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I EIi'LIL PAE T. .1111 1V 1. HOUSE OF PEERS, kONDA - i, JAN. II• The Earl of Gosionn, the net' 16- h Repr‘i,stiiiA tive Peer, was sworn, and cook l'is Seat, Dot - tors Lhn and Robert Daring Willis attended at :he Bar, pursuant to the Order of the House, and were. sworn with respect to their intended evidence before their Lordships' Commitlee, as was, subse quently', Dr. Sir Henry Haltorn, Bart.. Several Orders were made with respeL•t to the judicial business of the House.. A number oh Sent;' Appeals were withdrawn by consent of the parties, and 'a few new ones lodged. PRIVATE BILLS. It wai ordered, that no Petitions for Private MIN should be received after the 21st day of February ; and that no Reports from the Judges on Private Nl litions be received after the - 25th of March. APPEAL CAUSES. The Order being read for the further considera tio4 of certain Petitions from parties in Appeal Causes, praying for (miller time to lay P.:pers, &c. before the House, than the time prescribed by their - Lordships; The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that he had Moved to postpone the consideration of these Pe titions, with the view that their Lordships might have an opportunity of knowingA he nature of the cases to whip] they referred. An Order bad been rnade.that the parties should have their cases printed and laid n on / the table, very shortly after, the House Should ht the present Session. The conjeCtural Posey o'f't ti is Order may be,estitnated by the consider ation, that there were already no fewer than thirty six Appeals wit hdrawn, on application tr , ,in the par ties; and not less than thirty-two Petitions for far ther time to lay the necessary Papers before the lioUse. It appeared to him highly improper to per :nit such Petitions to pass, without calling the par- • tient ir attention of the House to each and every one .of them ; ,and in older to know whether they ought 1 0 be,agreed to, he would propose to adjourn the farther coustdeiation, that the Agents might be exa mined as to the truth of the allegations upon which they proceeded. His Lordship concluded by moving, that the farther consideration of the Petitions tot time to lay the Papers before the House, be adjourn ed till Wednesday-next ; and that the Agents of the respective parties do attend at the Bar on that day, Which was ord.-red accordingly. The Earl of LIVERPOOL briefly adverted to some degree of informality %;:ltich had taken place in the Orders for the transmission of their Lordships' Votes of Thanks to the Governor-General of . India, and to the Commanders of his Majesty's sea a. d land forces engaged in the capture of Batavia; T case, as if House, itself to the onse, was, h e be lieved, perfectly new; and to obviate We irregu larity he alluded to, he proposed to amend the origi nal Vote, by ordering that the Lord Chancellor be desired to transmit their Lordships' Vote of Thanks to the Governor General of India, and to the Corn- I nanders of the Sea and Land Forces respedtively.— Ordered. The Noble Secretiry of State-then, in reference to what had passed_on the topc on former evenings, • and agreeably tattle wishes of a Nobt• Baron, now absent, moved.thAi there be laid 6c:fore the House a S tatement of the DAiciencies arid Snrolusesuf the Consolidated Fund, for the two last y,Ars, and spr• elfying the respective ainourt= in Fac!, quarter of the Year 18i I : which was ordered accordiog!y. Adjourned (ill to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, JAN. 13. POLICE. Mr, HotmE SUMNER presented a Petition from the Inhabi.ants of Limb: Ili, praying for leave to bring in a Bill, to provide for the better lighting and watching that Parish, and also the southern en trance to the metropolis. Tie SPEAKER :rated, th, , t he had received from the Clerk of tie Crown for Ireland lists of barristers Properly qualified to sit on controverted eleaious for that kingdom. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Lord FOLKSTON': postponed, from Thursday next Until Tues , lay the 21 st instant, In, notice of motion ° l l the Petition of Mary Dickson, complaining of the hardships 'ender which she IThours, in conse- Yquence of a sentence of excommunication from the , cclesiastical Courts. The Noble Lord stated, that Ile did not mean to confine his motion simply to the I llbjoct of the P et iti on , b ut to make it a g enera l Nect with re=pect to the proceedings of the infe rior Ecclesiastical Courts. Lord COCHRANE gave notice that he should, on Thursday se'nnight, wove for certain letters which Passed between their Royal Highnesses the Dukes ° f Cambridge and York. MMr. WHITBREAD gave notice that he should, on onday, move for a Bill to enlirrge the powers of the Building Mt f►r Drury-lane Theatre. The CHANCELLOR of the EX'CHEQUER moved, t hat, on Thursday next, so much of the speech of ht, Royal Highness the Prince Regent, as relates to proposition for arranging the future estab:ishinent ° E his Majesty's household, be referred to a Cum znittee.—Ordert d. The CHANCELLOR of the ExonEcturdi stated, t hat he should, to-morrow, move for a Committee to consider of the propriety of stopping the lurther d istillation from grain. Mr. CHOKER gave n ot i ce , th at, on Friday, ,the Es timates relating to th e We ir an d T ear o f the \avy would be moved in the Cotmnittee of suppl y. , The Report of tl;e Committee of Supply was Drough t up and agreed to. The House went into a Committee on the Coal rade Regliiatioll Bill , of er simie obser‘ations from Air. H. SMITH and Mr. WHARTON, and the Report Was received. The usual Navdl Estimates were laid wi the table. The Sugar Exportation B:11 - 73 read a second time, at , d commltteL for The House then adiowned. iii liniiii. COPY OF A CIRCA/Lift LETTER TO THE PAYkAtTEIt OF THE. REbEiIITING DISTRICTS. " Office for Military Accounts, Dec. 23, tBr t. SlR—With reference toot!' Circular Letters of the igth June and Ist July last, relative to the al lowance granted in Money, to Recruiting Parties of Regular Regiments & in certain situations, in of der to enable them to supply ;hernsel ti es w ith Bread, vie have to acquaint you that it has been deemed expe dient that the said allowance should, froi , l the 251 h instant, be extended to ALL the Recruiting Parties of Militia. " It may be proper to observe, that it will not be optional with the Patties to receive either Bread or Money; but that they are in all cases to receive the latter from the date above-mentioned. " The forms already printed may be used, strik ing out such parts thereof as will not apply. " This arrangement is not to extend to Regimen tal Depots. " We are, Sir, your most obedient bumble ser (Signed) " M. FAitsAux, " L. SULIVAN." " J. STUART. vants, The Royal South Gloucester Militia,'now quar tered in Plymouth, are in daily expeaation or or ders to embark for Ireland. Six Militia Regiments, in the same distria, ate also under orders for lie lamd. The following Irish Regiments of Militia are sta tioned in England :—Carlow, Clare, Cork (North), Dublin City, King's County, Leitrim, Limerick County, Louth, Mayo (South), Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wertmeath„ The following English and Scotch Regi-ments of Militia are quartered in Ireland :—Argyleshire, An glesea, Cardigan, Csarnarvon, Cornwall, Cornwall and Devon Miners, Dumfries, HAnts (North), Hertford, Huntingdon, Kent (East), Lanark, Leicester, Merioneth, Aliddlesex (West), Mont gotnerit,c,- Norftilk (East), Northampton, North umberland, Nottingham, Pembroke, Radnor, Rut land, second Suney, Warwick, Westminster, and Westmorland. . • The following selections from the Spanish Papers afford no unfavourable specimens of the style and 'sentiments of the Spanish Writers : 'Mk GRANDEES. About a year ago, a Deputy observed in the Cortes—We are not in revulution, though we have resolved; that is to say, that, compelled by the n:-cessily of the moment, we have sometimes acted wiiii the ,neeessary.energy ; but this state of vigour is HOT, kept up . , and we are ready to fall into that apathi Which is .endeMical in the ranks and classes that ought to fix the public opinion. It appears that some, Wily persuaded of the successful issue of the war, think only of preserving their estates, their privileges, and even their prejudices and errors, in order that they may enjoy them in times of tranqui lity ; and that others, convinced that at last we must be subdued, fear to compromise themselves with the French, by endeavouring .to deliver us from them. How many command in such a manner to-day, that they may hereafter say to Napoleon, " I only obeyed the Spanish Government by compulsion ; I have brought it into di,credit; I nave opposed all its regulations; I have embarrassed the execution of ev-,ry thing it ordered !" The epoch of our redemption will be, when, ,neither in the Cones, nor iu 4he Regency, nor in first places, shall there be an indjvidual whose fortumt does not depend upon the success of our cause, and who,e head is not proscribed by our ty rants. LOS EGoISTAS, or VIVA FERNANDO SEPTIMO. It , p'pear9 that in the opinion of some we have no country, except the ground which their houses rover, and that there are no other Spaniards besides themselves and their families. If they be well pro vided at home, they care not how much the army want plovisi.n.s. While the selfish poltroon is re posing on his soft, luxurious bed, he cares not a straw that 'the Spanish soldier must sleep on the bare ground in the midst of winter. While the latter is fightieg, the former is superintending a eanquet The one sheds his blood to the sound of warlike instruments—the other gives his toasts with a three 't imest [nee, and Viva Pe rnan d o S ept i nio. Twenty purseS have just been carried to the house of Don N. - tfte net profit of a commercial transac tion. Well, it, is hoped he will give something handsome to General Ballasteros's army !—Come, friend, the hail ?.--.-Mercy on me! exclaims the me. :.hint, knitting his eye-brows, that's impossible! You will surely give a third ?—A third ! Lord, how shocking ! How do you think I can afford it ? Well, then, give a thousand doubloons. _A thou sand ! Ave Maria ! Senor, would you ruin me ? I shall give twenty-five, and that I can du only for once ; but—Vivu Fernando Septimo. Whither is Don Flora going with so resolute an air ? To take a musquet and defend the country— Certainly. He is an excellent youth, a great pa triot, and is, besides, descended from some of those heroes of former times, who struck such terror into the Moors. Doubtless he is inflamed with military ardour. Sec how he flies to enrol himself under the Spanish banners. But, all! I mistake. He has entered a gaming -house—the ['Lazo Bank is his country—be siakt,s ten ounces on the first card— the Gozmans, the Gonzalvos, and Toledo, sigh in their tombs, .bui hL listens to nothing except the grave announcement_ of the bankei—Ace and Knave i—Six and King—and still—Viva Fernando Septimo. HAMILTON CROFTON.—The following is stated in a Country Riper to have been the substance of the Recorder's charge to the Jury, on the arraignment of Mr. Hamilton Crofton.— " prisoner must be acquitted ; but I wish to state to you, that every body here as well as the Public at large na iy understand the reason why she prisoner must be acquitted ; in this and every other case of a similar nature; it mast be shewn, by evi dence, that the articles in question were feloniously stolen—it is „not sufficient- to presume they were stolen. The: unaccountable absence of Mr. Brad bury, who was the only person capable of proving the f:i6t of the.felony having been committed, leaves the July no alternative."—Bradbury, who was bound over to prf.secwe, in the sum of 1001. of course toileits ht, recognizance. He is pursuing his protesiional avocations in Ireland. n THE th v. The following letter rciates to a subje& so impor tant to human life hat we in . &ri it as readiiSr as vv,_ did the Oarions Communications for an d ag a i ns t ' h e practic6 of Vaccination. TO SIR H. HALVoRd, 14. D. SIC. . SIR,--.Yout elevated station ir► medicine invests your opinions with corresponding iutponance. Inane of your letters relative to the ru::,-!cal treat- I went of Mr. Fox, your words are, " I do not . be lieve the Digitalis was ever prescribed at all. I re member stating in consultation, when the propriety of administering that medicine was discussed, that I had never s! - !en it do good in the dropsy 'of the billy, though had often found it give ten.porary relief in cast; of water in the chest, and I am pretty 'sure that Drs. Moseley and Pitcairn both stated this to be the result of their experience also ; and that in consequence it was never prescribed." If this is corral, it is a valuable discovery ; bet if incorrect, and the Digitalis is really useful in every species of dropsy, the error ought to be perceived before it obtain the sanction of time and prejudice, the great supporters of error ; it ought to be perceiv ed, before those affected with dropsy be deterred from using a substance which might be the only thing that could save them ; and before m an y o f our profession, who must oten rely on authority, lose their confidence in this remedy. Medical prescriptions deeply interest the commu nity, and to remote any serious mistakes concern ing them is an imperious duty, in the discharge of which, one must despise that narrowness of mind which cannot bear contradiction ;—magnanimity prefers the truth to every private consideration. To return to the direct question, what reason is there to Suppose, that a substance received into the stomach will remove water from the chest, and not from any other part or cavity of the, body You will answer, perhaps, that reasoning is here prepos terous 3 the fstts must precede the conclusions ; on this point we would agree, but what can be al leged, if the facts not only do not support, but are most decisively repugnant to your opinion ? To all the practical writers, who have attended to the medicinal properties of this plant, I appeal for proof, that the preparations of Digitalis or remove water from every part of the body. There are thousands who laboured, one under one species of dropsy, another under another; who owe their lives in a great degree to this medicine. This is not assertion opposed to assertion ; I could_produce ample evidence, even from my own practice, that it has cured dropsical effusions from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot. Let us now consider in what dropsical cases we may expect it to give, not temporary relief, but permanent recovery ; and in what it will be pre scribed without ultimatQ success. If there is any watery effusion from simple debili. ty of exhaustion, while the structure of parts re mains entire, then the Digitalis will have the bts , effects; if, on ihe.contrary, the collection of water is the result of certain changes in the organization of any part essential to life, then tht Digitalis, like every other article:in t Materia Medic:a, will fail, whether the water be in the chest . , in the abdomen, or in the cellular membrane under the skin ; but even in these desperate instances it will relieve, and for a length of time proportioned to the local injury and the strength of the patient, will retard the accumulation of fluid, and the consequent mortality. Every one has remarked speedy alleviation from its use in water of the chest ; this,is to be ascribed to the nature and function of the lungs, the removal of a small degree of oppression from them invigorates the whole system : I thought, indeed, that there did not exist a Physician who had not als) noticed its great efficacy in ascites, or water in the belly. Cases might be readily produced in which Digita lis bad assisted in curing dropsy in the belly, arising from disease of one of the organs there contained ; but were the lungs in a similar condition, it would give relief, nothing more. If, for example, water be colleaed in consequence of obstruction in the liver, the alternate use of Met-, cury and Digitalis will remove both the obstruction and the water, which could not be well accomplish ed by either, unsupported by the other, but where hydrothorax, or water in the chest, is the conse quence of obstructed lungs, in vain should we ex peel a return of health from the assistance of Digi- talis. Respecting the general administration of this me dicine, I may here say, that danger is certainly to be apprehended from its being used either long or in great doses, but that within prudent limits, and in the proper cases, its powers are most salutary; that universdl experience has confirmed its indispensable utility in all dropsies, as well as its superiority in those conneeted with other disorders. With regard to the Digitalis, in such cases, there are only two things pernicious, viz. either tb give too much, or to give none of it ; in short, I maintain that in any se vere dropsy, not to give the Digitalis, is withholding one of the most probable means of preservation. Before we part, be assured, that 1 did not think of addresSing you, till ...I observed that your dogma had made an extensive impression, and you .will see the propriety of confuting it in a manner equally conspicuous with that in which it was announced : you are medically convinced, that air evil must be overcome by following its progress, and obviating its baneful effects. I have the honour to he, &c. JAMES SANDERS, M. D. Edinburgh, lan. 8, ISt z. The greatest praise is due to Capt. Acklom, of the Ranger sloop, arrived at Sheerness with the Baltic convoy, for his judicious mode and -great ex ertions in bringing the above fleet saf4 home; so much so, that the Lords of the Adnairalty, as a high mark of their opinion of his services on-this oc casion, have promoted him to the rank of Post-Capt. There have been many extraordinary reports in the public ;pints resi,eciing a young female who had been suddenly missed in the regions of fashion. Some thought the person was one of the most elevated rank in this country. Some indulged the most gloomy apprehensit:ms respecting the tate of the concealed damsel. Atter all, it appears, 'hat Miss C---, a natural daughter of Earl C---, the late Madame St. .Alban, has elopyd with Mr. L---n, a piung man of fashion and ot great for tune, to be honourably rivetted in wedlock by the ."'"4 -1 POLICE. DARIiVG ATTEMPT TO ROB AND MUADER. East night, Mr. flicks, the Magistrate of Union:. 1 1- 1-11; W....nt to Mr. Pryor's noose, lo examine Sarah Wilkins,, the servant maid; who teas wounded ori, Sunday ei , ening state::' 'in our 14,per vf yes.' terday. The substance ; of her eviience was as lot. lowS .About. nii,e o'clock On Sunday evening; I had occasion to', go ddwn to the cellar ; and on. coming up stairs; I saw a man- corning from the back Of.ilieo;lop, who I thought was my master. I asked ,him ,it he as going out so late ; when he •tti; . ried,robncl, and I. observed he had a black rape tact ; 2 1 mas alarmed, and 'called out. The , man tnr . riedrount! to me; and said he w mid min.- . • der me_ it I did no t hold my tongue. I got'near the dour and attempted to soul it ; upon t woich he came up to me, and said. be would Cu , my throat: Seeing his hand coming, I put, my arm up, and re- - ctived a de:-p.Cbt in it with some sharp instrument. He then put something into my mouth.to gag me; and gave Inc several cuts across my throat : the door openA at this timc, and a short man came in, who said to the other, `‘• come out." I . was immediately knocked doAn, became insensible, and knew not what follow.d.". Mr. Pryor stated, that hearing. cry of murder, he came down stairs ; the shop was, in darkness, and on getting a light, he discovered Sarah ,. Wilkins lying on the floor inse ns ibl e ; t h e door was open, and a number of bouts and shoes were strewed about The. floor. This outrage was committed. about nine o'clock on Sunday evening. Mr. May, the- secon.l Clerk of. Union-Hal!, was on the spot within five minutes after the alarm was given, and sent for Goff, C►ark, and Frien4irnmediately, who have uied,every ex ertion, but. unfortunately, at present, without suc cess, to disci:Ater tlie. perpetrators of this outrage. FURTHER PARTICULARS. It appears that the house was entered by two desperate villains, though by what means is nut yet discovered, but certainly within intent to rob the premises > While employed in packing up several pairs of boots in a large skin of leather which they found in the shop, the servant went down'stairs to the cellar; 'on her•way thither, though she passed through the shop, she did not observe any person, but on her return she perceived two men, one of them packing up boots, and the other coming as from.the back Part of the premises, to whom she said, " What ! are you going to take boots away to night ? it is Sunday I" thinking they were some of her master's journeymen. At this instant one of the villains made up to her, and threatened her, that ilshe uttered a word he would instantiy murder her. On looking round, she discovered the other to to have , a black crape over his face, which so alarmed her that she screamed out " murder ! murder !" se veral' times, and ran towards the shop-door, which was then open, 'and which in her fright she shut, and thereby inclosed herself with these rnonsters.--T, She continued to scream, thoughone,of them h a d levelled-a blow at her head which knocked h e r down. - On her rising, and not ceasing to call out " 'murder ! thieves !" one of the wretches seized • her by her hair, and ,with a sharp instrument, cut '. her throat right across the wind-,ripe. She then tell to the ground, and remembered no farther of what passed. - The screams of the girl had by this time alarmed the family up stairs, wifich consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Pryor, and thrte young men, lodgers. Mrs. Pryor then went down st,firs, and on her reaching Lire bottoin, aetually fell-uvc-r her wounded servant, as she lay senseless on t e floor. The terror of Mrs. Pryor may be better conceived than described. Notwithstanding her fright, however, she got up stairs; but it was not a matter easy to 'determine in the minds of those above who should venture down to attack what they supposed a banditti of murderers. Mr. Pr) or and his l.fdgers at last went down, and found the servant as we have before de scribed, the shop door being- wide open; and, we are sorry to say, that the peipetsators of this horrid crime escaped, leaving behind them the skin of lea ther, tied up, full of new boots and shoes. Medical aid was instantly sent for, and the wound on the neck was pronounced not mortal. What adds to the daring atrocityof this act is, that it • was com mitted so early as beßveen tight and nine o'clock, and the premises of Mr. Pryor are as public as any situation can be, being situated in the Hign-staet of Southwark, not many yards from the Town Hall, which is as great a thoroughfare as the Stand or Fleet-street. HATTON . GARDEN.—Yesterday a butcher, in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, attended by virtue of a summons at the instance of the Court Leet Jury, being charged with using false weights in his, shop, which - were p ro d uce d , and Froved to be very deficient, according to the standard. The case be.. ing clear, he was convi6ted in the penalty, and the weights forfeited. An elderly man, who sells brushes and brooms, in the several stteets of the metropolis, was brought up, charged with vending such at tides, not having a hawker and pedlar's license, agree a bly to Act of Parliament, which case being made out, he was convided in the penalty of 10l.—Not being_able to pay the sum; he was committed to the House of Correction, MARLBOROUGH -STREET.—Mr. Thompson, a cow keeper at Pimlico, was brought to the Office, to give an account of the possession of a stolen horse, the property of Mr. Pinion, a farmer at Aslistead, near Epsom. It appeared that the horse was stolen from Mr. Pinnotr's stable as long since as October, 18 10 ; and he was identified on Saturday in Thomp son's cart, in Long Amt.. It appeared by the state ment hf Thompson, that he purchased the horse at Smithfield -market, twelve months since, but the booking was neglected, and front this neglea, the person who sold it is unknown. From the respect ability of Thompson's chatat;ter, there was no doubt, of the reCtitude of his statement, but the horse was ordered to be delivered to the owner. It is expeaed that Sir Michael Seymour, with tire consent of Government, will send a flag of truce into France, to inquire the tate of Mr. E. H. C. Saunders, who was said to have been shot by the American schooner Purse. His Majesty's ship Group:fr has been lost off G. a-