Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-04-29


IoNDoN, MARCH J Orders have been
tent 10 Ca,eda. for reduction, as lar as
poiiblc, OF bnth officers and ysheis EN-
ploycd on the Lakes.
AID Panplin gees to 81. Helena TO re-
liesc Adj Malcolm Ad Pickmorr goes
out 10 Newfoundland.
MARCH 7.-At the leyec of the Prince
Regent held yeaerday, no lets than one
hundred and thirty feyen acdrehrs were
prelented from the great Corporations on
his escape from the attempts OF the afli-
In who fired into his coach. The Duke
Of Athol psefcnted one from the Ancient
Free and accepted Mafons of England,
of whom the Prince has been Grand
Mater.
The measures adopted by Miniaers TO
mitigate the diItreles felt in Ireland and
Scotland, from the fcarcity of bread, give
very genera. farisfaciicn. Mr. Peel. on
the lubcct, remarks, that miniiters did
nor fllrink from taking upon themielyes
the Responsibility of admitting American
Flour to effect it, though the letter OF
the law did not petmit it.
HouJe Of Commons, Maycb 3 Sir Fran.
els Burdc:t moved, that the petitions then
on the foor be received. hey sOere (aid
tobe 600 in number-6gnea BY nearly a
million II names, and appeared to be nearly
a rVappgn Tad The Speaker created
laugh by laying, " Bring them up" On
reading them il appeared thai many OF
them were printed and that whole col
umns of fignatures were all in one hand
writing when the motion that they be
laid on Tor near) the table was poitponed.
MARCH s-A bill to fufpend the
Habeas Corpus Act has pafied the Houie
of Commons 2o3 to oS.-And has pal
fed to third reading IN the Houie OF
Lords $50 to IS.
The allied army of Obfervation in
France has been reduced 10000 men.
Several interefting bills are before Par
liament,-among them. one to prevent
fictitious meetings another to puniih
with death any attempt to feduce folders
or failors. Cfhis bill has ta6fa ]
Mai. Gen. George Stacy Smith is ap-
pointed 10 be 1t. Gov. of New Brunf-
wick.
BralB Funds-Thrce per cents oo to
II.
BrifiG Parliament, Feb IS, &c.-The
Report of the Secret Committee OF III,
on the fubjed of fictitious proceedings.
was this day brought up TO the Houie OF
Peers. II gives very numerous details
of fictitious practices, and OF conipiracy
10 oyerturn the eitablithed government.
The firit important acts noticed are thoie
which occurred at he Spafeids meetings !;
at the lSft of which it was propofed that
the mob fhould arm shemselves--fet hire
70 the barracks leize the Tower and
Bank and feduce the foldiery to join
then. 1t appeared that pixies, &c. had
been provided ;-That under the pre-
yexts OF pe,itioning and debating reipeet.
ing Parliamentary reform, and redrefs OF
grievances had been formed in
London, Glasgow, Leicefer. Shefheld,
Birmingham, and numerous other places
in the kingdom OF thefe the Union
Club, the Hampden Club, and the Spen-
Ger Club, were mott conipicaous 3 hat
the members were fworn to ieerecy and
in them measures for the deitruction of
the rich, and the equalization of proper
ty, had been Iiicuhed, &c. &c. Such a
6ase of things, The Committee were of
opinion, required further proyillons tor
the preleryauon of the public Peace.
After this repoit was read, Lord Sid
mouth prefented bill /" to enable his Ma
iey9s 70 yecme and defam in elfsdy such per
Jons az BIZ Agyfy fbaLlJgtpe7 q conlPifn1g
agai.f BIS perj1n and government thai
IS, bill TO fufpend the Hsbeas Corpus
Act
This bill was fupported, in the Houfe
of Lords, by LORD Sidmouth, Lord Lw-
erpool. Lord Grenville, the Duke OF
Cloucefier, nephew Of the King j and
oppofed 10y the Marquis of WeIleflry,
Earl Grey. the Duke OF Sufex, zion of
the KIM and Lord Holland.
The oueit,on was then taken on The
pailaee of the bill, when the numbers
were -
Conteofs SIS PROXIES "a, $50
Aan. PRONE 9s.