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London, England, 1810-12-14 00:00:00

Ho USE OF .COMMONS,

THURSDAY, DEC. 13.
NEW WRII'.
Sir J. NEWPORT moved, ti at the Clerk of the
Crown do issue a aewr Writ for the election of a
Knight ofthe Stine, for the County of Limerick, in
the room -of Wm.' Odell, E-q. who had been t;:i-
zetted on the 27th of August last, :35 one of the
Lords of the Treasury in Ireland.
Mr. BIDDULPH expressed his doubts whether%
in the present detective state of the royal authority,-
any, such motion could be cart ied into effect. • -
The SPEAKER reminded the Hon: Gent. of-the
decision of the House on this subjeCt Ppoi a iornaer.
occasion, and declared that in his opinion it wits Vie
parainount and primary duty of the figuse of Com-
mons to fill up all vacancies that might occur in
their own body.
Sir F. BURDETT supported Honourable Friend
(Mr. Biddulon) in the objedions which he made to
the present motion. He contended that the pre-
sent assembly- was‘ not strictly a House of Com-
mons, deprived as they were of the-sanction di the
legal authority; and be maintained that the
ing of a Writ, such as they now prci.luiec.l, would be
illegal.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcuEnoca- expresstd
his surprise, after what hadiallen from the (2') !ir,
that had ts,'.en Ciought necessary-to say any in re
04 the subject. On a former occasio. this due.; ion
had been determined without a dissentien: .voce.
With respect to lice HonouLable Baroneiss.declara-
ticn, that the present was not leg a House of.
Commons, he contended that nothing was more
clear and better established than that they xt''ere a
House of Commons, and as such perfectly compe-'
tenent to , take -Rich steps 'as the security and tits.
terests of the country rendered it incumbent oil them.
under the present circumstances, to adopt w ithout
further delay. The Hon. Baronet's arguinen,, if
carried to its extent,t.vould go much further..-11, LIS
he has stated, that house could not issue a writ fbr
the election of a new Member, it followed that all
writs from the courts of law .would be rendered null,
and-consequently that all legal proceedings must be
suspended. Than this nothing could be a more
Mistaken idea. It was a vital prtncigle of the Coo-
.stitution, that, as the Crown was in the full ex-
ercise of its prerogative, even where no occasion
existed for the immediate personal interference of
the Sovereign, to those branches of the regal autho-
rity_which.derived their origin from the royarstock,
remained unimpaired, not-Withstanding any acciden-
tal calamity that fright happen' to Majesty itself.
All ideas, therefore, of the impossibility of any of
theftnictiOns of Government. being performed under
the present circumstances -were erroneous, and
founded on, a mistaken notion ,of the nature of the
Constitution. But of these misraken ideas that bn
which he more distindtly desired to dwell was, the
error respecting the House of Corntm,n,. The
House of Qonacnans at present assembled '‘k,eie just
as much the Representatives of the People of Eng-
land, 25 if his Majesty were at that mower)t bless.,,d
with perfect health and, a=lthough certainly not a
Parliament, were. just as 9onyetent to the purpose,
in the anticipation of which the motion wore them
was made.
The question was then put and agreed to.
HIS MAJESTY.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER again
rose, and addressed the Chair to the following
Med.

cr Mr. SPRAKER.—When I had the honour of
addressing you previous to the last adjournment of
the House, I had occasion to refer to the commu-
nication which had been antecedently made to the
House by my Right Hon. Friend near me (Mr. Se-
cretary Ryder), ,and on referring to that Communi-
cation, I telt justified in submitting to the House the
propriety of affording a further delay in, their pro-
;Feedings, grounded on the 'hope that his Majesty
might make such a progress towards recovery
vtrould give us a reasonable prospe& of his speedy
rtsumption of the Royal Funaions. At that time,
such was the confident- expectation which I tnyseif
entertained, I did not imagine that his Majesty's
disorder would continue beyond the period of the
proposed adjournment, and I was anxious, there.
to're, that during that period there should be no
interference in the
.subjea on the part of this

trlouiii., • is must pail)tui tO nit to state, that
the expedations which I then chelished have been
disappointed. On this day fortnight, I stated it
o be my opinion, 'founded on the best view
which I was able to make of all the circumstances
of the case,. that I should not feel justified in re-
commending any further delay in the appointment
of a substitute for the Royal:Authority, unless his
. . .Alajesty, diiring the interval otadjourinnent, should
advance so Satisfaaorily in hid recovery, as to render
• , the contemplation of suCh a measure unnecessary.—.
This opinion I still entertain—and, therefore, after
'having stated that the expeded improvement in his
Maie,ty's health has not taken place (although I
unquestionably entertain the Most sanguine hopes
of his Majesty's' final recovery), nothing remains
brine but to Propose that we should appoint a
Committee of:our own to examine into the fci'vtits,
and that we should thus establish on Parliamentary
Record, the present incompetence of his Majety
to Ischarge the tuna ions of Royalty. I shall pro-
ceed Sir 'to tnake• this motion immediately, as I
conceive that . sufficient notice has existed ,on the
aubje&. My intention is to propbe, that the Corn-7
mittee do consist of twenty-one Members,' and that
• , if be composed of the following Gentlemen :
Mr.• Secretary Ryder Right tion W. W. tote
The Master of the Rolls Right Hon. Sir /. Newport
Right Hon. G. Ponsonby Right Hon. Sir %V. Scott
W. Wilberforce, Esq. S. Whitbread, Esq.
Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan Rt. Hqn. Ld. Vis. Catlereagh
. The Attorney-General Right Hon. Lord Vis. Milton
W. Adam, Esq. Right Hon. G. Canning

Hon. H. Lascelles Rt. Hon. Lord F. Cavendish
Right Hon. H. Dundas Right Hon. H. Addington

Right Hon. G. Tierney Right lion. C. B. Bathurst.
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It will be subsequently necessary for me to st bwit
r
• to the House', several motions with respe& to the
powers of this Cocornitteei and to say something as
to the ulterior course which- it is my.intention to
pursue. At present, Sir, I shall confine myself to
mcv
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•' l'hat a CcnirtittFe be appointed to examine the l'hy•
sicans who hay. att.-ncled Alajesty during his illness,
touching the stare of, his Nlajesty's health, and, to report to
it4c Elmse thriven."

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111.1*, WHI'IBRI! A 0 expresse:i his regret—=a regret,
he st,,ted, ju whlch numbers participated-7-thai. the
mcasure now propused by the Bight Hou. Gentle-
man ha,rf not *been resorted to at an' earlier. periOd.
He accused tl-e Right Honourable Gentleman (an
a,tusation which, it unfounded might be', re-
pdted) of having, in d:rett contradiAtioo of the coa-
da 1 of his prudeceJsor in office; colitinesrhis
of the measures y.hich he had in contemplation to
pursue to those Members of the flouse4of Comm. ins
who-were friendly to his politics.' As the iligf),
Hon. Gentleman had done him the.honour to name
him as one of the Members of the propOSed Com..
inittee, he should say no more at present. When
the Report of that Committee should be presented,
an opportunity would arise for turthar discussion. •
The motion, that a Committee be appointed to
examine 'the Physicians, &c. was then agreed to'; as
was olso a subsequent motion, that the ,Comutittee
do consist of 21 Metntiets.
Tile Gentlemen %/those names had been mentioned
by the CHANCEL.LOR of the EXCHEQUER were then
appointed to turn) the Committee, with the addi-
tion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER him-
sell ,(as the 11!0v,..r of the prOposition), and the sub-
stitini-n of T. StiEttLocK Goocu, Esq. for the
Right Hon. C. B. BATHURST, he being ou or town.

following motions w, re ilwit made by 'tile
CHANCELLOR Of tale ....A•CHEQUER, and severally
agreed to
" Tha the Committee have power to send for the f'hysi-
Limos for the pot pose at es,anti,.tag than." ,
" That the Committee have power to adjourn front time
to time, waitron' place to place, as may oe convenient to
them ; :.no that they have leave to sit, not WlLllstillidllig itNy
atij,yurrunent of the House."
'• That no Member of the House, not a Member of the
COIIIIIII tter, do attend their meetings."
'that the Cotrunigett do meet
_immediately in the
Speaket's Chamber."
" That five be a Quorum."

The CH ANCELL(PH of the ,EXCITEQUER Observed,
tha, it k, as drsitut)le to insure a, till! an,attendance
as possible at the approaching important discussion.
He tiinuglit there was Teason to expect that the Re-
port of the Committee would be delivered on Mon-
day; of course it- must be printed. It was there-
fore his intention to propose Wednesday as the day
on which the House should take the Report into con-
sideration. TO that day, therefore, he would move
that the call of House be postponed. •
•It was • coph.luently ordprett that. the House
41, huuld be called, over on Wednesday next.
Adjourned to Monday.

PRUSSIA.

EIT:CREE REM-CITING THE' GENERAL SUPPRESSION

OF ECULEIA,TICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE MEN

ONLY..

We, Fred. William, by the Grace of God, King
of Prussia, con.).rierino., that the plans for Eecle,ias-
tical: Institutions and Convents, which have hitherto
been endowed, 'are in pert not consonant with the
objeas and ntcessiries of the times ; and, in part,
may he better accomplished by different means': that
aii nelijibouring States have adOpted the satire' mea-
that the punctual discharge of the contribu-
von to France can only be eft tea by this measure:
that we by these ;means may diminish the other-
wise' heavy claims upon the private property of our
We decree therefore as follows
Art.-I, All Convents and other Ecclesiastical Con-
ifitutiOns, 'Bailiwicks, Cornmendaties, &c. whether
of the notestant or Catholic Religion, must from
This dare bo :tonsidered, trs 'the property of the
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sures

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Art. 11. All Convents, &c. shall by this decree be
abolished, and care shall be taken that peisons be
compensated who have inhabited theM, or have
claims upon them.
Att. 111. From the day of the date of this decree,
no annuity ahall be allowed, no novices be received.
and no, person, instituted to any office belonging to
them without our consent. No change of property
shalt take place, no capital shall be collected, no
debts contrasted,, and no inventories transferred :
no ,new lease shall 'be.granted, and po others be.
renew, ed ; all contraas made contrary to these di-
reaions are

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Art. IV. W;• shall leco.nnence
fur the chief Et.clesiastical Orlicer., and with their
advice, for the liberals pensioning of the Priests,'and
the schools, and hhall allow cobvents to he appropri.•
ated so the educas inn of youth and the care of the
sick.—Given at Berlin
(Coultersiodp,
FLED. ILLI~j~I HARDENBURG.

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SOLEM QUIS I,lCift-E, FAI.SUSI•OI.)-DEIIT?

LONDON,

FRIDAY, DECEMBIM 14, 1810.

. " Windsor Castle, Dec. t..;, ato.
(" His MAJESTY has passed a good night. and is
much the same this day as he was ytsteld:ls
. as usUaly

It is with much regret that wo becure Readers
the following official account of a most gallant, b6t
unfortunate aCtion at the Isle of France

"'Admiralty Office, 14 18w

" Intelligence has been received, that On•the 23d
August, his Majesty's. ships Nereitte, Sirius, Magi-
cierme, and Ipkigenia, stood into tire Barbour iSud
kat, in'the Isle of France, with a ‘iew to attack,
all' roenly's squadron, of two frigates, a corvette, and
an armed Indianan, lying at anchor there. In pushing
for their stations alongside the enemy, the Sirius,,
Maicierme, and Nereide,uuhappily grounded, and
it was found impossible to get them off, though ttie
utmost skill and gallantry insendeavonring to sate
the ships, under circumstances of peculiar disad-
vantage,. s as disilayed. .

" Alter two days _unremitting, but unavailing ex-
under the tire of the heavy batteries, Capt.
Pm, abandoned all hope of being able to get off
the Sirius and Alugicienne, lid they were in conse,
q burnt by their own crews.

" The situation in which the Nereide grounded
enabled. the enemy to turn the'w hole fire of% their
ships on her';, but even in this untquat contest,
Captain WILLOUGHBY continued to fight her, to the
last extremity, till every Officer and ►nan on board
were cii her • killed or wOunded.-

" kit the enemy's ships were driven on shore)
but one of the frigates was afterwards•got off, Sand
being joined by three others, fiom Port Louis,, they
blockaded the Iphigenia at her anchorage tinder the
Isle of Passe, on which Island (it having been pre-
viou,ly garrisoned by us) the crews of the Sirius.and
Magicienne were landed."

We regret to find that the Spanish Colonies in Soul h
America continue to be in a very perturbed state;
but it was' hardly to be expeEted that in 'an e;npire
of such extent, and composed of such inatelial's,/ a
perfea unanimity should prevail
.at such a crisis as
the preSent. Monte Video aid Buenos Ayres are
in a state of aaual,- hostility, but we -hope that Ad-
miral Da COURCY will, by liiS•mediatiun, be able to
restore tranquility.

Last night Paris Papers to the Gth inst. arrived.
They bring no news from Portugal,, except, indeed,
an assertion, in the shape of a comment upon a pat-
sage itt an. English Paper, ,that as late. as the rsth of
November the divisions of DROUST and GA RDA N E
had not joined MASSENA. But the illoniieur has
omitted to account to the people of France for the
extraordinary tardinesi of DROUUT'S motions. Thai
General told us early in October, . that he was in
full march to effea a junelion with MASSENA, and
seemed only to be apprehensive that he should not
arrive time enough to participate. in the glorious .
viaory by which the British force in Portugal was
to be annihilated; and yet on the 15th of No-
vember the Moniteur says, that junction:had not
taken place. The. 15th of November, it will
be recollected, was the day/after MosENA brcke
up from his position in front of the Allies,
and began his retreat to Santarem ; so that it ra-
ther appears that MASSENA was falling back to
join D ROL' ET, than that the latter was advancing'io
join him. BUONAPARTE appears to be very sore
upow the subject of the Exchange of Prisoners, and
to feel that his conduct must excite the detestation of
the people of France, and particularly of the French
prisoners who are suffering in captivity from his ob-
stinate and implacable temper. • The Moniteur con.
tains some details 'upon this stibject, to which We
shall take an earlyopportunity of adverting.

Yesterday, the, two Houses of. Parliament ,assem-
.
bled, wben motions were made similieto those in'
"/88, for the examination of 114; Majesty's, yhysi-
cians.. The Lord Chancellor,. the PreSideut of the

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Council, and the Chanc,e:loi of phe ExChelnt r, wcllt
to. Windsor yesterday morning, to consult with the
Physicians upon the state of ,His MAJESTY'S health ;
and though we are happy to find that
Tl's medical attendants still retain ►he same,san-
guine hopes; of tkis final recovery that they always
did, yet it was not thought- advisable to propose an-
other adjournment.
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' The Commit lee proposed by:the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, mid approved of by the House, consists
of Members 4tleeted from both sides with the ut-

most fairness. The Lords will appoint their Commit-
_
tee -by ballot_ this
.day. The House of Cot-tin-ions
i has tidjoutned rill Monday, when, it is presumed, the
Committee will 'make their report the course of
pioceediug w ill thrii br, that. it will be ordered to
be printed, and taken., into Considerationon,‘Yed-
nesday, on which day the House will be called
-If -on-that day- His MAJESTY'S iLldlSpUSilit)ll
}shoul:.l uutortunately continue, certani Resolutions,
'founded- upon• kiort, and opou the ekiStii:g
state of Affairs, vi•cli‘be.propose,ll as was &tie in the
year 170,4. We c.innot, litiwever, avoidf Indulging
a hope that Ole restotation of His AtlivSty'S
Ver)A7 ittly turtner..roceeditigs
unnecessary. .

• This day the Cummii tee appointed by the House
of to examine the Phy,,ici4ns- Who
iketi.iti attendance (A His MAJESTY during hi 6
Sent illness, met at, t welv,e o'clock, in the roam gene:.
•
tally called •.` The Secret Committee Cilawber."
Tile whole tit the Men.thers as-semblede, in number
2 I , were present, 'and those the Right Hun. It6BERT
NnAs a, the Cilairman of the Contint.tee.
The Physi.ciatis who. are in attendance for exa-
mination, are Drs. ReYrant.os', lIEDEIII.MN, and
1.3A1LL1E... Sir H. HALrolin and Dr. WILLIS are to
be examined to-morrow.

This morning advice was received of the safe
arrival -at Portsmouth, of the Baling country
ship troin. •Be9gal. She brings accounts of the
capture of the ships Ceylon and If.yndltam, in the.
Mosambique Channel, on 'their passage to India,•
and it has been reported that the Wyndham. bad
been retaken by his M ijelty's ship Si, M., and was
fitting out as a man of war, at Bourbon.

A serious 'accident had very nearly happened on
Wedn4day List. . the Prince of WALvs.
Royal Highness ,was rring to Windsor ;, when in.
Kensington the Carriage .broke down. His Rua'
Highness, hoi.vever; Inuit fortunately escaped un•
hurt ;. which, considering the rapid rate at which
`he is generally driven, is a subject of grateful consi-
deration. Every assistance ‘tdit.i.ot,..course iminedi-
aiety-tepdei'ed by the inhabitants. Alter dispatch-
ing a servant to Wict::SOr to atrylaint her iIIAiEnTY
With the cause which tireventvd the intended visit
of his Royal Highness, he returned to London, and
dined with the Princess CHARLOTTE at her bowie.
Letters , were yesterday received in town from
Load BLANEY, who was taken I)lkm:et- in the affair
at Malaga. His Lordship was at Granada, on the
22d of Novcrnber, where he was politely and hos-
pitably entertained by General SEBASTIAN!) Who
Was to send an escort. with his Lordship to Madrid,
for which place he was to proceed in a tew days.

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The, cause of the Ainerican ship, which we stated
yesterday to be under discussion in the liigh:Court
of Admiralty, is that of the. Fax, aihich vessel sailed
from the United States direct for France on the faith
of the'revocation of the Chas of &alio and Milan,
and is Aetained by the:captors, Under the Orders-in
Council. As this Mit, involves the whole question
between the United States and alns country, With
respea to those Orders; , it has excited great interest
and attention. It came on before Sir W. SCOTT on.
'Tuesday, and was postponed until this day. We
learn that, on account of the delicate state of our
relations with America, and the indecision of our
Cabinet witilregar.d to this important question, that
the judgment will be again ,deferred.
. A signal station lass lately been established at Ho-
lyhead, which promises to be of great benefit to the
mercantile interests of the country.
'A vein'ot tine coal, of the kind called Kendal-
coal, has been found on the banks of the stream di-
viding Heatlifield and Waldron parishes, in Sussex.
The vein extends without interruption for about a
quarter ofa mile in length, is in Soma from two to
ten inches thick, lies near the surfice, at the bottom
of Geer'a Wood,. and on the skirts of Tiltnacr, and
is declared, by persons conversant in the trade, .to
have every favourable iudicliion of quantity and
quality. Similar appearances of coal are foundrn
other parts of the abate parkhes. •
Oa Friday afternoon, as one Spankie, a carter,
was feturniug to Dundee from Duothope barracks,
(where he had been c, tivej iug swift. gaud •.,) s horse
took fright at the beating' of 'the diorn-•, and.sei off
full gallop. Spankie was sitting on the shattS of his
cart, (a ctiStom rather tooliequeut) and .being un-
able to extricate,himself trout that situation before
the horse rea'clieLl the barrack gate, the .eart cane
so-close to th‘ wall on the side he was ,that
his legs' were literally torn nom him ! one of them
being totally carried off, and the other hanging only
by' a small piece of the skin. The. union vi ate luau
was immedtateip•carried to the bat rack hospital, and ;
had every attention paid him, but he died about No H
o'cluck,next morning.

We have authority to state, that ;Madame CATA-.
LA NI is engaged at the'ANcit:T.Nluste, anti 'also
for the whole nutnber 01 VOCAL CONCERTS, under
the direction of Messrs. HAttltlSON, BARTLENIA*&,
and GREA'TOREX, held at the Nt:•,v Rooms, lianovtr-
square ; and that she dot-s not sing at any other Sub-
SuriOtott Concerts during tb ensuing 5015011.,