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London, England, 1814-03-30 00:00:00

EXPENCI OF _ELECTIONS

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ante they had given film,- by their opinion it and.
, advice, and by the indulgence they had sheWn tO
his comparative incapacity, which had emboVent;
ed him to endea\rour to become the organ Of
amendment of the law. There Was one objection
whit!) would be likely to indispose many from
giving !limn their aid in the accomplishment of
design ; he meant the unwillingness that they
felt to innovate upon established practices:--All
speCulative rashness in tbe,pursnit of soine doubtf‘ml
. good, or in the correction of some glimmering of
abuse, he was most anxious to disclaim : such anifli-
puta;i9n could not be laid to his charge, but there
was a Species of reform was often the very opposite
to innovation : grounded upon old aad established
principles, it proceeded with eautiou; never ventur-
ing to move without calculating upon the conse-
qtmences, 'whether it would tend more to renovate
the old and exc,ellent system, or to encourage and
augment the corruption ,which has-crept into it.
Such a reform .must of necessity be accompanied
by the good wishes and assistance Of all friends to
:,.(iod order. It was no insignificant-undertaking,
;mps early in his •political life, to commence the
refortnatiori of the House of Commons, although
be certainly was •no advocate for what. was
vulgarly understood by the words Parliamen-
tary Reform. By the improvement be was'
about to suggest, he was in hopes securing
many important "advantages, without incurring
the danger that mnst'neCessarily'attend the sweep-
ing reforms, countenanced by some ether :Mem-
bers. —ln bringing this question under the notice
' of. Parliament, it would be his (4197 first to prove
the existence of the abuse lie proposed to remedy,
and then to -state that remedy, and to shew that
'it Would he, effectual. The Honourable Member
_then noticed the proceedings- of 'Parliament on
former oecasions_in the repeal,' and virtual re-
peal, of sonic of the laws relating to the. existences
of elections, but in so low a voice as not to be
audible in the gallery. He referred also to the
increase of the internal commerce of the country,
and to the enlargement of the metropolis, and
of the trading towns of the empire; which pre-
vented any danger of rendering the number of elec-.
tors too liniited, by excluding the out-voters : it
seldom however happened during a general election
that the scale was -not in some instances turned
by the weight of the out-voters, brought in by
the Members, frequently at enormous and ruin-
ous charges. He was aware that he was now
touching upon the most plausible and popular ob-
jection to his plan, since it would be urged, that
-lie was- virtually, if not openly, disfranchising a
fiuniber of electors i if this were the fact this plan
would never have been proposed by hint, or have re-"
• ceived his vote if suggested by another. The truth
was, that such a suspicion was founded' upon ex-
aggeration : he then proceeded to refer to the ques'-
tion, whether in fact the out-vote, when procured
was worth the expenceat which it was necessarily
obtained, but whichever way it was directed it
could not counterbalance the attainment of a great
•ultimate advantage. Theta was another much
more serious -grievance; existing by custom,
and not by the Constitution, originating in the
-electors, viz.—that the represented had no oppor-
tunity-of looking roilnd and selecting the 'repre-
sentative who they thought would be most likely
to guard and maintaintheir.interests. It was not
necessav for him to repeat any instances of this
' kind, since every general 'electic.l supplied them 5
there were many-cases likewise where whole fa-
milies had been redticed to poverty 1.),y vain at-
tempts to obtain a seat in Parliament which the
ancestor had held, and to which ancestor the
House was frequently indebted for much- of
its: present consequence • and dignity.- It was
impossible, as the House would see, to open the
doors of Parliament to some individuals with-
out excluding others, but those who would be prin-
cipally shut out by hisßill would be those to whom
Parliament was generally least indebted. He
-did not wish to retain those individuals,. who, to
use a trivial phrase, might be said to form tire.
ready money interest of the country, who by
means of their influence, by the length of their
purses, procured seats in the House. The Hon.
Member then, in an inaudible voice, directed the
attention of the House to the former statute. made
upon this subject, and to the previous resolution
of Parliament, that no elector for his expencet
shouldibe allowed more than 'the snot of la—
This
.Resolution had been alwayS.eVaded, and
the result vi-as the passing of time Act he had •
referred to. If terms were ever unequivocal,
those employed in that Statute must be so
considered :• the title was an Act to prevent
charge and ekpence in the Election of Members of
Parliament,"• nearly similar to that which he had
adopted. It was there stated as fully and, clearly
as possible, that tile payment of any part of the
expenseS of any elector shall be 'unlawful,- and it
was utterly impossible that in such a Bill. excels-'
!ions should be included which would defeat the
very object the measure had in view. In time year 1
1783, when Ldrd Milton presented a Bill- con-

Mr. Douot.As rose, in pursuance of his notice,
to move for leave to bring in a Bill for more ef-
fectually prevc,iting charge and expense for the
election of 'Members to serve in Parliament.—
. The Honourable Member, in a. tone of voice by
no means audible in the gallery, proceeded to ex-
plain the oat ure of the measure he was about to in-
troduce. His object was to restrict, or rather to pre-
vent, the payment of their expenses to' what were
called out-voters, not resident in the borough when
the election took place. He thought that .sonae
ap,logy was, in the first Instance, necessary,
for having ventured to undertake a subject of
such great importance to. all classes of the com-
munity-7(Heary bear l).—lt not unfrequently
happened, that Ivltllc the older and more. unexpe-
rienced Members of Parliament were fully employ-
ed upon questions of political economy. that affected
the immediate interests of the state, younger and
less able hands were 'in a situation to propose
some alteratiOn in less Obvious and, momentous,
though not ultimately less important subjects,of
I,!gislation. 'From particular eircunastances ;that
it was unnecessary to detail, his attention bad
been particularly directed to the question now be-
fore the House, r.»ti from his connection with
individuals for whose judgment he entertained
high respect, he hid been awls to procure opinions
Ylf considerable value; .which, lke hoped he might
all,{, „,, the House itself would have no little
infinence. Ifl-fitted as he was 'to accomplish the
he'.had devoted his utmosratiention to per-
form it ; and he 1:01ild not avoid .taking this 1,
pOttuttity of eNpres's.ing h:s gratitude to many
Ce.itletneu with whom he had communicated "for '

taining the same, or similar provisions, it was re-
jected, chiefly on the authority of Lord Mans-
field, and that great authority opposed it solely
on.the ground that the law as it the•:n stood, with-
out this addition, was adequate to the pu:pOse".—
So confirmed was he in this opinion, that he ob-
jected to a clause proposed ,respecting the mere'
conveyance of the voter., because he said 'it

might lead to endless Corruption. This decision
was strengthened by the opinion of Lord Chief
Justice Eyre, in a 'case Which he decided upon
this insportant subject. The sage judgment had
been given by eminent lawyers wherever the
question was brought before them, but con-
formable to it,-had nor hems the determinations of
Committees t 4 the House. The first Conimittee
before whom the point was in issue, was in the'
case of the 'Worcester Election, in 1775', wh.ere
it was decided that to pay .a Jeasonable suns
for the extisences of out voters was not bribery.
The next case was that of Mr. Cater, •where it
was, contended . that the most palpable •brihery
bad been committed, under colour of defrayin,g
needful charges. Another case still: stronger,,
was that of Barnstable. The consequence of this
discrepancy was, that an opinion now.generally
preva:led, thohgh directly.in the teeth of the posi.
tive,enaetment, that the payment of expences was
legal. This notion had keen acted upom.at every ,
General Election, and as it was possible that Many:

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eiecnior F Out,i. .;4.l{f' ptiice. betoi•e_
cOnld dreUle agAin upon the pWnt, ii w tie fit that
An ehacolteut should pass the douse of CoMmons,
to !set the subject in a distinct awl indtibitable
p(;iut of view. This sentiment .had been enter-
Jellied by Many persons who hail at previous tithes
taken in hand this subject : Lord maim, ,eetee);
in conseeuence of it, hroeght.in his Bill in 1783,
carried it through , the Lower Hott-se. The next
attempt to regulate 'aod restrict this practice, was
made by an lion. Friend of his, in 1807, in whose
hands-he wished the present measure; but that
was a declaratory measure, \vhile the one he (Mr.
Douglas) sugggsted wes an enacting Bill : His
friend's plait extended to . counties as well as to
boroughs ; yet, in Considering this question, al-
though he (Mr,. D.) deemed it equally illegal to
pay the ekpences of voters at county elections, if
it could be avoided vet several reasons had induced
him not, to include ,that subject in the measure
he now proposed, lit did not think himself jus-
tified in interfering with the rights of freeholders
-who might be resident on their estates.,in distant
parts of the county, and who had besides that
sort of emblisionent there, as generally not to
-he influenced so, much by corrupt motives. Hav-
ing thus endeavoured to prove the policy and ne-
cessity of this. measure, he should say little more
than to express his surprise how it was pos;ible
that many individuals, who were inclined to ,sup-
port the Arts agaiust•Treadne:, could disapprove,
as lie, had 'heard they did, of the Bill he
wished to -introduce. The other Statutes were
passed to prevent charges upon the Member, 'and
influence upon the voter ; and why should they
not second this attempt to render them more ef-
fectual? Did they imagine thstt this new law would
infringe the privileges of Electors 2 but hdwever,
sacred they might hold them, they could not dlow
those privileges,, falsely so celled, to destroy aod
corrupt the great sources of the liberty of the na-
tion. Do they think that the Representation would
be more free and unbiassed by the paymeot of the
Electors ? if to; they ought to he the enemies to
, all kinds ofrestrictionsbn bribery. This measure cwly
cm tied a principle whicliliad been often recognised
- alittle further. Wheit his Bill slaould be before the
House, anti the provisions were knoreo and dilly
appreciated, he did not despair of the support even
of the decided enemies of the Treating. ..,Lets.---
The great object he proposed to himself was, the
removal of the uncertainty that at present .existed
(Hear, hear!)—end certainty beifig. the 'main end
of all civil policy, he should feel it his duty, if he
was defeated it: this atteutpt, to 'follovit the vic-
torious steps of some disiiiigeished leader, who,
rather than leave the subject dubious and vague,
as at present, wouhl bring in
.it bill to declare the
payment of expellees to out-voters necessary and -I 111'
HAGUE, i'vLitcli 24.—Yerateidny afte:aow
0:
legal. He concluded by moving for permission to
Serene lA.ighne,;s Prince Frecieric, the voLo',b,
bring in a 13i11 for more effectually- preventine.
ze son of 'our Sovereien, arri).'ed here: in good irea,:ot.;
charge and expense for the election of Me:a:hers
die lea the head-quarters at 1.-ciall OD the. .'"' '
to serve in Parliament. instaet.
The teuestion was put and carried ; land Mr; BRUSSF.L. "Ar ' " .11 N .k. - • i :f.' tl'"
, .....A.,(..„1 ~ .—: n o teer tee() 0... - ~..ii,
Douglas,- Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Rose, were ap- heaci-querters of Marshal , Bluchet: on the 1') t
pointed to prepare and bring in the Bill, ..,co
inst. as courier with -dispatches from the C'''„,.ei
CLERICAL :T.NALTIES. - . Prince. of Sweden,' has this dee passed Cl° fa
here on his way to- L:eg„. fie zt.tes, diet 01 t,i,
. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a Petition from a
1403, 15th, argil loth, the Allies bad tzikcji;i
Cleigyman (whose name we wele not able to as-
. eertain), 'praying to be. relieved from the penalties their foelece pus,itiati.s, i.tuld evezi got pieisc'''',.l,' [tiara'
and costs incurred, in consequence of a proseca- tif,hici,,,ll:;:il:letrie'iii.,e
ri:tsdavc.eereot.est(-•;.e:c"tle'eti;gt':,c.t.,o,!je;;;;;:e:,":
tion for non-zesidence. , v,b
After some observittionS from lir. B. Ba-enunssa t rte 17'1', and tbe in•or:e set, .as it was I"'"'',,te,
the main army, • wider yehtea menTrite.e•'`;'-.!
Mr. WYNNE, Mr. PaeSToN, .and Mr. M. SUTTON, ;,,r lit
-had edeairced• tor the estiepoze Cif proeer.tite.,
the Petition was ordered to lie im the table.' atl•e
its• operatide_in coapinctioo with Mer;ll'" , i
M,,i2it) ELECTION.
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Chu." 't appear' c a•-• •• ' • t • whole aria;
Mr. WETHERELL presented a Petition from
the Crown Peinee of Sweuen is ciestleeil.:teite'
certaitifreeboldera of the. county :of Mayo, pray- pagne. -• •
oe
lag, that the time for entering into nizen • recoe
e cars iGeneral Thidmar, with his es • • Conn Aro*
erexstpeencateit!ig. a
apiet
et i t iitin:)taLgaGintsntotchnelarnet tp:criiic,.cti:iige!iiit tit: ~..; ~.e.riec." at Doe'th.e.cet ; aisi is ,
,at.'ic.oti!'so:e, ' ,
oit?,-er, !ri:
nuorcerneots are tit:stilted to Join fbe •greal rill.)'
state, that he held in his •hand affidavits of thte tee sperm ion-3 etch our borders, Generid 3101.'4:4
facts
_upon which the Petition w.tui •ftA(l;(l,ei.i,
which he was ready to submit to the lionse. • riS„e:L,',l,'l°Yef-licinc,t_ell'2li,g;., t l''),. e itnin,v';','lc:.):..‘s,„4l::latilti-
The SPEAKER observed, that it %vita necessary ,-„':',:),''''• .:1) • /IT' i Y '"l'.7
iLi - -,1(.A gat l'St-;" °;z iL ;
the House should kilos:' under ~.vint i;utliorlty tha , t'i'-„.''i0n,.....ie Is!' 1"-:71.(''„'„ver). """"`7, -c; ',di
•afEdavits had been taken. Should that einhorilee '. ',lie,' Ansi'. I.ll"varcl S. -()'* `l, .j/. "1" rets,'r i.':'0:1;:t
not appear competent,' the Parties utust be either ; r" -'ai%•e iiio, R.11"21te," ''-''''''3l.`„l''' I‘`"rraY -
coatinenct ot Cltei- or tee .e)cegosin ;roofs.
Oca
called. to the bar, or sonic Member must voecb I -13ausGELs, MA,,,_,22.___y,5,eta,,,,-;..3vv;: Vre••,,,t
for the truth or the statement. - • -, .„;:tee
epriSollerS arrived here, eoll2,ng troul ;::en6. ..-1.,.„3
Mr. BATHURST thought that thoegh it was ano-
malous to receive uffidt'tvit„' yet in 'the absence of ! ILIC'IVIV"st a Frfelll:C't"fit: "Pja whr;"l
tn-°
. ir :woo_ _et..e:.s o.' the hi 'hest _IIIIMIILHICe, 1:!341%-Vil
other eyidence they might be telteu.
Mr. WYNNE said, that itsvas necessary
house to knoW if the affidavits had bee% ielken '
before a Magistrate, or any competetit atethority
He thought it wmild be the best way to examine.'
witnesses at the bar of the House. .
' Mr. ,IcANKES thought Some time should be al-
lowed for deliberation, before any deviatiou •i oil ally for.
tho,. - has been arrested as a se,.
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BRUSSELS, MARCH . 22. —The lest rle..vi 0' ' i
i 15,111". seem to haws '-'e• • •r: y -I 0
tl.le'le%h g :::1 ri i S,/ 11'S 1:11%.11 'a (1":11;1.g' 1 (S) -il e;;.i Cl.: Y:'l. l'it:;l'..i'st 014 t itt
other measures for disturbing the trones heten I,'.'.;ge
1 t" •-•. r •
..ey are luseeed, cod preventing t‘htit, eferoo,"4„,
; gerieson of Thionville noide two atrelig .e•'•lictrp'•
reinforcemeuts to the armies_ Evf--'fl'ie
should be made from estabiishcd ILSH're. tiiloOld ' the :norning 0! the-2t4th, in the lee!. ief tv!ii,..:l)l;;`,:c'
it appear that no suspicion attached to the atlide- I
vits, he :thought. that the meaning of the Act I "re so "II teciveil bl: thc U(''''i'''' ';i".('''''''.'"Cla' '
;• they lost one piece of- ar;ill,,i.f: r. •-1; 0-, ilor"`li
would be complied with by their being adujittiA ;
as eyide„ce. All that the Act required \v,vte, that ' t"."
"gg"ge irgg-"l's' "I"` ''lt.c-4.2-le' l'';''''..;t:!' ‘''''
the evidence shotahe satisfactory t() the ilou„. Pr"isy'tln'it llP''''' .ktul'e:i'l'9lii'lled ' "P''.'"l'l ''''''
The. SPEAKER begged (cat' to Call the titto-. i "'ear- Frenee were. .e...tee! an eeee. iit.ii.eb‘ •
well i.eient tort b, Trivetes; neuie in iel•-'''.
tion of the House to the Act of the 1-Ith:of the mr(l),-"""e'l': '1")'1, a 14i''''ite'''''Ilt--"u4)"l:tild:a''"ite.h:r
King, respecting the attendance of Membera upOn C,,,l;inick.etri'ett wheleio,., on the ilestsirtu
:.:„,!
colt:elf'
Committees. The \\girding of that Act was simi- ed 'merely in a few mei: slightly woe:it:led. . :,.. Jar to that of the present ; but • &vide:lee was al- .
ways, in the case of its provisiiant-not hat-ing be,ch 'il AltN,Av.im, filAncn .!23.—The Ceauteerelaot a-
Vt. '-esel has tuyned 'SVO in :S '..):1 V l'S out of the cit):.-",:
f rfliey are most of them coine`here oe tlseir W'Y te-
complied with, taken at the fear of the Bonse.
Mr. WETHERELL then moved, that the ageiiint holland, where they have releions. It is alai '.
for the petition should be called to the bar,
iF.great „umber more are to be sent away. T"'••;ti order to be examined 'upon oath. At the 'sue-
-1 is n greet moreility is the place, 'especiiillv in r';,6-
gestion of the Speaker, I.owever, ache motion t, as
agreed to be postponed till to-morrow ; and the 1 ean•risoo, so that, as rhest;'pen'ple ~,;o,r, 'seill`Cti'l
I 700 men iit.,.- able to do (hay.. want ofpreeisino'
petition togehher with another- of a.similar de-
scription, was ordered to lie on 'the table.--1 I ( ber,"i"'-' t!!' be felt :,%-mong- °!,`?, c.itir,z,e.n% ~ _
journe.d. , . • . i • Aeolus'', et th, '.l.iiAliCH ..:J.----'lll-C 110tilia, l'ii"'
~ I eistiltg of 17 sail, which had served • d gehist 6°:
The Sums which have been paid by the Clerks i rinsclieent and 'hid' '"d been tyiug fasti" th
of Sohdivision 'Meetings of Lieutenaney in Etur- l
aknetiaitsly3l:liki,HLVseJiiill,eadrir.oiVreill
otftlti:L:'(clic:11‘i:::11- this platy:
land into the Bank-, on account of fines for the I
sels'hisf. I.
heavy firieglins been beard hei.e wince Snlidal
Local Militia,. amount to 182,(568LptIllils
sum has been applied to.the general o and which - '
vve unuerstann took place , -
I last,
~ ' •
the Local Militia, in diminution of the issues re-
Lille).
quired for that 'service.
here yesterday was occasioned by an aitnck On;
: . ' ROTTERp AM ATCRCH 23-.—The cannonade hei'l'..,i'l
Coe% -Exe•HANGE,Me'amt3o.—OurWbeat trade
I of gunboats,
was ,very dull. this tooreiog at Mons daY's prices. i by 3,l4're-rich ship of the lineeassisted lo'y 4 Ulliiiii--ci
()II *Fort Feedeeick-Ileary, sit"t&
%ye had a very large supply of Oats, which caused
s- •
a reduction.' of ls. per quarter.. ilarfey has 1 on the Scheldt, -but the fort, prevented their Va.
• te- ,
. COLOGNE, Al (01-/.1 4 G
elieed- 2s. amid Melt Is. per quarter. Boiling Pease ! sage-, and the Freludi again sailed up thet3clielX.•
support their price, bet Grey Pease' are Is. cheaper. I •---- eneral Count Wanno-
Tick Beans are also Is ,lower. Other kinds ile
i', dcn is arrived here.- .
Grain l'eal Rill tale same, but gene6illy very dull in I BAst.rt,, MAacn 9.---. A few.days ago .1200 5P"'
Bale. . 1 marcls arrived bete, who had been prisoners of Or, '
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iiAatTE, MARCH 26.—Marshal Blucher pa. lisb.
ed, on the 136, at Lawn, the following VrOcia",

Ovation

MARSHAL . VON ELUCIU-11: TO THE FEEN•
I " FrenChnien !—Your 'own yteservatiut CIIi
induces ma one"
more to address yuu.
" Attempts are made to misiettd you by. FroclatoalOn
which tirto pertuade you that we have no other object
th
.to desolate and to, divide France, and by lying accbuot: (),e
advantages which it is pretended the Frei" troop 9 13'
gained. • c,ve•
"• It is enough to rectal to .niind.the Conduct of on,
reigns, and the conduct of yours—to contemplate what
passed in Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Hulialui--;°,1.41
to
_See 04 our armie3 are at • ,resent more nuns rout'
finer than ever, to know bow unworthilyyour ct.:!aulit y
staotly abused.
" In order to judge of the events of the war, you have.
to inquire of the inhabitants of Lamb what happ;!ucel, no liv•
9th and 40th of this month, in which days the FretiO 4r.:14
commanded II the,F
auptror Napoleon in person, seas tU.
defeated under the wails of this town? Asir them if theY4i
not see the army fly before our victorious troop; ?
.have not seen the trophies of our victory, consisting 0f '.,d
• pieces of cannon, of numerous caissons, and s,,rne thutlo'w
prisoners ? And it was hebitles only a part of IV annY
trusted to my caitunand which gained this decisive' eico! "
#,
while another part made themselves-masters of M. k.tunitii,
where they took 45 pieces of brass cannon; and senile few
grand arniv, after having, on the 3(1 and 4th, defeated,
Troyes, the corps Oppose,' to it, is advancing on tlse otisr
sidc.towards your capital.
er
" 110 not t!;en tie blind as farther to' 11,steit to the. . ;
Mises, the deceptions, the instigations 'of a Govern,iiii
whose only object is to arm you against us, to pcoloog.
• war at the expenctemf the last drop of your blood and
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property of all of yon. fo'
" ....',7xcelse have been cirhimitted by soh-tient
eeded- front a ientiaient of revemgc, wia,b
beciailse !wveril of their co:nroties ,vvad iweit 5:2-,!:!rezt rP:
iiillahitatits. 7 have, howev•er, reprie4Acti th,•th; `-'•-fl
guilty pithi,heit, i.v ••., with death. 7.ttvit
no raoreertioin means to prevent vi:
dery than to ,rerfoin quietly is yoar ,
your idanr,,, y..hich arc then nere.t,ity ft,;, : • •
sleare all, net to keep op any eciainiunicatio., v
tnieA, or take nviirms ogainst 41,. i lia.ve , • 4
might hate done tie et nettles coznotitto. ; '
•villages AgainA couriere aotl soltberft,

Army, boring that nry um:!eratisa nlight evil I ••••••
their duty; but 1 infin, you, frusna Otis
ttleasurc,. hall be adorte.l, and that the tea ee and ,111-'O4
T.-laose t • ih.re to take up anus
tn,op,i, or to op •Je
as it will oe Vv tie •
:: ,•Ibreilut 1,. thisu ,arda''''
pvu;,-..h the innocent with the gdiity.
slesire nothing etet, 1 repeat it to, you, Ilia Vat lyo,
and repo-tea .Eurov.. The negoeiatitois Citio,,;i:tut,
they are once 'pub IlAied, will coavieote-ina that it is yuL'-▪
.0...
vereign alone, wilt), in epitc of what he CI, s 51.04
alit\ throws ob•dtacl,es in the trii: toraul.iote
oniyl-:-?4tirul you of the ceietsra,A Wh'•eft a 11.r,vig
(:sir,ltaynoteird) made to the 't°
.
your opituon. upon it.
" For the rest, all the nations of Ettretne cmiribut for 40
end. The event -cannot b, dou'Afttl.
and even some advanta,tes, ;f you trory flatter
tvill serve dull to render:,tt',. u more uninipp tltri • ,
already arc.
" GiVen at eny pezia-quarters4 Lar.n,
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MAll,s.
',,\ltarvEn-1 Lisbon, 1 Holland, 1 Guernsey, 1 Jersey.
ucE-1 Cadiz, 23 Gottenburgli, 1 WaterLail.

51 7-11 F (4'IWT T
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gt11,..E11 DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT ?

LONDON,
11113:DA rES 11_4Y, .3f/1R CH SO, ISM

~ .
tt
Prance, haeliberated froth thence; amohg them
\Fete several Priests. •. •
11uningen was hornbarded last night for- the
!Ntee•of four hours. The garrison replied by a
,ery
brisk fire, withiYlt at all' sparint, our tity.
everal houses have suffered very much*the
hL.o
rdhardmcnt recomMenced this evening, and So
Illany Aim:ll)s have fallen into tlice sunarbs, that
the inhabitants' have nearly all quitteil it. It ap-
Pears that the siege of that place Will. be pushed
*with vigour, and consequently a :strong Ere kept
up for some daVs. During the last, three nights
there has been a great desertiOn from the orri-
s°n, and whole patroles have come over to us,
LAUSANNE, MAtiCII 10.—According to the latest
accounts from Genera, the enemy had not as then
111:Ille any serious attack on that city. Count
4bria bad taken some steps against persons that
%.9't're suspected of keeping a correspondence with
Qie enemy. appears that another
.battle has
V
ately taken place ;•I the Upper alois. At least
all the troops which were in' the -Lower Valois
lave marched off in. great haste t6';_4ion.
GExevA, Maticu 10.—For the last eight or ten
43,'s there has been fighting, as may be.said, with-
•lll- intermission, in the vicinity of our city-; but
!ese
engagements', though- very bloody, have- not
teen decisive'. The enemy has summoned Geneva,
hixs -received a negative answer. The-rein-
f°Tcements are proceeding by forced marches, and
It appears that the danger is in the mean while
it past. According to intelligence received
it apnears, thaz. the Austrian Col-inel Ctiunt
Cie Lenauges entered Sens le-Sanneir on the
and dilwts lti, march on St. Ainour-sur-Bourg.—
'He 'ollowed ori the sanfe'route by the &nos of
.the qeneral cava,lry Prince de Hesse Hom-
, 0111'g. Lielitenlnt Field Marshal Bianchi
4(Jrz's forward by descending the Saone by Tour-
bits, on Me. con.. conformity with these move-
114'7'1's the Lieutenant Field :Marshal Count de
/, '`,'"bria has sent a column into the mountains of
4onneville, front-thence it will move on Annecy,
aild -threaten to cut off the enemy's road by the
bridge of Rtiroilly: By means of'these operations.
'•
dill' City will be liberateil.

• PRICE OF ST(: i;KS
ctmsols * THIS DAY AT TWINS D'et.DClt. '
65.1 6.11 i 1 Oirtniusn , l7 144 151

rya. FATE OF THE FRENCH FRIGATES.
11.'1 er the above title we, on Nondayiunnounc--
'e th'e'Capture.of the Sultana by the 'Hannibal,
the Saturday preceding, had the plea-
tll e°lillforming the public that the Sirius (being
e SiN4l out of ,ten advent,urcrs from French
ports) had met with the sane destiny. We also
`titnatelt that we had reason fur expecting
that the Maje.-itic 'had added one, and the He-
tir4g another, to the above gratifying list.—
rth captures are confirmed this day.. The Ma-
-4'l* engaged the Terpsiclzore and I4talan4a, and,
"ilaut the loss of a man, killed' or wounded,
;54. the_ former, and carried her into Ma-
Ntra t The latter, of , a name fatuous for 'speed
iq
running away, escaped in the
" L'Etoite, of 44 guns, which was the consort'
theof
i Sultana, has been brought into Plymouth
tv, t
Ilcbrus, Captain E. PALMER,PLER vessel,,
the Sparrow in coMpany,, was left in 'Mr-
;5ll4 of the enemy by the Hannibal. Captain
IAL4k:R (son of Mr. PALMER," SO well known for
ents at the Post-Oflice)-soon came up
tt-Zzt,ltlee aikersarv, a 4, was, expected, and with
of 36 gaits carried her in the most gal-
,it manner. L'Etoile had before lost killed,
•Itn't ‘vounded ; and the Sultana some men-, and
be:
Nam and mizen-masts, In an action off the
or May, with the Creole, Capt. MAcKEN-zrE,
atnt
• e atrea, CapI.EVaLEIGII (each of 36 guns),
which Cant. MACKENZIE Was severely wounded,
411(t about 14+ .I::11 lost by the British higates,
\;
*tliqt,tt their !..elng able to take the enetay.

A
mass of imncirtant inlormation,Frnrn Bremer)
4:14 4utch Mails, private letters from'France, andgat jcus
other ,sources, t.v.ii/ be found in our co-'llfrins this clay, which are so laden with intelli-
erlce that w* have little room to convey even a •.
"nOtnsed view of the prilttipal facts to our
erS• Our anticipation of the recoil of the
Sall` ut 1.)-LUdIlElly when i3VO'NAPARTE was re-
lu‘'ed from before him, partly by defeat,. and
Partly by the movements of Prince SCIIWART-
tEI,
-lIRRG,
_was well-founded. This active and
;41erptising 'veteran has again advanced upon
• alla- He drove the French across the river Aisne,
4t
-'ery-au Bac, on the 18th • thus 'clearing the
°4(l,from Laon to Rheims with his left wing, and
illlarching in person, at the head of a powerful
tee, against that-City, which he retook on the
20th; and established there his head-*ltarters on
the ensuing day. It was on the right, however,
thatbe haa pushed, nearest' to the Capital, and
that by the route of Noyon, Senlis, and Com-
Ileili>"e, as we expected ‘N•oultl be the case. Com-
11eigne, with its Imperial Palace, which, as we
Stressed, from the French Journals asserting that

7t had repulierl all ittaclts, was taken by the
Allies; and is about 15 miles North-east from
iParis; on the confluence of the Aisne and disc.
As-this" event took place on the 17th, while Iluo-
NAPARTE was proceeding by rapil marches to, an
Oppmite point, we may expect to hear of further
interesting operatibns in thisiqtrl.:.ter ; though it
could only be a divisional the Allied fbrec which
was engaiied in the redUctiOn of"compeigne.

•
It appears from an admirableProclarnation tssn-
.
cd by Marshal SLortreai that 50 pieces of can-
non, a great quantity of caissons, &c.. and some
thousand prisoners, ivere taken in 'the glorious
battle of Laon ; and 45 pieces .afterwartis at St.
Quentin, which is about 30 miles from Paris, on
the great Senlis road, to which we have already
alluded, as the new line to the east of that of
Soisions, upon which the- Ales aretnow so pros-
perously acting..

This ProdaMation affirms that the Negocia-
tiohs at Chatilion were only impeded, j ob.:tacks
thrown in by the Corsican. From our souls we
thank him for it—lle never did any thing which
deserved our approbation bcTore ; and it is but
justice to 'the Ruffian Emperor to say, that for,
once he has promoted and served the 'caute• of
suffering humanity. When he brought to his
trial, which, we trust will he shbrtly, his ftdvo-
cates, if they take our advice, will hrge this
mortal act as one of the greatest pos.,ible eiternm.:
Lion 'of all the crimes he has committed.

The news in the Dittcit Papers .may be briefly
summed up. Reinforcements continne in' every
direction to pour into Frartre--The fortresses
garrisoned by the Enemy suffer greatly front want
and privations, of every kind. General THIEL-
Ira's is at
_Tom nay with 6000- men. Wesel is
nearly starved out. Geneva had not been entered
to the 10th, but, on the contrary, an Allied force
was concentrating, and acting in yarious parts,
which was likely to give. d -gtiod account of
AtmEnnAu very shortly. , A .French ship tried
to escape from the Scheldt, but Was driven back.
A sall)., from Antwerp, on the'lith, had heen re-
pulsed with a loss to the Enemy of 500 prisoners.
The inhabitants and garrison are repres'ented. as.
being in a suite of discontent, bordering on open
resistance to the severities praCtised by the French
Governor.

CITY, Twehq, o'Clock.

No French Papers are Vet rirriyed.—The Funds
have experienced another vcry great depression.
Comiols have been es low us 64 ; they are now
One-half per Cent. better. Omninut has be::!a
do2ne ; it_ is now 15 5--eiglithfh, The fell-
was'occasioned by the arrival of two Messengers,.
who, it is said, bring nCcounts of the Rupture of.
the Negociation. A third Messenger is just come
in, and it is most confidently asserted that MU."
C HER and crtwAnTzEtillt:RG had effected a junc-
tion, and completely dcfea.ted l UO;IAPA.IITE.

SUN-OFFICE, Ilalf-past (The o'clock.
We do not understand that any :Messengers
have arrived at the Government Offices.

It is not generally known, that the conquered
countries on the left bank of the Rhine have. been
erected into four general Governments ,by the,
Allied Conquer'ers.—l . That of the Lower• Rhine,
comprehending' the departments of the. Rocr, the
Ourthe, and the•Maas ; the seat of which is.at Atx'.
2. The middle Rhine-, comprising the depart meths
of the "Saar, Mont Tonnerre, the Rhine and
; the seat of which is at Triers. 3. Tbe
Upper liliiec, containing the departments.of th,-
Upper'and Lower Rhine ; .its chief seat helm; at
Colmar. '4. The last consiitS of the departraentS
of the'Saono. no(-Jura, and the. districts separated
front Switzerland; its seat i. at Nresoul. The
Goverior-Gt;neral of the Anaulle Rhine is ?I
Gagxn, Counsellor, of State to the Elpel'or, of
RUSbIA ; of the Upper Rhine, M.• Von If,AIITF.-S-
-s;rEzt4, Anlie Counsellor to the Emperor of AUS-
TRIA; and of tht 4th, Baron VT& ANDE! AU. '1 he
Governor of the' Lower Rhine is not yet ap-
pointed.

"tVe larript to have to state, that the Joka
Pal-
me/ East Indiaman, a conatry.'ship— front Bengal
and Bourbon Co Londem, a•as totally lost on'tbe
9th instant, off ,'tar, and all on board perished. •

The Cadiz and Corunnd Mail; arrived at •ral-
mouth, will not be in town uatil to-morrow.

Yesterday a Cabinet Council wat held, which
sat till a late hour, arid immediately' aeter it had
broken up, Mr. the 'Messenger, was or-
dered in waiting to set off in the coarse of
,the
evening with Dispatches for Lord CASTIAREAGR.
It WAS understood, he was not to proceed by the
way of France, but to take the route of Holland.
This circumstance may, perhaps, afford sonic in-
ference a% to the state of the n,egociationi.
The Duke of YORE: held a Levee yesterday at
his office. Among those on his'Aoyal highness's
list, and who were honoured with interviews,
were—

Oen. St. Leger, Gen: Wernyss,- Major-Gen. Serenson, Ma-
jor-Gen. Stewart, Lord Browntow, Major-Gen.
Fredtrick VauF,,Co-
loiwts Creagh, Action, Mittman, andFreemantle.
Yesterday the Marquis of Woßchsrim, and
Col. FREENiAICTLE, Aides7de-Canip to the Marquis
of WELI.ttiGTON, took leave of -the Duke of Yoar..
previous to their departure to- join. 'the. Noble
I.llhrquis's army.
The Duke of MONTROSE had a Long audience of
the PRINCE REGENT yesterday. - *

SHEFANESS, 114Rcii 29, ut ALF-FA ST 5 P. M P.M.

The Jastn frigate, Hon. Capt. KING, has just
arrived at the Note, with his Royal Highness the
Duke of .Ci.Aaarroi, her Serene Hifghness the
Duchess of OLDENBURGH, her Son, and respec-
tivesuites, on board. The Namur (flag-ship) and
all the other men of war saluted on the occasion.
The Royal Visitors landed about six o'clock at the.
Com Missioner's Stairs, in the Dock-Yard (where
the Royal Standard - Was hoisted), and immediately
proceeded to the house of Rear Admiral Sir Tao-
MAS WiILIAMS, the Port Admiral, vittendei by
Comniissioner Lona, and the principal Officers of
the Yard. On the lauding of his Royal Highness,
the Duchess,,&c.' the guns of .the -battery ,fired
salute,: while the crews of the different men of
war manned theii,yards.
• An elegant and stnaptuous dinner is•provided at
Sn: T. WILLIAms's for the distinguished guests, at
'which will be present Lady IViLLIAMS', Commis-
sioner and Mrs. LOZ 3 ,
.CaptOn KING, and the
Captains or sliii)s at this port.

Ycsttrday her I'tiAJEsTY, accotupanted by 'the
Princesses Et.;;ALnini-1 and M EtY, arrived at Buck-
In'gliam /loose from Windsor. In the evening
they went i n their chairs to Carlton House, to
demo" With the PRINCE ttECiENT.
.Ad vices have been received froth BoUrdeauX
the 17th instant, and from Paris to the date of
last-. The letters fr6,n 12,• irdeaux are die-
t:vett in a spirit of ardent gratitude for the g‘ene-
rosity shewn by Marr2,hld, BEREsi;oaD, in the in-
violability of all private property of every descrip-
tion ; the siiipping in the river had been untouch-
ed, and no,temporary seqnestration Ilan been im-
posed. It appears by the accounts from the French
capital, that lin farther news had arrived from the,
armies; and some imeasiness had bceu produced
by thi's unexpected silence.
We are 'assured, thNt the most extensive atAist-
anCe. is about to be afforded to the RoyaNtf in
'the South of France; and that an order has been
given for not less than 130,000 stahtl of arms and
proportionate aceontrementS to be sent to Bout'-
deaux with all possible expedition,
The.comillUnientions with his Majesty the King
of I.:att:SCF, continue to be freqhent from various
parts of France, and even from .I.i.mt-
*ltour had stated, that lALIAYRANr3 himself bad
come over to this countr ; hut die fact is not So. •
A relation of his arried t few days ago, the ob-
ject of Nr,o.se mission was, of course, kept secret.'
It has been stated that Louts XVIII. was going
to Bourdeaux to be crowned as King : this, we.
know, not tie ; nor can a King of France be
crowned but at Rheinis, according to the old laws
of the monarchy.
There is no further positive militvy or political
intelligence frOmn the SoUth-so; Fria -e. It is re-
potted, hoy Aver, that the tort of Blake, situated
•at the confluence of the Dordogne (rah the Ga-
ronne, had sarrendert:d after SilOtt bombard-
meat ; arid- that the Commandant of the Pat 6 de
Biaye, -a fort built on an island mid-way of the
hatt,---tvitli 2Unner.,--decla'red lie wnald lake
the orders 'of the Due D'ANoouLEnc. At all
events, it iii‘thought that the whole course of the
river' is now free, or' ‘vill•be so shortly.
The last op;:rations of any consequence in the
Tleigliharllootl of klaniburgh, were some at'
tempts on The part of the icarrison to dislodge the
Allies from a piece cf ;;roamed between Altona amid
Harnburgh, on which a battery of eight guns was
constructed, that' much annoyed', the city. The
enemy was drivenlack Within tine walls, with the
' hiss of several hundren men, in- killed, wounded.,
prisfnicr, LiENNIGiEN had been at
With his_Staif,-from \vlicnee he was to
proceed southward, with a great part of his force,'
'to co"-operate with the Allies, leaving, _however,
511fikient nitinber of troops for the-blockade of
1-I'airhurgli, under Count ALTEnNToonr.
rite Allrquis cif WELIANGTON is said. to be
'marching towards 'Toulouse, with a view of c0.,-
mandiugl he whole course of the Ciaronne
am-
that town is atsu expected- to declare for the
BOURBONS' Op his app;Oach for there has been
a constant Royalist counnunicati4n, ever since
llov:sHttkriE's. time, betveen ttne great cities of
the Soul!) of T.Zranc, f3ourdeaui, Marseilles,
Lyons, and raulf.nsc ; -but each rose in its turn
in an
intifavourahle period—was not salmi-nit:led by,
others—a;-d r_ndiszved-in consequence. In the mean
time the secret deputies of the towns we bavc
fore mentioned, amid hose of the intermediate
places of sinailer note, le.ch as P.erigneur., Li-
moges, Mont-mulna, • Yontpellier, &c. several of
which had ;Aso attempted frediless insurrections,
used-to say, tothe Royalist Council el Irmrdeaux,
which has never ceased to exist—" Gentlemen,,
when von rise we shall not be behind Land ;
but your town, as opening the m0,,,t direct commu-
nication with foreign powers,
,innst be the first. 7—
Lately, Brittany and Poitou (La Vend6e) held the
same language ; and ,ve have no doubt but that
they will follow the example, especially as in most
of the (listri is vie have Mentioned, the Usurper
has 110 troops :to quell the flame of patriotism.
Reports were yesterday circulated of SoULT's
opeli defei:tion. We believe them to' be ground-
less. They mar, perhaps bare, arisen from
the circumstance, that One of Ills Aids-de-Camp,
• who was taken prisoner in the battle of Utiles,
had. arrived, in town. He was immediately libe-
rated by Lord WriLi.msG-rozT, on repairing to bead 7
ginarters,'.and making it appear to his Lordship
that he was a Dutchman. This Officer stares, that
the Conscripts fouOrt with grett courage until they
were thrown in disordqr, when.several regiinehts,
us with one accord, threwaway their arms, and_dis-
persed in every direction. No less sthan 12,000
men fetorned to their homes in this way and
about 0000 more -were either killed, wounded,
or taken prisoners in-the ; -so that coULT.s
army was diminished, tytcr. the battle, at the
lowest calculation, 18,000 amen. Should StielisT
have joined SduLT, as lie is itniposci 'to have done,
their united armies will not exceed 40,000 men.
We understand a Royal earria, e; and tour
horses, is to proceed to Harwich, to conduct the
Michas of OLDENstntou to London.

NAVAL NEWS.

" The capture, of the Terpsichore French frig:ve
by his Majesty's ship Majestic,• and has- drriveil
at Madeira, is confirmed ; but we haye
ac-
count of the capture—and arrival at Plymon:h of
L'Etoile French frigate, as stated in sonic of the
Pipers of to-day.

THE ACTION BETWEEN TIE DUKE OP MONTROSE.
PACKET AND THE PEIMUOSE 31.902\0!, W
sr au extract from the,'
log-book, it appears that thc artiou eom:neneed
about 'half-past seven o'Cloell
broadside 'to broadside, within ,5!,,,t.
until, a (parte!. before nine, when the Primrose
attempted to carry the packet by shOt,r,liog, -Lint
was gallantly resisted, and so much dann!ged. as
to 01.ilige her to haul off. At.nine o'clos,'Cie
Primrose again came down, and re-comuwn;cil
the action, which was continued with the saille
unabated spirit On both sides until icrt minutes
befOre ten, when the Prirnr.ise h ailed, !old askol
what ship it was. The Jnistmke was soon disco-
vered. The loss on board the picket is tieTt-
tenant and Adjutant ANDREO:S, bf <he f;Dth Regi-
ment (a. passenger), and the Master kille 1, and 10
men wounded. The loss on hoard tiie Printro:.oz
is,. the Vaster and four- men killed, and 18
wounded. - •

YARMOUTI/, MARCK 29.—Arrive!1 n Dtit6
-sChuyt from Cattrick, with' letters, but brings nu)

news.

FALMOUTH., MARCH 27.--.-Arriva the 'Rake Of
Kent packet, with a mail leoin 12shon, nitte
,days ; Queen Charlotte packet, Wrth a !nail from
Cadiz and COrmina, in three dayS :--from the
latter port the Princess Charlope packet did not
sail yestettlay as reporta—Wind West.
PoArsmovrti, MAncin the,follow-
ing East indiamen from the Downs
Thatnes, Lord Keith, flefi`ty Addington,Coutts,
and DOrsetshire. Arrived his Majesty's ship Va-
liant from Jamaica, and the. Actaeon sloop of wi.r
from Bermuda, last from Plymouth. Sailed thi.:
Cressy man of war on a cruise.

PLYMOUTH, MAncx 28:—Arrived the Sampson,
Lii)DLE, from Lomion,`bound 'to Gibraltar, d;s-
masted. Arrived-the Andromache frigate from off
Bourdeaux, Minerva ditto from Jantaiea. Sailed
the Opossum sloop of war and Resolute gunlbrig
on. a cruise: Sailed tlie Venus .fiigltte on ditto.;
DAL, March 2g.—Sailed the Griffin bop of
war and Viper cutter, with the remainder of tl)e
outward-bound that put hack : vt:ziterdoi.
Ar-
rived the Badger cutter and Folkstone hired :ves-
sel with dispatches from Admiral Yol., Sp. Sttile;l
his Maje:sty's ship Redpule, with a'onvor for
Fortsmrioth..