The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-05 00:00:00

TRANSPORT SERVICE.

Mr. MARTIN asked whether Ole reports propa-
gated, which stated, that monies had been arbitrari-
ly' issued to the Transport Board, by order of the Se-
cretary of State, were true ? A, if he should be an-
swered in the affirmative, it was his intention to
rnove•the House on the subject. •
. All,•rinaKissosi answered, that he haliont.„ heard
of any such report, nor did he know that any butch
was in circulation, till he had just heard it front the
Hon. Gentleman. But the truth of the fact is, that
the Transport Board required no authority whatsoe-
ver fur the issue of money frUm the Secretary -of
State.

Mel an obsorvAion from Mr. MARTIN, and a
reply from Mr. HUSKISSOW, the matter dropped.

THE ARMY.

Mr. WINDITAM called the attention of the House
to a subject, which, in his mind, was 'of the very
first magnitude, as it went, if carried into effett,
the length of overturning the whole system of the
army, which the wisdom of the House, after long
and earnest discussions, and grnve and weighty de-
liberations, had -adopted., no later than. last year.—
The House ,probably was not aware of this. , It was
therefore necessary, that returns under that regula-
tion should .be laid on the table of the House, before
the measure which Ministers had in contemplation
was brought forward. The alteration was intended
to be introduced into the Mutiny Ad.
Here. the SPEAKER 'Merit:led,. ancl observed, that
the,Right. Hoitunrable 'Gentleman was exceeding' the
bounds prescribed, there being no motion before the
House. • •

Mr. WINDHAM Wag prOCe&diligia illS it*y the re-
plarity of lii 4 1:011(111C1, when lie wai again caUed
to order by Nir. Sturge. Bourne.

Thelit.cAttEiv observv(l, that it wag a luri of
hiw most •irksowe duty to repeat the 'ad:nutrition he"
bail More given. 'there, neither. was a Motion
or notice of Motion before the House, and it was
quite uncustomary to enlarge upon any topic, vv ith-
mit first, by the Courtesy. of debate, giving tintiee
thereof.

Mr. WINDHAM replied,: that a great military
question was in u state uearly.readyfor 4tation.;
that Papers to give information on that subject were
urgently required that no time could be spared, to
usual
wait the forms of the Hoose ; that if:they did
.wait, the objet would be lost altogether.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER remarked,
'that there certainly was no question betbre the House,
nor did he see the necessity of the preface which the
Might Hon. Gentleman used in bringing on the sub-
'jecl as he did. He, however, was very eel lain that
the Motion- would not be opposed, if ;the Parlia-
'mentary cOurtesey, so very necessary, had' been
adopted. '
Mr. WHITBREAD thought that the urgency of.the
objett was apology sufficient for introducing it with-
out any previous notice.
Mr. JOHNSTONE was surprised at the zeal .with
'whiCh it was endeavoured to urge the motion, which
the Right Hum. Gentleman had in contemplatiou,
to the House the. more especially when it would
be admitted, that the subject was precisely the same
this year which the House, and that Gentleman
liinuelf, had agreed to last year.
Mr. WlNonArd then said, " I'll make
.the Mo-
;ion simply,
.and leave it, with the, House and the
Noble Lord who has just entered (Lord Cast lereag h),
whether it be such as they ought to entertain.'
He then moved, " That there be laid . before the'
}Rime Copies of the Rules and Regulations, for the
better Ordering of the Army,-pursuant to an Aa of
the last Session of Parliament,

Lord C.ort.tarAn•initantly•roqe, end said the
-ThotionWas perteCtly unobjeclienahle;. •
Mr. NV;rum Am then said, if.. that - were:the
.case,
• it was probable the Noble Lord would of himself
'lay theOubefore the House in due time. •
Lord CASTLEREAGH answered, that. he had no ob-
jCr`,liotl to place them in the possession of the „House
as soon as possilije, and for that purpose they should
be ready on AMetiday next.
• The motion was agreed to' without any snore ob-
se:vations.
sticOND LIVERPOOL PETITION. .

' Air, TIERNEY held in hiS hand a Petition signed
by three most. reapectable merchants of Liverpool,
against the Bill then in its progress Through that
.1-louse, for confirming the Orders of Council:7—Th°
Hon. Gentleman read it, and in substance it was of
a tendency precisely similar to that, presented and
rejected last night. .
The CHANCELLOR of the ExciteGwea begged to
know the ptirpoit of the prayer of it. -
Mr. TIERNEY said, it prayed to be heard by Coun-
sel and evidence at their bar against the Bill which
went to stinetion these Orders of Council.
,The CHANCELLOR of the Excusausa declared
that it was 'quite impossible, according to all Par-
liamentary usage, to allow the Petition to be receiv-
ed. The Bill of which it complained was clearly a
Revenue Bill ; it was a. Bill which imposed certain
duties, and it was never known in Parliamentary
history, after a ttupply, was voted, to petition against
a tneasure that went to furnish that supply. ,
Mr. TIEITNEY contended that it-was duly regular,
and the neees's!ty of the case warranted him in pre-
senting it,
Mr. Husmissori, on the other hand, denied, that
a petition under like circumstances was ever re-
ceived.

Sir JOHN ANSTRUTHER said, that for. the space
of twenty-five years that he held a seat in Parlia-
ment, he never heard so much special pleading about
the admission or rejeffion of a petition. The Right
Honourable • Baronet entered into a long strain of
argument in support of his assertion.
Mr. S'it/EGEi. BOuRNE observed, that it was under
the same predicament as the Petition of List night,
and could not be received. If the Petitioners should
present,a 'Petition against the Orders of Council,
their application could not, and .would not; be re-
jeeted ;, but whilst they petitioned againa a Revenue
Bill, it was impossible it. could be received without
breaking down all the rules of Parliamentary Order
prescribed to us by our ancestors. He illustrated
this dodrine by adducing analogous cases.
Mr. WHITEHEAD exclaimed, that Ministers last
night rejetled a Petition on account of florin, and this
night on account of substance, 'thereby giving- the
House and. the Public. to' understand, that neither in.
substance or .fiirin would .they receive ,one against
their favoinite Orders of Council'..
The CHANCELLOR of the ExeuititrEtt replied,
that Ministers would not objet to the Petition
against t he principle of the Orders of COuncii, though,
they had great objeaions to adtiiit one against this.
Bill. ,Here the Right Hon. Gentleman recapitulated,
the reasons before stated •so.forcibly by himself and
others, concluding with the assurance, that if the
Right Hon. Gentleman should on Monday next pre-
sent such a Petition as he suggested, it should nur..4e
him-or to by hl-or his friends.
Mr. EAP, Mr. W. SMITH, Mr. Alderman
COMBS, and Dr..LAWBENCE spoke. .
The Debate was continued at. very great length,
and the 'proliriety of 'receiving the Petition was sup-
ported by Dr. LAWRENCE, , Mr.' ADAM, 111 r. EDEN,
and Sir A. PIGOTT, on the ground that one part of
the Petition, at least, referred to the Orders in Coun-
cil.. On Atte other hand, the Someyrou GENERAL
contended that the Petition was directed against the
Money Bill now pending before the House, and was
equally .contrary to the usages.of the House as that
which ba.l been rejected yesterday.

Mr. BA :VIC es recommended to the Right Hon.
Gentleman who presented the Petition to withdraw
it for the present; and recommended it to be drawn
up in such a shape as might remove the abjection
which had been made to it in point at form, in
which case the Petition might be received on
Monday. •
Mr. VERNEY declared, however, that no
power on earth should induce him to withdraw the
Petition as.it then stood; nor would he compromise
the matter by listening to the suggestions of a Right
Hun. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Excheqtter),
reiterated also by the last Hon: Speaker, as to what
was the, proper form which the Petition should
sumo. It wuu!d be evident to every man of com-
mon 'sense in.the country, who shouldjead the Pe-
tition, that it Wqts setettantially direded against the
Orders in Council, and it required all the special
pleading and ingenuity of the Learned Gentlem in
on the other side to give any colour to the idea, that
it was a Petition; of such a.forin as 'made its, recep-.
tiara incompatible with the Orders of the House.
aneral RLETON ro,e to'say a' few woe& in
explanation of the vote which he should give this
night. Hu had voted for, the Petitiodlast night, as
freseiited by his Hon. Colleague (Gen. Gascoyne).
But he thought the Petition presented to-night, as
coming through the hands of a Right Honourable
Gentleman (Mr. Tierney), who was certainly a
leading Member of the Opposition, assumed some-
what of 'a party 'aspe&, and on that ground he
should vole against it. 'He could assure the House
that the great majority of the people of Liverpool
were zealously-attached to the Constitution in all
its branches, and were happy to witness thd vigorous.
and decisive measures of the present Ministry, par
ticnlarly when contrasted with the want of vigour
and energy in their predecessors, ,
Mr. VERNEY could assure the. Hon. General,
that, the only reason why an Hon. Member (Gene-
ral Gascoyne) .had not preseMed the Petition to-
night was indisposition, and that he had put it into
Iris hands for the purpose of being submitted to the
House.

After a few words from Mr. SIMEON., who op-
poSed receiving the Petition, and from Lord STAN-
LEY, wlso supported it, the House dicided; when
there appeared— '

A4ainst the Petition being received . lit
tor it mo am
--
. • 57

Majority --- 54

puiing the division Mr. PONSOiIIIY addressed the
Members in_the Lobby, requestinga lull attendance
on Tueiday, when the Mutiny Bill would be dis-
cussed, ,as there was a Clause in that Bill which in
etre& did away the whole military systeM introduced

by his Right Hon. Fe:encl (Mr. Windham), and whiel?
had received the sanction of Parliarucutj •
REAtiItJG EXTRKCTSFAOM OFFICIAL PAPERS.
j
Air. ADAM rose to make his motion, which
stood on Order.. He drew, the - atttution o the
-House to the conduit of the Right Hon. Secretary
(Mt% Cannitig), who had on the s4atid Bth of Fe-
bruary last been guilty of a violation of coostitu-
tional principles and parliamentary proceedings. He
hoped those days would 114 the last 'in which
the: House would have to witness such conduct.
Having stated the secrecy adopted
,in Parliament
With respell to official documents on former occa-•
sions, he complained that Extraas- of Dispatches •
had been read in .that House by Mr. Secretary •Can•
ning without the consent of Parliament, or by order
.of his .Majesty. This was the first time his Ma"
jesty's Ministers had read Extraas from Letters
sent from Foreign Miniiters abroad without atitito-
thy, and they had transgressed the Orders and prin-
ciples sanaiened by Parliament. On the 2d of Fe
bruary, a Right Honourable Member of this House
put a Motion for. Addresses to his Majesty, which
became the subject ofsdiscussion. Certain Papers
were then called for relative to Deninark. The
Papers contained a Letter from Mr. Garlicke.tolord
Howick in 1806. This Letter would have 'Audi:
eated several characters vilified, but on the Bth of
February -its produaion was rejetiod. On the d6ths
during a motion for Papers, this very Letter was
produced
a o.tribitehl
w ia
udi
pligrint it by the Right' Hon. Secretary, and partial
xtraas read from it,
previously rejected,
any Member:of that House, he might, with leave
of the House, read the libel, and have it laid on the •,
saisedha aidgt=
.rionsly laid on the 'table,. was contrary
.table;; but to do any a& without' he document pre-
and subver•
sive to the established rules. of the business of Pars
liament. He had discovered several instances its
the Parliamentary Annals to prove that the cond'ia
of the Right lion. Secretary had been a violation'bf
Parliamentary form. •In Noveniber, 1767. a"
&P.
cussion took place iu the House between Lead ,
Grenville and Mr. Dyson. . The latter contended,
that all public documents ought_ to be laid en the
table, and. when Lord Grenville Made several °bier•
vations in opposition, Mr. Fox declared that it W 35
unpatliamentary to speak from documents not pro-
perly laid before the House. The Honourable and
Learned Gentleman then instanced various. simylet
. cases in both Houses.- Parlianieiit; He then eat-
tended, , that the Right °Hon. SecrelAry had exr
ceeded the limits 'prescribed by his official situation.
It was a most' dangerous thing, he said, when Mi-
nisters Undertook to disclose the secrets of GoVern-
merit without the autholiti of the King. 1.4e-thenmoved a Resolution to the following etleta.:—"
Re-
solved, That it appears to this House that one of
the Members did read, on his own authority, partial
ExtraCti from dispatches received from Ministers at
,Foroin Courts, and other documents, which had not
been laid before the House by command of his
Majesty, such conduct not being according- to the
usages. of Parliament, and the ancient &adieu iu the
discussions of that House, Bcc."
The Resolution being put,
Mr. Secretary C/ INNING rose and said, Iron'
the' formidable commencement of the Honourable
and Learned Gentleman's motion he ex pt some
event to be brought to light that would haee-enang.
ed, in his opinion, the nature of that condtat'which
in his own estimation he still considered blamelesi.
If the speech of the Honourable and Learned Gen-
tleman had produced satisfaCtion to any Membersof
that House; he himself felt considerable satiafaCtiona
because it. had thrown from his mind a weight of
anxiety. The Hon. Gentleman had said the lean
upon that part of his argument which required the
most , he alluded to official misconduCte ,In all the
instances quoted by the Hon. Gentleman, the par-
ties who complained of a breach of duty when Pa`
pens were read without any message from his Ma'
jesty, objeaed at the time to those who attempted to
reed such Papers. When the Hon, and Logn44
Member spoke of Mr. Fox, he wished he had role
lowed the example of that great man, who would
have interrupted any' improper, statement in that
. House at the moment such statement was made,
without coming a month after with a motion on the
subjea, as the Hon. Member had.done.-rMrt
Seems
tary Canning then answered all the-,observations
made by the Mover of the Rosolutions, in a cleat
and satisfaaory manner. He particularly alluded
the Resolution which charged him with slating
transaQions at Foreign Courts, and wished to know,'
-whether he was to understand', from We use of the
term transaaioes, that it was the intention of the
Hon. Member to endeavour to criminate hirn, ed
the ground of his having made any improper
disclo-
sures. The Hon. Gentleman had .exclairneds
" 0 tempora, 0 horn!" at occurrences altogether'
his attention. The dispatches to Lora
Howick were not withheld on. the 3d and Bth of
• Feb. as the Hon. Member had described. Under
all
the circumstances of the motion, be couldnot
avoid saying, that whatever .objet tioris 'might'
made' to his coodua, in a constitutional senaes-ofoo'
any other ground, the Resolutions moved by thP
Hon. Gentleman could answer:na possible good, as .
they merely expressed personal enmity., The Hon.
. Secretary concluded Ida speech with contending,
`that his conduct, if irregular, was not without piece-
dent ' • and that a necessary discretion had at all times
been left with Ministers to, communicate informa-
tion to the House, without the form of his MajestY's
Message, which was quite a distinct subject frons,the
net then under consideration.
Mr. WINDHAM called upon the House to est•
ercise their recollettion, and consider whether
speech of the Right 'Hon.' Secretary had shewo a
sufficient justification of his conduct, or a sutticient
reason why the proposed motion of his .I.earttea
Friend shoui.t-not be agreed to by the House..: His
speech, instead of defending. the princiPle'Whereort
he read the extraas complained of, only disputed
the authorities quoted. He recollected the case
wherein Lord HoWick was said to have read detach•
ed extraas from public dispatches; but it that were
the ilia, it surely was not a good precedent, and it
bec.nuetiot that House to sanaiun it with 'their or
probation. Was the praCtice to be considered a
legitimate practice or not ? If it were, there might
perhaps be • many precedents, but if' Clot'
it were ,
The pradtice lisle
been it became that House to apt such a Resolution e-,
would prevent their recurrence '!'he
frequentlycensured, but never ptr,:icly sac"
tinned in that House,' and he conceived the ab,enoc
of all authority the best authority that no snclUroc.

• ~ • ,
tiCs existed, n-the course of a debate; it would 1)
often necessary to refer• to various documents, but
never to qUote particular expressions from them, ,
unless they were before the House; and accessable
to every Member. If, however, Ministers should
think it neeessary to read extracts on any occasion,
they ought not to de it before they should have ob-•
twined 'leave of the House. Ministers contended
that it would be'improper to read the whole of a
document frequently, but they had not condescend=
ed to specify the cases ; and 'was it not- high. time
for the House to draw the line of diStinaion, if any
such existed ? If Ministers would feel: themselves
`hurt by having•thewhole published, what must the
~.persons concerned feel by not ..having thb whole
published. The House were bound to suppress
111 future. a.practice so 'manifestly dangerous.. The
- .Rightflon. Secretary had. required the Gen-
ttenaan to prove the existence of a rule upon the sub-
jea, and 'afterwards to shew wherein he bad in-,
fringed 'it. But he (Mr.. Windham) conceived it
r incumbent on the Right Hon. Secretary to sheW the
I. rule whereby he persued the 'practice, and which
, Could not certainly be established by the few.solitary
Initaitees that had been referred to in the course of
debate. It could not be denied but the praelice had
ticeisioned very great injustice to Lord Howick and
. Mr. Garlicke. ' •
• The CHAIWELLOR of the EXCHEQL/E1
tires confident that his friends could. not possibly, say
any thing that could place:the condua.of the Right
Hon: Secretary in a better :light than he had done
himself. Of all the charges brought against Mi-
htsters, ,he did not recoiled 'ever to have seen any so
Slightly, founded as the present. The. Conduet of
the Gentlemen opposite. appeared to him to resemble
that of a barrister prosecuting a nonsuit, wtereevery
OtP betrayed the weakness of the CAUSe:AV:litt.'Was
the substance of the charge ? It 'the, reading Of the
Papers alluded-to was objectionable becatiliey
were eitraas, it-would be the same with.,tegard'te
almost all the Papers laid- before Parlianiinti-.t. Thq
Itight Honourable Gentleman who had spoken• list
had said, that although no line was attuallydrawn,
'et .that a line certainly existed. Tliis he was
Willing
to admit, and that it was discretionary in the
!light Hon. Secretary to fiet it;And if any:other line,
;''ere Proposed to be drawn; by adopting that Reiolu-
' '"eh; it 'would thenceforward be impossible for the
.house to receive any communication. The Learned
gentleman had admitted cases to have occurred of
e Piaaice which he their wished to abolish,' and'
+ha Journals of the House did not show that 'any
bensure had then been passed upon it. He could
hot web the danger of continuing the pra6ice, as it
*di in the power of every Member to judge.of the
'degree of credibility to be given on such occasions as
it might be used on. That; practice had; to the best
of his recollection, bean used during the whole of
his Parliamentary experience; and wish regard t 6
1, Mt, Fox's opinion of the impropriety of Mr. Secre-.
' -tary Dundas's reading partial extraas from Official
• •Dtspatches; it was to be recolleeted that Mr. Fox's
Spinach was not the sense of the House.
- Mr. WHITBREAD supported the motion, and
laid; MK Pitt never Made use of the praCtice in dis-
bqt Ott one solitary occasion. Mr. Pitt
• .calledon the House to confide in his fidelity, but
Neverread any further extraas; nor produced Papers.
I:ll,,etinduet of Mr. Secretary Canning Was most
.4traOttlitiaty ; although It bad been frequehtly com-
tkineci that Lord Howick and Mr. Uarlieke had
?°lll much aggrieved in_ their public charkiet, no
steps 'had been taken by him to remove it ; but
""im he finds his own-charader implicated, he im-
ftl-'sliately prOducea the Paperi he had formerly rea
used. He therefore urged the propriety of prevent-
lag such arbitrary condu6t in future. . .
bASTLERE4GH- opposed the. tnotion,
the satire ground as Dar. PER C.IWA L. • • '
ilir. STURGES BOURNE :also opposed the
Inotiort, 'which, he said tended to'establish ?tin-
tiPle hitherto unknown in the History,- Of- Pailia-
,_lllen t. He likewise deprecated--the mairy personal:,
'unsure& that had been made during the. debate.
Mr. ADAM shortly replied to the Orititis'argtirriats
IPinst the motion& and the die4iou being then called
'4, there appeemb
' lor,the previous question,- - r6B • • •
Against it, - . . —67
?vlajority
whilel6l3, the Gentlemen of the Minority,were. in the
„ Mr.-Porzsony addressed them Ceritle-•
wen
tu„ $ do not go away ; it is .possible .thpt even
,?!S late hour the Chancellor of the Exchequer may
;Tog on the consideration of the. Report of the
thrfiers of Council Bill, though I should
„hardly
elak would be sci 'unreasonable. .But. ;if he
ouid to be, we must convince him that we are able
up as well
as he.,, . .
ilnifl'he gallery was not re-opened.—Adjourtica at
Past one, till Monday.

;~''BD 3 Cottcnburß ,~i
Waterford. Dui. Cotten-
burgh, 1 Dublin, i Waterfor4.

PRICE OF STOCKS
vitis bAlf Ar iwsz.vt o'cLocK.
Consols — 63 i b 4

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SOLLNI
le DICLRE Thcsuhi AUDSAT

LOXI)OsV

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SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 11304,

Ir
Is new ascertained beyond a doubt that the
j4ochefort Squadron passed the Gut on ttie'ißith of
alluarY, in a gale of wind frora the Westward, and
thick
weather.

„ Tll6 following. Leiter was this rvornipg • 1191e4
'P at 1,10
.8;-

‘4 dibrattar. th Feb. 1808.,
" Yosterclay Sir RiCHARD STRACHAN passed to
the Eastward, with seven sail of the lino, chase
/31 the French, but he is a long way belind:'

ow.,.....gieerm.r• •
ltErrtitS received Ali morninklit the East India
in„
-mso state,. that the Ships Glory, Northampton,
d'in, Sardi& Christiana, Diana, Sir Wm. Pulteney,,
:.;1 Union, eutward-bound, arrived -at Tablel3littlie'
Ail beeember hist; under convoy of Ws fsililjelVs
SLIP illonmoulh. . " '

The kiventut:e Whaler, Capt. %Rita tt,„ arrived it
Helena the .7th Oeceniber;

We this niorning received the fdliciwitig Letter
from Yarmouth, containing' an. account of a canal
gallant a&ion performed by His Majesty's
Sappho, of 18 guns, in egging and, capturing a
Danish Vessel of greatly stiperior force : . .

" YARMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Arrived this Morn;
ing His Majesty's Ship Sappho from a Crnize, with
a large Danish Brig of War, of 30 guns, twelve Is..
pounders on her main4ieck, and eighteen long to's
on her upper-deck, with a compienient 1.20 men,
which she captured in the North Sea, after an ac-
tion.. of an hour and a quarter. She had her Se-
cond. Captain and one man killed, and to men
wounded. The Sappho had none killed or wounded.
The Brig had captured five Merchantmen, and had
.go men on board when captured. She was attempt.:
mg to go North about, and bound for the Isle of
France.
•

Lan'. night three Afaiii from Gottenburgh arrived,
the contents of which are not of very great, im-
portance. The report of Russia having declared
War against Sweden appears to have been without
foundation, but from the obedience which the Ena
peror ALEXANDEtrontinues to manifest to the orders
of BUONAPARTE, there can be little doubt that the
*War will, commence as soon as the season will per
mit the Russian troops to ad. BUONAPARTE ap-
pears determined to omit no opportunity. of making
'the Emperor ALEXANDER feel the state of degrada-
tion to which.he has. voluntarily reduced himself.
The Russian troops 'in Italy, which were under
marching orders to return to Russia, have received
counter orders, in consequence of BUONAPARTE find-.
ing it necessary that they should rettain in Italy.
It: is said that near 40,000 French troops are on
their march to Zealand, for the'purpose of invad-
ing Sweden ; but we entertain very little apprehen-
sion that they will succeed, as the Swedish Fleet is
nearly ready for sea., and a considerable force will
very shortly sail from, this Country to the assistance
of his Swedish Majesty.

WE understand that General JUNOT has dissolved
the Council of Regency, which the PRINCE REGENT
of Portugal appointed before he sailed fin. the Bra.;
zili, and has assumed to himself oche absolute corn.
maud in that Kingdom. The mis'ery"of the people
is almost 'beyond description, from the scarcity of
provisions, and the severe contributions imposed by
the French. •

AK Attierican Vessel frotn• Charente, bound to
Teneritfe, has been • brought 'into Plymouth; the.
Captain states, that the Embargo upon Atiterican
and 'Bremen Vessels has been taken off in the Ports
Of 'France.

ThiS morning arrived a Mail froM the. Leeward
Islands., brought to Falmouth by the Princess Char-
toile Packet, in 36 days. The letters will be deli-
vered on.Moticlay.
Yesterday Morning his MAJESTY, th tThke of
KENT., PiiIICC3W G S AUUSTA,' SOPHIA, and AMELIA,
accompanied by the Ran. Miss EGERTON', Generals
MANNEUg and FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR,.
rode in Windsor Great ,Park, and returned again to
the Palace. •

The QUEE'd, and Princesses ELIZABETH and
MARY, Walked to Frogmore LOdge, and hack, ac-
Companie& by Lady ALBINA CUMBERLAND. After
the PRINCESSES returned with his-MAJESTY; they
rode.to Frog More, to the QUEEN, accompanied by
the Son. Miss EGERTON and, Col, TAYLOR, and re-
turned' to the. Palace to dinner.

An immediate embarkation of troops will take
plaCe for Sweden. The Militia Regiments are-leav-
irig Margate, Ramsgate, and peal, to make thorn for
troops of the line destined for that service. The
b2d.regiment occupies the quarters lately . occupied
by the West York, and is, we stippose, destined for
embarkatioh. The Brigade of Guards at Deal and
Chatham is also supposed to be going ; it is about
5900 strong., The over•sea Pilots have been en-
griged.te cOncluCt Ships to the Baltic.
Yesterday, a Court of Directors *as held at the
East India House, when Captain THOMAS • Pitleß,
Qi"the Ship 4lexantler, took leave of the Court pre-
viouslO departing tbr Madeira and Botnbay.—The
• Court adjourned at six. o'clock till Wednesday next.
On Thursday a Committee of the Privy Council.
met at the Cockpit, Whitehall, which was attended
-by Earl CAMDEN, the. Loan PRESIDENT, and. Lord
Witiv.vottni ; Sirs W. GRANT, W. SCOTT, and
WWI-Nice ; when tiieir Lordships proceeded to hear
two Plantation Causes, Dixon against the Attorney-
General of Trinidad, in Which Mr. An4r4 was heard
at considerable length. Their Lordships took time
to-eensider the case. A cause from St. Christopher's
was the other, JOHN IRELAND against JOHN Tow-
gas,- which their Lordships were pleaSed to reverse.
If Mr. CAt.CitAy'r proves himself no better versed
in Admiralty business than he shewed himself a feW
nights tigo .it the Ordnance department, we have
no doubt Mr. PoL' will give him another lesson,
from which it is hoped ho will derive considerable
advantage. •

According to the Accounts laid before the Honse
of Commons, our regular Army has been increased,
from the Ist of July last to the Ist of" February, 'not
less than the ,unexampled number 'of 91,000 men ;
making a grand total of 306,760 rank and file.
We stated some days ago a report of fitimu-,
rARTH having left Paris for Bourcleaux. The ru•
mour is very probable ; Letterer from our Fleet elf
Lisbon state, that he was expeeled at Madrid the
latter end of 'January, to arrange, in all likelihood,
the affairs of Portugal ; and the plan lie has in Con-
templation, of adding some of the Northern Pro-
vinces of Spain to France.