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lIOUSE OF LORDS.
rittrov.., MOTH 14.
The Lust Advocate of Scotland was heard, in
ram on behalf or the Appellant, in the Appeal
anw front the Interlocutor of the Court of Ses-
sion. Mn. .th Cr.n ford v. rutau.is Coutts,
Estvgaer which t further hearing was adjourned
to Moods?.

LARLDOM OT LIMERICK.
The Patent of creating N'is,:ovint I.:rnerick, Earl
of Lisuerick, was read ; when his Lordship took his
beat onahe Earl's Bench.
The Marquis of SLIGO then moved, that two
Choate, the Fifth of George the k irst be read,
which were read accordingly.
By these Clauses, every new.; -ereated Peer is di-
mace! to take the Oaths previous to his taking his
Seat, voting, or taking any part in a Ll:bate in that
House, under a penalty of 1001.
A conyeriAtion ensued, in which it was stated,
that Lnrd Limerick, being cletied by his Peers, and
baying a Writ directed to him accordingly, and
takes the Oaths and his Seat, and share in the De-
bates of that House, as Viscount Limerick,' it was
unnecessary for him to take the oa:hs a second time,
there not having been occasion to issue a new Writ
to him.
The Loan Cnswest.ton, Lord Fa.t.tneotorGit,
and Lord Al vAnt.t.v concurred in this opinion,
and the Marquis of Suno readily yielded, ciccLuing
he only wished, that every Member of the Irish
Peerage, who had a right to a .44cst in that House,
should be corrc in complying with aU the neces-
sary forms
Noncr—.% R TIT 'CFAS t f DOCK YARDS.

Th.: Earl of CARLISLE rose, declaring that
he had come down to the House, with an intention
to make a \lotion relative to the Artificers in his
Majesty's INick.yaids. had any of his Majesty's Mi-
nisters been in their places, hut that not happening
t' be the case, he would forbear to make his Mo.
tion. lest it should he deemed unfair or inicandid
to offer to make it in their absence, notwithstand-
ing that he was not aware that tile slightest objec-
tion could be made to it. His Lordship said, that
he thought it necessary to take that opportunity of
declaring once for all, that he w.ts Jett-mined to
ezencisz his undoubted right to deliver his semi- ,
ments upon every subjeft that occitrred to him,
freely, as an independent Peer of P.aliament, nei-
ther rnsioned by any Minister, an erpe&ant of any
favour—no man's slave. He would not be deterred
fro:n this line of comiuft from the siverities of any
maa's comments, whether conveyed through the
medium of sarcasm, advice, recommendation, or
dogma. /le might be told that he kept
company in a very confined circle ; that his compa-
nions had notions as narrow as his own, and that no
observations he •or such bumble individuals could
offer to that House were diserving the slightest no-
tice. His Lordship conciuleil with declarmg, that
he vrtrlld oa the first day nest week, when his Ma-
jesty's Ministers should be in their places, make a
Motion respeeting the Artificers in his Majesty's
asck-yards, and he named Monday.
The L9iLD CHANCELLOR left the Wool-
sack, and said, it was impossible ft.r him to ima-
giire, from the slight mention of the Motion, which
Cu; Noble Larl had given, whether it would afford
ground for objeition or not, That as the Noble
Earl had thought proper to advert to what had
passed in a former debate, he thought it became
him to say, that it was the undoubted duty of their
Lordships to sliest, the utmost respell to each other;
that this principle had, and ever should govern his
condo& ; but if the Noble Earl was so sensibly alive
to his own feelings. it breams him to consider, that
other Noble Lords had feelings as well as himself,
and that no man, not utterly insensible, would pa.
tkntly endure the being charged in the roundest
and most degrading terms, that he was weak, inca-
pable, devoid of his duty, and unfit for his situa-
tion, when he w.ls perfealy sure, that he had ho.
nesaly and conscientiously discharged that duty.
Those who expeaed civility and resi,ea, nit's: them-
selves tint learn to treat others with civility and

respea.
the Earl of CARLISLE read his motion, to
satisfy the Noble and Learned Lord of its full ex-
tent. Its oblea was, that monthly returns cf the
number of artificers em; loved in his ).I.4jesty's
duck-vards, since the firstof July last, be laid before
the Ilonse.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, till the mo-
tion came to be more fully discussed, it was still
impossible to say whether it was linble to oblation
or n.n.
It being an Order that no Bill relative to the Re-
venue, or Income of An y part of the Royal Family
should be received from the Commons, but when
the Judges were in the House, an order was d;rat-
cd to be made for receiving it, spet-7..tfly
th.tt the: Juiges were absent on their respeCtive Cir-
cuits.
Aker vari Ars Bills were read a third time, and
six or eight private Bill, were received faun the
Commons by Sir William F.lforl aad others, the
House adjourned to Monday next.

IJOI'SE OF COMMONS.
rttnav, staitif
The PM for enabling the Grand Junelion Canal
Conspany to raise certain Sums ni Money, for the
purpose of extending the Canal room the Bason at
Paddington to the London Docks, eras read a
third time and passed, and ordered to the Lords.
The Chairman of the Committee for enquiring
into the merits of the Petition complaining of an
undue Eleaion for Ilchester, brought up a Report,
stating, that Sir JUIIH Ii.rANE, Bart. had absented
himself from the said Seleet Committee ; in conse-
quence of wii:ch, they had adjourned till to-morrow.
And that he had read a letter from a Physician,
i•itimating, that the state of Sit idiot kLANL'S
health was such as to require his immediately set-
ting off for Bath ; which being verified on oath,
he ;se tc di-wit:aged from further attendance on the
said Sete t Committee.
Sir MA L IHF.W RIDLEY brought up the
Report of the Committee appointed to enquire
into the merit: of A Petition complaining of an
toJae Election for the Borough of Great Grimsby,
u :ten it appeared to the said-Selett Commitec, that
Aite.ighe Boucher, Esq. was duly defied to serve
as a Representative in Parliament for the same, and
that John Henry !oft, Esq. was not duly eleeted to
carve as a Burgess for the said :lorongh ; and that

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Atlisesl %knish. Esc e,tag to ?:use beeu retutrael,
and is declared duly cleated to represent the said
Borough in Parliament ; and that the Petitions end
oppositions to them were tot frivolous or ettaa-
tialia
On the Motion of SIT MA TTLIEW WM/ T Kin.
us V, the Deputy Clerk of the Crown was ordered
to attend, and amend the Return for Great Grims-
by, according to the said Report.
Sir MAT (HEW WHITE. RAMS Y bEettlelt up ano-
ther Report from the Great Grimsby ommittee,
-.eating the following resolutions, which he was di-
reaed to lay before the Mouse : that it appeared to
the Comniittee, that John Simpson, Esq. Mayor
and Returning-Officer for the Borough of Great
Grimsby did, previous to the Eleftion, hold a Court
of Common-Council, and admit several persons to
the freedom of the Borough illegally, of his own
will and authority, and contrary to the constitution
of the said Borough ; and that he the said John
Simpson, Esq. availing himself of his authority as
Returning-Officer, did unlawfully rejeat certain law-
ful
aotes, and admit several unlawful ones, which
he might not to have admitted.
On the Motion of Sir M. W. RIDLEY. Burt.
this Report was ordered to be taken into considera-
tion on fuesdav the ..soh inst.,
Sir M. WHITE RIDLEY, Bart. then moved,
that so much of the minutes of the said seled Com-
mittee, as was contained in the Report, should be
laid before the Home; which was agreed to.
Hato Has:la-roe, Esq. as High Sheriff of the
county of Dublin, got leave of absence, to attend the
assizes.
A Rill for continuing an 16t for staying Proceed-
ings under an Ad of Henry VIII. for preventing
ecclesiastical Persons from holding a Plurality of
Livings, was read a tiest time, and ordered for a
second reading on Monday next.
On the !slattern of Mr. COlt RY, the order of the
day for the House taking into consideration the
ameadments of the Lords on the lrisit Postage Bill
was read.
The Amendments were then read a first time;
when
The SPEAKER said, he thought it his data to
call the attention of the House to the clause which
the amendment made by the lanais went to eepunge.
It was proposed by the clause to extend to the he-
eretary of State for Ireland, and his Deputy, and to
the private Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, and
certain Clerks, the privilege which was enjoyed by
persons in similar situations in this country, of send-
ing packages, and receiving letters and packages,
free of postage. The Lords wish to have this clause
struck out, which they had no right to do, as it was
an infringement of the invariable and undoubted ;Ai-
vileges of this House. His wish would therefore
be, to have the consideration of the said amendments
deferred to a distant period, in order that it may
net again come before the House.
Mr. CORRY then moved, that the said amend-
ments be taken into consideration this day six
months.
The SECRETARY at WAR moved, that the
Lords' amendments on the Mutiny Bill be taken
into consideration.
The amendments were then read a first time.
The SECRETARY at WAR stated the nature
of the amendments ; which, he said, arose out of a
mistake in letting the Bill go out of the lion* with
the omission of certain technical terms. The first
amendment went to rectify a clause for subjecting
deserters, who were sentenced by a Court Martial
to transportation, and who returned before the expi-
hiration of their time, to be dealt with as felons, were
under similar circumstances. The second went to
amend the clause which en:eaed that deserters found
at large, when tinder sentence of transportation,
should be subje& to the penalty of death. The
amendments, in both instances, he observed, agreed
with the original intention of the Committee for
drawing up the Bill, and was owing to the accident
of its being sent up to the Lords in an imperfect
state.
The amendments were tken read a second and
third time, agreed to, and ordered again to the
Lords.
On the motion of the SECRETARY at Watt, the
Order of the Day for the second reading of the Mi.
litia Officers' Bill was read.
Lord FOLKSTONE rose to state his objections
to th.: second reading of the Bill. lie was surprised
beyond measure when he read the provisions of
this Bill; for though what has been already done
with regard to the Militia, has been highly in-
injurious, yet this he considered as a death-blow to
thet corps. Ile was not in the House' when this
measure was brought forward, and when a debate
was occasioned by it. (Hem the Noble Lord was
called to order by the Speaker, for alluding to a
former debate.) He looked 'upon the Militia as a
constitutional defensive force, enabling us to em-
ploy our disposable force for other services. On
that account, he said, the spirit of the system went
to call upon men of fortune, whose zeal and in-
fluence in the hour of danger would be of most im-
portance, to come forward and fill up the Militia.
What then was his surprise to find, by the provisions
of this Bill, that unqualified Officers were to be ad-
, mittesdall admission at all times improper, but at
this period paatiL elarly dangerous and improper,
when men of property should come forward to fill
the commissions of the constitutional force of the

country. He wishes to he understood that he means •
nu distespe& to unqualified Officers, their services
may be useful where qualifications were unnecessary;
but h.: thinks in the Militia, when unqualified Offi-
cers wet the qualified Oilicers should g.)
out. As to filling up of commissions in the Maim:,
from the half-pay of the line, it went, he said, to the
total annihilation of the system. If it was neces-
sary to call half-pay Officers into aaioa, he contend-
ed they should return to the line and tight there.
The SECRETARY at WAR observed, that the
provisions were much the same as they were last.
war. He was therefore exceedingly surprised to
hea.. the Noble Lord call the present measure a
death-blow to the Militia system. The provisions
extended only to Officers who had served last war,
and the principle was the same as was then aged
upon, of empowering the Lord Lieutenant to fill up
commissions with unqualified persons on proper re-
commendation. As to the clause which relates to
the admission of half-pay Officers, it is taken word
fur word from an Aa of the last war, which autho-
rises the Lord Lieutenants of Counties to fill up the
commissions from that class of Officers, if the regi-
ments were incomplete at a certain period. He was
therefore the more surprised at the expressions of
I the Noble Lord, that qualified persons should go

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nut if unqualified persona wet! admitted, a; it *as a
principle not new, but already afted upon and Vane'
tinned by experience. He was as much inclined to
stick to qualifications as any man, with respea to
superior Officers, but it was well known that the
appointment of Subalterns without qualifications
was absolutely indispensible.
Mr. SHERIDAN said, that any Member who
brought forward an objeCtion to any measure pro-
posed at the present moment, should not do it with-
out the best reasons and on very good grounds. He
should not do it without also having it in his power
to propose a better one. He was a warm fiend to
the Militia, because he considered it a constitutional
force, and he regretted as much as any man that in-
novations had taken place in it. Particularly one,
which was this, that Colonels who had brought their
regiments to the utmost perfeelion, with great pains
and considerable expencc, should afterwards find
themselves in the situation of recruiting-officers for
the line. He would even wish to stick to the system
of ballot, and have every man who was drawn serve in
his proper place and person. And he agreed with the
Noble Lord, that should the awful event of a re-
newal of the war happ: n, that the property of the
country ought to fill the ranks cif the Militia. The
Noble Lord says, that qualified persons should
turn out, if wolaalifiect persons were admitted.—
But (said the lion. C 'utleman with indication), if
young men of fur;.:.: have not the spirit to put
thernsalv( aat the head. of their countrymen in the
hour of Wiager, wilt the Noble Lord say that the
Lo: d Lieutenants of .Counties should not admit
young fellows, who would otherwise be hunting or
idling about, to step forward to defend their coun-
try, barely for want of qualification, when we all
know, that with regard to subalterns, qualifications
were never insisted open ? As to the appointment
of officers from the half-pay of the line, where they
could not be otherwise employed, he thought it ad-
viscable ; and where a qualified Captain could not
be found, lie thinks it should he filled up from that
quarter.
Mr. BASTARD, as the best means of preserving
order amongst the Officers of the Militia, advi cd to
break the Colonel immediately, if these should be
any impropriety in his power to prevent.
The Bill was then read a second time, and on
the motion for its commitment,
Lord FOLKSTONE disclaimed that he had
wished for unqualified persons to be admitted as
officers in the Militia. He, on the contrary, was
desirous that all such persons may be excluded as
were professedly disqualified. With regard to those
who had been already admitted, he was of opinion,
that true and timely notice ought to be given to
them as early as possible, and Lao they may not be
taken by surprise on the sudden revival of Militia
principles, whieli had long been neglefted. An
Hon. Gentleman, said he, (Mr. Sheridan) has stated
to you that there was a backwardness and want of
spirit to stand forth; in the gentleman of landed
property, too much devoted to hunting, shooting,
and other amusements to enter into the Militia. He
looked on me at the same time pointedly, as if it
had been my fault that persons of that description
did not evince all the promptitude he wished for.
I wish him, howesooa to know, that I have no indi-
vidual concern in this business ; and what I fear is,
that the effea of this Bill will be to prevent quali-
fied persons from applying fur commissions in the
Militia.
Mr. SHERIDAN—" The Noble Lord who ad-
dressed you last has, I am sure, misunderstood me.
regret that unqualified persons should hold any
more than the rank of Subalterr s iu the Militia Ser-
vice ; but it' gentlemen of landed property will not
step forward, the Government has no chance, but
must fill up the vacancies in the best manner they
can. When I looked at the Noble Lord, I assure
him, that I thought at the time that he was in the
Militia; but now that I see his intention is good, I
make no doubt but that will be produftive of more
benefit than his speech can do harm. (This last
observation had the effeet of producing a good deal
of laughter.)
General TARLETON expressed his approbation
of the Bill, and of its provisions, which he said
would be unnecessary if the landed gentlemen had
shewn spirit enotigh to come forward.
Colonel MITFORD, in a very low tone of voice,
which prevented us from hearing the whole of what
he said, stated, that that there were three primary
principles, which gqverned the constitution of the
Militia establishment of this country. The first was,
the landed qualifications of officers ; the second,
that they were under parliamentary regulations, and
not arbitrary ones ; and the third, that their appoint-
meats were under the inspefhon of auditors. All
these principles he contended to have been violated
by the kist Aa of Parliament, and to the revival of
it by the present Bill he had this decisive objeftion,
that :t would stop the gap and obstruft the right
which the ancient Constitution gave to landed pro-
prietors, duly qualified to apply for commissions in
the Militia, which would now be filled up by gen-
tlemen for the most part unqualified.
Mr. STRICKLAND replied, that the observa-
tions of the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last must
have been occasioned by a misconception of the
Bill. If he had examined it with more attention, he
would find, that those original principles of the
Militia constitution, to which he adverted, hacrbeeti
not overthrown, but religiously observed ; that it
was not compulsory, and that the I.ord Lieutenants
had only the discretionary power of appointing
other suitable officers where the gentlemen of landed
property did not come forward.
The SECRETARY at WAR returned his thanks
to Mr. Strickland, fur having given a complete an-
swer to all the objeftions that had hitherto been
made. The Bill was not, as had already been
stated, compulsory in the Lord Lieutenants, but
empowered them to fill up vacancies in the' best
manner they were able to do. But it did not pre-
clude the precautions to be taken. We know not
when the war may commence, or how soon we
should be called into the field, but he deemed it ab-
solutely necessary that the country should be in
every respell prepared-for any difficulty it may have
to encounter. if there were any objeaions to be
made, on any clauses proposed, he should be. ready
to hear and discuss them in the Committee, which
lie moved to sit on Tuesday next.—Agreed to.
The Bill for regulating the Office of Surveyor-ge-
neral of the Forests arid Perths, was brought in, read
a first time, ordered to be printed, and read a second
time on Monday next.

1/11SII POSTAGE.

Mr. CORRY drew the attention of the House to
bill which had come from the liouse of Loa:

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vAtit inch anuentimenvols tNey, Representatives
of the people, could not admit& The objedion to
it in the other House arose front the tenor of the
bill not being conformable to the title. The Irish
postage-duty had always been granted annually s
and in the last year the Parliament was contented
with reviving the former Ads. This bill, however,
as far as regarded Irish packages, and the power of
franking them, was found to interfere with British
privileges, and the interests of the British Revenue.
What he therefore meant to propose, was to bring
in another bill retaining all the provisions of the for-
mer, but omitting that clause which had been ob-
jcaed to in the other House. The House would
see the propriety of expedition in passing this bill ;
for the at, being annual, would expire on tic ‘251.1:
of this month, and that expiration was by no means
unprecedented. On emergency, when the Lottery
Bill was passed, some little time back, the whole pro-
cess of passing the bill took place in the course of
two days.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. The
Bill omitted the clauses objeaed to by the Lords;
read a second time, went through a Committee,
the blanks tilled up, and the report ordered to be
received on Monday.
Mr. JOHNSTONE moved for an account of the
receipt and disbursements of the Island of Ceylon,
since it came into our possession. Agreed to.
A message from the Lords announced their
having agreed to the Prince of Wales's Annuity,
and several other Bills. Adjourned to Monday:

- THEATRE-ROTAL, DRURrLANE.
THIS EVENING win be presented a New Historica! Play, ilt
Three Acts, called
THE HERO OF THE NORTH.
The principal Characters be
Mr. Pope, Mr. Wroughton, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Ral'mond,
Diiw ton, Mr. Bannister, Jim. Mr. Ds Camp, Mr Can!Ned,
Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Grimaldi, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Fisher.
Mra. Young, Mrs. Mountain, Mrs. liarloam, Miss Manage,
Mrs. Eland, Miss Tyrer
To lw idded,
THE WEDDING DAY.
On Monday, Mr. Cooper will perform the Chan ".e! of
King Ric:iaril the Third.

THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING will be perfumed a New Comedy called
JOE-IN BULL I
Or, AN ENGLISHMAN'S FIRE-SIDE.
The principal Char-afters by
Mr. Mr. Cooke, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Johnstone,
Mr. If. Johnston, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Emery, Mr. Waddy.
Mrs. Gibbs Mn. Davenport, and Mrs. 11. Johnston.
The Overture •ind Music composed and selected by Mr. Kelly.
The Prologue to be spoken by Mr. Brunton.
With a Lyrical Epilogue by Mr. Johnstone.
To which sill be added,
THE. PRIZE; Or, 2,5, 3, R.

On Monday, The Haunted Tuwer, with Cock and Kr-,

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TILE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,

SATURDAY, MARCH 19.

A cii

e took place yesterday at the Stock

Exchange, which produced a great ferment in the
monied and commercial part of the city. At the
opening of the market, a gentleman, who has been
a dealer in the funds to an astonishing amount, and
whose opinion has been always considered as a sort
of index to the rise or fall of Stocks, declared him-
self a defaulter for the Omnium account. Those only
who are acquainted with the nature and extent of
his dealings, can conceive the sensation which this
declaration excited. The 'Change was for several
hours all bustle, anxiety, and confusion. The evert
was the only subject of conversation and enquiry,
and for the time absorbed every other consideration.
The person alluded to having been for a long tine
in the confidence of the monied world, and the
evils likely to result from his defalcation not be-
ing in their nature definable at a view, there
is a probable or possible extent to which, in the
first moments of surprize and alarm, they were
not carried. It became of course our duty to make
enquiry into a subjea of such general importance;
and while we lament the misfortune of the indivi-
dual, we have the pleasure to state, that the conse-
quences will he very disproportionate to the fir,t
impression. We have good reason to believe that
the Stock to be delivered upon the Omni;em accoun•,
of which yesterday was settling day, and upon tl•e
approaching Consul accounts in April, w ill nor
altogether much exceed a million ; and the difference•,
we believe, according to the best grounds of esti-
mate that could be obtained, do not amount to much
more than 100,0001. In the first moment of appre-
hension and alarm, it was estimated three time,..
greater, and its operation upon the Funds was
such as to occasion a considerable depression, is the
early part of the day. Towards the close of the
market, however, they not only recovered, but rose.
above the price of the preceding day. This faa i 3
in itself sufficient to ahew that the consequences were
at first much exaggerated.

A Messenger arrived at a late hour on Thurrd.o,
night, with dispatches from our Ambassador ►
Paris. As their nature has not transpired, it
presumed that the answer was not decisive, and the
hopes of continued peace encrease with every hour
of delay.—We are well-informed, that the PtasT
C)Nsci. was in every respeet unprepared for Hi:
MAJEsry's Message to Parliament, and the re.

monstrance of our Government of the same date.
He was at Madame BONAPARTE'S rout when the
dispatches containing them were delivered to him.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Roar Swill, Esq. took
the usual oaths, and his leave of the Court. on being
appointed AdvocateZeneral in Bengal. The Court
adjourned at six o'clock till Tuesday neat.

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‘Ve copythe following curious article fecal a Murat
eng Paper of yesterda.y, giving an accoent of the
interview betweeit the Fitter ('oese I. and Lord
Wita iwoara. The detail we are not inclined to
credit, but so far as as it n:speas the violent lan-
guage of the fterr Comm., it is founded on fad.
44 At Madame BONAPARTE'S '-Drawing-room on
Sunday last, the FIRST CoNSUL appeared in a state
of evident irritability. When he approached the
English Ambassador, he observed with warmth,
that a war had now desolated Europe for fifteen
years, and asked whether it was now to be renew-
ed ; adding, that if it was, it might again last for
as long a period ? To which Lord Weil rwoeten
calmly replied, that if it was renewed, it would
not be the fault of Greed Britain. BONAPARTE
then went amongst the Ladies, but soon after re-
turned to Lord W 'ties% 0 eTzt, and vehemently de-
clared, that the armaments now preparing in the
poets of France were destined only for the colonies,
in the preservation of which England was as much
interested as he could be. To this no answer was
made. lle scene afterwards quitted the room, calling
on God and Man to wioiess that he hoped venge-
ance would be inflided ;hat Power which, by a
violation of Treaty, should cause the renewal of hosti-
tties. All accounts agree that his countenance was
throughout Almost disfigured by passion : and his
tone was so loud and vehement, that at least half the
company present must have heard all that passed on
this extraordinary occasion."
In another Paper this conversation is detailed in
the following circumstantial manner :
asreace OF A PRIVATE LZTTER, PARIS, MARCH 14.
There was yesterday, aS usual, 3. grand circle at
Thuilicries. The Ambassadors of the differ-
ent Powers were in the Saloon, with a numerous
assemblage of strangers and Ladies of distinftion,
Generals Senators, Tribunes, Legislators, &c.
Bonaparte entered, with an unusual alertness of
manner, and, after saluting the company, he ad-
dressed himself to. Lord Whitworth, in a tone suf-
ficiently loud to be heard by all who were present.
—4, You know, my Lord, that a terrible storm has
arisen between England and France."
Lord Wit t TWOit FK.--,4 Yes, General Consul, but
it is to be hoped that this storm will be dissipated
without any serious consequence "
BONAPA ete r.—. 4 It will be dissipated when Eng-
land shall have evacuated Malta. •If not, the cloud
will burst, and the bolt must ftlL The King of
England has promised by Treaty to evacuate that
place, and who es to violate the faith of treaties
Lord WHI rwortti (surprised on finding h.xerlf
pinioned in this manner, and before so many persons.)
But sou know, Gereral Consul, the circum-
stances which have hitherto alelayid the evacuation
of Malta. The intention of my Sovereign is to fulfil
the Treaty of Amiens; and you also know—"
BIJNAPARTL.—" Yon know (with horsily) that
the French have carried on the war or ten years,
and you cannot doubt but that they are in a condi.
t:on to wage it again. Inform your Court, that if,
on the receipt of your dispatches, orders are not is-
sued for the immediate surrender of Malta, then war
it declared. I declare my firm resolution is, to see
the Treaty carried into etfed, and leave it to the
Ambassadors of the several Powers, who are present,
to say who is in the wrong. You flattered yourselves
that France would not dare to show her resentment
whilst her squadrons were at St. Domingo. lam
happy thus publicly to undeceive you on that head."
Lord WiteTWOR era, But, General, the Nego-
tiation is not yet broken, and there is even reason to
believe--"

ik)p; ApA la E.ig Of what Negotiation does your
Lordship speak Is it necessary to negotiate what is
conceded by treat y—ti • negotiate the fulfilment of en-
gagements and the ditties of good faith. (Lord W.
gnat alma to reply, B:):: AP A IrEE Made a Jign svkb Fit
farad, and contiored a leas eicoakd rose. ) —My
Lord, your Lady is indisposed. She may probably
br,..ithe her native air Lather sooner than you or I es-
pe,:ted. I wish most ardently fin. Peace, but if my
Just demand be not instantly complied with, then
War must follow, and God will decide. If treaties
are not sufficient to bind to Peace, then the van-
quished must not be lett in a condition to offer in-
-vary
titre this unespcd:d tarnertatioa terminated, if
that term be alio% ed, %here the discourse was almost
wholly on one side.
Bonaparte afterwards walked up and down the
hall, and discoursed with several persons with an
assumed air of gaiety. To the English, however,
who met his eye, his regards were limited to a cold
salute.

Lord WHITWORTH is said to have condueled
himself with great coolness and dignity, in the try-
ing interview with the FIRST CoNsut. This was to
have been expected from him. He has uniformly
proved hiniselt a worthy representative of his So-
•errign.
An aelion is to be tried at the ensuing Wesfinal
assizes, in which the Rev. JOHN Moturoosti.l:t is
Plaintiff, and Miss PARKER of Wexford, is De-
fendant, fur breach of promise of marriage. The
Lady is niece of Sir Ptrra Paitsra, and the pr.:-
aurae.' defence is, that the Plaintiff tepresent;:d him-
sclf a relative of the Earl of EOLIMTOUE, where-
as he is the son of ANN 'Mowroomsav, armourer
to the Wextord Militia. •
The motion in the Court of Common Council,
for contributing 5001. towards the laudable views
of the Royal Jennerian Society (a: :taud in the
Aoivertsietnent in cur fret par) was introduced by
Mi. N tcHot.s in a lung and very impressive speech ;
very ably seconded by Mr. Alderman Hisnetir,
supported by Mr. JAMES DIXON, Mr. VANDISItCuM,
and Mr. Twos PC, and was agreed to unanimously,
in a very full Court.
A letter from Antwerp of the P2th March states,
that the Ft &sr CONSUL. will visit Brussels in the first
week of May. "That city" it adds will be very
brilliant upon the occasion, as, independent of the
camp of 1..1,(XX) men in its vicinity, thirty Prefeas
o the surrounding Departments are to meet him
there.—The Lushness of his Guard of Honour
goes on but slowly ; we fear it will end in a Con-
'tropics. As for us, our uniforms are worn out, so
proud have we been of producing them on all occa-
sions. His presence is much wanted, and our hopes
are very sarguine as to the revivification of Corn-
Tome. At present, this fine Port presents burs
Imgarly account : a fe A. Dutch Bylanders and
Lis:nag-boats, with here and there a solitary English
or American vessel. is all we have to boast of ; and
at to credit, not even we neigibboto at iterlereisim
will give us auy.

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PRINCE OF WALES.

•

A Meeting of the-Creditors of bri7 Royal Highness
the Prince of \Vales, whOst debts becanie due prior '
to th:! year 1795' was yesterday held at the Thatched
House Tavern, Pall Mall. The objeCt of the Meet-
in.sT was to move an Address of Thanks to his Royal
Hif;hness for the assurance he had so liberally given
of his intention to discharge such parts of his debts
antecedcut to that period, as had Bien deduCted by
the Commissioners under the aet of parliament for
liquidating the demands against him. About 49
persons assembled, and a Mr. Coe Nix was unani-
mously called to the chair. An Address, couched
in suitable and appropriate terms had been pre-
pared, bat it was suggested by Mr. Groves and Mr.
Lucas, that it would be proper to defer moving the
Address, till it should he ascertained whether it was
a measure which met his Royal Highness's appro-
bation. It was besides doubtful whether the Ad-
dresS did not assume that his Royal Highness was
pledged beyond what was adually his intention.—
It had been stated by Mr. Erskine in the House of
Commons, that his 'Royal Highness h:s.d it in con-
templation to discharge those debts which could
only be considered as debts of honour. Whether
this apprmd to the debts due prior to 1795, genera-
ly, or only to a limited portion of them, was a point
not accurately defined. This was consequently an
additional reason why the present Address should be
postponed until his Royal Highness's sentiments on
the subjea were snore explicitly known. Rut above
all, to present such an Address, without first knowing
whether it was congenial to the wishes of his Royal
Highness, would be the highest degree of presump-
tion.

The Meeting at length resolved, that a deputa-
tion should wait upon Colonel M'Mahon, in order
know whether his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales would approve of an Address of Thanks upon
the occasion. A Resolution to this effecct was drawn
up and signed by the Chairman, and the Meeting
adjourned to a future day.

FASHION.

•
MRS. TIIONIPSON' BALL AND SUPPER.
This lady, so long distinguished in the fashion-
able world, gave, on Thursday last, an elegant
at her house in Hereford-street. The Ball-mom
was brilliantly illuminated, and ornamented with a
variety of devices, under the diration of Mr. CAL,
TON ; on the centre of the floor, were chalked a bal-
loon and parachute, at the upper end; a groupe of
skaiters, and at the lower end appeared Diasa, at-
tended by her nymphs and hounds in full chace.
About ten o'clock the Ball commenced with
" Speed the Plough ;" it was opened by Lord Sr As-
tut with Miss TuoursoN ; the dance was Conti-
nued with the greatest spirit until two o'clock, when
the company were summoned to an elegant supper,
consisting of every delicacy of the season, served in
beautiful French porcelain, arranged with exquisite
taste. The tables were decorated with festoons,
naval and military trophies, &c. About three
o'clock the dance was resumed with the favorite
tune, " Sir David Hunter Blair."—The Company
did not depart before Six o'clock ; in the splendid
circle were,

The Prince of %Valet.
•
Doteh
Duches of Beaufort.

mgr—Salisbury and iTeadfort.
Earla--Derby, WrAmorland, Dighy, Craven, Limerick, and
Farnham.

_ _....._....
(*ottoman—Uxbridge, Antrim, Derby, Carhampton, Clare
an.l Westmorelanil.

r i JJJ ston, Falmouth and Cratiley.
Viscountess Castlereagh.
beds—Graves, Villiers, W. Fitzroy, Sydney, Fitzharris,
Borringdon and Stanley.
Ladies—Paget. Saltown, Carrington, G. I. (;owtn, Long-
for). Townshend, F Somerset, IksClittunl, L. Corry, Sydney,
E. Clements Crofton, Tanen.td, Somerton, M. 'fayior, S.
Fans and Talbot

Sir J. Blaritwond.
l'elerade.a.De Charmilly am) Nfnlitgomery.
Captainr-1/tu ttttt wind, enalow xld Bentinck.
14lostsieur Portali!t.
Slasrs.—Woodfind, Peon, Bailey, !Jammersley, T. Sheri-
dan, Orprinw, Faulkner, Ilerhurt and I leathcote.
Madame De Charm'
Miuteurs--Gualing, Douglas, Portman, Brown, Buckneit,
Robinson, Fitalterbert, Chulinoodo:ey, Egaton and Bentinck.
dirt.—Dough,, Gri►nstuu, Dasl►wuud, Smith, By lig, Crol-
tou and Granaton.

Yesterday morning about half past eight o'clock,
his MAJ Ls r Y left Buckingham House for Windsor.
About twelve her MAJESTY and the Princesses
A ItOVST A. ELIZABETH, and SOPHIA followed.
The Princesses MAIY and AMELIA remained at the
(!teen's House. His MAJESTY did not go to
Kew on Thursday, nor did her MAJESTY and the
?RISC LS6I4 visit the Princess of WALE% as errone-
ously stated by some of our contemporaries.
The Duke of Goanom is confined with a cold at
his house in Green-street. _

GenerAIGRANT gives :in elegant dinner on Tues-
day next, at his house in Vigo-lane.
The Music to Miss l'oß ['ER'S Opera of the Fair
Fic;tirr.t, now in preparation at Covent Garden
Theatre, is from the scientific pen of Dr. Besur
who also furnishes the Accompanyments to Mr.
I. Iv; -'s Mono-drums.

'Elie very great success of yobs Bull has induced
the chief Proprietor of Covent-garden Theatre to
purchase the copy-right at a very liberal price; and
we understand that it is not to be printed daring the
precent season.
Mr. SIILRIDAN is about to bring forth Pizarro
at Drury-lane with additional splendour ; it will
a Tord an appropriate appeal, at the present mo-
ment, to the warlike spirit of our isle.

Sir HENRY and Lady MILDM AY returned on Sa-
turday from Winche.ter, to their seat at Mouisham
near Chelmsford.
Mrs. ESTER closed her engagement at Edinburgh
on Wednesday hut : her attraaion has been so great,
that besides the great advantage derived by the Ma-
nagers, she will nett above a thousand pounds by
the trip.
Rear-Admiral HOLLOWAY left town last night
for Portsmouth, where he is to hoist his flag as As-
sistant Port-Admiral to Lord GA itnsza.
A very large quantity of dollars, destined to this
country, were stopped, on Wednesday, at Calais, in
consequence, of a decree of BONAPARTE'S, pro-
hibiting their being exported until further orders.
Between the 20th of February and the 6th of
March, 28 packet-boats entered Calais from Dover,
with 120 passengers. and 22 quitted the former
port, with 179 passengers.
Mr. GirFoito the lurvous Translator ofJuvrtts
is, we hear, preparing to publish a new edition of
Bvhsp flai Siwi(a, with explanatory, Not% &c.

POLICE.
•
. .
. A Carman brought arespeetable Merchant in the
City before the Loan MAD oft, for refusing to pay a
demand of nine shillings and sixpence, which had
been made for carting tierce bales of goods from the
East India Company's warehouses to Porters Quay.
—The Payment was resisted by the Defendant, upon
the grounds that a greater charge had been made
than the usual fare, which was only five shillings
and sixpence.
The Complainant owned that the latter sum Was
his regular demand, but said that he had waited
more than four hours'from the detention occasioned
by the different carts and carriages he had met with
during the progress of the goods in question, he was
therefore justified in making an additional charge ;
and that the ]look of :lams authorised him so to do.
The book for regulating the fares of Carmea was
ordered to be brought forward : on inspection, it
did not however support the claim of the Complain-
ant ; on the contrary, it appeared, that all goods
which might he detained iu a similar way to those
which were the subr& of the present complaint,
tvere at the charge of the Carman who had the con-
veyance of them, and that no additional charge
could be made for delay in delivering them at the
place appointed.
His Lordship observed, that there did not exist
the least doubt respaling any additional claim to
further demand than the usual fare given for
the removal of the goods. At the time an ap-
plication was made for the assistance of the
cart, it was undoubtedly the intention of the owner
of the property, that it shoull he delivered without
the least delay ; iherceore, whatever time might
have been occupied in perming the service tor
sshich the cart was hired, the Carman was alone
answerable for the expellee attending, it such loss of
time had not been occasioned by any extra business
done for the Defendant. it was therefore his deter-
mination that the Complainant Wits not entitled to
any farther payment than the established fare ; and
that the hindrance lie had met with, was solely at-
tributable to his want of diligence in the conveyance
of the goods. Five shillings and sixpence was then
paid by the Defendant as a full compensation.
A Clerk to a respe&able house in Milk-street, was
brought before his Lordship, for assaulting the Col-
leCting Clerk of a banking-house. The latter, it
appeared, went to the house of the former, to obtain
the payment of a bill for 1001. The money was
paid immediately, but some words took place be-
tween them about a pen, which at last came to
blows, and the Complainant was turned out of the
counting-house, with every degree of violence. A
reconciliation was advised, and the parties were or-
dered to withdraw.

Mr. ASHLEY'S Grand Seledion of last night, at
Covent Garden Theatre, WAS from the works of
HAYDN and HANDEL. Mis' PARKE, who, since
the commencement of the season, has contributed

1 to the amusement of the public, was absent. S ro-
&Ace supplied her place; and though it must be
confessed that the sprightly tones and manner of
this lady, are better suited to the songs of a lively
opera, than to the serious performances of a ca-
thedral, yet, conjointly with BRAHAM and INci.e-
-14 N. she acquitted herself to the satisfsaion of the
audience, in several duets and trios in the Seasons 'll
HAYDN's. Miss TYRER, whose sweet and simple
warhlings seldom fail to draw her share of applause,
sung and repeated her songs with the unanimous ap-
probation of the house. Mr. HYDE has our praise
for his concerto on the trumpet, in which be intro-
duced Crary Dare with admirable effe&. A double
concerto on the piano-forte was very well executed,
by Messrs. NEAT,: and LING, at the end of the se-
cond act ; and the evening's entertainment con-
cluded with the jubilate, performed in a grand and
masterly style. .
A Stock-Broker in the city, whose accounts are
supposed to be considerably minus, absconded yes-
terday. We are sorry to add, that many worthy in-
dividuals are likely to sustain material losses.
The English ship Latona, arrived at Gibraltar
on the 20th, in nineteen days, from Deptford, with
provisions for the Garrison.— Passengers: Baron
Barkman, Captain in Dc Rolle's Regiment, and
Mr. Rubio, Assistant Surgeon of the same.
In an extraordinary Sitting of the Germanic Diet,
on the discussion of the general Rai: of the Depu-
tatioti, the Prussian Minister voted for its adoption,
and contended in his Vote, that no regard ought to
be paid to the declaration of the King of SwedLn,
because he had abandoned the cause of the Empire
during the NV:lr, and consequently could have no
other ohjea now in view, but to oppose the Peace
which had been concluded. The Swedish Minister
has entered a formal Protest against this most ex-
traordinary declaration.
At the Assises for the County of Gloucester, last
week, William Ames, of the parish of St. Philip, was
indiaed for obtaining money from his late partner,
Thomas Thomas, under false pretences, by produc-
ing a false receipt. The Judge was of opinion, that
as the money so obtained by toe Defendant, under a
false receipt, was not paid by the Prosecutor in cash
(but only allowed by him to the Defendant, accord-
ing to the false receipt he produced, upon settling
the yearly accounts, in the usual course of tradey,
that one partner against another could not support
an indictment for money obtained under false pre,
tences, unless the money so obtained by the false re-
ceipt had been paid in cash. No evidence was there-
fore offered on the part of the prosecution, in conse-
quence of the above mentioned opinion of the learn-
ed Judge ; and the acquittal was on that point of
law.
We copy the following article from the Journal
de Chimie et de Physique, No. 10, an. 11. p. 12.4.
" The Vaccine eruption, as well as its virtue in
preserving from the Small Pox, which JENNEIt ima-
gined that he had first discovered, is described in a
German Journal, published at Gottingeot.in 1769,
under the title of Allzemrine Unterhallungen, (Dis-
courses on various Subjects.) The author, who as-
sumes the title of An old Economia, speaking of a
disease of horned cattle, mentioned by Livv, says,
3 But it Occurred to me that this disease might be
the cow pox, generally known, and particularly in
this country (Gottingen), and which ideas the young
women, and other persons, who milk or otherwise
take care of these animals.—l ought however to re-
mark, that in that country those who have taken the
cow pox believe themselves perfealy secured from
the infedlion of the ordinary small-pox, a circum-
stance of which I have ascertellpd the certainty my-

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