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14. Fm regulating the Sum to be paid to the Cork, for
the several Copies of the P•rceeilings, at the iat • or a I carli
ed. To enla,ge the time or returning the Recovizanivi ;
end.
ad That any objection which should he made to the •,-
pointmeut of sus Commissioner, should be made prestou, to
such appointmeut.

A desultory conversation took place upnn these
Clauses, between Sir JOHN NEWPOR T, Mr.
CORRY, Colonel BARRY, and some other Mem-
bers; when, upon the suggv.inn of the Straker, it
was agreed that the Clauses should be brought up,
the Bill printed as arazndt.ll, and re-committed on
a future day.
The House having resumed, the Report was ac-
cnrJingly brought up. the Dili ordered to be printed
as amended. and to be re•cotutaitted on Monday
treat.

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Air. Mellish Inv-tented a Petition Prim several
Tanners, against the ails Hu k Bill, which was
orti.ered to he referred is the Committee.

Upon rnotivn of Mir. PARNELL, the Committee
upon the 28111 of the King, respelling oollen•
yarn, was postponed uti.llt,i-morrow.
• Upnn motimi of bir JOHN NEWPORT, the
Irish Cultoms Office Ahohtwn Bill went through A
er,riln ;are, and the Report o d to be recLareti
so-morruw.—The House then adjourned.

FROM LAST NIG Firs GAZET rE.
Dlrtnilverect, January 27, 1807.
Dispatches, of Which the following are copies,
have been received by the Right Honourable
Siam Wind!' sm, one of His Majesty's Principal Se.
cretaries of State. (tom Lieutenant-Colonel Back-
Maw. commanding a detischm..nt of lits Majesty's
land !ozces, in the River de la nista.
Royal CharlcAte Troorpoa Ng.nite
Viieo 0,4,,bir 13, ituti.
Tin,l-roarscling that a vessel is to sail immediately
for Engl id, I do myself the honour to transmit to
you a copy of a letter. addressed to Lieutenants
General Sir David Baird, in obedience to whose
sitters I sailed on the 29th of Augu.t last. wi.h lit
best. 47th reg. for the purpose of joining Major.
General Berestord. in South America.
" Royal Chal.tte (Traesp,n), eR Moat'
" cut, %rude,. Oetober 15, 1906
" I have the honour to acquaint your Eacelleacy.
that, on my arrival here, I had the mortikation
find the city of Buenos Ayres recaptured, and that
Major. General Beresford, with the forces under his
command (after a most able and g shame defence),
had been 111.1.14 pri.oners of war, so far back as the
/4th of Almost last.
" Having arrived List night. I am not, at this
moment, sufficiently acquainted with the patticu.
/ars, to enabk me to detail thew, though 1 pi's-mune
due sad full information of this unfortunate and im.
portant event, must have been traustrutted to you
a'tev its occurrence.

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.6 YOU are aware, Sir, that the command of His
Majesty's I Ind furces, at present in, this !liver, de-
•olves urn me ; with which, in co-operation with
the squadron under Sir Hcme Popham, it is my in-
tention to siecupy a favourable position, until a re-
inforcement shall arrive, nr I may be honoured *kir
your further instruCtions ; and trust that, by an
early opp-atunity, I shall be able to afford you a
tisEttiary report of my arrangements and ope-
rations in carrying youi design, into executi,n.
And rem," &e. &c.
Tn 1-4mre•tant G.,.verat Sir D. laird, &c. Se. Sr

Toy immediAte departure of the ship for Eng-
land. and the situation in which I find myself
Unexpediedly placed, prevent any further comniu-
ticrtion than what is contained in the preceding let-
to,. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) T. J. B1C1C1101:52,
Col. commanding 47th reg.
The Men Hon. Witham Wedham, &c. ae. &c.

CJitv Or lb 4%%011C11 fr•pers Lieutenant Colonel rAtkitoo.e, to
tae Right H•.to..terable WMI4II W111(1114111, dat.c! Maido•
nAelo, on v%e Ku..s. 4e la Plat; 51st Daubs:4llW,

Sri—ln my letter of the 13th inst. '1
had the ho.
sour to transmit 4 copy of my letter, of the smut
date. to His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir
David Baird, apprising him of my arrival in the
River Plata, and of my intention to occupy a posi-
tion on shore, to await his further orders.

I,in consequence, immediately reconnoitred, from
one of the frigates, which carried me sufficiently
close in shore for the purpose, the works of the
place, and the positions and defences in the vicinity
of Monte Video, from which I formed, as the most
elig,`,le made of attack, the idea of being able to
carry the town and citadel by assault, on the South
face edging on the water, in co-operation with the
ships of the squadron, under Commodore Sir Horne
Popham, which were to silence the batteries on that
face, so as to en:shle the troops to land and enter.
The attempt was accordingly commenced, on the
igth, by the navy ; but tke water proving too
ShAllow to admit of the ships coming sufficiently
near to cannonade it with etrea, a further effort was
necessarily given up.
Upon this! deemed it sari:able, with the co-ope-
rative concurrence of Si► Home Popham, to Luce
p-nsession of the town of ItlelJonado, as a favour-
able position for the purpose of refreshing the
troops, mounting my cavalry, end carrying on such
other arrangements as nitht thereafter appear re .ot
necessary.

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that any reasons which had he/n yet urged were net
r, sufficiuntly urgent. The Court of Session itself
bad not asked for relief. He should toot, however.
101 oppose the second reAdinss. hut take some fuure o
.. • P
portunity of stating his sentiments.
The Bill was then read a second time ; and on
the Motion for its committal,
Mr. W. DUNDAS expressed his surprise, that.
I •
Gentlemen spoke so much upon a suhjea which they
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did
it did not stem to understand.
This called forth a reply from Mr. PERCF.VA L.
and a few words, in explanatim, from the LORD
ADVOCATE, who referred that Right H in. Gen-
tleman to the statutes which constituted the Court
of Se.sion, for informttion upon the sulijen.
The Bill was ordered to be committed on this day
tilt/ se'nnight.
IRISH ELECTION RILL.
On the Motion of Sir JOHN NEWPORT. the

House went into a Committee upon this Bill, Mr.
lioeironsa in the C. bair.
Sir JOHN NEWPUR and same other Mem-
bers, then pr posed that the following clauusshr,uld
be made part of the Ilia :

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