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14 tincteisiBOl the tai kiiii t)ilititieili on tie bia
half of the clafmaiit, to hit Ittaisty; which, Petition
ivonld then he its4mittO to tht Attorney General,
and aftbrwards teletred fat decision in the Ccifismittee
of Privileges in the House of LOids. It mtlst be quite I
plain, then; that its the defect at present existin no
petition could be presented till a Regent shauld heap-
pointed. The Bill intended to be brought forward for
that object would probably occupy some days ; and
was it rint that the county of Glotestet should be un• '
represented during that time ? It had been sell ob-
served, that it was nf great importance to the county
of Glocester not to iernaisi any ltingeorttepresentecl, i
and also that in no event, whateier hiay'be tit,. dOei: P
sion in the other House-whethet the title of Earl
Berkeley he confirmed pr the tonttarr be the case
can the late representative retain his seat in that
House. Was it to he contended, under such circum-
stances, thit the tepresentation Of Gloucestershire
should continue still -iticoinplete ? The Stamford.
case had been much dwelt upon, but that did not
apply. General &aid 714 i not claim as heir ap-
parent to Lord Lindsay, 118 Lord Dursley did to
Earl Berkeley; and, indeed, the cases wherein doubts
had existed, were' cases of claimants as heirs-pre-
sumptive, not heirs-apparent. He would leave it to
the House, then, whether, because no case exactly
In point conld be found, they ought to suffer an ob-
servance of forms to interfere with the substantial
rights of the Electors of Gloucestershire ? Their late
representative, claiming as heir.apparent to a Peer,
I must he taken as a Peer, and his seat in that House
ailed up. As to the Act of 1784, it did not apply
to this case, because it was iropcssible,that the Legio.:
lature could have intended the operation of that Act
I to extend to cases of that description. When the sub-
stance of the question was sn clear, he would not suf-
fer his vote to he governed by idle forms, and should
therefore support the original motion.
Aftet a short explanation from Mr. WYNNE, the
House divided. .
For the previous question 21—Against it 36.
The maid question was then carried for issuing the
Writ, and the House adjourned.

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gr. ll.itsen, irite ti‘uid not 11,0 iniredneed that
oetement in his book, it he had not enneidered it of
eteli author ity, if a new Writ were net issued for
tile conilty of Gioncester, that county would suffer a
rcre serials injury. -It had been for a long time age.
tated by tee, parties contending for the election. It
was time this should be put an tnd to: It was the
first duty of the Home to fill nee vacancies. The
people of England claim this as their right. He there-
fore contended that the Seat was Vacant, and he hoped
tfelt the Hnese would proceed to supply the vacancy.
Mr. C. W. WYNNE differed in his view of this
question from his Hon. Priend, who had jest sae
down. If it should turn out that Lord, Dursley
hede no right to the title of E irl Berkeley, and in con-
sequence of agreeing to the motion for a new writ, an
election should lake plae, the House would be bound
to stmersede te ch election. it had been much insisted
erh, that un:ess the writ should he issued, Glouces.
terslere would be unrepresented. But there had been
cases of persons sitting in that House, tnnel the Re-
,,ort tit the Committee of Privileges in the other House
ted decided their eleims to the Peerage. He WAS of
opinion that Lord nursley might continue to sit id ,
that House until the decision upon his claim in the;
oihet House. If there could be any suspicion enter.;i.
tamed of any ternhiliation for the purpose of keeping
the county unrepresented, the ...House would undoubt-
elly be hound to proceed. But thee had been no emir.
cessary delay he this instance. The regular course of
proceeding would he by a petition to the King, on the
part of the individual, which petition would then be re-'
fetid by his Majesty to the Hodse of Lords, where the
claim woule be decided in'the Committee ot Privileges.
—He hed been of opinion last Session, that it war in-
cor.!enient and inexpedient to enter into the discussion
el a question, which would more regularly he decided
oh the death of the late End Berkeley. When it was
eonsiderct, that in the course ofd few days this piestien would be determined by the competent tribunal,
he thought the House would feel the propriety of ab-
staining ft om issuing the writ. Though Lord Dtireley
might he proved by that decision, not to be entitled to
the Earldom, it would not follow that that House was
to declare his former election void.
Mr. A BE RC R.O MEI' contended, that the question
that first presented itself on this subject, was whether, _nee,
finding themselves in a difficulty they should not exer-
cise
their discretion; and the next wee, how far they
Were to exercise that discretion'? For himself he was
convinced that if they found themselves in any FRIDAY, JANUARY 11.
embar-
rassment they were bound to lean to the side of the PRICE OF STOCKS Tl4ls DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
electors. They were bound to maintain the rights of s_ per Cent. cons. for stoney and account, Gill a:. dive
the people. He besought the House to enter calmly ,t. eßxedd 6811-4 per Cent. 821-5 per Cent. nil ex. div.
. itius,los. to Ils. pr.—Bonds,26s. Es. pr.s.-oton. 4 di..
into the question, and to consider what entries
would apreer on the subject on their Journals.— THE KING.
The first entry was, that e Lord Dursley had taken
his seat in that House as eldest son and heir apparent .a WrNSISOR CASTLE, JANUARY 10, iBll. •
to Earl Berkeley t the next entry was the rejection " His MAJESTY continues to go on well."
of I petition, denying his being so qualified : and if (Signed as usual.)
the motion of the Right Honourable Gentleman op.
" WINDSOR CASTLE, JANUARY 11, 1811.
polite should be carried, the last entry would be, that,
after having, by suffering Lord Dursley to sit as heir " His MAJESTY appears to be a little better since
apparent to Etrl Berkeley, recognised hire as such, yesterday." (Signed as usual.)
and having rejected a petition denying him to be what Yesterday mottling both Houses of Parliament met
he was represented to be, both by the Earl and Coun- at ten o'clock, pursuant to adjournment. After the
tess of Berkeley; on'a motion made for the issue of Lone CHANCELLOR had taken his seat in the House
a new Writ on his succeeding to his father, that
of Lords, a Message was brought up from the Com-
House, notwithstanding the previous entries, got rid
of such rnotiot• bythe previous question, If the motion mons, stating that the CHANCELLOR of the Exenesen; eft,
should be so disposed of, he would not consider it as Mr. Secretary RYDER, the MASTER of the ROLLS, and
acting reasonably on the part of that House towards Mr. D ROBERT DUNDAS, were appointed to go with the
the Electors of Glocestershire. He should therefore
LORD PRESIDENT and Lotus Prove SEAL, to wait upon
support the original Motiou.
his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, with the
Mr. HORNER wished to tar a few words, ek-
pttining the principles on which he meant to give his Resolutions and Addresses of both Houses, respecting
vote. -The hest was, that the Peerage was a corn- the Regency. The same Message also stated that
plete incapacitation for a seat in that House. The the Commons had appointed Lord dome THYNNE,
next was, that persons in the situatien of the Noble L • ,
oru 1 ALMERSTON; Lord Clem and Colonel Dee-
Person in question must be taken to he Peers until
now, to go with Lords T-r...tecotser and MORTON, to
the decisinn of the competent tribunal upon their
claims. That House having recognised that indivi- wait upon the QUEEN on the same occasion. We
dual as heir-apparent to the late Earl Berkeley, he understand that his Royal 'highness has appointed
would contend that it was bound to take him to he a this afternoon for receiving the Deputation, when his
Peer, and that it was no part of the law of England
answer to the Address will be forthwith laid before
that the issue of a writ of summons should be waited
for. In the case of Lord Bunhery, though no writ both Houses. Her MAJESTY'S answer is also expec-
of summons had been issued, the Court of King's f ted this days
Bench took cognisance of the right on a question re- I Lord Llvansoot gave notice in the House of
epecting the right of trial by Peers, end decided accord-
Lords, yesterday morning, that after the answers from
irgly in its favour. The question then was simply this,
that the I'ecragc dicqualified for seats in that House. i
her MAJE:iTY, and the Niece were laid before Per-
'fle Scotch Peers hiving become Peers of England at liament, he would propose A Resolution for opening
the thecei, were consecreently eisqualiried. The Peers I Parliament by Commission, similar to
the measure
of Ireland, by a clause ei the Union Act, are permitted adopted in 1789.
is tn in that House, provided they waved their r'oht
On Wednesday, tart HARCOERT and Colonel DEL
a; Pcera It was his opinion, therefore, chit that HoUse
and the Courts below were boiled to recognize the BROW waited upon the Queeet at Windsor Castle, to
tight of Loot Berkeky, until seine Court of compe. know when she would be pleased to receive the Ad-
se::: jute liction shell have decided egainit it. Ini- I dress voted by the two Houses ; when her MAJESTY
rote mi;:::114 might result frorte the contrary princi-! appointed yesterday, at one o'clock. The deputation
plo. He should not, in deciding what vote to give, '
t IL: inie his consideratioo the rumours in car dilation. . from the two Houses, (eoneisting of the Earl of Mot-
if ereteeents in the affirmative were nuiltiplied at "NI Earl HAttcOvn.F, Lord Viscount PALSIERSTON,
hundred felt!, they could not apply to this case. In Lord CLIME, Lord lone Tnyeet, and Colonel Dash
the Stemford case the writ had been seeerseeed on
I eaow,) left London yesterday mornings about half-
proof that it had been oloained on allegations rips
n Est ton o'clock ; and on their arrival at Windsor
nue :II tact. If ever there ceal he a time for laser- • '
ir e such a writ, and rendering; the representation ! were introduced to her MAJESTY at the Castle, and
ef the people, it was the present, when crestions of presented the Address. They were most graeiously
such vial ierportance and lasting consequeeeee, were received, and were invited by her MAJESTY to par-1
expected to he brought under consideration. As to take Of some refreshment. At three o'clock the De-
the delay of a few days being likely to produce a de-
e utetiun set off on their return to Lon don.
eisloa in the taller House, that was tint to be eepect- •
e•!, ;n the course even of the. present Parliament,— THE REGENCY.
here. were several other claims pending which would ! •
The Douro of CoMmons met this afternoon, in
have precedence. Ile should therefore sapport the :
rnot:oa. pursuance of their adjournment, when the Answer of
Mr. LONG contended, that the Stamford prece- the QUEEN and the PRINCE or WALLS to the Ad-
dent was 'exactly in point. The invariable practice dresses anti Resolutions of the House -were presented'
of the Honse was clear, and this practice too had been
and read. The Answer of the PRINCE stated, " that
!ecognised in the act a 17Se, her authorising the
he accepted of the powers of the Regency, restricted
Feeeetker to issue Writs daring a recess or adjournment
( t Session, on the certificate of two Members, that in end limited as they were, still retaining the opinions ex.
tate of the de.eh of a Peer, the successor had been pressed by his Royal Highness on a former and simi-
tailed no to the House of Lords. lien occasion."
.The other parts of the Ptince's An.
Mr. WHITBREAD explained. ewer w.ts nearly the same words With that which was
S:r SAMUEL RO M ILLY observed, thet in sub-
Vance the question was clear. The county of Gloces- delivered in 1799.
tor was at present unrepresented, and might continue The Answer of the Overt was also an echo of her
unrepresented, if the writ now moved tor should not MAJr:TT's sentiments iSI 1789. Her Meese.? ac-
'be issued. Even, though the Parliament should he cepts :!e! Trust reposed in her, and expresses an anx-
wenel in the time stated by the Right Houourelele
loos wish for the complete restoration of her Royal
"-emit:man opposite, it did ISM follow that the gets-
eon cetdd be decided in the other House within Consort.
Tregeottable time. The eourse to be pursued,
as The Pdtitios of the Livery of London, voted on
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And laid Upon the Table without bppdsition.
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ikeenunis from Dunkirk to the 3d instant state, that .ansports from the Do rns; we .. ........--...a.e.
ouim dlini, JANO.
i• • C the intoharbourthe Hat
in- piii suarece of the system of hostility towards the transports
commerce or this itemtry, a new oath had bedar ad- and cables; alto, the Deceit ti
Ministered to Merchants and others in the OW driven out by st gale.
of the . • ,
Channel, under which they were to be bound, by the NUA PORTSMOUTH, JA R'
*est , Arrived Iris Majesty's brig Ectm . iolemn engagements not to hold any intercoerse ' • •
I ward. Sailed the PIERRIKN on a cruise ;also the R;terisl
, or communication with the shipping, natives, or teiri- I
un-brig; Came iota harbour the ELI/A/IR:ft man o
rt toriestif Great Britain, and on the violation of Which t ,
they are to he efposed to the penalties a wilful and •aai r. Wind B.W.
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corrupt perjury.. . I
411 AL JANUARY to,
•I. Arrived the PODARGCS and ZErate sloops of war,
In Paris it is said, that dispatches have reached from .„
" the westward.—Witici S. E.
that city from Sr. Petersburgh, stating, that AL4x-
The Washington, Wallace ; and the Heart of Oak;
Annex had decreed the confiscation of British ship- '
ping in all the Russian ports. In c erisetetience of this Jordan, from Quebec, are lost in the river St. Ea*-
ren• Crews ce. Crcs weed-
news, we are told that NAPOLBON has removed M. ; Te„, pru d 11._ •
i epee, saerestratre fresh Stockholte, Iva
Bueetie, who was Consul sit Stettin and Riga, and lest offwer4;ergi the 60...,eh N(mem ber.
M. PRILLOT to Cronstadt. Other alterations have t The Three Friends, Wen with sheep, wine:, ea;
also taken place; M. Lit ROY, late the Consul at Ca.' lc. and A schnnoer, with oil, wine, &c. froM }Lyres
dizilis to be made COusul-Gerieral at Hamburgh, aed are detained an sent into Torbay.
M. Meuroftrisa, is appointed Consul to.Stettin. 1 ' the Friendship, Shaw; froth Se Miehael's to Lone
chin, whit)] was on shore on South Sea Beate, hal
In the proceedings of the Conservative Senate; given bete gni into Portsmouth harbour.
hi our columns this day, will be found * kind or de.. • The Fart ofjUxbrie.ge, —'—, froin dee Muint,-!.cs td
fence of the annexation of Holland to .France, which Irelands*is en shore near Tenby, bet is expeaei to
desert:s the particular attention of every Briton. We be got off:
do not allude to the gross outrage offered m farina, : Tbe Frederick, Tliireadgold, from Oporto to Lori:
don, was taken and carried Into St: Valitry, the esi pity in Urging ;lee miseries previously heaped upon
Holland instant.
as a justification of this last degradation ;
but to the .
The America, Jewett, from Peteriburgh, ii lost Oa
principles avowed to be aimed at respect;.. Revelstone.
ing the maritime law of nations. The end and real :
NAVAL CoiThere MARTIAL
intention of the Berlin and Milan Decrees (which in 1 Tiiesclay another Court-Martial was held on &met
spite of a public avowal to the contrary,' are still in , the Salvador del Mundo, et Plymouth, for the trial
force) is now declared in undisguised language—' of Mr. ALEZANDISR Cneterre, Captain's Clerk Of thd •
Noithumberland, 74 guns, and Witeteat Weeeerta
" It is no longer two armies who combat on the
his assistant writer, both charged with forger g see:
~ plains of Fonteney ; it is the Empire of the seas men's certirieates of discharges and leave of absence.
n which resists that of the Continent :—a tee Mora-; Twenty-five of those spurious documents were totted
" ble, a terrible struggle ; and of which the cares.' In the possession el the seamen, who had given front
tel to Al for them.—They were both found guilty 1,
~ trophe, perhaps not far distant, will long occupy
~ the attention of future generations." This is the and Mr. Cr-merle, the clerk, sentenced to receive 500'
lashes through the fleet. His assistant, WALKER, 51.1
view which our enemy presents to us of the contest lashes only. They Loth produced molt excellent
wherein we are engaged. It is not for any object of characters, frail their present Officers and front those
inferior interest that we are struggling; it is for our I with whom they had foimerly sailed.
imperial rights, that is, our national independence • The Couit-Martial which assembled en board his
itself. And be it observed, we are only said to resist
Majesty's ship the Gladiator, in Portsmouth Her-
• hour, on Tuesdays the Bth instant, continued by ad-
the Empire of the Continent r we are, unhappily, in '
jonrnment on Wednesday the 9th, and Tburscjite the
no condition to bring the sovereignty of our adversary , Path, and proceeded to the trial of Lieutenarl Wm-
into corresponding peril. We hope every Englishman ; nem .GEOROB CARLILB KANT, on the three charges
will lay this to heart, and then ask himself, whether ; stated in yesterday's STAR, exhibited against slim by
any peace can secure to us this object of our contest
‘i
_ aptainWieezA at BLIGII, late GIVETD OT of New &Milli
t C
• AVALZ7., when the Court passed the following
• s SENTBRC:E.
" The Court fsioceeded to try the said Lieutenant
W. G. C. Kent, on the riboviernentioned chargest
preferred against hies by Captain Wm. Bligh; and .
having heard the evidence omduced in.stipport of the'
charges, and by the said Lieutenant W. G. C. Kent
in his defence, and what he had to alledge in eat/pint
fehereof,and having maturely and deliberately weighed
'lt'd considered the whdle, the Court is If opinions
that it appears that the said Lieuterant W: G. C.
Kent did sail with the said ship from Port Jackson; he
the two instances stated 'in the above-rneotioned
charges, Without the orders of the said Captain Win.
Bligh-; that he did not so sail tinder the orders of the
persons asserted thc'iein to heel, illegally and by feted
-- dispossessed the said William Bligh of the Gode
petiettte
ment of South Wales, d did im
Earl CREY arrived in town on Wedneiday night. New
perly strike the broad pendanten ef the saidrot Wifihrtri
Lord Viscount COURTENAY embarked on board his 1 Bligh ; that it appears that the said W. G. CeKenti
yacht a few days ago, and set sail, it is supposed, for under the extreme and eftraordinary diflikult;es In
America. / which lie was pieced, sheered every dispositibil to-
It is reported that Ministers have at length come obey any orders which the said William Bligh might
to a final resolution with respect to the Orders iii ; have thought fit to have given hinie that he was
Council, but what that resolution is, has not Iran- I actuated by a sincere wish to perform his duty for the
spired. On Wednesday last an order was sent for an 1 good of his Majesty's service, and that he was justl.
armed vessel to be ready at a moment's notice, to tied in the conduct he pursued on shell occation : and
carry dispatches to America, and we understand they 1 the Court is further of opinion, that the said third
were yesterday dispatched. I charge has not been proved event the said Lieeta
,
We understand, that according to the' latest ad.; W. Cr* C. Kent, and doted adjudge hire to be acv
quitted of the whole of the above charges ; Anti thd
vices which have reached Government, from Russia,"
the report of the Emperor Alexander having con- ! said Lieutenant W. G. C. Kent ii hereby aceuitia4
sented to enforce, within his dominions, the whole of . accordingly.--Signed by the Coin',
Bonaparte's late Commercial Decrees is not correct. ~ Moses C. itale MAW, Jun.
He has imposed additional restrictions upon the im- Deputy Judge-Advocate of the kleets '
portation of English merchandise, but the b'irning f .
system has not been adopted. •
Sir M. Lorca, Bart. has finally completed flit pur-
chase with the Earl of ABINGDON, for his extensive ho-
nours and estates in the county of Wilts, for the price
of .65,000-
There are now six vacancies in the Royal Aca-
demy; and, consequently, there is a great anxiety
amens the Associates to rise to the reek of Acade-
mician.

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We hare also inserted in our columns a paper which
may be ainsidered as the prologue to the dethrone-
ment of CHARLES XIII. of Sweden. It is palpably
what, in the new I:.nguage of France,.is called a my:-
lification—a preten,' chatge made up in Paris against
a Cyovernment which it Is meant to destroy. The
next account will be, that CHARLES must give way to
that system which is conducive to the true interests of
Sweden ; and if it be true that BERNADOTTE himself
has scruples, then he, as well as CHARLES, must Kivd
way to the necessity of the grand order of things.

tirFitcre or inn t persbni perisbed.
the neighbOushood of Lincoln last week, owing to fhe
inclemency of the weather : one of them sVas Mr: It:
Lambe, of Hadelington he had spent Chrisimai.
day Convivially with some friends at Swindersy, and
attempted to walk,home about 1) o'clock. The other
was a labouring matt, named Arnold. Both *ere
found to liave fallen into ditches, and to have perish-
ed from cold or suffocation.—Saturday visas one of the
most piercing cold days ever felt at Stamford. me
wind blew boisterously from the east, and oceasionel
such hoary drifts Of snow as to mike the gteat north
ro;:cl in many places impassable. The Leicester coatis
on the way to Stanifotd, was upset in the snow at
Burton Lainrus, and several Passengers were hurt
in consequence. The Carlisle mail was dog out of the
snow near Tic kencote, and with difficulty got to Stam-
ford, with'eight horses, three hours later than usual;
but it could proteed no farther than Thorn a ugh, whente
the guard was obliged to take the letter•bags on horse=
back. Three coaches from the North lay all night
in the snow, about ,a miis from Stamf. rd, and as
many near Watisford. Wtth assistance of AO then
the road became passable for carriages at 18 o'clock
on Sunday. In some places the snow had drif ed shit
feet deep. The mail.coacb from Boston could not ba
dragged more than four miles, on Sat:lt...lap thrbngh
the snow; hut the guard proceeded on horseback
with the mPa. The London mail was convoyed in the
same way into Boston, at sii on Saturday evening.
The inclemency of the late weather was severely felt
by the poor men whose sole subsirence depends co
their labours in the vegetable garden' s surrounding tl
Metropolis& .Several groupes of these unfortunates
' were seer. parading the streets soliciting chatity.--
Each party had a cabbage suspended from a pot;
hitog with black abreds of slstbi .

A tfeait of marriage is said to hi in contemplation I, 1
between the! King of PRUSSIA and a very near rela..!
sion of the Emperor ALEXANDER.
The celebration of Tat,e(fth N;ghl, according to the '
bequest of BADDELEY, the Actor, took place on Mon-
day last at the Lyceuin. The remains of the Drury-
lane Company, of course, constituted the chief guests,
and the evening pasted off with the utmost festivity.
COVENT GARDEN TIIEATRE.—The historic Opera
of Gallows: Para was represented at this Theatre yes-
terday evening, in the cow-se of which Mrs. Dicaoss
and Mr. Imot.etiom exhibited such traits of true science
and melody, as have seldom been surpassed : we have
noticed this the more particularly, because it is our
opiricii that something like approaches to perfection
itn the vocal department of the British Drami, are
guttered to pass off, without those clue testimonials
from the audience which should ever accompany pri-
Mary merit.
Conti-MA MAPIK-LANg, JAN. 11.
the thaw being insufficient to open the Thai-nes Na-
vigation, the Market continues nearly in the smile
State as in our last report ; vessels not being yet able
to unload, no sales are effected sufficient to warraa
any inriation firm our last named prices, which iod
again considered enmitial:
pine Flour - - to 9es.
Swath - A - so. to OK

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WARY I.
fat-tinny and Conco4
with the Idss of aolhori
:utter from the bovrrial •
INtIARY O. •
ECHO from till EaitZ