The Sun.
London, England, 1805-04-27 00:00:00

THE LIBEL IN THE ORACLE.

Mr. ATKINS WRIGHT spolce against the
adoption of any severe measure as to the Editor of
The Oracle. Although he was pettedly convinced
in big own mind, as to the propriety Of supporting.
the Resolutions of the House, yet his peace of mind
was not at all broke in upon because his conduct,
along with that of other Members, had been severely
censured.. It, was well known with what rigour the
Hoese had enforced their determination not to re.
strain any animadversion by the.PUblie on the con:.
dud- of Parliament. God forbid I said the Hon.
,Member,' that* the "PeoPle'of this Country should
have any impediments thrown in their way, in dii.
cussing the condud of their Representatives fairly,
and freely. Most certainly, such a liberty ought
to be exercisetti in a becoming tnanncr. It was well
known, that the Publishers of rapers were too apt
to indulge themselves in discussing what they called
Party questions. He professed to be of no Party ;
but he felt as much as any man the necessity of
maintaining, in all .its purity, what was called the
Liberty of the Press. His own opinion in the pre.
sent instance was, that the honour and dignity of
Parliatent would be best maintained by passing over
in silence- such trifling indiscretions. The acting
otherwise, would haute no other died than to court,
ienance them. Parliament • might to entertain a
firmer reliance in its own reditude. Such were his
sentiments un this occasion, and he hoped, that
some. other Member, better acquainted with* the
customs of the IT-louse; would suggest some mode
by which such a dignified and independent condud
might still be tigorously attended to, even in the
i)r u sent case,

- Air, GRAY said, that if he had conceived this
matter to be of light or trivial importance, he
should never have snide such a complaint. . There
was nu Member in the House more unwilling plan
he
,was to enter' complaints against individuals, or
to. interfere with the free discussion at Public Af.
fairs. Had the present paragraph been only a free
comment on Public Matters, 'as the Hon, Gentle,
man.. who had just spoken seemed to imply, he
should not have troubled the Hotise on this ocea.
sion. It was not difficult, however, to judge of the
true nature and beating of this matter. He. who
runs might read in the present instance, It was
only yesterday he had seen it, and he still retained
the same opinion he then did, ax to,its tniSchievous
tendency. It could not be viewed at all in the light
of a fair discussion of a public qoettion. If it did
appear to the House in a contrary light, he was
pertenly willing.to forbear from all further proceed.
ings.. To him, however, it bore a very different
aspen and chartiner. It was no discussion, it was
mere invective, absolute and unqualified abuse,
tending to Vilify the proceedings,_ degrade the cha.
nine*, and insult• the authority of Parliament, He
lamented` the necessity he was under of perform.
tug such a duty, slid he would willingly have over.
looked it, had he nut been convinced that it out.
stripped all bounds of moderation in the candid
discussion of Public Affairs. It the Hon. Member
who had endeavoured to justify such a manifest in.
fringement of their privileges, should think' proper
toonove that the Order. be discharged,' he should
not think it necessary to press his Motion any fur.

The Question, which had originally been pro.
posed by Mr. GREY, WAS r4fl rUt from the Chair
—" That .the- Printer of the .oiade and True
Briton be called to the Bar of the House."
Mr. ATKINS WAIGHT Again ruse, and said, that
as pitch Motions might introduce greater inconve.
nience than some Members Were aware of, he should
move the Order of the Day.
Mr. 111/NDLIAM said, he was not inclined to
rem; the matter further,.if the House really appear.
cat, to agree with the arguments and proposition of
the Hon. Gentleman ,who had just sat down. He
should wish to' know, whether that _ Hon.. Gentle.
man who had jest sat down was 'dispOsed. to do
that,' in regard, to his own person, which he seemed
inclined to do towaidii the House Of Commons.
Did he (Mr. Wilton) mean to say, that he would.
clopirte every thing that coubi be said against
him I Really, for his put, lie could see no reason.
why Members ought to be more tender of their own
charatiers, as individuals, than they should hoof the
character of the Hintse of Commotis. The not be.
lug equally attentive to the eh,itader of the House
was sliying to the Public, " yoo may say what you
please, we do not mind it." lk such was the rule,
why.. not 'proclaiM it I Why: hitt, say to the writers
of ,Newspapers, you may trine what you choose,
there will be no injury done by your misrepresen.
onions ? Was it' tobe said, that, because the House
had passed over a great many' instances of a similar'
nature, we ought on that account to pass ovet every
one I—This would be false logic. The freedom of
the Press had been too long toletsted, not only
to' the 4+lll of Public, but pr4ate-men--,not
only to the genetal degradation of the Higher Or.
&I'S of Society, but to the general corruption of the
lower. The only question was, whether the in.
stance now before the House. was one which went
to' that excess as shoulalead them to interfere to
maintain their own diznity. It' was impossible, in

his opinion,. to enneeive any till'ng MDfe groAc, in.
jutioua, calumnious, anti licentious, and therefore he
should he, guilty of no great vindiaive principle, if
he should Vote fur punishing the offender in a certain
degree,
,as a caution to others.

Mr. S',HERIDAN said, he was perfetitly con.
vinced that there was no person more -disposed to
favour the•liberty of the Press than his Honourable
Friend who had brought forward this question.
For his own part, he had always expressed hisitigh •
approbation of that liberty to a certain extent.
His Hon. Ftiend had said, that this was a para..
graph that outstript all others ; but when' it was
compared with the vast variety of other patagraphs,
relating to. the condOft.. of the Ministerial Party
themselves, it was, mere milk and water. In fair.,
nest there ought to have been some notice or warn.'
ing upon the subjett, as had been stated yesterday,
so as not rashly to pitch upon one single paragraph
as bring more severe than others, which it had been
the pracliee to throw out against the Right Hon.
Gentleman opposite. It was a faft, that the House
had not for a number of years taken notice, of that
variety of paragraphs he alluded'to. As to the ale.
bates of the House of Commons, it was undoubted.
ly enough to say, that Parliament countenanced and'
connived at the publication of them. He highly
approved of the praCtice adopted in that respect,
and he should think it a great public calamity,
indeed if the people at large were not, by such:
means, apprised of the proceedings of that House.
The , Members themselves were for ever speaking
'more harshly of the conduit of each other than these
paragraphs did in the public Prints,. Since they
took such liberties with the charaCters of one anu.
tiler, it was certainly somewhat excuseable that the
Public should imitate their (the House's) example.
He was adverse to instituting any prosecution
against. the . person accused of this misdemeanour,.
when he rccollefted what was the consequence of
fCirmer ones. Here the Honourable Member
ded to a Pamphlet published some time ago by a
Gentleman of the name of Reeves, which statetL that
the King was the foundation of the whole Consti.
'mkt) ;.that the two other branches might be lopped
off; and that there would. be a good deal of tree
still. On that occasion a Learned Friend of his
(Mr. PLosat a) successfully defended the Pamphlet in
question. In the present instance, he thought the
House could not apprehend any•danger as likely to
arise, should the Printer be merely called' to the
Bar, anti the House be.sitisfied with' any apolOgy he
might make.

CIiANCELLOR of the • 'EXCHEQUER
said, he was of opinion, that whenever any thing
came before the House, which touched upon their
privileges, they ought to take notice. of it in an
impressive 'manner. He felt, however, the truth of
what had
.been said by an Honourable2Gentlepiart
opposite, that, wherever there were abuses'or inju.
rtes of the kind now under discussion, it was.cer.
tainly the height of severity to pitch upon one in
particular, es it fit reason to punish an individual,
without some previous intimation hasing.been eit•
pressed by the House of their intention to be more
strid in future. As to the case alluded to. by.
the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. SHiRIDAN) he
had forgot to make any distindion between the
Liberty of the Press and the privilege of a Trial
by Jury.
Mr. FOX,s4d, that he would never approve. of
it,letet.uHreo;isjeuirt;briwiiitieting nant; a question
grossbreach
being b
eachoi rooght
privilege
had been committed. It was the pradice of ano.
titer Court in the Kingdom to submit any contempt
of theirforms to other Courts. He.li4d not seen
any thing so gross and injurious to. the dignity of
the House as the paragraph in question. When the
proceedings of the . House were in unison with the
Administration, there was not a Paper that could
dare to attack their proceedings. He thought the
present one an extraoldinarycase, and the }-louse
ought to thew that they will in future be watchful
and vigilant.

SW/T,ll thought the paragraph in question
would prove to be completely harmless, as the pub.
tic mind was most perfettly in unison on this OCCa.
glen. Any libel on an individual was More severe
than on a body in a colledive capacity, because,
wheire the sense of the Public went along with their
proceeding's, it defended them_ from any bad effeCts
attending any libel, although sometimes more gross
than the present one. lie was one who slid not
wish to take any notice of such libels—but, in the
present case, it was peculiaritthe duty of the House
rddefeod the charader and dignity of. the SiiltAtßß,
whose casting vote determined the important ques.
lion. It was impossible to suppose that such ade.
cision could be come to in a violent and intem,
petite manner, and on that -account he certainly
thought the House ought to show ita disapprobation
of such a paragraph.
Di.. LAWRENCE Spoke in favour' of the Mo.
Lion, which was then put and carried. without

Mr. Stuart being then ordered to attend at the
Bar, was shewn the Paper containing the offensive
matter, which he acknowledged as having been
printed and published by him. He was then asked--
,g What he had to say for himself t" when he short.
ly addressed the Sr a AKB It as follows:

" Permit me, Sir, to assure you, that I very much regret
that any part of the contents of my Paper of yesterday
should nave incurred the displeasure of this lion. House.
1r; Sir, I have expressed myself too warmly in taVOur- of
Lord Melville, for 'whom shall always entertain the high.
es; respeti and esteem I beg that this Hon. HOUGC will
view it as the unguarded language of the heart, and not a
wilful intention to provoke the censure of a power
,on which
our dearest rights and liberties depend. 1 intreat you, Sir,
that some allowance may be made fot that freedinn of dis..
cussion of public afikirs which, for a long series of years, has
been sanctioned by common usage : and that the hasty cont.
position of* Newspaper may not be Considered as A deliberate
design to offend this Honourable House." '

Mr, Stuart was then ordered to withdraw.
Mr. GREY , said it would be necessary to move
some ResolUtiOri of the House, which he should now
cin, without premising it with any observation, as
the House would consider the sort of apology which
had been made. He then moved, "'f hat the para.
graph in question is a high breach of the privileges
of this fluuse."

Thr iITTURNEY.GENERAL said, he certainly
did not mean to objet to the proposition of the
Honourable Gentleman, Although it was acknow.
lag,d to be a libel, ).et he could nu; help thinking

' -
that there was too great a -degree of carpus le
some to prosecute on this occasion, while they had
overlooked others of greater magnitude, There
have been proceedings of Whig Clubs, in.which sa
Hon. Gentleman apposite (Mr. Fox) has been I.
presented to have said, that the Home of Commas
afforded no security or protectiou to the Peel*,
while it remained so constituted. These, and other
paragraphs equally absurd end irregular, had been
inserted in the public prints ;. and although he did
not believe that the Hon. Gentleman alluded to had
ever expressed himself in welt a manner, yet in no
instance had that Hon. Gentleman ever thought Igo*
per to call the.authors of them to account for their
misdemeanour. . .. ,
, . .
Air. FOX observed, that what he had said Sal
where he never was ashamed of, and if the Fieu:c
had thought proper to call on him to state why he
had said so, he would certainly have done it•
ra
had used similar expressions within. the Bose et
well as without doors. There was no part of these
speeches which, if shewn to him, he could nut do.
criminate what was his and What was /1".
• The Motion was put and carried. kiff
Mr. Mitzi, WRIGHT then Moved, that -- „er
sad"
Stuart-be celled to the Bar,' reprimanded,
charged.", •
Mr. GREY said, he felt no objedion, if the lioste
thought it to be a sufficient punishment.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEVO
said, he thought It really would oat be doing hiPtir,
were he to vote- for this Motion. He 611"lu S
sty
fur a mode of proceeding more suitable to theilieltst
of the House. He thought tritest Mr. Sl..tlar,l:::ist
s;s
submission,paene
ddy if he afterwards made a I"er Id
to'be committed to the custody of tibe ell".. tad
hhAtoeurmini:sl (Mr. PITT)
Motion
conlisattiqubeeneeneAmend'
shouldtwiohnitc:laivhee
nhoa do
in,joe d
lionotibtiboa :roan:en;
The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved an he
negatived.o thistiettisietat
recent to that purpose ; which was agreed to, after 1
immediately ordered into custody.
In t 01'
laid be.
Mr. CANNING moved, II That there be :
l' too.
fore the House Copies of the Correspondence ''' mil'
the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry and Lora'
vile, Mr. 'trotter, See."—.Orticted;
. . ,M. CLAUD SCOTT. , foal
Mr. Seriedttt BEST said, that it had been ' •
exit red In
to 'him aka fad, that certain abuses had exim-neja
regard to,the miney arising from the sale (hiisett
Neutral Ships which bed, been taken fro rL
Mr. Swat
and ,
where, with theil•Cargoes, • they were g°1;141: oat
hundred thousand pounds and upwards.
.„' -bee of
was kit in the possession of an Hon. ,ivic,"l„ ca.
brought by Government into this mooned'
rtvyo
-the House i Mr. CI;AVD Scurr) who had O.'. a
..,ie And niiii„
trusted with the management of that ""n, ll'
remained in his hands down to the year Iv' bat
wished to know whether' or mii this was the
'and for that purpose he Moved,
of the; Atcee
—That there be laid before the House Copies °: ell to, --*
of siich sates, and the time when they werugiv,e!',,ltittlt
verninent, with Copies (tithe Orders given us' to'
to mt. c laud Scott for thatpurpose.'
. _Oen°
Mr, cLaupstorr 'said, that tile WAill°. of
th ,1-.
man was nearly right- as 'to the amount o.f r-pito or
he had at various times received for 1106 g. iota 0
Cargoes. That. money was
the Bank-of England, where it remained unrall'i.j'ept
and was of no manner of use to him: irlic,„d la
selik.
was owing to Government not having f, iod 811
what accounts to tarty the proceeds. 4‘
along lain at theif ditposal. . alla,
regularly real wed,
Mr. ROSE said,. that, to the best of h",,,,oney in
tion, the Hon. Member had nut had any tuenetallY
hit hands fur upwards of one Mundt, a' he if
coifed
• paid in the money from time to time as hbl duo 1110
it. He was glad the matter. had Colneuentjeffil
House for the justification of the Ho' dawn 0
and he therefUre would vote for tile Igu
the Papers alluded to.' EOffefg
h a viThen
g
When the nogti
said, he could not lielp thinkiog thAt„,‘"!senhe Italic.
Cit)'eReniINCELLOR of ribt -h; aue.oo
had been brought forward without 0110,1 view's"
lions were stated to have existed in telir desorAls
icveenwailsf
gthievenl:Anioaitirepelropine.ratflAoriosdic;
sale of they Vessels. He was Certal°'Y
the Papers should be brought for War roc gotigal its°
Alter some further convereations M
agreed to: ' the
TOULON FLEET• ion to
ws I
Mr. SHERIDAN rose to put a clue° we'
King's Minister. Intelligence, he fearfjclif/°°oot 0
rotinded, had obtained very Viler"' credit,
ce'ntit'i4
French squadron had sailed from Toulon, frig
or eleven tail of the line anti seven heaveYd tboaffil
all full of troops, 'and that they hod Plukt roe!
the Streights of Gibraltar the 9th of iioycionsai.,
Month. Ho desired to know whelher , .g.d. to tbli
hdd received any offiCial at authentic .101 .
effed ? 10°
114°144
the fad. "- - - :-• k, c vet'
ly MiececiiPvc/Trd
adryeipeclisedw,htilciabt GiciniVeLntni;:nit to joay-
mug colas. . .„,,.,ioa of ,
.si
Mr. Fosieeit, in pursuance ut his itiii 10 pie;
tardays moved for leave to bring in a gill
ci„„oh,
the Provisions of an Aft to proinutt i .001 11,/,,,,„,
of Irish Tokens' Altai Silver Coin to be ji, jeelatl'
Governor anti CoMpany of the Bank a
Leave. given. - • CO
tßiskt LOAN• , into a
.
Joe'
muter of Ways arid Mean', ly OW • LW.'
.The House haying resoived itsels
Mr. FOSTER said, he should on Trey nona ,
the attention of the Committee lor ,8 be.yol,
It would be recolletted, that earlY s'.l 1 000.0.;:l
Session he had stated, that a Lon. °I ',O itela
dal Or to ;treed,
would .be proposed td be contra d aiso a
, h, .. , .01,4
for the service of that Country ; due oven "ft /,)
that there was a sum of 800,001. .0 a Wls 00
.sury Bills, respetting which lie ell'"' flePj to
reserve all discussion till a future day. 0: j
rioaissetaateLtoOantlioet
r,Soo,ooot.totttmttree, that
tend, rleteispillell.;eoyf:rot:l,ll:e:rhi,
been made there whicli
,were oat
the
van,
to
were then made in this Country tor glinil, ti o.'°.,t 0
'he had felt it his duty tos accent ; '5O ituo"1,1300
Contratt so made that he had Hoo.'
id. the
.iubutit to the Committee. The Tam • 0 '
were— . • kf 4
'
iced. Long Annuities, -
eilA
Or IV
aat. inlhos per Cent*.
,*
•rt
Makin togetht A'
e 61. 41. the fluji "

,:
j,.',

. , •
Lean ;. hitt in .a►lditiuri to this there was 4.. G. •
fror the Sinking Fund on the g per Cents. and Bi.
44. on the Long Annuities, milting altogether a
sum of 61, 17s. 2ti. per Cont. He trusted the
Carlimittee would mat consider the terms of the L'an.
ac.disadvantsgeous to the Public, when it was
listed, that for the Loan of two Millions and a half,
which was raised in the early. part of the Seision for
Ireland, the Annual Charge amounted to 61. r 75, 7d.
The latter Loan was not only made upon terms
more favourable to the Public, but it hat! this fur.
tier advantage, that a great part of it was in An.
Debt, nuities, whereas the
lather created a permanent
He would now., with the permission of the
committee, say a few words upon the reportewhich
Wert circulated respiding the rejection f.ion of the o eft *We itt Ireland for this Loan. The offers made
PY the Persons who wished to contractfor the Loan
In Inland were is follows :

Annual Charze to
too, 36 per Cent. Stock -
the Nation.
- 12 °
4) s per Cent. ditto - -
9 7
1% Sinking Fund, 2 o
per Cent. -1

7 7 7

....______
, •
! Re had already stated, that the Annual Charge
114 the PiCaerit Loan was 61, 17s. zd. so that there
illin 1104111 SO/ ing of los. sd. per cent. The
":"Ince Oil Hie eVitill of the nein created
f ''' h","4‘14 hainmense. If the offers made in Ireland
r 1 ;Zucca accepted the Subscribers would have had
intoatif au leis than 13 per cent, and therefore it
!,' • Vat -e . '• •
ii,.: ot terprtsiog, that where the advantage to
t,,,„t4„,‘114'14 great, they wished to have their offer
to the a Contract. I-le would now explain.
" toe No the whole of the transaCtion as tar as
.
esiat a -
0. tt-. to the offers made in Ireland. The first
4et made the„ was ke 49, s per Cents. ; this be.
64 3nBrePieseated at unr ason. Fly high, it was reduced
• • e d
biA ~ . led on further representation to 48. burr ".adheen received by the Lords of the This.
ii, Y, In ltelnds sub eft to his approbation, He
Zsittul sheer by the Leiter 4,f the Bidders them.
• '''tesi that they did not consider any
ellagetnent
114411 With thern. The Letter stated, tliat they.
Piliti a4itle by their offer if they wete in.
•: Itateified for an de restion that may take
Are * • Y P 1" the Stocks here beiore the return
111. the
express with his answer. this . offer
1'41! m, ado in. Dublin on Monday the t6ih.
to Until of Mesas. Bugle, Trench, Bur-
-1 4-141 44t1,C411111ings W 44 answered by him by an
for, isi, Which arrived in Dublin on the Sunday
le 11"Infir mating, that their offer could not be
ofiCepttd,
, There W 46 not in their Letter, nor in any
! vi 4of the Papers, one word that vient to chew he
21 bound, The Bidders Merely said, they would
t d'oide by their offer if indemnified against possible
}2141,60. Now they complained, and said they
out 4 flightt merely because they were not allowed
01 13 Per Cent. bonus - they had carved out for
iiergitive. Ha tru,ted this explanation would set
taiedutt in a fair light.
4HP 3011 N NE WpOla'vlas glad theßight Hon.
1111enten had given this' satistatiory explanation
'. itt: ?vitt which was the subject of some unpleasant
Wi,N.. 4e thought it an advantage that the
eenhWal.Cgniriliteti for in England, as by that so
thir calsttel Was introduced from a country whore
• f 11441 Wes a superabundance, to a country where ,
slid 4 "(piston could not be spared froni commerce
~mantitatiures.
etteht,ltesulations were agreed to, and the Report
T tett 10 be received on Monday.
i ~ Lit' a Committee of the whole Houle, the Lord
riteetn!",ant of of
was empowered to advac:ce
el from the C nsoliclated Fund of that Country,
Cg the __ ..
i,„ i, ere of Grand Jury Presentments, for inak.
te,e'snail COaCh Roads, and also to grant Deben.
ws " these 'Roads.
NT! , VANSITTART, wishing the House to be in
.c.ston v , .
iloti g all infurmation on the subjeet, gave
.
ee, that on
of the Monday he would move for Copes
and theellp!SpOltdetite between the Lord Lieutenant
lo„: . Juokes in irei.... ~
atm on the subjeCl,of the de:
1 i air"' ( tile persons confined in Kilmainham
"--Adatruined to Monday.
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3471/RIDAY, APRIL 27, 180 S•
11.
Waa yesterday, we And, that the Blemte d
,1,44 eanyoY of Nineteen Sail of Lull:linen passe
"rsih the
'Needles. The illeftbelw touched slight.
en the ReLize in but having made no
ulitt i . Passing,
0111:e 4 e°4lle
ded on her voy,tge.
e. A oerce, mete
Cndinital Russia,. in.the St, ilMansi with.
.
t --'''?&Y;414',..44,70ant and di:4.1715c, And the fixer
and
, lathe,: Guu.hrig4, sailed on Thursday' for
the Tet!,
It i •
; d
ti, `h '4sta that Lor
the '''d GARLIPS will be a 11143.
' '444 Seat
to 444 Of Sirl a t the Board of AdaairallY, in
jtiN ntroYs, %s h° resiBn3 in
iii.lP
01 tl"Q"ce of 'hiso appflintment to the 'treasurer-,
tenwich Hosital.
•
l'r will I, --.......„
P iiamert-
t4ty tit seen Out Report of the - "
1„.,
lilt D Qtleeding% of ycstelday, that Mr, P. Sr OA .
t jr
w."DPIitIUP of roc
Oracle) was, on the Motion
k!ei:r.%tsY, brouhtto the Bar of the House of
.11,4`4r.4 for an article inserted in I 1
chat .),Iper on
4,144'1 last. which was stated to ccotain some
26,, Pee
ItilqtitlnS 01104 the Majority who voted
4,1441 L..)rd
To the
.ltitttu. , Met., tt.t, I on the Btit inst.
Illsthin of the Hoce of Commons it is our

ditty:, as vc..11 as our it:lioation, fo boW %vita,
sc-
speft; ,but we may Is!. allowed 'to express our
astonisluncnt, that those who have endeavoured
to obtain popularity by declaiming in tavoer
the Liberty of the Press, should manifest the os st
decided lintqility to it whenever it is employed
in animadverting upon their language, or cen.
sating their c, el
,n_u_... It cannot have escaped 'the
public observation, that the Papers devoted to the
cause of Opposition, have, fur several weeks past,
teemed with articles against Lord Met.vtuoi—
every argument that could mislead the judgment,
every topic that could inflame the passions, was
urged with all the perseverance that malignity could
prompt, and in all the shapes that ingenuity
could devise ; and this was done before the
investigation of his conduit in the House of
Commons; and yet we then heard no complaints
from those who' arc now so eager to restrain the
licentiousness of the Press. The indecency of con.
demising a
,person before his trial,. the injustice, as
well as the illegality of endeavouring to prejudice
'the Tribunal before which he was to be tried,.
neither excited the fears, nor roused the indigna.
tion of these who, in the year :79+, loudly de.
claimed against the Publication of .the Reports
of the Secret Committee of the House of Com.
moos, lest they should prejudice the Tribunals
before which the persons then under a Charge
of 1-1;s1, Treason were to be tried. The lan.
guage held by Mr. PITT, on this occasion, was
such as the uniform tenor of his conduit led us to
expeit : Improved himself a real friend to the Liberty
of the Press, not from Party Prejudice, but upon Con.
stitutional Principles ; not in Theory, but in Prac-
tice : at the same time that he spewed himself anxi.
ous to maintain the Dignity of the House of Com-
mons, by not passing over, without any Censure,
an offence of this kind, when the complaint had
once been made.

Wn have received some more Paris and Dutch
Papers, but none of a later date than those we no.
ticed yesterday. The Kara of SPAR ti is stated to
have formally tecognized BONAPASSE as King of
ITALY. Tile COUrt of the Tliuilleries went into
mourning on the isth inst. for the late Queen
Dowager of Prussia. The mourning is to c,.litinue
three weeks. la.the notice issued on this occasion
it is stated, that the Emperor will wear violet as
mourning.--Three Ships of the Line, namely, the
De Wrecker, Ajax, and Le Peter Paulus, have been
put into commission, and equipped for sea.. A new
74. gun Ship, called the Regulus, was launched at
L'Orient on the t3th inst. The superb Ship of the
Line, Le Penseur, of izo guns, carrying the Flag
of Admiral GANTHEAumr, Commander in Chief of
the Brest Fleet, is now 'called the imprid.

On Thursday morning Hts MAJ ESTY, the Dukes
of SussEx, CAMBRIDGE, and Prince WILLIAM of
GLOUCESTER, accompanied by Generals GwYNNE,
FITZAOY, MANNERS, and several other General
Officers, reviewed the Royal Horse Guards in Wind-
sox Great Park, They made a very fine appearance,
HER MA; EiTY and PRINCESSES went in state to
the review ; the cavalcade consisted of Her Majes-
ty's stale carriage and eight horses, two carriages
with six Hanoverian horses each, two carriages and
four, a duke and pair, and an open landau and
four. The PRINCESSES were dressed in blue ha-
bits, faced with scarlet, and hats with red and
white leathers.

Thursday afternoon HER MAJESTY and the Pam.
c Essas gave an elegani Entertainment to the Nohi.
liry and a number of Gentry, who were visitors at
the Castle, or resifJent in the vicinity of Windsor,
at Her Majesty's Villa, at Frogmore.
Yesterday morning Hitt MAJESTY and PRIN•
CESSES took an airing in, Windsor Great Park.
• Hts 'MAissry, accompanied by Generals
Gwy NNE, ITZROY, &c. took an airing on horse.
bark in Windsor Great Park.
Exrrad of a Letter from an Officer on board the
Chopetra Frigate, who was wounded in the late
action with La Vill de Milan

" Never was there a more severe anion fought—
both Ships were like logs upon the water. We had
our tore and mainmast shut away. The French
theihn,,in and mizen. When I had been about an
hour and a half in aCtion, I am sorry to say, 1 was'
olsliged to be carried below, from a wound I received
in the right breast. I am certainly fortunate- in
getting ow so well, as 1 was covmed with splinters,
but otherways suffered only in bruises, scratches and
contusions.

" The French Frigate bad heavier guns and more
of them, and 400 men to our zoo, many of whom
were sick. . They had also a number of soldiers
with rifles, which, when they got near us, did great
exccution. When the French took possession they
confined us below. The first night was wretched
indeed, stowed with the wounded, and our room
Covered .with blood. In the morning they would
not suffer us on deck, not would they allow our
servants to boil water, or give us any thing to eat."
During the short time the Enemy were in posses_
sion. of the Ship, it appears that they exit, drank,
and destroyed every thing they could."
A Letter from Lisbon, dated the 4th inst. gives
the following, additional particulars of J I Rome IN.
NAPARTR and his- Wife
IRRomi, BONAPARTI, with his Lady and Brother-in-
law, Mr, I) ATT tit SO N, are airived here in a vessel from Itai.
tirnore, Tile ship is uncle/ quarantine, but they will linin
two or three days, and j s a osts is to set nit' ittimemsney for
Madrid, Ili* Lady is not in a condition to iiiiiivriake inch a
journey 1 and it is determined that she and her tirotiwr arc
to proceed it. A inSterdatn, where it is eXpeeted the Linty will
reittain until alter hat arwirb,mr,a,"