Star.
London, England, 1812-12-17 00:00:00

AMERICA.

Mr. WHITBRAP, in consequence of the Mes-
sage from the' President of the United'States to Can-
gress, which, thrsongh the medium of the bl:ewspa-
pers, was in the hands of every one, wished to put a
questiou-to Ministers on the !pbject. He *as sorry
to learn that the continuance of the indisposition of
a Noble Lord' (Castlel'eagh) prevented him from
attending in his plice that day, 'll the' Right Hon.
Genclemen }apposite entertained a hope that the No-
ble Ltd would be so far recovered as to come dos&
to the house to-tiny-row' Or the next day, he (brie.
Whitbread) would postpone his question until that-
period ; or, if equally cOnvenient to the Right Holy;
Gentleman, he would puethe q4estion then, in the
expecta\ion of receiVing an answer from the 4iglik
Hon: Gentleman himself.
The CHANCEL'L'OR of the EXCHZTER
said, that it would'' certainly be more agreeithle to
hip) if the Hon. Gentleman would postpone his
question until his Noble Friend's re-appearance in
the House, which, he'trusted, would take plaCe on
Diday, if not &fore, • '

Mr. WHITBR D ctpre.r..sed his readiness to
comply with' the RAglti Hon. iientleinan's
Underst:.ncling that tt was meant on Friday to nidis
the adjournment of the Hduse, not for the recess.
bat only, in the first instance, to' Tuesday, he was
anxious to know the cause 'of this intention. '
The 'CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQqER
repliett, that it was tbr tfie purpose of enalkliog the
other House to Anisb the public business.
Mr. 'WHITBREAD asked, 'whether any- new
matter would be brought befbre the House of Com-
mons after Friday
The CHANCLI,OR of the. EXCHEQUER
was not aware that any new matter would be brOught
before the Hbuie after`Priday. •

ItOUSIMOLD BILL.
On a motion bylhe CHANCELLOR of the Mc-
CHEQUER for poslpiming until' to-morrow the 3d
reading ot'ttle Household Bill, •
' Mr. WHITBRr.A.D.asked what the Right Hon.
Gentleman meant to Jo about that Bill ? Betore the
passing of it there might be—he would not- pretend
toes y that there alrea.dy Were—clittises so objection-
able as to render it incumbent upon him to take the
sense of the House on them. He recoutmended the
Right Hon. Gentleman to divide the bill into two.
bills sending the one in Which all the original in.
gentipn was comprised teethe Housebf Lords arbstetV
and leaving the other to be discussed after the teceas.:
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIiEQVE/4'
iutimated that it would be attended witis, great ineon.
venience to jacstpo'ne the Bilr until after the recess, as
it operated upon the half-yearly accounts, which were
to be vnade up at Christmas.' "
Mt. WHI`TB READ thought it would be hettoT
to let the half-yearly' accounts at the approaching
Christmas bemade up in the usual way, 4nd discuss
the new mode after the recess. He objected to the
persona of whom the Commission was tonconsist, and.
particulefly to one of them. as being a foreigner.-- I
Ay the caisting law it was provided, that the Com-
missioners should take an' oath, that ttbne of the
mOney over which they possesied the contra, had
been applied to the purchase of scats in that House.
Had ally record been made of such an oath having
been taken ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXtHEQUER
profess:Ai hiroselt to be quite unprepared to answer
the H.On. Gentleman's inquiry.

Mr: WHITBREAD 4hierved, if the oath had
been taken, sortie record must have been made of it ;
and gave twOcg that le would, to-morrow (this day)
move for' the production of that record.,
The third reading of the Bill was nett postponed
uutil to-morrow.
'OD the motion for the third reading of ;he Entie-
• t

quer Bills Bill, Mr. WHITBREAD wiihed to be
intormea, by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite,
what would be the whole amount of outstanding
chequer Bills in the beginning of February ?
The CHANCELL9R of the gICHEQUER
replied that it was impossible for Him accurately to
state the amount. He could more easily state the
amount of those that woOld be unprovided for at that
period. [Mr. Whitbread, across the Table, begged
that the Right Hon. Gentleman would make that
statement.] The amount of the Exchequer Bills un-
provided for in the beginning of February, would be
about twenty•six millions. The Hon. Gentle:Sun
was aware that there Were a great many more, pro•
vided for.

Mr.
WHITBREAD asked what the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman suppoied would be the amount
of Eicheqder Bills provided for and unprovided for ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
supposed that thetotal amount would be nearly equal
to that of last yearL4orty.two millions. - .
Mr. CREEvgt wasdesirour of knowing whether
thg Right Hon. gentleman had any objection to pro-
duce a statement of the revenue down to 'the last
quarter ? ' Whit he meant Was, a statement of the
1 produce'of the Consolidated Fund, the annual taieyt
[ and the war taxes, dowp to the sth bf October, in
I order that no delay might take place'in the conside-
-1 ration of this important subject on the re-assembling
of Parliament. It was the practice Of Goverment,
I-when the produce of revenue was favourable, 'to send
an accoprit of it to the newspapers, but not 4herwise.
No such publication having lately taken place, he in-
iferred that thee hdd been a considerable' deficiency
somewhere. He.wished rather, that the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman should hims'elf maim for 'the
1 statment to which he had alluded, but if lfe 'were
unwilling to do so, he (Mr. C. would himself make
I
the motion to-mbrrovt. He confessed himself to be
i astonished at the recent declaration cf the Right Ho-
pourable Oentleman, that the deficiency in the whole
lof the revenue did not exceed £92,000. In the docu-
ment which it Was his wish to see on the Table, it
would be, in his opinion; expedient to state separately
the produce of the Property Tax on landed property.
and its prbduce on trades and professions.. The for-
mer, in consequence of the dereciatiim of paper, the
increase of rents, and the impsove4 skill of ihe.Col•
lectors, might be swelled beyond_the produce of last
year, namely twelve millions;, but every one must be
aware that, under the existing circumstanced of the
country, the latter must have considerably dieiinished.
le was most important to have those accounts stated
in separate schedules : the public would thereby be
better informed upon the subject, and the House
would come more 'fully prepared to thediscussion'aftir
the Christmas recess.
TheCHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had
no doubt that his Hon. friend (Mr: Wharton) would
cheerfully move, to-morrow, for the accounts, in the
ordinary form. As" to the proposition made by the
Hon. Gentleman, it would be. impracticable to accede
to it ; for the accounts, in that.separate way, were
Made up only yearly, to the sth of April. He would,
howevet, turn his mind to the subject, arid endear
your to bring the information reqUired by the Hon.
Gentleman substantial)), before the House; if not
before the adjournment, at least immediately after
;he re-assembling of Parliament.
Mr. CiI.EEyY understood, that there was a con-
'eider-able deficiency in the Excise. Was it so ? .
-., The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
didnot leeVit imperative on him to answer all the
questions that might be put to him by Hon. Gen!
tiemen. However, he had no objection to state, that
although the deficiency of the whole revenue on the
sth of October was but fe92,000, yet that in the ex-
cise (principally in the malt duties) there was a de-
ficiency to a much larger amntint tyn 492,000; but
that deficiency was compensated by a considerable
: increase in ether branches of the revenue. -
The Bill was then read a third time and parsec(.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
The several accounts relative to public services,
anti to sums eqiendid. in consequence of 4ddresses
of Parlidment, 'which was presetited'on Monday by
Mr. Wumtvom, havkag been ieterred to the Cunt.
mittee of Supply, the 'House resolved itself into the
Cominittee.

L9rd .4LMEaSTONE vfal proceeding to move
a liesOlutiOn, that a sum, not exceeding Je2,500,00%
be granted to his Majesty in advance, for the Extra-.
ordinaries of the Army, when •
Mr WHITBREAD inquired, how it happened
that the Noble Lora lscl mltde so ill a calculation, '
as on Modday eveniii4 to ask the Committee only'
for rathet more than three millions for this service, ,
when-it how appeared that nOar six Millions were
necessary ?

Lord PALMERSTONE reed, that on inqt-..ir-
jig at the Treasury with respect to ;he probable ex-
traordinary demands that ought be made by Bills
and otherwise; within ,the period for which it as
deiirable to provide, it appeared necessary to pro-
pose the grant for which he was about to move.
' Mr. WHIT/iitgAll observed, that with all his
respec t for the Noble Lord,' he must say, that as
Secretary, at War, he had in this instanceneglected
his duty. It was as easy for the Noble Lord to pos-
sess himself' of. the necessary infoimation upon, the,.
stibjeci on Monday as on that evening ;,--and ' yet,
after having on Monday Oflaitted the consent of the
Committee to a large grant for these services, he
came dbwn only eight and'forty hours afterwards to
propose an additional grant for a large sum also.—
I( the House of Commons did their duty, they wottld
not gran; the haditional sum required before the
recess, but compel the re•assembliug of parliament
at an earlier tieriod,sanct 'hen institute 4 severer scru.
tiny into these makers.' '
Lord PALMERSTONE observed, that the Hon.
Gentleman who so promptly accused him of a ne.:
glee[ of duty in his official situation, had; by his own
admission,' been guilfyof a lest of his own duty
as a Member of Parliament. whit ground was
it`that he (Lord P.) proposed e grant on Monday
ae)
night ?—on the supposition that it would be sufficient
for the purpose reqnired until the reassembling of
Parliament. His business as Secretary at War was
to collect the estimates &OM the different depot.'
menu. The COmmittee would observe, bowmen,
that there were certain extraordinary expenses of the
army resultiirg from bills *slot draws tetrithitga3

and

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from other cireumstanees with which he had ya
connection, the precise amount of which he had isor
the means in his own office of ascertaining l'he formed
his estimates of those on the data afforded hick
,Thegrant which he proposed on Monday, was fonn.
ded on the information then in his possession. If on
further communication with the Treasury it appeared
. that more 'would be necessary, what was he doi
this additional proposition !).it enabling the Comm,m
tee to carry into efiect their original intention ? The
Hon. Gentleman might exercise his Parliament:l7
duty of.investigation as strictly as he thought proper
I expenses
if he
omfetahnet
stsomayffodrudstinhge
she means
sec oefssd,ehte rnrayitin! th;a4.
1 quiesce in the proposed grant. If the Hon. Gentle.
inan wished for the particular details, he (Lord Pal.
• merstone) had no* objection whatever to give them to
him ; but there was no greater ground for suspiciort
in the present than in the former case;'and therefore
if the Hon. Gentleman was disposed m the strict in..
qniry to which he had alluded, he ought to have en.
tired into that inquiry on the forme! otcasion; as wed
lion the present. . . , •
' Mr. CREEVEY contended, that some person must
be to blame. The Noble Lord on Monday obtained
43N00,000. lie nOw asked for 42,300,000 more,
What reason on earth was there for saying that. he
might trot come down the day after to-morrow, and
derhand two or threetnillions further? As to what
had been said of the duty •of a Membgr of parka.
menthe would just observe, that when w considerable.
an additional sum was required, after 'so &oxide:awe
alom had already. been Toted, that duty wowd not:
be Very:unjustifiably performed, by shoviag rniktbat
Committee be counted. • .•
Lord PA LME RSTQNE observed, that the simple
ilgreona.te? enthirtalint' thvitlaiikch'thlthet
qirestion was,didd the Hon.
the sum require "L 4
service demanded t • If be did not 'think so, was it
not immaterial whether that sum were asked for at
dice or twice; ' • , . . .
Mr. CREEVEY did not deem himself hound to
say, whether or not he thought the sum required
gdeater than that which* the service demanded.. Ile
had a right to say, that to Minister Who, having on
one night asked between three and 'four millions tot
a particular servite, in 48 hours afiefrards asked be:
tween two and three millions more for the satin see..
vice; and, for.what he knew, might, in 46. 'additional
hours, ask between two and three additional millions;
was not deserving bf the confidence of Parliament
and 'of thO country. The Committee 'were, in hir
opinion, &mind to 'resist this fresh application.
I,'he CHANCELLOR: of the EXCHEQUER
defended his Noble Friend, whose proposition was.
one very intelligible. Intending to provide the or:
dinary expences of the army for three months in ad-
vance, his Noble Friend had Moved fot a Girth II
the exPeoces of the whole year. But there were ex.
tasordinary espences, bills from ahrOad, etc. which
did not come Under his Noble Friend's cognizance,
and which might have rendered the sag already
voted by the Committee insufffaent. lie had, these.
fore, thought it his duty to submit to his Noble
Friend the pirnpriety of- a farther Tote. Irwas pro.
posed to make up the grant to'six millions. '
Mr. A/NRCROMAIE said, that the lesions
appeared to simply this z It. being the duty of the
Noble Lord 'to propose a vote. tot meeting all the
expences of the army,' ordinary End xxtraaetri ttry;
the NobleLbrd had conpnted bithaelf `with propoitt
a vote for Meeting the ordiniry expences, and had
wholly omitted the extraordinary. •
The HANCELLO,R. of tbe EXCHEQUXR re-
minded the'Hon. and Learned Wisdom.° and the
Committee, that the extraordinary expences of dis
army, from their nature, did not fall wide the ran
of his Noble Friend's official =anion,- All that his,
Noble. Friepd bad immediately uncleshis superinten.
dance was, the ordinary expences. Adverting to*
proposition of voting these sums for three months oal
account, he observed, that events night oceatr *Wine"
afshe next three months, calculated to male a soilideroW .
alteration in this artick.of the National isejlentiture,' ant
that jar that tertion such a poltosition was fereferaloklo:
an
. _. ' .. y other. ' '
Mr. WHITBREAD *odd not allow that the
Noble Lord 'could juidy intpum to hiabt faildre in;
his duty as Member of PalliAment. Whether dig
Noble Lord had or had not Made sufficient inquiry'
before be proposed the Grant on Monday, h. left 01
the CoMmittee to determine. Forhis pert, he thoug
that the 'Noble Lord had'been negligent, 'He (Mr.
Whitbread) had a right to any that he might great
43,700,000, but to that he would hesitate to consul
to a further grant of 42,300,000 to persons in *both
as Min:sters; he could put no confidence. *Qcivers,
merit had not done their duty on this occasion.' They
had not sufficiently matured their plans before chef
submitted theta to Parliament. Many Members
might have gone out of inwn "Since Monday night,
little suspecting this proposition. He should he ex,
' tremely sorry to do that which be had never do*
although almost alsiays in opposition to the Mini try
•of th c‘iy—take the sense of the committee .
the elting tircluxistancei.—(7yse cfmnitote_laff„..
alterA .)-4f any thing however would wars
a step,* and the necessary adjotirnment that ithitilhl
mediatelttake place, it would' be the propow,i6o.lit
-fore them, a ProposiAiou too, of which so wirer
been given.
'The CHANCELLOR of the Ea
oinerved, that hisis(oble Friend had yiespOay .gives..,
notice of this motion.
' Mr. WHITBREAD acksipwledged his own 1*
gligenee in, not tinisarking it: That =Willy al
the case, and indisposed hini korn taking stuff
which he Might otherwise hive 14en induced to
adl
The 'CHANCELLORof the Each:l:Was and Der.
WHITBREAD mutually explained. '
Mr. CREEVEY olistrved, that as the present gil
seemed to be intended merely to protract the pro;
of the vacation for the convenience of Ministers, ef!..
not to be called for by any urgent necssity,hkshelot
feel it his duty to take the sense of the Couumo6._
After a few observations, .in a low tone, from 11!!,
Otis/cup* of the EXclipana the Committee sit
vided, when there appeared—For Lord Palmergdwll*
Resolution 33—Against it 4—Majority for the &
lution '29.
On our re-admission; we found Mr. 'WHAM"!
sowing several Resolutions fer minor pureee.”7.
' Civil Dtpamnent, which were aclte;
111 ail"
the e manned, and the sou ob,
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THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, DECZMBER 17.

pIICE tit S COCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
lowed 6111-4 per Cent 77i —Cons. for ac. 654 63 6111
oil. lot 11 iO4—Bonds 6a. 7s. dis.--Lg. Anna. 1S 7-16ths
Wt. Alb (304 18- pre-'4444 " 56. pr

-In addition to the glorious details with which we
yesterday presented our Readers, some further Rus-
sian accounts have found their way to this country,
ishich, although not more recent in date than Lord
CATHCART% dispatches, will be found to partake of
that highly interesting character which has marked
the whole of the operations of the Russian Armies.
Indefatigable perseverance on the part of every indi.

Tidual, and the noblest spirit of enterprize, combined
with consummate military skill on the part of the

Russian Generals, have achieved a series of triumphs
wiparalleled in quickness of succession in the annals
of the world. But let us not give the praise of the
conquest to mankind alone.
The elements of nature have made common cause
oithihe suffering inhabitants of Europe, and HEnonn
bis =summated that retribution, which their
wwwgs had so loitg implored ! Two .htmdred tisoup
pd armed robbers, within a little month, have
beta swept from the face of the earth, and an awful
lauon held out to future invaders, who may thirst for
the blood of their fellow-creatures.
How truly may we apply to this tremenduous visi-
eatiou the elegant and laconic expression of Queen
ILIZAMII, on the destruction of the Spanish Armada,
44 Mink Daus et dissipantur I"

Bet however well founded our exultation at the re-
verse of fortune which has swallowed up the French
army, the measure of our joy is not yet tull. The
Sunless villain, whose sanguinary mortal career has
thus been nearly closed, is still alive ; and while he
lives, we fear that the snake is scotched only, not
killed. If he
.escapes to France, he has still the ca-
pabilities to perform much mischief. The pusillani-
mous fsovireigtisp by whom he is surrounded, are
sunk too deep in lethargy and delusion, of themselves
to Shake off their Unnatural allegiance ; and, unless
we can see a rebellious disposition break out among
,their subjects, we have no hopes of the speedy de-

tersraac; of gurope.
They will probably place at his disposal fresh
hordes Of bravos to perish amid the snows of Russia;
hot we may venture to promise for her, that she will
meet them with increased energies. Nor will the
,Shoetrees of Eugtand be withheld from her generous
...All. No ! the age of chivalry has not yet passed
Nttay--the univenelglbw of sarisfaction,which swells
*cry Baitish beast, krn hearing of the triumphs of
Ibe lurainuis, lithe-tar pledge which we call offer
Sem tut our sincerity as allies.
But let us trust that the Russian Generals have
by ibis time averted from their country the horrors
of another campaign. 726911..PAHTS fled on the 17th
from the field of battle at Krasnui—to Minsk he cer.
tainlydirected his steps—but Minsk is 190 miles from
• Rrasnoil and TStHatiCIAGOInno army would arrive
there on the 19th, or at tardiest on the 20th.
could suppose that the loads in Russia were. like

those of England, and that there were post horses at
every stage, BONAPARTE may have passed through
Minsk on the 19th, and the same rapidity may have
marked his movements to Wilna, we cummunica-
, tines between which place and Minsk, by the bye,
were completely interrupted by clouds of
But we have something lute evidence (coming in
aquestionable shape it is true) that his flight was not
continued with so much celerity, tor the Paris Papers
•informed us that the Emperor was at borosson, and
jagood health,' on the-:Oth ; now this place is auout
hslf.way betweett lirasnoi and Minsk, and he must
have taken ten days to reach it—in other words, he
was sot able to march at a qUicker rate than ten
miles a-day. The nature of the roads, and the inter-

ruptions of the Cossacks, account fox the " good
take in which he was making his movements ; and
we must confess, that until we see better evidence to
the Contrary, we are inclined to think that he was
alive and well on the •27th of November. Now his
lull:811\4nd Polish guards must have displayed un-
commoo prodigies of valour during the whole'route,
and VICTOR must have defeated WITTGENSIIIIII, and
interrupted his junction with TSICHAGOFF—nay, he

mast have occupied Minsk before the latter reached it,
tad in this way he may have covered his Master's re-
treat to Wilna. All these objects were evidently in
diecoutemplation of Vilma, but that esey were of
doubtful attainmeni• iii, ire think, clearly demon-
strated by Lord Caxacasa's dispatches.
The above are the only probabilities, which can be
tatted in flavour of BONAPA z's escape: He may
• • Sit: effected it, but it must hare been at the.expence
4, nearly his whole escort, and in the disguise of a
private soldient That the report of his death is most
.oagetly circulated throughout the whole of the Con-
-and even the day and hour of his exit men-
doped, is most unquestionably true. Yesterday a
letter from Stockholm, of the 4th inst. positively was
tkeived, stating, that a person of great distinction
lad arrived, mortally wounded, at Berlin, from
Russia ; and it was added, - that this person was Bo-
ia,PAZTZ. It is probable, however, that Marshal

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NiT Wls the person alluded to. The next Cotten.
burgh Mail will remove all doubts on the subject.
The Park and Tower guns were fired yesterday
afternoon, in honour of the Victories of our Allies in
the North. The demonstrations of joy throughout
all ranks in the metropolis on the occasion, Will ever
reflect the highest honour on the English character.
sg Hourra ! your Highaers !" was the salutation of every
honest heart to his brother Politician. There is only
one similar instance oh record of the guns being fired
for the success of an Ally, and that Ally was Russia.
This was the battle of Novi, in 1799, when the im-
' mortal SUWARROW took a glorious opportunity of
trying the effect of the Russian bayonet.

" ST. PETERSBUROH, NOVEMBER 17.
44 General Count Wittgenstein reports under date
of the 9tlr inst. that Major General Harpe, who was
ordered to both banks of the river Duna, to take pos-
session of Witepsk, entered that place on the 7th, at
seven o'clock, after having had a severe engagement
with the enemy ; two of the enemy's cannon were
planted ma hill, for the defence of the bridge, which
however was set on fire by them immediately on the
arrival of our van guard, but a number of volunteers
threw themselves upon the Bridge and extinguished
the are, in which performance the Jews were particu.
larly active. After the enemy were driven out of the
town, be was pursued 20 wersts on the road to Smo-
leniko, he then shifted his course to the Duna. In
this action we took prisoners General Porige, Gover-
nor of Witepsk, the Commandant, Colonel Chevar-1
den, ten officers, seven gens d'arms, and 200 men,
two pieces of artillery, with the horses, and powder-1
chests were taken, as was also the large magAzine of
provisions, forage, and gunpowder deposited in the
town. The loss of the enemy was great, that on our
side does not exceed 25 men. Our troops on entering
the town were received with acclamations of joy.—
All the Russian public officers who were in the
enemy's service are arrested, excepting the Princes
Sahega and Radzivil, who had deserted long before.
The chief French army, according to information re-
ceived, reared to Smolensko, where several columns
had already entercJ.
_ _

" Count Wittgenstein, in another dispatch, dated
the 11th of November, from Ischaschoke, states, that
after the taking of Witepsk, there was found in the
magazines at that place 7.50 tschetwerts oats, forty
ditto barley, 400 feeds of hay, and six casks brAndy.",
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PETERSBURGH GAZETTE
OF THE 171 H NOVEMBER, 1812.

DISPATCH FROM GENERAL, FIELD-MARSHAL PRINCE GOLI-
NISCHTSCHEW KUTUSOFF, TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY,

DA ILO FROM THE TOWN OF JELNA, NOV. 9.
" Great is GOD, most gracious Lord! I have again
to congratulate your Majesty upon a victory.
". I have this moment received a report, of which',
I transmit the original—the complete defeat of the
tth French corps, under the Viceroy of Italy-3000
prisoners, a great number of killed, 62 pieces of can-
non, with all the carriages, horses, and cartridges be
longing to them, are the results of this victory.
" The Cossacks do wonders. They not only cut'
up the columns of infantry, but suddenly attack the
artillery. It is to be hoped, that the small remains
of this corps will be annihilated before it reaches Du-
Ichowschtsqhina.
u For some days, 211 the French who have been
brought in prisoners have earnestly entreated to be
permitted to enter into the Russian service. Yester-
day 15 officers of the Italian Guard came with the
same request, declaring, that they thought there could
be no greater honour than to wear the Russian uni-
form.'

REPORT FROM THE GENERAL OF CAVALRY, COUNT ?LA-

TOW, TO GENERAL FIELD MARSHAL PRINCEKUTUSOFF,
DATED Ellol4 THE VILLAGE OR HONTOROWOI NOV. 8.
44 I have the happiness to congratulate your Excel-
lency on a signarvictory over the enemy.
,g After I had sent off my dispatch of yesterday to
your Excellency, I pursued my march, according to
your directions, on the right side of the great Salo-
lensko road, that leads from Dorogobusch to Smo•
lensko, to come in front of the enemy's columns, and
prevent them from foraging and setting fire to the
villages. I have informed your Excellency that I
continued my march upon Solowiewo, but expected
to meet the enemy on the Dochowschtschina road. I
yesterday came up with the corps of the Viceroy. of
Italy, Eugene, on his retreat from Dorogobusch to
Duchowschtschina, attacked it, and by the aid of
Providence, divided it into two parts.
44 One part withdrew itself upon Duchowschtchina,
and the other turned Dorogobusch in the ut-
most disorder, and distributed itself in different places;
but to-day, they united themselves by different roads
with that part which had gone upon Duchowschts-
china.

" To-day I again attacked the enemy, notwith-
standing the continual rainy weather, and as soon as
I found him, completely defeated him.
" In these two actions the enemy lost a great nom-,
ber of among which were some Generals, as
appears from the insignia and decorations' brought to
me. The amount to 5000, among whom
are chiefs regiments, staff, and upper officers,
" The Cossacks have taken but few prisoners—
having cut the greater part to pieces.
44Sisty.two pieces of cannon have been taken, and
probably more, for I have not yet had time to enu-
merate them accurately ;—standards have also been
taken, which, on account of haste, have not yet beep
brought to me.
With respect to the killed and wounded on our
side, I have no account, but thanks be to GOD they

are not very many.
The regiments are following, with me, the re-
mains of the enemy's defeated corps, which has retir-
ed in the utmost disorder upon Duchowschtschina.
a On my right side, near the town ofDuchowscbts-
china, Major-General Ilovraiski, with his brigade,
has also defeated. I He has taken the Chief of the
General Staff and all the armies, General Saneon,
and above 500 privates.
66 I have sent rive regiments, under the command
of Major-General Grekows, in pursuit of the enemy
along the Smolensko road, and am myself hastening
with the rest of the regiments, completely to annihi-
late the remainder of this corps of the enemy.
66 I shall conclude my Report by observing,
.that
every thing proceeds excellently, and it is only ne-
cessary to pursue the enemy.,•


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SECOND EDMON.

STAROPPICE, TWO O'CLOCK.
MORE GLORIOUS INTELLIGENCE FROM
• THE CONTINENT!
ARRIVAL OF LORD WALPOLE' AT
VIENNA!.

I REVOLT OF THE AUSTRIAN STATES
FROM BONAPARTE!
A vessel has arrived from the Dutch Coast, which
she left on Monday last. By this opportunity we
learn that Lord WALPOLE had arrived at Vienna from
St. Petersburgh, charged with dispatches to the Em-
peror of AUSTRIA.
His, Lordship is said to have been received with
every mark of distinction, and Estaffettes were sent
off next day to the Austrian Armies now in the
field against Rus,ia, who were understood to con-
vey instructions to suspend all hostile operations.—
Lord Wst.pots performed the journey, a distance of
3000 miles, with uncommon rapidity.

It was generally reported in Holland, on Sunday
and Monday last, that BONAPARTE was dead, and
that MURAT had declared himself Regent of France.
The arrival of several Co•triers in Paris, from the
Armies in the North, but no Bulletin, had given rise
to suspicions which were loudly expressed, of a most 1
gloomy nature against BONAPARTE and his partizans. I

The arr;val of General VALENCE from Wilna,
which we noticed yesterday, was followed by the
sending off of couriers from Paris to all the French
Generals in Spain, and to all the principal Depart-
ments of the French Enipire.

The Ctikvorttott of the EXCHEQL7IIII, in the House
of Commons last night, held out the cheering pro.
spect of a speedy termination to the War. We shall
rejoice to see these expectations tealized. In the dis-
cussion tut the Army Extraordinarios, which were
' limited to three month:, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER observed, " that events might occur in the
course of the next three months, calculated to make
a coutiderable alteration in this article of the national
expenditure, and that for that reason such a propo-
sition (to vote the Extrordinaries for three months)
was preferable to any other."

The Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, KENT, CUMBER-
LAND, and CasautuDGE, dived with the QUEEN and
PRINCESSES, at Carlton House, on Tuesday. The.
Countesses of LivgitPOOL, HARRINGTON, and ROSSLYN,
Mrs. Howe, Lords ST. HELEN'S, AHRAN, and HEN-
LEY, Generals Tunpart and GwyNNe, Colonel BLOOM-
FIELD, and a select party, were invited, and dined
with the QUEEN, and spent the evening there.
Tuesday Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES stepped
at Kensington Palace, on her way to London, and
dined wits the Princess of WALES. In the evening,
between eight and nine o'clock, her Royal Highness
Princess CHARLOTTE went to Carlton House, and
joined the Royal party to supper.

Yesterday morning the QUEEN and PRINEEMS
visited the Duchess of ButtNswtoc.
Yesterday the QUEEN and. PRINCESSES dined with
the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House. The Coun-
tess of HARRINGTON, Mrs. HowB and a select,party,
were invited to meet them.

In the evening there was a dress party. Among
the distinguished characters present were—
Lord Viscount Castlereagh, the Marquis of Hertford% the,
Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester, the Earl and Countess
of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess of Bathurst, Viscount and
Viscountess Melville, the Lord Chancellor, &c. kc.
Mr. DANIELS, the King's Messenger, arrived at
Lord CASTLEREAGH'S house on Tuesday night, with
the dispatches from Lord CATHCART. Lord CAS-
TLERZAGH had gone to bed, having been indisposed
for several days with a cold : his Lordship rose, and
finding the dispatches so truly gratifying, he went to
Carlton House at a quarter past one &Clock, to corn.
umnicate their contents to the Pringcs REGENT.

Yesterday the Earl of Livauroot. had an audience
of the PRINCE Reovrr, at Carlton House.
Count Woaowzow, on his present embassy from 1
retersburgh, has brought with him his two sons, who
are to be educated in England.
Marshal SOULT, at the present moment, rides an
English blood bond as his charger, of which he be.
came possessed in the following manner :—On the
retreat of the British army and their re-embarkation
at Coruna*, all the horses being ordered to be shot,,
Sir Gormazy WEltirsx's groom, rather than destroy
his master's favourite charger, stripped him of his
furniture and clothing, and, turning him loose, ha
ran immediately into the French lines, and being'
down to Souvr, he adopted him immediately for his
own charger. This horse was no other than the no-
ted horse Pedestrian, that won so many plates and
matches at Newmarket.

An eminent Medical Practitioner, who was the,
Lucky Purchaser of a Half of the £20,060 Prize,
sold at Wesa's Office, 17, Ludgate-street in the Last
Lottery, has been giving his advice gratis, to all ranks
in consequence of this acquisition of Fortune—'Tis
simply this—" Try your Luck at Wises."
Ezzcurrows.—This morning John Shipman, pur-
suant to his sentence for forgery, was executed befde
the Debtor's Door, Newgate. This unfortunate
young man ascended the platform at a quarter after
eight o'clock, dressed in a bottle green coat, striped
waistcoat, and dark pantaloons, attended by the Or-
dinary, where, after remaining a few seconds in
prayer, he was then launched o&-: his body, afterbeing
suspended the usual time, was cut down and deli- i
vered to his friends for interment.
The eagle, which, by the order of BONAPARTE, has
superseded the use of colours amongst the French
troops, is a very proper symbol to be carried in their
front.—What can be more proper than a bird of prey
to preclde an army of banditti P
•

'THE ARMY.

The Regulation laid down by his Royal .
ness the Commander-in-Chiet, respecting OfßCert
bolding permanent Stair situations, is about to '
forced, and they are all to be placed on half-pa\
Thursday last, a private belonging to the 7L
infantry, fell into the Military Canal at Hythe,
was drowned, .

NA 17.4(L INTELLIGENCE.

CAR Rocs.—The Sir Joseph Banks schooner _
upon the Car Rock at three o'clock on the mornii
of the 12th inst. and unshipped her rudder, and
believed has since been towed into Anstruther, _
overhauled. The Car is a most dangerous reef
rocks, lying about three miles off Fife-ness.
some years post a floating buoy has beetl,moored
this reef, to answer as a guide for shipping in the
time, wheat the rock is covered by the tide.

FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 14.
r Sailed the Duke of Mpntrose Packet for Lisbon
lend the Brazils; and the SZAHOSSE frigate, and
QUETTE sloop of war, with about 30 ail of West-
diamen, to join the fleet now off this port, •
convoy of his Majesty's "ship RAOUL'S&
IPLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 15.
Arrived his Majesty's ships V/INGILUR and PIUNCII6II
CAROLINE, 74 guns each, from off Cherbourg) Sail.
ed the HrucoN, 10 guns,. on a cruise • and
AMARANTH', 18 guns, for Coricom-WitmeE.
DEAL, DECEMBER 16.
Sailed the detained ship Pomona, for kali
Pier, with the loss of an anchor and cable. The
Briton transport cut from two anchors and
this morning ; she has been supplied with others,_
rides very well.—Remain in the Downs his Majes•
ty's ships Monmouth,. Chatham, Cornwall, Bedford*
Duncan, Gloucester, Plantagenet, la Hogue, Warrior*
Asia, Clarence, Rinaldo, Rosario, Cretan, Mosquito,
and Manly ; the Drake, Harmony, Glamorgan,
Free Briton, and Lady Cathcart transports.—Wier
E. and blows fresh.

LEITH, DECEMBER 14.
His Majesty's ship Success, and the folio)
transporti, with prisoners of war, viz. Freya, '
bar, Grant, Matilda, Tartar, Elisabeth, and TT
sailed from Deal on the Bth instant, for Leo
Tuesday the Danish sloop Two Sisters, laden
pork and butter, prize to his Majesty's sloop RA
SNAKE, and bound to Leith, was taken into Berwif
by the Mermaid cutter, Captain JENKINS ; owi
contrary winds, the prize was unable to main
Frith.

Yesterday a Court of Directrirs was held m
East India House, .when the unde.inenti,ne 1 Oi
were sworn into the command of th it resp.
ships, viz. Capt. PRENDERORASS, of the H pe ;
Dorms, of the Weimer Castle ; and Cap .
lON, of the Cumberland, for China. —The folio,
ships were taken up, viz. Moffatt, Charles Mills, James
Sibbald, Batavia, and David Scott.

A General Court of Proprietors was yeiterda.
vend, for the purpose ot receiving the Repot
Court of Directors, respecting the dividend to
chved for the- half year esdn. tise-45-6-01 ban nar,y,
which was accordingly declared to be St per ce:-
The CHAIRMAN observed, that it migh•, perh
be expected that the Court of Directors were ',refill
to make some communication to the Pro Irk irs,
,petting the renewal of the Company's Ch titer.
begged, however, to state, that the Court ot Direet.ort
could not, at the present moment, give any specio'
information on the subject, although at no very
cant period he trusted they would be en bled
before the Proprietors a proposition tor their
serious consideration, in order that their most
advice and instruction might be obtained,
Mr. JACEsON inferred, from what ha •fill e from
the worthy Chairman, that it was the intention ..f the
Court of Directors to propose a series r prop' siti• ins
upon the subject of the Charter, for the consideration
of the Proprietors, on some early day. Whenever the
subject came under their notice, it was at least satis-
factory, in reviewing their past conduct, to observe,
that in all their proceedings they had invariably
acted as became the character of British subjects,
and had nut been actuated by any selfish considera-
tion of personal interest. The great principle they
bad laid down was, that it was impossible to open
the trade to India to the country at large, with-
out openly shaking the security of the whole Indian
empire to its very foundation ; and this was a priposi.
tion founded not alone on their own isol It'd opinions,
but upon the opinions of the greatest Stateitni n this
country had ever seen. Mr. rot, Mr. Pitt, and Lord
Melville, in their successive Administrations, had all
trembled at the ruin which they saw must* be inevitable
if the trade should be thrown open and ad felt sena
'sible, that, whatever oaks' arsangtments ml4h; be
made in the Government of India, the trade assist be
carried on, in order to flourish, by a svelliergulated
monopoly,
Alderman ATerns did not tnean to Impute say
blame to the *Directors ; he could not help believing,
however, that they had nothing good to communt-
cate • as, he was satisfied, if they had, they would
not faill to set the doubts of the Prnpri; tors st; rest..
With this idea, he should feel it his dutytes,advisethnee
persons with whom he had the hotirttr of s OrntleCtiO
to be awake to their danger, and to lose el opportu•
pity; bypetition to Parliament, and otherwise, to open
the eyes of the public to the shoek which must be
sustained, if the trade to India was. thrown open
The CHAIRMAN said, he felt as deeply as any man
the great interests which were at stake, as did the
Directors. No oppor unity should be lost by them
of furthering the general wish cif the Proprietors. Hs
begged also to state, that the Ci urt of Directors ad-
hered to the same opinions they entertained on the
Sth.of May last. {Hear.)
In reply to a question frtim Mr. Rock, Whether.
in case of an increase vu the Income Tax of '2 Lies
cent. the Company would make •ood the payment
of income on bonds ; the Chairman explicitly stated,
-that should such an increase take place, the Corn.
pany would most assuredly pay the tax.
The Court, which was respectably attended, adt
jolirlied fix fit.
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no men belonging to the Warrior were on board, not
A 1) MIR 41 1.77. SESSION'S. yet any of the Montague's, or of any other.
A letter was put in, written by Lord Sligo to Capt.
a DIAL OF,THE MARQUIS OF SLIGO. Sprenger, dated Constantinople, 10th cif Nov. 1810,
serous slit WILLIAM fCOTT, wan ELLENsononou, .anknowledging that some of the men were on board
• AND MR. BARON THOMPSON. his (defendant's) ship, but that they got on board
Itheruta his •knoledge ; that he admitted i himself
The Court was crowded at an early hour yesterday.
to to be 'amenable 'ale
law, but it concluded with
morning, by Noblemen and Gentlemen antiblli
41 thanking God that he could pay any fine which that
bear the preceedinge in thii case. On the Bench we
taw could inflict, without any inconvenience.'.'
ohs VIPPd the Duke of CIA It ENEE, Lord DESART, 4
The witness underwent a long cross-examination
DENNIS Berme, Colonel Dteloat, &c. The Noble
Devisee
Dt-fendatit sat amongst. the Counsel, immediately un-
by Mr.
nothing impertant turned upon it.
Y, oh behalf of the defendant, but
Jet the Bench. - n William Elden, a seaman, who was in the navy
Before the indictment was read, an 'application was
nearly thltteen years, and at the time mentioned was
made to the Court by Messrs. DA UNCRIC and SCAR-
on board die Monmouth off Malta, and had a ticket
• Leaf, to permit the defendant to plead guilty to or-
e
• lain of tl e counts, and not to proceed on the others. nit li tee to eo ashore there on the 10th of May, and
on the I :ail of that month in the morning, he and
Lord EttpaonOtctr said, it was the duty of the
ano:er seaman belonging to the Montague, four of
Court to go on with those parts of the indictment to
them iii all, were going hack to their ship, when they
which the defendant pleaded not guilty. ._ Ht knew
of no case law in which a defendant had pleaded were accosted by two men in livery, and another who
guilty to one part of en indictment,
remaining countswas dressed in a white jacket. The men in livery
tried 'on th and was not
The Crown had a
were servants of the Marquis of Sligo, and-the other
e .
was the second mate of his Lordship's vessel. They
.right to do what it pleased with its own prosecution.
gave him drink, and so intoxicated him, that he knew
If the Attoiney General ehese to enter a non pros. the
not how he got on bard the Pylades, where he found
business was disposed at ; otherwise the Court must
himself placed in the nump-well, abaft the main-
go on. mast, when he recovered his senses; and there he also
The indictment, which comprised 28 counts, was
saw two more of his shipmates, and a stranger, who
then read. The first count charged the Most Noble
was in a sailor's dress. Witness then came on deck,
0' '- Peter Browne, Marquis of Sligo, &c. .&e: with
where he saw Macdermot, Thompson, Cook, Fisher,
a Misdemeanor, hi having received onboard his slep,
and Brown, on the deck, and.he also saw Lord Sligo
tree Pylades, lying at Malta, on the 13th of May, and
on hoard that evening on deck, who asked him his
IRIO, one William Eldoi a a seaman bslanging to pus
name, when witness told his name, and that he be-
Majesty's ship Mentague, wht;e in a state of intoxi-
I longed to the Montague. They were then two miles
'cation, whom he harboured and concealed. The se-
frrm shore. • Next morning he again saw T.ord.Sligo,
mperd. count charged defendant with unlawfully and ; helriz.,
then perfectly sober, when he was walking the
disloyally enticing and inciting the said William El- :
.1 deck with a shipmate of the Montague, of which they
•don as desert trem his Majesty's service. The third .1
lk ing. Lord Sligo gain asked their names,
a
-count set forth; that the said William Eldon, having
were tai
,
•so deserted, was received on board defendant's ship, and the y answered that the were! Elden and Story
and that these were the names by which they went
fee being cognisant of the fact of his desertion. There
on board that King's ship; but Story told his Lord.
were several counts splodging similar facts, in re- .
Rio that being men of war's min, it would not do
fereuce to other seamen ; and the last charged the
to go by our -own names ; and Lord Sligo immedi-
dctendant with the commission if assault and false
ately said, " come to me and I will alter them."
imp] isontrent lin all the mariners who had been en=
They went on the quarter-deck, and defendant g
The
ticed limn his Majesty's service on board the Pylades.
the name of William Smith to the witness.
he A nvoCeTE GERr.RAL stated the case. lie ob- ,
Thonaas Fisher was called. He was a seaman on
served, that it was a charge against the defendant for
board the Montague in 1810. The evidence of this
enticing from the public service 15 mariners, belong-
Witness was neatly the same as that of the former
ing to his Majesty's navy, for receiving them on witness.
board his vessel, the Pylades, and continting them
Dennis Sullivan was next called, and his testimony
there, after search bad been made for them. He
was of a similar description.
. then shortly stated the circumstances under which William Brown gave evidence to the same effect,
those persons had been enticed by the defendant, and
: as did Wm. Mayne and Richard Cooke.
afterwards abandoned by him in foreign ports. The I
I, Lieut. Hay was next called. He was the officer
defendant is a Nobleman of high rark and fortune,
i belonging to the Active who was sent on board the
and, while on his travels, arrived at Malta. He was !
1 Pylades to search for deserters, and he stated that he
there introduced t' Captain Spranger, of his Majes- , found none, Lord Sligo declaring that be had none
't'a'i ship. Warrior, and commanding officer in that : in his ship.
porta As he -wished to make a voyage through the
The case being finished on the part of the Crown,
• Mediterranean, he there purchased a vessels the Py-i
Mr. DA UNCEY, for the defendant, lamented that it
)sdes, in fitting up which he was assisted by Captain , was his duty to address the Jury on the present occa-
elorynger, and, for two or three weeks he was con- i
'slots. He was not there to withhold a confession of
,eyed to and from the vessel in the Warrior's gig, '
lui:t., for the Noble Lord had instructed him to it:-
''
- which was manned by picked • sailors, whose smart- -
nowledge• that the laws had been offended by his
nos: the defendant particularly noticed, and therefore
conduct ; and the question to decide was to the qua's-
he could not plead ignorance of their persons when
turn of offence. At the time of the offence, the Noble
they were brought on board his vessel. It happened
Lord was a very young man, and then on his travels;
duringthe time the repairs were making, that two of
and, therefore, he hoped, that though his Lordship
these men, who were of u led fidelity prior to that pe- had erred, that much allowance would be made. His
riod, were missing, Captain -Spranger applied for Lordship had etinced early contrition for the unfota
them, having heard that they were in the defendant's tunate circumstance which had characterised theeurly
veselel ; but as all knowledge of them was denied, he part of the tour. The letter to Captain Sprenger,
contented himself with cautioning defendant to be- from whom Lord Sligo had received great civilities,
ware of the consequences of harbouring any of his i
had been writtet to assure the Captain that he had
-Majesty's seamen. k would, however, be seen, that! some King's men ; but his Lordship denied that he
notwithstanding this caution, these two persons, and ,
: had been actively engaged in seducing his Majesty's
- 33 others, who had deserted from different vessels, in men from their duty. His Lordship had done nothing
the port, of Malta, were on board the Pylades ;—and I of the kind. But why should his Lordship have done
for this purpose six of them would be called in evi-
any thing of the kind, for Captain Sprenger in evi-
dence. With respect to the first count it appeared, dente said, that is was scarcely possible to prevent
that on the 12th of May certain seamen belonging to the men deserting from the King's service ? To ob.
the Montague obtained leave of absence for 24. bouts/ tarn men, lie had no eccasien to pursue such a course.
•at Malta ; that while on shore they were plied with He only desired of the Jury to separate the acknow-
liquor by the defendant's set vents, and put on board 'edged guilt of his Lordship from what was imputed
' his vessel, in a state of intoxication, and when they
tolti7.l. But the men on the island had all got drunk.
afterwards requested to be sent to their ship, it was together, and the wine was of so extraordinary a qua-
refused. .On the 13th of May the Pylades sailed to lity that the) all_ got sober together ! He would not
Palermo, and from thence to Messina, at both which ,
. say that they had been seduced to get druni, for the Jury
places a sort of restraint was imposed ou the English I would not believe even the King's advocate that it
seamen, Italian centinels being placed over them. In was necessa. ato seduce sailors to get drunk, especially
proceeding up the Mediterranean, two officers of the I when'on slie:e 1 But those men went on board with-
Active, who had received intelligence of the deser-i out his Lordship's knowledge of their being deserters,
tern, boarded and searched defendant's vessel, but in.
then there was an end of the charge of seduction ;
effectually, as the men were concealed in a place un- and he then had to combat the charge of detaining
der defendant's cabin, who stated, on his word, that then, no very trifling charge he acknowledged. But
there were no such persons on hoard. Defendant how had they used their opportunities of deserting?
' then sailed to Patznos, where a number of the seamen 1 Not by going away in any one instance. Yet now
went on shore, having been informed that the vessel they swore as the Jury had heard ; and might it not'
would remain some days, but she sailed the same I now be said that they were pursuing Lord Sligo from,
evening, leaving them behind. Three of them were . a desire of revenge and with a view of making Me
afterwards taken on board by the defendant at Ceo ;,' conduct as black as possible. Such in fact -was the
the remainder were sent by the British Consul to truth, for let it be remembered they had said, 44 that
Smyrna ; had been tried by Court Martial ; and ' it should be a sorrowful day for Lord Sligo, that he
from them some of the witnesses were selected. had taken any of them with him 1" Then as to ano-
Captain Spranger stated, that the defendant was thcr pelt of the evidence, it had been insinuated that
introdneed to him by letters from Admiral Martin,! the men had been left at Patmos to starve, in order'
and he lent him every aid, by artificers, gunners, &c. ! that they might not appear against Lord Sligol—
to equip his brig, which was a letter of marque, for i But how was this insinuation borne out ? It was borne
• sea. About a week before sailing, Captain S. missed! out by the men, nothing that merited their notice. -
several of his crew, and on the 13th, the day on The place was populous, and they could easily have
which she did sail, he went on board the Marquis's travelled ; but the men were not font on shore at all.
brig, and expressed his regret at having lost sonic of i They had gone there of their own accord ; but " old •
his men, hands being very scarce. He expressed, his i Lord Sligo stole away, without letting the men know
opinion that some men were on board the vessel, but I that he was about to depart !" Signals however were,
the defendant pledged his honour he had rio such men;i
li
given—the Blue Peter was raised-=guns were fired,
and said, he should have conceived himself truly un- ecc.—tir the men returned not. Tlie men howevergrateful, grateful, alter the.kind services Capt. S. had tendered follewecl him, but then Lord SligAi would not take
him, if he could have been capable of such an act.— them on board, fur lie had had enough of them. Yet
Captain Spranger sailed, and left a particular writ- lie paid them lor the ruuning month, for their passage
ten description of his men who had deserted with the to Smyrna, gave them their clothes, &c—but was it j
defendant, who, in return, professed his anxiety to to go out to the world that his Lordship had deserted
apprehend them. The defendant also wrote a letter
them, left them pennyless, and so on? His Lordship
to Captain Spranger, after the former had sailed, in- had never so acted as was insinuated, but he had ac-
forming him of his having some of his men on board tually enabled the men to go back to Malta, if they
. from the Warrior, and regretting he should have so pleased, for he was not afraid of their evidence. At.
treated him (the Captain). He added, that he was last the men got back, and then begun the inquiry;
tletei mined to get rid of them at the first port, with and ultimately those sentences had been passed upon
all the othermen-ofewar's-men he had on board. them of which they had heard ;--but the sentences
went on board the Pylades, his Lordship the d
The witness stated among other things, that he I
bad never been inflicted, and the men hoped they
efend.
. ant's vessel, which was fitted out as a letter of marque„, never would be inflicted. As to Cook, he had offer-
as well as a pleasure yacht, having 15 guns and a ed himself for hire, and badl. been refused, because he
large complement of men ;hut he never searched her, was known as a King ' s man ; and in going aboard
as be did, he had palmed himself upon Lord Sligo.
because he took his Lordship's word of honour that His Lordship had given difections to his servants .0

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go and engage all the men they could find, lot Keg's
swot, as his Lordship ack iowledged to Captain
Sprenger in the letter of November, 1810 ;—and it
tteas not till his Lordship arrived at Messina that he
'discovered the fact of his having King's men. Well,
then, when the Active boarded him for desertera,
could his Lordship turn informer and give them up,
especially when his Lordship said " You that like to
go—go ; hut, if you stay, I will stand by you." In
his letter, too, he acknowledged the concealment, ,
,and said if he were called upon to pay fur such con-'
duct, lie should pay it cheerfelly, and put down the
money "to the score of humanity and glory." This
was a species of Roman virtue in his Lordship which
must be admired, even if it could not be defended
by our laws. Lord Sligo did not glory in the offence
in that sense that might be put upon the word, but
he gloried that he could "- keep the lash from the
backs of the men" who had stood by him, even
though it cost him much money. Needham, however,
(Lord Sligo's servant), would prove that he received
directions not to employ or hire King's men ; and
that all the men had told him that they were not
King's men. Thus, his Lordship did not know that
he had engaged King's men, and so far only he
pleaded innocent ;—but he afterwards kept the men
from motives of humanity, and so far he was guilty
—but the Jury would remember under what circum-
stances the men were so kept. As to the offence
being committed from any feeling like disloyalty, the
idea was wild in the extreme; for the defendant was
not only a Nobleman, but the grandson of Lord
Howe. The defendant was guilty certainly—the
Jury must find a verdict against him, but it would
be for them to say in their verdict whether his Lord-
ship had erred to that extent that was contended for.
His Lordship only begged to free himself from that
part of the charge•to which his honour would not let
him plead guilty, otherwise be would have pleaded
Cuilty to the whole of the charge.—The Learned
ounsel then proceeded to call witnesses.
The first was Edward Needham, a servant of Lord
Sligo. He was called to shew that the men em-
ployed by him were so employed by witness without
the privity of Lord Sligo, they representing them-
selves as not belonging to *any ship of his Majesty.
His evidence generally went to that effect.
He uncle' went a cross-examination by the Attorney-
General.
Some other witnesses were called, with the view of
removing from the minds of the Court and f the
Jurors all prejudice with respect to the loyalty of the
Noble Defendant.
The Counsel for the prosecution replied, and
Lord ELLENROROI:GIi informed the Jury, that as
to the last count, namely, that which, charged the
del.ndant with an assault and false imprisonment
against the ten persons named in the indictment, it
would be better to lay that out of their consideration,
as being in a great measure inconsistent with the
other counts in the indictment, which charged that
the persons named were taken in a state, of intoxica-
tion on board the defendant's brig, and that the de-
feudant then unlawfully and disloyally intending to
weaken his Majesty's navy, did receive, secrete, and
conceal them. This was the conclusion of law;? for
if the defendant did receive, secrete, and conceal the
men on board his vessei, the law predicated the effect
which such a fact was calculated to produce. The
Ii other count in the indictment, and which the Learned
Counsel for the defendant seemed principally to con-
tend against, was that which charged the defendant
with inucing and persuading these men to quit the
service. On this point his Lordship held, if the de-
fendant at any time applied persuasion, or adopted
any means by which it was made more easy for these
men to avoid being discovered, as for instance, the re-
commending to them to change their names, and the
fact of their actually changing their names, that was
an incitement and a persuasion in the eye of the law.
That the persons named in the indictment did desert
WAS plain, and the question was, whether the defect.'
dant antecedently knew that fact ? This his Lordship
thought was pretty plain from the defendant's own
letter, and from the fact of two of the Warrior's men,
whom he must have known from their having been
in the habit of rowing him, having been secreted in
his vessel at the very moment Captain Spranger wax'
acquainting him of the extraordinary circumstance
of those two men, who were most steady and regu-
lar, having left the ship.
If the *Tory believed the evidence for the prosecu-
cution, there was no doubt of the defendant's guilt ;
if they, on the other hand, doubted that evidence,
then they would acquit the defendant.
The Jury, after consulting a few minutes, found
the defendant guilty under all the counts in the in-
dictment, except the last.
Sir WILLIAII Score then ordered that the defen-J,
dant do enter into recognizances to appear to-mor-
row to receive the sentence of the Court, which he
accordingly did.—The trial lasted till half-past one
o'clock in the morning.

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ADVICE.
NXTHEII Men . '9f Edui.ati.on and,professional of
.
• use persevering endeavours to slimmer the most soy
certain method of treating a Yoe/ prevailing Dissases, tke success.
..ful result of their experieuce is the best proof set saptriatity.
Messrs. GOSS and Co. kurgeons, have been indusedt, maki
the cute of the folloireing the object of their particular study, lei.
a certain Disorder, frequently contracted in a moment of me*
cation, and its concomitants, Strictures and Cleets, *Nth, W
an improved plan, are Teeny iind'effecincify cored ; as silo gi;
bility, whether arising from BacchanalliminMgClsfe., keig on:
deuce ir -••sem climates, or a secret solitary vice, too of es, üb:
. happily pureed by the yontS tot both sexes, in the one caviki
sterility or barrenness, and in the other a minutous train
Igor
eons diseases, which, if not times; remedied., fel-inmate to ago:
once and consumption. in that distressing state of deli
htyi
deficiency, whether the coosequs nee 441 such baneful 41,6,, 4
.*t
arising from any Other cause, by which the powers of the row:
totion become enfeebled, as-regularly educated snrgenn, ~i ix&
don, they offer a him, safe, and speedy restoration to muud sit/
vigorous health.
The result of a long and exterisi re practice has enabled rkesi
by a superior method, to remove venereal complaints, hms..e4
inveterate or complicated, withtlut subjecting the patient t• tie
least restraint us dirt or exercise; and in recent Cr.sy wsper,.,r
early application is made on discovery, of the saktj„„, ih,,r „:.
quently perform a cure in the short space of two days. tile no-
precedetated success of their mode of treatment (wiiid, Na, •
been known to fail in one sing!? instance in a mem, „j 15 yisni
during which period many thousand permits of lash sews W.
beets cured, even after severe sod injurious modsdpied kis
pursued by other Practitioners without effect)o4" dia. to
thus publicly offer their advice. `--T-
- Goo and Co. exclusively professing their, teribie
particular .00mplaints, in order that they may ow W. Ivry
mistaken few, marked with the obloquy so justly Matted is
the igoorant empiric; think it ion justice to themselves mime
•that they have been properly s:ducatiii and innia:rd. ion elm
brinch of the profession (certitieates of which. tr 01, 0 Fero&
Hospitals, and testimonies from •he most eimotalt Krick*
they have to convince any irquase) that the success ratan.
from theirendeavnurs first induced them to quit the pi
the general Practitioner, and therpresume that !brie premiss'
constitute a lair ground for the unpreeoents4 cedlfitleice sio,
which they have, by the Public, been so liberally &mauled.
Patients in the violin y are rt quested to stare ilie prowlatl
of their case, age, and manner of living,. etteluwava )Imit.nyge
for advice and medicines, and the same will he forwarded to mg
part of the kingdom.
GO:in awl Co -;ortrecirm. IN. Rotiverio.erees. Itl.fee.iterir. ,

AAA RRIAG E Isi io itld :bp. the foundation of '.-0eja1......
LUI• Happiness, which is often, ,disturbed through the pan"
that form the union trot taking those ireeautioni a i:rch notildills
Cure then) the enjoyment of that great domestic blessing. Past.
of every tank pay, adoration to the shrine of wedlock ; but who
the constitution has been tainted by disease, or debilltatedWa
` certain habit contracted at an earl/ age, a renovrion dashiki,
pro-ions to entering that state ia indispensibly requisite, ts teeing
the stunlbering sparks of life, and to feautmate tht lystetts. fir
no disorders have contributed more esseniiakyaiii dermy H.
neal happiness than those which arttlit consequence of unguarded
pleasure. It was this coasiderafiwe Whith ' thdueed MOM.
' CURRIE and Co. for these last Lwenty years, to data thew laj.
dies and ptactice eAclusively to the treatment and cure of the V.
nereal Disease, and the ilisure)e-rs atis:ng thefefrom, is also to Ow
derangement of the system, ptoduced by the.destractivehakitif
the inconsiderate school-L:4, which brings on those &strewn
Dehllttles and Defleirocies chit prevent or cfribitter the Matti.
moalal state.. The successful result of .digit .plos, dire, dolli
additional ardour to oppose the ravages of, these comphipp,
which are the molt important in the catalogue of human in&
mit*. It behoves every person who has ii.dulged in this saps
Lary vice to seek relief by consubing professional mot at emi.
nence and honour, to Wlech Messrs. Currie and Co. Mal%
sanction of acholastic authority',, as well as.the malmsey ef Ss
contradicted facts. Ica professing the cure of theseuxuPlaints,
they bold out no incruCentent to vice ; but, sensible u di nun
must. be'of the existence of such calamities, tkey oflCt thtie.nde•
tante as reguladreducated Members of the Royal Colleges d
Surgeons of Liman and Etlinbtrgh.
Meese?. Cupie and Cit. have selected the foUoiringlettelr*
the many they are daily receiving, from Gentlemen cieurirg
them thanks for their restoration to sound and vigorous tinas.
It was sent to them tattopcited, from the ran of * Noble: lit
who had laboured under this distressing and painitil malady
ten years; he hi,d been uncle( the care of several Surgeon.. I
professional eminence, none of whom afforded him permaglat
relief; but flow the sent:slot mode of treatment ailoptt I sail
rursued by Messrs. Currie and Co. be received a radical cowls'
the short space.of ens month. '
"To Ur. Currie, 107, Hatton-Carden.
" Lord --s— tech great pleasure in communicating to DattiF
Conde the perfect re-establishment of his health, :n conic".
'of his mild and adtieralsie treatment of Strictures in 01.! Ural..
He may add, that he tag not for ninny years ‘enjoyed seilla
.comfort and freedom from pain; and he entertains n 061141
his having obtained, through his skill and attention, a perfect NI
radical cure of that horrid complaint. As he was out a mid*
to the manner that others treated the complaint, he has it
power, from a fair trial and akar comparssen, to pass that ARP
etapplause to Ile. Currie which he sensibly feels and aglow
be most ready and %Olin to acknowledge."
Messrs Cut tic and Co. may be consulted by patients of edit
Rex, with the greatest secrecy and honour, at their home,lla
107, Hatton-Garden. Patients in the country are requisteds
state the particulars of their cue age and general habit, g liiii6
dr.c. inclosing a reminance tor ;deice and medicines, whoilki
same will be given or scut to wag part of the - '

BY HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS-PATXKL.
LEAKE's Genuine PILLS, so justly famouclif
their superior efficacy in curing every degree and sy'tiptal
of the Venereol Disease, the Scurvy, Ste. without modiammg
restraint of diet, Li an easy, expeditious, safe, and secret seer
ter. One small tasteless Pill is a dose, its operadon impettir
table, and requiring no particular atterition. . . ' •
In 15 days they olnerally cure those cruel Disorders; os
where they fail in that time of perfectly restoring With, then'
dent has the happy asturance that be or site is at the mega*
so restored, let the degree of malignancy be ever so 1,4:111.
It Is an excellency peculiar to these Pith, to maitre*.
,elseessuplaining start, and sour Law commit widardillasla
matter, which they speedily dislodge and earl. They are
r:d by experience to be a preserver of health Is well as tans'
ter, by taking only eight single Pills Spring and
In short, the Patentee has this extraordinary ohrtiati°ll
that whatever lie promised himself from theteather
ft.ltil and exceed, as though impatient of itunsintaliudarititi
fame. These pills are moat worthy a place in the cabinets
Masters and Captains of Ships; the more so, for IT
keep good hi ail climates auy length of time, fad that the, W!'
now borne the test of near 60 years, with increasing creditr.
themselves,and honour to their author, hist:Mire that disiliww,
last eight years they have radically cured up wart. (IL 4041 '
601111, many of whom had been disc :tamed from HZ..
salivation bad been frequently repeated, and ell
made use of without eeect.
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Prepared and held by the Sole Proprietae, lasts.
Member of theßoyalCoMege of Surpass inskandon,st
No. 9, New Badge-street; where he will give advice,
Fee, to persons taking these Pills, and Mayer PitiWrig
tees, if post-paid,• en. the same terms, oistirsisirin
most inviolable secrecy, no, patient's name pr case. b
mentioned, but at their own partkelar regdat, b! the
during the course oftmare than to years.ihst he mai
ducting of an extensive sale of the above me4eimesllll,!.efi
dee arising therefroni. • •
They-ate also sold, by. his ispototatettt, at the'P-
-115, St. Alban'4,stre,
ford-streis; Mr.

Among the many actions to be tried during the
present Sittings in the Court of King's Bench, is one
against Sir Wm. SCOTT, as Judge of the Ecclesiastical
eourt, for excommunicating the plaintiff.
a mail brilliant Occurrence, it is expected, will
take place next Month. So great an anxiety has it
created, that the arrival of the auspicious moment
will be hailed with the most lively demonstrations
of joy i We are not surprised when we consider
that by this event, many persons will be raised to
the very climax of human happiness. We allude
to the ensuing Lottery, to be drawn 14th and 15th
of next month. Early application at EYTON'S
truly fortunate Offices, Nos. 2, Cornhill, and 18,
Coventry-street, is strongly recommended. To enu-
merate the unprecedented successes of Evror would
exceed our limits. Indeed so propitiously has Fortune
smiled upon him,that towards theclose of the last year
alone, he sold Capital Prizes to the amount of .€30,000,
besides ,11000, £2OOO, &c. &c. It is a fact, that at
this particular season of the year, EYTON has always
sold a greater number of rich Prizes than any of his
cotemporaries.

DIED.
On the 906 of October last, in the island of Sicily, Mrs. Eli-
zabeth Molesworth, Lady of Edmund Mulesworth, Esq. Cap-
tain in the 20th Light Dragoons,and Assistant Adjutant-General
to the Forces in that island. • :
Lately, off the coast of Catalonia, In the 22d yew of his age,
lieutetiant George Sandys, of his Majesty's ship Bustard, third
son of B. H. Sandys, Esq. late of Kingnsn Kent. His death
was occannned by fa ling overboard in a gale, when every effurt
to eave.him proved ineffectual

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