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London, England, 1807-04-22 00:00:00

PENRHYN ELECTION.-SIR C. HAWKINS.

Mr. A. WRIGHT (Chairman of the Committee on
the Penrhyn Ele&ion) moved the Order of the Day
for the further consideration.

Sir C. HAWKINS being present in his place, ac-
cording to order, and being asked, whether he had
any thing to offer to the House, said, he should
leave his case entirely to the justice and liberality of
the House.

Mr. A. WRIGHT said, nothing was more remote
from his wishes than to hurt the feelings of the Ho-
nourable Baronet in question. The proteeding he
was about to take was not matter of option but of
duty. The parties in the Penrhyn Eietaion were
strangers to him ; the situation he had the honour
to .11041 on the Committee was the sole cause why
he called the attention of the House. to the transac-
tions contained in the Report. The Report contained
ample grounds for the Motions he was about to sub-
mit. The laws which secured to the people a free
and unbiassed exercise of the elcaive franchise, would
be but a mere dead letter if the proceedings enu-
merated in the Report were not animadverted Upon.
He was aware that no Gentleman engaged in a con.
troeerted Election without depending much 00 the
assistance of friends and agents ; and the House
would allow the benefit of that consideration, so far
as it would weigh in estimating this case. But he
lamented to say, that in the present instance the
Hon. Baronet had committed the offences charged
upon him by himself. The former patron of the
Borough of Penrhyn having withdrawn, it was re,
solved by a large party of the Ele&ors to look out
for a new patron, meaning by a patron a person who
either was to be a Candidate for the Borough him-
self, or to recommend a Candidate. The terms
agreed upon by these Eleelors on which to sell
their votes and interest were twenty-four guineas a
vote, and ten guineas to each of the Overseers. A
deputation, at the head of which were a Mr. Stoner,
and the Rev.-- Dillon, waited on Sir C. Hawkins,
to whom, he admitted, the first offer was made, and
the terms being acceded to, articles were drawn
up and signed. These Papers the Committee had
not been able, with every exertion, to get brom;ht
forward. But there was the parole evidence of a
.
person of the name of Moon, who was himself one of
the parties, of a Mr. Hitchcombe, and of a Mr.
Chiltern, Steward 'to Sir C. Hawkins, to prove
the fats, and the payment of a sum of money, by
the dire6tion of Sir C. Hawkins, to Stoner; how
much, Mr. Chiltern, though otherwise trusted in
money matters, could not say; and an order to a per-
son of the name of Rowe, to distribute this money
among the voters. Mr. Chiltern could not say whe-
ther the notes were large or small, or how many were
in the parcel. But there was proof that notes had been
sent and distributed to the voters. The minutes of
the evidence were before the House, and he felt it
unnecessary to make any comment on them. The
House Would deal with them according to its own
feelings. He should move, first, that the House
should agree in the Resolution of the Committee,
declaring that Sir C. Hawkins had been personally,
and by his agents, guilty of bribery, and other cor-•
rapt praaices, in the late Penrhyn EleCtion ; and he
should then move, that the Attorney-General be di-.
reCted to prosecute Sir C. Hawkins, and others ins-
plicated in the sai,4 offences.
Captain HERBERT had hoped that he would
have had abler assistance in the defence of the Hon.
Baronet, and that he would not have been lett to
manage the whole case by himself, inade(inate as he
was to such a task. He • had particularly to lament
the absence of an eminent Gentleman of the
(Sir A Pigot), on whose support the Hon. ILironet
particularly relied. Some important affidavits also
were expeic.ted.
Sir IT ATKINS WILLIAMS WYNNE thought
the House ought to be cautious of procra,iina-
tion. A threat of Dissolution had been thrown out,

The Prince Adolphus Packet arrived at Falmouth
on Sunday, -with Mails from Jamaica, in 34 days.
The letters will not be delivered out till to-morrow.

WE have received Paris and Dutch Papers, the
former w the 15th and the latter to the 20th inst.
The utmost exertions are making throughout France
to put into execution the Decree for raising the
Conscripts for 1808. The li,ts are all to be completed
by the end of this month. The French Papers do not
however tell us of the obstacles which the execution
of this Decree meets with in almost every part of
France. There is no news in these Papers from Po-
land, but they are full of exultation at the failure
of the English before Constantinople. We are unable
to lay before our Readers any authentic details
of the result of the Negotiation ; but we have
strong reason to fear that Sir Joux Duct wowrn
repassed the Dardanelles without etreaing his pur-
pose. We have, however, no doubt, that when
the Of Accounts arrive, it will appear that
no blame whatever is attributable to the gallant Ad-
miral.

Lord L. GOWER will set out as soon as possible
for St. Petersburgh, where, we are sorry to say, his
presence is extremely necessary. The Treaty of
Commerce which was planned and almost brought
to maturity during the Administration of Mr. PITT,
was never signed, and the British Merchants residing
in St. Petersburgh have been subje&ed
,to,such se-
vere regulations and restriaions, that many of them
have a&ually discontinued their commercial pursuits
altogether. The present Ministers have, we know,
turned their attention most seriously to this subjeCt,
and we have no doubt that in a very short time every
difficulty will be removed, and the most perfe&
harmony be established between two Countries, on
whose union the safety of Europe in a great degree
depends.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER EM-

PLOVED IN THE EXPEDITION AGAINST MONTE

VIDEO, DATED FEBRUARY 5.

Thirty men were sent on shore to serve as ar-
tillery. They were not at all annoyed by the Enemy
as they landed, which might easily have been done
it the former were not such cowards. We landed
ttl•pint seven miles from the town, in number about
5'00.0, and s,aw at the same time the Enemy about
7000, all on horses ; and as this is a low sandy coun-
try, with not a single tree or hedge to be seen for
twvoty or thirty miles round, it was a very grand

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and expeaing an engagement, and to have it over
that day ; but as we advanced they retreated ; so
we waited two days to get our provisions and field-
pieces, and then marched on, advancing about three
miles, when we again saw the Enemy. We en-
gaged them and soon made them run, and had by
this time advanced within two miles of the town,
when we halted, and the main body of the army
staid there, while the Sailors, who a&ed as artillery-
men, advanced, and raised batteries in the night,
and fired at the town in the day, We were employ-
ed in that manner till the day before yesterday,
when we made a breach in the wall. The Enemy
defended it well, and kept up a very sharp tire on
us in the batteries, where I had a fortunate escape,
as one of the shells that burst killed three men, and
knocked my sword out of my hand. It was then
very hot work. While I was talking with people
in the batteries, a shot has taken off their heads or
legs. I saw above a hundred men in the batteries
where I was stationed killed or wounded ; but the
hottest work of all took place the day before yester-
day, when the place was stormed by us.
" We had, as I observed, made a breach in the
wall wide enough for about four men to pass over,
We began storming about two o'clock, and by four
there were more than 1200 killed on both sides.—
When I went over the breach to get into the town
I saw many dead or dying. The town was
,$) well
fortified that the Enemy (lid great execution before
we could get into it, but when we did they amply
suffered for our losses. After we had been in tho
town about three hours they hoisted a flag of truce,
and about an hour afterwards gave up the town and
citadel. _ _

" I was quite astonished when I looked around
after the surrender, to see how well the place was
fortified, and I may venture to say, that if it had
been in the possession of the English it would never
have been taken. We were then employed in get-
ting all the wounded into the Church and Hospitals.
Our medical men went with an order to dire& in
the removal, and we have now more than 600
English and Spanish in the Church, and a great
number more in the Hospitals. The streets were
yesterday covered with the dead and dying, and I
went found to bring in all that were likely to recover.
At the breach in the wall where the Army entered
(though we had all day been busy in burying the
dead), I counted seventeen men in a space which
four might cover. The dead Spaniards in the streets
were a shocking sight ; but not so affeaing as when
the wives and other relations of the deceased carne
in search of them. It is, however, some consolation
to us that we shall hardly be driven to such extre-
mities in retaking Buenos Ayres, or any other place
up this River, after the example which we have
made at Monte Video."

IT is highly probable that a Dissolution of Parlia-
ment wili take place immediately after the Proroga-
tion.—The t ith of May is the last day for receiving
Reporti of Private Bills in the House of Commons,
and it is supposed that the whole business of the Ses-
sion will be completed by the end of that Month:

The Gazette of last night contains the Official
Ac-
count of the raising the Siege of Stralsund.

Lord GARDNER is appointed to the command of
the Channel Fleet; Admiral WIIITSIIED succeeds
Lord GARDNER as Commander in Chief at Cork ;
and Admiral BOWEN is to superintend the Sea Fen-
cible Service in Ireland, in the room of Admiral
WnITSHED.

Sir JOHN WARREN is shortly to hoist his Flag as
Commander of a detached Squadron.
Mr. FOSTER has accepted the Office of Chancel-
lor of the EKcheqner for Ireland.

A promotion in the Royal Marine Corps is daily
expeeted, the companies to be formed from the 2400
men voted in addition, the last Session of Parlia-
ment, not being yet Officered.
Sir ROBERT WILSON, and Lord ITurcntNsoles
brother, were present at the battle of Eylau, and both
had horses shot under them.

The Emperor ALEXANDER has certainly quitted
his capital to place himself at the head of his. army:,
He reached Memel on the 2d inst, and immediately
proceeded to concert measures with his Majesty of
Prussia.

The Gazette of last night contains Addresses to,
his Majesty, thanking him for his late wise, manly,
and constitutional condul, from Leicester, Stank-
ford, Daventry, Haddington, Aberdeen, and Stirling
Similar Meetings are about to be held in every part
of the United Kingdom.
Yesterday Baron JACOBI had a long conference
with Mr. CANNING. The Prussian Officer who ar-
rived a few days ago with dispatches for his Excel-,
lency the Prussian Ambassador to this Court, had
also an audience of the new Minister for Foreign
Affairs. It is expe&ed that the Prussian Officer
will leave town in the course of this week.

His Majesty's Ship Drake, Capt. PELLEW, arrived
at Madras in 06-tober from a Cruize of eight months
off the Isle of France. His Majesty's Ship Pitt,C3Pt•
BATHURST, had also arrived in the Roads.
On the 17th of October, arrived at Calcutta the
Arab Ship Fatty, SHOMANY NACODO HussElN,
from Judda. This Vessel had been boarded by a
French Ship of War, and plundered of 60,000 dol-
lars, and other property to a considerable amount.
L'Arietteand Les Deusz Sceurs, French Privateers;
each mounting 18 guns, were cruizing in the BaY
of Bengal, with several others whose names are
npt Mend()lied, when the Mercury packet sailed.