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MILITARY • PROMOTIONS.
ORDNANCE-O,YMa' DtClOlllElt )I*.
Corps of Royal Engineers.
Captain Lieutenant Preload; William Mukaftor to as Cap.
_t rice Bartlett, descend. Dated September It, abs.o •
Ills 4lestenant Charism Hayes to be Captain-Lieutenant, vice
.Mnicafter. Dated as above.
Second Lieutenant Richard Lloyd to be Firft Lieutenant, ties
Halm Doted as above.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
jOhn Tresalett, of Ex eter, draper.
BANKRUPTS.
f Newfate-arret, London, linen-draper, to lune°.
ner Der. 14. 21. and Jsnuary 18, at ten, at Guildhall- Attor-
ney, Mr. Alderfon, North-ftreet, Citritoact.
Juba Morris, late of Shaddoihurft, Kent, bode-dealer, dealer
and chapman, Dec. 13, January 17, and 18, at eleven, at the
Woolpack Inn, Tenterden, Kent. Attornies, Mr. Do Lafaux,l
Milford, in Kent ; or Meffrs. Manley and J. and W. Lowe,
inner Temple, London.
Jelin Peter Holloway and Michael Curtis, of London, mer-
chants and late partners, Dec. 14, at,and January 18, at one,
at Guildhall, Attorney, Mr. Marfon, Newington, Surrey.
Oliver Aplin, of Banbury, Oxfordihire, fcrivener, dealer and
Dee. so, al, and January 18, at eleven, at the Rein
Deer, Banbury. Attories, Maio. Walford, Goiby and Wal-
ford, Banbury ; or Mr. Meyrick, Red Lion-lquare, London.
DIVIDENDS.
Dee. is. Betty Needham, of Doncafter, Yorkfhire, (aching-
mindsets:Tr, dealer and chapwoman, at eleven, at the Red

Lion inn, Doneafter.
Dee, 10. George Bolton, now or late of Witney, Otfordfhire,
brandy. merchant, dealer and ehapinan, at eleven, at the
Staple-Hall Inn, Witney.
Dee. 17, Thomas Clifton, lately of Deretend, parifh of Afton,
near Binviogbain, tat:ow-chandler, at eleven, at the Stork
Tavern, Birmingham.
Des. an. Biclard Beresford, of Alfreton, Derbythire, holier, at

eleven, at the George lnn, Alfreton.
Dee. 20. James Rogers, Richard Blake, and John Purnell, all
of IMMO, infitrance-brolters and copartners, at twelve, at

the White Lion, Broad-ftreet, BriftoL
Doe. Thomas Hine, late of Oxford, innholda, dealer and
thapman, at twelve. at the Angel Inn, Oxford.
Dec. al. Shadrach Jones, of Bartholomew Clore, !London,
tneeehant, at ten, at GuildhalL
Dec. Si. Robert Bakewell, now or late of Bridget-facet, nm
Covent-Garden, coffee.houfe-keeper, at ten, at GaildhalL
Dec. al. Samuel Green, Henry Green, and John Wright KB-
Begley, of Nottingbens, merchants and copartners, at eleven,
Gaildball, Landon.
Dec. u. George Pcirfon, of Cockermouth, Cumberland, wool-
len-masufaeurer, dealer and Chapman, at ten, at the George
land Donee inn, Cockernsoosh.
Dee. at. John Webb, of Spood.ftreet, Coventry,Warwickibire,
dyer, at eleven, at Guildhall, London.
Dlle. sl. Wjlftam Ford, of the Parilk of Saint Thomas the
:Meek, Devonibire, timber-merchant, dealer and Chapman,
In four,* the Globe Tavern, Exeter.
Dee. lg. William Bodenham' of Sbresdbury, Salop, mercer and
• ijimp-diapa, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Sbrewlbury.

- - SIQUESTRATIONS, Ste. IN SCOTLAND.
jam. Mlle ti, jua. mayhem, Dundee.—Creditors meet In
Iliarrep's Inn there, t ft Dec. Is o'clock, to name interim lac-
turgleme place and hour 29th Dee. to chore truftee.
Creditors cif the line Thomas Rawray. writer. Edinburgh, to
gin chinas to Akz. Stevenfon, depute clerk of Sefton, be-
jmnlntimd 6th Pee.
Stant of aedn of Alex. Malcolm, Vendee-maftcr, Gbfgew, to
idzsmaesni by James OUSUan, truftce.—.No dividend.
Merrifm, late merchant, Dundee, has applied for a
4ffrikarte•
sibsgarGerdasonadrutt,Glafgow,bas applied for a difcharge.
labert G*hil ipeschsat, Cupar-Fife, has applied for a dif.

FII4Ner.

PARIS, n PRDLAIRII, DEG 2.

Yeflerday morning the Confcripts of* the fizth
affembled at the Mayor's Hall, to be
ant wn by lot, quarrelled among themfelves. The
fedeitisry guard endeavoured to appeafe them, but
they faftened a difpute on the guard and maltreated
them. The bufinefs grew warm, and the Confcripts
placed planks and ladders between them and the
guard. A patrole of dragoons of the ninth having
come up, was at ailed with (tones. The dragoons
difttmonting, forced the ladders and planks and ate-
relied the rioters ; in the fquabble a wrote, was
wounded in the head with a fabre, of whielaiss
444 and tome others were wounded ; 23 of *
mutineers were arrefted and imprifoncd.
The following day the Confcripts drew lme and
every thing patted quietly..—Mossitestr.
13 711111Alltio DICIIIIIIIII 4.
The Ilositsfrr contains in a difpatch from Gene-
ral K11711114111p Commander in the Eaftern part
of St Domingo, to General Lac Laic, the account
of the lofs or an Englifb veffel off Cape Raphael,
in which the whole crew, except one man, were
loft; this man, wbofe name is WILLIAM Comex,
cook of the vetrel, has made a declaration, Rating
that the veffel was the Liverpool, Capt. Joins SON,
going from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Jamaica.
Letters from Berne Rate, that the French Go-
*vernment has appointed a Committee, confifting
of Citizens PIaROC HIT Vlllll N AC, and Law-
Ante, late Secretary of Embaffy to Barthelemy
to labour, in concert with the Helvetic Confulta,
in framing a Cosiftitution for Switzerland.
Mefdames RA 11•111 T, Lucas, TALIONT, and
Law LAUILISTOII, are appointed Ladies of Com-
pany, Pa do Cal4Papitt of Madame BOWAPALTI.
MsaLiN, the EiDireitor, was run over by a
coach coming from St. Cloud, and nearly killed.
A letter from Augfburgh Rates, that a number
of Swifs Merchants, of the patriotic party, have
applied for, and obtained, leave to fettle at Aug.
burgh:
The Prefer s having written to the Mininer at
War for information refpeaing the mode of car-
rying into effea the Law of the 28th Floreal, and
the decree of 18th Thermidor, and particularly
that relative to employing of Subflitutes, the Mi-
lliner anfwered, that all the difpofitions were to be
executed without modification, particularly thofe
limiting the power of employing Subtheme".
Yefterday the fon of the Conful Luaus and
Midemolfelle BAI,II MAILIIOII, received the nup-
tial benediaioa in the chnich of St. Enftache.
The Ottoman Ambalador, who has returned
from this city to Contlantinople, had in his fuite
two Egyptians whom BO‘AItAILTS brought to Pa-
ris, and who withed to return to their own country.

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4\AAliodal
zermALltpuysier vas (scud upn tht head or the merit; is the
Clare Arabian 9. Made/fon., for the Refpoadote, wok
Adam inroply for toe Appellant, after wAieli fortberpro-
,ew ding in the Caufe was adjourned to Teensy aut.
Several Petitions in Cafcs of Appeal warn glad. and Gram
made lasordingly. • --

The Ascots -Were called to tbs Barolloteigateda. " the
rearm of their 'diking two Appeals from Court of Beat
to be beard cm particular days, and the Confer was fa down
accordingl.
The Engylids Small Note 11111 watt *rough $ Committee of
the whole Houle, was reported, and ordered to bp read tbird
time to •morrow.

Two Certificates under the hand and teal of Lord Pelbam
on behalf of two Petitioners for Naturalisation Bak, were read,
and the Bills read a feeond time cub in eqistequencr.—A4-
journed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
SPZAZER having taken the Chair; and after fonts pri-
Tate Bands bad been gone through,
Mr. Alderman Comae purfuant tp leave given, prefented a
Bill for enlarging the Burial Ground of the Parini of St. Giles in
the Fields.—Read,and ordered for a fccond reading tomorrow.
Mr. SCOTT prefented a Petition from the Debtors in Wor-
ceiler Gaol.—Ordered to lie on the table.
A Petition was prefented from the Apothecaries of Taviftock,
againft the operation oldie Medicine Duty Adt of left Seams
—Ordered to lie on the table.
Sir Even Nines), prefented feveral Accounts ordered from
the Naval De's.----ent....Referred to the Committee of Sl:ety;
- moved for, sad afterwards laid

• Mr. VANSITTART D. .... ..e,
the Houfe, an account of feveral Sums Hated from the Civil
LIR Eftabliihment, for public purpofes, in compliance with
Addreffes from the Houfe, which were not yet made good by

to lie on the table.

• •• •••••••%••••—,s. - - -
Mrs VA NeITTART then pretested tbe followhig Bills of Sup-
ply, viz. the Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry Bill; the Place
and Pennon Tax Bill ; the Five Millions Ischequer Bills Bill;
and a Bill to amend the 37th of the King, for providing for the
payment of Navy and Victualling Bills, by lowering the inte-
reit thereon from 34d. to 3d. Per umbrae tor dins ; all of which
were read a Brit time, and ordered for the fecond reading to-
morrow.
Read a fecond time, the Qualification Bill, and committed
for to-morrow.

ELECTION PETITIONS.

►hich

Petitions, complaining of undue returns upon
the late General Eleetion, were prefcnted from the
undernamed places, and appointed to be taken into
confideration on the days annexed, viz.
Sbafteibury - - • on Tutiday, Dee. at
Kingfton-upon-Hull - - on the fame day as the former
Neweaftle-under-Line Ditto

Another from the fame place Ditto
Court'? of Hereford - - Ditto
Caamartheft • . . Ditto
Bridgewater - - - Ditto

Treinoy -
Sudbury -
Seaford* -
Another -

on Thurfday, May s
on 'Mazy, May to
• on Thnrfday, May za
• on the fame day
Minellead - - on Tuefday, May z 7
City of kiereford - - on ilitufday, May zsz
City of Darkam - - on Thaw, May 14
City olLoodan,from Sir WAT-} on Thurfday, May a 6
am Lawn • -

On appointing the confederation of the Petition
from Shaftelbury for the s tit of December,
Mr. Hu NT winsed, with the leave of the ?lode
that a Petition, prefented from the fame place, the
confideration of which already flood appointed for
April the sth, fhould now be appointed for con&
deration on the fame day with the Petition laft
prefented, but was informed by
Mr. Summit, that as the day was already
appointed, it could not be changed, nor the con-
fideration accelerated, confiftendy with the Laws
of Eleaion.

A Petition was prefented from certain Melton
of the County of Middlefex, againft the return of
Sir Francis Burdett, founded' upon charges of
bribery, treating, and other corrupt and undue in-
fluence.--Qrdered to be taken into confederation
on the fame day with the Petition already prefented
on behalf of Mr. Mainwaring.
A Counter Petition was prefented by Sir Cats.
BAMPT2LII2 from certain other Eleaors of the
County of itiddlefez' denying that the. Paid Mr.
Mainwaring had the legal majority of votes for
the Paid county, as alledged in his Petition, charg-
ing the Paid Mr. Mainwaring as difqualified, from
defect of freehold property, as by law required ;
with grofs bribery and corruption, by himfelf and
his Agents, before and during the late Eleaion,
in contempt and defiance of the Orders of that
Houfe, and contrary to the Ratite ; with employ-
ing Conftables and Police-officers, during the
Eleftion, to prevent by . force thofe Freehol-
ders, who were difpofed to vote for Sir Francis
Burdett, from approaching the Huftings ; with
having, by menaces of taking away their licenfes,
and other undue influence, either procured the
votes of Freeholders who kept public-houfes, to
himfelf, or deterred them from voting for Sir
Francis Burdett ; and with having polled a num-
ber of Paupers from Almi•boufa, or otherwife
deftitute of any freehold property, in fupport of
his elation ; and praying that he might not be
fatted in the houfe of Commons as a Reprefenta►
tive for the county of Middlefer in the event of
any decifion by that houfe, touching the return of
the Sitting Members.
Mr. Srssxsa, who, on the reading of the title
and firf paragraph 01. this Petition, had called to
it the attention of the Houfe, now rote and Paid,
it was bis duty to apprife the Route, that doubts
had arifen, whether it could be entertained con.
fiftently with the Adis of Parliament, under the
authority of which the Honfe, in fuch codes, was
hound to proceed. That Aft fpecified but three
fpecies of Petitions, upon which it regulated the
order of proceeding—namely,
' Petitions complaining of undue return ;
Petitions complaining of double return ;
And Petitions complaining of no return at all.
Now the prefent petition came under no one of
thofe heads ; and it was for the confederation of
the Hoofe, whether they would entertain a pe-
tition, not complaining of any undue or other im-
proper return—not complaining of any grievanc.
e4ifting—but only that a certain perfon, not ttti
turned, had been a candidate on the late El
for the county ;.and praying that he might no
(sated in Parliament for that county.. Thar
bpon the motion that the'Bon. Member:who%
fenced the petitibn would make, fbr addax it intts
cenfidenttion, the liouieviould cot ifiall whatpro-
ceeding was moR proper to adopt.
Sir CHARM'S 8AM2711.212 immediately moved,
144 That this petition- be taken faro cosfideration
on the fame day with the oche!' petitioswalready
n....4.0;,5)i • t: • • ,

......__2lLllllOltY role to kW fee MOMS,"
to him on the fqbjea t with are
....:1311d
however,re as be was not apprifed of the
of the Petition, and had had but a Very few
tits to confider the fubjed. He perfedly co-
d in the objections, which bad ken fn
pro-
perly Rated from the Chair, to, the nature of the
Petition. It did not complain .of any return, it
did not complain of any evilalledged to exift, but
merely deprecated an eventual evil, of which it
fuppofed the poffibility, namely, that Mr. Main-
wanag might be feated in that Houfe, in cona-
quence of the decifion that might ultimately take
place upon the return of a Sitting Member. But
he cooceived,if once the Nonce were to depart from ,
the regulations laid down in the flatute for its pro-
ceeding upon Petitions, complaining of improper
returns, and throw themfelves open to Petitions
upon every variety of ground, which the various
chiles and parties of Eledorsfliould think proper to
(tart ; it was really impoffible to fee any end or li-
mit to the number of Petitions and variety of con ft-
derationswhich the Committees of the Houfe would
hare to difeuls, on inveftigating the merits ofithe
(even) elation'. Upon the Ikon confideration he
could give the queltion on the moment, he thought
the bell way would be for the Houfe to confine
itfelf to the regulations expreffed in the ftatute,
and, if in the refult of any decifion formed upon
the merits of the returns complained of, any peti-
tioning Member should be feated, who was dif-
qualified for fuch feat, upon any jnft or conftitu-
tional ground, then the Electors would be at li-
berty to petition againft him. However, if any
doubt exalted in the general folk of the Houfe,
the molt prudent mode of proceeding, in his mind,
would be to fearch for precedents ; and, if none
could be found to guide the decifion of the Houfe,
under the difficulty, then would it be for the Houfe
to exercife its own difcretion upon the cafe. 'lf it
was the with of Gentlemen not to come fuddenly
to the decifion of a matter of fo much uncertainty,
he would have no objedion to poftone the difcuf-
fion to any future day, in order to give Gentlemen
time to confider it ; but if the decifion was now
pared, he should, under his prefent idea of the
fubjed, vote againft the Motion.
Mr. TISINIT peredly agreed with the Noble
Lord, is the idea of poftpontng the debate on this
fubjed to a future day, as it would then have the
opportunity of a full and fair difcnffion ; but if
was driven to give his opinion, he had no objedion
to (tate his Talons for agreeing- to entertain the
petition, even under any coat-alio' of the Ratute
alluded to.
Mr. &saes& then adverted to the Route, and
obferved, that although it was mandatory on the
Houfe to difpofe of EM. ion Petitions upon the day
of their prefentation, there was nothing m the bill
againft adjourning the debate thereon.
Lord HAWILBSZURT then foggetted Monday
next, as the day to which the debate should be ad-
journed, which was agreed to.
Sir Cu AILS, BAMPFYLDE then prefented another
Petition from certain other Eleitors of Middlefex,
of fimilar purport with the laft, which was difpfed
of in like manner.—Adjourned.

s

LOA DON.

flaiwrim hi the STAR or yefterday—For " mourning for
I the 04411113 Dues of Tuseamy," read" of the Contort of
the ORAND DULR Or TUSCANY."

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
3 per Cent. Coot. for app 681f-
-3 pa Cent. Red. 6.1-5 per Cat. Ann. 100 k...
Omni= sot dif.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY:
3 per Cent. Red. 67{ 66} 67 Imf. Ann. ut 9.16
New 4 per CCM lilt Si 83 Esebeq. Bills as. to 36.
s per C.Ann. soot Omnium sot
Long Ann. es: 11-16,1 Conf for opg. 68114

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
A:amigos, it 6 sU. Cadis 3S Me& Naples 0
Do. at fight xi 4 Madrid par! Goma 46
Rotterdam, is 7 sU. Ditto 3 g
,4 .~.-. . Limos' 67
Hunbutik 34 siU. ibes 3 daft. OPort• 6711
Altssa 34 a sill. Legboro sof Debits is
Pith. z day's date, s 4 8 liv,—Ditto, 24 is 2 U.
Boordosox, ditto, s 4 13
_ yiike.ifi Liens Wok effedtive per Z.l Rat
Dvsuat, DECILINAiII 3.
Ocr.DaLikoek 794 Tied Bills, i 806, 6 per C. 504
Ditto 5 re C. 97f OrandCao. Loan, 6 per Cent.
Ditto Stock 5 per Cent plf I 1797, 101
Ezellasse.—Doblick as London zoi.

A Dutch Mail arrived this morning. Our let-
ters from the Hague, dated November 30, Rate.
that Citizen APOSTOOL, lately appointed Commit_
fary General of the Batavian Commerce in Eng-
land, had fet out that day for the place of his def-
tination. _ _ _

We hare received Paris Journals to the 6th intt.
In the 3oth Sitting of the extraordinary Depu-
tation of the Empire, held on the aid ult. a Cox
dmfams was agreed to, definitively adopting the ge.
neral Plan of Indemnities modified in conformity
to the notes and fuggeßions of the mediating
Powers. It was fuppofed that the Imperial Mini.
Iter would endeavour to retard the ratification of
the Cent Woe, in order to obtain the introdu4tion
into it of the flipulations recently made with the
Grand Duke of Tufcany.
The Swifs Patriots now under confinement in
the Cattle of Aarburgh, are to be carried to France.
It is faid they will be fet at liberty as loon sts the
affairs of Swit;erland are finally fettled. It
pears that a Citaninittee has been appointed ty the
Frail& tloveramest, It concur with the Helvetic
Con&lta, in preparing a cobtlitution.
Pritate letters from Paris Rate, that the greateft
exertions are looking by the French GoVernment
to riife a numerous corps, principally Compofed
of Confcripts, for the relief of the army in St.
Domingo. • Norte but young men are to be emplop
cd tapes that ferrite, and the tirarcription

vainly Rated to egtend to three ont of four of
of that deftription, from twenty to twenty.one
years of age. It is even Paid, that a plan is io
, contemplation to comprehend thole of nineteen,
and even eighteen years. This new fyflem is at.
tributed to an idea, that they will be more able to
rapport the climate, and more habituated to it in
a fbort time than the veterans who have been fent
out to the colony.

We are concerned to (late, that a moft dreadful
earthquake happened at Conhantinople on the 26th
of Odtober. The particulars are detailed in a fub.
fequent column.

Our accounts from Dublin, by the mail of this
morning, are alto of ; diftrelling nature.

The King has been pleated top
agrantAcoc tich,eofdißgantaity.
of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great
to
tick,ionßritaintch ea inftd
i thei aeg
nnfdoi
tcryo
auoadvancing Ireland
vtEyana 0
fr
el t ono
fcg{ osaP H
His
Maita7'sjiettgrsh7tviome'redbEreVirm:
E N WCO blandEN
abtußot
this Ivan.
ik.fc received
owun t j: atpub.
; Lord V‘mlßßic IL
the Lady
lancartie !i:itint
to the dignity a WeoucurtemfisnteeNdreowrtch;omen.
private letter from Paris it is aff ,
willlnaoirraownoill will
hisatslenaata
ntledofe
en;
aotrof
l:hwni
ese peke
will have
internalcrownedh aev nfaynti
ti
ncename,na
bfodeefwcoafi
France,ullceonflittr duce no
aflame the thbeeeti
neo
ntni
it alter the power of the fluff Magiftrate. Even
thegcahcll al.-
aond eugt i
be the refult of the general fyffem which is to go
vein Europe. The only difference will be, that
Bortaraava will add to his tides of Conful of
France, and Prefident of the Italian Republic,
that of Emperor of the Gauls, or the Weft.
The King of Prufila will, it is Paid, be clothed
with the Imperial dignity. Such is, according to
Tome individuals pretending to great information'
the plan which is-fired upon to fatisfy an ambition
whi nothing inferior to a throne is capable of
• .
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Tate letters from Geneva mention that the
eb Gotteral Nair, commanding in Switzerland,
has written to the Commandant of Geneva, that
there are zoo Englifismen at prefent at that place,
who are confpiring againft the life pf the Cent
Cowspt. of the French Republic,. The Englith
refiding there, indignant at fuch an imputation
upon the &kith charaaer, have, it is • Wei, ltaken
it upon themfelves to make a teprefentation of the
..
circumstance to Lord WHIT-worm, the Britifh
Ambairadur at Paris. There are not at prefent
above twenty or thirty Englifh at Geneva.
Yefterday the &ft meeting of the Whig Cab
for this feafon was held at the Crown and Anchor,
Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL in the Chair. He was
fupported by the Dukes of /Iwo:. ; and Boron.
Mr. Fox, &c.
CORN MUM, b.f.. mtit-Lass Dec. B.—No at.
rivals fine Mondaf. ' Every thing is particularly
dull in fele, and hardly any buyers at the prices
mentioned in that day's Paper.
Yefterday the LORD MAYOR examined the Re•
ports of the Meal Weighers, of the Prices, &c. of
Wiest and Flour, and it appearing there was a
little variation, but not fufficient to warrant any
alteration in the Price of Bread, his Lordfhip or.
dered Bread to be continued at the fame Price as
laff we 4, viz. sad. the Qtiartern LOaf of Wheaten,
and 71d. Honfehold.
An arrangement has been made by the Excife
Office, in virtue of a foimer Ait of Parliament, by
which we underftand all Publicans are to makean
entry of the cellars ticc. 'in which they depofit their
malt liquors $ and the Brewers are in fliture to be
placed in a flotation fomewhat fimilar to the Dif.
tillers, by being obliged to fend permits with each
delivery of Porter, Ste.
• Saturday, the usffortunate Mr. Bellamy was
executed in the front of the New Gaol, Dublin,
purfuant to his fentence. He conduaed himfelf
fine his conviction, in a manner highly becoming
his unhappy fituation, and was very conftantly
attended by the Rev. Dr. GAMBLE.
On the 22d ult. the ROYAL LIN LITHGOWSNIES
YROM AN RY CAVALRY paraded and afterwards dined
together in Linlithgow. On this occafion' Capt.
FRIRIIIIt, in their name, prefented a very fuperb
1 Si'ver Bowl to Major Sir JAMES DALYELL, Bart.
of Binns, as an evreffion of their high regard,
FORTY-saconniticsiasesv—Wednefday fait,the
:42d, or Royal Highland Regiment, paraded on the
Caftle Hill, Edinburgh,.at oleo o'clock, to receive
from Gen.Vy s a their new colours, diflinguilhed by
the figure of a Sphynx end the word Egypoi s em-
blematic memorials of their gallant fery ices during
the campaign •of tBOt. After the regiment was
forma into a fquare. General VYSE delivered an
elegant fpeech, and the Rev. Principal Betan,who
had been requefted by Colonel DICKSON and the
Officers to attend on the occafion, delivered a very
appropriate prayer, to the regiment.
Mr. Eniroa—The melanCholy but une%agge.
rated piaare of the hate and rufferings of the fub-
alterns of the Army, now on half-pay, fo candidly
drawn by Bellifarius, in your Paper of Thud-
dai the i ith ult. having excited the attention of
many officers, who, deeply impreffed with their
own and the fitnation of their Brethren, are of
1 Opinion that there fhould be a meeting in order to
take into confideration the prom iety of m emoria
ling His MarasTy, always alive to the fufferings
of his fubjeas- in general, and thofe .of his Navy
and Army in particular— of
A is therefore requefted that thofe Subalterns
the Army, who are on half-pay, now refiding in
the Metropolis, its neighbourhood, or elfewhere,
and can make it convenient, will meet at the
Thatched Hotife Tavern, St. James's-ftreet, 11
the loth of December indent, at one o'clock, for
a
the pnrpofe of conflating on the molt proper and
repeaful mode of addreffing His MAJESTY for
::4.;
incteafe of their half-pay. AN OLD SUBALTER
N. B. The oldeft Subaltera prefeut to take the
Chair.

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Eva per cents, $) fr. ao c.
Bees a, Nov. as.--Gerverninent has receive
ficial intelligence from the Depauttion of th
nate to Paris. Citizens Rvytissen, Ptnou,
Mtmisa Fa:IDRIS% have arrived fafe, and
refented t the Minillav TAILLSTIMIP,
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EARTII.4L'AKE.

prtividentiillY in .'enticre--. a circumftance
which happily prevents the alarm and anxiety
VIINNA, Nov. 1 7.—A molt violent earthquake which would otherwife be attached to the fate of
was caper fenced at Buchareft on the a6th of Oao I the packets.—From the Daily Marine Lift, we
The details of this dreadful phenomenon, quote, the following particulars :
communicated in a letter from that city, are as
ber. •
" Friday, Dec. 3, night tide.
follow :—" Yesterday, 06tober 26, between twelve " Wind S. S. E. a blowing ftorm..-Laft night fereral v___efre_s
and one o'clock, tlri city was thrown into the arrived, but, from the violence of the Storm, no boat could
greateft contlei nation by an earthquake. The 'hocks put to lea to bail them.—The Providence anti Liffey, from
which fucceeded each other for ten minutes and a London, have flipped their cables; the Governor Pidon, ly.
half were fo violent, that almoft all the chimnics ing in Foolbeg, flipped hers alfo,and ran up the river for fafety.
were thrown down, feveral houfes and fome There is a vac' in great diftrefs at the point of the North WalL“
churches alfo tumbled to pieces: that of St. Ni-
Morning tide, Dec. 3.
cholas and the famous tower of Goltza, are no. «No arrivals this morning.—Two (loops, arrived yefterday,
thing hut heaps of t uins. The earth burlt open at the St. Michael, Roche, of Wesford, and the Induftry, Doran,
feveral times, and a greenifh water, which diffufed of the fame port, laden with malt, arc both funk at the corner
a fulphurous odour throughout the whole city, of the North Wall; the crews have been faved, but the cargoes
(pouted up through the fiffures. At five o'clock the arc likely to be loft. The veffels will be got off." After men-
phenomenon was renewed, but the flrocks were leis .
tinning the deftruetion of Ringfend bridge, the lift further
violent, and occafioned no damage. Notwith. (testa, that " guns were heard fired In the Lay laft night, u
Handing the great number of edifices thrown down from Come veffel in dial-et-a
—Nine men from Bullock, fuppoied
during the firft commotion, no perfons have perith
to be either pilot and crew, or fifhermen, went out to give
ed except a Jewefs with her child and two others.
afftanee, but, in the dangerous and humane attempt, wc are
Prince YSPILANTI, the new Hofpodar of Walla.
ferry to Rate that every font perithed !"
Chia, had juft arrived : he had gone to church to
offer up his prayers, and the molt violent (hocks
were felt juft at the moment when he welt about
to kits the gofpel."
Nov. 20.—We learn that, at the departure of
the Courier from Conftantinople, on the 26th of
Oftober tall, at noon, that city was alma entirely
deftroyed by a molt violent earthquake. This
earthquake nccafion.d very great ravages alfo in
other countries fubjea to the dominion of the Ot•
toman Porte, and particularly in Wallachia and
Romelia. A part of Buchareft, Adrianople, &c.
bas been deltroyed.
Nov. 21.—The courier from Hungary, who ar.
rived yefterday, has brought letters from Temef
war, Semlin, Belgrade, &c. which announce that
Conftantinople has fallen a prey to .an earthquake,
on the 26th of Oaober laft. The report generally
Spread in thefe •places was, that the capital of
Turkey had been entirely deftroyed. We hope
this report is exaggerated.
A letter from Temerwar announces potitively
that the fetaglio and a great part of the city have
been fwallowed up. We wait with great anxiety
for the confirmation of this intelligence.

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH. DECEMBER 5.

Arrived the fchooner Two Friends, MIchAEL,
from Plymouth, with fruit; the ACTIVE Excife
cutter, KINSMAN, from a cruize ; and the brig
Mentura, DENNIs, from Briftol, with bale goods,
&C. SAILED,

The Favorite, Pratt, with butter, acc.; Induftry, Lines, with
lead; Witton, Phillips, with timber; Air Balloon, Martin, with
fait; Four Friends, Hockin, with tin, &c.; Marazion, Thomp-
fon, with provifions; Fairy. Oats, with tin, &c. and the Swedilh
brig Phoebe, Claas, with fugar, &c. for London.
Mary, Haley, with loos and butter; and Tyrone, Waleh
with ditto, for PooL •
Zealous, Barnfley, with sour and wheat; and Onflow, Artis,
with ditto, for Liverpool.
Commerce, Patrick, with ballaft, for Looe.
Neptune, Beal, with (tone coal, for Portfmouth.
Hawke, Gcmpten, with culm, for Dartmouth.
Ceres, Richudfon, with wine, &c. fur Hull.

The Mails of the rR inflant for Jamaica, Bar-
badoes, and America, were received here by the
Agent of the Poll Office laft evening, and will be
forwarded on receiving orders for the fame ; the
Letcssrsit packet, SHARP, will take the latter.—
The DURE OF KENT, from the Leeward Viands;
and the WALSINGHAM, packets, with Mails from
Lithon, are hourly expeaed ; on the arrival of the
latter the KING GEORGE packet will fail with the
Mail of the 3ta ult. from thence.—Wind N.

STORM AND INUNDATION.

Dolma, Die. 4.—The tempeftuous weather ex-
perienced from Wednefday night till late on Thud-
day, together with the heavy and unintermitting
rain during that period, have produced various
difaflrous occurrences near the metropolis, which,
we fear, will be multiplied to a fad aggregate
*hen intelligence (hall be received from the inte-
rior of the country. Some mills and other works
a few miles from the capital, fituated within the
range of the flood, have been materially injured,
and in fome inftances altogether deftroyed--all the
particulars have not reached us ; but we are con-
cerned to Hate, among the damage of this kind
efferhed in the neighbourhood of the capital, that
the Backs, Weirs) &c. at Old Bawn paper mills,
are entirely (wept away ; the works, which were
very extenfive, it is feared will be flopped, and the
people ruined. Nearly an acre and a half of Mr.
Wildridge's meadow, adjacent to the mills, has
been fevered from the MI by the violence of the
flood, and carried completely off!
The Belfaft mail coach was yefterday morning,
in coming to town, obliged to flop from five
o'clock until nine, upon the road between Turvey
and Swords, where a river runs, fo great was the
deluge.
At Ringlend, the bridge, a fabric apparently of
very folid and judicious conftration, has yielded to
the impetuous force and accumulated weight of
the waters, the center arch and that next the city
being detlroyed, excepting fo much on the fide to-
wards the docks, as to admit of foot paffengers,
but as the abutments appear to have been affected
in their foundation, the remainder of the bridge
is conceived to lie in danger of complete deftruaion.
Laft night, fomewhat after ten, the bridge at
the Coal quay, which for feveral centuries refilled
many tremendous affaults from the Liffey, at
length fubmitted to the irrefiftible impetus of that
river and her auxiliary waters. Providentially no
perfon was in pafrage at the moment. Two of
the arches were torn from the centre before eleven
o'clock, and by morning the remainder was nearly
deftroyed. Watchmen were Rationed at both fides
the water to prevent accidents.
The bridges of Lucan and Celbridge have been
alto deftroyed.
This day various articles of honfehold furniture,
implements of hufbandry, &c. were feen floating
down the river.
The parts of the town fituated within the influ-
ence of the Poddk ftream were yefterday inundated
at an early hour, to a confiderable depth, Patrick-
flreet and its vicinity in particular. In the former
firm feveral boats were employed till evening, and
though the inhabitants had anticipated the event
which took place, they neverthelefs have fuflained
ferious injury, from the imprafticability of remov-
is the entire contents of their hires and cellars.—
Tkle flood extended to New-flreet, the Combe,
Black Pits, Cork-ftreet, etc. and frightful torrents
diverged from Patrick-ftreet into Bride's-Alley,
Bull-Alley, and the other lanes lying on a fimilar
level. Much diftrefs was alfo experienced, though
tot in the fame degree, by the inhabitants of
other parts of the city.
The lower Cattle yard was rendered impaffable
to any but horfemen, and elevated carriages, and
to thole with difficulty ; and through Palace
firm a torrent railed acrofs Dame-Rreet into
Cramptoncourt, which carded cars, gingles, &c.
to ply there for hire : in that immediate neigh-
bourhood, and as far as College-green, the kitchens
were inundated to a confiderable depth, and fimi-
lar inconvenience was experienced in fome degree
in every quarter of the city, but to-day the inun-
dation has entirely fubfided.
The damage fuffered at tea, we fear will Ewell
the catalogue of calamity toa molt affeeingdegree.
Notwithftanding the violence of the weather on
Thutfday and yefterday, fo diftreffing in its general
444 lilt Holyhead Mails due on thole day s

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i;f111 INTELLIGENCE. • •

COURT OF kING's BENCH, DEC. 7.

CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE EARL OP PORTSMOUTH.

THII KING V. 111114 Z.

This was an Indictment, at the profecution of
Lord Portfmonth, againft the Defendant (who
had been a lyng time his fervant) for endeavour.
ing to extort and gain money from the Paid profe-
cutor, by writibg and fending a letter to his Lord-
(hip, threatening him with an accufation of having
attempted upon the defendant a molt deteftable
crime, at the bare mention of which the mind of•
every man muff revolt. _ _

Mr. ERSKINL faid he was Counfel for the Earl
of Portfmouth, who, in performance of that duty
he owed himfelf and the public, had intlituted the
prefent profecution againft the defendant, for en-
deavouring ,to extort money from him, by infa-
moufly threatening to charge him with an attempt
to commit the moft deteftable of crimes. It was
difficult for men to bring themfelves to the per-
formance of the duty his Lordfhip had impoled
upon himfelf, for it had pleated GOD to generate
in the human breaft fuch an abhorrence of the
crime to which the defendant's threat referred,
that few had fufficient refolutiun even to have it
known fuch a deep offence had been imputed to
them. The Noble Earl, therefore, in bringing
the defendant to juftice, had, in his opinion, en.
titled himfelf to the thanks and gratitude of fo-
ciety, the individuals of which were at all times
liable to be made the vidims of fimilar charges by
wicked confpirarors againft thtir fame and for-
tune. It was incumbent on the Noble Earl to
ad as he had done ; he was a married man ; filled
an elevated rank in life, and flood high in his re-
lations to many diftinguifhed charaders in this
country. Lord Portfmouth had had the defen-
dant in his fervicea confiderable number of years;
he had formerly engaged him in Switzerland while
on his tour through the Continent. The dcfen.
dant, up to the period of the confpiracy again ft his
Lordfhip, had by his conduit given the utmoft fa-
tisfadion. In the middle of the fummer of 1799,
Lord Portfmouth fuddenly left his houfe, in
Hampfhire, without the knowledge of his friends,
who, ignorant of the motives of his difappearance,
were extremely alarmed. They traced him to an
Hotel in London, and from thence to Yarmouth.
The friends of his Lordfhip got notice of a con-
fpiracy, of which the defendant was the principal
Agent, to defraud his Lordfhip of his patrimony,
get the command and rule of his eftate, and dif-
place the aged parent and filter from his family
manfion. if it should be neceffary, by the courfe
of his defence, he would enter more at large into
this confpiracy. The defendant was apprehended,
and among the papers belonging to him, was
found a bond, fettling an annuity of tool. for his
fervices, and a fecurity for 3501. for money Rated
to have been advanced. Thefe fecurities had been
depofited in Court, with the content ofLordPortf-
mouth's Counfel, who had done every thing in
their power the better to enable the defendant to
make his defence. Lord Portfmouth was defirous,
for the fake of his own honour and charader, that
the defendant should have every means of proted-
ing himfelf upon his trial. The defendant being
a perfon of whom the Government thought this
country would reap no advantage by his refidence,
ordered him out of the kingdom, under the Alien
Ad ; perhaps it might be faid, that he had been
guilty of no political ad againft the Government,
that rendered him refponfible to the provifions of
that ftatute ' • but he apprehended, that if perfons,
who were Aliens, (hewed themfelves, by their
conduft, unfit to be inhabitants of the country,
Government had a right to order them out of it,
even though their offence fhould be unconneded
with any political delinquency. Perhaps there
never was a cafe in which the Ratement of it was
more difficult than in the prefent inttance.—Per-1
fons of the defcription of the defendant, generally
went to work with fo much art, that it required
argument and evidence to bring them to jullice ;
but this man at once expofed himfelf to convidion
by the letter he had written, and on which this
indidment was founded. Lord Portfmouth re-
ceived the letter in queflion on the tBth of April,
ator, at his houfe in Lincoln's-inn-fields. It ap-
peared to have been written from Hamburgh, and
was to this effect
:
"My Lord, when an Englith Nobleman condefcends to deny
his own words, he puts himfelf on a level with the loweft fub-
jeetin his Majefty's dominions : that you have done this I have
proof; and now, in confequence of your filencc to my juft de-
mand, contained in my laft letter, I am come to a refolution,
which I will keep, fo help me GOD; that refolution is limply
this, if I have not an anfwer from you, by return of pod, and
have not reftitution made me of every bond, fecurity, and
monies due to me, I will expofe to the World the repeated at-
tempts you have made upon me; you know the penalty of an
attetriA to commit is Death; and your confcioufnefs of
guilt will paint out the way you ought to acct. My loffes by
your Lordfhip's family, amount to near 2 0001. confult ytr
own Intereft, and Pave yourfelf and family from indelible dif-
grace. Having reafon to be diffatisfied with my prefent Attor-
ney, I have been recommended to a Gentleman in Lincoln's-
Inn, and have written to him by this night's port, an account
of the tranfadtion. I Ihall return to England under the protec-
don of two Minifters of Powers in amity with Great Britain.
I muff eapedt your immediate anfwcr, as my meafures will de-
pend upon your conduct."
This letter was fir( fent to his Lordfltip's feat
in Hampfhire, and from thence tranfmitted to his
houfe in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Some time after-
wards, the defendant fufpeded he had gone too
far, and wrote another Letter to his Lordfhip, in
a different (train. This letter began as follows—

a My Lord, •" Sep: ember 29, 180 t
" The high refilled which I have ever been accuttomed to
bear to thc charader of the Farl of Portfmouth, his high ho-
nour and candour, induce me ---"

Mr. bulging then commented with the greatefl
indignation on the terms of this letter. -What !
(faid the Lcarned Counsel), the mxn, who a few
months before threatened to, wore the Earl of
Pertfmouth, at the end of a *few months profeffes
the highea refpc for the honour and charaaer of
the perfon he was pleafed to accufe. He could
not plead poverty or hard aeeeffity, as obliging
him to fupprefs his outraged feelings, and his fenfe
of public duty ; no! he pretends that he was in a
fitnetion afterwards to lend large fums of money
to Lord Portfmonth ; he thereby confeired himfelf
guilty of condus degrading to the name _of man,
and which deferTeel &mast the Wade of juice.

Mr. ERSICIMIR (after having confuk
with Mr. GARRow, who was alt.() Ci
Portfmouth) laid he fhoul4 thei
point which was certainly extrem,
handle, and which he had almol
The Jury might poffibly be alto'
letter, directed to a Peer, and thin,
be fomething more in it than met t
This doubt it was neceffary to rel
letter could not have been fent
Garrow, or to any of his Learned
Bar : No perfon dares to fend fuch
firft fpeculating on their chance
arifing from the character of the
they addrefs them. It has plead
to blefs with different gifts differei
conititute their minds alfo fomewl
To fome HEAVEN has given talent
weight of Empire, and to balance
Nations ; to others, difcernment to
(although the were concealed in a
adminifter juttice in all its purl
but all are not gifted with thofe hil
Some, and of that clafs he confide
Portfmouth, are endowed with gri
mind, with a franknefs and good
makes them efteemed and loved
but whofefimplicity of charader in
lations of villainy, and who are ft
have fufficent energy and decifint
Handy a wretch of the defcriptia
dant. In addition to thisjimpficity
con flitutional weahnefr of nerve, ai
midity of difpofition in his Lordfhij
feridant believe that he would inl
any propofal that was accompa,
menace.

Mr. ERSKINE faid, that he Thou
enter more into the collateral circ!
cafe, unlefs the defence ihould obli
that cafe he was confident that he
every fhadow _of imputation again]
of his client.

Lord PORTSMOUTH The di
lived with me as fervant for foul,
well acquainted with the charaer
writing. He attended me on my
Continent. I have not the leak
letter is his hand-writing. I have
him write. I received it at my
coin's Inn Fields."—This was th,
which we have given the fubffance,
proved the fecond, which we ha,
like manner.

His Lord(hip, on his crofs-ex;.
" During all the time the Defenda
1 had reafon to be fatisfied with If
believed him to be, and I found
fervant. His wages were 26 or 3o
lam not fure which. He is a Swi
He left my fervice in t 799. He
1790. He returned with me from
to this country. I always had a
him. On quitting my fervice he
burgh. It was in the month of Ai
I was at Yarmouth when he parts
am not fure that he went immedi
burgh, for he might have returner
cuftody. When I parted with the
Yarmouth, I believe there was du(
2001. I owed him alfo an arrear of
901. or tool. I had granted him (
payment of an annuity, previous to
left behind him fome of his goods
Hampfhire, but I cannot tell wi
them. After he left me, he was
time in prifon."
Another witnefs proved the lett(
defendant's hand writing.
Mr. Gaittow then fubmitted to
tice, whether he was at liberty to
Portfpiouth, upon his folemn oath,
was the lealt foundation in truth in
which the defendant had by his lett
to fallen upon. hii charaaer
Mr. ADAM faid, that, in his condua of the de-
fence,
he fhould entirely abflain from throwing
any imputations of this nature upon the charaacr
of the profecutor.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH obferved, that Mr.
Adams's charaCter fufficiently allured him that he
would conduCt his cafe with the utmoft propriety.
The Rev. Mr. Garnet alfo proved the hand-
writing of the Defendant to the different letters.
The letters were then produced and read.
Mr. ERSK IN s then faid, that many Noble Lords
and perfons of high rank attended to give evi-
dence (if they were allowed) of the purity and
correltnefs of Lord Portfmouth's life and manners.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH faid, it was highly na-
tural for a perfon who felt himfelf injured in
this manner, to with to produce the molt refpec.
table teflimony of his charaCter ; but for the rea-
fon, he could not permit Mr. ERSKIN a to examine
his Lordfhip on the fubjeCt of the charge, for the
fame reafor. ht could not now admit any evidence
which did not bearon the iffue between the parties.
Mr. ADAM, Counfel for the Defendant, fub-
mitted that there Iwas not evidence to go to the
Jury ; this was an indiament under the act of 3o
Geo. 11. enaaing that any perfon fending a threaten-
ing letter, with intent to extort or gain money or
goods, fhould be deemed guilty of felony, and
punifhable with death, tranfportation, or imprifon?
ment: In the prefent cafe it appeared, from the
anfwer of the Noble Lord, that he was indebted
to the Defendant in the fum of 2001. confequently
the letter could not be fuppofed to have been writ-
ten with any other view than to the payment of
that fum, the objedt of the flatute was only to pro-
f& the fending of threatening letters, to extort
or gain money, to which the party fending it had
no legal claim.
Mr. ERSKINE contended, that the offence of the
Defendant was both within the letter and Ipirit of
the act of Parliament. It was clearly within the
mifchief, becaufe the object uf the Ilattlte was to
render it penal for any man to obtain that by a
threatening letter which other wife the perfon to
whom it was fent, would be difpofed to withhold.
Should the Court confider it other wife, a man ta
100
claimed a clf
to
forcc

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Limed a debt of another`, would luve no oecafion
wait for the tedious-4 =pr ilickwAtt
rcg his debtor to n~i

•
Ilted Come time
Counfel for Lori
en proceed to a
iolv deur Are to.
Da lhrunk from :
lnifhe.l at loch a.
nk g 4 there might
the rye or ear."
emove. Such a
to hiinfelf, Mr.
d Friends at the
h letters, without
of impunity, as
man to whom
fed PROVIDENCE
ent men, and to
what differently :
nts to fuilain the '
e the intereft of
e difcnver truth,
a labyrinth) and
ity to mankind ;
igh endowments.
lered the Earl of
reat innocence of
)d nature, which
in private life,
tvites the fpecu-
fuppofed not to
nt to filence in.
on of the defen-
y of charaner, a
ind a natural
ti-
ip, made the de-
Itantly agree to
ailed by fuch a
uld not with to
.umflances of the
dige him, and in
e could remove
nft the charadlet
lefendant Seilaz
me years—l am
ter of his hand-
r travels on the
doubt that this
•
e very often lien
r houfe in Lin-
he letter, of
.e. His Lordfhip
mve defcribed in
amination, faid,
ant was with me,
ris character. I
I him, a faithful
) guineas a year;
wits by birth.—
: came home in.
m the Continent
good opinion of-
e went to Ham-
luguil, I believe.
ed from, Me. I
diately to Ham-
:d to London in
he Defendant at)
ue to him about
& wages of about.
a a bond for the
to this time. He •
at my houfe in
• became. of,
as a confiderable
•
tters to be the
CI the Chief Juf-
• alk my Lord
!1, whether there
n the imputation
tter endeavoured
adua of the de-
from throwing