The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-03-06 00:00:00

LON DON,
FRIDAY, Maaca 6.

In our observations, yesterday. upon the intelli-
gence brought by the Danish Mails, we stated, that
the account of the military operations from the lit
to the yth last, including the battle of Eylau, pub-
lished by General CG AILED in the paper called
The Telegraph, printed by the French at Berlin,
would be spun out into a series of Bulletins (,f the
Grand Army, and as such, might be considered an
anticipation of these curious documents.—Onr con.
jecture w)right. The Paris ar4 Dutch Papers
which w•( ave since received, the former to the
25th, the atter to the 2.nh, contain the 56th, .57th,
and 58th Bulletins of the Grand Amy, giving an
account of the above actions. They cunless their
Lois in the battle of Eylau to be 1,030. killed, and
nearly 6,000 wounded, iacloslini several General
Officers, while not one Rimian Otlicer of distinction
is numbered among the Russians, killed, wounded,
or taken prisoners. This, 11;:srever, is only one
point among many, upon wbich we have i of room
to dilate, all tending to encourage a hope, if not
to convince us, that the battle of Eylan was far from
a decisive one, and that the French safe ed near-
ly as vouch as the Russians upon that day, as wall
as in the anions immediately preceding it.

We received some Hamburgh Papers yester.lav,
but sane of a later date than those which
art ived on Wednesday. A pirate letter from that
city, of the 24th, says, " A French Officer has
arrived here, who wag present in the battle of
Eylau s be describes it as the most sanguinary
one that he French were ever engaged in.—
The Russians fought with a fury unparalleled. He
makes no mention of the loss of the French. Let-
ters received here from Berlin state, that all the
officers ulio attended when Tc Deum was chaunted,
wore crape round their arms, frxn w:tielt circum-
stance it W•t• inferred, that some peron of rani. bed
fallen."

Another letter, of the same date, from Altcna,
states, that 13,31.4 AY A ItT g, during his stay at Warsaw,
had used every exertion to induce Prussia to make
a separate peace, and to tempt Austria to engage
in the war against Russia, but all to no purpose.
Two designs against the life of BON A P %RIK, it is said
have been discovered at Warsaw ; the one was by a
General, s•: ha, on being se:,t for by the despot,
shot hi.ns ; the other was by a Palish Lady, who
was cleated by Fc.uctsLT, the Minister of Police,
with the dagger in her sleeve.

The Committee of the House of Commons, ap-
pointed to inquire into precedents of cases of ex-
pelled Memhers, in reference to the case of Mr.
CART HOIN e, expelled from the House in 1796, and
elefled to serve in the present Parliament. for
Lancaster, have made their Report. A sketch of it
is given in a subsequent column.

Extra& of a Letter. dated Portsmouth, Wed.-icsda7,

Febtuary 4th..1 807 :

" The Court Martial will not sit until Friday
morning, partly in consequence, I understand, of
the absence of Sir Richard Strachan, whir was to
be invested this day with the Red Ribband. About
one o'clock, this day, Sir Home Popham and Cap-
tain King, arrived bete from London. Mr. Sturges
Bourne, who is one of the witnesses, on the
part of Sir Home Popham, is also arrived.—
Lord Melville and Loid Castlereagh wets es-
peaed bete upon the same bonnets; but we un-
derstand they will not come now. The principal
evidence on the part of the prosecution will consist
of written documents, chiefly official, and other
letters. The case for the prosecution will net oc-
cupy many hours; but it is expetted thedekuce will
take some time. The whole will occupy about two
or three days. Admiral Young, Piestlect ; Ad-
miral Sir Erasmus Gower, Sir Richard Strachan,
and Captain Menzies, are Members of the Court
Martial, but it is not positively known, who will
compose the Court besides these.
" admirals Young and Sir E.Gower.arrived here
about two o'clock. 'The several Admirals,' Post
Captains, &c. will be summoned on board the
Gine/tato.. of 44 guns, on the morning of the day
appointed fir holding the Court Martial, and the
Senior 02,:ers will then be chosen Members.
The Court consists of thirteen Members, seven
or nine of whom are Rear-Admirals, and the
remainder senior Post Captains.—The substance of
the charges against Sir Home Popham it contained
in the following Letter of Instruetions, addressed to
Admiral Young, who presides at the trial:

EY THF: COMMLSSIONEXS, be. Ste.
" Whereas, by our theta, Cate I :9th July. Inu.), Sir !fonts
Popham, then Captain of His Mijesty':. ship Diadem, was
dueled to take under his eonuntrid flii Majesty's ships
Raisonable, Diomede, Narcissus, and Leda, ti.•
Espnit sloop, and FOCOVI.aI,r gint.brig, foe the purpose of
capturing the enemy's settlements at the Cape of tinsel
Hope, in eonjunetion with the troops mule( the
of Major4iffitial Su Hasid Sand, which settlement was sur.
rendered to the ships and troops af.iremeritlnned, to the month
of January, 111/6. And, whores., st flirt's bvlletters Irwm
the said Sly Hense r.pham to out fiac...tal, dal d the
and $ th dellarering, that, with tn.- view to attack the
Niamnb a 11111.046 iv Übe Ito dm L glata, lot ohich attack be

had no.diießinivor authority whatever, he infwaithdraw ROM''
t• o Cape the lauf the sutwe'vforce, which h..tl be. a plimrd
uudw his comma:id, :or the tote purist's° of toutectiog it, thcres
by leaving the Cape, which it was hut duty to guard, not only
exposed to attack and insult, bur even without the means of
affor.ting protection to the of Ili. Maj.osty's tolii,et:, or of
tsbing possesinoit of any ships of the 'ht Mite
pat into any of the Rays, or Hai bonis of the Cape, or parts
adjacent. cr. which he, tile dot Sir f1a0:eP.0..1,5,” did, note it If.
standing that he had rue, i:ed pH:WIMP. infer:menet of dera.4l-
- enemy's chin. in ing at seet awl in the ne,glibour.
hood of the Cape ; and siotwitlistanOing he hail be.ra 3i11,11L .1
Cott a French setunlron was exj.azied st the mamitiut, of
which he informed tit by his letter to our S..cretary, dared the
titll of Apia, Mita, only row days prier to his departure from
theta,' jr. (or Inc Rio de la Plata.
•• And whereas it api3Cllll to tr., that a .1133 ,et,rd to lheß'w,4
of His Majesty's Service oneerious:y denisoirk th...t so ibgrAti,
breech of pub:a:duty shoo:41 out pail totpuilisheil ; r 4-.
by ew Orderolsted the 23th uly, 1806, Rear A4ll4iLlt Stifling
we, directed r. seni the said Sir Home Popham to England.,
which be has done accordingly ; and whereas Sir H Pop-
ham was, on his arrival, pot under an atre.t by our and , and
is now at awaiting his trial. We tend • herewith the
necessary rapers for the support of the Charge; and 4 here.
by 'clone, and direct you forthwith, to a-seinble a Court Mar-
tial (you bring the Piesitlont thereof), which Couit feisitiol is
hereby required and directed. to iuqune into the c.intiet of,
and to try the said Captain Su limns Popham, for the off:wed
with which he is charged ace odingly. •
I• Given under our bandy Ste. dec."

Our Port Letters contain little of any interest.
The Amielop man of war sailed on Wednesday- fri,rn
Portsmouth, with a convoy, for the East ladies.
She will not proccvd farther than the Cape.

The Committee appointed to examine the Jour-
nals and Records of the House of Commors, for
precedents of cases touching the question of Expul.
iioa of Members; and also of cases, in which Alem•
Lars having been expelled, have been again return-
ed; anal to report the same to the Elouse, together
with the substance of all proceedings relating there.
to ; have proceeded to make the search for which
they were appointed, and have now to submit the
result to the House. They have thought it their
dory to include in their Report every case which
has, come within their notice, that could, under any
constralion, be considered as toms riled in the 1-
•Jer of the Hons.. Though they have, in conform-
ity with the tenor of the order, stated in general only
she substance of the several cases reported. they Lave
uniformly given the ultimate decision of the Hoose,
in the precise words as they appear in the Journals.
Having found, in some remark lisle instances, that
Members expelled had, at subsequent periods, been
returned, and sat in Parliament, they conceived it
might not be unimportant to porsue this inquiry iu
other cars, and through the means of other
sources of information than thc.,c ati.uided by the
Journals cf. the House. They have, accordingly,
examiced the return-books of the House, as far
back as they extend, and have noticed, in their Re-
port, every instants where the name of a Member
expelled appears again in those books. Wish respeel
to those on whom no such remark is made, your
Committee have not extended their search beyond
the Parliament immediately succeeding that in which
the expulsion took place; and though they have no
reason to suppose such members were ever after-
wards returned, the negative can only be considered
as established during that period. As the identity of
name, wilhout other eircssmtances of addition cr
description, does not necessarily imply that of per-
son, they have been induced to prosecute the inves-
tigation still farther, by means of the original it.
turns, and the signatures of the hkmbers to tile test-
rolls. This has enabled your Committee to ascer-
tain some fans as to this point, negatively, as well
as affirmatively, in the way which they have fully
detailed its each particular instance. Where no
such comparison has been noticed, it has beets pre-
cluded by the cant of the orignal documents.
Your Committee have thought, that it might be
useful to arrange the several cases reported, under
certain beads, by way of Index ; in preparing
which. they have adopted such a classification as
appeased to them, upon the whole, nicht conve-
nient.
The cases which the Committee have collened as
relevant, amount to t;ti; and these they have w-
ronged into five classes, according to Life nature of
the charge, viz.—
. . - . . .

1. 05;Oces &gaunt the State, a•i.l (nude altoi2ing the
•2. OSeuce4 alpaca the Howe.

3. Other ult.:afrees.

4. Doqualificatian by tattste.

s__ooher diArali6caiinns,

The Art class is divided into two, viz. after
legal conviftion, and without legal cot:irk:lion t and.
of the former, the Repnrt states ugly four Cases,
viz. Sir Thomas Strickland, expelled in 1670.
and Sir Solomon Swale, in WS, as Popish
Itccusants ; Mr. Wilkes, in 170, for a seditious li-
bel, and Mr. Cawthorne. the present party. in
170, for fraudulent misapplication of the pub-
lic money, as Colonel of hfilitia. Nelthcr Sir
Thomas Strickland nor Sir Solomon Swale were
ever re-defied. Mr. Wilkes was re-elefted in
1774, and is a case in point, except in regard to the
differeoce of the offence. Of the latter, viz. offences
against the State, and frauds affefting the public,
without legal eonviaion, the Report enumerates
twentylve cases, viz. Sir Robert Floyd. Sir Giks
Monperson. Mr. William Sandy,. Sir Jnho Jacob.
Sir 'llomas Webb. Mr. Edmund Windham, Mr.
Connisby, Mr. Long and Mr. Hook, for being
eoncernca.: in Patents of Monopolies. voted griev-
ances by the House. None of these were re-
elated. Mr. Piercy, Mr. Wilmot. Sir Hugh
Pollard, and Mr. Ashburnbafts, for high treason and
misprision of treason. None of these four were re.
elefted. Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Francis Lassellv,
Mr. Robert Wallop, Mr. Luke Robinson. for bar.
ing sat as Judges on King Charles I. None of
these were re.elefted. John Knizbt and Mr. bun-
combe, for false indorsements of Exchequer fills.
Two persons, viz. John knight and Sir Charles
buncombe, acre repeatedly returned to Parliament
after that event, but the Report does not notiae,
whether tipsy were the identical Members expelled.
Lord Ranclagh. for misapplication of the public
money, as Paymaster of the Forces, not re•eletled.
Mr. Ridge. for frauds and abuses in contracts with
Government, not re-elected. Mr. Steele, after-
wards Sir Richard Steele, expelled in 1713, for
scandalous and seditious libel., returned for lin.
rourghbridge in 1714. Mr. Foster and Mr. Car-
negie, for high treason, not re.elecied.
fur scandalous and seditious It'w!s. 1.• elected.
The remaining four classes shall tee given to mo-
rose.


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