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tot to, reSign-' the 'command of the army ; Tre-tni.
derstood- a proposition -of this'kittd Nati been drawn
,Alf) io the band-Writing Of Sir D. Dundas, Which'
had been approved of by several Officers, and only
laid aside through the -opposition Of One. Such
proceedings, he thought, ought, might to be put a
stop to.. It was. but yesterday he was informed; in
the street, -that an address, drawn up by a Clergy-'
Pan, which was neither more nor less than a'series
of compliments to the Duke, which concluded by
advising him still to retain the Command; ' had
been carried to a :bookseller, Who Very commend-
ably refused to have any thing to do with it.—
, This conduEt he could not think • consistent
with their, duty. Had the charges been brought
against any other person, it would not have men-
pied them two days, hardly' two hours, instead of
being (torn the Ist of Februaly'' to the 20th of
March, making inquiries, and discus Sing the merits
of the case. When. the Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Wardle) brought them forward, Ministers had. ex-
,
, pressed themselves glad ibat they were at length
brought forwaid ien a tangible shape.' They were
much 'obliged to him for bringing them forward,
that they might reply ; . but now, after all, they.
Would not thank him. One Gentleman had said if
lt.velte of thanks was proposed he would oppose it;
thougii it he i(Mr. W.) did not mistake, he was
nariginally among « the Thankers ;" but whatever
they might do, he was entitled to the thanks of the
enaniry, rind he did not doubt but ninety-nine out
of every hundred would give him that praise be so
well deserved.
' • ' Mr. ADDlNcerow explained. . •
The' See'IiC,TARY at WAR rrise to reply to that
Tart` of the. 'loth Gentleman's, (Mr. Whitbread)
speech relatina t the Address such a thing had
'frat'TelY••b*rt -propisied in conversation, 13 Officers
only were present, several of whom took no part in
what passPcl. Le knew nothing of what the Hon.
Gentleman had teen informed' ot in the street, •
Mr. WHITBEEkb had understood that a 'paper
had
ibeen drawn t;p in the hand writing of Sir D.
ntili" i
s. He wished' to knew f the design was
abandoned ? .
The SECRETARY at WAR Stated, that it was,. as
'ar as he knew.. He , was not aware ut any such
paper,
Mr. CANNlNdsaid, if 4nelLa thing lied only been
spoken of in a loose conversation it w: s wholly un-
important, but if otherwise, such ,cOndut.i. merited
punishment. • - -
'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to
ef Plain that he had not deserted the Duke; but
Hs the resianation 'of his Royal Highness'. was his
•
own na solely, he thought any interference on Lis
Part improper.
General LOFTtA, with respea to the 'Address,
. • Stated, that no regular steps were taken towardi
framing one, the subje& Was merely started tai cell,
versition,
Mr. LEE KECK spoke, but Go indistinctly as to
VeClUde the possibility it a faithful report.
Aftei, some observations in reply from Mr.
IlperunasT, strangers were ordered to withdraw.
Mr., Eiviguhrr, we understand, withdrew his
• The 'goose then divided on the Amendments.
Faitie“Chitneeller of the Exchequer's
For Lotd Althorpe's . , iis
lilujodty a fivour of the Chime. Of the Exchequer's-123
'Vile Amendment proposed by: the CHANCELLOR
`l4,r the Ex(“ii,r2ll.i was the omission of the word
eveBrti-t;0"1-71: that Ulr. \
Q "tr‘re:yadmitted.—e coul Wd how-
,
M
respecting General Clavering N"
postponed his otion
to Thursday next.
Lord ii*k.37°lls also postponed, his motion re-
Sifeeqtilefar,th_er Clialges against his oyal Highness
Adjouril Xatork to the 17th thy of April.
Eleven o'clock. •

TO 'CORRESPONDENTS..
We intended" to insert a continuation of the valuable
" Ins flisTOatcat., Raviaw ow Buoaa-
'4atz's CAMPAIGN IN this days but a Incas
c'q Mallet ptevents us.

11..1 • MAILS.
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T E SU N.

soLisa DICILIta PALSU►I ACURA r ?

.1, 0 N D 0 N,
TaYEADAY., MARCH I , 1809.

We feel great pleasure in heingle to contradia,
in the most Tiositive manner, and upon the best an-
, thority, report of the loss of? the Live Torigate,
with the whole of her crew. It was stilted that this
;intelligence was brought by. the : we can.
,fissure our Readers that the Swallow did not hying
eny su::!1 account, our is there the slightest shadow
of fottliklatiop.for any part of the report:

Into igence of a most satisfaCtory nature was yes-
lf"day received trom Spaini Which states that a fresh
-nst!rreClioa had broken out in the North-went of
44,111 against the French: A veil), considerable
Spani4l force has been colleEted in the neighbour-
ht'uti of Vigo, Pontekdra and Villagrave. The
Peaiants have been engaged in several, skirmishes
with the Licipy, and have been victorious. The
French force at Corunna consisted of about 800, at
Bt' Jag° Iboo, in Padria 300, in - Pontevedra 400,
Illut their chief force; consisting of about 10,000
was 'in a positien betWeeP Tuy and Orense.
'l:she Spanish army, under the command of the Mar-
(1:116 de In RQIIIANA, was beyond Montinez, on the
rotalers of. Portugal. The Patriots had received a
ItiPply_ of muskets and ammunition from the
e •
t:110 of the Live/y,aud the general aspea of affairs

promises a thorc 'favourable result than might be ex.
'petted frott recent 'disasters.

•.: . , .
• Wa ComMunichted. to our Aeadeis, in apart of
`OUr Edition Of yesterday, the important intelligence
"of the commencement of, hostilities between Ans-
lria .and France. This intelligence does not. come
Officially; but was contained in private letters of the-
17th inst. ' They state, that the French having ad-
vanced a corps, with the intention of obtaining pos-
session of the City of Trieste, the Austrian troops in
•that neighbourhood, were immediately collected, and
an engagement took place, in which the French
were defeated. Another very important fact men-
tioned' in these letters is, that the Austrians have
taken pessession.of Dresden. We know not whe-
ther this step was liken with or without the
,consent of the Government of Saxony; but. the
possession of Dresden will be of most essentiatad-.
vantage to Austria. We trust that it will 'appear
that the Austrian and Saxon Governments have
Jaded' in concert upon this occasion, and we have
little doubt, if 'BtiONAPA'ATE should not be attended '
with' 'his,Usual Success in the ()inset of this contest,
that all 'the . Princes who have been forced intO the.
.Confederation'of the Rhine, will eagerly tkrom off
the-yoke, and join against their-common Oppressor.
It was reported also yesterday, that the Austrians
had obtained some successes in Bavaria. Thew
can be little' dOubt that the principal exertions
of AuOria will be •direeted to that quarter and to the
Tyrol. The Tyrolese, though' forcibly • detached
from Austria by the Peace of Presburgh, have upon
all occasions manifested the mast ardent attachment
to the Austrian Government, and they have vety!re-
cently resistee, by farce, the orders•ol the. King of
Bavaria for enlisting a certain number of troops -in
the Tyrol. The Austrian Government haVe.taklo
advantage of this disposition, and - we ' have no
doubt that we shall shortly hear that the whole of.
the Tyrol has declared in favour of Austria.-'--;
With respeCt to the determination ,of Russia and
Prussia, we have received no positive infornia-
. lion ; "but it is stated that BUONAPARTE has corn-
plaitied,, rather/ in strong terms, of the tardiness
which the 'Emperor ALEXANDER has displiyedin the
performance of his engagements with Prance. If
this be true, we may at least look for ttli6,'nentrality -
of Russia in the approaching confliCi between Au-
stria and France. Indeed, nothing short of talual
,insanity 4131 d induce, the Emperor ALEXANDEIIIO,
take an active part •in assisting France to overwhelm
the Austrian Monarchy. With respe& to Prussia,
She has it not now in her power; as She had in Sep-
tember, 180.5," to turn the Scale between Austria
and Frances but leer military fore! is by no means
utterly annihilated. The King of Prussia has for °
some time beenendeavouring to restore his army to
semething likes state of respeClabiliti, and we believe
that the whole Prussian Ariny now amounts' to little
less than. 50,00() men, M. STEIN, who was lately'
proscribed by BUONAPARTE, and was obliged to quit
the Prussian territory, drew upon himself the resent- 1
$
went of the Tyrant, principally by his exertions to
restore the military force of Prussia. The King of '
Prussia was compelled, in obedience to the Mandate
of BUONAPARiE, to issue a Proclamation, offering a
reward fOr the apprehension 'of his own l‘finister,
who had been guilty of no other crime but that of
giving. his Sovereign faithful and honest advice,
M. STEIN, however, was fortunate enough to tired
Austrian
% f
his escape into the A States.

We have made some extracts (rem the Dutch Pa-
pers which. arrived yesterday but the intelligence
they contain is not of 'very great importance. ,The
Proserpinql Frigate is stated to have been talien in
the Mediterranean, by two FreaCh Frigates,. after '
a severe action. ' In an article dated Paris, March
12, it.is saril',iYiat General PALAME died at Saragos-
sa, the beginning of this month. We have' little
doubt that his death was fir:Cc:rented by the means
which BuoNA-AnTa,luis so frequently ernproyed to
get rid of formidable opponeia.4.
1

The Topaz, French Frigate,, h:ts been taken off
Guadaloupe by the Cleopatra and Hazard Sloop,
with troops and flour, on board; and two National
Brigs, thelVapokon and Josephine, are also taken:

Tie proceedings respe4ing his Royal Highness
the Duke of YORK are at length brought to a close.
The CHANCELLOR of tile Eseitcatiili, yesterday
evening, communicated to the House of Commons
the substance of his Royal Highness's Letter, to his
MA.resTY, tendering his' resignation; and 'his MA-
JOSTY'S answer. Mr. BATHURST, however, per-
sisted in moving' the Resolution of which he had
previously given notice; but Lord Aurnorbra moved
an Amendment, stating that his Royal Highneos
having resigned, the House did not now think it
necessary to proceed any further. 'The CHANCEL*
tOlt of the Exottsuoart approved of this Amend-
ment, with the excePtion of the word now, which
he moved to leave'out, and his-motion was agreed
to by a Majority of 50,5 to 1 ti.). t,ord ALTnount's
motion, thus amended, was then sgreed

V Ilutta I umvui ast.SVC CO
respecting
the appointment of a Boiird .(O dirt; et the Affairs.Of
tho A•itiny, upon 'plan similar:lo that of the-Board
ot: Admiralty, and the 'names even of the :General
Officers iv'ho are to compose this Board have % been'
mentioned. We have, 'however, reason to believe
th4t there :is no. 'fotintlat ion whatever for these.rn..
mours. Sir DAVID DUNDAS will probibly.be ap
pointed to succeed. his Rbyal Higlines# as -Corn.:
triander ins Chief, and certainly it mould be impossi-
ble to find in the service an Officer better qualified
for the situation. • -

There was no Court of Alderinen held to7day ;
but the LORD MAYOR, after,inspeaing the returns
of the'mealWeighers, Ordered the P.ride,of Bread to
fall id. .per Peck; the QUartern Loaf will then be
is. 21d.
'tag ARkY. —The 68th (dr Porhain Regi-
men!) which has just been made a Light Infantry
Regiment) like the 43d and-.52k is now one pt
the finest in the service, and eXpeals very soon
,to be employed. The. 77th (1.4 d CAVAN'S Re-
giment, commanded by. Colonel WHITELOCKR,
has moqhed into Winchester. This regiment will
very soon tr.:employed. The 2d battalion of. the 7tll
(or 11048114 e liig4landers) have, just gone to Scot.:
land, a skeleton, in order to recrnit.:- That tine body
of men, the ,Nyrshire Militla;l'cornmatided by Sir
DAvio IipNTF.R 131,Afft, is :it present at Horsham
beriacks, Su sex. The kith Regiment of Dra-
• gonns, quartered in Hampshire,. is ordered to proceed
to Falinouth, to embark fur foreign service. The de-
tachtuent'at Southampton marched yesterday. Wed..
nesdny, about tGo recruits disembarked at Cowes
him] Cork, and' marched for the army depot.
The Bill for completing the 'Militia of Great Bri-
tain has been printed. It enacts, among other things,
that . , - •

Special Constables shall rot be. exempt frorn ierving in the
Militia.— Persons chosen by laaliot, and not serving, arc to
be liable to a forfeit

Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor may raise men
as VOltutteCTS.

No Rates of Subscription to be made for inducing persons,
to volunteer.

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Volunteers not to be exempt, unless they shall have served
'the lull number of days.
Persons .ballotied under the Traininz Ae.t not exempt, Dior
Officers upon hall. pay. .
Att not to extssid to the City of London.

Tus TREATS R.—We have much pleasure in stat-
ing, that the . performance which took 'place last
,night at the Opera House, for the benefit of the
Drury-lane -Company of Comedians,. was attended
by. a very numerous. audience. The play was The
'Horsey Neon, and the Performers all exerted them--
selves with zeal and ability. A passage repeated by
PEttLicv, respecting 'resignations,. was caught held
of by some persons who,;e feelings are not to be en-
. vied, and made the subjed of vulgar exultation ;
and the notorious' Mrs. CLARKS, who,. it is said,
was present, appeared, as might indeed be expeated,
to be not, a little gratified on the occasion.
Mr. KEMBLE' was; to have performed in . the Tra-
gedy of ,King L.ear last niglit at the Haymarket
Theatre, but being indisposed, The ,Iteveme •was
sabstltuted, -alter some difficulty in ending Mr.
lotit4P, who, -not.expecting to be called on, was
gone out of town.

tortinit, now perform ng at ridiuborgh, where
he in: s-ilYst apriearance for the season on
Thursday last, in the tinit ut liarn/d, and ,was re-
ceived with greatapplauso.

Mrs. BILLitiGTON, who has been some time in-
disposed, is better, but not likely soon to reanimate
the mpsicel circles..

Mr. Dts:oND, the respeBable proprietor of the
Bath The.nre, has'positively contrad4aed the reports
that incendiary letters had been sent to him threaten-
ing danger to that property.
Yeineiday,. as a gentleman was taking 'an airing
on horseback in Hyde ?ark, his horse took fright,
and threw him with such violence as to break ku;th
his legs. 'flee horses then rap towards Hyde Perk
Corner, and in ,his course knocked down a man
who attempted. to stop him, and, who, was mueli
bruised. • • '

'Yesterday a chimney caught fire in Little Drtiry-.
lane. A child, who was alone in the morn at the
time; went to the fire-place to endeavour try put it out;.
but, unfortunately, going too near, its cloths caught
fire, audit was burnt "so dreadfully that it expired
whilst conveying to the hospital. •
An intelligent and highly. Valued Correspondent
has communicated thefollowing.discription of the
Manner of Concluding, commercial concerns in that
part of St. Domingo goVerned by ClicistOphe •
On the arrival of any vessel, before the Captain:or
Supercargo is allowed to cotnnience any of his *ilea,
he is obliged to repair, personally,, to Christophe
(wherever -he may 'be), and under charge of an
Officer, for the purpose of,exliibitin.,,, tlie invoice at
his cargo to the, Black GeneraL,'C Christop he, then
marks y,halever articles he chooses to take. for his
oNtrn use, and that oldie Government, on
he fixes his own prices; and for which he pays. in
coffee, at from 11.:3 to t !sons ; the:rest oft he cargo
may then be offered for sale generaily... it is ut-
terly useless io remonstrate against any of the con-,
'ditions; however, which 4t3 prescribes ;
and to refuse
,lion 'tire articles lie - has marked,
,is it, ileed a aerie of danger', not enly to the
pail, ref using,-but to any one who should happen u
purchase such goods. Sc well is this understoottat-
Capri Francois, that any one bUying the articksfiX-
ed on, as before described, would be considered•as
Marked out for early and certain .Massaere. It is
'else a well known foci, that a. the timeChristop-he
has forced cotne on merchants at e. 3
although it could been bought-. fit Cape
Francois at and under. ten sous. Every person
in the Cape is, so imMediately under his controul,
that he has the powerof thwarting every measure of
those who are obnoxions to him,' and which he ne-
ver fails to do, by refusing any aid to, the repairing
Or "refitting of their vessels, or in whatever' other
manner he can exercise his malignant passions upon
them.

On Stuiday:rilotnin poor woman, 'Opt wile of
one of tlae privates iu the Life Guards, thivx
self iiito the Serpentine Riv4v. A. blacksmith, who
oft the spot, piti.pged ban. thb sailggle
-she kept him so lvtip, uuder water,, that wlie6
brotiatit oet,, by the as :static of others,'iht;sl
both takell to St. Georges Workhouse, where the
Watt, it i 3 faxed, will flQt survivv,

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BraMUDA, FED:. 6.—A Court Martial was held
here on the 9.atli ult. and continued hyadjonrAMetit
until the 3011),-for the triatOf the CaPtiirr, Offic'er',
-.Pilot, and Ship's Company, for the loSi df
late Ship Bii7reertir, which was unfartunktfirt
wrecked in November last, in the River St. Lirvi-
rence, on her .passage to Queb.,:c.—.-The Cont:t
of up; t,idn,`that the loss of the Ship
.Was Occasioned
by the hadnot *being kept going. The 111391,-..1
severely reprimanded, and 'the' Seeoad Lietrenon't
was distniksed the soviet. in -consequence of it ap-
pearing in evidence that he quittcd the .feell.
during his watch, ler .a short time, and the Ship
haring struck in the said watch. The Captain anci
other Officers and Ship's Company were acqutited.
The "ille/untpus, Cap! . at,+wxrit, has ca ptiired rid
sent in belle a French-Corvette,'nf I'6 guns and 85
havintg on hourd a -conderable quantity t.f
flour and gunpowder. from Cherbaigh, hound to
the rciid of the French troops 'in the city t.,z Sr.

Domingo.
'The Capfain and 01110ers of the Banterer tetio
to Europe in the Prize Stup Frown, lately copturo
by tbe Sulifisqre and sent in here.
The troops. from Halifax which ha've been in ti e
Expedition to Martinique are umveCted here',
and *lll wait untOthe season of returning to Nova`
Scotia is salt.

Provisions of all descriptions Are particllarly scarce
here. The crews of the King's Ships live entirely
on saltproviiions, andithat pbOnt two-thirLlS.
The disputes between the (inventor and iksenll.o
still continue; they wait with much en xi:ty The op,t.
pion of Government on such an unpica:lnt
,Serious aivreliensions are entertained ler the los's
of the Shamrock Schooner, Lieut. BOWEN, whielx
has been tnissing-sotne ante.

OP SctiLY, 'MAW!! the 7th
inst. the Brig Good talent, LE rElittli Master,
630 casks of .butttir from Cork, bound to Lisbon, iii
going out of harbour, there being little wind, w. 3,
by the current; drawn upon • a ledge. of rocics;•,l
soon filled with water. About 487 caski hive
brought to the warehouse, and the vessel tuvved
boats into the pier.—Captain and crew saved.
Arrived the Brig Colisto, of London, WEVVIER-7
HEAD Alaiter, front Surinntn, with coffee, cotton;
and 'wine, Nitta to London, having met with heavy
gales, and thrown a 'part of the cargo ocserhoard, to•
gethe.r. with Silt of her guns her sails arc Also da:
Maged,

Arrived the Ship •Frauit, APPLEBY Maittn'r rr I 1
Bermuda, with nap'. and cater., bound to London
and the Sloop P«rayny, nitowN ALSter, !ruin Ber:-
tnuda, with turpenth,e, bound to London.
Came in a French Schooner and Fiench 'Logtrer,
nixes to his Majesty's Frigate liesisiance:

SHEERNESS, MA'RCH 1 8.--inived hi 4 Majesty'i
Ship Piaory from the Downs. I '
Sailed his Majesty's Ships Taittit And Oppoision.
The Sarpen was Ondocked, and .the Exertiori.
.docked.

MAUCH lg.—Arrived the British Brig
of London, T. WiATllettlikAD ALM
laden with cotton, ceffife, 001, and wine, trom
Surinam bound to London; left the former place
the I3tli January; it cOMpany with six others, alt
which paited company at different

Arrived the Spanish' Brig Buena Pee, JUAN
MAxNna ELORAIONA Master; of 'and from Bilbea;
bound to London, last from Penzance,' laden with
i)irlislt wool and liquorice.

.The Alert Sloop of War,' which itinck on n
cock near .Drake's .IsTand, was got off yesterday
evening, without Much: damage, and is gene up
Hamoate:

Sailed the Gibraltar, of 80 gutt, to join the Ficet
Qtr flodhefort

PALM:WT.II, MARCH 18.---Arrived the OH(
TN-import from

Sailed hie M jesty's Brig Pirdgo, witlt a cotr.cy
for Portugal; and the gaisingkant Packet, Caigain
ROBERTS:, with Mails for Lisbou.

Porrsmotiiit, MAncti vo.—Atrived
ty"s Ships -baring and Sarveillante from the west!.
war 4; also the Hero 0 tkc Nils, --- and diny,,
CuNkotgos, from Rid de Janeiro;
god II London ; I?e?!jarnin, CA t EV,
from Waterton! ; Oak, from Duthit) ; Stx;"-
combe, WILLIAms, from Brist4; and the
~4,/ar4,
RARVEY, from niddeford.

Sailed his Majesty's ShTps viaoriou.i and
tint ;
,g4so ':ti 'Zle, for 'Lor:don,
Passed by, from Rio. do. Janeiro, the Vigilant and

The Brig German Pacht, which' sailed frOrri RiO
da Janeiro, under convoy of the ,SurveillaWe; writ
on tlte passage, captured by a French Privateer.

The Hoti. JOHN Hors,has relinqu'lheti his situa,
tion is one of the Lords of the Anmirtilry, and i 4
gone to §c,„Aludi were obliblycvnti:we