The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-19 00:00:00

PROMOTICYN IN THE ARMY.

LY TTI. ETON held .in,hishand a petition from
.Captain -in the 1.501 Light Dragoons;lately torti-
,knaticted by thelDvkti of Quialberlanii, :cCitnplaitting
of. certtlin grievancqs which had barred ,the, way to
his pronitti.nu. anxious :the. czneril natatO.
of the petition should he onderstood.• e did .rtf4t
mean to assurne:,Trthat the teats contained in it were
true, .os-to Ospersethe Duke of Comberfamt,- but kid
wikhed:to. state. the fat,l- of the complaint baying
been made to the Corninander,in.;•Cliief,- who liati/
spot taken the 'proper notice of it: He tlid not wlsil
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Plaint prdfetied). add' td. tOtt ,the. saniS
.to his
Majesty. - . . .
- 'General' CttAwtottb- thought the-interference of
the House Vreuld. be mostdallerous: If the. article
Of war alluded to were obligatory on- the Coin-
rnander-in-Chiet, to report
,every rase. to his IV,Ia-
, jesty, without tieing'at au at Ins option, it inusebe
Productive of thegreateStinconvenieneies. ' -rfeliery
officer who thought pronemoeo.iiplain of imagi I ,ary.
evils could insist on. a Court of. Inquiry, ,of a, Court
Martial being called 'tO.iniestigate :he subjel9; there
Might be twenty;such called- foievery month,- The
Commander-itt-Chief ,ought to.. possess • a discre-
tionary power. that when, complditits- .were made
*hid! werettifling 'and nugatory, es he (general
etaltfoti.l) kOew.t been to .beitt- the present instance,
he might dismiss the subject at once. Those:oth-
tees who rtere. most negligent of ' their duty, were
-thOse , who telt; theintelvei ofteoest aggrieved, , as he
Pledged himself.
.was.the case of the prerenr indivi-
dual. One dr the- grounds of complaint was, that
this officer hadbeenl6olted over:
~. - Mr. \Nig t ?BELA P-SpOke" 16 order. If the --Bon.
General was, going. iLlto the Petition,-it-ought, to be
read, ;• - - - .
General CRAWFORD would tlien contine.himself
• to s=tewing that it thatcHouse were to interfere with
• the .liliijtartygovvrittueut .anaCc,utriaartd„. it would
endanger the discipline and. solidity of Jhe army,
and render it likely to prove-m•,st dangerous tb the
country. The army would always be.seek,ing.tedress
from different partieS in that Hotise.. It
,would be a
Parliamentary petitietting•ameng an irregularly con-
7olsed body, as parties itt the army hadas good-aright
to petition Parliatrient as an individual. The Corn-
blander-in Chief had-in the
,pre.eot case exercised
the . discretionary - power 'it' .:was proper lie shauld•
. . Possess %Villain-mob propriety..-If he had:Ttot, that dis.
eretionary power; he. could not govero.theoruty. . If
the Petition were entertained, 20, 30, or 40 of a si-
', rnilar nature might be exkeied in the course of the
,;•! 4 ..e .
M OLL , Tne cons,xpletice would be, the .army
Would be divided-with parties, or-the House must
• • step torah .to restrain that evil which, they could now
. " 60 easily check.. -. •
Mr. WIIITBREAD was of opinion; -the .apprehen-
' tions of the Hon. General were groundless, as no
Nell consequences as he .dreaded .from entertaining
the .Ntitivn.4tad arisen'. from the. cage Of Lyrd
urgherst or.. _that of Captain Cochsatte.. He had
POken Of the grievance cumplain,-d Of‘ ,ity CaPfatti
wskett,- as ~being imaginary._
-NObody could•ti;li
ere.theshoe pinched but tlw- wearer. He thought
' the grievances of .:which Capt. Foskett complained
tich, that were:hein such a . situation, . he-did not
know that:he should. be able-to bear bp :.asqtit!,,T. cit.--
'Pair. The petition anglit •to be read. If cord-
taints were frivolods. aild vexatious,--as =they had
ten.rprociouimeti by the. Gosm,,;',:.n:l,n- in Chief, why
4'ad he be,emotfored A-Majority. in another tegiinent ?
ii Mr, M. SUTIDIg thought th6bnucnatider in'Ci.:ief
; ad-ahewn Capt. Fuskett .great Kindness, if, forbear-
, ;ad
make a report of that which might have been
... Judicial to his charaCler, he had offered hit-, a
",itiority in another tegithent. That he 'thought.
; • tight be the case. The Article orWar which had
' ,ten spoketyof was•getteratly understood to refer to
Tiuniary matt ' ers. He,. however, was not against
• _ petition'being brunght up.. • -.. ' .
Generals LOFTUS and PH 'Fes -objened: to the pe.
titian,
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41A4r. LOCIthART- had: not :daade up- his mind to.
"'nk.a Court of Justice'. wotild not intcriere in the'
tate. . .
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„,_Mr. LYTTLETON, in reply,. sAitl it was. not. likely
-Vth an individual ..buld, oti
.slrgin gr.-in:ls, bring
reward eliarges'agaius. the duke of :Curt*, land..
,'le char.c.tet of his Royal Fiighit-ss could not be
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i_ared up-but by executing `"hat article of war wiiiett
'ktoitunander intlitet had' refused to Obey. ',
, 14.4 r. ayDER haft jr- On tii-r best authotiti;.'s ti.at the
t tiele of warwas gener.lly I. onit&red as ntlerritig
pecuniary matters. The -Corn .ander-. in• Citiet
Cd aeed as he thought every other • Commander in
tief would have done. He hadno objediou to the
c'tition being brought 'Up. . .
The Petition was then.read, and is in substance as
allows :,.._
..si4c .
That Henry Foskett- had been •30 years in the
kb
,:4: ti Y, and four years—senior Captain -of the 15th
liklght Dragoons ; and ,t• since his .appointment to
nts t,.._
itli,, bop, he had suffered cer air,. grievous 3616 of
i. to,Tatice. ' In .1806, ajunior'OtEcer was attempted
" re i'el Put over his head as Major; Captain Foskett
..trquested a week's leave of- absence from the Mike
%eumberland, to state the circumstance to tiv

Sir t 4, MON TGOTAERir atatectto the gouse,.tbrit tto.,
reason Cagat. Foskett was not sent to /Spain was, that
his troop eras in the worst erder'of any in !be reg,4
treat. its pramotiOn. had -been dOlayed on account
• of his being concerned in a duel;, behaving stood by
white two young Otfic!rs were endeavouring to kill
One another, tilt they had exchanged six shots. The
Duke .of 'Cumberland had she wn him great indul,
gencein passieg•this over. kleiiiould. vote against
the; Peti( ion.
Mr. WgiTEREAD thought' the,statement-of the
circuit-Islam:a, relating to the-'duel did not furnish
grounds. on which the House could proceed:. He
had seep testimonials greatly in his favour, and n4:1!
thing against. him. If his conduct was bad, why ap-
point brie to-replace an'Officer in Spain—why give
him-the Majority:? - • •••
Greperal.PUlPPS opposed the motion.
General Lorrns vindicated the, conduct of the
ComMander in Chief. . • • • ,
- _The CHANCEt.Lott of the EXCHEQUER thought
. no benefici3l result to Capt. Fosket•could arise frorn
the Petition being ordered to lie on the table.. No
• allegations were 'made of his having beenrefuSed
promotion improperly. No junior Qfficers;• it ap-
peared; had "been promoted in preferente to
He had ,qo right to complain of 'being left behind
when the regiment went on service. That was .a
regimental- arrangement, which rested in the first
instance with.the 'Colonel of his regiment; in the
next, -with the Commander in Chief. It liacf been
ai,first *so, arrange s:l_ by the Colonel of his regimen!,
and it was in a way of being redressed by the Com..
• maneier• in Chief when the regiment returned.: But
it was then said., why was he appointed-to replace_
an Officer in Spain, and why offered a Majority in
aunt her 'regiment ? seeing his colleted had been itn-
proper.. If he had beea concerned in a duel two or,
three years before, though - that. might be an obsta-
cle to his -promoti, al in his own regunent, yet if it•
wlstliot tholight proper to bring ban •so a Courc,
Martial on that account, it was, hard that that shouft
hang over him for ever, and prevent his rising in
another.. With. respect to the 'article of wari the
utmost extent -of it was, that the Commander in
Chief.should examine each complaint, and report
it to the King, where the 'case required it. This
• case-was'. not thought to 'require it. The army, it
appeared, understood that article to refer to pecu-
niary 'matters. • What was there to' complain of,
when 'because the Commander in Chief-could not
report ;favourably, he declined making any report at
all-? he complained. of marchilig in the rain, or
•• any thing equally frivolous, would it be said a re-
port should be made ? Under all the circumstances,
ac he Dre hended no ulterior mischief :foal it, if it
were a matter of doubt whether or riot the Petition
!aright to lie the. fable, he woeld, in all such
cases, give no opposition'to a motion to that etfe(it..
• •Mir. 5r.,11-rWri..l/4:61t on the probability of 'the.
rtlinber of appeals which might continually be made
in rase any.getxral precedent Were estaAiShed, if
the Commander in Chief was always to exercise a
„diatetiOnary'l power; and in the wrung of course he
must suffer for consequences.
Mr. LYTTLF.TON said„ it was impossible •now to
enter into a foll consideration of the Pe: i is n ; tie
.agreed with `tile Hon. Grutletn kvnbre,peCi to the
probability of the great number of future appeals ;
Barimet.had inenti.,ced softie things which.
.lie could not..suffer ; he coo d riot thc
.ter -ot. an,Offieer to be tneusi) asper,ed. lie al,
'Jutted-10.01e assertion at ti;, being second ire aduel
wiih resp,.A this tie appealed to the memorial of
the auke.oletlilloerland . n the Duke.. of York,
:where it 'trice:ions tha• one of Capt.iin Foskett's
complaints wis the being a(scoged of being second
.in a doel,which was t iisi.:eiect a murder. Since
the Hon. Bart. had made an -ex pane .:ssertiee; he
.would likewise make one, wine!) was, that the per,
tem whom he seconded had actually received the
most-galling and intolerable insults; he, however,
e nployed a long time in•endeavouring to effe&
a :re-onaliation, yet notwithstanding all• this, it is
widen!, that the first grievance ceinplained of in
his PeritiOn occurred previous to this circumstance.
With respeet•:to the observation. of his troop being
left, at home because it was the worst in the regi-
ment, it was a charge not sufficiently grounded to
excuse the harShness,of leaving a senior Officer in
the background. After the recess he would move
for the further consideration of the petition:
The question was put, and the Petition was or-
dered to lie on- the table. •
BREWERY REGULATION.

l , Ilfr..FosrEit bought in the Brewery Regulation
five toonths he was forced to remain at tarters
for -latider in Chief, but leave was -- ..-,'fusecl,''and. ! Bill, which was read a.6rst tune
r 'nq, '
Mr.' WHITBusAn slited ,several fat(?s, relative to se"t'trary to toe generaFtiSage and rightiof the Qtli;• the custom of colouring beer or porter int lreland.
tp.s at the rec.-intern. -When the regiment. went to
HO-did not see why the Ii left should be, poisonsd
din, Captain Foskeit, though anxious as a-soldier
't() a
and ha really thought that the ilish. brewer shiruld
--`'cornoany his regiment; was peremptorily-coin-
' tided*l)a. 'Dof d.- b Ibe pat 'on. the ' same locking with the English
imi 'by the Duke a.,l e.r and: to: retn.a.in at
.i) e• Captain rockets., . feeling himself deeply breWer.
Mr...FOSTER thought that
,an alteration in the Act
tfutt,,_. applied to the 'Commander in Chief, the Duke was not -possible ; the Bill . meant, to. prohibit. the
xerk, once more; and his statement-was consi-
uSe of all ittgredients, except ;sugar ,burned till it
red SO forcible, .that an immediate order was sent
was bitter, for- colouring ; if the Hon. Gentleman
tii`l3 regitneht in Spain,. for the return, of aCa was
this was a bad thing, it ought to be Liken away
.1„:, -and Captain' Fos-kett was appointed to his-pro-
from both countries ; .it it was good, he.did not see
• -st4t,Pl,age in the regiment. 'rtte petition went on to why it 'should be tsken away {rota Ireland.
this
. that -.the . Duke of 'Cumberland,
,to impede 1 , •
Mr; WniTnitE.A.6 said that this was not injurious,
''4l3 ttle.asure; threw, out a number of aspersions On
-unless mixed with copperas„ and other deleterious
t.P)ain Foskett's charliaer, but they were instantly
substances. 'He thought The Cbancell.br' oaf the.,4x.-
tti°ved to tie-' without an foundation. The regi- -: chequer for England stio-.11.1 allow it, to this Country
test h'aPpened to be at that time coming home,- and . if he thought it -to be:good ; if bad, the -Chancellor
,ist's Captaiii ' Foskett lost the opportunity of doing of the Exchequer for .Ireland sh'ould certainly take
trla doty, as was kneaded by Ihe justice of the Cern- - it awiy.
,
.1.) 4der to Chief. On a vacaiicy's -occurring, the
(Ike
The CiAbiCELLOR Of the Axel-it-Await was-of opi-
r of -Cumberland declared that he_ would not
of
...
.nioia, that any injurious ingredient should be pro-
fri,..`firnend him fur promotion, and two Majors hibited ; ,under the disgutse of one colour several
hisq-2 other regiments wereiti-suecession put above Intichre'vo-Us.subStaitees were usually infused. .
ftt; Captain-R)s-kett prOcured recommendations
,The Bille was ordered to beread a second time on
111_4) all Abe Colonels who had cornmandi.'d the regi- Tut,scidy s,i.miglit. . .
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oetit on- aClnal- service, tend who of course hoew . A person' from thelast Indi:i-Company presented
Ngjner,e of the merits of :an Officer than his Royal the ,accounts which were moved
.tor, yesterday.-,-
ss. could have done: Captain FOskett con-
r, vin
\yord g himself cruelly treated,-wrote to Colonel! :9.rdered to be printed. , _
Mr: FOsica brought in a Bill. to amend the laws
11,----90.0fi the 2,6 t h. of Sept eMberc -1-8444gitetrest- .
.tor the sale of .Flax.- seed in Ireland.—aead a .first•
0i4,a,11 inquiry into his ease, under the I t:tit Stieign .
' rune, and ordered to be. read a second time on Tues-
. htif.t,".e.'At tides of mar; . Irs request was denicd, day 4ennight. .
A.`,,lfb 'was offeied a -Majorify of Infantry, which' . . .
Mr. DAVIES GIDDY, according to notice, moved
ti'le:‘,l3..o.,,upit proper to decline. - Henow'appeaLd to, .
~that the Standing Orders relative Private Bills
huil;ttitimice Qf the House to rescue him' froin the in- b 4 taken into consideration.-He proposed sev,eral
!tin, Ni. wrongs heaped upon; -IPin, and. to-allow resolutions, in substance as tbllows :—tat, That be- .
they-I,f.llat lair and 'open inquiry which was the right fore a Petition for- the' aheration, variation,, vr
fair
..„b•e,s ..
amendment of an, Act
.fnr incli.asiris, Bsc, a .notice_
,
N Al_ T. LTTLETeN 't;wved that the Fallon shonld f I 3 L ,2
Sil,t1:(1 .ue iiiven.-L-d, That oil an application for the
Q 4 the tit'alv.
increase or alterations of rates aud,dutie.4,l:, the in-,
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application to referred to a ecni-
mittee.---3cl, That on applitation fora the alteration
of a Port or HarboUr, three months prey ions notice
to _that effect be circulated-in the public Papers, and
declared at the Quarter "Sessions.--4, -That on an
application for alteration in a-port or harbour, es.
timates of the expence for accomplishing such de,
sign be annexed to such application. These resolu-
bons were agreed to, ands created into Standing Or=
ders.,

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potatecl, it ti said, forni a new tiepaildidnii dß=
der (he name of the department of the Mouths of
the Rhine.

ST. PziErtslitntOtt; MA Odd 2f .==The • WI
Ga
2.ette of this d.iy contain. the following article
" • Rto,t, fan. i 7.—We have just received here
the important news of the approaching nia.riage of
the Etnpetor. Napoleon with an Archduche-s-of
tria, the eldest, •daughter of the E 'Ter.& Fratk.-is.-
This event has produced here the most !riesling sen-
sation among all the enlighteried cld:ses,.wito see in
this union a certain pledge of a durable peace op-n
the Continent, and. a solid alliance between the three
Emperors."
Count Alexander Soltykow has obtained permit..
sign to resign his situation as Assiatani.l4lll,liter lot
Foieign Affalts..
-Her 'Majesty the r,inpreis Dowager irtn'nds
to
set oil' immediately; upo an: eicursion, at first to
Twer, the residence of her daughter, the Grand
Duchess Qathertne, and thence to. Moscow, to visit.
the ditferent establishmenls there under. lies pa_'
Ste will be accompanied' by the Grand
DuaILAS 'Anne.

111 C ',CHANCELLOR - of the EXCHEQUER obtained
leaveto bring in a Bill
.for uniting the °likes-of Sur-
veyi3r- General of the LatRIS of the Crown and-Sur-
veyor of the Woods-and Forests.
Mi. WHARTON moved, 'that there be laid, before
the House-accounts of the 5 .per cent.:annoities, re-
lative "to a loan. of 18 millions, aCCording to an ,AEt
passed in the 47th -of his present Majesty. Mt.
Wharton then brought up the accounts, which were
ordered' to lie on the table.

WAYS 'AND MEANS.
The Order of the Day was read for the House
going into a Committee of Ways and Means, when,
alter a short conversatitin bet weep the Clianceikir
of (he Exchequer and Mr. Whitbread, it. was de-
ferred'. ' • • .

The House then. went into a Committee of Supply:
The first Resolution Was, that a slim of t 0,0001:
be granted for
.the waking of Roads and Brides in
the. Highlands of Scotland.
Mr. WHITBREAD Opposed it, chiefly on .the
grounds of the impropriety of granting too many
Civil Loans. •
The,S4AkEa.observed, that he, as being a Court.
missibiler,,. was well acquainted I.yith the object of
this grant. Last year it was given notice; that pro-
positions would not be received ,after- *next June.:
Estimates had been always required, and the
bit ans contributed largely to. the completion of the
works, which he declalvd to be of great national
importance. The Itesolutivn.was then. agreed: to. •
The 2d, " That a sum of 50,0001. be granted for
Completing•the Inland Navigation." This was like-
wise opposed. by Mr. Whitbread.
The SPEAKER said,. that the most difficult part of
work, Which was, the locks near the sea, was now
comFleted;. the easiest part remained. -?,Bough the
rise tif wages and materials should be conside.red; the
work was too. important to be relinquiThed. 'The
navigation of the, intended 'Canal, would.be most
pricticable, ctinsequeoce of the variableness of
the witids.—The Resolution was agreed to.
The following resoluti;nis were ttitn put, and af.
ter Some conversation, were. agreed-ter. •
'A grant of 7131. for makin.;good the de4ciencieS
in print. tlg the Journals for last year.
3500 tor 750 copies of the 62d vOltitue of the
Journal,.

VIENNA, MARCH 40.—" A .COurier has arrived
from Paris, with dispatches, for our Court, reported
to be of -The most agree,iht2 deset:.iption.
We can state, without incurring the charge of
exaggeration, that, at no period sincq the year 1792,
has the public enjoyed so much tranquility, or dis-
played. so much. confidence in .Govern.: cot. The
credit of our paper money daily increases ;. and we
hope that tie course of. exchange %yid) AueDurg
Will soon be .at 300. We even go the length of
flattering, ou selves that the august alliance just
formed between Austria and Ftance tray contribute
to infuse pacific sentiments into England.
..Advices. have been received here by more that
twenty EStafettes, of the ftkliSlaili having effet4ed
the'passne of the Danube,.. near Orsowa, and opc..-
rated,a juntiion with the Servians.' It is, of course,
inferred, that al.) hopes of peace in that quarter hare
vaniAed, ou
and
.hat commercial- in te.reourse with
Constantinople, by way of Widdin, will be inter-
rupted. for, a long peno.l. Cottons to,e,.inconse-
quence, had a sudden rise of :2,0 per cent.
C;')unt Stddion, formerly Ninisier for Foreign
Affairs; has errived here,- accompanied by.4is bra-
'ther.

On the 29th, (he day on which it was supposed
the marriage of-Napc,leon .with 'the Empress Louisa
took place at' Nris, 'there was a grand Court-Circle
here in the :evening. Ak,desk,' that part of the Pa-
lace lately appropri.ited-tg the Chancery .was ia
nated in'a 'style of the greate:t taste and magnig=
cence. The illtttnination Of the-other parts of the
Palace, and the capital, bad alsta most brilliant
effeCt.

'412320 for defrayi: g the ex pences.of printing and
,delivering the vo;es of the House of Commons.
seio,ooo for reintiotng the Journals -attic House
of Gnomons, relative to, the Caledonian Canal:
teen for ,defraying the ex.,,enees of prosecution.
f.)r
4g7 132 to the Thistees llf the British Mnseuto,
to erizible them,to accomplish their important views.
Xi 2,50.0 to the College of -Surgeons,- for build-
.
&c.

'His Excellency Count Otto had a private audi-
ence of -the EMperor- on- WedneSday last, 'von
which. occasion he delixered. two letters, which he
had received by a Courier, one of -them trom his
Majesty the Emperor N:poleonA and the other trout
iter. Majesty the Era,Press Louisa. "
-In addition to. tne-valnable presents which his
Majesty the Emperor Napoleon eau d tO be. dis-
tributed to the distinguished perspna who -had
accompanied. his Spouse to BrAtinaii, be-has also Or-
dered 30,000 francs in gold to be distiibuted among
the domestics.

The House then resumed, • and the report was
ordered to be received on Monday se'rinigtit.
Mr. R.:WARD presented the-`Ordinary and Ex-
traordinary Estimates of the Navy.--Ordered to lie
on 'the • tible. He then moved that those pApers
should be taken into consideration on an early day
atter the recess.
Mr. WHITBREAD wished for a longer. time ;
accordingly, the Honourable Member said, that,
after, the recess would appoint a day for the con-
sideration.

Tgl ESTE, MARCH. 21.—Letters from Vienna an-
nounce that the Minister of State, .Count Met►er-
nich, has left Vienna. It is said be is gone to
London.

BANKS OF +l-IR,MAINRi APRIL 7.—The rumours
of peace in circulation in Germany and. Holland
have produced an impression upon the commerce of
these countries. The 7 sensation created on the Am-
sterdam Exchange has heen more considerable. than
in any other part. These rumours, howeveri. while.
by some they have been reglrded as founded ig
truth, have by others been considered as Whollydes
titute of foundation. Those who have a large stock
on, hand of colonial goods are much alarmed, bee Luse
a peace with England would cause an imm:..diate (all
of at least 50 per cent. The mere report of an' ap-
proximation has already sunk the price of colonial
merchandize, and si=veral houses are making offers •
to their correspondents.

l'he House then went into a Committee of Ways
and Means. ,
The:Ckt.AblcELLba of the EXCHE4IIER proposed
the, following resolution
That the sum of 2,213,0051. the surplus of the Conso-
lidated Fund, be granted to the surplus of the year."
The resolution. was agreed to, the House resum.-
ed, and the report • was ordered to by received on
Monday ke'nnight.
Report of the Isle of Man Trade Bill was re-
ceived, -ancl-a.Bill ordered pursuant- to the-reselu--*
tion of the Committer.
The. Howth Harbour Bill wa read a first time,
and ordered fur a second reading or: the first of May.
The Report of the. Committee on -Expiring Laws
was brought up and agreed to.
- -An Address was ordered to be presented to his
Majesty for an aCCOMIt of the Vel de-of Livings und, r
Queen Ann's Bounty, and also the appropriation of
the sum .of 1.00,0.001. granted hY Parliament -last
Session for the reliet of poor Clergymen.
• The judges' Salariei Bill was read a second time
and committed for Altnidq
The Property Tax- Bill was postponed till the -first
of May.

UTRECHT, APRIL 13.-.--unthe 1 ith. instant at
five-o'clock in the morning, his Majesty arrived in
Amsterdam, in good hea.ltl. This joyful event
was announced to .the inhabitants of the capital by
the firing of the guns.

AMSTERDAM, APRIL execution of the
.sin article of the Treaty conclUded 'at Paris, the
greatest activity prevails in the 'King'-s yards. A
outtilter of. hands zre already employed in the cl,,ck
here to clear away the mud, in order to 79r the
heavy ships afio-it ; and the commanders of the Ves-
sels iii;the Texel, who, upon the landing,- of the
were removed,. with their crews, to- an
the gun-boats, by which the fuTther progrgsi of .the
enemy wa, prevented,, have. been
_ordered by his
Majesty to return', as soon as prissible to. their re..
Apective vessels, And to resume their former com-
mands..

Leive was given to bring in a Bill to prevent
Smuggling-from the isle of Man.
The Report of Curciners' Bill was re-
committed

The House adjourned at Half-past Eleyetk VOloCk
till Monday se'uniglit.

CONSTANTINOPLE, F,EB. 6.—The English Am.
bassador, whose health has been much impaired
'sinte"l is. residence here, making prepaMtioits fur
his. departure. ~One of his Secretaries of Legation
will ad as Charge d'Atrairek.until the arrival of his
successor.

FRENCH AI ND DUTCH PAPERS.

PA RI.S, Afatz. 13.,--Great preparations have been
made.at Antwerp for-the reception of their IMperial
Majesties, .who will, it is said, proceed th;ther, di-
re& from St. Quentin. It is affirmed, that the Em-
peror intends to gratify - his'acgost Spouse with the
grand, and to. her entirely novel, sif,ht cif the
launching of several ships, completely finished, at
Antwerp.
The King of 'Halland passed through Brussels
the nigl.t ot .the 7th.; on his return to his States.—'-•
lhe Queen, .his Spouse, arrived on the gth At Coln-
piegne, ',whence, on the 11th, she continued her
journey for Arnsterdim.
On .Wedneiday la't the Emperor held a Goon it
of his Ministers at Compiegne."

Some PriViteged ,vessels have been allowfd to go
up the Igack-Sea; upon the coudttiot of bringing
.return cargoes of grain. Permi6sion has also her 4
given to all importer of
,corn without distitialion.,
c.-
to dispose of it at the market price. We. flat:er
,atiuselves'that this nsasure will have the eifed of
supplying.this capital with a sufficient stock of that
article:

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:s supposed. that .their
Majeties will not visit Antwerp- until the.month of
June.; Their departure is under Stood to be axed
for Mond-rneoxt, the lath inst. It-is affirmed, that
In the in:unOed e,xeialsion Of 'their 'Majesties they
will, ;11139ng other places, also pay a visit. toAmiens
and'catribray.
That part liplland which has just baen incor-

VIENNA, MAnpa 28 According to-Ittfori flom
Bucharest, the Russian army has formed a jun6:flop
with the Sertitns ; and a. Turkish corps which at-
tempted to obstruct this operation, was- rotted With
*collsi(‘'erable- loss. Prince - Bagration - was Stijl. in
Bucharest, and ,teas forming arrangements for an
imptkaut attack upon the Turks,
:The deputation of Efungariams, arrived here to
compliment his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, in
the name of.their country, .upon the recent mar-
riage of his daughter, consists of 106 persons.
MARCH 310—According to advices from Sclera-
nia, there have been some bloody encounters on the
kontiers, of Dainiati4, between tile* French and

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