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A N.H ISTORY of the ORIGIN and ESTA.
LA- BUSHMEN f of GOTHIC ARCHITEC PURE; coati-
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LARGE NA !LL TIMBER,
NEAR OUNDLB, NOR I'HAMP I ON:HIRE.
'lO BE SOLD BY AUCIION,
At Gat rawars Coffee-kluge, 'Change-alley, Lon loft, on Tues.
day, the 13d day of February, 1819, at heave o'Clock,
~‘^'EVENTEEN Hundred and Eighty-two OAK.
•1 KEEP, Eighteen ASII- FREES, and One ELM.rIitEE,
standing as they are,•w.th Tap and Bark thereon ; in 7 Lots.
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quantity of Bark.

BRISTOL.
TO BE LET, and entered upon Immediately,

a-Nold established And good accustomed PUBLIC-
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Cellars; the House is not confined to Liquor Merchant or Malt-
ster ;it lies in a ad-if good situation, near the Market and close
against the Coasting Traders, where a good witty it-welters re-
sort. The only reason for the present Landlady quitting, the
business is too much for her to manage.
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Market, Bristol, (it by letter, post paid).

ri-AT nu I lON.
To GENTLENIEN, TRAVELLERS, ENGINEERS, POST.
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&c. &c. &c.
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'THE PATENT COMPOiITIONI, which pre-
,- vents the erects of Friction in S•eam and other Engines, l
Mills, Midair]. ry, and Carriages of cv.-ry dos•oription, and which
will do away the necessity of all convict and expensive Mecha-
nism is Wheels, &c. &c. &c. May be perchated in boxes price
23. 6d.; Ss.6l; los. 6d, One Guinea, and two Guineas each.

One of the smallest Boxes contains a tjuantity sufficient to la,t
a Chariot or Post-chlyse twelve mouths ; and, after the Wheels
are primed with the Composition, they may be used daily, and
will rim at least Six Months without having occasion to ULU
them of, or to apply any thing else to the axle:reel. The Coal.
position is to be used in the same proportion fot all other kinds
of work.

Sold, wholesale and retail, by Messrs. Brown and Mawe, No.
140, Strand, (near Somerset-House), London ; and by one
keeper in most of the Towns in the Kingdom.

CHING'S PATEN r WORM 1.0 ZENGIio.
WORMS are the most frequent sources of ChM.
dren's Diseases.—Thelr symptoms every parent and guar.
dian of children should be acquainted with. 'They occasion loss
of appetite, a paleness of the colour of the face, emaciation and
irregular state of the bowels, attended after with violent pains;
they bring on convulsions; they affect the growth of the
1 and they prove fatal, by ending.in a consumption or decay. Both
as a preventative and cure of these alarming cotnplaints heavy.
excellent Medicine is universally allowed, on the testimony of the
highest characters in this country, both in rank and respectabi.'
'icy, to have no equal. Their public approbation, given to the
Proprietor, from a personal knowledge of its wonderful success
in their own families, stamps its merit beyond competition, and
gives a sanction to it, of which so other Medicine of the kind
can bout. Parents and others, who have she care of children,
should have this remedy u a family Medicine to resort to, when.
ever the stomach or bowels of Children are any way disordered,
which it will always be found to relieve.
Sold, wholesale and retail, at Ching and Butler's, No. 4, Cheap.
side, London; Sharp and Belam, Portsmouth; Jones, Weston,
AUmot, and Mallory, Portsea; Hall and Johnston, Gosport,
Coleman and Jacob, Sheerness ; Peck and Ross, and Turner,
Hull ; Holland. Cookworthy, Nettleton, and Gilbert, Plymouth;
Knott and Lloyd, and Swinney and do. Birmingham; Staines
and Lynch, Manchester; Trewittan, Exeter ; Smith, Manderton,
Reaburn, Scott, and Baxter, Edinburgh; Baxter and M`Donald,
Glasgow ; Bulgen and Barry, Bristol ; Stevenson and Co. Nor.
with; Swinten, Leicester; Edwards and Penny, and Billings
and Lathbury, Liverpool; Neale and Ledger, Dover; White,
Brighton; Roberts, Seldon, and Ruff, Cheltenham • and retail,
by moat mum mclicisevendari,ta Imo, a; ea. pi. and Is. it
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gage the Chancellor from a gnat porticavortiajlt•,
dicial functions, there were two thltigs to be estalt- ',
dished. It would be necessary, then ore, to enquire, 1
I st, whether it would bean evil if the measure were
to be attended with such consequences i and then,
2dly, whether it would befollowed with snch conse-
quences ? It seemed to be pretty generally admitted
in the former debate on the bill, that there would be
a manifest evil in such a change of the office. He
would, however, shortly state the views which he
himself entertained on the character of the evil of
such a change. Every Gentleman who heard him, •
whether a lawyer or not, was well acquainted, that
in all modern trials in Chancery, the judicial duties
were not only satisfactorily, but splendidly dis-
charged. Besides this part of the functions of the
Lord Chancellor, there was another which, in
his conviction, was 'of the utmost importance,
and which, he thought, had not hitherto been
sufficiently attended to in the discussion on this
Bill. As the head
w a the law of this country, the
.
Lord Chancellor as the patron in some sort ofjudi- i
cial appointments. His recommendation had, it was
known, great weight in the nomination of the Puisne
Judges, and various ministerial offices of the Courts
of Justice. Our seats of justice had been hitherto
filled with persons of a learning and character en-
known in other countries. * That this patronage had
been always hitherto so splendidly executed, could
not be accidental ; for accident was i,t,ended with
one consequence to-day, and another to-morrow,—
The inherent source must be in the character and
constitution of the office. He would therefore ask,
what was it ? The Lord Chancellor was always one
of the most eminent lawyers of his day, and Why ?
because the duties of his office necessarily required
that he should be so. He had always oiled the seats
of justice with persons of merit; because having lived
all his life with lawyers, his feelings as well as his
honour prompted him to attend only to legal merit
in his recommendation to appointments. If this was
true, did they not by the alteration its question, ha-
zard a change in these results ? If the Chancellor's
situation were to be considered as primarily political,
and secondarily judicial, would not the judicial seat
be apt to be conferred on those who had most apti-
tude for the primary duties.? If the choice were thus
to be directed by political distinction and political
connection, the consequence would be, that when a
lawyer saw that it was not legal eminence, but other
talents and other qualities which led to the judicial
seat, all persons of talent would be drawn from the
law to seek after political distinction. The Court of
Chancery, as an appellant Court, would lose its con-
sequence in the ayes of the country. If the Chan-
cellor did not live with lawyers —if he was himself a
politician, would he not be apt to make choice of po-
liticians rather than lawyers for Judges ? The mag-
nitude of the evil, therefore. was nothing less than a
change in the whole judicial constitution of the coun-
try. But was it likely to happen that the Chancel-
HOUSE OF COMMONS. for, in consequence of this Bill, would be so disen-
Lord YARMOUTH resented a Petition which he said was gaged as to lead to the evils which he bad anticipa-
siine.d by be a:ern 14 and 16,000 Freeholders and Inhabitants of tect? The Bill bore to be framed on the principle,
the county of Lancaster against the Roman Catholic Claims.—
not to render the duties of the office less laborious,
The names included a great majority of the property of the
county. Ordered to lie on the table. but to provide an assistance for the dispatch of that
1 tee Smithfield Market improvement Bill was read a second increase of business which the labour of the Chancel-
time. lot could not possibly perform. It was not to make
Mr Alderman ATKINS, as Chairman of the Committee cep- the Chancellor of the present times less engaged
pointed to try the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Election,
than the Chancellors of former times, but to provide
presented a krport from. the Committee, stating that panic!
Lewis, pit the dime of his examination before them, had been for the increase of busir.e;s which had since taken
guilty of gross and wilful prevarication. He moved that Daniel place. The great objection to the Bill, therefore,
•Lewis be committed to Newgate, and that the Speaker be direct- was, that being introduced for the purpose of dis
eta to issue his warrant accordingly.—Ordered.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, he rose to complain of an un- patching this increase, it would afford an oppoi tu-
Merited attack which had been made upon him by an individual nity to the Chancellor of disengaging himself from
in one of the Daly Prints, and which, while he had a seat in his judicial duties. The first question to be conside-
that House, he would not submit to. He had no objection to . .s • ~ . red wasp e nat was tne extent of the increase ? In
the pubhcw ion of the debates of the House; but in these debatts
false accounts ought not to be suffered to go out to the public, very recent times, (sixteen or twenty years ago,) the
n,r false insinuations allowed to be thrown out, which might person who was Lord Chancellor was not 0111 ade.
have a tendency to lower the character of any Member of the quate to discharge the judicial but the political duties
Rouse in tie public estimation. He had occasion to notice an of his office. By political duties, he meant merely his
attack which was made upon him in the same paper about two
duties as Speaker of the House of Lords, and not as
years ago. Whether this originated in any ill-will entertained
against•him by the Editor of the paper or not, be could not say. President of the Court of Appeal. Now it he were
'I his was notl his case alone, but that of every other Member of to suppose that the business of the Court of Chan-
the House, the Press was now teeming with these sort of at- cery had been since doubled, if another Judge were
tacks, and eyety individual ought to resent them. Within these
to be appointed, that Judge would pot have the
v`vaits hi had a right to look for protection. He appealed to the
kiouse if teere was a syllable of truth in what the Extant- had whole of his time occupied, because the Chancellor
esst-rted in his publications. In the account of the debate on the had formerly a great part of his time occupied by
Vice-Chancellor's Bill on l hursday night, he was described as the dispatch of political duties, and consequently, if
Kiivailcourseassailed of his speech.
lie Nice-Wed to the House if this was the case. In tlig paper in it had not been for these duties, must have been able
querionhe was described also as having, with a degree of arro- to discharge a great deal more of Chancery business.
gime, said be would not waste his valuable time in answering But to say the business was doubled, was a proposi-
Lyme; Redesdale's book. Such was the vicious and unfounded tion so utterly extravagant as not to be entertained
mode us attack resorted to by the Editor of this paper. (A gene-
ralfor call rf " head, read!")—lt was nut his intention to read the
account, as he did not wi.li that the individual in question should one-half, this was almost as extravagant. But say it
be visited with punishment. amounted to one-half, what would be the quantity of
Ibe aPE,•KE.R said, if a complaint was made by the Hon. time unemployed ? There was first the time ()cell-
/*miter, be ought to deliver in the paper. The House was not pied •in
pl the political duties, and then half the rest of
to notice a practice which it did not mean also to punish.
Mr. TAYLOR said, he did not wish the matter carried far_ the time. But there was something like a measure
ther at pr:sent ; but if the practice were to be repeated, he should to estimate the amount of the increase by—he said,
certait ly move for the purishment of the individual. something like a measure, for from the nature of the
Mr. HILFY ADDING lON moved for leave to bring in a subject, it was obvious that no precise measure could
Bill to aitemi the Local Militia Act, and thp Scotch Militia Act.
Leave graitwd. be obtained. The actual quantity of the accumula-
Mr. MELLISH moved the second reading of the Grand Sur- tion was known, and by dividing it into years, be-
tty Canal Amendment lint. ginning with the year when the excess first happen-
A discu,'ion of sonic length took place—after which, the ed, they could have the measure of the excess trom
House day ded:
year to year. If the period, for instance, was 20
For the second reading, Sae-Against it, 45---Maietity
against it, tS. years, it would be exactly the measure of 20 years'
Sir HENRY PARNELL gave notice, that on the i'h of increase, provided that the pressure of business did
March nest he should move for a Committee of the whole House not lead to extraordinary exertions on the part of the
on the subject of Tythes in Ireland.
Lord Chancellor. But it was impossible that there
ANIERICAN PAPERS. •
Mr. A BARING asked if it was the intention of Ministers to could be any extraordinary exertion ; for the year
found any motion on the rapers respecting the dispute with Ame- was wholly occupied by ordinary exertion. He
rita, now on th:: table ot.the House ? meant, that the extraordinary exertion could not be
• Loid CAff ILi REAGH said, it was intended to move an Ad- -0 any considerable degree ; because in August last
dress to the rnce Regent, approving of the conduct of his Ma- C
P
ear, the present Chancellor was Occupied a fortnight
jesty'a Government, and assuring his RoTal Highness of the sup- y
i• port of the House in the prosecution of the war, more than any of his predecessors; but then the ad-
-1 ' • VICE-CHANCELLOR'S.EI LL. ditional time withdrawn for the addition to his poli-
Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the Order of the tical duty was an abatement more than equal to the
Day for the House going into a Committee on the other. His remaining subject of inquiry was, how
V t e-Chancellor's Bill, long the increase had been accumulating ? Of this
On the question 101- the Speaker's leaving the Chair there was no satisfactory information in the Reports.
beiltg put, He would assume, however, ten years as the period
. Mr. LEACH said, in rising to oppose this' mo- ,of the accumulation. Now, how long would a judge
tion he must admit the extent of the evil against , be occupied in reducing it? There was at present un-
-1 which it was the declared intention of the bill to pro. decided '217 appeals, and 130 causes, in the Court of
vide, and that the evil dermnded an immediate re- Chancery, besides several which were not original, in
rnedy. He opposed the present measure, because it j all +7O causes. Now allowing 70 for the current busi-
appeared to him to tend in its consequences to disen- . ness of the Court; the armor might be taken at 400
gage the Lord Chancellor from a great portion of his ; causes. The accumulation, therefore, might be stated
*.meliciul to ctit.ns, and to render an office which at 400 causes; and' the question arose, how long
was pi imarily judicial and secondarily political, would a single Judge be in subduing it?` It a single
ptiMasily p laical and secondarily judicial. He op- dodge could 'subdue this arrear in one year, then
posed it too, becauSe there was another and an ade. would the dispatch of the same increase of business in
spate remedy to which no objection could be nude, i MUM occupy only one-tenth p. rt of .he time o! that
lie stating that it would have a tendency to dusk. Akige. Viewing the matter as he did, it would not

PARLIANEIgiIAr PROCEEDINGS.

}IOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY IS.
In the Appeal ." Parmeter and ethers e. the Attorney-Geye-
ral," Mr. Jervis was heard on the part of the Respondent, and
,11/41r. Han in roply.-1 admen' affirmed.
Ile Oaths were administered to the Earl of Sr.tantx and
.
Lord DE DUNS EANTILLE.
1.00 DU: NOAS presented a Petit** from the Prisoners eon-
Mimi for Debt in the Gaol of Halifax, praying for rellef.—Or-
dereti to lie on the Table.
The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented Petitions against
tke Catholic Claims, from the Clergy of the Diocese of Gloom.
ter, the Precentorn and Canons of St. David's, the Clergy of St.
Brecon, Carmarthen, and Cardigan ; which vote or-
dered to lie on the table...
The Duke of NORFOLK observed upon some of the Peti-
tions. and took notice of the word Romanists in one of them, as
a new designaion given to the Catholics in public documents.—
if, hens ever, it was meant to substitute It as a milder term for
that of Papiits, he had no objection to the change.
Lord DE DUNSTANVILLE presented a Petition to the
same effect, front the Corporation and Inhabitants of Penryn,
stating that it was carried unanimously, at a numerous Meeting.
The LORD CHANCELLOR objected to receiving it as the
Petition of the Inbahitante, as the :common seal of the Corpo-
tatiort could not represent the Inhabitants who were Mat Cor-
r!rators.
Th. Petition was, therefore, received as the Petition of the
12, aro rati o n ono
• Ibe Duke ni 110RFOLK wished to know the number of the
teihabil ants of Peeryn ?
Lord'DE DUNOTANVILLB said, about 2800. He bad not,
however, referred \o the number of Inhabitants, but to the Peth
lion being unanimously agreed to, at a numerous Meeting.'
lord Viscount SibMOUTIJ presented a Petition to the ;acne
effcct,. nom the Corporation add Inhabitants of Colchester.—
Ordered to lie on the table.
I ord Sitacount MELVILLE presented Petitions agalust the
cherinuance at -he East India Monopoly, from Edinburgh, Mon.
tiose, and %tring.—Ordered to lie on the table.
His Lordship al.o presented a Petition from the Conunittee
sof the General Assembiy of the Church of Scotlard, praying,
that as a great part of those persons who went from Great Bri-
tain to re.ide in India, were members of.the Church of Scotland,
there ni:ght he, in any future regulations relative to the trade to
hullo, cam taken that such persons might have the means of re-
sorting to the forms of worship of their National Churelio--
Ordered to lie on the table.
'1 he Duke of NORFOLK asked, whether there was any im-
pediment to a trectolerador of all denominations of Christians
in India?
j.orel Viscount MELVILLE said, there was no impediment
in India, but 'IQ person could proceed thither without a licence
from the Coi.rt otpirectors of the East India Company, and they
were disposed, :in the case of spiritual persons, to confine those
licences .o Clergymen of the Church of England.
Ihe Duke of NORFOLK said, it was the first time he had
been aware of the extreme solicitude of the Court of Directors
for the established Church of England.
The Deka at NORFOLK presented a Petition against the
ectininuarce of the East India Monopoly, signed by the High
Bailiff of Birmingham, in the name and on the behalf of a nume-
rous Meeting of the Merchants, Manufacturers, and Inhabitants
gf that town.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the forms of
the House prevented the Petition front being received, except
;a the Petition of the High Ballff of Birmingham, by whom it
was signed.
After a few words from the Duke of Norman, ,he Petition
Teas-received at.d ordered to Le on the table.
Adjourned tilt to-morrow (this day).

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take abovemitelear of thelabonr of a single Judge Hons.' ? No man could come without authority with
to subdue the present.agear, provided that:Judge sat a matured plan for the consideration of the House 6
on every judicial day. 10f such days there were 200 .but an, man might come forward and state his opi.
its the year, and so, at the rate of two causes in the nion on such plan as was submitted for their cnnsi.
day, the whole arrear.of four hundred causes would deration. He should, however, suggest to the House
be disposed of in one year. Even these four hundred a remedy, which, he was satisfiea: would be found
causes could .not all be efficient. 4 great many of fully equal to meet the evil in its broadest ertent.~
them would be for delay ; as, wherever an accumu• There was an office created for no other purpose but
mulation took place it naturally fed itself. Of the to assist the Lord Chancellor. The office of the
four hundred, he could not suppose that fewer than Master of the Rolls was such office, and the question
fifty were for delay. It was, as he.had already said, was, could the House, by a different distribution of
his opinion, that a single Judge could subdue the ac- the business, make him more effective for the end for
cumulation all in one year. This however was only which.he was constituted ? As he had only twenty
his private opinion. But, he asked, had the House effectual juridical days, and only 100 fractions of
any mode by which to judge how far this opinion days at nresent occupied, so it followed that he had
lwaser was not likely to be well founded ? They one half of his time unappropriated. But it was said,
' bad the evidence before them of the number of causes he bad other important. ditties to discharge ; he had
disposed of by the Master of the Rolls within the to attend prize and plantation causes at the Cockpit.
year. They aatou,nted, of litigated causes to 370, He (Ur. Leach) however contended, that the Master
and of petitions not of consent, to 670, which were of the Rolls had no more to do with those causes
equal to twice thirty causes. But taking them as than aziy other Privy Councillor. He had his (the
being equal only to thirty causes, this made up 400 Master of the Rolls) own words for saving so, for he,
causes decided by the Master of the Rolls within one five years ago, withdrew from them for 15 months.
year. But, it was proved by evidence before the Could any man conceive that this great and excellent.
House, that the Master of the Rolls had a great part
.officer would have withdrawn himself from those
of his time occupied in other business, besides that of i causesa if it had been his duty to have attended to
equity. In how many juridical days did the House them Such, however, was not the case ; but it was
suppose the Master of the Rolls disposed of those a mere voluntary occupation of his unempoyed time.
4.00 litigated causes ? In 120 juridical days. The And should the House not rather call on this great
Master of the Rolls sat in Equity no greater number Officer to do that for which he was created, rather
of days in the course of the year. The days that he than safer him, because he is not sufficiently occu-
did sit too, were improperly termed days—they were pied in that, to employ his time in what was not his
but the fractions of days. He sat, in reality, but '2O duty ? It became the House not to appoint two
juridical clays in the course of a year, and the other assistants to the Chancellor, when the husieess of
days on which he did sit were but fractions of a day, Equity could be done with one. The question then
namely, from six to ten in the evening. Then, in was, could the Master of the Rolls give the aseiste
how long a period would a Jude, sitting juridical ance required to the Lord Chancellor ? To decido
days, subdue this arrear ? The Chancellor'S regular this question, let it be seen how much of his Honour's
juridical day consisted of six hours ; 200 juridical juridical time was employed in matters of Equity...a
days of the Lord Chancellor, therefore, were equal To decide this, he must gala° a pretty minute de.
to 300 of the Master of the Rolls' days ; and, of tail, as were he to omit doing so, and only simply
course, a person sitting 200 juridical days of sixhours to assert that so and so was the case, he might be
each, would decide three times the number of causes met by a counter assertion, which would be of equal
now decided by the Master of the Rolls within the weight with his. The Juridical year, in a corn tof
year ; that is to say, 1200 causes of the same nature, Equity, consisted of 36 weeks; this multiplied by
with the *OO at present decided by him. But, it six, produced a result of tetei days ; deducting the
might be said the causes so decided by the Winer of court days, which he should estimate at six days,
the Rolls were not of the same difficulty with the there would then remain 200 days, on which the.
causes now in arrear. Suppose three, however, to he Chancellor sat. Then on how many of those days
only equal to one ; still, on the principle now laid did the Master of the Rolls sit for the purp-ne of
down, the same Judge might Within the year dispose assisting the Chancellor I To shew this, he should
of 100 difficult causes. Suppose that the present in- state when he did not sit ? Diming term time he sat
crease, then, had been produced in ten years, and three evenings in the week, and on the other thret
that one year would be sufficient to bring up the ar- days he did not sit at all. There were three terms of
rear, it followed that the assistant Judge would in three weeks each, so that there were nine days la
future render all the aid to the Lord Chancellor.
each .of these terms in which he did not sit at All ;
which, by the present bill, it was meant he should this made, for the three terms, 27 days on which
afford, in the tenth part of each year ; and, when the he, did not at all sit. The fourth term cons.steel of
increasewhich had already accumulated, was subdued, four weeks, producing twelve days on winch his
that only one tenth part of the' time of such assis- Honour did not at ale sit, making a result •al the
tent Judge would be necessary for the dispatch of the whole of 19 days ah which lie did not sit at
business which he would have to execute. Suppose, He never sat on Saturdays out of term, except on the
however, that even one-tourth part of the time of this first Saturday after each term ; this gave 19 Satur-
assistant Judge should be unemployed, he asked, was days out of term on which he did not sit at all ; this
not this likely to lead to the evil to which he had al- added to the former 39, made 58 days on which WS
ready alluded ? And was it not to be expected, that Honour did not at all sit iu Equity. His 11.nour
some other part ot the ordinary business of the Lord never did sit on seal days, and that for a reason which
Chancellor would be thrown won him ? Gentlemen did not now exist, namely, because it was formerly
might say this was oot a legitimate argument, and that no unusual matter for the Chancellor to sit on seal
it was not fair to say, that there must be, because there days, probably till two o'clock on the following mor.
might be, abuse. The question here to be considered fling, and the Counsel being the same in both Courts,
however was, if the convenience of the use expected to they, of course, would be engaged before his Lord-
be produced, might not beout-weigliedby the inconve- ship. These seal days amounted to 20, making, with
nience of the abuse of which the proposed measure was the former, 58 days, a total of '7B days wholly nnem-
susceptible ? And, in his ( Mr. Leach's) opinion, the ployed by the Master of the Rolls in equitable jurisdic-
latter intinitel outweighed the Harmer. The law did tion. The'Chancellor's days, though he ought regu-
not presume that a man would do his duty because I lady to sit from ten o'clock till four, would be over-
he might do it; it rather tookcare to provide that rated if stated to be, on an average, tour hours. The
he should do it. If it was to be supposed that a man I days of the Master of the Rolls would consist of six
would do his duty, dive was no law on the subject hours ;so6o of the Master of the Rolls's days would
wanted. Here a case arose, in which the Vice-Chain- be equal to 90 of the Chancellor's :to this add 'lO seal
cellor would have a considerable portion of time on days, which would be equal to 110 days, which the
his hands. His time was placed at the command ofi Master of the Rolls would be able to add to the 200
the Chancellor. The Chancellor had the duties of a • juridical days of the Lord Chancellor. Suppose the
burdensome office to discharge ;he had also other l increase of business to be equal to one-halt of the
services of a different description, which were occa-; whole, here it was all provided for and more. He
stenally required of him. In these circumstances,! asked of his lion. Friends to consider this, and to
was it not possible that he might feel inclined, at . answer it if they conk. Let them swell the phan-
times, to yield to the pressure, arid employ the Vice, i torn to any size they pleased, and let them say if these
Chancellor in what ought properly to be executed by 110 days would not only afford ample assistance to
himself ? Might not the House necessarily conclude, the Chancellor, but were out of all measure above
that the Chancellor would occasionally yield to the the evil. And if so, why were they to enter on this
pressure, and now and then sink into indulgence ? , new measure, calculated to produce so much evil,
But it was said on the other sides the eye of the pub- . when there could be found in an officer already esta-
lic would be upon him, so that no change of the kind! bhshed for the purpose more than ample means to
was to be dreaded. This he did not question. He sup ply the remedy ? He was aware that there could
did not expect any violent change. What he antici- be no objection to what he had now suggested, except
paled was, that the practice would creep in imper- i what was personal to that great Judge to whom he h
ceptibly, and that the proper duties of the Chancellor ;so often elluded. The business which he purpo,eu to
would, one by one, be transferred over to the Vice-' withdraw from him, to be sure, was not so great .s teat
Chancellor, till it should in time be forgotten that which he had suggested the propriety of imposing on
there ever was a Chancellor with those dam. And him; but he asked, would this truly eminent and mai!
this, too, would he the case, even where the Chan- torious person, in that case, have more to do than tie
•eellor was effective and the Vice-Chancellor was not. other Judges ? The Chancellor had as much to du at
however, was not all. There was another view present ' • and why should not the situation of Masterof
'ot the case, in which it appeared most important the Rolls be rendered as efficient ? It any Magistrate
'that the •duties now pectormed by the Chancellor in this country was entitled to call for a sacrifice to
should not be tiancferred over to the Vice-Chancellor. be made to leis private feelings, he confessed that the
When it appeared to those who had the command preeent Mister of the Rolls was exactly the person.—
, over the Chancellor, that there was an Assistant .But no Magistrate whatever had a right to call on the
who had- sufficient time on his hands to ease him of public to make any sacrifice to their private feelings.
part of his judicial duties, was there not reason to There must, in consequence of the increased lab, nes
dread that he would be involved still deeper than he be an increase of emolument, not adequate, indeed. to
had hitherto been in political business, and in intrigue the encroachment made on the case of the trtii end-
not known to belong to his office ? No rational man nent Judge ; but he was certain that highly respecta-
could look at the present measure with attention, ble character would submit to the additional iabt.ur,
' and not see, that it adopted, the Chancellor would feeling, as he must do, that the good of the coui..ty
at some time or other, and, he presumed to think, at called for it. The encroichment on the case of his He-
no great distance too, be avithdtaµn torn alt his ap. nour too, he was certain, %%mild not be lot more tem:
pellant duties ; and would not chat lead t • all the two years, as then the arrear would have been made
evils to which he (Mr. Leach) had alluded, as likely up ; and he would have the satisfaction of having so
to result in respect to all our other judicial saint:ions? eminently served the country, while the alteration
It had been said, on the other side, that Gentlemen would, in the result, be a relief to himself, rawer
had no right to object to the present measure unless. than a burden. Having thus stated his opinion, both
they had something better to propose in place of it. of the present measure, acid ot the remedy which he
Few of the Members of that House could be suppos- himself would propose to b..; OSULUte lit i 01.0.. JI 1,0 oit
ed adequate to form an exact opinion of the evil ; the evil which lie could not deny existed, tic slouid
and, it there were not probably more than six Gen- ; not now press his negative to the present bill. He was
tletnen in the House who had maturely considered satisfied that there was not, and could not. be in this
the subject, . and were aware of the evil, how could , House any struggle tor or against a particular Inca.
they be supposed to have found a remedy ? Though, sure like the present ; but that the u jeet ot All µas
a, he presumed, he should be able to shew, that an equally directed to the providing of lice best pubs.we
adequate remedy for the evil was to be found in a remedy for a public evil. if his hints, t.. 1 ch se ""`ll
person of eminence already holding a judicial situa- had-been more ably urged on a fornm nista, by some
tion, how was he, an unauthorised individual, to of his Learned Friends near him, requited invest ga-
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to their being strictly accurate and that they would
rose before they irretrievably committed themselves,
by adopting a measure like the present. The Hon.
and Learned 4entlesnan concluded by moving, as,
an amendment to the original motion, that the House,
do resolve itself • Committee on the sold bill on'
this day fortni •
Lord CAB LEREAGH thoitibt the present Bill'
oughtsto be discussed in a Committee by the House,]
because, until the House should be in possission
fully of the Right Hon. Gentleman's plan, the pro-I
gress of the gill itself ought not to be arrested. He
did not, however, clink the Hon. Gendeman's plan
could operate as an adequate remedy for the evil inj
question. The causes which were atteided with the
greatest delay were the appeals in the House of,
Lards ; and the Matter of the Rolls could not assist
lin extinguishing those. The Noble Lord cOnfended,
hat the duties which the Mester of the Rolls already
tad to intend to were fully sufficient to occupy his
'times and linked they had of late increased so much
Ithattlin learned person who now held that •officohad
beeft'allged to resign Ms seat in that House, not
laving time to dis Charge the duties which he felt to
.be due to his Constituents. Although by sitting from
ten foiciur during so great a J)art of the year, much
good Might be done by the Master of the Rolls in the
Court of Chancery, the bisiness in which that judi-
cial officer was now engaged at the Cockpit would
be left without-provision. He (Lord Castlereagh)
aid not comprehend how the evil which was appre.
• bended from the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor
by withdl.rwing the Lord Chancellor from his judi-
cial to political pursuits, would not take place in an
equal degree, if the Master devoted so great a pOrtion
of his time as had been proposed, to the business of
Chancery. A pregnant fact in proof of the convic--
tian in the mind of the Noble Lord who filled the
station of Lord High Chancellor, that the evil of
delay could not be adequately counteracted by the
sitting of the Master of the Rolls, or of any other
existing Judge, was, that that high petsonage had•
consented to this measure which went to establish an
officer, half of whose pay would Le derived from his
Oen emoluMents. He. (Lord Castlereag.h) should
deprecate any measure which might hinder the Bill
from being put into a state in which a correct judg-
ment might be formed on it. By going into a Conn-
miftee, the clauses necessary to a correct judgment
on it would be inserted, and on receiving the Report,
'or on the 'third reading, it might be negatived or dot,'
as it seemed good to the House, when the Learned
Gentleman's (Mr. Leach's) proposal might be
brought forward in a more detailed form.
Mr. LEACH contended, that the Lord Chief
Baron of the Exchequer, who was an equitable as
well as a legal Judge, might attend to hear Planta-
tion and Prize Appeals; there would then be three
Judges remain to conduct the business of the Exche.
quer, and the Master of the Rolls would be relieved
from his duties afi Judge of Prize and Plantation
Appeals.
Mr. WEATHERALL could not agree that the
business of the Court of Exchequer Could go on With
three Judges only, especially when the JUdge pro.
posed to be removed was the Chief lidge of the
Court. This would have no other effect than to
Make an innovation in the Court of Exchequer piO-
ceedings, and to introduce a greater evil into chit
t'nirt than the evil which it was now sought to remedy.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE conctii4ed with his Hon.
Friend '(Mr. Leach) in his,proposition for referring
the disposing of Prize and Plantation Appeals to the
Lord Chief Baron. He did not oppose the Bill now
being citztimitted, fully convinced that the Noble
Lord, in his candour, would not press the Bill in its
succeeding stages.
Mr. HORNE, in a maiden speech, snpported the
bill. The evils he said, which called for remedy
arose in part in the Court of Chancery, and in part in
the House of Lords. To the inconvenience in th'i
latter place, the Master of the Rolls could apply no
adequate remedy.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, if the Bill were
now committed, it was not his intention to press the
Report. The Bill might be printed immediately, and
the Report of the ComMittee might be received on
Monday.
Mr. PONSON BY fully agreed id thisarrangement,
butthought it should not be delayed beyond Monday
next, as there were motions of importanCe fixed for
the Tuesday and Thursday in next week already.
Sir S. ROMILLY supported the plan proposed by
his Hoii. Friend, Mr. Leach. He thoughtthe Master
of the Rolls might be withdrawn from the Cockpit,
without any inconvenience. There were Privy Coun-
sellors whose habits of life rendered them fully
qualified to attend to the decision of Prize and
Plantation Appeals, and he could not conceive
why those Noble and Learned Persons, who were
receiving remuneration from the public, should not
attend to this duty. He objected to the Bill, on the
ground that it proposed to create an officer for life ;
whereas, the evil to be remedied was acknowledged
be but temporary ; and therefore, the remedy, hp
contended, should be temporary also. He also oh.'
jected to the salary proposed to be given to the Vice.
Chancellor ; £4OOO a-year was not sufficient remu-
neration for the person holding the important situa-
tion this Officer was intended to fill. He was aware
there might be an objection to giving the Vice-Chan-
cellor a larger salary than the Master of the Rolls re-
ceived; but it should be recollected, that but for the
disinterestedness of that excellent Judge, he would at
'his time have enjoyed a larger salary; and if the
present bill were to pass, he thought the remunera-
'ion to the new officer should be made more adequate
the duties he would have to perform. As to what
had been said concerning the Master of the Rolls not
having a seat In that House, he (Sir S. Romilly)
thought it would be a great benefit to the public, if
ho officers had seats in that House—no Mas-
lancery—tHear./J—and no Welch Judges—
I—A Judge was generally the worse Judge
a Member of Parliament—the worse Mem-
arliament for being a Judge. What in his
he matter lets to be feared, was, that the
icellorship might in a short time become a
and that, in that case, the way to it would
tbsough the rugged% paths of the Law, but
the pleasant avenue of that House.
IsEPHEN said, that after what had fallen
Honourable and Learned Friend, he could
entirely silent. He had not had the same
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hi had certainly der seen any thisclb warrant the,
I ;assertion that there wouldint be 'spirit imofig those,
' who officially attended thine to remonstrate against
any open afid grois dereliction cif duty on the part of
the Chancellor. h would be also impoislble for any.
Minister to appoint any ineridetel to that office Irian
was not fully adetuate tothe diichirge of its dUties,
and whose incapacity would be soon exposed to, the
eye
.of Parliament '&nd the .cOuntiy. A sarcasm, had
been thrown out i 1 to that Judges
ought not to sit int=ment—that they Were the
worse Judges for being Members of Parliatnent, and .
the worse Members of Parliament for being Judges.
He trusted, howeve-, that the talents and. wisdom of
the Master of the Rolls clifplayed in thitHOuie were
not so Completely effaced from their Minds is that
they *mild very favourably receive atiy Preposition
on this subject in which that great Character must
be included. He thought that the rekioting, if true,
ought to be carried farther, and that not only Judges
but LaWyers who might wish to become Judges,
ought to be equallYexcluded. With regard to an
expression he had made use Of on a former night,
respecting the duties attached to the office of Master
a the Rolls, the hearing of Prize and Plantation
Appeals, he had ' meant simply that they were at-
tathed to it by custom aiid by choice, not by neces-
sity. He did not intend to trouble the House so
long, but he had been dragged from his seat by the
remarks of the HonOtrable and Lear6d Gentleman
opposite.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLI" explained. He meant
to insinuate (10 charge of seriPility against the Chan-
cery Ban With sr-spect to the observation which hb
had thrown out, that he taw no necessity why Judges
shotld sit in Parliament, and which the Learned
Member had taken to himself, he had understouLthat
the 'present Chatmellor had expresslystiinlatediOhen
they were appointed that the Mashers in Chancery
should not sit in Parliament. . .

Mr. BATHUR STargued in &Vier of the Bill.
Mr. MARRYATT complained of the difficulty
resulting to mercantile men, of Obtaining their divi-
dends out of bankrupt estates, fl'orn the present ewe.
mous mass of business in.Chantery. In his opinitin,
a regulation of the kind propOlid by this Bill would
be a general benefit.
The H.Ouse then resolved itself into a Committee
on the Bill.
Lord CASTLEREAGH meted a clause to enable
1E60,000 to be vested, in order to cover the 41,500
of the Vice Chancellor's salary, which would tome
out of the public purse. The other a 1,500 was to be
paid out of the emoluments arising from his.office.—
The 860,000 would come' ut of the dead-fund (now
lying by) of unclaimed Suitors' money in the Cottit
of Chancery.
Mr. GO 'WON wished that the whole might tome
out of the Chancellor's Salary.
The clause was agreed to.
Lord CASTLEREAGH neat moved a clause
that the Vice Chancellor should haVe a fired salary
of hire thousand pounds 1-year, without further emo.
lument.—Agreed to.
After some other clause's had been proprised and
carried,
Mr. PONSONI3Y congratulated the Gentlemen
who were favourable to this Bill, on its not,' being
made a perfect model Of dispatch. Nay, So perfect
had the clauses now made it, that it would; no doubt,
banish all litigation from the World ! so that in future
there would Only be a little atnicable litigation about
who had a right to this, and who had a right to that ?
Mr. PRESTON wished that some inquiry should
be made into the amount Of unclaimed suitors' money
in the Court 'of Chancery; by which means it might
be possible to arrive at the owners of the whole of it.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLt was not quite 'so 'san-
guine, but he thought that owners might be got to a
considerable part, althOugh not to the whole of it.
Mr. GORDON thought this money ought to be
put out to interest, for the benefit of the suitors. He
hoped that the next time the Bill came before the
House, the Noble Lbrd (Castlereagh) would be in-
structed to state, that the Lord Chancellor had vo-
luntarily offered to jay the whole sB5OOO out of his
awn emoluments ; and was sure that would meet
with the approbation Of the House and the Country.
After some farther Conversation between Mr. BA-
RING, Mr. TIERNEY, and Mr. VANSITTART, the Bill,
MI its amendment, was reported, ordered to be
printed, and taken into farther consideration on Mon-
day next.
Lord PALMERSTON eve podee that on the 25th, he should
move the Army Estlmates.—Adjoorned at hslf past Eleven.

THE EVENING STAR.

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TUESDAY, FEBitUARY 18, 1813.
PRICIS OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
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The Duke of Kent Packet has arrived at Falmouth,
with Mails from Lisbon. By this conveyanie Lis-
bon Papers to the 9th February have arrived. They
relate no military movements of an important cha-
racter, and yet their contents are highly gratifying.
The French, if not preparing to take themselves
finally off, at least exhibit symptoms of wavering and
irresolution, which Will prove the forerunners of a
disastrous campaign, if they are deitined to com-
mence another in the Peninsula, of which We enter-
tain great doubts.
On the other hand, the preparationd Made on the
pari of the Allies, in every direction, to clear the
country of the invaders, are upon a scale which for
magnitude and efficiency seems to pioniise nothing
short of the deliverance of Spain early in the Spring.
—On the frontiers of Portugal and of Gallicia, the
Marquis of WELLINGTON if ready to advance towards
the Dotiro with an overwhelthing force; The Galli.
chin army, no* under hid Lordship's immediate
command, of itself amounts to 50,000 men. They
have been produced from a bold and hardy popula•

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ti I .• * • •
!ton, which las gayer teen Infected by that Rflbetil
Andalusian spirit of lealoury against foreigner*'
whtihitis ,recently distinguished the more Southern
Province!. teniral LACY 'eoinittands the Outlician

'levies —General Ousialcost ii3ll also bade asrOMmind.
In the South of Spian, the Anglo-Siciliin army at
Alicanr, consisting of 5000 Men, hat been reinlorced
by 4000 more from Sicily, who arrived on the 2d
ultimo, and were in daily expectation of their Gene-
ral, Lord WILLIAM Borrnicx, who quitted Palerrrio
on 'the 26th of DecenTher. This army, in 'conjunc-
Von With The Spanish troop!: In that quarter, was ei-
Picted, to move toward the mouth of the 'Ebro, sup-
ported by our then a.wir:cin the coast, and by the
co-operation Of gun-boats when they reached the ri-
ver. The following are the chief articles of interest
brinight by itus above Mail

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LISBON, FEBRUARY S.
=TRACT OT AN OYSICIAL IYISPATCH FROM RSRAL
OYNSRA L. THE MARQUIS OT WRL LINOTON, TO HIS liX•
CUL/INC! SENOR "SINIIIIEL PRRRIRA TORjASI
SIRAD•QUARTRitIie iRIINA DA, JANUARY Os

I returned hake on the 27th Instant.
."
It appeari that the enemy has not made any
essential altiration in the position of his armies du-
ring my absence.
44 The three Armies of Portugal, the Centre and
the South, are united in Caitile, under King Joseph,
whose Send-quarteri are new in Madrid.
the Atmy of Portugal is under the command of
General Reille, who lately came from the Artni of
the North, and has his head-quarters in Valladolid.
The Army of the Centre is unlter the orders Of Conde
d'Erloni Who was formerly employed in the Army of
the South, and commanded for a short tune, the
Array of Portugal after the Allies retired from the
Tormek his head-quarters are in the 'vicinity of Ma 7.
drid ; and the Army of the South is under Marshal
Souk's orders, whose head-quatieis nee in Toledo.
4, The Army of the South was lately drawn to-
wards the neighbourhood of the Tejo, flaying moved
towards the place of Toledo the divisions of that
army which were in the Province of Avila, and hay"-
ing them replaced in Avila by the first division of
the Army of Portugal.

" I have not received any recent accounts by which
I can form an idea of the state of affairs in the North
of Spain. General Mina appears to be actively em-
ployed against the enemy in Navarre, and he, as well
as General Longa, have caused him great Yost. The
latter destroyed 600 men, and took two pieces a ar-
tillery; In an action with the enemy on :he SOili of
November.

44 My last account's from Alitant are dated the
latter end of Decembet, at which epoch part of the
reinforcements which were expected from Sicily, had
arrived, and Lientehant-General Lord William Ben-
tinck was expected'.

66 The allitd English and Portuguese armies oc-
cupy the same cantonments in which they were in the
beginning of December. The Spanish troops are
likewise all in cantonments."

" LISBON, FEBRUARY 8.

" ttoops remain in their winter quarters.—
Lord Wellington is in advance at Frernadas and
General Hill at Coria.

di The Northern French Arley is cantoned in Sa-
lamanca, Valladolid, and that line of country:
44 Joseph has left Madrid; and proceeded to Cuenza.
—Soult remains at Toledo, from whence he has de-
tached 10,000 men to join &diet, whose forte is now
18,000 men, inEluding 8000 cavalry, and a fine
park of him* artillery. Some people imagine k
is his intention to attack the corps formerly under
the command of Ballasteros, but now directed by

O'Donnnel, the Duke del Parque having been ap•
pointed to superintend the new/ levies. Others, and
Apparently with more reason, are Of opinion that the
cavalry have been sent by Soult, for their better sub-
sistence, till the season arrives when he shall have

occasion for their service 3, as well as for the purpose
of watching the British force at Alic Ant, 8000 strong,
provisionally under the Com Maud of Major-General
James Campbell, till the arrival of Lord Bentinck."

DAYLEN, JANUARY 17.
enemy continues to collect cattle, money,
and baggage in La Mancha."

A JAEN, FIEBR UARY 19.

le The head-quarters continue here. The cavalry
has been reinforced by a squadron of Calatrava,
Which was in Baylen."

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" ANDUXAR, JANUARY 20.
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" In Granatula the enemy was surprised by our
cavalry, and cut off three companies—not a man
would have escaped had they not received informa-
tion from a bad Spaniard. Nevertheless, we took
three officers and eleveri horses:"

MAURISA, DECEMBER Si.
" They talk of a glorious action of General
Mina's, near Barbastro."

SILGtS, DECEMBER 2.

" The Freneh imposed on Vich a contribution of
100;000 crowns, and were prevented from pillaging
the city, which they had commenced, by the intrea-
ties of the Bishop, who did not, like others, abandon
his flock. This invasion has cost the enemy Many
men, because they were attacked in their March by
the valiant Mausa."

" CADIZ, JANUARY 28.

" They write from Alicante, under date of the
/6th, that there had been repeated salutes in that
place, on account of the arrival of a great convoy
with a reinforcement of more than 6000 English and

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,teillatis That on the 15th the enemy entered Yeda,
and took pritoners 30 infantry and It horses ; and
tlitt Wittinghtiies division was timing towards
Granada."
ALfCANT, JANUARY le.
ticchet, in order to prevent the news whicilate ly
arrived from France from being Isown, ordered thst
mail to be burned in Valencia, without allowing the
letters either to be delivered to Frenchmen or Spa.
niards, after haiting read the official dispatches ad-
dressed to hifn. . .
4, The French in Madrid say, that Souk has been
'called 'to France with 30,000 tike'n, of *horn 15,000
are ta remain in France, and 15;000 pmceed to Italy.
Soult, with his Staff, was still, din 1:e 24th January,
in Toledo with 10,000 infintry, 8000 having arm-
riorly marched for Cuenca. There appears no doubt
Or many French families having taken refuge in
varre to avoid the persecution of Bonapaltte, as well
as 1124 Youths to avoid the ionscriptiol; ; General
Mina, to whom these unfortunate victims .of Corsican
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tyranny Presented themielves, is Laid to have apPliei
to the Spanish Government for instrtictious Inair
to act."

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NAVAL IN7ELLIGENCE.
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Windsor Castle Packet has arrived at Fai.
Mouth, from Malta and Gibraltr, with a Mail.--
The letters were not delivered out, froth the Post,:
Office when this Patier wit put to Press. ,
We have, still to regret that no further intelligence
,has been teceived of the BONNS Ctrovarn4a sloop of
war. It is thought that she May have.'received some
damage soon after sailing, and have pin back to
Rio Janeiro i‘ittid as there are no late accounts froiti
that place. it is very probable 'she may. We siacCrelr
hope that we shall soon be able to relieVe the aniiety
of the Publit by some accounts of her.

A large. American privateer, calted the Tires
Wonging to Baltimore, armed with 113 guns an
220 men, wai cruizing off Cape Clear the latter en
of last, and beginning of this month—she has don*
considerable damage to the trade in that quarter.
FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 13.
No arrivals. Sailed his Majesty's ship.ORZSTES,
Captain SMITH, on a cruize. The Lapwing Jacket
is appointed for the Mediteitanean ; the Swiftstire,
for the Brains ; the Speedy, for Bermuda and Ha.
lifaz ; and the Princess Mary, for the Windward'
Islands.—Wind W.N.W. fresh breezei.

TQRBAY, FEBRUARY lc
Arrived the Minerva, Carts, front Lisbon, in seen
days : at the time she sailed, the Recovery, Fmk*
Master, was the only one of the convoy which sailed
from Cork on the 18th Ultimo under the DAUNTLESS

that had ariive4. Tht Miiierta law a Beet of 38
sail on Tuesday last, about 80 leagues from Lisbon,
supposed to be the Cork convoy that sailed 'Ott the
26th : they had the wind at this time from the South,
and Moderate *etcher.
PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 14.
Arrivtd the SEALARK, of It guns, from a cruise;
and the SURVEILLANTE, of 36 guns, from the coast
.f Spain and anchored in the Sound. Docked list
night, the HERMES, of 24 guni, Captain Beowulf.
Went from Hamoase to die Sound, after refitting,
the BRITON frigate, Captain Sir WILLIAM STAlNita+.
she resumes her station off Bourdeaux. The Brest
blockading squadron, now in Cattsand boy; hale
revictualled with great expedition, and will sail the
moment that the witid it fair. All the Officers of the
.squadron slept on board last night. An attempt at
escape from Brest is to be hourly expected from the
enemy, who have their sails bent, and are otherwise
in all respects ready for the start. The Contlitim;
Dolt and ANDsoNACNit ate ivieching them eloselt.
PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY is.
No arrivals or railings to-day bat the American
schooner RACHARL, for. Boston, prize to his Majestyl
ship HERRING.—The chit India, Spain; Portugal,
and the Mediterranean convoys remain, waiting for
fait wind. The Masters lad Mates of the Albert'.
can 'vessels detained at thiS port, prior to the decLsra:
don of war, have obtained permission to Yemen
home, and a cartel is expected to be appointed for
that purpose daily.--Wind WS:W. strong galesi
and rainy weather.
DEAL, FEBRUARY IS.
Arri4ed, and sailed for the River, two merchant
schooners—patticulars not known. Remain in the
Downs his Majesty's ships, mercharittuen, transports,
coasters, and colliers, as before.—Wind S.W. and
blotto hard. . .
GREENOCK, FEBRUARY is.
The Maxwell, IRLAM, from L'i'verpool and Barba.
does, arrived at Demerara and back at Barbadcies,
after a severe action with the General Armstrong
privateer, in which Captain Limas( and two men were
wounded. The Mars, MiLACHLAN, at Batbadoes,
from New Brunswick ; and the Defiante, Amory at
Malta, from Gibraltar, in tight days.

CORK, FEBRUARY Ho.
. Yesterday his Majesty's skip Foareftis, Captain
SEYMOUR, arrived at Cove, from a cruize. Monday
arrived at Cove; the French pribateer le Brestois;
prize to his Majesty's ship &ma she was captured
after a chace of nine hours, in lat. 48. 1. N. and long.
9.20. W. Sht a very fine tesiel, mounts 10 di..
rottadei, and four long guns, all 9.pouuders, has a
compleineUt of 124 meta, and sails remarkably fat?
commanded by J. MARIE AIIoUSTE GALLAIS, and
been remarkably successful against the trade of this
and neighbouring. ports. She captured the sloop
Virgo of this ptirt, In November lair and in December
attacked, hitt was beat off by, h!S Majesty's stare-ship
Set. She is coppered aad capper-fastened ; left
LaQrient the 22d January; and had taken three ves-
sels before her capture. The Synii.tz arrived in Cove
froth Lisbon, a few hotirs after her cruize.

During the past wetk his MAJusres health his sibt
varied from the latt Report.
Another Meeting of the Cabinet Ministers took
place last night, at the house of the Earl of Ltvza.
pool, on the subject of the Letter of the PRIDICOM bf
WALts;

BRZAIX—No alteration in the price this week : the
quartern loaf,eighteen-pence•halfpenny.

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