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moser and the seciin,icr ot the m tso

would ri-g.ild que,tion, <>t .
!he riase B ironer, but
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bt.c,ution and I of 111;,1t11,1

opposite, he .hoped, Woull own they 11.:
perly considered tlie B„,bjed. ile w.:s for
the debate till ;that day se'nuigiit, •
STEPHEN said the Noble, Lot d ha! ferni. :d
'unanswerable argurnents in ftvour of
:Ment. The ..importance lie attached to the subject.
was.suffictent to chew the impropriety 'Of
,adtnitting
rif any.delay. -If-a subjt a were sulferhi g nolaw Int.
ly, anxious as he was tor the decision-on- that great
question which concerned the charat:ter•of his A:glit
Hon. Ci iend, yet if a man IA ere kinjtistly •i:nprisatis.
inquire into the sub:p•ct hnuiedittey,
whom fintlting...could. be urged 'ogainst such ii; iii
cp.iiry but thal the clizitai!'ler (4-' his Right H,frieur"
able Friend: Vvnaltf O!eared np iit a tiny
suontr in.consequence Qi; it. Tile guys; iont nOt (11:'
relatecko.their.uriv_ilz;sei, but to the imprison=
area of Mr. Gale4opes, he could therefore in 4.vicil
a case hardly agree to potlitlg -it rill at
Chancellor of the Ex-chequer hati-been. harshly • ac'
cured of \visiting ,to•intetrupt the discussion of tlYi
grand question then pending that he tnytt gain ';1
few hours. The aeplg:ition inight
have been m3..!e.With the same p Icity of reastat had,
sun a circumstance occurred at the c:anmetici‘ent'a
(tithe -•The pr•QpoSed• adjotfruinent. of Ilia
subjea till to morrow waS• quit: enough; ands 110-
doubted if it were nor too rut:ch, •
The CiiANcELLori of the EACtiF:4uitt did not in"
, tend' treubling' th,.! House' at length, though as' therd
'was a nel.? questioni •he, was not prohibited from s"
doing. When he was ai,-;dused of endeavouring to in'
terpose kday,.inerely to (mike a delay Of hours
the discussion of the merits of the late expedition, 1110
House would not exiled him to remain' siicnr, clAd
he -thought it was in his power to make 4 s,Ati:if.c'
torTanswer.w it hoot going into any length, as it %AM
only necessary to ask the House, if he ever
any step to interpose one day•or one 'loth' to jr4ol.'
rapt or delay their inquiries. If he had-Wished tor
one day, .could the Hon. Gentleman suppose, thAC
had he appeale3 tri the House soliciting suet indt4" •
gence, frornthesii"tration in which the.-paperi "wer3
that had been laid'before the'House, Was it-to be sup'
posed that sut..h art applicatio::: cc ull`itave•been by pos'
stbility resisted ? He Was ler Irony wishing tO cre';Ca
any.delay; on the contrary he v..iisaS anxious for got'
ting Orough with the business as i'aerHon. G-ntle4 I
mail himself could be, It. Was WTI"; to CINI.Y_t (tO/
with catmng 4 • Was•he the ai:thf•r o: site lt'
bel in, question ? Did lie prevail of Lib..` Hors.
net to publish it on Saturd y ? •-'lt was.. absurd to
think so.. T.ll. ground on which li,!-ha.i..piopo.ed al)
amendment wa,, that where a paper of -import...o;o
was laid before them; it was trot well to come to 3
decision on the first reai4ing; bur .t.heri.tr:e Noold
Lord said it was t'ibt. on. the raper btli,ol.i he Li
(
that. they-were lo ,decHe, it I.),.(itit.ea rpesi;oh i)
such impor ance, that while c:_itleti,for: :heir griisH
est c Msideratioty; it denianded ti,eir.truritj-ji:ge

tention. was!liine;tinn On whin the
Op independence, a;)d even Ge k-xistuiße of

Home depe.nde.d ; and :f th;.:y consented. to -1,44,°'
pone it Satre, hour unnecessari!y, 1114 coti.enteo
trampled on, put! 'surren rei.l ;heir pl'iv,loir.s v.!-)kt
hotrair m 8,3 doing. For these reasons tvonlc.l 0(.1
-withdraw his amen !intitt. /Cad 'irttle. cl4.tiht o,{
What w,ould.be the sense (4.1 c se en tly
je " ,
, naving bean so 1)) op -I
most nuanimuu, vole. • .

Mr. B.ITHUR,T 'Olol.4lht the s4:l3jel.it .shotd,i,no
be'resumed till the debate on tia.t F. dalo1) to th 4
SChOldt had been b;ought to its Eel
Mr. C. W. WYNINF.• addtset'd the cases 01 Sir
chard .Steele, Mi. Er,kine, and IViaj,,r Scott, in ,
suplort -the'adjnirrnment till Monday, which
considered necessary.
,When tl,e subject was. he,
lore agitrted, there were but 164 Members n tile
Hou;re. There were tii,en (yeste)day) nearly 400
present; to the „greater" part of whom tjresubj.o
WaS Me NV.

I.VIADDgeKs spoke a few words on the s:lnie
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Forthe Amendment 196—Against it 146.
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proposed by Mr. Whitbread, that the ditcnssion
should proceed now instead of to-morrow, °
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'.DIOURNED DEBATE ON THE EXU,D_ITION openly,. instead of bringing -ergements forward to
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crimittate 'it, while he professed to think highly of
,
.• Mr. 1:0;n1s0Nay - said, the Nehle, Lord ,wh9.last ft ?
.Why, it he, thdaight the army . had not aeted
Itigke defended the Expedition io Nliialcherens led well, did :he nOt - accuse Ministers when they ft:l-
-stated thai ()Ile principal end ;cement to the 4tting severed the Address of the City by stating that *tie
put of that artbam(stit was `the interest Which this -. hieniry was necessary. ,He had told the hi-Dose thet
‘courery took
.in the struggle which Austriae was at Austri i -had a great interest at stake, .and tleit Ene-
_. that period: Making against the eneroziclenents of -L was ious,. to. take Did us-
Frauce. He had hstened to the Noble Lord with , triaaid. ask tor-an this Expeeitionpartoi, efer with.hhalf ,nchest 4
force ?,
surprise, when lie heard that SNltentent,'rectillet`iing, No: the'Ausirian Government only asked fir soine-
-4s he did, she :test ruelions glilen to .1 he'Noble Lord,
jefintry and' eavalry to make adenionstrationin the had been placed an the head ()fillet Expeditioe, North of Qermany, which 'it was stated might at
,
• Yi-lite,J) Si-e firths that though much, it was. hoped, the outset of the contest he produetiye of the. Most
NVOold ifiti.lt 6.01 D it,• to the benefit of Atistria,_ yet •bsseefiCial, results, eHe therefore Could not say that
he ‘A as.to hear in mind that the force he command, it was to sLive Aestria that this :immense Expedition
, ..':d was mole pkrticulArly direcled against
.the
.fieet was fitted be eto.theScheldi. . The Noble Lord had
'''- :loi,l arsenals of France. He couid nut,. after thiii appeared, in hie manlier mere Ike a persen who-ex-
. Fos.ts .hes •failuree by saying the ulterior Obj;se:is of
.peated to be thanke(l. fOr eome gicat ssrvice, or dtio
Als!Expe•lition (as they were celled) were secondary -who was listening to some
‘very pleaeaut enterteins.
it° ihe, {+-sitting the AuArian cause. The_opinions meet: He was very cheerful-and gay, told felt so
the Noble Lord had called for, he hal in no one in, , much pleasure in standing in the situatioo Ite.was
~mative attended to. He had sabl, "" iteis true they ' in,,and gratification at hat ipg aed as,lie had done,
, .were'not very favOurable, but they-did not prohibit :: that no one could
.imagieehe had sent out an .Expe-
' 1./x. sfroni prosecuting my design:" This he (Mr.' dilion which had brought such disgrace aud sorrow
Polisonby)-coniended was nojustsficalion of his eon- • on the.. country as had resulted. from 'the fatal at-
-,4n,i'l• If the Noble. Lord were about to-purchase a : ter at a . coup7de-iaain on Antwerp. His
house,. and should take' the op.toion'of Counsel on feeling's must be very different ►
to 'those. Of men in
thesubjea, if. the lawyers he consulted shotild tell • general, to feel so mu;11 ~t ins ease, when he was
ht,,; that the title was had, though he might Pessibly , not -wily responsible -for-sending the Expedi•ion,
enjoy ilunnvilested, he was sure the Noble Lord i contrary to the opinions of those.he had called for,
'lad to meth prudence_ to make- the- purchase so ' lent for sending it at the worst- titne of the ye-er, for' •
Ni(ken iigai -st. The ;Noble Lord' would net.pur , sending it a. radoth atier that time. at which' Sir H.
Chase a honse under such-circumstances contrary,to ; Popham had said they would have the worst •enetriy:
the 'advice of those he consulted, 'though he had : of all expechtienseadverse elements, to contend with.
---:honeelat limper thus to seeideoet an .Expedition. NA :- The opinion of Sir IL Seelehan had been equally'
' ean had. •sad, that he lives not obliged to consult mill neglected by Lord Mulgreve, who, witheilevity,re-
ler) tnen, and that a Minister was-not to be bound ' sembline that ot the -Noble Loid opposite, had re-
. down by their opinions. Very true, the Minister plied " -Go on---you'll do very weil."--e-The Noble
I/light take the whole of- the. responsibility Upon : Lord says it WaS.necessarybyenterprise to -laise the
~ himself, 'but doing so, he was-bound to ac=t like a i military charaateri. let him fluswer this question--'
ttLin of sense, and if he did-not, as he had 'taken : haS it been raised be this Lx ?
_The Getttleee
thateresponsibility upon himself, it was the duty of ; men of the- Cabinet have stated thee" fallen .siteation
pertit tas, puoish him for his raeliess: That ot the armye but was it necessaty to. throw-away the
•,iNoble Lord seemed rather to, complain lot his Noble : -lives, of ihousatids for its redemption.? ,Mention the as not haviog acted quite right in cdositie -' bsen nvide of Lord Nelson, and the battlee of Co-,
!Lie eviilence on his part without
.
" bringing_ forward , permagen and Trafalgiir ; can it be po'ssible that he
"eneral Briewitrigg . -There was-no ground lot that t compares •t he. Head 'of the' Artny'he.Sent out with
tXtpliiint... . His :Noble -.Friend • had made - Seve-
I'll applications to General Brownti 1 this enterprising a seccessful Heil). Uri'wm
wahogg,..i.vha had al- i then should the ridblame fall ?•on him who had selea-
s declined corning forward on account of inclispo-, f ed such a Commander for an -Expediti6e,.
sagacity,where-the
Sition, so that at last he was obliged -to close his evi- r whole chance of sllereSi re;tC
tience without Laving examined General Brown don celerhy, rigg : abd di.pateli. 'The Nettie. Lord says, he hopes' let
t see Bar. The Noble Lurl . opppsite had, how-, i the approisatipa of this House,; is there ;then • not
:‘,'etier, produced him, and that was
quite as saiisfaOtory ! ame to T
brought this.e-Vhe Rouse is
,il on the,.
in some
it° "House;the as 'if hi, had come forward, when cal- measure toattac W ~,,eci upon hefOre. What had he said in .his evdence ? 1 y s tittering . arne for havingh to_ failere ?
suell modes ot-aaing to 'Con
. "Illy-, hehad given i t.as his opinion, that paella la country, b
nd- i• t Mite, Wheu the Noble_l.ord was at the head. at the
• g been (-fleeted -at•Samviiet by the 3d of August, Military department, the. Convention of cintre, and•
elite. would have been a probability of its opera- the catupeign sunder Sir sl. Moore was oVerloOked, on
'i°1-is being succegful. - This • Was not a • statement the peineiplie that -no check should be- giveri•ad a •
Which he, trail received from any naval authorities e '• spirit.ol.enterprise. It he had been right in the last
4( it' ‘vas: .an infetence of his
,own, drawn troth; cifinpaige, why were his colleagues ill- the Cabiiiet
'vil:it • had fallen • from - such- authorities. • The : ready to dismiss'hime if ;wrong, is it not culpable
iblis. Lird hed said, that t-or his own part, he that no inquiry was made by tis—if right, why wits
of opinion' that there .1..V001d have been a pr9bae. not shielaed, and surely-nothing cou be
ld . more
n°l exact l
°llity of, success ~ even after-that period Hereauld •he
unjust titan that lie should be disrni:sed i It Was
y stets. any pei led -at which he hael-'beteit of -agreed that he should stay in, office till he seat out °Pinion. that 110 chance of success existezt, if the # the Expedition;. !lien to be
-disreissed, whether'a
?krations had been carried on. ' If he could snot : tailed oi:scceeded.,
,"flie.eitixiety of those hn con,
elute that he hed been of opinion -at any giventinie, • cotred inu this- measure, seented: to arise w
fret*. flue
_t)that every chalice of success had vanished, he must principle that the'sceiner he setietile•EXpestitien out
e• 4'l been of opinion, as a prespettof success remain- the -sooner lie would he dismissed from his office.
(,t, that bt ,ine, was imputable to those by whom it.' •Ha was riot at all Surprised atalie levity of the Noble
W4B.cotistueted, I hat there was a want of judgment . Lord, when the Heuse 'winked at rife most 06wee-
,or of eetereetze io make the attempt. Thc Noble ful cause of the misery which' -succeeded,' What
• ..tiOild who was st: Deal superintending the .Expedis should a peeple think, wheti the First . Lord ot• the ,
elpri, nlest have known that .to arrive at Santvliet. Adtriira •y said,'" Go on, Sir Richard, I dare Say
'by the 3d of Aupst' wasi impossible. He hid said yon will -do very well." Ilar'delied from habt
t
bat he wa4 not answerable for unforeseen'circutn, bold.from impunity, he sacrificed--the lives of his l-
,ill-
stances,„ but a Minister was deeply responsible" for fated countyrnen. ; Will the House, then, which is
‘ne .
, 1.1..e,,!'s of ..an Expedition when no adverse •so eager to punish libels,encl.breeches of privileges,
' alit'
.ot importanee that might not have been screen publie offenders, who calmly immolaie the
them
occurred. The Noble Lord:had -referred . best troopi of the country- ? --' • .• -
ii
_en-I to the triel of Sir J. Mordaunt, when -the great' • . General CRAWFORD' observed, that the opinion.
.4"rd Chatham sent au Expedition against Roche- •of the Government. strongly enforced the.
'l()l,rt, Which tailed, and seemed, froindrawing some- necessity -establishing oeerationS in the Mirth of
-• at'inglikca comparison between the two failures, to Gertnaey.-e-What then was the nature of thiS sug-
,temPt to justify his own iniiicondutt. Now; it gestion ?—to take adiantege of the spirit of insures
w.tas to bs remembered, in the first place, that there I. rection which appeared in that quarter, and to make
l\as soll(-. difference between• Lord Chatham and the a demoristratjon there.' The principle he abhorred,
ti ble Lord oppose !
r.=—there was some ditferenCe in to go• witlea small
encourage.
.itself incapable:of any,
44ie nature of their services—there was also some thing etfet teal, to. insurreation, and then,
feWerence in their talents, and there was some dife-- tO retire—to-abanann the insurgents to the vindic-
.wrence between the public estimation in which they tie rage of an opptesSive tyrant. £he Honourable
jillre. resneetively held. -Thus an error might be Member dwelt on t the necesSity 9f a co-operatiori
iseore paildonable in the one than the, other. The taking, place between Prussia' and Austria, without
ttlight lion. Gentk:lnan then censured Government which nothing could be,attempted; and every,elfort
ti
_strut
ig terinS in ailing on such imperfe& informas avOttld be shackled. If Government had ,e.otninon
41°In as they had respecting the works of. Antwerp, • seuse, they wnuld-not thus' depend on the mercy of
.. hi d the force assembled for its defence. The. No- their allies. With respeet to sending . the troops' to
luti',Lord had spoken of their, force
.ase-being ►greattly Spain, it was totally impossible; precluded as this,:
ii . kir to ours. He hie; .statid, thet had .seven intention was by. the scarcity--of provisions. ' 80,
4i."usand Englisi, been ripposed 'to their 26,000, he said the 'HosiouraNe Member, •if it could have been
'"tild- leave t►ed 1. tl ' - • •s i
Auld ), it e apprei•ension a. a the result. sent. to Cadiz, 'then- indeed there might beansies-
: hut" not. the Noble Lord know that forces worth , ceilent field for operation, as it eveetuallyelnight
h'lle . fOr other service, were competent to da- ' Lave kept •the French out of the possession of the
fetal•I11(.: forts, zee. egainst• seperior forces ? What were I *PtillillSUl4..
.10 Italy do landine• could have been efs
.
I.,:ii4,Sieeiierds against the French, when cannpared : tested, 'hisfore the.' peace' of Austria Was:signed.
ill_ i hat the) had provedthemselyes io defending , What plan of operation then did there reinain ex,
:,.; zit fOititied towns?' He then went at length itiw :. cep! the Scheldt ? 'Theimportairt natal establish-
._. - . 0
..4"oelilifertnatioe I.viiich the Noble Lord Itad redelvelel , • menstthere was greatly te.ise.tertr64,,iieisinuch as it
, n 11 hits .own spics„.whieb Ise contended was al Sbch S concerned a subject to us' most wortliv of consider'ee-
heeat'l%', that the Expedition ought never to• Bare lion—invasion. Was it not the want of ships at
,nit i .
qi... 8 11 • though a large 'fleet had been sent to :. Boulogne which prevented' the invasion here ? This
(se
.. elieldt, t.htzre.wai not one Pilot in .hiilNlajesty:s ' could nut be at tempted without an. 'immense force;
4,2lcieatsqueinted e lib the navieationof it.' How e 'ti,l tipe, 30,006 men night inalce a clescetit on Ire-"'
::•11::Lt.Y. hid Goverimient been able subsequently to, land-, but it "weak! regoire a prodigious armament to '
..-'eir, ?
One. But one to insure tiieSafe and. • make the attempt on this Island. Where' was the
,e,,:p,e.ditie.tis are it al of an armament consisting of 100' ' enemy's. greatest resources' buts lb tliq Sche!dt and.
pia,sk:ls ! The si;niation in ,which our forces Weiee,:•in Boulogne ?. After such consideratins, wife. does- •
et:c'fi was not chargeable to those who coaitnanded, ':' not say lie Object was of importance'? From the
-.,,11. t!r{h-se who planned the Expedition.' When ' policy he' would go to the expedienry•of the Expes
~
sleit 'r()ohis were at the Scheldt, it was übdersitood diiion, and this ptincipally.depended on the ititelli-
theie as afforee of 35,500 men to be-OpPosed gence which Goyeiitment received .with resped• to
'0 ti w
tie ,„.... The Noble Lord, however had staled, Anitkeip'. The HOhourable Member then stated
( sine,. ( . , • .
brat , !fie had been infoi irked
.thot there` were •the varions opinions which appeared' On eximioation; :
heeee°,°_oo- •He was of opinion that.3o,ooo would . among which he
.coeSidered • I hat . of Col. Gordon's' i
:s
s,,Proved as_competent to the defence of Antwerp to be the strongest of _ all. - The opinion of Sir W.
1,,:.1(1"°,(400.• Irolit -tie nature of tbe_arrangement Eskine he did not think to be founded on substan-.
iii„ze' t,he-antse mist tee that no celerity of move- teal grounds, when be considered Ainwerp.i6 be Unly,
,ee; ,' "" which. every. thiog was stated to depend, taken by regular siege. -He cotnpared the late. siege
ethl take- plate. The Noble Lord' had. said, that . with that of 1746,- 'when the town wets realeeed in
' 1 his, e:Uti!-11,i(1 I,V;i4 ce.ii.swetl for an Lipedition that ne- five days. Evety imelligaeice respealing 'Antwerp'
'iii tried, tried, and for an experiment that never was was corroborated hy
.that which was afterwards re-e.
o,.`ioilt
.andahat had-it it:-.. n fairly tried, .he was still iceived by Government.' The instructions were such -
.1.,10.(l.-tii;(111 it Woaid havesuceeeded. DO rhe.Neble as were always given, every allowance beieg, made,
. . .
, r I mean to at iaCk the retreat of the aitny.is If he for possible ctintingencies and temporary checks.--
•les:tut,
to censure the alloy, why did ife,•eot-do it • With respect to the ulterior conduct, he said it was
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not possible to perform the navicraron of theScheldt .
without
,pilots; a pi;rating scp.l;:.droo. preceded the
e Eaftnapieiroo'reNlocA!
in
criiieerrets::;eAL,ll.,Ml4.:.alchne
nyin..—riaTgehiosf dtaiyl
ariny, wiicreas ()fie lessel wutild tave.heen suaiellc. -
. . t,lifLo'tti\:;.ti tv6dis ijcle,....ll7.l..,::etu''icie':—"::%'' ‘ev;cio:tll4redr".:feiraitlhureer. .
I„ne Honour. POLEOtsi Wjill the Arehducliess MARIA LOUISA was
tinisr.bb attributed to bad :coodue,t. '
celt-brated in the church of the Augusiins.
able, General then proceeded .fo stater that if the
IheFiench Ami:.,ay.sitdor Extr:ord:nory, the Prince
~,,Ati irils,;:snattittlylßktl'r,ge:ti-itot[,iicißitifvoeinorlisoidx iniiliitirLcslitedoic.o;itrint,os-t . t:c...r..?r,iia...t.t.:!•tv.a,t.11.:..,,...,,,5,.,K7:3..etit,1ieed1;;,..tict
eh; twiticiit,sr,,,,efu, t,
eh e,.Athi..a,.,,,,,
kil
lias e lit..en bei ten —[Exlh.essiom of doubt &line ma-
nijc,,ieil, by the Qpposition side ,21 tite .1-laiisej--2-" By • CH ARa. US
"'a'
in
: •W'll
t ill'''. That Prince: alicl-thl
o,lier Arclithike conduc,ed hirn • to.' the -Etni‘eror,..--
G—d they must," sill! the Eforiourabie,General.
.
%kith whoin.ttios the Empiess and the Agclitichi•.ss:i
('Heir Majesties then • passed-into'. the grand apart-
I beg your pardon, Gentlemen, leciillectlng him-
self.. With . respect to the opioions of the Noble '
mews, w here wer4l nsseinbltAi the Ladies and pub'e's
'iLord as to ,t he possibildy of 'ctrl' phi the,cbject
of the Court„.rid !ruin themee ft.nthe Church' of St..
of due-Expedition 1.1 A.• a Lifip.-iiie--llia.iii he Loznentled,
Auu
.. ,_ •
that it the •:triny C,itild have esiohlish(d iliniselves. gstins: •
•
, •
Ti)ecerernony was'perforrnvd ‘i,ith much p;rw.i.
Te,Deutn,was sung-, and discharges of - artillery.-iin-
on tne glaeis by the ''...?;tl) August, Aiwa crp would
helve been. Liken. As t,. the probabilities and possi-nounced the moment ot-th•rouptol bene.hction. tin
bilities of-success, he 'was j4.istified in iiSSerting, that
return to the 'pal ice,. the Archditehess MARIA
on every rational ground -Ministers' had the most
LOursa, rites Esinid-,..55, .lk• 3;i Conducted by the Prince,
well founded hop_ts Ut tiiltitnate sucCess.: ThePcli:icy .-• of Neufchatel.. Siie,. wAS .14m:cc! tinch:r a ca,to; y
- surrounded; by her Ladies awl Otfrt=l.-ts,-Andj:tthti;ri.
and -expedition. had U.etr clearly mode oat•by the
Noble 'Lord. On the subject of. the Hospital Estit-
delved a letter froin' tie,•.Li'.,niperor I.4titiato.aotsi; "which.
• blishment, about. which so'-much Irw.t been- said,,it ,
the Count DE-- 8...1-ARN, Chamberlain to his IVlajesty,
was complete, for thee: was every thing provided :
had the honour to;pte Clt to her.
for 3000 tben, exclusive of those whOilecOmpanied '
The Prince of I:sleu,cli:itel then -advanced to sa-
the tirst movements of thee: Ex ; .a large pro-
lute the -new. Empress, :ii)d to be admitted to the
portion of med:Cal m+ !r were also in inictidance„ and .
honour- of kissing her haigl,., General Chihli: LAO-
liiioll an rotiinati..in given that the sick. were increas- !
EISTOIsT, Cohht S.I,EXANDER•pE LABORDE, SeCletary
..ing,. orders' \INTO sent out that:they should be re-
bassy, and ,ho Geptleineu c,; the -Embassy,
moved home; the..supply of . balk was adequate to of the'Eiri
'
were then pi esented, hom,her I*.ijes..y kindll le-
-the- coliumptioh ti•in short, thQre was et ery sort of
•'
ceived, and admitted to the h.0..,,0r of
hising her
dectinnuudation and comfort which their ,occessior
hand. CotiOt OTio intitiedia.ely atterwyirds pre
4equired. - It.Cutild .not be denied that they must
seined the Ladies and Officers 91 th. Court.
have e.xperiein eclieroporary indutivenieni:e from the ,
rapid-increase of the, sick. ,Wiih_resposA to. tbe ,e_ The. proces,,tOn to -111 e Chili, ch of St. Augustine
was extremely splendid. Toe
covered g:iiiertes,
tendon' of .Walcheren, it, Was of the greatest in.),
through. which the . procession passed, . west, v..ry
portanee that it should be reiained, ' be-ause., in the
brilliantly illuminated; , The' Nobility went first,
opinion' of Commodore Owen, it . Would have the .
the gi tar Offiers of.die CroWn; then tht..Mini-
efreet; i'lltf.r destroying ‘the" navy, of osuttalizing ' next
the enemy. The Honourab.).e cei.erai
then defend.. ; sires, the Freoch. Arnbasalor Extiaor;iin:try, the
! ell his iN,I:-ijesty!s Ministers for .ettcuating Walche--
Archdukes,. the Emperor and F.:l-npress,' the Arch.
: ren-; when they found it would be useless to Occupy' duchess MAitiA .LuiiiisA, With tha Ladies of the Pit-
'
• , .
it anylonger, they bad coincided in .'oPinion. with ' 1":`.!.... -'. :- - •
llie• church was ornamented with the richest ta-
Sir R. StGtchan in lees-eying -is so long; that gallant
pestq, and'
,il,hi)Etted
.with i greet magnificence..
Officer had tecdmin:lided .that it shoo-id not be
The Ladies reCe,ved at Court werepiaced on s,ats to
evacuated, aticf,-the final. ev,ittiattOn. did -not take
the right and 14. ,Betiches is er . pia; ed tOr the other
place till the 523 d December. Before the House.
could consent to vote,for the Resolutions Censure qisse,s• The Archbishcsp with severai.b.shops, and
"111',.1,11.,i4o3:svt7ceue•titi:r:i 11)11i stceCtliell:igurYi'.ell;.retic,-,' (.'t!:,- .111 C,:ni.E.o--I‘)tylier()r. 111 s
M;iieBtY'
on the, right of the
Thc:E mpi es s, who 1t,.(1 the Archduchess MA. ,
nuliiinveeddbtoy atib;:tiNdo°obleevLer°YlCt.i.i.rt4nlicerpio
libt!rality.
.., Ministers stood •-•cOinidetely exculp:ted ' 111`1!•
kin LoursA by the la!ld,.giiing her tlic right,'con-
'on. every charge, in his. opinion ;- he there:ore suQu..l
i ducted her to a pew pieparcd in front,' of the altar;
express his dissent to the gesoititions,. and c,..ii-
aud :tic,,u took her..seed. under 4 C..l:opy to the left of
du!ed with moving at) Aniendinciu, in form i.l
the Emperor. "1.3 h e' Arclidu I; t.'s :were in a pew to the
.4.esolutions, to the following
.eifect, by substitut-
right of the Throne. On the -left were tl,e Officers
-,, ing, after the word "'Pint," In,ilie anginal !testi- . .
,of the. Emperor atid Ernpr.ess. The Arch,!uke.
lotions, these words":-= .
CiTAHLBS
,\yaS in the -pew to the left of Ihe Empress.
f` That .this. House,. taking into its cousiderliticm
. ..
On tut right of, ciii,,i pt„ki, was plac-ed the Pic of
the.extreme importance of destroying the i-u-sunnk .
\'e pit ha'titt;; 'a chair and a pew siniiLir. to
in the ayy
'Scheldt, wiih the n, as it :tai as
,cUosinute d
those of 'the A..,.l:,ittites.
[
and
trrOwhit, to a mostformidable L:KL'Ilt, and idio
the expediency of making a javoitranle a:version in' ' - Ilie.fc'l°''' ffig j.".`' 111' details of the ceremony of
the 711,1 of.M4cit,----
most likely to he beneficial to that i'ower,..aild - . -
support of the cause' of Atisttia,• at the lootnvnt ,
I'he 7th of Maich.,tvas the day fixed for the so-
to, :
lemn deurand. 4.1,t. %:`,;. -ill' OW 'eveniDg the French -
'the -critical state ut the war u-t the Cootinc.ot at rho :
~„ci the iir.o.::,
.Amb -I,s iihir pr:-ceetl,d to Court- with great ecru.:
abilitv of success, con-side' in g the r,..d..teed state Of ' t?").- ami v
b v" i."":" i".the seine in"""el- as o 3
period -in which the ElLpedi,:ou s_idecj,
.2 day of audience. I lavnig'arriVed near his. n'.jes
-the force of the 'enemy iii that quarter to tt high the
Expedition. was dirL:it'd,, is of,upiiiion_. 1-.11„ 2,4, ty's .I.'in.iiiie, he deliyeied:a speech, ifti.l dernatide.l.,'
in tiie. name- of his i\ii ijeSty, !h.-. Eilip..rur 'NAP°-
. niSiers I.vere justitie,t in -applyill with ze -4 :10,.1 •
liE:).N.the ',NMI. cii her IMperial-Highness the Arc promptitude. the naval ancl ir4tary ineii:s of 1 t,,,.:
Ltic!tes•-t. MARIA LOUISA.. .
.. • , - :. ,
country to endeavour to eff,--,'Ll- utrai: i.attil national '
object---the prosp-e.c./ of -ess.:lttial as•:,:istittice to our. ''
Tile Euvi)`.l°l''"''l:'it't of his House, bilving• giV't.n
In aos4 steer iind the ()laud Charbbertiin having c-cti
. Ally; mat imi•:vithstauding the proMotitta.le aeid '
stun to coticli.a..:t tit.! Archduchess A pail), I..,c.wisit,
alacrity which they had et 'need, Abe d,t•ti..Rtit.,,,3 of
hex:lmperial iii.,,,hit7ss entefe4, accotorsied by the,
the undertaking had increased- to- such a (tea, 6e- by
Grand f\listre,s and Grand MaSter of her Court, and
the. intervention Of Winds_ and. weather, anti other •
.luiving approached his Majesty with a prohmtid re-
unforeseen causes, as to render the coo-int...nun or it
verence, s:ie s.y.3.'ptilced tohe the left of the Etnis•eror.
uhfavot•trztle to the firojected operation,"--- ---,,- --'--
rhe Aintiassador lieu presented to her.lmi ten al
That this House feels with reg-et and sorrow
the loss .of the mare valuable lives in the; Island of I-Tighties: the, letL.r lad the .portrait of the Ern For
of the 14fetich. k-kr Impt,rial Highness having for-
tWern..iiitahetroeir,et7iihiiet
thiceniSstltaeldlailaiscaonNSeqavuieilnsciealOuf:ltl.ll„ebat
time
p0,!,.,,it
on
n,l:„Liosom.
many consented to the & wand made of her, placed
Tito tlms;Jssador, then
!Nat the state of "the .negociatioos going on -between
conclui.:ted by- the, Coin.nissioher. of 4:,u,.lience, and
Ausfria and France, and the. prob.ibilitv' of the re.-
preceded by the whole,Of his siote, ~roceeded to an
newalof. hostilities, Arid the effect which the le.;e11-
a drikuce ~if the Ettipre,,s; tricl then to the a'iartme'nt
lion of.Walcheren would have upon those neoocia-
prtpated tor the putp,./se tor. his liopertaf Highness
tions,_induced IVlinisters to deter the
ett,at_.tuatioc% nif-
til-the -increasing numbers of the sick, :old the im- the Arretin*e,(.;itAiii...tss, to. whom the Ambassador'
. conituunicated Ow: d• stre of she- Emir roe of- the
.possibility-o 1 those hopes being rt-aiiz;ed, Made it
Frk.-nch that Lis linperi;ti ,Hte,line.ss would repreSent
necessary to 'order. the , evacuation. The House
his Pers.,4li iti.lbC:,s.iiCailli'y of the inirriage. •
therefore is of •opioion, that no blame. is imputable -
ptoerilkoildi.n,iste,,r,s for not. evacuating in,
.at an earlier Haulm- then prese.ucd to his Imperial Highness
' hiifull powers, he, r. (-!irk.,cl to his butt',) accompanied
in the. sati4,,matitier. as -bef;te. . At seven in the
On the question,- as -amended,- beino'.put from
being '.put evening thprewas a' .gr,abik assembly. and o.lla at
Bala Co.arr, at:which the Ambassador and Cotuit OTTO
ER.I3ERT rose to exp.ress his 6. ' ' • . ' •
opinion ias an -... ,
• the Isar,
inderend;--nt Member. !Vito -yes .to the force ~ w ere pre•sent,„
..
..
sr EF..on 01,- ,TIIE FRE'NCH 'iM.BASSADOR EXTRA-
.
, ' which was sent to. W.iicheren, he thought that if if
bad been sent to Sp.do, instead' ot thankaw ini/ • ' -ORDI'..,iARY. . r " • .•
Lord WeLington for the services he hid performed, ‘` SIEE:—.I COMO ill the- mute of "t! E.
le mperor,
my, i'vl ;stet, to deaLlnd of you -the- hand of the Arch-
,.
the 'House would have held to thank tie Noble Lord .
duchess NI I.:Li 4ti LOUISA; fur Zustilous thiughter.
for...having triumphantly entered ;Madrid; bur:. itgit
not bell g: the .686, there Vitas tit) oth,_.r object io Tito emit;eot qualitieS NVll,ch diStioguish that Pria.
oils !tuft; assigned her a place • upona great thrine.
which... Ministers could'. lint d directed their alteration
_She will cotutilinte• to -the happiness of .a crre,n ps,:o-
.
than the cceupation of the Island of Walchereit. As
. ple. and of , a great 111 ill. Tile policy of- °my S,tve-
it
_appepred, when there were three ohjecis in view
in- tort oct!upiticlibl.. first, 'the possession ' of'syt-be 'reign is in iintson ,vtifi the wishes of his heart. This
Island; secondly, the forward teasoirobi,.. hope of :union of two powerful tatnilie,, ii Sire, will
destroying the
arsenal and m!ic..li'vy 3 and thirdly, , two geuerous•nairob e. s nw assutanees of tranquility
•to duke 'a' diversion in favour of our Allies. With i and IlaPP.iness.;"
respect to the Resolutions' o-f the l'oble 'Lord, as
-Ministers did, not deserve Censure, he Should . not
_Vole for the kesolutions, but would rather prefer
tho4e of '-the gallant General.
Mr. MtvRavATT, after having attentively heard
and read the evidence, was jusiiticd'in,his own mind
in stating as his opinion; that the polity and dondudt
'of -the Expedition- Stood upon' fair grounds.. • The
Flon.-Geollentan 'corteurreti- with the latter speAker
as to the most rational hopes of success if the Expe-
, (titian had beery sent to Spain, and also as to the ob-
jeefs -which .Ministers hoped to accomplish in send-
ing-it to- Walcheren..
. - Sir. JAMES HAt.i. made a few observ.itions upon
the necessity of • attaching responsibility, in a gene-
,ral - point of 'view, upon Ministers. - . .
The cry 'of Adjourn ! 'Adjourn !. being raised,
The CHANCELLSR of the-ExcuEcau4R observed,
:that-as it was prohablc!..,that the-deW to on the &each
'of Privilege to-morrow. would not -iiccitpy Much
time, it would be tiNsisitahleTthat the discussion on the
Resolutions should ptocee I to-Morrow.
The. Debate' was accordingly adjourned till to.:
morrow. .
. ..
The fifiouse then adjourned at 7-three o'clock

FOREIGN II4,7ELLIGENCE.

AbliitVEP. OF Till.' EMPEROR.

" I regard ilemand in m;rriage of my triugh-
ter as a I.4ed,w. ul the sentimeots of the Eirrpcnor
of .the
,wbiell I justly appreciale'. al)
wishes for the happiness,of the future marriage can..
not be expressed, with too much truth—it will .be
mine. I shall Ofid,,in the friendship of the Prince,
whom you represent, excellent motives of consola.-
tien
,for the separation of my dear child ; our peo-
ple will seethe assured pledge of their mutual wel-;
-fare. I. grant the 'hand of my daughier .tu
Emperor of, the .French.."'
SPEECH OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDI-
NARY TO 7.HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE ARCH=
bUCHESS MARIA LOUISA.
" MADAME—Your August- father has fulfilled
the' wishes- of the -Emperor; my nhister. Political
considerations may have influenced the detertnina.; lion of both Sovereigns, but the first consideration
t, that .of your happiness. It is above all, your con-
sent, Naciatne, that the Emperor, my master, wished
to obtilin. It I.vilt,be delightful to see united on a
great Throne to the genius of power those beautieS
and t;racs. which are so dearly idved. Tins day;•

~i

. _
madame, will be a happy one for the Emperor, my
master, if .your Imperial Highness orders me to in;
form him that you participate - in the hopes, the
wishes, and the sentiments of his heart.'

and all over the North of Germany, the number of
French Custom-house Officers and troops is doubled
and tripled ; and an individual daring to bring over
to the French line a single ounce of coffee, sugar, to-.
bacco, or other colonial products, will be punished
by severe corporal castigation, and an imprisonment
of one, two, or three months, in the correction
houses. The venerable Senate of Hamburg!), whose
prison-honses are crowded with pretended offenders
of this innocent description, has been obliged to
adopt these tyrannical measures at the peremptory
desire of the French Authorities; and the puorer
classes, to 'Whom coffee, tea, sugar, and tobacco, are
indispensable necessaries, are redbced to a state -of
sullen despair at this unmerited treatment.

ANSWER OF HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE ARCH-

DUCHESS 'MARIA 'LOUISA.

" The will of my father has constantly been mine;
my happiness will always be involved- in his. It is
in these principles that-the Emperor-Napoleon can-
not fail.to.find a pledge of the_sentinients which will
actuate my condua towards my husband ; happy if
I can contribute to his happiness and to that of a
great- nation,?-I gite, with the permission of, my
father, my consent to my union with the Emperor
Napoleon." •
The Emperor, her father, having then permitted
her to accept the portrait of the Emperor NAPOLEON,
it was introduced upon a velvet cu,hion by a Gen-
tleman of the Embassy, and at the desire of the
Archduchess it was_ appended to her bosom by the
Grand Mistress. -
. The Ambassador, immediately after this cere-
mony, had
_an audience of the Empress, whom be
addressed in these words :
MA_ DAm,—The Emperor, my Master, ,has spe-
cially charged me.,to testify to
.your Imp,etial Ma-
jrsty all the sentiments with which he' is penetrated
towards you. He will soon feel Olt he obligations
he owes you for the good example,:and the hind at-
tention which the-Archduchess MARIA LovisA has
received from you. She could not learn from a bet-
ter model, to conciliate the Majesty Of the. Throne
,with amiability and the graces, 'qualities which
your Impetial Majesty possesses in so ,eminent a
degree."

From the LONDON GAZETTE, March27,lBlo.

•
'Ordniznce-Office, March 24, iSto.
Royal Regiment of-Artillery.
To be Second Captain—First Lieutenant Alfred Thompson,
vice Delafuns, deceased.
To be First Lieutenant—SecOnd Lieutenant Wm. 11. Wood,
vice Thompson, prOmoted.
Medical Establishment of the Ordnance.
William. Patten, Gent. to be Resident Surgeon at Woolwich,
and attached to the Civil Deparement at that Station.

COMMiSSIOLS signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
orKent.
zd Eat Kent,
.or Lath of Scray and Wingham Regiment of
Local ‘III ilitia.
To be Colonel—Lieutenant-Ge'neral'Ceorge

•
Commissions in Abe Ist Bedfordshire _Regiment of Loral
• Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant.

To be Captains—Lieutenant James Adam Gordon. Francis
Pym, jun. Esq.,
To be Lieutenants—William Fish Palmer, Cent. Henry
Pulley, Lent. John Cole, Gent. William Moote;Gent.
To be Ensigns—:Edward Sharp, Cent. Joseph 13rown,Gent.

Her Majesty replied:—
" At a moment so interesting to my heart, when
I am fixing ,fOr -ever the destiny of
,my beloved
daughter, I am particularly delighted toreceive frhm
your Serene Highness-the assurance of the sena..
ments of his Majesty the Emperor arid King. - Ac-.
"-cuktomed, on every occasion, to conform my wishes,
and sentiments to those of his Majesty the kmperor,
my dearly beloved spouse, I concur with him in his
confident expeetation of attaining the, objeca which
he promises- to himself from so happy an union, and
also in.thes most ardent wishes which he fortos for
the future and immutable happiness of our dearly
beloved daughter,. which will henoforth entirely.
depend, on that of his MajegtV the Emperor and
King.. Deeply impressed with the much too fa-
vourable opinion the gmperor -and King has con-
ceived of me, I cannot attribute" to myself merits
Which are -solely due,to the excellent natural dis-
. positionof My dear daughter, and to the mildness of
her chara'aer. I can answer for her that- her .only,
. objeti will be to gratify his Meijesty the =Emperor
and King, and, at the same time, to conciliate the
affe6tion of the French Nation."
The 'Ambassador then repaired to another apart-
ment., where he had a private audience of the At eh-
duke CHARLES, to vtrhofn he said
" SlR—The Emperor, ,my master; having de-
manded from the Emperor, yourilluqrious brother,
the hand of the Archduchess MAttrA-LoursA, has
charged me to express Co your Imperial:-Highness
the high- es,imatiou in which he would' hold the
favour of your being pleased to accept his :procura-
tion for the ceremcny of the marriage. Should
your Imperial Highness give your assent, I shall
have the honour of presenting to you the procure-
- tion of-my Maver.7
The Archduke CHARLES replied : •
With pleasure, my Prince, I accept the pro-
position which his- Majesty the Emperor of the
French h:ls been. pleased-to transmit to me throtigh
you; equallyeflattered by his choice, as penetrated
w:tht he soothing presentiment that this alliance will
efface eyee the last vestiges of political dissensicins,
repair the calamities of war, and prepare a happy
futurity to two nations, made to esteem each other,
and who do each other reciprocal justice. I shall
regard that as one of the. most interesting moments
of my life, when in token of an approximation
equally frank and sincere, I shall present my' hand
Madame, the Archduchess; in the name of the
great Monarch who -has. delegated you -; and I en-
-treat you, my Trinoe, that, to all France, you will
will be the interpreter of- the_ ardent wishes I en 7
teriain,t hat the virtues of Madame, the Archduchess,
nay fur ever cement the armlet of our Sovereigns,
and the happiness of their people."
The Ambassador then presented the Archduke
. teith full powers; after which the Archduke cone
ducted hint to the apartment of his Majesty, where
all the Imperial .Family were assembled, to proceed
'to ,a Gland Court Gala. The circle was numerous
beebrilliant, a d the Archduchess, --decorated with
NAPOLEON'S pot trait,-attracted eyeryeeye.
On' the gilt, at eleven in the morning, the Am-
bassador signed the contract of marriage, and re
eeived' the dowry. At two he gave a grand enter-
fainntent. He afterwards held a Levee, at which
ihe
.most-distinguished persons of both sexes were
intro !treed to him. At half-past five he attended
Ike ceremony of the Archdeches,'s renunciation oh
her claims, as a -Mt_mber of the House of Austria.

- Crown-Office, March 27, iSto.

MEMBER.. RETURNy.D
,TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT

, PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Westbury.
John de ronthieu' Esq. of Esher, ,in the. County of Surrey,
, in the room of Francis Whittle, Esq. who has accepted
• the Chiltern Hundreds.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
R. Birkett, Gloucester-street, Queen•square, tailor, from
March 31 to April 1 7. • -

BANKRUPTS.

G. Harrison, Manchester, merchant, to surrender April. ti,
13, and May 8, at the Green Dragon Inn, Carlisle. Attor-
ney, Mr. Birkett, Bond court, Walbrook London.
A. Castle, Furnival's-Inn, money-scrivener, April 3, 17,
*May 8, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hill, Rood-lane.
H. Moore, Ratclitf-highWay, victualler, April to, May
8; at Guildhall.. Attorney, Mr. I. Fothergill, Clif-
ford's-111p. • : -
Davies, Hereford, corn.fa&or, April 16, 17, May 8, at the
City- of Arms Hotel, Hereford. Attornies, Messrs. Browne
dud Pinniger, Gray's-Inn-square, London.
I. Fairfield and I. Buckley, Liverpool, merchants, May a, 2,
8, at the Star and Garter favern, Liverpool. Attorney, Mr.
T. Blackstock, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London.
N. Clonhey, Liverpool, provision-merchant, April ;7, 18,
and ,May 8, at the Trafalgar and Fleece Inn; Liverpool.
A ttorney,_Mr.
.Nleddowcroft, Gray's-Inn, London.
W. Chapman, Beverley, Yorkshire, linen-draper, April 2,
9, May 8; at the Tiger; Beverley. 'Attorney, Mr. S. Hall,
Beverley.
G. Raby, Great Sr. ,Helen's Chambers, merchant, March
3r, Aprino,-May 8, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Druce,
Billiter-square.
I. Wagner, Uxbridge, clothier, March 31, April 3, May 8,
at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Messrs. Gale and Sun,
Bedford-street, London. -
T. Bennett, Liverpool, merchant, May z, 3, B,7at the Star
and Garter Tavern, Liverpool. Attorney, Mr. Windle,
john-street, BedtPrd- row, London,
Morris, Marple, Cheshire, boat. builder, April ii, is,
May 8, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Messrs.
Willis and Co. Warntord-cutnt, London.
C. Dailey, Manchester, lace-manufacturer, April ar, 23,
May 8, at the Star lun, Manchester. Attornies, Messrs.
Willis and Co.Wariitord-court, Loudon.

I'. and T. Whitehead, Fail( worth, Lancashire,' cotton_ ma.:
nuladurers, April :r, 12, May 8, at the Star Inn, Manches-
ter. Attornies, Messrs. Willis and Co. Warntord=court,
London.

MAILS,
Dui—i Gottenburg/I, 2 Dublin, 3 Waterford-

PARIS, .Maacrit•l6.—A duel is reported to. have
taken place last week. ',lts Verdun bet weer two Eng-
lish'prisoners of war. Tney fought with pistols at
the distance -of ten paces, and one of them, a Mr.
Barker, was killed.
AstiVed .at Ca ais on the 27th Ult. the Hope, of
Haarlem, under Pappenburgh colours, captured the
preceding evening off Kiess by the Gpz. eral Cedfa-
i-elli, privateer. - She is pOg tons;hurthen,.and was.
hound from Teneritie for Haarlem with 200 lasts of
salt.

MAitcti 17.-Arrit'ed at Rochelle, on the Bth, the
FrelnLir galliOt La Creole, with colonial produce,
from Guadaloupe. She sailed from Basseterre on
the 30th January. At that period the English had
effected a momentary landing on a past of the
Island, separated from Basseterre by the river Salee.
The Captain bad .to fight his way in cleming the
Island:

Arrived .on the 13th, at Paimbenf, the English
Phil' 1117 Chatham, laden with rice and cotton, ttinn
Georoz?ia • a .•rize'to the ehpet4 privateer, of Bout--
, .
deaux.

PRICE 01 STOCKS
THIS. DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK.

ISANK4 OF TELE ELBE, INIARCH 10.-7-11uonuarte's
tyTanny to the- continental ik-nerontile community
goes 09- with rci.iput*ci severity. .At Hamblirgb,

Consols _
68i

THE SUN.

SOLEM Q-UIS DICER!! FALSUM ALDEAT ?

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1810.

We were.obligedyesterday to omit all the intel7
figence which we had received in the GerManPapers
to the 1 th, Dutch to the 24th, and Paris Papers to the
2 Ist. The contents of all these Papers our Readers
will find. to-day in, our preceding columns. Nothing
seems to occupy the Continent at present but the
the marriage of BUONAPARTE with the Arthduchess
MARIA LOUISA. In the several answers from the
Imperial Austrian Family, we regret to see a more
humiliating and flattering tone adopted by the Arch-,
duke (.4' IARLES than by any of the others. The new
restriaions .against 'the introduction of all colonial
prOduce have excited the utmost distress in Hambro',
where the prisons are .full of. people who have in-
fringad than. The Senate has been obliged to order
more into confinement, and the people are sunk
into a kind of sullen deSpair.
A great tumult had taken place at Hanover, in
consequence of a dinner given by the Intendant
PATJE, to celebrate the union of that Country with
Westphalia. The people were so exasperated, that..
they vented their rage on the house, and proceedecl
to other acts of violence.

the chief conttnts of the French Papers received .this
day and yesterday.
- By the article dated Anisterdam, March 'l9th,
published in the supplement to the Royal Courant,
it appears that Holland is to have a respite for the
present, as a
.treaty had been concluded at Paris on
the 16th, by which the existence of that country is
to be prolonged, with the exception of further sacri-
fi,es. When BUONAPARDR-S honey-moon is over
he will probably deem. it unnecessary to destroy
-Holland in detail, and at once annex it 'to the
French Empire..
Last-night Dutch Papers arrived to the 26th inst.
`which state that 'the Ptincess of SAxoNy, originally
intended for BUONAPARTR, is to be given to the
Archduke FRANCIS, and that Poland is to -be re-
.
ereded into a Kingdom, which is to be assigned to
him.

The Dutch are to pay a sum equivalent to two
hundred thousand pounds sterling for the temporary
preservation of their independence, but Louzs-is not
to to be permitted to return to them till a general
peace. -

Yesterday Mr. LETHBRIDGE again called the at-
tention of the House of Commons to the Letter
published by Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. After the
Pasmphlet was read, Mr. LETHBRIDGE gave notice
that he should move two ,Resolutions upon the stlb-
jetl; and the discussion upon them was fixed for
this day. The 'Opposition- Writers, who convert
every event that occurs into a ground of attack-upon
Ministers, have upon this occasion, displayed their'
usual eagerness for censure. Unfortunately, how-
ever; for them, they made their attack without any
previous concert and arrangement among themselves,
the consequence of which has been, that they have
fallen into the most ludicrous contradictions. On
the one hand, Ministers are charged with being the
dupes of Sir F. BURDETT and Mr. H. TOOKE, who
are represented as having laid a trap for them upon
this occasion ; on the- other, they are vehemently
charged with having brought forward the business
for the purpose of interrupting-the discussion upon
the Walcheren Expedition, and diverting the pub-
lic attention from that subject. Now as these/
charges are directly coutradiEtory of each other,

they cannot both be true. We can, therefore, only
request: of these Gentlemen to settle among-them-
selves which of the two. charges they mean to ad-
here to, and we shall then be ready to meet -them
upon the subje&.

- It must be a subject of serious mortification to
the Opposition, to 'observe the plrfea apathy with
which the Public listen to their inceisant clamours
to be restored to office. Nobody expre;sesa wish
to see them again. in power ; no, not even tho-e
who in some points are decidedly hostile to the
present Ministers. 'But if the eagerness of these

Gentlemen for places had not completely blinded
their understandings; they would knoW, that if
there be one subject which they ought. to avoid
more than another, it is the failure of Expeditions ;
for upon whatever other grounds they may rest
their pretensions to pnblie favour,,it certainly can-
not be upon their skill in planning expeditions. Do
these Gentlemen suppose that the public have forgot-
ten the disgraceful catalogue of their Expeditions ?
Do they flatter themselves with the hope that the
People of England have forgotten that, within the
space of one year, they undertoook three Expeditions,
. every one of which failed, disgracefully failed, and in
two instances with much greater lolls on our side, in
proportion to the force employed, than we sustained
in the Expedition to Walcheren ? Can they suppose
that the People of England would wish to see the
men who planned the Expeditions to Egypt, to the
Dardanelles, and to Buenos Ayres, entrusted- with
the direction of our Naval and Military power ? If
they do believe these things, they flatter themselves
exceedingly, and their disappointment will be se-
were in proportion as their hopes have been sanguine.

The Morning Chronicle of this day puts a ques:
tioti—whether the Ministers had requested another
County Member to make the Motion respeaing
Sir F..BURDETT, and whether they had not met
with a.refusal ?.

• We have made every effort in our power to en-
able ourselves to answer this question, and from all
the information we have obtained., 'and on which
information we can depend, we may confidently
assure the Morning Chronicle that no attempt was
made to induce any individual whatever, to per-
form the important duty which Mr.LETHBRIDGE hap
undertaken. We can further assure the Morning
Chronicle, that the intention of Mr. LETHBRIDGE
was wholly unknown to Ministers, and that the ho-
flour of resisting— the attacks of Sir F. BURDETT,
upon the Privileges of the House of Common s, be-
longs eclusively to that Gentleman.

By an ar►icle from Berlin, dated the 13th, it ap-
pears-that the King of .Prussia bad on the'gth issued
an Edict, prohibiting all c)lonial products in his
pets, and stating that it was in consequence of or-
ders of the same nature issued by the french Ern,
peror.

The Court. of Dresden has received a Spanish
Ambassador from the Usurper JOSEPH. Von Ro-
SENCRANZ, Royal Dana Counsellor, was to pro_
ceedlo Paris on extraordinary missions. These ale

Last night the Lady Mayoress gave an elegant
ball and 'supper to a party of about three hundred.

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NAVAL NEWS:

PLYMOVri!, MARCH 2.6.--Pdt back by contrarl

-winds .his Majesty's ships Formidable and "lin:able,
for the Baltic;, and the. American. brig Luna; add
the Portugueze brig "Admiral Nelson, for the River.
Arrived-the American brig Eliza, from COrtimw
with Oil,. &c.' for Guernsey, put in here by con.
trary winds.

Went up the. Harbour to be repaired his Ma-
jesty's ship P/over.

Arrived the Flora, LAVIS, from London ; the
Heart of Oak;WELLs; and the Hope, JAMES, from
Chepstow ; the Friendship, CARR ; the Isabella'
LAAIBTON ; the li Width, REYNOLDS ; the Derwent
SCOTT ; the Isabella,. ROOTFLOWER ; and the Am-
phion, BRASS, from Sunderland ; and the John
;Stroud, WILKINS, from Swansea.

, Lastevening as two Masters Mates and a Midship-,
trian were returning trom Ivy Bridge in a gig, near
Crabtree they were upset by ad, post-chaise,- one of,
the wheels of the latter passing direttly over the
Midshipman's breast,' caused his death almost in-
stantaneously ; he was taken to Dock, where a
Coroner's Inquest tvill sit on the body this day. •

PORTSMOUTH, MAacx.27.=—Sailed this day hi
Majesty's ships-Caititian-andDexterous on a cruize.
'Came into the Mo(hrhanl: 'the Poreher,thome-
; ward bound Indiamnn frorU Plymouth.
Arriied the i'ortsmouth, BURDLIAI from Lon-
don; also his Majesty's ship Vanguard' from the
, Downs. •

The convoy for the Downs it is expeaed will sail
early in the morning.

• DEAL, -MARCH 21:—Arrived the Fly sloop of
war and the Furious, gun-b. ig, from a cruize.

Rumours have been industriously circulated, that
Government have received unfavourable intelligence
from Portugal, but we can assure our readers that
they are wholly unfounded. The last accounts re-
ceived were of a very satisfactory nature; the French
were not attempting to advance, and the most per-
fe& tranquillity prevailed. The head quarters of
our army were still at Viseu.

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY. Princesses Au-
GUSTA and SOPHIA, look their usual morning rides
in Windsor Park till twelVe o'clock, accompanied
by Count MUNSTER, Generals CARTWEIGHT and
FITZROY; COI. TAYLOR, and tie Ladies THYNNES.
INDIA Houss.—Yesterday a Court of Direelors
was held, when "Capt. G. WELTDEN, of the ship
Indus,- took leave of the Court, previous to depart-
ing log- Madras and Bengal. The Court adjourned
at six o'clock till this day.
• On :LVlonday evening last the Mhrchioness of
SALISISURY gave her third and last grand rout thiS
season, which was attended by all the first rank and
fashion in the West end of the town.

The following Letter has been received from Hol-
; land, but we are by no means_ disposed to pledge
ourselves for the truth of its contents :
• "BANKS OF THE SCHELDT, MARCH 22.—A1l math
t4rg of apprehended -diffe'rence between the Court 9
of Russia and France are- finally and amicably ad-
, j►tsted, so (hit there is nor the smallest chance of
a disagreeinent between these two Powers..
‘‘ ,P,,cific proposals have been made, or Will be
immediately 'Communicated,- to Great Britain by •
France, .uporthe occasion of the august matrimonial
alliance between France and Austria."
`The quartern loaf remains at is. 36d.
`Doctor MOREWOOD, of thelledical Staff, is ail•
pointed to succeed Sir 'JAMES FELLOWS, M. D. 05
Physician. to the Forces for London, in consideration
of his services in Spain and Zealand.
•Mr. BANNISTER, the Actor, submitted a new
entertainment to the: public on Monday last, at Free
Masons' Hall, which he entitles his Budget. It
consists of original-productions, chiefly written for
him by Messrs. COLMAN, REYNOLDS, C. and T. •
DIBDIN, and other friends. The entertainment was
well varied, and diversified with songs. as well as
recitations, Ind Mr. BANNISTER through the whole -
displayed great spirit, humour, and versatility.
was attended by aVery numerous audience, and was
very well received.
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BIRTHS:
On Saturday last, at Hampstead, Mrs. John Armitage
Brown, of a'Son.
On Sunday morning, Mrs. John Aldridge Twining, 0(4
Daughter. _

~
On Monday last, at his house,. Conyborough Park, near
Lewes, the Lady of jaines West,v Esq. of a Daughter.
The same day, at Bristol, the Lady of_ William John
Smith, Esq. of the Island of St. Vincent, of a paughtet.

AIARN /ea
On Thursday last, at St. Paul's, Covent-garden, Thomas
Harrison, Esq.l of Brompton, to Elizabeth Gattie, youngest
sister of W. Cattle, Esq. of the same place.
On Saturday last, at Danbury, Mr. Hayne, of Clerken-
well, to Sarah Dinah, third daughter of the late John Wig-.
gins, of Hill. House,lbanbuty.
I) MD.
On Wednesday last, after a week's illness, at Theddirg- •
worth, Leicestershire, the Rev. Sir Charles Cave, Bart.
uncle to the late Sir Thomas Cave, Bart. of Stamford-Halls
in the said County.
The same day, Mrs, Johnstone, wife of Major Johnstone,
late of the 42(1 Regiment.
On the zest inst. Walter Booth, Esq. Captain in the Royal
Navy, of Twem low-Hall, in the County of Chester.
On Saturday , last, at Be..urnont Lodge, the ViscountesS
Ashbrook.
Yesterday, Mrs. Lane, wife of C. Lane, Esq. of CioY"'
don Common.