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ielole of the present war. Compare the present
times with those of our asscesturs .wlnch were said.
to l'e so Pore. What were the corruptioiss in the
time. of Marlborough and Sir lZ.olrert Wu.lpide?
They were undoubted' • muck greater thee those
of the .itres,..4st 41,1 y, mai wlneever mar Ire the pre-
sent curruoious, it must lie remarked that tln
here in a progressive state of simeistlment, when
compared a stis -former Jim( gs. Whist were the cur-
relations and abuses that prevailed ilienseg the suc-
cess' war by our COMMISIVIrieti abroad and What
were those that emsted :baring the Auseritaiss war I
They were ninth greater than those complained of
in the prevent day. In the war of 1793, great
abuses exiated i• the West Indies, where the.
greatest halite were reposed; but all these abuses
here lieu so much corrected, that he might safely
wry, that at present there is no peculators what-
ever. In all departments there had been tsar:Jain:.
ed by parillUfflehr, u gradual system of redress end
correction; and when lie considered what hr actu-
ally enjoyed, be was uwwilliuj ts run the
risk of making soy change. It hail been said,
that Parliament bad degraded itself lay a lute vote ;
but although be might he laughed ut by souse of
the sensible and learned Gesitlemess opposite, he
could not help roving, that that ix:recast instresee
'hewed the purity of the legislature, and its power
over the executive part of the government of the
COU ntry. Thia inference of the porilar branch would
be most conspicuous to a foresgoier, whom he a's-
aerved, that the Strn of oust Sovereign, who had con-
ducted hrtuwtf in the d oauureud of the army lot
no leas them 10 years, in the nr-t elteatiplary and
proper manner, was, 11r01/ the charge of a single
tadivadual, searkdy known In the House, compelled
to resign his situatiou, frosts the result or in suresti-
gation-before them. The praetirsil result had beeti
attended with every advautage, laud lie believed that
was better than if thie House had adopted • the-
vote its its atsuost force it bail been propefted.
Allowing that the matter had. turned out as was
wished by those on the Ogee side, was It desirable.
4ttlie person who :night. in the course of cecina
me our Sovereign—.
Mr. Littortatniis here spoke to order, and said
that is the question at present before thou, related
merely tai the Speaker's leaving the chair, he sub-
mitteJ whether semis proper thetltlse Hon. Gentle-
, men 'should launch out into partscularauf this na-
ture

Mr. Joitwerox continued, and added tbet it was
surely fit and.proper fer.hini to shew that the linnet
by its beiug both independent and itteorrupt, there
*etc no grounds for such a proceeding as the pre-
sent. ion.. It would be vain prudery sn hint to
deny that the practice complained of was the
theory of the Constitution, bat if he were
rolled iipnit to decide as to the Cousitution
Hoots theory, he wield be at n loss to know
fni what course of principles he should pro-
coed. All that he knew was, diet it net per-
fectly sufficieiat for all the purism*, for which it
had b..eit estabhiorel. He was perfectly withug to
briog it to its oneietit purity, if Gentlemen would
slime into what was that parity. If These be the
beat oust mired of times, as they thentetives most
acknowledge them, their srganteut • foiled them. To
go further ha.,lt titan die time of the Mame+ might
be deemed needlese, although lie might ge back to
flu,• of the Tudors to *hew this failure. In the
time of the Stouts, would they look for purity,
when it was well known a large proportion of the
Members of Parliament were actually in the pey
of France ? MS, that even the Sovereign himself
received i 0.0001., the President of the Council
5.0001., and the Speaker of the House LOMA.
lit former reigits„ we Giund Stanhope and Walpole,
term, declaring their torruptimis face to fice.
Leery sort of iniquity prevailed in the time of Sir
Robert Walpole, and th ehiugftitamlf was Imbed.
'Chat very grant of land whirl !.as lutely beeis dis-
cussed, was made to Sir Hobert, Walpole. without a
complaint having been made on the part of the pub-
lie. lo the • time of the Pelham and Hockhighasu
adminietrations it would be found that Ministers
themselves were slot free from corruption. When
we consider these matters, we had further occasion
to congratulate ourselves upon the purity of the
times in which we lived. These werstinte,, however,
that such practices could not prevail, and yet the
disposition for innovation now existed ass stron:ly,
that no borough, excepting those of Hargiwe
tenure, was to be influenced by the petrol'. He
could adduce a most undoubted proof of the
letrity of election, by stating that, ill the years
17.f1i and 1717 although there were no less Skim
so election petitions, the merits of which were in-
vestigated and discussed, in no one of them were
leabery and corruption proved. Was it not a little
extraordinary, then, that the non. Gentleman
should think of bringing iii a bill to prevent bite-
cry and eorruption ? In 1802 there were only two
instances of bribery fonnd in forty-.ix petitiot.y.
It had l!eeii stated, that a considerable change in.
the disposition of Parliament had taken place since
the year 17a4 ; that the landed interest had lost its
prepnialerauee, aml the monied interest its ims
portance. This was no new matter of complaint..
It had existed in all times, and even in the time of
King William, which had levii alluded to en an
example of purity. That eltiange, however, • had
not been injurious to the lilwrty of the people,
for they had been eitimphant, mod had obtained
what was attempted to he held from them liy
a coinbiuntiou of this House itself. It hail
bents said, that this House was aeilltir c.ertcpn
the feelings of the people. lu this lie could me
agree ; fur if ever public °ph i i 4444 had any inflnetice,
it had at present in nit unusual degree, the /mord
of party being extremely weakened. 'Mew were
disposed to say, that the Nord of Flirty was a leme-
bele! thing ; and although he were mit incliiied to
quarrel with that idea, vet he could slot help think-
ing that those Members who were iiiit actuated by
any such spirit, were the most independent and con-
seientious. Ilavingstatecl this us his iminiondie might
give no example of it in the itistaiwe of the Mein-,
bee for Yor!:ahire, alluding to Mr. Wilberforce,
who, upon every question in which he interested
himself, displayed his independence of party, and
his conscientious feelings—rhere hisighieg mid
considerable noise eastied)—Thnt Ho ttttt treble Mem-
ber belonged to no party. and indeed it might ha.
sheen, that political party-was not existing now to
such au extent as before. Under these circum-
stances, lie fur one should not be dispo-afil to von-
cut in ally important chtinge of our -

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PORTCGCI SE PAPERS.

I'ALSOICIA. APRIL 14.
If the movements of the enemy's troops had not
bent dictated by neees.ity or position, and Gout the
beginning of his. Gerund *aggression he had adopted
cettitit plan, it most be (took-sited that the moment
would have been approaching when we must have
buried out Mtlves gloriously under the ruin, of liber-
ty ; but the incoherence of his tontines, the wildut.s
which marks all his operations in this
aml the abvitttlity of us marches, give us reasnit to
hope that sew days of glory will iraintine nor horiton.
The action of Senor Cuest:!, has beet, re-
pre.,ented to the multitude as a fatal blow, ls:m
eaitscd tis to ~.onceive snore Guerin; hopes. Tha
army of the enemy, enfeebled by the valour and
gallantry which they eitcomisteved in our 'truly. and
the loss of the emnoderable numbers they were
obliged to sacrifice in their attempt, is now re.• iced
to au sufavounible situation : situated between two
rivers, and unable, iu • care dm defeat, to retreat
will • promptitude and. order, svi!lin .t !tripe of
receiving reinforcements or succours from so
great a distance, and with tin enemy in front
whose strength is continually inereasiug, it ill Wl*
expected th.bt, far front obtansin4 any wivaptaka,
he will out be Able to maintain Ina positinu. The
first most:meads of the Etigruill troops landed's%
Lisbon will, no doubt, inrre3se his chlfieulties and
danger, nod whatever may b • his temporary sitc
cent, nothing but a disastrous lash? can tliwlly be
es vet ted.—.(Front tke.Gamie de Vetter:tie.)

CSIIOII.I. APRIL 2 .
General Bottum has arrived at Mototelegre..
Yesterday a Spanish General sent advice, front
Monte Rei and Brim to our (inventor. that lie had
arrived there with 10:000 men, and desired to
know whether they were tierces/my in that pro-
vince, as. if they were not, defy wield march for
along the right beak of the river Nbilho.
This hurl iigence is criniYmtd by the lens•►` of.
Yesterday, winch represeat them at having entered
*Chaves. and marching upon Wage. The enemy
reserved his position at Aiheyariv Nava, till the
getli, at ' iii the moruing. Our a:fvau'•rd
guard* are at Allnigaria Vellut. and the head-
quarters of General Trent at Aqueda.
The Eugliala General of Cavalry, Cott-61, ha*
arrived here with his Staff', and set nut for the
army of General Trent. pile Excelleney the M.tr-
qui. des Mimi% set' nut, on the 28111, for the army •
*rider-ire. Becellan it is sand, is appointed Go-
vernor of the provineepf Beira. He arrived on the'
alth at Vises. with the regiment of Betinitincor, and
some artillery and revelry. Ten thouotiol men
are expected therc, for whom 10,000 rationi are to
be supplied. Three thou:yawl had already arrived
at Mongoalde, .two league* front thence.—(Lcksi-
cv tie Beirut, Apt i 1.13.)
The advice* Irony the army of the Marciniv de hi
Rionana are extremely favour:dile. According to
a calculation in the Gaiette of the number
or troops which Bonaparte has withdrawn from
Spin, to Sand to the North. amounts to :MOW.

GERMAN PAPERS..

AURISVROII. mat 1.
" 'no Tyrolese and Austrian% fire in liregents
and Lindau.

" VIENNA, APRIL SO.
" Another aerious affair has in Italy.
Our 'twit's near Castle Franco are directing their
march to Vicenza.

1101IEM lA, MAN I.
" The Archduke Charles has procorded through
(•hum towards Ils4irei% in order to direct his mar. h
from thence to Lintz, or more easterly on the Da.
nubs., General hiller. with the sth awl tit 4 corps
of thwariny, will take the Wile dire( th)11
ther
FROM THE FRETCH PAPERS.

BU k% OF ?ME DA .t BC, APRIL 9.
We have at length received. by an indirect critic,
news from Trusty of the lith of this months by

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tioreleatty -tte..it the Itintsian. ships •o iyAr
pot thenquitirti ;he Inert 64 Trieste. Ail I:,,Klists
squadron hood arrived lathe t.ortliero, {.art of the Ad.
moth! Gulf to statist expeditions n bids t be A uoiriaiss
propose to wake niong the coasts. !natl.:lll66d) threw
of liana and Dalmatia. immediately after the
Austrian Cabinet had resof.ed 11/ conotrieore horn.
Nies, several couriers were st.lit tar ,11661661, and to
Adsnatrrl Collingwood, Co.ntiimader of the British
Fleet in the Mediterranean, to requeA: 'that in
English fleet may he scut to efelle iu tie Adriatic
Gulf, in order to prevent any consinuweatiou d f
the French by sea.
• Before the renewal of lio%tititieit, the English fac-
tors and cominisimirier atottlatta, aho load hecu
iu-
formed of the new coisnections which the Court of
Vienna WO formed with the Cabinet of Loodoer
*hipped a grout quantity of English m.frehaudise
and colonial conautriditites, from their general ticidet
at to send them to Treiste. 'Lose owed".
yous have still continued without • ttit'!rrui iun.
There was, nu the letli4n;st. more thin 30 E1P,0;.0
merchant veseela in the port of Tritest, and v
greater 'lowlier ere expected. According to m. 6
Edict of the Emp,rar of Austria, all inc e-y
'eh. except those of Fressee, and the States rnlyrc t
to) French nifluelio:e, are at liberty to esitir.tbe pint
of Triest, or any other Austretti port.
Advice* have hues received troin Vienna.: whit*
state that these is a very great fluctuation in tine
exchange mid virtue on ise state paper's ; tr.cy
terird themselves et that tune that the array or toe
Archduke Charles would e.toaly a.haitce tu 114
/Unite, ;and that the Fremh 'tad seareely any farct•
to rine;use him, the e,tchaitge kid risen ;, but. et
probable that it will scou cailrei truce a cousiderabla
fall.

Intelligence had been -eceived View* of the
commencement of hostilities Oil the Danube, b.•-
tiseen the artily of Prince Prosorowsky and that r,l .
Milker: the Turks have been defeated. We ex-
pect the details of these affairs.—!Moniker, llley9.j
INMAN, •Plat. JO.
Private letters from Zara se,ourr u», that the
Russians have ;Icm:sulk-need hostilities against the
'Corks, and that the Mir with Ittowa has been for-
'redly announced by order of the Divan to the pen•
ple of Coustantinoirle.--(d/ortirestr, May 9.)

GOTTENBURGR MAILS.
sorttmsvci, MI? g.
ft i+ reported here this morning, that the pi r.
of Di nusstrk will be immediately opened to lines i h
try ail+. Another eery fine prize, captured by the
Lew*, bus been brought in this mot' g.
lITOCICUOLP, NAT 6.
Soon after the Herald of the ltealrn, on the Ist
inst. hail proclaimed die Diet, hi+ Royal Highness
the Duke Regent took the Marshal's Staff, and
was pleased to express bituself in the iol.!Owittg teen.
tser
The priiod bias now arrived, when the Pltstes of the
Reultu are to mart, ju urd.r to consider of the oust expedi-
tions means to ward off the dangers which thicateu our be-
loved roastry with Mice destnaCt4yrj.
".On thug ueesaiuu, wives I am railed epos, at my a?vaneed
sir, to alert, fur the ii.st time, .a. teisio-t,tmens, to dwensa
atilt 11416 (bat iewportasit trobjea, I Think it a very essen-
tial pond gassy dopy, to select a Nobleman, rips:. • i.stna.
Vuaalsl finite miperieuce, consmomate knowledge of the
Cruestitatoru, polnutieris 'and kiss of his cuuutry. It won
this groom!. I call yam* you, liar.. Mwshal Meant, to
sect pt fist. staff, and to take k foie me the oath a b.ck your .
odlee reVri4 cr.
gams ititkersward took accordingly the oath, sad thanked
the Leek. fur Cite distinguished honour cooterred us hats. -
..11t4 the Depetes of the states, of the *tern, burettes,.
and peasantry, nit the 2d and 3d, had delivered their powers,
M. Illakensan, knight, commander, was appuiatett en the •
ath. SretteCtry of the !Rate of peasantry.The-Storkhulm Committee, arpointr,l to adroinisteP I.! ref
each juLitiotapta of suede,' as have heels reduced to ea-
tat.nte iddi:ecee by the war, has pubhalted a report, by
uirteh if appears, that trims already rervved (rota the Lon.
dun (*.onintittee,33,ol. atediter, Joe ttuuHeu uotateouta, s,pea
pair of woistid stockist..., mid lari:e iptsntit ow of medicines,
and that besides taw/b.:reels of 6..41- knee been b op
to larthkro, sod are ow the mend of hem; shipprd fur Gut-
teithurgh, there to he diwitaigeil fur urcuadt -.1 the Stuck-
hulas L.natosittee.--(3tortiai... (;coast's, May &id

ITOCSHOLM. MAY P.
The deputies of the sr•itersif burghers, and pes-
o:may, chosen for the present diet. ?Pp Med On the
ern mat. to the house of his Eseedency Couht
Trolle Wachineist tenet gracurie.lv appoints
eit by his Royal nighties. the Duke Rigent,
to perform the folic:min of Lori( Chat's...nor
or the Resins, and ivir powers having bete
duly verified. the deTuties of the said les
States met in their respective balk, and chose
their speakers ; the state of burgher., Mr. Hens
Nicholas Scheme, of Stockholm, sitere;isiit, and the
peasantry. Mr.. Laro Olsson, deputy of tinthen.
liur4h, and the district of Bihar, who were both
confirmed by his Royal 11,140in5.. the Duke
Regeut.--.(Stockhohe (:o:cm, May 8.) •

'ADM.

MADIIAS. AO?. .4.
We understand from Captain. .la‘tdson, of the
Ca/cella, captured the 231 of last month, ott Gait.
jam, Phut be was kindly treated nuling the tan
'lays that lie reinaMed on board L'iliarmule//e. tier
Captain, who formerly rominanded La Claire, in
llte..e seas, told Capt. Davidson that they had tee...
en English fripinte iu Coringa Bay. We are sorry to
dud by a letter (ruin Captain the Brit -
gslcavaliy, who was raptured ou hoard the eai •
easHrs, that the privateer was sti:l seen fermi Gunj• to
on the dd instant.
It is surprising with what in4enuity and snecess
the small French Privateers 'contrive to titsguise
the:r appearance. 1.4 ihroudelle. we understand, is
indebted for her safety m one or two late iusiatiers.
to her being so disguised as to give a most exact
imitation of a Bengal Pilot schooner.
The Bunsbay 31erelunti, Captain Campbell, sr
rived in the river on Sunday. lust from Prince et
Wales lalntt,t, *Lies she left on the liitis nets
The letter* the Eastward be this rooms
anee; nre rather fuensrubW with respret to the awe
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of markets. Opium had risen to 1030 dollars
per eht-st, and piece scowls, in general, if well
resorted, gave an anraiter of from 40 to .50
'per rent. A number of Mislay Proses haul arrived
'At tio, iu order to make purchases et Besgal
produce. •
The Erperi /rut. Captain Chops. Irrived its the
.irrrno Aloodur eseiring faun Bencoolen.
The Erperbeent arttved at Belie-oaten on the
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