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. A DetICEVR. ,
Ft DYERTISER wishing for a .PERMA-
.OENTT SITUATION UNDER GOVERNMENT,
'takes peitilission to otter an adequate compliment to a Gen.
Vermin choosing to resign, who may have interest to pro-
cure the transfer of his Appointment. •
If a Clerkship in the Treasury could be obtained, it would
be much preferred to the other Public Offices ; but the Ad-
vertiser will be glad to treat for a Place in the India house,
India Multi, War-Office, ecc. or any ,Employment of re-
aipeetability. • ..•
The Advertiser trusts he can give satisfaelory.references,
and hid honour may be relirit upon.
Address (post-paid) to' A. Li. Lloyd's Cottec-liouFe.

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k:INGSTON's. ARMS INN, NEWARK, NOTTING-
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T 01414 LAWTON • begs leave to inform t 11:.
—Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general. that in c,,,_
-Squence' of the sudden death of his Brother A .-i lON
LAW TON, hehas undertaken to cOndua the said:inn ~.,
behal I of itimsel f and his late Brother's Children, aad hum!)lti
and suppoil;whiLit
swims a continuance of their-patronage
it skate be his utmost endeavour to deserve,.
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ing interest, maybe inforitied of genteel Vacancies and Re-•
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a-year, at and Abroad. .Persons possessing real i it-
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Marriage Settlenitnts, Gliutlb Livings, Widows Jointures,
Pensions, lac; may be accommodated with Sums of Money,
freM loci. to any amount.
Personal Apliations, from Eleven till Three o'Clock,
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• - • Church Livings and Government S,:curittes bought,
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Tei.,nt,ruay be.aceotomod4cd -with good Garden C.; round,-
-Jai (roat- for. a cow iii the surruer,seabon. -The. iluus'e
corpnlatula..4 delightful Ittm 'bdtlt of Sew:lo.l4ldt ariti is,
in every respeCU caleulatcd•to ford* a .pleasant.Residetico for
a Genticinan's,Fanaily.
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IMPERIIL PIIRLI4I'fEN7:

ROUSE OF PEERS,

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22.
THE gills before the Hpuse were forwarded in
their respeetivestages. Among these was theSedi-
don Bill, which, pm-so:lnt to the Order of yestet_
day, was read a second time, and -ordered by their
Lordships to he referred to the consideration of' the
Secret Committee. •

The Iniikecpers' Rates Bill passe,l, a Committu:
of the whole House—Lord W, ,Ls Ln .the

Chair.

The Earl of Mot RA presented .Petitioni from cer-
tain Debtors confined in different parts of the king-
dom; and; also, one froni John Higginbotham, the re.
puted Publisher of the AllitonitnoW in „Newgate, in
consequence of the decision of their Lordships) seeing
forth his utter ignorance of what w:6 inserted in .11w
Paper, to which he described bitnsttif to, have afted
only as Porter---his extreme unwillingness.to do any
thing which might • trench upon-• the Privileges of
their Lordships' Houk, etc.—his contra* circum-
stances, encumbered with an infirm Wife, and seve-
ral Children—and p►aying such Relief as their Lord-
ships in their clemency, mercy, and great wisdom,
may pleaseto grant.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 22.

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These Petitions were, upon his Lordshipit'Mo.
tion, ordered to lie upon the Table.
An attested Copy of the Proceedings in the Eccles -
siastieal Courts, upon the Case, being delivered in
by the proper Officer, a,Bill to dissolve the mar-
-rine between john.Copt--and Mary his now Wife,
was brought itti„.7o,read a first time.
Several' Privittellills• were brought up from the
Commons, and respedively.read a first time.
CAMPBELL'S 114VORCE •1111:L.
the Question
Upon the Question for the second reading of
.the
Bill to divorce Campbell from Jesse his now
wife, Counsel' and evidence were called in, ,
In this,Case, Which in t certain point-Of view, is
closely cortneeted .with .that
,of Mr. Jane ,Addi Son,
whose Bill to divorce Edwakd her husband, is now
pending before their Lordships, it appeared, from, the
statements of the Counsel and tVitnesses, .that .Dr.
Campbell, was now, "and for-many years past,' a re_
sident at Calcutta, was married several years,. since.io
Miss Jesse, Campbell, the ,daughter of, Sir. James
Campbell of Argyleshire, and-sister :to the above'
ntentioned:Mrs. Addison : that they have childrin,
that, in the, course of year 119 r.Mrs, Carirpbell
came with the children ft,.,:n India; that— in the
course of the year 1794, tls,.: Lady was detetied SA,
an intercourse with. Mr. Addison, 'the
husband of her sister. The fast of 'the Adultery
. . :
was satistatlorrly prbve4 .bksdiu:t Witnesses who
%vete brought forward On the part of Mrs. Addison,
to prove the Adultery of• her. husbasid,v.ith the'
Lady in question ; and in consequence 'of xvhich
Dr. Campbell instituted .an Action in the Court of
King's Bench against Mr. -Addison; and recovered
- '5OOOl. datnage.s,
.and costs. The Sentence of...the
Ecclesiastical Courtil .ih taVour of I)r.' Campbell-on
this oecasion,.was also regularly proyed.
These fafts ,appearing in evideke• to the satis_.
fatlion of their Lordships, the. Bill ‘,Vas forthwith
read a secobd time, amid _Ordered to lie cotnniitted
for Fiiday: .. • ,
. Mr. CORRY) Chancellor of the Irish Exchegtier,
presented the 'Bill for granting Bounties on the 'lm-
portation, into 'lreland, upon Wheat, Oats, i Rye
• ate. which was read afirst Anne. ' . . ' .
Their Lordships then, after —dispesing of.sOme
• Private Business, adjourned till'to-morrow, : .

- • ,1310YATE C9MMITUES.„.,,
The Lords Committees meet precisely at twelve
o'clock to-morrow, for, the purpOse.of investigating
certain Private Bills, among which is .the Surrey
Canal Bill.

Mr. VANSITiAIti presented 114 ACCOII,IIt of the Amount
of the Expellee of Subsistence of Subaltern Militia 0111i:els
in the: time of Pe3CC`, which was ordered to lie on tho
An AeOunt of the Ametini ,of the blitv nn Bops in the
Year ate°, distirtgutsitnai; that paid: from dlfltrent Counties,
‘yzis moved Or and ordered.
Mr, BRACCE moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to.eriable the Lord Licuteow of Ireland to prohi-
hit the Exportation from, and the. free Importation-
intot,hat Country, of Potatoes, Corn, 8.7e.--Leave•
granted..
fl4r. GEO. PONSONBY gave notice,, that'on
Plitt:ly next he would move for leave to bring in a
Bill for the purpoia of making, c4rtalti,regid.ins
affdting the Courts of Law in Ireland Ott he
meant also to move for. certain payers relative to
the Public ACcounts and Expenditure of Inland, aq
those already before the House did not appear to
him by any means Sat i6rAttory,- and olso farther par-
ticularly to move for an account of the amount of
Cotnpcmations granted in consequence of. the
Union.
• Mr...COR. Rl' said, he only,wisheil tost.ite that
the paper# is,;:tbre,thc ,wete. thdse which
it had been. rtetic4 time inunetuorialtor lay
before the rth-li Patiiament., If the Hon.,Genti.
matt tvcn d essi .et .a t'vibilifor.. the prodgt ion. of any
other pert 1‘,:: would" inirmdiately 4ttt'.nd to the
stlbjeN, .and if .no.praviculat impedivuer4 occurred
from 'the nature to ctalte parer, b4:11..1 }lave nq
(:;,jc-Bions.to its being granted.
Mr. Ci. PPNSCMBY (lid not iniptite any blame
to, the Right Lion. Gentleman, but he,, conle.tscct.
present he 'could Ito( understand tk AC;
(701111 LS. Ile thOug•ht. that'a new method. resliekting
!h,.‘.lC.coilll tl of'frela•nd wasi-td,have loocn 'a‘l,7.•)ted

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(PRICE SIX PENC,.,

after the bominencemMt of th-yor ti,:95.t.,t11.4.:
thew the Accounts of the two Cmotr:es were 14r4 b%
united. • Now he wished to--know ,why th. 6

county op- to the. 213 t of jantary had not beett-hti:i

[reface Housp, .
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Ritl4- explained7r-that tht: tyntal niouc had
heen.ta:.iiuke up the. "accounts to L. 44 )ay, thutf
the • 2.5•14 of March,. and at tilo salnts tine to tn.,tite
out an estitri.,:cd- a&oUtit tip. to Miohacirttr;, which
brought thin six month a ftither ye'ar the
surii.s had bet:n Voted ,n. the: usual- Irian: tr ; lint in

c .Its'etlttence,of the pot, it h. 14.1 become ncceispryi
in ottier to,risintilate .of Gycat
thin, cct dis.ipprot.)! Lae thCmoney 17otedi
and this ci rcu .11 ',lnce' had. prevented the possibility
of making oil- • tile. Aixolan 10. -ta the Ist janur
ary, till the Disdppropriation Bill shall ire p3sse4.

.Mr, Df.IN DA 8 mov ed
shall to‘thorrow resolve i6e4finto a Coinmiitte ah
fife ftSrgery... okflank Notrs of
the Bank pf

MOTION FOR. TVIE bTJKE OF..YOU'r LETTER, •
Mr. TIE I?T.EY
,rose to Move. flk the prodUttion,
of what 14cOnsidered as a most-extraordmary
ter, which had been quoted on a former night by
4:Right Hon. Gentleman, Hl3 Majesty's late Secre.
tary of State for the War. tkpartmcnt, in justifica.
tion cal leis cor, uEI. He_ felt a great satishdion iti
assui-Lig the House that he ;boa occupy bOt little
of their time, as the Motion appeared so simple to.
him, founded on •a •strong and eviknt, propriety,,
that the groutids,of-it may be stated almost. in' a
single*sentence. The Commander in Chief
Letter informed the War Minis-ter that the:Arli
Vas in such a state o( want of discipline, thatrt
1 ores Qf 20,000 Edell COtad.. not he ready tot
reign Expedition in less than two atonthsitif9rcf,v
is extremely important quit LCtt6,r,portraingovi4-.1,
information should •be, Defuse, the lits;to
ground •of < Inquiry into the e:tues-' I
staternent. Fit. was convinced ell .though. rite= y,r
flon. gen i;e0411 to NV !lora this letter adtilt44T: :2, •
%vete himselfin oEice, there %13t4iil;be
Motitin. ilut, as lit. was siiea-kin'g oefo,k Mlnif
sters who, on theirentranteintooltt:c„.;•.ed them:
serves to :tsl 4ndependent of pitrty-biai or persOnal
conneittion; he 'could have no doubt Of JFS 51.!:.:;•••••
*PC4tll:llls.ll.Pug ought recolle.;t that
,this Las ,
beet! •carried a" new planner. 4. ne,!..- Offiect
was ,crcated 4n,vurpo.,,e for the IF.ight Gentle,. •
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A. khird:Scereturi*:is was'appoil)t.:
•ed, and, the. 1.. t. ' Catjf.l"d,to fii)'
'The: intention, orthis not f.,..irAy to
,form plans, for the coodutt \l:4v?
Exlr~cijtto;ist Ol'-earrying ii
effjt-14, much respcaed the
. tolents Of the
Gcntle m itt.lorrte ;:lt.spc.ls7:llteicodild
'eci'•:ey. for his Qwii part, riolzusin'e,,s ,for they
wcxc le'ss adapted 'thin this: The oply, other ob..
jget
rfor..w 44: the ol4ce coul tiecteated, vt-4.
perint.co.9ther,offwes, atrtl.cl r Ike 2,etal.l's of the
Military, Service, at the :ciaon.try,. and h -this the
Rt. thin. GeOtlentah -NV4LS, in his. 'Opin' kin
qualified. • lte.must.therefort :upw) Iyarl
'the ditty of "(he ; that he, hal
nothing to do with the -.Navy; but rh.:t hedi da the
whole
,superintendance If the Ara,le3 of the Cola..
try.
.If
_this':letter should be granted, uhich lie hoped
it Would be, .he would undertake. to bring
charge ag:..inst the Rt. l-lon. Gentleman for his eon-
dud In -that The -Ist., Hon. Gentleman was
appointed• to his office in rib-.
reCollat'that every year since that t!iiile he has come
-to the. House demanding an increase of..the I\dillt:try
.Foree, .and; that the.-House, . with thy most unusual
zeal and- confidence, voted hini Supplies of. men riiid
money almost Oen to. antreipqo .ana 'exceed his
wishes, tillat List, in the year r Bq9,wlten this itter
was wtitten,, the Militaryl4ree 4,0 i. the Country 41
increased the -astonishing., -ainOunt:or,3cro,ooo
men. In ,1798 he got 10,000 frOm ,the Sv-
plementiry Militia., and such. "ins_ the eagerness dis_
played throughout the Couniry to gratify his,%vishes
for ,the,inerease -of the Military
,Force orithe,Coun-
try, dna the most NobletrieriFnAGe:itl-
,men in it, aid not disdain 'to ad as his
Serleants...ltl 1799 lie drow 30.,00p tnetti„ftpai.zil.'n,
Force, in order to,*end them tkicExpc;u;.iicnio
Holland. Re, did those i‘.1:11 he aped, at that
ealaimed,against the .hate in iv het ii th:zse
men ,were „sen't..tet Holland, and di.clal'7,-%1 ;heir
opinion. that they-.Werc IrtOt in SLate. Of di;0005;t0
be sent' on such arduous tfervi,x.. Titis..hdwiNer,the
•Right lion. Gentleman at .that time storutly
No.w let Gentletnen,itl:(lo, d.itc.:s. ,'121.1e A raw re- -
turnedfroin'Hoilavd in i,:oc.ciliTieT,
,t 791 ill.: Letter
is dated the t lith t f Vibruary, it aftet}es
front i.4tll4t.on,ar bc,i.ng-tuacle last date -
to the COmmarttic...7 in Chief for 4.0,000 men, .tty be,
Sent 'on.an•E'xpedition'to. the I\.:%'iliterrancap, the.mrn
wete„found to be in tindiAc',l.lit)Cti a
.4tate th:tt 41.qy
did•not even know their ownollicers„ and tieaZ this
. was wanted .the, service of :the
Comiltry, conld not be gqt- ie.ttly in less titan two
months. ‘Vhat now become of the fine aei-
plined.. Army O tt It cli, the- Right, lion. Genilciitan
said had gone to ,Holltind.?, « Wltat had ,become. -of
:ill *hat s,.::tcnte military forCw, And. thwe lib,2ral, if
nor.p :ofu4- which, had been voted for ratis-
ing
and maitit;oning it"?' G.4itlemen-will surely cow
:sec that it.is. their duty to :nciorte into the al plici...
lion of the bupplics and force which they, he doubt.
ed.not, from the. purest Motives, had •,put at
oC His'Aesty'slate irlinisters. Let•ti,ent
Te,c.JilcsA,ll.: it,was Viso at this very
tvfmcd itll,inquiry as unnecessary ro.
ft.r.t.i to -‘!li.leonyCntion tot .the evaewition• .of
.E.g••}Tt:; ;W. rth,,t they,.soratilly related all
tures tor for' letthcra'
uccolktll, that these N'llttisters had so mismar;aged
the aiLirs.of the'cotmtry,..that they could poi, hnd

ito,ooo MO to send Oa a -tecviee inipOrtant to its
• interests. He could see no reason why, this Let.
ter should not be produced) as the Right Lion. Gea.
t}eman himself chose to read it. He could not pretend
to say, what might be his motives for doing
But as the object of this-Motion was not inquiry
into any present transattion, but into what die light
}kin. (knife-Mali chi se hiiliself tti.ceittnutnicatO, he
could see no objection 'to •its being agreed to.. .He.
Wa3_,Stltel that it must come home to the conscience
of those Gentlemen who saPported, and placid so
much confidence in the late Ministers, but who. must
now see that they,haVe been deceived, and who, he
hoped, would not now 'allow those who .have de.
cetved them togoompunished. lie was afraid, that,
the Right Hon., Oentletnan had read this Letter on
a former night, iii.order teeshelter himself frorn the
charges brought agalose him, behind. the Dl= of"
Yciart. In his opinitin, the-flouse owes it to.that
illustrious Personage, to the vindication of his Cha-
ratter, of that of the Officers of the Army, and of
the Army at. large, toageee to the Motion as a pre-
limioary' to Inquiry; He concluded with moving,
" That an Humble Address be presented to His
11•Iai tsar?, that he Would be graciously pleased an-
order a Copy of the_ Letter from His Royal High,
tress the Dirge of YORX, the Commander in Chief,
dated February 18,. 'Soo, to DuNDAs, then
one 'of His Majety's Principal Secretaries of Stare,
to be laid before the Mime." ,
The CILIWCELLO fthe E.:VC:W(2OR. "'Sir,
the object ot the Hon: Gentleman's Motion is the
produetion of a-Tublic Document, it. might naturally
be expelled that one of His Majesty's Confiden.
till Servants should - rise immbdiately after' the
Hon. Gentleman, in order to state tho'grounds upon
which Ministers think it right to assent tu,,or dis-
sent from, the propotition which has been made:
With respeCt to the Declaration which, the Hon.
Gentleman states to have been made by His Ma.
jeity.s present Ministers, of the principks by
which their conduct shoOlil 'be guided, T will not•
now, Sir, occupy your time by a repetition of it ;
it will be for the House to determine what degree of
credit We are entitled to, but I, for one, will never
consent to obtaio a' temporary credit, by losing
sight of what Ileel to be due to. his Majesty's
Service, and to
,the Public Interest The Hon.
Gentrenian leis stated, if I understood Win right,
as the•grounds upon which he rests hii- Motion,-that
in the M'Onth of Feb. aoo, upon an application be.
inz made to His Royal .Highoess the DO RE Of
YORK, the Commander in Chief, for the, purpose of
providing a large number of Troops for a Foreign
Expedition, the -answer of His Royal Highness Was,.
that sueh.a number of Troops could not be -furnish.
ed in less than- two Monthsi, that period Being re.
'quisite to give the Troops the necessary discipline.
The-Hon..sGentleMan then went on to state •that
this Army had been employed-in an Expedition in
the preceding yearyand he means to State, if I on.
derstood him cortatly.. , that Ministers'Wereculpa.
ble in having so employed thent,-if What was alledg.
ed by the Couorinuder in Chief-was true, which-it
undoubtedly was.. Sir, I wish the House to cond.
der What were the Cirennistances of the •Expedition
to -Holland, which`., took place-I belie cue 'either in
August Or-Sepe.and also, the state of affairs at the
time when the requisition fur the•TrOops was made.
The first Troops whiCh -soiled on the-Expedition to
liolland wider Sir Ralro A-a ERCAOMPY, amount.
ed tolietween 8 and 99°6 men, thryconsistedofße.
gulars, and not ofinendraftedfroin theMiliiia; it was
by this force that the Helder was taken. The next ea.
barkation that took' place after them, certainly did
:consist; in h great degree, of Recruits from the
'Militia, who had volunteered theirservices•in coo.
-scsaertee oran'Ati of Parliament, giving them 'per.
-mission so to do, Which Ad, the Honse will recol.
left, passed at a very advaoced period 'of the Sezzion.
I do believe, that, upon this occasion, the objett Of
Government, and the expectations of .toe 'People,
were-founded upon' what " was generally believed to
be the disposition of 'the People of Holland ; and
that, When 'the Second embarkation took. place, 'it
t as expected they would'. have to eo.operate with,
,tnii to reedie.co-operation•from'the -People of, that
Cbuntry. if tharexpedatioe had turned Out to be-
kiell rounded, there is 'no doubt but that the'Army'
eieas in a state of sufficient ilkipline for that put.
lose. have never yet heard it asserted, -'that at.
the time that expedation cvas -formed,, there were very good grounds for 'entertaining
Our lopes were certaidly disappointed, but if
the House will 'consider for a moment the sea.
son of the year, the state of the weather, the
condition of\ the roads in. that 'Country, and the un.
Voidable deieLy which took place in the disembarka-
tion Of our Troops,. it will not be -matter of sur-
,prihe.that those expedations, Which there was every
reason to entertain at first, Were afterwards disap-
pointed, 'and that we did not meet with the co-
operation for which We had looked. "But -inde-
pendently of this, it appears that.Governmenthad
no alternative 'but that of abandoning the 'whole
of the Expedition, unless they ailed in•the Manlier
which theysdid. In order to procure a sufficient
Military Foree,. it Was necessary to use the means
which were adopted, and aForee was:provided .suffi.:
dent for the objea for which it was intended,-viz.
that of 'co-opetaong with, and receiving'eo.operet_
tion from the Petiple of Holland. The House will
recollea that the Troops returned, 'from that Expe.-
dition ire the latter end'Of-'the year) I believe about
the end of November ; the winter was unusually
severe, and some unavoidable circumstances attend-
ing the embarkation of the'llomps at thelielder;
produced very great iticonVenierree to-the ArMy.—
The stores belonging to one Regiment in particular„
(I mention this cireamstance because it happens to
come within 'my own knowledge), the 'stores and
clothing belonging tt) the Ninth Regiment' were
not in their possession till'three months 'after Oheie
landing at Yarmouth., On -the Ath of February
His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief wrote

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letter to Secretary' for the War Departnient,.
stating that it would require two months in order
tai prepare the Army for Foreign Service. Rut 'the
Gentleman states that the-then Secretary for;
tie War Department, represented the Tumpi which
embarked for I [,)hand as being in a perfea state .of
diieipline. I do not recalled hearing that Right
Hoff. Gentleman: make use of any such assertion i • I
did hear him state that the Force which r-tiliarketl-

under the itartit4diatc command of Sir RALrli

atettotattY,' was in a complete state-, but, not
the whole Ath pTh.:f. eKouse wilt -remember that
after the return 0 the_ Troops from HoNatal, 'the
Army received a eofisidellble accession of men front
the Militia, in consetplettee of a•seelmd Lill %t•biclt
passed for allowing them to volunteer from the Mili-
tia •i witich Bill passed, I believe, in the month of Oc..
.tober. conseelikence of this,new aectwion to the
.2ktiny was, that there were a much greater number•
of persons :requiring. to:.be disciplined. But, Sir,
ti it; in the Month of January 1800, an Aft
was rased it, -the. Parliament of lieland, allowing
men to volunteer from the Irish. Militia into the
Regulars, in consequ'enee of which the Army was
very considerably inereaSed,_ but there was, at the
same time, a very great addition to that description
of Fort*, which composed the second einbarkation
in the 'Month of August, and to them the Com-
mander in Chief's Letter alluded. There is another
-circumstance, which I must beg leave to state, be-
cause it has been *taloned to me by several all-
cers, and that is, that after the return of the Troops
from the Helder, it was found convenient to
intintlace several improvements in the Military dig.
cipline. It Was found necessary that in each Regi_.
'mem there should be a Company of Rifle Men, and
during fife Months of February and March, the men
were trained, for that purpose, and I have been in-
formed a great deal of pradice was requisite.. _lt,
has also been stated ro.me, that it 'was found expe-
dient that a number of Regiments should be :rained
to aft 'together 'as light Corps; this was
,an objea
to which great importance was attached, and
which also required considerable time. I have
now, now, Sir, stated to the House,- that the Army
mean the part of it which formed the second embark-
ation) which went •to Holland, was not 'considered
as being likely to be employed so much in separate
Military operations, as in ca-operating with the
Dutch ; and I have stated, that the Army to which
His Royal Highness's Letter of the zath February
• alluded, was not the 'same Army that embarked 'for
Holland, but consisted in a great degree, of men
who, from the circumstances I have stated, required
a considerable time for the purptise of being exer-
cised. But it will be necessary to bear in 'mind,
that the Service to which the Troops were destin-
ed, which were reenired -in the'anotith of•Febru-
Dry, was extremely different from that which it was
expeCied those sent to Holland would have to per-
form. The Troops which Went to Holland in the
month of August, were, as I have already stated,
destined for the double purpose of Military exer.-*
lion and of cOoperating with the people of that
Country. Those whO composed the second einb.irka-
don for Holland, were nridhubtedly in the contem-
plation of Ministers destined fcir:the latter ehjeCt.
F om the season of 'the year in which the Expedition
took place, there certainly was no reason to expo& that
the Campaign would las t'for any considerable length
of time. taut what was the nature of the service for
Which the TroOps; required in the nionth of Feb.
were destined ? They, were' to sere in a dishnt
part of Europe against the best Troops of France,
and probably during a long Coinpaign. IYpOn these
„trouods' it does not appear to me that the Hon.
tientlenian has laid any. Parliamentary 'ground -for
'the produaion of the Letter wilier he require, be:.
ewe he has, in no degreC, ,proved that any blaitie
attaehed'to His Majesty's then Ministers, because
the Army was not in a. state for immediate service,
particularly at the time they were required, because
it will he recolletted; that few instances *have oc.
curred 'in Which an Army was ever required for
service, at an earlier period than that at which His
Royal Highness stared the 'lraqis would be in
readiness. It is not for. me to' state, Sir; that the
Letter in question dOes contain other parts which
may be.hriproper to' he' Made public. But;
mit it to the House, whether they will not suppose
it probable, 'that' there may be some passages in it
of a nature to render it ititproper to be prountlgated,
unless. strong grounds indeed were laid for its. pro-
dtAion. It is not my intention to 'trouble' the
House any longer : haVing stated that-in my opinion
the Hon. Gentleman his not laid any Parliamentary'
grounds which ought to induce the. HoUse't6 grant
the Leiter, I shall 'therefore *ire my'vOte against
its produetiOn.
Mr. UNITE RE W with, *that:oi Rt. Hon. Gen-;
treiwn.hati by no_means convineed'hins thit -nb:Par-
liamentary ground had been laid for the ,produdion
.of this Letter; upon a motion ur;on_ the State of cher
Nation, the Right Hon. Secretary CNlr..DOttuisl
produced a part of this Letter as a ju.aification of
his condu4, If the -Right Hon. Gentleman had a
right to produce this Letter for the purpose of de-
fence, the House 'in his'Opinion haci a right to have.
if before thein, in order 'that a Motion of Censure
.might be grounded upon it--HfieCtikeiVed
the'more authorized to use this argument, becauSe his
Honourahlelrriend hail pledged him-self-that if the
Letter was produced he would-mai:eh the founla.
two Of 4 serious `charge. 'lf this was .•not a 113ar-
lianientary ground for the produdion. of a paper,
he could notilnagiiie what was. .The case was simply,
this, one Servant of the Public defended himself
against a,charge by readieg an Extra& of a Letter,'
and. when that Letter was called fOr, another Set_'
Vant of the. Public objeOed to its produftion, con.
tending' that no Parliatnentary grounds- had beeti'
laid for its produClion. The Right Hon.. 'Gentle:
man who had just sat down, had nbt' stated that the
Letter Cotitained'expressidnsaahich rendered it unfit
'for the public eye; he had merely stated, that it was
posSible it Might contain-sentiments of that descrip..
Lion: But even if it did contain sentiments of that
descritition, was it not the-fault of the Right Hon'.
Gentleman who first quoted it ; but having pro.
diked a part of itOttott'untionbtedly the Houk had
a,fight to-'see the whole 'of it, in order to dcterniinr
fairly whether the cOndte of theitight Hon. Gen-
tlernan was proper or not. The light Hon. Gen.
tlemad who spoke last had .stated One•of thezrounds
upon which his Hon. Friend rested his Motion, but
he had nut stated then-kali. The*Right 'Hon. gen..
ticumn said, that the 'objeel' 'ofAtis Eno. Friend.
was, to chew Oat the 'Army which had ben tent
to Holland was not in a fit condition to he sent upoe
tjtat Expedition.; that certainly was one .of the
rounds which his • Hoe. If had advanced, but
st was' not the only one, 'Another ground charge
was, that' out of 300,000 men which we had at that
tiine,,there could not be found ao,ooo fit foran
peditiOn which was then in cOntonplation. The Rt.

I-Jun. Centlentan had gone into a tong detail of the
eirraitganCes a tteuiling'the Expedition to the 11.!:!..r,
bUt did 'not, recoltea . that the .then .Ceretary for
the War -Department, had stated that the I.`roops
employed upon that Expedition were in a state..of
perfat discipline. He Was not. sure of the'eipret-
sions -which the Right Hon, Secretary had used, but
he .coUid.perfeetly well remember,. -that when it was
'ea :Iv A' --777."' -ftrr•

urg, that the rmy Was not in a prof. mte-
the serviee upoir4hich ihey were employed, that
he, in reply, contended, thatjow-as completely fit
'for it.,• But while tht Right'ffon.
extending= his 7 proteciion io His -MAjetty's' 'lat'e'Minister!, hi had laid another part of their condua
'open to censure-4; :lite Right Hon, Gentleinln had
stated, that when the late Ministers undertook-the.
Expedition to Holland, they -did it under a persuit-,
sion that they. should meet' with great cool,•eratiori
in that Country, but that in that expedation they.
had been disapPainted. But surely, rf this was:.the
case, the late Ministers were highly_ culpable foihaf-
'ingvundertaken such an Expedition, upon such imper-
feet information,,and_for sending out an Army which
was acknowledged to be only lit to ad in co-opera,
tion with the inhabitants of that Country. He was
sure that no man who had seen the mannecin which
the Drafts frOm the Militia was Concluded, could help
larneniing that so many brave and gallant-- Men had
been exposed in such a manner. • The theti, from
the peculiar circumstances of the case, were in .a
state of constant inebriety ; the country was kept
in a state of confusion ; the men were sent in wag-
kons and carts to .the place of embarkation, without
nowing or being known to their Officers, and many
of them in such a state of drunkenness, that they
'did not know the Regiment to which they belonged.
They came in by tens and twenties to the place of
their embarkation, in a manner that appeared to, ,
him highly disgraceful, and it certainly must 'be a:
matter of regret, that an Army ,hnuld be sent out.
in such a situation. 'But when the Rt; lion. Gen-
tleman contended that the late Ministers wore not
to blame, it should be reollekted that we had.a
force of .zoo,ooo. men, arid that the whole of. the
Draft which was required.. was. not, thove 20,000
IT!en, so that there would remain i86;boo ;- but,
even supposing that our ,force had :been over-rated,
there wouJd. at all events remain 2-50,000. The.
late NlThistets. always professed: themselves ready
to meet any charge that was • brought forward,
but when the. .day.: of discussion-. caMe, the Right
Hors. QentlemanalMost cOnstantly-produced
her of Documents, which, however,
,he would not
lay beforethe House,' and they were called upon to'
depend upon the credit 'of the, person accused. It
was, by no .means astonishing: to. him _that•llii M.
jesty's late Ministers. peisisted -in the same condUcl
which they, hind alWay4.,adopted, but he confessed
he was rather sin:prized coheir fhepresent Minisre'rs
maintain the same dOdrines. The Right Hon.
Gentleman, who had access to this Taper,: bad not.,
gone the length stating. that any part, of it was
unfit for the poblie eye.; he had Only said that it
might possibly contain some pa:sage*
.of that de-.
scription; and Ihese were the grounds upon, which
lie opposed the Motion. In his Right
Hon. Hon. Gentleman !rand not stated one reason why the
Lc.ttef should not be produced, and therefore
sliouta 't•lVe 11'6 vote for flu. Mtltion, •
Tbr CIIANCELLOR of the E..7-Cl-figI.TER rose
merely to statee-One fad, 'which ,in..rhe
Months of January and Febihary, near, 86c0 men
had been tent to-Ireland. . A

;lir, PITT--«-Sir, I rise-"to say but a few words
upon *hat has fallen from.. the. Gentlernen_on the
-other,sidedf the House, and therefore•shalLtrespass.
but very shOTO'upon the time -of the Hoose. In
moving -for :this paper, the Hon. Gentienfan has i a id,
what he conceives •ro. be Parliamentary grour.is for
his motion, Viz. thafif 'th4 Litter is produced, he
will inake it a matter of.eharge.against his Ma-
jest's late Ministers. It has happened to me, .Sir,.,
to . hear a great many, of the.;e declaratitivs ;AO
pledges, but in this particular case I must -beg leave
to state, that` there
_can exist, no •difticultY If jehe I
Hon. Gentleman ‘vas really.seri,AlS iii,hisintfititioli
of Making it a ground, i)f,-accalltion:': -Thetelmay
certaiiify be a differetiee of opinion,as to the pro
priety of bringing Taward this Letter, :bur as to
the effeit rvllk,'ll they•think they can derive from its
prodalion, I meals that .01.Obtaininglhe means of
s,upporting ncettsittiOns ligainst the' late.. Ministers,
the Hon. gentlemen sliall certiliolv meet with no
obstacle. We will furnish them at. least with two
witnesses, who will prove the :whole of the fact
which they say they want • to•e44l:iih-,-That part
Of His Ropl-Highneses Le ter which has been
quoted, states-Jim; in thc. m9rith of February
18-00, the force which was required could not
be detached for two months. • •I'llislis .all which
the Honourable Gentleman krit4s.s Of the Letter,
and he pledges , hiaiself, upon . this .-fild being
e,tablished, he will tiring'rdrwaitthis charge. I'he
c)ther,part of the Lettdecinnor form any part of.the 1
foundation of his charge, beeinse :he certainly env-
mot- pledge' himself to- -rinin4 ar•accusation upon tilat
Which :he does not:know ; at lerht if he itc.cs,-it
must be A-most -singular- charge indeed, - The -case
then stands thas : the Hon. Gentlean.says, that if
he can substantiate-the tact tutted in -that part •of
theletter which, he..has heard, he will' snake .it a
subjt.t.l of charge against the, MAO. la te ;Minis,t-drs;
N9w,'Sir,' though it may not,.be iNper,' for obvidut
reasons, tO produce the Letter; .ye,t. We are ready to .
'admit the fact which he wants to have substansiat
ea ;' and I do,noW for myself, as I belier.e?l May 1
for My Right Hon. Friend, •adrat that 'fact. ~Let
tis*tioethen, Sir, haveanyinote of this,kind of ,it:ti
tag, and of niakinglond threats of .charges ..• thi
Hon. Gentleman "may bringlorward. his charge any
day he •pleases.-:-AVe are ready to- meet hiltiWtt
are willing 40:_adthit the lad upon which- he 's ap' lc
will, found 4,4l;Ateusatitm, but we deny, the infer!.
elite which :he ..prOptsses to. draw Trani it. " The
Quesrion then ,""resolves itself • into tins, there
"being a doubt •whetoltt:r it Would •itot..be'prodoCtive'
of .great inconvenience to produce _this- Letter,
no ground
,ivhafeitier •being laid lor, its-prodne-
lion, • except that it was to be. the vround.work ..
of a 'charge 'against .His Majesty's late Ministers,
uild'A:..e, admitting the only` ifs in
,that Letter, 'of-
whith they, have 'any kaoWledge—The tihegioi), I
'say, is this, ‘vhether we shall, incur the inconveni.,
enee of producing this 'After, when the Hon..Gen-
tiernan will have every possible edvantage by our s

1,

aitmitting the o.dy to his knowiecitee
the Letter contains, or whether we shall rail upon'.
the G,enttemen (having. obtained the admission of
the faft), in proceed with Ills charge ? 'Lee me
thee ask Gentlemen, upon what ground they
can persist in ceiling for` this P per, when every
purpose that con be answered by 'its production, care
be obtained without it—(Some Gentlemth in the op.
perietieriellOiyfetfee4Aregme4ewek— 404eeeLej.
men would give me an. answer : it is inunaterial,
. whether 4,t keee. &rave (nee ludicrous one; 'rhey.
- have net; F cOntentf; Sir;' htiti •any l'arliamentaiy,
grounds' for tlie'produtliOn -of this Paper,,They
'have stated no grounds that can .be maintained' by • ,
.64. reasoning, but they hare afforded a strong proof,
tthink, that they 'have taken i: up .upon grounds
that were 'not likely fora moment; to impose upon the
Public, having beet,- in thefirst place, I dare say, 1
.. 'Completely. impoied upon themselves. It i, stated,
!that there -were not 20i000 immediatelk'
ready for a 'service; 'which ;night them for
eight Or. ten months, and Gentlemen urge, that:
• this, is a' proof of one of two thineeseither that
the Troops which were ;sent to Hollimd, were not
in a proper ettedition to •be sent on thy Eipedi-
tion, Or that, after 'they returned; :Ministers were
'culpable for not having a larger disPosilhle feree.--:-.
Now, Sir, with respect} to' the last part of ;this -
charge; :I. will dismiss it in a 'few words My. ••
Right 'Hon. Friend stated, and I believe grated
truly; "that there were 306,000 Men ie arms
cable.to the defence of:. thelslation ; Amt. I thaw.r.
think, that before a 'candid' man would attempt to -
• censure 'Ministers; 'before a 'prudent men .wtitilti
pledge himself' to bring a charge against them,' he
would endeavour to ascertain something More than- '
the bare fad of the number of Men in Arms--There
are, one -or two points,. of tvhielt I think the'Hotte.
Gentlemen should have endeavouredto infOreitheth.;
selves. In the first place, they might have taken .
the trouble of ascertaining, how mans, Of these Men
Were necessarily employed out of the Cuuntrv, bee':
cause they could not be supposed to be in a state to
be immediately sent upon. a Foreign Expedition.
point, which I should have-thought
sernaithco.7th,
the'next j i litee, they might have inquired:into
• eta, How many of these 300e000 Men. ereild: be,
cfroom
nt'rt3h,c,?naßttletretii;ofse theirlss, service,
Hon. Gentlemen
have 'either contrived
,to fierget, or thoughtlt
• venient treoverlook ;',.for in this gentritt statettierit I
.of j 06,000 Men, they have inclnded the '4l'W
of he 'forts I have stated—they:ninveig
.all the Volunteers and ,Yeomanry or . the 'Country;
' 'bath Cavalry and Infantry-eeted tw
equal . propriety, • have encludet/: the' whole •
Of:•-the.Population of the KingdOm.. it
nweeed, eat, ee
, been but proper, -Sir, I- think, for:gentlemen to have"
toquired.'in 7 the, first pike, star •wa s .the Amount. of
ilie regul4r -Attu. ;. and-, then'; to have n;certarnett
•honar many of them were necessary ,for the. tkfonee•
of G rear Ifettain-Jihowerrentic weepteeessary to mile
with the Force.servinginlrelande:- haw many were
necessary.„for-,fie Service c*ying•ti`n
'--how many ..w.Crd -.required. fp: rte. :Girl-LOP& Of
ter,. M inoreee iorefhos,e of 'the 'Wes; tlnti4s,
and eheivhe're. Therefore, when e;.o:entlOanectithiti•
for Ward with a general Charge
I think he does noreetitle that there ;tat; ARt
0,
2,c200 mei; fit 101- Service; under these eircumeteneei
(or. his-stateineets: Bet Glitltni
letstet leifti't..lovilyn;ehssc.urneicitdit .
,throughput the whole course., of the aegument, that_ •
th.c. Artily to :Which the Letter alludes, was the
same Army that,was seintie,FlollanLaeid then they,
:infer that that Army could,'po t "have been in alit.'
. • .
. to
.be 'sent to Holland., - NOW Sir l Maintain'
and I appeal to` 'any or
Tielleerehitt---supposieg et he-Force t 40-Holland
was the -one alludell fiti-ari:Flii.; Royal Highness's
Letter; nn Supposing that that Army, wheneit Vas
sent upon thee .Kepeditiort, had been' in it s rite of • the ‘.
~gteatest,,perfediae, Which it &as not, eniser.opeiet
; that ArinOtad met with the,Setsicc w,414,
,Ap 004
9t
eaa it did meet 'With,• than I will. tnalritein, .
HTari'ttnirl ter nttfe, Arney„eopld not, have been
•to state for .Service oh ihe''2Bth Fele:cheery.
A. have obieelf,e4 that GentlemH! are \Acyk'.7,fferi4
:coalpariog the Army 01 tle! lfretich
-ehin, of. this COUntry, and I ;member, that Geetleee
;nee
.commented. with great pleasantry npoe the •
greacesiertiofts of the ilrtnye:if -'tut the
House will retolle,i, that soate'nwans nave beet.
-employed in France co give energy their c'xere
tionse which. would-be highly eensered.if they wore
used in this-Country, tied' which are never praised
but when theY are' eniplteredin France in 1 mari-
ner the mist likely-to injure the interests a .
this Country With all these charges, however,
Site I 'c4nrmt but recollet diet' this ".rmy of
Reserve, - the Army. of 'Reserve .of tins went
hero,. Who: is '''the 'constant objeet adelatioe,
was pot. -fit-la condition to co:newt:see its oP"'a-
tions _ 'till a tater period, than-that before whitfl it
.
.was stared tie: Letter in 'question, out Oce%
evpuld ,catty-:: But, Sir,' eateitlonen 114VC
cote.
Itantly. considered thii Letter As alluding to the •
sent to 'Hollnatl, 'and 'Oen if -it
-•did, •heve.ehewn that they totiltPoot hive been fit
fbr Service-In:elle month of Februats, ;lett my Itig-hr
Hon. Friend (the CHANCFLI.OR ile! Ex Eou
has proved},from incontroverti!);e tacis, .that it woe
of a force, almost entirely elifferoot of which his
}royal
-of -from
... Regiments ; second,'
the fFniri!elitlseCtstt Ik'ni.. The
rujidw as trot composed.part
'undoubtedly was. The Expedition was sent for
. .
diversion- tie
lihleenPinorgreca't'bif:ipaeocrntanltticlieisiboiritghistielfoecu'nbtlrYiTssitea,ltirs.l
,171.:.tes:isqicooann(int‘ivitalsa,teitohecirte::entia,
to a alga
tev-our our Al?i'e•:;• aOd. the last ;vas, ainSp fimfvtehreftill)aff.:h Marine;
the •means to int a:icier:l Ally,f
71- re,eeet. ro the first .0i cheat;,
Alley !about,: . Neither-I • .
rt.-N(111e .:}latilsdy c, from .the nepres'lsilloisn 'uCt)kluenrtr;:il'ir.tere:.
it •
;the second
ur me
t
we. leere coMpletely.' its tloosutrat,,Ae ;
a
S IIIO3C- 1111t101(1)Mily
enerter-iVuo our
.f \V I t 1
ful te-
Odoce- a- great effect in:'t r• ,
of et•jea which 'net's to.fee obtitht", fhtn con
to' the lia,zard w;r:inckluleue 401-
ITPruentet°tri. jahne,l4l.satn;Pisiter2!,;%l:lJeeiri.
ve
wesies mow A et,„
sider the geat end glelioee'et
h
if we had leclined iucurring arty tl9itte for tee

neral. Cause,: those who oast, lament oar allure,
would then (and with greater reason) have censured
our: timidity. If, Sir, we cannot. be accused, of
misconduel, if our Allies did not pursue their suc-
cess, or changed. their" objeits, I bad' much- rather
be charged with having.'uted even hazardous means
for effeding the deliverance. of El otope, than of hav- .
it g:waited till 'we' could. •strilCa‘ blow, witk the
paride of exertion, but, without its risque*, -and of-.
et-ideal/oaring- to share the general glory. with;.
out participating, in. the common danger. Tbe
period. of . the year in which the Troops Were sent-
to Hollatiel, renderedit impossible that the-Campaign
thou'at. be a long one; but those who know the •
difficulties. attending:. New Troops, know that the
inccevenienee does not arise from their want of
valour, bet expetience; the danger to be are.
'tended is, not that they will not at bravely in.
battle, but that they cannot contend against the,
severity of the season. The conduct of our Troops
in Holland, is a. complete proof of this assertion,a--
they behased iii a manner that did honour to the
spirit of the Militia of this Country, and of all its
• Inhabitants, from whom they were chosen. They
Were .. found in the field to he fully equal -to the-,
veteran Troops of rratico, to whom they were op_
posed, and superior to those against whom it wits
Most likely they would have to coetee. What
they suffered, therefore, was not so- much in anion
as from other difficulties to which they were un-
avoidably expOsed. And this shows, that they .
neighs, with great propriety, have been sent upon
an Expedition, the operation of which was not likely
to be long, though it might not have been prom to
hove sent them upon one which was likely to he of
considerable duration.' But that our Troops should
not be ready
,fOr service, after a severe Winter,
at an • earlier period than Troopt in -the more
Southern and warmer ,parts of Europe, is a mat-
ter of criticism that would I confess surprize
Ere, if I could be surprised at any thing coining
horn that quarter. I wish that the statements aside
by Gent men on-the' Other side of the House at dif- •
ferent periods could be compared together ; at one
time it was said that we had destroyed a whole
Army in Holland, but that statement was abaiidon-
ed when- the accounts of the killed and wounded
arrived ;'but now they forget the losses of that
Arthyt , anti contend that it should, after a severe
catnpatgel have been able to furnish a greatertnum..
her of menthan it originally contained ; so that the
statements of Gentlemen. upon this, as upon most
other occasions,. make completely ageiest them_
ideas. Sir, will not -trouble the House any
longer ; I bare, stated all the .faels of the ease ;
eentlemen will raw .atufge 'for themselves, whether
they 'will brit-kg To6vard theirtherge or not, with
the 'admission whie.4ll- have declared my willingness
to ?rake & • but I bhjeti to the granting a .Paper for
the,preetuftiOn of which no ,Parliamentary ground-is
laid.; anti eriminatfon 'of Majesty's
late-Miithiters -is 'the Ohjiet of those Gentlettsen,
the ,fa4l -whiith 'they Want, -being "admitted, • they
cannot dalire'the ,rrodottion of further evidence."
.
"1 Fe4RE-?faktid, the manner in which the Right
Iron. Gentleman who had just tat down had aPtikon,
.proared that he did not feel quire Co inuelt at ease on
the:prestnt question as. Ite affeited to be. He stands'
tharged-aeirh,growptiblie misconduit, and not con::
tent with .a defence of
hiulself and hi 3 Colleagues,
be kvisbes.tctdraw away -the attention of the House
by t • kid an attack on tbaie who had always
posicl, 'no* wished for an inquiry into their
condeft: 3.k:tilt/and lolturone he indeed-thal,
lenges. /dory, but he has often done so before, and.
wised it ',wits: Moved` for, frustrated it. He -Offers
himself • and his Ri4ht 'fforiAriend as witnesses
against therriselves, to substantiate all. that the.pro.,
duetion of the Letter can iialvished-for to prove...—
But if the Letter now. moved for shoal-Ix refried,
be would advise his Hon. Friend who moved for it,
not to bring .forward any charge against these Gen.
tlernen .till heihould have -stronger' and more_ unob_
aattionable evidence to support it than their 't+w. n
admissions. It has. been-said that*ne Parliamentary
ground has been 'shewn'for. the Motion. To this he
adver4 more particularly bye and bye. But
if such a Motion of Accusation were to be made Ant
the.grounds proposed,' would not 'the same kind of
-argument be: Used, and would not the At. I lon. the
'efIANC,FI.i.oR of, the EXCHEQUER again throw the
;Shietd 'of Office over the heads of his Predecessors,
'atledging 'that no -Parliamentary-ground is shewn for
and that admissions on the 'part of those charged
•iirc not prliamentary grounds to substantiate the
`But 'the 'Right Gentleman is not
contentro let the matter rest her; but, anticipat_
log 'the eharge, has entered• into a defence of the .
military Operations of 'the Country, and more ',par.
titularly, °lithe Expedition to Holland. He *tilted
three objects Tot-Which. this Expedition was Under_
of the 'Dutch :Fteet--
.taken-r--&t posscSsion
/dentine' a diversion in favour. of oar Allies—and
o sraiti-g 'with and' assisting the -Dutch in throw.
11 affabe French. Yoke. In -Judging of that Ex.
retTtion he must .distit?pith between these ob_
-If,,after the-Mitch' Fleet was got possession. of
"..by the•Arniament.under Sit:RA I,l' it AB E ICC tOLID y,
'the' RepeditiOn' had not been-farther prosecuted, he
wotild haVe,acktaiwredgett that it had been suecess-
4nVand that:those who planned it were entitled to
the thanks-'431-the'Couritry... But a new Arnt:unent
way ;tfter this seat for. the :purposes.of co-operation
i th the Detchrand to
„create A. diversion. This
'failed, he would' contend, most completely. As' to
freaing a 'diversion, if a diversion in favour .of our
-Allies tfas could :oonceiVe no stronger
_,}9r6fir.9f:ahe irteapaeity•of His- Majesty's. late-
'.etli.nsitiet-oply, the time and .the place ,on
which J
Army 'was elnployed. ' At. a line sea-
' sunup lite'. year it was Sent:to and employedon a
•
‘;7'sl."r°e'v'tienin"la', where a fesr•iroos ware'perfeEtly
Suilicieat'ao.: cheek- its progress. If-any .
was Mert'VlCArly-established- than another, it was,.
that taanake ao.effedual diversion against 31413e-
my, theifesitteitthOd is, to occupy 'as' much as pot-
sibleciPtheMiterny's,Country With .as few forces as
possible. ':-Bur -His,. Majesty's Ministers_adopted
-,the • verizreverse of .this 'principle, -and- sent a large
of roe th-a Necic of Land,where they could not ad),
tlnU `Mitre -the • Enemy-could 'oppose them with a
Aeinelfill..of -men. '.Thelellitacy of the .di version has
'teen' insisted on ; but before. extol' it, what-bap-
. vetted. t, the •same time its Sivitzer7td, ought to be
;'-ateealleded.- -As to -the objeAlot:eo,pilesiitioti With

the Dutch; be would fay au- words or that Also. j
It had been said, that a specica...of
.Troops
with propriety be employed-for'tbis purpose, which
was not .ht for. Military, OperatiOns. 114.•!fols: Vold
we expeit any co-operation froza,the„gutch, except
we were able to afrordiltem proteCtiOn ; and from the
place on whiclour Troops were landed, and were e,m-
,ployed, it was impossible for them coat:find the peo.
pie of Holland proteClion, till they had. defeated re-
peatedly the force opposectio them ; for till this, as
done, they, were .entirely. separated from those with
whom they intended to co-operate. The force em-
:ploy edi, was, t he refore,. on tho statetnentsof the Right
Hon. Gentleman himself, unfit for the set that
• had to perfOrm, before it could effett this obje of
•co-operation. He Would desire no stronger-ground
of charge than this to. criminate Ijia ;vtajesty"s late
Ministers. The loss. suffered: in that Expedition
'has been adverted to. He wished that the assertion
of his HOn: Friend on a former Occasion' had been
more fully disproved. But the Right lion. Gentle-
man asserts: that that loss was small. He believed
that were he to estimate it at sOOO men, he• would
deny that it was so great. Now the force sent on
that Expedition at least amounted' to 25,000. men;
'and • he recollected the words well which had
been. used on a • former occasion- respelling this
Army, ", That it was one of the finest which
had ever sailed from this Country." Yet three
months after its return the Commander in Chief in-
forms the War-Minister, that it will require two
to get in a proper state of discipline, to be
sent on a Foreign Expedition, a force of 20,000
men. Thus, on grounds of their own slieWing, he •
would contend that the Criminality of His Mai
jesty's late Ministers is fully established. For what
purpose did they come to the House, year after year,
to ask, an increase of the Military Force of the
. Kingdom I Was it not that they might have a dis-
posable Force ready for every exigency ? It is no
defence against the charge which the Letter of the
Commander in, Chief coetalOs against thym, that
part of the force sent to Holland wai. Such as
was not fit for a distant Military Expedition.--
He would always contend, that it is a most unpar-
liamentary practice for 'Ministers to read extrails
from letters or papers not before the House, fortheir
own justification. But he recollthed well che'Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Durams) on a former occa-
sion, to repel a charge brought againit him, reading
-an extraft from a letter from Sir R.'A.aFF.t:ttOMBY
after the taking of the Helder, in which that Ge-
neral used the expression that the men drafted from.
the Militia in his Army, were a superior race of
men. This proves that the assertion is not true
that' there were none of the men drafted from the
Militia in the embarkation which sailed under Sir
R. As tit CROM BY. But it farther proves that these
men were not so undisciplined and unfit for military
operations as the Right Hon. Gentleman would
• now chase to represent them: But the Right Hon.
Gentleman has made an attack upon Gentle Men on
this side. of the House. It must be allowed 'that in
the • course' of the
.present War measures of great
violence have been resorted to Majesty's late
Ministers. 'He ;thanked God that they had uni-
forint), met with the most unqualified; opposition
from .11im, and those who with him theie Ministers
bad sometimes chosen to style the supporters of the.
principles of the French Revolution. He acknow-
ledged that he had approved 4)f the original princi-
ples of thatikrtolutton ; but it 'was the manner in
which thestprinciples had ,been abused and pervert-
ed,- thatisad enabled 1 he Right Hon. Gentleman, not
only to violate the Constitution and, Liberties of
this Country, but also to injure the cause of Liberty
throughout the world. The Right- Hon, Gentle.
111311 has said that we hold 4()NAPARTE in venera-
tion. He would not pretend to say what meaning
the Right lion. '.Gentleman affixed to the word ve-
neration. He was ready to acknowledge
.that he
admired• the successes of that illustrious roan, .and
,the talents which have commanded them ; but, be-
fore he could have his veneration,he has yet a greater
victory to gain- than any which he has yet gained—
a vidory, over himself. The talents which have
raised him to power, rank him am9ng the greatest
men of this or any other age ; but he must have the
virtue, the moderation, and the self-command to
lay down his power, and to grant tree. Libett-ty to
the Country which ,be .governs, 'before he 'can, in
his opinion, ,be entitled' to veneration. He farther
admired the moderation with which he had used,
his' power, , a moderation which; indeed, was his
best
.security for its continuance. He hoped that
it would be still farther displayed - in his lay-
ing down his power. Here be could not help.
contrasting for a moment the condua of 80.
l's7Al' 'alit with that of His Majesty's late Mi_
nisters, who, on tejet‘ling the dignified and mo-
derate Proposals for Negotiation which he hadMittle
to this'Conntry, represented him as with Out means,
Without resources, without power, and whose ruin
was inevitable if we did not,listen to his overtures,
which•theralledged was the only thing. which could
save him and establish his authority. [Here Mr.
GREY drew a short contrast, very unfavourable to
the condu4 of this •Country.l He had 'been led af-
ter .the Right Honourable Gentlenaan thUs far
from • the immediate Question before the House,
which is simply, 'whether this Letter from the-Com-
manaer io 'Chief ought to be produced I It
has been said that no—Parliamentary ground has
been shewn for thelgotion, and the Right' Hon.
Gentleman (Mr.t- Prrr), with that dexterity of de-
bate,‘ which ricvar:flii6 him, and which it would
-frequently have•heen bettor for the Country, if,he
possessed less,of„ contends, that it can be no
matter.of surprize, though-ao,ooo men, fit for
distant Foreign' Military Operation, amid not be
.gotJeady .in less than tWo months. But this is libt
a fair-representation of. the .case. Large Force bad
been granted, 'that' 'Disposable Force might al-
ways be. ready for
,tiv,Service of the Country. At
least twettty. thousand men returned from Rol-
- t he reoefere. the last drafts from 'the Say-
plementary Militia ; and there was, besides, the.
remainder of the Reguhr Army ; for 'surely, there
AVCrb sonic—AegAlar Forces lift in the. Country
during that Expedition. is then a strong ground of
acciisation againstthe te Mihivateratha!, considering
the MUM granted them, and the expettotionsAcy
10.1(1,otit to' ,the.coompryt when.ther refused..BoNA-
.maiit's'Ovirtures; cortAikring altip, that the Away
bad: returned,isois,.llollind .:114 ~1404 .127593 41iete

461111 lave. tr. t for, Foreign ...ervice at the end
i bet. fi • a •
Feb: rBOO, a force, of loom.) men. . Some Of
the., eircoMstances stated. by the Right Honohra-
hie Gentleman, the City, ent.oti of the,•Excliti-
QUiti, in, his opinion, formed new grounds 'Of
charge against them : For he states,. that the Bag_
gage of some of theßegiments did not arriie.in 1144-
lattd till after the re-embarkation Of the Troops.—
The 'point is this :--This Letter is called far as, a
ground of Charge against His•
•Majesty's late Mi.:,
nisters, and-according to all. Parliamentary. usage it
ought to be.grantedj except itiS asserted that souse
dangerous. consequettiWtothe Public will result
from its production. ',lf such an assertion is .made
explicitly_, he was conkinced that . then. his •HO-
nourable Friend would amend_his Motioni anti, only
move that such Extratts from it should be produced.
as may relate to. the subct of the state Of the
Army at the time at which it was written. • But
-how does this matter stand ?. The Right Hon. Gen,.
tlernant. who must be. acquainted with its contents,
makes no such assertion, but only states a not Call.
:tat, that it does not contain matter which it would •
be dangerous 40 reveal. If it doei", however, con-
: min such matter, what right had the Ai4ht Htin.
Gentleman, -then, not in office, to produce it at all,
• and to- make.kn-owa any of the contents of this
State deposit of State Secrets ? He would contend
that there it ground of serious charge somewhere ;
•He would-not- make it particularly agaillst the Right
- HO. Gentleman, bur it must fall either on him oar:
on the C,ommatider in Chief. On' these grounds he
would Support the Motion.. •
• lo.rd FOLKSTONE declared he would vote for
the Motion, as -a means of vindicating
,the Charader
of the -Militia. • He was not an Officer lof `the
Militia himself, but a near. relation of his had,
ever since the Comnieneement.of the War, devoted
much of his time, and sacrificed many comforts,
for the purpose of forming and improving, it, and
he conceived it cxtreme-ly hard that he, and those
who shave aEted liiLe him, should now be told.that,
the want of discipline in men drafted unjustly, and
unwisely-in hi 7 opinion, from the Militia, was
.the
cause why a 'great plan of Government could not be
carried iota effed.

Sirs744lfgS ST. pLAIR ERSKINE began by
observing, that some Geetlemen seemed to ..have
formed a very erroneous idea of the meaning of.the
word discipline,. for that each man in a regiment
might be puled master of the manual exercise, and
yet the regiment might not be well disciplined.
He agreed itith-those who'supported this Motion,
who said that if a force was not ready .when lc
ought to be, and was appointed to be ready for any
specific purpose which the service of the Country
demanded, blame:was imputable same where, and
for his own part, he.had no doubt 011 what quarter
that blame should, alone rest ; it ccrtainly.must be
fixed on the Commander inChief; but, heconteni-,
ed„that on examination of.all the Cads in this case,
there would 1,4 found no blame to be imputable to
the'lllnst riousCommander inChiefupon this occasion,
from his not having a .force of 20,000 men semi),
can the iBth of February last, to:be sent on foreign
service.i—The first, embarkation or Troops on the
Expedition. to Holland, under Sir RALPH. An ea—
. eseosaay, consisted of almost all the . old regular
Troops in this country ; he, could not say that
these were none of theforce made up frOM the Mili-
tia, mixt with the .regular Troops ; but 'if aey,
they composed but a small part of that ernbarkatiou.
The other .two embarkations -consisted principally
of drafts from the Militia Regiments. He said he
did not mean . to enter 'into an, examination -of
the plari or condu& of the Expedition ;
nor
,to inquire whether the 'troops sent on that,Ex-
pedition. were such as were adapted to the °b led for
which they were sent, but what was most ruterial
tai the consideration of thi; question, was tit: time
of the return of these Troops : they returned,,prin_
eipally, in November, but he Would ventrrre to say
that. they had pot all arrived at, and taken up their
winter. .quarters in this Country. until about Christ-
The old re,,ytilar Troops which 'returned from
the Expeditioe, were almost imitiediately after sent to
Ireland for the defetiee'of that met df His Majesty's
dominionS; the remainder of the Troops, Consisting
of drafts from the Militia,, certainly, required train_
night be fttl idually,
but as a body they could not be. well disciplined,
considering. that they were drawn from different
regiments, and composed-of partiei.which,were not
accustomed to akt in concert with each. other.—
This was one part of the'force of which the Expe-
dition to the Mediterranean was composed : the
other pacts, composed of drafts from the Irish
tia Regiments, hadl not even .exi'f:tence at Christmas,
for the Bill enabling His INl*3ty to.nrike that
draft had not then passed., .He thereforeconteoded
that, considering .the severity Of That winter, it was
not at all surprising to ,any. Man, nor could any
blame at all, be imputable the,..Commander in
Chief, because this force was not in readiness. to•be
sent on that distant and fereign. Expedition by the
20th of February. Nay, he conceived it-was alto-
gether impossible they,could have been ready. .Q.n
the Continent, if an Army is. to be sent:from the
Rhine't6the Alps,,or, from Flanders to the ljamilie,
they have a long march to perforip, and everyday's,
march tends to imptuve the .soldiers in their,
cipline ; but, in ',this COuntry, when a Fereign Ex-
pedition is planned, -the Troops must be‘ as •,well
disciplined and prepared for service, when eutlatr,keti
on board the.ship, as they ought to be whe:o 400
at the place of their destination. tempted
much that 'the Right Hon.Gentleman,(tMe.:AulspAs)
had, Oct a former night, quoted either , the lietter
now in question, or that from Sir CHAR L S,TV R ;
he was pleased, however, to see,that„the 4-,\tratis
which the 1t ht lionourAle. Coalman_ becl,quoted
from the Leiter of a bllev'ed ,friend of Mist now no
more (Sir CHA,STO4R.T), had gieen what he him_
self knew to , be a irtte—acceuot of, the motives of
thit gallant Officer's declining, the ,cotprnand of.
the Expedition to Ahe rta titian ; and he had
been.still.more pleased to find, ,thou the same Right
Hon. Gendeman had ,stated that the Jefusal p 1 Sir
LitAR,LBS STUART
, to,accept the comtnanLlhad not:
occasioned any delay to ,the sailing of the.k.'6edi„
lion • in fail, this was a complete viodieation of
that.gallant Officer, hut, which, was , I)Pthint More,
than. was due to h'ts2elheraiteei he liOped, bowev.er,
thitt would poi obtainasa. prapie..lo Ain't },*oust,,
io ittlPte.:Glift44r4t4d .10,*Offpirt ..oificera 'to 0.0.,

virnn'< nt, as that might cftcii recd rhiieh to ti.e
prejudice bit;le Service". He contludtd • with
pressing-his dtcided opliolitifin to the. Motion.
en/orel ALEXANDER . 110 PA,
had falleti from Mr. QII.UY reVe4ling rnr pyres.
Sir RALPH Aaittc-itowri's Letter bilihd
idking, of the Helier, regard tb the
,that body .of mei) to whom Sir R.
AlER.ckomsY reterredi. did not form any part of
the Ilinnbarkation which sailed with Sir-R:4ptio•.:.
ettomit, but arrived.n the 9th, itn,3 ivayernptoy...
ed on the loth, so thi_the stlitenni:of the
cau:citt of.the•Extxt%tirA, respe.iting the.nature
of the Force•which . sailed with ,Sir 11.6Lrzt MIER.
CROMBT, %vat still COira;
•

Gtigi and Mr. ADniirtrdiAntitiiiiik
• -

Mt. Bovine te stipported'the Motion.
NIC,LIOLf S. stippoteect it also, and Said that
the two fals admitted in.the cdtirse of the Debate -
first, ", That • 20,906 men were .not' -Ttadi: to be
employed in a :Foreign Expedition on' the 28th of
February, ISop;" secondly, .11 Tharlarge and
beral Supplies, both of (den and Money, had been
granted,t(i'Ministers," Wete..the strongest grounds
of inquiry that could be adduced ; add he thought
that If the .house should now decide that.Ahej, were
not sufficient to induce the House tO vote for the
present Motion, he knew of nothing that would be
sufficient to induce them to vote ter any Inquiry •
at all; ' • k •
The SECRETARY at W4R gaid, that the small
Army Which.was kept in this Country in time of
,Peace, had always been the cause of a great deal of
difficulty in the sp,:cdy colle:iing any Military.
Force: to be employed on a ilereign Expedition
besides this,: the state of the Country, during the
continuance ..of the present War; hid been such as
.req-uired that a mare than ordinary Force should be
retained init. in his Yin'," it could not, therefore,
.be sorpritin g, that some' difficulty should be foual
.in colleCting, in a less period than that of two
months, such a' Force as zO,Ooo men. Nor aid he
see thar 'any:blame' was imputable to Ministers, or
to the Commander in Chief, because such a Force
could not be otore regularly' prepared: Fe defended
the Dutch Expedition front tile eliarges Which had
been made against it by•Mr.G Y, and contended,'
that do Parliamentary ground had been aciduced for
the Motion ; fur no probable ground of .chirge:
against either 'the Ministers. Cr the Commanderi-iti.',
Chief,' had been established.. in this case; and he
should always oppose `the dairine that a Paper must
be granted, if asserted
.to such as would form
.ateground of.Chate. Ott the conmry, he thought
the ranting any Document of this kind should
never he greed to, unless there was a probable
ground laid, that such Paper or Document would
support 'some Charge ma{b
thought no blame w4s
,
Name' to' the Du u E Of Y 0 Ra, itn' this t ransatlion
but he was clearly of opinion that blame ought to
attach some where. A.tevie* of 'Some plaiti. facts
mid circumstances, would sheW where that blame
a attally ought
,to rest ea: 1y period of tha
War, it Wasiouncl-that the Militia Force in Ireland
was inhdequAte to 'the &ilea
.for which it was de.
signed ; and it had been found Also, that the ordi-'
nary methods of recruiting could tier supply the de-,
feel. Right Hon., Gentleman (Mr. DormAsY
thought that: be could supply it by drafts frbm •
the Supplementary Militia :. for ..his own 'part',-'he
had altv:ays, thought that -this was a very ineireaual
methed of recruiting, and recommended a recourse
tp the method, of +aft, from' the present Militia of
the COuntyy. This might he an unpalatable mea-
sut,e; but it was Ote.only one by Which We Were sure
of procuring an erdlive force. However, the Right
Hon. Glint. (vlr.•Dowtms) persevered in his elan ;
the Troops so procur4,..wereemploYed in the hqe-
dition to HollAnd : this Expedition General TARLE.
Tot,/ censured- as a melt:Rite that was altogether
foolish. tie deprecated aloe idea ofthe'L'etters of
Officers being read in that and .'more partk
cularly, -he said, in the garbled and mutilated
that this Letter and that Of Sir CtitkAL ES' SttlAlol`
had- been read and garbled by the Right Hon,,Gen—
tleman. He complitined alto_,. that Sir CUARLES =-
STUART aril Sit CiIARL ES (Ail' .had —nat. been
treated as, by their extraordinary merits;-they
served ; and he said that they would' have perform.
(.3 much more essential -service to their' COuntry
than they had'done, if it 'had not" been' for-604:311y'
of Ministers, in not granting them proper force. As,
to Sir CHARLES ~STUART (that brave Cor:pnander,,
now no more), I).e. c6uld 4.-,‘,2r that the reamn given
the &Iglu- Hon.' Gclitimian (Mr.Diri.inAstfor'
ins not accepting. thecommand of the Expadition
to the Nlq:literiiiiciiiv\y,af nor the true one. He con-
cluded with
,calling on all gfficers who had served,
and Who were likely to serve their• Country; to'
rotefor‘th. p, Motion, as the best means of putting
an end to 'the praOice of, reading. Letters in .that
liouse,.;arMittisters might, 'do for their own insti.
tication.

Mr:./RINDAS 'did not mean to have risen on
The present Debate, but he'felt itimseif upOn.
to do it, to advert to,.s;me. things had Clan
from the licn, Ocneral ho had just sat down, and
more par't;en4 la to repil an insinuation'whielt lice
had uttered,
.that. he . had, thrown .lout, -aspersions
against the,couldua, of three different persons,, for.
all of vvilotn he bad ever entertaitied the highest'
resped-L, the iliuscr uus Commander ill Ch;.ei„
CHARL Pc S tl ART) and Sir CitAit 5t.401
ii*PclatiOn:i, be WnoUld Wit ;;liar lion. Gtneral,
ntight_tiot made ; .he viotild defy
hint tO prove. that, either-in wotkls or in :ietioni, he
Wad ever sh'ewn'any thing i.l?r
.the lughest ..respea
slot. the condtta eh a rat% r . the r crsons 404
to. With regard, to tiro of them at leas
t, the case
it 'very' difere tit from whit; the4Ton.Genthil would
tepreseiiii for the tactthat he never recimitineotic4
to His MAnisry any, Ex.plitic,ri or -111iiitary opt,
that he dill not at recom«
mend to His MAtprzy tOkappoint .one .ot other of
these gallant Oake ts to the Commitod of its,,
had doctune in his P011hF34611, would. prove
.the truth of what.,4lle.,PsNrtgd. 'Anti- so fit as
he could
,from leper! to himsOffrom' each of
'them, he s convinced tint theS,' Oitertalnid-Veff
different opinions of -his' Coildne't to them, front thoie
which the Hon.,o,sneral hqd lightly
,exprrssed,
ire fait at Alosi how to,repty tc the very opposite
a rsuments, which the Motion.w.o4een 1 41)011,

TH E intelligence which we gave in our Paper of
yesterday from the Paris Papers, of the disaster
stated to have befallen our Army in Egypt, discre.
cited by MO.,' circumstance, received before night
i:s complete refutation, We received, at a late
hour, Paris Papers of the rod), one day subsequent
to the former. The Moniteur is wholly silent on
ej4 subject of. -Egypt, and the Clef du Cabinet,
which notices this pretended Letter, from Malta,
that contains the news, discredits it, by observing
,that it requires confirmation.

The Pails Papery of the 18th, shew us what
have been the Secret Articles of the Treaty of
ry.ace between France and '*a,ples, by informing us
of the march of difTerent Columns of the Army of
General MURAT, in orcler to take possession of
sevcr.ll important place', in the kingdom of Naples,
by means of which, t'ae Clef du Cabinet flatters it:
()elf, the French-willbe able to reach llfalta.—An
insurrndie4 has, it: is said, taken place at' Rome,
gild this has,furnislietr Mua W4h a pretence for
bending a part of his T;Oops thither, It is easy to
:foresee what be-thefate pf the Smith of
Italy, if, a 4. rtieto'steins season tt>~ believe, the
Pnlieror At.,EXova a .shpuld break the, connexion
which united•his friciecAssorto Fronde.'

Two `Of t 1 F. .I^a r is Papers, The Publiciste,
and c; Dehgtsl. have been suppresses(,
the latter rner4g ,9r it'avi.,4g announced tht:temoval
of the Embarg")tinp.,:,:cf on our Ships'lniloSsia :--
.the other for poine trifling faults P:f the pine kind.
These despotic aft; stfiteiently shew wbat soil, of
spirit'do the Frereh Govetimont-
The Papers of t!te r9tlllTor4 us lithe matter for
extrift. The folloWina are the only -Pafggr(phs

" It appears. (says .the Clef du C abialt), that
Peace is very far advanced between France and the
Porte, if it be not already.
,concluded.
" The sudden death of the Emperor P.urt, has
occasioned a great sensation among the brave Danes,
and it is said to have been the cause of the pro-
longation of the Suspension of Hostilitier..
" MOREAU is' sonn c*litilied at Paris.

" The following article is extraaed from a Paper
printed id the. States of the Ktno of PRUSSIA, and
with the privilege of His PlursslAN MAJESTY
Lauer Rhine, 31st March, Several Leiters from
the North announce, in a very positive manner, Me
death of a great Prince. They add, that the Poli-
tical System of*Europe will probably not be shaken
by.this unexpected event, as his Successor has already
confirmed the subsisting arrngements."

A vessel arrived yesterday-in the Downs -which
left Hamburgh on the f6th instant, one day after
:the, last Hamburgh Mail.—The Master of her
states, as a report when he came ttway, that• the
Danish Troo?s were to evacuate Flamburgh on the
following day.

One Harnlurgh Mail remains:due.

His MAJESTY ye;terday, accoinpattied b;y the
Qurst and FrRINCESSES, took an airing in .ICew-
gardens.
A Council was yesterday held at the Secretary of
State's Ofice. Several of the persons accused of
Seditious-Practices were brought up-to be examined.
Yesterday being the -first dAy of Easter Term,
the Judges N,ent in procession to Westminster, to
open the Courts.
The LORD CHANCELLOR , attended in the Court
of Chancery at twelve o'clock, and took the. Oaths
of Office in the presence of Lord LOUGHDOROUGH,
Lord KENYON, Lord HAWKESBURY, tOrd.CHA-
THAm, and several other.Mcmhers of Council.
. Patents are making out at • the Secret:icy of State's
Office, for calling Mr,..„PELHA,...t, Lord LEIVISHHni,
and Sir PEPPER A.I6EN, to the Hosuse or Peers.
Assoon as.- the death 'of-'the Emperor PAUL was
knoiVn in England, orders were: sent 'out to
GARLIKE, the Seeretary of Embassy at Berlin, to
repair 'to Petersburgh ; and 'on Monday evening
M. de BOISSY, a Gentleman- well kriown for, iris ta-
lents,
.and an Officer in the Regiment .de Meurou,
• left Town with dispatches :to count,.de PAULEN,
the Prime Minister of the Empetor, who is person-
ally. attached. to. M. de. Boa ssv.
Mt.CASSAMAJOR is to.succeed Mr.-GARLIKE, as
• Secretary of Legation at herlin..
• -
Yesterday a Court of Direlors was held at.thc
East India House, when the Court voted the .stun of
Five Hundred Pounds to the Committee at LloO's,
towards the Relief of the WidoWs and.c_Thildren of
thqse brave' Tars who fell in„thelate. Amish lin-.
gagernent. Tile Court adjourned at six o'clock till
Wednesday next. • ,
The Compirly4 China Fleet, consisting of the
• ships Telunton :Castle, Albion, Woodford, .Alfred,
Earl of 4bergaiienny, _D*4 of Bucrieugb,"Warley,
arch Belvidere, are. expe6ed f0..t.1e dispatched from
the Indiaa-house- in the course of next week, as they
are all 'arrived at Portsmouth, and only wait for
their dispatches.

• Lieut. W. WILKINsbN, first of the ,Elephant, in
'consequence of his officer-like eondut in the Ation
offtopenhagen, is promoted to the rank of Coin..
mander, ard appointed to the. Ho/steimi of 64. guns.
This is the Gentleman who.was so severely wounded
in the head and chest, in the ever memorable. Bank
of the Nile. He was then a-Lieutenant on board
the, Goliath, Capt..FoLiY,

The KING has, been pleased to appoint-the Rev,
Guoscr BURRAR D, A. Fellow of Merton,
College, Oxford, one of His. Majesty's ChapLtios
in Ordinary. I •

TH E Tit EATIt R. new Opera was`,brought
forward last night at CoVent-garden Theatre, under
the title of,The Blind Girl, or, 4 Receipt. or Beauty.
The seenelies in Peru. • The heroine, Clara, is the
daughter of,Bonito, an apothecary ; she is supposed
to have lost her sight ii infancy`; but notwith-
standing her calamity, she. is ,perseeuted wiih the
addresses of ralemtia, .sbri..inj4w of the Viceroy,
who attempts to carry her off. thii moment -she
is rescued by Frea!eiick, an English surgeon, who
restores her to sight, and who receives her hand as
a recompense. li'redetick professes to have invented
A wonderful cosmetic :• he prepares some of it, and
gives it to his man Sp/ash, who gets into high
your by mending the complexion. of the Viceroy's
Lady. The Viceroy, a gOod-humoured old mall,
who hates. the .fatiguer of State, places, SWash in
the 'seat of Justice. He decides in a whimsical
inahner, but with due regard to the merits of the
causes. A young Inia, descended from' ancient
Kings of Peru; had' a sister who was iChiCed by
Roderic, a Spanisli Nobleman, This sister dies
with grief, .and during the funeral ceremony, ito-
cleric' is seen by herbrother, to whose vengeance he
falls a viftim, and is pardoned by. Spiasb, when in.
vested with the Viceroy's authority.—Such are the
materials upon which. this Opera is founded.' Ii i
ascribed to 11/fr.-I'vlorrolv, who seems to have. chit tly
aimed at gratifying the prevailing 'taste for show
and music. The scenery is indeed very magnifi-
cent,.
and the Piece As enriched with procession,,,
'dances, 84-c.' The -MuniEf is 1.)y..14 E V.E and. MA A
and not, very striking:—
We .have not space,,to ,enter into, the merits of the
Flew, which was f:Wpnrabiti-^ i.eCeivcci on ttie whale,
by a very nurriiisus
Tuesday evenirigi' Estber Davis was ex.inlineci at
.the Public Office, Bow-street,. on. a charge of gi ring
herself a, Palle chars ter; to obtain a service in the
Mr.,R..in Red Lion-Squarg:: The Ma-
gistrates being Of opinion that the tig-enci wati dear)y
established, convittea the Prisoner in .the penalty of
201, together with ros;Costs„.aidireaed by :theAd,
but-.which being unable inynediately -to pay 4 the
was committed- to ~the HouSe of COireition-, Cold
Bath-fields,: there 0;6 kept .to 1140440 u: fur chic
month.

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PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22.

SAILED last night, His Majesty's Ship Hind,
Capt.LA' R com, for Quebec,. Halifax; &c. with the
. ,
Ships'boupd to those Nits under convoy:

Arrived tlis. y, liis;Majesty's. Ship Maidstone,
with her Convoy. :sit —talie4--for_ the Dawns on
Sunday 1a4,,,.hut... put.:bail 6y. 'reason of contrary

winds..

The Arithunz Frigate, Capt. WoLL Ey, will sail
to-morrow for tbe Cape of GOOd Hope, with the
Bengal and Madras Ships,. '