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SCOTCH JUDICATURE BILL.

The House resolved itself into a Committee on
this Bill, in which a long'conversation took place be-
tween the Earl of Lauderdale, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Erskine, and other Lords on the different
clauses. A few verbal amendments were made in
the Bill, but none of material importance. In the
clause for the appointment of ,a Connoksion to exa-
mine in what civil cases the Trial by Jury could be
expediently applied, Lord Grenville proposed an
amendment in the preamble, instead of stating that
some persons had , conceived that that mode of
trial- might 'be benetkially applied in *ottani', to
substitute words importing as a decided opinion, that
the introduEtion of. Trial. by Jury in certain civil
Cases would be for .the evident utility of. Scot-
land. This,amendment was opposed by the Earl of
Altit ton, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Hawkesbu-
ry, Who thought the words as they stood were sufti,
~cient and best adfillted in a case. where it was merely
desired to obtain information as. to the praaical:ility
of the proposed °llea, which was at ,present doubt-
ful, and supported by Lord h.rskine and the Earl of
Lauderdale, as tending frdm'the weight of the reeotn-
mendation to have a greater died in rentoVinz the
prejudices which existed aniongst some: persons in
Scotland against. this mode of trial.'
, . The, Amendment was, after sowe further conver-
sation, negatived without a division. •

The .garli of LavotaDALit _ proposed, an
m Atadruent, perporung to extend t he powers of the
Commissioners to att inquiry into the condoa of the
Court of Session its passing Acts- of Set:runt, and
to report their opinion thergon to the House.

Lord GitkNytr4ii shewed. the liability to:abuse to,
which the powers" of•the Court in -passing Att*-of
Sederunt-Pwas subject, from various tilitisactions
riur-
ing' the rein of the. Stuart F4tnily. He therefore
supported the Amendinclit.
The Loan CHANC.ELLuItv
and Lord }-Ltwlc,Es:tuay
m oppesed the Aendment, which was theu ileo<Teitived
without a dit kion.

The House then resumed, and the Report wag
ordered to be received to-morrow, and to be printed..
Lord HAwicEssußY expressed a wish,:that the third
reading should not be delayed longer than Wedne
day next.

The Earl of ...LAUDERDALE gave notice that
.he
would, in the course of the Session, trove, that there
be laid before the House a Digest *of the different
proceedings of the Court of Sessions, relative to Ads
of Sederun
After a short conversation between the Earl of
LAtinEun.‘l:t and Lord HAWKINBLRY, the second
R e
reading of the, versionary Grants' tilt was fixed
forTnefiday next, for winch day the Lords were
ordered to be summoned.
Adjourned at Ele‘en &Clock,

HousE or commo.vs,
FR WAY, MAY 6.

A rileti:ige trout the Lordsinfortned the House
hilt their Lordships 1)M a-greed to the Frome.Har-
hour Bill, and other Bills,' without arty atitend.
nients.

'I he Inspe&or General of Exports and Imports
presented an Aceonnt of ,the quantity Of Wheat,
BAtley, Oats, and Flour, imported into Great Bri-
tain, from tloe .sth of January, 1795, and other Ae-
eonnts, by-order of the House; were ordered
to on the table. - • _

The LOUD. Anvocvrtr.of Scnu.,AND brought up
the Bill fur Granting Annuities to the Scotch-Jialc3
on their resignation ; read a first time, and ordered
to be printed, and read a Second time on Tues..
day next.
The Child Stpaling• Prevent on the tuntioh
of Mr. Alden-Ilan`Comfit:, passed into a Cominiate,
when a long 'discusti'cAf took. place with' respeet to
the filling up the blanks to aA:ertuitt the punishment,
Mr. Alderman Comm having proposed tran,purt-.
ation for l'ourteen years, to which Mr. Junnatmh
moved as an Amendment, that the • punishment
shiiuld. he death. No-divibion took place, hot the
Chairman reported progress, and the Committee had
leave to sit again. " . _ .

. .
Mr. flusmssoN presented an Account, chewing
the amount of Exchequer Bills issued under the Acts
of last Session; also an Account of the Five• per
Cuts, 1797 and an Account, shewing..the.distri-
bution of the Grants of last year, with Seyeral other
Accounts, pursuant to the Order `of the HoUse;
which were (*Herat to lie on;the table. •
Mr. Wltnwrcot Brought up the Report of the
Army Pay Office Bill; which was agreed to, and
the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday
next.

Mr. LUSHINGTON put off his notice which stood
for this iay, relative to, Papers respeding the
El Trusco, to Tuesday next,

INDIA ACCOUNTS.

Mr.CaunitY, pursuant to ..cs notice, rose to move
for certain India AcCounts, in order to put the House
in possessiOn of the real situation'of the affairs of the
Company. The reason for which be .proposed to
move for thoise Papers Was the htlitement in the Pe
tition presented ~to that House from the India ,Com-
pony, for a loan of 1,200,0001.-that the Company
had the means of repaying that sum. When the
Papers be intended to mote for should be produced,
he would prove that such) a representation *as a
manifest imposition upon the public, though perhaps
not intended by the company, I-Ie had likewise to
complain that in this Petition the deficit of the Com-
pany this year was stated to be r 400,0001. livhere3s,
in reality, it amounted to three millions. It wits
also stated, that on the Home Account the Com.
pany-hia stirplits of 8,000,0001. whereaS, xi.hvn
the Papers he was to move for should be produe,
it' wouktappear that, on taking in,the whole of t h,"ir
ACcOIMIS :it bathe ind abefiad, there was a deficit

twelve millions. It would be for the Company then
to shew, if that was the case, why they had made
to Parliament a statement of sin-pins of eight /pil-
lions. Efe made this statement as a Member of the
Committee, and ldunded upon documents laid be-
fore that Committee: Another Paper for which be 1,
should mow. would shew that the Company was
liable at borne, as well as abroad, for all its debit,
which. -ia India amounted to • thirty-two millions.
The next Paper he should move for•was, to slim that
the East India trade had been a declining trade for
several years, and that the present embarrassments of
the Company were not owing to the state of affairs in
Europe. The first Paper he was •to more for,
being an Account of the quick stock of the Company
by computation, bad been laid before. the Com-
mittee, and ought to be before the House ; the
second was an Account of the terms of all loans con-
trataed in India, and the conditions upon which
they bad been made; and the third was an Account
of the Indian trade , for several years sack.. It I
might be said, that he: should have waited till the
Committee should have made its Report, and the
documents should be laid before the. House ; or that
he should have made his application to and through
the Cpmmittee. BUt as it was net likely that the
Report would be speedily made, he thought the in-
vestigation should not be delayed till a late 'period -of
the Session ; and, as he thought the constitution of
the Committee 'radically bad, from the circumstance •
of two Diretiors and several others, who had sala-
ries and other appointments dependent upon the
India Conwany, being Members of the Committee,•
he did not think a Commiitee so framed the pro-
per tribunal to which to appeal on a question r
speding the solvency of the Company. He had
been driven to the course.he adopted by the state-
ment of the -Company, presented, to that. House.
Having said thug much, and declaring that he meant
no disrespect to -tiny Member of the Committee,
he concluded by moving fur an' Account of the East
India Company's Stock by computation, to th 6 sth
of March, 1808.

.On the question being put, .
'Mr. DUNDAS justified the seleaion of :the Mem-
bers of the-Committee, by declaring that in, the ap-
pointment of it he had no other objeet than to no-
minate persons of all deScriptions,, who wohidbe
roost 'competent to afford satislitdory information
upon the subject referred to them. IfLny otherS had
been selected, not only not the same, but no progress
would' have been made in the inquiry. The lion.
,Gentlemen himself wits a Member of that Cum-
Mittee, and though he had attended iegularli, hart
not called for any ieformation. The Hon. Geode-
mate must admit, that the DireBors were anxious to
supply every infOrtnatien that could be desired. One
of the Accounts called ter by the Hon. Gentleman
must, in the coarse of a few days, be laid before. the
House, with the Other Acenuets of the India cerh-
pany ; and the Hon. Member must know, that it
would have been presented earlier, if the,Accounts
had been sooner 'received from 415-11,1. MCI Had.
Gentleman had Stated. that he moved ter these Ac-
coents in order to prove that the allegations in
the Petition were false. He was not the advocate
of the,Court of Direaors, and he should state his
opinion upon the allegations, as the lion. Member
might, in the Committee, to vi-hich that Petition
had been referred, where the investigation was at
pre'sent carried on, find trom.which an early Report
was to be expecled upon the subject. One thing,
however, he should say, that until the Committee
should make its Report, he should not consent to
afford assi-tance from the public money to the Com-
pany. . Whet he had stated would, he was coefi-
dent, beenough to show the House, that the motion
Ofrhe 'Hon. Gentleman was, if not unnecessary, et
least, premature. The Right Honourable Cremle-
man then read over the names of the Committee,
to shew that the Members of it were not likely to
be biassed in their Report by any considerations
such es those that had been imputed. by the Hon.
Member, and concluded by moving the previous
question.
Mr. CI( REV KY explained.
Dr. 1, we eelett, vindicated the position of his
son. Friend relative to the constitution of the Cout•
mittee, and contended, that without meaning-any
personality or ilisresped to any individual of which
it was composed, it was perfeClly competent to .hitt)
to state any li'gal disqualification for their serving on
such a Cormnittee. •

Mr. DUNDAS and Dr. LAWRENCH severalli•ex-
planted.
Sir JoaN AOsTuviltErt vindicated ,hiMielf from
the- imputation thrown upon several Mernhers,of
the Coniniittee by the proscription of the
Gentleman. What his Majesty had been gracious-
ly pleased t grant to him tiir.whatever services he'
might have performed in the.otlice he had filled inc
India, was not dependent upon the solvency of the
East India Company. The Hon. Gentleman was
in O:I-louse when the Petition had been referred
to the Committee, and had not made any objetlion
to it. The Hon. Gentleman said that the Com-
mittee might not report-this Session, and proposed
as a remedy to pr4uce garbled extraas of the Ac-
counts referred to there. It the documents moved
for were sufficient to giVe satiifiaiory view of the
subject, then the Coininit tee %iliialiaTthim could
report withbßt delay, and if they were not Sufficient
for that purpose, their, production would give the
House but a partial view of 'the subjecl. The motion
was Made to cast a slur upon a Committee, upon
which the. Hon. Gentleman himself served,; and in
which, .in the° only contested question that . had
arisen,, that Hon. Member had been supported by
those Members whom be now declared incompe-,
tent, and perhaps their support of him was the
1)roof. of their incompetence. He should vote far
the previous question.
Dr, LAWRIINCE, Sir JOHN ANSTRUTIUM, an4Nr.
CitiqfvEY, fiLleepSiVely explained.
Lord FOL4ESTONE was glad that his Hon. Friend
had brought this question before the House, and
gave his support to'his motion.

Mr. Was. SMtTR thought that his Hon. Friend
had been hardly and harshly treated by the Bight
Hon. Baronet opposite. Without meaningauy, per-
sonality, and disclaiming any intention of disrespea
to' any Member of the Conuni-ttee, his Hon-Friend
"bid ill-hided to the general unfitness, which arises
fioni,his immediate interest. But certainty th‘itn-
putation ought not to have been met by reading the
kt of the Committee, but by enumerating the offi-
ces held by t he. Members composing it. He did not
thiilic it 4 impdid treatment for his Hon. Friend to

have it said, that, r eri:aps, the support ofthe persona
thut circumstanced, given to a proposition made hl
him, was the proof of their incompetence. it. .
ought more naturally to .have been urged as an
evidence, that they were incapable of the bias al.
ledged.
Mr.-WALL/xis considered that the papers wanted
necessarily came under consideration when the
Committee should have made its report, and them
fore that the motion was preMature.
Mr. GRANT said the Hon. Gentleman was grossly
mistakeh in his statement of the Company's arrant
The deficit was not in this year 3,000,0001. as the
Hon. Gentleman said; it was no more than it Ives
last year, except so far as the increased part of Oil'
power given last year to ritiie 2,000,0001. on bonda
would make it. _The only ditbcalty the Company
laboured under was a stagnation of its sales in cond.
sequence of the:shutting of the Continental market._
As aMember of the Committee, as in every other
situation, he hoped he would condo& hirnseit with
honour and propriety. He had not solicited to be a
Member of the Committee, and if any part of his
condua in it *should appear 'culpable to • the Hon.
Gentleman, he begged that it may be made matter.
of investigation. Ae hoped and Wished the whole
'of the East India Company's affairs to be probed to
the bottom.

Mr. Pai-risos bore testimony to the disposition of
the Company's officers to give the fullest informa
tiop,
,and, if tbat disposition continued, he had no
doubt that the Committee .would be able to produce
a-satisfadory Report:
•
. Mr. Ce Taylor in reply said, the impropriety cony
plained of was, that the statement of the Company's
acconnts was defetlive in not combining the home
with the foreign account. It this was do he, there
would .be toupd'a deficit of i.,2,000,00u1. insi.ead of
surplus of 8,000,0001. The triumphant statements
of the Hon. Direr or would be found more titliacicos
than his, accused as he was of consummate ignoranot
by the Hon. Direaor. He was not prepared to sal,
that if the Company came for relief, confessing it!
embarrassments, he would not grant that relief. But •
what he complained of was, the delusion of holding
out flourishing statements and. promises of repaY'
meat, which would never be realised. in the last
accounts from India, there was a deficit of between
four and five millions, which would oblige the Cow
patty to come to Parliament for further aid. '1'1)0
Indian trade was • attended with a loss of 2d4,0001.
It was only the CoMpany's Chiva trade that was
profitable. It was to elucidate these points that 110
wishpl tbose.papers to be produced.
Mr. Do NDA s, in explanation, said the papers would
be laid before the House in course, as soon as the/
could be prepared, including. the computation pc' •
count to rt later . period than that seen by the. Ha'
Gentleman.
'Mr. GRANT, in explanation, maintained, that the
allegation of •the Petition lot the Loan was, that th°
Company had at home a surplus ot ,eboop,ool. ;15
security for the money that_ inay,be advancei.
Petition did not refer to the state of the ComplY 6
Affairs in India. 'lle was not aware of a deficit 0.0
'Or .5,00,001. in India in. tbe last year. was Ira'
possible in toe present. state of Europe, that the trod
with India should be carried on it thrown tato
vine hands.. _

_ •
Mr. CRECV.LY withirew Ids motion.
Mr. CRCEVEY then 1110 V Oil tor an Account of Ali
Loans made or the East India Co►npany in India.
utter some explanation, in which Mr. Gr.ANT
stated that these loans were chargeable on the Coro'
pany's, territory, and payable at the option of the
Stockholder in 14gland, this motion Witi also with-
drawn,
Another motion was ma4e, •on which the Pre"
vious ques►tiun was moved, and afterwards with'

drFwp. •
Mr. BIDDULPAI put Qtr.' big intended motion On
thelsubject of
.tinance till ,'-guesday.
On the application of Mr. Skill1111)AN, Sir T. VI"
TON put off till Tuesday se'nnight his intended tflo•
tion relative to the Climatic question. He wished it
to be understood that this delay was the last,
and hoped that he would be honoured with the It'
tendance of the Hon. Gentleman.
On the motion of Mr. Homssa, it was ordetwf
that there be laid before the House an Account (,4
the number of Appeals to the House of Lords frog
the year t 700 to the present Session,
those from England, Ireland, and 4cotland;
those on which the Decrees of the 'Courts, boo'''J
were affirmed, and those on whiCh they were No.'
versed, and. the number.of days the Lords sat for the,
Trial of Appeals; also an account of the number
'Writs of Error tried in the Courts of ChancorP
King's Bench, and Exchequer ChaMbers, distill',
distinguishilig
those _l_ the Decrees ot. the guistung which Court!
below were affirmed, and those in which they w 6.7
reversed, from the year 179: to the present year.
The Interment Bill went through a Cemloit_i °¢
Tuesday Report of ,which was ordered to be received
Tuesday.

BOROUGH OF S'AtiOWIQH. -
Mr. P. Moons presented. a Petition:from Charm'
Morgan, Esq. late.a -Candidate for the Represeatr
tion of the Borough of Sandwich, vacant. by
death of Admiral Rainier, complaining of the ftesu,rtt'
for the said Borough :of Captain Rainier, who, tuw
Petitioperstated, bed obtained his Ele lion by no` •
Hens treating and- hriberY, and who was not Prir
perly qualified for a seat In. Parliament. Ordered t_gt
betaken into consideration on Tuesday, the 1141 P
May, „
The
.Irish Assessed faxes Bill, the IriSh
Pay and Clothing Bill,- the Irish Subalterns' Alin'"
ariceßill, and the Irish Adjutants'. and
Majors' Bill, went through respedive COminittees.!
the Reports of which were ordered to be received "
Monday. for
Mr. WHARTON brought its two Bills, the one
raising a million and a half, the other for raisin,:
three millions, by, loan on Exchequer Bills, for '"4
service of the current year. Read u first time; an,
ordered to be read a second time on Monday.. 4
Printed Copies were'vresented of the
inutest,ve
the Evidence taken at the Bar of the:House, eii
examination of Witnesses in support of* the albs,
contained in the Petitions rbspetiing the
ders in Council. °tea
- ,The other Orders of. the Day having been dtiP
of, the House adjourned to Monday.

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SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1808.

OFFICIAL. REPORT FROM THE WESTER 4

ARMY IN SWEDEN.

". The Enemy, about 6000 men, including the
garrison of Kongvinger, is driven beyond Glomme.
Here they had entrenched themselves, and taken a
very strong position, where they bravely opposed

`, our attack for three hours. This place was so
Strong, that had i kilown what force it contained,.
I Would not have attacked it with so small a body
of troops as I employed for, the purpose. The
chief Adjutant, Baron ANKaRSVARD, and Major
Mutt), of the Upland Regiment, stormed the first
redoubt at the moment that the first division or,
Baron CEDERSTROX'S column appeared on the op-,
posite side to take the Enemy in the rear. This
column had encountered most serious difficulties,
having been marched over floating pieces of ice sawed
asunder by the Enemy, and through very deep
snow; but Baron CabsasTames skill and intrepi.'
,dity overcame all obstacles; and the very excellent
conduit of Baron ANKRRSVARD and Major HARD
decided the affair, to the honour of your Majesty's

troops.
" Our loss is not inconsiderable; however, it
does not exceed 100 men in killed and wounded.
We have taken about the same number, and three
Officers, prisoners, besides numerous armed pea- ,
tants. Their loss in killed and wounded must have
been very great, to judge from those we.see left on
the field, and in the neighbouring woods. By well
concerted preparations for retreat, which the situa.
sion of the for. made very easy, their cannon were
carried off; but the stores and ammunition-waggons
fell into our hands. I shall not fail to lay before
year iqajesty, as scion as possible, a more circum-
stantial report, but we are now all occupied in se-
curing the advantagei which this vidory has af-
forded us.
" My comrades have slot only done their duty,
but braved such difficulties of both nature, season,
_and arms, that I feel it my duty without loss of
Cottle to do them justice, and to lay it your Majesty's
teat the first laurel gained by yoUr Western Army,
after having offeted our humble and sincere thanks
toihe Lord of Hosts.

Serjeant EttLuND, who much distiriguished.
bitmelf in the affair, and was slightly wounded,.is
the bearer of this report.
"C. M. ARM FEL DT; Corrsniatuter.ih;Oier
of the Western Army.
" Head•quarters Lier,mpOn Glomme, April .4, 3 A.1V1."
"-- P. S. Just as I was about td dispatch the
Courier, I heard my men had found a cannon that
has been dug out of the snow. In( this manner
they have left•behind them two.more.
" The report of Lieut.-Colonel LAUGEIIBRING is
just come in, with an account of his having taken
the fort of Blackiers, and made the Cornniandant
prisoner. The fort is in the be condition, and is
the very inlet to Christiana, to which place I mean
to proceed, over .Mangel-(jell, when I have secured
this position. _ •

".G. M. AsturELDT."

GOTTENHUROII, APIiM 30.

(EXTRACT oF A PRIVATE LETTER.)

We bear that in the action near Glomene, Ge-
neral ARMFELDT bad his General's Staff shot away.
--Report says that we have taken the Forts of iggle
and Ahlanger, with 500 prisoners."

THE Squadron under, the command of Rear-Ad-
miral KEATS, with the Transports, arrived at Yar-
mouth yesterday. The Stately' and the .Nassact also
"rived there from the Sound, where they, have been
uruizing for some time.

IF there could be any doubts of the misery which
the people of Portugal endure, from the private ac-
counts of the state of that Country, the last Procla.
station of JUNO? would' effeaually remove them.
That Proclamatiou should only be written in letters
of blood, for it is one of the most inhuman and
Atrocious compositions that ever issued from the Go-
vernMent of any State.--To such a tyrannous excess
does he carry his enmity towards this Country, that
even an Euglish Flag of Truce, which, for aught
which this Military Butcher could know, might be
of an amicable nature, is to be exposed to destruc-
tion if it ventures within reach of the batteries and
•forts. Every person who attempts to. escape from the
unfortunate country is doomed to death ; and
the Portuguese Army, though virtually disbanded,
as the authority of their Sovereign has ceased, is to
be subject to the French military code, and every
Deserter from it is to be punished with death. AU
the property of those who have quitted Portupl is
to be confiscated, and indeed every possible means
have been devised, even to exclude the people from
hope, the last coMfort of the wretched. Yet this

trench
Ge neral.eartie, as he tald, to relieve the Pot:-
tuguese from the oppression of their former Go.
verninent. What must be 'bought of thefa4ioh
w this country, who seem to turn their eyes from
these horrdis, and by their violent and persevering op-
pisition 'to every measureof Government, endeavour
toNeaken the national defence. If they had the least
power of retledion, they would see that if litTo;44-
.pAar E etrea his designs in the conqiiest of this
•, •
Country, if possible, our condition would be rendered
worse than that Of the Portuguese- These degene-
rate Englishmen cenldepea little from thp grati-
tude of BUONAPARTE, who would, of course, de-
spise then,; as men not merely indifferent to their
Country, but who, by folly, if not treachery, exposed
it to ruin, • *bile tlieS; °beery. ationS are suggested by
the shocking Proclamation of JurroT, We are natu-
rally led to a Proclamation of a very different kind,
issued ARMiELDT, the gallant -Leader of the
Armies of the Magnanimous Ring Of SWEDEN.'"..
Norway was invaded, not in the wantonness of
ainbition, but in consequence of the unprovoked,
unjust, and base attacks of Russia; and the threat-
ened hostility of Denmark, the miserable dupe and
instrument of France; but ARMFELDT'S Proclama-
tion breathes the spirit of peace and friendship; and
the proteiition which be promises, is well as the,
new soarcesvf 'commerce which he holds forth to
them, are guaranteed by the high eliaracier and in-
disputable honour of his 'Sovereign: Every friend
to man must therefore wish success to .the anus of
Sweden, wherever they may be directed, since they
will be employed to repel aggression, and punish a
vile subserviency to the iniquitous designs c.f France.

Yesterday morning his
,NIAJESTY, the Duke Of
KENT, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOP4IA, and AMELIAs
accompanied •by Lord WESTMORLAND, Sir HARRY
B. NRALZ, Lady BULKaLEY, Generals GWYNNS
and FrrittoY, and Colonel TAYLOR, took an airing
in Windsor Great Park, and returned at twelve.
Her MAJESTY and Princess ELIZARETH took an
airing to Frogmure Lodge and Gardens, and return-
ed to the Palace at one o'clock..

On Thursday morning his Mitaarry, Princesses
ACrOIOSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by
Lady..buta;ELEv, Generals FITZROY and GWYHNE,
Colonel 'TAYLOR, and the Hun. Mr. BULRRLRY,
took an' airing on horseback is Windsor Great Park,
and returned at twelve o'clock.

Her MAJUSTY will hold a drawing-room next
Thursday.

Thels.uebess of YORK will complete her forty-
first year to-morrow ; the same will be observed at.
°Atlantis. Their MAJESTIES, the Patt•TCP.ssas,.and.
other branches of the Royal Family, are expealed to
visit her Royal Highness upon the occasion.
A new plan of Finance, it is said, has been sub-
mitted to Government, by which it h proposed that
Annuities to the amount of One Million per Annum
should be granted, to be purchased with Stock, by
which means the Capital of, the Public Debt will
be diminished to the value of Twelve Millions
sterling.
An Order in Council was yesterday sent to the
,Commons, relative to the restitution of the detained
property claimed in behalf of the Portuguese subjects
solely, and Portuguese and Brazilans jointly. The
• claims Of the former are to stand over for the final
deciiion of the PRINCE REGENT, and the property is
to-be determined by it. That claimed on behalf of
the is restored to the claimants, as is also
the mixed property clahned jointly by the Portuguese
and Brazilians.

Mr. Jontcsnir, a King's Messenger, arrived on
Thursday at Harwich by express, and immediately
proceeded on board ilie Beagfoy Packet, Capt. NOR-
RIS, for GOttellbUrgli, which immediately prepared
inset sail, without waiting to take a mail on board.
It is said that Mr. JOHNSON is the bearer of dispatches
Of the greatest importance.
On Thursday lait Mr. PINCKNEY had a confer-
ence, of several hours' duration, with Mr. CANNING.

The crew of his Majesty's Ship Foudroyant have
presented a very elegant sword to Lieut. WILLIAM
Pza.act, in testimony of their esteem and gratitude to
him for the very gallant manner in which he saved
the lives of four of their brother seamen, at a time
when theft was so green a storm that none but hivnb
self dared venture to their rescue.

CITY BLYSINESS.—A Court of Common Cdtincil
was held yesterday at Guildhall, which was nand-
rOusly attended. The Loki) MA Yon laid before the
Court letters he had received from Admiral STIRLING
and Capt. adopts, In' return to the Votes ofThanks
of the Qom, for their respedive services ; which
were read, and ordered to be eiitered on the Journals.
The CHAMBERLAIN stated to the Court, that the
Sword voted to Admiral Sir Thomas Louts had not
been presented to the Admiral, his Country having.
lost. the kervices of that gallant thficer, by his death,
previous to the sword being made. It was there-
upon unanimously resolved to preient the,sword to ,
Sir JOHN Louis, a Post Captain in his Majesty's
terVice, and son of the deceased.
The vacancy for an Organist to the united Pa—
rishes of St. Augustin and St. ,Faith has been strong-
ly contested. The Election came on in the Church
on Thursday. The Candidates' were, Mt. PRICE,
Mr. _PLArrs, jun. and Miss NAIRN. Each of them
played twenty Minutes, between the hours' f eleven
and twelve o'clock, to give a specimen of their
abilities before the Ele6ors. It so happened, that
each of them played the tooth Psalm tune for one
piece. Immediately after which the Eletition com-
menced, and at the close of the poll, at three o'clock,
the numbers were-,-
Mr. Pricb
Mits Naafi
Mr. Hattsjun ..... is
Mr. PRICE then returned' thanks in a neat speeds-
He, was a singing boy belonging to St. Paul's Cathe-
dral, and brought up under Mr. SALE.
Yesterday morning, between nine and ten o'clock,
a poor man fell down from a ladder that stood againa
the house of Mr. Nicholas Vausittart, in Great
George-street, Westminster, and was kiilad on the
spot.