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MOVSIC OF COMMONS.

*ALTON ELECTION COMMITTEE,
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Ctagrait }ft Tilolllllll Derr, Esq.
Woe. foollorro. Esq. The How T. Brood
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C. Doodim, Esq. Wharton, Esq.
IllmotorPepem, midlime to the Polyps. War, were orskied
lobo Mid *pea the.tedde.
,14. Wisagerent re=4l bow tae Committees epos the
rapt Dumbed' mid ty Bit*** if which woes read •
0 Sled Owe, and ordered to be nirvana.
Lord Lakes Annuity lilt was reed • third time sad
psesed.
• Ties Americus Cesamiesim-
*nob to be reported oe. osimow.
The Irieb Bow Drawback Ikll wee brought up, read •
lot doe, sad ordered to be read $ award sore to•
The Caaiesaaoa of the SIeiIIiQUIRIL rive notice, thot
he would, tomiorrow propene • Reeolutiou foe the fuadom
cid pert of the '
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GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
Si Camas Pout, in pursuance of his notice,
rose to wake his premised motion relative to Green-
wich Hospital. He bad been led to what he vita
about to sagged, in consequence of the recommeo-
detion of the Committee of Naval inquiry. His
!bjeet merely was to carry into execution the Rules
and Regidations which had been confirmed by the
charter of the 16th of George 111. by which the
several persons to be estrnsted with the others con-
nected with that Hospital, were particularly' de-
fined to fie those who bad belonged to the navy.
The Bill be intended to propose to carry these
riles into effect was not intended to interfere with
those individuals who already held situations con-
nected with that Hospital, but merely to prevent
soh abases, contrary to the provisions of the

SU was cwwwitted, radar-

Charter,alluded to, whithluol alreatlyocenered„froin
vecureitig. lie could fotattaia uo doubt; there-
tee, that the Howie thud annirove of.'a tarimant
ea just and removable' in heel/. and so material to
ilsatuteregt of the naval service. lie altainteutred
to thake this Bill extend to the Narral Asylum,
.which being an institution lannewhit. similar, as
connected with the Na.al Department; heataw no
uecesaity for malne.'. .'); separation in regard to
the regulation of offices. He alinold refrain from
making any obsereutions upon the persons 110 W
holding Mikes, we he entrintewleil to bring about
those alterations, which, actiardiug to the Limurter,
were necessary, 'with the utmost mndenstiou, and
' with the trust pessible injury:• lle moult after-
wards to propose the insertion of • clause, to in-
vest all Money appropriated to the payment of
those offices in the Bank of England ; and ano-
ther clause, stating, that nothing in the Act should
extend to persons already appointed to those offices.
He should, therefore, in the first place. move, " That
the Report of the Commissioners, upon which this
Bill was in cant to be founded, should be entered
upon the Journals as read." This being done, the
Honnurable Baronet concluded with moving,
" That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the en-
conrageinent of His Majesty's Naval service, by
regulating the Naval appointments of Greeuwich
Hospital, and of the Naval Asylum, and for vest-
ing all money for paying the Saluries thereof in
the flank of England."
Upon this England."
being proposed from the
Chair,
Mr. Rost objected to it. lle said that imme-
diately after Ins oppointinent to the Office of the
Treasurer of the Navy, he thought it Ins duty to
look into those. Hemet* of the Naval Commis-
'limners, and to select and adopt all that appeared
important. lie was thence enabled to say, that
the Han, Baronet did net appeitr to have inside out
' any eon that could operate so as to induce the.
House to agree to what he had 'proposed. He pros
tamed that the lieu. Baronet meant to suggest
that no office connected with that hospital should
' •be given to soy intlivideal who had not actually
served in the navy ; now there were certain offices
which could not Ix: supposed to be well tilled by per-
sous who had so spent the early part of their lives,
such as the office of Auditor, which had generally
been given to a person well 'skilled in the -law. It
was an office given to the late Lard 'rhurlow,
the time lie was a Minima.: and his predecessor

was also a person eminent in the law, ►u►d he (3lr.
IL) was persuaded it could not be well occu-
pied but by a person of • that deocriptioa,
considering that the annual income of the Hos-
pital amounted to 160,4000 k -He thou''', there-
lbre. conceive. that greet inconewrience might
arise from making any amekrinaevations, without
stating that any WINO abuses.had attoully existed,
tending to the detriment of thirinatitution. The
Hon. Baronet also wialted to extend his measures
to the Naval Arylum, but he(Mr. Rode) should,
at all events', dealt it most prudent to wait tin it
should he seen what regulations were to be adopted
iu regard to that institatiou, which, utitioubte•lly,
stood stoop a different footing from the other. It
was an institution whieb was supported by piivate
coutributions. and there waist:defy procured for it.
frees the .Patriotic Fund. the subs of 60.000 l• He
certainly approved of the suggestion, that no per-
son should be appointed to any office belonging to
it, except such as had beets attached to the navy►
except iu, clews where any difficulty occurred.
Mr. WHITBREAD stated, that he could suit help
`thinking the observations of the Right Honourable
Geistleinarrwere not Snell as to make any impres-
sinit upon the HOED!, so auto indttee them to with-
hold Omit consent to the motion fur briugiug in
such a Bill. As to the Naval Asylum, the !tight
Honourable Gentleman seemed disposed to take
care that none should occupy sitnations therein, ex-
cept those connected with ilse Navy. If so, then,
where could Ise the objection to haring it so regu-
lated by a Bill? lie (Nlr. Hose) lists also Ousted
to offices which cook! not lie occupied by sewfaring
ixople, and alleged. that the Hosouralde Baronet
had not stated any actually existing abuses. Ile
could inform him, that the abases complained of.
and stated. ix the Report of the Naval COMMlE-
sinners. were no less than mu actual violation
of the oiigival Charter of Greenwich Hos-
pital. Amongst the offices which he pre-
sumed the Right Ilona Gentlemari would deem
improper to be occupied by a Seaman, was that
• of orgoaist ; hut in his (Mr. Mr.'s) opinion, it would
not be impossible, even at this monleut; to find out
many seafiaringpeoplewho had atiste and genius for
music, and were fully competent to fall/ I the duties
of that situation ; neither would it be impossible
to fill the situations of surveyor or receiver of es-
tates, • and the auditor of accounts, by persona
educated in the naval service of the country. Ile
need refer no farther thou to the opposite side of the
House, for persons who had occupied situations
iat the Diary- in the early part of their lives,
who now fancied themselV6' able orroonvonts;
either the charter most be altered altogether,
or they must bring in an act of Parliament to
confirm it, and guard against may wrong appoint-
ments in future, There were also certain sine-
cures attached to that Hospital, which could never
have been intended to exist 1w the stipulations of
the original charter. For instance, it appeared
from the Report alluded to, that a Mr. Hill, the
barber of Greenwich Hospital, enjoyed a sinecure,
by employing people mailer hint to do the duties
of that important office, while he himself, out of
the salary, saved shout 1501. or 2001. a year. 'rpm;
this Mr. Hill's emeniaatina, it would appear,_ that
he said he was a Swiss. and superintended the
shaving of the pensioners ; that he had a salary of
301. a year for doing so, although he was no bar-
ber ;, that besides this, be enjoyed the stipulated
allowance of oar penny halfpenny for each man
pensioner, and one penny for evert' boy in the hos-
pital that was shared, although there were doubt-
km many of them beardless; and that out of
these, and perynisites, he was eirabled to
pay a handsome allowance to others, who were
actual!) shavers, for doing the duty, and was ena-
bled to have to himself an income of nearly :nd. a-
yenr. This surely was one instance of gross
abuse, and the office of barber was a sinecure that
ought to he done away, or enjoyed by some of the
pensioners themselves, who'were uhle barbers, of
whom be hail no doubt there were ninny folly
competent to that task. It was a dutj that the

House owed to tire navy to see that the terms and
proxisittino of tins' charter were strictly complied
with. Whether the Right Honourable Gentleman
succeeded iu his oppolation or not, he thought the
flammable and Worthy Baronet was entitled to
the thanks of the House and the couutr) for his

perseverance iu rectifying abuses both in Isis capa-
city of* Naval Commissioner, and as a Member of
Parliament. The only object in the Hill, compre-
hending also the naval asylum, was to prevent
those abuses taking place, which might other-
wise most likely commence. if there lie any of-
tiers in either of these hospitals that could not be
filled by naval Men, it was but reasonable that
they Omelet lint be eahausted by the search of
Trustees appointed for that purpose, belere they
hare recourse to the appointment of others.
Mr. LocansaT regretted that the HOll. Ilsoonet
thought it necessary to connect too imtitittionsito
different in their original natures as the (;ryrat-
wich Hospital and the Naval Asylum. The ori-
ginal contributors to the latter of tlresr had indeed
given over to Hie )lajesty some portion of the ma-
nagement, but they still had a considerable degree
of maltreat in their own hands, which it would be

improper in Parliament to interfere with.
Mr. PON SO Mr( thought that noue of the argu-
ments that had been used could operate as objec-
tions to bringing in a Bill to curry the reul object
of the charter, which was, the eta:voyage-
ment and protection of the naval service of the
country, into execution. It was ackno%letlged by
all, that there had already been a departure from
it, and timt abuses actually did exist in the esta-
blishment of Greenwich Hospital. Ile could not,
therefore, sett what ditference it would make to the
. .

Baronet,

stance, only bring in a Bill for the purse of re-
gulating that I lospital. leasing the other for future
consideration.

Kir ('IIARI.LS POLE then consented to bait his
Bill to Gri-etswielv llosoital.
The Cu ttieeLLOEI of the Excursive& said, it
was the duty of the Trustees to abide by the Clear-
ter, as much before as it would be after an Act
Parlionieut, as they were as liable to be dismissed
from their situations in the one case as in the other.
The Hon., Baronet, although he was one the_
the
Commissioner% did not think there was. any such
abuse existiog, as actually to require being recti-
fied, sud therefore he (the Cbuncellsrof the Ex-
chequer) sew no occasion for bringing.ina,Bill upon
the suleeet. It might, indeed, he a consideration,
whether the sinecure of the office of Barber, or
sinecures of any other description, should be allow-
ed to continue, even although it be consistent with
the Charter; td this, and every other abuse re-
commended by the Report of dn. Commissioners,
'might surely be rectified without the necoisity of
bringing:in a Bill.
Sir Joss NEWPORT was of opinion, that as
abuses bad been found t n exist, in consequence of t
a former inquiry, en uct of Parliament was there-
Aire actually necessary. Siuee the Trustees of the
hospital had not regulated these offices accoiding
to the charter, by whom, he would ask, were they
to be regulated, if net by Parliament ? There
were various instances occurring. where men iu
such situations as those Trusts's. might. lie induced
to go beyond their duty for the parpose of accum-
modating their friends. We base already seen
that the provisions in the charter did not prevent
them, and therefore an Act of Parliament was in-
dispensably necessary. Ile tlisni4lit the lion.
Bart. was entitled to the gratitude and thanks of
the House, for watching. oitr the iliterests of that
body of men to whom the country were so ititicis
indebted. Ile, for his pal t, did not. bolieve there
were any offices in that • Hospital a hich military
mru emiisl not oceu;iy. • The late Lord Charted:or
of England (Lord I-It sk:iiie), he might remind the
Hotter, was a lalV4i which iii.tritee, with:
numberless ()then., asight sliew that it was possible
for naval inen-not mil to mansoe :martinis, 'but
even to rise to the: mutest situat, the king-
dom. The Chaplains ilipointsrtl to the Hospital.
for 30 years bock, had never been at sear, an 'Anise
which had still contiustedr itoo..itlistatitling the late
voqorry • --•-••
Mr. Msvernew.slcolmittig. said,.. he was not in 2
dined to vote for a nidasore that would tend to
exclude persons that would .I.se 'Host itsefol and
beneficial to the Hospital. lie was siire,„ Irmo
personal knowledge,• tleit to eoforce the stipullf-
fiats of the charter in ell vases, wlthodt exception,
would only be detrimental to-ilioCinstitution.
Mr. Pais Canto,/ supported the motion of his
Ilon. Relative, upon the ground, that us the char-
ter had not been sufficiently authoritative to maim
toin its own oloservaisce, it was fitting that it should
trot so exist any longer.
Sir Jon's Oen could not agree to the motion, as
he thought it could neither be evouristent With jus-
tice nor promote the advantages of the institutiou,
to take it out of the hand* of the Trustees.
Mr. 'Lois, we understood to say, that although
this subject had come before Parliament so long ago
as 1779, yet nothiag had Germ done to rectify that
which was complained of.
Sir FRANCIs Beeps-re said, he had never,-dur-
ing his whole Parliamentary career, heard-such ar-
guments used in that Rause, to oppose the intro-
duction of a Bill to prevent abuses that actually
were proved to exist. It would be at all- etents
prudent in the House to allow the Bill to be first
hrnnght in, and then rectify those parts which ap-
peared oliectionable. Many of the remarks made
by those Hon. Gentlemen who opposed it, would
be la better timed in the Committee. No one,
in his opinion, had furnished a shadow of argument
against die Bill which the Honourable Baronet
proposed, arid trshint (Sir Charles Pole) he return-
ed his thanks for the steps he had pursued, not-
withstanding the many obstacles thrown in his way.
He hoped that worthy Baronet wasn't' yet persevere
againstthe nismemusolsonelerwhich still seemed to
exist, and lie might possibly yet do good to the coun-
try ; hut he could not persuade himself that the
House would newitive such a proposition. There
had been no negative or contradiction of any of the
facto originally stated, nor any assertion that those
grievances slid not require redress. lie had never
bees more astonished than in bearing such frivo-
lous objections ; but. it most hove been • merely
owing to the impossibility alluding out any thing
more snbstantial to allege against it. One strong
object in ).ringing its such a Bill as that now pro.
posed, was, the slithering of a penalty upon those

who should infringe the original regulations of the
charter.

The House then divided, when there appeared,
Against the Motion 7O
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Upon our return we fouud the House stgrmisz
to a motion of Sir Charles le ole. for the 'inutile_
ton of a Copy of the Charter of Greeuwieti
pital.

MUTINY BILL.
Upou the motion of Lord CASTLERFAGU,
House went iuto a Committee upon this ltilL
Lord CASTLEILIAGII rose, and addressed te:
Committee. He said, he was anxiouN to state ,„
them as shortly as possible the mamma that itiduc.4
him to propose a elasse in this Rill, similar to that
which he had offered last year. It was one sht.
permitted persons to milist for life, in preference to
a limited service, if they voluntarily clause to do 14,
This matter had formerly been most amply
cussed, but his opinion still remained unalterd,
that it was not proper to deny to any Illaq the op.
tionof entering into that sperice of sci.ece whieh
he, of himself, was inclined to. prefer. The Rivlit
Honourable Gentleumu opposite (Mr.
haw) had formerly enlarged, in stating his
jections to such a measure, upon the grounia
that it was hlely to destroy the ity,tent chid,
he himself had brought forward two 3 oars ago.
—lle could not, however, see, that there sea
any thing in such an objection, as it, it, Ilia (Lord
Castlereagh's) opinion, would ratli.r tend to
fortify that rystetert, and, at the same time, protest
the country Lions much of the evil which that
Right llonouiable Gentleman had already brought
upotr it by his military measures, 'file part e
that system to which he (Lord Castlereagh) lend al.
ways hod a •serioas objection was, that esclutiie
principle which prevented suet) fleet adopting that
course v. hich they 'nig* prefer, to that which vim
alone proposed to them. As far as the limited apt.
sacs of.sorvieemould be carried, he concurred with
that Right lion. Gentleman in thisikilig, that, at
tine of *qr., it was support, of which it would Le
uu%ise in Parliament to deprive the conotry. He
had beets one of those who not only did adupstbe li-
mited service upon &farmer occasion, but eveu ear-
, tied it further than tits Right Hon. Gentleman
' hiusse f ; :he he (Lord. Castlereagh) formerly dualist
the service both in paint of time mad space, while
he (Mr. Windham) limited itin point of time only.
One disadvantage of the present plan was, that the
olem.eolisted for a limited, and those formerly en-
listed for uu unlimited service, were staring togs.
thee.: With this past of the plan, howe&er, he did
nos wish to interfere. If the general system of to
craiting were well conducted, be thought date
would be no necessity far extraordinary measures
of a compulsory nature, as it was only the preosit
_mode ulna renderer! ouch measures necessary.
le could never uitebirstand the necessity for wok-

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ing the limited service of an exelsive nature ; a
ayeteno. although the Right Hon..Gentlensan sever-
ed to fear flinch prejudice weankl arise to the public
intertot,:should any breueh be toads upon it.he cor
tainly thought it proper that that Right lion. Gent.
should• 1w freed from all respoosibility, as it was
Itsmonable that it should devolve entirely upon
those at present in poter. The Right Usu. Gen-
tleinatt surely came Pith 'a very hod grace to suite
that his systrut should• be left uudisturbed, as so
benefit could be said to have bowie actually denved
from it. IA:. (Mr. W.) would, no doubt, say, that
that hail been oo Mg to a VtltheieUt time net 1161510.4
been given to it; hut, upon coneiderution, I:.!
would tool, that there had been us mui Is time
given to it as lie (Mr. W.) hail ever beeu disposed
to ;:we to any from this oilier
side of the Um:se. l its (Mr. W.'s) system had
ale-Cady Moat in operation for the lust mouths,
and %%lien we came to 1•%11111lUe thelettlllll4. itosould
be found how much his Military iteitniuiAgation
failed more than any thrmer bp,teris • adapted by
former Athnini.triitintis of the conotry. Eve ,y
ink
of the former eilsteure, although acting iit different
ways, did more of less contribute to the sogineute-
mon of the military Mow of the couutry ; but the
plan of tgat Right lion. Gentleman mighthe an'
to have kept it stationary. We found that the Re-
gular Army in 1804; exclusive of the Artilleri:
had inereused flow -271.000 to ool,eitm meti,
which. may be added, 100,060 WWII et:peeled Nit
month, so that theta had been an increase of aboTit
39,000 men from that time to the present; utotaent.
The increase to the Regulars by his (Mr. W.'s)
mode of enlistment, had not amounted to above
6000 or 7000 men, all of whom had been procured
from the M lino ; so that during 510 months, net
ale union had been added to the Regular Army II!
the operation of his plan. There had been about
40m oleo lees coutributeitl to the Regular Arm!,
during the Is mouthis subisequent to the Ist Jul!,
looti, than for the to months inimodiutely pet-
cediug that time. In short, in whatever light th,y
viewed that system, it could not be deemed nee, -
wiry to keep it up as the best one, sod deo-el.', e
he was amino** to smell measures as wiai'd
mitigate the effects of might be denominated
the dangerous qualities of that ay:estrus. He (1.0:d
Castlereugh), certainly professed himself to la
great friend to limited service in time of war, shell
it was necessary to hold out a temptation try--
crease the army to the extent the country wiglii
them require ; but certainly in other times no Go-
verinneot could reasonably prefer having our erne/
so coutined. It Was surely very inctiovem,int u.
carry on distant services by men whose toy
service was terminable at a limited period of
We did slot send our soldiers to the East la
less expellee thou about 401. or 501. tier mat
as much more to bring them back ; so here
expense of 1001. per maid for a period of sun
the East Indies, perhaps not exceeding three.
The i4fficulties thus created in regard to co
louial serviee, by the mode proposed by the
I lonourable Gentleman, were such tl
(Lord • Castlereagh) would yentirre to
would not only cause the weate4coufusioue
greatest hazard ; he hail therefore a deeld
terenre fur I.ll'l4llin-11 service, so far as the
nation of the country was tillgilOaCti to gin
description of service. Ile did ant mesa I
•out aoy additional peeuniary temptation,
merely to give men the option of the one
other equally. either to wake themselves .
men for life, or to enter upon trial. The
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spot the ground duet the example of 'men entering
for life, would deter others trout catering at till,
or that those entering for limited service, could
preveut, others from uttering more extended servile.
Itmust, however, be recollected, that !Milted ser-
vice had bens formerly found to be a licc...siary evil,
and it was one that had existed before he (Mr. 11".)
had brought it forward. Instead of haviug to con-
sider, as formerly, lime the cousin, shall procure
au grim-, we have nor the Kittmlaeto,,, to cmiaitt..r
bow the country could twist preserve its army. Ile
had the bandit:nem to state, that our regulars
amounted to ditt,ool rook and tile, exclusive of ar-
tillery, out of which number there were 70,0uu fur
liiiiited service. liut the House was aware, that
the whole of oar foret,ol troops were raised for a h-
unted tern of servtce ; 0r that number there were
about ati,uoo men entitled to their discharge at the
end of seven years ; and is hat might, he would ask,
be the consequence of this, were peace to be now
effected, aud the period of their disewarge to be no-
medimitely auteeedeist to the bn:aking out of a new
war? Could the Hight Hun. Gemmtleinan believe
that this would be a proper state to Ica% e the.coun-
try, or that this would contribute to its safety ?
The Itieht Houourable Centleinau opposite was
much inistaLeu, if he considered the change which
it ass hit iiitention to introduce a measure of re-
enlistment, wluni it
.wase one merely of simple enlist-
ment. It was true that the system of the last Par-
liament, during time eighteen mouths it was con-
tiuited ill venison, had added to the recruiting in
a greeter proportion thin in the corresimadine pest
nods of the precedimig 'emirs, but the advance was
not correaenalcut w.th the nieuns employed. It
had 0:1 the whole added nothing to the strength of
the army, but cowsielerably .umereased the expenSe.
It had left u permanent ilicumbratice of four hue-
dred and ?My thousand pounds on the country,
with an army cousiderably deteriorated in quality,
Upon such grounds be suspected that the House
would not feel inclined to perseveres in an unquali-
fied adherence to this plan, and that it would feel
the advantoge of leaviiig to the soldier the option
of sciretitig whether he shall wake the military
service his profession for life or for a time to be
limited. 'lhe Noble Ler" theo proposed that
that there be inserted, c--; a clause in the mntiny
bill, to this effect—'e That person* enlisting in the
army might be permitted to do so seithoat any li-
mitations of tier period of service, and that an oath
of attestation to Own import be prefixed to this
bill."
Mr. Wiegman nue for the imrpose of objocting
to the motion of the Noble Lord, because it wee-a
clandestine aud insidious attempt to undermine
that.vsteriv of the last year, which the Noble
would not venture openly to attack. Im'Wed-
ther that system was advantageous or disad-
vantageous, was a questioti of argiusent ; but
why emoting, on the tint view, that the latter
was the case? But the Noble Lord has said
the clause now proposed was an innocent one.
Me must tell him, with authority, that the House
of Continents has bad a ditkrent opinion ; that in a
more resonit as se -a great portion of the House had
expressed their hostility to this identical clause,
wbeu iptroclueed by the Noble Lord in his Militia
Measure of the lad Session, on the ground that it
area to &Jut, and was the forerunner of the de-
Maectior at the militorraystme introduced by the
-late administration, and sawnotied by the adoption
of the Legialature. it was on that occasion well
.obsemved by all Honourable Member, that the Bill
.was introduceds for the purpose of carrying into
esecatiets this very clause, and not the clause in-
serted for the purpose of moistens.; the professed ob-
ject of 1,110 Bill. And yet the Noble Lord has this
&eight asserted, that it VMS his intention only to pro-
pose an innocent alteration, although, on the eery
Amcor the motion lie has now made, it was evident
that it was his object to undermine aud subvert the
whole of the spit= ofour military establishment,
as approved by the last Parliament ; sad though
the clause, which, per fat et *clot. Ise lima do-
ter:slued to carry, was refused on Ai former oroo-
sion by the House of Comninons, for this plain
otos:son, that it weut to fritter and actually destroy
the spirit of that system which had, after such
serious uonsidenstion, received the solemn support
and authority of the Legislature. it was not con-
tended that the decision of a former l'arliminemmt,
or even of thesame Parliamkit, in a precediug Ses-
sion, went to restrict the House of Commons from
reviving, or altering, or repealing a measure
which had previously received a legislative sanction,
•but it was at least sufficient to prove that such a
measure was one of importatice, that its merits
aught to be fully considered, and that at least full
time should be allowed, in order to give the House
of Commons the opportunity of investigating it in
all its broacher; and that when the House wassai-
led upon to assent to a proposal, directly hostile to
its 'twit mod operatMn,it became a duty with those
with whom the proposal originated, to maLe a full
and explicit communication, and not endeavour to.'
steal it through in a secret and clandestine inaimer.
Was such the mode adopted by the Noble Lord ?
Did he afford to Parliament either the time or
means for the oeceasary inquiry? Certainly not.—
Ile introduced his clause almost without notice, in
a bill which, above all others, it was imperative to
pew with the greatest celerity ; in fact in a bill, the
nature of which precluded the possibility of ac-
quiring information. It might be asked, in
what other way amnia such an alteration as that now
proposed he submitted to the discussion of this
House, but as a provision of the mutiny bill ? He
was ready to admit, that that was certainly the
proper place, and baring said so, it was mmecessary
to state, that the late Administration, in their Inca-
s:ire", acted upon tint opinion. But did they do '
so without notice ? Did they attempt to take the
House by surprise, and surreptitiously steal their
.plans into effect, under shelter of a Bill which it
became necessary to• pass with precipitancy and
haste ?. A reference to ties facts would afford a
fell answer. In the month of April, Isati, when
he first introduced the, military system• to Parli-
ament. in a speech, the length of 'which had ex-
posed him to repeated attacks from the Gentlernen
noliosite, every mode was adopted to adoril to
the House the most aceurate information. There
was no reserve, no desi.e to elude investmerition.
no artifice to take the House by surprise.—
.tgain, in the sueeeediug year, when, on the 511/)
i,•mo of Courts 'Martial, m ettain Onuses of rev:uln-
a:lw, not hkely to proelic:e any division of public

itAry

cminion, were joked properao be inserted in the
Mutiny Bill, the iutentled pruvi,iuue were printed,
iimal circulated for this wee of the Members, aud the
subject was nut iotmduced until their nature and
imeort were folly canvassed mud understood. Cow-
p.ve thee. facts with the combiet this eight pur-
sued by t lie Notefe I .erd. He has called upon the
Homan to adopt a claisee, undermining the whole
whitely eystein of the last Parliament, without any
previous couinsuoicatiou, even of the intent.',,,,,
until wrung from him on the report of the Army
Estimates, iihil with the exact import of which the
House was unacquainted, until it heard the
NOM: Lord this night. Was the ptiblje service
safe in such hands ? Were the wholesome and coca
stitutional cheeks of the Legislature, to guard
agaitiot surprise, and to prevent an insidious ma-
umuvre, thus to be ..et at nought, and totailm violat-
ed ? It certainly was true, aud the Noble LOrd pro-
bubly acted upon the conviction, that it was much
more easy to overthrow than to form agreat !system;
bet in his opinion the great consideration at present
was we so much on the merits of that measure, as
it easoa the import an. e of having the House in full
posseesiou of time means of for g its opinion, and
regulating its judgment. On this night the Noble
Lord appeared to have totally forgotten those don-
geia which be and Isis colleague* were in the
lielat of predicting, at the period when the late
Amiministration submitted their system to the rho-
uussiou of Parliament. Tuere was now uo re-
meinhruttce of the discontents and heart-burniugs
to which the mixture of different periods of mili-
tary engagement e maul give birth tiuroughwit the
various branches of our army. No, he was now
deter ttt iii eil to carry his favourite clause under all
circunistatices of tisk nod apprehension. There
was no artifice to which he was uuwilling to
*Map, and therefore he had made the insidious at-
tempt of profiting by the stage of the Mutiny
Bill, in its progress through the Home. With
the determination of way-layiug the Hill, the
Noble Lord line *et out to meet fee machine on
the road, and having *Lilo this packet of poison into
the haaile of the guard, lie has given a wink hi the
coachmatt to drive on ; he, time proprietor, telling
them, that they must not stop ose tgo,nent, Imagine
the vehicle must arrive atsa certain hour at the
end of its journey. He (Mr. W.) would nut call
it a trick, bat would affix to this pesteeding its
true character. by stating it a gross fraud upon
the House and the Country. It was tearing up by
the rents all those obstacles and guards which the
law pf the Coustitution and the usage ofParliement
had wisely provided for the purpose of insuring
to great measures of policy sound legislative delibe-
ration. This was a topic upon which lie appealed
to the feelings of the House. The Noble Lord has
said it ails not for him to decide upon the merits of
his proposed clause. It certainly was not ; that
pirwer and duty rested with the House of Column's,
and in order to exercise that power, sod to perform
that duty, an oppodnuity both as to time and
.iins should be afforded, before it wa. preci-
pitately to an expression of its acquies-
cence. Are7ifseel(tl this so serious a part of this pro-
ceeding. that he did not well know in what mea-
ner to quit it, in order to follow the Noble Lord
io the discussion of the details which he bad,
introduced. On some future occasion,
pledged himself is bring the gutsiest -blast
the House, alien it will be euabled to proceed
to a decision with those sources of information, and
that time for considering thine, which hare ever
been afforded to Parlientent by every previous tits-
vernintie. The Howse must have in its reeullece
tion time t outrusted conduct of the late A.diniuisara-
tint', when they considered it advisable to insert in
the 31utiny Bill certain clause,: affecting the con-
dition of die Catholic soldier. Every previous no-
tification was made to Parliament, and, upon con-
siderable opposition being manifested, the oppoend
clauses were withdrawn Irmo that Bill, amid rein-
troduced in a separate form for Legislative discus-
sioa. culled upon the 'Noble Lord tii
take eximniple by such a precedent, and oat per-
severe in this act of disgracieg himself, by secretly
nuderininiug what he dare not venture openly
to attack. Ile felt a difficulty in following the
Noble Lord through his speech, arising, in u great
degree, from his tfitficulty imi understanding him.—
That Noble Lord now overlooked all the iliecon-
tries, and dangers, and breach of mliacipline, Which
he formerly attributed to the mixture 0,1: the va-
rious engagements of service ; and he was now
obliged to recommed a measure which cave to the
soldier a preference of limited anti unlimited toe,
listinent. But there was this difference, that, in
Cie former case; the objection was temporary, gad
would hale progressircly worn away ; whereas, the
evil effects would now be permanent. unless his
measure was calculated. and intended to eat
away the provisions for limited service. The
Nohle Lord has resorted to his old device
of comparison by numbers, and has assumed, as
a limp, that credit was taken by the authors
of the late zystein for an increase to the army
which never entered into their contemplation. But
what was the actual result of the measures they
hail adopted, and the system which was introduced
by them? in what manlier did it perforsd its halo-
nen with respect to the recruiting of the army from
the commeneemeat of that system until it was in-
terrupted by the Noble Lord ? Let it, fur the
twelve months it was in operation, be divided into
four quarters, and the account will sued thus ;
it prodded, in the first quarter, 11,000 men and
upwards, in the second quarter 13.000, in the third
quarter 21,000, and iu the last quarter 44,000.
Here was a strong and touchline argument
in proof of the soundness and success of
that system, and, indeed it was ludicrous to
observe the manner iu which it was an-
swered by the Noble Lod. or rather the manner
in which he attempted to compare with it time sue-
cess of his own eepediente It certainly brought
to the recollection what Gentlemen might have
witnessed at those ealiibitioas which so frequently
took (dace at awake's, or at 1-bitehes'sv where time
Claus in the perfortnance faineitst that his elithimy
attempts at Uultatiou of excellenei, entitled him to
equal praise. Thus whet!' Ilarlegu;n has com-
manded the applitnae of the andienee by a great
exertion oT agility, in making a sonientet, Mr.
Nerremea looked also for apprehatic-,i. btrairse he
made a tumble head ever bree,ll (fowl laughing).
So if Mr. Astley. leaning fits band On the pinnate'
of his saddle, with the autivey of a wilieed Man-

cure lighted upon his chargers Me. ltfeaymen put in
hie claim to excellence front eluntitug upon his hack
ley the aseistance of theta! (crsAineed lergisies..
Upon die same priesciplk the Noble ,Lord put ru
his claiin to credit for the success of his measures,
as contrasted, with elle system. llot he has forgot-
ten that our system proceeded ~lone by ordinary
recruiting, whilst he as itoleteed to his militia vo-
lunteering, to leitiallot,. and big Moieties. aud to
all those oiler circueustasicosi iocidental to his rite
legit expedients. Om, iv/metro gouged no war with
Bedlam and the •Mint. It was r war le:twee:l
lucerne and 4:spite!, which, though in 'favour of
the latter for the two first years, must, in the end,
give the victory to the one, to the entire ruin of the
other. The Hight Hon. Gentleman proomeded to
animadvert on the different resolutioal which had
been formerly resented its well by the Noble Lord
us by himself, and observed, upon the ection
with respect to the number of boys enlisted under
the late system, that the windier Ul4 eat greater
than et the precediag period t but he had heard
that there now existed a practice in some militia
rep.uents of enlisting hops not eh:eve years old,
and drawing the whole pity of a MOB far each of
theta. lie hail heard that this was the practice in
a reeienctit of militia not very far from where he
stood. But the Noble Lord mid, that OUT sys-
tem bud added an expense of 460,0001. ,on ilia
establishment of' Chelsea. Wee this for recruit
it,? Well the Noble Lord say; that the country
was not bound to provide for its worn-out re:e-
mus in their odd or - Wait prepeet to the al-
leged influence exerted by the late, Ailtrinistra-
tion, to au •increased number of recruiting par-
tial, it was the effect of necessity. It arose out of
the formation of the 54 wand battalions, the mea-
etre el the Admietionition that preceded the last.
But evett were the observation correct, and that
the distributiou of recruiting parties was with the
late Administsie ion amatter of choices and riot of
gicessoity, it could vtot.derogate from the saccessful
*pas of their system. To think differently,
the Noble Lord meat reckon like the children in
their school books—if so many mat eau 'work anis
a nainber of acres, what quantity of acres will dou-
ble the needier work ? 4:crudely double. provided
the acres were to be had. It was than in recruit-
ing, unless the men were to be had, there was no
advantage to be deriveitfroms an nicreatie of recruit-
iug parties. It would rather tend to obstruct
than to advance the object. becalm itWas not a
competition where the price could be railed at
pleasure, bat it was an unction • where all bid
the same sum:. It eorld not, therefo..e, be con-
sidered a rivalry, it we. rather. a competition of
hiadrauce met obstruction. •It was. rattle sur-
prising to hear suohen observation front adesiirer
of the Addltinnal race Act, which aerated the
whole eatetry into recruiting parties, and gave
every Parish ()Aker a beating order; beginning
from the year l'*Ul, to the lest quarter .when the
late tystem was iuteraipted, would be found
that • the °Winery reale/ling bed actually been
decreas.iing until ;he introduction of the system.
when •it begun to increase progressively, each
quarter. until the eanclusiat of the year that it was
in operation. It daring that period raid") more
men than in the cortesposeling periods of the pre-
.oodieg vat' was done by orilitia/ recruiting and
Alle,Asiditiesowl-Folsor Ai*- jerrt Ulrike& The
disasters were shoo less in the latter period ; although
they were rated us 1 to 5 amongst the men raised
sander the Push Bill. Theft was this further
proof, that niece tie. Noble Gird. began his tam-
venlig, the ordinary meantime' hos again iceitively
decreased., The liaise thauld send thele'repeitta
to a Consenittee for their limitigatien, on
which it night ultimately decide, without i'out:-
.muting itself on the House and firipitivrf details oldie
Noble Lord. Mr. Wiidliera aria Fleeced:Ed to kb
able discession of the merits Of. tented.
and instanced the operation of the laiiiktitistntinOtir
and die Marriage Act, to prove,lhat Biel:mead af
an individual, diems to *contact,. was °of, under
certain circumstances, hie!. Ile 'spike nearly tun
hours aud ' a half fie the very-6441'm1e points id-
volved in this question, a brief Attune( of some of"'
the most prominent. Weireisely Ale to give. VA.
ou the general principle of tbe syStan, he recapitu-
lated the strong and conclusive strong nta with
which he ortioinally introduced his military system'
to the consideration of Parliament.. •
. General Taattrrer mouldered it ablolately bra-
pomade to carry on the interests of this important
Empire by the scheme of limited service. When
he refiecteilopon the state of Europe, ur
great aadmpsd coequals of the Refer of, 'niece,
it regeindri,bitn of what fell from tete of the moat
eloquent Members iu that Atm:it (Mr. Sheridan) ;
describing the power of that Ciinquerer, lie skid—
.. Sceptres, tipped with coronets, are his paling;
does, his Martell° towers are thnitieebiteentietels
are sovereigns." This was A dincriptien which
meat be admitted, and • which should awake;
the consideration of every thereto the situation of
our military *system. The threat held out is the
Moniirwr, of opposing the Conscripts .of bate to
our Militia arid Volunteers. was what could leave no
doubt ass to the intention of' FrafgOeio invade tbii
country.. Such a fence ks Bonaparte nett had, could •
not he kept unemployed, and there was little doubt
that he would tale it is un effort to invade this island.
It then behoved its to look into the state of our
stray. No doubt could be entertained of oar hav-
ing a force equal to our defence, if properly die-
posed of. He would have the Militia and Velem-
tars encamped and regularly exercised. The
Metropolis thoold be putt in the best state of do-
fence. The userseity for the most minute mea-
sures for our protective was so upparent, that not
a lad' of a hackneyeaoehnian's witp should be al-
lowed to go unnotice4l,-./toad latqlmeg). Passing
from this country to Ireleuth he would have the
lone employed there divided into faur parts : one
pert should be stationed in 'Dublin, and the re-
meir.iiig three at A 111141114 Mallow, and
Should there be a tour with America, 1w would
not teconnuend the defence of Canada. All
the evils with which Etirlye had been visited
within these fifteen years, wat the coneeptences
of the lbeveletien in that county-v. To Sweden
he wceild send :.0 troops, it gm. hater to subsi-
dise that l'4lllllity. 11., however, it ass thought
neve., say, the Gerinait Uite,' would be the fittest
to seal therr—(!ex.:Aiss i.—The great:end leading
coiehlegiottem should be the ilefetece of this coun-
try and lrclaud. It woull as ail a; little to hose

"1r

clef odd our colonies, If we were vidoeraLle at"
house. Military men, it niik. be VA, were'food
of wee, hut many of those with wions he "ern:-
versed., *iittl NOW bed Otis a great deiii of seer vice,
were .int iik love with it-;•-(Mv4hivg ;—' 1... re w,,,
nut a. ripm, • lbe trusted, 'dot *Dula i:ot tarlitl• ,em-
his lifaliian his liberty, aild,ttiat .s% 0.11.1 nof molt,
cheerfully stiffer every privation in delerice of t..e ..
coontry.—lie concluded by expressieg, his mpFris.
batioa of the*. Clause.
The geese-rime at WAR was net sorry nii giv-
ing precedence to the gallant General. The sear-
nients that fell from him were just and correct, and
he fully concurred in them. It was not his in-
tention to follow the Right Honourable Gentle-
lean ibir. Windham} through the keg speech deo'
livered by hive, which was as usual characterised
b 7 brilliaucv and elospience. The Ilight Hou.
Gentleman 'has dwelt at consirlerelle length on
the shortness of the notice given, mid on the mode .
of proceeding adopted; but when it itai.. :moldered
• that this subject had been frequently before '
debated, and had excited clinch of the public
attention, he trusted the House would feel that
the notice given, whicfl 'was uPwarde of a ire*,
would be deemed reasonable. U ith respect A the
clause proposed-to be introduced into this Rill by
his Noble Friend, he conceived that thee Hee,
Genttemais had in his observations usiitaltd bias.
The principle of the amendment erupt° siteiedy it
very serious inasnvenieoce, which would eripOrese
the army being deprived of a great Humber stem%
who, hstl•they the option pitword, wateifisseekstew •
iik it. lie ismteudell, that this would restedy the
evil to be apprehend ip
uleterollv a without its adop to the puhlic eureka, which
*
wouldtive,.
the months .of *Jan ' and' Feb nary, when tide
measures of the Right Ilan. Gentleuvue werw.iit
full operatiwii, these vies no suchincresuo se
and it was i.fict, that is the months of Jittlitt
July of the reinf yAke'„fhe numbers eoniiderablY
decreased. Junginglky this, and b,y ir.Veridoce,
-we had no reason to seeped that' ttris Mesons
would be wredsantigeons es eupplined. '
Mr. Wieont le explained, and coutended;tbat a
clause. which would go to the inglerakims of 'p-
ieta which hod been tried and applutreftg aass
which bed met Legiebitive sanction, shaksld sot b 6
introduced in the illaßßil“ it WIG: ~
...
Lof,il CAOTLIALRAbIa and ' the SECaS*h*Y at
Was eeplained. . :
.
A division then took place when t ' . •
for. the clause piopose t. . .
Ayes
NunfM

- HOn sparretritY sainion into tba rolloejr we .112.01
Laid lisoar PETTY and the Cusicsu.on a Ibis
Examen se in coutemsdemot to the time the th.
port 11603114 be received.
Lord Folk/door, Sir Sohn .Nenport. _Pro
wetry, end Mr. Sherideu, awned win* int Mod
received ti -morrow. Sieeridan veered ills posh
posienient Nail Monday next. The chiscaw 4
the Exchequer objected, mud after spot foams
couternation between him, Lord Henry.Piatjr,
Mr. Sheridan; the motion of the letter um *kip

drawn.
The Reuse then manned, and the. sapsirt lorm
ordered to htreceived on yithiptier . •
- Parielirriteted
uouraide Siscretaryhad received any semi
subsidiary treaty with Sweden? .
• Mr. Secreting CW4141010 ansiterni, that It holt
been received on Saturday, sod that he hoped to
be able to lay it before the House to-morrow.
The Order of the Day was' thee seed .sin the
. Hoskie resolving itself into a Committee on the
Manse 'Mutiny BilL
hirg;,WHITIIitICAIS trusted from the lateness of
iht fir there world le no objection to the poet.
peneaient of the consideration of this
Vre'Cisitscat.ton of the ,Extuaitimit had De
.objcetione,.
It was accordingly postponed until Imurepeers
Orders of the Oar were dream?.
Qt' .seal adjuurileil at, (1,474PA0T
T.Vi 4'

THE BRITISH PRES:

'LONDON,
WEDNESDAY,. MAP:L*9.

The House of Commons continues to displey o
powerful Opposition to the dirided
lust night io4 against 169. •

To a question, last night,- ip dm House of Com-
mons, from Mr. Poosoltairt C.systlSG an-
swered, that he had reeeitfed the Subsidiary Treaty.
with Sweden, on Saturday, and Would, if possible,
lay it itirou the Table this eay. .
_ . •

Thirty more transports were taken lip yesterday
for the Expedition to Sweden. muse of
this week, the uninber will amount to 300. The
military force will sativant to 10,000 men. Another
Espeditiotiof 12.090 is inertione4; in three months
every reMineut of the hue iu the kitiatloat will be
ou service.

We harireceirsid a farther set of Mitch papers
to the Ist instant, sad of liamburgh to the shah
list. We hare onty roam to notice their contents
briefly. The are between Russia and
the Porte will expire in the end of April. sod
great preparatiosts %ye making by the latter.—
It is said that she he assembling too armies of
159.000 gads mid 'accenting to a letter from
Vienna, that she MC-tines to the side of Eng-
land. The French armies and Genenils are in
j motion for the Santis. Sixty thousand of
the anticipated Coi...cript3e, foe the rear ISO 9,
;) ere tnba iyanntl..ituly plated nit service, and
t:WOJ left as • re.erre fur uevt An
uttessmt is to It- brim.. livtely imigle to dispossess
; fi- 17.7%1411 41. FOS% Se:y 11*, on the matt of Naples,
a

en the northern side of the Amiens of Alesaina,
preparatory to an attack on' Sicily. • The army for
that purpose is assembling in Calabria. The ao.

count of the declaration 'of war by Riiiit:ttgaiiist
Sweden, is stated its positive aid official. Bmsbia,
it is said, ha. organised 180 regiments fur tht pur-
pose. The late etnbargo in the French ports, it
now appears, nos to prevent the ships of the Allies
of France from iuto the hands of the English.
—The King of I LOLL...ND has issued a Decree, by
which the flag of Rniphausen is abolished, that
'country being now annexed to Holland, and all
',cadets belonging to it ore for the future to bear
the Dutch colours. The Dutch Legislative Body
re-assetnbled on the 34:1 ult. but its proctediiip
have hitherto keen unimportant. The seat of Go-
vernmentd, to be reutored to Amsterdam.

On Smuts,' the Eliza, an American ship, passed
l'ii-tsinoutli, with 150 paterengers, English and
American, from Ainstenlam for New York. Three
of the passengers landed at Portsmouth, Luang
wham was NATHANIEL Nosnot, a Pole, who at-
tempted to pass himself for an Englishman. He
was taken into custody on suspicion of being a spy,
•nd brought to the Alien Office, Queen-street,
Westminster.

The Toulon sq. nidron.' .said to have quitted
that port on the Isth Jan. and was seen off Malta
on the kith. "Admiral TUORNBOROVGII sailed in
pursuit of it. Lord COLLINGWOOD it is said
meta to take his station off Zunte.

The Rotel. FAY(ji:y did nikcotne to town, yes-
taiviiiy, as was expected, on aecount of the indis-
•tion of the Princess AMETIA. ,Her Hovel
• ...•., themes. is.suppo*ed to have the. taeasles„ The
Cal
viiagsitoom, intended to have been holden to-
,' "sorrow, is postpoaed, on the same atitiount, till the
*7th instant.
llis MAJ emir wilt come to town. this day, to hold
k Levee for the Foreign Ministers, &c. at the
Qut:ets's Palace.
Orders were received, nn Monday, for all the
arm of war at Portsmouth, tinily for sea' to take in li
ordnance awl stores, and praceed to the Baltic with
all possible speed.
The wore of the 1000 boats, which were said to
love procet:ded from the ports of Holland, with
troops on ho.ird, took its rise from the Nene
hittly issued by King Loots, that no f?shiuMtoat
should put to sea without a soldier on Nord, to
take rare that no comtnunieation should hs, eirried
on with the British cruisers. One of these 'boats,
with nue soldier on hoard, was brought into 'War-
tnotith a day or two ago.
The Furillts Fun-brig is arrived from off West
Capri, with the intelligence of two French frigates
taring got under weigh from a Dutch port, deeply
laden with necessarito for the Mauritius.
A general meeting of the Merchants and ot!iers
goacerierd in the American trade is to take place
slow mew..
• ''c' Moodily died suddenly, Sir GILES ROORE, Knt.
ewe of the Justices of His MAJEbTY'S Court of
Common Pleas.

The embargo is taken off at Antwerp and Flush-
ing. A weasel arrived at Dover, from the latter
port, which she left on Sunday morning, having
detained there fourteen days by strong North-
erly winds, which preveuted her fmnt putting to sea.
She brings intelligence that right ships of war are
now fining out at Flushing with great expeclitioui
and are expected to he ready for sea by the begin-
ning of next month; but states, that at present
there are uo seamen to man them. These are the
ships which were boat at Antwerp, where others
are now buildir „,cr.
On the end Dee. last, Bonaparte signed at Milan
a I)ecree, or 1111 unit-stet, by which he finally deter-
mined the fate of Portugal. This Decree was
not promulgated at Lisbon until the Ist day of Fe-
bruarye
It declares the throne of Portugal abdicated by
the family of Braganca, which is never more to
. reign ; and that henceforward the kingdom of Pew-
' titgal is to be united to and cousidered as part of
Ilea dominions of France.
It recommends the cultivation of ,friendship be-
tween the troops of France and Portugal ; to ce-
ment which he pronsirel, that those of Portugal
shall hereafter be &laundered as aharem, and enti-
tled to participete in the glory obtained by the
troops of France in the memorable battles of Ma-
rengo, Jena, Austerlitss ate.
It dissolves the R.-...aney formed by the Prince
Iterate, the membem, of rebid' are placed in various
stations iu the public diepartments, and are, in fu-
ture, to act under the controul of the French Go-
vernment.
A letter from Brannan, dated Feb. 13, ear--
" Yesterday, an event took place in .the neigh-
eourlitiod this city, of which nearly all the in-
letbitauts of this place were eye-witnesses. Baron
Oaken, Royal Swedish Charge ifilifaires in Vi-
c :ins, arrived here eight days ago, and the day
before yeacrelay, Baron Wirde, Royal Bavarian
-Lieutenant-General, arrived in the village of Sim-
per+, situated on the left bank of the Inn. After
egrrnents had been made for the
seconds, the English Con-
Itichrieberg, Major-Ge-
service, the two combatants

formed near Siinpach, by the
snd took their stand at the dill-
Baron Uuben fired firist. and
• ear of his opponent. At
'rode, his piittil fbuiheil lb
tired again, and his ball
breast of his opponent; Who
which likewise iniased tire.
i failure, heseizoil his sword,
+iris to tight him with this
It ticeliorti that they had
tneu of honour, sod that
/could admit of further hos-
thez parted rceim-
lather of az dallen."

LAW IXTELLICENC'E.

ROLL'S COURT, CHANCLRY-LANE-..Maßcu s.

•
118! Right lion. Sir W.ILI:1.151 GAM, Knight,

Meager of the Rolls, presidieg.
VISCOUNT 111.1140:f 1). EARL ST 4.10110T11.

The circumstances of this case were .before the
.Public in our Paper of yesterday.
Earl STare HOPE addressed the Omit, and com-
menced with saving,' that mid* neitalier circum-
stances he would have obtruded himself ; if it was
his property that was attacktxl, he would have
left it to his Counsel, but this being an at-
tack of such atrocity on his character, he
could not be silent. lie intended to speak,
to two points, the one where his character was
attached, the other to points of law. Before,
however, he entered into the latter, he would
state to the Court every aggravation of his case.
lie had reared the Plaintiti, his son, with the
gremaest,tenderness, and, as he thought, had in-
stilled every rirtueinto his mind. A few years before
his son came of age, be wrote to him, requesting a
yearly provision of 5 or 6001. with liberty to act as
he Waged; and he, as lie thought, as a good and
wise father, refused, well knowing how dangerous
it was to set youth above controul. Imme-
diately after, his son, without his knowledge,
withdrew from his house, went abroad, and
did not return until he was of age, when he
filed the present bill against him. He had been
the most persecuted of men. His life had been
attempted to be taken four different times ; once
by poison. His son was too young at that time to
be suspected, but be had attempted to parricide
lair character. If it had pleased the Great and In-
finite Omnipoteut to have called him before the
issue of that cause, he would have died with his
character sullied by the infamous charge of his
having plundered the estates, and his own child,
of 80,0001. The infamous charge was struck
out, only because he had threatened his son
with filing a cross bill, and as his answer must have
denied the allegations, his son must have sworn
falsely. If it had been a malicious prosecution
brought against him, the common law would give
him redress, hut in this case it was otherwise.—
The bill did not say the allegations were true,
because it dare not ; but it was on the records
of the Court, and it only made the difference
between a highway-robber, and e midnight assassin.
He had heard twoeseaseo;. one, that lies were al-
ways set forth in a Billhaf Chancery; but lie hoped
his Honour had too great it regard fur t he justice of
that Court to countenance suck an apology ; the
second, that those allegations were put in to
draw out papers and documents. There could nor,
however, lie any excuse for charging him withrob-
bine the estates of eO.OOOl. And wOuleithe Court,
by letting the Bill pass tamely, lay down a prece-
dent to libellers? fie was sure his Henan would
say, it was one of the most groundless and vex-
atious causes that ever came before him. The
Plaintiff, modestly, not only libelled him, but
asked him to pay the coati; at that moment the
Bill stood against him as a monument of infamy.
If it could not be sent from that Court to a Jury,
' he trusted his Honour would put his greet seal of
disapprobation on it; it was not for himself he
masked it, but to prevent other parents from being
persecuted by unnatural children. He then ob-
served, that his son by his Bill had lost .tk20,000
a-year more than ever he would get ; and also a
large personal property, which be should never re-
ceive a shilling of. His son had lost much by the
transaction, but he hoped he would learn that honesty
was the best policy. He than entered into • long
argument on the points of law, and concluded by
observing, that the bill must be dismisned. He
would leave it to his Honour. He would submit,
whether his Honour ought not to order an issue to
try wbetber it was not a villainous and a vexatious
suit, or whether the Court of Chancery was to
be considered as an equitable Court, or a Court
for the receiving and fostering of libellers and
libels ?

Mr. Ricusium replied at great length.
The MssYLa of the Itot.t.s signified he would
give judgment on to-morrow (this) evening.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, WARCII 7.
Arrived the Thresher, with a fleet of outward.
hound vessels, &c. under convey from the Downs.
The following vessels sailed, yesterday, for the
Mediterranean, viz.—

The Triads, Hirt ; Ganges, Main ; John, Gilman ; Hee.
riche, Longharst ; Expertment, barmier' ; Aeon, Bross
Satuael, Dames ; Farmer, Steward ; Economy, Bradshaw ;
Arehtuatdes, Harley ; Traveller, Colliman ; I ttbetion,
Har-
rison ; and the Meaclasat, Fatberiagham, ender convoy of
the Praserptne ad Mertary.—Wiad E N.E.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 5.
Sailed the Mad cutter for the Downs, and a
fleet of coasters fur Wales.—Wind

Letters have been received from St. Domingo to
`the 11th January. (hikers' M.CmoNsa atteuipted
to excite an insurrection against PETION, on the
71k December, at Port au Prince, but it was dig.
covered, and M.Gtossa swallowed poison.
The LORD CR•IICSLLOR Of IRILAND has taken
the town residence of the Dowager Countess of
ORSION DE, in Itutlatickquars,pubtin.
A young lady of the name of *arrow e was burnt
to death, on Sunday evening, at the house of Mrs.
Serrour, he: aunt, in the Hampstead-rord. She
was sitting alone in a back parlour, waiting for the
arrival of a lodger, and it is supposed that her
dress had taken fire while the was dosing. Her
shrieks alarmed her aunt, who had retired to her
bed; hut she was in au insensible state before any
misistanee could he afforded her.

The Ticket, No. liter, drawn this day a Prize
•of 10,0001. was shar'ed in sixteen Sixteenths, by Sir
JAlllk, BRA/IKONS and Co. Proprietors of the
Lucky Lottery Offices, No. 11,lulborn, No. 37,
Cornhill, nod No. 3P, Haymarket, where Tickets
and Shares, warranted Undrawn, are now selling
in great viety, awl the Prizes paid oil demand.
Ten 'thousand Pounda!—The Ticket, 18446,
drawn yesterday a Prize of 10,0001. was sold and
registered Jitu. the nth, by Bran, who, in the last
year, sold 38 Capital Prizes, including two of
30.0001. Tickets and Shares are selling ill great
variety, warranted Uutlrawn, at both his old esta-
blished Officio, 4, Corithill, and 9, Charing-cross.

ritom LASD NICITPS GAZETTE.
Admiralty-Of/ice, March it, lilOgs
Copy of a Letter from Rear-Admiral the Honourable Sir
Alexander Cochrane, K. B. Commander in Chief of His
Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Leeward Islands, to
the Honeurabk W. W. Pole, dated on hoard ea Majesty's
Sbip Hellenic, at Tortola, homily s, isos.
Slll-4 send herewith the copy of a letter from
Capt. Spear, of His Majesty's sloop Nita/ix', ac-
quainting me with the capture of a privateer.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) A. COCHRANE.
His Majesty's Sloop Slurred, Carlisle Bay,
Birbedees, Dee. 97, 1597.
Sta—l have the honour to acquaint von, that
yesterday, • about twenty leagues to the Eastward
of this Island, I captured La 'Nouvelle Enterprise,
a French schooner privateer, belonging to Guade-
loupe, commanded by Francis Penand, mounting
one long twelve-pounder and four curronades.
with a complement of 611 v-five men.
I have, &c.
(Signed) Jostrii Sruu.
The lion. Sir Alex. Cochrane, K. B. Rear
. Admiral of the White, lic.
Extract of a letter from Captain William Fisher, of His Ma-
jesty's sloop Racehorse, to the Huh. W. W. Puk, dated
Pli)nesintb Suomi, the ath instant.
I leave to inclose, for the infOrmation of their
Lordships, an extract of a letter to Vice-Admiral
Sir James Saumarex, Bart. and K. B.' acquainting
him with the capture of L'Amiral Gantheanine,
French lugger privateer, of four guns, and twenty-
eight men.
Extract of a letter from Captain William Fisher, of His
Majesty's stoup Racehorse, at ma, to Vice-Admiral Sir
James Sauwane, Bast. and K. B. dated the sad March,
Ills Ilajcstti'a sloop under my command cap-
tured, this evening, off the Seven Islands, L'Ami-
ral Gantheaume, French lugger privateer, of four
guns and twenty-eight men, two days from Gran-
ville, had not taken any thing. •

MILITARY PROMOTIONS. •
Iror-ilTet, March 1908.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Gtiards:--Aleicander Straehan:
Gent. to Ise Cornet, by purelisse.
Assistant-Surgeon John Dwyer, from the guth Foot, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, rice Callon appointed to the nth Light
Dragoons.
tat Regiment of Foot Camillo—Claud Alexander, Gent. to be
Ensign, by pneehase, rife 11'%oyard, promoted.
-. ••
Guards- 4'

Cokistresuu Regiment' of Fotit 'harks llerbert,
Gent_ to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice AlavLeuzie, de-
ceased.
42d Regiment of Foot—Maj,r John Fiiripiliorson to be
Lieutenant-Calumet, by purchase, vice Dickson, alto
retires.
Captain Thomas Johnston to be Major, rise Farquharson.
CARR ISON.
Dklisoo, of the 4211 Font, to be Lieutenant-
Gmeenor of Cook, vice General Leland, deceased.
Ht)Sthlrki. NTAFF.
Surgeon Charles Jordan, from the 9th Light Dragoon', to
be Surgeon to the Forces.
Amistant-Surgcsm James Brady, from the ad Royal Veteran
Rattaliun, to he surgeon of a Ihrerultieg District, rice
Wallace, appointed to tit gth Light Dragoons.

PARTISERIHIPS DISSOLVED.

James Kneeler and Lycra, at
Seughtun-under-Blew, is ties ersioty of lieut. February 4,
VIOL

Mary Ann Savory, Hide Mary An Mead, wife of Richard
Swrory,) Elisabeth Lewis, Red Tresees Lee Mead,
and fancy dress-makers, Holles-sheet, Carendich-synere, in
the perish of Mary-le-Bonne, and comity of Mit:dints- Fe-
bruary is, NOS.
Nathaniel West, Nathaniel Cove, and Joshua Rickman,
of White-Friar's Deck, is the city of London, coel-uier-
chants. Jesuitry I. 1806
Isaac 'Worthington end John Worthington, of Rinzwey
within lisle, in the county of Chester, tinsels. September
to,
.1806.

bugles Poole and Thomas Wilson, of Altrincham, in the
county of Chester'
r burgeons, spothrearies, sod 111111•
midwives. Febessiy t, twos.

Jonstbaa Twesse and Thomas Trisse, of Bolton, in tbo
conch of Lancaster, cotton-wanunecturers. Mardi 4, Isoe.
George Ferris W►dborne and George Heary Legassirke
CI ;spin, of Newton Abbot, in the comity of Deers, gorgeous,
apothecaries, and man-mklrives. Feb. it, 1008.
Oliver Oren-rod and Richard Ormrod, of Maucherter,
brasiers, coppersmiths, brass-founders, tros-morgri., and
dealers is lead and glass. Feb. 25, biog.
Wiliest* You.; and Samuel Arles, late of Lisbon, but now
of the city of London, merchants. March es, tsus
Swale Creft and YAM ard George Cordell, tea-hrolers.
March 5, 1808.

the Dell -awry arrangement
dud, by their respective 111
nil, Burke. and Count
neral in the Bavarian sere
entered the ring, formed
Bavarian military, and to
tame of 15 poiCelk Barn
his ball grazed the right II
the tint tire of Benin N're
the pun. Baron l/ulten
pawed dose by the brews
took hie second pistol, wl
Enraged at this second fai
afid filtered Caron Dube*,
w monk but the 5w..1.1414
. outiur;ed
they neither could iair au
ttlity ; tai consequoive wb
044. CLetrrul rade is