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roMSDAY, JAN, 25.

Lehi
..S'reeroan .presented at the .far, his Ma-
jesty's Answer to the Address cif the Hoose on his
Majesty's Speech. His Majeety thanked
faith-
ful Carnmons 'for their dutiful and loyal Address, in
When he met, new proofs of their attachment; and
AO for .the deo:ill-neat* expressed „to. Support his ,
Majesty in such measures as in the present ardu-
ous crisis shonld be necessary to Imintain theitoneur
of his Crown and, the essential intereits of his
People, -
A Person from;the Commissioners of:lnquiry in •
Ireland, preSented the Sixtfisßeport ef those C
Missiooers; which on the Motion of Sirione NEW:*
PORT, wai ordered to be printed.
Mr. Socateette gave notice, that on Monday
se'nnight ,i,e should movetor a Committee toheedire
into tho Grievances eXisting in Ireland. In giving
this notice- he thoeght it right to stew, that if ie
shoal(' appear, immediately previous to the day her
had named, that any considerable number of Memu
bers for Ireland, whose opinions it Weeld he de- .
sireble to have on the subjea of his. Motion, should
be absent, hewould pet otYbis Motien to a Slay on
Which,a Oiler attendance of such Members may be
reesonahly expeaed. He also thought it right to
state, that his Motion was not meant to include the
eicelusion of certain classes of the people of Ireland
froM,certain Offices. The Catholic Qi,lestion
probably come forenr,lein a distieM ;nape, and it
vas not. his intentien either to prejudice that quese
tion by involeing it with the general matter of his
Motion, or to tenhArrass his Majesty's Ministers by
a confusion of things which were of a distind
nature. He thought that the grievances he
meant to bring forward were lef such a nature" as
to unite those who generally ditiered on other sub-
j64:u in a wish to. inquire into, and to remedy them.
Mr. Bose gave notice; that on Wednesday next
he should move for leave to bring In a Bill to con-
tintie the American Intercourse Aa of the last
Sessirine-(Heeer ! hear from the Oppositioti
Benches),
Mr. Erd,RIN: F. a postpened till Friday his ' notice of
a Motion for Copies of all Licences grauted for car-
rying oti-,Fereign Trade not otherwise permitted.
In answer to a question Ileim Mr....ltoge as to the
precise objed of his Motion, Mellows ER said he
wished to know to what extent Licences had beeti
granted to persons concerned in., prize trade, which
ceuld not be eari-ied on without a licence. It was
well known that by the ancient prerogative of the
Crown, licences were granted to carry ori`trade with
donntrie,-; at war with his Majesty, contrary to the.
Leers of War and to the Navigation Laws. 'This
pierogative•hed been renewed, confirmed, and more
eeiensivelY,ateed upon since the commencement .of
the peesent war. The praelice was at all times-alit
subject for the knowledge end consideration of Par-
liament ; . but particularly eo at the present time,
when Orders of Council of so large an operation
were every day published in altered shapes.--He•
thoUght it right farthersto state, that the fees paid on
receiving those licences were An objeet wot thy ef
inquiry, and that his Motion would be so framed as,
to comprehend that object
Ott the Motion of Mr. DUNDA.S, the Order for
the consideration of the Iteetrw Petition Was post-
poned to the 22d of March. •
Petitions, complAning of undue proceedings in
the following E 0 310i13 were presented, and or-
dered to be taken into consideration on the days
marked down :
• :Utast), second Petition, the same day as' the.
foniler.
Great Grimsby; 'Tuesday, 23d of February.
Dawnpatrick, Thursday, 23 tli of Febreary.
tife‘ttastie-undeie•Line, and Great tarmoutlee
TUeseae,' st of March. ,
Gratopeund, Thursday, ado( March:
Burghs of Stirling, Sce. Thursday, eeth of March.
County of Wexford, end New M.Oton, Tuesday,
sth of March:
MelmesburyeThursday, loth of March.
Mr. Poeseeee wished Co know whether there
was any objection on the part of his' Majesty's
Ministers tti ley' before the Honse, with ail conve-
nient. speed, ttipiee of the Papers addressed to the
lt she part of this Country to
emniiidaiigiaaerni
tGni Gov eErrttilmcp:;:r:ioct oirletAit
Denmark.
ttohein,‘ltis:v As t
bubscquently in
eur
utcissital:lltis
altriOrd Declaration,e
eearrald been
;,antloe
dirt nt,t suppose:
there croOle he any objeetion to produeitieit.
The Ci4ANCELLOR of thti EXCIIE41:1;11 Stliki there
could be no Objefeitee to the produition And it' the
Rieht Heti, Geteleman had done him the honotir to
cosh elt hire privtitely on the subjea of this,Motibn,
he would have totted that it was already deterinined
to predtice the Paper. It would'be produced to-mor-
rOW,'

Mr. PoNsogn' said he would have taken an -op-
poi-41144 -to speak privately to' the Right Honour-
able Uentlenuin on the subje4 of the Paper alluded
to, but lie had been, prevented by indisposition.
BILL GRANTS OF ()FEU:ES
IN REVERSION.
On the Motion of Mr. BANKES, the unvimous
Addresi of the Hotise, praying his Majesty to ab-
' stain 'frotn granting Oihces in Reversion, was rend.
1117% BASKES said, it was hardly neecssary to
recall to the recolleiSti,,n of Gentlemen, that towards
the 'elose of the last Sepiioti, the object} of the Mo-
tion he was about to offer was considered of such
lifilitirt*ice as to call tor the Unanimous Address
which had beets read. To that A,icfr...!si his Ma-
jesty had been pleased to return, a gracious answer.
lie trusted no ociniioti had since eri§..ll to induce,.
the Houst: ntp.v trutil what it had then so
nuanimOusly determined, and that had at least 04

rn!!acvne would wet no opposition:, The Bill did
nril' rest on his
.authority, nor on that. of any
tior any set of. inaiiiduals. It was the Bill. of
the littuse, unaniffiolsik passed, and, unless there
should 'be some material reason, whiCh
.he could not
see, for .chatiging, its determination, 'the House
would maintain its own work. It Was onlY,neces-
...

nary fo'r him to state these faels, - and be was per-
suaded, that what the House thought proper bi,,fore,
it. would think equally proper now. But if there
should be in airy quarter an opinion, that the Bill
xvent to, trench on the:prerogatiye of the Clown, he
bad to suite in answer, that, in his view, it did not
tot ell the prerocntive at all, or touched on it:to con-

firm and extend, rather than to abridge or weaken
it. For if there was any temporary suspension of
the present power' of making grants of offices, that

pow.er was to be restored in time, and increased

both
bin the amount of the obje& of the grant, and
tlqe opportunities of making a more advantageous
choice of a person to till. the office, Thus a better
effect was produced, as well to the Crown as to the

people, a grants in reversion were allowed, they
Would pass insilerie& and the propriety or impro-
priety of the appointment ti'puld remain unknown,
till the per Son came to Et6L- But if the giant could
be: made 'only in the' case of aelual vacancy, there
would he a notoriety attending the appointment,
Which would prevent the prerogative frail being
abused -in fairouV of any
,improper person. This
would he an advantage worth looking to at. any
time, but at this time in particular, when. an in-
quiry had been carried on, and was likely to be re-
commended, with a view to ascertain what reforms
Could be made in the Offices Of the'State. Grants
in reversion would have the elle& of putting off to
distance, and rendering more uncertain, -tile bene-
fits of any reform that may be recommended Can-
sequence of this inquiry. He saw no necessity for
enlarging fnrher in recommending a measure
which had pz mid the House unanimously on two
former occasions, and which he hoped would pass
Willi the same unanimity now. •

Mr. IV DUNDAS, thought himself called upon
to state his diStinet opposition to the Measure pro-
posed. It was not the custom of Parliament to pass
in a tillbgeqUent Session what it ll'ad agreed. to as a
matter of course in a preceding 'Session. The dis.:
cretion of every Member remained open to Correa
itself on retleetion. 'Moe!) less was it-to be regard-
ed as a matter of course, that the House Was bound
to agree in every respeei, and to coincide in every
rec‘gnmendation of the Committees it appeinted.r—
tvery thing was to be considered and re-considered
often its itAlime.l:befor,the-House, upon the'
of the at invents that .should appear for and
ti.
. .
alnst it. He opposed the present -rnz:asure on the
broad ground o its invading .the inherent prerogative
cif the Crown, not merely by susperidim, but by tak-
lug ate' :y and, -destroying its right of grantinacer-
taM2ffiees according to established usuage. He did
not think there was much :,ondity in the argument,
that gratitg in reversion v,.(;re to be exercised
in favour of imprOTer person-,:. The advisers of the
Crown were, alWays responsible for any improprie-
ty of this kind, whether the grant was direOCor re-
versionary. The'line he took on this occasion may
not, be *popular, but he would do his duty. When
the abolition, and reformation Of offices, and the li-
mitation of the prerogalive of the crown with re:
spat to them, was talked of, he could not help re-
collecting the instance d a distinguished' charaaer
whom he remembered in .that House (Mt.. Burke),
Who had• been tiros! a6tive in the early part of his
political career in reforming and abolishing offices,
'and in limiting the prerogatiye of .the Crown, and
Who lived to lament add condemn' all those re-
forms,, abolitions, and liMitations. He again in-
shied on the power of the House over the acts
of its Committees, and recommended the preier-
vation of the prerogative of the Crown, which was
the foundation of the privileges of the House itself.
_ _

Mr. WHITBREA-D should consider himself •
Wanting to his doty if he suffered what had fallen
from the Hon. GentleMO te pass without animad-
version. The only reason the Hoe. Gentleman gave
for opposing the motion 'was, that if trenched on the
"prerogatiVe. In the first-pike, he (Mr. WHIT..
BREAD) denied that it did; and if it did, That it
'would be no reason why the House should refuse to
de its duty, in watching over the Crown,eas it Was
bound to do over every branch of ;he Constitution.
Tile House had at one time resoleed,,that the. power
of the Crown was excessive, and it was the right and
duty of the House to do so again if it *should see
just reason.. When he 'had first beard the lion,
Gentleman' announce an oppositlon.so unexoe6tcd,
was at e loss ler the motive thet compelled him
to So extraordinary a ptoceeding ; he was not aware
that the Hotiourable Gentleman had the motive of
gratitudeebeing himself a reversioner, or the holder
of an office greeted in reversion. It was'certainly
the right of the House to re-consider, and if it saw
reason, to reverse its own :las. But the reason
should be strong and clear ; otherwise the restraint
of public opinion, Which he did not hold so lightly
a; the nee, Gentleman seemed to ,do, would be a
check even upon these who would otherwise
be dis-
posed to imitate the Hon. Gentleman, by stepping
forward in defence of the prerogative when assailed
by,,the most ilua,„crinaiy..clanger. The. Hon. Gentle.
man contended that there was no substance in the
distirt6tieo bet Ween sespe.ndieg end taking away the
pow ei of greet All that was taken away
was the power of mahing grants liable to abuSe; and
in feet generally abused. The Hon. Gentleman
gliestioned the feel of the liability to abuse, The
Hon. Gentleman may have been a man, and capable
of performing whatever duty Was annexed to the.
office granted to him in, reversion, at
,the time. the
grant was made : 'but others were, not so; and there
were Mae), instance e fresh in the meMery 'of those
around him of reversious grented to infants in the
cr- (Ile: Unless the HeinGentleman would aUtiow-
e ece that to be inroper, it was in vain to think
arguing ,with hen. Others wouA condemn the
pratlice ot making such grams. The Right .Hon.
cientleman Oppesite (the Chancellor of the k.:xche:.-
erier) was in tab but an intact io the cradle, or at
12 .Ist a very piing miner, when a grant was
made to hioe in revtici:nn of a very lucrativ e ()ince,.
. new herd by a Neble Itthtive of the Right Hen.
Gyntlernan'it
,tor Whom* lie had privately a great re-'
c't, as lie had also for the Right Hon. Gentleman::
It was impu,sible at that time to foresee that the
fight Hon. would. possess the brilliant
talents vs hick bad raised him to the; distinguished
gat iQu be now 4ad.; Aor could! there evep have best!

THE SUN.

IOL&M QUI& DICgAlt FALNUM

LONDON,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1808.

WE this morning received iintericuin Tapers to
the 29th ult. and we are happy to 'find from them
that the Embargo which ste annonncedyesterday, is -
by no moans so hostile.a measure as 'we at first ap-
prehended : the Embargo was not la; I upon British'
but upon American Ships, and app:ar to be n4ereiry,
a measure of precaution. It is not direzied against.
Greqt Britain more than against .Franee. With -re-
spe& to the general question .of Peke of ,War
•,
between. this Conntry and America; these Pipers
contain no decisive information ; to cieed it wonlitU
strange if America were to take any steps diretAly
hostile, before the arrival of Mr.... Rosa, autL. of
:course, before the nature of the Propositions of
which he is the bearer can be known.

The following is an Extra& of a Private Letter
which we were. this morning favoured ,with frond"
New York :

" Nuw-YonK, Dec. 26.-4 inclose you the latest
news. from Washington : we await • the arrival or
Mr. Rost; with some degree of anxiety, not one'
word having been heard of, the Staiira since her
leaving England, though several Vessels have reach-
ed'Atuerica that left England after Mr: ROSE'S de.

part u re.
The present Embargo does not,
.as you will
perceive, include British Vessels of any description."
Fr has been stated, that the reason why Sir
RICHARD STRACHAN did not pursue the Rochefort.
Squadron was, because. his Ships were not ptovi•
elated fora long voyage. We' are, however, en

bled to state, upon unquestionable authority, that all
the Ships. under the, command of Sir R. STRActiAw
had been completely vilualled andy!atered only two
djys li2foro the Rochefort Squadron sailed.

Tills morning two Gottenturgh Mails arrived :
their contents will be found in a subsequent co-
lumn.

Jr will be gratifying to the Public to learn, that it
is very probable that a restoration of harmony will
take place between a great Personage and his amiable
Consort, an event which has long been eagerly de-
sired by all who feel rightly, and who arc properly
attached to the interests of this Country. The
Princess, of \VALES, having occasion to make a new
appointment to the office of Vice-Chamberlain of
her Household, addressed a letter to the PRINCE,
in which she intimated her desire of nominating
ANTHONY ST. LEGER, Esq. to the situation, if His
Royal Highness approved of such
,a choice. The an-
swer of the Prince, according to report, was conveyed
in the most courteous terms, manifesting, not only an
entire concurrence in the wishes of her Royal High-
ness on the present occasion, but signifying that he
should be highly gratified if, in every future arrange-
ment of her household, she would ate according to
the dire6tion of her own feelings and judgment.—
Such an affable, conclitattng, and engaging atten-
tion te.the wishes of her. Royal Highness, has led
the way to the good offices of those who are really
zealous for the welfare and happiness of both parties,
and it is .hoped that the result will be a complete
re-union, i circumstance that would doubtless afford
pleasure. to thopeople in general, as well as to the
illustrious family immediately concerned_in so inter-
esting aui event.

Yesterday the LOkD CLIANCEI:LOR, Earl BA.•
THORST, Lord HAWK.F.SBURY, the ATTORNEY and

SOLICITOR GUI ER ALS, Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, Sir

Thow NtcHOLL, and the Right Honourable
GEORGE Rose, had a contiirenee with the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, 'at big house in Down-
ing-street. 'Their,, deliberations lasted upwards of
two .li-Ouri.

The Swedish army consists, at this moment, of
45,000 infantry, 8000 cavalry, and 3700 artillery—
in all, 5(i,700 men, without reckoning Officers and
others employed.
A Smuggling .Vessel,. which is 'arrived. off Dover,
has brought Letters from the Coast of France, which

state that an Embargo ha been actually laid on all
Vessels in the French Ports.

Some letters were received from Holland yester-
day, but none of very recent dates. It is reported
iu some of them, that the Dutch Government in.

tend to grant licences for the exportation of corn to
this Country. A number of American Vessels have
been stopped by French Privateers, and carried into

Dunkirk Lind Calais.

'His MAJEsTY's Post-Masteis :General have. ap-
pointed Mr. Rom's,. the Atsling Captain of 'the
IP33lficar..Cts.ll4) Paolcor, • ris n cu ux,uj.retr•

stances can be bond of more determined bravery
than that shewn ti) the whole crew, which Consist-
ed of nty-eight Men and hoys. The mus-
ter-roll of tha French Privateer had tog men, of
whom there appeared, on thearrival'of the Packet
at Barbadoes, tit killed and wounded.!--forty of
whom were mawed down by the last fire.
,Captains BAYNTUN and THOMPSON, and Lieute-
nant BA It K ER, as, v'vell as Admkral MURRXY, are or-

tiered 'to attend oil the trial of Gen. WHITEL.OOKE.
Another,,pedestrian, of the name of Downe, who
resides at,.Dimsdon, Oxfordshire, has started up to
rival the performance ot: the Officer who recently
walked 30 wiles a day for leo clayi, ,fri Devonshire.
Downe has undertaken to go 40 wiles a day, for ten
successive days, for 100 guineas, and, the day of
:starting is fixed for to-morrow. His route Will be
chiefly 'on the western ,road, .and, he will start at
Dorchester; Oxon, and proceed towards Newbery.
He has ,offered, eor a large sum, 16 go 3.5 miles a
day, for 20 days, in a fortnight after he shall have
completed his present task.
EtoresiENT.—The wife of a corn-dealer, or far-
mer, in the'neighbourhOod of Rotberhithe, eloPed
with a Lieutenant of Marines on Tuesday last, who
hadvoccasionally resided. for three years in the house,
and her retreat was discovered by the husband at a
place near Carnaby Market, on Sunday night. The
wife is on the wrong side of forty, and is the mother
of seven children by her husband, but her rooted
affettiori Tor her paramour was manifest, by the re-
sistance.she made to the efforts of her husband, in
attempting to restore her to her family. A general
"-ow was the consequence, and the whole took up
their teitiporary.abode in the watch-house, until it
could be 'determined what was the cause of the al-
.fray. The wife was yesterday escorted to' Bother-
Aiietie by her npshanu, 5n.41 ner.galant.,was bound
'over to keep the peace. .
• Doislats, JAN. 21.--Yesterday a 'Meeting of the
principal' Roman Catholics was held in.this city, 'to
take into consideration the expediency of a Petition
to Parliament for the complete emancipation holm%
•
sought for. Lord FINGAL was, called to the• Chair ' •
when, after considerable discussion, it was resolved,
that the former Petition should be presented 'again :
'two or. threespeakers recommended a postponement
of this measure, on a ground of commendable deli-
cacy, but this 3- was over-ruled. Lord KENMAKE,
LOT(' QouNtANSTOwpr, Lord SovriiirELL, Ldrd
FHENCH,•Count DALTON, and various other persons
of distinction, were present at this important dis-
cossimi. .

At'a nurnerous, and respeEtable Meeting of the
Merchants, Ship-Owners' and other Inhabitants of
Greenock,, the Town Hall on Wednesday
last, in consequence of a previous notice tulhat pur-
pose, a loyal and dutiful Address to his MAJESTY on
ti present' situation of public affairs, was voted
unanimously. •
The 2d battalion of the 69th regiment of foot
passed through Southampton last ,week Oil
.their
route to embark fur ,the £ast Indies, -to join the Ira
hattalio-u.

411IERICAN PAPERS.

NEW-YORK, Dim 34.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON«

" It is said that the E.nperor of France has put'-
, chased Florida for himself; and offers to the United
States Canada and Nova Scotia, if they will consent
to take John Bull by the Horns."