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Mr. GILES observed, that was where the Noble
Lord was in error : they only took a view .of part of
the amount of the i n terest—whereas if he had looked.
into table L, he would have foUnd that it summed
up the whole.
Mr. .bill/lES GIDDIF, highly applauded the
plan at the Noble Lord (H. Petty). He had made
acme
,calculations, upon. the subjeet himself, and had
taken some time to consider the plan which that
Noble Lord bad before . the House ; and: he
found that tt .united all the physical and Meral
powers that were necessary, for the attainment' of
the obje.6t which be had in view. It was with
arithmetical calcu4tions as with the machinery-used
iu reeehanics-.--the operating power must be pro_
portioned to the weight or sum which it has to
raise. On this principle he found the Noble Lord's
:;ysNm to be coiTeEt in, all its, parts, with making
o,nly the allowance for apy thing that may
hereafter. accider.tall,y impede the, operations of the'
machinery.. It also possessed the. moral power of
exciting the contidenyeand energy of the people.—
The Resolutions were then read and agreed to. The
House resumed, and the
,Report was ordered to be
rece*i,vell ,on .NYednestl ay nex t .
.„ .
40rd*De.Dunstanville's was, reported, read
a thir'd time., and passed.—The Sugar Drawback Bill
Was committed, and ordered to be reported to-
morrow.—Adjourned at Twelve o'clock. •

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TUESDAY, FEdiallAnY• IYI.I E-07.

Tins Morning at a very early hour a persim.-ar-:,
rit'ed :it thelzoteidn OPrice with DispatcliefrOrn Lord
HIT-v_6lincsoy,atid-fro'm Mr. WYNNE.Iie is,-pot a re-
gular Messenger, • hut. a Confidential .Servant ,of Mr.
`VrNsE. The
_Dispatches from LordßurcniNsoN are
of an old date, 'and we believe merely contain the
details of the battle of the 26th December.. The
Letters from Mr. WyNNE,are,of a much later date.
1:1r. WY2,:Nc's Servant lea his Master on. the 78th
of last month,and at that tithe accountshad been_re-.
•
ceivcd Of Anions having been fought on the. sth
,and
6:h of .fan. whieh, though not decisive in their re-
.
siilts, terminated favourably to the Russians. Another
Luta° was 161:ght. on thz 16th of Jan. in which, the
Russians had more decided ',advantage, and immedi-
ately. after the adion Marsbal•Nlr, who commanded
that part of the Army which was engaged in these
*different anions, applied_ for an. Armistice, which
the Russians refused, and it was generally be-
lieved that 'the. Russians intended to make 'a ge-
neral- attack un the 70th. -This is, we believe,
the substance of the iptellizeni..e brought by
(! e Courier who enibarked, at- Piilau on the 22d.
. .
Some skirmishes have taken place- in the neig,hbour-
hood of Colberg, hetween the Prussians and the
French, in which the former were So successful
a Prussian Colonel was 'dispatched with the-details
t) the KING of PRUSSIA. This accounts foe a very
• • .
singular pasiage in the 5.3 d flulletin, which appeared
to us at Lest
.almost inexplicable. The passag,;; tp
which we-allude is this : •

•' General VI crow, on his way to Stettin, and" in a car-
uith hiS Aid•de-Camp and'a Servant, was Made I'll
-
sorters by a party of twenty-five llussars who were Scouring
the C ,entry." " .

.This singular statement is now explained, and
General VlcToa," we have no doubt, was not only

!?1-4. tshou:d. take .place,,at tyre
er;e: thtlt period„ :or. before, .no new taxes: would
,be necessary. Tie .systent of tiouble loans,an(1:0107
pound interest of the Noble LOrdi:would only lead-to
WnlcruptCy!and rain, aud..would ;bent._ no compaiisen
440er, wit h_the present. system, ;or either of ,the szyk
gestions...%l4l). ho, had the ,honour to inake by way
9-,of..liicotiot) of the Noble Lord's
,plan.

GZLE§,4gclarrcl that -.he would not have risen
at;'that .IC-tie hour-of the night,. but that' be saw one
:gelier4l- error pfiTvade ti e who‘le system of the Noble
Lord,..(eastkereagh), Wlhich he -thought it ,was in-
-cumbynt op , ,him A& state, to,his Lordship and the
House. There.:.were many errors into which.
Op. Noble --Lord had fallen 5 but he proved. the
existence .of this one 4Unciarnental error throughout
• the, whole of the -Noble Lord's statement, he thought
that night, in itself be,sutheient to induce the House
to ro.}etzt :,.,.theso;calculations 'which had so, much of
. their foundation. The, Neble • Lor.d..pro-
poec a lean. of eleven' millions for twenty years,
with: ever mentioning, or
,taklpg into his conside-
ration, akyording to the:calculations in his own pa-
pers, the ;ecutulating ipteret, for that period.. The
sum,borrowed
.would amount to 2,«0 millions the,
interest to accumulate on the different sums. so bor-
rowed would be.twenty years for
,the first sum of
eleven millions, nineteen for:the-second, and so on
in proportion. This would amount to something
upwards of one hundred and forty-four' millions of.
interest, in:the whole, at the end of the-time stated.
the Noble Loid had stated, that the interest, aC-
corciiig to his calculation, would amount to only
the, sum of 14/6.56,Q001.. or something thereabouts.
This immense ditfereneearose, from.his mistake in
not having taken any idea of the accumulating
tcrest along with him as be proceeded. The plan..
of his Noble Friend (Lord Henry .Petty), whilst his
calculations were fair and correEt, had, also this &I-•
Kautage over that of the Noble Lord (Castlereagh),
that,iat the expiration of the, term proposed, it would
leave the-Sinking Fund entirely free and unfettered.
2,s to its.itit ore operation.
Lord CASTLEIiSAGH insisted that the error was
not his ; ha had taken the statement from :Table
C, F,,and K, of the Chancellor of the:Exchequer's

taken Priagner). ckftited, tbp, Ehe airrison of
CoPoerg.. .130NAPAIITE had quitted the Ariny',for
Berlin, with the intention it was stipposed, of going
to Paris.

•_ :Tins .morning two Gqttenburgli Mails arrived.—
The only.ibteresting intelligence which they conNin
is that which -t'va• communicated at Gottenburgh by
the Courier wo arrived in town this morning.

Paris Journals to the Bth inst. were at a late hour
last night 'received in town. They give .the Fifty'-. •
third Bulletin of the Grand Army, dated 2-2 d Ja7:
nuary, at Warsaw. ,It gives no. important intbrma,
tion.. ,JAROME BONAPARTE is stated to :be'aCtiVely
engaged in besieging different Fortres4es in Silesia.'
A Corps of I' ussian, 'Htissars had taken General.
Vlcron prisoiler, near.Stettin. These Papers con-.
• ,
tain it, report, which is also in the. Husum Mail,
that Konigsburgh bad been taken by' the French.
This report, hoWever, is not likely to be wells-
founded. It is., positively stated that the Porte.
has declared 'War against' B ussia. The arrival of
Madame BONAPARTE in 'Paris ,excited an expec-
tation that.her husband would soon follow.

• TH-E elaborate Petition, which was cOntrived,;
.
prepared, and arranged by 1.12 Freeholders of the
County of Southampton, in three month.s.of inven-
tion and ,iiidutry, has been pronounced by.a great
majority Of the: House of Commons unworthy of
being,referred to a Committee of Inquiry. Thus
this' mighty effort Of party-spirit has completely mis.=.
carried, though the instigators of • the measure will
doubtless acquire great credit for the foresight, dili-.
gence, and capacity which they exerted to prevent
the bubble from.bursting prematurely. After much
deliberation, and
.many alterations and improve;
ments, the Petition. was presented: to Parliatuent at
the expiration of seven weeks from the commence-
ment of the Session. By. long persuasion and great
misrepresentation, it was enabled to boast the
nature of one Elector in sixty. It was very judi-
ciously-, if not very candidly, withheld from the
knowledge of the individual who was the objeta of
accusation; inasmuch as -the communication 61 its
contents would have disordered the.whoie machinery.'
of the Drartp,' would havp.unraVelled
.
the-first sCC,Ie, and have ;isappod-ited those whose-..
parts had been • ibr the representation: The..
charge of ;:;%,;. interference, on the part of Go;
the .]lesion in Hawpshire,:. is
concentrated in 4-complaint ZlS,iirlSt. the Secretary of
the Treasury, for, exercising• undue- influence. in his
official ciiaracie-rl. To establish this Charge, a Letter
to Lieut. Gen. HEWITT has been quoted, audit is
assumed that Mr. FaximawriE 'had no propeily its
the County of Southampton.. Upon this foundation
has calumny raised a superstrUClure, which the first
breath of truth has easily demolished. 'The Letter
to Gen. HEWITT bears 'the charaater of a private

cotninunication, as it was marked ."Private," agree-
ably to the praaice constantly and uniforody adopted
'for the purpose of distillation: The Secretary of the

Treasury is'net prohibited from the exercise of his.
Ele6tive Franchise, or from using his cxertions,-in his
capacity Of Freeholder, iu behalf Of his fri.inids. But
the Petition asserts that Mr.FREcmA NT!, E had no pro-
,perty in.the County, and that his interference must
therefore be referred to his official capacity, Me
.re-
verse of this affirrrition is the fast. Mr. FREE MANTLE
possesses considerable property in the County ; his
nearest.' connexions possess property in Hampshire-
equal
to, if not More extensive, than that of-any per-
son Who signed the Petition ; and he is allied by mar-
, riage .with the Family of Mr. MISTLE'TiIWAITt..
'The only ground Upon' which the Petition rests is,
thus completely invalidated, and the impossibility
.0(
establishing any charge against Government is strong-
ly proved by the ill success of the labotir which has
been bestowed,"and the tifUe which has-been con,
sr reed, on this fruitless effort.- The earnest, manly,
and convincing strain, in which the Individual, who
was sekaed as the obje& of a,T.eysion
.rnaintained his cause before the i-lonse, and the
repeated ter.timonics which his high. nd independent'
charaLter drew forth • from every quarter, have.
severely disappointed the hopes of calumny and
malice,, and have raised the public estimation of his
merits, which Faction has vainly endeavoured to de-
preciate: The declaration of Mr. FiccEmArm.E, that
the Public Money and the PatrOnage of the Treasury
have in no instance and in no mode been applied to •
promote the Influence of Government during the late
Election, will entitle Ministers to universal approba•
lion, and will overwhelm their Accusers with .shaMe
and humiliation...

Lieutenant IToFt:NIAN, First :Lieutenant of -the
Diaimind Frigate,- !;,t3tiioted off -Havre, lately recon-
noitred that harboo:.‘ He wenrin an Armed Boat
close in with the pier head, and distia6tly,saw the
rem's.. and Jivio Frigates, a large. Ptaami and 18
Gun-brigs, a GAiiiot, a Schooner, and an Armed
Private Sliip of Wai:.
,None of-them, however, will
venlnre out while ggr -§hips. so vigilantly blockade
them.

To-any Cie Lottp-r..`ir.i.yott, after inspealing the
Returns of tiaa .%lenl-I.veiAhers, ordered thc price of
tv last week. • . , •

(P-A L 4V‘E IFS..

, ' .

• The under-mentioned ihteresting. Shipping Intel-
..
ligence was reeeived this morning at the East India
. .
House, by an overriand.,Packet, yiz. -

The Lady. Jane, Dundas., Lord aistlerea_7%i, Sir
Hcgh highs, Sir I~'illiam Tens ley , and ben gal, sail
ed from Madras the 3d, and arrived in hengal,the
of July. , , • •

The ..dlnwick Castle, David: -Scott, and ,Essex;
sailed from Madras for China on tfw 3d of August,

under convoy of His Majesty's Ship Duncan:'

The EarlSt..Pincent and Tham—es arrived at Born:
ha} ::19th August. . • •
.s:- . •

The Streatham, William Pitt, Europe, .and 4/1
lion, arrived at Bengal (last from Prince of Wales
rsland) 27th Rily. ,
The Ganges and Earl St. Vince,nt .were to be dis-
patched 'from Bombay for Europe.' ' -

The Grapple Gun-brig wasl to be dispitched from
Bengal for yturope.

VIYMOUTH, FEB. an American Vessel
just -arrived here frbm -Treguier, in France, and
who,has.brought ii Passenger, recently from Paris,;
inteiligenCe is received that a battle was fought in
Poland on the ibth January between. the- Russiang
-and French, 'in which' the 'hitter were defeated with,
great slaughter, and A. divisionOftheir Arruy; under.

General MoaTIER; .made Prisoners. The French.
people .acknowledge having sustained a defeat' on the
26th December; and it is currently reported at Paris
that BONAPARTE. has been severely attacked by the.
Flux: All the Artillery aldng the'Coast; tog=ether
with the , Troops,, ha‘;e been 'sent off to join the
Grand Army in Poland. • • •

Sailed• the Royal Sov'ereign, of no guns, Vice
Admiral TimiiK-BROtion, to join the Channel Fleet;
the Brisk Sloop of War, with a Fleet of:A.lerchatit-.
men and Vi6tuallers under convoy,sfor Cork, .11.0m.'
whence they are-to proceed to the West

...Arrived the Bellerophon, 01.74 guns,
.from Tor-
bay. . _ .

YARN:OI77'u, FEn. —Arrived the Lark Packet,
Captain DELL, from Gottenburg-h; and landed Pas-
sengers and a 1 kessenger,f charged with Dispatches
. •
from Lord HoT.cniNsoNl- who .reports that the
French were defeated'on thelth, Bth, and gth of
J4nnary, in Porand; and that Martha' p-ropbkd-
a Snspension of A4-ms ; but being reje&ed the Freta.
re-crossed the Vibtnlaf,4general.bat.tle was expected
to take place pp. the Igfir Ininary. -Konigsbtirgh-i's
reported not- tgbet

Arrive.crihe.'Colionbine
Brig. of War; Capt.'l3tiAusHAw; fropi a:-Orct4 e.
Sailed the Diamond frigate,,. Capt. ARGYLES; On a
Crnize. • -
Tile Dreadnought' of 'll.nd tlie_Curieux
Evrig. were this citq.pai4:theiK vages..•

~DEA.I4; FEB, G.—Remain in the. Downs a. lilrge
!Fleet of .Bhips • of, War.and Transports, Lord Dun-
:can., City,fLoridon,. Barring :_andilietcaflast:ln-
diamcln;.and-a large Fleet of Ships of War and Out-
-ward-bound Vessels,

-.1 N.,.

SHEEENES3, FEB.. 1.5.•--ArriVed .the PhosSorus
Fire-brig.
.- .. • •
Sailed this day His Majesty's Sloop Kangaroo,
Capt. BAKER, .to Deal, '