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07/03/1809

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Date of Article: 07/03/1809
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r - i ' X The Bedford, & HERTFORD Buckingham. GAZETTE; Circulated also through the surrounding Counties of Middlesex, Berks, Oxford, Northampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge, and Essex. VOL. I.— NO. 14, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1809. PriCe OD. WHEREAS we, the undersigned, having com- mitted a Trespass on the Premises of John Davies, Esq near Wootten House, at Wootten, in the County of Bedford, and for which he has commenced an Action against us; but, in consideration of our making a public submission for our conduct, he has consented to stay proceedings against us. Toe Mark X of WILLIAM EASTICK. The Mark X of GEORGE MILLS. The Mark X of JAMES MOORE. The Mark X of AMBROSE HERST. Woottcn, 24th Feb. 1809. On the 1st of March was published, price . as. 6d. Dedicated to all whom it may concern, and prefixed by a Poetical Appeal to the Critics, A New and Original Comedy, in three Acts, called VALENTINE'S DAY; or, the AMOROUS KNIGHT, and the BELLE WIDOW, Written by ONE ANONYMOUS. Who, being much in love with fame, And wanting nothing but a name Wherewith to woo the distant dame, This method takes, & c. & c. On merit's bold assumption he r His claim asserts right manfully,—• Prepared, if Critics rail and scoff, To turn about and laugh it off. Nor wants the shrewdest evidence To justify his bold pretence : J But wherefore should not he who writes As daring be as he who fights ? Sc. 4c. & c. Containing a curious Valentine and Counter- Valentine. Wherin is shown to all men's eyes A Knight in love not wond'rous wise, And also ( object of his flame) A charming- false perfidious dame ; In whom, & c. & c. London : Printed for the Author, and published by Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 31, Poultry ; and Taylor and Hessey, 93, Fleet- street ; sold also by all otner Booksellers. GRAND LOTTERY. FREE GIFT OF ONE THOUSAND WHOLE TICKETS the First Day, Numbers as follow : 3,001 to 3,100 4, SOI to 4,600 5,001 ...:.... to .-- 5,100 0,501 ........ to 6,600 7,001 to 7> 100 8,501 to 8,600 9,( 10\ to .... 9,100 10,501 to 10,600 11,001 to 11,100 12,501 to •„ 12, GOO Abo a Free Gift of 500 Whole Tickcts, To the First- drawn abovejgis, the Second Day, Numbers as follow 13,001 to 13,100 11,501 to 14,600 15,001 to '. 15,1 OO 16,501 to 16,600 17,001 to 17,100 The above Tickets may gain the whole of tHe following CAPITAL PRIZES: 4 Of jf' 20,000 3 10,000 2 5,000 0 1,000 10 500 & c. ate. Begins APRIL 12th, 1809. In consequence of the above Gifts of 1500 Tickcts, there areonly 18,500 for Sale. TICKETS and SHARES are selling at all the Licensed Offices. CAPITAL PRIZES. "" 8,151 the Last £ 20,000 17,611 the Last jt' 25,000 V the Two Last .£ 30,000 b, 6J3J H, U37 the Last Prize of 500 Tickets, Lvcr draw n, were all Shared and Sold at BISHS, 4, CorohiU, and 9, Charing Cross, London. THE scheme of the present Lottery contains only lb, 500Tickcts for Sale, with the same Number of Prizes as the last, viz. 4 of i? 20,000 I 4 of £ 5,000 ' 2 , . .. 10,000 I 6 . • • # 3,000 & c. & c. & c. The First Drawn Ticket above £\ 5, on the First Day, is en » titled, over and above the Prize, to 1,000 Whole Tickets ; The First Drawn Ticket on the Second Day, above £ 15, is entitled, over and above the Prize, to 500 Whole Tickets; The value of those 1,500 Tic!- ets is incalculable, as they may coutain all the Capitals; and Shares are entitled to a propor j tion of all Benefits. Tickets and Shares are Selling in great variety at BISH's _ Offices as above, also by his Agents, W. NORMAN, Printer, Aylesbury; W. COLLIER , Great Berkhamstead. Persons in the Country may be supplied the same as if pre- sent, bv sending their Orders Post or Carriage paid ; accom- f canied ' with rood Bank notes, Cash, or Po « t Office Orders, to either 4, Cornhill, or 9, Charing Cross, London, il ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissary General's Office, Great George- street, London, 24th Feb. 1809. NOTICE is hereby given to all peisons desirous of contracting to supply the following Articles, for the use of the Army, viz. BREAD, OATS, To his Majesty's Land To his Majesty's Ca- valry in Canton- ments and Quar- ters, in the under- mentioned Coun- ties and Islands, Anglesea, Bedford, Berks, Berwick, Brecon, Bucks, Cambridge, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Carnarvon, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Denbigh, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Flint, Glamorgan, Gloster, Hants, Hereford, Hertford, Hants, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Merioneth, 1 Middlesex, Monmouth, Montgomery, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Pembroke Radnor, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surry, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, York. FORAGE, viz. Oats, Hay & Straw, to his Majesty's Cavalry in Bar- racks, in the un- dermentioned Counties in South Britain, Berks, Cornwall Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants ( including the Isle of Wight), Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northampton* Nottingham, Somerset, Suffolk, Surry, Sussex, Warwick, Wilts, York. And in the following Counties in North Britain, Edinburgh, Haddington, Lanark, Perth. As also Forage to all Horses kept for his Majesty's Service in the Islands of, Guernsey, Jersey,' Alderney. Forces in Canton- ments, Quarters,& Barracks, in the undermentioned Counties & Islands. Alderney, Anglesea, Bedford, Berks, Berwick, Brecon, Bucks, Cambridge, Cardigan, Carmarthen Carnarvon, Chester, Cornwall,( including Scilly,) Cumberland, Denbigh, , Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Flint, Glamorgan, Gloster, Guernsey, Hants, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Isle of Man, 1 Isle of Wight, Jersey, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, ' Lincoln, Merioneth, Middlesex, Monmouth, Montgomery, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nott ngham, Oxford, Pembroke, Radnor, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surry, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, York. That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the Ticenty- Gflh day of April next; that Proposals in writing, sealed up, and marked Tender for Army Supplies, mil be received at this Office on or before the Twentieth day of March ( but none will be received after Eleven o'clock on that day) ; a id, if sent by post, the postage must be paid. Proposals must le made separately for] each County and Island, except for the Counties composing North atid South Hales, all of which must be included in one tender ; and each Proposal must be accompa tied by a letter f om two pcrsohs of known property> engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the amount which may be required for the due performance of the contract; ani no Proposal will be noticed unless made on a printed tender, and the prices expressed in words at length; nor wiless the party, or an agent for him, personally attend on the following day to know the decision thereon; and should it so happen thai, during the continuance of the Contract, no troops should be stationed or supplied in the county, the expences of the Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance ly the Contractor, to be refunded to him by the Commissary General. Particulars of the Contracts may he had upon application at this Office, between the hours of Ten and Four ; at the Office of Mr. Deputy Commissary- General Lindesay, Edinburgh! at the Office of Mr. Assistant Commissary Luscombe, Guernsey; and at the Office of Mr. Assistant Commissary1 Dumaresq, Jersey. _ Note.— As some very material Alterations have been made in the Bread, Oat, and Forage Tenders, Such persons as may be- desirous of tendering to supply tbe same, must apply for the_ proper Particulars ; and it is also | necessary for such persons to take notice, that unless tbe Letter, which is annexed to the Tendcr is properly. filled up by their Sureties, their Proposals will not be noticed. II THE REAL JAPAN BLACKING, MADE BY DAY AND MARTIN. THIS invaluable Composition, with half the usual labour, produces the most brilliant jet black ever be- held affords peculiar nourishment to the leather, will nor soil the finest linen, is perfectly free from any unpleasant smell, and will retain its virtues in any climate. Sold wholesale by Day and Martin, No. 97, High Holborn, London; Norris, perfumer, Bedford ; Dodd, Woburn ; Richardson, perfumer, Stony Stratford; In wood, stationer, and Barringer and Son, Newport Pagnell; Page, perfumer, Oundlc; Birdsall, North- ampton ; Rusher, Banbury; Sheppard and Robins, Davetnry; and Folwell, grocer, Towcester; in stone bottles, pricc is. fid. each. REVIEW OF POLITICS. In the interval between evidence and judgment iu tbe case of the DUKE OF YORK, the friendly and adverse interests are busied in offer- ing their several commentaries. The first proclaim the infamous characters of the witnesses, torture deposition and language to procure contradictions, and, hence inferring the ineligibility of the evidence, appeal to our liberality, and sympathize in the suf- fering of Royal Innocence. The other party insist on the strength of corroborating facts, and, iii their . demands for justice, intimate their wish for punish- ment. If we mistake not, however, there is a third party, not the least numerous, who, unwilling to pronounce the word GUILTY upon such evidence, and yet incapable of subscribing to an entire ac- quittal, would willingly look over the past, so that the Chief Command might be placed in other hands in future. This alteration which we urged in our preceding numbers, we repeat the health of the country imperi- ously calls for. Suppose every point be given up which the apologists demand— be it admitted that the Duke did not participate in Mrs. CLARKE's earn- ings— be it supposed that he was not privy to her traffic— that he was even totally ignorant that the Courtezan received any recompense for the ap- pointments she procured— still the indiscretion of his Royal Highness, in allowing such a woman, and for so long a time, to possess his confidence, to interfere with the most important parts of his duties, remains uncontradicted by any one, and in full force It is this indiscretion, and the folly of writing love- letters, at his time of life, to such a woman, and of writing such love- letters, that we dread more in a Commander in Chief than the imputed malversa- tion.— Avidity of gain might have some bounds- necessities may be relieved, or avarice satiated— but who can say to what depths of perdition folly in < t Commander in Chief may not involve the country. The same indiscretion that has led his Royal Highness into the toils of this artful woman, existed when the blood of our brave soldiery was bade uselessly to flow in our former Continental wars— The same fool- har- diness which braved the publicity of au investigation which could not fail of proving prejudicial, we have before rccognized in the attack on Dunkirk. Tlie mismanagement and disgraceful issue of the Holder expedition may find their parallel in the present pro- ceedings— and we should cease to wonder that the brightest hopes of the army and the nation are blighted by a Whitelock, a Pulteney, or a Con- vention- maker, when such impure influence dictates the order of appointments. We have already felt, we have sorely felt, the effects of this indiscretion— dangers are thickening around us— the last battle in defence of civil liberty may, ere long, be fought on our own shores. We have seen how much depends- on the confidence of a people in their leader;— then let us not have to depend on a Commander, whose arrangements would create distrusts, and whose commands would be the signal of dismay! It is urged that we should sympathize with the Prince, when considering the disgrace into which his unsuspecting openness has betrayed him, and admire the manliness with which be has defied the malicious attacks of his enemies.— Yes, as a Prince, we mil sympathize in his mortification, and we will also give all the credit it deserves to the spirit of the man; but the consummate cunning of tbe Com- mander in Chief of the enemy is not to be success- fully opposed by this unsuspecting openness, nor will mere manly bravery suffice for his encounter: we want a leader who, in the school of men, has learnt to correct this amiable trait of artless nature: a c u- tions, deep- thinking, planning, and vigorous son of industry— Relieve us but from a Commander in whom we cannot have confidence, and our pen shall — i ws- \ - - BEDFORD, BUCKINGHAM, AND HERTFORD GAZETTE. 10 1 e employed ill the palliation of past errors, and in lamentation of the impositions to which Princes are exposed hy their too amiable natures. CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. Reports have crowded upon us from so many parts of Portugal and Spain, stating that the French are measuring back their steps, and have ac- tually quitted Madrid; that the fact, although un- autlieuticated," begins to obtain credence, particularly strengthened as it is hy another report, that Austria has commenced hostilities against the common enemy. The precipitate return of BUONAPARTE to Paris, and, as it is said, his immediate advance into Germany, are circumstances which favour this conjecture;! but we are inclined lo think, if these movements of the enemy be founded in fact, something more than the hostility of Austria has been the moving cause. The Corsican, doubtless, took that hostility into tbe account of his plans, and left such a force upon his frontier as, combined with those of the Rhenish Confederacy, and his Russian Vassal, would be amply sufficient to controul the adverse movements of thatdevotedPower. Hostile demonstration on the part of Austria alone, then, would not he sufficient to di- vert the Tyrant from his object— would not compel him to relinquish his grand enterprise, at the very moment of apparent fruition— and when liis presence was so essential. BUONAPARTE does not march and countermarch for trifles. If these events be really true, we may hail a more powerful oppo- sition than that of Austria alone. With all the in- fatuation which has appeared to attend the Emperor of Russia, there have been lucid intervals in which he has seemed sensible of the degradation of his con- nection ; neither the hostilities against Sweden nor this country have been carried on with the heart the Corsican has desired. A growing friendship with Prussia has been encouraged, family alliance pro- posed, against the pleasure of the Tyrant, and while the fallen Monarch of Prussia and his people shew a sufficient sense of the oppression they endure, the King flics to the protecting court of his powerful neighbour to vent his complaints, and we will hope to coacert measures of emancipation. We should not be at all surprised if a storm were hatching in the North, under the apprehension of which the hasty movements of the Tyrant have been impelled. But, be thiS- as it may, the absence of BUONAPARTE from Spain, with the undoubted fact of the halt, at least, of his armies, aflurdamore favourable chance for [ the renovation of tbe Spanish cause, than our most sanguine expectations could have imagined. In Por- tugal, too, the latest advices inform us that the best( spirit exists among the people; and that the army of ROMANA, so far from being exterminated, is safe in its position, and acquiring daily augmentation. | Oh ! that a leader, whose mind and power were equal to the greatness of the cause, might now be found to combine these circumstances within his j grasp; to converge the scattered forcc- s for unity of action, to amplify their amount, and, with an in- j ktantaueous vigour, pour on the enemy in the hour of his weakness and difficulties. Such a leader, with every aid of military force and moral influence, this country might now have advanced: but such is the unhappy fatality of our councils, that the arma- ments of England are only forwarded w: hcn their success is hopeless; and in the critical moment, when their efforts might work the salvation of our race, they are totally inactivc. ajid unprepared. THE LAST BULLETIN informs us of the enemy's embarrassment. Nothing is said of the advances of the French army. We! have a bombastical narrative of the coronation of JOSEPH BUONAPARTE, and a statement of the jov and acclamations of the people on that event which we know to be foreign to their hearts. We have, be- sides, the same blasphemous appeals to the Deity, wh'aih at all times so glibly proceed from the pol- luted lips of BUONAPARTE, and which as often excite j our abhorrence. But we hear nothing of cities: taken, or armies overcome. Ferrol indeed is stated I to be fallen, which we already knew: but it tell not, until after a resistance of nine days beyond our de- parture, and then only in conscience of the per- sidy of its Governor. The enemy bears witness to the hr. t^ ed which the people manifest toward him, and tl'A desperate ardour with which they defied the threatened assault. In fact, with . few exceptions, a Uniform spirit of resistance continues to prevade ihe whole peninsula. But who besides Frenchmen can suppress their grief at readiug the following passage of the Bulletin: " There have been found in the port three vessels of lit! cram, two of fc8, one of 74, two of 64, three frigates, and j a considerable number of corvettes, brigs, and unarmed v<? s- 1 • els more than lf' 00 pieces of cannon of every size, and . uiimttnition of all kinds. it is probable that but for the precipitate retreat of the english, and the affair of the ! tifr, they would have occupied Ferrol, and seized this beautiful squadron. YeS if it had not been for the precipitateness of of our retreat this beautiful squadron, would not have fallen into the hands of the enemy and why this phrenzied haste this total want of fore- sight ? The moral ccrtainty of the necessity for this retreat had been known long before the movements actually occurred. Then why was not the import- ant harbour, fleet, and fortress of Ferrol timely se- I cured ; Lit it not be said, that the proposal would have excited jealousy in the people of Ferrol. It might lytve been unpleasant to the traitors, MEL GAREJO and OBREGON, but would the 8000 loyal, citizens have, scorned the aid of the British army in the defence of their ramparts, or denied them a safe egress ftbm their shores, after having fought their battles ? Would it have disgusted the Spanish sailors to have been removed in honour and safety, with their Navy, under the protection of the British, to Carthagena or Cadiz, instead of being dragged pri- soners before the military tribunals of their Gallic invaders, and of witnessing the sacrifice of their ships and stores to the service of France ? Would the SUPREME JUNTA have denied this reasonable accommodation to their friends, or have been dis- pleased at the preservation of this important part of their resources ? No ; impossible: or if a tran- sient objection were raised, it must have disappeared before a Vigorous demonstration of the reasonable- ness of the measure. If our Ministers neglected to apply for the use of this port, no censure can fall too heavy on their beads. If they have applied and I been unsuccessful, what Envoy h^ re they employed? •— If we can carry no point at the Councils of our Allies— if we are still to have the same dull inter- change of question and answer which distinguishes our diplomatic proceedings from the address of other Courts, we may as well save the expences of Am- bassadors, and employ Ticket Porters as the medium of foreign correspondence and arrangement! The re- establishment of peace between Great Bri- tain and the Turkish Empire must prove a serious obsta- cle to the projects of aggrandisement in the East, which are entertained by BUONAPARTE; and many persons are inclined to believe that this circumstance alone is sufficient to account for the unexpected returo^ f the French Emperor from Spain. - = a= IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS— MONDAY, FIB. 27. The Earl of DARNLEY observed, by the vote, of the House of Commons, that there was a Bill in progress in that House, allowing the Irish Distilleries again to work, which he thought would, if passed into a law, be productive of the: most ruinous consequences ( o the British Empire, and to Ire-' land in particular; he therefore gave this timely notice of his intention to give it every possible opposition, if it came up to their Lordships' House.— Adjourned till to- morrow. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1. The Irish Militia Enlistment Bill passed through a Com- mittee and was reported. Lord MULGRAVE presented an Account of the Tonnage of Transports emplo'ytd. in conveying Troops, Arms, Stores, & c. to Spain and Portugal. THURSDAY, MARCH 2. The House proceeded in Campbell's Divorce Bill, end on the second reading of Sir George Brograve's Divorce Bill. The Irish Militia Enlistment Bill was read a third time, and passed. Mr. WHARTON, Mr. DundAs, Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, and several other Members of the House of Commons, brought up the Grain Distillation prohibition Bill, the Spirit Impor- tation Suspension Bill, the Irish Bank Note Bill, and three private Bills, which were read a first time. Also the Militia Enlistment Bill, with the Amendments agreed to, and Greg- son's Divorce Bill agreed to. The Grain Distillation Prohibi- tion Bill, and ihe Irish Bank Note Bill, were ordered to be printed. The further consideration of the Banbury Peerage was postponed til. this day month. SPAIN. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented part of the correspond- ence respecting Spain, which had been moved for, consisting of the instructions sent out. The rest of the correspondence, his Lordship said, would be laid before the House with all possible speed. In the mean time, that part now presented might be printed. The Papers were ordered to be printed.— Adjourned till to- morrow. FRIDAY, MARCH 3. After some routine business, the Earl of BUCKINGHAM- SHIRE adverted to the subject of his motion on a former evening, for Papers respecting Portugal, and now moved for a Letter from Lord Castlereagh to Sir Hew Dalrymple, dated the 4th of September, with the inclosures. His Lord- ship thought that Ministers had not paid sufficient at- tention to the feelings and interests of the Portuguese, 1 and was anxious that a communication from Portugal to the Portuguese Minister here, contained in the'inclosures, should be laid before the House, in order to show r/ hat were the feel- ings of the Portuguese opon a subject in which they were pe- culiarly interested. He regretted, that when the French were driven out of Portugal, measures were not adopted more satis- [ factory than those which had been resoried to. The Earl of LiveRPOOL objected to the production of the paper alluded to by the Noble Earl, it having been a commu- nication made from Portugal to the Portuguese Minister re- secting the Armistice and Convention. The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE agreed to withdraw his motion.— Adjourned till Monday. THE DUKE OF YORK. 1 Lord FOLKSTONE. gave noticc that he would to- morrow ; move, that the House be called over on Wednesday, the 8th I day of March. BANKRUPT LAWS. I Sir SAMUEL RoMilLY- gave noticc thit he would on Wed- nesday next move for leave to bring in a Bill to explain aud ; | amend certain parts of the Bankrupt Laws. • NAVAL REVISION. Mr. ROBERT WARD brought up the Reports of the Com- missioners of Naval Revision to the 13th.— Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. ASHLEY COOPER deferred the consideration of the Ord- nance Estimates till Friday. The House, having gone into a Committee ofj Supply, ordered that the further Miscellaneous Estimates for Ireland, and those fur the Army and the Naval Estimates, be referred to the same. REMAINING ARMY ESTIMATES! The SECRETARY at WAR said, that as upon that day weelr the Establishment for the Army had been voted, he had now only to mov « for the remaining Estimates which had upon that day been postponed. Some objections were urged by Mr. Henry Martin, when the Secretary of War and Mr. Long severally explained. CORN DISTILLERY PROHIBITION BILL. Sir JOHN ^ NEWPORT, in allusion to what had fallen from Mr. Foster on a former night, declared his conviction that the Irish people, far from burning with a disposition to re- sist tfie laws, were well disposed to respect them, if Govern ment would apply themselves to the correction of what wa* improper in the administration of those laws. He con- cluded by moving that the Report be re- committed for the purpose of introducing a clause, extending the prohibition to Ireland. Mr. FULLER was ashamed of Ministers, for the way in which they had treated this question. Of all weak questions which had been agitated in this House, the present, he thought, was the weakest. If they could not check illicit distilleries ia Ireland, were they therefore to allow it to go on at full swing. He did not wish to say any thing ill of the Irish, but he be- lieved they only wanted catching ind taming. Sir T. Turton, Mr. Hibbert, Sir R. Peele Mr. Curwen, and Mr. Parnell, also supported the motion of re- committal; Sir A. Wellesley, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Brown, spoke against it; after which the House divided. ' For the original motion - - ci For the Amendment - - gg Majority against the Minister - 38 Upon the re- admission to the gallery, we found the House in Committee upon the subject of flax seed. Mr. FOSTER, after some observations, proposed that a bounty of five shillings per bushel should be granted upon the first fifty thousand bushels of that article importcd| into Ireland. The motion was agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to- morrow. . Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS— MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27. Col. BASTARD brought in a Bill to explain and amend the Laws respecting Bastardy, as far as the same relate to the in- demnity of parishes. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second lime to- morrow. TUESDAY, FEB. 28. Mr. PETER MOORE presented a Petition from the Debtors confined in the gaol of Coventry, praying relief.— Ordered to lie on the Table. > The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND moved the second reading of the Bill for amending the Act relative to Child Murder in Scotland. Mr. BANKES, in consequence of an intimation he had re- ceived from the Serjeant at Arms ( of the surrender of John A. Shee), withdrew his motion for an Address to his Majesty, t'ojissue a Proclamation for the apprehension of John A. Sh'ee. btherwise Calvert. He then moved, that the sSid Shie should Vie sent to Newgate, and that the Keeper of that prison should fcjing him up when ordered, from day to day, to give evi- dence before the Committee. Mr. WELLESLEY POLE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the more convenient payment of Pensions to the Widows of Naval and Marine Officers.— Leave was granted. CALL OF THE HOUSE Lord FOLKSTON'E rose, pursuant to notice, to move thar the House should be called over on Wednesday the 8th of March. He did not believe that any difference of opinion could exist upon the propriety, indeed the necessity, of hav- ing the fullest attendance of Members upon the discussion of the very serious and important question, which on that night would be submitted to the consideration of the House. Un- der that impression he would not further trouble the House, reserving to himself the opportunity of replying to objection.-, if objections should be made. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, although he did not, from the very crowdcd and constant attendance which was experienced on the discussion of every part of this im- portant subject, originally see the necessity or propriety of moving a Call of the House, was still desirous, when such a motion was made, to give it his decided support. He wished, above all things, - to guard against any misrepresenta- tion upoft this subject, out of doors, and he had a hope that every Member pf that House would feel the necessity of giv- ing to the approaching discussion all the weight, solemnity, and sanction, that WHS becoming its dignity. He, however, wished to be understood, that when he concurred in the pre- sent motion, it was with an intention that it should come on on the dav appointed, and that no subsequent postponement should take place, under a pretext of making that Call moA efficacious. He at the same time felt it his duty to stat* that he had no reason to think that any intention of postpon- ing the discussion was in contemplation, and therefore he did hope that every means, within the time, would be used to procure that serious and solemn deliberation which was due to the subject, due as it was, when it Was considered who the person was, and what the nature of the charge was. Lord FOLKSTONI: observed, that it was farthest from tire wish of himself and his Honourable Friend ( Mr. Wardle) to wish for any prolongation of the day on which the motion was fixed for discussion. After some further observations, the House divided on the motion of Lord Folksrone. And the numbejs were— Ayes.) 02 Noes 15 Majority in favour of the Call 87. On our re- admission into the House, it was engaged in tfse discuriion of leave to bring in a Bill to secure the quiet pes BEDFORD, BUCKINGHAM, AND HERTFORD GAZETTE. 67 of the fact, liable to lose his life. He had already sttwj that there had been upwards of 16,000 commissons taken out in so years; and though instances were even- year occurring of Bankrupts withholding their property, there had been, in the space of 90 years, only three prosecutions, and only one ex- convicted, from ^ mistake as to the facts of the case ; but these being represented in their proper light to his Majesty, \ he had extended his mercy to the Bankrupt in question.— There ne\ er perhaps existed a stronger instance of the inef- ficacy of the laws owing to their severity. Was it surprising that few persons were found to prosecute when for an offence of this nature the punishment was death ? Under such cir » cumstances Bankrupts were under the strongest temptations to withhold their property. This was bad ; but at the same time, in point of moral guilt, was it worse than the case of a man who in a higher station withheld his property from his cre- ditors, and spent it in personal gratifications ? If the law had been less severe, it would have been more enforced; and the end would have been attained in a much greater de- gree. After aluminous exposition of the Bankrupt Laws, the motion was agreed tO, aud Sir Samuel Romilly and Mr. H. Martin were appointed to bring in the Bill. DISTILLERY. . Mr. PERCevAL moved the third reading of the Distiilcry Prohibition Bill. After a few words from Sir J. Hall, and Mr. D. Giddy, the Bill was read a third time ancf passed. The other Orders wefc then disposed of. Adjourned. THURSDAY, MARCH 2. Gregson's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. ROSE moved, that the House do to- morrow go into ® Committee to consider the several Acts relating to the Inter- course between Bermuda, Antigua, & c. Ordered. Mr. FOSTER presented an Account, shewing the quantity of Corn imported to, and exported from Ireland into Great Britain.— Ordered to lie on the table. The Londonderry School Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. WHARTON brought up the Reports of the Allowances to be made to Subaltern Officers, & c. of. the English and Irish Militia. Of the Militia Estimates, & c.— all of vyhich were ordered to lie on tbn table. GENERAL CLAVERING. Mr. C. W. WYNNE gave notice, as several Gentlemen seemed, to doubt on what day he meant to bring forward his motion relative to General Clavering, that It was his inten- tion, as he had formerly given notice, to call the attention of the House to that subject to- morrow. SCOTCH RECORDS. The LORD ADVOCATE for SCOTLAND, moved for leave fo bring in a Bill for the better regulating the public records of Scotland. Leave was accordingly given. AMERICA. Mr. WHITBREAD rose to move for a paper, to the produc- tion of which, it being already before the public, he thought there could hardly be any objection. He accordingly moved for an account of the Amount of Duties on Exports from this Country under the Act of last Session, for carrying into effect of the OrdgrHri Council. FRIDAY, MARCH. 3. Mr. CHAPLIN took the oaths and his seat for Stamford, Mr. SCROPE BERNARD took the oaths and his seat for St. Maws. Mr. THORNTON brought in a Bill for building a Bridge across the River Thames, near Vauxhall.— Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. The House having resolved into a Committee upon the sub- ject of the Plymouth Dock Police, THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL proposed that the Chairman should move the House for leave to bring in a Bill for esta- blishing anew Police for Plymouth Dock, for the purpose of preventing depredations upon the King's Stores, which was done. IRISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved, pursuant to notice, that the several Reports of the Commissioners appointed by the Actf of the 46th of the King, to inquire into the state and con- duct^ pf the several Public Schools in Ireland, should be laid befoJf the House. It appeared from the Report of the former Commission, that funds designed for the Schools of Royal foundation, were most scandalously misappropriated to private purposes, and a similar misappropriation was discoverable in the second Re- port respecting the institution of Alderman Preston. Sir A. WELLESLEY disclaimed any wish on his own part to withhold the Reports to which the motion referred ; but he thought that the opinion of the Commissioners was entitled to attention. Still, if the Right Honourable Baronet pressed his motion, he would not oppose it, although he wished to conform with the desire of the Commissioners, assuring the Right Honourable Baronet, however, that whether the Re- ports should be made public or not, he could have no objec- tion to shew them to him. Sir JOHN NEWPORT'S motion was put and carried. THE CASE OF GENERAL CLAVERING. Mr. C. W. WYNNE rose, pursuant to notice, to call the attention of the House to the conduct of brigadier General Clavering. He considered it of the utmost consequence, that prevarication before the House from a person so high in station as General Clavering, should meet with the most im- mediate and marked condemnation. The General had not the excuse of a person who had been reluctantly brought for- ward. He was a volunteer witness— he caroe forward of his own accord, and therefore was liable to the suspicion of de- signing to impose upon the House. Here the Learned Gentleman drew the attention of the House to the following questions, upon which he meant principally to rest his resolution. Those questions were the last put to this Officer on the loth of February," which was his first day's examination. " Had you any communication whatever on the subject of Army Promotions with Mrs Clarke 1— 1 never proposcd any conversation of that kind, nor do I recollect any having ever ' existed, excepting at the period I before alluded to » hen she requested 1 would recommend to the consideration of the Duke of York, Lieutenant Somner, of the 20th rcj mem. " I understand you then to say, you had nevvijtajiy ; iny communication or conversation whatever with M< s « Clarke on the subject of Army Promotions, except i: i the ca* 1 of Lieutenant Somner of Freehold Tenures held by Roman Catholic*. Sir 1 A Wellesley stated his wish, that time should be afforded for ] fc iull consideration of this subject. He did feel somewhat surprised, that the Honourable Mover ( Sir J, Montgomery) did uot consult the Law Officers in Ireland, before he intra- ; ducal the measure into the House. DUKE OF YORK'S LETTER. Mr. CHARLES WYNNE could not help calling the attention of the House to the Letter of the Duke of York, which cer- tainly appeared deserving of some notice, with a view to the privileges of the House. He therefore gave notice of a mo- tirvn relative to this Letter, after the main question had been && cussed. He would mention Monday se'nnight. Mr. PeRCEVAL said, that it would be much more fair to brtng it forward before the main question was discussed, and not allow a notice of this kind to hang over his Royal High- ness at such a time. If the Honourable Gentleman was not prepared to have brought it on before the main question, he ought to have deferred his notice. Mr C. WYNne fixed the motion for Monday se'nnight. IRISH SPIRIT TRADE. The CtiAscr. I. LOit of the EXCHEQUER moved for a Com- mittee to consider the regulations with respcci to the Draw- back and countervailing Duties in the Spirit intercourse be tween Great Britain and Ireland. SPAIN. Mr. PonsonBY rose to put two questions to the Right Ho- nourable Secretary for Foreign Affairs, which he hoped he j would have no obejetion to answer.— First, Whether the; Treaty which had been said to be on the ev$ of being con- j eluded with Spain had been as yet ratified?— And, 2d, Whe- ther the report to which he had alluded on a former night, j viz that the force sent from Lisbon had been refused admis- sion into Cadiz, was true or not ? | Mr. CAnnIng replied to the first question, that the ratifi- cation had not been received— and to the second, that he could not enter into details, and, in short, could at present give no precise answer. Mr. GILES asked, whether it was the intention of Ministers to make any alteration in the Stamp Acts, as far as related to the Drafts on Bankers at a certain distance from town?— If not, he would at a future day give a notice of a motion on the subject. Mr. PERCEVAL said, that they had no intention to make any such alteration. UIO 1 1L L. E. IV 1 . Mr. PERCEVAL moved the re- committal of the Distillery Bill, and, according to the instruction, proposed a clause to extend the prohibition to Ireland, which was agreed to. Report received, and the Bill ordered to be fead a third time to- morrow. SICILY. Mr. CANNing xose, and adverted to a statement made by an Honourable Gentleman ( Mr. Wm. Smith) the othtr night, that the defence of Sicily ought not to rest on our troops alone. He was sorry that Honourable Gentleman was not present; but he could not help saying, even thin as the House was, that it was no light matter to make statements of this sort. It was well known that the statements in that House went abroad— and that one of the chief objects of the enemy was to sow jealousy between us ai* d all -. the Courts | which were friendly to us, He assured the House that such statements were calculated to have the worst effects. He was - aware that such was not the intention of the Honourable Gentleman from whom the observation proceeded— but such ! was the fact. But as te the authority on which the Honour- able Gentleman had spoke, he begged leave to state, on the best authority, that the most cordial good understanding sub- sisted between our Government and that of Sicily— and that the Sicilian Government had determined, in case of danger, to put the whole of the Sicilian force, trifling neither in num- bers nor discipline, under the command of the British Ge- neral. At such a moment it was incumbent onOentlemen to beware of running down a Government in alliance with us. The other Orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MARCH I. Mr. Alderman COMBE rpoved that the Committee to con- sider of establishing a Sunday Toll on Blackfriars- bridge be received.— Ordered. The House went into a Committee on Gregson's Divorce Bill. The Irish Bank Notes Bill was read a thirdjtime and passed, ccutcd he believed about the year 1759. Another had been Mr. GRAHAM moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the re- lief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland. Mr. FOSTER brought in a Bill to grant a Bounty on Flax Seed imported from Great Britain into Ireland. Mr. FOSTER moved for an account of the quantity of Corn exported from and imported into Ireland, in the year ending January 1809, distinguishing the Ports, & c.— Ordered. A Bill was brought in for an Exchange of Lands at Purfleet, between his Majesty and Mr. Whitbread.— Read a first time, and ordered to be read a seqond time on Monday. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented the Correspondence between himself and Sir Thomas Dyer. Mr. FOSTER moved for an accountof the quantity of C^ n which had been ground in Ireland in the course of last year. — Ordered. On the motion of Mr. HUSKISSON, the House resolved it- self into a Committee of Supply; and the accounts respecting outstanding Exchequer Bills, and the Loyalty Loan,~ Svere re- ferred to a Committee. Mr. HUsKISSON in a Committee of Ways and Means mov- rd that ,000,000 be granted by Exchequer Bills, to com- I plete the i/ 2O, ooo, OQ0 voted for War Taxes for 1809. BANKRUPT LAWS. Sir S. ROMILLY rose, pursuant to notice, to move fori leave to brir, j infill to alter and amend the Bankrupt, Laws. The first defect to which he would call the attention of the House was this— that a trader, after giving up all he pos- 1 tessed in the world to his creditors, was still liable for many debts, the proof of which could not be received . under the commission. This wag the case, in direct opposition to the | . principles'of these laws; which was, that a trader, having give ; np all his effects, ought to be free from all claims contracted; before the period of that Bankruptcy. The most numerous class of debts of this kind consisted of those for which some one else was liable as security. These surety debts did nt> t:; legally arise till after the commission. The consequence was, i thev could not be proved under the commission; and the con- . sequence of that again was, that the Baukrupt was still liable.; The remedy which he meant to propose for this was, thatj the sureties* might prove their debts under the commission,! provided they proved them any time before the final dividend. The e9ect of this would be, that the Bankrupt would be ex- empt from any liability for these debts upoq obtaining his Certificate. The second defect- under the existing Bankrupt Laws wa--, that the assignees were in the habit of using the Bankrupt's effects for their own advantage, and of speculating with the property before the dividends, as if it were their own. The consequences, as he himseipiad witnessed, often were, that the assignee b « iame Bankrupt, and thfc Creditors had in the end only the remainder, after a bankruptcy upon a bank- ruptcy. The remedy which he intended to propose was, . that if the creditors did < i6t Appoint a Bank to receive the pm- i pcrty, at an early period, the Commissioners should be | bound to do it— and that, if after that tbe assignees should rc- | tain any part of the property, it should be imperious upon | the Commissioners to charge ao per cent, on the money so ( retained. He imagined that this wovld be sufficient to pre- jvent the abuse, or at least that it would go a much greatpr way towards that desirable object than any severe penalties that might be enacted. The third dcfect in the system was, the exfcencc and un- certainty ot proceedings under Commissions of Bankruptcy. The remedy which he would propose was, that in actions bv the assignees, they should not be obliged to prove the pro- ceedings as above stated, unless the Defendant gave notice some time before that he meant to contest any of these points. And he would also propose that the mode of recovering from the assignees should not be by action as at present— but by petition to the Chancellor. The fourth Amendment which he would submit to the House, was, of all the other points, of the greatest impor- tance. This was, to take from the creditors the power which they possessed without any controul, and without the obliga- tion to assign a reason, of refusing a certificate to the Bank- rupt when they chose. He req'aeited of the House to con- sider the situation of an uncertificated Bankrupt— he could ! acquire no property, for whatever he gained might be instantly seized upon by tbf assignees— this industry was lost to himself land to his country, and he was liable to be imprisoned for life for debts contracted before the bankruptcy. By a statute in the early part of the reign of George the Second, this power was given to the Chancellor, but by a subsequent sta- tue in the early part of the same reign, it was enacted, that a bankrupt could not receive his certificate without the con- tent of 4- 5ths in number and value of his creditors ; so that : however fair, honourable, and blameless, in a moral point of view, the conduct of a bankrupt might be, he was to labour 1 under all the evils of the condition just mentioned, unless | his creditors chose to relieve him. This choice often rested ; with a small number of the creditors, and sometimes the ! whole depended on a single creditor, whose debt bore a large | proportion to that of the rest. But this was not the only i hardship to which the bankrupt was exposed by the statute I just alluded to. Any creditor who could not'prove under I the commission, nor receive a dividend, was yet admitted to | refuse the certificate, in order to give effect to his action. I This involved the very serious consideration of imprisonment for life for debt. In his opinion a man could not do a greater service to his country, than to procure the abolition of im- prisonment for debt altogether. It was mischievous to the individual— it was pernicious to the public ; and the worst of it was, that it made the creditor the judge in his own I cause ; and though the imprisonment might in many cases Ibe just, yet it was certain, that in many cases also it was most unjust. But with respect to an uncertificated bankrupt it I was always unjust; for the only object of the punishment was ! to compel him to do that which the law supposed impossible • for liim to- do, and what indeed it rendered it impossible for : I him to do, unless he chose to be guilty of a capital felony.— | The punishment therefore in this ease must be unjust. Con- sider what were the consequences— an irritated creditor, to whom- the bankrupt might have given some previous offence, and whom he must have offended, in depriving him of his legal claim, however innocent the bankrupt might be. When the consequences that might result from such a relative situ- ation were considered— a man exposed without defencc to i the mercy of an enraged enemy— it would hardly be possible to appreciate the extent of mischief which such a state of things was calculated to produce. The ccrtihcatcs were of- ten withheld from the innocent, and given to the fraudulent bankrupt; for in fraudulent commissions it seldom happened that the certificate was refused. These certificates were of- ten withheld for the purpose of extprting an advantage over the other creditors, as facts constantly- recurring Sufficiently proved. The law, it was true, gave several securities to the great body of creditors against such practices, but still they prevailed to a considerable extent. This held out a tempta- tion to fraud, to which no bankrupt ought to yield, certainly, but of which it was extremely impolitic to permit the exis- tence. The temptation was too often indeed sufficient to overcome the moral principle. The parent was often tempt- ed to assist the child, and the child the parent, in an impro- per way ; and it was notorious that cases of this kind were constantly occurring. But there was another temptation to which. the defect in question exposed the bankrupt, and that was toYvoid making a full disclosure of his effects. When the creditors came forward to prove their debts, the Bank- rupt was sensible how much he was in their power, and did not give that assistance in examining the debts, which under other circumstances he might be inclined to do. And a case had occurred the other day in the Court of Chancery, where it appeared that a Creditor had refused to sign a certificate, be- cause the bankrupt had suggested what turned out to be the fact, that he was endeavouring to prove a larger debt than was due to him. There also existed another motive to with- hold the certificate. The Bankrupt, until he obtained the certificate, could not be a witness in any thing that related to the estate— and the creditors who had any contest with respect to it, often refused to sign, in order to prevent the testimony upon which the verdict, and the justice of the case, might depend. Within a period of three or four years, there were more cases wHere certificates had been withheld than where they- were granted.— In the year 1805, there were 940 commissions taken out, and of these 4 89 were uncertificated. In 1S06, there were 1084 commissions taken out, and of these Coi were uncertificated.— In the last twenty years, ther « were 16,202 commissions taken out, and of these 6,597 re- mained without certificates. The ey. il had been found to be of such magnitude, thafa temporary te) if fhad sometimes been given. 1772, and afterwards in 1778, Bills were passed to compel' creditors to give Certificates, unless they could I shew that there was something fraudulent in the conduct of t the Bankrupts ; but% thil relief was confined to cases that had occurred previous to tftfcse periods. This plan of temporary relief, however, was certainly not one that ought to be re- sorted to, if it was possible uS discover a remedy of another description. The cause of the frequency of fraudulent bankruptcies he bcli^ xd was, that the- fraudulent Bankrupt was, upon procl 68 BEDFORD, BUCKINGHAM, AND HERTFORD GAZETTE. 68 44 Had you any incidental conversation with Mrs. Clarke upon that subject ?— A period of so many years having elapsed since that time, it is impossible to speak positively ana accurately to a question so close as that, but, to the best of my belief, I do not think 1 had. 41 Do you of your own knowledge know that Mrs. Clarke used her influonce in favour of any person whatever in the Army with the Commander in Chief?— I do not. 44 Do you, of your own knowledge, know of any person that asked her to use her influence with the Commander in Chief upon that subject ?— I am not acquainted with any person that ever did; I have heard reports of that nature, but I cauuot bring to my recollection any person positively. 44 Then you state positively that you do not know of any transaction of that nature t— None, to my certain knowledge. 14 Give a direct and positive answer to that question— I do rot know of any transaction of that nature." The Learned Member followed up these extracts by obser- j rations at considerable length, and concluded by moving,; that General Clavcring had been guilty of prevarication. j Sir M. W. RIDLEY did not profess to justify those parts of; General Covering's testimony to which the Honourable i Mover alluded, but there were some statements ahd obser- j \ ations of his, independently of the evidence, which he was enabled to correct. He could assure the Honourable Gentle- j man, that so far from being an obtrusive volunteer wit-| ness, it was not at all the wish of General Clavering to ap- pear before the house. Indee that appearance resulted from the advice of others, and from the impression produced • upon this officer, that he would be called to the Bar, as a material evidence concerning Mrs. Clarke, and the course he took, which he was led to think the more proper, of writing to the Attorney- General, was in consequence of the opinion . of MR Lowten. He was certain that General Clavering was not guilty of any intentional prevarication or concealment. He could not indeed bring himseif to believe that the re- spectable father of his family, that an Officer of his cha- racter, rank and connections, who had served his country with so much credit for fourteen years, as could be testified by several Officers of the highest eminence, if the House would allow them to appear at its Bar— that such a. man would at once determine deliberately to sink from his proper station, by acting a dishonourable part before aCommittee of this House— so thinking of him he was inclined, and hoped the House would be inclined also, to treat him with indul- gence. Indeed he was willihg to throw himself upon the mercy of the House, assuring them that General Clavering • was innocent of any intentional falsehood and contradiction. The Honourable Baronet requested that the House, before it came to any discussion upon this motion, would call the Duke of Argyle to the Bar, who could inform the fact he had mentioned, and also that distinguished Officer the Earl of Moira, who was desirous of speaking to . the professional character of General Clavering. He concluded with ex- horting Gentlemen to consider the peculiar situation in which this Officer stood. Bred in a profession which gave him no opportunity of acquiring any legal education, he appeared at tiie bar before the combined wisdom of the nation ; he sub-, mitfed, whether, in the course of an examination of an hour and a half, such a$% he underwent, it was possible for him, or almost any man, however disposed to tell the truth, to escape some misconception or inaccuracy. Sure he was that Gene- ral Clavering's lapses were not the effect of design but rather attributable to want of adequate capacity. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER therefore, put it to the feelings of the Honourable Gentleman, whether he would, at the present time, press his motion on the House ? He put it to. him, whether every desirable object of justice ( and lie was convinced the Honourable Gentleman had been in- . fluenced by no other motive than a sense of justice,) would not be as completely and as effectually'answered by punish ing I General Clavering after the discussion had taken place on the j charges against the Duke of York as before, in case the Houst: ( should think that the General had prevaricated ? He pro- j posed therefore to the Honourable Gentleman, that he would I defer his motion till the earliest day, suppose Friday, after the discussion of the charges. In making this proposal to the Honourable Gentleman, he was influenced solely by a sense of its propriety, and not, he could assure the House, by any wish to compromise its dignity. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. Mr. WHITBREAD gave notice, that instead, as his motion originally stood, of moving on Monday to rescind the Orders in Council, he rather thought, indeed hej had made up his mind to move on that day for an Address to his Majesty, praying him to adopt conciliatory measures with America.. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. The House having gone into a Committee of Supply, Mr. ROBERT WARD rose to move the Estimates for the Miscellaneous Services of the year.— He stated, that the Navy Debt for the year would be 200,0001.— the chargc for Salt Petre 600,0061.— for the depot of Artillery and Ammunition 900,0001— and that the Miscellaneous Service for Ireland might be estimated at 123,0001.— lie then moved Jor the Ord- nance of Great Britain for the current year, a sum not ex- ceeding - 150,3661. l^ s. od.— On the question beingj- put— General TARLETON . rose, and asserting his right, at that * tagecf their proceedings, to take a review of the military operations of the last twelve months, entered into a detailed commentary on the campaign in Spain and Portugal, reca- pitulated many of the arguments of Mr. Ponsonby on a for- mer• night, to shew the injurious conscquences that resulted • to our operations from the want of cavalry. The gallant General also repeated many of the remarks and arguments, which upon a former question he had adduced, in justifica l ion of the opinions he had held of the Convention of Cintra, and of one or two of the military movements in the battles of Roleia and Vimiera ; as, however, they have already been given to the public, we forbear to report them. Sir A. WELLESLEY, in reply to the observations of the last Speaker, restated the numerous arguments which, on a previ- | ous occasion, he had delivered, in defcnce of the line of opera- tions which he had followed, during his command of the Bri- tish Army in Portugal. The principal objection was his ( Sir A. Wcllesley) giving the enemy battle whilst he was deficient in that species of force, namely, cavalry, which would have alone enabled hirn to have brought it to a successful and ad- vantageous termination. To this he answered, that, previous to the Battle of Vimiera, he had every reason to expect the co- oj> eration of a well- appointed division of Portuguese cavalry. With respect to the confidence which he, from the influence of his Noble Friend's ( Lord Castlereagh's) letler was supposed to enjpy, he had only to say that the only tw o measures which he recommended after he had co-. scd to commune were both rejected by his senior officers.— It was most true, that he felt, when recommending those measures , that he possessed the confidence of the gallant army which he commanded, and was ready to assert, that the under circumstances of the victory of Vimiera, a child would have perceived the probable advantages of a pursuit of the enemy.— He hoped the Committee would see, that he was justified to make such observations, when an attempt was made to ren- der him, a junior officer, responsible for some acts, which were in many points in contradiction with his decided and expressed Opinion. The gallant General, after some observa- tions on the campaign in Spain, concluded with a declaration, that, however unfortunate the issue, no blame was attributable to Ministers. Mr. WHITBREAD said, at least before the gallant General endeavoured to exculpate Ministers, he shoutd afford some explained purpose why Sir Harry Burrard and Sir Hew Dal- rymple were thrust in. Such an explanation was necessary, because he conceived the gallant General would, from his own feelings, be the last man to attract to himself considera- tion from the depression of others. Sir A. WELLESLEY answered in reply, that as he never had, so he never would hold himself out as the accuser of Sir Harry Burrard. He was made responsible for events over which he had no controul, and it was but justice to his own cha- j racter to enter into the explanation which he did. General TARLETON briefly explained, j A long conversation then took place between Mr. Calcraft, I Mr. Freemantle, Lord Castlcreagh, Mr. R. Ward, and Mr. , Huskisson, in which it was contended by the two first Gen- j tlemen, that the arms which were charged in the Estimates I as having been-: sent to the Spanish Patriots, were never seen in the hands of the Patriots by the British Army, and that a very strong rumour was afloat, that a very great por- tion of them never were sent out of Corunna, and that a very considerable quantity were found iu the garrison of Elvas at its caphulation. On the other hand, it was asserted by the latter Gentleman, that 2o0,000 stand of arms had been sent by the British Government to the Spanish people, and were distributed in Asturias, Gallicia, Andalusia, and Catalonia. It was not to be presumed, in their opinion, that the British Government was responsible for the application of the sup- plies which the Spanish people received from them. The Annual Estimates with respect to the Ordnance Ser- vice in Ireland were then voted. Mr. HUSKISSON proposed the Annual Votes for the Ame- rican Loyalists, the Transportation of Convicts, Stationery and Printing for the Two Houses of Parliament, & c.— Agreed to. Resolutions to be reported on Monday. Mr FOSTER, in a Committee of Ways and Means, moved the Irish Malt Duties, with the Duties on Beer, Ale, Spirits, & c.— Report on Monday. On the motion of the SECRETARY at WAR, the House re- solved itself into a Committee on the Mutiny Bill. The SECRETARY at WAR stated, that he had a few Clauses of no gr^ at importance to propose. These were given in, but not read. The Bill was reported, and the Report ordered to be further considered on Tuesday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that he would propose an issue of Exchequer Bills on Monday. Adjourned till Monday. LONDON. MONDAY— MARCH 6, 1809. At a late hour last night, a regular series of French Papers to the 35th ult. were received. It does not appear that Buonaparte has left Paris. The Moniteur contains the Parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the Commander in Chief. On Lord Erskine's motion for a series of returus to ascertain the loss of - ri^ e British army on the late expedition, the Moniteur says:—" The motion of Lord Erskine goes to the point. "' If they give him the series he asks for, he will learn, that, without fighting, the corps of the English expedition • lost, some a third, others the half, and several even four- fifths of their complement. In order tojgive a per- fect idea of the results of this expediton, an inquiry should be made concerning the' condition of the - horses, artillery, and baggage of the English army : finally, in order to ascertain how far the operations of the Ministry are honourable to the nation, an in- quiry should be made also concerning the condition of the allied army, of that army which the English abandoned, and which has beem almost altogether slain, taken, or lost." The French Papers state, that since the 22th of January, their troops have, by main force, got pos- session of two- thirds of the city of Saragossa. Wben the last accounts were ' sent off, the most furious engagement was going oft . in the streets, and the insurgents, they say, were defeated in eve. iy quarter. " From off Rochefort. " The Naiad frigate, of 38 guns, brings intelli- gence of the French squadron, of ei^ ht sail of the line, and twq frigates, being seen on Friday morn- ing, the 24th ult. at day- light, standing into Basque Roads. " The Naiad was ordered to proceed in quest of the Channel fleet, and communicate to Lord Gam- bier the situation of this squadron, and that of the enemy's course, & c. & c. and she bore up accordingly with a press of sail. " By half- past seven o'clock, the enemy's squa- dron hove to in Basque Roads, and before eight o'clock, five strange sail were seen bearing at N. N. W. who not answering the given signals, imme- diately announced to the Caesar they were enemies ; our squadron then bore up, and chased the enemy in the N. N. W. until the signal of recaL was made by the Caesar ; then hauled , our wind, and stood towards our squadron. " Soon after nine we found the strange ships to be three French frigates, chased by his Majesty's ship Amelia and Dotterell gun- brig. Made sail to the N. and a little- after ten the enemy's frigates took shelter under the batteries of Sable d'Olonne, j where they were soon attacked by the Caesar, Done- gal, Defiance, Emerald, Amethyst, and Amelia. A continual fire was kept up for near two hours, when it ceased. The Naiad, at this time at a con- siderable distance, could not possibly know the re- sult of the action ; but no doubt can be entertained of their having taken or destroyed the enemy. By one o'clock spoke the Alcmene, and pointed out the situation of the enemy. Before four, the squadron under Capt. Beresford's orders passed, consisting of four sail of the line, and the Indefatigable frigate. Captain Bercsford gave information that the enemy's squadron had escaped from L'Orient, and concluded them to be the vessels just attacked. He then di- rected bis course for Admiral Sropford's squadron, of which he was nearly in sight. " On the following day the Naiad fell in with tbe Cuckoo schooner, and learnt, that Sir J. Duck- worth's squadron could not be at any great distance, she therefore returned to the squadron to give the information received by the Naiad. " Enemy's force in Basque Roads.— One 3- decker, ten 2- deekcrs, one 50- gun ship, and four frigates. " At Sable D'Olonne— Three frigates. " British Force with Admiral Stopford—.' Three sail of the line, four frigates, and one brig, " With Captain Beresford, and nearly in sight of Admiral Stopford— Four sail of the line, and one frigate. The last Dutch Papers we received, convey the important intelligence of the Confederation of the Rhine having been called out, and there can be little doubt that the Destroyer of Europe has determined to seal the fate of that devoted country by an early blow. - Under the head of Paris, February 25, is given " A CIRCULAR LETTER FROM THE PRINCE NASSAU USINGEN, TO THE PRINCES OF THE SECOND CLASS OF THE CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE informing them of the retreat of our army from Spain'; promising protection to the Members of the Rhenish Confederacy, but at the same time calling upon them to have their several contingents ready to take the field, iu case of necessity, The Circular Letter, hoivever, concludes with the expression of a hope, that war may yet be avoided, and that Austria will return to that system, upon the observance of which, the tranquillity and security of the Conti- nent so essentially depends." We are also informed, by private advices, that the : Palace of Strasburgh is preparing for the reception of Bonaparte; and that a numerous French army has already advanced from the North of Germany to Augsburgh. An article from Lintz states, that for- midable military preparations are continued by Aus- tria; that magazines are forming in Bohemia and Austria; and that a new . general levy is expected to take place. The Austrian regular force is estimated at 143,000 men, but it is at present deficient in ar- tillery. We have observed, with pleasure, one or two traits in the German Papers, which shew, that pa- triotic and national feeling is not altogether extinct in Prussia ; but that as soon as the French troops abandon any spot, the ancient spirit manifests itself. During the Polish war, an officer of tile name of, Schill distinguished himself by a number of sallies' which he made from Colberg , these, though of no great service to " the cause of the allies were of no slight inconvenience to the enemy, He is now at Berlin, and enjoys the greatest popularity. The mil- liners have their fashionable goods a la Schill, and the toymen have Schill snuff- boxes on sale. Soon after the invasion of Prussia, there. appeared in Berlin a scandalous production, entitled Vertraute Briefe, i. c. Familiar Letters, breathing a spirit of decided hostility to the late Government, and not only flattering the conquerors, but even advising them to the seizure and . application of the national property, as the means of raising a revenue. The author was a Councillor of War, Von Colen ; he was arrested in Silesia the instant the French aban- doned part of that province; and it appears that the order for his arrest was issued long before, to be executed " as soon as the evacuation should take, place." According to a report of Baron Toll, an attack was meditated by the Russians on, Landscrona, a sea- port within the Sound,, seven leagues north of • Copenhagen. In these circumstances, Captain John Blow, of the Charger, English gun- brig, offered his services for the defence of the place. It appears that the Russian cossacks had invaded Kumlinge and Enklinge ; and that, by the orders of General Peyron. they had been dislodged. After this successful expedition, the Swedish troops had re- turned to their quarters in the Island of Aland, at the entrance of the Gulph of Bothnia. The accounts of the situation of our Northern Ally, in other respects, are of tbe most distressing character. An epidemic disease had committed terrible ravages; a scarcity of BUCKINGHAM, AND HERTFORD GAZETTE. 69 to the ships and vessels of Great Britain. Eight towns have been entirely destroyed in Hol- land by the late inundations, and most of the inha- bitants lost their lives. We learn from Gibraltar, that the heretofore im- pregnable fortresses, St. Philip and Barbara, have not only been completely dismantled, but that trains of gunpowder have been so effectually insinuated into the body of the fortresses, as to render their en-' the destruction the work only of a moment, from Gibraltar, We are happy to find by some of the last letters from Lisbon, that a very considerable number of the - stragglers from Sir John Moore's Army, who were left behind in consequence of the rapidity with which our army retreated, have arrived in Portugal, and many of them have even reached Lisbon. Berlin, - Jan. 1().—. The following are the names of some of the Officers Who commanded Prussian fortresses during the last war, and . who have been arrested by order of the King, in order to be. brought before a Council of War:— General Romberg, Com- mander of Stettin; General Lecoq, Commander of Hameln ; General Beneckendorf, Commander of Spandau; Colonel Bonman, Principal- Engi- neer of . Custrin ; Major Ranch, who, it is said, caused the sword of the Great Frederick to fall into the hands of the French. It is reported, that the Com- mander of Custrin, M. Von Ingersleben, escaped as he was about to he arrested. The late Minister, Baron Von Hardenberg, is still here. The following account of the naval force lying at Ferrol may be depended on :— THREE DECKERS. Guns Gun Principe Asturias 120 Conception 120 1 Mexicano 120 Sin Fernando loo | SHIPS. OF THE LINE. Santclmo 80 America 641 Atlano so Espana 641 San Jui-: S 64 ON THE STOCKS- El Tridente 80 Emprendedor 801 FRIGATES Magdalena 40 Diana ael Esmeralda .' 40 Pilar 3C| Sabina 40 CORVETTES. Indagudora 26 Principe Asturias 2r| Mosca 20 guN- BRIGS. Casilda - 18 Descubredor' 1G| .< 16 Cassador 1 16 SCHOONERS. the harbour, we add the following short minutes concerning the capacities of the place. Of the ar- senal and dock- yards it is less necessary for us to speak, as there are those at home who have seen them near enough. They belong to the few public works which do honour to the former government of Spain, and are considered by professional men as among the most excellent structures of the kind in Europe. The Docks are so spacious that 40 ships of the line may be on the stocks at once ; and as there are in the town between 5000 and ( 5000 work- ing shipwrights, the whole of those 40 vessels may- be completed within the course of a single year. It is no wonder, then, that Ferrol should, in the estimation of the politician, constitute the prime orna- ment and glory of Gallicia ; and therefore when the determination of the British cabinet was knowu to make that kingdom the scene of their exertions, it was imagined that their acquaintance with Fcrrol, as a naval depot, operated fully as much upon their minds, as the facilities afforded by the province for a speedy co- operation with the Spanish armies: and we know that lately wheu it was announced at Co- runna that the Commander in Chief had changed the point of his retreat to Corunna from Vigo, it was supposed that this was done with a view to the send- ing a detachment to Ferrol from Betanzos, in order to secure, if possible, the fleet, for the legitimate Sovereign of Spain, or at least to prevent its adding to the power of his oppressor. These designs, however, if entertained, have sadly failed. Those who expected least from the resistance of Spain to the tyrant, calculated at all events upon such an accession to our naval resources, as' would enable us, with a still fairer prospect of success, to stand out alone against the conqueror and his slaves. The Patriots of Spain, it was thought, would, if vanquished, retire at last upon their fortified harbours. The fleets of the country would bear away its rich men and their treasures, its wise men and their in- fluence, to the new world, where a new empire; in close amity with the only part of the old world which retains a portion of its antient constitution and independence, would preserve the continuity and connection of the two hemispheres, and commence a new period of intercourse and commerce. The King and Queen of Prussia have returned from Petersburgh to their own dominions, and or- ders have been issued by his Prussian Majesjy for putting the few fortresses which Buonaparte has left liim in a respectable state of defence. At Rome: 32 individuals were recently arrested, accused of being- vagabonds and assassins. jrti English, and the affair of the 16th, they would have occu- pied Ferrol, and seized this beautiful squadron. " The Military and Naval Officers have taken the oath to King Joseph with the greatest enthusiasm. What they re- late of their sufferings from . the lowest classes of the peopIe , and the English is inconceivable. 1 " Order reigns in Gallicia, and the authority of the King is re- established in this Province, one of the consider- able in the Spanish Monarchy. " General Laborde has found at Corunna, on the sea- shore, seven pieces of cannon, which the English had buried on the 16th, i: ol being able to take them away. " La Romana, abandoned by the English and his own troops, had fled with 500 men, in order to throw himself into Andalusia. i " There remained at Lisbon only about 4 or 5000 English- men. All the hospitals and all the magazines were em- barked, and tbe garrison was preparing to abandon this na- tion, as indignant at the perfidy of the English, as they are disgusted by the difference of manners and religion, by the continual and brutal intemperance of the English | troops, and that arrogance and ill- founded pride which render this nation odious to the Continent." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. french AND DUTCH papers. THIRTY SECOND BULLETIN OF THE FRENCH ARMY OF SPAIN, " The Duke of Dalmatia, being arrived before Ferrol, caused the place to be invested. Negotiations were begun. The Civil Authorities, and the Military and Naval Officers, " manifested a disposition to surrender; but the people, fo- mented by the spies whom the English had left, resisted. " On the 24th the Duke of Dalmatia received two messen- gers, one sent by Admirall Megarejo, Commander of the Spa- nish squadron, and the others, who came across the moun- tains, sent by the Military Commapders. These couriers were both sent without the knowledge of the people. They stated that the Authorises were under the yoke cf a furious popu- excited and paid by the agents of England, and htat 8000 men belonging to the city and its environs were in. arms. < " The Duke af Dalmatia had to resolve upon opening the trenches ; but from, the erth to the - 2itl Amistsd 6 And 4.3 gun- boats. To this account of the actual naval force lying id Paris, Jan. 30.'— Letters from Bayonne say, that the 12,000 prisoners taken by the Duke de Bel- lune at Cuenca were to enter Madrid, the l/ th of January. These prisoners compose the wreck of the Walloon guards, the grenadiers of Andalusia, the regiments of Tolosa, Burgos, Murcia, Castilq, and Africa, the Volunteers of Catalonia, the regi- ments of Ireland, and of the Queen. The cavalry was composed of the Regiments of j the Queen, of Bourbon, and Lusitania. Paris, Feb. 3.— His Majesty the King of Prussia, before his departure for Russia, addressed a circular letter to all his Ministers at foreign Courts, in which hestates, that, notwithstanding his desire to return speedy to Berlin, he could not, after the reiterated entreaties of the Emperor Alexander, ab- stain from a voyage, to which every kind of motive ought to determine him; the actual diminution of the distance between them, the convenience of tra- velling in winter, and, above all, a perfect con- formity of system, which has just acqjiired fresh force—- on one side, through the interview of the two Emperors at Erfurth, and on the other through the definitive arrangements with France. This let- ter terminates thus: " If, contrary to all expecta- tion, this voyage shoulij be interpreted amiss at tha | Court at which you re Bile, and if possibly a politi- cal object or foreign views should be atcribed to it, you will be careful to explain it, conformably with this letter, and state it to be what it simply is, a mere voyage of politeness, attention, and friendship, at which no one can or ought to take umbrage." Paris, Fee. 9.— By a decree of his Majesty King Joseph, of the 24th of January, there will be formed iii every town in which there is a Spanish garrison, a Special Military Tribunal, ordered to try all recruiters, aud all who shall enter into the enemy's service. Every military deserter or recruiter Shall be shot. Every civil recruiter, or who shall enrol himself under the enemy's colours, shall be hanged: By another decree, of the same date, his Majesty declares, that every title, civil or military, every de- coration or, degree, conferred by the insurgentljuntas, are regarded as nnll, and forbids every one to make use of them, unless especially authorised by a decree of his Majes ty. Marshal Jourdan has taken the command of a corps in tbe army of Spain, and Marshal Lannes ' ( Duke of Montebella) is Commander in Chief be- fore Saragossa. Lintz, Fee, 2. By way of France.)— The anxiety which the reports of a new war in Austria had occasioned, has been augmented by the late measures of the Court of Vienna. It is certain thatr some light corps are to be formed, which will be sent to join different regiments. Other military pre- parations are likewise making, and magazines aze forming in Bohemia and Austria. M. Vassbender, who, in the last campaigns, was principal Com- missary to the Austrian army, has been agam ap- 1 pointed to that post; anil the Count de Grunne, formerly Adjutaut- General to the Archduke Charles, has been appointed Adjutant to the Emperor. The Archduke Ferdinand is to take the chief' command of an Austrian army in Bohemia, if war should break out, and Count Bellegarde will com- mand an army in Carinthia and Carniola. In the | mean time several Generals, who commanded 011 the Turkish frontiers, have been recalled'to Vienna.. : Many persons, however, doubt whether the Arch- ; duke Charles approves the measures of the Court, and will Be w itling to enter into a new war. la- the conferences which have been held upon the sub- ject, and at which both that Prince and the Arch- L duke Ferdinand, the brother of the Empress, were i present, it is said, a 70 BEDFORD, BUCKINGHAM, AND HERTFORD GAZETTE. 70 and different measures proposed to render it agree- able to flie people. Those most experienced ill military affairs, estimate the whole of our regular1 troops at 143,000 men; but it is not practicable to) find a train of artillery sufficient for an army of I 60,000 men. LEIPSIC, FEB. 3.— It is announced from Berlin, that in the midst of preparations which are making( for the return of the King of Prussia into his capital,' it is observed with surprise, that persons attached to the Court have even caused their effects and furniture to he removed from Berlin to Konigsberg. VIENNA, FEB. 4.— The last letters from Turkey announce that Constantinople is tranquil, but t& at there is much disorder in the Provinces. Ismael Bey, Pacha of Serres, in Macedonia, has declared ill favour of the Seymans, who have the ascendancy in several parts of the Ottoman Empire, after having been crushed in the fcapital. The conduct of this Pacha is the more surprising, as he began by ap- plauding loudly the revolution of the 14th Novem- plaui ber. VIENNA, FEB. 14.— A courier sent off by our in- ternuncio at Constantinople, M. Sturmer, has brought intelligence to the Government, of a new insurrec- tion of the Janissaries, which has lieeu very bloody, and by which the Porte was obliged to conclude a peqce with Englaud. The Courier left Constanti- nople on the l6th of January. The first conse- quence of this event has been, that the Russian Ge- nerals have broken off all communication with the Turks. The English have bought up a great quantity of cotton at Smyrna, and paid for a great part of it with colonial commodities. They do not suffer a vessel to pass which is laden with cotton bound to Trieste. The Gazette contains the following article, uuder the head of Turkey: " On the 5 th of January peace was concluded be- tween England and the Sublime Porte, by the Eng- lish Minister, Mr. Adair, and Hakki Effendi; in, consequence of which all the ports in the Turkish empire are open to the English ships. This im- portant intelligence was immediatlely transmitted to principal commercial towns in Europe, Asia, and Africa; and a great change may be expected in the trade of the great towns of the Levantt, and the price of most commodities." MADRID, JAN. 23.— The public entry of the King Our Sovereign, into this city, w » S announced yes- terday, the 22d, at the break of day, by a salute of one hundred cannons. The Suffragan Bishop, in his pontifical habits, the Canons, Vicars, and Rectors, the Vicars- General, and Prelates of Religious Or- ] ders, received his Majesty at the gate, and six of the most ancient Canons conducted him to the throne.! The Suffragam Bishop addressed his Majesty in Hn' excellent discourse, worthy of his character, and proper for the day, the place, and the event.— His Majesty spoke in these words:— " Before rendering thanks to the Supreme Arbiter " of Destinies, for my return to the capital of this " kingdom entrusted to my care, 1 wish to reply to " the affectionate reception of its inhabitants, by " declaring my secret thoughts in the presence of the " living God, who has just received your oath of " fidelity to my person. " I protest then, before God, who knows the " hearts of all, that it is my duty and conscience " only which induce me to mount the Throne, and " not my own private inclination. 1 am willing to " sacrifice my own happiness, because I think you " have need of me for tile establishment of yours. " The unity of our holy religion, the indepen- " dence of the Monarchy, the integrity of its ter- ] " ritory, and the liberty of its citizens, are the! " conditions of the oath wbict> I have taken on rp- 1 " ceiving the Crown. It will ifl° t be disgraced up- « on my head: and if, as I hijye no doubt, the de- " sires of the nation support tjje efforts of its King, " I shall soon be the most h » j> py of all, because " you through me all will happy." These words created, in t^ e Ixau ts of all, the most sensible emotion, which was manifested on all sides. His Majesty being seated on the throne, the ca- valcade was ranged in the following order :— On the right of the King, upon the third step from the throue, stood the Captain- Goueral of the Guards lie service, the Grand Chamberlain, and behind him J: he Gentlemen of the Bedchamber. On the right < if the Lord Chamberlain, the Ministers; and on their right, the Councillors of State, in two rows MADRD, JAN. BS. IIRCULAR LETTER ADDRESSED VX TIIE KING OUR * MASTER TO THE ARCHBISHOPI ABD BISHOPS OF HIS KINGDOM. j< Don Joseph Napoleon, by the Grace of God, and the Constitutions of the State, King of spain and the Indies. « in returning to this Capital, our first care, as well as first duty, has been to prostrate ourselves at the feet of that God who disposes of Crowns. We have offered him the homage of our existence for the felicity of the brave nation whom he has en- trusted to our care. It is with this end only, in con- formity with our dearest thoughts, that we have ad- dressed to him our humble praters. " What is an individual in the immense popula- tion of the earlh ? What is he in the eyes of the Eternal, who alone penetrates the intentions of men, and according to them determines their elevation ? Who sincerely wishes the welfare of his fellows, serves God; and his omnipotent goodness protects him. " We desire that, in conformity with these dis- positions, you direct the prayers of the faithful, whom Providerice has entrusted to you. Let us all ask of God, that he deign to let fall upon us his spirit of peace and wisdom: let us abjure every pas- sion, that we may be occupied alone by such senti- menjp as ought to animate us, and which thffgene- ral interests of this monarchy inspire : let the ex- ercise of religion, tranquillity, and happiness, succeed to the discords to which we have been a prey : let us return thanks to God for the success which he has been pleased to grant to the arms of our August Brother and powerful Ally the Emperor of the French, who has had no other end in supporting our rights by his power than to procure to Spain a long peace, founded on her independence. The French army will evacuate the Spanish provinces as tranquillity shall be spread, and as they shall unite around our throne. " Our will is that you order each of the Curates of your diocese to sing a solemn Te Deum the first Sunday after the receipt of this letter. " Given at our Palace of Madrid, the 24th of Jan. 1609. ( Signed) " I, THE KING. " The Minister Secretary of State of his Majesty, ( Signed) " MARIANO LOUIS D'URQUINO/ MADRID, FEB. 3.—[ After giving an account of the King's going to a play, it is added :—• The Municipal Administration received the King [ and accompanied him to his box, where he was pre- sented with a poem by one of our first poets.— As soon as his Majesty entered, the theatre re- sounded with clapping of hands, and shouts of Long live the King ! On the curtain was represented the image of the genius of peace, with an olive in liis left band, and a torch in his rigbr, with which he was setting fire to the various attributes of war. i lielow was the inscription, Live happy, Sire, reign and pardon ! The gallant Sir David Baird is immediately to be elevated to the Peerage, with the title of Viscount. ( Sir John Moore's family are to have pensions. General Hope is to be made a Baronet, and get tie first Red Ribbon. There has been lately discovered on the estate of Count Moroni, in Italy, the tombs of the autiint Roman family of Manilius. A number of curtous antiquities have been dug up on the same spot. STAMFORD ELECTION.— On Monday, at the final clftse of the poll for a Representative in Parliament fof the town and borough of Stamford, in the room of General Bertie, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, the numbers were— For Mr. Chaplin, jun 306 Mr. Oddy 141 Majority for Mr. Chaplin .. 161 Erratum, from an Irish Paper.— In the case giyeq jn our last, where Dennis O'Carrol was taken before a Magistrate for ill- treating his wife, his excuse should have read—" She was away from me a whole month, and to be sure I had cause enough to beat her!" not—" cause enough to be at her." FASHIONS FOR MARCH. LADIES DRESSES. ~ Mantles and coats of green Vigonia, or Merino cloth, of Various shades, from the sober hue of the Spanish fly to the more lively pea- green, have succeeded to the purple, which though a colour most pleasing in itself, is now become too j general to find a place in a select wardrobe. Scarlet cluaks are no longer seen on genteel women, except as wraps for the Theatres; the satiated eye turns, overpowered by their uni- versal glare, to rest on more chaste and more refreshing shades. Mantles and pelisses arc now considered more ele- gant when trimmed with gold or silver lace or bindtng ; or with black velvet, bound or laid fiat, and which is sometimes finished at its termination with a narrow gold edging, or flat braid. Some are decorated with borders of coloured chenille, but these can only consistently belong to the cu- riae costume. ffoanets continue to be formed of the same materials as the coat or mantle, and trimmed to correspond. In the morning dress, whether the ga\ yn is formed as a wrap, Spanish jacket, or round frock, it is invariably worn high in the neck ; either with an arched collar, or with a Vandyke ruff, or collar a- la- spencer. The antique cuff is attached to every specics of long sleeve* In full dress, bowe\ ji, - the loose Turkish sleeve, falltng in a point at thedbdw, where it is sometimes finished with a correspondent tassel, is iu the first style of elegance, The robe a- la Di'do, formed of Tyrian bright velvet, oi sarsnet, ranks high in fashionable splendor. It is trtmmed with gold lace, and a Roman girdle of gold tissue, confined in front with a rich embossed clasp, ornaments the bottom of the waist. The hair is secured with a caul, or gold net behind, and ornamented with a bandeau or diadem . in from. The Carthage cymar, or fancy sparf, tormed of Paris net, with gold embossed bptder and stars, shades the shooldejfc, which this splendid costume would otherwise too muclj ex- pose; but we remark that sometimes in full dress the robes are made to sit high in the neck, like morning habits, bin more ornamented about the throat and bosom. Muslin or net round dresses are worn over coloured saun or sarsnet, with a deep binding over, the same round the bosom or trimmed with a deep Vandyke lace. Trinkets, at this season, exhibit much taste and splendor. Diamonds, and every species of gem, set transparent, and judiciously adapted to the dresses with which they are worn, adorn our fair fashion- ables in full dress. Bracelets are now worn'broad, and the size of the wrist, and corresponding with the armlet. Thjl latter ornament is not, however, very general.— Clasps Jf the most brilliant cut steel succeed those of guld or silver, and in the ah - nee of the Diamond and other \ aluabl<^, ems w « know ofsnone to cxcced it in splendor. Combs ofsteel also rank amidst other fashionable ornaments for the hair. Shoes are now very much trimmed, and are more show)' than we have observed them for some years. Half- boots of cloth, the colour of tbe pelisse or mantle, are also much mjequest. The most genteel colours for gloves are Saragassa brown, variou, shade of green, amber, and pale geranium; the most generals purple and scarlet. GENTLEMEN'S DRESSES. The reigning colours for this month arc claret and corbifau, with p'laiu, flat, silk buttons; the coat rather large m. the waist, and short in the skirts, double- breasted, with lapyiels, high collars, thin pudding, and to fall back full three inches; the pockets under ( he cross- flaps, cutis fite inches and an half long, with three buttons at top. Waistcoats are BEDFORD, BUCKINGHAM, AND HERTFORD GAZETTE. 71 made of white marsri'Je* and fancy silks, sinfcle- brcasted, with narrow flaps, rather long. Breeches of drab silk hose, rot made very high; the knee- band, low, with four or hie buttons at the knee. The coats worn for morning dress are generally of dark co-' lours and sage mixed, single- breasted, with short regimental I skirts, no Baps pockets in the plaits of the skirts, high' Cl . I liars, stitched narrow, and to fall back about three iches. Bu'tons either gilt, or silver basket, or moulds covered with cloth. Waistcoats double- breasted, made of silk striped Valentia. LONDON GAZETTE. TUESDAY FEB 28 BANKRUPTS. Stephen Atkinson, Newcastle- upon- Tyne, insurance- broker. William Harwood, Tiverton, blacksmith. Robert Knott, Wymondham, Norfolk, shopkeeper. Francis Southerton, Tiverton. William Dempsey and John Acraman, Bristol, tadors. Samuel Whittle, jun. Shiffnall, Salop, grocer. George Grew, Waltham- Cross, tailor. John Todhunter, Preston, linen- draper. William Smith, Portsea, linen- draper. SATURDAY NIGHTS GAZETTE, March 4. ADMIRALTY- OFFICE, MARCH 4, 1809. Copy of a Letter from Captain Werth, of His Majesty's sloop Helena, dated at Sea, 2& th February, 1809, to Admiral Young, Commander in Chief at Plymouth, and transmit- ted by the latter to the Hon. W. W. Pole. SIR,— I have the hononr to acquaint you, that before daylight this morning, a suspicions vessel was seen coming from under the Dodman, and standing for the convoy tinder my protection. The wind being very liglit, I sent the boats after her. She proved to be L'Auguste, of St. Maloes, armed with two carriage guns, large swivels, and twenty- four men, out six days without making any captures. She sailed in company with the Speculator bigger, of ten guns, and seventy men ; parted from her yesterday : the Speculator had that day captured two fcrigs, which are now in sight. 1 lost 110 time in dispatching my First Lieutenant, who was in charge of a fast- sailing brig which I had previously captured, after one, and { lie Master, with a suf- foient number of men, in the privateer, after the the other. I have the honour to be, & c. J. A. WORTH. BANKRUPTS. William Bird, Stone, Staffordshire, and Edward Halloway Broadfield, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, boat- builders. John Laxton, Exeter, linen- draper. John Williams, Fenchurch- street, London, cheesemonger. John George, Carburton- street, Fitzroy- square, Middlesex, horse- dealer. Thomas Dalton, Mitcham, Surrey, shopkeeper. John Cotton, Coventry, builder. Thomas Roe, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, druggist. Thomas Jones, Liverpool, builder. James Jennings, Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, brewer. Benjamin Newport, Gill- street, Limehouse, Middlesex, carpenter. John Holt, Salford, Lancashire, dyer. Timothy Rothery, Leeds, woolstapler. George Taylor, Bristol, merchant. David Wood, Bloxwick, Walsall, Staffordshire, awl- blade- maker. Richard Henry Gibson, and Wolf Benjamin, Windsor- place, City- road, Middlesex, jewellers. William Bayley, Burnham, Essex, boat- builder. William Butcher, Chicksand streel, Mile- End New Town, Middlesex, builder. Lewis Harty, Watford, Herts, silk- throwster. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. GARROW addressed the Jury, chiefly in repre- hension of the practice of Long shore Attornies, who get hold of the sailors upon their return from a voy- age, and trump up these actions of assault But as he called no evidence to disprove the facts, the Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff— Damages 5D1. There were several other Assault Causes tried, in which small damages were given. MARCH 2. DUNn V. LEWIS. This was an action of assault and false imprison- ment by the Plaintiff, who is a servant- maid, against the Defendant, who is a respectable shopkeeper on Ludgate- hill. The Plaintiff was assisting in mov- ing some goods for her master, Mr. Partridge, from Cornhill to Holborn, and it being very wet weather, and the streets being very slippery, she fell by mere accident against the window of the Defendant. He caused her immediately to be apprehended, and in- sistcd upon sending her to the Compter. Her mis- tress came in, and promised that the window should be mended, but the Defendant refused to discharge her. The master also offered to leave his watch as a pledge for her appearance, which the Defendant J refused to accept. She was accordingly taken to the Compter. The charge for breaking the window was - Is. Od. and in pity to her distressed situation the by- standcrs subscribed 2s. t) d. to relieve her, and the keeper of the prison at the Compter agreed to discharge her for the night. The Defendant arrived after she was discharged, and offered 2s. Od. for a bed for her during the night. The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff— Da- mages 1501. MARCH 3. Lord ELLENBOROUGH sat to dispose of the Com- mon Jury causes which remained untried, and got through the whole of them at an early hojir. , HOPLEY V. RANDS. This was an action by the Plaintiff against the Defendant, as one of the owners of a vessel carrying goods from Portsmouth to London, to recovcr a compensation for the loss of a quantity of brandy shipped on board at Portsmouth, for London..—• ( The whole quantity shipped was 128 gallons, of which, when the casks were afterwards examined, there remaided only 37 gallons, there being a waste or leakage of 91 gallons. This, Mr. GARrOW said, could not be accounted for in the ordinary causes of evaporation, or of the absorption of the wood of the casks, for which a fair allowance must be made. Such a proportion of the whole quantity coultl not be SUCKED up by the cask, there must have been another sort of sucking, that which is called at sea " Sucking the Monkey," or, in plain English, pil- lage. Verdict for the Plaintiff, for the value of the 91 gallons of Brandy. GREFFURLE V. LINGBuRn. This was also an action for the negligent carriage of a large quantity of Champagne Wine, and it ap- peared that there were 739 bottles broken. In this case a verdict was taken by consent. ( meaning his stick) which would defend him against any me- nace, c. en from a Lord." Lord F. on the instant snatched I a cane from some gentleman in the room, and, as it is re- ' ported, struck Mr. P. many severe blows with it. The con- sequence was a challenge from the latter, which produced the melancholy catastrophe above stated. Mr. Powell has always been esteemed as one of the best- tempered and most inoffensive men that exist. After the duel, Lord Falkland was conveyed to the house of Mr. Powell, in Devonshire- place, in the latter Gentleman's car- riage. Lady Falkland was kept ignorant of this calamitous event for some time, at her apartments at Dorant's Hotel, Al- bemarte- street, from no friend having sufficient fortitude to impart to her the melancholy event. About seven o'clock the same evening, however, she received some information re- specting it, and proceeded with her children to Devonshire - place. Lord Falkland died about two o'clock on Thursday morning. Another duel was fought on Tuesday morning, in a field leading from Wormwood Scrubbs to Bayswater, between Mr. Scatchert, a Medical Student, ar » d Mr. Hensbrowe, an Officer belonging to the Marine Staff, in which the former was wounded in the pistol- hand, by the first shot. He was con- veyed to his apartments in Charlotte- street, Fitzroy- square, and on Wednesday his hand was amputated. The duel ori- ginated in a dispute relative to some military operations in Spain, at a Coffee- house in Oxford- street, on Monday night, when the Officer challenged his adversary. ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. COURT OF KING'S BENCH— MONDAY, Feb. 27. PEARSON v. TAYLOR. This was an action of slander, for calling the Plaintiff a rogue, a thief/, and a robber. The riaintiff and Defendant were both Officers of Ex- cise, and had a quarrel about shutting a door, when the Defendant called the Plaintiff a liar, and said he was a d d scoundrel. The Plaintiff said he supposed be would call him also a robber and a thief. This he accovdinglydid. Mr. GARrow, for the Defendant, explained the words in rather a curious sense. He said that the Plaintiff was a hypocritical canting Methodist Preacher, and that the Defendant, in allusion to the I 10th chapter of St. John, verse 1st, called him a robber, because it is there said, " He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber." The Jury gave a verdict for the Plaintiff— Da- • mages Is. MOONEY V. THOMPSON. This was an action of assault and false imprison- ment, brought by a Seaman against the Defendant, who was Captain of the Rolla, the ship lying at Cape Francois, in St. Domingo ; the Plaintiff had been on shore upon leave, and afterwards returned en board, when the Captain asked him if he had brought any thing on board. The Plaintiff said he ' had a bottle of rum, when the Defendant knocked him down with a man rope, aud afterwards beat him on the head with a mallet, and laid his head open. He afterwards sent him on shore with a guard of , black soldiers, and the Plaintiff was confined pri- son for 12 days. Most true is the adage that " dear bought expe- rience is one of the best monitors,"— And so truly felt was its operation, on a recent occasion, that ad- venturers in the present Lottery Sehcme, ( a Scheme more momentuous than ever, from its superior weight of interest) evidently appear resolved not again, to subject themselves, by delaying purchase, to an ad- vance of price, as in the last Lottery, to £ 55 per Ticket. LORD SOMERVILLE'S SPRING CATTLE SHEW.— Yesterday the cattle and sheep intended as candidates for the prize annually given by Lord Somervillc, be- gan to arrive at Mr. Sadler's Repository Yard, in Goswell- street, preparatory to the Exhibition, which opens this morning. SMITHFIELD MARKET — The Report of the Com- mittee of City Lands respecting the proposed re- moval of Smitlifield Market, is decidedly in favour of that measure, they agreeing in opinion with a Selcct Committee, appointed by them to take the subject iillo consideration, and to make the necessary inquiries, whose report details at considerable length the result of those inquiries. DUEL.— OnTuesday morning, about nine o'clock, a meet- ing took place at Chalk Farm, between Lord Falkland, a Captain in the Navy, and — Powell, Esq. of Devon- shire- place. They were attended, the former by Mr. Broad- hurst, and the latter by his brother- in- law, Captain Couon, of the Navy. The distance 0/ ten paces being stepped, and the pistols loaded by the seconds, the parties took their ground, when, by etiquette, Mr. Powell, being entitled to the first' shot, his ball entered the right groin of Lord Falkland, and FIRE AT KENSINGTON PALACE.— A few evenings since, Kensington Palace was discovered to be on fire, which was occasioned by the flue, proceeding from a copper fire, which comflupicated# to some timber, tfrat led to the Princess of Wales's . apartments ; but it being timely discovered, a num- ber of carpenters, who were at work in " the palace, to get the Duke of Kent's apartments ready for his reception, imme- diately came to assist, and by cutting away some wood work, it was happily prevented from spreading to any other apart- ments in the Palace.— The fire had been lighted for the hu- mane and liberal purpose of entertaining- the labouring me- chanics with a supper, who had been exerting themselves to get the apartments ready for the Princess of Wales, On Saturday se'nnight, as » he Duke of York's head cook was coming down stairs, at his Royal Highness's house in St. James's, his foot slipped; he fractured his skull, and died in a few minutes, before any assistance could be procured. The remains of the young woman who unfortunately loft , her life in the conflagration at St. James's Palace have been [ found. The Palace is to be rebuilt with all possible speed. | The. body of a female elegantly attired in a velvet mantle, . and aparently not more than twenty years of age, was found , floating i- u the Grand Junction Canal early on Tuesday morn : ing. She turned out to be a female lately under protection, | who resided u. Titchfield- strect. She had been missing since Saturday se'nnight, on which evening she went to the j Opera, but never returned. She had been to all appearance several days in the water. |£ A destructive fire broke out in the night of Thursday se'nnight, at the house of Captain Younger, at Bradbury, I Herts, which consumed the same, together with a contiguous j farm- yard, and annexed building. The premises were in- | sured to the amount of two thousand pounds, but the da- | mage amounts to thrice that sum. The family were first dis- tuibed at twelve o'clock, the flames having been discovered , in a back parlour, and they had difficulty in saving them- selves. Besides the buildings destroyed, upwards of fifty head of cattle were sacrificed, the rapidity of the flames having prevented their being got away. On Thursday morning, at three o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. Rutt and Andrews, drug- mer- chants, on Addle- hill, Thames- street, which consumed the drug- mills and house, in which the fire commenced, but did no other damage, in consequence of the timely arrival Of fire- enginesfrom all quarters. Yesterdaygmorning, a fire broke out at a house in Mount- street, which destroyed the same, and damaged an adjoining one.— It is feared that a woman perished in the flames. Sir J. Earle, one of his Majesty's surgeons, met with , » dreadful accident, on Monday, Feb. 27, by falling from-' a scaffold erected against the front of his house in Hanover- square, into the area, by which his left arm was broken, and he received a severe contusion in the head, but hopes are en tertained of his recovery. ; A shocking accident happened on Wednesday between the Whitehorse- cellar and Hyde- Park- corner, to a fine girl, ten years old, the daughter of Mrs. Moseley, of Langley. She was going home inside one of the Bath stages with her mother, and was leaning her head out at the window, when the door suddenly flew d'pen, the child fell j> ut, her clothes became entangled in the hind wheel, and she was killed on the spot. She appeared to have met her death, in the first instance, by a violent concussion of the head, in falling on the pavement. Wednesday afternoon, two lads, brothers, apprentices to Mr. Archer on College- hill, took a boat without a waterman, to fetch a box from on board a vessel lying below bridge; on going through one of the arches, the fall of water being very great., and they not being expert with their oars, the boat up- set and they were drowned. Their bodies were dragged for, but without success. An elderly man, named Graham, residing at Elesmire, in Yorkshire, was last week shot by a man whom he ob served lurking about his grounds. The ball passed through his arm, and lodged in his body. Strong suspicions are en tertained of this atrocious deed having been perpetrated by his son- in- law, who is in custody, in consequence of a gun recently discharged being found concealed in a iiedge, and which is claimed by a neighbour, who says it was borrowed from him by the young man. On Saturday evening, in executing a distress warrant at a house in Wych- street, the body of a male ijifent was dis- covered in a band- box. A woman and her daughter, the one 40, the other 17 years of age, r^ si^ ing in the house, were mmedlately taken into custody7* and examined at Bow- street; the elder prisoner stated, tnat a woman at Islington wat the mother of the child ; that she had called there on a visit, and was suddenly taken in travail. Mr. Young, of- the Strand, was called in, but from the putrid state of the body, it having lain three weeks in the box, that Gentleman was yn- able to say whether the child hadb^ m. bornalive or no^ The prisoners were remanded for a further hearing. A man of the name of Sweney, Major Farrens, alias Gregory, See. was taken into custody on ' Thursday night, on leaving the Haymarket Theatre, charged with having com- mitted divers frauds in town and country, by representing himself, at various times, as a merchant and ship- owner, an * lodged in the kidneys, trom whence it cannot be extracted. The cause of this duel arose, as it is said, from a misun- derstanding that took place the night before, at Stevens's Hotel, in Bond- street, from Lord Falkland's- addressing Mr. Powell by the familiar appellation of Pogey on which the latter expressed much displeasure, remarking " that he had not the honour of being sufficiently acquainted with him, to entirie his Lordship to take so great a liberty." This drew from Lord F. a sarcastic reply, accompanied by some threats;, on which Mr. P. rejoined, " that he had thai in his han 72 BEDFORD BUCKINGHAM, AND HERTFORD GAZETTE. MARLBOROUgH STREET.— On Monday, the day preceeding the dud betwixt Lord Falkland, and Mr. Powell, the former Gentleman was brought to this ( office, with three others, charged with kicking- up a row at [ the Mount Coffee- house, on Sunday morning, and assaulting the waiter, watchman, & c. it appeared in evidence that Lord Falkland and four others were admitted into the Coffee- house at three o'clock on Sun- day morning, and they drank several bottles of wine, until the hour of six, when the coffee- house- keeper refused lo serve them any more- The consequence was, that the waiter and hjs master were assailed, and poker, tongs, and decanters, were put in requisition, until a body of watchmen succeeded in taking the refractory to the watch- house. Lord Falkland and a Mr. Grimsdale were held to bail. Monday evening an over- drove ox went into the shop of Mr. Levy, - watchmaker, in Whitechapel, and entered the par- lour where Mr. Levy was sitting- alone, who, not being able to get by him, crept under a sideboard table. The • Walked round the room several times, overset two clocks, tore the mantlepiece down, on which was a number of watches and bracelets, and then turned into the shop, where he broke the show- glass, in which were 200 watches. He was at leng h forced into the street. CORONER'S INQUEST.— On Saturday morning an Inquest was held, at tbe residence of Alexander Powell, Esq. in De- vonshire- place, on the body of Lord Falkland. The ortly evidence adduced before the Jury, touching the death of the deceased, was thai, of Mr. Heaviside ; Mr. Powell's butler, named Norvell; and the nurse who attended him in his last moments. Mr, Heaviside's evidence went merely to prove, that he had attended him to the moment of his dissolution. his assistance was called in on Tuesday morning, when . he found Lord Falkland sitting on a chair very faint from the loss of blood. On learning the nature of his wound, he or- dered him to be put to bed and kept quiet. He abstained from putting any questions whatever to the deceased, relative 1i the manner in which he came by the wound, or who was the author of it. Finding from the symptoms that it was mortal, he declined probing for the ball, lest the operation might accelerate the death of the patien.. His Lordship was in great agony until Thursday morning, about two o'clock, when he died. His faculties were perfcct to the last; but he never utterred any thing to witness that indicated the man- ner he came by his wound. Very little conversation passed between his Lordship and him, and indeed he seemed to de- cline rather than court intercourse with other persons. On Friday morning the deceased was opened, and the course of the ball was traced from the lower part of the right side of the belly, where it entered, passed through the cavity of the abdomen, lacerated some of the larger intestines, and lodged finally amongst the lumbal vertebrae of the spine, from whence it was extracted. Mr. Heaviside was clearly of opinion that his Lordship died in consequence of this wound. There being no other testimony, as to the manner the deceased came by his death, the Jury returned a verdict of— Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown. At Oxford, on Friday night last, between eleven and t velve o'clock, a fire was discovered at the S. W. angle of the great quadrangle of Christ Church. Providentially, the night was calm, and the fire was overcome by the joint ex- ertions of the Members of the University, and. the other in- habitants of Oxford. The house of Dr. White, Regius Pro- fcs> or of Hebrew, is destroyed; and the ravage extended to some distance from the S. W. angle, towards the Hall on one side, and on the other towards the Tower of the Great Gate, | neither of which are injured. No life was lost, nor any one materially hurt; the entire outer walls remain standing, and apparently undam^ g: d. On Saturday the 25th an Inquisition was taken at Hanslop, Buck-, before James Burnham, Gent, one of his Majesty's Coroners, on view of the body of William Monday, who as hi was out gathering of setts, fell down and expired imme- diately. Verdict— Died by the Visitation of God. On Monday the 27 th ult. another Inquisition was taken at • the same place, before the said Coroner, on view of the body of William Marshall, who fell down and expired suddenly. Verdict accordingly. And on the same day, another Inquisition was taken at Loughton, before the same Coroner, on view of the body of Jas. Evans fa poor child about twelve years old, who being near a hay- cock as his master was cutting hay upon it, the cutting- knife fell from his master's hand and struck the said child on the side of his head, by which means the carotid artery was cut in two, which caused immediate death. Verdict— Acci- dental Death. MARRIED, On Friday, at Putney Church, by the Rev. George Lock, Charles Hammersiey, Esq. second son of Thomas Ham mersley, Esq. banker, to Miss Emily Thompson, third daugh- ter of John Thomson, Esq. of Waverley Abbey. On Tuesday last, Mr. J. Styles, of London, to Miss Hayle, daughter of the late F. Hayle, Esq. of Marlesford, Suffolk. On Tuesday last, at Hitchen, Mr. James Hix, grocer and draper, to Miss Hunt, daughter of Capt. Hunt. On Thursday last, at Little Wymondley, Herts, Mr. James Osborn Leach, of Wellclose- square, to Miss Parry, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Parry, of Wymondley House. On Sunday Feb- 26, at his house in Neithorp, Oxfordshire, Richard Williams, Esq. In Bond- street, on the 27th of February, the lady of George Sullivan Marten, Esq. of Sunridge Lodge, Herts. On Saturday last, Mrs. Hannah Tomkins, second daughter of Wm. Tomkins, Esq.. of Abingdon, Berks. • Suddenly, on Wednesday night last, William Carter, Esq. Collector of Excise for the District . of Bedford, in the 70th year of his age. He went to bed apparently in good health but before twelve o'clock was a corpse. His loss will be se- verely regretted by his relatives, and those of his acquaintance with whom he was associated, being of a kind and liberal disposition.. On Tuesday morning, at Woodstock, aged. 25, Mr. R. M. Cross, glover, of that place, a young man of the most amia- ble qualities, who lived most highly respected, and died most sincerely regretted. Market Herald COUNTRY MARKETS. AYLESbURY, on Saturday last. Wheat is^ ldat this Market b v the load of five quarters, each quarter eight bushels, and each bushel eight gallons. BEDFORD, on Saturday last. MAIDENHEAD, 011 Wednesday last. Wheat, perqr... 100s a 116s I Oats, per qr 40s a 46s Barley 44s a 48s | Beans, 62s a 80s . DIED, On Monday evening, of a rapid decline, Dr. French Law- rence, of Doctors' Commons, and Member for Peterborough. He was a man who rose' into high estimation in his profes- sion by the force of strong intellects, and whose Parliament- ary opinions- had considerable weight in the Commons. He was one of the Club of Wits, to whom the public are in- debted for the Rolliad and Probationary Odes, the Preface and most of the Notes of the former being principally from his pen. On Tuesday last, at her son's house, at Finchley, Middle sex, Mrs. Pouncy, in the 84th year of her age. On Friday evening, Feb. 24, the Earl of Orford, at his house in Bru'on- street. He is succeeded in his title and elates by his soil Lord Walpole, now Earl of Orford. In Cadogan- place, the Right Hon. the Dowager Lady Ashburton. Recently, at Linstead, in Suffolk, at a very advanced age, Mr. Robert Denny, farmer. This person's character was very singular, as he scarcely allowed himself the common: necessaries of life, though he died worth upwards of l5, oool. | He has, however, left a numerous offspring, to whom he has j bequeathed hiS property. On Monday last, at his seat, - Sandy place, in, the county | of Bcdford,. Sir Philip Monox, Bart. I NEWBURY, 011 Thursday last. Wheat, per qr. .. 76s a 106?- I Oats, per qr 26s a 43s Barley 32s a 49s R^ ieans, 60s a 84s Pease, 5&> v t^ 615. READING, o; i Saturday last. Wheat, per qr. ,64s Od a lOOs I Oats, per qr 40s a 4 Barley, 355 td a sas [ Beans, .. ..... 55sS 66s I ST. ALBANS, en Saturday. last. Bread, 2s 5d per gallon. UXBRIDGE, on Thursday last. Wheat, per M... 201 a 29I — s ' Barley, per qr 44s a 48s Oats, 38s a 46s WYCOMBE, On Friday last. LONDON MARKETS. MONDAY, MARCH 6.— We had a middling goad supply of inferior Wheats at Market this morning, we may quote infe- rior Wheats Is. per quarter lower; Fine Wheats very scarce and fully maintain last prices, Barley a very good supply, about Is. per quarter lower i Oats a very large supply, line ^ samples maintain their prices, inferior samples from is. J ' as. per quarter lower ; Beans about is. per quarter lower, Pease of both sorts, with very little variation ; Flour remain.' very dull sale at last Monday's prices. 4 Wheat, White, 01 — Red, 68 — Norfolk — — N. Country ..— — Dantz. & Zeal.— — Riga & Petersb.— — Archangel ...— — Black — Rye 54 Barley 46 Malt Ship 75 Beans Small .... 57 Ditto Tick 52 Pease Boiling.'. .. 105 Grey or Hog.. .. 52 Oats, long or feed. 31 Black .... 40 Short Small — Poland 06 CORN, SEEDS, ETc s. 59 62 50 52 79 82 64 82 54 56 114 120 58 62 34 .42 08 46 J. s. 20 PI Oats, Potatoe ... 38 41 Tares, Winter .. jo is Flour — 85 Ditto American ..— — Brank — — —. Oatmeal — — — Rapeseed — — — LinseedOil Cake — Rape ditto — — — Cloverseed, red.. 97 120 140 Whitens 130 150 Trefoil 18 36 51 Linseed 220 240 280 Mustard Seed, — Brown 15 — White s Turnip Seed .... 12 Long Pods — Broad Beans.... — 17 21 10 14 14 18 Average of England and wales, Dec. 31. s. d. s. d. s. d. Wheat.... 92 5 Beans.. 63 0 Barley 45 o Rye 51 3 Pease 64 6 Oats 33 2 Hay & STRAW, per Load. St. James's, Hay 5 Straw.... 2 Whitechapel, Hay 5 Clover.. 6 Straw .. 1 Smithfield, Hay 5 Clover.... 6 Straw 2 d. £ s. 0 a 6 15 6 a 2 8 0 a 6 8 o a 7 16 o a 2 2 0 a 6 6 0 a 7 10 0 a 2 5 d. £ s. Average 5 17 2 5 5 16 — 6 18 1 ltf 5 IS 6 18 2 2 MEAT at SMITHFIELD, & c. Exclusive of the Offal, which consists of Head, Entrails, and Hide, and is worth about Id. per lb. SMITH FIELD, per st. of 8lb. j. d. s. Beef 4 6 a 5 Mutton 4 8a6 Veal 6 oa? Pork 5 0a6 Lamb - - a- NEWGATE AKD LEADENHALL Carcase Beef..., Mutton. Veal.... Pork J amb .. d. o a 5 8 a 5 8 a 7 8 a 7 HEAD OF CATTLE AT SMITHFIELD FRIDAY— Beasts, 820, Sheep and Lambs, 2520, Pigs, 280, Calves, 120. TALLOW, Candles, s., d. s. d. • perdozen 10 Oa mould do. .17 0 a Soap, yellow 116 oa —— mottled 126' oa pieccs .. 116 oa curd 130 oa — Castile i 9. Os. a £ 10. 10s. - TALLLOW at St. James's.. Clare Whitechapel per Clot. Tallow, Townl 08 6 a— - — RussiaYel. no - a— - Whitelti6 - a— - Soap 105 - a — - Stuff 85 o a 80 - —— Rough.. 58 0 a 63 o Graves ' 4 oa — - Good Dregs.. 14 - a— — " oS^' jdlAvepge.. .. 6s. 3jd. " 0 2 f stone COAL MARKET. Ships sold, at per Chaldron of 36 bushels, Pool measure. . Ships at Market. Ships sold. s. Feb. 27. 69 Newcastle .... 22 | from 50 12 Sunderland.... 0 00 Mar. 1. 52J Newcastle 46$ ^ 46 17 Sunderland.... 11 j —'| 45 Mar. 3. 87 Newcastle .... 02; 149 . j Sunderland.... 10] d. 0 a 53 0 a 00 0 a 53 6 a 49 9 a 57 9 a 51 Delivered at 12s. advance on the above priccs. 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