro, REIVAS, from Am sterdam, bouna to Oporto, laden with iron, &C. put in by contrary winds. Sailed the Harlequin Sloop of War with a Con roy to the Eastward, and Brisk Sloop of War for Ireland. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10.--. Went out of Harbour the. Revenge, of 74 guns. • FEB. I.—Arrived the Captain, Capt. Cocx- BtiRNE, and Canges, Capt. HALKETT, of 74 , gun each, from the Channel ; arrived also the Harriet, Lora, fr6m Dublin. Sailed 1.1)k Sgfeguard Guu-vesiel, Lieut.. BALFOUBP on a cruize, The , Cowes Hoy, from this Port, for Cowes, Jaden with groceries, Sz - e. from a London Coaster, ails' stayed, and drove on shore and bilged last, night. at Stokesbay. Great part of the, cargo is expe6ted will be saved, except sugar, as she fills at high water, FALKOUTII, FEB. 9.7—Arrived His M3je 4 V s Ships. Swallow,Pickle, Scorpion, Plover, from a Cruize, and, remain w ith His Majestis Ships. Plantagenet an d Champion. and Cuckoo, 'GEEENOCK, FEB. 9.—We are extremely sorry to . announce the capture of the Ship, Pitt, Capt. Co Li CAMPBELL, from this port, on her passage to „An ti ' - gua 'and Jamaica. It appears she fell in with La jeizne AilileFreoch Priyateer, of • 14 guns an d 100 men, on !t the evening of Sunday the 14th Decembei, lat.- 17...1ebg..56. but night coming on, did not en next morning, when a very warm a6tion' commenced, which continued on both sides till the guns of the-Pitt were near l y a ll di smounte d i n con sequence of their get ti ng so ' hot. The Priv-PAW then attempted to board, but was most gallabtly beat off; bowever,"a continued shower of musketry drove : the man froM their quarters, and compelled ale' CANPaBta. to strike. , is added, by the Passenger who writes thes° particulars,.:that no language can do' justice t 3 til () fortitude and bravery of Capt. CAmPBELL during the aetion, in which three men were 'killed a9d fiv e wounded, of whom three 'are since unfortunaie l f dead of their wounds. The .Ship was'carricd Guadaloupe, and is a very severe loss to the ° del.- writers. The loss'On board the Privateer was h ea l / but was concealed. It was with much difficulty tbeo Captain- could. reatrain the people of - the Pr;vateet after the Pitt struck, so much.exasperated were they with the determined resistance shewn. . The Dryad, Capt. GRANT, arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday from New-York., was boarded on the 30th ult. 17 leagues W. 1. N. 'of the Smalls, by a French Privateer, which took away the letter-b 4, returning only the owner's letters, opened. She had captured a Scotch Ship from Liverpool, bound to Virginia, `the Captain of which gave Capt. GRANT four letterS,- one of which is directed, " SAmuBD minoviAiz and. Co." A few days before, Capt. GRANT spoke the British Frigate Acasta, 19 leagued off Cape Clear. The Scotch Ship alluded to in the above report fr° 6l Liverpool, turns out to be the Jeanie, SMITH, of tili s port, whose owner here hat received a hurried letter from Capt. SMITH, mentioning his capture, by a French Privateer, of 12 guns, and 50 men, in lat. So. 32. Jong. 9. but without further particulars, DEAL, FER. io.—Saded the Otter Sloop of War on a Cruize. FEB ItT/AR Y 1 1 .-*-Ca me down, the City of London, YATES.. bound to India, from the River; Defence Man of War, and the Avon Schooner, from Sheer• ness. Arrived' the Challenger Sloop of War from 9 6 Havre : in the late r gales she sprung her bowsprit and carried away her topmast. Also arrived the Ne,r -9ne34 Frigate from P ortu gal," With a Convoy, which are sailed for the.' River and to the Northward ; among them are the tPhint, FORE - ES, Juno, HO , Lively, GIBSON, Wallington, BROWN, and the Jenny, MUCKLC, /ifeidOt, CHRISTIE, .Oporto, CONVEY; Acorn, CRITCHILL, Mentor, Wymmiso and the Britannia, DOUGL . AS. RIBUTION'OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Prize-frioney due for the Capture of the French Brig L'Abrora, br.tile East ndia Company's Ship General Stuart, Will be paid at,No. ts'„.• New City Cliamtaers, Bishopsgate street, on the 14th . May, between the hours of twelve and three.- ‘: To the•Qlficers and Ship's Company of His Majesty's ship Druid, tor,the.Captaire of the French Corvette Prince Murat, on. the 2d Febrd.iry, 1806, their proportions of the hull, storef, and head-money, on board the Druid, at Plymouth, on ' . the loth inst. and every day afterwards liar three months, • at NO. 1, fames-street, Adel phi. To the Captain, Officers, and Company of His Majesty's Sloop of War Surinam, for the Capture of the Spanish Ves sels El Pacifico, El Tomas., and Alexandro,' on the nth of May, 1806, and the San Doiningoom the 17th inst. on board, in Plymouth aottnd, their proportions of the - hulls and car , goes of the three first -mentioned Vessels, and the cargo only of the last-mentioned one and every '.Tuesday and Friday, fOr three months,, at Lync's Counting-house, Plymouth. Tti - tifft s eers and Company of His Majesty's Ship ertkiler, CA ftfe'Capturc of the Susannah Margareva, on the 23d•August, aus, the net proceeds thereof, on the Cruizer's next arrival in poet, and . every Tuesday and Saturday, for tehtee mo nths, IV en eleven and three, at No. 2, Harntnet. , street, Minories? • TO the Ofiaers and CoMpany. of His Majesty's Sloop Kingfisher ,for th e Re-capture o f th e D a F ree d e, i n A ug ust, 170, at I'4'. 23, Norfolk-street, Strand, on the loth inst• and ever; Tuesday and Friday for three years. ~: t 7th per lett di g Ma fr o , Bis lyi ciL dis