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and from Africa and the :Coral Altaic= Colonie3, the Export of Earthen-ware from Liverpool, of troad and Narrow ,Cloth from -the, West RidinP; cif "torkshire, the amount of Tonnag,e . of Vessels clep.reci outwards and inwards at Liverpool for a series of years, Bte. were ordered to be laid on the table. The various Orders of the Day were then post poned, and the following days of the next Week ; and the House resolved itself into the. Coinhi.ittee on the Orders in Council, and proeceiledi With the examination - of Avitnesses..z,—Adjourned to :Sa •trifd%y. Eitit:lTun.—ln the Advertisement which appeared in ow Taper of Monday last, for Sale of a Nei Lilco:ire of 100. per annum, the "foltowing was by mistake omitted :—" Apply, by letter. only, to Mrs. El. Eber, No. 32, Piccadilly, opposite the Green Park." MAILS. • .lanivtD-2. Dublin, 1 Watertord. Duty - 1 Cadiz, 1 Jersey, 1 Guernsey, I WaterfOrd. - • TH E SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS; FAL1. , 31 AUDEAT L 0 ND-0 N, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1812• DESTRUCTION OF A FRENCII SQUADRON ! . 'We have the satisfaction .of announcing the to tit destruction of the French squadron which has recently committed so many depredations', .es pecially on ,American vessels, " while Eng- I - lihmen were asleep in their ports." ThiS sqtradron, consisting of the Andromache and 4riadne, of 44 guns each, and 450 men, 'with ,the Nameluke brig,. of 48 pins and' 150 rnenovere in terepted by the .Northumberland, which had been stationed for that purpose, with the GrOwler gun brig, oif the port of L'Orient.. On the 22d inst. - they hove in , sight, when Captain liorHam, with that coolness, judgment, and intrepidity, which belong peculiarly to British Naval Officers, placed the NorthuMberland in the 'very mouth of the har bour {in which was a French 74 gun ship), within her own length of a reef of rocks, and within range of three heavy batteries.— The two frigates and the brig ran, with . all, sails set, within the - rocks and the shore, where they all grounded within two cables' length of the ilorthumberla . 4d, and in this situation she :poured upon them her broadsides,' till she had the satisfaction of seeing them all on fire, and witnessint their blowing -up with tremendous ex.- '.plr:sions, not a vestige of them remaining. All , thiS was effected with t 1 . 4-. loss only . of five sea /men killed, and twenty-four wounded. No definitive arrangement has yet been made re4ecting' the new Administration. Every hour is the parent of fresh reports upon this most interesting subject, which we think it quite unnecessary to repeat. We can only Fxpress our sincere hope, that the PRINCE REGENT will .not, from the. peculiar situation in. which 'be is placed, be under the necessity of calling to his Councils, .men, of whose recent conduct it is impossible that his Royal highness can ap prove, and who certainly do .. not possess the con fidence ot the country. A series of Moniteurs arrived last night, from wh.ch we have made some extracts. Sir VicARY GIBBS was this day sworn in one .of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in fie room of Mr. Jiy , tice LAWRENCE ) who retires • :on account of ilI-Leap: i. Yesterday, about eliven Q'elock, Earl MoIRA ( I ad an audience of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House, for a em - kiderable time. The Marquis WELLSLEY had also an audience of b;s Royal Highness. Yesterday, at twelVe o'clock, Lords SIDMOUTH, ELpot , T, WESTMORLAND, LIVERPOOL, ,MUL-7 GUIVE, MELVILLE; and BUGLIINORAMSUIRE, Mr. RYDER, &c. attended at Carlton Hous, and most of them had audiences of the. Prus c'E. • • 'The Dake of Yoptic. is expected in town this evening, and will hold? Military Levee to-mu:- low, a%. Lis Office in the Horse Guards. The Princess CtiLitiLoTTE of is expected to be present at the l nstallation of the Knights of the 1-.:ath, next Monday, in Westniinster Abbey: The Archbishop of CANTERBURY gave his. An nual, Grand Lntertainmcnt yesterday, at Lambeth Palace, to the Stewards of the Sons of the . Clergy. Among 'whom were,. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, the LORD 11"‘ - yon., the SHERIFFS,• Lords IIENLEY and EAR - 131,1:Y, the RECORDER, Aldergaall Sir C. }LOWER, &C. ' , Sunday last, being Trinity Sunday, the Bishop rf LITCHFIELD admitted, fourteen Graduates to OrdUrs, Eccleshall, which is a greater Ti umber than he has admitted on that day for some Ihe Duke of BuccLhuon gave a grand dinner yesterday, at I►is house in Hill-street, Berkeley- The Earl of GRosvENoa , gave a grand dinner 'yesterday, at Grosvenor House, near Park-lane. Lady BltooKE entertained a few fashionables vesterdqy, her house in Grosvenor-place. Lord DuNDA's had a dinner party yesterday,sal hi: Louse in Arlington-street, Piccadilly. Lady BZAUCHAMP had a splendid rout a few evenings since, at her house in ,St_ James's square, which was brilliantly illuminated by se veral very; beautiful chandeliers of cut-glaSs, and quite in the modern taste. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, :NIAY 27.—Arrived last ;Hight in Cawsand Bay the Nortlaptberland, of 74 guns, Capt. HoTnAm, from a cruize off L'Orient, where, On the 221:11.instant, she fell in with the French squadron of two frigates and a brig, the Adrian and Afromache, of ,44 guns and 450* men each, and the illeone/ukel of : 18„ guns and 150 men, on their return from the West Indies, • and the same iqiich have captured and destroyed - ,, during their cruize, so many British and Foreign mer-, chantnien. •They were met wish by the Northumberland, on their endeavouring to enter the harbour of L'Orient, between Point Grou and the Main 3- and. after .a short, but sharp action, the whole of them were driven on shore . 3 soon aftei• which, the two frigates were discovered to be on fire, add in' a• short time afterwards, they both blew up with tremendons . explosions.: The brig fell over on her beam ends and filled. During the action the , Northumberland was fired upon with showers of. shots .and shells from four batteries that were playing upon her at the same time, but as soon as the frigates blew up the batteries ceased firing. Durin2; this sharp Conflict the Northumberland had five men killed and twenty wounded. The Growler gun-brig arrived in time to bear k part in the action, in which the gallant conduct of her Officers and crew were most conspicuous. Sailed the. Niemen frigate, Captain Pyin, on a cruize to the Westward. Arrived the Thetis, M 4 Lea, Master, 'from 'Ja maica, bound to London, laden with rum, &c. came a running ship, 50 days passage. Sailed the Bulwark, of 74 guns, to the West ward; and Meteor bomb to the Eastward. DEAL MAY 28.—Came down from the River the George, Hague, for the Brazils. Sailed this morning, without convoy, the Lada- ' line, for Hayti. The outward-bound are all preparing to sail under convoy of the Speculator lugg6.. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 28. Sailed his Majesty's ship Brisk, with a convoy for Cork and the inter ruepiate ports in the Channel. COVE OF CORK, MAY 22.—His Majesty's ship Sybille, Capt. Upton, arrived on Wednesday evening from a cruize. She brings nothing new. His Majesty's ship Mutine, Capt. Dc Courcy, has a signal flying for Lisbon, and takes out under convoy the transports with the 38th Regiment of Foot, expected to embark to-day. The Helena sloop of war, Capt. Montressor, is - expected every day from Plymouth, to resume her station. LIVERPOOL, INT:ty 27.—The. Lady Madison has just arrived front. New-York, which place she left on the 3d instant : she brings an account of the death of the Vice-President CLINTOg. It also appears that Mr. LOWNDES has declined. calling !ip the Bill to permit the exportation of goods 'from Great Britain under certain circumstances, and no expectation was entertained of its being taken up by any other Member. NAVAL ..,i APPOINTMENTS. —vice-Admiral Martin is appointed ComMander in Chief at LiShan, in the room of the Hon. 'Admiral Berkeley. He hoist his flag in the Ins petneuk, Captain Inglis. Lieut. W, R. ughes, to the Uni corn, at Plymouth. Mr. W. J. Scudemor , Midshipman, is promoted to the rank of Lienterkant. Lient. H. Jewrey, to the Jasper sloop. The. Rev. E. 11Iangin, to be Chaplain of the Gloucester, of 74 guns, at Chatham. , .Mr.-J,Ross, to be Purser of the ship Nymplie, at Portsmouth. Lieut. A. Wells, to the N y mphe of 18 guns, fitting at Ports Mouth. Lieut. .1. Lindsay (2), to the Coquette sloop. Lieutenant Grove to the Primrose, in the D.iwns. Mr. T. Iteed, Purser to the Pene lope, to Purser of the Nyniphen. Mr: S. Itickard, to be Pur ser of the Conquestador, of 74 guns. Mr. T. Crisppe,.to be Purser of the Temeraire, of 74 guns. Messrs. NV . Robins, H. Bell, W. B. Weeks; H. Pengelly, and Mr. A. Corry, Mid shipmen, promoted to the rank of Lieutenants. . SCHELDT FLEET.—Th ships in theScheldt following are the French Charlemagne ... 74 guns Bellier Dalmatia .. . .74 Duguerlier . . Commerce de Lynn 74 Ca:sar L'Auverseti .. . Albanois Pultpsh Dant4c .. . The two last ships of the line .are manned-by Danes. There are also down at Antworp. "two fri gates, two Dutch corvettes, four gun-boats, with six 24-pounders each, besides small craft..' The flag of Rear-Admiral L'lleuceitt is , -flying in one 9f,them, and Admiral Missiessi in another. The Captains' names are—Courand, Williainmy, Ca lune, Cocoleur, Cuebue, and Moras: ' Our last letters from Lisbon state, that a party of Spanish cavalry fell in with a strong body of French, escorting a considerable quantity of Cla ret and Burgundy for King Joseph, at Madrid : a seizure of it was made after a smart skirmish, and being taken to the Spanish head-quarters, 1500 bottles of it were immediately sent off as a pre sent to Lord Wellington, and another portion to his Lordship's Staff. EDINBURGH, MAY 24,—0n Saturday last Charles Oliver, William Oliver, Mungo Oliver, • and Henry Baird, prisoners in the jail of this city, accused of being along with some of those concerned in the riots, which -took place in the streets of this city, on the night of the 31st December and Ist January last enacted themselves to leave this city and liberties for three years. riiLiV CJi r.lr4: WIIRTSBURGII, MAY 15.—0 n the 13th we had the happiness of seeing their Majesties arrive at half past five - ti the evening 3'-the following morn ing, at half past eight, they continued their JOurney. PETERSBURGIT, APRIL 24.—His Majesty_ left thin capital on the 21st,•at half past two in the af ternoon. ..• WARSAW, MAY B.—The head-quarters of the. Ring of Westphalia are now established here. BERLIN, MAY 12.—The Emperor of Russia bas, it is 'said, arrived at' `clan. . . LUGNITZ, AttY 8.--:-According to the latest in telligence, the 4th Corps d'Arinee, under tli* Duke of Abrantes; which was cantoued in _the circles'of our department, have received orders to immediately set .out, 'and" continue its march, through our Duchy, towards its ulterior destina tion, in consequence of which_all, the troops -put themselves in motion:" On the 12th we expect here twelve thousand men of the French Imperial . Guard, who are going to the neighbourhood of Glogau : they: witl be followed by fourteen thou sand of the Guards, who are proceeding from Spain, and are to arrive at Dresden on the 18th or 20th of May. LOUISBOURGH, MAY 15.—1 t is expected the Emperor and Empress of France will to-day ar rive at Dresden. FURTHER EXTRACTS. NAPLES, MAY 1 Field Marshal Pignatelli Strongole has,been appointed Aid-dc-Camp to his Majesty. PARIS, MAY 23.--Two vessels laden with grain have entered the Port of Toulon, near which, on the 13th, the signal was made for an enemy's ship of the line and three frigates. BERLIN, MAY The day before yesterday the Marshal Duke of Belluno, the Marshal Duke of Tariente, as well as the Gerteral of Division Baron Durutte,' Governor of this city, went to Potsdam, where they had the honofir of beidg presented to his Majesty, and dining with him at Sans Souci. General Count de Narbonne, Aid de-Camp to his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, who was charged With a letter from his Imperia Majesty to our Sovereign, set out for Kusfrin, after a residence of three weeks in this city. PETERSBURG, APRIL 23.—Yesterday his Ma jesty the Emperor left this place, after having assisted at service in the cathedral. VENICE, MAY 4.—The works for constructing a free port in Isle St. George are pursued with activity. In the vicinity of Ancona, a consideiable ma gazine of colonial products, such as sugar, coffee, cocoa, pepper, &c. hts been discovered, these goods were concealed in vessels with false bot toms, on the upper of which, only salt was to be seen. Government will very severely punish the guilty, to prevent similar frauds. BAIsIBERG, MAY 14.—Their Majesties the Ern-' peror and Empress of France arrived in this town from \Vurtzburgh, at three o'clock in the after noon. ►Whilst they changed horses, which only took three or four minutes, their Majesties entered into conversation, in the most afible manner, with their Highnesses Duke William and Prince of Bavaria, and several times•.bowed to the people, who had assembled, and cried " Long live the Emperor," " Long live the Empress." We were delighted at seeing their Majesties enjoyed excel lent health ; that of his Majesty appeared-even better than it was five years ago, when he passed through this town. A triumphal arch of flowers was let down up on the illustrious travellers, upon which was a representation of the battle of Austerlitz, with these words, " Long live Napoleon . the 'Great, the Genius of Europe, &c. God accompany you and preserve your precious ,days crowned with victory ; it is the object of our wishes." Their Majesties passed the night at Bareuth, and will to-inorrow proceed to Dresden. From Bareuth toDresden is •reckoned 26 German miles; or .between 44 and 45 French leagues. ' • PARTS, MAY 21.—0 n the Bth inst. "the Prince Viceroy al of Italy arrived at Dyesden at 4, in the afternoon. Some hours afterwards the ;Prince went in one of the court carriages. to Polnitz, where he passed the ,night. On the 9th inst. he: returned to Dresden, and at noon left it for Glog,aU and Thorn. MADRID; MAY 4. 7 =Yesterday his I\ kjesty pre sided at a Council of Ministers. Ile has made several military promotions. By a Decree of the 29th April, the CoUnseilor of State, D. Bias (lc! Aranza, was named Presi dent of the Commission for the liquidation of the Public Debt, in place of the State Counsellor Santiago Ramiro, deceased. RENNES, MAY 23.—The imperial Decree issued at St. Cloud the Bth lust. to determine the,price of grain, has been posted to-day, with a decree of the Prefect of the department, which prescribes the hectolitre at =ieing sold for more than 33 francs. This news has caused the most lively satisfaction, as before this decree grain was sold at 65 francs the hectolitre. VALII. 4 ..ILS IIV (Ai U NCIL. The-e has been so much mistake, mitconcep• tion, and misreprz....Famtation upon this subject, , that we avail ourselves of an article which ap; peared lathe last number of The Quarterly Review; a work distinguished for learning, judgment, and true constitutional principles. - This article treats i. the subject in question in so able a manner, and takes so comprehensive a vi.:.'w of it, in all its bear- ~ z., in ga a*...1 relations, that we are persuaded it will afford satisfaction satisfaction to our Readers in general, and. excite conviction in all minds, that are exempt - from the bias of Party, as to the policy of thosei measures which have been so violently condemn e d' , by ignorance and obstinacy, and which were not- 1 only strictly justifiable as measures' of -retaliation, but, absolutely necessary for a due support' of our national character, •as well as of our commercial interests.. The article which follows, is a revievi of sonic pamphlets, to which the subkethas"given occasion. In the message of the President of the United States, Communicated to Congress on the sth of November last, Mr. .Madison concludes a long string of complaints against Great Britain, with a recommendation that they should assume ".ao. armour and an attitude demanded by the, crisis..* Whether any or - all 'of these complaints, are well or ill grounded, one thing at least must be quito obvious to those who have paid any attention t 7 .the proceedings of the Ainerican GoVernment, namely, that, ever since the accession of that stout republican and, stern philosppher. of .the new school, Thomas Jefferson, there has existed s strong disposition on the part of the ,American Executive to quarrel with Great Britain tb seize every occasion of exciting a hostilefeeling between two nations, whOm their relation to each other io point of origin, of language, and of habits, to say , nothing of common intOest, ought to predispose to amicable intercourse,.,and mulual good will; and whom it is equally obvious that it is theinte-' , rest,of France to disunite And to array against each ; ' other. Of the origin of this spirit in the American Go - - vernment, we shall sa y a • few words hereafter. At present it will be our btisinessto,examine'into the truth of the allegations of the President's' mcF-- sage, anti the object of those menaces lierd fdrtEi in the report of the Col unittee; to whom. that part of it relating to foreign affairs was referred, se ting aside some points of minor importance, tLt wrongs complained of by Mr. Madison may, we conceive; be comprehended under the threci fcl lo heads : .1, The assumption of new principles of bloc4" - ade, and,, on the part of Great Britain, the rigor", ous execution of certain Orders in Connell, in vi"- olation of neutral -commerce and neutral rights, 2. The right of search claimed by .Great Bri" tain, and the wrongs sustained by America in . .tbe execution of it. 3. The impressment of American seamen. The first point, however, it would seem, e'X' braces the heayieSt of their grievances. The rat:. ber .of the Senate who brings up the report of the Committee, is stated to say that, in the opioiolk of the Committee, the Orders in Council Wero, themselves a sufficient cause of war ;" that I.tfi" tish encroachments were such as to demand wart as the only alternative to obtain justre'e.;" JL that " it-was the determination of the Counnittee to recommend open war to the utmost energies of the nation." • The report; to be sure, is sufflcientlr warlike- It states -- that « France, availing herself of the proffers Made equally to her s nerny by the Non importation. Law of May; 1810, announced the repeal, on:the Ist of the following. November, of the Decrees of Berlin and Milan •" and that in consequence thereof, " it was confidently e x pect' that this act, on.the part of France, would have been immediately followed by a revocation, on CO jinrt of Great - Britain, of her Orders in Council but that "in this reasonable expectation thej. were disappointed" and it goes, on to say, " it affords a subject of Sincere congratulation' to be informed, through the official organs of the Go" Vernment, that-those decrees are, so far least as our rights are concerned, really and practically at an end." The. President, however, in his mes sage, not -venturing to go the wholelength of tbi s ' assertion, expresses only a "hope that the mecca" sive Confirme t tions of the extinction of the French decrees, so far as they violated the neutral corn" coerce of the. United States, would have i:aduced the Goverlment of Great Britain to repeal her Orders in Council." , The " hope" and the " eiPectation" held out by the President and his‘Coriunitt;..e, would hav e been" reasonable" enough, prcvided the grounds of them had been true. But Mr. Madison knell' perfectly v ell; 37nd Lis Committee knew also, if they knew any thing of the subject, that daring the si;lole of last summer French privateers, ill