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HOUSE OF,PEEkS, raIDAY, JAN. 10. ---.- The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wools cl;, about. knr o'clock, and alter Prayers were tend, a few Orders were made with respect to judici4 business, LettdshioS then -,ljoutned for snore-time during pleasure,r ft ' •-• o'clock the' Hotise resumed.On the motion of the Earl H of 1,117E11P0-li., the list - of the names of Lords given in by Peers present, for the purpose of forming a C ,, tnatittee CI-:their Lordships, :for the examination of his Ala jeqy's Phygicians,•wa: ordered to bereierred to the df the Lord President and ,other, PeerS, ; tot eport the names of the Lords so chosen. r. This proceeding accordingly , took place, and a _few- Peers retired, In, order to exetminethe Lists. They shortly after returned; and the names.weto read , by Lord Walsingbana at the. Table, but in 'such a tone of voice as to be inaudible below the 'bar. - •. - The, Earl, of LIVERPOOL then movcd—" That the said Committee, or any eight or more of them, do meet at., e the hour of-one o'clock on Monday next, in the Prince's Chamber, for the purpose of examin ing the Physicians attending his Majesty, respecting the actual : state of . his, Majesty's heahh, and, that the Committee do have power to adjourn, &c."-- Ordered. . The Physicians in _immediate attendance, viz. Doctors Munroe, Bane, Heberden, and Sinirnonds, were then introduced to the.bar,.and sworn with respect to .their intendett : evidence before their Lord ships' Committee. . . An order,,, was made ; for the attendante of Sir Henry Halford, and the other remaining Phy • sicians, on Monday next, for the purpose of being sworn.. . . Lord WA LSINGHAM, from the Committee appoint ed to inspect the state of their Lordships' Journals, reported- that two additional volumes thereof were printed, and ready for delivery. Oo the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, certain ai.lionat documents relative to the state Of the fi ance of the country, were ordered to be laid before the House ; to this proceeding he was induced in consequrnce of what had fallen-froin a Noble Lord last night upon the subject, and the motions made by him, as tie:(kh(e. Noble -Secretary of State) wish ed that every pos s ible light might be thrown upon the subject. THANKS TO LORD MINTO, &c. The Earl of Livt,'RPOOL, after moving the Order of the Day, rose, to draw the attentien.ot the House to.the subject of the motion of which he had given notice, Thanks of that House to the Go- Vernor General of India, Lord Minto, and to the Naval and. Military_ Commanders 'employed in the various successful expedition's against the island of Bourbon, the island of the Mauritius, and, recently, the island of Java. In contempleting Elie prOpriety of . offering . such nr bons to the.Hoose, doubts and hesitation. had often arisen in his mind respecting the nature and extent of the services that ought to, be distinguished by so high an honour ; ?tar, .in his opinion, no honour could be higher, no distinction more proud, no remuneration of success ful eMoits so exalted and enviable, as that which is conferred in a vote of Thanks by their Lordships' Froticee. But; however just and proper such doubts and hesitation might be on other °Cessions, he was leppy to think and' feel, that, on the present'occa sion. there - could be no' room for either. The ser vices to whcli he had now to solicit the attention and-the Thanks of their_Lordships , were services of to signal and singular a description, that their Lord ship., he was confident, were so impressed with their splendour-, and importance, that they would outstrip him in their readiness'and alacrity to distin guish and decorate them by that highest reward which it was possible for merit to aspire to, or for national gratitude to bestow, Indeed it was no easy matteeto find adequate terms of praise fot the very prominent part which LordsMinto bore in the con ception, h e.estan gemero „and, the execution.of' these brilliant and useful services.. The design of under taking the :eduction of the islands of ,Bourbon and t!se Mauritius, was formed by Government in the . year 1808, and in 1809 that design was partially executed, at. least with respect to - the views with which it had originally been undertaken. It oc curred to Go%ernment to be matter of high policy, , and of great national utility, to wrest from the bands of prance all their colonial possessions in the Eastern seas. As long-as France held these posses sions, so long had she it in het power, most vexati ously and destructively to annoy our commerce in than qttarter of the globe. The islands of Bourbon and of the Mauritius, furnished her with great fa cilities towards the attainment of this object : there she established depots of naval and _military meens, which enab:ed her at all times to fit out e - xeeziitions with those hostile designs, which, owever vigilant and-powerful ‘liere_the precautions ti'ciployed to counteract them,tould be expected to be uniformly attem:ed with success ; while she ex _ pence, which such precautions necessarily incurred, was often greater titan the value of the objettis which thelhad been'undertaken to . proteCi. Hence arose a more urgent necessity for the execution of those. designs which a sound policy had suggested; and . the airo_or Wi.ich , was to deprive France of all ,the Colonies she posSessed in the East as well as in the West. This intt ntion was.communicaied,to Lord .-when-his Lordship lost no time in devising t.ire—mode and .the moans of its execuion. Indeed, although the instructions to that effect sent, out to him .by Government, did not enfold ,or detail these means, yet welt was his comprehension of the Mat ter, 'add such the resourceful. fertility:of his that he seized the spirit of tlt e gil instructions, and- - upOn that lerninous and mastemly interprdtation Of %V biCil such a mind alone is capable, he instantly so about that great -work, and not withstanding.the occurrence and,interposnion of many, and often un ', foreeeeu obstructions, he colleded and combined all the neeessery.ntearts fur its speedy, entire, and Most itneet.ssfulat.conrolishment.Tothecaptureof thelsland of Bottroon, succeeded that of .the Island et tire M-iu ritius. With the instances - of skill; judgment, en te!priae, And *csourAe s e - displayed in the attack awd these imeortant acquiSi:lonS,.their Loid s iecolleetion was, rig doubt, still fresh e it was, )4)IPON : Printed by 1 HQMAS W. )OD, of No. 35, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden and At the StTN 04E481, No, 112, Strand, Ow Orders fc thereforeAnnecessary forhim to dwell upon and detail , them, however pleasing.eaust be the task. Scarcely, however, had; these important_ objects been achieved, and alrhonc:h much time was "required for the return ot tip isoops employed in theie expe,ditions, and al thougAnany th l e . obstrudions•tnuSt have occurred, to which he had already_ referred, particularly from Ce . sea,on of the )ear in that part of the world; yet that provident wisdom, that activity, prpmptioje, and power of - combination, which so eminently marked the charader of Lord Minto's -mind, en abled him to coil - ea - These orces, and to prepare-and accumulate the !pews-by which titre new expedition against Java was to be_uudertaken, and by which it was,afterwards.sa successfully exec4ted4! 4-lere then ,have_beenynost fortunately and: most ably attained the great obieels of the policy . which Government, . had in view. . France has no longer ans. pos,,esions :in the East . ,*f liroin whk either to draw wealillf,to ,t he Mnt:aer Conlin y„or the means of annoyance to Bri tish commerce ; and not only has British policy so tar fulfilled its wishes and its views, but by thisim mense acquisition:of colonial territory, England has been enabled, through the energies of her maritime strength, to keep pace with France; fur, =however it must -be acknowledged that France has of-late con siderably extended her power,and influence on the Continent of Europe, yet. England has no less ex tended hers in the Western and Eastern world, while she is relieved from the pressure with which the expence of maintaining large garrisons in - those distant parts unavoidably, w eighed down upon her. — Such have been the services, equally splendid and useful, in which Lord Minto his borne so consnicn ous a shore, and for which he now called upon their Lordships fur the high Honour of their thanks. In the execution of these important undertakings, the skill and gallantry both of our Naval and iVlilitary COmmanders challenged, and would, he trusted,: re ceive the illustrious rewards to which they .were so eminently entitled. The judgment, aaivity, and promptitude, displayed by General Ahercro:noie, in the taking of the Isle of France, were beyond all praise. Nor could any thing, exceed the merits of that gallant officer Sir- S. Auchinuty, in 'the attack and capture of Batavia, add the subsequent pursuit of the enemy. As anxious was be to bestow every. 'merited eulogy on the services of the Navy, by which the operations of the Army had been so ably and so succe , sfully seconded. He was•sure, that both would be viewed by their Lordships in the same light in which he had'the pleasure of contemplating them; and that they would be As ready to rewar d :hem, as' ,he was anxi o u s t o s o licit that - reward.— These services were of no ordinary stamp, and they were therefore, he hoped, entitled to the high dis tinction whichlle was desirous to see conferred upon such achievements. It might, perhaps, be observed, that it was only on military and naval exploits that it was the usage of that House to bestow such ho nours ; and that they were very rarely made. the re ward of civil services. That observation he:.did not hesitate to admit was just. But as theri s was a pre cedent for so remunerating such services, and as the services for which he now proposed that exalted re. ward were as sin-;ular as they were splendid, and as useful as they were brilliant, he was persuaded that an exception would be justly made in their favour, even if n• precedent of that nature had previously been established. He should not longer detain their Lordships, even'on a Theme stiegrateful-,llet -yield to that eagerness 40 remunerate such services, which, he was confident, their Lordships all felt on an casion Setlorious, and to which he had only to regret his inability to do adequate justice. His Lordship concluded with moving the Thanks of the House to Lord Minto, &c. The Earl of MOIRA 'was most eager to unite his voice in paving a just tribute of praise to Lord Minto and the Officers who so ably executed ivhat- that Noble Lord had so judiciously planned, and so•per featly prepared in all its points - . lie entirely con curred with the Noble Secretary of State in the just view he had taken of the extraordinary abili ties displayed in these splendid expeditions by the Noble Governor of India ; and though there - might appear to be some departure from . the Usual* tole in bestowing that distinguished honour on , civil ser vices, yet if that departure was to be considered an exception, so also should it be remembered, that the services which'it was intended to rewatd, were an exception, and a bright exception, too. So, tar he most warmly'and entirely agreed in every thing that fell from the Noble Secretary of State in com mendation of these truly important and brilliant services. • But there was one observation of the No ble Secretary's, to which be could not give the same entire assent. The Noble Secretary had ob served, that by the conquest - of the Eastern and Western colon'es of 'France, we had obtained through our naval superiority an equivalent in in fluence and power to what - France had lately ac quired on the Continent of Europe: This remark he, could not consider as altogether just. For-who ever was any time in the possession of that Conti-; nental influence and, power, must sorm be able to extend his dorrlnion . both in the West and East. Besides, it was further unfortunately to be obSerV ed, that the preservation of distant possessions' not only cost money but men ; and that it was a me 4 lancholy truth,.that those colonial possessions of England had too often proved the cerneteries of her most pliant troops. The Earl ot BUCKINGHAMSHIRE was highly gra tified with the very able Manner in which the No ble Secretary Of State had set furth the talents .and the merits of his Noble Friend, Lord Mint°. With the abilities of that Noble Lord, as well as with his vatiotiS amiable qualities,. he, was intimately ac quainted ; and he felt peculiarly, happy in being af forded the present occasion of joining in the just praisess6'ably bestbwed upon him by the. Noble Secretary', as well as in conferring the honour with which' the Noble Setretary had moved their Lord ships to confer upon those deserts. Lord GRENVILLE could not refrain from uniting in the praise which the manly, liberal, ,- and elegant speech ,of ,the Noble. "Secretary had so _deservedly for,and receked. No. man could feel more sincerely gratified than be did, by the just tribute of applause paid to the merits of his Noble Friend, by t!1,2 Noble Secretary. His conception of „his No• ble Friel:l,l's exalted merits was just ; his praise of them disCriminating and appropriate ; and as hd united in,it., with the p,:rtCu conviction of its jus- tide) sO Mg) did he Mc:4 Itatitily join in th e v o t e that was to reward thorn.----He should only oh serve, that if such .a rotewas an exceptio n to Tt, general rule : so also were the servlces for which it was conferred. . .Tlie‘Earl of Lvvrtniioot. then successively made his . motions of,Thanks to Lord Minto, to General Attercrombie, Sir Samuel Auchrnutv, to Admirals 'Bertie and Stapford; and the Offices, both Naval and Military,. who served under them' in- these 'dif ferent expeditions ;.all of which motions were.agreed to, nem. (iis. Th 6 LoRD CHANCELLQR' was then instruBed to notify the Vote to those different Di.;tingnished Per sons--,Lprd. Minto to:communicate it t+).theiArany, and the Admirals to the Officers and seamen: under - their i-espedire Commandi. Adjourned till ,Mhnday.-1 PO LIOE. MANS] oN-liousE.—liotinson - , Priestly, Brice, and Gould, the porters who were examined on Monday last; charge) breaking open arid robbing the wine ceilatis of Messrs. Mann and Ingall, io,Oueen streef; Cheapside, on Sund.ry* 'ruornirfg, were brought up yesterday for their second exarninattun before the LORD' MAYOR. The depositions of the Gentlerrien \of the Towcr Ward, by whom "theft; men were apprehended 'at the house.of Thompson, No. 15, 41iles's-lane - ,Thatnes-street, were read over, and the only additional *witness natr - adduced was Thompson, owner of the house, who swore that the prisoners were not,'•aS they pretended, lodgers in the house ; and that the wine and implements for house-breaking, found 'that - morning in his cellar, were brought there that morning by the prisoners:, - They were fully committedifor. trial • UNION-HALL—A man was yesterday brought to this Office, charged on suspicion of the wilful murder of a man named Thnothy ‘ Donaghee. It appeared that the priSonej was superintendant of labourers at a wharf in Tooley-street,.and the -de ceased was a labourer working under him. He was ordered lo do some work by the prisoner; but, instead of compiying.with hi. : i.order, be used some impertinent language, and proceeded so far as to give the prisoner a slap on the faee. The prisoner ob,ervad, he had better not have done that, as it was in his power to have broke his neck. Further words ensued, and the prisoner pushed the deceased and two others off the wharf into the water, and the head of the deceased coming in contaa with the side •of a vessel in his fall, helinmediately sunk, and • continued under water near ten minutes. He was, when taken out, .conveyed to Guy's Hospital,- but the spark of life was extinft. The other two men were taken out without sustaining any other injut'y than ducking. The prisoner. was committed for further examination, - when the result of the Coro ner's Inquest shall be . known. MARLBOROUG 11-STREF.T.—A man and his dangh tcrwere yesterday committed for feloniously receiv ing a copper which had, been stolen, with other artr 'des, frinn a oei,hBouring brazier. The officer found the artiules,on the first search. David Jones, a noted character, was committed for . trial, far attempting a burglary in the house o-f Baker in Portna3ptstreet, in company with another, who escaped. A Meeting has been held at Chelsea, and Resolu tions entered into to establish an armed-police, for the proteNion,of,the inhabitants. A Court Martial was held at Bombay ,last year, for the . trial of Lieutenant S. Sl-1,6 7 E, Of • the 2d bat talion of the . 56t1i,Regiment, for cooduA shameful, disg“icetol, wThecotning, and d&ogatork to the cha-: ratter of an Officer and a:Gentleman,. and highly subversive of good order and military discipline. The pi ironer was sentenced to beeashiered. Last week a peregrine falcon was shot at Pang. dean, Susses, by Mr. CHARLES BULL, .w•Wlst in fierce combat with a •raven. This species of bird was formerly much, used in falconry, and being a bold and powerful .bird, was held in great esteem ; it was principally employed for taking duCks and other water-loWl, horn , khich circurn,tanco it at tain,A the name of the duck-hawk. It - is severs{ years in arriving a't its full plumage, and ai certain state, it has been considered as a distinct speCies. IRISH Fox CH4st.—On Thursday List, a foi was shook near Mr. Markey's, of Welsh Town, and hunted by Sir Edward Bellew, Bart. of Birweath's hounds: Atter running . for some time, the: hounds got so close to him, at Peter Collier's, a miller, near Pillsontown, he got up on the top of the house, and, down the chimney, the people being at dinner at the time, by the fire-side, when he fell on the bob, made a second jump on the table, which so alarmed the people, that they feil back in confusion, and one one •of the servants fainted. However, the fox was caught unhurt, to produce the sport of another day. On Tues Jay evening, about - six o'clock, a . fine snipe came doWn the chimney of a labouring man, at Lauglitou, Sussex, in the serVice of Mr.. Morris, and alighted on the kitchen-floor, where the extra ordinary visitor was almost instantly . seized on by a cat, but trom whose claws itfwas rescued without, injury' by the cottager. It is supposed the' bird's notice must have been attra6ted by a blriZe from the fire, whilst flying over the chimney. A WHOLESALE SHOPLLETER.—A woman dressed in a large red cloak', capable of hiding a conside. able 'boojy,, was lately detealed in uallaing , oft with a 'pieee of twcf tram a butcher's shop, in-New , ; port-ni:irket. On searching her,, she proiled . : to have 'stoics properiy from three •9ther (persons, hr,lf a shoulder of, mptrog, 'ribs -ot pork, and 16 yards 'of cotton, all of which she stole in half an lung. ; "1 -7 ,11 e cotton , belonged to a linen-d.rapef t in CratilSo - urn-alley, ‘,‘"liere she purchased one yard. The offender was, taken to Morlborongb-stret Office; and committed for trial. • , Qn Monday last a shameful hoax was played off in the name of the ,Right Hon. Lady. Strangtord, which, as is usual on isuilar occips•ous, paid no re garlit to private 'feelings,. or consequent eq. Letters ere address,.d to seyeial tradesmen in her Lady,- ship's name,- desiring them to attend at tire o'clock ; chaises were ordered, hair.dressets, tailor, hutch. ers; poul ters, • uphOlste rers, PublishtA byIVILLIANI itRAIIGt K SCRIPPS, South 11 Le-filers for the Editor, tic. (post paid -L d ft' Pi.ffoir:t', COURT OF KINGS .ISEN,U.'.{,.{AN. .to. SITTINGS AT G1.,jJ.131.!it1,L. Z he business l)f to - day was a cowl terpart of s' tie= ral prec'eding'd 4%, the causes being chiefly on Polcics. of Insurante on Bald° voyages, in wliich n the sanie events_ occurred, and the , s? . rne pc ) :lpt re i ;er ,_ ed . for fu'ilher consideration. " there occurred tics= thing either novel or ifitere - siing to merit a ( . 4Vailtzd report.: • On Monday next the Geneyitl-• Sessions ref tlae Pe a ce for the City of London will be holden it Guildhall, before the Iligi t Hon. the Loftn MANoit; ttheltEcuit DEC the Sti6ntri4,ltaa Mid) of Ald er .; men, to f the trials of assanits,s misdttheguor§; an 4 thytari n g of appals. The same day the Sessioni cr for he Cbon.37 of Middlesex begin at the Ses sions House, Clerkenwell Green, before VJLLZAJ+I and a .Benth of'Magistretes.- And on Wedbesillay the Sessions of 0) . 1 - and Ter miner and Gaol Delively, will commence at Just cg Hall, in the OH Bailey. , • I' Thrrrsdiry "ev en i rig , its . a Tarty:6 - the 01 re& belong. ing to - the Public Office, Bow-street, -were •nn duty in 1-lington, they observed - two-men go io , o a pub ht house, - whose concint.4 they sus; cted ttz 14 itn proper,- and supposed they had- l been at the po:A* houSe to meet - a pk?.rina" to sdt the contents of # bundte, but were disappointed. Witt:n they came obi of the public house, the patrole stopped the mail who had the bundle, and .asked him what he ha-1 it' it ? He. replied, some lint.'n he had been getting from a washerwoman. This did not satisfy ti patrole, .and they. told him - they must see what it contitined. They 'found in it about two hundred Pair . Of silk stockings and gloves ; upon which they took both the men into custody, and on inquiry the stockings and gloves proved tO haveleen stolen froth Mr. Barlow, a hosier, on Fish:street-bill, and the man who had the bundle, to have been his porter, Wh en be was ,taken into cus , ody, he offered the patrole 501. to let him go --The offence having been committed in the city, they were taken befote the Lord Mayor. - The: Lord Provost and Magistrates of Edinburgh. - have offered a reward of ,one- hundred guineas Addition to the like sum, for the discovery of tarp persons concerned in the late outrages in that city), for the apprehension of the persons concerned in the murder,of DUgald Campbell, one of the. Police offi cers, who was mortally wounded while in 'thedis charge of his duty, in the .night of the 3t s t , From the whole Circumstances, that have come out upon investigation, there appears toirare been a're gtilar plan of robbery prev,iously concerted s by the perpetrators,, who were afinost all boys or young; lads, armed with .blUdgeons for the piapoSe. Another circumstance of female courage, - in arl dition•to that displayed by the maid 'servant of 'Mr. Thomas, in Portman -street, occurred at the house of Lord Callan, No. 29, Fitzroy-square, on Wed nesday evening. His Lordship is at Salisbury, and a female servant bad the sole care of his honse.--s. About nine o'clock on Wednesday evening, the s,er vant Was annoyed by the squalling of a cat in the area,' and she opened the kitchen door. wi!ls 3 piker in her hand to drive the cat away, when a fellow rushed upon her, rather tall and thin, and dressed in a loose brown coat.. The servant struck the fel low with the poker with all her strength, and he is return kuocked her .downeand she remained some time in a senseless state. She alarmed the oeigh 7 bonrhood as soon as she was able, and the house r was searched,, but the robber hal fled. The servant . had observed the same felloW lurking about the h o uss in the afternoon, and he had knoeked at Lord , cat... lan's door, and asked some strange sort of quesiions. As- the servant is familiar With the person of the thief, hopes are indulged of his apprehensiod.• Wednesday, as' Some men were digging some earth out of a brick field in Grove.road, le.thnil - one of them - found a human skeleton in irons. Inquiry has since been made, and the' is no doubt that it is the remains of one of the murdelers, Richardson or Conway, • who were htingrd and gib= betted on Bow common, about 'forty years ago, for the Murder 'of two butchers, of Whireehapel, of the names of Venables and Peters. Both the bodies were stolen from the gibbets. The Speech at this interesting time must be very gratifying, as 'we are now enabled not only to re. juice at the public State of Finance, but, by Per mission of the Lords 01 thcTreaSuir, to improve our own private resources by one of the Capital Prizes of 20;0001. in the prf:sent State Lottery, if bought on or before Monday the mh, as the Drajp;ing be gins at Nine o'clock the Neat Morning, and wilt all be-determined 'be same Day. BIR TI;, On ‘Vednesday the Bth inst Derbyshire, the lion. La3y 1 . .111n7f)1(1; of a:Son and ,111 R /A On Tuesday last, at john Lambert, Esq. of Crort-HOuse, 'Ainwick, to 'lull:m.4, si;cond d,sugliter ko— b.ert M.,unsey, Esq. of Ca.ALtown. House. On Thursday, at St. Ilnde's Lhuc,sh, itc.eve, of to Miss r Lovell, tit rlect.strt-et. On the loth inst. in St. Mary Ic.b6nne Church, James. Cranhorne Strode, -Esq. .Sarah, davtAht , .!r of - RoLL:rt Lind say, Esq. of Lotiihry, Ty roties!nire, re D L OR Wednesday, at his house'at Rothcritithe, Richard dams, Esq. aged 75. - r • On. the 45114-in - st.,at Ashurst- place, Kent, Isaac I.efevre, Eq. - On the' 3oth tilt. at Shircoaks, in Northamptonshire, in the 89:11 ye.ir of his age, ttie Rev. 011:1 fle"wett.' A .M,„ F. It. A.S.S. Redor of•lfartheil, and VICIr of Tadwiek.- COAL MARKET, lAN. to. ,Ships at Market. , Ships soh?. - Price. • 543 Newcastle .• . . . 5 03. 6J. to 573. od. 4,t Sunderland . . 2 535. bd. to sis. at. Stone Coal . • . t . . to $. PRICE. ok Y ESTE S 17C,C,C ADAM. bank Stock,. • India 13onds, 17s. as. pr. ' Navy ; per Cent 94. 93; Sontli Slit Stock, 67 4 per 'Cent. 78111 . Extilreq Bills, 3d. per - day ,* / per 1, era. 'co.., 63 62; 63 • T. 2.5. 3s . pr.-30. per tidy, 3 per-Cent. Cons. 62 k, i i 4, - i 3s 6s. pr. Liknk L. Ann. 161 5 • Wills : Ooiniurn,•i i i dis. India Stock, { Coos for 0/p. 64 63; 64 ' HIGH s.i."ATER LONDON BRIDGE .KO W. *Zerprniog, 20 min: after 12. ILvening, 45 min, aftei 101 ton - strect; Gr)syeror square, '), Lutist be uddrea3ect.•