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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF JEERS, THURSDAY, FEB. 6 Lord ELLENBOROUGH sat again as Speaker. In an Appeal from the Court of King's Bench, Agar ..v. Mortimer,. Mr. ANDREWS was heard on behalf of the Defendant in error (the Plaintiff not appearing); after which' the judgment ofthe Court of King's Bench was- affirmed with' 1151. costs. The Bill for enabling the Auditor of the Exche 4uer to appoint a Trustee.. to „execute the Duties pf the Office in the case therein mentioned, was read a .letond,time. , •'• lord AUCKLAND, after observing that there was au obvious necessity for passing this Bill as speedily as ptsSsible . rrioved to suspend the Standing Orders Nos. , 104: alia Is, with the view:of going 'through the differept,,stages of the Bill this evening. • „ ...,This ~,A,lntiort, being agreed to, the Bill passed Alit'ntigh'a .COtntnittee, was reported, • read a third. gime, and.passed, and a- Mes*sag - e'ordered to be sent 4o the House et Comm Ons, to acquaint theirs there-, • .*dth..—AtljOurned till to-morrow (this day). .'HORSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, FEB. 6. The SPEAKER counted the House at four o'clock, and naviug found only 38 hrlembers present, he de clared the House adjourned till to-morrow (this day) MAILS., IV MD —I Leeward island. DUE-1 Gottenburgh, Lisbon, z Dublin, s Waterford. PRfeE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'Cl/OCK. - Consols THE SUN. SOLEM •QUIS DICERE rAtsum AuDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, FRIDAY, FELRUARY 7, 1306. His Majesty's Ship Druid has captured and sent into Falmouth - the Prince Murat French Privateer, of 18 guns and 130 men. The Privateer was taken on the 2d inst. after a chace of eighteen hours., She sailed from L'Orient in company with another Cor vette of 22 guns, and had not made any captures. No farther intelligence has been received respect ing the Squadron seen by Sir RICH A RD STRACHAN. It is still supposed that it was a part of the Fleet of Kcrralral CORNWALLI'S, who arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday night in the Ville de Paris, ,accorppanied by the Prince of Wales. 'WE this morning received a Letter from /Intigua, dated December 12, 1805, of which the following is an Extra6t : " His Majesty's Ship Nimrod arrived here on the iath, dispatched by Admiral COCHRANE to the dif ferent Islands, requiring all His Majesty's Ships to ,join him immediately to windward of Martinique; he having received intelligence of a French Sqnadion being expeEted in those seas." It is very probable that the 'French Squadron seen by Sir J. DUCKWORTH was destined for the West Indies ; in which case, if they escaped that Commander, it will be seen 'by the above Letter, that there is every prospect of a 'good account being given of them by Admiral COCHRANE, We stated some time since that no doubt was en tertained that Admiral DUCKWORTH had sailed for the West Indies in quest of this Squadron, which he lost sight of for the moment. Tilts morning the House of Commons met at eleven o'clock ; the House of Lords met at the same hour; when the Royal Assent Was given by Com mission to the Auditor of the Exchequer's Bill. - Tir, new Ministers who have not yet formally received their Appointments kissed hands this day. The remainder of the new Writs are expeded to be moved this evening. The whole of the Appoint ments will appear in,the Gazette to-morrow. OUR Readers will, we trust, recollea, that when e translated from the, French Papers the most, ex traordinary account which BoN4rAttTE gave, in one of his Official Bulletins, of the conversation which passed between him and the Russian Prince DoLoo guci, we stated at the same time our firm belief that ti'e was either a fabriCation or a gross ;misrepresentation. Our opinion of the ccturary of tlr_ French Bulletin, is fullyconfu - rned, by a docu ment which we are this day enabled to lay before tour Readers. If has evidently been published by the Russian government, in answer to the calumnies and misrepresentations circulated by BoNAT'ARTE . , particularly in the Thirtieth Bulletin. Ex.tra& of a Letter from a Friend at Verdun, dated January 6, 1806 :---" Capt. HAWKER; of the 30th Ilegiment, and Captain RoaERTs, of tha same, are just arrived, here; they were dri'ven on shore in a gale of wind on the 14th December, with about 156'. o their . Regirnent on er vessel, about 200 tons burthen, was wrecked . pot far from them : amount !to about 350 then in el! :—they ;were treated well, and the . whole .of ectil'yz - za,ge %vas g4yed aid pr9teeted far-0140- Yesterday, a little before one o'clock, HEa MA JESTY left her Palace, and went -to St. Jail/CA Pa . - lace," accompanied by the PRINCESSES AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, MARY, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, where they *took of some refreshments, and afterwards dressed in their Court dresses, and proceeded to the Grind Council Chamber, Where HER MAJESTY held a Di-awing-room, which was attended by,the PRINCESSES, the DUTCHESS of Yottk, the DUKES of KENT and CAMi3RIDGE-, -the Foreign Ministers, • and the Great Officers of State. ;Lord ORP.NVILLEi the new appointed First Lord of the Treasury, was introduced to HER MmEsTy by Earl MoilToN, Her Majesty's Chamberlain, upon his appointment. His Lordship afterwards introduced to HER MAJESTY his "colleagues, Mr. Fox, Earl' SPENCER, and Mr.. WINDHAM, the three Secretaries of: State ; Mr. GREY, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Viscount SiD MOUTH, Lord Privy Seal ; Earl of BUCKINGHAM SHIRE ; Lord TEMPLE and Mr. VANSITTART, upon their several appointments. There were likewise present, • Duke of Montrose. Duchesses ordun, Dorset, and Dowager of Leeds. , Mar gui4ses —l4landlord, Lansdowne, Sligo, and Abercorn. Marc les —Head fort. BUckingliam, Lansdowne, Bath, Thomo►d. Sligo, and Stafford. Earls—Dartmouth, Nelson, ' Morton, Temple, Banbury, thc.bridge,Spmcer,Roniney,Choltnonricley, Pembroke,Clan carry, Pomfret. Powis, Camden, 'Carlisle, Westmorland, Aberdeen, Grosvenor, Essex, Scarborough, Malmesbury, Darnley, Pembroke, Winchelsea, Macclesfield, Buckingham shire, and Paulet. • Countesies—Cardigan, Stahrernberg and daughter, Harting. ton, Carleton, Eglinton, Temple, Spencer, Clancarty, Aber deen, Liverpool, Portarlingtott, Camden, Buckinghamshire, Bruhl, Mansfield,' Dartmouth, Macclesfield, Darnley, Choi mondeley, Dowager-Aberdeen, Essex, Dowager Mansfield, Menden, and Lonsdale. Viscounts—Hood, Carleton, Chetwynd, Sidmouth, Castle. reagh. Yitountesses—Castlereagh, Charleville, Melbourne, Chet. wynd, St. Asaph, Dowager Kingston. Lords— Walsinghath, Sondes, Somerville, Donnally,Whit worth, Carnarvcin, Henley, R. Spencer, C. Spencer, Gren ville, Auckland, LOuvaine ' Hawkesbury, Mulgrave, Mar. sham, Heathtield, Calder, Montgomery, Rivets, Radstock, Fitzharris, Cawdor, H. Fitzgerald, Le Caile, Kenyan, Lewisham, Loftus. Ladies—Cal thorpe. C. Johnson, C. Damer, Sondes, Gibbs, Milbank, M. Taylor, it. Sullivan, I. Montgomery, Henley, Dacre, Parrot, six iellasyse, three Thynnes, Bontein, Al thorpe, M.Parker, Metcalt, Louvaine.Collington, L.E tskine, Binning, Portsmouth, Lushington, De Clifford, C. D. Cres. pigny, Grenville, Lloyd, Donnally, H. Sullivan; M. Gren ville,Cawdor, Radstock, Trigg, Bartley,Marsham Delaware, C. Durham, G. Buckley, C. Somerset, Douglas, French, Barclay, two Marshams, Stuart, Popham, Bayniug, C. Gore, Townshend, Montgomery, F. Pratt, C. lohnstone, lenborough, Montgomery. • Baron Nulcken. Bit 'sops clonfert, Chester, Fly, Bristol.' Sirs —T . Trigge, G. Shee, R. Milbank, .C. R. Boughton, G. rownal, A. Mackenzie, V. Gib'ps, (. Collington, D. Dundas, W. Paxton, H. Strachea, It. Pear, J. Shelly, R. Bartley, C. Ross, Crawford, Durno, T. Hardy, H. Dashwood, H. Dalrymple, W. Burrows, I. Gore, S. Lush ingten, R. Barclay, E. Nagle. Anthassaders —American,. Danish, Swedish, Portuguese. Admirals-1-larvq, Colpoys, Patten. , Generals —Tarleton, Bertie. Burton, Norton, t rskine, Lum ley, Wymes, royntz, Grenville, Calvert, Stuart, Burrard, Thornton, Thorn, Harcourt,. Sabloukouir. Coirme/r-Morgan, Dyke, Desbrow, Askew, Ross, Stuart, Ducket, SMith, Greville, Strut, Dorien. Major Calcraft. Captains—Blackwood, Bontein, Phipps, C. Herbert, Perry, Yee, Durham, and Towry. Mer . or.—Spencer, Flillescien, Vincent, Feathers, Ducket, M. P. Andrews, Coffin, Vansittart, Dawkins, Fox, Grey, Ryder, Hammond, Morgan, W. Bellasyse, Greenwood, I'. Grenville, Canning, Wynne, Elliott, Sheridan, Rev. Keppel, Gordon, Sibbald, Sloane, Herbert, Calthorpe, Ward, Windham, Ogilvie, Talltot, Bourne, S. Stanhope, Wallis, W. Longhorn, Huskisson, Hamilton, S. Smith, Bentinck, the two Withers, Sibbald, Scott, Macdonald, Fane, G. Penn, Marsden, Lyson, rowel, and Courteney. 111 i styes se: —Vansitt,:at, Beaumont, Brauntie, M. Sutton, Grant, Dyke, Cornbe, Pelham, Abbot, Wheeler, Wolof:de, Cripps, Dalrymple, De .Rehausen,, 13.allin, Grant, Dorkins, Nugent, .Barlanci, and 'cowry, ./14irier—;Calthotpe, Gibbs, two Suttons, two Wheelers, two 13onteins, Walsh, Collington; Comte, M‘Donald, Pel ham, Poyntz, MiLean, I,lackwell, Chester, Watson, L. Eden, Barclay, Douglas, Ashbumham, Townshend, Pepper, and two Douglas. Among. the numerous Presentations were, The Countess Nelsen, and her daughter, Lady Charlotte Nelson, on their creation, to their titles, by Mrs. Fisher, the Lady of the Bishop of Exeter. " Miss Frazer, the daughter of the General, by her Aunt, Lady Gibbs. Earl Albemarle, by Lord William Russell. Sir Thomas Maiteiman Hardy, who distinguished himself in the celebrated battle of Trafalgar, on boamd the Vidory, with.the late Lord Ne 15014, by Admiral Harvey, on big coal ing to his title. . _ Mr. Bentinck, on his appointment to the Government of Demerara. - Captain Shiffber, on his'appointment in the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, by his father, Mr. Shillner. Major Higgins, on being appointed Equerry to his Highness . the Duke otGloucester. The Rev. Sir Robert Peat, D. D. Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince otiWaies, on assuming the title of the illustrious Order of St. S ranislaus, and coming into posses. sion of the estates left with it. Captain Bradford, ,Aid-de -Camp to the Duke of Glo'ster. Miss Watson, by her mother, Lady Sondes, Mr. David Scott, by . Mr, Sibbald, Mrs. M'Donald, toy the Marchioness of Stafford. Mrs. Cripps, by the Marchioness of Sligo. Captain Charles Herbert, by Earl Carnarvon. Lady Amelia Trencla, by the Countess- Ciancarty. Mr. Fane, by General Sortie. Miss L. Lae:l, by her mother, Lady Auckland. Countess Aberdeen, by her mother,the Countess Dowager. Miss Barclay, by her mother, Lady Barclay. The bOTCHESS of Yon came in state at three o'clock, with her usual attendants, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. Her Royal Highness re mained in the Drawing-room about three quarters of an kolr, 'being considerably longer than usual. • On Wednesday the payment of His Majesty's , Household to Michaelmas quarter, commenced. at the Offices in the Palace. The Marchioness of STAFFORD went in her state. chair to Court, yesterday, attended by fuur footmen in state liveries. , The Duchess of Gottpom went to Court in her state chair; yesterday. Her Grace wal in deep'mourtl. ing for Marquis Cox rrwALLIs. • Earl and Countess of SPENCER went to the Draw ing-room yesterday in their elegant 'state-carriage. Her Ladyship was magnificently dressed with a black velvet_rrinntle, richly embroidered with gold ; and her head-dress a profusion' of diamonds, with a plume' of five white:feathers. The servants' new state liveries were: very Splendid, • 4nd their bats trimmed with feathers. , , ,:„ , The Marchioness of HEADFORT went to Court yesterday in an elegant Stare chair, with-four servants in new state liveries. The -Countess and Dowager Countess' of ABERDEEN, the Countess 'of PORTAR- LiNoToN, Countess of HARRINGTON, Countess of CARDIGAN ; Ladies CP.ROLINE DA:4ER, JANE MON TA.GUE, AjARY PARKER, FITZGERALD, and MET, c i ALFE, also went in elegant a* dal% their ser lauts ia new aiyeries.• •,: ; • • 1 A' A ; I A . NE IFS. FALMOUTH, Vtl3. 4.—Arrived the Prince Mitrat French Ship Privateer, with 18 long 6-pounders, and 130 men, 'taken by His Majesty'S Ship Druid Capt. BEOKE, on Sunday morning, 5.).d instant, after a chace of 'eighteen hours ; sailed from L'Orient in company with another National Corvette, of 29 guns, and had made no captures. Spoke this morn ing with the Colpoys Armed Brig in search of the Fleet; and a Privateer, supposed a Guernsey one, with a large re-taken West Indiaman. _ Also arrived, His Majesty's Ships San Yosef, 112 guns, Vice-Admiral Sir CHARLES COTTON ; Windsor Castle, Prince George, Formidable, Princess Royal, Barfleur, 98 guns each ; _be Virginie, 40 guns; and the Charlotte' Schooner, from a Cruize otf Brest. Admiral .Co RNWALLIS, :with the Ville de , Paris and Prince of Wales,are gone up Channel. - Also arrived the American Ship Flora, Captain ADAMS, five days since from Amsterdam, bound to New-York. Capt. ADAMS reports, that he sailed from the Texel in company with a Dutch Frigate, bound to England, with a Flag'of TrUce. , , Likewise the Hero, BLUSETT, from Guernsey ; Mary,FonD, from Dartmouth; Frieizdship, DAN ELL, from Poole; and the Duke of Kent Packet, COTES-. wor', from the Windward Islands, with Mails ; 33 days from Tortola ; had heard of the arrival of the Princess Elizabeth Packet, KIDD, from Barba does, before she left the Islands. PLYNOUTH, FEB. s.—Arrived last night the Ville de Paris, of 110 guns, Admiral CORNWALLIS, and the Prince of - Wales, of 98 guns, from the Channel, Fleet. • For the last two days the wind has blown strong at S. E. in consequence of which the Men of War in Cawsand Bay rode hard; the Kent, of 74 guns, Vice-Admiral TnoßNßaotion, veered so much ca ble, that she struck on a rock, and received some damage, The Achille and Pompee are also said to have struck, but it is not apprehended that they have received any essential damage. COWES, FEB. 6.—Arrived here the Hamburgh' Ship Seculum, Capt. KNEIGER, from 'Hamburgh to' the West Indies, laden with bale goods ; also the Prussian Brig the Jonge Edward, Capt. BANDELINE, from Stettin, bound to Bourdeaux, laden 'with staves, Sailed this morning from Spithead, the Prospero Bomb, with Convoy for the 'Downs. The Ship Isabella, which I advised you of yesterday, is com manded by Capt. WiirrEHEAD,and was wholly laden at Grenada ; about 50 puncheons of rum have been saved, the greater part of which have been conveyed to Portsmouth ; the hull of the Vessel still holds to gether, but as it blows this afternoon extremely hard from the southward, it is expeded she must go en tirely to pieces. PORTSMOUTIT, FEB. 6.—Arrived the Ann, QUIN TON, from London, bound to Gibraltar ; and the Quaker, IRVINE, from London, to the Bay of Hon- - . duras. Sailed the Prospero' Bomb, with a Fleet under Convey, for the Downs; and the-,,Steady Gun-brig on a Cruize. • YARMOUTH, FEB. 6.—A French Lugger Privateer was observed: on , Monday evening, about seven o'clock, to come very near the land at Lowestofft, and to capture'six VesSels, two of which (the Zephyr and the Lark, of this Port) were afterwards driven on shore : they are since got off, without much da mage. The Privateer has made off with the rest. Arrived the Princes's of Wales Cutter, with a Mes senger from the Continent. Iu the Roads—the Majestic, Roebuck, Elephant, Agin court, Dictator, Ruby, and Censor Gun-brig. DEAL, FEB. el. -Arrived the Sea-Gull from the Nore ; Valorous and Fearless from oft Boulogne ; Cdoso from off Dieppe ; Exertion from off Beachy- Head .; and Urgent from off Calais ; also the Sir IVilliam Bensley, East Indiaman, from the River. SHEERNESS, FE4. s.—Came into Harbour the Princess of Orange and Antelope; the former will be paid off. Akarriyed at; the Great Nore His Majesty's Ships Ocean and Nassau, from Gravesend. Sailed several Merchant. Vessels coastways. Lieut. WILLIAM CHARLTON, of the Zealand (Flag-ship), has been promoted to the Rani of Master and Commander for his long and meritorious services. To-morrow a Court-martial will be held on board His Majesty's Ship lilagnanime, on Lieutenants WHITE and LUCKRAFT, Commanders of the Manly Gun-brig and Pigeon Schooner, and on the Officers and Crews of the saki Vessels, the former being captured whilst at anchor in the Etnms, and the latter lost ,on the Coast of Holland. Sailed the Quebec, Dauntless, and Seagull, for the Downs. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To tho'Officers and . COinpankes of His Majesty's Ships St. George, Csar, Dreadnought, Warrior, Vanguard, PoinPeC, Powerful, „Superb, Zealous, Spencer, Ramiiies, Bellona, and Vol tigueu r, tOr the Proceeds of the Exporreur and Wassa A rden, at t ne,C ro wn and Cushion Pµblic-house, Wineheste r stree, London Wall, On Wednesday next; or every Wednes day for two months, or afterwards the second Wednesday in every (now , . , „ RUSSIALV NOTE. REFUTATION OF CERTAIN MISREPRESENTATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED WITH A MA-. LIGNANT DESIGN. " Having remarked, in -different -Journals, ra;.. rious misrepresentations respelling the mission with which Prince DoLcoßticiZz - was charged, on the part of his Sovereign, to BONAPARTE—mist& presentations which have been san&ioned by the Thirtieth Bulletin of the French Army—it is - be come necessary , to refute them, to prevent the forgers of false intelligence from continuing their practices. " The Russian Officer who was sent . to BONA.* PARTE, at his 'request, after the refusal of. the Em peror'of, RUSSIA to have an interview with him, upon his arrival at the advanced posts of the French Army, .did not. wait long before he saw BONA. raitTeapproach, guarded by two squadrons. approached the Russian Officer with great polite ness, and conversed with him for some time, as they walked on the road, about uninteresting subje6ts ; then, making a sudden stop, he said, ' Well, then, are we to, fight much longer '?'—Upon receiving for answer that it was impossible to decide that point, he asked, What do they' . went of me Why does the Emperor of RUSSIA make war upon me ?' What does he repire of me P'—Upon which a political discussion arose, which was not begun by the Russian Officer : on the contrary, he wF.s. drawn into it by the questions, of a political ten dency, put to him by BONAPARTE. it would take up too much time to relate all that passed in this conversation; BONAPARTE frequently repeated, that the Emperor of RUSSIA had only to invade the pos -sessions of his Allies, and that ail discussion with France would cease. He spoke of the Ottoman Porte, and, in a vague manner, of other countries bordering upon Russia. Upon the visible repug nance manifested by the Russian Officer towards proposals so little worthy of the acknowledped cha raCter of his Sovereign, BONAPARTE returned to the subject of his being ignorant why they made war upon,hirti, although it had been mentioned to him several times, that the Emperor of Russia's only reason for arming was to succour Austria, and to preserve the independence of the other States of Europe, without having the least . hostile views again s t France; and still less against the French Nation, which the'Emperor ALEXANDER esteemed as it de served, and far from wishing it any harm, his great, est wish was to see it happy and tranquil, as well as all the'Powers of Europe. As to himself, he wanted nothing content with the vast Empire over which, he reigned, and having no other ambition than to contribute,. as he does, to the happiness of his Sub jeets, and to fulfil one of the noblest duties of a great Sovereign, that of being useful to his Allies, in securing their independence, and not in attacking it, after the example of those who bring afilietion on the human race by the abuse of the power which chance has placed ia their hands. " As to the proposals of giving up Belgium, and placing the Iron Crown upon the head of his most implacable enemy (it was the King of SARDINIA he meant), they were never made ; on the contrary, upon BONAPARTE'S affeEting to assert that such de mands had been made to him, the Russian Officer positively denied that any such Article had ever ex isted ; and he only mentioned among the others, that which regarded the rta,l Independence of the. Batavian Republic, which had been already verbally acknowledged by BONAPARTE, and that of an Es tablishment for the King of SARDINIA in Italy, and Indemnity for his States which had been invaded by France, referring in support of these proposals to the. tenor of the Treaties and Conventions which existed between the Emperor and the First Consul of the French Republic. The whole of the conver sation, which lasted more than an hour, was con fined to these points : BONAPARTE always reverting to his projeEts of Invasion, and the Russian Officer reje&ing them in the name of his Sovereign, and requiring nothing more than the real security and. tranquillity of all the States of Europe. At last, convinced by the conversation of the Russian Offi cer, that it was impossible to prevail upon the Em peror ALEXANDER to imitate his conduct, to betray his Allies, and to take possession of other States, BONAPARTE put an end to the discourse, by abruptly 'declaring, " Well then, we shall fight ;" to which 'the Russian Officer made no answer, but returned. " All that has been said respeCting the Battle of . Wischau is just as false as what has been reported of the ACtions - of Larnbach, Amstetten, and more particularly of Krems, in every one of which the Russians had the advantage. In the last they al most totally destroyed the Division of General 'MORTIER. One General, sixty-five Officers, and. five hundred .Soldiers taken prisoners, live • stand of colours, and eight pieces of cannon, were the trophies taken from the French. At the affair of Hollebrunn, the. rear-guard only of the Russians, consisting of fire thousand three hundred men, was' attacked; and notwithstanding the .ftench Army, to the amount of forty thousand,, headed by BONA- • PARTE, had,on all sides surrounded and attacked. the Russian's, Wand occupied the Village of Satzel dorff, through which they were obliged to re treat, the Russians, notwithstanding, preferring death with arms in their hands to being taken pri soners, forced their way through the Enemy, took several prisoners, and one stand of colours, without losing any of their own, and effeCted a junction with their own Army, with no greater loss than that of the French, notwithstanding the superiority of the latter. " At the Battle of Wischau (or Austerlitz), in which the Emperor ALEXANDER was engaged, ex posing himself in every place where the danger was most_ imminent, the Russian advanced-guard, which alone was engaged, obtained considerable advan tages, the loss of the French in prisoners only be, ing twenty-four Officers, and more than five hun dred men. " As to the drowned persons, whose • cries are still heard from the bottom of the Lakes, the tale is too ridiculous to render its refutation necessary ; all that it is deemed incumbent to affirm is, that' not a single being had on opportunity of drowning him,, self at the Battle of_ Austerlitz, let him ha ve. b ee:i WET so well inclined so to do." •