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on the office of works in the tord Chamberlain's department, in which he thought the checks pto posed-tly Mr. Burke's Bill were not aded up to. It was his inten►ion to move, if there was no obje&ion to it, that the same Committee should be instructed to inquire into the Hereditary Revenue, and all the fixed and casual sources of income which had accru ed to his Majesty. - _ Mr. Loso conceived it would be -better to se*- parate both the motions. He was anxious to know what line of examination the Committee would go into. In Committees appointed in 1802, 1803, and 1804; no other examination was adopted than merely into the general charge of the Civil List, and the best means of liquidating it. None of them had the pql.ver to send for persons; papers, and records. As to the examination how far Mr. Burke's Ad was carried into execution, be thought it perfectly right, and believed that it would be found that the checks were not effectual. ;„.. Mr. TIERNEY contended, that they should rare the poiver to examine ; they wanted to k-now not merely whether the exceeding had atisen, but how it arose. Mr. BATHURST thought it due to Parliament to appoint a Committee, but did not think they should have the power to inquire into the private concerns of his Majesty. There was a degree of delicacy to be obserted in such investigations, and not the less so when they refieded upon the present condition of his Majesty. He was inclined to expe& that the C omm i tte e m i g ht do a great deal towards assisting the Crown, by rendering its revenues, if possible, adequate to its expences. Mr. EDEN said, that when he moved for the Com mittee, his obje& eras to ascertain what were t he ex pences of the Civil List, which of them were neces airy, and which not ; he therefore should claim the power to send for papers, persons, &c. in order to give effect to his intention. - The CHANCELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER said, he did not see the necessity of granting greater powers now than on the former occasions. He agreed that after investigating the checks, th i Committee might find it necessary to go further, but if so, the proper course would be to come to the House for instruc tion, and 'not to claim the powers in the'first in stance. He hoped the motion of his Right Hon ourable Friend (Mr. Bankes) would not be pressA at present. Mr. WYNNE was not aware how the Committee could proceed one step without the powers in dis pute. The objet was to ascertain the checks, hut how could that be done without the power to send tor persons ? Mr,.BANkss withdrew his amendment. Mr. COURTNAY said, that if they gave the Com mittee a power to inquire into all the branches of the Civil List, they would give a power which they had never exercised themselves. - In such cases they had always proceeded by address. He begged leave to remind the House,- that such papers were placed every year before them. Great stress was laid on the excess since 1804, but it would be found upon inquiry that the estimate was taken upon erroneous calculations, and that the real excess was not so great as it had been represented. - It would be improper to go into such an inquiry, particularly at this time. Mr. GILES laid, that if' the Committee was ap pointed without, such powers, the appointment would be a mere delusion. The inquiry arose out of one circumstance,- namely, that the Civil List was averaged at an arrear of 124,0001. a year. He that they should proceed on the precedents of former Committees, which were found inadequate to the purposes for which they were instituted. Mr. BROUGHAM, alluding to the panegyric of Mr. Arbuthnot on Mr. Drummond, regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman had forgotten the name of Mr. Stratton, to whom much praise was also due. Mr. ARBUTEINOf regretted the omission, and bore ample and warm testimony to the merits of Olt Gentleman. After a few words from Mt.' SMITH and Colonel BASTARD, the motion for appointing the Committee was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUEit proposed, that the name of Mr. George Vansittart should be introduced in the 'place of Lord A. Hamilton's ; upon which, after some discussion between Mr. WHITBREAD, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. HottNEtt . , the House divided asfullows For Lord A. Hamilton . . . . 26 For Mr. G. Vansittart . . . . 84 They then divided upon the question whether the Commiltre shou'd have the power to send for per sbns, papers, and records.—The numbers were— For the power • Against it [We understind that while strangers were ex ended, Mr. TIERNEY and Mr. EDEN declared their intention of not attending the Committee.] HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. On re-entering the Gallery, we found Mr. H. 11\.:1AlkTIN on his legs, who concluded a short speech by moving, • That there be laid before the House an account of theinonies belonging to the Suitors in the High Court of Admirah.), in the years 1810 and 18.11, re spe6tively, specifying what sums bad been laid out in the purchase of Stock, Exchequer Bills,.&c. with the interest and proceeds of the same, distinguishing the sums invested by order of Court." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER -had no objection to that part of the Motion which called for the returns for the years 1810 and 1811, but with that part of the Motion which went :o inquire into the sums iniested by the individual, through whose bands they passed in - these years, he could not agree. Omitting that part of the Motion, he contended the Honout able Gentleman would have all the informa tion neceisary to the obje& he bad in view; name ly, to bring in a Bill to regulate that office. Here was an officer openly investing the am!. t ey so entrusted to him., and avowing the same, v. here it was not invested (as it might at any time be) on the motion either of the Apellaut or Claimant in such securities as the party moving the Court might prefer. Motions to this effeet were certainly not always - made, and conse quently at times a very considerable sum was left in the hands of the individual alluded to.— If he had or had not a right to those profits which in such cases he conceived to belong to him, A paragraph has appeared in most of the Papers staling, that letters from Gibraltar mention that his Majesty's ship Conqueror had been unfortunately becalmed under a French battery near Toulon, until 170 of her men were killed. His Majesty's ship Conqueror, Capt. FELLowks, is now, and 'has been for nearly a month, in the Medway, betwwu Sheer- . ness and Chatham. The following report is contained in a letter which has just been received from the Continent. We lay it before our readers, without by any means pledg• ing ourselves to its authenticity. The letter states, .that, about a month ago, while BUONAPARTE was on the Parade, some person fired a pistol at him ; the ball struck him, but did not enter his b,:dy ; from which circumstance, it was supposed that he wore some kind of defensive armour. The person who fired the pistol was said to be a Spaniard; he was taken into custody. The letters brought by the last Anbolt Mail con template the almost immediate commencement of hostilities between France and Russia, 'unless the latter should submit. BUCINAPAtTE jlas, it is confident ly stated, given directions to have the business at the public offices so forward, as to enable him to leaye Paris in a month. It is generally believed that he is going to Poland. A Debate of considerable length took place in the House of Commons yesterday upon the motioi of Mr. EDEN, for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the charges upon the Civil List Reve nue. The'Motion was agreed to,.and a Committee was appointed. One of the articles charged upon the Civil List, and upon which Mr. EDEN commented at some length, was the sums paid to Foreign Ministers; and he 'particularly noticed the sum charged for the Mission - to Constantinople, while Mr. ARBUTHNOT was Mi nister to that Court. Mr. ARBUTHNOT, gave a detailed and most satisfa&ory explanation of the whole expense of his mission. He also took that opplgitunity of commenting, in a. manner which seemed to make a great impression upon the House, on the injurious consequences which resulted to this country-from the publicity givqo to our diplomatic correspondence with other Courts. The evils resulting from this practice have long been felt, and we trust that the statement made by Mr. ARBUTHNOT will have a salutary effect. Lord WELLTNGTON, in a letter to the Marquis WELLESLEY, of the date of Sept. 1, ilog, gave his opinion of the importance of the possession of Ciu dad Rodrigo—" Your Excellency has observed, that SOULT entertains the design of attacking Ciudad Ro drigo ; which design, I understand, was discussed and recommended by a Council or War, held some time ago at Salamanca. The success of this enter prize would do more mischief than the French are capable of doing in any other manner. It would completely cut off the only communication which the Spanish Governmont has with the Northern Provinees. It would give the French the perpetual possession of Castile ; and probably occasion the loss of the Portuguese fortress of Al meida." A new theatre was opened at Barbadoes on the first day of the present year. An address was delivered on the occasion, written by Mr. MAR.. SHALL, of the Lyceum Theatre, who has often displayed poetical taste and talents. STOCKS Rnny ncha Bonds, 17s. las. pr. New S. S. Ann. Exchey. Bills, 7s. 9s. 113. prem. _ a dis. Imperial Ann. 5 -x6ths Cons. for inh Feb. 6z 0 6 'ta-rdgy nansboni irid6 01 - tie f e 'n Ile prisoners were , 'confine.i, 'and hayiir: • p ov•d these circumst,nc<<s, he Wai convinced tiey would he of .o r brion the coridoetolthe priso; riot been voluntary and traitorous ; but on' the "con= trail, forced and innocent. Edward Reynolds was then Called; he wa; sonar in the Isle of France ; their prison w:rs-floored with flags, and their beds were bare boards ; they experienced no other bad treatment, exct-pt a shwt allowance of every thing Tie witness also enter. into the .French service ; but at the lai,ding of - the British, the witness, and Cundeil, the ;•risuner, sur rendered voluntarily to British force. Armstrong ,- one of Ore men agaiost. whom bills of indictment have been found, stated the hardship , i, they had. safl7er.ed ; an that on the appearance of . the -British tone off the Island, himself, Cundelli acrd others, were imprisoned, and had beer; for nine :,seeks; they :rumpled to break the'prison to join the British, but failed; an oiler was made by the French to take them to Old France, but the wit ness and Cundell had refusedi, several whom the witnesses knew _did leave the Island , with the, French. James Fibbs, another of the men incheted, depos. ed to the same etfect. The London Gizette, containing the Atticleg of 6pitula , ion signed at the Isle of France, was put in and read, by which it. was agreed, that all the per sons in ae service of France should have permission to proceed to France. This closed the case- for the prisoner; and Mr. JONES addressed the JUry in his behalf. The prisoner said, he bad suffered the evtremest hardihips whilst a prisoner, till he entered into th e enemy's service; . he afterwards attempted to escape, but having failed, - he was imprisoned 22 days, and kept upon bread and water, and threatened to be put to death. He was afterwatds kept in prison till the arrival ci, the British force, to whom he hnine diately and gladly surrendo-ed himself. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL in reply said, ,Go vernmeen had LW) most anxious, mot solicitous to afford every facility to the prisoners' to make their defence. The prisoners, as soon as Govern ment bad de:errnined on the prosecution, were informed of that determination, and were also in formed that any witness they tlyey might suppose essential to their defence, Gosets)ment would ex ert itself to obtain for them. A list of witnes , es was accordingly delivered, and. they bad been ui fad brought up for them at the expense uf Go vernment. 'The CHIEF liAnoN then read the evidence, com m....ming on it as he proceeded, and observed, that the overt ads were all proved ; how far the pnsoner bad made good his defence, that he was cotnpelkd to join the enemy by fear of loss of life, which alone could a& as a justification, it was for the Jury to say : they would recoiled that tl.e 140 who re mained in prison had bo'rne those .hardships till they were released by the capture of the Island by their countrymen. The Jury retired, and after being absent about ten minutes, retwned with a verdict of. Guilty ; ac . the same tune recommended hirn'to rn , ?rey, he hav ing returned to his allegiance the first opportutiity. The prisoner is a young tun, apparently above 30 years of age.—Adjourned to this'day. We can state confidentally that- the Marqu 7 s WELLESLEY is not, as has been reported, gin to India.as Governor-General ; nor as his Lordship about to remove from Apsley- house to Place-yard. BREAD.—No Coutt 'of Aldermen to-day. The Lord-Mayor, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to rise 2d. per peck. The quartern loaf The Army Estimates for the present year laid be fore the House of Commons are for 370,434 men, and dedutling the 28,1GL ftir the Regiments in the territories of the East India Company. Th( re reiniin 342,273 lo be provided for by Parliament. The expences for this force, and other disbursements of the Military Department, amount to I 5,8Q3,0,921. 34. 9 1 :1.. The number of embodied Militia is 93,e is% The expence for the Local Militia is 720,0781. 131121 Ifs On the loth inst. at her residence in Grosvenor-place, the Lady of Sir Charles Burrell, hart. or a Son. On Saturday, in Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, the Hon. Mrs. Winn, of a Son. At his,house in Newgate-street, the Lady of John Haul. soi), L5q...,01 a Daughter. MARNIk, senniglit, at the Cathedral Church of Lich field, Cl - 11)11e1 Woodßoute, Esq. only son of the Dean of Lichfield, to Amelia, youngest daugntcr of Sir Chu. Oake-. jey, Bart. _ _ 'On Tuesday last, at Whitchurch, Mr. Samuel Gregory Marshal,. Captain of the East-India station, to Miss Mary Ann Watson, eldest daughter, of William Watson, Esq. of Ee.lvedier, near Whitchureh. A few d..ys since, at Cheltenham, Dennis MiCarthY, Esq. to Ann, daughter of Richard lower, Esq M.P. Yesterday, at, St. Mary-le•honne Church, , Edward Bore gess, to Mary, - daughter of Isaac.Rutton, Esq. , - The same day, at St, Geurge's Church in the East, Mr, Thomas Gill, at Tavistock,- to Rachel, eldest daughter of, Mr. Ana. Paton, of Old Gravel:43l,e. On the loth inst. at Georp:-'s,..Flanover-squarc-., f, Pvt. inson. Esq. to Miss Vrances foster , daughter of the late I- T. Foster, E sq. Member of Vie late Irish Partiarntnt. DIED On the zBth of.fuly last; at 13tilgunge, near Calcutta, o'lo a long and painful illness, Mrs. Carstin,- wite of Major-Ce• neral John Garstin, of the Engineer Vorps. On Monday the 27th ult. at Pinner, in the.29th year of his age, Miss Williams, only child of the late key, W. L. Williams, of that place. "On Thursday evening last, while giving orders to hi 4 bricklayer, on the top of his house, in Somers-Town, Mr. Charles Cooke, of the Legacy Vuty Office. On' Friday last, at Lancing, Sussex, after a few hours ill ness, Mrs. Lloyd, wile of lames Martin Lloyd, M.P. for Steyning. • the 9th inst. John Burden Kent, Surgeon, Southwark, aged • COAL hIrtRKET, FEE. 10. Ships at Market. 'Ships sold. Price. Newcastle .. $i . 449. od. to 563, od. I Sunderland . I . 475. od. to —s. od. PRICE 01 YESTE _ Bank Stock, 23r Navy S per Cent 93 4 per Cent. 7$ i 3 per tent. Red. 62. t 3 per Cent. Cons. 62 Lialik L. Ann. 16,4 5 .toths 'lndia Stock, e LONDON: Printed by 1 HOMAS WOOD, of N. 35, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden ; and Published by, WI I LIAM ARMI G E R SCRI PPS, South Mol ton-street Gr)sverior-squaro, At the SVIII Orme, No, 112, Strand, wbme advertisements, o r d ers f o r t h e r a p er , Letters for t h e Ed i tor, &c, (post-paid), must Ce addressed. HIGH ‘VATEK AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-hfOR: ROW.* Morning, 45 min. after I. I Evening, io min.. after 2. Wag fl titidstton, Which tie Mr. PereeVal) ennught ought to be decided elsewhere. If it should appea► that 'he had that right, it was for the House to say whether or•not, such a right should remain to h►m, and if not to pass a law accordingly. He should therefore move for the omission of the words "specifying what sums had been laid out in pur chase of Stock, Exchequer Bills, &c. • Mr. H. MARTIN defended the part of the mo tion objected to by the Chancellor of the Exche quer ; but after some further • discussion, in which Mr. Thomsdn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir W. Scott participated, the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Martin) consented to amend it, so that it, stood, " for an account of the monies, &c. in the High Court of Admiralty on Jan. t, 18 to, Jan. .1811, Jan. 1, 1812, specifying the sums invested by order of the Court." The motion thus amended was agreeel to. Certain Accounts respect►ng the Houetiold Ex penses, presented to the House, were ordered to be referred the Committee on the Civil List. Mr. WHITBREAD brought in a Bill to extend the powers of the Drury-lane Act, which was read a first time. Mr. CROKER brought tip the Report of the Naval Stores Embezzlement Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill ordered for a third reading to-morrow. Adjourned. MAILS. ARR 1V D—l Dublin. Dor-3 Guernsey, 3 jersey, i Bra zils, f Waterford. I'RICL OF STOCKS. THIS DAY AT TWRI.VIIO I C-LOCK. C6nsols. - 631/ al Red. Ann. . 62i 63 Tll E SUN. SOLEM QUIS I)lCix6 FALSUM AUDEAT? LON D 0 , TUESDAY, FEBRUALY 1 I, 181.2. NAVAL NEWT' DEM, PE11: 10.—The Astell, Asia, Prince Re gent,' and Coldstream East Indiarneu did not put back yesterday. Sailed this morning the Larkins and Auspicious East Indiamen, and the whole of the outward bound convoy, under protection of his Majesty's ships Rapid, Beagle, and several others.—Also sailed his Majesty's ships Strenuous 3nd Forward for Leith; and the Royalist on a cruize PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10.—His Majesty's ship Rose, with a convoy, for the Downs; North Star and Swan from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty's shlp Porcupine, Goshawk, and Derwent, on a cruize. Arrived the Coldstream Eist Indiatuan from the Dol.vus. HIGH TREASON. SESSIONS HOUSE, HORSEMONGER.LANE. Yesterday the Court met, pursuant to adjourn ment, to proceed in the trials of twelve men taken in the service of France, at the Isle of France. At an early hour. of the morning the avenues leading to the Court were thronged to an excessive degree ; and on the Learned Judges, Chief Baron - MAcno- NAL!) and Sir S. LE BLANC, taking their seats on the bench, and the Court doors being opened, so great was the pressure to get in, that the - constables were fvr a few rpinutes overpowered, and great con fusi,in prevailed. Silence being at length obtained, Cundell alias Conner, was put to the bar, and the names of the Jurors were read over by Mr. KNAPP. Several challenges were made by the AT TORNEY-GENERAL o❑ the part of the Crown, and Mr. BROUGHAM for the Prisoner. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proceeded- to ad dress the Jury. He Observed, that the Prisoner stood charged with high treason, in having adhered -to the . King's enemies. The statute by which this was made treason, was the 25th of Edward III.; but by that AO, no person committing an a& of treason out. of the realm could be tried here ; but by' the statute of . Henry VIII. it was proVided, that pri soners in the situation of the prisoner at the bar, might" be tried by such a Commission as the pre sent : 'that Aa also required, that the treason should be proved by an overt Ali; that was done in the present case ; the liras he shoUld have to. lay before the Juty were plain and simple ; he would prove h,em, and there could be no doubt -of the result, The prisoner was born.near Dublin, a subjeet'ot the King, and was admitted into the King's service as a seawan on board the Laura, one of his Majesty's . The first witness called and examined by Mr. GAR.. ROW was Joseph Wurth.—He Was a shipmate with the prisoner at the time the Laura was taken, and was confined with him a prisoner in the lile of France. He had seen the prisoner in the French uniform—saw him several times whilst the rest of the crew were confined ; he was at large till the island was taken possession of by the British. In his cross-examination by Mr, BROUGHAM, he ac knowledged he left the prison at the same time the prisoner did, and entered into the French service— he was drunk at the time, and did not know what he was about ; and when he became' sober they Would not let him go b.ick—if he bad they would have done something not right to him--lie was ashamed of seeing his comrades after be had left them—there were vermin in the prison where they were confined, and a great deal of dirt. Re-examined by Mr. GARROW.-Previous to the witness leaving the prison, persons came every day, and by otters of money endeavoured to entice them into the enemy's service—nothing more was done to them. When they had entered, howeVer, no money was given them. The uniform was white, turned up with blue. About 140 of the crew re mained in prison till the island was taken by the Bri tish. Captain Woolcott examined by Mr. isitvrs.— Was Captain of the Laura. The prisoner was one of the crew. Witness was a prisoner seventeen miinths, eleven of which he was on his parole, the other si* a close prisoner ; he was then exchanged. Whilst on his parole, he frequently saw the prisoner in French uniform. Mr. Wm. Brereton examined by the ATTORNEY GENERAL.—He was Midshipman on board the Sea flower, which vessel was also captu►ed and carried into Port Louis ; he was part of the time on the Island a close prisoner, and part of the time on p role ; he did not know the prisoner till he was pointed out him by English Officers ;he was then dressed in the French uni torn], red laced with green; he had also a national cockade in his hat, and .was in every respea a French:soldier. Whilst in confinement, the witness observed the prisoner stand • ing sentry over him and his brother officers, and at such times he took opportunities to turn the English prisoners to ridicule; he had frequently seen the prisoner salute the French Officers one passing them; but never saw him treat the English Officers with the same respect. Michael Macdonald and John Price deposed to the same effeat. • This closed the evidence for the prosecution. Mr. BROUGII+4 then aidressed the Jury in be half, of the Prisoner, and - atter adverting to the so lnmn duty which had fallen on the Jury, namely, to inquire into the guilt or innocence of a fellow-crea ture accused of the most odious and disgraceful et - - fence with which an Englishman could be charged, proceeded to animadvert on the evidence which had been produced on the part of the prosecution, and the contradielion which existed in the evidence of Mr. Brereton and the witness Worth, relative to the uniform worn by the prisoner, and contended tkit it could not be the prisoner who was seen by Brereton. Worth said at the time he entered into the . French service he was drunk—might not the prisoner have been in the same situation ?. and if that was to be considered as an excuse for Worth, it would operate equally in favour of the prisoner. He would prove