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London, England, 1801-02-16 00:00:00

jOliN BORNE TOOK,

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SALIEBURY, DATE,

SEVIN P. M. SATURDAY, FECRITARIr 14.
4. This day eame.on the eleetion for a Membc,
to ferve in Parliament for Old Sarum, when Jot
HORNE TOOKE, Efq. was elected in the room o!
Sir GEORGE YONGE, who accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds. The bells are now ringing on the oe•
cation, aid an elegant entertainment w.is pmrided
atlthe King's Arms, which was attended by a fe-
le& party of Lord CAMELFORD'S friends : his Lord.
ihip's health, together with that of JohN
Tooca, Efq. the new Member, was drank u-;•'.:
plaudits, and the day was fpent wit':
11: teateltdconviviality and harmony."

Their MAIMIES and the humerus yefterjay
heard Prayers at the Queen's Houle.
A Council of the Ca6inet Minifters was on SA-
tbrdaj held at Lord GRENVILLE'S office, at which
die Puke of PORTLAND, Earl SPENCER, Lord
GazirviLLl, the LORD CHANCELLOR,. and Mr.
WINDHAM, were prefent.
. The new Sevaasa of. the Houfe of Commons
had his firft levee yefterday evening, at his houfe
!Nisbet Adelphi : of the company prefent were,
Lords STANLEY, JOHN .RUSSIL, WILLIAM Kos-
MIL, JOHN Torras's'', Sir Faawcis Btraorri,
General FITZIPATAgr.' Meths. SHERIDAN, TIER;
NIT, M. A. TAYLOR, GRIT, WHITBREAD, COURT.
sly, Ho*AaN, ST. JOHN, BOUTERIE, ERNKINE,
DefILETNORTH,RICHARDSON,HODHOUSE,HAWES,
Torros, CORE, and Costal. •
The LORD CHANCELLOR had a levee on Sattlf•
day, at his houfe in Guildford•ftreet.
The KING has been pleated to appoint &not
TArtoit, Eq.' to be his Majefty's Minifter Hew-
potentiary at the Court of the Etacroa of CO.
LOCHS' in the TOOLTI Of RALPH lizerncorE, Efq.
deceafed.
The Kier) has been pleated to grant the Digni-
ty of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland to HENRY Vsyssov it,of Spall
ington and Melbourne, in the EMI Riding of the
County of York, Efq. and to the Heirs Male of
his Body lawfully begotcen.
The KING has alto been pleated to grant the
dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom to
Rosser SHORE Ma LK s, Efq. Lieuteiunt.Gover-
nor. of the Province of Lower Canada, in America,
and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.
Lieutenant SMITH arrived yefteniay at tLe.Ad-
miralty from Lilbon.
OnSaturday and yefterslay Lord ST. VINCENT
attended at the Admiralty, to make himfelf ac-
quainted with the bufinefs of the office, previous
to his taking his feat at the Board.
General MANNERS was on Wednefday retlefted
Member for Cambridge.
It is faid, that Government has officially notifi-
ed to all Ambailadors, Confuls, and Comman-
ders in the Mediterranean, &c. that Malta now
forms a component part of the Britilh Empire, and
is to be regarded as fuch in all Treaties which may
in future be chntraded.

On Saturday jail, a cartel went from Dover for.
Calais, on board of which was Monfieur de CA.
sates, one of the molt diftinguilhect [members, of
the Conftituent Arembly.
His MAJESTY'S Minifters have taken into eon&
deration certain regulations for preventing any
adulteration or improper ingredients being used
in the making of bread. Sir THOMAS CARL, of
Lewes, has fubmitted his experiments in the mann-
&during this neeefrary article. of life.
Letters from Conflantinople, dated the 29th 'l5,
December, hate the arrival of Lieutenant Colonel
Bioassay there, from the coaft of Egypt, with
difpatches for the Turkifh Admiral. having left
the Britifb fquadron on the iftth of November.
At this period, Mssou, apprized of the fall of
Malta, and of the powerful expeditioo that was
advancing againft him, had again rejefted all over.
tures for the evacuation of Egypt ; he had gready
improved his means of defence, and eipreXed full
confidence id his ftrength. He had made much
progrefs in arming and inflruaiog in European
maws, the Greeks and Cophtes, and had a corps
of ten thoufand of them under the molt rigid dif-
cipline, encamped at Minhia ; he had pledged
hirrffelf to his army, that previous to the clok df
the,year, the number of native troops fhould be
augmented to thirty thoufand. Muasaltsr, and
MONH•MED ELM BAY, with fome other perfons
of influence in the country, who are become alive
inftruasents of Manou's ambition, were exerting
theinfelves with confiderable efferft in forming thefe
new levies.

By the IA letters from St. Helena, advice has
beeo received that the MINSISVA, SALK iL2S, had
'treated in the Bay of Bengal, from Port nticiMit
wu accounts from that Settlement•to the 4th of
•February. The MIK iR VA was employed as a trapt
port, and took to New South Wal:s upwards of
200 United frit/men, amonga whom were the
Rebel Generals Huh and O'Hara, Dr. O'Connor,
&e. &c. The SWALLOW had failed from Port
Jackfon with Difpatcbes for Canton, previous to
the departure of the Man It VA.
Accounts from India (late, that a detachment
front the 7th regiment had completely routed and
difperfed a numerous banditti who had long in-
felled the plains of Oorakpoor, putting fome-hun-
dreds to.thefword.
The Botbin Gazette, of the tfl January, Rates,
that the Treaty with France having been frre-
vioufly printtd for the ufe of the Members of the
Senate, Mr. MORI IS moved the adoption of a rule,
enjoiniog on the Members fecrecy in the cafe of all
future Treaties, and the Proceedings thereon, un-
lefs it fhould be otheraife diretted by the Senate,
without reference to the Treaty then before them.
On this Motion the Senate was equally divided,
and the Vice-Prefident gave his calling vote
againfl it.
The fame Paper Mites, that the Hon. 0. ELL ;.
WOR Tll had refigned the Chief Jullicelltlp of the
United States, in which he was to be fucceeded
by Mr. Jar.