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London, England, 1810-03-23 00:00:00

eont&lded that there was no'iiinilgity between ti e
two cases,

LOrd
,Gain. thought the , ans:Ver of the. No ile
Lords opposite to him quite unsatisfaaory. He
read part of the Report of the'Ci.mmAtee of 'the
Hue 'of Commons in ii;g7, and the fltird
resolution which - had t•lien ben adopted,. which
resolution proVed nqt. only that there was no
.foundatiOn for, the charge of inhumanity towards
the French pr;Soners, but that- the British G-ivernr
inent at thdt time: .manifeSted every dispoion, to.
establiSh an,eXcliange of prisoners, but that it was
wholly protrieled by the atravagant and inadmis.
sible ..pretenSions of the, enemy. But in order to
give Ministers every possible fair play, and put they
sincerity of their assertions to the test, he would
.solicit his Noble Friend to withdraw. his ,an-Dtion, fuc
the purpose of moving for a- Select Committed to,
inquire into the groundS of the charge made by the
French Governm nt; or of submitting in its roani
a txto7iou, to the House fit ascertaining the l;itt4
of the.proposal,,and of the wfi.a4l of Ministers to
ascertain it.

Lord MULORAII3 wpuld not consent to take du;
.matter out of the hands of the executive power iii
order to refer it to a Committee. He thought hi 4
do
answer fully satialai,y and in his wish to mat ii
it more so), he was teady to say that no proposal for
an exchange of prisoners -had been refused, and
that the . arrangement for cariying that desir-
able objeet into execution was still under content-.
, .
piation.

- After a few Observations from Lord SPENCER and
,Lord HARROWBY, the House divided on the orit-,
nal motion :

Contents T s 7
Non-Contents • - 39 •
On the snug estion of Lord GREY, Lord .....i•roLLAND
then moved for tie dateg of all the corrununir 1:15
received from the French'Grivernineue.
short conversation took place on this motion.
Lord DERRY thuugtit that the manner iii -winah
the motion of his Nobie Friend had been wet,
would prove neither s ttsfactory to the copritry, yor
to the persbns below the 4ar.
To this allusion to persons below the Bar, rho
Noble Esrl was called to order, KO, on a motlon /d.'-
t'hat etfeet, the abuse was cleared of strangers, 214
we were not. re-admitted.

The debate cow inuen for some ti rie, and on a di...
vision, the numbers'were—
. Contenti
-
Non. Contents . 27
Adjourned.

• On' Saturday last, a Coroner's InOest was taken.
at Mall Prison, on the body of lean Bergeret,
French prisoner of war, who had been killed by
Pierre Ayes, his fellow prisoner. It apiteared that
the deceased had' been suspthed of tbett, and‘that
Ayes) writhout.any provocation whatever), came to
him where, he was sitting ava table in the prisOnr,
on the Monday evening before,, knocked hias
down, kicked him, and then trampled upon him
and on, the dethsed's endeavouring to' rise up, h"
finally kicked him in the-eye, and knocked:him dowl
again. The deceased-complained that.his chest was -
broken in, and -he Was conveyed to the hospital ad"
joining the prison,.where belatiguishe.t
following, when he died. The prisoner Ayes stated
as an excuse for his. diabolical conduct, that he wa*
in a state of ifraoxieation at 't he titne.—The Jury, af- .
tera minute inquiry into thecircumstances, brought
in a verdict of Wilful ,Murder, and Ayes was there--
fore committed to the high gaol at. Exeter to tao
his trial for-the offence at the present Assiies.
Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, as
Smithson was crossing the fields front cambei wreh.
to Kennington, be was copped by two men in ,(4.;
diers' clothes, who knocked him down, arid rubbed
him of.his watch and•seven shillings silver, wit'.
which they•rnade their escape.

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SHIP Ni').

GRAVISEHo, MARCH 21.
Arrived—the Hannah, Pyke, from CadiZ.
Sailed—the Phoenix, Ramsden, for India ; Taffic,
can, for Demerara; and the Maria, Woolley, for Cadiz.