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London, England, 1813-03-16 00:00:00

CONI &ACT FOR PIG COPPER.
NAPT-OFMCE, March 8, 1818.

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THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COMMIS-
S lONE RS e. His MAJESTY", NAVY, do hereby give Noliee,

That en Wednesday, the 24th instant, at one o'clock, they will
•be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying Lis Majesty's Yard A Portsmouth with One
Hundred end Nititty Tons of pure English PIG COPPER.
Fonm"of the Tender may be leen at this Office.
No Teller will be 'received after one idea, on the day of treaty, ,
nor any Milked, unless the party, or an agent for him, attends.
Every Tenler must be accompanied by a Letter, addiened to the Nat,
Board, and sigird by two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound
with the Person tendering, in the sum of £3OOO for the due pesformame
of the Contract:.

OFFICE OP ORDNANCE, March 1, 1813.
I'HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA.
JESTre ORDNANCE, do hereby:km Notice,

Tint Proposals wilt be received aetheir Office in Vall-Mall,
on or before Monday, the 21.,d day of March Instant, from such
persons as may be willing to undertake the Supply of Forage
for tte Ordnance Horse% stationed in the following Districts, to
be di liverad at the Expence of the Contractor, ,viz,
I.oRili DWAIN,
I• NI ORTHERic
• YIWISHIRE, ,
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EASTURN, eichpive of wAni.Ey,
• sou (HERkI, exclusive of CHATHAM,
• sOUTH *Es; including PORTSMOUTH, ISLE OF
WlGH'F,•and CHRincuuRCH,

• WJISeERN, •

with 'its -Dependencies, WARLEY and
CLJM'HAM,
WF.EDON, NOR/114.111PTONSHIR E,
aiseriod of Six Months from the ist April next.
lie Oats to'be good, ewer, dry, and clean, without any mix-
ture of Poky or Mowburnt Oats, and must not weigh less than
37 p9vpsfit per Winchester Bushel; the Hay to be sweet and dry,
and dcliyered in 'trusses of 56 lbs. weight.

I keStraw to be good, clean, and dry Wheat or Rye Straw,
auJ dcllveredio Tries of 361hs. weight.
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The Price* to be paid for the respective Quantities af each
Attiele.vhdeb may be delivered, at the following I-aro:, viz.
tor.ticr Oats at ?tie hundred pounds, Avoirdupois %soviet.
For the Hay at per Ilu:idred and twelve Pounds.
For the Straw at per hundred• and twelve Pounds.

Ihe Propenis may be delivered separately or jointly for two
or more ri the, said pistricts, and it is expected that the Contrac-
tor shall recritv the Stable Dung, which, during the Period of
Cootraet,,may accumulate, making an allowance for the
mune after the rate of per h-rse per week.
furthet •Partieulars may be known %ma application to the
Officers commanding the Royal Art.liery in each District, and
also at the .-;erretar)'s Office, In Pall-mall, afore-aid, any day
between the hem-. of t• n and four o'clock, where the Proposa!s
must be delivered sealed up, atal endorsed, " Prop: rats for Ft:r-
age," but no Proposals car. be admitted after thy said 22d inst.
at Twelve ()Thick at noon of the same day, neither will any
Tender be noticed tiniest the Party making it, or an Agent in
his behalf, shall attend.
'By Order of the board,
• R. E. GREW, Secretary.

•
IMPORTANT TO THE Alt MT:.
13 and W. RI ocg, of CHICHESTER, having
• established extensive Warehotkes in that City, beg leave
to offer their services is furnishing the Army in Genbral, but.
more particularly Regiments passing througl; the Sussex Dis-
trict, M t . Necessaries, Clothing, and Accoutrements, of every
description. Their Stores are so er,-msive, and ;ucli arrange-
ments have been made td merit patronage and approbation, that
Regiment may be supplied at an Hour's Notice with every ar-
ticle r, quired for the complete equipment of the Soldier.
N. U. Regiments going to or returning, from the Peninsula,
would find great advantages In the contiguity of the above ware-
Lou See toPortsmouth.

(HEAD? ,PATENT LAMP OIL, :by the Impe-
.
Plat Brisish,Chl.and Colour Company, 460, Strand, the only
noise. in London for the sale of VANHE.lNfiihrs Ptirifiesl
LAMP 011.9; hire impenetrable cheap Paint for, at work eir-
posed to tl.e weather, his imprcrrolls Paint Malone smell for the
interior of Rouses, and all his recent Discrweries and Improve-
meati, (all nthers•are spurious, and impositions Go the public).
. Purifies' Patent Lamp Oil, 6.. 6d. per gallon.
Good Chamber ditto, - ss. 6d. ditto.
• Oafish* Spermaceti all other Oils at the most reasonable
trteek—,Ordert addressed asitbove itillbe punctually attended to,

Lovivs PAINT BRITISR SHIRTING
ci.o I H--the only Manufacture of the Kind in the-United
I{inzdom. Establi+hed 1808. '
This fabric combines the properties if great-durability, bean-
appearance, pleasantness in wear,; tod 'more conducive to
health in all seasons and clUuates than any other description of
Cloth.
I.',Lry piece Is as usual warranted and sold at the Patentee's
Original Warehon.e, 154, Cheipstile, near St. Paul's; Harding,
HOWCII. and Co. 89, Pall Mall ; and no other house in London.
'The Proprietor Aida it neces-ary to state, in consequence of a
hcwe in Cheapside offering for sale an article termed Imperial
Pa•ent Cotton Thread Shirzilig.i, that Lowe's iftanufacture is the
• .
description"' " " whis

GLAVIORGANsHIRE.
ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD ESTATE OF TWO HUNDRED
• AUD SIX I Y•TWO ACRES.
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVA fE CONTRACT, •
Eligible and very desirable FREEHOLD AN Eli
ESTATE, consisting of a comfortable Residence for a
small genteel Family, or a respectable Farmer, called CAS..
TELI.A; with Gat dens, Plantations, attached ant detached 01-
fices, Barns, .tables, Beast-houses, Outbuildings, and oth:r con-
veniencies. Also, the Messuage, Farm, and Lands called CAS-
TELLAFACH ; the whole lying in a ring fence, and cnmpris'.ng
together about 262 Acres of Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and
Wood Land. Likewise a Water Corn Grist Mill, Mill-house,
Smith's Forge, and several Cottages adjoining.
The Estate Is situated hi a pleasant part of the Conn.), of Gla-
morgan, near the picturesque market-town Of Laritrivivrir within •
ten miles of the market towns of Cardiff anti Btitigend, and about
s:x miles of the celebrated New Bridge in the Vale of Taff, and
the Glamorganshire Canal.
• The whole, except the Mill Premises and about 26 Acres of
Land, are held at wit. Mime :fate possession may be had of the
house and offices, with two fields and a quantity of hay reserved
tor the purchaser, and the residue of the Farm on the 2d of
Faruary, 1514, next.
Further particulars may be had by applying (if by letter, post-
pa,cl) to Messes. Edwards and Lyon, Solicitors, liPoomsburi.
square ; or of Wins•anley and Sou, Paternoster-row; London,
at whose Office a. Plan of the Estate may be seen; also, of Mr.
Vaughan, Solicitor, Swansea; or to Mr. Richard Howell, jun.
Land Surveyor, NeW Mill, Lear l.antri.sent, Glamurgenshite.

desiiiptlrin of •shirt'rg Cloth fur . Patent has ever
ib.en obtained; every piece of which has his signature, and any
other fabrintban Lowe's, nold in imitation of, and as Patent Shirr;
lag Cloth, Is spurious, and an imposition on the Public.
GORGE LOWY, Patentee.
On. 154, CI

_ PRINCE AND PRINCES 411)11 WALEFS.:.
DELICATE INVESTIGATION, COMPLETE.
This (lay was published, uniforthly printed in octavo, en yellow
wove dem y, Number I. price Sixpence, (to be condoned daily,
till complett d), of
I'HE W HOLE of the DEPOSITIONS on the
IN VES l'IGA'l lON of the coNi.ucr of the PRINCESS
of WALES, betore Lords ER,ttlNe, SPENCER, ENVILLE, and
1...a.t EN so RO nu, the Four Commissioners of lugcitylatpoirttd
by the K&NG. To which will be added, an 1-listoricAl Pieface,
including every Fact that has trait:fired since the period of the
Invemtigation ; the whole forming one of the most interesting Do-
cument* ever laid before the Bins& Public.

By C. V. WILLIAMS, Esq.
Author of the Life of the Right 1-loli. Spencer Pereeval.
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternos-
ter-row.

GOO1)3 OR MoNIED PERSONS.

A PERSON of high credit in the City, entitled to
a large pr.pperty at the death of an infirm Gentleman of eo,
would takkA2Uoo, to pay X3OOO for it at his death, or £3OOO
of Goods, to pay fur at the old Gentleman's death.
Write to Mr. Morris, at the Library, Nts.Bl, Portland-street;
for limb& pirticulars.

MONEY.
APROFESSIONAL GENTLEMAN, having
opulent imonectiOns of the highest respectability, is thereby
induced to offer the advance of sums of Money to any amount,
on the security of Church Livings, Nlsrriage Settlements, Money
in the Funds, as also on Leasehold, Copyhold, and Freehold
Estates, or responsible personal security, on terms infinitely more
honourable, liberal, and advantageous to Borrowers than are ge-
nerally submitted to the public.
Lcters,.pbst-paid, addressed to Mr. W. No. I I, Chapel-place,
Vere-street, Oxford-street, will be duly answered; and where
I:ersonal applications are daily received front twelve till four.

SIIIEWIRIGHI solicits,,the attention of his
J Friends and the Public. to the BaI'ANICAL LOTTERY,
to be Diasyn on the 6th of MAY
,qe*t, thefint 10,0.70 Numbers
being all Prizes of the mo'st approved and idndred Wortislin the
Sysrent of Botany, as arraninid by Dr. 'l* Rosary-4N, after many
years labour and ezpeime. The Prises jiithis. Lottery will be
the only means of obtaining these vs.'s:able Woks, as the Plates
are by tire Act, to be destroyed. The Grand Lipman Gallery is
included with the Prizes..
Fickets, price £2. Ss each, are selling it 11%. 1117 CornhiU;
No.l, Piccally; and No. 141, Oxfard-street:"

MORE PRIZES THAN BLANKS!'
STA'T'E LOTTERY of 20,0D0 Tickets, numbered
front No. 1 to No:20;000 ; to be draws is the old popular
way' la Four distinct Days of Dawiogrbegionlog the 6th MAY.
SCHEME.

Pfzes.
3
3
4
6
8
.10
15

Value. Total Value.
of 1t20,000 are 460,000
10,000 90,000
_ _

2,000
1,009.
...... . 4,000
300
200 3,000

100 2,000
60 2,000
...... 40 2,000
...... ••• 20
It
30,000

90 ......
40
Se
1,000
3,900

_.... sa4, Cheapslde, near St. Paul's. 6;000
•
MA ItR tOTT's improved PATENT KITCHEN
tW Prizes.
RANGY, which will Roast, Balt" Boil, Steins; fttew,tate. jhav Blanks.
by one small fire, with a continued supply of ten gallons of boil- Sikooo 'rickets. 4000,000
big water; the consumption of fuel about ons?-third the !mud,
PRIZES ORTIRKINABLZ.
quantity; a certain cure for smokey chimnies ; mad warranted to •
~ The first • 1,000 Blanks, 420 each;
answer, never having failed in a single instance. Bitcheils fired - , , The second-drawn 4000 Blanks, .610 each.
Up with ranges embracing all.the late improvements, ora.l steam-, -
lIRCOND SAX OF DRAWING.
boilers, ovens; hot cio.-,ei6, and steam-kettles. All kinds of stoves, '
sfito,ooo for the first-4rawn Priae above £2O.
for Drawing-rooms, Parlours, Halls, Church:s, &c.—Humane • •
THIRD DAY OF DRAWING. i
Mentraps, e) secure depredators without injuring theni. Sisring• 'llO,OOO for the first-drawn Prize above 440. _• . !
guns of different • coos ructions. A Patent Roasting lack upon
T. DISH, the Contractor with Government has theljeastail:
as entirq new, principle, constructed so as to require neither
to submit to the Public the above Scheme, which he flatters Mut-.
weights or ponies ;* the woks being inclosed, are protected from 1 self has already met with general approbation.
Injury andltrgiularlty; from its extreme simplicity not liable to 1
Tickets and Shares are selling in great Variety, at the Con-
adossbe out of order; and calculated for every hitchen.—To be seen,
tractor's fortunate Waco, %CORM-JILL ; spy 9, CIiAAING-
444 et t)ig Pa‘epteets Mitatfactort, 64, Fleetitteet, 1 otiose. .
, - s ,

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH IS.
In the Appeal Cause, " The Bank of Scotland e. Watson," Sir
1 Samuel Romilly was heard in continuance for the Appellants,
Mr. Adam for the Respondent, and Sir Samuel Romilly in re-
ply, when judgment was deferred to Wednesday next.
The Earl of Caatista took the oaths and his seat.
The Report of the Committee of Privileges on the Banbury
Peerage was brought up by Lord WALSINOHAN, and agreed to
by the Hou-e.
Lord HOLLAND expressed a wish that some mode more de-
finite, distinct, and decided *with respect to judgment en
puled Peerages than that which at present prevailed, were esta-
blished; and be thought it incumbent on the House to take mea-
sures to that effect.
The Earl of BUCK INGnA s tna a, presented a Petition from the
Protestant Inhabitants of the County of Kildare against the Ca-
tholic Claims.
Lord Fourtscue presented Petitions to the same effect from
South Molten, and from the County of Cornwall.
The Local Militia and the Irish Butter Bills werrread the se-
cond time, and ordired to be committed.
Mr. M trams, from the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer
In Ireland, presented Papers, which were laid on the Table.

STARCH PROHIBITION BILL.
Upon the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL for the
second reading of the Starch Prohibition Bill,
The Earl of ORMOND rose, and presented a Pe-
tition from the Starch Manufacturers of Kilkenny,
praying to be heard by Counsel at their Lordships'
Bar against the Bill. The Petitioners, his Lordship
stated, relying on the operation of an Act of the Le-
, gislature, had proceeded in the manufacture of starch
r to a very large amount, and by the counter-operation
of the Act at present before their Lordships, would
become very heavy losers.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL thought that the Pe-
titioners could not consistently be heard, as they
seemed to proceed on a misunderstanding of the in-
tention of the Legislature. .Upan a former regula-
tion proposed in Parliament on the subject, it was ob-
jected that the measure suggested was at variance
with the Act of Union. The object of the present
Bill was perfectly in the spirit of the Act of Union,
mud would operate to place the manufacturers of both
countries on a fair and equal level.
The Marquis•of LANSDOWNE thought the Pe-
titioners-entitled to a hearing. They had incurred a
great _expense relying on the faith of Government,
and if they had speculated erroneously,• the fault was
not theirs, but that of the Ministers who led them
into error. He thought the Bill ought, at least, to
be suspended for two or three months. .
The Earl of CLANCARTY denied that the
starch manufacturers in Ireland had any thing to
complain of, as they perfectly well knew it was the
intention of Government to make no enactment which
was to operate, at once to the benefit of one country,
and to the disadvantage of the other.
Lord REDESDALE could by no means see any
just claim.which the Petitioners could exhibit to be
heard on the present occasion, unless they were pre-
pared to argue, that the starch manufacturers in Ire-
land were entitled to immunities and privileges which
those of Great Britain could not enjoy. The Irish
manufacturers well knew, that the regulations which
the Legislature were framing, were intended to ope-
rate equally in refererence to both countries, and if,
with theineyes open, they had proceeded in a selfish
and unfair speculation, and thereby became losers,
they had themselves to thank, and he was glad of it.
'I he question being put on the admitting of Coun-
sel, it was rejected.
The question was then put on the second read-
ing, when
Lord HOLLAND observed, that the speech of
the Noble and Learned Lord was the most extracr-
dinary one he had ever heard. . The manufacturers'
of starch in Ireland, proceeding on a specific, distinct'
and positive Act of Parliament, to an extent that in-
volved them in a vast expense, were told by that
Noble and Learned Lord, that they ought to have
known better than to depend on an Act of the Le.
gislature—they ought to have known it was the inten-
tion of the Legislature to alter and amend that Act—
they ought to have known what it appeared the Mi-
nisters, and that Noble and Learned Lord himself
did not know ; and because they had erred in their
ignorance, and were likely to become losers thereby,
the Noble and Learned Lord declared he was glad
of it. Instead of acting in any such manner and
charging .the Irish .Manufacturers with misconduct,
it would be much more manly for Ministers to come
to the House and acknowledge their own ignorance
which had led them through such a round of blun-
ders; and brought them at last to that precise point"
at wich they had set opt.
Lord DARNLEY spoke on the same side.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Earl of LIVER-
POOL, and Lord CLANCARTY explained ; after which
the Bill was read the second time, and ordered to be
committed on Thursday.
Their Lordships then adjourned. •
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

A Petition front the Corporation of Surgeons of the City of
London, against the Apothecaries' Bill, was presented, read, and
ordered to lie upon the table.
The second reading of the Apothecaries' Dill was postponed
till Friday sennight.
Lord DESAR 1' moved, that the several Report: of the Com-
missioners of Inland Navigation in Ireland, with respuct to the
Royal Canal, in that country, should be laid before the House.
Agreed to.
Mr. GRATTAN moved that Mr. Maurice Fitzgersid should
be added to the Co:nod:tee appointed to prepare the Bill fur the
Relief of the Roman Catholics of Ireland.
Colonel M. BARRY desired to know when the Right Han.
Gentleman (Mr. Grattan) meant to introduce his Bill, and what
time it would take in going through the H.iuse.
Mr. GRATTAN, in reply, stated,
.that he would endeavour
to have it read a first and second time before the recess, and go
to a Committee as soon as possible afterwards.
Sir .I. COX HIPPF.SI.FY having asked, whether the Right
Hon. Gentleman had ultimately filed upon the plan of pro-
ceeding

Mr. GRATTAN answered, that he bad stated what h a per.
sent intention was; he could not say that circumstances might
not arise to induce him to depart from it.

THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
Mr. WHITBREAD—,, Sir, r wish to alk a ques-
tion or two, on a subject which I had hoped the dis-
cussion in this House, in the week before last, had
set at rest for ever. A tumult of indignation .end
disgust has, however, been si:ice excited in the pub-
lic mind, L.y the publication in newspapers, note.
ri:iusly under the influence of Government, o' va-
rious documents en the subject, as well as i:f rumours
of communioa,tions, in Which the Noble Lord oppo.
site and myself are personally concerned. These
circumstances induce me, as they must naturally is.
duce all the world, to suppOse that matters cannot
rest as they are, but that they must soon be brought
to an absolute crisis. The first question that I wish
to ask is, whether instructions have been issued by
his Royal Highn ss the Prince Regent, under ad-
vice, to the Law Officers oldie Crown, to prosecute
Lady Douglas for perjury lam also :anxious to
ask, whether the Noble Lord opposite knows—and
if he does not, whether any other Member of this
House knows—if, in the interval between the 12th
of February and the Sib of this month, Lady Doe•
glass was examined by the Solicitor of the Treasury
and a Magistrate, in the presence of Sir John Dou-
glas : and if that examination still continues—or if
any other examination is going on, at the present
moment, into the conduct of her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales ? When I have received an ansaer
to these questions from the Noble Lord, or from any
other Member of this House, I shall then give notice
of a proceeding that I mean to propose to the House
of Commons on the subject."
Lord CASTLE REAGH-44 I am sure the House
will feel that I should essentially depart from my
duty, if I were to resolve any of the questions pro-
posed by the Hon. Gentleman, until I know the na-
ture of the proceeding which it is his intention to re-
commend to this House to institu:e. I shall certainly
decline doing so; and the more especially as the Ho.
nourlable Member has been pleased to say, that he
conceives matters are approaching to a crisis. I desire
therefore to know the nature of the Hon. Geatleman's
intended proposition."

Mr. WHITBREAD" I can have no possible
objection to comply with the request of the Noble
Lord. My opinion distinctly is, eitt.er that her Royil
Highness the Princess of Wales•should be brought
to tiial, 'or that Lady Douglas should be prosecuted
for perjury. Her Royal Highness ca ne down to this
House, and threw herself on the wisdom and justice
of Parliament. The issue of the discussion which, in
consequence, took place here, notwithstanding the
precautions that were taken on th.: subject, is known
to all the world. The declaration of the NobleL;•rd
as to the innocence of her Royal Highness, is also
known. It is also known to all the world that Sir
John Douglas waited on me,, and on the NobteLord,
in consequence of the Reports of that diccussion,
which appeared iu the public prints ; and our an-
swers, at least my answer, although not communi-
cated to any one by me, has reached the public in a
similar manner. Sit John Douglas informed me,
that he told the Noble Lord that he considered his a
case of great hardship, for that he and Lady Dou-
glas had been actually examined as credible wit.
resses, shortly before the period at which he under.
stood the Noble Lord had denounced Lady Douglas
as a degraded and perjured person—that those exa-
minations had been carried .on by a Magistrate, in
the presence of the Solicitor for the Treasury ; and
that they were still persisted in. Sir John Douglas
also intimated to me, his intention of approaching
this House ; and I told him, in reply to that intima-
tion, that I was sure no Member of Parliament would
decline presenting his Petition.--With respect to the
motives by which I am actuated in inquiring whether
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has, 'lntl*
advice, instructed the Law Officers of the Crown to
prosecute Lady Douglas for perjury ; I must first
observe, that I am sure, in the opinion of all the
world, her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
must be esteemed innocent of any imputed crimina-
lity. I am sure she must be so in the opinion of the
Noble Lord, and of the Administration of which the
Noble Lord forms a component part ; because, if
that Administration entertained any idea of her
kepi Highness's guilt, they would not have allOwel
that which has transpired, to pass to the public,
through the communication of a newspaper—but,
they would have advised a message from the Throne
to be sent to Parliament on the subject. Sir, it would
have been the bounden dusty of Ministers to have
Gives t~is advice--pecieliarly and delicately situated

On the modem of Sir THOMAS VAUGHAN the Aberga-
venny Railway Bill was read a second time.
Mr. HAW I'HORNE brought op the Report of the Commit-
tee on the Grampound Election Petition, the substance of which
was, that Mr. Cochrane Johnstone had been duly elected; but
that the Petition was neither frivolous or vexatious.

Sir WILLIAM CURTIS presented a Petition from the Cap-
tains and other Naval Officers in the East India Company's ser-
vice, praying that Parliament would take their case into consi-
deration in the event of the Charter of the Company not bring
renewed.—Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.
The Hon. Baronet then presented one to the same effect from
the Chairman and Directors of the East India Dock Company.
. Mr. CROKER brought up a Bill for the regulation of the
Royal Marine Forces, when on shore, which was read a first time.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER postponed the
Committee of Finance, which stood for to-day, till to-morrow.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT' postponed his motion with respect
the Irish Schools, which stood for to-day, till Thursday.
The SPEAKER conceived it expedient to remind the House,
that two Ballots for Committees on Election Petitions stood for
to-morrow, as did also the Order that the defaulters at the last
Ballot should be called over.

The. Sinecure Bill went through a Committee.—Report or-
dered to be received on Monday next.
Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report of the Commit.
tee of Supply, the several Resolutions of which were read and
agreed to.
Mj, CRIIEVVY on itt • Ivo% gespooti git rap

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is his Royal Highness is with regard to this subject,
it would have been peculiarly incumbent en them to.
have given this advice, had they entertained the least
suspicion that her Royal Highness the Princess or
Wales was justly liable to any imputation of actual
criminality. Under these circumstances, the motion
which I now give notice that it is my intention to
make, will be for an Address to his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, praying that he will Be gra-
ciously pleased to gtve instructions to the Law Of-
ficers of the Crown to prosecute Lady Douglas fot
perjury, on such parts of her testimony as the Com-
missioners of 1807 declared (to use their own words)
—' appeared to them to render her justly liable
thereto.' "
Lord CASTLEREAGH—" The Hon. Gentle-
man has very candidly stated the nature of his in-
tended motion, and the reasons by which he is in•
duced to take the step that he means to adopt. I must
as frankly declare, that I do not consider myself
bound in duty to answer the Hon. Gentleman's ques-
tion, until the subject shall be brought regularly under
the consideratjon of Parliament."
Mr. WHITBREAD—" The Noble Lord has
Satisfied himself with respect to what he conceives to
be his duty. But, Sir, I have called on any other
Wernher of this House who may be aware of the
facts, to state them in reply to my inquiry. The
Noble Lord has declined all reply to my questions ;
but it does not follow that they must remain unan-
'peered. I repeat them. Have the Law Officers
of the Crown been instructed to prosecute Lady
Douglas for perjury ? Has Lady Douglas been ex-
amined as a credible witness between the 12th Fe-
bruary and the sth March, the last being the day on
tvhich the Noble Lord characterised her Ladyship as
a perjured and degraded person ? If the Noble
Lord' does not feel competent to reply to this last
question (for I must inform the House that Sir John
Douglas t'lld me, that on apprising the Noble Lord
that Lady Douglas had been examined yesterday
li':night, the Noble Lord assured him, that he had
to knowledge of it), I ask, in the absence of infor-
mation on the part of the Noble Lord, if any other
Member of this House knows whether, on or since
the sth of Match, any examination of Lady Dou-
glas, touching the old matter, or involving any new
allcotions of criminality, have taken place ? If I
receive no answer from the Noble Lord, who, it
%eons, thinks it his duty to give no answer, or no
answer from any other Member, I must convent my-
self for the present with the consciousness of having
done my own duty in making the inquiry ; and with
declaiing that on Wednesday I will execute the pur-
pose which I have already announced to the House,
of moving an address to his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent, praying that he will be graciously
pleased to give instructions to the Law Officers of
the Frown to prosecute Lady Douglas. Sir, Ido
this, being perfectly certain that the public mind
cannot bear to be contaminated as it has recently
been ghat i‘catrnot continue in, the ferment which
ele publications to which I have alluded have ex-
cited, and that it loudly demands that if her Royal'
Highness the Princess of Wales is guilty, she shall,
be brought to trial—it innocent, that the witnesses
against her shall be punished for their perjury."
Lord CA sTLEREAGH-4, Sir, I will not allow
any observations made by the Honourable Gentle.
man to tempt me to depart from the course which,
a view of my public duty has prescribed to me.—
Much less should I walranted in such a departure
by any publications for the nature or tendency of
which Ministers are not answerable. As to the
public feelings that may have been excited by the
recent disclosures, that is a burden which must rest
on the shoulders of those by and in whom the disclo-
sures originated. The Honourable Gentleman him-
self has deeply to answer on this subject. It was he
who first read in this House a garbled extract of the
documents connected with the case. Sir, he ought
to have read all those documents or none of them ;
and if any injury should arise from the disclosure, of
that inconvenience the Hon. Gentleman is himself
the author."
Mr. WHITBREAD- A It is impossible for me,
Sir, to abstain from defending myself against the
imputation of the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord
says that I read to this House a garbled extract of
the documents. What I read was the minute of the
Cabinet of 1807, of which the Noble Lord was a
Wernher, and to which minute the Noble Lord's
flame is appended. If this be a garbled extract of
evidence, I have not hitherto known what a garbled
extract of evidence is. Being in possession of this
document—a document printed by Mr. Perceval—
and in the possession of hundreds as well as myself,
I thought it necessary to read it to the House of
Commons on au occasion to which it was so peculi-
wily applicable. But, Sir, is the reading of this
minute of a Cabinet, recording a verdict of acquittal
of her Royal Highness to be compared to the publi-
cation of such evidence as, notwithstanding that
recorded verdict, has a clear tendency to criminate
her Royal Highness ! This evidence has been com-
municated to the Public through the medium of two
Newspapers—the one The Morning Herald, the
other The Morning Post ; both issuing from the press
en the same day. In the latter of those Papers the
evidence is accompanied with certain comments ; as
If her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales were
amenable to the tribunal of the Editor ! The other
Paper, it is well known, is the property of a person
who has lately received a titular distinction, and who
)as the honour of enjoying a familiar intercourse at
Carlton House. Sir, the Noble Lord at the time
that I read the minute of the Cabinet in question did
Dot complain of my doing
Lord CASTLEREAGH-6' Yes, I did."
Mr. WHITBREAD--" Did you ?. I beg par-
don; Ido not recollect it; it has escaped me. But,
-Sir, there is a material difference between reading
such a document, and editing publications which.
after an acquittal, go to load the person who has
been declared innocent with ignominy. Sir, I have
not been the adviser of her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales, in the publication of her original
letter to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. Iu
a subsequent letter of her's, which has also been
published, her Royal Highness disclaims all know-
ledge of the publication of the former. She has,
bowelltr, come down to Parliament, desiring 'to be
either treated as innocent, or proved guilty. Thai
she cannot be the latter, 1 repeat that I have the
ittongest re‘sou to be assured, from.the oiseuroCao,ce

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of no Meanie from the Throne having bees pont-
ed to this House on the stibject-P
1,45 rd CASTLEREAGH.4 I now know what
this Hon. Gentleman's views are. I may be allowed
to say, in explanation, that on the occasion of the
discussion to whirl; the Hon. Gentleman has allud-
ed, I did most distinctly complain that he garbled— ,
I do not mean to use the word in an offensive signs=
fication—but that he garbled the statement of the
proceedings relative to her Royal Highness. For
what did the Hen. Gentleman do ? He brought for-
ward the Minute of the Portland Cabinet, of 1807,
without putting the House in possession of the pro-
ceedings in the preceding Cabinet, thereby creating
an impression which would not have been produced
had the whole been submitted to the House. The
proceedings of the Portland Cabinet are intelligible
only as founded on the proceedings of the Grenville
Cabinet, to which they advert, and which they con-
firm. The Hon. Gentleman has also had recourse
to an old tactic, of charging Government with un-
fairness, because documents and transactions have ap-
peared (front what quarter it does not seem) in parti-
cular Newspapers. Sir, I repeat, that the Hon. Gen-
tleman could not read in his place the Minute of the
Cabinet of 1807, without creating an impression that
the context would not justify. In support of this as-
sertion, 1 refer to the inute of the Portland Cabi-
net ; and I only beg the House to bear in mind, that
it confirms the declaration of the preceding Cabinet,
in as far only as by that Cabinet it was declared that
no legal charge of criminality could be substantiated
against her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales.
If the Hon. Gentleman did not mean that the whole
transaction should come out, he ought to have ab-
stained from reading that Minute. Whence her
Royal Highness derived the advice under which she
has proceeded, I know not ; but I am intrepid in
maintaining this, that antecedently to a partial dis-
closure, calculated, as I contend, to make an unfair
impression, no attempt was made from any other
quarter to lead to a disclosure of the circumstances
of the transaction. Those alone who brought out
that garbled statement, for the purpose of making a
false impression, are answerable for the consequences.
On the Hon. Gentlem?.n's individual head be the
consequences."
Mr. WHITBREAD.—" .Be it on any head ; be
it on my head, that I attempt to vindicate her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales ! be on my bead the
responsibility of all that I have donee and be on the
heads of others the responsibility of all that they have
done! and be on the head of the Noble Lord the respon-
sibility of abstaining front making any answer to the
questions which I proposed to hint !—Sir, we all re.
member what Mr. l'crceval said on this subject; and
, what the Attorney-General said, and what the Noble
Lord said here the other night. Are those expres-
sions to be retracted ? I trust, Sir, there is no serious
intention now of imputing criminality to her Royal
Highness ? And yet the whole effect of that which
has been published in the Newspapers since the De-
claration to which I have alluded is to impute crimi-
nality to her Royal "Highness. The Noble Lord has
not chosen to satisfy me on the subject of any elami-
, nation cf Lady Douglas on the oth of March. I take
it for granted, that when I make my intended Mo-
tion on Wednesday, I shall obtain an explanation on
that head." _ _

Lord CASTLEREgGII.--,, I distinctly deny,
Sir, the accuracy of the Hon. Gentleman's statement
with respect to myself. I never made any declara-
tion of the innocence or the guilt of her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales. We were not a compe-
tent jurisdiction to make such a declaration. What
I Mated was, distinctly, that the evidence, as submit-
ted to the Portland Cabinet, so far as it went to cri.
minate her itoyal Highness, was either contradicted
by other evidence, or was not in itself entitled to cre-
dit. I did not attempt to pronounce on her Royal
Highness's guilt or innocence ; for I repeat, that I did
not consider that we were a competent jurisdiction
for that purpose, On the discussion of the subject,
I complained of the false impressions which the Ho-/
nourable Gentleman must produce by reading gar.
bled extracts of the documents. With respect to any
further explanations, 1 shall reserve them till the sub-
ject shall come properly under the consideration of
the House."
Mr. WHITBREAD.—" The Noble Lora still
talks of false impressions : I am willing that the
whole responsibility of what I have done may fall on
myself. I certainly did give an impression of the
innocence of her Royal Highness the Princess of
Wales, by reading what appeared to me to be a com-
plete acquittal of her Royal Highness ; and not a
Cabinet Minister in this House dared to deny the ac-
curacy of that impression. A Right Honourable
Gentleman who was a member of the Cabinet, the
Minute of which I read to the House (Mr. Canning)
made a complete avowal of his conviction of her
Royal Highness's innocence. I appeal to you, Sir,
whether the Noble Lord himself did not declare that
if any criminality attached to her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales, the intercourse between her
Royal Highness and the Princess Charlotte would
have been not merely restricted, but proWbited alto-
gether 1"
Lord CASTLEREAGH.—" The Honourable
Gentleman says he is perfectly ready to take on him-
self the responsibility. All I maintain is, that he is
not justified in charging generally on others the ef-
fects of that unfair impression which he himself first
made." x

Mr. WHITBRA D.—,g Was an impression of
her Royal Highness's innocence derived from a Ca-
binet Minute unfair ?"

Lord CASTLEREAGH.--0 The Cabinet did
not decide on her Royal Highness's guilt or inno-
cence, but only confirmed the minute of a preceding
Cabinet."
Lord MILTON rose, and was about to speak on
the subject, when—,
The SPEAKER observed, that there was no ques-
tion before the House.
Lord PALMERSTONE moved that the Order'
of •the Day be read for the Hpuse to resolve itself
into a Committee on the Mutiny Bill,
Mr. WYNNE spoke to order. He conceived that
his Noble Friend (Loj Milton) was.in possession of
the House.
The SPEAKER.—" All I have to say is this I
waited with considerable pain during a conversation
Frotracted to an unusual length. by circumstances ttn-
questionably of an important and extraordinary na-
' wort 111404vepatigo 4.rming:d• I tupcd to

Noble Lord, who I knew had public busisentobring
forward, and whose turn was on the paper. The
Hones will now do whatever it feels disposed to do."
Lord PALMER frrON repented his motion.
Lord MILTON expressed his surprize that the*
Noble Lord (Castlereagh) should say one thing one
day, with respect to her Royal Highness the Princess
of Wales, and say another thing on another day. He
was proceeding, when
Mr. BANKES rose to order. He humbly con-
ceived, that a conversation so properly terminated
ought not to be renewed.
Mr. WHITBREAD also spoke to (why'. He was
sorry to differ from his Hon. Friend.—Nothing ap-
peared to him more proper than that his Noble Friend
if he thought Wednesday too long a delay for the
motion respecting which he (Mr. Whitbread) had
given notice, to mocut the Order of the Day moved
Iby the Noble Lord, with a view, if he chose it, of
moving on the subject indenter.
Lord MILTON resumed his observation,. He
declared that np man who entertained a just sense of
propriety and decency but must be shocked and dis-
gusted at what had recently issued from the public
press.He, end many older persons than himself,4
bad never before witnessed such
.publications. He
' advised individuals ikt high situations tp take are
how they trifled with the people. Let it not be sus-
pected that the publication of such pollution was not
contrary to the will of persons in high places. If it
were really so, they would- have muds to answer for.
With respect to the Noble Lord's statements, did the
Noble Lord seriously institute a comparison between
' reading a Cabinet mute in that House, and the
publication of such documents as those to which he
had alluded ? The idea was preposterous. Whoever
might.be culpable; he trusted that the guilt of origi-
nating such discloshres would fall on the beads of
those who were really the offenders. The Noble Lord
then moved, as an amendment, that the House
should adjourn ; bat his motion was not seconded,
and the conversation dropped.
MUTEST •
The House went into a Committee on this Bill,
which having been red by the Chairman, e
Lord PALMERSTONE moved for leave to insert
a clause, inflicting a penalty on those persons who
raised recruits under false pretences.—Leave given. 1
Captain BENNET moved to insert several clauses
relating to the infliction of corporal punishment in
the Army. The first clause was to make it unlaw-
ful for any General, Commanding Officer, Court
Martial, Ste. to inflict the punishment of flogging in I
any of the troops serving in Great Britain, Ireland,
the Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man.
2. To make it lawful to sentence the troops serving
abroad to receive corpopl punishment, provided this
punishment did not exceed 100 lashes. S. To make
it unlawful for any Officer, after a part of the sm.
tence had been inflicted, to order any man to be
, brought out a second time to receive the remaining
' lashes. In the proposal to insert the last clause, he
hoped for the concurrence of the Judge Advocate'
(Mr. Manners Sutton) who had on a former occa-
sion declared his opinion that such renewal of the
punishment was illegal. He then mentioned an in-
, stance related to him by an Officer lately come from
the Peninsula, of a General, who, disapproving of
' his mode of punishing a soldier by confinement, had
ordered the black book to be brought, and finding'
him debtor so many lathes, immediately had him
tied up to the halberts to receive them.
Lord PALMERSTON said, that after the repea-
ted discussions which had taken place on this ques-
tion, he should not trouble the House with any ob.
seivations, but he should feel it his duty to resist the
introduction of the proposed clauses.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, that the system
of flogging was reprobated by every thinking and
humane mind, as an ignorant substitute for the only
proper mode of punishment for smaller offences,
namely, confinement. The facts and arguments
which had been brought forward on this subject had
had the beneficial effect of bringing this punishment
into comparative disuse ;—but he should never rest
contented without its total abolition. He wished to
have known from the Noble Lord how far the re-
striction imposed by the orders of the Commander in
Chief. respecting the number of lashes, extended?—
Fer nearly 1500 were often given, and the unfortu-
nate victim was sometimes brought out three, four,
or five times to receive them. But whatever was the
disuse of this barbarous and humiliating custom, or
the limitations imposed omits exercise, he wished that
no discretion should be left on this subject to Court-
Martial., or Commanding Officers. At present a
brave and veteran soldier might be sentenced to this
punishment by an unfledged Ensign, mid not only
have the flesh torn off his bones, but an indelible
stigma fixed upon his character, and upon the peace
and lasting happiness of his mind. This punishment
could do no good ; it was never known to reform a
bad soldier, good
had often destroyed good ones.—
Those regiments were uniformly the best disciplined
where corporal punishment was the least used. The
Honourable Baronet thought that there should be a
scale .of rewards in the army as well as a scale of
punishments, and that if a decent provision were
made for those who had served for se many years in
the army, to which, however, they would not be en-
titled without a good character, this would be a
strong inducement to good behaviour. He then ad-
verted to the change which had taken place in the
composition of our army. This punishment had for-
merly been justified from the character of those who
generally enlisted in the army, and also on the ground
that a man's enlisting in the army, and consequently
subjecting bimself to this punishment, was purely
voluntary. At present a great part of the army at
borne, particularly the Local' Militia, were taken by
ballot from all glasses of the community, and they
being subject to this punishment was 20 longer vo-
luntary on the part of the common soldier. Some
distinction on this ground was certainly necessary
between our troops at home and those serving abroad.
Mr. MANNERS SUTTON thought it quite im-'
possible to get rid of corporal punishment at present.
It had, however, fallen very much into I
Though the number of Court Martials qow were
three times as many as formerly, the actual aggre-
gate of cases in which corporal-punishment was in.
flicted, was considerably less. The sentence of flog-
ging was exchanged in two cases out of three, into
tof genera' service: and in most ether cases con-
finement was adopted, There wns'a general dispo.
*icsu, abiost an avidity in conginandin Officers/ tq

...

Arai themselves nrany mode of punishment in pre.
ference to flogging. He then adverted to some cases '
of peculiar hardship brought fbrvrard by Sir Francis
Burdett last year. One was, that of a poor man
who had stuck pins and needles in his legs to avoid
the executiOn of his sentence ; another-of-some poor
men who had been punished severely for marrying
contrary to the orders of their sillerior Officers ;
another case was that of some soldiers who were said
to have had clogs fastened to their legs, sad to have,
been compelled to walk seven or eight hours in tl,:s
manner everyday. Into of these supposed cases'
inquiry had been made, and the accusation was found
in every one of them to have been utterly groundless.
As• to the system ef reward proposed by the Hon.
Baronet, he would only says that if such a system
were shewn to be practicable, there was no one who
would more gladly assent to it than himself, but the
' theory of philanthropy was one thing. and the pow-:e
of making every body rich was another. h shoull
I also be recollected, in answer to what was said of
this number of persons seen begging about the streets
' without an arm or a leg, that there was such a thing
in this Metropolis as imposture. He thought the
punishment of confinement in the army was only
! effectual, as k was the alternative for corportl punish.
ment. The third clause proposed by the Hon. Gen•
tleman opposite for preventing the repetition of this
punishment, would, he thought, go to abolish it al.
together ; for when a, man knew that he could not
be brought out a second time to receive his 100
lashes, there was no fraud or artifice to which he
would not resort to evade the execution of the sen-
tence in the first instance.

Colnpel DUC KETT spoke is favour of the present
system. He at the same time repelled an insinuation
of Mr. Bennet, that in the militia they tametimes
flogged all round. In the militia. he said, there was
much less flogging than in the regulars, and yet it
would be found that the discipline of the militia was.
superior to that of the regulars.
Captain RENNET, in answer to what haibeea
said by the Hon. Gentleman (Colonel Duckeul or
polite, said, that in some militia regiments, the prac-
tice was not the same as in the regiment of that Gem-
densest it being a practice to flog, not all round in-
deed, but from flank to centre. That it was the
practice to call out men a second time for punishment,
might be inferred from the words of the sentences of
Courts Martial, that the tßan should gg receive so
many lashes when aid where Ow Commanding Officee
shall direct."
Mr. WHITBREAD congratulated the flame on
the temper with which the question had that night
been debated. and the progress which had beep made
towards the abolitionof the punishment in question.
About twenty years ago, when he was a young Memo
ber of that House. he mentioned for the first time in
his place, this practice, so much to be reprobated, of
bringing out men twice to receive one sentence. It
was then said, in opposition to him, that it Was most
horrible to mention any thing( of the kind in the
House,—that the soldiers had by no means too much
flogging,—that a lash could not be spared. Now,
however, owing in a great degree to the Hen. Baronet
behind him (Sir F.Burdett), who had brought the
matter repeatedly into discussion., and owing to the
interference of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite
(Mr. M. Sutton), the punishment was in a great de.
gree got rid of. He (Mr. Whitbread) shoyld not
press the point at that moment, as it was not then
ripe for disctusion ; but he was convinced, that by the
silent progress of time, when the Officers should find
the disadvantageousness of this sort of punishment.
k would gradually diminish until finally abolished.
The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. M. Sutton) had
said, that he had heard of no instances where 3 soldier
had been brought out to receive the remainder of
sentence which they could not bear at one time. Un-
less Officers had grossly deceived him (Mr. W.), ;hie
was a frequent practice ; and one instance in parti-
cular he had hoard, where a man, after having been
tried by a Court.martial and acquitted, was. on a re.
ference to the black book by the Officer who had pre.
ferred the charge against him, flogged, as a remain.
der of a sentence pronounced long antecedently. The
Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. M. Sutton) had said,
that if the bringing a man out the second time for
punishment were forbidden, all possible shifts would
be resorted tok to escape from punishment 3as if all
meant possible would not, even in the present state
Of things, be made ose of by the unhappy spfferers.
This practice had, as he conceived, been pronounced
by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. M. Sutton) ilk-
gal ; but now it was said to be, not only not illegal,
but expedient ; so that if that Right Hon. Gentle.
man's ideas of legality remained unchanged, he would
of course have Introduced a clause into the Mutiny
Act, authorising. the practice. As to the cases of
mendicity from insufficient provision, it was dee
plorable sight to see two,
" With half their limbo in battle lopped away,
" Beg bitter bread tbrtigh realms their valour saved.'
But in many cases be agreed with the Right Hen.
Gentleman (Mr. M. Sutton) that deception was psao.
tised, and that even in cases where the men had been
in reality mutilated, their sturdy beggarhood changed
pity into disgust, and called loudly on the police to
remove such annoyances to British pride. An lb.
nourable Gentleman oposite had said, after epposint
the clauses, that in regifflents of Militia the flogging
was twenty times less, and yet offences less frequent
than in the line. This was a pretty strong fact against
the practice of flogging.. Mr. Whitbread sat down
by expressing his conviction, that as by discussion the
practice had been brought low, so it would in the
end be entirely destroyed.
Mr. M. SU ITON said, that the Commander in
Chief would not have suffered to pass, without repro,
bation, any officer who had orderea a man to have
been brought out a second time on an old sentence.
He was happy to state, that from late regulation al-
lowing commutation to general service, flogging had
decreased in militia regiments.
Sir EYRE COOTE said, that the punishment in
question had greatly diminished, and would in all
probability be abolished. The diminution had arisen
from the clause allowing substitution of imprison-
ment, &c. and to the half yearly inspection of re.
giments.
Zr. HERBERT, of Kerry, said, that ix the mai-
tia regiments which had come under his experience,
he had found that nothing but the terror of the lash
would deter men from offences, especially in CAWS of

inebriety.
14r, W4ITDRE4R said, that as to what hA

'teen WA abort the cols betigerowded with toldtet*
imprisoned at a ptmahment, in lieu of flogging, only
one instance had come to his knowledge, %Piz. the
gaol of St. Hillier: in the island of Jersey, which *as
owing to the prison itself being in a detestable state.
He took this opportunity of mentioning the wretched
state of that prison, as the unhappy debtor was there
injured by this benefit to the soldier.
Lord PALMERSTON mentioned as proof of the
frequency of imprisonment as a military punishment,
complaints he had received from Sussex of the gaols
being full of soldiers.
The clauses were then brought tip and negatived
without a division, when the Howse resumed, add the
Report was ordered to be received to-morrow:
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
• and the Huse adjanrned.
FURTHER DOCUMENTS, .

(CONtIkIMO /ROM TISTIIRDAT'S
EITTER ADDREcSED BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRIN-
CESS 01/ WALE* TO THE KING.

SlRE—When I last troubled your Majesty upon
my unfortunate business, I had raised my mind to
hope that I should have the happiness of hearing from
your Majesty, and te.ceiving your gtacions commands
to pay my duty ip yourltoyal presence before the expi-
ration of the last weeks and, when that hope was
disappointed, eagerly clinging to any idea which of-,
lered me a prospect of being saved from the necessity
of having recourse (for the vindication of my cha-
racter) to the publication of the proceedings upon the
Inquiry into my conduct, I thought it just to sup-
pose that the reason for my not having received your
Majesty's commands to that effect might have been
otcasioned by the circumstance of your Majesty stay-
ing at Windsor through the whole of the week. I,'
therefore, determined :o wait a few days longer,'
btfore I took a step which, when once taken, could
not• be recalled. Having, however, now assured my-
self that your Majesty was in town yesterday—as 1
have received no commands to wait upon your Ma-
jes. y,
.sad no intimation of your Majesty's pleasure,
I am reduced to the necessity of abandoning all hope
that your Majesty will comply with my humble, my
(-Arnett, and anxious request.
gi Your Majesty, therefore, will Rot be surprised
to find that the publication of the proceedings alluded
ao will not be withheld beyond Monday. next.
" As to any consequences which may arise from
Inch publication, unpleasant and hurtful to my own
iftelinks and interests. 1 may perhaps be properly re-
sponsiblei—and in any event have rro one to complain
of but myself,'and those with whose advice I have
acted ; and whatever those consequences may be, I
ani fully and unalterably convinced, that they must
tie incalctilably less than those which I should be ex-
pelled to from my silence. But as to any other con-
sequences, unpleasant or hurtful to the feelings and
interests of *hers, or of the public, nxp conscience will'
certainly acquit me of those.
" P-am confident that I have not acted impatiently
or precipitately. To avoid coming to this painful
extremity, I have taken every step in my power, ex-
cept that which• would abandon my character to utter
infamy, and my station in l►te to no uncert tin clan-
str, and possibly to no very distant destruction.
66 With every prayer fur the lengthened continu-
ance of your Majesty's health and happiness,
for every possible blessing which a gracious
Gon can bestow upon the-beloved Monarch of
a loyal People, and for the continued prospe-
rity of your dominions under your Majesty's
propitious n ign, I remain,
If Your Majesty's most dutiful, loyal and affectionate,
(but most unhappy and most injured)
Daeghter-in-law, Servant, and Subject,
(Signed) 66 CAROLINE."
46 Montague House, lilackhe;th, March 4, 1807."
NARRATIVE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TILE DUKE
OF KENT.

• To introduce the following relation, it is necessary
for me to premise, that on entering the Prince of
Wales's bed-room, where our interview took place,
brother, after dismissing his attendants, said to
me, that circumstances had come to his knowledge
with respect to a transaction with the Princess of
Wales, in which he found that I had been a party
concerned ; that if he had not placed the must entire
reliance on my attachment to him, and he was
pleased to add, on the well known uprightness of my
character and principles, he should certainly have
felt himself in no small degree offended at having
learnt the facts alluded to from others, and ea in the
fist instance from we, which he conceived himself
every way entitled to expect, but more especially from
that footing of confidence on which he bad ever trea-
ted me ; but that fully satisfied my explanation of tbe
matter would prove that he was not wrong in the opi-
nion he had formed of the honourable Motives that
had actuated me in observing silence with regard to
hint upon the subject, he was anxiously waiting for tne
to proceed with a narrative, his wish to hear which he
was sure he had only to express to ensure my imme-
diate acquiescence with it. The Prince then gave me
hia hand, assuring me he did not feel the smallest de-
gree of displeasure towards me, and proceeded to in-
`traduce the subject upon which he required informa-
tion. When, feeling it a duty I owed to him, to with-
hold from his knowledge no part of the circumstances
connected with it, that I could bring back to my re-
collection, I related the facts to him, as nearly as I
can remember, in the following words :
" About a twelvemonth since, or thereabout (for
" I cannot speak positively to the exact date), I re-
crived a note from the Princess of Wales, by which
" she requested me to come to Blackheath, in order
" to assist her in *arranging a disagreeable matter,
" between her, Sir Sidney Smith, and Sir John and
Lady Douglas, the particulars of which she would
" relate to me when I shotld call. I, in consequence,
" waited upon her, agreeably to her desire, a day
" or two after, when she commenced the conversa-
" tion, by telling me, that she supposed I knew
" she had at one time lived with Lady Douglas on
• a footing of intimacy, but that she had reason
44 afterwards to repent having made her acquaint-
" once, and was therefore rejoiced when she left
" Blackheath for Plymouth, as she conceived that
se circumstances would break off all farther coznmu-
" nication between her and that Lady. That, how-
" ever, contrary to her expectation, upon the return
" of Sir John and her from Plymouth to London,
" Lady Douglas had called and left her name twice
" or three -sinus, notwithstanding she must have

ady iglas woulctnot take the hint, It her
a visits were not wished tor, to order Miss Vernon to
gg write her a note, specifically telling her that they
44 would in future be dispensed with ; that the con-
s. sequence of this had been an application, through
a one of her Ladies, in the joint names of Sir Syd-
gg ney Smith, Sir John and Lody Douglas, for an
gg audience, to require an explanation of this, which
e 4 they considered an affront I and that, being deter-
sg mined not to grant it, or to suffer any unpleasant
sr discussion upon the subject, she intreated me to
go take whatever steps I might judge best to put an
gg end to the matter, and rid her of all further trouble
a about it. I stated in reply, that I had no know-
er ledge of either Sir Joint or Lady Douglas, and
gs therefore could not, in the first instance, address
gg myself tnthem, but that I had some acquaintance
gg with Sir Sydney Smith, and if the Princess was
gs not averse to that channel, I would try what I
gg could in that war effect. This being assented to
gi by the Princess, I took my leave, and immediately,
gg on my return bottle, wrote A note to Sir Sydney
gg Smith, requesting him to call on me as soon as he
gg- conveniently could, as I had some business to speak
44 to him upon. Sir Sydney in consequence called on
gg me (I think) the next day, when I related to him
44 the conversation, as above stated, that I had had
gg with the Princess. After hearing all I had to
g say, he observed, that the •Princess, in stating to
gg me that her prohibition to Lady Douglas to repeat
" her visits at Blackheath, had led to the application
o for an audience of her Royal Highness, had kept
gg front me the real cause why he, as well as Sir
gg Sir John and Lady Douglas, had made it, as it
gg originated in a most scandalous anonymous letter,
gg of a nature calculated to set on Sir John and him
gg to cut each others throats, which, from the hand- '
44 writing and style, they were both fully convinced
gg was the production of the Princess herself.
" I naturally expressed my sentiments upon such
gg eonduct, on the part of the Princess, in terms of
gg the strongest animadversion ; but, nevertheless,
gg anxious to avoid the shamefuleclat which the pub-
" lication of such a fact to the world must produce ;
" the effect which its coming to the King's know-
" ledge would probably have on his health, from the
gg delicate state of his nerves, and all the additional.
gg consequences which I foresaw would inevitably
gg follow, were this fact, which would give the Prince
is so powerful' a handle to express his feelings upon
44 the countenance strewn by the King to the Prin-
t cess, at a time when I knew him to be severely
gg wounded, by his Majesty's visits to Blackheath on
• the one hand, and the reports he had received of
" the Princess's conduct on the other, to be brought
" to light, I felt it my bounden duty, as an honest
" man, to urge all these arguments with Sir Sydney
" Smith in the most forcible manner I was master
el of, adding also as a further object, worthy of the
" most serious consideration, the danger of any op-
" pearance of ill blood in the family at such an
46 eventful crisis, and to press upon his mind the ne-
" cessity of his using his best endeavours with Sir
64 John Douglas, notwithstanding all the proyocation
44 that had been given them, to induce him to let the
44 matter drop, and pursue it no farther.
" Sir Sidney observed to me, that Sir John Douglas
" was a man whom, when once he had taken a line
frem a principle of honour, it was very difficult to
" persuade him to depart from it ; however, as he
44 thought that if any man could prevail on him, he
46 might flatter 'filniself with being the most likely to
46 persuade him, from the weight he had with I.lm ;
44 he would immediately try how far he could gain
" upon him, by making use of those arguments I had
44 brought forward to induce him to drop the matter
44 altogether. About four or five days after this, Sir
66 Sidney called upon me again, and informed me,
" that upon making use, with Sir John, of those rea-
" sons which I had authorised his stating to be those
" by which I was actuated in making the request that
44 he would not press the business farther, he had not
64 been able to resist their force, but that the whole
44 extent of promise he had been able to obtain of
44 l,:171, amounted to no more that he would, under
" existing circumstance:, remain quid, if left unmolated,
44 for that lie would not pledge himself not to bring
" the subject forward hereafter, when the same mo-
" tive might no longer operate to keep him si.
" lent. Tliis tesult I communicated, to the best of
" my recollection, the following day, to the Princess,
44 who seemed satisfied with it, and from that day to
" the present one, (Nov. 10, 1805), I never heard
" the subject named again in any shape, until called
g• upon by the Prince, to make known to him the cir-
" cumstances of this transaction, as far as I could
'I bring them to my recollection."
• And now having fulfilled what the Prince wished
me to do. to the hest of my abilities, in case hereafter
iany one by whom a narrative of all the circumstances
' as related by Sir John and Lady Douglas, of whom
I was informed by my brother, :ul:equent to our con-
versation, should imagine that I know more of them
than I have stated, I hereby spontaneously declare,
that what I have written is the whole extent of what
I was apprised of; and bad the Princess thought pro-
per to inform me of what, in the Narrative of the
Information given by Sir John and Lady Douglas, is
alluded to, I should have felt myself obliged to dscline
all interference in the business, and to have at the
same time stated to her, that it would be impossible
for me to keep a matter of such importance from the
knowledge of the Prince. (Signed) 46 NDWAIiDe"
go December 27, 1805."
AFFIDAVIT OF THOMAS LAWRENCE, ESQ.
"I, Thomas Lawrence, swear, that in the year 1801,
I did sleep several nights at Montague-house, and that
frequently between the close of the day's setting, and
her Royal Highness's dressing for dinner, I was alone
with the Princess. That I saw her in the evening, and
remained till 12, one, or two o'clock, but never alone,
except in one single instance, and that for a short time,'
when I remained with her Royal Highness in the,
blue room or drawing-room, as I remember, to answer
some questions that had been put to me. I cannot
recollect the particulars, but solemnly declare, that I
have not the least objection for all the world to have

- . .
. . . . ~ . .
er NS that adenterton A. reAdeil I diat Loiter heard or seen whit took place: that 'lime waa alone
4. bawl tonlinited'in the Opinion she had before bad i with her Royal Highness in any °thee place i that I
,g occasion to form of her Ladyship by an anonymous never was with the door' locked, bolted, or fastened,
a letter she had received, NI which the was very otherwise than in the common and n'u:il Manner,
fss strongly cautioned against renewing her acquaint• which leaves kin the power of any person on the out-
,, since with her, both as being unworthy of her con- side to open it —So help me GOD.
s' fidence, from the liberties she had allowed herself (Signed) di THOMAS LAWRENCE.
si to take with the Ffincest's name, and the lightness ag Hatton Garchat, 24th Sept. 1806.
sg of her character, she had klt herself obliged, as “ 'I% Lancitk"
os Lac' • Dour" that

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1813.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
Cons. 58fi...-for ac. 59 58f.— per Cent. 88/1--Bds.4s. ss. die.
Each. Bills es. es. pr.-..-Omniurn, nothing done.

Last night Mr. WHITBREAD gave notice in the
House of Commons of his intention to move to-mor-
row for an Address to the PfittacE REOENT, praying
his Royal Highness to order a prosecution to be in-
stituted against Lady DOUGLAS for perjury in her
evidence respecting the Princess of WALES. What
will be the result, we pretend not to anticipate; but
we have po hesitation in saying, that great responsi-
bility attaches somewhere or other, for the injury in-
flicted on public morals by the disclosure of a detail
which ought to have been so conducted in all its steps
as to have precluded the necessity or possibility of its
ever being made public.

The Gottenburgh Mail which arrived yesterday
was landed at Lowestoffe from the Lady Nepean
packet. A Danish sloop of war was fitting at Co-
penhagen to receive the Austrian Ambassador to
this country; and it was reported, when the Lady
Nepean left Gottenburgh, that the French and Saxon
troops under REGNIER had been intercepted by the
Russians, in their retreat to Silesia, and compelled
to lay down their arms. Twenty thousand peasants
are in arms in Hanover, and the students of Gottin-
gen and Halle have takeh up arms against the French,
The flame of insurrection is, in fact, rapidly spread-
ing over the whole Continent. •
We stated yesterday the return of General HOPE
from Sweden, and we are happy to learn that he has
accomplished the purposes of his mission. The fol-
lowing are reported to be the preliminaries of the
Treaty of which he is said to be the bearer That
Colonial produce and British manufactures 'shall be
admitted into Sweden under the same duties and ar-
rangements as in the time of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS.
2. That the flag of Great Britain shall be respected
as that of the most favoured nations. S. That a sub-
sidi of about £60,000 per month shall be paid to
Sweden as the condition of her employing a body of
troops to act on the southern shores of the Baltic
against the common enemy.

It is further reported.that some lealousies have been
revived between the Courts of Copenhagen and Stock-
holm, which will impede the accession of the former
to tho Coalition, which is in progress between Great
Britain and the Northern Powers. At-Qs:tett, the
French Ambassador at the former Court, is said to
retain all his former influence over the mind of the
Danish Sovereign. He is, in fact, the Prime Minister
of Denmark.

Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL had an interview
with the Duchess Dowager of Leeds, at her house in
Grosvenor-street.

The Princess CHARLOTTE occasionally takes the ex-
ercise of riding on horseback in the Riding House,
and in the grounds at the back of Carlton House.

Sunday, about four o'clock, the Princess of WALES,
accompanied by a Lady in Waiting, arrived at Ken-
sington Palace in her chariot and four. Her Royal
Highness remained there about an hour, and then set
off on her reorn to Blackheath.

No second interview has taken place 'between Lord
CASTLEREAGH and Sir JOHN DOUGLAS, on account of
the observation made by his Lordship in the House
of Commons respecting the DOUGLAS Depositions.
Lady DOUGLAS is the daughter of Colonel Hoe•
KINSON, who resides near Gloucester.
A Gentleman, who left Berlin a few weeks since,
informs us, that nothing can exceed the enthusiasm
with which the inhabitants hailed the successes of the
Russians. The French Officers and soldiers were
hourly insulted in the streets ; and, among other
pieces of ribaldry thrown out against them, the fol-
lowing was openly sung by the inhabitants in the
streets, and frequently called fur at the Theatres ;

Eln, gwey, irey—
Mit dem Fransosen tit's vorbep
Pretosen bat sie fett genucht,
Russia:ld hat sic abgesebaeht !
Which may be thus translated

One, two, three—
The French may cry, 0 °minaret f
They've been fattened in Prussia,
To be slaughtered in Russia!
On his way through Hamburgh, our informant saw
several French douaniers in the hospitals, who had
been dreadfully mutilated by the populace, their noses
and ears having been cut off.
Among other foreigners of distinction who have
left London for the Continent, within these few days,
is a Prussian Gentleman of the name of ALBROOK.—
He carries to the King of PitI:SSIA a letter written by
the PRINCE 12.Eciiwr's own hand.
We understand that nine-tenths ef the Prussians and
Germans now in London have applied for passports
to proceed to their own country, to join the insurrec-
tions which are now organizing against the French
system.

We have seen a very curious and extensive cata-
logue of Illustrated Books, entitled 44 Bibliotheca
trata," which, we understand, may be had at No. 39,
Paternoster-row, and of all the Booksellers in town
and country— GRATIS.
BREAD.—This day the Loun MAYOR ordered the
price to fall half an assize—to take place on Thurs-
day next.—The Quartena Loaf will then be Is. (4d.

N.friL AVELLICEIVCA

.~_~

TOkil AY, MAR CH 14.
Put in hef4t, thisniorning his Majesty's ship gt arra*
having on board his Grace the Dike of Wt.:cues-
TER, bound to Jamaic.t f the ScsPrne has under het
convoy the West India Beet--only a fess of them have
come in with her. Also put lino the 13-ty his tla.es.
ty's ship E'rfmtrox with the Portugal nd Mediter-
ranean convoy : they, with the fie .•t 1,....nd to New.
toundland, under his Majesty's ship Bonze, remai*
wind-bound.--Wind West. •
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 14.
Arrived the SAN Jowly, of 1 If , ors, from Ports.
mouth, to dock at this port ; BITTi RN. 16 guns. from
Liverpool, with impressed men; Nurruts (2) ten-
der, from Dublin; ANN terJer, from 13rist.•1; Kos',
20 guns, from Portsmouth 1 and a fine American
brig. called the Stag, prim to the Sorsa)) of 74 guns.
The Dunuta, of 74 guns, that came into Hamoate
to refit on Thursday last, has stil: many of her crew
ill of the scarlet fever. The NINTH' II cutter (ne a)
has been purchased into me service, and is to be Sued
directly.—Remain in HAMOUv. the Qu-en Charlotte
(Admiral Lord Kean), Dublin of 74 um., Dryad
frigate, Perseus, Wasp, litoy4..t, C. met. 1/4 squito,
Bramble, Tedzer, Nimrod, Speculator, and Gambier.
No ships of the liite in Cawsand Bay.
I,ORTSMOUTII, MARCH IS. •
Arrived the Doan; frigate, from Plymouth —Sailed
his Majesty's ships YORK and IMPREGNABLE, for the
Dowas.—The Derexaous is appointed convoy for
the Downs.—Wind W.S.W.
DEAL, MARCH IS.
Arrived the YORK, 74, from Portsmouth, and re.
mains with his Majesty's ships and the outward-bound
as per last.—Wind S.W.

YARMOUTH, MARCH is.
Sailed the CHANTICLIBER and HEARTY gun-brig,
on a cruize. Arrived four prizes, sent in by the
LEvEarr j` also arrived the Hoffnung, with cheeses
from Holland. Remain the Solcbay, Daphne,
Thresher, and Vizen.—Wind S. W.

LEITH, MARCH is.
The APELLES sloop of war sailed front:the Road'
for Sheerness, to be repaired; Captain VICAR, of this
port, was appointed to the command. The privateer
APELLES took last cruize is on shore in Dunbar Bay,
and will dot be got off. Remain in the roads—Ana.•
MANY (flag ship), SNAKE and CIISROKFX sloops of
war, and FORWARD gun-brig. The Foaw.taa gun.
brig sails today on a cruise.
PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 29. 41,
Our privateers continue to molest the English trade -
in the Gulph of Mexico. The Rover privateer of
Savannah, mounting 15 guns, has lately arrived there
with six prizes richly laden. The privateers belong.
ing to Massachusetts have also been very fortunate.

NAVAL AProiNvsmovs.—Captain Hawker to the BsUero.
phon (for the flag of Sir Richard Keats); Sir James Teo to the
command of the squadron to be employed on the Lakes of Arne-
tics; Captain John Maxwell to the Favourite; Hon. Captain R.
Rodney, of the Latona, to the rank of Post Captain ; Lieutenants
R. C. Phillips, Sybille; W. Hall, T. S. Griffenhouse, o.l'aidrew,
J. Guinnell, Bellerophon; R. Hartirm, Henry Brett, G.Walker,
Charles Crowdy, B. Molesworth, Rippon ; Charles Cumby, 1.
G. May, R. Gibson, Antelope; Robert Hintim, Resistance;
Lewis Campbell, Stirling Castle; H. F. Sewell, T. P. Clarke,
Inconstant ; G. King, Cornwall.
EAST-INDIA SHIPPING.
Saturday the dispatches were finally closed at the
East-India House, and delivered to the Pursers of
the undermentioned ships, viz.
Hope, Captain J. Pendergrass ; Walmer Castle, Captain L.
Dodds ; Cumberland, Captain T. H. Wilkinson ; Watley, Capt.
J. Collins; and Lowther Castle, Captain W. Crowder, foe
China direst--Hugh Inglis, Captain J. Fairfax; Lord Melville,
Captain 1. G. Crabb ; Devaynes, Car. J. Short ; General Stuart,
Capt. J. Jameson ; Huddart, Capt. W. Nesbitt ; and Ocean, Capt.
T. M'Taggart, for Madras and Bengal.—' it W. Pulteney, Capt.
H. Christopher; and Union, Capt. R. Rankine, for St. Helens
and BengaL—William Pitt, C. W. Sillier ; and Lord Eldon, Capt.
J. Cowles, for Madeira and Batavia.
Passengers per NUDDARTe—For Bengal, Misses H. and L
Shakespeare; Messrs. Snatchwell, Healey, Bower, and Huh, ca.
dets.—For Madras, Mr. J. G. Hudson. free mariner; Mr. H. T.
Bushby, writer; and Mr. R. Warrand, cadet.
Passengers per OcfAte.—For Bengal, Major Delamain, Lady
and family; Mrs. H. Ocbterlony; Misses A. and 1. Sherwood;
and Mr. E. J. Hawkina, cadet.—For Madras, Major J. L. Lush.
ington, and Mrs. A. Tyndall.
Passengers pet DerATN as :—For Bengal, Mr. W. Rutter, free
mariner ; Mrs. M. Keene and family, and E. Wilson ; and Mr.
C. W. Hodge:, cadet. For Ceylon, Mr. J. Atkinson and Lady.
Passengers per WA LMLIL CAsTLe :—For China, Messrs. Davis
and Bannerman, writers. For Batavia, Mears. P.G. Siberg and
J. BchonebbeUe.

Passengers per Cnuatat.srut :—For China, Mr. C. Major&
banks, writer.
Pazsengers per LORD ELDON :—For Madeira, Mr. J. Graham.
Passengers per HUGH INGLIS—For Madras, Captain Fraser,
Lady, and family ; C. Terrier and W. G. Pearse ; Lkurenan*
R. Jefferys ; Messrs. Ogilvie, Sinclair, and Cameron, writers g
Messrs. Gowan and Lady ; H. Bose, G. Barnes, and J. Braddock;
H. Gordon, volunteer Bombay marine ; and Mr. R. Sewell, es.
del.—For Bengal, Captains R. Stanhope and M'ltael, Aids-de.
Camp to Earl Moira; Mr. J. Hutt, writer; Messrs. J. Barrett*
and C. J. Anderson ; Messrs. R. C. R. Montague and C. Pea.
rose, cadets ; and Mrs. C. A. Davison.
Passengers per LORD Ma xvit.r.s..—For Bengal, Captain Man
thew, Lady and child; Mr. T. E. Monsen, writer; Mr. W . D,
Monsen, cadet returning; and T. H. Sihoult, Esq. For Madras
Mr. C. M. Whist:, writer; Mr. Assistant Surgeon Boyd; and
Mr. G. Gray, cadet.
Pass ngers per 6nt WI S. PULTENETFOT Bengal, Mena„
R. Boon and W. Fathom, free mariners; and Mrs. Gillman,
KeUie, Watkins, and Rawlins: ror St. Helena, Colonel Mark
Wilks, (Governor) Lady and family; Captain J. Baynes, Mr. J.
Lowden, and Mrs.Tplbett, Robinson, Harrison, and
Passengers per Ustow—For St. Helena, Lieurenant-Colonel
Skelton (Lieutenant Governor), Lady and family ; and Ensign
P. Cunningham.
Passengers per GENERAL EITUARTFOr Bengal, Major Ma.
cleod and Lady; Mr. R. W. Maxwell, writer; Messrs. Lyons,
Gluon, J. W. Grant and Lady, and R. Tate; Mr. J. T. Croft,
cadet; and Mrs. M•Donald, Morton, and Philiips.
For Madras—Lieutenants Harris and Stock ; Mr. J. T. Aut-
rey, writes; Mines Blenkensop and Maxtone ; and Messrs.
Macleod and Maxtone, cadets.
The above Fleet, which was dispatched from the
India House on Saturday, will get under weigh as
soon as the wind comes round to a favourable poin%
under convoy of the DORIS frigate. The STIRLING
CASTLE, appointed to convey Lord Moa&i and suite,
does not sail in company.

DREADFUL Anon:nem—Last week, the boat of the
DANEMARKI 74, conveying six sick men on shore from
that ship to the Naval Hospital at Deal, during
a heavy gale, was upset, and one Lieutenant, two
Midshipmen, one Assistant-Surgeon, the six sick men,
the coxswain of the barge, and t..:n seamen were un-
fortunately drowned.
Twa mere French officers have broke their parole
of honour at Selkirk, an Hosp•ta-Mate, aad the 2it
Captain ut le Furet privateer.

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The first division of the Wiltshire militia, which
arrived at Carlisle on Thursday, marched out next
morning, on their route to Edinburgh. The second
division is on its route there also.

Yesterday the Ist regiment of Royal Edinburgh
Volunteers, commanded by the Right Honourable
CHARLES HOPE (the Lord Piesident), commenced
their drills for the season in the Meadow-walk.

Yesterday, and this day, two divisions' of the West
Kent militia (1100 strong), under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel SHAW, marched from Ipswich
for Norman.cross Barracks. The third division fol-
lows to-ntoz row.
'1 he 2.i battalion of the 63d regiment, and also
the 2d Diageons, are to march into Ipswich on the
25th instant.
The battalion of the 36th regiment, lately quartered
at Lewes, has marched to Blatchington Barracks.
Wednesday se'nnight a Court-martial was assem
bled at Edinburgh Castle, when the trial commenced
. of private Fairlie, Of the Fife militia, charged with
being concerned in the mutiny.and riot in Perth, on
the. 19th of February ; the Earl of HOME, Berwick-
shire militia, President.
Monday se'nnight the trial of private Fairlie, of the
Fife militia, was concluded. Tuesday,, the same
Court-martial proceeded to the trial of privates Miller
and Macartney, of the Renfrew militia, charged with
being concerned in the same mutiny and riot. Colonel
DUNLOP, Commander of the Brigade when the mutiny
gook place, appeared as prosecutor.
A few days since, a box containing property to the
4wnotint of nearly £3OO, besides some valuable family
i papers, which cannot be replaced, was taken from the
quarters of Captain BIELA, 3d Hussars, King's Ger-
man Legion, at Hythe, by two soldiers belonging to
° the same regiment, who immediately deserted ;--al-
though it was missed within an hour after the robbery
VAS perpetrated. and parties of dragoons sent in every
direction, no doubt is entertained, but the men effec-
ted their escape across the Channel the second even.'
ing after ; and it is supposed that three French offi-
r;ere who had broken their parole went over in the
same boat with them.

' CAPTAIN HENRY.—Tuesday last, Edward Egmond
Cri!lion, alias Soubrien, alias Count Waree, alias Major
Johnstone, was apprrhendedat Lymington, and com-
mitted to gaol, under the Alien Act. It miVrt be in ve-
collection, that during the last Session'of Parliament,
a charge was made by the American Government
against this Government (and it underwent Parlia-
ment try discussion) that a Captain Henry had been
employed by the late Sir JAMES CRAIG to- attempt to
bring about the dismemberment of certain parts oil
the United States, which was most peremptorily de-
'lied, it appearing -that Sir JAMES CRAIG having em-
ployed hint only to procure informatiOn in relation
Xo the military character and resources of the Eastern.
Provinces, from which he was recalled on the me-
naces of hostility at that time being withdrawn by
America. The person above described is the identi-
cal Captain Henry. He came to this country from
Gibraltar, in the Weymouth store-ship, in January
last, when he set forth a representation in all the pub-
lic prints, that he had arrived from Salir (in Catalo-
ni.i) and Alicant, and was the only survivor, with his
servant, out of 28 sail of vessels which sailed in com-
pany with the one in which he was on board. He
has since been making a tour of England, occasion-
ally recruiting his pecuniary means by swindling
tradesmen in various towns, through which he has
passed. He left Portsmouth on Sunday se'nnight.
Woods, the King's Messenger, went there in search
of him ; and, with the assistance of a constable of
that Borough, he was traced to Lymington.
vernment, we understand, have suspicions that he is
employed as an emissary of the enemy.
iunday a male child, 4pareatly about
was found drowned in the New River,
;ells. A handkerchief was tied round
one fastened round its waist, with a brick
dkerchief, supposed to sink it. It was
:well Workhouse, for a Coroner's In-
understand a woman, supposed to be
in custody.
Assizes, last week, G. Carpenter and
.e tried for the murder of Mr. Went,
on the 28th of December last. The
this shocking transaction have been
ic. The prisoners were both found
was another indictment against them
of Mary Gibbons, the servant, but it
:ded in. The prisoners were ordered
;sterday morning.
.. attempted to break into the house of
tberd, Esq. at Stoke, on Friday night
were prevented by• a yard-dog, atter
I window-shutter. The (frig, which is
teen the mastiff and the bull, fastened
mg, who was taken, and committed
Magistrate.
?ho formerly made several attemptsto
Lady of Mr. W. Poi.e, in the course
;newed his importunities at Wanstead-
1g in the most imperative manner to
the Lady, Oren Mr. POLE himself
lim, and whom lie threatened to kill,
;equest. The servants at length sue-
ng him, and had him taken before a
'Valthamstow, by whom he was com-
.lg Bridewell. The same morning on
this visit, he arrived at Snaresbrook by
tge ; and during the journey, he be-
rymptoms of derangement.
--Yesterday John Ford, the well-
was brought to the Office from St.
:h-house, charged with violently as-
oodcock, an attorney of Coventry.—
the prosecutor was returning home
at the Hurnmums, on Sunday night
eleven o'clock, through the neigh-
tare Market, when he observed the
Lly beating and ill-treating a boy,
Mr. Woodcock to remonstrate with
rlty ; upon which Ford fell upon Mr.
a furiously. Some watchmen inter-
was secured and taken to the watch-
, ordered to find baLl ickr the is ault
;ock and the box.

..F4INCII.4tifURA.

(RECEIVED AT A LATE HOUR LAST NIGHT._)

PARIS, MARCH 11.
Thire"was yesterday a Council of Ministers at Tri-
anon. The King of Rome went yesterday at eleven
o'clock to the Thuilleries, to visit their Majesties, at
Trianon.

M. Thibaut, one of the Presidents of the Constituent
Assembly, formerly Bishop of Cautal, died a few days
since, at Paris.

The Private Receiver and Preceptors of the Ar-
rondissement of Sedan, have offered to his Majesty
two horse soldiers, fully mounted and equipped. M.
Bretonville, son of one of the Preceptors, has volun-
tarily enrolled himself as one of their cavalry.
The 348 volunteers offered by the towns and vil-
lages of the mouths of the Meuse united, the 15th of
February, at the Hague, the Chief of the Depart-
ments, and are now on the route for their destination.
The Imperial Court of the Hague furnished, at its
own expence, ten horses with their furniture.

FRANKFORT, MARCH 4.

There arrived here yesterday a battalion of the
57th, on its way to Erfurth ; a battalion of the 65th,
which is destined for Hanau, and a detachment of
conscripts which remains here.

THE A fttiti

ployeu Dint only to pi
111 Xo the military charact
1 _ Provinces, from whic
i ' naces of hostility at tl
America. The persoi
I, cal Captain Henry. ]
Gibraltar, in the We]
, last, when he set forth
- lic pi ints,ithat he had
,ii DLO and Alicant, and
, i 1 servant, out of 28 sail
i 1 pony with the one in
has since been making
ally recruiting his pe
tradesmen in various
passed. He left Port
Woods, the King's IA
of him ; and, with thi
that Borough, he was
1 vernment, we understa
employed as an emissa
MURDER.—Sunday
six years of age, was la
near Sadler's Wells. ,
its neck, and one faster
tied in the handkerchie
• taken to Clerkenwell N
quest; and we underst
the mother, is in custi
Ar the Wilts Assize
° a Budded were tried
at' Roddenbury, on the
particulars of this shl
before the public. 'l,
iniltl. There was an
for the murder of Mar
4as not proceeded in.
. for execution yesterday
Some robbers attemi
Lawrence Hibberd, Ei
la. t, but they were p
baying forced a windo
Of a breed between the
on one of the gang, wl
? by Mr. BIRD, a Ma&isi
- Mr. SCOTT, who for
ii •
get access to the Lady
of week renewed 1
i honk, demanding in tl
1 be'admitted to the L
came down to him, at
if he denied his request
heeded in securing hin
Magistrate at Walthai
witted to Barking Brid
which he paid this visi
the Norwich stage ; at
*rayed evident sympto
Bow-STREET.-•-•XeSI
known pugilist, was
Cement's watch-hous
saulting Mr. Woodcoc
It appeared that the p
to his lodgings, at the
between ten and eleve
bourhood of Clare M
prisoner violently be:
which induced Mr. V
1 hill, for his cruelty ; u
Vii odcock most fork
i - fered, and Ford was se
house. He was order,
' on Mr. Woodcock and