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spot, yet it was sacrificed for the pidirelitisitleisi-'
nioi of 001. 'I., ear. and this for the wily spot mat
.could be really narfal for the lloolotot Per his
own part. he declared he would girt .44rstaile this
and bind way of his estates with the seeps
rity, that he could emceed in restoring it to,the
use tif the Hospital; as he considered they Wert
Oiler' firing the only spot that could be rendered her
uelleoll to. the sold;ers, for the piirpose of gra,,
one, who (melt to be the only 111:10
who shwa not take it. In whatever
pouht of view hr Inokkd at it, ke considered it as a
job disgusting in its iallture, and detrimental in its
condeqnences; whetirer weixiied by any or tine
usual ineasunm, Titerinometcr, Basonietvr, Chro-
nonnerteri or as it might lie celled, a .fobintic•er.—
too, to the other features w the busi-
Heti, the inatenals which in lead, tiinber, etc. he
understood to be of con'aidernble value, wire to be
allowed Col. Gordon. tot the purpose of lunit-hug
the half of d party-wall, but which wall was ren-
dered necessary only hey the ,grant to himelf. As
to the estimate upon, which that grant was f.ittuded,
he considered it as of the most flimsy texture,
which stumped the transaction as the moot disgust-
ing job of all jobs. The question was tint Ate.
titer Col. Cimino should pay more or less for his
bargain, but, whether the soldiers should be nar-
rowed up in their exiiiiyinents? They were already
shut oat of the milks helidiging to the II "pit.il
for the accommodation of the wires and
of about thirteen Officer*, whit held situations there,
—not a leek could they pet out of the garden—and
yet all this might hare beet, reformed at the paltry
expense of 301. a veer. What he saw inch wigs,.
noses ine thaw, he was willing tb wear any mime,
so as he coedit be the instrdment in detecting
and reforming. such abuses. With respect to the
motion itself, although ha entirely approri•il af in-
vestigation, before an opera Colitikittee of rhe whole
House ; yet, as the object might 'he obtained by a
referenee to a Select-Committee, "lie dared to 'say
Air ilonoorable Friend would consent to the alter-
thru the additional porters so necessory for
the further elucidation of the buAness alight be
referred to thistCon !!!! ittee.
Mr. Yoitise accused the Honourable Member of
niisrepresetitation, it, saying diet it was intended to
arrow the conifitrts of the soldiers.

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The lf-..asecif• Osegroand at Cael.ea I:fool:Mal to
Colonelpeltioettie, was disoussed last nighl Wiley
flonse of Commons, and eanCtioned by a mijoritY.
We sill mike souse observations upon this setriett
on Moii,!vy. ,
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I ur last page will he found a copy of an in.
r letter from the French Minister fah fo.
kairs, n:ticli shows that the violation "of the
int ty of Austria was oae of the subject; of con-
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ference at E, forth, agro:d cyrim by ALEIAND/itt
andßon.tr.sart. .
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Notice.for the Lotto was yesterday received Is
the City, from the Mieister'in Do ening-slreet.-s- .
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The Parties are to attend a Crraferetice no Meo-
day, at ore o'clock, when the amount end die
Stocks hi which it is to be funded. Pc. will be
settled. -
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The Treasury Journals continue their attecklitipme
Sir F. Pnitoi4T and the late ereetiog at the Crown,
and Anchor. The whet:: history of his life. and
every no-A:larded exitres.ion that may have escaped
from hint in the mono:nos of 4:stivity, we teulared
• np, to rote tutu the worst and mod daeigerotts ': ''•
man iu society.--. Not ernifent wits this, they hey 'l
all the•haseness owl wickedness of that base, cold.
blooded, and sordid poli.ical reuegadn,Cooltisv. •
at the Matinees floor.—With his language used
esseolnet at the Crown and Anchor, of Monday,
such of them as have any sense, dO.not nieteed to
find any tiiiilt.---They only object to his sincerity. .
and insist that he was playing the bypoe•ite.—Now
we hope that we act more feirly.—We will not visit
upon him the/ sins of CoativrT, and we sill en..
sider the 'Baronet sincere while he adheres to his
professions—but toot one moment longer.
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The nature Sif the motto!' of Mr. 111aDoorle, 414
night, iii the House of Commons, was oliforeseeis
and unexpected. After a very short prefacer he
moved, it That evidence be heard, en Tnesday, at
the -Bat, against Mr, PERCI VAL nod Viscount
4ilvt.attamitt, to prove them guilty of corrupt
precticre,leprocuring the return of lleinben to
that bfottea."l. This Motion was isegatii cif wt tha
«round that-the parties accused were not present;
hat tit, charge hi to he resumed on Thursday next. ,
The ivaakne'sti'"ancl shallowness of :Ministers are in-
conceivable. "ft requires no ()t.tvint Canen ET t,
nor his i‘wanis, to turn them out ; the inenneut M.
Msetiortortmicheal theta, they made their We mad
7altrjeil,iitray. . • :,
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."15i iatcte: knee i..: ,is i.er:eived from VI : ,
brought by the Racoon. which arriieu ow Tini.s
duy at Poitsmunth.
The Flushing sir:34Mo has been li r;:tened of its
kilns ind sitchlat„, nod *tarried up the river, being
uppreheiasivir pra visit from- Lord Cocisazise had
it-reourititA bolts former situation. We fame Ire.
qtiently heard 'that an attack upou it has been, for
some time peat, practicable. .
Sinne.irsichi, arrived in the River front tielland.
repeat tde rumortr of the, F. such !initial bete de-
timed 'by The Austrians..
• The Palms, ilaaiLEY. from Leaden. arrived at
Monte Villew tits the fit* :Janear7 ; found liinit
these the Nary. tlei Dintlittando he ' Admiral Berke-
/4w, the Earl Catedoe, the CAhailla, the Nomad, and
the Agrera6le ? the latter hid landed her cargo
from Liverpool. stud sailed with Gorcrtnnent dis-
patches for esidtz.---The supercargo of the Venus
was informed ths't the following vessels leers' arrived
off Buenos Ayres, vie. the Paany, the (,'rotsfreriared,
the Tagus, the fined, and the Generous P/ariters.
*Extract of a letter, dated Rio Jime4o, Feb. eS,
1809:—" The Spaniards make great diffeultiet
about admitting British goods into the River Plata,
which can only be done under special heroes s ; lute
or two valuable cargoes have been lately seized and
eonfiscated there."
Thursday the Admiralty had advices from Gijon,
where the utmost activity prevailed to augment the
army io that quarter, and to improve its discipline;
or which the Niarrplis de la Rost A m a hail particularly
(beamed his attention. A letter was also received
*mil Santander, by a mercantile lionise. The ger.
risotr, which we have before stated to hare been
much reduced, had not been root:tweed; mid sonic
expectation was indulged that eli. French would
abandon, as untenable, under thcir present circum-
stancie. the entire province of Lloseay.
l'he'firing lately heard on the French coast, it
is now understood; was on account of the defiler),
of the wife of hitig 1...,,r is BONA PASTE of a son.
The IVellq.Aloo!ir, .froon Lisbon for London.
has been carried into Margate, with the loss 0!:
foreto,r-matt, foretop s il, yards mid rigging, and
inalia-(worn.
The Betsey, DRATHW4ITE, from nObli II for

Mr. WILL, vs! Sutra expressed his conviet:on',
that there was mare in the trasisaction, than the
public were acipiiiiiited nab. Looking tit 'the
report of those employed to make the valuation, he
conk' fairly say it appeared to he drawn up, not nil
"behalf of the public, but the ;sore ; and tab* in
1111 these circunistances which might be necessary
' consideration. The principal point bow-
, evettwhich he retie to observe on, was the necessity
of ratifying threghtlit to Col. Gordon ; and he must
my, that it eppeareil„ that before any steps were
taken by Colonel Goolon tinder his grant; a doubt
of its propriety had been raised in the Great Crisim •
oil of the nation. New, it it were it case of art im-
provident grant esde•by is minor, of a part of his
estate ; was there any man who doubted • hot a
Court of Chancery would interfere to aural the
grant > In like manlier is the present elee, he
Maintained no equitable title could be sustained to
the completion of the contract entered into .w.t:i
Col. t!:orrion.
• Mr. Peactvar. explained. Ile raid that
the opPlicatiou'ef the Commisaioners of Chelsea,
nn the ettbject, to th• Lords of the Tffliabef:Ther •
had felt thetnelvea humid, 114 IS all like' case% tsr
consider Colaied Gordo', as intitletl toluive•
lease made good to Win. and .had given orders
accordingly. ,
Mr. LONG, after observing that, deny alb& 'per-
son than Col. Gordon was concerned in the toms- •
action, that House would have heard nothitig
delepaled the canductiog of the Hospital (rem any
ireputatino. So far from the iwn being deprived of
airy csinfrirt, hr asscrtell'the very reverse to betties
fact. ‘Vith respect to the-transaition itself tinder
discussion, he stated that on the very day it was
first lorrnt.fit nailer the notice of the House, the
Commissioner* had surveyed the pt.:mites, mid ls-
ing- of opinion that the sctteof the house intended
to be built by Colonel Gordon would he a nuisance's
:linty was put to it, and steps immediately taken
to redress the evil.
Sir U. MOSBLT in teply made a few observations
on the argamenta which had been advanced against
his motion. It was laud the case had not borne bim
out; he mid an tau, and all he wanted was to be .
allowed to brew witnesses to their bar, in which.
case he pledged himself to prove the whole of his
allegations. It was plain that blame rested some-
where, but where that was could not be amide ont.
without the inquiry which he demanded wits
granted. Under all the circumstances it ap-
peared to him to inn the pleasure of the
House to chase a Select Committee in pre-
ference to an open one; howerme, he would yield,
and if tiny shotsiii agree to his Graf proposition of
referring the matter to is Cominitim, tae would
thin prop ',se the MaiTIV•4 of a detect Committee for
the purpose of the
The Must• then thvilleti upon the question, that
the matter tie referred to a Ciniunittee, which was
negatives!—
Far it 73
Against it l7O
Majority — gJ
Strangers were net aJmitted again iota the Gal-
lery.--Adjoerued at ['ALP-PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK

COURT MARTIAL

OMURA, MAT 5.
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This Court Martial Kas held at the request of Whitehaven, and the t'astle, tenni Ireland
the lion. ('apt. Cochrane, (brother of the pliant for ilarriii4tim, ore on shore near NVliiteilav en, and.
Lord Cochrane) of the 13th Dragoon Guards, he full of water.
having been found fault with by Adjutant-General - We have great pleasure in stating. that the Dirsart
Clinton, in the late campaign in Spain. Sir Eyre frigate, with .‘iliniral 1)c Coyne, onboard, bound
Copse President of the Court. for the Brazils, mill prat".ll to have been lost
We being restricted by the Court, cannot now or captured, arrived tt Madeira on the Roth of
enter fully inttt the evidence, The charges were March.
for disobedience or oplerN 10441 for his havio4 abut- The Scotch Society for 'propagating Citrietigo
dotted hie post on the 341 of January, pot Aide of the knowledge ia the Ilighlaiirtv, yesterday at
ivllagat of Beinhibre, Spain, without taking the the Crown avid Aiicher, the Earl of ilaxtbst.saiss;
proper means of ascertaining whether the cavilry in the e;tair.
that advanced against his force wits that of the The. itiOLalthrevic 51,-eiety dined on Thersitty
enemy's, or the stnigglers of the Alarquis dv In at.Ereetacertsses 4Jaii. The company ausossatisti to
ltrionstia's army, Hot..eaap,, M. P. in the Chair. Tbeevisissi •
Ailjntant-General Clinton, and Lieut.-Colonel 111 K cue ?Mtn in tile-greatest harmony sort feseltity:
Grant, were examined in support of the charges. Ntsvri. Dia Jirreistitsrotio, Gov, Gtooossis.
The ( 7.044 ft adjourned at half-pact three o'clogit,. Evioici, ,and Llityrisc. assisted with their wooed
sad appointed to glee' at tea to-nmesoo. I. powers. •'ilar oolJostao seas essosidonsbie• •
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