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fatiguing dm itA of hitt office, when be vliotiltt next
ititvoipt 0 teatime then). With thesis.* feeling./ he
8111)1)01 t %Atte ilitoirnment now proposed, hecatair
be ilia not -*Mt. that It shoithl be necessary to pro.
vise atintlter, wbleh Mighebe expected, if the
!tight lino. tietitleman should he loth-feet, again to
presitie over their. ilehntes, befovihislicaltis should
be perfectly re-establitilied.
Mr. Ge;StbrAtl 'entirely ecuicurreil its the pro.:
Tit-141 y of titi-..pitirtntredA4lournment,bitt lie thought
oil 61 iiteseat •oeeisioit be might be allowed to
give u tii'atee. Ile %Ca anxious -tri tln this, us the
notice hi big nov given, iniglithe Osefitt to it Oreat
lIIVOY Of 1111. Ctiliyitryttlen, who, being at a tbs.
perbar, if this were not.itone, not
!tear Of it ko earty,is hr 'coat,' with, or a's they
lOight dcsire. lie flown are notiie, that
feuded to briaLt 4111 A maticat ryspeetirig the. lln;•
awn uktiv,lirs. of Trelitad (it would be for a Coin-
kuittet::utt their Claims) on the Btli ut 111,1 y..
nr.c.1.1,.0,11A1tr tent-ion of which he had
given woke, in which Many persons were late.
' rested (on the subject of the ,Salt Ditties), had
been repeatedly put oW from time to time. lie
now gave notice, that he would bring it frarwaid
no the first Thursday after the meeting, of Vurlia-
inent.

Mr. 13nourntArt ilia not ti4e to object to die
Motion. fie hail not one word' to offer ag,iinst

the Adjournment proposed to favour the 'Right
lion. Gentleman, %Orme indisposition was rite sub-
ilea of suds eenersl regret.; but he rose.togii-e no.•
tiee that an Hon. Gent filstan, not then presentithd
Member for Qoeen's County, intended some slays
previous to the day for which the Right 'Hon.
Getttletney., who had jolt sat down had fised:)iio
motion:loittiort,for An Inquiry into the &etc of
the Penal Lii%V.l.lll Ireland, . .
The Notices having been entered, -the motion of
!fie Chancellor of the Eseelteareri that'the Home
slordd Adjourn to Thursday. se'nnight, • was put
and unanimously carried, and-the. House occotti-
in4ly -Adjourned.

sip F. NORTON.
(Pougst4t.v,Sts444l! of vas Hutrus nvCototors.)

We ptiblis):„ for the amusement of our Readers,
a►t.aecount`.of the abort discussion which took
ptlee on.the neeasion of Sir F. Youtosi's
in Oil. Tt wilt be observed that 'Lord ?Zonis
(the Minister of that day) was by no means, so
courteous to the Speaker as. Mr. Vansittart was,
very properly, to Mr. Abbot. The reason of this
departtmce from Lord North's 'usual urbanity was,
that
.Sir fletcherfNotton bad, at the close of the
preceding session, on presenting a money Hill,
made use of some strong 'expres.ions to the
Throne, intimating, thjt the liberality of thu
Tfonse had
,excreted the Royal wants, and hoping
triat .thecrown would spend witelywhat had been
generonsly given. This speech gave Cat offence,
to the Ministers; and Sir Fletcher, . was (It*
s,turily eharacter, instead of retracting or apolow
&jog, took occasion, a short time afterwardi,
to make a direct attack onlord North for having
treated him DI, by prowimang tifilgll66-
rough to the chief seat in (beton:mote Pleas, an,
'office which had, itseetnr, been promisedle
tether. mom. dteiro4' cirentrvstances seen:
completely to have alienated Lord North's mind
from Isis old: friend (for such Sir Fletcher Norton
had been), and even destroyed his characteristic
candour anti gentlemanly frankness ; for, at the
beginning of the next Parlianient, Lord Nnrth,
taking occasion from the usual formality of pro-
, posing a new Speaker for the new Parliament,
proposed Mr-Cornwall in time room of Sir F. Nor-
ton,' and this without time least previous notice to
the latter. Hs, pretended, indeed, to have regard.
to the declining health of Sir Fletcher ; but Sir
Fletcher considered the matter a perional affront.
Mr. Cornwall, however, was chosen. -With this
comment time following extract may prove .inte-
zesting
" The Commons adjourned in consequence of the illness of
the Speaker. April 14.
" Mr. DUNNING rose, and said he was sorry to understand
that his Learned Friend in the Chair was iodisposed. Ht
knew the temper And disposition of his Learned Friend too
well to suppose that such an intimation would Como frum
him, as long as he was able to keep his seat; but as lie was
about to propose a matter of the first consequence, and what,
from its nature, might be productive of a protracted debate,
he would he glad to know, before he psocueded, whether his
Learned Friend was in such a ttate of health us would permit
him, without injury, to do his duty.

" The SPEAKILA rose, and informed the House that he
wasindisposed,'and had been in for 50410 time; hut, not-
withstanding that, he was rfAdy to do his duty, 'UMW than
retard the, public business.

" Lprd JOHN CAVENTIISII ii!knowledged the high obli•
ration, which that House owed hint for his niunly and 'rle.:
pendent conduct, for his unrenaitting attention to the duties
of his office, and his abilities in the station he harl. filled for
so many years. Probably* recess" front the incessant toils
and labours attending his office might. prove' the means of.
once more restoring his services to that House and the Public.,

" The SPEAKER sand, that for the last'day or two he had
been extremely ill. The constant attentiou to the discharge
of his duty bad greatly impaired his health; be was too full
of gratitude end regret for past favours, and the apprehen:
sian Out be must decline those services'whiCh it yeas at once
his pride awl duty to render to that lie use. He was ad-
vanced in years, and in a had state of health he feared the
time necessary to the restoration of it, should that happen to
he the case, would be much longer than the exigency,of Af-
fairs would permit; and he therefore hoped the [louse woad
not impute to him any want of. attention to the
,publio ser-
vice, any' want of respect to theta, if he &clinicl remaining
any longer Jn a situation in which hominid not render himself
serviceable, or answer the end of his appointment ,
4, Lord NORTH, after passing several compliments on the
Spealier, obserred, that there was a east deal of business be-
ifpre the lionse, which It would be extremely detrimental to
tbe public to postpone. He hoped the Learned Gentleman
kad no real thoughts of resigning; but if he bud, am! 'could
not
.think of remaining longer in his preietit saltation, fie
ttougtit It would be very proper for the House to hawse it in
time. Be tiusted that would not be the ease ; snppose;
therefore, tho House should adjourn to Wednesday next,
" Mr. tiLiNNING then rose, and moved, that at the rising
of this House, it do adjourn till Modday se'nnight. He made

be said, i.n e4pectittorr tiiat tils,Learna Friend.
would, On that day, by at le, to h'.,i• the Chair.

so. The SPICAKEIt again vose,.and gave the fulleiring Isar*
Wit* sat Isls dl.ne ,-That lieu tattesitt lift is the
month of rub ruary.last, olds a re). se‘Tre Old, as iststilunoht,.
the elvet Of which em' It severe cough, by which, at Oases,
he sells..near being soffatatett. •He \eas in gond health, and.
seemingly of a, sound constitution, OHM ate took that Chair,
anti for the mese pure 6„Q tilj the preind roc*irmett; His con.:
slant attendance Owe prevented hint fpm tailing medicine;
fug his physician, while be Continued- in the constant .per-;
fnimance'of his duty, thought enefiicine might be dangerous,
but tould administer no" effecrital relief. He continued in
this state of health till the rising of the !House before the
Plotter Recess+ lie 'should have ossified, that his physician
told him that it Was-a gritity complaint. He must confess,
t bat Ite was aintoSt were out andeahaustei before the recess,
though be endonvroured arlxiconsly to conceal ..it from that
House. Tee ',terse in soave Measure restored hint; hut, as
hit physician .infoynoeci tior, the slow disorder returned,
thorigh in a differittf way. The fiest day after the recess he
was again attacked with a severe cold, which affected him on,
ont side of his head, Jul continued gradually to increase till
Within the two lilt days, when it aryl* lb a degree no longer
to he borne; consistent Willi the proper discharge of his duty
to, that House. Ylis physician had informed him, that it was
the return of the same gouty matter which had again attacked
him, though in a different part. He could undertake to pro-
,mise nothing ; but by what he could judge from his own feel-
ings, he feared that he must decline. his present saltation
TheNohleLord In the bine ribautilte las much obliged to;
but he was persUaded' that delay of ono or two days would,
not pot him in a state; or coal& him to resume the choir.
,o. General CONWAY said, the season was such ot's would
hot admit of delay: that there were matters.of eon,
sapience before the }louse, which most :all stand still, par-
Ocularly a motion promised eo he Made by an
•Hun, Gentle-.
titan respecting America, which stood for that day; if, thetv=
fore; the Learned Gentleman's state of health would not per-
mit his 'attendance, he doubted not but there were prece- ,
denti which provided for the inaliPcisition of a Speaker, by
appointing one, 'pro .itletp‘rei it so, he wished most sincerely'
that those precedents might Ise resorted to.

Lord.NORTH said it *es hrceisaty to know whether the
Learned Gerstkman, should the adjournment be put oft: till
htonday se'nniglit. had reason to believe that he would then
he ready to attend his ciuty; heen.nse if 'he was, however
inconvenient it-might he, he should agree with eheertdness
tothe motion now made; if, on. the other band, there should
hg. np. ground. for any expectation, he thought no time ought
to he lot in.the present pressing exigency of the piblic bu-
siness.

" Sir GEORGE TONGE said, that a detny of a few d:►ps
coultkbe of no ;rt.!! consequence: that the Spt fiker's health
nil& be restored, and that his return to thetCtutir would be
an vuple conipewsaifnu far the delay.

" Mr. T. TOW? SEND and , Mr. FOX said a few words to
tisv santc porpoaa,
"Tit iiotsas thin sodjograttl to Monday, the 44th instant."

DUTCH MAIL 1i.14 : F NDE It S PAPERS.

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151WISE,L5, A'PRIL BtaftolN.cer has lately
arrived from Paris at the head-quarters in Cam-
bray, who brings word that tha.Ouke of 1141-
linguist is to be expected there towards the end:
of the trnonth. The garrison of Cembray still
consists
.of two regiments of foot guards, 200
men from each of which have'returned to Great
Datuin. Valeneiclines remains, however, the
chief magazine of the Army, and the garrison of
that place is the same as, it was before. As soon 'as
the Duke comes, it is intended to make, a general
cinurge in the cantonments in the country, fur the
relief of the inhabitants. The increasing plenty
of provisions in the northern departments enables
the Francis Government to fulfil with less diffi-
culty its eugagemeuts fur the supply,tof the Allied
Troops.

Her Imperial Highness the Princess of Orange
yesterday received the congratulations of the Fo-
reign Ambassadors, and other persons of distinc-
tion, upon her recovery.—This amiable Princess
gains all hearts by her affability and gentleness.
It seems still Untertain where the Prince de Brog-
Ito now is ; while -some affirm, that
,he is at a
country house near the frontier, others. are con-
vinced that he is in France. It is certain that
necessary orders are every where given to
execute the writ against him. All
posed and enlightened inhabitants of Ow
ProvinCes lament the mischief which this Po.
reign Bishop causes in Flanders by his obsti..
nate resistance ; his conduct is the rine:striking
as the last of the Netherland Bishops, viz, of
Ruremonde, has gained general esteem by his
love of pence and submission' to t)l,,‘,elkisting
laws. - -

AMSTERDAM', Arita ) I ...-.Ytatt.tilay. tithing, fit
8 o'clock, his Mitiesty arrived to this city.' Their
Excellencies the Ministers, Prtlek, Vander Hoop
am' Six, are also arrived.

BRUSSRPS, Aram inflammatory Bill was
.
lately posted up in the Cottttunne of Itebeeq, ,in
the district of Nevelles ; itawas to be hopeil, fo-r
the sake of the public tranquillity, that the Police
I,venlll discover the authors, and thus baffle the
intentions of the ill-disposed ; this hal been tlon,
and_ two inhabitants of the COmmuue, .Joachim
and jOseph Upset, were discovered to be the
authors of this seditious paper, and have hein
delivered into the hands of justice.
BRUSSRLS, Arum 5.,1t is kffiroteil,- that hie
Majesty has just decided, bye Rem., that an Me
public functirmiaries ttrilo have token the oath with
restrictions, shell be 4) rovisionally malateined
their functions.

The Abbe de I.:Vet/1,44 is the bowie sfi'l

condnemerit qt INlronic tit!' 29 tile attention
lord respect due to his character and his mi -
tnttitne. Ile inhabits is teptsrote apartment' stud
walks in the
ft is said lie h:ts requested of the Viear-genera)
of the dic)Ce3C of ilialities to. be allowed to -cele-
brate mass..

ANTWOUP, Amt. 91—The Civil Ttibunal of
Antwerp has this morning inp•sill sentence ;15
the cathe of Messrs. Legrand and Stappacrts,
against the directors of. the indiieet taxes. The
dkision was against the latter; , the point in goes-
tion vas It seizure of salt mide on the 16th of
Dec. 1816, by cirt tie of the decree of 24th, Nov.
While the tribunal thus recogniseliu principle, that
the seizures made after the dela:), fixed by the decree
of the 24th Nov. aire;uttli, anti that;thits the salt
seized has not ceased to be the property of those
in whose hands it was, the Jcidge kjugedinstruc-
aom) criminally indicts ithe'Owners of salt seize('
after the expiration. of these same delay's, Under
the pretext that 'they have removed salt seized,
that is, taken their own property, to the prejudice
of a seizure. 'This morning, at half-past six, a
merchant was dragged front his bed, and. (tarried
to prison, where he is kept idthe closest confine-
ment. •

URUS9III.3, Majesty has just
done, exemplary justice to the inhabitants of the
city of Antwerp. A decision of the 7th instant
orders,

1. That the levying of the toll of Flushing
(Droits de Toll shall wholly ctase.

2. The sums levied upon the merchants under
this bead shall be restored.

3. The conduct of the Receiver at Flushing,
%vim • incurs the iris of his plate, shall be cen-
sured. •

His Majerty,•who i 9 gone to Arristertlam with
Prideelrederie, will iisit.theNiewF Diep, to ei-
atkirne the .works carrying on at thAt.Port, as 'Well
ai other works of public utility, and:wiLl.return to
this city in a fortnight.
BRUISILS, Apart. 7.—Letters, from •CrneoW,
worthy oft credit, Worm us that the lust Sittings
Of the Diet, opened on the 3d of.fehruary, were
rather stormy. It, %r;s owing to the fint. and
prudent measures of General Zaiongzek ttat vteler
r
anal trangnillity-were maintained:-
These Letters say expressly that the Diet dors
not concur it; any manner in the regulation of the
Constitution, the basis of it linvitig been laid do-um
at the Congress of Vienna, and the final dove.
lopment belonging entirely to the Commissioners
of the Allied Powers.