The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-09 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY ELECTION.

Mr. VANSITTART repOrted from the'Shrewsbury
Etedion Committee, that the Committee had ad-
journed for some days in consequence of the illness
of a Member (General Fero-tison). Doctor Scott
attended at the Bar, and .o%clared that General
Ferguson had not been able to attend till the day
before ,yesterday.. The Member was therefore ex-
cused for his non-attendance during the time spe-
cified.

A person from the London Flour,
.Company pre-
sented an Acc,,unt.—Ordered to lie on the able,
and to be printed.
, .
Lord 1-)TTY., in compliance with What he
und,,rstood to be the wishes of the Gentlemen on
the other side, moved for the postponement of the
(Yrnmittal of the Loan Interest Bill till Monday next.
Oi n red.

The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER moved
for leaye of absence for Lord Harborough, for a
week, on account of ill healih.—Leave
On the Motion of Sir. J. NEWVORT, the Iris:,

Loan Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be
read a second time on Friday. _ _

The Irish Starrip Duty' Bill, and the Duslin Coal
Suppl,yßill were reported, and ordered to be read a
third time .on Friday. The. Irish Public Office
Bill; the Irish Malt and Spirits Bill, and the Irish
General Lighting Bill were read a third -time, and
,passed. The Irish Servants' Wages Bill was corn-
Mitted; reported;and -orders& to' be-read a third time.
on Friday. • • .
The Sierra Leone Bill was read a second • time,
and ordered to be committed, for Friday. The
Smuggling Preirention Bill was read a,second
and committed for Friday. The Committal, of the
Ci.istoins Fees Bill was postponed till Monday. .The
Order for the Committal of the Landoll' Port Pe--
&io . n was• postponed till Friday.
_ _ _

Colonel STANLEY moved the consideration of the
Report
or the Lancaster Canal Bill.—Ordered to be
further considered on. Friday.
Mr. MACDOWAi, presented a Petition from the
Master Calico Printers ot. Dumbarton, and (if we
heard. right) -of-Glasgow, against' the Calico Prin-
ters' Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table.—Adjourned.

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THURSDAY, Arillt D.; iso7.

FIE, public Dispatches. received by the AZercury
Pacicet are, act yet 4s,!pvd ; but. we ',Pe I,l;ipi)y,to as-
sure our Reikiers that the reports of a 'War in: India
are without the least foundation. •

Last night; at a lateliour,. we received
,Ilatnburgh
and Altona Papers to the i.).9tri ult.
news from the Armies in ~Poland, but they give an
account of the French army. which is Col;e,;:ling in
Italy, to advance into theTurl,i4doinions-aga-in.t
the 114.4-ssians, which, we ,truo.., is cuii,ideiably ex-
gg-geriatO. The. army. destined -for tLis 1, ;one is
estimated at 110,000„men, and it_ is that the
COurt of Vienna 'ha4 granted perinis•sion to this.arnly
. •
to
inarch through a part .of its-territories. There is
stiong. reason to believe tilat...BoNA?n,E're is-using
every effort to open 'a Negotiation wi:h ItusS,:a and
with Prussia. We stated, some days affo,- that he had
sent General DERiB4ND,.to the•Ktric; i'mustA:at
Memel, and we now ',find -that M. Vox KLEtsT,
the'..lidjutant to the KING. of PLCSSIA, off on
the 24th ult. w ith a Letter from His NI:O,V to
ISONAPARTE, at Osterode.. We trust, how..ver,
that 'neither Russia- nor Prussia • will sutrei-
selves to becOMe the
.dupeS Of artiii( es
been so often repented, and which, if Successfal in
the pres6nt instance,. will destroy every prospca 9t:
delivering Europe from the' tyranny Of Ft ince.

They eGnrain no

-A report was circulated this inoril_tiq-, th,4f Dis•
patches had bt!eu received friint fivrc N-
seN, wiliciiwere not of a very fiP:o-1,-.1t.);,..: tendency.
. .
'e are, however, enabled to state positively,.that at
the time this Paper was put .toPress..ilo ides ginger
had arrived from the Continent.

The Marquis Of STi/riOhD yesterday. put 9ff.his
•
Motion till Monday nex.t.—Mr. •ISHAS'o's
on this day in 'the Hou'lt .of (-`3°'"iii"ns
and it is _supposed that there be.
..-tile
Mem th bers.siace ..-tile fullest at:
e

WE. yesterday an noun t rectiTet of Dispatches
from the Mediterraneani they .were—froin Mr. AR-,
and were brought by
BUTIINOT acid Admiral LOU 15,
a Geotleman of,thefiane of 13 Cr Gfr «lio Caine home
M the Carteret. .The Turk., have hrmilited,con.si-
derable snipicion upon the entrance, of atly British.
'Ship, of War into their harbo6fs., Si)ider was
ill-ed. at upoN entrihg lint -ah eiiiple apo-;
logy was -aftt?rivardS made. •

-- • . . ,
bave.received the •10110willg Shippihg Intel-
ligence by tiv:Carteret

. . .
The Hind Frigate arrived at.nllta, with a .Fleet
froui Gibraltar, on the sth of Fehrui‘ry, The 101-
lowing Vessels, which sailed under hedconvbrihad
not arrived on the gth.:---Tile Two. Sljters, Coot,
from Yarmouth ; and 'ii/e:rander, from
Leith.

The Frigate, with several .Vessels. from
Smyrna, arrived at Malta on the '3oth of January, viz'.
Elizabeth; APPLETON, Friend ANDERSoN, and
Amiable Betsey. The .P4ehic and Economy, bound
to Odesa, have, returned to iVialta.
His Majesty's Ships. Ajax and .eompt"e, from Pa-
leraio, arrived at Malta on the 2d oeFebruary the
Apollo anol.Amphion arrived thereon the. 3d; and
the Moucheron Brig, frorn EnglAild., oh the 10th of
February..

The following Vessels were captitrettl and sent into
Algesiras, from the ist of . Febroai-y to the gth of
March, viz,---AMerican Brig Retecca, froM Alex 7
andria ; _Nancy, from Savannah, for Gibraltar;
Flora, ANDER:iaN, from Baltimore, for Leghorn ;
Litertas, TA VSEN, from Yarmouth; Buena,
TIAN, from Lisljun'; and
.Feritio,,Cortvl,from Arne-
r c;t,

The following Vessels were captured and sent into,
Gibraltar,, from the 13th-of February to,the '26th
Spanish Ship San Miguel, from. Tariffa, bound. to.
• Ceuta, by the Fortune Privateer ; San ::.,4ntonio-,s,
Btset-NT, from. Denia, for Minorca, by the Cik-
noni Privateer; Jesus y Maria, ESPEGO, from Malaga.
• to Algeziras, by the Fortune Privateer ; Marianne,,
PENA, from Malaga, by the Fortune; Cecilia Gotha-
rina, SHOLDT, from Vella Jovea, for Civita Vecchia,
by the Thunder Bomb ;.Maria,',lnna, JACOBSON,
from Mavin, for Civita Vecchia,' by His Majesty's
'Ship Magnanime ; and Virgin del Carmen,' from'
Valencia, for Faro, by the .111Orth Star Privateer. -

Yesterday the Prince. of WALES, the Duchess of
YORK, and the, ROYAL DUKES, visited. their MA-••'
JESTIES and the PRINCESSES, at the. Queen's

At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a Private. Levee,
which was attended by— • -

The Archbishop of Canterbury.' The Bishops of Landaff
and Exeter., The Lord Chancellor. The •Lordfresident of
the Council, ,The Lord Privy Seal. The f irst Lord of the.
Treasniy. The three Secretaries .of State. " Toe girst Lord
of the Admiralty. The Master-General of the. Qrdnaner,
Tbe Judge Advocate. The Master of the Mint. - Tie
Duke; of Gordon, 'Richmond, and Montrose. Earls Fitz-
Winenelsea„ "'mitt, Bathurst,Aylesford, and LonS_
thie. viscounts kitzbarris, and Palinerstf,nse:
Ltai-d s Teiguinouth; and G. Mynne. C6unt,ut
AlaidA. Sir A; Welks.iey. 'Gen W4atberall.,
Royal Navy. Messrs. Hammond, Ashley, Huskisson,
toxle, and Fawkenei.

The following.bad audiences and the".:hononr of
being presented to His MAJ 4STY, upon their several
appointine•:ts, and, kissed hands

Sir Arthur VVellesley, upon 165 being appointed Secretary
t 5., the Lord Lieutenant of I reland.

• Sir lohti Stuart, upon his bongappointed tonic Command
of the 74th Itegitaent, ,:l...(t•receiviiig His ~\Lijrsty's permis-
'sion io u,e title of Count.of ,

Viscount Fitzharris, upon his being appointed Under'Se.
„..
cretary of State fur FOIVIAII Atratrs.

kiis Grace. the. Duke of Gordon, upon hisbeing appointed,
of the Great Seal or Scottand.
upon his being appeinted' 1.-ord
of the Admiralty.
, upon ill. being app•ointed Clerk of the Deli-
veries of Ills In.jesty..s. • • it
Earl or Lousciale, tip3n Ms creation to that title. '
Mr. Hammond, upon his being appointed. Under Secretary,
of State loc. Foreign A tf:drs. •_' •
Lord Cathcart-, ultra his return from Edinburgh. •
M r, up,m,his being:appointed one of the
Secretaries
Wm. Johnitt...qie- Hope, upon his being appointed
a Lord 'of the Admiralty.

. George iohnstoao, upon hid b7-.ng appointed a Coin-
LA- 'lV:at:aging the
.Ad.tirs rn in 2ra.. .

• The flishop of LA N pre;ented-Hts
.3\lAszsTY
with two Sermons, preached by his Lordship at the
The Bishop of ExnT sit presented His 111:0-Es-rY. -
with his Lordship's L-I,ler Sermon.
Bogacjier-tjeneral.W , TIIc,sA took leave of nis.
'MAJEST'Y previous to his departure for the Cape of
Gohd Hove -
The Duke of RICHMOND had an audience,—and
took leave of His MAJESTY, previous.to hisdeparture
fieDUV)lin, to take upon him the Lord Lieuten4otcy

• • His MAJEsT,Y held -a Pri‘;y Council, at. -which
Viseount NlF.LviccE. was introduced, and re-sworn
a Meinty,,,r, anu took his seat at the pcoardlit:corci-
in.gly.
i..oriTTIGNMCUTII and Sir ARTIWE WELLESLEY
were likewise introduced, and sworn in Metnners,
:abd tocii; trick seats at the Honourable Bard pc
cordingly.: • • • • •
His MAJESTY gave audiences to Earl CAMDEN,
the Duke of PORTLAND, Lord HAWKESBURY, -k7i3;
COtint C4STLEICEAGH, Mr. LAN'NING, Lord CATH-
CART, the Duko..of QuiDON, Earls
and UXBRIDGE,. and Mr. BoND, the Judge,Advo-
e:ate, who laid Ili: His .NIA4EsTY.,the hr'oCeeciiiiErs
• • • •-•1
of several 'Courts Abrtial. •
The Court; dtd not break up till Ilan:* -past six
I
o'clock.

The retnaindex 'of the crew of the Datch Frigate
Utrecht have arri'vet! at Leith, from Orkney, Mani
of Whorii. ha‘4; voluntee'rect into the British Navy ;
the 'number that have' entered, we. are informed;
amounts to about 171). Of these some are Prtis...
sians, Swedes, Danes, fiamburghers, &c. who were
forced on bOarct: the' Utrecht at whatever 'port they
were iOund. . •

Sir JoitisT, STUART, it is said, ha-, declined any
Ober profest;ioniil einploynink. at, present, on
account of his health. The. gal4nt General- sus.-
tained a blow by the 611 of his horse,
wounded tinder ()LI the inetnori hie 4th of icily;
from. the effe& of 'which he is unfortunately sail a
sufferer..

,Lord CATUCAiT is, I.t is said, to have the com 7
mand oL the•troopi going to the Continent : they
are to be disembarked.at Memel, nod to join the Rus-
sian Army soon as po.isible. Three battalions of
the Foot Guards are to be sent.

' • Unstc.----The eighth performance 'of TIDE AN-
CIEN,T CONCERT took place last niL2,ht at the Ha-
nover-square RoomS. The presiding Director for
the night, was the Earl of: WI-ITON. The t.nuiic was
.sele6ted with great taste and knowledge, and the
cempOsitions judiciously 'assigned to the respeffive
Performers ; arming whom HARRISON, BARTLENIAN,
KNYVETT; Mrs. SHIPLEY, and Mrs. NrAUGilAN;'par-
ticularly distinguished...thercelVes. The Possions;,
from.HANDEL,, was given by HARRISON, with all the
chaste simplicity and :expression which have always
Charaderised. !lig style •of singin; The room • was
particularly, Well attended, and the Prince of WALE'S,
Dukes of KENT and CAMBRIDGE headcd 'a very
large 'assemblage of the, highef.orders.
The Managers of the Opera. Horse should en-
deavour to bring B.tr-utipToN and CATALAN' to
;ether on the same Stage. Then there would be a
trial 'of skill that interest 'the whole rotisical
When. Mrs. YATEs -and Mrs. CRAWFOIII3;
in the zenith of their fame, met on the same boards,
in Jane S'ilare and Alicia, the struggle for plar4 was
as great as any, perhaps, that has -appeared. in the '
World Of politics ; and a contest between the 'two
harmonic heroines, would certainly not beless at-
traoi ve.

- The opposition writers are continually, attacking
Mr. CNNNING, upon the_pretence that he is' not acs.
c_ipinted with the Frewh language, but the vat
fault of that Gentleinaq, in their opinion; . i 5,.., 014
he is an enemy to ,Frnch principles.: '