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The National Register.
London, England, 1808-04-11

EAST INDIA AFFAIRS.

Wednesday a Court or Directors was held at the East Tndia
House, when Captain Eckford, of the Lady Jane Dundas, took
leave, previous to departing for Madras mid Bengal. Captain
t;. Fleming was sworn into the comniand of the Earl Spencer
destined for Madras and Bengal.—Adjourned.

On Saturday the (UT:itches were finally closed at the East
India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the following
ships, viz.
William Pitt, Captain Graham ; F.uphratee, Capt. Herbert;
Sir William Bensley, Capt. Hooper ; Sovereign, Captain A.
Campbell—for Madras and Bengal. Europe, Capt. Gelsten ;
Lord Ca,tlereagh, Capt. Kymer ; Lord Keith, Capt. Campbell—
for St. Helena and Bengal. Alexander, Capt. Price, for Madeira
and Bombay. Northumberland, Capt. Franklin, for Madeira,
Madras, and Bengal.

Tuesday the agreeable news was received at the East India
House, of the safe arrival of the following ships in the Downs,
under convoy of his Majesty's shit► Diadem, from the Cape of
Good Hope, viz.

The Nlarchionefs of Exeter, Captain Nash ; Admiral Gard-
ner, Capt. Easttield ; Lord 'Melville, Capt. Leonox : Dover
Castle, ('apt. Richardson ; and Baring, Capt. Carnegie—from
Beneal and Madras.

United Kingdom, Capt. D'Esterre—from Madras.
Devav nes, Capt. Adderloy ; Tottenham Capt. Jones : and
Union, ('apt. Macinto,h—extra ships froM Tottenham,
and Madras.
The Castle Eden, Colnett ; and City of London, Yates,•were
docking at Calcutta.
The Metcalfe, Isz.icke, had arrived at Diamond Harbour from
Bombay. cargo out, and was to return there.
The Cord Duncan, Bradford, which was bound to Penang
with troops and stores, had returned to Saugor on account of bad
weather, probably would have occasion to he docked.
The Duke of Montrose, Paterson, fro;n St. Helen's', passed
Saugor the 2d of October.

The General Stuart, Rogers, was lying at Saugor, ready for
sea, and expected to be dispatched asa packet.
The Admiral Gardner, spoke the Walpole, Sandilands, between
the Reefs, the 11th October, having lust her wizen mast, but
well.

The Sures', Camberlige, and Lady Castlereagh, Murray,
Were said to he safe at the Land Heads.

The Marquis of Wellesley, Le Blanc, had gone to the Isle of
France, as it cartel, and had nut returned.
The Worcester, S. Wood, gone on the Expedition•to the
Eastward, under Sir Edward Pellew.
The extra ship Tigris, Macdougal ; and Experiment, Nor-
mand ; sailed from the. Cape for Madras, thelOth January. •
It appears by information recaived this day, that tl;c• but,
ward-hound extra ships, viz. (ilors., Northamptim,,Ann, &trait,
Christina, Diana, Sir William Pulteney, and Union, hich
ender• convoy of Admiral• Diury.,-. in his Majcstiiii ship

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London, England, 1808-04-11

REVF.RSION BILL.

Mr. Baekes moved the Order of the Day for the House re-
solving itself into a Committee.

The question was put, and Mr. Speaker left the Chair, Mr.
Thornton tilling that of the Committee.
MR. BANKES said, that on the occasion of the last Bill hay
ing been rejected in another House, he formed the resolution of
trying another, which might promise more success. With that
view he formed the Bill then before the Committee. If he could
not procureas much as the country required, at least he hoped to
gain some practical good : this he was certain that the measure
oefore the House would accomplish. Ile found it in vain to
extend the period longer than one year, and till after the next
.sessions of Parliament. Had it bees of longer duralion, he Is its
very apprehensive that it would meet with such resistance cl-r-
-witere as to overthrow it altogether. He had removed from this
Bill all that might seem objectionable to those Noble Personnes
who opposed the last, and he was therefore of opinion that this
would succeed ; and he earnestly advised the House to agrse
with hint therein. When times and circumstances change, it
may he deemed wise io make it permanent ; and if he atch icved
no other object, this at least must be ceded to him, that by its
obtaining existence on the Statute Book, it would gain recog-
nition. He then moved, that the first blank.in the Bill be filled
up with these word.—'• for one year, and from thence till SIX
weeks after the next Sessions of Parliament."
TUE CH 4NCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQrER rejoiced that the
Hon. Gentleman had adopted the arrangement which he had
pointed out to him. In any other shape be feared that it would
still retain the principal objections which proved fatal to the
former measure. It should not bear resemblance to the last, nn
account of the rules of Parliament, and it should not contain
within its clauses any thing that could make it obnoxious to
those who should have the ultimate decision upon it. Finding
that the objectionable clauses were rejected, and the Bill had
now assumed that shape which a Noble,Relatioo of his own, in
another place, suggested, he dbould now give it his support.
When the lion. Gentleman gave notice of his intention of bring-
ing in the Bill, be then intimated to him his then intention Of
suggesting some amendments, one of which was, to prevent all
grants of this description being concealed, to have had them
vublicky announced in the Gazette, that it nsigbtbe Ascertaincti
London, England, 1808-04-11

COL OF CHANCLRY.

Saturday the Lunacy of Lord Aghrim was vain disenswl
before the Chancellor. His Lordship, after taking a s it`l%. ot
the case, said There are now before the Court tno parta-,
one (Lady A ligrim applying to be appointed the ('innii!tec
of
her husband, the other the Earl and Countess of Athlone) pe-
titioning to have the Master's Report sent hack for revision, .and
that the Earl should be appointed Committee. Lw ill not, said
the Chancellor, to save myself trouble, send hack the Master
Report ; and to chew that I do not mean to shrink from iny May,
I am ready to receive affidavits of medical men, as to the strh•
of Lord Aghrim's mind from the time he left Scotland.
I receive se.i of I cannot come to a final decision• la
ilavits, Until
u
the mean time Lady -Aghrim must retain the possession of I",
Lorttsliip; but 1 wish it to be understood, that if any ohAticie
should he thrown by her in the nay of the Earl and Counicsof
Athione to procure necessary information, that Lady ;_here
shall not have time care of her husband one day longer. I `null
he ready, on the first day after the recess, to receive the 4lk•
davits." •
London, England, 1808-04-11

PROVINCIALS.

CAMRRIDGro tPR I.—The Chancellor's two gold medals,
value 15 guineas each, for the two commencing Bachelors of
Arts who acquit t;iciiiselve• the he-t in classical learning,
are this )ear oijiidged to Mr. Charles Jame, Bloomfield, and
Dir. Richard NS ard, both of Trinity College.
The subjects for the Members' Prizes for this year are, for
the Senior Bachelors, Qneg prerripne sent labentis Imperil In-
diria ? For the Nliddle Bachelors, Quonquant Histrionis Artent
snireneur, qte4 rrnebens tauten, wrong .11u-!:‘ liomitzte!!‘ entendet
stesegis, an c.:)rrseettpat Sceenoi
London, England, 1808-04-11

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

grarfimar, can have had an education sufficient to At them for
the discussion of political philosophy ? Is it likely that the
constitution of the country, which must be good only inasmuch
Ls it ensures good government, can be as good as their favourite
writers acknowledge it to be, if the givernment be as bud as
hose writers wish to prove ? Is it likely that they can do as
much good by insurrection and discontent, as by a quiet sub-
ciission to those laws, which prove their own liberality by the
impunity of the wretches who calumniate them ? if the people
!lave any just grounds of complaint, every election atinrds them
the means of procuring a constitutional redress of their griev-
ances, by the choice of representatives who will obtain that
redress; but until the majority of the country shall by such
clnduet declare that they feel themselves aggrieved, it will be
evident that all violent complaints come from a few discontented
people, whose interests being at variance with the interests of
ie majority, ought of course to give way in the consideration
if rational men. For the good of the greatest part of the
country is the real object of a wise government, and not• the
;ratification of a noisy minority, composed of newspaper writers
lad their disciples.
In some future numbers of this Paper we shall particularize
..ertain flagrant instances of the folly and wickedness of the
ccts'spaper Revolutionists; in the mean time we recommend
it to tuodest and sensible men to entertain a distrust of their
..eriodical guides, and a diffidence of their own judgment.
If all persons were competent to judge upon polities, a
rPßublic would be the only just form of government ; but the
British Constitution, which-all concur to praise, has taken the
incompetence and inconvedience of poi:Oar j, faignient as the
oasis of its structure, and ss bile it leases to the people an is:C
mate right of redressing their grievances, and benefiting their
country at the elections of their represeutatibes, it has given to
.iose representatives the principal power of deciding on those
particular questions which really require to be viewed with a
'ittle more information that can be gleaned from a Sunday
oaper. And when the people arc entitled to deride, as at the
,eriod of their dee/Boos they certainly are, let them follow
Letter guides than anonymous writers : let them believe those
persons who having a reputation to risk, may be a little eau•
tious in advising : and when they are not called upon to assent-
de in a coustituQonal meeting, for election, or for deliberation,
,vhere they may tear the opinions of rational and well-informed
men, let them abstain from forming any violent opinion at all,
remembering that their reason is unassisted by information, and
chat he who, wanders in darkness must always be liable to mitt.,
take his path.
London, England, 1808-04-11

DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY.

Loran C.INTLERE.4OII gave notice, that it was his intention,
m Tuesday next, to oller to the noose a :.roposition relative to
tie Internal Defence of the Country. Ilk object was to have
it submitted to the ernsideration of the liou,e upon that rlav,
without then meaning to enter further into it, but to have it
printed and circulated for consideration, and then calling their
attention to it at a reasonable period after the Easter recess.
London, England, 1808-04-11

APRIL 11.

C IT Y.
Tuesday the Lord Mayor ordered the price of bread to be con-
tinued at I Id. the quarters loaf of wheaten, and 9fid. household.
The following is the House List for Governors and Directors
of the Bank of Lugland for the year ensuing.
70R GOVERNORS.

John Whitmore, Esq. Governor.
John Pearce, Esq. Deputy Governer.
FOR DIRECTORS.
Alexander Baring, Esq. Ebenyzer Maitland, Esq.
Thomas lioddington, Esq. William Mellish, Esq.
Alexander Champion, Esq. Sir Rich. Neave, Bart.
.Tames Campbell, Esq. Jeremiah Olive, Esq.
Bicknell Coney, Esq. Charles Pole, Esq.
Henry Davidson, Esq. Thomas Raikes, Esq.
George Dorrien, Esq. John Baker Richards, Esq.
Jeremiah Harman, Esq. John Staniforth, Esq.
John Josiah Hotriad, Esq. Samuel Thornton, Esq.
Thomas Langley, Esq. Stephen Thornton, Esq.
Brenton Long, Esq. Robert Wigram, Esq.
William Manning, Esq. Benjamin Winthrop, Esq.
The Election for Governor and Deputy Governor will be held
,111 Tuesday, the 12th, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 13th
,nst. from ten in the forenoon till four in the afternoon.
London, England, 1808-04-11

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PROM ViaRaNCM, GERM/IN, 4NIIO 11.13.1 BURCH PdP21111•

GERMANY.

FRANKFORT, D 1 t nett 18.—The changes projected among
the Courts of the Confed•fricy of the [thine begin to be carried
into elkct. On the i7th of this month the Bavarians *ill take
definitive possession of the principality of Bayreuth. W'irtem•
berg will take possession of the town and territory .of Ulm.
The Duke of IVortzburg will have the town and territory of
Swinton, in exchange fur land ceded to rrtutsia.
London, England, 1808-04-11

TVISDAY, APRIL 5.

Lord Redesdale brought in a Bill for better securine the
Monies arising from Bankrupts Estates, and for the furtuer
amendment of the Bankrupt Laws.—lt was read a first time,
and ordered to be printed.
Lotto A rex LIN lo read the 6th Article of the Act of Union
with Ireland, to she w that the two countries were tube for ever
subject to the same Ceneral Regulations of Trade. Ile then
briefly remarked, that the system which had been pur=itcd with
regard to the various Bills arising out of the Orders in Council,
tended to introduce a practice inconsistent with this general
principle. The Bill which was lately passed applied exclu-
sively to this country, and the cot equence was, that at this mu-
intent the whole of the Export and Import Trade here, was op
a ditterent footing from that of Ireland. He knew that a simi-
lar measure was in progress H ith regard to the latter country
but he submitted it fur the consideration of the Noble Lords
opposite, whether the plan of tieparate Bills was not daitterou',
in point of precedent, as well as ineonvenieut from loading the
London, England, 1808-04-11

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

934

CERTIFICATES.—Aratt. 26.
ftamnel Walker, Leeds, maltster.
William I)a•enpo►rt, Marsden, Yorkshire, innkeeper.
Joseph Wilkinson, Jeremiah Riley W ilkiikon, and Joseph
Cliatlesnort, Giblersome-street, York, merchant.
James % fide, Dale, York, clothier.
Alexander Bendy, Thornhaugh-street, Bedford-square, painter.
Francis hall, Jerrnyn-s!rect, Westminster, cord vs :titter.
[The Gazette al-n rontains an account of the French brig.
priiatrer Hennair, of 12 six-pounderc and tut) 11-pounder car-
roulades, captured by his Majesty's ship Dr3ad].

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

PARTNER:OI lI'S DISSOLVED.

John Frederick Ltiony and Christian Gottlieb Geiszler, St.
Natri in's-le-Grand, leather-sellers. John !balker, Dal id Nell,
John !Volker, and Edmund Hamby,
.jun.lton, Yorkshire,
brewers. !Behan! Parkinson, Peter on, and Thonms
Great Bolton, l.aneaster, muslin-manufacturers. 11. W ilekens,
John Gabriel Miganlt, and John Pleiler, merchants. W. F.
Kirke and John Whaley, Grantham, mercers. Jeremiah Ives
the elder, Town Close, Norwich ; Jeremiah Ives the younger,
Calton, Norfolk; Joseph Echalaz, London; and John Green
Hawley, Norwich. merchants. George Mathews and Thomas
Turnbull,LaurencePountney-lane, cotton-merchants. W. Sharpe,
Louth, plumber; Samuel !Talker, Brampton Manufactory,
china-mannfacturer ; James %Volker, Fißingham, farmer; Ben.
Booth, Gainsburgh, -printer ; and Win. Billingsley, Brampton
Illannfactory, china-manufacturer. Jonas Whitaker and Geo.
Merry weather, Burley, York, cotton-spinners.

APRIL 17.

N 1 illiam Henderson, Paternoster-row, draper, April 16, :rt
ten, 19, and 21, at tnelye, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Adamq,
Old Jewry.
John I.n) ton Ireland, iligh-street, Shoredi t ch. ehrovinonrer,
Aril 16, 23, and May 21, at tnelve, at' Gtaldhall. Attorney,
Nlr. Glutton, St. Thomas-street, Soothwarli.
Thomas Cotton, Cornhill, stock-broker, April 19,, '26, and
May 21, at one, at Guildhall. A ttornies, Mest.r.. Winter,
Ka3e, Beckwith, and Feeslitield, Swithtin's-laste.
London, England, 1808-04-11

WrDNESDAY, APRIL 6.

Sir J. Nugent, Chairman of the Dungarvon Election Com-
Mittee, reported that the Committee had declared the lion.
Walpole duly elected, and the Petition against his returu to
have been frivolous and vexatious.
Sir F. Burdett presented a Petition from the united Parishes
of St. Margaret and St..lohn, Westminster, in support of the
Vauxhall Bridge Bill. Laid on the table.
Ou the motion of Mr. R. 'Mormon the Vauxhall Bridge
Bill oas ordered to be read a second time on Monda% .
_ _

A new Writ was ord: red for the Election of a Commissione

to serve for the Lturg;lis of Kirkwall, in room of Ilrig.-Gen.
. Mackenzie, who had accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern
Hundreds.
Mr. Huskisson moved for nn Account of the Surplus of the
Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, for the year ending the
bth of April,. IsoB. lie observed that the House would hear
ith satisfaction that the Surplus amounted to nearly four
millions and a half, and that it exceeded the corresponding
quarter of the last year by 1300,8001. The Account was or-
dared.
Mr. Bankes moved the resumption of the Oriler that dropped
yesterday, for toe House to resolve into a Committee on the
Reversion Bill.

Mr. Tierney suggested to his lion. Friend the propriety of
delayi) bir ~•t; • Wit, -row, as no inconvenience could

--

delaying bis motion till.to morrow, as no inconvenience could
vault from so short a delay.
rlistighteniter ; that an order that had dropped from one
ut in motion on the next.
.". sued between Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Per-
r. Whitbread, in which Mr. W.
mittee to-morrow he should move
-111. pg which the Act was meant to en-
.
ed for Thursday.
,
London, England, 1808-04-11

BOX IN G.

It having been given out that the matches between Toner
Belcher and Dorkarty, and Dutch Sam and Croplev, weir
to take place on Tuesday at Moulsey Hurst, the regAdat
patronizers of boNing assembled there before twelve &dna,
with a string of Nobility and (;entry; and after having been
kept waiting nearly two Ivssirs, during which time there was s
heavy fall of rain, intelligence was brought to the ring that the
Magistrates had interfered, and the pugilists durst not engage
in combat. This disappointment was not very well reli,hed ;
and after each had kept his station in the ring for about half as
hour, it was stated aloud; three of the Marlborough-strout
Officers had informed the pugilists, that if they fought they
would be indicted, and that Dutch Sam and Belcher bad um-
sequently declined fighting their antagonists, unless the scat of
combat was removed to Berkshire.

The Gentlemen present openly expressed their determination
to protect the parties against any prosecution that might be in-
stituted against them ; but Dutch Sam could not be preiaikd
upon to face Cropley, and Young Belcher was prevented hs•
friends from meeting Dockarty. The Gentlemen, however, tkai
met there to see a boxing match, and nothing less would do.
match for a purse was made between Jemmy from Town and a
Gipsey, but it was, perhaps, as complete a burlesque on tig!it•
ing as ever was witnessed. Neither of them had the lea,t pre-
ten‘ions to skill. Jemmy, however, bore the palm of victor.
Another match was fought bets% een a Kingston shoemaker
and a London coal-heaver, in which the Londoner was vic-
torious.
London, England, 1808-04-11

SUICIDE.

F~~S °,yj:,.,:.~r-..- JM►~.~.~. :rte

"".

On Tuesday evening a Coroner's Inquest was held on the
body of Mr. L—, of Cornhill, who shot himself the pre-
ceding day. The servants were examined as to the fact.
It was given in evidence, that on arriving early in town he
complained of being indisposed, and said he would retire to
bed till half-past eleven o'clock, when he requested he might be
called. About that hour Mr. C , his partner, enquired
for him, and being made acquainted with the orders he had
ziven, desired the female servant to knock at his chamber-door..
The servant did as she was ordered; but receiving no answer.
opened the door and perceived the deceased lying on the bed.
Although she was not certain that he was dead, her alarm in-
duced her to run down stairs, and communicate her fears. Mr.
C , the porter, and the servant, returned to the chamber
together, and found Mr. L-- lifeless. He had two pistols
lying by him, the contents of one of which he had discharged
into his mouth, and which is supposed to have caused his instant
death ; the other remained loaded. Mr. L--'s depressed
state of mind, for some time past, was deposed to, which con-
cluded the evidence.—Verdict, Insanity. Mr. L. left a letter for
Mrs. L. another for Mr. C. and one for his nephew, who was on
thr eve of becoming a partner in the house.
It appears that Mr. L—'s affairs are minas to the
•imount of 60,0001. One person, it is supposed, will sustain a
hss of 30,0001.

DILE).
Admiral Rainier, on Thursday, at his house in Great George-
street. By his death there is a vacancy for the borouka of
.-latielwich. . .
7,ce to the Catholic
Tuesday se'nuight, after the funeral sere
chapel at Bristol, the reinains.of the Domazer Countess of Fin-
!,,al were deposited in a vault adjoinim the chapel, to be removed
at a more advanced part of the .......‘r to the family vault at Sil-
ken, in Ireland.
~wards of forty years held a eonfiden.
Mr. Ledger, 'rho for
tial situation at Cove“-Gurden Theatre, with cretiitjo himself,
end advantage to
..s employers, died bu(ld e n I y on Saturday sea-
&gilt
of au iii, elexy, to the sincere regret of all who Wm), him.
or
London, England, 1808-04-11

Ts•IV(I)F.N DS.

May 'Z. Thamac Clifford, Birmingham, Warwick, mealman,
•tt eleven, at the Mack Swan Inn, Warwick.
Nlav •L. Richard Sowley, Knowle, cornfactor, at eleven, at
the Black Swan inn, Warwick.

Mav 1. Obsuliah Ades, Topsham, ship-builder, at eleveri,
at the (“ohe Tavern, 1-.:xeter. _ .

April 30. William Garner, Thetford, merchant, at eleven, at
the wll Inn, Thetford.
Ala; 10. John Thurmond Jackson, Washway,
stock-broker, at ten, at
April 30. Samuel Britain, Charing-cross, sword-cutler, at
eleven, at Guildhall.
May 3. Andrew Strother, Tokenhouse-yard, warehouseman,
at eleven, at Guildhall.
May 14. Thomas Livermore, sen. Chelmsford, grocer, at ten,
at Guildhall.

May 2. Christopher Clark, Carlisle, mercer, at eleven, at
the Green Dragon, Carlisle.
May 2. James Stubbs, Liverpool, woollen-draper, at twelve,
at the (%corge Inn, Lherponl.
April 30. John Cheetham Morrey, Manchester, cotton-ma-
nufacturer, at two, at the Bridgewater Arms, 'Manchester.
April 30. John Sayer, Gray's-lint-lane. and John JetTerv,
Mary-le-bone, coach-makers, at ten, at Guildhall.
May 24. John Wilson, Strand, umbrella-maker, at one, at
Guildhall.

Jane 1. peter Lindsay, Greenwich, baker, at ten, at Guild-
hall.

May 12. Alexander Woodward, Liverpool, winc-mewhants
at the Y ork Hotel, Liverpool.

CERTIFICATES, APR IL O.
Edward Weaver, Newark-upon-Trent, draper.
James Man, grocer, Warwick.
John Enfield, jun. merchant, Langham.
John Pearson, Altham, and Thomas Spence, Blackburn, cern-

dealers.
Thomas Topham, Manchester, merchant.
Henry Cooke and John Herbert, Birchin-lane, merchants.
Oates Mario, Halifax, worsted-manufacturer.

[The Gazette also contains an account of his Majesty's ship
Ringdove, having captured the Danish privateer brig rorden
Shieold, of 190 tons, carrying ten long 9-pounders and 62 men 1.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

tonbon,
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1808.
London, England, 1808-04-11

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6.

The Irish Warehousing, and East India Trade Bills went
through a Committee.
Mr. Broughntn was heard at the Bar, in summing up the evi-
dence which had been adduced by the Petitioners against the
Orders in Council.

Lord Grenville, immediately after the Counsel withdrew,
gave notice that on an early day after the Holidays, he should
move the House to address his Majesty for tlw revocation of the
Orders in Council. He would not now fix a precise day for his
Motion, but he would certainly submit it bet►seen the sth and
10th of May.—Adjourned.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7;
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

Mr. Campbell, as Counsel on the part of the Petitioner, Mr.
.le Testat, was heard against the Bark .Bill, and iu the course
of hi; speech displayed great eloquence*and force of argument.
At the close of the Learned Counsel's speech, a long diseustion
took place as to the propriety of hearing him sum up itnmedi-
awl) , the result of which was, a division of 15 to 3'2 against the
ntution ; majority 17 in support of hearing Conisel.
the quc•tion being put, there appeared, for the third read-
ing of the Bill, • '

i.:ontents, 116—N on-contents, 44—Majority. 66—Adjourned.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8.

Heard Counsel in the Appeal respecting the RoxbUrgh
estates.

The Innkeepers' Rates Bill was received from the Commons,
and read a first time.

Lono CasiNcELLon moved the second reading of the
Scotch Judicature Bill. ilis Lordship explained the chief
enactments of the Bill, and contrasted them with those of the
measure proposed last Session. With respect to the trial by
Jury, the Bill merely went to enable his Majesty to appoint
commissioners to enquire how far, and in what cases, it might
he expedient to introduce that institution in civil actions.
/.RD GRENIILLE followed the Noble Lord, in the course of
his different topics, and drew conclusions adverse to the present
Bill, and favourable to the systent which he at last proposed.
Ile, however, would not object to its going into a Committee,
being willing to adopt a partial 'remedy to the grievauces com-
plained of rather than have none at all.
LORD LAUDERD.4LE gave a decided preference to the Bill of
last year. He contended that the appointment of Commissioners
by the Crown was contrary to precedent, so far as respected the
Court of Session. He gave notice, that before the Bill went
into a Committee, he should move an instruction for the purpose
of dividing it into three Bills.—Tate Bill was then read a second
tune, and ordered to he committed on Tuesday.
LORD liAritunar moved the third reading of the Cottoc-wool
Prohibition Bill. In explaining the grounds on which it was
lotroduced, he chiefly dwelt on the inconveniencies which might
arise, without this precautionary measure, from the effect of he
American Embargo on the Cotton Trade. Time whole quAntity
necessary for our manufactures was from Z to 61 minions o
pounds. Of this America furnished, of her own growth, 24
millions, besides what she imported to us from the enemy's co-
lonies. At present there was a large stock on hand above the
demand, but notwithstaudiac the expected increase of ilororta-
London, England, 1808-04-11

THURSDAY, APRIL 7.

A Message from the Lords, stated their Lordships acquiescence
in the East India Trade (Irish) Bill, and the Irish ‘1 archon!,
in Goods Bill.
Mr. Lushingtnn gave notice, that on Monday next he should
move for the production of additional Pavers respecting the
Gtettsco, and that on Monday, the 9th of nay, he should bring
forward a motion on the whole of that subject.

ASSESSED TAXES.

MR. fitnnrt.rtt objected to any farther progress being made
in the Bill, as it went to increase these duties in the sum of
100,000'. w ithout any ground fur such increase having been stated
the Finance Minister.
Ma. tirshassoN said, that his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Per-
eeval ) had sufficiently explained the subject in the Committee
of WaNs and Nleans; and the Bill by no means imposed any ad-
sitional charge on the Public, as it only took the surplus of the
Assessed Taxes up to the sth instant, in order to defray the in-
terest of four millions of Exchequer Bills, outstanding, which
had been funned.

J 1 le. PERCEFAL maintained, that the Bill was a Bill of Sup-
ply ; and therefore it was necessary it should not be impeded.
After a short conversation between Dr. Lawrence and Mr. lto,e,
the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed
on Monday. •
London, England, 1808-04-11

POLITIC4L EVENTS OF TEE WEEK.

The Couragenx, of 74 guns, arrived on Friday evening
at Portsmouth from off Cadiz. The intelligence she brings
contradicts all the late reports of an action m the Mediter-
ranean. Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, it is said, having pro-
ceeded as far as Egypt in pursuit of the Finch fleet, had
returned and joined Lord Cowslowooo, off Sicily• \o
official intelligence, however, has been received from Sir
R. STRACHAN.

We have the pleasure to announce the safe arrival of the
General Stuart, at Portsmouth ; by which means dis-
patches were received at the India House on Sat nrda) from
Calcutta. They contain intelligence of considerable im-
portance. It appears that a Chieftain, named Damisois
KHAN, alias DUNSEA WHAHAG, who has for a considerable
period evinced a spirit of hostility toward& the British
London, England, 1808-04-11

DANKKUPTCY ENLARGED.

Joseph Randall, Leeds, grocer, from April 5 to April fa), at
eleven, at the Talbot Inn, Leeds.

BANKRUPTCIES SITPERSEDF,D.

Joseph Johnson and John Statham, Twickett's Mills, Tow-
iees!er, Northamptoo, millers.
William Bircl►all, Stoke, Coventry, victualler.

BAN KRITPTR.

Edward Rhodes, Leeds, currier, to surrender April 19, 20, and
May 21, at eleven, at the Woolpacks Inn, Wakefield. Attor-
nies, Mr. Brooke, Wakefield; and Mr. Battye, Chancery-lane.
Thomas Taylor, Liverpool, tea-dealer, May 10, 11, and 21,
at one, at the Star and Garter Tavern, Liverpool. Attorney,
Mr. Thomas Avison, Hanover-street, Liverpool.
Thomas Seddon, Salford, Lancashire, victualler, April 28, 29,
and May 21, at eleven, at the I)og Tavera, Manchester At-
tornies, Mr. Ellis, Cursitor-street, London ; and Mr. Knight,
Maeriester.
Richard Loat, Long-acre, ironmonger, April 12, 26, and
May 21, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Jennings
and Collier, Great Shire-lane.
Edward Tier A x ford. Tuthill-street, Westminster, halter-
clas:iet, April 16, at one. 22, and May 21, at eleven, at Guild-
hall.. Attorney, Mr. Mason, Rectory-house, St. Michael's-
alley, Cornhill.
F'oice Champion, Beech-street, Barbican, boot-ntaker, April
16. 2:;, mid May 21, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs.
Iligden and Sym, Ciwriers'-ilall, London Wall.
James Skynn, Bow, :Middlesex, whitesmith, April 12, 19,
and May 21. at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Harding,
Primrose-street, Bishopsgate-street.
Mark Malim, Farey's-row, North-place, Highgate, dealer,
April 22, :30, and May 21, at eleven, at Gohouildhall. Attorney,
Mr. George Field, Richmond-buildings, S.
Henry Hart. Great Coratu-street, Brunswick-square, broker,
April 19, 30, and May 21, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney,
Mr. Isaacs, Mitre-court, Aldgate.
John Hulbert, Bristol, soap-boiler, April 22,23, and May 21,
at eleven, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. Attorney, Mr. Samuel
White Sweet, King's Bench Walks Inner Temple, London.
George Whitham, Addinghana, York, drover, April 19, 20,
and May 21, at eleven, at the Black Horse Inn, Skipton, York.
Attornies, Messrs. Exley and Stocker, Furnival's Inn, Holborn;
and Messrs. Alcock and Preston, Skipton.
Henry Mould, Winchester, Hants, cabinet-maker, April 16,
at one, 26, and May 21, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
Vitge) Blackman-street,
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B AN li ItUPTS.

William nand, Whitehaven, muslin-manufacturer, to surren-
der April 13, 14. and May 17, at eleven. at the Crown and Mi-
tre, Carlisle. A ttornies, Mr. WordsvVorth, Staple-inn; and
Mr. Lowry, Carli4e.
Samuel Redfern, Stockport, Chester, cotton-spinner, April 9,
16, and May 17, at eleven, at the Dog and Partridge Inn, Stock-
port. Attornitio, Mr. Ilarrop, Stockport; and Mr. Edge, Inner
Temple, London.
William Boucher, Birmingham, toy-maker, April 1.4, 16, and
May 17, at eleven, at the Bell Inn, Birmingham. Attorniet.
Messrs. Kinderlev, Long, and Ince, Gray's-inn, Loudon; and
Messrs. Smith and Arnold, Birmingham.
Joseph Whitehead, Stockport, Chester, victualler, April IS.
29, and May 17, at four, at the Castle Inn, Stockport. Attor.
nies, Mr. lladdeley, Stockport ; and Mr. Edmunds, Lincoln 'l-
- London.

Samuel Wright, Leeds, victualler, April 21,'2.4?, and May 17,
at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Leeds. Atturnies, Mr. Ho-
mer Granger, Leeds ; and Mr. Edmund,, Lincoln's Inn, London.
William Ord and Joseph Ewbank, Monk wearmouth-Shore.
Durham, mercers, April `29, Amid May 17, at eleven, at the
Britkge Inn, llishopweartnouth, Durham. Attornius, Mr. Col-
lin, bishopwearmouth ; and Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and Ma-
ples, Old Jewry, Loudon.
James Green Caslake, White Horse-street, Stepney, tallow-
chandler, April 11, at tea, 19, at eleven, and May 17, at one, at
Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. fillingham, Union-street.
Whitechapcl.
John Heal, Southampton-street, Camberwell, mathematical-
instrument-maker, April 16, X 6, and May 17, at to else, at
Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Surma'', Golden-square.
London, England, 1808-04-11

DENMARK.

COPCN HA GEN, MA n 3.—The fermentation of the public
mind is very great in Sweden, if we may believe the reporty of
travellers, and of certain writings, which are circulated ijelpite
afall prohibitions. Among others, one uamphiet isgeoted which
is said to be very bitter; it' has the followiug title, Why are nut
Iwo Swedes worth an o.r :+1 This neestison Oaks to a treaty by
which Gustavus the [Yth sells his subjeCts:,to the Lngl6h
Ali-
niito at 141. sterling per head, while the lE:owlish themselves
t w ice as much for an os. We cannot denje that it must be
very humiliating to so brave and spirited a people to be assitni•
fated to the cattle which serve for their ;ood. :i•
,ALA acts I.—We perceive no part of tle Sound which is not
covered with ice. At Llsineur, where tin: passage ,s tacircw,
and the current snore rapid, the masses of ice ate-.A.eu collecting
from day to slay, so that should the frost continue a week oui j,
it would be possible for the foot soldiers to cross *he ice and
march into Sweden.' AV heti Charles Gustavus, hong of Sweden,
passed the two Belts on the ice, he caused a medal to be struck
with this inscription, N sTu IcA. 1104; DE in UNo—Naturi
soloed this to One alone : .• 11e heartily wish that nature wools!,
unite wills fortithe in giving Charles Gu-itavai the lie.

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ittnar.-Toirx, Flits. 16.—The Defence, in conselpence of
a communication from the Eurydice frigate, w hich touched in
Carlisle Bay, between three and four A. ,I. on Sunilay, pro-
ceeded immediately to sea ; and it since appears, that the Eury-
dice was dispatched by Sir J. r, Duckworth into this Bay with
information of his being then on his way of ,Nlartinique, in (pie t
isf the enemy.
London, England, 1808-04-11

MIDDLI.SL‘ SL.SSLONS.

S 4TURD A v, APRll.9.—Charles White, a notorious swindler,
was indicted for breaking out of Toth ill Fields Bridewell, a few
weeks since, he having been fully committed for fraud. The
prisoner had been tried and acquitted on no less than four indict-
ments during the present sessions, by points of law, and on be-
ing arraigned for this offence, he at first pleaded guilty, but
afterwards recalled his plea and took his trial, which disclosed
some curious circumstances. It appeared that the prisoner had
broke out of Bridewell by forcing an iron bar, and he was af-
terwards heard of at Stratford, where Anthony the officer, and
the prison keeper of Tuthill Fields went to secure him. The pri-
soner made a stout resistance, and together with a ferocious hull-
dog, kept the officers at a distance for some time. The warraut
of committpent was produced, and the prisoner was convicted.
London, England, 1808-04-11

TUESDAY, APRII.S.

A ballot stood for this day for a Committee to try the merits
of a Petition, complaining of an undue Election and Return for
Newry, in Ireland. The Grenville Act requires that 49 Mem-
berkshould be clonsen by ballot in the House, to be afterwards
reduce" f,-/ the Counsel and Agents for the parties to 13, and
two Nominees. The Douse, on the present occasion, could
ouly get 46, of course an Adjournment took place.
London, England, 1808-04-11

THE•NATIONAL REGISTER.

such practices in future, as a Resolution of the House impeding
a Committee upon an Election Question, from coming to a fail
decision. He condoled by moving for the production of the
Minutes of Evidence.
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Pitnc:nr4r. was not aware of any motion of the kind
being to be made. Such a practice as had. been condemned by
bis Hon. Friend, wh9 had just spoken, was a practice cus-
tomary and frequent.
Sin A. Ptouurr denied that such resolutions were either fre-
quent or lawful, as in the first place they had never been heard
of before ; and secondly, they were in direct breach of the
Grenville Act.

MR. Tinicvtr supported the arguments of Sir. A. Piggott,
ftnd said, the Commission bad no right to act upon a resolution
of the House, but ought to proceed entirely oo the enactments
of the Grenville law.
The House divided, Ayes 39, Noes SC. Majority again4t
the Motion 17. . _ _

MR. BUDDULPIT said, he conceived that a Member of the
Committee of Finance was incapable, from the duties imposed
on him, of accepting any place of honour or profit under the
influence of either the Minister or the Crow n ; and, as an
independent Member of Parliament, thought it his bounden duty
to move, that as " ft. Wharton. Esq. had accepted of the
Situation of Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means,
as a place of profit, he could no longer be a Member of the
Committee of Finance ; and that the Hon. Mr. Ward be nomi-
nated in his room in the said Committee."
Ma I'I:Neil:l,AL did nit think Mr. ‘Vharton disqualified from
holding both situation:, as the House had not heard anti
thing to his prejudice. There could lie no doubt but he woull
discharge both duties with equal honour.
The House divided, Ayes 21, Noes 70 ; Majority against the
Notion 49.

The house then resolved itself into a Committee to hear
further evidence against the Orders in Council, when Messrs. .1.
and W. Ball and It. Taylor, ship-owners, and Mr. Bairn-
bridge, an American merchant, of Bread-street, were examined
as to the effect of the Berlin llccree.—Adjourned.

APRIL 11.

Mr. C..Wynne.obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better
Care and Maintenance of Criminal and
.Pauper Lunatics.
On the motion of Mr. Perceval the Order for hearing further
evidence to-morrow in support of the Orders in Council, was
discharged, and fixed for Atonday, when the Gentlemen already
Jrdered to attend were again ordered for that day, with the ad-
lition of J. Inglis, Esq.—Adjourned.
London, England, 1808-04-18

INSI:ItRUCTION IN SPAIN.

Of the insurrection in Spain, which for se‘eral days past
has so much occupied the public attention, we have in-
serted the fullest details in another part of our Paper.

The events which have now occurred, would once have
set Europe in conimotion. Every throne would have tren--
bled, and every council would have been thunderstruck.
But in these times we are accustomed to view the most
heinous crimes and the most signal revolutions, without
any expression of surprise. After witnessing so many mi-
racles, we have ceased to wonder. But the train of inno-
vations appear now to be ahuost concluded ; and P.siNA.•
r•irre, possessing every thing, will soon have little. else to
do, (ban (0 sit down and weep, like ALExANDEIt, that no
more worlds are left for him to conquer.
The conduct of the Prince of Peace, once the avowed
favourite of France, has given rise to a variety of conjcc-
I some persons imagine that he ads ised the King to
emigrate, because he feared the French displeasure: would
overtake himself: others suppose that he was instructed
hy BON APA if Eto procure the secession of the Royal Fa-
mily, in order that the vacancy might give a pretence to
France for occupying the supreme power. Further
intelligence of his fate must reach us before we ought,
in justice, to set down the Prince of Peace as a trai-
tor, however much we may blame his conduct on
14.)riner occasions. At any rate, whatever his motives
Ma V has e been, his advice seems to have been good ;
liw Prussia allords a most conspicuous example how little is
to be hoped by a Prince w how BONA PA KT 1.. is determined to
ruin. Ifs emigration, the King of might have preserv-
ed- his life, his libert, his hollow, if not his kingdom,
no% he is pretty sure to lose his kingdom aud his honour ;
perhaps he may lose his liberty, and pcssibly even his life.
1t has been observed of old, that the distance is short be-
iven the prison nal ttr,, of a ; „,t/1

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Lion.

The l,•tte invention for preventing carriages upsetting by ine-
qualities in the road, consists of the axle• being formed with
hinges or joints, which allow the wheels to move up or dowc,
without effecting the equilibrium of the bort, n hich is further
secured by an upright In It from the carriage, that leaves room
for the motion of the body up and down, and springs bearing on
the hinges.
A butterfly, of the kind called tile Painted Butterfly, is now in
full wing and vigour, in a house in NV hitehaven, after enduring
All the severity of the past winter.

all the severity
Two lambs belonging. to Mr. Gurney, of Earlham, Norfolk,
were last week killed by a wild mule cat. The lambs were
found wounded in the neck, and the eye of one of them oas
torn out. The cat ufterwards killed two kittens by sucking.
their blood from the side of the neck in the same tuanner, and
bring seen in the act led to the discovery of his having de.troye,l
the lambs.
At Taunton a•sizes considerable interest was excited at the
trial of James Richards, a farmer, for the seduction of a young.
woman to whom he had, for the too preceding years, paid his
apparently honourable. addresses. The jury returned a verdict
of 'stX)l*. against the defendant ; but as the damages weer laid
only at 3001. the Judge informed the jur their s•erdict could
not eacced ('tat sum. _ L...
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Mr. rdro, nod ether Gentlemen, on the subject of the effect of
the Merlin Decree, and relative to American ships having car-
ried:,eargoes from Liverpool to ports on the Continent. His
Wltiwygs.inlere generally corroboratory of such things having
kahrta place.
Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Sheldo?, and Mr. Inplis, the East India
Director, were next examined on the same subject.—The
further hParing of evidence was postponed till next Tuesday
as.stek. •
. Mr. S. Bernard presented the Report of the Committee for
Enquiring into the Abuses atte•nling on Lotteries, %Inch was
ordered to be laid upon the tahle.—Adjourned.

TIMRSDA Y, APR 11.
The Speaker having taken the Chair, a Message from the
'Ards hs the Deputy Black Rod required the attendance of the
ilodie in the Nonce of Lords, to hear his lk jeot y's Commission
read fur declaring the Assent to certain Bills.
The Speaker, with several Members, went up forthwith,
and after some time, returned and acquainted the House that the
Royal Assent had been declared to the Exchequer Bills'
Funding Lill, the 'Excise Laws Bill, the Bark Export Pro-
hibition Hill ; the Nish Bark and Cotton Export Prohibition
the Iri*ll East India Trade Restriction Bill, the Inn-
keepers' Military Sob,i4enee Bill, and other Bills.
A new writ was ordered to he issued for the Election of a bur-
gest.- for St. NLaMCF, in tae room of Scrope Barnard, Esq. who
has accepted the ('hiller.) I lundreds ; and another for Wareham,
io the room of Sir G. T. Calcraft, who has accepted the Sten--
ardship of East Hundred.
Mr. Graham presented a Petition from the South London
Water-Works Company, against the Bill for erecting a Bridge
at Vauxhall.—Beferred to the Committee on the Bill.
Mr. Estrottrt moved for a Return of the effective strength of
each Of the Regiments of British Militia on the Ist of July.
join; , and the Ist of. April, ISNS, di,tingni.hing the number of
Volunteer- w filch had entered into the Regular', from each Re-
; imenf, and the number neeess.ary to complete each.—Ordered.
The House then adjourned until Tuesday s'ennight.

Ox eon n, Arn 1 6.-- The number of degrees in Michael-
rims term was--Tuo D. I). nne I). C. L. four B. 1). file B. C. L.
forty-six M. A. tiventv-seven B. A.
In Lent Term— -Four 1) D. twelve B. D. thirty-four M. A.
our B. C. 1.. our I). Mos. fogy-five B. A. one B. Mus.
new method of curing, cattle n hose stomachs are swollen
from having fed upon net forage, was some time since an-
nounced in the French Journals. It consist,, in administering to
Ova:limnl the t emit th part of a pound of gunpon der, inked
in a pint of milk,. ashen first i• eizeit with the colic, from eating
grass or clover highl% charged nit', dew.
Flower of brimstone, sprinkled by a purr, dredging-box, or
nitterw6e; on the lea%es of vegetales, will effectually destro%
worms and in:cos. and liken ise promote the grins th of the
plant; peach-trees are particularly improved by the applica-

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SUNDAY, DECEMBF.It 25, 18013.

EVENTS OP THE WEEK.
New York Papers to the 18th ult. were received yester-
day. Their contents, arc extremely interesting. They con-.
tain the President's Message to Congress, and sclera( do.
currents, consisting of the correspondence on the subject of
the British Orders iu Couch:3 and the French Decrees. To

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FROM THE SPANIII PAPERS.

DR to, .It7G. 2.—On the '.l9th ult. about four in the even-
ftig, it was reported that Joseph Napoleon was marching, and
that all the troops in the city were following him. This report
was contivmed by the movements made by the French milliners,
and nll those oho did not belong to the army. The same even.
ing they withdrew from the hospitals, and conducted to Rein°
all the infirm soldiers. They put in requisition all the carriages
and horses that could be found, and the troops prepared to
march. In fact, that very night. and on the morning of the
:10th, a great part of the army, the sick, milliners, tradespeo-
ple, &c. of the French nation set out. On the whole day of
30th, there followed preparations for the march of Joseph, and
the remainder of the army. lie dined at half-past four in the
afternoon, in order to proceed, in the dusk, to sleep at ('ha-
martin. The carriages were harnassed,.and repaired to the
Court of the Palace, but the coachmen and mule-drivers, and
most of the attendants of the Royal carriages had disappeared;
on which account. Joseph could not depart that night, and was
obliA-ed to suspend his journey to the morning of the:llst, when
he departed on horseback, as he was unable to put the carriages
in motion. The same morning he took from the stables all the
males, horses, and harness, and shamefully sold all at time lows:
price. In the evening of the same day, they forced open the
gates of the pnhlic Treastiry and Bank, putting the people in
such terror, that we passed the most anxious night, thinking
that a general pillage was about to take place. They took
from these buildings above fourteen millions. At two in the
morning- of the Ist inst. was heard a cannonade. which, thow:h
t first it was tr ken for a fatal signal, has in fret but the pre-
cursor of the brightest and happiest day that ever rose over Ma-
drid. On this signal all the guard; were withdrawn, and all
the French tiled Ml' towards the parade, whence they marched
off. Scarcely did' day appear, when the people ran through
the streets, and the posts of the guards, but nothing was to he
fo, aI. They passed to the Itetiro, and there they found oolV
a fete dying wretches, and here and there a dead body. they
bAelsl with atnazement the ditches, rellisadoes, and terrible
batteries, directed against this city. The gun-carriage` sere
flames—above 70 cannon were spiked, and about VOW bar-
:els of powder thrown into'a large pond. The Madrulians, on
seeing t!...eniselyes delivered from this destruetive apparato.
gave thanks to the Supreme Being, npd immediately begat!
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