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to give an opinion on maritime matters, where he could not be admitted to the Board. Parliament therefore, under such circumstances, was the only piace'where a Member could express his opinions. . After a desultory conversation, Mr. BANKES asked woe questions relative to situations in the Ordnance Department, as far as they regarded the Report of the Finance Committee. Mr% WARP said, that there - were several thing ti►at he might as well have stated before; but after what the Hod. Member lead said, he must observe, -that there 'wire some things in the Report of the Committee in which he concurred ; some which :were doubtfc/ ; "and some, in which he differed• en tirely frorn't he report. The recommendation of the -suppression of one of the •Secretaryships to the M ester-General was unfounded on any grounds of propriety. He admitted, however, that, for a time, Sir William Bellenden held it as a sinecure. The report was made in 1,8 to. What the- office em - fitments then amounted to, he could not tell:' but, he could say, that it was not now, what it was called, a private Secretaryship to the Mas ter-General. All the war department was undcr the Master, and the civil, and finance depart ments Were managed by the Board, Which had also two chief clerks, and the correspondence was managed between the respedlive clerks or Secre. taries. He should be the very first witness to the constant occupation of the Master-General's Secre taricit, if he might use that word ; for it was not more than filled up by two Gentlemen. The first Secretary -had not for a year past been absent for more than tweu:y-four hours,, unless the other Se cretary was at business. Prequently from ten or eleven in the morning, till eight at night, he had been employed in the Master44eneral'S correspond ence. He, therefore thought, .that in that recoil, ' men . dation, the Commissioners were wrong. Alter ,a few observations from different Members, the re solutions were agreed to, and the report was ordered -to be received to-morrow. CAI I iIOLIC QU,ESTION. Air. FREMANTLE rose, and stated, that in the absence -01 . an Hon. Gentleman, he proposed to postpone the motion relative to the Catholics of Ire land to the 14th of April next. The Cn - Ascr.r.t.ou of the Exencatren .then rose end said, that upon a question of so, great importance to the empire at large, he had already thought it his .duty,to give notice of hi 3 intention to move for a Call 'of the Hoese„in order that there might be as large an _ Assembly as possible of the Members, to discuss and decide on thatsubjett He was aware that It had been stated, that this motion would meet with the _general, if not the unanimous support of the court -try ; but he remained of the same opinion which he had before entertained and expressed,. that those who indulged in such sentiments were deceived. The .more and the deeper he could look into the opinions and feelings of the majority of the people of this.tountry, who ought not to, be misled on this subject, the 'more he Wa3 convinced that the mea surepooosed was one which would, in all its stages, meet with their disapprObaiion. _ He hid no objec tion to accede to the proposed postponement; but if the discussion were fixed - for the 14th, he should content- himself with giving -notice, that he should move the call of the House on Monday, the 13th of April. Mr WHITBREAD said, that he Was as anxious as a! y Member, that on the approaching discussion, there should be as full a House as possible. So fat for proposal (or a call had his perfect assent. He was not at all surprised at the conduct of the y.ight Honourable Gentlentan in the notice, hodiad given; for if any thing could mislead the people of Eng- land on ,this subject, they would be misled by his measures: By the sokmnity with - i.vhich the Right - HotaGe‘,t. had given his notice, and the Observations v►i.h which be lead accompanitd it, it appeared clear to him (Mr. \V.). that the whole influence of the Exr_TutiveGoveroment of the country was to be em ti yed, tor the purpose of -opposing the claims of the Roman (~:.itholic Petitioners of Ireland. From what had passed that n;ght, he could also under s.and, that in the app:ications made under the ad . - viee the , Right Hon. Gentleman, to those who. ou fundamental and vital principles opposed to i.is , ystem of Government, that . Right -Hon.: Gentlemou supposed that those persons to whom that apvlication was made might have acceded to• it, though 'he (Mr. W.) was well convinced, that they .ytopld rather do anything,--that they would sooner der, than sacrifice their duty and their 'prin ciples, to join and support that Bight Hon. Gentle man's system of administration. The Call was th n ,fixed for the 13th of April. The Mutiny 13111 went through the Committee, was reported, and ordered to be read the third time to-morrow. The I-Joust! then went through the Committee on thrl. 1„ and. the other orders were d si o•ed of.---Adjourued. MAILS. ;01?. Ft IV ID-1 Dublin. Dug-i. Malta, i Guernsey, i jer :.q, I Brazils, t Waterford. OF STOCKS. THIS DAY AT TWZA.VIIO I CLOCK. . 6o 5 per Cent. -9:"; 9 s . . . . . Consols. Consuls. THE S UN. 19LLN1 caLTIS pICIRL- FAL—SUM AUDLC.7 ? L '0 IV D , TUESDAY, MAP,CH 10, 1812. The last accounts,from America have assumed a mote pacific tone than usual. Finding that Great Britain was,not to be bullied out of her most essen tial and indisputable rights, the Ameritan Govern silent will possibly consider a lit.tle coolly the proba, We effects of a war with Great.Blitain befo,e it com-; ruencts the contest. It is stated that the negocia; lion between Mr, fosTER and Mr. MONROE is cirri,ed on with great atiivity, and there are grounds to hope. i thit the differences betwe►n the two countries will be arranged on terms consistent with' BIIa'ILY. On the 29th .of •December,, the Lath ,- of - Williant Green, Esq. of tite Island Un Friday last, in Dean-street, l'ork lan:, the Lady of . William Hamilton, rsq. of a D:nitzliter AI4RRIkO On the 7th inst. John Vctat the youn?.er,,of italythorsa. bank, 1 - I.a(fdingtonshire, M 1,) to 11...nrietta Maria Grant,, eldest 'daughter . of Sir Alexander Gfant, Bast, of Bakei. street. , , On Saturday, by special license, at the Earl of Povvis's.. in Berkeley square, the Hon, Mr. Eliot, brother to Loni 1.4t0t, to it liss Robinson, da:og,hter of Getti'rai kohinsort.' - Yesterday, at North Mii t is, Ilettturdshire, Who . Prnent Anderson, Lsq of s•reet, Sp,iug gas:lens, to • Nlary If tnnah, eld:st daughter of Justinial Caainajor, Esq. of Potterolls, in the- Cotrity. D ii . 1 ) . - - On Friday last, i.-.t his lousy ' in Wit.chester.pl a c e , l' ca , tonville, Ann Wheel wriglit:‘i)nly daughter of Mr. Pell, of llow-lan, Cheapsitte, •SuliLitur, in itie, 14th }ear of her age : , _ _ ._, On Sunday, at his house in Cavendish.square, after an illness of only three days. Sir ‘Villiim Land! qn, Bait. Early the same morning; .Mrs. Sarah Conmp, wife of Newell . Connop, Esq. i,t Minims, hnfi,:4l. COXL 1146.4ceit Ships at Markel. Ships sold. Price, 491" Newcastle . • . 351 . 391. od., to 525. 6,1. 4 .§tiocitirland . . 4 . (A. to 433'. o PRICE' UP YE-STY,' S r(iCKS it?AY. Plank Stick, r6s. ics. pr. Nav; •••• ner Cent 93.; Exyheq. Bills, 34. per day s 4 per,Cent. shut %•, 2s. pr.-3il, p i er dab js. ; per ent. Reti. shuj zs. pr. 3 per Cent. Ccns. 60 n Ornnium, 3 3 dis. 10nk.1,. Ann. shut 'lmperial 3 per Cent. 5.9 In~Pi~ Stock,-• Cons., for ruilt Apr: (o HIGH WADE R AT t.ol . 4otrN DGE To-mon:- now. Nlorning, 25 min. after tz. y livening, 52 min. atter LONDON: Printed by 110 MAS WOOD, of No. 35, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden; and Published by WI! LIANI- A EMIG ER SCRIPPS, South Molton-strut, Gr)svePor-square, At the SUN OkVICE, No , ne, Strand, where Advertisements, Orders 'for the Paper, Leiters for the. Editor, &c. (post-paid), trust be addressed. the honour and interests of Great f 3. itain. Th. 6 'Public will, we are inclined to believe, have shortly another instance of the sagacity of these States men who have been clamouring for an -uncon- ditional surrender of our rights to America, as the only means of averting a war. titre have received letters from Gibraltar, to the . `2oth ult, mentioning the return of the Ric!mond, gun-vessel, Lieutenant BARTHOLOMEW, from a cruize. It was on the sth of February the Rich mond gave Chace to a large . .Ftench .privateer, as _we mentioned yesterday, and succeeded in bling .ing her to action. The engageMent is repre sented as having bee well contested on both sides, And ended.in the crew of the privateer escaping in their boats, but previously setting the vessel on fire. In this situation she was taken possession of, and every possible attempt made to subdue the con flagration, but without success. The flames in creasing with great rapidity, the privateer was aban doned, and in about ten rninutei blew up. She was called the Larepide, belonging to Malaga, a fine vessel, sailed remarkably, fast, mounted eighteen long twelve-pounders, had 180 men on board, and was prepared for a long cruize. The privateer had • sailed only six days from Malaga, had captured eight vessels, which were burnt, after taking . out the cargoes, and sending their crews on shore. The de.. ,predations committed by this privateer have been' long felt at Gibraltar, .where her destruoion has given universal tatisfaaion ; and it is-not a little sin- guldr, that ; she had once been fitted out, it seerns for the purpose of sApturing the Richmond, which, we are happy to .state, had nut a man killed wounded in 014 giliant affair. . The York,. 74, had arrived at Gibraltar, and ova to sail on the 29d ult, for Portonouth. WINDSOR; MARCH 9.—The Doke nf• CAM LRIDGE arrived yesterday on a visit to the QUEEN and PRINCESSES. This morning Piincesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA :ook an airing on horseback. Yesterday the Lotto CHANCELLOR, the Marquii of WINCHESTER, and Earl CHOLMONDELEY had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House. Lord CAsmEnuAGn still give his first Cabine dinner to-rnorrow; at his house in St. Janies's square, Tlie Marquis of WINCHESTER, the new Groom o the Stole, is the premier Marquis of England, which peerage descended to him on the demise of the last Dike of BOLTON, he is a Nobleman of great respecia bili ty and faihiou. His Lordship was for some years an Officer in the Guards, and the appointment does great credit to 1112 liberality and discrimination of PRINCE REGENT. The National fatal, gencer American piper of the 6th contains the following articles : The House of Representatives yesterday negatived, on its third reading, the for classifyingaod arm ing the Militia of the United States, by'a majority of three votes. Tne'details and principlo of this pdi (Ave been debated for some days; and the day before it was rtjeeted, there was a majority of three in fa vour of its pssqge to a third reading. WASHINGTON, FEB. 6.—Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Mluary Affairs, reported a BFII . for detaching 100,000 o the militia. The Bill autho rizing the President to call for the whole or a part, Who are to be ready at a moment's warning, for a term not exceeding six months; if called into ser vice, the pay and rations are to be similar to those . ort he regular' army, and appropriates one , million of dollars. - Twice read, and referred to the Commlttee of the wli&e. • The American Papers abound with accounts of the • recent trerriendous earthquakes -tvhich had taken place in North America. Several islands in the Mississipi had disappeared. The banks on both sides had failed in to a ptodigious extent, and at one place about 300 acres of a solid body. The shocks lasted about 12 days, with intervals of 15 and 20' rbioutes. DUBLIN, MARCH a Meeting of the Cat ho lic Board, held on Wednesday; tile Earl of Fingal as Chairman, nod Mr. Hay as Secretaorto the pulation to present an Address to the Prince Regent, - were elected by; acclamation, and the following Noblemen and Gentlemen Were chosen by ballot The Earl' of Shrewsbury ; the Earl of Kenmare; the Viscount . Gormanstown ; 'the Viscount Sotit well ; the Lord Killren ; the Hon. Thomas Bartle ; the HOn. Charles ,Ftrench ; Sir Thomas Esmond, Bart;; Sir lidward Belle*, Bart. ; Sir • Francis Goold, Bart. ; George Bryan, Jenk;ns town ; Owen O'Connor, Bs.lanagar ; John Burke, Glinske ; W. G. Bagot, ' Castle= Bagot ; Ran dal 'M'Donnell, Dublin ; Thomas Wyse Manor, Waterford ; John Lalor, Cranagh ; Miles M'Don nell, London; General O'Ferral, Am'lrose ; Peter Bodkin Hickey, Dingle, Dominick W. 0:11, e illey," Kildorgan Castle.---Thatin Evening Post. . , norm. ACADEMY.—TbC Stlbjc'a of the fourth Lecture, delivered by Mr. FLAXMAN, related to the Science employed: by the Ape ems, in the Arts of Des;gn„particularly Sculpture. In . an examination of Anatomical History and Demonstration, it was shewn that the Painter and Sculptor were oblYassist ed by enumerations of bones, and very general classi fication of muscles and bones together, by the'Ana tomists., .from HIPPOCAATES to I.IOFuS EPHESILIS, and that the Artists perfetc.ted, then own studies by the diligent imitation of Nature. The application of Geornetiy and Numbers was then shewn, ac cording to PAiIPHILI.ItL, the Macedonian Painter, in the balance, action, and properties of the figure.---- The Professor illustrated this part of his subject by drawings of figureS in a.Valicty of action, standing, running, • leaping, , 'ducking, bearing a weight,: rising and falling. The whole, as usital, evith'ed taste, judgment, learning, and reflection, NAVAL. NEWS, -POkTSMOUTII, MARCH 9.---Sailed the Illairibr, Cressy, and Fisgard, for off clirr6b4Ur g : The, lira• zard, for NeWfoundland, with a convoy. Arrived the Volage store-ship, Sera pis . and Lafingtre froth the eastward. List and West Indiamen are coming up very fast all day. DIAL, Mallon O.—Sailed last -evening, after Post, the whole of the •Outwarci-bound merchant men, coasters,. and.solhers, under convoy .of his Majesty's ,ships' Barbara and- loyalis-t, for Ports: mouth. Came down from the River and passed the Downs the .eirencester and illnwick Castle ; East Indiamen, for China. Arrived ,his . Majesty's ship Marli)orough from Portsmouth. YARMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Sailed his ,Majesty's ship Blazer for 1 - 11ig,oland. , , FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Arrived the I?egent,and Malilda transports from Portsmouth, bound to Nialta : they left the fleet yesterday morninihe tween the j Lizard and Sally. Sailed Ins Alajesty' ship Rapid to thq.Eastward; with several inert:halal - nen and coasters. The following packeis are in the Ro.ids, wind bound :—Princeys, Elizabeth, Kinn, .for Lisbon ; Dispatch, KIRKN ESi, f , r M4ra ;. and the ildven tip e, SAMFsoN, for the Brazils. DR. DAK'S LECTURES 4 T THE liOYzIL N6717' V / , „ LECTURE VII. Mr. Davy took a view of the opinions of the an cients revealing the elements of matter, which they into air, water, earth, and fire. Thales, and sonie of the Em titian and Asiatic philosophers, ac customed to observe the vivifying effects of water on vegetation, in watm climates, were .Ivd to consiitr it as the first principle of things. • Others adopted a system of elementary atoms, of .various shves, not different, he otmerved, from the modern doarine of the prioritize molecules, from which (Weren't crys tallized suhstances are formed. In modcrn chemis- Tistry, those substances are considered as elemen- . _ tary . Which have, not been decompouuded by any known processesof nature or art. In submitting sub stances to chemical analysis, it. is not sufficient to observe• that, they remain apparently unchanged; v,e must also. ascertain whether . they have lost or g tined any. weight . during the process.. Want of attention to this circumstance ,occasioned great er rors in the conclusions of former chemis:s, and it is only during the present century that accurate modes of analysis have been employed, founded on princi ples of definite quantities, and- submitted to stria rules of calculation. . Water unites .with, and dif fuses itself through, all gaseous fluids, which do not absoi b. it rapidly ; hence it becomes a matter of im portance to ascertain the quantity of aqueous vapour in different gasses, which, he said, was nearly one, 30th part of their volume, at the temperature of 60 Fahrenheit. Besides this aqueous vapour in gasses, there is also a certain portion •of water chemically combined with the acids of acid gas,es, and though the existence of this combined water had been de nied by Mr. Dalton, and_ MesSr% Guy-Busac, and Thenard, he said it mght be proved by condensing twariatie acid gas by the aaion of ice on the surface of the ve3sel, which produced a vapour, or drops; visible on the side!. We cannot avoid remarking, that the coudensatinn of muriatio acid gas from' a_ gaspous to a fluid form, has been efleiited by"e chanical compresiion in the exp;:riment of Mr. Northmore, but this experiment does nut imply the existence of combined water in the acid. In all those experimettif on chlorine, or oxymuriatic acid gas, 'in which oxygen is separated: and.mm iatic acid . formed, Mr. Davy said the oxygen was formed' from the decomposed of the combined water, and the hydrogen, uniting with chlorine, formed the Mu riatic acid. Ox - ygen . gas, Mr. Davy said, when comb;ned with some substances, during' compustion, formed peculiar acids; but, when cumbined With other substances, it formed :alkalies, of which .he exhibted instances in the combustion of potassium, which forms the vegetable alkali for potass. The presence -of oxygen is not oecessary, in all cases, to combustion, the metals arsenic and potassium, will combine in vacuo by. the,heat of a spirit lamp, and give out brilliant light during their combination.— An important inquiry has been started—ln what manner is the oxygen of the atmosphere supplied Which is destroyed by the respiration of animals and other processes of nature ?—Mr. Davy said that he considered it as one of lite must important - and use ful of Dr. Priestley'" discoveries that vegetables de compose cal bottle acid gas, and give out oxygen to the atmosphere. , An attempt has recently been made to overturn this dodrioe, but the arguments brought against it were inconclusive, and founded, be conceived, on' inaccurate Observations, made on too limited a scale to be a standard for the great ope rations of .nature. Nealthy i plants supply, oxygen, but decayed leaves or diseased spots in plants give oat-carbonic scid gas. The oxygen supplied by ve getables, he considered as sufficient for the constant: support of animal life, and the carbonic acid pro duced by animal respiration, wa3 essential to the support of vegetable life. The enlarged views which thiS•discovery unfolds of the conne4i,pri of the uitre rent departments of nature, and their nutual de pendence on each other, presents us with the most impressive proofs of the .wisd o m an d d es i gn with which the whole system is arranged. BREAD.,—There •was no Court of Aldermen to day. The Lord-1141!yor, Miter inspting Ole re turns, ordered it to. rise 2d. per peck. ,Qiiartern loaf 17d. PO' gni IMPROMPTU, Obi AN 01"?()SITF.ON FA3LE. The Writers of Party, in verse and in prose,. Alike are consistent in.plan, And, in spkcen, Which their judgment and policy stews: Send a tiare to make love.to a Swan !' Allowing the story, it slivAt, of the Pen That things, be.sidc mgr; know the use, And 'iis fair to conclude that the Fabulist, then, is surely some silly old Coore, "' But where is the tvonde.r, the people may cry, Rare unions appear cv'ry day , And'nought ca 6 surprize, when we sec a dose tit Is furm'cl 'twixt a GRENVILLL and Ciax*- 1 . T. The public- are inctobtel for tffe following au' (Me'to diltllol of the admit - ablt. Poem ;11 4 tilled TALAVERA. WAR SQNG, WRITTEN 1803. Wave, wave, the banners of the fight ; "Be cv'ry,hreast in z:rtnour tli t ;ht, And cv't.i soul on Are! • To , tremblittz, Europe's fr4;htetl eyes Trd let the Sun trf battle rise ; And 610,K1y he the morning skies - That hiing the day ofi re ! WhOSt . iTepIOUS voice his dark cam; • Wakes the. , Destroyer of the brave , • %Vitro hand prepate. , their tomb 2 - • 'Tis Fle, Ambition's p:rjur-,1 sprite;' • 'Ti; He that waves the flags of light, 'Tis He, in clouds of deadliest night, Who weaves the warrior's doom. Weep, weep, ye gentle dames of France, Ye, whose devOted Sons advance • To Britain's fatal shore - () ! kiss their lips bef o re ye'part _ • O ! press - them to your bursting heart-, Save in.a dream's convulAve start Ye'ne'er shall clasp them more. AredSe, arouse, ye British dames, With words of fire, the patriot flames That burn 'for glorious deed. For hint that lives, the rapturd:eye 01 Love shall dance ! for those who die, Their Ladies' tears, their Country's sigh, Shall be the sacred meed POLICE. GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday JamekTailor, a very firm boy about 16 years nld;. was brought before the Sit ting Alderman (Sir W. CURTIS, Bart.) charged by his master, Mr. Philips, a bookbinder, in Aldgate, : - with various offences, in having written several anonymods'threalening Irtter's, particularly a letter clireeted tonne Murphy, stating that Philips was an avowed enemy of his, and all his Countrymen (It ish men.), and directing him to come with a gang, upon a certain night, and set fire to Philips's house, for which he and all 'his companions should be libe rally rewarded ; the letter concluded with a list of subscriptions pretended to be entered into for that puPdose, with the initials of the names of the sup posed subscribers. Ot her letters were produced, dire&ed to Force re spea.ible booksellers in Paternoster-row, ;who wire' to the habit 'of employing Phill i ps, threatening for burn" their houses if they continued to employ Lim. He was also charged• with forging letters to persons at Stationers' Hall, and obtaining money from them under false pretences for returned Al manacks, It also appeared Mit he had been four years apprentice to Mr. Philips, and that his father' was a respectable carpenter at Dew ford.. In Ills defence he denied having written any of the letters. fie was remanded for further exami nation, • • PIi.EFERALENTX. The [lon. and Rev. R. L. t;topfind, 'M. A. of Christ . Church, Oxford, toa preb:ndal Mail in the fn!e. Chapel of Saint George, Windsor, vacant by the deccaseof fi.nt Rev. John Hallam , 9,1). The ReV. T. - SVhiphain, M. A. to the -vicarage of Kingsteignton, Devon, with Iley tvi. k Cha pel annexed, void by the death of the Rev. fir Jones. This ,kev. H. Barry, M. A. senior Fellow of the Michell Foun dation at Queen's'College, 0 x font, to the I<c:dory of tl pi,et Studamore, Wilts, Vacant by the decease of the V.ev. T. OvVen ; patrons, the Provost and Fellov.s at Queen's. Ihe Rev. C. Burne to. be to his Majesty's ship Te= rneraire.