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London, England, 1806-07-22 00:00:00

BARRACK ABUSES.

Mr. ROBSON roSe, pursuant to notice, to move
for some Papers relative to . the Barracks: Since
Ministers had not chosen to attend in their, places
at the discussion upon the East India Accounts,
during is,hich it had been asserted by persons who
were competent to judge, that the Company was
almost in a state Of insolvency, he was not surprised
that they were not prdsent on this occasion. The
snbje&, however, to v:hich he was about to call the
attention, of 'the House, was one of the greatest
pdblic importance. Some Papers on this subject
bad been presented on 'Friday last not on his Mo-
tion, but on' that of the Secretary at Tar; but as
seemed to wish to shuffle off thiS busi-
ness, by not attending to-day, he would speak freely
of them. The plan which he proposed fir ascer-
taining the exalt state of the Barrack Expenditure
was plain and simple ' • and if his Motion had been
agreed to', it would have been the means of saving
SOCIIC hundred thousand pounds of the publiemo-
ney. Ministers, however, had thought proper to
refiase some of theSe when proposed by him ;
but afterwards, finding that the Public must come
-to the_ knowledge of these abuses one way or
another, they had come to the House and made
similar Motions themselves, MI he was told_
that he ought to have divided the House.—
Ile had,' however, made three motions, which, if
granted, would have formed a key.to the state of the
Barracks, and the simple Returns of the office would
itself be a check against the embezzlement of the
public money. A circumstance had occurred on
Friday which had occasioned him some embarrass-
ment. He told Ministers he wanted to see the Re-
port of the Commissioners of, Military, Inquiry.
Although generally pretty early in his attendance at
the House, he had pot come dawn that day till
twenty minutes past ;four o'clock, when he found
that the Report had been presented, and ordered to
be printed: He met the Clerk with it in his hand,
and followed it up stairs, in the .hopes that he might
be permitted to iodic at; it, for five minutes. But
understanding the Secretary at War meant to move
for some Papers relatiVe tO the Barracks, he imine-
diately came down to the House, thinking it of more
importance to hear those motions than to look at
the Report. He then begged 'leave to have the
Report for a felt, minutes, but finding it contrary to
the rules of the House, he had given way. For
want of the infbrmation, however, which he might
have procured from the Report; his plan could not be
so well arranged as. he could have wished. But he
pledged himself to the House as .a Member of Par-
iiatnent, that if the produce of the 'Canteens and
:Manure should be duly applied, it would'defray the
expence of all the temporary, Barracks. He would
call upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the
Secretary at War; who had just come in, to say why
hiS Motion had been refused,. The Secretary at
War, however, wishing, he supposed, afterwards to
give him the object of his Motion, had moved
for an Account of the rents of the Canteens; and the
produce of the Manure. The Paper had been pre-
sented; but it did not state any time. Whether the
account was from 1793 or the days ofNoah, there was
no means of ascertaining upon the face of it. It
was, besides, a general account ; but he wanted the
particulars and some specified time. He wanted the
produce in each particularßarrack, according-to the
weekly accounts
.as sent to the Barrack-Office:
This was no account at all. He would make his
Motion again. iThe Speaker , asked whether this
was the same Motion he had made before ? and be-
ing answered in the affirmative, he said, the Motion
having been once negatived, one_ exactly the same in
substance could not be received .during that Session.
Mr. Robson then' begged with, subcniSsion to propose
another Motion, 'and the Speaker having read it,
asiied him to state,in what the difference consisted
between that and the Motion winch lied been no-
Robscin then; in Continuation, pro-
ceeded to state, that the Secretary at War hadl:otne
down on Friday last, and 1401'4. for a Parer on this

gubjeß, without giving any previaas notice. He
had therefore been taken by surpriv—bat his ac-
count was only in gross. He wanted the particu-
lars. Ministers said they wanted inquiry—this was
his objeEt too, and yet when lie did any thing ~vith
that view he was thwarted, aad asked -why he
should take these things upon him ? If the Secretary
at War had communicated his Motion to him he
would have .corrected it,. but as it was it would an-
swer no purpose, as there was no particular time
mentioned.
: [The SECRETARY at WAR said across the Table,
that there was]—He would read the Votes, and from.
these it would appear there was not.—(Hetehe read
the Votes.)
The SPEAKER again. requested the Honourable
Gentleman to state ix what respect his Motion dif-
fered from the former.

Mr. ROBSON stated, that there was a difference\
of a material word.

Mr. CALCRAFT said, that after what had fallen
from the Chair,, if the Motion was substantially the
same, they were debating about nothing, because,
however willing his Noble Friend (Lord H. Petty)
was to support the Motion, it 'could not be granted
in consistency with the Orders of the House.
Mr. WHITBREAD also said, that the Honourable
Gentleman did not, pay the proper resped to the
Chair and to the. House, in
.not precisely stating the
difference, if there was any. ' _

Mr. T. JoNgs suggested that the. word " perma-
nent," which was in this but not in the former Mo-
tion, might make a material difference.
Mr. ROBSON then said, that the former Motion
only applied to ti`nporary- BarraCks, whereas the
present applkdrto the permanent Barracks also.
Mr: WintBREAP and Mr.' CALCBAFT, as they
fo\ind there , was a real difference, withdrew Their
objeEtions.
The :Motion was then , read, and with the above-
mentioned difference, was the same as that made by
Mr. Robson, for an Account of Dung, Straw, 84tcA:c.
:and inserted in our Paper of the t7tli.
The -SECRETARY at IVAR said, that no Oh-
jeEtion had been made to the Hon. Gentleman's
,Motion. With xegard to the Paper which he had
presented on Friday, it had been put into. his hands
by the Barrack Master General as a contradiEtion
Of-the statement Made by the ,Honourable Gentle-
man, that no Account had been given of the pro-
duce nf the 'Barrack- Manure. The, Account dl4
specify a certain number of years, and the particular
. Barracks and sums', so that the Honourable Gentie.
man was mistaken on that. point. With respe& to
'the present Motion, he would not abject to it as the
others had been agreed to, Bqt at. the, same time
the produClion of these Papers would be attended
with considerable expence and inconvenience, as a
number of additional Clerks must be employed on
purpose. Now, whether the House would think it
worth while t0..g0 on with this business might be a
question, as the Hon. Gentleman seemed to be
doubtful whether he would pursue, it. He talked
• about throwing up the affair, and was pnw and
then moving tiir more Papers, so that he' would have
considerable doubts whether the Hon. Gentleman
meant to' follow it up unless he expressly said so.
Had not his Noble Friend permitted the Other Mo-
tions to pass without objection, he would not have
been very willing to accede to this Motion, as the mat-
ter was at present before another tribunal. He thought
the Hon. Gentleman's Plan was worse than the
Commission Which had been 'already appointed, and
of whose delay and unfitness the Hob. Gentlethan
had complained--[Here Mr. Robson made a sign
of dissent.] The Hon. Gentleman did not seem
inclined to admit that he had made such complaints,
but he certainly had said something that appeared,
very like a charge of this sort. He had, however,
met with no
:impediment froth that side of the
House. The Hon. Gentleman had said that all
wished'for Inquiry—he, however, dui not wish for
Inquiry in this way, because he conCeived it would
answer no good purpose.. But though he _thought
that the Military Commission was more lit to in-
vestigate the abuses, he hoped that none of the
Ministers could, on that account, be justly liable to
the imputation of attempting to screen abuses.
Mr. PAULL said, that he was surprised to
hear the Honourable 'Gentleman say that Ministers
had resisted his Motion on a former occasion. They
had not done 'so, for only two Gentlemen on the
other side had-said no, and the Hon. Gentleman did
not think fit to di% ide the House.

Mr. BOBSO.N. stated nothing but what he be-
lieved; on good grounds, to be true, and the Report
'would pear him out. The Report would bear him
out in what .he had said. , As to the expence, the
Papers conSiStedonly of two sheets mid a half, and
might be made out in two hours and a half. As
to ,the charge of insincerity, and doubt whether he
should praSectite this business, he would ask the
.Noble Lord opposite (Petty), whether he did not
say that he was ready
.to proceed immediately with
the Inquiry ?—There was a refinement in pene:ra-
tiorf in this busines, and nothing would give him
greater pleasure than to have the matter before an
honest Jury. But then he had been desirous to
wait for the.Reliort of the Commission. He would
describe what the Report was :—.lt gave a history
.of the Barrack I;stablishment, with the Costs at-
tending them, and then proceeded M. the examina-
tion of the Barrack Accounts, and there found out
General Delaney with his one per cent. a thing that
was notorious at all the public Offices before. He
did not wish to speak disrespeatially of any person,
but public Men were in situations where they must
submit to be animadverted upon. They had begun
at the wrong end,: What was the use of all this
history—or what did it signify .What happened a
century ago ?—The abUses were still going on,
and what they ought to have done was, to have
turned their attention to the present time. It
they had done this, half a million might be saved
to the Public, and a-Report of this sort would have
been of use:. Was he then to wait .four or five
years till the Commissioners made another Report ?
He would warn the Chancellor of the Exchequer
not to resist a bone fide inquiry. He would have to
answer to him as a Member of Parliathent in a fu-
ture Ses4ion how 1,700,0001. of the public money
had been lost. There were a great 'many abuses
in the other Qffics, and to these he wunid tura his
attention at, a future period. He had alway at
heart the good of his Country : be haa heard much
of the talents of the :pre-sent Ministr, ; but the best
proof of their talents would be to save the talents of
gold and silver, Government had professed a leso-

lotion of-Adhering to the Most rigid_ exenatiy ; tfnd
an Honourable Admiral had said that the Navy
might be kept up at two-thirds of the present ex-
pence. He agreed with hiM irt this; and he would.
sift that quarter. These ,thirigS Were Nirorthy the
attention of the House. He proceeded aoin to 0=
press his surprise at the charge of insincerity, and
said that Governniont would not have a leg to stand
on unless they adhered to economy. The Country
did not call for-Peace, blit for an inquiry into the
Public Expenditure. The Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer came in with the affeCtiOris of the, people,
who expected that Ministers -would perform what
they promised as_ to economy. He said that the
rents of the canteens and the produce of the ma-
nure would defray the expences of the TempOrary
Barracks. This was a plain assertion by which he
would stand. There were sales of different mate-
rials at the Barracks when they were left, and
be wanted to know how these had been, ac-
counted for ? and his next Motion would refer to
this. There was a mode by which the Barrack
AccOunts. might be consolidated, and 'made every
three months, and he did not see why it should not
be adopted.
The SECRETARY at WAR and Mr. Ronsot; then
mutually explained. After which the Motion was
agreed to.
A Message from the Lords announced their as-
sent to the Auditors' Bill, Lord Rodney's Annui-
ty Bill, and others; and requested the House of
Commons' would sit some time; which, on the
Motion of Lord Henry Petty, was agreed to.
Mr. ROBSON then moved—

" That there be laid before this House a Return of all the
Sales whickhave taken place at the several Temporary Bar-
racks, in Buildings, rented or hired by Government. and used
as Barracks, or as Barrack Store. houses, in the whole of Great
Britain. That the said Return do ernbrrice all such Sales be-
tween the rs't day of January, 1793, and the z4th day of !tine,
iBo6 ; and that it be exhibited in nine columns, in the order,
and with the titles, here following, viz. rst, The name of the
Parish (or station) and the County where each Sate respec-
tively was made ; the said names of the Parishes (or stations),
following each other in, due alphabttical order. 2d. The
date of the sale. 3d, The name or the Auaioneer or Person
by whom the Sale was made, and, it the Sale was a Private
one, stating that circumstance. 4th, The names of the pur-
chasers, it less than six in number. sth, A general descrip.
tion of the things sold. (Ali, The name of the iiarrack.•
Master or other person under whose immediate direttion and
,superintendence the Sale took place. yth, The gross amount
of the, Sale, as criglited. to Government. gth, The total'
amount of all the,surns expended by Government in titting
up each, Building respectively. 91.11, The number of men or
horses us,,aliy quartered an each station respedively."
Mr. 191.11rDH,01 said', that if his friendstould be
disposed to screen abuses on the present occasion,
it would be- from a gratuitous love of abuses, be-
cause these abuses could not have in any way
been committed by themselves .but as the' Motion
went back. to 1793 it might perhaps be supposed
that it might attach upon him in a different state of
existence. But it was singular that when the
Honourable Gentleman objeEted to 'the history of
the Commissioners, on r the grounds of its retrospec-
tive views, he himself should have called for the de-
tails of a period of thirteen years. This account he
thought it would be impossible to produce, or at
least it would take a long time. Useful it might
be—but the luestion was, whether it would be so
useful as to be worth the expence andtrouble. The
Honourable Gentleman promised us a nostrum
that was to check all the Barrack abuses. If he
could do this he would deserve the thanks of the
Country ; but he promised so much that he had
very little confidence in his promises. He, for his
part, would rather risk the imputation of screening
abuses than agree to these Motions, which he
thought would be of little use; but as some had
already been granted, it was not worth while to ob-
jeet to the present one. But he hoped this would
stand as a warning against such proceedings for the
future.
Mr. TYRIVHIT JONES recommended the most
rigid .economy. and' thought he saw a disposition in
Ministers not to consider a guinea as equal to twenty-
one shillings. The present was a war against our
Finances. He wished Ministers would not be de-
luded into an improper Peace, for whatever might be
their talents he doubted whether they were a match
for Talleyrand. But however much we depended on
our Navy and Army we ought to depend mere on
our economy. Economy, public' and private, he
considered as one of the cardinal virtues, and if we
attended rigidly to this—a fig for Bonaparte.
Sir IF M. ELFORD was sorry that Ministers
had agreed to the Motion of the Honourable Gen-
tleman. He was welcome to any popularity which
he could come at fairly, but this was really de-
priving the late and the present Government, and
Parliament of the' popularity which they. were en-
titled to for having appointed and continued the
Military Commission. This was the more objec-
tionable as it was doubtful whether the Motions
could be of any use. _ _

Mr. ROBSON said, that the expence would
be very trifling, a.,d that the Motions were the
more necessary as there was a Clause in the Mt by.
which the Commissioners had.a discretionary power
of examining 'into abuses that bad ceased to exist,
or not, as they pleased. The expence would
consist in 'the waste of pens, ink, and paper, of
which there seemed to be .a great scarcity, as in-
stead of farms in the Accounts he had a great num-
ber of 1‘ dittos."

Lord HENRY PETTY- would answer ditto,
ditto, as before. He was anxious for- inquiry into
abuses, and the only difference was as to the mode ;
and in doubting of the propriety of these Motions
cm account of the expence,..he attended to the car-
dinal virtue of economy. If the Honourable Gen-
tleman thought the Commissioners did_ not do their
duty, he ought to have come- down with a Motion,
to repeal the AEt by which they were appointed.—..
He would not now, however, obje& to the present
Motion.

After a few words from Mr. RoEsoN, the Motion
was put and carried.

The adjourned Debate upon the Financial Reso-
lutions was resumed, and, upon the Motion of Lord
H. PETTY, a set of Resolutions, differing in some
respeai from those of Mr. Joh NSTO NE was agreed
to and ordered to be printed;
A Message frtim the Lords stated their Lordships'
assent to the British and Scotch Militia Officers'
Allowalwe'Bill, and the Irish Post Rdads'
Adjourned till to-morrow.(tbis day).

AR RIVED-1 Jamaica, !Dublin, r Waterford.
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Silt,
Tinovtlsi.the Mediu'r of your excellent
•
I beg leave to contradict the 'report that Master
IiETT? has not been attended at the Theatre Royal,
in this place.: the contrary lias been so much the
case, that I consider myself under great obligations
for his exertions, as his performances here, and the
advantages I shall derive, frorn them, will, in a great
degree., cover the heavy losses, I encountered in niy.
last Winter Season
.; and, without trieaninifany of-
fence to the lirofession, I know no one who would
have had SO much attraCtion.

iitn, Sir; your's respeafullyi,
S. KEMBLE,
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THE SUN.

E01:E,4 QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDtAi

L 0 N 1) 0 N,
TVESDA.Y, JULY ‘..12, 1806.

The intelligence brought .by' the Jamaica ,Mail, in
the Princos, Cliarlotte Packet, which has just arrived
at Falmouth, after a Passage of twenty-eight days,
. .
tends to confirm all we hive said in opposition to
the reports in the American Papers.of the failure of
MIRANDA. All the accounts which have reached the
West Indies speak, with great confidence, of its
expeeted succes,.

The Inquiry which was instituted by order of His
MAJESTY, upon a subje& of the utmost delicacy and
impertance, is, we learn, concluded, and the Noble'
Persons appointed to condud the investigation have;
it is said, transmitted to His MAJESTY a Report con-
taining the whole depositions taken before them.—
The first point, we understand, to which the atten-
tion of the Commissioners was dire&ed, was to
ascertain the. parentage of a Child of, about four
yeas of age, Who has been for some time
taken under the protedion of, and treated with
the greatest tenderness, by the Illustrious Per-
soilage whose condu& was the subjed of the In-
quiry. Upon this point, the evidence, we are in-
formed, was so clear and satisfadory, as to render it
impossible for the slightest vestige of doubt to re,
main (if any serious doubt could ever have been en-
tertained) upon the subject. The 'other point, upon
which a very long and detailed examination took
place, related to the general deportment
.Of the Il-
lustrious Personage alluded to. The 'noun).- up-
on this part of the case is, we have every
reason to believe, as highly honourable to the
Illustrious . Personage as the former. We are not
yet enabled td state whether any Communica-
tion will be made to the PUblie; from authority,
upon this most interesting' subjea, but we under-
stand that a Report, containi►ig the whole of tic
Examinations and Depositions, have been 'transmit-
ted to the two Illustrious Personages the most im-
mediately concerned in the result of this,lnquiry.

YESTERDAY notice was given at • the Bank, that
the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer would be ready, on Friday next,
at twelve o'clock, to treat for the sale of the First
Lottery for 1806, at the Treasury, on 'the following
conditions, namely, that the Lottery-should contain
.25,000 Tickets; the Prizes to amount to 250,0001.
the whole to be drawn out in ten days, in equal
drawings, and to finish drawing on the 15th Nov.
next. The times of drawirig, and the Scheme of
Blanks and Prizes, to be settled by whoever may
contra& for the Lottery, subjeet' to the approval of
the Lords of the Treasury.
Chances-will be allowed, whereby the Purchasers
will be entitled to every benefit that can arise to a
Ticket above the lowest Prize, which is to belong
to the Seller. Every person may sell Tickets, Shares,
and Chances, without a Licence ; but no person is
to MAKE Shares or Chances without a Licence, which
is to cost 501.

Mr. Fox was yesterday able to.take• a walk round
his garden, and be passed a very good night. He.
is evidently better this day.
It was yesterday reported that Parliament would
be prorogued this day ; but that event will not .take
Place till to-morrow, as we stated on .Tuesday last.

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY
arrived at the Queen's,Palace from 'Windsor, escorted
by a party of Light Hoise. At two o'clock His
MAJESTY held a Private Levee, which was attended
by
Their RoyalViihnesses the Prince George and Prince Au.
gust Oldenburg'', the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief !us,
me, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the :Secretaries of State for the Horne and Co-
lonial 'Del;artments, the First Lord of the Admiralty,' the
Master. General of the Ordnance, the Russian and American
Ambassadors.

The. Duke of Newcastle.
The I`•tarquis of Ely.
Earls—Carystort, Lauderdale, Spencer, Fitzwilliam,
ra, and Winchilsea.
Viscounts—Proby, Howick, and Sidmouth.
Counts—Holmes and Strogaiialf.
Lards—Grenville, H. Petty, Kinnaird, St. Helen's, Cath-
cart, Erskine, and Ellenborougta.
Baron De Maltzaltm.
Admisa/s—Sir Roger .Curtis and Domett.
•Zirs-1. Craig, S. Cottrel,. W.. Curtis.

. . . - ,•
General,— Cray% turd and Gray.
Majqr- General Oakes.
Messrs Erskine, Pinkney, Munro, Law, Verney, and
Fordyce.

The following had the bonotir of being presented
to His MAJESTY :

T beTri:ices George and August De Holstein Oldenburgt!,
by Count Strugauud; the Russian Ambassador, up,ni ILICLI
AiIiYALLII England from Russia.

•.. - . . •
- I • • 'ore • • • .
MS Grace the DUlte,of Newcastle. Upon hii Ca of age,
and to hietjtie, "by. i?,atl tipencer. .. .
. .
General Crawfmril! is!,.ps his return from France.
The Earl of Lawleittair; tv lbscsputxt Uowtck, when he
had ttie honour to kip. his Majestvit: hand, ,upon his being
appointed Keeper 6f the Great Signet ot Sqotiand ; lind.His
Majesty was pleased to deliver the Noble
..Earl tile F.eaia ae.-,-
conlitigly. . . .. . . ~ .. .
Mr Erskine,' by the Lord Chanrelliitv, uttrin his being ari-
po4.:ited to'a. Diplomatic Mission to A sp.:ticks. .. t ,
he Marquis of Ely,, on\ coining to - his title, by. Earl
Spencer.. .
.
G'erieral Sir fames Craig, upon his return from Malta and
Sicily.
Mr. Pinkney, upon his arrival in England, upon a Diplo-
matic Mission, front America', by Mr. Monro, the A oh:neat'
Ambassador, and. Sir SLTSO Cotterel, the Master of the
Ceremonies, . whew he delivered to His- Majesty his Creden-
iials, whiCh were Moat graciously received.
Count Hnliner inst the Baron De Maltzaltai, by Count
Stroganoff; upon their arrival in England.
General Grey, upon his being appointed to the comniand
of the Poxes. at the Cape of Good Hope, by his brothey,
Viscount HOwick.,

Vii;count Pint)y, by his Father, Earl Carysfort; upon his
being appointed Deputy Adjutant-General to the Troops go-
upidtithe Expedition to Sicily. •

'Loki Kinnairi, on coming to liis title, by Earl Spencer.

AdlliralS Sir ROGER CURTIS and DGMETT, and
Mr. FORDYCE, laid before His MAJESTY the Pro-
ceedings of the Court of Inquiry.
Major-General OAKES laid before His MAJESTY
the proceedings'of the ConlmissionerS upon the Mi-
litary Inquiry.
Mr. LAl,v made a report to His MAJESTY of the
proceedings of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry.

At the close of the Levee Ills MAJESTY Nelda
Privy Council, which was attended by ail the above
who, are Members of the Honourable Board, when
His Majesty's Speech, to be delivered to-tnorrdw.to
both Houses of Parliament by Commission;upon its
prorogation,'was read.
The Earl of LAUnERDALE was introduced by. Earl
Firrzi.viLLiAm, and sworn in a Member, and took
his seat at the Hon. Board accordingly.
At halipast five o'clock His MAJESTY set off fur
Windsor.

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a Council was held
at the SPEAKER of the House of Con-141°1W House,
in Palace=yard.

We have received Philadelphia Papers to the 18th
ult. one of which contains a Letter from Kentucky,
dated May .20, which says--7" Orders have been
sent to General WILKINSON to descend the Missis-
ippi immediately to Fort Adatn, With all the Troops
stationed at St. Louis, in consequence of appreheb-
sions from the Spaniards."

Extra& of a Letter from Tortola to afMercantile
House in Glasgow, dated 14th June The Con-
voy was appointed to "sail from Tortola on the ,'%oth
June, but an .s.pres; arrived here on the 15th,
from Admiral CocAltArtE,
,saying, that, in VOLlie-
(pence of the arrival at IVtartiniqu'e, of a French,.
Line-of-battle Ship,' supposed. to be one of a Squa-
dron which might soon appear in those seas,. the:
Admiral wwild.not appoint the sailing of the. Fleet
until he had a stronger force to convoy thern."
There was no court of Aldermen 'to-day; the
toan MAYOR, after inspeCting the Returns of the
Mei}'weighers, ordered the price of Bread t..) remain
aslast week..

The Light Hon., NICHOLAS • VANSITTART this
morning received the hand of one of the amiableand
accomplished daughters of Lord AUCKLAND. The
cousin of this Gentientan was married to a sister of
the bride a feu days :rgo..
The. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons was re-
viewed yetercLfy upon Wimbledon Common, by the
PRINCE o WALES, accompanied by the DOKZS of
'YOEK, KENT, CAMBRIDGE, ana several General
Atier the review the PRINCE entertained
his Royal Brothers, and the Officers, with.a sump-
tuous diunerat the Castle, at Richmond..

Yesterday morning a draft' of non-commissioned
Officers from the Ist Regiment of Guards, under
orders for Foreign Servibe,' marched to Chatham, to
join the Brigade of the first division, which, under •
the command of Col. CHINEY, marched from Chat-
ham this morning, on 'their route tolLimsgate, there
to embark on board' the vessels prepared for their
reception. The second division marches to-morrow,
the third on Thursday, and the fourth on Friday.
A modern Poet apologizes for the introdualion
of many of the effusions contained in his last pub-
lication, alledging that the. Bookseller had offered
him a certain sum for a certain number -.of lines.—
This acknowledgment, whatever may be thought of
the taste of •the Bookseller, shews, at least, that the
Author is a prudent man, and prefers ‘‘ solid pud-
ding to empty praise.:
• A great number of forged two-pound- :Bank of
England Notes are in circulation in the North of
England. They may be known by looking through
them, when it will be perceived that they have no
water-mark, but have been scrawled over with an
oiled hair-pencil, to• produce something' like, it. The
engraving is very indifferently executed. The dates
vary, as well as the signatures—many in January,
180.