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SPORTING INTELLIGENEE. NEwi t , '",ARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 012. I:ih, THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 5 ! Poutids for 3-yr olds carrying 6st. zlb. 4 yr olds, Bst. ,_B`lds, Bst 71b 6 r oldsandaged, Bst. 121 b. T.MiIVI. • • -Y L4r•No.rthey's b. f. by Carrienut, 3 yrs - 1 li r 0 tlUtland's br. h. Salvator, 6 yrs - - 2 6 t it • Goodisson's gr. h. Bustler,'s yrs - 3 i o - °I agst Mr. Northey's b. f. by Gamenut- 6 to 1 asst A t P ei r 4to 1 agst Bustler. R o r• Thornill's Historia, Bst. 3 1 b. rec. 25gs. from Ld Us 's Flamingo, Bst. R. M. toogs. I(1 r. FRIDAY, MAY I. r - `-• S omerset's Julian, 5-yrs old, 7st. beat Major Wil a Bolter 4 yrs old , Bst. IX I. gogs.—No betting on Mau ' Lri G b. ~. •H. Cavendish's Barrosa, beat Ld Sackville's f. by BarleoksaAandres, b'st. bib, each. T.Y.C. sogs.--2 to I agst L. t en gweepstakes of 2oogs. eadh. Across the Flat. ~2; `-' o %ver's c. by Walton, out of Currycomb's dam, bi", 7 31b. i - - • - - ettp Rutland's Sorcery, Bst. 31b. - - 2 lci E t i, dney's Truffle, S at. z lb . - - 3 Id 'eY's soothsayer , Bst. to:b. 84 . "„. H. Cavendish's Bethlem Caber, Bst. 21b. nr.drews's Trophonius, 7,.t. 131 h. s 3t ° 1 agst G en. G ower ' s e. b y W a l ton - 2 to t agst S or . er Y -- t 2 I , . 0 I ag st S oot h sayer. ''" Kous's Flamingo beat D. ot Rutlantl'; . Thalestris, Bst. 41b. each. Ab. M. sogs.-2 tO t agst F lainingu. EVDI./1 HOUSE, MAY 1. s i Ge neral Court was held this day, at which th e H ugh Inglis, the Chairman, presided. After ` - 'nairman took the chair, the Minutes of the Iv :Hs holde n on t h e 2 d an d Bth of last month read, and an abstract of the Bye-Laws was a , to 4, as it directed by the code of, the Company, g, s ether wi t h a li st o f papers - presen t e d t o t h e H ous e cf ,‘ - ommons, according to custom, by the direction I t 'ne Chairman ; also a list of such papers as have • e n laid bef ore th e C ourt o f Directors, for the per th° eof taking them into consideration, previously )e P resenting them to the House of Commons, was Cod afterwards. The Chairman explained to . the t v hi trt the purpose for which they were assembled; *h e s was, he ieforrned them, to lay before the Court It :Jesuit of the neeociation with Ministry on the ,hut ch of the renewal of the Company's 'Charter, i n u 'eh he was sorry to inform them was by no means as favourable a state as they had, from what past to ° late meet i ng, a r i g h t to expe d. To give the th e utt the best information on the subjed before Prepared for their consideration, and the transac ns betw e e n th e C ou r t o f fors Dire ors and the o k i ! } s a i r d of Controul of the 15th of April. The • o `Paper r ea d t o th e C o urt was a letter from the , ur t of DireCtors to the Earl of - Buckinghamshire , b e r - date above mentioned, in which all the evils to a pprehended from opening the trade, in the manner a n :nded by Government, are very strongly set forth, " Most earnestly deptecated. Opening the trade h the manner intended, would be, is asserted, not g att empt to explore new 'sources of trade through r ts not hitherto usually visited by the Company's 1 P.% but an aetual transfer of the trade of the Com- N . p a n Y to strangers. The chartered rights of the Com vitnY would remain in virtue of their corporate cepa 40Y, even were the monopoly taken away, the assur triee.gven by his - Majestv's Governthenr, that the e a a r',;ement should not injure the Company. The . - n Aes lik e ly to result to the China trade, the loss of tete nue by the . ietri,dudon o &smuggling, a practice t h 7t, l l Cannot be guarded aganst by any regulations, pf lie Chine , e, tile fatal cOnsequencesot tast tu:: between the private traders and the Coin tanY, ecc. &e. are stated and argued upon in the ‘' t( lng , si tuattie-r. The prohabl.• loss in trade to the C °3 ;lrany was stated at a million, and of revenue to e Government of four millions smiling, by the in tendedt innovatioes. Alter the latter hints submitted 1 ° t he Boa d of Cootroal, and the answersgiven,wieh Direct or s , observ at io ns u pon the answers by the Court of 'rectors, followed minutes of a conversation be tween Sir H. Inglis, the Chairman, and the Presi dent Of the Board of Control, the Earl of Bucking tarnshire, of the ig , h of April, minutes of a Secret s9'l' o 1 of the 20111 of April, of the 28th and 01 April, and additional correspondence were r ead to th e C ourt . Th ese m aterials foreished argu jili:nts similar to those before advanced, namely, the - '-' l) °lice of the measure on public grounds; and the teat inju st i ce t O t h e C om p a ny, and to the port of L (3 l ) .don, by allowing the importation of East t ra'a and Chinese manufattures and produce ilrrltigh the different out ports of the United ngdotn. The Civil Servants of the Company I:amount in London to no less than 12,000, their la curers to 3,000, and the commanders and other ilic ers of their ships to no fewer than 1 , 400 ; all th ose Persons would be injured by the regulations , v r °Posed by Government, with respect to the pri vate trad e , an d L on d on would , suffer in a very high degree, and the Stock of the Company, amounting , * 4 2 1 millions in property of various kinds, likely tobe entirely lost. The CHAIRMAN then entreated the attention of the Proprietary to the subject before them. Their dearest interest was at stake, and, from the unfortu nate turn which the negociat ion had taken, their ex ertioneecolleCiively and individually, were all neces sary. Much popular clamour against the interests of t he Company had arisen from var ious causes. It would be necessary to counteract this clamour, which had 1)0 foundation in any just principle, and to withhold their system. As his speech was'merely to inculcate the different points urged in favour of the Company l a the Correspondence, we do not think it necessary TO give it at large, though strongly argumenta (lye. He entreated the Court, as time pre.sed, to be decisive. A decision was not asked at that mo ment ": he would recommend every man to consider the subject in his closet. The Papers read this day would be ready (or delivery on the morrow, and on Tuesday, he proposed, with their permission, to held another Court. The Company had enemies, but he hoped that the Company, as on former oc casons, would rise triumphant alter every attempt. lie closed, with moving, That the Court would, on its rising, adjourn to Tueseay next. Mr. Wrectems, one of the Directors, spoke at some length on the same general topics, and was well received by the Court. Mr. IIIGBY, Mr. DAVIES, Alderman A:rEms, and Alr.J ACKSON, also spoke to the same effed, complain ' log of the intended measures as unjust towards the Company; extolling their services to their. country on7various occasions, and the excellent qualities of their naval officers, and exhorting the Members of the Coutt to firmness end unanimity. When Mr. Jackson, had finished a most excellent speech, the Court was adjourned, till Tuesday next. . C. ~' POETRY: TRAFALGAR. EY THE AUTHOR OF TALAVERA. WRITTEN IN )805. The fight was long;—and deep in blood Britain's triumphant warriors Stood : High, o'er the wave, untorn, unstain'd, The Ensigns of her glory reign'd : Around, the wreck'd and vanquish'd pride Of hostile navies strew'd the tide, Or scatter'd, as the tempest bore' Their ruins on th' affrighted shore. The haughty hopes of France at d Spain Had dream'd of conquest's laithd crown— Oh vision, arrogant and vain ! NELSON has swept them from the main And dash'd their airy trophies down : Their fancied wreaths his brow adorn, Won by his valour, in his triumph worn. But, hark 1 amidst the joyous shout, For Spain's defeat, and France's rout But, hark amidst the glad acclaim Of England's honour, NELSON'S fame, What deep and sullen sounds arise ? Are these, alas ! victorious cries ? Bode they a widow'd nation's woe ; The triumph vain, and NELSON low ? In his fall glory's brightest blaze, On the high summit of his deeds, While vidory's saintly halo plays, With livingifire—immortal rays— Around his head, the Hero bleeds ! In pomp of death, to mortal eyes Never before reveal'd, the Hero dies I He dies ! —but while on Egypt's strand, The Ptolomean tower - shall stand ; Stain'd with the turbid streams of Nile, • While seas shall beat Aboukir's isle ; While the white ocean breaks and roars On Trafalgar's immortal shores; —• While high St. Vincent's tow'ry steep, And, giant of th' Atlantic deep, Dark Teneriffe, like beacons guide . 7' he wanderers of the western wave, Sublime shall stand, amid the tide Of baffled time,—his country's pride— . The sacred memory of the brave ! And N Lso N'semulated name, Shine the proud sea-mark to the pot ts of Fame. Music.—The season of the VOCAL CONCERTS, under the direCtion of HARRISON, BARTLEVAN, and GREATOREX, concluded last night at the Hanover square Rooms. We may fairly say, that, through the whole series, this Concert has. afforded an ex quisite repast, and the conclusion WAS correspondent with the - excellence of all the preceding perform , . ances. A new Duet, entitled " The British Isle," the words by the Rev. H. B. DUDLEY, and the music by SHIELD, was Ulna applauded. It is an animated compliment to our country, and the Com poser ,has expressed the sentiments -with appropriate express:on. It was well sung by HAartisoN and, BARTLEMAN. Another novelty of the night was a Glee for five voices, 'by HORSLEY , .whose taste and science ^re well known, and who eminently displayed both on -this occasion. HARRISON's' Comfort ye; was beautifully simple; a new Glee, by Sir J. STEVENSON, harmonised by GREA TOREX, was encored, and so was CATALANI'S 0 dolce coneento," the ground-work by MOZART, and the embroidery by herself. The whole was a rich repast, and was well attended. Mr. CAMPBELL, whose chargler as a Poet is well known, succeeds Mr. COLERIDGE at the Royal Institution, and as the latter, in one of his Lectures, made some adimadrersions on the literary powers of the former, it is said, that there is in preparation somewhat more than the " ram . ' courteous." The public complaints respeCling the shamef u l state of the pavement in many parts of the Metro polis, will, we trust, be attended to. The blame does not rest with the water companies, as the Le gislature has given ample p o wer to the parochi a l Commissioners to compel all persons who ma y have occasion to take up the pavement, to restore it in the most per fed manner. Thursday the STATE LOTTERY finished drawing : the following Capital Prizes were sold in 64 Shares by RICHAR,DSON, GOODLUCK and Co. - No. 5,51 8. . 4 Prize of ... ,C:o,oco 11,518 . 5,000 11 ,433 2,4;4 ...... . 10,6:79 ...... 2,740 3,238 Tickets and Shares for the State Lottery, to be drawn the 4th of June, are nqw on Sale at the Offices of RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. cor ner of &ink Buildings, .Cornhill, and facing the King's Mews, Chafing-cross. Another Prize Of 20,0001.—N0. 1205 (divided into one Half and eight Sixteent.hs), in the. Lottery drawn on Thursday last, was sild by' PIDDING and Co. No.l, Cornhill ; where the last PI ize of 20,0001. was alio sold, 'and where the celebrated Mr. Guy, who built the hospital in the Borough, realized abotg 400,0001. by Prizi-!s. It will now be said, that PIDDING and.,Co.'s Office is not only the first in Cornhill, but for extraordinary Groat Luck the first in England. In one of the late French Papers there was an account of a visit paid by -BUONAPARTE to the Military School at St. Germain, in which it is said he was so' well pleased as to order a number of them to be sent toff immediately to the Grand Army in Germany. The fats, we hear, is as fol lows :—The pupils of this school had thrown down his statue 'and covered it with mud. BUONAPARTE immediately went to the school, and ordering the Professors before him, loaded client with the most opprobrious epithets. He then sent them to prison, and living ,had the pupils concerned in throwing down his statue brought before him, he sent them instantly under a military escort to Germany, to serve as privates in the army. John Miller was yesterday cbarged:at the Man sion House, with having sold out 2001, in the three per cent. consols, by- a forged power of Attorney, and remanded for further examination. tifPERLII, PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF PEERS. FRIDAY, MAY I. The Irish Appeal Cause, Giffird v. Hort, Barts. being taken into final consideration, their Lordships came to a Resolution, as their judgment upon the case, on the motion of Lord REDSSDALE, tended partly to reverse the Decrees of the „Trish Exche quer, and partly to remit it, with diredions for ul terior proceeding on the part of that Court. Their Lordships then "adjourned for some time, during.pleasure 5 and at about five o'clock the House resumed. The Bills upon the table were forwarded in their respeettve stages. Among these, the Irish Public Accounts Audit, and the Irish Military Accounts Audit Bills, were read a third time and and passed. Mr. LUSHINOTON brought up a message from the Commons, requesting a copy of the 4 th report of their Lordships Committee upon the affairs of the East India Company. The, lush Partnership Regulation Bill was brought up by the same Gentleman and read a first time.— Several private and local bills were presented by Lord Templetown, Mr. Dundas, Mr. Kenrick, and other Members. The Place and Pension Duty Bill passed through a Committee of the whole House, and was reported without amendment. It was ordered, on the motion of the Earl of LAIWBRDAL6, that there be laid before the House an account of the number of notes ii.sued by the Bank of England, from its first establishment in 1694, to the year 1797, distinguishing the amount of each month, &c. CHARGE MADE BY THE AMERICAN GOVERN- MENT. Lord HOLLAND, pursuant to what he stated on a former evening, called the attention of their Lord ships' again to this subject. He said, he confessed it was with some surprise, and with still more re gret, that he learnt it was the intention of Ministers to resist his proposed motion for what he deemed indispensably necessary information for the satisfac tion of the House and the country. There were do cuments conneEted with the transaElion alluded to, the authenticity of 'which the Noble Earl did not seem to contradid. He thOught it best to leave explanation, in'the first instance, to Ministers them selves. The Noble Secretary did not ,state it was his intention to bring forward any papers on the oc casion. When he first notified his intention to more for these documents, he entertained a firm convithon, that the Noble Secretary was not inclined to resist such 'a procedure. As another important topic was about to come under their . Lordships con sideration this evening, he should not now press his intended motion, blithe should bring it forward on Tuesday next ; and he would move that the Lords be summoned on the occasioo. Wnat he- proposed then io tuove for was, for copies of all communica tions made by Sir James Craig, to his Majesty's Se en tary of State, respecting the employment of Mr. Henry on a secret Mission to the United. States of Ain rica. Also for a copy of the correspondence with Gen. Prevost on the subje& of the compensar tion claimed by Capt. Hentli - ; and also for a Fopy of the instructions sent by the Secretary of Slate to Sir Jai - nei.C:aig,.respeaing the Ctrlployment of a pei-son to prOcure information respetting the United States of America. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that whenever the , Noble Baron should bring forward his motion, he should be perleally ready to state the grounds on which he deemed it his duty to oppose the produc tion of those documents, aim to state such circum stances of the transadion as to induce him to form such a conclusion. He Cads ready to meet the Noble Baron on the subjed on any day ; to that specified he had no objeCtion, as there vas no intention of opposing the intended motion, of referring the Pe titipu9 of the Manuta&nrers to a Committee of the whole House. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. The Earl of LAUDERDALE, in reference to what the Noble Secretary of State had just intimated, said it would be desirable to know when it was meant the House should go into the Committee, what time Would be set aside for those proceedings ? Many of the petitioners came from different parts of the country ; they must be prepared against the time. They had other business to attend to, rind it would highly inconvenience them to experience un necessary delays. The Jiarl of : LIVERPOOL said, that with regard to the course of proceeding, every proper, attention should be paid to the pcpional accommodation of the individuals alluded to.—The inquiry should go on as long as their Lordships should think proper, and he thought a set number of days should be given up for the purpose. He had no objection to com mencing the inquiry on an early day, and that Thurs day next would not be an improper time for the commencement. IRISH DISTILLERIES, &c: The Earl of DARNLEY, in adverting to the Bill for preventing Distillation from Grain, then before heir Lordships House, and repeating his regret the measure was not earlier recurred to, pointedly ob served, that on the day it was known to be the de termination of Government, the price of oats fell from sbs. to 28s. per barrel in the Dublin market. A conversation of considerable length ensued, in which the Earls of Limetick, Darnley, and Lander dale, were the principal speakers. The first-men. tinned Peer referred to' some detailed accounts in his hand, in support of his ,positions on a former evening, viz, that no appearance whatever of scar city existed, at least in certain parts of Ireland, Li merick in partictilar, where such a degree of plenty prevailed; as to admit of considerable exportations of -corn.from that port ; not only large exportations to Scotland especially, and to other parts of Ireland, but to Gibraltar and other places. The Earl of DARNLEY contended, that what was advanced by the Noble Earl, proving an abundant harvest, in a particular quarter, did not go to inva lidate what he had alleged respeeting general scar city and high prices. Eali of LAUDERDA LE argued that exporta tion was not a proof of great abundance; the gene ral stare of the prices was the true index of scarcity Or pieta y. The Elrl of L►MBRICK, in the course of a short explanDtion, observed, that his countrymen had not the same passion for oats as those of the No ble Earl. Lord HOLLAND, after shortly referring to the above subjeEt of conversation, inquired if it uas not the intention of the Noble Lord opposite to lay some information before the House relirive to the state of the Bank of Ireland, now they had thought proper to include that country- in the Bill which stood for discussion !hat evening ? Earl BATHURST reminded the Noble Biron, that the various papers before the House were laid on the table solely at the instance of the Noble Lord (Lord H.) at his side of the House. The Earl of LAUDERDALE was of opinion, that as Ministers thought proper to extend the 8111 to Ireland, the onus probandi as to expediency Jay with them. The E.wl of LIVERPOOL adverted to. the necei.- sity of the Bill being speedily enatied. He had no objection to the produ6tion of information, pro vided it were not called for in order to _delay the measure. After a few : words from Lord KING, and the Noble Secretary, ,in explanation, certain accounts respeding the issues, number, and amount of notes of the - Bank of Ireland, were ordered to lit: laid before the House: Some convrsalion then took place, principally between the Earls of Lauderda'e and Rosse, in which the subjed of the Irish Tobacco Duties Bill was re ferred to ; when Earl GREY begged leave to remind their Lord ships there was no question respeaing the Irish To bJeco Bill before the House. BANK OF ENGLAND. The Earl of LAUDERDALE, pursuant to notice ; rose to submit, he said, one of the most important topics to their Lordships consideration which ev,r engaged the attention of the British Legislature. rt referred in no small degree to a Bill then before their Lordships, which he deemed of such importance ; that the great question respecting the 'East India Company was in his mindarifliog, when compared tout. His Lordship then, in a speech of consider able length, adverted to the prominent parts of the history or the Balk of England from its first estaa blishrnent ; its various transadions, and occasional connthion, particularly of late years, e ith Govern , ment. its immense paper issues were, he said ; to be attributed many of the internal evils expert- , enced by the country, from which, and the encou rag,ement thereby afforded to the establishment and issue of paper by country bulks ; the exorbitant prices of Rrovisions in various parts of the country proceeded. The policy of . Government, with re• sped to that great compensation, was such as held out no prospect of its ever resuming cash payment.. He deprecated the various political and domest.c evils which he argued must arise from an excessive paper currency, which the bill alluded to would go to confirm and extend, by making Bank notes a le gal tender. The Noble Lord described the motion with which he meant to conclude, which was for a Committee of the whole House, to inquire into the present sale of the metallic and p iper currency throughout the kingdom, and into such changes as have taken, place in the n.tture of the transactions of the B ink of England, since the year 1797, and into the various prices of commodities, with a view to ascertain whether there existed a price in coin arid a price in paper, and whether the prices of com modities were not advanced in consequence ? He repeated, that•these important considerations called (or the most serious attention of their Lordships The distresses of the country were great, and itg general prospect alarming; and they were called upon, by every sense of feeling and duty, to in quite into the subject, with a view to ascertain the causes of such extensive evils, and with a view of endeavouring to remove them. His Lordship cod• eluded by moving for a Committee as above. Earl BATHURST observed, the greeter part, if not the whole of the ground on which the Noble Lord proceeded Was an assumption that there was not sufficient information to enable them to judge of the Bill now pending before the House, to which he had made such ample reference. Their Lot).- ships would recoiled the vast number of documents already -before theria, on the' motions of the Noble Earl himself, who, instead of moving for pipet after paper, might have ere now come tarward in this general wrong, and taken the sense of the House upon the proposition. To his mind, it did not ap pear that the Noble Lord had laid any ground whAtever for .the inquiry, and he must observe, his arguments instead of applying against the particular measure aimed at, were applicable in any manlier to a questioti.ot the continuance of the restriclions on the Bank. The proper course, he thought, would have been to move for a Committee in the first instance; but he could not conceive that the Noble Lord had made out any case fur the pre sent motion. The Marquis , of LANSDOWN supported the motion of his Noble Friend, on the ground that some limit should be fixed to the operation of a measure which he did not hesitate to call the greatest financial evil that had ever befallen the country. As to security against excessive issues by the Bank, which tie rur suit of their own interest afforded, it did not appear to him in any way satisfaatory ; for though the Batik would naturally enough abstain from such an ex cessive issue as must injure its credit, there were many degrees before it came to that extremity. By the present &It, an alteration Was made in the rela tion between the Bank of England and the country, . which rendered some additional regulations neces• saty, and- their Lordships should consider that the prerogative of the Crown, to stamp the value on the cut rent coin, was placed in the hands of the Bank of England, by the measure to which he alluded. He allowed that an immediate return to the old esta blished rule would not be advisable, but the present motion he thought necessary for the purposes of re gulation and controut. . Lord SIDIqOUTH maintained, that whatever the present relation between the Bank of England and the public was, it was precisely the same as had existed Irom the passing of the Restridtion Act in 1797. He denied that Bank notes were made a leg tender by the Bill, which only provided that they should prevent any person from being arrested. And, as to the alleged depreciatic;i, be contendeJ, that neither the existence of double prices, nor the augmentation of the price of commodities, was any proof of it. After some observations on the Bank of England as a Corporation, and on the propriety With which it had uniformly concluded itself, tn.