The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-09 00:00:00

CHAR)TI ES.

Mr. FOSTRR presented' from the .Pro.
testaut Schools, the Foundling Hospital, the. Lying"
in Hospital, the Lock Hospital, and other CharitAle
Institutions in Ireland, .;praying for the tiswl.annual
Grants..'-.—Ordered to be laid on the table.

On The motion of Mr. FosTßa, it was. ordered,
hat there be laid before the lion4e an Estimate :of
he Expellee of supporting the above Charities,.

• • •
Mr. Fosteu also gave notice, that in the Corn.
mittee of Supply, on Friday, be would move these
grants. - - - -

Mr. FOSTER obtained leav4: to, bring in the follow-

iug Bills:
A Bill for making further Regulations with re-
:Ted to Licences for the sale of Siiirits by. Retail in
Ireland ;

A Bill to amend the At of the 46th of his pre-
sent Majesty, for regulating the Colleclion of . the
Duties on Spirits in Ireland ;
A Bill to provide for the Recovery of Penalties in
the Excise Laws, and to alter the Conditions of Cer-
• •
tain Bends given by Brewers in Ireland ; • .
• A Bill for Abolishing the Fees of ensnare-house
•011ieers in the different Ports of Ireland, and for re-
plating their .honrs el„attendant;.e,_ .
On the :motion of -Mr. FOSTKII it was ordered,
that the House shoold to-morrow resolve itself into
a' Cotnmittee to consider of the Aels.reapeCting the
Exportation of Provisions from ireland. He.-ab;,
served that the grazing business of Ireland had be-
Come gradUally less and less profitable, to'whicb
circumstance the duty, of 4 per cent. on all Exports
from that country had not a little contributed. ' He
intended in the Committee to-atorrow to move the
repeal of that duty, as far as it regarded the exporta-
tion of provisions, and to counteract the duty on the
salt, in the same manner as on the salt used for curs
ing fish.

SIR. HENRY
Sir H, MILDAMY rose pursuant to notice, to
move that-there be laid before the House a Supple-
ment to his: Memorial, which was already upon the
table. He took that occasion to state that 1)0 owed
considerable acknowledgments to Lord SIDMOUTH'S
Government, tor the fairness and liberality which he
had eN)erienced from it. His first oiler bad been
made to the Barrack Office. during that Administra-
tion, but the whole of the business respeating .the
letting of his house had taken
.place after that Ad..
ministration had gone out of office. His principal.
objed in rising had been ,to move that there be
before the House, certain letters which he had re-
ceived from some individuals ,of the Jury that had •
awarded bun fhe compensation for the injury his pro-
perty sustained. Of • the whole of those who com-
posed the ,Jury, he was not acquainted with the ad-

drosses of more than four, one of whom was the'
foreman. They were amongst the most respeaable
persons in the county. The Hon, Baronet 'then
read extraas from these letters, which explicitly
stated, that the sixteen acres, with the house, were
not included in the estimate of compensation that
the award did not preclude the Hon. Baronet from
residing in, or disposing of the house; that of the
13001. awarded by the Jury, 7001. was for the injury
done to the ground by the works, and to defray the
expence of restoring it to the state- in which it was
before the construtaion of the works; and that the
Jury were aware, at the time of making their
award, of his being in treaty with Government for
the house. And here he begged to call the attention
of the House to the situation in which he stood
with reaped to 'this transaction. In June next he
should be obliged to return' to that house, with a
barrack within. half-a-mile of it on one side and on
the other. The sums he had received as compensa-
tion for a house that had cost 70,0001. to build, were
very inconsiderable, though that house had been
destroyed, at least, as a residence tbr his family..
If he had been upon the Jury, he had no difficulty
in saying, that he should have awarded considerably
more than had been awarded to him. However,
whether the Jury had awarded him 501. or 5001. he
thought himself equally bound to abide by their
judgment. He only wished that the House should
be able fully to judge of his conduct as to the whole
of this transaaion, awl with that view he moved, that
the letters he alluded to should be laid before the
House.

The.SPEAKER reminded "the Hon. Baronet that
consistently with the established usages, the. House
could not take notice of letters from any private in-
dividual on the subject. If they had been produced
as documents before any Public Office or Board, then
it would be regular for the House to call for them.

Sir H. MICOMAY said the lettets had been given
in to the Commissioners of Military -Inquiry, this
day, in the form of a Supplement to his Memorial.
The question being put. that this Supplement to
the Memorial of Sir H. Mildmay be laid before the
House,

. .
Lord HOIIICK had no objeClion to the produc-
tion of this Paper, and he hoped it would prove as
satisfactory as the statement just made by the Hota
Baronet, though he lamented that it did, not appear
to him yet as satisfaCtory as could be desired. There
seemed to be some strange mistake in the case, be-
cause the Hon. Baronet had stated in hie examina-
tion that the 4001. a-year was to procure him another
residence ; and pow it was said to have been grant-
ed on the general ground of enabling him to restore ,
the land from the injury dwie by the works, If the
ium had been awarded for the refit, it would -have
b. n an exorbitant allowance to make an award_ at
th rate of 201. per acre ? and if for the land, the
w) olt of the compensation ought togo to the tenants.
,But the Eion:Baronet, in his examination, had stated
that the 4001. per annum was to provide another ii
residence for him; in this view the statement did
not appear to him satisfaaory.
•Mr. CANNING was surprised at so. complete a
misunderstanding in so plain a point. Tile fault he
foundwith his Hon. Friend was, that he had carried ,
his delicacy too far in the steps 1..! hid taken to jUs-'
tify himself; unless it could be made out that
.he
had had a corrupt understanding with the JUry, he
wag not more responsible for
.their award than any
Member 0: that House. The answer of the Hon.
Baronet to die, Commissioners was One which he
was hot bound to give, nor the Commissioners au-
thorised to ask, becan4e it was not for hint to account
fin the award of the Jury. The tool. were ?warded
to his Hon: Friend to replace the land in the state in.
which it was before the constru.iion of the works.
Rut the Noble Lord forgot his Hon. Friend could
not regain possession of: the premises till Government
gave up the lease. The.WOble Lord had argued that
the compensation included the whole the Hon. Ba-
eatict had a right to demand, but surely the Noble
Lord would not contend that.his Hon. ri'riend, after
this compensation, might not have. resided in the
house if he had thought fit ; and why not then dis-
pose of it in anyway he might think proper i He
could not perceive any just distin&ion between the
occupation of the house by his Hon. Friend and his
letting it to another, the compensation having been
given for the nuisance occasioned by the construction
of the works, and it was his opinion that neither the
House-nor the Country had any thing to do with the
award of the Jury.
• Mr. HILT "IDDINGTON, from what bad,
fallen froth the Hon. Baronet, did not think it ne-
cessary to trespass upon the House in explanation of
the part , which the Administration for which he
must be supposed to be so nearly concerned had in
this transaction.' That Administration had resigned.
their seals of office on the 12th of May, and it was
on.the 15th that the part of the transa&ions Which
appeared to be most blameable had taken place: , He
could say for that Administration, ,that, if the trans-
' action were right, it would have effeaed it without
\
regard to the political triendship or opposition of the
party concerned.
• ihe 'quest* was then put _and agreed to..
SALE, OF VACANT COMMISSIONS.

Mr..COCURA NEJOHNSTONE, in pursuance
'of his notice,.roie to move, " That.there be laid be-
fore the House an Account of all Sums of Money
that.had been received for the Sale of Commissions
which at any time became vacant by death, dismis-
sion, or in consequence of the promotion of Officers
who were not allowed to sell out, from the year
1795 to the present time, specifying the names: of
the persons by whom 'paid and received, and the
uses for which those SUMS were from time to time
applied; together with the receipts which.had been
given .tist ttie same."—He wag not sufficiently con-
versant with the forms of the House to know what
was the most proper mode of shaping thii Motion.
It had appeared to him sufficient to move for a di,
re6t Order of the House for' the prodthiou or the
Account ; but the Right Honourable Secretary at
War seemed to think that
.his Motion shoUld be
for an Address to his Majesty. As he was not com-
petent to decide which mode was the most pro-
ter one, he submitted the matter to the decision of
the, Chair.
The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member,
that, in his opinion, the most respetiful was the most
proper mode. It was the piaetice of the House,
where any Papers Were called for from any Public ►
Ofliee to make a: direct Order for their produc-
tion ; but when any thing was asked for that came
under the personal cognizance or controul of hi,:

Majesty,,the usage of the Ho t,1%! was to appl7 f-r
. its prodtaStion by .an Addrss t.. his Majesty..
this otse,. however, he did not give any E.Rnitat
,as to the course that should be pursued, but hit
it• to the House to decide upon the statement ttut
the: Honourable Gentleman might Take: of the na•
.turs,of the• Account for whicivhe purposed to move.
Mr.-CocliaANE JOHNSTONE then said, that he did
not think an Address necessary ; and thereforeinoved
for a dire& Order of the House. -

' On- the question being put,
The SECRETARY at IVAR rose, and • stated,'
that he had no objeaion whatever to have the 107
stance of the Motion of the Hon. Gentleman pro-
.duced to the House : at the same time he was.not
satisfied that it would not be an interference with
the prerogative of ,his Majesty, to whom belonged - •
-by the Constitution the whole disposal of Commis-
sions in the Army. HoweVer, as he knew it was
the earnest desire of the illustrious Personage at the
head .of the Army that this should -be. thoroughly
sifted, he should agree to the substance of the Mo-
tion, entering his protest against its el e& so far as.
it would intrfere with the constitutional preroga7
fives of the Crown. With regard to the point, whe-
.ther this Motion should be framed in the shape- of
an Address to his Majesty, or for a dirett Order of
the House, he had to observe, that the names of the
persons appointed to Commissions were presented to
his Majesty, and his Royal opinion taken upon them,
'and," in that case, it was his convitaion that the mo-
tion ought to be for an Address to his Majesty. With
respeel to the Papers moved for, it would be nee*
nary for him to trespass upon the time of the House,- '
though net at any length, in order to state the ea»
tore of the AccOunts proposed to be brought Wore
them. He, should avoid any useless detail, but a
short stateinetit oa thii point was necessary, in order
to shewto the Houie; that no improper use had been
made of the power of disposing of Commiksions, not:'
. of the application of the sums procured in that man.
net. The sums so obtained were •disposed of for
two purposes, which were not only in theniselses
completely justifiable, but refleeted the highest
credit upon the illustrious', Personage at the head
oldie Army. These purposes were promoted by that
illustrious Personage, no less upon views of public
economy than upon principles of private benevOd
lence, and what was equally to his honour, at the
expence.of his just and legitimate patronage. The
objeas to which the funds arisiug from the ail:, of
vacant commissions, as stated in the motion, were
applied, were, first to the reduEtion of the hall-pay
fund, of which he should,say a few words presently;
and secondly, to make a provision for the wipes and
families of such Officers as may fall in the service; of
their Country. The last instance that occurred of
this second description, was in the case of ColOr4
Vassal. His commission was allowed to be .sOld for
the benefit bf his widow; and. on the principle of
rational .policy, that must be considered 15a saviegto
the public funds of the Country, a* otherwise the
widow of that gallant and tneritorioua Officer would
have been justly intitled to some adequate provision
from the public. The Commander in Chief had in
this, as in other instances of that•nature, acted upoit
the purest public' grounds,.though for himself he
could not say that the instances of that description
were in general personally known ta him. As to
the first trJrpose to which these sums hero upptivds
the reduthoo of the half-pay fined, he shout,: just
say a, few words. In time of peace there was no
difficillty in filling up the commissions in ,the army
by persons willing to 'purchase. In war it was not ,
to; though a sufficient number were r*,:d.e to, purs
chase the, higher commissions. This arose from. the
great augmentation of the military force, so that
there remained a considerable number of Eusignciei
'vacant for which purchasers could nut be found. •
This had happened. particularly at the conclusion,of
the late wer, so that there were many regiments
without a single Ensign. At the peace, when the
Establishment was seduced, a great number of Lieu-
tehants were to be put upon the half-pay, whi'st,.
there still Would remain- a considerable ;lumber of
vacant Ensigneies. The Commander in Chief, t°
obviate the inconvenience to the public from the in;
crease of the expense of the half-pay list, propose,'
that the Lieutenants, in the place of being reduced
to half-pay, should serve as effective Ensigns. A
precedeut of this arrangement had taken place at
the peace of 1763, and the measure. had been pro-
dutitiVe :Avery beneficial consequences to the aril'
Some inconvenience might have resulted from 10
plan, -but the advantage was obvious,. and that was
not 'the time for hint to trouble the House with
the details.. The Ensiltns were then reduced 1°
half-pay, and the 'sum of 3001. fixed, itpoti tobegiVen
to such as should give up their CortltlliSrai: for that
sum. In order to discharge the fund thus created,
the Cotnmander in Chief allowed the commissions t°
be sold. If
.they had been all sold at once thef
would have stopped alipro' mOtinn. and
,boon produc-
tive of great inconvenience. And it was therefore
thought that it would be much better tell'ave then'
sold from time to time as the OCCaSi°ll sbuuld
To this half-pay fund also the sums arising fon
-the sale
_of other commissions, was applied.: 'whew
ever a vacancy oectirred, if an experienced and tne:
ritorious Officer was
,next in succession he. got
the promotion, but it 'often happened that a you,'
cobyuisdal"ett.obeanya vacates
:Officer was next in succession, in which case
chase, and the sums arising from such sale' °feat to put'
ohtahredrihoi
datro
o dinihpcoesre, o-
wfiltiihneg.
missions were applied to the half-pay fund. Mae'o-
ther source of supply to this fund arose, when OE
dens were leaving the service whO had, purchas";
some of their promotion, but had got other.. estop
without purchase. Suchofficers, were allowed
sell only what they hnd purchased, unless by Misr,
service they should have a claim to be allowed,
sell the whole. In such cases the whole commit
sins was sold, and the part to which the cretirl!
officer was not intitled was transferred to the h
pay fdnd. ,By these regulations the Illustrious pert
nonage at the head of the army gave-up a great Part
of his own patronage, in the disposal of commillso,
,
for the purpose of public econemy, and to p,rotno
is
the good of the service. He should follow tilt
motion of the Hon. Gentleman, by mokiitig. I°'
account of the stuns saved to the public by the ett
pleyment of the Officers taken from the half-pas
He trusted that the House would indulge him, whioa
he stated what the Illustrious Personage at the heel!
of the army had dons fig its bent-fit. It was %%i,
known what abuses bad been committed at the C°l,tn,,,
tnencetnent of the,last war, in :tie purchase ar dseer.,

had been advanced in a' ow weelitt, 'from 'the lowdt ,
to the highest rank they could purchase:, Though
sonic of these Officers had turned out•ornaments to
the profession; ever;, person must feel that such a
praaice was calculated to discourage deserving Offi-
cers, and to 'give rihe to an impression that every
thing in the army dependedupon money.. Shortly
after the Duke of York was appointed Cointuander,
in Chief of the Army, and made a regulation, that
no Officer should have the rank of. Captainbefore he'
had served two years as a subaltern, nor 'attain the
rank of a Field Officer under six years serviCe,
Though this regulation did not go tar enough; it-
torreaed a great part of the mischief; but there still
remained a great abuse in the exorbitant prices of
commissions. His. Majesty, no doubt, had issued
orders, that eo more than a regulated price should
be taken for all commissions"; but means were foetid
to evade this salutary regulation, by men to whom
Money was not an object, urged by the activity of
self interest and personal ambition ; 'and dishy ex
perienced Officers were tempted to quit the service,
by a provision equal to what they chuld expect by
continuing in it. The most effedual Checks had
been :provided by the Commander in Chief, for the
abuses that had prevailed in the army ; and of late
more had been done for that.purpose than ever:—
Until effeaual measures were taken to put a slop to.
the pradices of army brokers, every Newspaper was
teeming with advertisements` for • the purchase-and
sale of commissions. The measures that hail been
taken to put down this prat-bee, had been etfedual,
and the clauses inserted in the Mutiny Bill would be
a sufficient security against its recurrence in tiiture.
He had to apologise to the House for having taken
up so much of their time, but he could not omit
taking the occasion of the motion of the Hon. Gen-
denim to' state what had been done for the 'army
by the Illustrious Personage at the head of it. The
high prices of ,corninissions had been done away, and
the most effe&ual checks established against any
other abuse. From what he had stated, he thought
au Address the Most proper mode of-proceeding, and
therefore concluded by moving an' 'amendment to
that erred.
The SPEAKER, after the statement that had-bent
made, bad no hesitation to declare, that the motion
should be for an Address to his Majesty.
Mr. COCHWE JOHNS I'ONE, had no objee7
tion whatever to shape his Motion in that form.—
Be could assure the House and the Country, that- in
bringing it forward, he had no Other than a publiC
objea. He had never entertained the smallest sus-
picion, •nor given the least credit to the malicious
and unfounded reports which had been in circulation,
against the Illustrious Personage at the liead,olvthe
army. But he thought it his,duty, as a Representi-
•tive of the people, to watch over the expenditure of
the Public Money,-and he. looked upon -these sums
to be Public Money. The Aceount he 'was persuad-
ed ought to be laid annual, b..liare the House, espe;
Cia ly if, as he understood, the sums received amount-
ed to one million.

The motion was then put and agreed to, after a
short explanation from the SECRETARY AT War.
An Address was also ordered, on the Motion of
Mr. COCHRANIV hpilluTONE, for an Account of
all Sums received from Officers on half-pay, and.
theif coining upon full pay, from the year 1795 to
the present time, with the mites, &e as in the torn
ruff Motion.

AP Address was then voted on the Motion of the
SECRETARY at WAR, for a Statement of the'Savin; to
the Public, by the employment of Officers ,taken
ftom the-half-pay since the year 1795.
The A.ldresses were -ordered to be presented. by
such Members as were of the Privy Council.
Tile folloWing Petitions were presented,, com-
plaining of undue Eledions, viz. front Latic,ister,
ordered to .be considered on the 23d instant from
Liverpool,- ordered' for the same day ; from the
University of Dublin, ornered,to be tikktli iuW con-
sideration on the same,day ; and from the County of
Renfrew, which was ordered to be taken into,coust-
tieration on the 24th inst.•

• ' FINANCE.
Lard HENRY
_PETTY, in pursuance of the. no-
tice he had given, rose to submit, his Motion for
leaVe to brine in a.- Bill, to revise the Law's al-
ready.: in existence for Reducing the. Natioliat Debt..
His Lordship desired the Resolutions of. the list
• Session, which he Submitted,,,and the House,theit
received, -t() be read by . the Clerk ; which being.
done, he obserVed, that by the adoption of these
Resolutions, the then Parliament 'recognized not'
merely the principle, but the necessity of adopting
the Plan these Resolutions contained, and nise-
quently Converting. that Plan 'into an existing Law,
which was the purport of the Bill he should have
the honour of presenting, it the Motion which he
was about to inake.shoUld be agreed to, and •whicli
Bill he' would have brought into the last Parliament,
but ter the sUdden and unexpecited Dissolution
thereof. The Noble Lord then entered into a dis-
cussion of the Measure, and repeated thoSeobser'va-
.tions which have been belbre detailed, The Noble
lord cmcluded• with inovieg for leave to bring in a
Bill pursuant to the Resolutitets agreed to in the last
Session. On. the suggestion of the Speaker, how-
ever, the Noble Lord then moved—" That a Com-
tnittee be appointed to consider of certain A 615 re-
lating to the Redemption of the National Debi on
;Tuesday next." •
The CHAACELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
rose to apprise the Noble Lord, that he should op-
pose this
.measere when the Resolutions came be-
. lore the House. This he felt 'it his duty to
.do from
• Consistency; for 'the House would recolkt, that
be had opposed, in the last Session, the Resolutions
on which the Noble Lora had founded the Bill in-
troducecl at that time he must, therefore, con-
tinue his opposition in this Seri on to • the . same
measure, if the Noble Lord meant to bring it
forward.
. • •P
After a few words from Husxl3sot4 relative
to the Ads of Parliament which governed the sub!,
left, the Motion was agreed to.
The SECRETARY at Waft presented the usual Pe-
tition from the Veterinary College; which was or-
, dared to lieo• n the table.
• AMERICAN TI(M)E INDEMNITY BIL40:0%
Mr. ROSE moved the Order of the Darforgay
-ing into a Cernenittee on the Bill for Indemnifying.
his Majesty's Ministers for authorising the.continu-
• . 4nce of the trade with America; on the stunt footing
as it was fixed by the late Act of Parliament, after
the expiration of that. Mr. Rose detailcd.the
circumstances mulct' which the trade with Amerio

L 0 N D 0 .N

THURSDAY, ,JULY 9, 1807.

This morning a Gottenturgh nail arrived, but the
only in►elligence of any importance which it brings
is, that the King of SWEDEN has given notice to the
French General that the Armistice is at an end.
—The Prussian Troops under General BLUCHER,
which were in the Island of Rugen, have been

landed in Tomerania, and as the first division of
the Expedition from this Country must have arrived

at Stralsund some time ago,iit is probable that hosti-
lities have recommenced before this 'time, unless
the recent • events which have happened in East
,Prussia should have induced his Swedish Majesty to
St
iter his determination.

It is stated in some of the Public Prints of thii
morning, that a Messenger was yesterday dispatched
frOm the-Admiralty, with order's for the recal of the
Expedition. This statement, We are enabled posi-
tively to assert, is wholly:unfounded ; no such or-
ders have been sent. So far' from the recalling
that par't• of the Expedition which has' sailed,, we
have strong reason tobelieVe that the third division
of it will sail. this day. If the whole of it had. Sailed
three monthi ago, we are persuaded we should not
now have
.to lament the disasters which have re-
cently happened on the Continent. The present
Ministers cannon however, he accused of any delay,
hecatise, from the moment they came into office,
they began to make preparations kir affording our
Allies effeaual assistance.

No Messenger has yet arrived from Lord
HUTCHINSON, nor have Government received any
official Intelligence from the seat of war.

Ws received the ibllowing Letter this morning,
froni.a very respe6table Correspondent rat pear:
"The Captain of a Vessel (a ,Smuggler) who left
Dunkirk at i 2 o'clock at noon yesterday (Tuesday)
positively declares, that the colours'were hoisted on
the aura steeples of that place, and likewise upon
Long Tommy, as it is called, being the highest, flag
staff on the Batteries, and that there was to be a ge-
twig IlluminatiOn at night, 'in consequenpe' of n
PEACE HAVING fiEIN CONCLUDED between France,
Prussia, and Russia, and that Preliminaries had b&en
adually signed on the 26th: of last month. The

. • •
Captain- of anOth2r Vessel (a Stungglet also)', whO
left Calais at twelve o'clock last night, solemnly de-
clares that he saw the city moAt
timed; .and that he was a witness to the universal
joy-which pervaded all ranks of people in conse-.
ittence of the, above intelligence, which came ex-
press from Paris on ,Monday evening, and !hat he
saw the Messenger surrounded by vast multitudes
huzzaing as he passed along the street. The report
at Calais was, that the Allied Powers had beet)
dreadfully routed in the late Battle, and were, in
'consequence, 'compelled to submit to NAPOLEOk'S
propositions."

We give the foregoing intelligenbe as we received
it. • The account of the rejoicings is doubtless true
but they TIN* probably refer to the Armistice, raw
ther tkan to ;any preliminary Ti'eaty of Peace ;
'though it slionld be observed, indeed, that the
Armistice, must have taken place 'several days be-
te/re the 26th ult.. When, according to this account,
the Preliminaries were signed.

Yesterday., about twelve o'clock, His Majesty ar-
rived at the Queen's Palace-, from Windsor.
• ,At two o'clock Hts MAJESTY held a Private Le-
vee, which was attended by.
The Archbishop of Cioiterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the
Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First
Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the• Exchequer, the
Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments,
the First. Lnrd at the Admiralty, the. Lord Chamberlain, the
Dean of Bristol, the Recyrder of London,' the Duke of ;ton.
tr:.se; Earls A yies!'ord, isthurst,Winchelsea, and Hadding.
ton; Lords llealiticitt and Rivers • Colonels Vereker and
Bagwell ; Messrs. Vernon and Neville. •

The following had the honour of being presenteti
to ,His M.OESTY, and kissing his hand upon their
appointthents)— •

Vereker, upon his bring appointed a Lord of the
Treasury in Ireland.
Mr.. Neville, upon his being appointed a Teller. of the E.
chequer in Ireland.

COlonel Bagwell, upon his being appointed Joint Muster-
MaArer .to His Majesty's ArMies :tad thrrisons in Ireland: •
The Earl or Iladclingion, upon his being appointed Lord
Lieutenant of the County of Haddington.
The Dean of Bristol presented to His MAJESTY 'R
Copy of his Serinop, preached before the late Con. 7
:vocation of the. Clergy. •
• His MAJESTY held a Council, at which the Re-
corder:Of London attended, and made his.repoit of
the coavias•capitally'convici ed at the two laiit Old
Bailey Sessions; when. his Majesty was pleased to
respite them all, upon their being transported lot'
• different periods.
.• His MAJBSTY gave audiences to -the Duke of
PORTLAND, Lords MULGRAVE and HAwKES.BukY,
Messrs. I'Lacnvm. and CANNING.,
• About five o'clock his MAJESTY set off on his re-
turn to Wiudsiir.
Tat DocuP..is OF 13surniWICK.—We stated on
TueSday the arrival of her Royal Highness at.Graves-
end : previous to her .Itinding, at about •half past
eight,o'ctock on Tuesday 'morning, the Princess-of
NVAccs arrived-from The interview
tw,..eo the Royal Personages on board the Ship lasted
upwar,!s of iwia-lunira. At length, esanly at eleven
o'clock, the standard was struck, and removed to the
barge, in whiCh the Princess sat on the left of her
mother. 'Repeated discharges 'of cannon on all
sides. took place during her approach to the shore.
Capt..OWEN had previously rowed ashore to receive
• her Royal, Highness. Upon the platform, the Mayor
and Town Clerk advanced towards her, when the
Town Clerk read the following Address :.
44 We, His Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjes, the
MaYni. I ou's. awl Conn-non Councillors of the Corporation
of Gravesend arid Minot*, most liuMbly beg leave to otter
our congratulations Upon vour Royal Highness's sate return
to the dominions of our7bel..vedf Sovereign.
•' Called upon, at the staiden, to express our feeling's, we
are little able to do justice to them,. but-they are not the less
sincere.

WC entreat your Royal Ilighneks to believe that His
Majesty has not any Subjeds who more fervently wish a con.
ttnuance of that h.►ppinesa, which must, upon this occasion,
be mutually lelt by your Royal Highness and the excellent
Princess your daughter."

The Princes eurtisied "lowly, at the concluding
sentence. The DUchess was, throughout, very
.sen.
sibly *atfeaed, rind, notwithstanding her tears and
.agitation; rt.:plied in the following impressive terms :
" Von will easily believe, Sir, that my feelings are too
gin!, on this .occasion:, to express them as I could wish : I
heartily thank you all. '

The effe& upen the surrounding beholders was
very 'cOnsiderable, and many of them shed tears.
She then proceeded to her carriage, in which the
Princess %% as ready to receive her ; and-a copy of ,the
Address having been delivered to her, the whole
party immediately drove off fur Blackheath.

His MAJEATY visited his Royal Sister, the Duchess
of BRUNSWICK, to-day, at the Princess of Vs'Auts's
house at Blackheath.

Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess Cnl,n-.
torn
'ofWALES, accompanied by:Lady. Du C. 61?!.
roan, (her Goveroess).paid her respe6ts•to her Roy-
al Mother, and xvak introduced to the venerable Du-
chess of Bausiswictt, (her Grandmother) at Black-
heath: Their Royal Highnesses and a select party af-
terwards dined with .the Princess of WALES.
The Midsummer Dividends due at the Bank are
now paying.
Mrs. DICKONR, Mr. and Mrs. VAIJOHAN, Goss
and BARTI.EMAN, are engaged as the l'rincipal Sing-
ers for the ensuing Musical Festivals at Hull and
Boston.

A Mr.. TALENTS Iris been ele6led Clerk to the
Commissioners Of Land and AsSested Taxes fir the
division of Newark, Sce. We know not whether
this Gentleman belongs to the family of " the
Talivris," but hope he willhave discretion enough to
keep his place. ~.„

COftN•EXCHAIGE, JUNE g.--There is a tolerable
stipply ,ot Wheat. to-day, prime 6aroples AI the
quoted prices, and inferior somewhat cheaper; • the
supply or Barley is short, at about 2s. per quarter
dearer ; Malt likewise ; White Pease are in great 'de-
mand, and it here would be much dearer ; Grey are
higher ; 'Beans also ; tliere are further artivats rat
foreign Oats and prime samples are quoted rather
dearer; Flour without variation.

WitrAt
Pun. ditto .

43s w 62s a 74, ad I Beans fold) 4 a sas od
764 4 a,t 'riLk ditto (do.) 3/N a 4;s od
31,6 43% a.! °Art. 22 26rt a 3
. 13-s Pol.:nd ditto 320, a 33s 0,1
• 622 a 61'Sssi Rape Sted - 451 a ISI
—s a-- s 0.1 Fine Hoot - 60, -3; 6ss.
43* a ;3. od Seconds scs sss Gos

irley .
Nbut
(;(Hy ditto -

COTTIN.RIURG4 MA !L.

RVTRACT OF A LET rER FROM GO TENMIGH, DAT*ED"

JUNE 2(.

Inclosed I send you an account which the Cap-
tain of a Shp, who 'has arrived at Carisham; hat
brought, relative to the defeat of the Russian .A.,:tny,
and the taking of Konigsburgh, by the French'.
From Malmoe we hear, that the KING of SWEDE
has declared the Armistice at .an end, and that
this took place on the 13th instant. The un-
dersigned C.iptain; whO arrived yesterday froM
lan, with • the Aurora Sehooper, having on board
a cargo of oats, -which •was destined for Pillau, foi•
Royal Prussian account, states, that on the 14th of
June he hailed the Royal Swedish Frigate stationed
°lrate above Port, which gave him leave to enter Pil-
lau, where he heard a violent cannonade, and saw that
the suburbs of konigsburgh were on fire. Having gone
on shore at Pillau, lie was informed, by Mr. Mks,
Royal Commissary at War, on the 15th, in the morn-
ing, that the day before a severe ba tt le had ,een fought,
in which the Russians were defeated. 'Several ft-
milies arrived, in the course of the day, a: Pll.l-, , to
take shipping, and thellbove Swedish Ship of. War
left the station in the afternoon, in company with
30 to 40 Vessels laden with oats. He left the
Port, and brought up in the Roads. 'lnc 10th of
June, the weather being thick and hazy,
he heard a violent cannonade at south-east,
and before he le. ft the Road of Polau Capt. Quws
arrived from Konigsburgh with •a Sloop of Wm', and
stated, that a strong column of troops was march-
ing against Pillao, and 'fired on his Ship about a
German mile from that He added, &it
as soon as the:French had occupied korn4sburgh,
the Russian and Prussian, troops left their e.f-
trenchments, near Braun burgh, as a column of
fifteen hundred men 'clireae;..l its March against
them. Mr. MANS having direatea idol to atteni to
the utety of his Ship, he set sail and put lino Carl-
sham ; being at sea, he learned from 1,4 r. ,7 :1
of Pillau, that before he had fled from them the
French .bad arrived at tiebau.

" Tht Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Vos ENGEL..
IIIICCI:TEN, left Konisbnrgh on buard an En.,3-ish

Frigate."

BULLETIN.

STRALSUND, JUNE 19.7.--A Violent' storm having
for several days prevented the arrival of the Prussian
troops from the Isle.oi Rugen, they cross&i over with
the first favourable
,wend and weather, and have ~11
reached their cantonments in Pomerania.

Yesterday an] to-day his Majesty reviewed.seve—
ral Prussian regiMents, on which Occasion he admo-
Lished them to tight with an4l valour for their
King and Country. The troops answered with the
universal acclamation, " Long live the Kingot SWe.-
den !" and his Majesty exclaitned, " Long live the
King of Prussia!" in which he was' joined by the
troops of that Monal-cii.

HENRY PIERREPOINT,ESq, his Britannic Majesty's
Envoy, Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary,
had yesterday at five, o'clock •in the afternoon, his
fixed audience of his Swedish Majesty.—(From the
Gottenturgh Gazette of June 26th.) .

STOCKHOLM, Jutm-u:—Her Majesty the QUEEN
was yesterday, at two o'clock in the.afternoon, safe-
ly delivered of a Princess, and is as well as aril be
I,expeated.. •

PLyMbUTH, JULY MS Majesty's
Sloop. Savage, of i 8 guns, from the Downs. Ar-
rived also the Danish Brig Proviaenct, j4cos
TEBSON Master, from Dram, for this Port, wits►
timber. .

•
Sailed the tndeavour Armed ,Brig ,with' a convoy
for Wales.

Arrived his Majesty's Ship Brilliant, of 32 guns,
from a cruize, and went up Harbour ; also Ws Ma.;
jesty's Sloop Plover, of 18 guns, from a ernize.—
Arrived the Pappenbnrgh Brig Alexandrina, J. FL
LANGE Master, from London.

PoaTotouTit, JuLY 8.--Yesterday arrived •,the,,
Flying Fish, with coals, 'from Sunderland ; and this
day the Otter, Copt. .13,,vir, from .the Nine.
Sailed.the ./Eubts Frigate, C.ipt. Lord FITZROY,
for Cork, and Lc, Decade Frigate, Capt. STUA Ft r: for
the Westward ; also ttie Boyd, LAUGUTON, for Ja-
maica. • .

The Aftdp'omene American Ship which upset and
filled in this Harbour, was this day,righteued
out snstainini any congiderable damage, except
juring several bags of cuttee V. hich were stowed in
the cabin. •

DEAL, JULY 8.-41 is Majesty's Trtinsport Supply
catuo in this inornitt,..;fr.,in tae westward, and .aiksi
' main to the northward. with His.. Miajesty's Snip
7rtisty and Phosphroas Fire.ressel. His .Majesty's
Sinop-Otter and .Bbitgthound Gun-brig saltvt.l last
1 night to th westward.
Irc the DUsvris.—Princess of ocinge and Allred Ships;
Musquito Stoup; Zcbr,3 JEKI Fur) ifritubs, 41.14 LXCttiutl
Gun-brig and several Sail or T raosporrs.

SHRERNESS, JULY 7.—Sailed the Piercer Gun.
brig, Lieut. SIDRELL, with convoy for Tonningen.
Came out (At Dock ihe Juno Frigate, and the Idyll,
was taken in.
Arrived the Eliza Tender from Shield,i, with Vo-
lunteefs and Inipre,,sed , Mn'e for the Fleet.

This morning dirk], at' his house in Charlotte.
street, Portland-place, Noel. DesttNPANS, Etiq. a
Gentleinan of great telents and knowledgQ, a liberal
nod enlightened jodge of the Arts, and of the moot
aln-Ab!e charaavr in vriv4t.. lite.

LAW-REPORT:

COURT OF KINQ's BENCH, ILLY 3.

WILLIA.MS V. 11U.DSON.

Both the parties in this cause are engaged in the
wine and spirit trade. This was an aaion against
' the Defendant for criminal conversation with the
wife of the Plaintiff.
Mr. GAittiow said, that cases oltlils kind had of
late years, so frequently conleunder the consideration
ofJeries, that they were all of them acquainted with
the law upon the subject: The Plaintiff was exten-
sively engaged in the wine and spirit trade, tend had
formerly had traoaCtionsvith the Defendant in the
way of his business, but no friendship subsisted
be-
t.ween theme The Plaintiff, about 10 or f t years ago,
was married to a young and then virtuous woman,
of the name of :Holbrook; whose parents resided in
the county of Chester ; and from that time until the
Ettal connexion between his Lady and the Defendant
they lived together in a state elperfeB harmony, apd
there could not be the least pretence to say that the
Plaintiff for. .a moment had forgotten what, he owed
to his wife, or deserted his connubial duty. He did
not mean to say disputes had no arisen between
them, but upon the whole a mutual of eetion had
existed. The Learned Counsel, however, was to be
told to-day, by the clefence„ that an .adulterer who
goes about-seeking whom he may devour, and. be-
cause he hears, from discarded servants, that bieker-
ings existed between a man and his wile, is licensed to
break in upon the rights of families, and destroy the
affeotionsef man and wife. When a Lady had thus
been seduced, she could fly only to those arms for
proteClion, where, indeed she could- scarcely ex petit
to meet with it (those of the adulterer) ; and when
that. was the case, i: became her task to supply evi-
dence to Screen him from the aCtion commenced by
her iniutcd husband ; and the Jury would to-day be
toil that this Lady had pre-vjonsly ntisconduaed her- •
self, rind, instead of atieCtion, nothing but discord
prevailed between her. and the Plaintiff. [•Mr:
GZaßow here entered into a detail of the fads of
the case, which we prefer giving fro'rti .the
testimony of the. witnesses, and then continued.]
lksaid, that with respe to the question of da-
.mages, the Plaintiff could never receive a r ecom-
pence ; hut the .:Jury would:punish the Defendant,
though they could not make good to the Plaintiff the
loss he must for ever sustain.. It could not, he ad-
.mitted, be in this'case urged thai : he Defendant- bad
broken through the rights of hospitality, or the ties"
of relationship.; btrt when all the eirettemances
were considered, the case was not without great
aggravations. It was not to be endurec.f, that one
man should 'enter the dwelling of another, and
commit acts that would. disgrace a brothel. Tge
only qnestion was,What injury the Plaintiff had
sustained,- and what pecuniary recompguce the Jury
could make him.

. _
John. AL:ton deposed to the tnarriage' of tho
Plaintiff and Ms wile.

&wall Lewis said, that she had lived in Mr. Wit-
liams's family, as cook, 'for six Months. On the
Friday night hUbSeqUCni to Shrove Tuesday, at about
t &cluck, tbe.witness answered a knock at the house
door, in Savage Gardens, when the Defendant en-
quired if Mr. IWilliaws were at home; and being. an-,
swered in the negative, that he was gone into Che-
shire; he asked if Mrs.,Williams was within, and
said, that his name was Johnson, and wished very.
-much to see the Lady, and he would not detain
her five minutes., He was ahewit 'up to the
Plaintiff's wife, in the dining room, and, the
Witllo36- went down into the kitchen. She theta
remained with the house-maid until half-past
12, when they 'thought of goinvo bed ;'they. went
up stains, and found the dining room, where they
supposed Mrs. Williams and the Defendant Were sit-
ting, in darkness, with the candles extinguished, atiti
the fire raked out: They were much surprised, and
preceeded tali stairs towards their mistress's bed. room,
at the door of which the Lady wet them, with her
hairaed dress much disordered, who inquired if either
of them had let.the Gentlifrilan nut. The two ser-
vants instantly replied that they had not ; and Mrs.
in apparent 'alarm, took a candle, and look-
ed herself into the drawing-room., The maids for
some time searched the house and premises in vain,
when one pf them turned her attention to Mrs. Wil-•
• liamsla bed, the curtains of which were drawn, and
on one side of it they found the Defendant seated in
a chair, with hiS 'hat 'between his knees, which the
witness had Previously seen in a window-seat, but
which he had removed. The house-maid seized
hint by the collar, and the cook threatened to Call in
the watch. . The. Defendant immediately retreated
out of the house, notwithstanding the resistance he
met with.. When Mr. Williams returned from his
journey into Cheshiro, the witness intOrmed him of
this circumstance, and on the Qd of March Mrs.
Williams quitted the Plaintiff's roof.
Sarah, Sharlock confirmed
.3,he last witness in every
:niaterial circumstance, and likewise proved that the
person-who Called himself jobrison on . the Friday
night was the.Detendant. On 'her cross:examioation,
she said, that she neVor to' her knowledge saw the
Phtintilf give his wife4,hlow ; but When the question
was repeated, she adinitted- that she
_had seen .him
strike her with his open hancl,". but that she 4!d not
:conceive to be a blow, as it was not infli&ed with
any. unlawful .weapon, such as tongs, pokers, or
brooms..

Anne Clarke proved, that in July or August pre,
ceding, the Defendant supped with the wits: of the
Plaintiff, in the absence of the husband, and that
the witness IT).1, hlm descending, the stairs leading
.froln the Lady's bethroom, which. site had a few
minutes previous, beard him ascend.
Francis. Evans and Dinah Nichols supported the
Plaintiff's case.
Thomas Hough, Dr. Owen, Mr. Hampton, his
.daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. Temkin, deposed to
• the affeEtion existing between the Plaintiff and his

•
• Mr. „Seyjeant BEST, for the Defendant, said, that he
doubted jibe were singular in the opinion, that cowsUt'"
C ii l.aw were not the,tlt plaees to try 9uestions
oft his nature ; certainly no pecuniary cornpensa-
tion could afload. any satista6tion to a man deprived
of the afhttions of an ,amiable and virtuous wife.
It bowoverimppened, sometimes, that the present
mode of a6tion Wll3. only resorted to not to'com-
Tensate injured 'honour, but ' merely to' receive,

LONDON : Pr:JIM! hi
At the Su:i-OFy.