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whether to the new or to the old ? 1 T -be CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that it. might be a question at some other period, whether at- their age it would not.be advisable to grant the Princesses separate establishments,, but he observed that that was not the question then before the House. Mr. WHITBREAb declared that the statement of, the Right Horn Gentleman rendered the attentive consideration of the. sutiject. more impottant than ever For what was Parliament about todu? To form - an establishment for her Majesty, on . tlre sup position that the Princesses were to_ live with her.— And uow the Right Hon. Gentleman canto forward and suggested the probability of a further and dis tinct arrangement on that subject. Was the provi sion in the Bill made with a view to the . Princesses remaining with her Majesty or trot ? In the one case it might be proper to vote 10,0001. in the other, very improper. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. . ORDERS IN COUNCIL. , Mr, BitotrobtAm again rose to give notice et a mo tion. Although the motion would be connected with America, it would not interfere with the exist ing negociation, and indeed would be made by him, although no such negociation existed. He gave no-. tice, that at an early period after the expiration of the Restrictions. on the Prince Regent, he.would move an humble Address to •his Royal Highness, praying that he would be graciously pleased to with.;. draw the Orders in Council. He would also move that the House should ,take into consideration the system of Trade Licenses. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The Estimates 'presented by Mr. Wharton, on Thuisday, having been referred to the Committee of Supply, the House resolved itself into the Com mittee. The sum of t2Sol. was voted to his Majesty to wards defraying the expences of Captain Manby's experiment for preserving, shipwrecked sailors from drowning; and the sum of 48991. towards the re pals of Henry V[l.'s Chapel. On the mgaion for granting . to his. Majesty the sum of 10,05:71. towards the eretlion, of a Bridge over the Eden, near Carlisle, • Sir J. NE V, FORT expressed his wish to have some information on the subjr6t. . , Mr. WHARTON replied, that the vote was in con sequence of the recommendation ui the Committee of - that House, appointed toconsider the best meats of improving the intercourse between Great Britain est. itciand through Porrpatrick. It was deemed necessary to rebuild this bridge near Carlisle,, but the county of Cumberland was unable to bear the whole expence. A proposition on, the part of the Gen,lcuren ut the county to pay h a lt 'the expence, was acceded to by the Committee,' and the House agreed to their report. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that be Was a Member .of the Committee alluded to. Representations had been made by almost- every Nobleman And Gentle man in Ireland, of the necessity of improving the road Irvin Portpatrick to Carlisle. Inihe'pursuirof this object, it was deemed indispensable to rebuild this bridge in order to facilitate the admission of Irish Gentlemen Imo England. - Mr. Grces observed, that the existing bridge - was so bad as to be indicted. It was insufficient not only for the passage of Irish Gentlemen but for that of the droves of cattle which were constantly coining up from the N rth. *He did not see how ever why the county of Cumberland should receive greater assistance in such as undertaking than any other county. Mr. WHARTOR repeated his statement respe&ing the Report of the Committee. • Sir J. NEWPORT could see no reason why the grounds urged for the adoption of this vote would not be equally applicable to Ireland, or to the South of Great Brits* No County in South Wales hod made a.similar representation with respeet to the int tercourse between Dublin and London. He de nied the statement of an Hon. Baronet, that almost every Irish Nobleman and Gentleman . , had express ed an anxiety on the subject of this communication. On.y those had done bo, who were interested by their residence in the North of Ireland, and they bad been used as tools by the County of Cumberland to serve its own puiposes. After a further discnssion, in which Mr. Whar ton, Mr. Sumner, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Whitbread,. Sir H. Montgomery, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and Mr. Wallis, participated, the Committee divided, For the Motion - .35 - • Against 27 Majority . --$ The House having been resumed;:theiteportjwas ordered, to be received on MOnday.• Sir J. NEW PORT inquired the - reason that the Journals of the House had not been delivered to every Member ? Tile SPEAKER stated, that two years ago those publications amounted to many voluints, largtr than tied ever before been printed; It appeared to the Lords of the l'rasuiy that ii would be advisable, with a view to economy, of er depositing a certain number in the public libraries_of the_ country, to aid the liquidation of the expence of publishing them, by oroering the rest to be carried to a gradual sale. So the matter then stood, and until reversed by his Nbjesiy, must continue to stand. Sir J. NEWPORT gave notice, that h would make a motion on the subject, in order that every Mem tier might be provided with a copy of the Jour nals. The Land and Malt Duty Bill went through a . Committee, the Report of which was ordered to be received on Monday. Mr. BAN KES gave notice, that, on Monday he lie would move for the re-appointment of the Com mittee on Public Expenditures, and" the Committee on Sinecure Offices. -On the motion of Mr. WALms, a variety of papers connected with the Military Regulations of India, were ordered to be laid before the House. Adjourned. PRICE OF STOCKS Yli&Titt DAY. Bank Stock, 232 i India Bonds, 17s. iSs. pr. Navy s per Lent 9.01 it ExCneq. Bills, 3d. per day, 4 per Cent. 79e 79i 3s. 4s. pr.—aid. per day, 1 per i ent. ALL, 63 k 631 4s. 6s. pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. b 1 ;$- ,! i i 1 outhium, i dis. bank L. Ann. 16 g imperial '3 , per Cent. India Stock, , i Cons. lox 27th keb. 6z j i i AkitIVIID—I Guernsey, I it - isey. Stlbß, I Cat. cliz, z Brazils, i Oubiin, 2 n cj. rr H I S U N. •OLEM VUIS DlCig& FALSUM AUDI L W . 1? OA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1812. This rnorping the Dispatches which -Ave alluded' to yesterday, from Lord WELLINGTON, were re :ceied at Lord LIVERPOOL'S O; lice are dated the Ist inst. and contain nothing new. The advance of General HILL., as far as Merida, will,we should trust, operate as an effectual diver sion in favo ur o f V a l enc i a,w h ere S U C OET'S situation appears to be rather critical, . especially if it ,be true, as has - been stated in the Spanish Papers, that he has /been obliged to detach -60110 men into Arragon. SOLI LT wilt be under the necessity of recalling the troops which he has sent both to VICTOR and to So- CH ET, and the Banks of the Tagus will again become the theatre of active operations. It is stated, that Lord' WEL LIHOTON . intends a150.,,t0, advance, and either to besiege or blockade Ciudad ,Rode ; this movement, will, of course, .engage the.full attention of MARMONT, and;prove'as'effee tual a relief to the North, as, we trust, the advance of General HILL will be to the. S.Juth of Spain. It is stated, that the French have received considerable reinforcements ; and we are incined tO believe they have, because their daily loss of men is so great, that without almost constant supplies, their armies' would soon'be annihilated. The destrutition'of troops in the Gyetilla warfare, though it .appears trifling in the detail, is dreadful in the aggregate, and disheartens regular soldiers infinitely more than the slaughter of pitched battles, because it is incessant. The un paralleled desertions froM the French Armies in Spain may, in a great degree, be attributed to this cause. We are, therefore, inclined to believe that the Ftenc.h• must have received considerable reinforce ments, but we do not believe that their actual strength has been much increased. The Gibraltar Gazette of the 28th December has been received ia town. We extra& from it the fol lowing articles, as those which are most interesting : " GIBRALTAR, DEc. 28.—Since the last dales from Spain, no forthet particulars have reached the garrison, it being only known, in general, that the enemy are making regular approaches to Taritia, and that they compel the peasantry of the neigh bourhood to assist in erecting their works. " General Ballasteros's troops continue in the same positjons, " We are happy to undertand that the while of the crew of his M4jesty's brig Ephera, which was lost a few days ago on the Porpoises, near Cadiz, were saved. " His Majesty's ship Franchise arrived on the 25th, in ten days, from Mataro. The Catalans continued in the btst dispositions. They had lately obtained a signal advantage at Viet), and completely invested Tarragona, the French garrison of which had but ten days' provisions left. The enemy, however, had succeeded, under the command of Gen. Decaen, M‘Donald's successor,. in introduc ing a convoy of provisions into Barcelona. The General had 6000 men with hint, and being joined by'3ooo from the garrison, who came out.to meet him, the introdation of the convoy was protetted by forces greatly superior to those of the Spaniards in that quarter. By the latest accounts 14; had reached the Franchise from Valencia, nothing' new had occurred in that city or its environs." EXTRACT OF A LETTER. "SIR, " Dartmouth, lan.as, iSzz. " The following communication has just been made to me by the master of the Lord Cochrane, which vessel is in Torbly : the particulars are en tered on their log-boA, but the name exaally the master does not carry in his memory :—you may rely on the truth of the information, as it was given the Lord Cochrane:— " His Majesty's hired . blig Lord Cochrane, Lieut. Tindale Commander, spoke with the ketch letter of marque called the -General, of to guns and, to men, on `Saturday, off the Start, the master of which informed Lieut, was from Cadiz six days"; that he had dispatches on board for Govern ment, and that the Spanish General Lapena had had an engagement with the French, and that General 'Lapena had defeated them and taken . 0300 .pri soners." On Wednesday night information upon oath was given to the Magistrates of the borough of Leeds, of a conspiracy to destroy the machinery of certain mills in that town and neighbourhood, employed in the dressing of cloth. For this purpose the members of this confederacy were to assemble in a certain place to be agreed upon, and from thence to divide themselves into strong parties, and proceed to the work of destruaion, provided, with • the pro per implements for effqaing their purpose., The Magistrates, upon receiving this information, imme diately assembled at the town clerk's office, and having arranged their plans, proceeded in person immediately to carry them into effect. Near the budge', a number of persons were found assembled, many of them with their faces blacked,who dispersed on the appearance of the Magistrates,. seeking their safety in flight; but one of these persons, of the name of James Shaw, was taken into cus tody by a Magistrate, and on the following day was examined at the Rotation•otfice, and committed to York, Castle, under what is called the Black AC•i, charged with disguising his person, and having in his possession several offensive weapons, we believe a hammer and chissel. He was escorted to the-cas tle by a put) , of the Scots Gr'ya, NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, JA N. 23.—Went up the - harbour the Plade frigate, to be docked. Sailed the Rhin "frigate to the Westward ) and the Clara, FIELD, for Waterford. The Conqueror man of war takes convoy to the Downs, and Will sail the moment the wind proves favourable. •-• Majesty's packet - Duke of Kent (1st); TULLOCK, (acting} 15 days pasiage from ListiOn ; brings informat on 'that Gen. HILL, had again advanced against Merida;' the British sick troops did not exceed 6000, the greater part in a lair way of recovery. SUCH ET, it was re ported, had strong reinforcements sent him. Tarilfa is expected to fall ; Valencia had nor fallen on the gth December; also arrived the Hero, PETTYJOHN, from Cowes; the Lord Collingwood, TB EUARVAS ? from London ; the Venus, Davis, from Ports mouth. Arrived the Traveller transport C. E. UTtitio, master, from Lisbon in 15 days, sailed in company with nine other transports under convoy of a sloop of war, and parted from 'hem some days since. On the igth;saw a ship with the head of her main-mast gone, about ten leagues to the westward-of Scilly ; another ship . has arrived, sOppo,ed to be one of the nine transports. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 24.-By letters brought by the Conqueror,- from the Mediterranean, •we that Vice-Admiral PELLEW, after reconnoitring and enticing out the enemy's fleet from Toulon, on dr 11th ult. (British 12 sail of the line French 115)p returned to Mahon Harbour ; as the enemy hugged their own shores so closely, and it being very fine, weather ; it was impossible to bring them to action,' TWo sail of the line of the Mediterranean fleet were come home. The Perlen had dashed into Toulon` prior to the I lth, and severely handled t:vo of the enemy's frigates ; but in coming out again,' a French 74 encountered her, and it was only by cutting.. sL ne of the Frenchman's rigging that the Per len -got: away. Sailed his Majesty's ship's Furieuse and Zenobia t ,„ with the Mediterranean convoy; ,Agincourf ,Tyridn,o and Lightning on a cruize ; and the Rover for Piy month. This afternoon a serious fire broke out in one of the interior chaMbers of the Blue Posts Tavern, OD the Point, which for a while .threatened the greatest danger ; but by the prompt exertions of the military and inhabitants it was got under; the da mage done is considerable. • DEAL. JAN. 24.—Came down from tie River the Earl St. Vincent and Larkins East Icdiamtn ; the American ship South Carolina for Rio Janeiro; and his Majesty's ship Nymphen from Chatham, and re mains. YARMOUTH, JAN. 24.—Arrived his Alijesty's ship Starling from a cruize. Sailed again the Providence armed ship for Cork. The Vigilant, STEVENS, from Demerara to Liver pool, was taken the 13th• instant by the Brgtois privateer. On the 191 h she captured the Charlotte, GE:MTH, from Lisbon to Bristol, and gave her up. The_ Charlotte arrived at Penzance on Wednesday last. HORNE TOOKE, it seems, is still very anxious that a certain Baronet -should not attend his Parlia mentary duties. Considering the part which the Baronet usually takes in that place, it must be ad mitted that the objeCtions of the former seem to be the result of real friendship. The Druty-lane Committee have adopted a de sign for the Corporate Seal of the Company, pre pared by the President of the Royal Academy, and highly approved 'of by his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT. The design possesses all the vi gour and classical .tastebf M. WEST'S pencil. The RRGENT is drawn at full length in a Grechin robe, with one arm resting on the statue of SHAKSPEARE. In the other hand he holds a ly,e, stretching. it forth to re-animate the Muses of Tragedy and Comedy, who are represented in the a& of pr(:tedt ing the bust of GAEL:Ic4 upon the ruins of the Theatre. Bit Alt AM is at Kith.in order to assist the Concerts in that city. The.harmony of his feelings, how ever, have been somewhat disturbed by 4 touch of the Gout. The various reports relpeaing General SlrzoN i have excited a wid e an d. eager curiosity as s to the real nature of his case. He may be sure of impartial and liberal justice in this country, which no Englishman -under similar circumstance 3 'could expett in France ; but if he had really attempted to repay hospitable and kind protection by ingrati'ude, treachery, and hostile designs against this country, we earnestly hope, and so will the public at large, that no false lenity or weak generosity will exempt hits from the punishment that he may be found to deserve. If any of our countrymen, who are so unjustly and so cruelly detained' in France by a pitiless Usurper, were to be concerned in any plot against his Go vernment,, though to obtain the freedom of which they have so long and so barbarously been deprived, they would . prOably be consigned at once to death, without eyen the mockery of atrial, 'We need say no mote to prevent all impolitic compassion from operating in favour of any foreign Traitor, to what ever rank he may have been raised by the caprice cf fortune. PRIM,E REGENT'S COLRT. Yesterday his Royal fii4hnesq the PRINCE RE GENT held a 'Court zit Carlton -hOliSe. SOO.l after two o'clock, the PRINCE entertd the State Room, His Royal 11 . glineis _gave audiences t o M r . P ER • clivh-1.6- the LO RD CHANCELLOR,. Earl CAMDEN i Mr. Ri , bEtt; •Loid MULGRAVR, add -the Marquio WELLESLEy. Mr. RUSSELL, the Charge d'Afnires from Ame rica,. ttas introduced to his - Royal Highness by the Marquis WELLESLEY, as was the Sicilian Atnbas-,, sador. Sir RAEFORD JONES was introduced to his Roy3l Highness, upon his retur❑ from his Embissy at tho Court of Persia,„ • The PRINCE h , ld. a Privy Council, which was lit tended by the Lord President of 'the Councii; ,1(1 Lord Chancellor, the Lind Privy Seal, the three Se cretaries of St , te„ the President of the Board 4. Controul, the Earl of HARSIOWEY, the Duke of MoNTROSE, and Lord ELLENBOROUGII. VliCouta CHETWYNt) attended as Clerk of the The' ceremony of .pricking for Sheriffs for present year, and -other State business, tcok Afterwards the Recorder of London was adinit:c,) to the Council, and made his Report.of the capit,a conviaions at the two Sessions Piet ions to the lasi, at ;tile Old Bailey--when Ethkard . Phillips, for arson ; William Habberficld - and Paul 'Whitehead, for forgery ; John • Frazer, Edward Hall, ali‘a Campbell, and Wm. Higgins, for burglary, Kee ordered for exec with.) -on Wednesday. Yesterday foronoon her 11001 ,- Highness the Princess of \VALES left Blackheath, in. order to , inSpeet the. repairs carried on at ner . apartments at. Kensington Palace; and in the evt 'ling., after pay ing several visits t o di st i ngu i s h e d personiigys, retarn edto her house at Black heath to dinner. • Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGH entertained a large party of fashionatdes at dinner, on Thursday, at their residence,. in St. James's-sgwire. Mr. WELLESLEY PoLe way hourly be expeEted yawn; the Dublin Papers mention his having- sailea frOni that city. The Earl of WINCHELSEA gave a grand dinner yegterday, at his hoise in South-street, Park-lane. •- The Earl of Moia gave a st:lendid entertain- , went on Wednesday last, at his house in St. James's- pLee. By the Population Returns lately made,. it ap . - pears-that the number - of tetuaies exceeds that of males in every county, except those-ot Monmouth and Stafford, in which there is a majority of the latter. His Excellency the chevalier DE SotTzA. CouT- TfNiio, the Pgrtegnese Ambassador at the! British Court,has had the tide of DE .FUNCUAL COW' :fier'red,,upou hirrt by his Si:were - Igo, in rewarci_for tba i lifiPortant servic ,, s effected in the discharge ot: his cl.`plOrnatio functions On 'Wednesday a new Dock, of fifteen acres, was= opened at the Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe ; the sluice teas cut by the, Chairman, Sir CHARLcS PRICE, amidst the cheers of the spectmots. Th,se Docks now contain an area- of about forty acres o f water, with wharfage and bonding yards, suffici-•roc to receive 200 sail of ships to discharke at the same We have great satisfaction in being able to _state„, that the ,Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with a promptnessand liberality highly honourable to them, have complied with the petitions that have been transmitted from Liverpool, and have con sented to cause a new Maritime Survey to be made' (as soon as the season will admit) of that Port and the Coast and Harbours, adjacent, extending , tp and including Holyhead. This important undertaking,. executed, as it doubtless will be, by persons of su perior talents and experience, will be of the greatest advantage to the navigation of that and the :braining Harbours; and, by correcting the inaccu racies in the existing Charts, will essentially (o;.tri bute to the preservation of many valuable hues, and' of immense property: • It , is said, , that the most experienced shipmasters and pilots of Hall are of opinion, that the late un fortunate losses of the ships from the Baltic may he attributed almost entirely to the prevailing et ror to the navy pilots, in making for the aid] coast, in-. stead of Flamborough-head. By the former course, in case 'of being caught by the strong north-West erly gala, so frequent at this season of he year, they run the imminent hazard of being driven upon a lee shore, and on an enemy's country : whereas, in the other course, they have not-only sea roomt and a weather shore, but from whatever quarter the wind may blow, the Humber is open to their :.reception, where any number of slue s of burthen would find safe anchoirage ; and, it is added, would be particularly so, were a floating light moored at the entrance, where the new sand bUoy now lies, and which has been strongly' recommended by the Commissioners of the Pilot-Office, at Hull. For merly, the best experienced masters in the Baltic trade, bound for London io the autumn,-almost in variably steered for the Holdcruess coast, as C;ey. could depend on their.soundings in dropping off the Dogger Bank, and in conribg in with the land, A brig privateer, suppos, d to mount 20 guns, has made her appearant'elff the Yorkshire coast. On the 1-11 h, at eleven A. M. off Flatnborough (lead, she gave chase to the Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Company's smack Matchless, Capt. Bald win; bond, frorn I,t;iih to London ; bet from the exertion's of Capt. Baldwin and his cretv, and from the smack's superiohty in sai , ilig, the privat,er was unable to come up wi , l) her, notwithstatuling she continued the chase for five hours and a half,,thuing which time ,she fired fifteen shots, fortunately with "out, doing any damage. The greatest praise is clue to Captain Baldwin, to his crew, and the pas-, .sengers on this occasion, although the ene my's force was so disproportionate, were prepared `and resolved to defend the smack to the last.--The Egeria sloop of war sailed ;front the Roads this morning, and we trust she will be able t'u tall in with her. Richard Leinhrick, of Ucktngton, near Chelten ham, who is 76 years of age, and woiks for small wages on the tut upike ruld, had in his youth boarded in gold about tvtetity-five guineai for the prop of his old age. Last week, going to his store, he found it -r;flA. A search was wade, and. only eight pi. neas were found, but the robbery could not be affix? I'd any indiYidual.