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INDIA HOUSE.

A Meeting of the EaSt India Proprietors took plactt
yesterday at the. India in consequence of
requisition signed by several of the Proprietors; to:
the ptirpose of taking into consideratioa the Report
of the Dire&ors, in answer to the Resnluiion voted
at the Meeting of the 2d of June, recommending to
the Court of Dire&ors, to.re-consider their ReFoio.
lion
,of the I 2ch of .11,11 y tr. eecallitig the Writers

and Cadets that had obtained their appointments by
the improper means dete6led and exposed by the
Committee of the Howie of CoMMons, appoint-
ed to inquire into the disposal of East India
,Pa-

tronago. ,
.At twelve o'clock, Mr. Glt ANT took the Chairi
and to a crowded Coto explattied the ()owe. of 'l,llOl
Meeting. Having read: the 11,e(iiiiiition, in core—
quente of w!iich they were called •toget her,
-Mr.- SANsoaa rose, and after ,ortie prefatory
remarks, observed, that it was the opitiiva of many
of the most irespe6table of the Proprietors, that the

Resolution of the Court. of Diredors of the I sith of

May., for recalling those Writers and Cadets whose
names bad been implicated in the late investigaion,
would be attended with great hardship to the-indNi,

duals, and, it carried into efreti, must be prodn6tive
of cruelty and injustice. On this
,principle a Meet:
ing of the Proprietors had been held on the of
June, when a Resolution was adopted-; recommend-

ing•to the Court of Directors to reconsider their Re..
solution of the 12th of May. It was the opinion of
the Court, that that Resolution ought •to be rescind--
ed, and they had adopted this mode of ey.presing
that opinion. The Directors, howev,er, peisisted in
their first Resolution, and had published a Report
that they saw no reason to alter their opittion, It
.was this report which he wished now to be taken
into consideration, and doubted not that the. Pr-
oprietors would-see the justice and propriety of ad-
hering to, their former recoMmendation. Here :We
Hon. Gentleman read the' Report, and expressed his
surprise that so enlightened 4 body as that of the
Direaors, with a Chairman at their liefid,
praise wassinitt only that of preserving a strictly up-
right 'and moral charaeler, but who also was hot
ashamed of joining the religious to, the mOral.cha-
raeter, And who did so much honour to both, 'should
persist in a Resolution, which, in his opinion, 'was
contrary both to religion and.moral justice. (Much
applause). What could be more cruel, or more un=
just, than to involve in unmerited suffering a num
ber of young men, merely( for the crimes or - imprn•
:.d6nce of their fathers ?. He denied That an ad of this

cruel nature was necessary to preserve the cottsts-

l

tency of the DireaorS. The Resoltition was foundA
ed on the Regulation of 1799 ; but that ACt stated,
at the same time, that the persons io question shot.lld.
not be recalled unless, on being called on and exa-
mined, it should be found that they had been parties
or accessary to the improper purchase prohibited by
the Company. The persons now in question, how-
ever, had not been called nor examined with respect
to the circumstances of their appointment, nor was
it even alleged that they were personally, guilty.
He even believed that these young men, if minim-
ed, would be found perfectly ignorant of the Regu-
lation itself. Sufficient publicity had never been
given to that measure. It had appeared, he believ-
ed, in the Gazette, and in an Edinburgh and Dublin
Newspaper.; but would any man say that this was
enough to give it 'publicity ? For his own part,
though he had lived !Zing in London, lie very seldom
saw the Gazette, and never saw either an Edinburgh
or Dublin Paper, and did not even ,know of the\
istence of such a Resolution till it 'was published by
Parliament in consequence of the Report of the r
Committee. If he then, ,who lived in 'London, was
in such ignorance, what was to be expected of those
whose, situations were more remote froM the capital,
or who resided abroad ? By a Regulation passed in
Lord North's' time, it was required that acts of this
kind coming from,the Court of Directors should be
posted up in the India House ; but had ever this
been done, he asked, with respect to the regulation in
question ?He had read-a Pamphlet lately publishei,
be did not know whether by the authority
.of•
the Directors or not, which stated, that the Cm-
pany had a right to make any regulations they
pleased for theit service. This he readily allowed ;
but he did not allow that they should punish
the innocent with the guilty. The Hon. Proprietor
here took- a view of the several cases th had been
the subjea_of enquiry. With 'respect to Mr. Thel-.
lusson, one of the late Direaors, he 'had beet] •
charged with negligence in bestowing the patronage
of the Company: He had been told by Mr. Petty
that money was given for Cadetships. ‘_ He had
'been informed that five hundred pounds was given •
ifor a Cadetship, and had said in reply, (he quoied
his own words) that only 3'ool. was given. He was
aware, therefore, that such practices existed, :md,
in the distribution of patronage that
,catne'to,ips
share, ought to • have been care:ul to pre.ent s(ich
abuses, as he seemed to -know better than Petty
what they sold at. (Loud laughing.) When exami-
nation and enquiry were necessary, a neglect of these
was criminal. With respect to purchasers, it wonid
be necessary to chew the existence of a vicious will'
to constitute guilt. Most of them, he believed,
did not know the regulation. With respea
Smith, he was assured this was the case. Another
of these Gentlemen with whom-he was acquain,,_l,
Mr. Magmac, had stated to hien,- that he did
know of the Resolution till it was published by 'Ow.
House of Commons. He lied brought up: his son-
for the very 1 urpose of going:out to India, and whir
was, so well qualified for the appointment, that Mr.
Woodford had stated that circumstance as an apology
for the transaction. The young man had acquit.n
himself with the greatest propriety in India, both
as a man of business and -,as a scholar: In such cif-
cumstances, he thought tittle turpitude could ailed).
to Mr. Magniac,' in comparison of the safer; All
punishments Ought to be suited to-the ctinzcs:

doßrine had been laid down by /Beecaria, Montes.
crieu, and all writers on Civil jurivrudence, insthe
most enlightened times, He put it, however, to
the feelings of every Gentleman who heard him, if

the punishment proposed in the present instance was
not too severe, admitting the criminality of the pa-.
rent. Brcause a parent. has not been able to obtain I
Eratuitou4y an appointment for 'his son, for which
he had made every exertion
,to quality him, he con-
fortns to an existing praaice, and gives a c.onsidera—
ffon for the appointment. There is no design 'here
to defraud or to injure the. public. service. Fop the
sake of his son," the parent has taken the greatest •
pains to qualify him for his :destined situation. If
there is any guilt incurred here, 'how much greater
must' be the guilt of the seller, who adds-considera-
bly to the necessary expenee of such a preparation.
But even supposing and ,allowing the parents -to be
guilty,. was the innocent child to be involved in the
punishment, without-any regard to his merit and
good condua in their service? There was farther,
he argued, a contraetand engagement entered into
between the Company and its servants, which was
binding for five years, and in which contra& there
was'a clause to give each individual notice of, any
charge or accusation against him, beforedismission,
that he might hate an opportunity of answering fut
himself:- In the present instance there would be- a
tnahilest vi.olation-_ of this contraa, to which the
young man bad 'a right to expertthe Company
should abide: If the Resolution was carried into
effect, it would be idiot-ions to the.charaaer of the.
Company. Mrs. Gardener; another of the pur-
chasers, losing her husband, had provided in this
way for her son, by the 'advice, no doubt, of some
of bet friends.. With what relu&ance would she
part with her son, in all prObability to-meet no
tnore ? Was it then to be believed for a moment,
that if she believed she, was aaing improperly, or
that her son was likely at some future period to be
disgraced by the steps she was taking, she-would
have parted with him ripen such terms He con-
cluded by moving, " That the Court having taken
into-tonsideration the Report of the Directors, find
the reasons thetein assigned unsatisfaaory, and that
the ResolUtion of the Court of Direaors of the
ieth of May, for disinis.ing certain Writers and Ca-
dets in the Company's.servtce, ought not to be car-
ried into effea." '

Mr. LowbtbEs seconded.this motion.
Mr. JAcx.sote BAtsvxs contended, that whether
the.regulati6.Was or was not known, the practice
was gene ally allowed to be corrupt, and that was
enough. If these young men were recalled, they
had to blame their fathers, their mothers, and un-
cles, who had provided for them in this illegal way,
and net the Company, who were called on to do
what their honour and general policy required. Any
general speculations on hurpanity were idle ; it was
the interests of the Company and the Empire they
had to consider. He did not 'like this pradice of
overhauling the Directors. When they considered
the extent of their empire in India, the utmost re-
gularity would be found necessary: Humanity was
very pretty nth us place,. but they had considerations
to look to at present. To be recalled roust certain-
ly be a hardship on theSe young people but who
brought them into that situation ? He was of opi-
nion they Ought to be recalled.
Mr. JOHNS ONE was of opinion that enough had
already both been said and written on the subjed.
Three things,:however, were chiefly to be consider-
ed—the situation of the young men, that in which
the Die:dors stootit, and the means of reconciling,
if possible, the interests and duties of both. Most
of the young men were-under age when they came
into the service, and had no money either to enable
them to aa themselves, or to employ agents. Their
parents, he admitted, must have Inown ,that their
condu6t was incorred 3 but moral turpitude, at the
same time, was more chargeable on the sellers than
the buyers. Should these young men be recalled,
it must rum them _for life. On the other hand, the
Direaurs were-.called on to discharge their important
functions, and to carry their regdlations into erred,
or the evil resulting' to ilae. whole might be still
greater than the hardship to the individual. It was
necessary to check corruption, and to
,bear testimony
agait.st it, in whatever Shape it appeared. Not-
withstanding the manner of their appointment, some
of thoSe young men might possess the highest merit.
In order, therefore, to reconcile both sides of the
question, he would recommend it to the Directors
to have the young men examined in India, and to
have them sent bonne or not, according to the result
of the inquiry. In all circumstances the DireCtors
had a power to recall the servants of the Company,
however exalted their rank ; on this ground the re-
solution could not be opposed. it was on the ground
of expediency only that he would dissuade their re-
call. No man would advise to dismiss a.valuable
officer from the militia or ordnance, though it should
be•discoVered that he had purchased his commission
contrary to law, nor in a case of simony, did he
suppose any man would advise to dismiss a clergy-
man of distinguished character and talents.
Mr, MARRIOTT observed, that Hie present ques-
tion ought not to be "considered as a distina, ot, of
itself, a complete case ;. it was part only of a very
great system of reform that had been found neces-
sary. The arguments derived from private feeling
and humanity would not come in competition wito
the important considerations of the. public interest.
Certain con opt praEbess had been discovered to exist,
thesDirettors had adopted measures to prevent
their rectirrence,. by -recalling the persons whose
n- tae; were invOlved in the discovery. It was not
much to punish them that .they were to be re-
. .
cAiedi as to prove a warning, and operate as a pre-
sh;otatives to others. Lie contended that the law was
kubwn ; bat even if it should 'not hive been so in
t e, time argued by some of his. Honourable Friends,
there -was a principle anterior
_ to all law, which
pointed out to every man the illegality of such
radices, 'The. Diredor, whose patronage had been
abased, had been exculpated from personal guilt.—
' "'hough .he had suffered his confidence to be abused,
yes he,did not go unpunished, tor they excluded him
fro'M the.Piredot-Ship 3 ye( they proposed .to excul-
pite ‘l.l6Sb young • men,, who bad acted in the very
.ce of the laws..' They had already passed the At
t at ‘,t/tit. to recall theSe men, and 'Why sho„ld they
/ wish toot spend its operation ? Would not/the world
think, that, in the ease of the Director, they had
aced as if- that case was never likely to be applicable
to themselves; whereas in this 'case they were tits-
tti- be More indulgent, as more likely to he-
tomd silos ow/1-> hex= more home to themselyei,

and it: this resPe4 elpey would resemblccertai9 Mo-
dern reformers, who were extremely solicitous to
ref-oriel others, but t-Ilacle no attempt to reform them-
selves—(A laugh),l-He did not wish to inrerfe:e
with the Directors; Men wh6 shielded corruption
would be themselves corrupt. .The Logislaturemight
deprive them of .their Charter, as it had done cer-
tain Burghs, if they did not oppose corruption .?y
every means in their power. If had been said that
the Direaors had been to blame. fdr-aheir negligence
in allowing the sale of •thoce appointments, and
therefore they were the persons to .be punished.--r
Oh thesame principle it, might be said to the Hon.
Gentleman, ifa thief broke into. his house, that he,.
and not the thief -ought to be hanged, because he
had not taken sufficient precautions to guard against
him—(A laugh):—A stand was to be made some-
where, and why not in the.present instance as well
as at any future ? There was danger, be thought, in
delay. The Legislature would reform them if they
did not reform themselves. He concluded by rnov-
-ing the previous question.
Mr. SiNiEoN seconded this motion, from a convic-
tion that the Direaors, knoWing their humanity
and dispositions as he did, would not 'have had, re-
course to the measure unless.theyhad found it -a ne-
cessary one. , The advocatesogainst the measure had
argued on the grounds of humanity, that the ex-
pence off going to India and coming home would be
only a pail of the evil to' which these young men
were liable. It was-also argued that they 'could not
again be appointed, whatever might be their merits.
Whatever might be said on this ground, the mea-
sure he conceived to be necessary, and to lessen the
evil as much as possible, were a subscription Open-
ed; he, for
.one, would contribute willingly to it
5001.. , (Hear, hear !)
Mr. STEPHEN spoke at great length, and with
much eloquence and etfea, in favour of the original
motion, but our limits do not permit us to enter into
his
,speech. The question, he contended, was a mat-
ter-of morals, and not of Oriental policy. He was
obliged, from a sense of moral obligation, to oprAe
the Re'iolttliOns of the.-Direaors. In such ques-
tions the feelings were to be attended to, for God
and nature had not furnished us with feelings 3nd
passions in vain. They were in many instances des-
tined to be the guides of human conduct. No law,
.human or divine, would warrant them to punish the
:sins of the fathers upon the children.
Mr. JACX.SoN spoke chiefly in reply to the pre-
ceding speaker, aud with equal etrea, on the other
side of the question. The Direaors, he contended,
had to at for the interest and benefit of all, and
however much sympathy individual suffering [night
ext ite, it was their duty to prefer the interest of the
million to the partial accommodation and conve-
nience of a few.
Mr. LowNoas and Mr. Mooai spoke at some
length for the original motion.
The CHAIRMAN stated, the Direaors had consult-
ed the highest law authorities on the points at issue,
and he should read to the Meeting these opinions,
signed by; t heAttorney and the Solicitor General, arid
Mr. Adam. It was their opinion, that the General
Court of Proprietors had ,no right to rescind the lie-
'solutions of the Court of Directors, and that the per-
sons so recalled could not be restored. The Direc-
tors were aware that they were acting in'their re-
spective respousibiliiy, and that they might be dis-
missed at a future period by the Proprietors. They
:aeled with this knowledge, but. wished to follow
that course which their own 'conscience and the ge-
neral good seemed to-require. The least otferisive
way of getting 'rid of the business would certainly
be to vote for the previous question, as moved by
his Hon. Friend.
Mr. SARSoM spoke in reply.
After which the previous question was put and
carried by a great tnajority.—The Court adjourned
at five o'clock, sine, cite.'

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SOLIM QUI3 DICSItt /ALSUM AUDIAT?

L 0 ND 01V,

SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1809.

, Letters from Dover, received this day, state that
the French . Flotilla sailed on Thursday last, from
Boulogne, and had reached half way bet Ween
that port and Calais, when they were obliged to put
back by an adverse wind. Some 'letters state
the amount_ of this Flotilla to be between four
and 500, and others at about 250. It is, how-
ever, certain, that they have been obliged to put
back. It is supposed that they were destined to
Flushing, 111 consequence of an expelled Expedition
from this Country.

Last night Crutch Papers to the 9th inst. reached
town, but they are quite barren' of intelligence. It
is stated in.an article from Paris, that the fortress of

Comorn, in Hungary, is invested, and that it is about
to be bombarded. There are some details from
Spain given, not for the purpose of communicating
information, but of concealing the real situation of
the French troops in that Country.

The favourable turn which atiairs have taken upon
the Continent has so completely •faisified the pre-
dialions (we Will not say disappointed the wishes)
of some of the Opposr ion Writers, that they cannot
even diSCU.S3 the subject with temper. We have

upon more than one occasion noticed the extienle
relnClance which they sheaved to admit that t hu. A.ns-
trians were viatorions on the 21st and 22d May.--7

At first, it was contended that it appeared quite deny,
from the Frendh Bulletin, that the Austrians were
defeated—then it was admitted that it might t* a
drawn battle ;---at last it was acknowledged' to,

be a victory on tbd part of thie Aastrians.—

Alter such a concession, we were surprised yes-
terday to see an elaborate-artiele in an Opposition
Faller, to prove that the battle- of Aspern was a

drawn:battle, that neither of the parties obtained
their objea, and that it resembled the battle of Ey-
lau. It would be an insult to the understanding of
our Readers to enter into a serious answer to such
assertions, and to attempt to convince those who are
so blinded by party prejudice as to hold ;such lan-
guage, would be a hopeless task. Indeed, we
should not have noticed them, if they had not been
followed up by some attacks upon • Ministers for
sending an Expedition' to the Continent, first, be-
cause it is upon too large a scale, and 2dly, because it
is not sufficiently large. It is certainly rather adifficult
matter to answer charge's which assume so compre-
hensive a form, and which are in themselves of so
opposite a nature ; however, it is some satisfa&ion
to know that both the charges cannot be right. The
article td which we allude sets out with stating, that
.we have. eighty thousand men on foreign service,
that the population of this country is not equal to
such a force, and that, as we cannot send armies to
the Continent equal to the French in point of num-
bers, we ought not to send any at all. After this
very sagaCious axiom, we are favoured, as usual, with
a long panegyric upon BUONAPARTE'S wonderful ta-
lents : we are told that he never hitters away his force
for the purpose of defending a number of assailable
points. "He only proposes to himself one obje4t
at a time, and upon this single' object, he brings
all his powers and faculties to bear." ' As a proof of
this unity of obje&, we are surprized that the paper
in question, did not remind its readers, that he at-
tacked Austria, when he was engaged in war with
Spain', and the concentration of his forces to one
single point no3lit have been happily illustrated, by
stating, that within the space of a very few weeks,
French armies were defeated in Portugal, in
Gallicia, in Catalonia, in Arragon, in Italy, and
on the Banks of the Danube. But the result of all
this reasoning is, that we ought to abandon Sicily,
Portugal, and Spain, to give all our assistance to
Austria; but Unless we can send -an Army of
80,000 men to support the Austrians, which we
are told is inzpraOicatle, we ought not to send
a man ; that is to say, we are to give up the
objects which we can accomplish, in order to at-
tempt one which we are told is impossible. After
such a display of political wisdom, we are not surprized
to be told, that 40 or 50,000 British troops ailing in the'
rear of the French, intercepting their communica-
tions with their own Country, cutting off their sup-
plies and reinforcements, and giving confidence and
energy to the Nations that are panting for an oppor-
tunity of throwing off the French yoke, will be of
no permanent use to the general cause, and for these
reasons—" We may land this force," and we may
take a few towns," but BUONAPARTE will not grudge
us a few triumphs, for ‘f as soon as he has reduced
the Archduke CHARLES to a state in which he will
be no longer formidable, he will tell two of his Mar-
shals to go and throw the English into the
Sea." Such is the political sagacity, such the
unprejudiced and patriotic feeling of the party
(for we presume the Paper in question speaks its
sentiments), which arrogates to itself all the. Talents
of the Country, and which is adopting every schethe
to force itself into the management of public affairs.

We have no wish to enjoy any triumph over
Colonel WARDLEi fOr in his present situation such
a triumph would have a malignant aspe6l, and our
feelings respeaing that person are indeed of a much
colder nature than any that belong to resentment
and malice. But our resin& for theYublic induces
us to look with more than satisfac.'tiOn on any mea-
sures that tend to correEt.its misconceptions, and im-
press it with a proper sense of what is due to its own
character.—Upon this principle we heard with much
pleasure that Mr. DIXON' had given notice on Wed-
nesday last in the Court of Common Coun-
cil, of his intention. to bring forward a Motion
for rescinding the Vote of Thanks to Colonel
'WARDLE, in consequence of what occurred at the
recent trial in the Court of King's Bench, for the
charader'of Col. WARDLE received such a wound on
that occasion, as seemed to us past the possibility
of cure. Still, however, we feel curious to know
what Mr. WAITHMAN and men of his decription,
can urge in defence or palliation of the Colonel's
motives and conduct. It is needless for us to repeat
the circumstances of the trial, as they must be fresh
in every body's memory 5 but on a subjea so in-
teresting, after all the alarm, all the anxiety, and all
the commotion which Colonel WARDLICs pre% ions
measures had excited, a few words may not be unne-
cessary.—Colonel 'WARDLE frequently declared that
he felt no hostility towards the Duke of YORK,
and that nothing but a desire to bring 'forward
a great public abuse, a desire founded upon a sense
of duty to the country, could have induced him to
aa the part which he had assumed. But it plainly
appeared from testimony given ob oath, that he ad-
vised Mr, WRZGHT the Upholsteier, to bring an ac-
.

tion against the Doke orYoalc, for the money which

Mrs. CLARKE owed to him, and offered to pay tba
costs, in case of failure. If this advice, and this offer,
do not indicate more of personal hostility than a sense;
of public duty, in the opinion of the most bigotted
zealot of party, he must be utterly, devoid of any
power to discriminate. This is a point that ought
to be particularly attended to, when the motion is
brought forward in the Court of Common Council,
and Colonel WARDLE',S COlldt.l6l and character are
to be submitted to inquiry. ,We shall say' nothing
about the bribing of Mrs. CLARKE, by a promise.lo
furnish her house, to bring forward all she could in
the House of Commons, and then endeavouring to
leave her involved in the debt to Mr. Wnruirr, be-
cause that will be a main point in the debate, if any
can arise upon a point so clear. As to his taking her
Letters, contrary to her desire, and in defiance of
her efforts to retain them, that was properly stigma-
tized by Mr. WINDHAM, and every man of honour
in the world must have felt and thought as he did,.

But what can be thought of a man who not only en-
deavours to leave his chief agent in the lurch, but at-
tempts to brand her, in the eyes of mankind, with
the guilt of perjury, and not only her, but a'witness
whose character is unimpeaohed,
.and who had no
apparent interest in the question ? This point will -
no doubt engage the attention of Mr. Dixozi , and
will probably defy the ingenuity ,of party to cover or
disguise. Nor should it be forgotten that the Attor-.
ney-General dared thp Defendant's Counsel to bring
tor ward Major Donp, one of the_ persons, who, COI,
WARDLE declares, could'have Proved that the wit-
nesses had been guilty of perjury against him. We
before observed, and we think proper to repeat it, that
if Serjeant Bgs-2 thought Major DODD could have
been of any -service to his Client, he is too able and
too zealous an adVocate to have lost the benefit of ,
his testimony. We shall, fo'r the pre3enr, drop the
subjea, juseltremarking, that it we :could ..4.liSirtin .1;
the testimony:of- Mrs. CLARK.E, supported' as it was
by Mr. D. WRIGHT, respecting the debt owing to
his brother, is it possible to suppose' that Mr..
WRIGHT himself would have trusted Mrs. CLARKE
on her own account, while she already was indebted
to him to a considerable amount, and when he-tnust

have known that she was deprived of the proteetion
that gave her any chance of power to discharge it ?
The Public must feel much indebted to Mr. Dixon
for his intention to bring this subjea forward, and
the City of London in particular, since his objea is
to save its charaEter from the disgrace And ridicule
that might fall on it, if it were topersevere in shew-
ing mark's of respect, gratitude, and liberality, when
it ought rather to manifest scorn and indignation.

'Yesterday morning' his MAJESTY, the Duke of
YOltiti, Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, accompa-

nied by Lady THYNNE, General. FITZROY, Colonels
TAYLOR and Dasßßow, rode in Windsor Great Park,
and returned at twelve o'clock to the Palace.
Yesterday. morning the Duke of YORK, and Prin.-
cess SOPHIA of GLOUCESTER, arrived at Windsor,
upon a visit to their MAJESTIES.
Several vessels arrived yesterday from Hamburgh.
They met with no tuolesia'tion on their passage, a' 0 d
saltv.ed the little British garrison which had taken
possession of Cuxhaven. Ai liamburgh the reports
oft recent detest of the French continued to prevail
as generally- as ever.

. A report prevailed yesterday afternoon, in the City,
said to be founded on letters from Holland, that ao. '
Armistice find been concluded between the'French,
and Austrian armies, including articles intended to
he' the basis of a Peace. It is probable, however,
that this rumour has originated merely from the pa-
ragraphs in the German Papers, to which, we alluded
in our last. We could not learn that any letters had
arrived from Holland yesterday.
Letters were yesterday received from Gotten-,
b►zrgh, which stated a that British Squadron of eight
Sail of Line had sailed up the Baltic to bombard
Cronstadt.

The Right Brigade of Guardc,, forming a part of
the Expedition, embarked on board the transports
yesterday at Chatham.• The Left Brigade embarks
this morning. All the Officers are to be on board
on Sunday.
Yesterday the Earl of CHATHAM had a numerous
levee of Naval and Military Officers, at his house its
Hill-street, among who were—
Sir Home Popham, Sir Richard Keats, Generals Grosve-
nor, Brownrig, and Graham, Colonel Lang, colonel Carry,
Captain Gardner, &c.
Yesterday the whole of the Earl of CHATHAM'i
campaign eqnipage and baggage, together with that
of his Aides-de-Camp and Suite, were conveyed
from his Lordship's house in Hill-street;, for embar-
kation at Ratnsgate ; and early to-morrow morning
his Lordship, and a numerous train of Officers, will
leave town for the above place.
The report of a trial yesterday, in the Court of
,king's Bench, which our Readers will find in out
Paper of this day, deserves the particv.ar attention of

the public. Factious people have often brought
charges against Government for permitting the sale
vt public appointments, though it is certain that there
never was a period in which so few of such transac-
tions ever occurred; and it is equally
.certain that
IVlinisters are as vigilant as possible to trace and put
a stop to every abuse of this nature.
Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a Cabinet
Council was held at Burlington-house, which did

not break up till six o'clock, at which were present
His G:ilQe ',the Duke of Portland, the Lord Chancellor,
Earls Camden, Chatham, Livervoul, Ilarrowby, VVestmor"
land, and bat'nurst ; Lords MulArave, Castlereagh, and Lt•
vison Gower; Mr. Secretary Carnitne, and the 'Chancenot
of the Exchequer. • •
The Copenhagen prize-xoney begat t aying 00
Wednesday last.