Star.
London, England, 1808-04-09 00:00:00

Mr. HORNER revived the subject of Commercial Licenses.
and moved for a Copy of the Minutes of the Proceetlinp of the
Lords in Council, hi respect to Commercial Pawnees.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assented—mad
the motion was agreed to.

CONSOLIDATED FUND SURPLUS. •
On the motion of Mr. HUSKISSON, an Mem from the Trea-
sury presented an account of the surplus of the Consolidated Fund
of the last year, remaining in the Ex oss the Stli,April inst.
for the disposal of Parliament. to on the table.
Mr. HUSKISSON gave notice of a motion oa Monday la the
Committee of Ways and Means for the disposal of the same.

IRISh LINEN BOARD.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT, pursuant to notice, ruse to move for 1
several documents respecting the proceedings of the Irish Linen ,
Board, which he felt the more necessary, in consequence of some
communications he had received since he gave that notice,respecting
sums issued to the amount of 4,3001. to Mr. Parks, the Architect
of the Board--and also the appointment of a young gentleman,
aged 17, a student in Trinity College, to the cece of Insfisetor-
General of Linens in Ireland, when it was positively required by
Statute, that the person to fill that Ofice must have been regy,
lady brought up to the Linen Manufacture, and have carried on
business for his own account.
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY said he was not competent to
give any explanation on the subject, as his Right Hon. Friend (the
Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer) was absent.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT replied, that the Right Hon. Gentle-
man was in his place when the notice was given, dad also yester•
day, when the motion should have been made, and.did not think
it to give. any explanation. This, however, was ,nn additional
motive for lamenting that the Members of the Irish Government
(with the exception of the Chancellor of the Exchequer) were not
Members of the Linen Board, entrusted, as it was, with the dis-
bursement of so large a sum of public money. He concluded by
moving for the documents, which were ordered.
RUSSIAN PAPERS.
Mr. WHITBREAD rose, in consequence of a no-
tice he had given, respecting the speech of a Noble
Lord (Lord G. L. Gower) on the 29th of March
last. In the course of the Session there had been
much discussion on the propriety of quoting from
official documents. He did not mean to go over all
the arguments for and against that practice, he only
thought such a practice . was unfair towards the.
House, and that it ought to be prohibited. The'
power to make such cotnrattnications ought certain
to be confined to Ministers, as no other individuals'
had a right to make such communications. The Nol.
ble Lord to whom he alluded (Lord L. Gower) had
lately been Ambassador to Russia, and be had made.
certain communications to the Foreign, Secretes+ cir
State, which that S
had refused to lay before
Parliament. Aker the ise of • Mr. Pitt, Lord
Mulgrave had given to both Houses a great mats of
iaformation, disclosin4 thingsvery improper to be com-
municated, as no motions had been made for their
disclosure. These .related to the utter defeat of the
Continental Confederacy of Anitria and Russia
against •Franoe, which was entirely reined by the

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battle of Austerlitz. The Honourable i
went on to complain that Lord Gower had rd'
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Austna at that period, and that that fact had
the catastrophe of that campaign. He also '
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that the field had been taken against F
an inferior force, namely, 406,000 otet,:r•ance=.l
five hundred thousand. He next adverted 7.,
conversations held by the Emperor of km;
in regard to limiting the maritime jurisdic • -,
I Great Britain, and said he should be glad oft.,
esplanation upon that point. He maintained,
Russia had a latent cause for hostility t. • doe Z
'try, independent of the expedition to cop
which certainly had increased; and this poet 'en
it
elucidated by several arguments. He next auea:
to a private letter, written by Lord Gower to
Canning, and commented forcibly upon what
understood to be its contents. He denied that i
Hutchinson had had any conversations with toe f;
peror of Russia, but those he had been instigated
by Lord Gower • and that the Emperor hid, 'twere, bamboozled Lord H. and had prom:Almeida'
tirade against this country. The Hon. Gentle
after dwelling on these points, concluded by moving,
" That an humble Address be presented to his Mayen' y or;
tog that he would be graciously pleased to ceder diat - eber,beta
upon the table of that Meuse., the decbratiou delivered to ""
O. L. Gower, on the Itch of April, 1305, by the 92astlan
sister ; and also the communication made by Lord G. L.
Canniiig, his Majesty's Secretary of State for F
,airs, between the months of June and Noventyrr
Sustainel the expr...ssion—" 11
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Lord G. L. GOWER was happy to find this be.
mess at length brought forward, as he was caoked
he could justify his conduct to the House and the
Canantry ; and that he could also make out, that be
liid been no party towards bartering away the runts.
time rights of the country. For this epportunir,
was obliged to the Honourable Gentleman, and a
would, in justice to the memory of Mr. Pitt, excel.
pate him from any blame for the failure of the con.
&ieracy. He would therefore request his Right
.Honlaurable Friend, Mr. Canning, to grant the nia
link of the Honmirable Gentleman to the full extent,
;excepting with regard to the private letter. On that
aubject, did the House think he had been deficientin
his duty, it was an easy matter to express its disap.
p•Obatfon, by a vote of censure upon his conduct for
having written it. That, however, he imagined tote
'totally out of the question. The intelligence com-
municated by that letter, came into his Lordshilfs
possession in a certain way, and it would involve the
interests, nay, even the lives of those who helped
him to that intelligence, were the mode in which it
was come by divulged. Besides, it would be a gross
breach of condence, and a violation of all diplinatic
faith. He concluded by moving—
" That the words after "April 1 805," should all be omitted*
that there be substituted in their place, " And such commune*
tion between his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of St. Po
tersburgh and his Secretary for Foreign Affairs, as related to the
declaration."
Sir T. TURTON rose to expreskthe indignation
which he felt at the idle discussions which had so fro
quently, of late, occupied the House on the subject cf
Papers. It seemed to him, that those who bootie(
forward such frequent motions,- were rather actuated
by party Motives,, and perm:oat hostility, than by—
ICries of Order!Order!) •
Mr. 'WHITBREAD rose to order, and chained,
•that though the Hon. Baronet's assertioris excited a
emotions in his mind, since he felt conscious .of not do
serving them, yet he could not sit still and hear the
girders of the House so grossly violated.
The SPEAKER observed, that what had fallen
from the Hon. Baronet certainly appeared to Inta
highly irregular.
Sir T. 'I. URTON felt extremely sorry that any
thing which fell from him should have given the Hon
Gentleman offence, for whom he felt the sincerest and
most cordial esteem : when he said fterronal enmity, he
meant only po.lithal enmity ; and was =fortunate in
his mode of expressing himself. He supported the
amendment on the ground of the confidential nature
of diplomacy. He would ask, if the state of Europe
was again restored, what credit Ambassadors would
gain at Foreign Courts, who made it their practice %
divulge secret communications. fie thought the Ho
nourible Gentleman was condemned by his own a
nt ; for if the papers laid before Parliament by
ord Mulgrave excited throughout Europe such lively
indignation, why endeavour, by the same cause, to
excite the same sensation now ?
Mr. HENRY HERBERT opposed the Amend.
meat. He thought the very face of his Majesty's
Declaration intimated a conviction that Russia bad
joined in a confederacy against our maritime power.
He thought that intimation should be proved when
possible. This was particularly. called for, as the
Noble Lord had expressed an opinion that, indeper
dent of the Copenhagen perfidy, Russia entertained
hostile views towards this country. He supported
the motion of his Honourable Friend ; the most es:
Isential point of which he thought would be lingered
nugatory by the success of the Amendment.
Mr. WINDHAM declared, that do one thougne
more tenderly of private correspondence betwea the
Government cf the Country and our Ministers g
Foreign Courts, than himself. But the letter
question had not been allowed to remain in secret.
and therefore forfeited all the privileges of privacy—
Having been quoted for an important use by there.. II
son by whom it was written, the House had an un:
doubted right to call for its production--a right sub'
ject only to that general limitation of discretion, which
ought to extend to documents of every descnpuon•
Unless that discretion forbade the productioro_ an.ss
correspondence between public men on public affri
ought to be produced. Nothing could more effecto•
ally show the abuse of the principle of secrecy W.
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Expedition, in the defence of which
on his Majesty's Ministers, after having been
Men from every other ground, earthed themselves
ill secret articles andprivate.4nformation.
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*Mr. STURGES BOURNE thought the argana
of the Right Honourable Gentleman had been founded,
on misapprehension. The letter had not been quoa'a
by his Right Honourable Friend with a view to
.in
fluence the votes of Members. If the consider,a.".l_
of the question was now gene into, his Right rt.:::
Friend would not be 'deterred by the high and
tonal tone which the Honourable Gentleman nz''
assumed who bad brooght forward this question•—:
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hie respect ! be made public: The honour, therefore, of the persons
Hoeonrable ! concerned, those who received, and those who corn-
' icity would ' municated, was engaged that they shoeld be kept secret.
lan secrecy. 1 He would next, with the indulgence of the House,
suppressed. state his reasons for agreeing to the production of the
Vie air of se" stration af- 1 Declaration, and the Correspondence relating to it,
might
ctea to prize, serve them for a time, but in' moved for by his Noble Friend. Much industry had
die they, must be p com cited to give up their under- ' been employed out of that House to' ipress the Pub-
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ef, e works, and then, when they blundered into
lic with an opinion, that the Administration of that
[ellit, calla certainly per laugh.) 1 day was disposed to make some concessions of our
"herivelAWKINS BROWNE denied that the No- , maritime rights. • He did not come now to discuss
*Lord had in a former debate made any quotation ; that treaty, but he would not shrink from the task of
peevete letter. He had used the fact in the . justifying that and every other measure of his great
free a
ument leaving it to the House to give and lamented Friend (Mr. Pitt), should the Honour-
eaT 4 arg ' •they pleased his ••
what degree of credit
He thought the production of the letter without the public discussion. Be would content himself for
suit would not be a sufficient guarantee for the safety the
wastepresen, with repelling that insinuation, that
date person from whom the communication was re. there y disposition in the Administration
eta end would' therefore support the *amendments to make a sacrifice of that great foundation of
mmr. secretary CANNING felt some anxiety to our power. There was, it was true, an article in
gate eh masons far supporting the amendment pro- that treaty which related to a revision of the Code of
wad by his Noble Friend. 'Upon this, as upon a the Laws of Nations—but how that could be
termeroccasion, if the Hoene should not feel inclined made to imply to a consent to modify our Marisl
to take the view of the question he did, he would time Code, he feund some difficulty in eomprehed. I
weal to them on the ground et confidence ; and if ing. That article.'referred to the seizure and sob- I,
dot appeal did not succeed, he would retire.frcm his sequent made"- ofthe Duke d'Enghien, to the arrest
situation, and preserve his honour. The Honourable of a British Minister by the French troops, upon the
'Gentleman on the opposite Bench, in the course of territory of a Neutral and Indendepent State. These i
his argernent, by
pushing possibility to an extreme, atrocities it was known had aroused the indignao
bad made out that great inconvenience might arise tion of the Emperor of Russia, and it was to these
from making any thing which had the least relation alone that that article, which the Honourable Gene
blic affairs the subject of private correspondence. tleman found it convenient to refer to our m
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eteesractice is to prevail, says he, there'will be no time code, related. The first of the papers, which,
of the correspondence witht he Ministers to Fo. in consequence of the amendment of his Noble
reign Courts in the public archives ; the Head of the Friend, would be laid on the Table, would state
Goverarnent might be kept in utter ignorance of the i that no consideration, not even the total nip-.
sitestion in which he stood with respect to other Sove- ; tare of the negotiation then pending with Prince
reigns; the relations between the country and other na- I Czartorinsky and M. Novosiltzoff, would have in-
fens might be withdrawn from the copizanceand con- iduced the
ofthen Administration to agree to any modi-
troul of Parliament. What ! did the Hon. Gentleman . ficatio our maritime code. It was true, a Declnra-
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appose that messengers would arrive, and mails be re-1 non to the effect mentioned by the Hon. Member was
teived, without dispatches being received at the same . delivered, but it was delivered after the Treaty was
time? Would notsuchacircumstance eccasion enquiry, ', signed. It was not an article signed by Russia on
sad produce the remedy of the abuse? He was astonish- ' one side, and Great Britain on the other, but an lir-
aat such an argument from a person possessing such tide which was distinctly rejected by his Noble
acuteness and knowledge of business as the Honour- ' Friend. The Honourable Member, perhaps, was
sble Member. But he had been long eneugh in that dispoeed to blame him for transmitting• it, and to
House to discover that acuteness, not practically ape interpret it into some kind of recognition of the de.
?lied, did often much mischief, and seldom little mend. To this he would answer,. thatit was not in
pod. The hypothesis upon which the speech of the the discretion of his Noble Friend to refuse to re-
Honourable Member was grounded was so eetrava- , ceive it and transmit it to Government. But
gant, that it was impossiblehineself, ardent as his ima. • perhaps it would be said by the Hon. Gentleman, that
elation was, could believe in its existence. In the his Noble Friend found his Court cool on the question.
liplornatic correspondence of this country, there al- 11 The House would judge of that by a few extracts
eaysires, and must be, a degree of confidential con- more, which he would take the liberty of reading from
mmication which could not be conveyed in a public the correspondence on the subject. [Mr. Secretary
dispatch. Cases Might, and often do arise, in which Canning here read extracts from Lord Mulgrave's
the secret springs of action are necessary to be ex- ' (then Secretary for the Foreign Department) Corres-
plained. Ambasstidors will sometimes have informs- epondence with Lord G. L. Gower ; and also from his
tion to transmit which they derive from the mistress, . Official Note to Count Woronzovs (then Minister of
from the Minister; or the favourite of a Sovereign.— i Russia to this country),in which it was stated that the
Would it be prudent that such a communication, . principles of our maritime code were rooted in the
upon which, perha`ps, the success of a great political ' heart of every British subject, and that it was his Ma-
operation was to depend, should be made in such a : jesty's determination never to submit them to any re-
shape as to subject it to be laid on the table of that I vision or modification.] These, the great foundations
House a few days after ? Did the Honourable Gen- of our power, he trusted future Administrations would
denials mean to say, that no tatters of a nature not assert and uphold with the same spirit and firmness
fit to be made public should be written ? If this prin- that they were by that Administration which the Ho-
ciple were established, any Minister deputed to aFo nourable Member and his friends endeavoured to pre-
reign Court must say, the moment he was about to judice in the public esteem. He trusted, that at no
enter on his mission (and if he were an honest man, time any disposition would arise to compromise this
he would do so), "Communicate nothing which you the solid basis of the honour, the glory, the interest,
wish to have concealed, to me; confide nothing to me and the security of the
Snit Se—that what would not
which you do not wish to have made public." Did the be given up to acquire great gain, another struggle
Honourable Member mean to say, that all communi- for the independence andirappiness of Europe, would
cations between the persons who might fill the de- not be relinquished to turn aside any danger, however
partment of his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State imminent ; that that would not be conceded to the
for Foreign Affairs, and the King's Representatives threats of any eneni y which would not have been aban-
to Foreign Courts, were to be deposited in the public 1 doped to ensure the co-operation of the only power on
archives, to be perhaps drawn from thence by some ! the Continent then able to make head against France.'
haute compiler of dispatches, and published, for in- Mr. WHITBREAD replied with greet animation;
stance, under the name of the Gower, or any other when the House divided—For the amendment 114—
Papers ? How would the substance of these commu- Against it 50. The original motion was of course lost.
nications be prevented from transpiring, and what REVIaSION BILL.
would be he situations of the individuals implicated On the Report of the Reversion Bill being brought
in them, if it did? Did not the Honourable Gentle- up, Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that he wished to
man know, that the publication of the translation of a defer, till Monday, the motion he intended to make
book into a foreign language had occasioned the ruin respecting this Bill, which was of great public im-
of all who were concerned in it ; that it had produced portance. The Amendments were then read a second
tee imprisonment of sonic individuals, and the deaths time, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed, printed,
of others.—(Hear! Hear !)—The Honourable Gen- I
and read a third time on Monday.
denten who made the motion found it convenient for 1 'IRISH DUTY BILL.
his argument to assert, that his Noble Friend had I On the third reading of the Irish Duty Bill, a des-
made a quotation from the letter so often alluded to. I cussion of some length took place between Mr. Tier-
New, what was the state of the case ? His Noble 1 trey, Mr. Perceval, Mr. Foster, Sir John Newport,
friend, in the course of his admirable speech, states a I
, Earl Temple, Mr. Rose, &c. respecting the principle
feet in support of his aumcnt. The Honourable lof the Bill, it being .contended by Gentlemen on the
Member asks across the able," can it be produced ?" 1 opposite side that it went to lay fresh taxes without
" Yes, but in a private letter."—" Oh, ho !" says 1 any reasonable grounds stated. The Bill was how,
?be Hen. Gentleman, " Now I have you : you state . ever passed.
a fact, you refer to a private letter, and by so doing 1
Jou fix upon it the character of a public document.'
This is all that passed on the occasion ; and this is
what the Hon. Gentleman calls a quotation. Among
all the pretensions which the Honourable Gentleman
ens in the habit of arrogating to himself in that
House, the manner in which he called for information
seas not the least extraordinary. These pretensions he
telt it his duty to resist; and to that Hon. Gentleman,
and to him exclusively, as long as he persevered in
that 'high and dictatorial tone which he lately as-
sumed, he would deny that information, which, by the
common courtesy of the House, was due to every
Member. The question, in fact, resolved itself into
e,: :—A letter of a private nature is a prima facie
sense against its production before Parliament ; and
the circumstance of its not being produceable, is
P rind facie reason against adopting the motion of der
Hot. Member. The Gentlemen on the other side
did not question the truth of what his Noble Friendh
assevted; they only doubted the authority from whic
his information was derived. He could not think
that, Won such grounds as these, the House would
een,ent to go against the ordinary course of Parlia-
mentary usage. The other arguments which had
been ured. applied to the character of his Noble
1 tit rid Wand that he would leave to the decision of
the I !wee.. ve
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ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved, that the further examination of witnesses upon
the Orders in Council Bill, which stood for Monday,
be postponed to Tuesday next.—Agreed.
The House then adjourned, at eleven o'clock.

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The Metcal4 saheil-from liengel. with the Gene-
ral
Stuart, and parted on the 'l4th of Deceniber off
Ceylon, bound to Bombay: •
A considerable•force, uxiiiet the comrriand of C.OlO-'
nel DICKER and Colonel HORiFEED, matched-against
Doondia Khan, a refractory Chief in the ceded pro-
vinces, ss'ho was obliged to evacuate the fortress of,,
Comona, but not till the troops sent against irtu had 'I
sustained a considerable loss in officers and Men. • 1
Fresh accounts, received at the Ont-ports, stet*,
that one of the French frigates, =Acted by the Aigle.;
has actually been taken, and that the Impetueux, di
74 guns, was in company. We fear, however, that;
this intelligence will not be confirmed. The dis-
patches before received by Government state, that
as soon as the Aigle had brought one of them to
action, and the latter perceived • she must be taken, ,
she set all her sails, even her steering sane, and ran
directly stem on upon the Isle of Groais, which is off
L'Orient. All her top-masts immediately went over
her side, and her mizen by the board, and she seemed
the next morning to be a perfect wreck, the sea break-
ing over her, and herself upon her beam-ends. A
shift of wind unfortunately rendered it impossible for
the Aigle to set fire to her, and the enemy sending
some craft out of L'Orient lightened her in such a
manner that she floated off and succeeded in getting
into L'Orient. The other frigate eseaped by out-
sailing the Impetueux, which was in company with the
Aigle. The Aigle had nine men wounded, Captain
WOLFE slightly.
A Gentleman, who escaped on board the Leyden
frigate from Lisbon on the 13th tilt. lend arrived at
Plymouth, states, that the sufferings undergone
throughout Portugal, for the want of bread and
flour, are rendered more acute by the sad prospect
of the future harvest. The lands had Snot been re-
freshed by a shower of rain for the last four months,
during the whole of which time North-easterly winds
had prevailed.
The conduct of the Spanish troops in Portugal,
the same Gentleman informs us, is highly extolled by
all ranks. If the French imitated their example,
the sufferings of the people' would be greatly ame-
liorated, instead of which they insi-klee in every ex-
cess of rapine and plunder.
Mr. Sete:Les still remained a prisoner ins•-tbe hos-
pital. It was known he was very rich. Genet-Al
Jeeor refused to abate any thing from his demand
of 10,0001. for his release. General FRAZER ob-
tained his freedom for only 4-00 guineas. It is al-
most needless to add, that the French, General,
JUNOT, is pressing an immense fortune out of the ,
unhappy people over whom he is placed. All the
cotton, coffee, and other Colonial produce found in
the public warehouses, has been seized. JUNOT says,
they are very much wanted at Paris ; but that being
too heavy for transporting over the Pyrenees, he
will wait for an opportunity to send them by sea,
when the English squadron may be driven off the
Coast by some favourable squall.
The Unicorn frigate, which sailed with Admiral
Sir TttoNfas Ducewoent to the West Indies, is ar-
rived at Torbay. It is reported, that Sir THOMAS,
having ascertained that the Rochefort squadron had
not gone to the West Indies, deemed it likely that
they had proceeded to the Brazils, and accordingly,
having taken some stores from Admiral CoennaNE's
fleet, proceeded thither in pursuit of the enemy. This
statement is not improbable.
By other accounts from the West Indies, it appears
that the French were making treat preparations at
Martinique and Guadeloupe for some expedition,
having lately received from Europe a reinforcement
of 2000 men. Admiral COCHRANE, however, was
perfectly aware of the enemy's design, and no appre-
hensionsewere entertained with respect to the result.
The advices from St Domingo, by the same con-
veyance, state, that occasional conflicts contiatted to
take place between the Rival Chiefs, but that Cum-
-tome., on the whole, had evidently gained ground.
The Unicorn sailed from Barbadoes on the 2341 of
February ; and on the 19th of the same month, part
of the fleet which sailed from Cork on the 17th of
January, and which were dispersed on the 21st, ar-
rived at Barbadoes. •

A letter from Madras of the 22d October, states,
that Sir EDWARD PELLEW left Madras on the 19th of
the same month, on a Secret Expedition, to the
Eastward, in theCulloden, accompanied by the Power-
ful, Dasher, and Samaram en o the
Worcester and Byrangore, m
used as transports. f war, and
He
was accompanied by 500 men of his Majesty's 30th
Regiment, a company of artillery and pioneers. I
was said he was to proceed from Penang, where he
was to be joined by more troops from .Bengal. It
was first surmised that the object of attack was Ma-
nilla, which was taken by the English in 1762 ; but,
on comparing the strength of the island with the force
sent against it, that idea was abandoned, and the
more general one prevailed, that the expedition was
meditated against Java.
Mr. RonsoN, late M. P. for Honiton, who pro-
duced so much benefit in several branches of the
public expenditure, set out yesterday from his house
in Manchester•square, to offer himself as a Candidate
to represent the Borough of Sandwich, instead of
Admiral RAINIER, who died the same day.
The Tartar frigate, Captain Bmaswoßni, has
dropped down to Northfleet, where she is taking bj i
her powder and guns ; after which she will Proceed
to receive her complement of men from the guard-
ships at the Nore, and then, it is supposed, go round
to Portsmouth, In order to receive Lord STRANOFORD
and suite, to convey him to his embassy at the Prazils.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Consols, for money, 651; —f account, 61-1-oMuluin 4 pr.
Exthtquir tills, ss. prc.
This day the Bask begin paying the Dividends to the Public at
large, due the sth instant.

We have the pleasure to announce the safe arriv
of the General Stuart at Portsmouth, on the Bth
instant ; sailed from Bengal on the Bth December ;
arrived at St. Helena the 14th February ; sailed from
thence the 21st. The General Stuart was ready for
sea when the fleet, lately..arrived, left Bengal
The Kingston whaler, RICHARDS, arrived at St.
Sydney, Covz,
Helena the 13th February, aid the
the 20th, and were )eft at the island. •

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AfiluticAL INTELLIUkcii.

• PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7.
tame in the Amazon, of 3fi guns, from a cruise :
by this ship accounts are received, that the Impetneux,
of '74 guns, and the Aigle, of 36 guns, have taken a
French frigate, and that they have driven another
ashore off L'Q.i : the one captured is said to be
expected every. hour. Came in the Lion, Captain
BLYTII, frciro Limer vk ; Hope, RICHARD S, from Cork; •
Robert knd George, BEMEti, froth ditto; and Friend,
Birrsen, from Limerick.
•
PORTSMOuTH, AlM'', 8.
Arrived his Majesty's ships Cour-40u: from the
Mediterranean ; Coquette from off Lisbon ; Peacock,
from Plymouth ; Locust, from a truite ; and the
Dryade with a convoy from Cork. Sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship Boadicea on a cruize. Wind N.W.
DOVER, APRIL O.
For several days past, the wind has blown very
hard from the westward, attended with a thick fog;
so that we have not been able to see ships passing
here two miles off'; this morning the wind suddenly
shifted, and for a few hours blew excessively heavy
from the northward, with squalls of rain. About 10
transports, and several vessels, have come round into
our roads, from the Downs, for shelter ; and hisida•
jesty's sloop Kangaroo, and several gun,brigs, have
likewise brought up off here. Several sail of East,
India ships passed by here this day, from the Downs,
bound to the westward.—Wind N.W. and moderate.

DEAL, APRIL P.
Arrived the Dromedary store skip, from the Note,
and passed through to the westward ; Trident, 64
guns, from Sheerness. Sailed the Challenger, Beagle,
and Royalist, on a cruize ; Baring, Lord Melville,
United Kitigdost, Dover Castle, Tottenham, De-
vaystei, AdmiratOardner, and Marchioness of Azeter,
Eastbdia ships; for the River. Sailed also through
the Downs from She River, the Snake privateer, on a
cruise ;.Streath;aino Dats,for the East Indies ; John,
BLit' %.I fear Jitfetaica ; Juno, Rossntsos, for Lon.
dotal?? ; Industry, Kiiinv, for Quebec rand several
other outward-bound vessels, coasters, and colliers, to
the westward.. The wind shifting round suddenly
from West to N. N. W. and blowing strong, the En-
counter and Bloodhound got foul of each other ; the
Encounter appears to have sustained much damage
in her rigging and hull ; the Bloodhound lost ap•
patently only a bolt, which broke adrift from the
davits. astern.—Wiati N.
YARMOUTH, APRIL e.
Arrived the Cs:lipso sloop of war and the Blazer
gun-brig, which has brought in a galliot deeply laden.
' The Roebuck remains in the Roads with the above.

. .
NEWHAVEN, APRIL S.
A vessel came on shore on Seaford Cliff this morning and went
entirely to pieces. The crew, melaml.oly to relate, have all pe.
fished. It will be dibicult to collect, from any circumstances at.'
tending this wreck, the name, owners, or derination of tht ship..
A piece of wood has been picked up, attached to the end et the
cable, with these words, " Peter Young and Son," and k bas
been reported theta water cask has been found at same dam,
I marked " Three Brothers, London." The length of the sable la
120 yards. From the clrcumstante of the stern lighisbeing mad
up, and numerous pieces of raw cotton hanging about, it is con.
lectured that the ship is fronrthe West Indies:.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST. , • 0
GRAVY S YND, APRIL. IL—Pained .by the Simon TOO, Meek,
for Jamaica ; Lynx, Phillips, from Riga ; and the Andante,
Danish prize. Sailed the Experiment, Dicey, fn. Montserrat -
Albion, Thompson, for St. Croix • Alfred, Hutchins, for 1 aniaica ;
Sally, Tracey ; and the Lovely Liu, Carter, fa Cork. .

The Couragenx, Prom the 'Mediterranean, has
arrived at Portsmouth. The time at which she left
the Gut we have not learnt—but she brings no news
of any action.
The second battalions of the 6th, 35tt, and 50th
Regiments are quartered at Ashford under the com-
mand of Brigadier General HAY.
The following is a correct statement, taken from
the Parish Register, of the number of soldiers buried
at Ashford, in Kent, from March 1 to April 6, 1808,
out of about sixteen hundred men, of which the gar-
rison then consisted :

NEN 51:15110. MEN BURIED. MEN SUITED. MEN EVE/TD.
March 1. One March 9. One Mar. 23. One Ape I.One
2. Two 11. One 24. Two 2. Two
3. One 12. One 26. Five 4. One
5. Two 13. One 28. Four 5. Two
6. Three 14. Or.e 29. Three 6. Four
7. Two 17. Two SO. One
8. One 20. One 31. One
Total in 37 days - Forty-seven.
The diKirder, we are sorry to add, is not in the least
abated, though, happily for the inhabitants, it is by
no means infectious, not a soldier, or a person living
in the town, having died of the same complaint—at
positive proof that the malady is entirely owing to the
unhealthy situation and construction of the barracks.
But what shall we say of the criminality of those,
who, knowing the cause of this mortality, and pos-
sessing the power to terminate it, by removing the
men, still permit the evil to continue ! No satisfac-
tory excuse can be offered for continuing the men in
these barracks for a single day longer. If a remedy
be not instantly applied, we shall not be deterred, by
any consideration whatever, from holding up to me-
rited execration and contempt, those who can be so
criminally callous as to turn a deaf ear, for a single
hour longer, to the imperious call of duty and
humanity.
On Tuesday last three French prisoners made their
escape from the Batavier in .Gillingham Reach ; that
ship's timber is chiefly cedar, and they managed
without discoverfarto; nut a hole entirely through the
side of the ship e enough to pass through, took
a small boat alongside, and without an oar got clear
away.
Thursday morning, 11 French prisoners made their
escape from the Vigilante prison ship, in Portsmouth
harbour, by swimming from her, alongside of a fri.
gate in ordinary, and took her boat from astern : from
ince they proceeded to one of the King's buoy.
boats (a fast-sailing vessel, being coered), secured
the men, three in number, below, belonging to her,
and about a quarter before five o'clock went out of
the harbour. It being a vessel belonging to Govern-
ment, was not hailed from the watch-house (though
observed going out), and, no doubt, ere this, have
gained the French coast. Two of them, in attempting
to alongside of the frigate in ordinary, stuck in the
mud.get is. of whom was found dead, and the other
muck odousted, who was taken back to the prie' cetship.

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