The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-28 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS

, Loyd HOLLAND, adverting-to the Petitions en
iable confined different'priSonS;

. . .
-ob::erved,-tliat.hr hail liiiherto declinal to.bringfor-
ward.any meaiure upon this-subjeet, from a con-
fcio-usn,:ss that he was unequal to the task. The
unfortunate situation; however, in which many et

His Majety'a SubjeCts were-placed by lking confined
Ai debt,' would• not -birri to
.51elay bringing
forward .a.Bili for their 'rclief.--. He therefore gave,
notice that'he Should, next week, bring in a Bill of
that desclipfri:!n in d*lfpn-n- which had several times
43. rlaiDilo by their LOrdships for. the relief of
Debtors. • After• the Bill had been read a
ht ihtehded to give a very short notice of
the.:,ccond reading,. - - , .
I`df E.A.c Lim ENT OF LQRI) MELVILLE,.
I'4l.i:Niiii-rzt.avAD.i and ,severalother Members of

ftie 146114 e cif -(_,7orutucns, br6ught up a Message,

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1,-,rpoytiog, ti aLthe I lotus.ihourd:attend the trial
1:0-d 'Viscount Melville., in a Curordittee of the
'«' hole, arid'reuirin:g accoliunodations.to,be provided
for--thero, . . . .
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'Lord GRENVILLE said, it was perfe&ly clear
that ;accommodation for..the whole House of Com-,
titens conitl not be provided in that House; the .only
mode therefore to 'be adopted in consequence of the
Al.,:sfag,e from the C,omnions- was to address His
111:-;j:-;tv, praying,,hiin to•prode a 'place for the trial
of-1/.)rci Yljvilly. There were Other-poiniS also.re- -
lative to the trial, to K.,hich .hp"Avislied'to call their
1...-:,;clsitips' attention.- It was Ofs'the -utmost iiii'-
portance that, in the progre;is of the trial, •all unne.-
Ces :y &lay Shousid be sednlout:ly avoided: It: was
'due to the Prosecutors as well aS,terthe Noble.,Lord
knpaached, that justice should., be attained as'-speedily
as possible. It was due tO.the'ProseeutorS that jus=
dune without delay
,if the Defendant
issue WaS equally due to the .befeii:dant-
that. the exf)Cties"of his defence should hot, in ca,;:-.
of ptn#quittal, hincunt. to or exceed any tine which
could be imposed upon. him if ..he were coilty.—
ThO:Se complaints; so 31_141y. fOunded, which were
irnde
,against the clelay,attendart upon the trial 01
fiught,_ in this Case, to b.carefully
Impressed with these considerations, he-
inte,ii`dea to.!moi,e, :when Majtsty'6 answer to

~ 'the.'":.)tif(fless should. bi.ie&:h.r,-A, to referr to the Corn-
..
mittee already appointect.tc. S rc h :fer Precedents, to
.enhA,ider of hest proc'ee,f3ing- in.the triAl
Vilna Thcre v. 1 f,:we‘'''er, t;W.O., or th•ree
:sr.lgastioris w.llich o• Ad just, tliention, tO, their
T.ordsl,...ps--a:e first thA tile. trial, when corn-
ou,ll,t to Le I)r'oe6(.l'4ln'frolll clay to.daV
.thornit \vas finished. If this rnl)cle of,cOnclud were

li,',E,p,e(t 2 he.Nv ivinctitt_ Aivont dgo a -groat way
att,iin-ingit-'0 ends of justice as speedily as
7-- sible whilst at the":3lne.titrie the. trial would in
tir..it 'case 'pe in a ij•reater degrte assimilated to a trial
%Of Law. Another circury_istance" tO'be

'attended to NV as, the hour ofi.aserubling, .which he
When 45i:xed, 'Ought ,each ,day to .be: rigidly
allter.;4 to, amid -no 'ether 'finsiriess,whatever. be
previously_entered upon. It. _ -would ,also be:a great
s;:ving of.;:timo it son-,e mod were adopted, or .if
understanding took'placr.,,"with respe& tO col-
kaing the opiniens' of their Lordships upon any
.dispted point of evidence, without their being under
Aire. tieeetisity of retiring.upon eycry,such occasion to
'jlteir'.ch:imbev.—These sug-ge:4tions he threw out
for their Lordshiqs' cOnsicieration,but whatever might
lac the ..mode aAopted,. he tra:)ied the great obje4
v..ould be to proceed threugh- the trial without any
other delay than was absolutely'pece.ssary. He eon-
movinc, for an Address to His Majesty,
,praying that Eaajesty would be graciou'sly pleased
co give
,clireEtions to pre_pare..a place in 'Westminster
-Hall for the trial of Lord'Viscount Melville.
STANHO conculTed withwhat had been.
sail by the Noble Lord with reqieEt..to avoiding.de-.
lay', and obierved,-that a great causelof delay on the
trial of Mr. Hacitings was, the'Lords retiring to their
‘Hianiber to discni.-,:'; any disputed pairit of evidence,
in consequence of which -the day was frequently
Icst,' and I.vhich gave rise to. a witty remark -from a
/-letiher of thz;ir Lordships' House, who said, that it
uas theonly trial in 'which the Judges,Walked while
tfe trial stoo4 still.

The Motiotnwas greed to.
.eVij urned till to-morrow (this day)`.

HOUSE OF COll/1.110:NS.

Tut,RsD4Y., :.148cif 27.

Col. V.T.R.iult brought up ,a -Bill •for Paving,
-I,lgrbting, and Cleansing the City of Limerick.-=
.firA'iiine; mid* ordered to be r.ead a' se-
- c;)nzi- time. ''' •r " •

, .
~Tklinspeacff--General. of Exports and
.impotts
pre3e:lto an:ACeOunt of the Amount 'of Exports t 9,
and Tczi octs frotn,
,the- Island Tortola.--'Ordered
0 lie on fild Tal)ic • :" • • ' '
.A PerEen 'from the Dffice of Chief Secretary for
Treland• pre't3ented r3h 'Account of the itiantity• of
Woof and Woollen Yam imported into Ireland for
the last:tea years.—Orderelto lie on the Table.
A-Person from the Bank :presented an Account
of the 'Amount of Exebequef Bills Outstanding,
• .
t-tAihich'had been issued pursuant to an Ad of. the
39th and 40th cif the King; for the renewal of the
Bank: Company's Ciiarter.—:—Ordered to lie on the
Table.

' • A Person from the Office of the Paymaster-Gene;-
ral Of His 'Majesty's VOrces presented an Accohni.of
the Monies remaining hi the Exchequer on the sth
of Jantr_zry, 1806, which had been:granted for the
ie.ivice of the year tg'os. •
, •
Also an Account of the Amount of the Balances
remainin.6- in ,the. hamls 'of the Paymaster .of the,
Forces on .tne sth of .1•-ciiMaiy 180,---*-OrcirAred to.
on the Table.

VA:Nstru.s.A.fi,T brought Alp theyßritish Fishery
Bill: Rmi a 'first time—to t) read a ,second •tits

to-r2o-:.Tow.

Also. a _Mil for v.labling the Lords Cotnroissioters
orthe Treastny in Ireland to issueTTeastlry Bills on
the 'credit ,of the Aids of 'Reqd, a first time..---
to b 6 readia second time to- moryqw.

• -1 r. iiitwynoßNE.l?royglit up the. Report Of the
Committee of Supply of yesterday ;. the scveratle-
,
solutions of which wereseverally asteed,to.
Ordered,;.on .the Motion of Mr. Husityssoß,
that there -be laid before the House, as far as the
same _can be made cat, Guy Account of the Arrears
`of' the. Property Tmc, for the years 1801 and 1805
respe&ively, outstandin& pp the 5 h of January,
_ -
On the Motion of Mr, FELLO:WES, pursuant to
his notice,.a comniittee .was.appointd to axamine
,and-consieler of ,the Return rapeaing the Non-
resident Clergy,' Avhi,ch had been presented on the
17th instant,
,and ordered to report their qpipion
thereon to the House. - .
roif.ENcE OF THE COUNTRY.

Mr.• YDRtL, .pur uant „to his ,notice, rose tp.
submit his Motion to the House for Abstrads of the
Returns.under the Lievy 'en Masse Att he did not
apprehend that any objedion would Ile made to,,the
. ,produdion.of the Papers, and he was convinced the
House would feel the propriety of having such
d ocilmot,_whenever the measures respecting the. '
Defence of the ~Country should. sortie' under dis-
cussion. It Al'ould be-recollected, that the A& to
which his4lotion referred, commonly called • the
Levy en Mugu A&, had passed in 1803. This Ata•
had three objeas—First, the Enrolment and Cla'SSi-
.fication of all- the• Mate Pcipulation.of the country,
between .theages .of 17 and 507-Secondly,.the
trin-
ing'the
.men so enrolled acid classed in the use of .
arms—and lastly, to enable His. Majesty to make
Pfrelual use of thern'in,case ofinVasion. The last
objed there- had been no opportunity of accorn
•ts, happily no invasion had taken place--
nen was it likely to 3e carriedjnto efied whilst the
Enemy continued to a& in the same manner as
...hitherto. The Second clause of .the Bill bad 'been
deemed unnecessary:,. as it appeared More advisable
' to take advantage, of the voluntary training of the
Volunteers„rather than to enforce the compulsory
.training under the. Ad. The 'apprehensions enter-
, tamed with respe6,t to this part of the National De-
fence, would, 1(e trusted, ba soon set ac,rest4 but
as it might. be :necessary to resort lorthe. COmPulsory
process, the-Return he called for Would be neces-
sary : he thought it would incur heavy responsibility
to take a firelock out of any mati's hand, whilst the
military "arrangements were so long delayed;•though
be did not doubt -thq the delay might be n4cessary.
As to the first objea, the Ad directs a Return to
be made annually of the Enrolment and Classifica-
tion in October. The first Return had been made
in May, 1804:for the year 1803. As the Ad re-
quired the Return to be -renewed every year, be
took it for granted that the provisions of the A&
had been pundually complied with, a.nd the Return
for,which he should cootie could be readily found
in the Office of the Secretary of State. The, Hon.
_Gentleman then:moved,' that the 24th Clause of
the. A& be. read, ; and on the Clause being,' read,
then moved,
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" That there be laid before the House Cypies of
Abstraas of the Subdivision Rolls returned to 01P
Offite Of the Secretary:of State from the different
Counties, Town., and. Distriets,SubSequent to 244,
A SO I, pursuant to the'prov-isions of the 4et of the
43d of His Majesty." •
Mr. Becretriq FOX: supported the Motion with
great satisfaetien, because the Paper moved for ap-
peared to hibi' to be a document extremely desirable
to:have before the House. - Put there had been;
something in the Manner in which the ;lon. Gentle-
man had opened his Motions •sAiieh,•seerned to irn-
.oy either thaCGovernment had not.callecf for the"
transmission of the Returns. under the Act, or that
.the persons' whose. duty it was to make those Re-:
tuns had negle&ed so to do. He had no official Lri,.
forniation on the Subjed, and therefore could riot say
whether the Returns had or had not been actually
transmitted and received.. But, surely, if there had
been any on issien in the case, he might leave it to
the Right 'Hon:-Gentleman's candour, Whether the
fault was'not implitable wilier to the last than the
present AdminiStration. At any rate, a very small
share Of-it belonged to the present 'Goirernment.---
With resped to the Bill itself, he did not mean to
make any Observation upon it then, and indeed the
Hon. Gentleman himself had abstained froin.a dis-
cussion of its' merits. Under these circumstances,
the, House would feel the:propriety of •his avoiding
to give any premature opinion upon the .measure.—
Of tijis hoWever be could •assure the'Hon. Gentle-7
man, that'the Bill and-its principle would form a
very considerable feature of the subjeet that would
be shortly Submitted to the House for discussion,
As to the delay in bringing fbrward this subjed, no
Gentleman lamented It More than himself or his
Right 'Hob. Friend whose duty it was to bring the
*question under the consideration of Parliiiment. He
had no objediob, hoswever, to take rti)on himself
the reSponsibility that his Right tion.lendwould
be able to account for the causes of that, delay in
.such a Mariner' as would 'prove satislattory to f14.1",,1
House,; and lie could assure the House that the de,
lay would pot be long continued.
"Mr.STbal ES -BOURNE; expe&ed that two
or three clays: notice should be 'given.. before the
question should be brought forward, as•many Gen-
tlemen who Were desirous of taking a part .in the
discussion had left town in.conseripettoe of the delay
of. bringing forward any business of impdrtanee ;
and it was desirable. that these • Gentlemen should
have an 'opportunity of attending in their places. .
Mr: Secretary FQX had no doubt :that his Right
Hon. Friend viguid be ready to give notice of his
Motion to-mOrrow, or, if the. HOuse should 'sit, on
Saturday. He could not, of course, pledge his
Right HOn.;Friend to thiS tune, though he had al-
•most a certainty of his intention to give the notice.'
It might possibly .occur to Gentlemen tfiat it would
be desirable"to put off the dis'cussion till. after' the
Holidays. ,But it 4i.asMateriai to consider, Whether,
when 'there 'were many •liings to be opened, it was
not better that the opening should take plaee:prev ions
to the. Recess; and also some progress be made in
the busineSs by bringing in -Bills; &c, ,If any ob-
jedion should i.Re• made to such a course, he was.
sure it' would conic with a' Very'bad 'grace froth those
' Gentlenien'who expressed-so much impatience for
th'e measure.. ' • •

YORKE' MOtiQll was, then, agreed to.
-LORI) MELVILLE: •
Mr. WiitTBREAD„ from the Bar,. adiktainted tb;:

LONDON,
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1806.

The Gentlemen who bad prepared Lists for the
Loan waited upon Lord Gm4vILLE and Lord
Prrty, at ten o'clock this morning, to ar-
range the terms finally. • .
The Minister proposed, as we stated on Wednes-
day; to give'for every 1001.. subscribed to the Loan,
100 in the 3 per Cent. Consolsthe bidding to,be
in the Reduced,that is, the party offering to take the
least quantity' of Reduced to have the Lam:.

-friessrS. 6ormssllre and Co.' Sir F:ECKRING, and
/ Messrs. ROBERTS, ANGSRSTEM', and Co: coalesced,
at.d their Bidding was to take .661: in the Reduced,
averaging Consols about 60i. •

These being the most favourable terms offered,
, the above parties have the Lona. •

ADMIRAL VILLIJEUNE., Wilt, commanded the
Combined Fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, has ob-
tained permission-to return to France on his parole.
This circumstance strengthens the opinion we have
for some tithe eutertained, that an arrangement
would take place between the two Countries relative
to an Exchange of PrisOneirs.

At a late hour last night we received' Dutch Po-
po-4 to the 25th •inst. They contain intelligence
from Paris of as late a date as the 19th, but it is

very unimportant.

The Marquis LuccuEstlsl, the. Prussian Ambas-
sador, returned to Paris on the 15th instant, arid has
104 ,ever :11 conferences with the Mir.ister for Foreign.
Affairs.. It is cvpeFted that the terms of t 1 Treaty,
~iZtied on the t sth ult. between France. and Pmssia,
whlch o n ich c
tdriosity beer. mite d,

will very shortly be pifplished ;
.and, in the neat
time, no doubt is entertained of all utters between
those two Powers being finally arranged.
A letter from. Wesel, of the 1 gth•of March, states,
that the above Treaty has already been aiied upon
by the French, 200 'of whose'Troops entered that,
town. on the- 1 8 th, When the citadel was delivered up
to them by the,Prussian .General iSCHOLER. The
French General who took possession of the town is
named .11E4U1SIONT, and calls. 'himself First Ad-
jutant to:Prince MuR AT: On, entering the place,
he issued a Proclamation to the inhabitants, in
-which he 'informed them, that he took possession
of the' Dutch)/ of Clevef, in the name of the Prince
who should be appointed by his. Majesty the Empe-
ror of France, and -in consequence
,of the Treaty
signed between France.and Prussia, cr4 the- lsth ult.
According to 'other letters, the prince to whom Bo-
NAPARTE has agreed to give the Dutchy of Cleves.
is the Hereditary. Prince of BADEN, Vt.llo is about to
be married to one 9f his pieces!
Hameln, according to A letter from Hanover, was
to be evacuated by the French Troops on the same
day that Wesel was surrendered
.to BONAPARTE'*

Troops.

BoivAP4RTE,I is: made several promotions in th
Legion of lig:lour, thelilembers of which have been

materially increased.

The French Funds; on the i Etkl;:lvere 6i f. 50. C.

Two Goiteriturgh .117aiLF (those of the. 17th and
I zt) arrived about nobn to-d?y, but-bring no in-

teliibencc.

The manner in which Lord GtzsvlLT...E intro-.
duced. the subjeCtof Lon!. 'lmpeach.-
mentint.) U e UpperHOese last night, and.his
Lord-
ship's observations on the proper mode of proceeding,
in order to 'obtain the substantial ends .of justice
with as little vexation and oppression to the accused
party as possible, ,Shew the advantage of having a
person ac.the head of Administration who is con=
versant with business, -as well, as possessed of high
talents:, Upon a. due re/lea-ion on the importance
of the it must be evident that it ought to be
conduCted with the most August .solentnity. The
charaCter of the Country, the high rank of the
Accused, the.: interest which. the People must take
in such a Measure, when directed against a man of
distinguiSheatalents, and who has-'often employed
'hose talents- with advantage to the Nation, and,
aboVe all, the 'sacred claitn.s of 'truth and justice,
render it not only proper, bet absolutely ne-
cessary, that, the investigation- should be con-
&sifted the utmost dignity, and effeat.
It is evident that from the arrangements suggestea-
by Lordiqaz..7..trlLLE, and which de,:Nlitless • Will be
fully carried into execution, the complaints so rea4-
=ably ailedged against the circumstances wilic4
- attended the. Trial of Mr. HASTINGS Are.lit* to'be
effeEtually obviated in that of Lard Mal,vm,E; and
it is highly Creditable to the liberal feelings as well
al the enlarged mind of Lord GEM :MLLE, that he
has proposed-the introduClion of such improvements
in matters of this importance, as will accelerate the
ends of justice, without in the least degree infring-
ing upon its rights and expetations.

Mr. Fox stated last night, in the House of Conj..
mons, that it, ,was probable that Mr. WtsintAm
would give notice, either this day or to-morrow, of
the day on which.be. intends to bring forward his
Plan respeding the Militayy 'Defence of the Court-
try, and he also addod, that the Ad, commonly
called the Levy en Masse As," would form a part
of the New Systeth.

Capt. SEYMOUR, of the •Kingsfslier Sloop, is nearly
recovered froth the severe wound he received in the
late Aiition, and is arrived in town at his uncle's,
the Marquis of HERTFORD. This gallant_ Officer
had yesterday an interview with Mr. Gam-, at the,
Admiralty. '
ii
,Sir ThOMAS Hkthit, iv to so nobly fought in the
Viaory, , off Trafalgar,;:iS appointed to the 06111-land
Of.thP.Sioapsonrof 44: gum, rat ,forts Mouth.
. Lord LAUDERDALE certainly goes out as Governot
General to India. Sir joittc MOORE, it, is now said,
is to re-place Lord LAKE as 'Commander id Chief
--
It is also said that Government have determined im-
mediately to send out a very strong I.,tilitary force,
and well-appointed Staff; to India, and that §irJonbr
MOORE has asked for some particular Regiments to
accompany him--afuong others; the tlad *l' 52d.
Apprehensions, nearby bordering en certainty, that a
French force has reached India, is the immediate
spur to the above measures. Mr, TirRNEY, it is
also rumoured, will be made a Baronet, and go out
as Governor.

"Thg medical report of the Duchess of DEyoN-
SII/RE, this morning, stated that her Grace was
soM6wllat bitter.

Yesterday the dispz,ttchles by-the under-mentioned
Ship were finally closed at the East India House,
and delivered to their resiieelive Pursers, viz.

WalthanlStOW, Capt. M A CLEW), .. . St. Helena, & Bengal
Lord Nelson, -- W, C. II U T TON, Ditto
E. St. Vincent,- C. JONES, - , • 13oir►bay . ,
Lard Melville,- C. LENNOX, - - Madras and Bengal -
Lady Burgess, - A. F. W Svv 1 N'lro NE, Ditto
Sovereign, - A CANI P BEI.L, .. Ditto
Alexander, -I. R. Fat SKLIM, ' Ditto

.Qn,Wednesday evening died, at his house in Pic-
cadilly, .10.14 N EDWARD I.llAppocxs, Escp, The cir-
cumstanCes of. his death were truly affecting : for
daysoiree he had. laboured under qle" eifeecs of re-
pelled gout, which had.tlown to his bead, and a
imment of delirium he put an eud to his existence.

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SECOND EDITION.

SUN-OFFICE,

THREE O'CLOCK,

W 3 stop the Press to state the arrival of the
Mursburgh Mail due on Wednesday.
An Article in the Hamburgh Ct.yespondenten of
the 22d, dated Rome, Feb. 22,' says, that 40,000
French Troops are expe6ted immedi:,tely to pass
through that City; • the Russians and EnglA who
embarked at Naples havingrlanded in Calabria and
joined the ITereditary Prince. 'Not less than 70,000
Calabrians have taken up arms and entrenched
.themselves in narrow passes, and among the moun-
tains.

MANtiSni, MARCH 14.--General VIEL, the
French Minister at Berne, has set off hastily for
1), ri s.

- The report of a great change in the Government
of Switzerland still continues ; Shaffhausen and the
Country on that side of the Rhine is, it is said, to be
given to Wirtemburgh, &c.

Count COLLEREIDO, the Minister at Vienna, died
there of a fever on the toth of March.

NAVAL N E WS.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 26.—Arrived ,the Danish
Brig Graf Bernstorf, Capt. Kwurisorr, frOm Barce-
/ona, bound to Copenhagen, laderimith brandy and
wine,detained by the Hero Privateer of thts Port ;
and tfie Danish Brig Ensclin, Capt. Samtu, from
Barcelona, bound to • Hamburgh, detained by the.
Lion Privateer of this Port, laden with brandy and
Wine.

Sailed His Majesty's Sloop Humber with a Con-
voy, of COasters for the Eastward ; and His Majesty's
Schooner Pickle, Viper Cutter, and Itfoucherim Brig
on a Cruize to the Westward. •

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 537.—Sailed this day the
Gun-brigs Cheer-Iy, Lieut, Alotv:Rznoß, for Ply-
Month ; the .Defender, Lieut. Noss, for Guernsey ;
and the Dapper, Lieut. --, on a Cruize.

Two or three more of the outward-bound West
Tudiainen are come up to the Ivrotherbank.

DovER, Matti' IT.—Passed by the Schooner
.inn Eliza, Capt. liztott OzNey, for Amsterdam,
out 34 days from Pkatidence, Rhode Island.
Arrived the Danish Ship ifrundahl, Captain
I'ZrELs SHANNAWO, from Barcelona, with brandy,
to Altona, with the loss of her foretopmast and
bowsprit, having been run foul of by another

Ship ; United States, Capt. Boaltawratz, from
Rotterdam.; and the Swedish Graltiot Le Pk ystadt
Xorden, Capt. RicilLgrr, fromlourdeaux to Emb-
den, with wine, sent in by the, Diligence Sloop of
War ; Hoy Charlotta Nilizelmiiirt, Captain L. F.
Scgmaz,. of Stettin, from Liverpool to Ham.
,birgh, with flour, coffee, tobacco, &c. put in by
contrary, winds; the Brig Fortuna, Captain SIMON
JAM, from Rotterdam, 'with Coals, -cheese, and
white lead, from Bourdeaux, detained 'by the Blazer
Gun-brig, Lieut. HINTON.

, DEAL, MARCH 27.—Arrived the. Vestal and Firm
from the Nore ; and &a-Gull from the back of the/
Goodwin Sands.

KINGSTON ASSIZES.

YESTERDAY the Witnesses on the part of the
Prosecution against Mr. Pfitch appeared before the,
Grand Jury, at the Castle. Inn. Sir JonN rREDE-
RICK, one of the Members for Surrey, presided in
the Chair, and the Jury consisted chiefly of Surrey

Magistrates. •
The widow of the unfortunate Mr. Blight was
exami=d first, for about an hour and. an half; after
which - Kitchener, the servant maid, was called
in. There was considerable difficulty in finding the
servant girl, for she had been liberated on her own
recognizance, and .had given an address where she.
could not be found, and it was by mere accident
that the trial was not put off until the next Assizes.
irler examination was minute and long, and besides
her and Mrs. Blight, 26 other witnesses; were called
in. After having spent from twelve o'clock until
seven in the evening, the Jury thought the evidence
before them sufficient to find a Bill; without' the
testimony of several other witnesses who were Wait-
ing to give their depositions, and a-true Bill was ac-
cordingly found. ' •
The court adjourned for want of business at three
o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Hummatzt, the So-
licitor, we understand, has been fixed on by Govern-
ment for the Prosecution ; he has' been indefatigable
in his'exertions to procure such witnesses RS could
throw a light on the subjea, and he elucidated their
statements before the Jury. . •
The'Witnesses were ordered. to attend at King-
ston to give evidence on the trial at eight o'clock on
'Monday morning. Messrs. GARROW and CONST
are the. Counsel for the Crown-, and Serjeant BEST
and Mr. GURNEY for.the Prisoner.

Mr. Patch has not .yet been •removed from the
Borough; he,appears quite composed, and takes his
ule &c. as usual.

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_Pißsr REPORT -
'OP VIE CO`474ISSIONERS Pon. REVISING.A lIIGEST:
/NG THE CIVIL AFFAIRS Or HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY.

TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT m'AJEITT.., •
The Itirst Report of the CommiSsioners Opointed to revise
the System and Mode of accounting for the Receipt and Ex-
. peudtture of .Money and Stores; and likewise the I nstruc-
tions and Standing Order's. for the government of the Civil
Dcpartinents of His Majesty's Naval Service; and 'to ar-
T..mge and frame a ,regular Digeit of the same, having it
carefully in view_ to adapt the mode of accounting for Monies
and Stores, andlikewise the whole body of such ()Mos and
Instructions, to the present extensive scale of the Naval Ser-
vice ; and to take meat.-ires for keeping up the said syst:in
'and digest in all times to come : And who were further re-
- quired to take into their particular consideration, all such
suggestions :IS have been made by the .different Boards of
Inquiry and Seled Committee on Finance, and have not
yet been adopted ; and to ':examine which of the same ap-'
• • pe4r to be praEticable and consistent with the good of the
Service; and to consider and devise the best means of carry-
ing the same into ekeeutiott, in the most convenient and ex-
peditious manner, and to report on all the matter aforesaid,
from time to time, as they shall see occasion.

We have proceeded to the execution of the trust
which your Majesty has been pleased to repose in
us, in the order which seemed the most likely to
enable us to accomplish the objeas for which we
were appointed.
With thiS view we have not only considered, with
great attention, the many useful suggestions in the
very able Reports of the different Boards of Inquiry,
and Bele& Committee on Finance, but have deemed
'it necessary also, carefully to peruse all such official
or other authentic docuMents as could give us in-
formation concerning the administration of the Civil
Affairs of the Navy, from the earliest times.
By observing what changes have at different times
taken place in the system of. management ; what
abuses Imre prevailed ; what means have been tried
to prevent their continuance; and what success has
attended the measures which .on former occasions
have been adopted ; we thought it probable. that we ,
might receive information that would assist us in
judging of the alterations which, might now be ne-
cessary, to adapt the.wholejo the present very ex-
tensive scale of .the Naval Service.; /and that by
comparing what was aceomplished in. times of the
greatest exertion, by the number of artificers and
labourers then employed, with what is now done in
the Royal Dock Yards, as well as,, by obtaining in.-
formation from merchant builders of the work per 7
formed. by the numben,employed in private yards;
additional means might be acquired of judging of
the industry of those at present in Your ,Maje,qy's
service. From the whole, we
,hoped to be able to.
form some estimate of 'what may, in future, be eX-
pefted, and of the establishment which- nay, under.
proper regulations,_ be adequate to the mangement
and_ support of , the Naval Force
.which may be
deemed necessary for the security Of this Country. .
To the wimerous official documents,. and written
or 'printed authorities, which we
.have perused, we
shall refer as the occasion may require,' and shall,
therefore, now, only give, as briefly as we can,. such
a general view.of the means, which, during different
periods, have been taken for providing a nayal,force
tbr the defence of this Country, and for the civil
government of the Navy, as may render it unneces'-
sary to be so full in those references, or in our Ob•
servations upon them, as for the sake of clearness
might otherwise be requisite. .
The whole of our Naval History may be divided
into three periods i the first, comprehending all that
preceded thereign of Henry. the Eighth; the second,
ending with the Restoration of Charles the Second;
and, the last, coming down from the Restoration to
the present day.
.•
During the first period, it appears, that our Kings
had neither Arsenals nor Deck-yards ; their only.
permanent Naval Force consisted of fifty-seven Ves7
sels, each carrying twenty-one mph' and a boy, well
armed and fitted for war, which the Cinque Ports'
were bound, by their Charters, to fUrnish on- tb-ty
day's nonce from the Crown. When, in case of
war, a greater force was required,_ Ships were hired'
from Merchants at home, or from those in Dantzic,
Hamburgh, Lubec, Genoa, and . other ports, or
were fitted Out from vaiious motives by private ad-
venturers, who shared in the advantages acquired':
trading vessels having, in those times, no, protec-
tion from Ships of War belonging to their respe&ive
Governments, were necessarily armed for their own
defenCe.._

The foundation of the, Navy of England was laid
by Henry the Eighth. He constituted an Admiralty
and a Navy Board, and during his. reign the Tri-
nity-house, and the Dock-yards at Deptford, Wool-
wich, and Portsmouth, were formed : the -regula-
tions which he made for the Civil Governinent of
Naval Affairs were, in the reign of Edward the
Sixth, revised, arranged, and turned into ordinances,
which form,the -.basis of all the subsequent instruc.-
tionsgiven. to the Officers to whoth the 'manage-
ment of the Civil Affairs of the Navy has been com-
tnitted.

The Officers then appointed were, the Vice-Admi-
ral of England ;
,the Master of the Ordnance ; the
Surveyor of this Marine Causes; the Treasurer,
Comptroller, General Surveyor of the Vitaualling,
Clerk cif the Ships, and Clerk of the Stores.
Particular duties were allotted to each Member ;
and they were ()tared to meet once a week t the
Office on Tower Hill, to consult together for the
good order of the Navy, and to report 'their proceed-
ings once a month to the Lord High Admiral.

But the ships belonging to the CrOwn., or provided
by the'Civil Department of the Navy, still formed
only a part of the Naval Force en-TIC:Ted in the time
of War. In the*Fleet by which. the Spanish Armada
was-defeated, there were 176 ships, with 14,992
men, of which only 34 ships, with 6,225 men, be-
longed to the Crown ; and. this mode of adding to
the Naval Force, by hired ships, appearS to have been
continued down to the end of the 17th century.
No . considerable alteration in the, civil govern-
ment of the Navy took place from the reign. of
Edward the Sixth, till the year 160 g ; when, in
consequence of many abuses whiCh were com-
plained of, the principal Officers were suspended ';
and Commissioners were appointed, with powers to
manage, settle, and put the affairs of the Navy into
a right course ; and to take such measures as they
might deem necessary, to prevent the continuance
of the many great frauds and abuses which-pre-
vailed. A similar Commission was issued in lo
and a very full, able, and minute report, was made
by the Commissioners then named, in which those
frauds and • abuses are detailed and explained ; a
very diStinet -account of the state of the Navy, at the
time, is given, as well .as of its state during the four