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p My submissive repoft, - which it- was utterly im. • possible to do on shore. Yesterday afternoon I ar jived safe on board the brig, accompanied by a cot - - Ottral and three soldiers of the 2d Regiment of Berg, under the pretext of guarding me against a - French - ptivateer, which was cruising off l'hissaco creek, and sent. with the returning 1;34 The letter, Of which a copy is inclosed to General Friant, with accompanying directions to Colonel Peyron, to re pair immediately on board to me, and have no , k to tveit the General's final answer here on board the brig Swallow, before that I can enter into any fer ther 'proceedings. I have, in- conjunction with the Major and Knight Wersen, caused the • remaining Nit of the transport fleet to return to-Ystadt, and there wait in--a sale harbour for further- orders, in • Order to prevent the Crown from being unne cessarily exposed to a considefable loss, as more especially, according to the answers that 1 had received, no immediate embarkation could fake place, and the situa' ion of the transport vessels in this bay becoming every day 'll6re-dan ger:rms. The reception given to my Adjutant, who tyas not permitted to spe , k w:th any person what soever, either - at Stralsund, or on his journey there aud back, as likewise the guard placed upon myself during my stay on shore, joined to the dread enter—, tamed by the inhabitants of a secret police existing • . at Stralsund, has rendered it impossible for me to transmit any orders to the Comrnaeders of your .JVlajesty's troops, some hundred men of whom ate said to be in Bugen,. performing duty in common With the French ; but it is reported they have been .., obliged to deliver up ttNeir cannon and ammunition. Chanceller Vun Pacheibek is sent away to liarnburgh. • • (Signed). "IL V. ENGELBRECHTEN.• " On board the brig Swallow, in Putts Roads, • March t, 1812." • GENERAL—The King, my iMrcier, having com- Inanded me is repair in quality of Negocidtor to Swedish Pomerania, for the pOrpose or coming to An agreement with you on c,rtain poihts. . I have • I O request- you• will be pleased to appoint a . place when and where we should meet. I have, there fore, ;u appo.nt the. town of Bergen, on the Island 61 auger ) , and forward !',,is by my Adjutant, Capt. Thorms, who ha 3 undertakeu to brine rue back Your ausl.ver. " have the - honour to retutin, &c. " Y. ENGi,LBISECHTEN, Dildj. Gen." " Brig Swallow, l'uth 1203(i,, Feb. 7.6." cr GENERAL,-It was u the utmost s.;rpi ise I received your letter of tine 2.6111 instant, which r• ply Was verbally cummur icated to me by the Adjutant, Major Engel!, whom I accidentally fell in with yes terday morning, and who did not bring a single word in writing. I cannot entertain the least doubt "tHt,you, General; must koiw it is necessary for "very one to prove their having executed the com ttlands to them entrusted, and this single consider "nn ought already to kive procured me a u ritten ; 1 1'swer to toy foresaid letter, without refetring to e usages and customs every where established, and „Thor causes . which might have brought it about. our refusll of entering into any t orrespondence tvi h me, bout informing yoursy Fof my motives, and the expres s cotnman 'S by you given to afford no Pilots, not eNen toSweclishA essels, sufficiently proves You have not entered S , A,edish Potnera,til as a friend. It is upon this point, as Wal as upon my request of Laving a conference with you, that I expect a reply in writing, being well assured that you, General, on account of the severe season, and the situa tion of the' SWedish squadron, cause it to be trans tititted as soon as possible to me, on board the brig &Swallow, which 1 shall retain here fbr that purpose, and let the other vessel 4 return to Sweden. "As I have besides orders, in the King's name, to transmit to Cplonel P, yron, Commander . of t he Swedish t roo p s i n P omet a n i, s , I h erew i t h inclose This► requesting that v_oti, General, will cause them to tOtne to the said Colonel's hands, I having no -other means of effecting it. I have the honour to remain, &c. (Signed) " V. ENOELMIRCHTEN, Major-Gcneral.'! . "Brig Swallow, Puth Roads, Feb. 29." VOPENHAGEN, MARCH 6.—By the Hamburgh Mail arrived here to-day, it appears, the coarse of 'xeltang . e in this city was, on the 3d March, noted a t Hainburgh at 757 per cent. GOTTENBURGH, MARCH 13.—A courier, charged w ith dispatches from the V-riuguese Minister at Sr. , • r etersburgh, proceeds to England. About a week' 441 ce a mail from Hambargh arrived at Stockholm, Which on being opened was found to contain only Packages of brown paper. Some of the parcels were s l'ewn to his Royc.il Highness the-Crown . Prince, w ho is said to hate been much offended at so ridicu lous and unnacountable ► circumstance. Eight mails a 'rlveti here on the 1 tth inst. from Germany ; the greater part of the letters they contained were writ lerl in July,and August I,:-=r. Tie four last Swedish Flails have, been returnel from alsingboin, the "sues having refused to receive ihera on the oppO .§Lte coast. BERNE, FEB. 14.—A:1 the Oilic;2rs who had ob 'allied leave to pass the winter in S kit zeildncl, have teeei‘ed orders to instantly join their regiments. Ihey write from Schatihausen, that all the Bavarian thlicers . Switzeirland have likewise been ordered to rejoin their corps. The French, it seems, are permitted to pass through the Danish dominions by divisiqns (2,f three ; thousand eac h. I t w ill b e strange ; i n de e d, if Buo- NAPARTE'S wily head should not devise some expe • diem to delay the March of some out of the country till others have arrived, and praatise . the same trick as he did in Spain, to get Denmark into his power, and Prevent the credulous Monarch from indulging in any vacillating policy. Whiting who "was convided• at the Isle of Ely Assizes l as t wee k, f or attem pti ng t o p o i son his rela tives, has made a full confession of his guilt, and states . that the puddings contained a pound of flour mixed with two ounces of sublimate. it is exped , ed that he will be executed this day. Whiling, though not a licensed Dissenting Minister, as mis stated in some papers, le-lured upon the Gospels ever 3 Sunday; and occasionally preached. BOW-STREET. Yesterday. Thomas Brotherion -Underwent another examination s charged with rob KENT ASSIZES. MAIDSTONg, TUESDAY, MARCH 17. THE KING V. MOORE. This was an indictment against the defenclinf, an Officer of Customs, for assauhing a Gentleman of tlie'n.lo-te of Brooks, at Dartford, in this county. Mr. GURNEY, zs Counsel for the prosecution, stated, that Mr. Brooke was travelling in his chaise through Dartford, accompanied by his servant,wlien being overtaken by a show -r of rain, he drove up, and took shelter under the . gateway of an Inn ; as he was talking to the landlord, he perceived some one get up into his clutise, and not knowing who it, was, he tapped hit on the shoulder, and observed, " This is my chaise, what do you want tht!re The defend int, with peat rudeness, told him,,he was an Officer, and would search his carriage. The prosecutor said, he might search, if he was an Offi cer, but asked to see his warrant. The other re- Tuaed to shew it, and seized the prosecutor by the collar, and rudely shook him. This was the assault complained of, and for which the indictment had' been found. . Mr. Se:rjeant SEMPHERP, for the defendant, slid, he thought - the indiatnent inight as well ,hay.e been spaced, and that- Mr. Brooke wodld have exercised a sounder discretion if be had let the defenoant search his carriage quietly ; the resistance was only calculated 'to cieate an idea in the Officer's wind that there really were so,ve contraband goods con cealed. The Loßp CHIEF- BARON said, he was not sure it was necessary For an Officer always to go with his warrant about his person, although it was pru dent so to do. Here the defendant had certainly exceeded his duty, and the Jury must find him Verdia—Guilty. CROWN SIDE. John Moore was indicted for ravishing Charlotte Knill on the 26th of August last. This was a case Which excited considerable interest. The unfortu nate gill, who was the victim of the prisoner's lust, was just turned of 15, the daughter of a respett- • able man, the bailiff of Mr. Larkin, who resides near Maidstone. The account of the transattien, as given by the girl, was, that she'was returning to her father's liaise, between eight and nine in the even ing, when, upon East Mailing - Heath, she saw three or four men, one of whom (the prisoner) asked the way to Mr. Otis's ; she said she did not know, and . walked on - rather 'fast ; she beard - some one follow ing her, and she increased her speed, when the man behind her overtook her, seized her round the neck, threw her down, and with great force and violence perpetrated his designs. She occasionally screatned, but during. part of the time he stopped her mouth. After he had .etfeBed his purpose, as she lay on the gro s und, she saw two men, of the names of Knox and Field, but he stopped her mouth, and, they' passed by before she could scream ;,'she did, how ever; before they got out of hearing, and they came to -her assistance. The prisoner then jumped up; got over the hedge, and ran away ;. he was pursued, and taken that night. Elizabeth flrsewere depo.ed, thatshe came over Milling Heath that evening, and met the prisoner in company with two other men and a woman ; the prisoner attempted catch her hind as she passed ,she eluded his aim, and she heard him d—n her for •a b— as she passed. She then met Charlotte Knill, and had not long eapsed her before she - heard - a voice screaming " Murder !" and b6iog very much terrified, she ran to an adjoining cottage to get assistance, but she found no person in sit. She then met Knox and Field, and, they went to rescue the girl. - The two witnesses, Knox and Field, stated, that they went in search of the girl, and they listened, endeavouring to hear her screams, but they did not hear any for some time, and they nad attually passed the - place where the ptisoner held her down, when on hearing a sudden scream of " Save met save me !" they turned back. The prisoner immediate ly jumped over the hedge and rap away, but - he left his het behind him. They pursued him, and that evening they found him at Mr. Brattle's hop-house, at Wateringbury. The prisoner in his defence said, he believed the fast to have been committed by one of his compa nions, and that he slws him put sued, and lent him. his own hat from friendship to him, Verdia—guilty. 'Mr. and Mrs. TILNEY POLE . WELLEiLEY.—The above happy couple are "till at Blackheath, which they leave to-morrow for Wanstead s House, io Essex. It is inconceivable the number or 'letters (anonymous ones) the Lady received prior to her marriige; they entirely filled a large travelling case, and each betrayed the Writer's motiveS. It is at pre sent uncertain when 4 hey will return to town. It is said they mean to make a tour through their dif ferent demesnes in Wiltshire, and• Other places, and settle in London about June next.—A cutnstance attended the wedding : on the'iipival of the happy pair at the Hymeneal altar,, the'llirric groom was applied to by Dr. GLASSE for the ring ; he had forgoven to procure this necessary testimonial. Some contusion arose in consecr ence, but on reco vering from it, a messenger was dispatched to Mr. Brown, a jeweller, in Piccadilly, oppOsile to Pie Church, who immediately attended With an assort ment, and then . the 'ceremony prOceed,d without .further interruption. A Comedy of three atilv, from Mr. SKErrtniGToN, is among the novelties forthcoming at the ,Lyceum. As this is an unusual form of diamatic composttion, when without songs, it is proper that it should be • arranged into five acts before representation. The following is a list. of game, &c.. shot this season upon the manor of in Nor folk, the residence of Thom As 1 Hotottiti,L, Esq.— liares, 574—partridges, 726—pheasants, 701—rab bits, 492 —snipes, 49—woodcocks, 6—total, 2548. About 3000 rabbits have been killed by the keepers, whit nets, props, &c. . A melancholyiaccident happened in Great Wild street, on Tuesday night :—The mother of two young children having put them to bed, left a lighted candle with them, when ,the eldest, about four years old, set fire to the bed;. t he flames sptead rapidly, but, by the timely exert low; of the neighbours, were soon put out; the children were much burnt, but ares t 9 j ilg ___A or ~man who lay ill an the. IMPERIAL PARL LIMEY" HOUSE OF PEERS, WEDNESDAY,, MARC} IS. In a Committee of. Privileges, the further consi defation of the Claims to the Stafford Peerage w:ts resumed. Their Lordships did not sit long, and adjourned the further investigation t , ll to-morrow. Soon paler the House was resumed, Earl PERCY was introduced with the accus tomed formalities, sworn, and took his seat as Baron Pc rcy. His Lordship's supporters were Lord Ashburuham (Viscount St. Asaph), and Lord Dundas. Ge Infant'Suitors' 1111 was brought up from the Caumpons, by Mr. Keinick, aid several Bills of a private or local nature were brought up by Sir James G:aham Mr. J. Smith, and other Gentlemen. The Watch and Ward Bill was returned, with the concurrence of the Coimuons to the amendments : made - by their Lordships. MUTINY BILL. On, the question for their Lordship•„ going into a Committee on this Bill, Lord GROSVENOR rook the opportunity to make a variety or observations, principally on points more or less connected with- thesubjeet of the Bill. After adverting generally to the great importance of the military 5) stem of the empire, he referred to certain points, on which lie thought that some explanation should be given by the Noble Secretary for the War Department, for the satisfaction of the House. He first alluded to the pradice which lately obtained of tran• terring large bodies of convicts from the hulks, and such receptach s, to the army, if not em bodying them altogether with the regul.o - corps.— The practice which formerly obtained, of occasionally drafting a few persons from such places, was such as humanity must approve, as affording such persons achance of refbrmation nod improvement ; but-the extent to which it- lately obtained Itormed the evil and the distinction, and not a little dissatistaolion prevailed in. consequence. The next point he had to touch upon, and which required special attention, was the orders said to be given for the non-admis sion of Irishmen into certain, regiments; this, be tholurbt, ;evolved a stigma with respect to that part of the Empire, while .atthe same time foreigners were abundantly admitted into the army. He trusted a satisfadory explanation maid be given.— The next point was oro: which,, es to its institution, refleCted great credit C.;l the intl.:to ions person at the head of the .army. me - mt the establishment of schools for :1C minCtry, and the appropriation of the Begat Char el" at Whitehall, !or the receo. tion of the coillt6ry for Th i 7lous porpo , es but of the former pole he oodt'ri; 'joil the mode of in struction introduced was that of Mr. Lain; caster since, tt.h•id been said, Tm'irnagined, that the Madrar, or thf-':vs;enct of Di. Bell, was to be adopted lot' that purpet!. He truved, however, that no differenee would be rreade'in so essential a coosiderati2o, b'ecause the system had been suggest ed by - Mr. Lsoce,t,r, or any other Disenter. The opinion he allUded to prevailed, and the considera tion:seethed to him tike " 'straining at a gnat and sW , allowing a camel !!" Another point, connected with this point of the subject was, a•prevalent idea that the attendance at those places was to be com pulsory. Tuis, however, being so littlesonneded with the long establishes line of Military duty, he trusted no compukory clause would be enacted. Ile next adverted to the system of enlisting adopt ed-by Ministers, which, from the comparative num ber produced by that exceileot one which they had superseded, he must contend'was highly objection able; the falling off would be lamentable, if the numbers drafted from the Militia regiments were substraeted. The next point to which he felt it im portant to call their Lordships attention was, the system that had so long and unfortunately prevailed, of severe corporal penisinnent; the pra6tice was one, which it often distressed him to eciotemplate ; it- was coodetnned by the bulk of the Army,and by all Officers of distinction throughout the service: he hoped it would be done-away; but it could not, he was aware, be dispensed with at once, and he feared there were some eases where it was unavoidable : the last point torched upon by his Lordship, was, the extensive piadice of enlistment of foreigners into the service, and of elevating-them to-commands in the British army. Advt.' ting to the powers given by the Avis of 1804 and 1806, - he must conteird, mar the extent to_ which the pradice he alluded to prevailed, was unwarranted by law, and on this point he would meet even any of his Mejesty's learned Ministers : and his Lordship censiuded by observing, that laws ought to be so framed, that ever y m a n in tk. Country could read and under. stand them. • The Earl of LivErtpum. did not feel 't necessary to trouble their Lordships at any it.r4rgth in. the ptei-nt instance, as much of what had fallen from the Noble Lord had very little or no r , ference to . , the Bill then before their Lordship' s .• There ,k ere Iwo ut t,hree pcnnrs, s ho w o;er,, on which ha wo4i.. beg leAe to say s a tofe .v words. First, upon the • subjeCt of the cork :it was well knotku chat of late years the,c persons were pldoed,under a most excoient system of rey,ulation, in consequence of the exer 'lions of Mr. Graham. The practice in question had plevaded at ad flutes, and the number of individuals so transferred deperided on the recommendation of those who had the best opportunities of discrimina - lion. Neither did the pra6tice prevail to that ex tent the Noble Lord seemed to contemplate. the same time, he thought it would be a very dan gerous principle to shut the door against offenders, . - and where a man showed a dispo,itton to return to his duty, deny him the opportunity of gainiug an honest livelihood ; excess only made the differ once, and that did not obtain to any considerable extent. As to the idea of an order being issued not to enlist Irishmen, nothing could be more erroneous or ill-founded. The Noble Earl certainly must know that, a very large proportion of our army consiiiet of natives of h viand—they formed pit of the very stamina and sirrngth tuf the at my—no such orders were ever issued from head-quarters. As to parti cular regiments, the numbers obtained by some, af forded the Commanding Odicers a choke, and these could not be prevented from reje;iing such mill as they may not approve. With regard to the goestion of the establishment of schools in the Chitty, he behestbeliestii that _ bin with respea to these institutions. Adverting to what had fallen from the Noble aril :respecting the mode adopted - for the supply of the Army, the Noble Secretary observed, the system of volunteer ing from the Militia, so far from h,ing p re j u di c ial to that part of the national force, it ad, and ha believed he hed the authority of the best Officers, for maintaining that the'Proetice had a directl) con trary tendency—k: hen the general system was iyo po4ed last year, no hopes were held out beyond its keeping up the amount In 'the course of the last year, the army was most particularly cie-enstanced, . through the operations on the Continent, where I had experienced a seriLs of sanguinary :s and perilous operations very much beyond any former precedent, yet the British force there was now ten thousand men more numerous than it was at the -same period last year. With respell to the. point of corporal punishment, it must be obvious, how ever the existence of it was to be de:bored, that _ it never can safely be altogether abolished. Ir was thought proper last Session to give an option of pue nishment to the Courts M 4631, and provision ha been .accordingly made for imprisonment M the county jails, - therefore some difficulty nose es to the carrying it fully into effete" but there were clauses in the Bill with a view to remedy that defeo. Finally, with regard to the idea of the enlisenent of foreigners ; he would first admit, that if the system increased to a very great ex-. tent, it would de , erve serious consideration. It was a certain depai tore from the ancient principle, but the greatly altered state of things—of Continental Europe, and of the relevant circumstances of this country, were equally obvious and important and it was known the immense advantages derived by France from the employment of a certain poi tion of foreign troops, advantages which she could never have obtained witeent the employment even of armies 'of foroignets in her service. Earl GROSVE . NOR spoke shortly in explanation. The Duke of NORFOLK expressed his wish to be informed how the present 13i11 differed materially from that of last year. The'Earl of LivErtpoor. explained to his Grace, that the difference principally consisted in the powers vested in Ctmrts.Mart-ial respect to ihe question of punishments. The House then resolved into the Comfoitree, and Went through the Bill, which was to(thwith reported withoOt arty amendment.. The Reversionary Grants Bit was brought up from the Commons by . Mr. Bankes, read a fits: time, and ordered-to be printed'. • Adjourned till to-mQrrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, - WEDNESDAY, MARCEi 18. -On motion of Mr. J. Snuff,'-the Committee on Irish Tontines was revi'.ed. A person from the Stamp Office presented an account of the total amount of the arrears due from the distributors of stamps op to Jan. 5, 1 ti A person , from the Office of the In.petnor Gene ral of Exports and Imports pre.sented accounts of the quantity of copper exported and imported with in the last five years. • Mr. Womorms obtained leave to bring- in ,a Bill to explain and amend an ACS of the 50th Geo. LIL chap. the 85th, relating to the Registering of Secu rities given in Public °like's. The Charitable Donations Bill was read a second time,' and committed for Friday. - . - Sir C. BURRELL gave notice of a motion for the 17th of April; for inquiring into the losses of per sons who had vested money in the Bank, under the name of the Accomptant General of the Court of Chancery. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a Petition, which was signed by many thousands of Manufacturers in Yorkshire, who were in great distress, praying relief, and called for a Parliamentary Reform.—Ordered try lie On the table. On • the motion of Sir J. NEWPORT, a return of all Licenses granted for importing Corn from Nor tit America, distinguishing the ports from which it was brought, and the ships in which it was carried— was ordered to be laid before th 3 House., ' The House went into 'a Committee on the West India Woods, the Report of which was ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr.\ W. POLE. said, that upon the debate upon the Irish Estimates, &c. the Right Hon. Baronet oppo>ite to him had asked whether the debt due by the. Secretary of the Linen Board in Irelanclihad 'been paid ; he was now happy to have it in his power to inform the Right Hun. Baronet and ihe House, that there Was a meeting of the 80, rd on the 3d inst. when it appeared that the 'whOle of the - debt, amounting to 13,2801. had been paid. Tire whole of the proceeding was so_honourabie to Mr. Corry, the Secretary, and to the Board, that, he should move that the Papers relative to this trans- . ation should be laid before the House. Mr. Pole accordingly moved for the Papers, which were .ur- Jered to be laid before the House. Mr. WHARToN brought in Lord Wellington's Annuity Bill, and . a Bill for continuing- the GLss Acts. Both were read a first time, arid ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The House went into a Committee on the Hon clunrs Trade. The Report was ordered to be receked to-morrow. Mr. LOCKHART gave notice that he would (to morrow) move to postpone the Committee on the Wootton Bassett Election. • Mr. VV'HARToN brought in a Bill for amending the law respectint , the Ekportation of Pilchards., which was read a first, and ordered to be read a se cond time to-morrow. 'Mr. BARING rose to move for certain papers to strew how tar the expences of the present war had been met by taxes raised, and how far • by in creasing the national &ht. While on his legs he wishaed to corrcmt a misrepresentation which htet— gone abroad, of what he had said in the debate on Tuesday. He should not have thought it of suffi cient consequence to trouble the House on the sub ject., had nor that to which he had alluded gone to atfe,ct the public credit. He had been made to say, that the Bank Company were unable to pay their debts in specie. This 'had never been stated by him ; his argument was, that the substance and abi 'fity of the Bank to do this were-so generally known, that it was useless to institute any inquiry two that