MONDAY JULY 20, 1812 lory. The second war of Poland will he as glo- rious to the French arms as the fir; t : but the peace which we shall conclude, will be its own guaran- tee, and will put an end to that proud and haugh- ty influence which Russia has for fifty years exer- cised in the affairs of Europe. " At our head- qu irterj, at Wilkowiski, funs 22, 1812," ENGLISH MERCANTILE AND MATHE- MATICAL SCHOOL. MR. COYLE retijrns most sincere Thanks for the very distinguished marks of Public Favour he has hitherto e* p~ rienced, and trusts, that an unremitting attention to his professional duties, will merit a continuance of them. He has taken a very extensive House, healtfifully situated, and in every resp" Ct suitable to the accommndition ai his Pupils, where he will he enabled to rake ail additional num- ber of Boarders, upon moderate Ter ns. Foe those Pupils who wish to study Mathematics, be has provided a pair of Globes — several land and sea Quadrants — a Theodolite and Circiimfvrenter— various Instruments for Mapping and Drawing— Dials, of .' ifferent kinds— also, Cal- lipers, Guage- rods, and Slide- rules. 561) COLERAIN, July BUILDING GROUND. To be Let, in Great Edward- Street, in Front of the New Shambles, AFEW I. OTS of GROUND— one of the best Situa- tions in Belfast for Building, with Vaults complete. A long Lease will be given. Eor particulars, inquire of Major FOX. ( 261 IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE. REAL SPANISH RED WINE. DENNIS CAULFIELD hourly expefis tbe arrival of the Newry, Capt. LCSK, direift from ALICANT, with £() 0 Pipes, 50 Hogsheads, and 100 Quarter- Casks, Whicil be <*> unts on to be Old Rich Higb- flavonred WINE, and on arrival, he will sell same by AuiStion, without re- serve, of which duelSotice will be given, with long credits. 449) NEWRY, June 16, 1812. FIRST BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. " Gumbinr.; n, June 20, 1819. " Towards the end of 1810, Russia altered her political system— the English spirit regained its j influence— the Ukase respecting Commerce was 1 its first act. " In February, 1811. five divisions of the Rus- sian army quitted the Danube by forced marches, and proceeded to Poland. By this movement, j Russia sacrificed Wallachia and Moldavia. " When the Russian armies were united and ! formed, a Protest against France appeared, which > was transmitted to every Cabinet. Russia by that announced, that she felt no wish ev? n to save appearances. All means of conciliation were employed on the part of France— all were in- effectual. " Towards the close of 1811, six months after, it was manifest in France that all this, could end only in war : preparations were made for it. The garrison of Dantzic was increased to 20,000 men. Stores of every description, cannons, muskejs, powder, ammunition, pontoons, were conveyed to that place : considerable sums of money were placed at the disposal of the Department of En- gineers for the augmentation of its fortification. " The army was placed on the war establish- ment. The caw. lry, the train of artillery, and the military baggage train, were completed. " In March, 1812, a treaty of alliance was concluded with Austria ; the preceding month a treaty had been concluded with Prussia. " In April, the first corps of the Grand Army marched for the Oder, the second corps to the Elbe, the third corps to the Lower Oder, the fourth corps set out from Verona, crossed the Tyrol, and proceeded to Silesia. The Guards left Paris. " On the 221 of April, the Emperor of Russia took the command of this army, quitted St. Petersburgh, and moved his head- quarters to Wilna. " In the commencement of May the first corps arrived on the Vistula, at Elbing, and Mirien- burgh ; the second corps at Marienwerder ; the third corps at Thorn ; rhe fourth and sixth corps at Plock ; the 5th corps assembled at Warsaw ; the eight corps on the right of Warsaw ; and the seventh corps at Paulawy. The Emperor set out from St. Cloud on the 9' h of " May ; crossed the Rhine on the 13th, the Elbe on the 29th, and the Vistula on the 6th of June. IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, COPY OF A NOTE ADORESSKP BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS. TO COUNT ROMANZOVV, CHANCELLOR OF RUSSIA. " Paris, April 25, 1812. ! " COUNT— His Majesty the Emperor of Russia ; had acknowledged at Tilsit th" principle, that the present generation should not have looked to the enjoyment of happiness, but on the ground that the nations in the full enjoyment of their rights might give themselves up freely to the exercise of their industry ; that the independence of their flag should be inviolable; that tbe independence of their flag was a right belonging to each of them, and its protection a reciprocal duty of the one to- wards the o'her ; that they were not less* bound to protect the inviolability of their flag, than that of their territory ; that if a Power cannot, without ceasing to be neuter, allow its territory to be taken away by one of the Belligerent Powers, so neither can it remain neuter, in permitting to be taken away from under the protection of its flag, by one of the Belligerent Powers, the property which the other has placed there; that all P iwers conse- quently have the right of exacting, that nations, pretending to neutrality, should cause their fl tg to be respected in the same manner as they enforce resueCt to their territory; that so long as Eng- land, persisting in its system of war, should dis- avow the independence of any flag upon the seas, no P* wer, which is possessed of coast, can be neuter with respeCt to England. " With that penetration and elevation of senti- ment by which he is distinguished, the Emperor Alexander also perceived that ther? could not be any prosperity for the Continental Stares, but in the establishment of their rights by a maritime peace. This great interest was predominant in thfe Treaty of Tilsit, and every thing else was the immediate result of ir. " The Emp Alexander offered his media, tion to the E , sli o . - eminent, and engaged, if this Govern nent would not consent to conclude peace upon ihe principle of acknowledging that the flags of all Powers Void enjoy an equal and perfect independence upon the'scis, to make com- mon cause with France, to summon, in concert with her, the three Courts of C. agen, Stock holm, and Lisbon, to close their ports against the English, to declare war against England, and to insist upon the adoption of the same measure by the various Powers. " The Emperor Napoleon accepted of tbe me- diation of Rossia, but the answer of England was a violati in of the rights of nations, till then unex- ampled in history. She, in the midst of peace, and without any preliminary declaration of war, attacked Denmark, surprised her capital, burned her arsenals, and took possession of her fleet, which was dismantled and lying secure in her ports.— Russia, in conformity to the stipulations and prin- ciples of the Treaty of Tilsit, declared war against England, proclaimed anew the principles of she armed neutrality; and engaged never to swerve from this system. Here the British Cabinet threw off the mask, by issuing in the month of November, 180?, those Orders in Coun- cil, by virtue of which England levied a toll of from four to five millions upon the Continent; and she compelled the flag of every power to submit to the regulations which were the result of her prin- ciples of Legislation. Thus, on the one side, she made war upon all Europe ; and, on the other, she secured to herself the means of perpetuating the duration of that war, by founding her financial sys- tem upon the tributes which she arrogated to her- self— a right of imposing upon all people. " Already, in 1806, and while France was at war with Prussia and Russia, she had proclaimed a blockade which had placed under an interdict the entire coast of an Empire. When his Majesty entered Berlin, he answered this monstrous pre- sumption by a Degree of blockade against the British Isles. But to meet the Orders in Council of 1807, more direCt and specific measures were necessary,- and his Majesty, by the Decree of Milan, of the 17th of December of the same year, declar- ed all those fligs denationalized which should per- mit their neutrality to be violated by submitting to those Orders. " The attempt on Copenhagen had been sudden and public. England had prepared in Spain new attempts, hatched with reflection, and in the dark. " Not having been able to shake the determina- tion of Charles IV. she formed a party against that Prince, who could not sacrifice to her the interests of his kingdom. She used the name of the Prince of the Asturias, and the father was driven from his throne by the name of the son. The enemies of France, and the partisans of England took pos- session of the Sovereign authority. " His Majesty, called upon by Charles the Fourth, sent troops into Spain, and war was com- menced in the Peninsula. " By one of the stipulations of Tilsit, Russia was to evacuate Wallachia and Moldavia. This evacuation was deferred— new revolutions, which had taken place at Constantinople, had several times bathed in blood the walls of the Seraglio. " Thus scarcely a year had elapsed from the Peace of Tilsit— the affairs of Copenhagen, of Constantinople, and the Orders in Council, pub- lished in 1807, in England, had placed Europe in so unlooked- for a situation, that the two Sove- reigns th lught proper to come to an understand- ing, and the interview at Erfurth took place. " Wiih the same designs, and inspired by rhe sam£ spirit which had directed their proceedings at Tilsit, they agreed as to what exacted from ihem such considerable changes. The Empero, FOR NEW- YORK, THE AMERICAN SHIP » vrjiVV DESDEM0NA. TJ& PSG?; CAPTAIN SHEPHERD, A Substantial, fine Ship, of about 400 Tons Burthen, now at f* TTH, ai d shortly expefled at WARREN- > OI MT.— For Freight or Passage, apply to ANDREW AIKEN. NEWRY, 12th June, 1812. ( 400 TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At Mr. JAMES HTNDMAN'S Oftce, Belfast, on FRIDAY, 31st July, at TWO o'Clock, TY/ TR. BAYLY'S INTEREST in the LEASE A- VJL ofNEW- LoDOE Hotrsr, OFFICES, and FARM, of which there are' 27 years unexpired, from November 181.2. There are 20 Acres. Scotch Cunningham measure, all lately manured and limed; also 3466 Registered Trees, all thriv- ing There has been a considerable sum expended within these three last year, on the premise-*, situited on the Mail- Coach road from Belfast to Antrim, IS Miles from the for- mer, two from the latter. The HOUSE and OFFICES being in excellent repair, ? re fit for the immediate reception ol a Genteel Family. Pos session will be given at November next; the Purchaser can be accommodated with Stock, Crop, and Furniture, at a va. luation. Terms of Sale £ 100 deposit, on being knock- d down, and a Bill at six months after date of Sale, on penciling the deeds. Mr. BAYLY on the Premises, will show them, and give every information. New- Lodge, July, 7. 1 N. B. Yearly rent £ S5, 10s. and Tithe free. ( 583 [ Amicable Anmity Company of Ncwry MEET at Mrs KEAN'S Tavern, in Water street, on WEDNESDAY, the 5th day of August next, at. the hour of TWELVE o'clock, to transaft the Business of the Company aod afterwards Dine together. Such Person-- as are desiraps of becoming Members, are requested to apply to the Register Fourteen days previous to.' and appear at the Meeting, otherwise they cannot be balloted for. JAMES SPENCE, Register. NEWRY, July 6, 1812. ( 585 PARISH OF BELFAST. A NY Person willing to undertake the Viewing and Va- u a luing of those parts of the above Parish, for which Agr- ements have not keen entered into, is requested to ap flv to Rev EnwARD MAY, or Mr. ORRETT, at the Castle- Office, mmediately. And the Parishioners of said Parish are hereby cautioned, not to draw the Tythes of the same, tinder penalty of being sued for Subtrailion. Citations will be issued for all arrears of Tythes, outstand- ing on the 1st day of August next. EDWARD MAY, JON. Vicar. Belfast, July 1,1812. ( 458 TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On tbe Premises on THURSDAY the 23./ July inst. a' ELEVENo' Clect, ths following TENEMENTS, | ' ipHAT DWELLING- HOUSE and SHOP in j A Barrack- street, on the east corner of Lettice- j hill, lately occupied by David Graves; 23 years of the Lease - unexpired Irom November last; rent free. Possession can be j given immediately. j No. tl— That DWELLING- HOUSE in Barrack- street, . west corner of l. ettiee- hill; rent free : h'( S-. v occupied by \ James Smith, a tenant at will, at 5\ guineas yearly rent.— ] 28 years unexpired ar November lasc. No. III.— FOUR DWELLING- HOUSES, on the west j side of Letrice- bill, also rent free, leased to Mr. James ( Wood's, whose tide falls in a few years-. These Tenements i only produce oue guinea per annum during Mr. Wood's title, but will then rise consi leralilv, as he has it now let to un- dertenants at 10 guineas per annum. J And immediately after rhe tbove, will be sold, tbe entire j of the. said David Graves' HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, SHOP FIXTURES, STOCK CASRS, & C. Terms will be deel ired at time of Sale. CUMING & TANNY, Auctioneers. ' Belfast, July 8. ( 523 j TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On the Premises, on MONDAY, the 24ih of August next, ett TWELVE o'Clock, I J. HP HE FARM, DWELLING- HOUSE, and j L BLESCH- GK E EN of Summerhill, situated two \ miles from Antrim, and ten from Belfast, on the Six- mile- water. The Bleicbgreen is capable of finishing 10,000 Pieces of Linen in the season, and his a constant supply of Spring and River Water. The Farm consists of fifty Scotch Cunningham Acres, well fenced and drained, and in hiiih condition. The Dw- 1- ling- house and Offices are extensive, and in good repair; held by Lease under the Earl of M . sarene for lives renew- able for ever. Annual rent =£ 40: 11 : 6. to which are an- nexed 11^ Acres, with a New House three stories high, 68 feet by 24. formerly occupied in the cotton business; held by lease for 41 years, or three lives ( each about 15 years old at j present) from November 1802; yearly rent =£ 87. No 2- A LEASE of neatly 29 Acres, tenure the same as No I. situated on Clady river, and nearly adjoining the for- | mer ; - yearly rent £ 1: 6: G : on which has been lately built, a verr large convenient Dwelling house, with suitable offices nearly finished. The Farm is well inclosed and lately ma- nured ; the situation is remarkably well adapted for a coun- try residence.— Both Concerns are tythe free. No 3. The LEASE of a FARM situated on Clady river, which separares it from No 2, containing 12 A. SR. 4 P. heli nnder Lord Viscount Tempieton, for 49 years from November 1811; yearly rent '£ 55 : $ : 3— On these pre- mises has been erected, and now is in good repair, a large j House four 9 » ories high, containing 6 Beetling Engines, and ; Framing for Two, 10 ft. 6 in. in the beams, with a reguLr and never- failing supply of water— Adjoining the above, there are 21 A. 3 R. 8 P. which are held on a X. ease of 10 j years, at the yearly rent of=£ l •- 14: per acre. These at present form one Farm, from t'neir contiguity. For Particulars, apply to Mr, HUGH SWAN, on the \ Premises. July 4,1812. TO BE SOLD, AN elegant LANDAU, entirely new built on the most fashionable principles, by WtLSON and FLANA- GAN, and finished in the most superb style It may be seen at tha Donegall Arms — Price £ 350. 615) July 13. TO BE SOLD, ORANGEFIELD HOUSE, with from Fifty to Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of l. AND, as may suit the Purchaser. For particulars, apply to ROBERT BATESON, E* q. at Orange field. ( 410) June 15. COUNTY OF ANTRIM. A FEE- FARM ESTATE TO BE SOLD. The LANDS of NOFALLY and WHITEHALL, held in Fee, exonerated from Chief- Rent, und most desirably situated close by the Town of Ballyeastle. nr'HIS Estate contains upwards of 350 Acres Cunning- il. ham, and is set upon old Leases for Years and Lives, at very low rents, producing not quite £ 200 a- year, but will enerease very largely at the expiration of the jesses.— Some of the lives have dropped, and the years have neafly eilpired. Rent- Rolls, and all other necessary information, may be had by applying to STEWART and MACAR r ENA v, Esqrs. Marlbro'- street, Dublin; THOS. L. STEWART, Esq. Bel- fast; or ALEXANDER M'NEILL, of Ballycastle, who w, II also receive proposals; and when the value is offered, the purchaser will be declared WM. SCOTT, one of the Tenants, will shew the L ands. June 26, 1M2. ( 527 TO BE LET, And Possession given the first day of October mxt, r i > HAT new'y- eredted MILL and KILN, in the Town- jl land of Drumgooland and Parish of Loughinisland aod County of Down, by the late MATHEW FORIIE, Esq.— The Mill is well- supplied with Water, and a second pair of Stones for grinding Flour, with Dressing Machinery, & c. & c. There are Ten Town'ands will be bound to said MilJ, and about ' Ten Acres of good Land. For further particulars, apply to Mr. ROBERT BROWN, Agent, who will receive Proposals until 1st September next. £ 3G) SBA* ORD, June S9, 1812. SECOND BULLETIN OF" THE GR AND" ARMY. " Wilkowiski, Jim? 22, 1812. " All means of effecting an understanding be- tween the two Empires became impossible— The spirit which reigned in the Russian Cabinet hurried it on to war. " General Narbonne, Aide ds- C imp to the Emperor, was dispatched to Wilna, and could remain there only a few days. By that was gain- ed the proof, that the demand, equally arrogant and extraordinary, which had been made by Prince Kurakin, and in which he declared, that he would not enter into any explanation before France had evacuated the territory of her own Allies, in order to leave them at the mercy of Russia, was the s ne qua non of that Cabinet, and it made that a matter of boast to Foreign Powers. " The first corps advanced to the Pregel. The Prince of Eckmuhl had his head- qu irrers, on the 11th of June, at Konigsberg. " The Marshal Duke of Reggin, commanding the second corps, had his head- quarters at Welh- lau ; the Marshal Duke of Elchingpn, command- ing the third corps, at Soldas ; the Prince Vceroy at Rastenburgh ; the King of Westphaiia at War- saw ; the Prince Poniatowski at Pultusk; the Emperor moved his head- quarters, on the 12th, to Konigsberg, on the Pregel; « n the 17th to In- sterburg: on the 19 h to Gumbinnen. " A slight hope of accommodation still remain- ed. The Emperor had given orders to Count Lauriston to wait on the Emperor Alexander, or on his Minister for Foreign Affairs, and to ascer- tain whether there might not yet be some means of obtaining a reconsideration of the demand of Prince Kurakfn, and of reconciling the honour of France, and the interest of her allies, with open- ing a negotiation. " The same spirit which had previously sway, ed the Russian Cabinet upon various pretexts, prevented Count Lauriston from accomplishing his mission ; and it appeared for the first time, that an Ambassador, under circumstances of so much importance, was unable to obtain an inter- view, cither with the Sovereign or his Minister. The Secretary of Legation, Pievost, brought this intelligence to Gumbinnen; and the Emperor issued orders to march, for the purpose of passing the Niemen. ' The conquered,' observed he,' as- sutne ihe tone of Conquerors: fate drags them on, let their destinies be fulfilled.' His Majesty caused the following Proclamation to be inserted in the Orders of the Army:— " SOLDIERS!— The second war of Poland has commenced. The first was brought to a close at FriedlAnd and Tilsit. At Tilsit, Russia swore eternal alliance with France, and war with Eng- land. She now violates her oaths. She refuses to give any explanation of her ftrange conduct, until the eagles of France shall have repassed the Rhine, leaving, by such a movement, our allies at her mercy. Russia is dragged along by a fa tality ! Her destinies must be accomplished.— Should she then consider us degenerate ? Are we no louger to be looked upon as the soldiers of Austeilitz? She offers us tbe alternative of dis- honour or war. The choice cannot admit of hesi- tation— Let us then march forward 1 Let us pass the Niemen 1 Let us carry the war into her terri- The KING, at the Prosecution « f ) T RICHARD MART CUNNINGHAM ( I HUSTON, of Kir- and others, against / keel, in the - County of RICHARD HUSTON. ) Down, Farmer, do here- — by give Notice, that I in tenl to surrender myself into the custody of the Sheriff Of the County of Down, in the Jail of said County, 14 clear da\ s before the next Assizes, to be held in and for the said County, in order to take my trial at said Ass> zes, for the al- leged murder of PATRrcK CULL, at Kirkeel, aforesaid, for • which a Bill of Indictment was found against me at the last Assizes of said County. Dated this 8th July, 1812. RICHARD HUSTON. To the Prosecutors, Edward Cu'lrj the Father of said Patrick Call; / Messrs. Gordon and Hamilton, V - Crown Solicitors, and all others 1 Concerned. J ( 621 NOTICE. Tn the Matter of A LL Persons indebted JAMES KILBEt, V to said Estate are desired Binlrupt \ to take Notice, that any Ac- counts remaining unpaid on the J « t August nest, will be handed to the Law Agents, with direft: ons to take the most speedy steps for recovery there- of. To save such proceedings. Payment is requested to l. e direaly made ro said J AMES K1I. BEE, at the Belfa » t Sugar House. ROBERT TENNENT. T CUN. GREG, >- Assignees. JOHN M'CONNELL, J Belfast, July 11. ( S° 2 COUNTY DOWN. SAM. I. HAMILTON, \ ripO BE SOLD, by the She- Plantifft 3 a*- riff of tbe County of JAMF. S J A MESON, V D « -. vn, in the Hou « e of Mrs. Of Ardmilltn, / M'CALLIY. of Newtownards, Defendant. % on WEDNESDAY, the 22d — day of July inst. at NINE o'Clock before Noon, by virtu- of a Writ of Execution in this Cau « e, marked =£ 183, 6s Si All the RIGHT. TITLE, and INTEREST, of the DnttNB* » r, in anil to a part of tbe I ANDS of BAI. LYM \ RTIN, held under the Heirs of the late HENRY WARINO KNOX, Deceased, K « q. for a Term * f Years, with clause of renewal.— Dated this 13th July, 1812. 610) DAVID GORDON, Sheriff. FARMS TO BE SOLD. } Tn the Matter of ~ t IFO RE IOLd' BY AUC- ANTHONY GARVEY, (. TION, at the INN in a Bankrupt. \ BANBRIDOE, on MONDAY J the 27tb of July inst. at ONE o'Clock, all the Bankrup's Estate in TWO FARMS, in the Townland of Lisnafiffey, near Banbridge, in tbe County of of Down, held by Lease for Three Lives and 41 Year* from November, 1781. For further particulars, apply to Messrs M'COMB and O'NEILL, tbe Assignees, Dronjore; or, to GEORGE VAUGHAN, Agent to the Commission. DROMORE, July 14, 1812. YOUNG SWINDLER WILL Cover Mares this Season, at the MAR2U18 of DOWNSBitch's Stables, HJLL3BOROWGH: Bred Mares, Four Guineas, all others, Two Guineas; Half- a- Guinea to the Groom He was got by Swindler, dam by Tugg, grand- dim Harmony, by Eclipse, great- grand- dam Miss Spindle- shanks, by Omar, Sterling, Go^ olphm, Arabian, Stanmon, Arabian, Peltiam Barb, Spot, Wbite- legge^ Lowther Barb, Old Vistner Mare, & c.— He was a famous true Racer ; for h; sperformances, vide HookCalendar, of 1808,9,10, and II Good Grass for Mares, at 1 » . Id. per night, and all ex- fences to be paid before the Mares are removed ( 921 : consented to withdraw his troops- from Russia, and at the same time consented that Russia should not only not evacuate Wailachii and Moldavia but that she should unite these provinces to her empire. « The two Sovereigns, inspired wuh one - id the same desire of reestablishing a rnarjtitno peace, and then as much disposed as at Tilsit to defend - those principles for the defence of which they had entered into an alliance, resolved to make a solemn application to England. You, Count came in consequence, to Paris, and a correspon - dence ensued between you and the British G . vernment. But the Cabinet of London, which had percived that war was about to h » rekindled on the Continent, rejected all overtures towards negotiation. Sweden had refused to shut her ports against England j and Russia', in conformity to the stipulations of Tilsit, had declared war again t her. The result to her was, the loss of Finland which was united to the Russian Empire » and at thesime time the Russian armies occupied the fortresses on the Dinube, and made war with ef- fect upon the Turks. « Nevertheless, the system of England was if<. umphant. Her Orders in Cauncil threatened to produce the most important results; and the tri. bute, which was to furnish the mems of support! ing the perpetual war which she had declared,' was perceptible upon the seas. Holland and the Han. s; atic Towns continuing to trade with her, the'r commerce frustrated the salutary and decisive r » . gulations cf the Decrees of Berlin and Milan" which alone were calculated to effectually resist the principles of the British Orders in Council The execution of these Decrees csuld not be as- sured, but by the daily exercise of a firm and vigi! lant Administration. Unexposed to the influence of the enemy, Holland and the Hameatic Towns it was necessary, should be united. But while the sentiments dearest to the heart of his Majesty yielded to the interest of his people and that of the Continent, great changes were taking place. Russia abandoned the principle to which she had pledged herself at Tilsit, viz. to make common cause with France, wh'ch she had proclaimed in her Declaration of War against England, aid which had dictated the Decrees of. Berlin and Milan. « They were evaded by the Ukase which open, ed the parts of Russia to ail English ships laden with colonial produce, English property, provided that they were under a foreign flag. This unex- pected blow annulled the T eaty of Tilsit, and those important transactions which bad put an end to the struggle between the two greatest Empires of the world, and which had afforded to Europe a probability of obtaining a maritime peace Appr^ icfiing commotions and bloody wars w'er* of course to be immediately expeCled. ^^ « The conduct of Russia at this time was cfl stantly directed towards these fatal results. ')• uniting of the Duchy of Oldenburg, dovetaM as it were, into the countries recently broifl under the same principles of Government France, was a necessary consequence of thj^ l ing of the Hanseatic Towns. An indemr^ B offered. This object was easy to regul| B reciprocal advantage. But your CabtvH an affair of State of it; and, for the fir^ B was seen a Manifesto of an ally against- ai^ B " The reception of English vessels in RulB ports, and the regulations of the Ukase of ifl had made it known that the treaties were dissi^ B ed. The Manifesto showed thatl not only tlS bonds which had united the two Governments^ were broken, but that Russia had publicly thrown ' the guantlet to France, for a difficulty which was foreign to her, and which could not be solved but by the method which his Majesty had proposed. " It was not to be concealed that the refusal of this offer disclosed the project of a rupture alrea- dy formed. Russia prepared for it at the very time that she was dictating terms of peace to Tur. key ; she suddenly recalled five divisions of the army of Moldavia : and, in the month of Febru- ary 1811, it was known at Paris that the army of the Duchy of Warsaw had been obliged to re- pass the Vistula, in order to fall back' upon the Confederation, because the Russian armies on the frontiers, were so numerous, and had assumed so menacing a ppsture. " When Russia had resolved on measures con- trary to the interests of the active war which she had to support— when she had imparted to her ar* mies a devei- pement burdensome to her finances* and without any object, in the situation in which all the powers of the Continent were then placed all the . French troops were within the Rhine, ex- cept a corps of 40,000 men, stationed at Ham- burgh for the defence of the coast of the North Sea, and for the maintenance of the tranquillity in the countri - s recently united ; the reserved places in Prussia were occupied only bythe Allied Troops. A garrison of only - 1-, 000 men had remained at Dantzic ; and the troops of the Dutchy of War. saw were on the peace establishment; a part of them even was in Spain. " The preparations of Russil then were without objeft, unless she entertained an expectation to im- pose upon Franc? by a grand array of forces, and to oblige her to put an end to the discussions res- pecting Oldenburgh, by sacrificing the existence of the Dushy of Warsaw ; perhaps, also, Russia, not being able to disguise from herself the fail of her having violated the Treaty of Tilsit, had re- course to force, for no other purpose bat to seek to justify violations which could not be defended. " His M. jesty neverth less remained unmoved ( itnmuaUe). He persevered in his desire of an arrangement : he was of opinion, that at any pe- riod it would be time enough to resort to arms ; he required only that powers slioulj b- j SJJlt [ fJ Piince Kur. ikii), and that a negotiation should be opened with respeit to these difference-, w< h c,< might thus easily terminate, and which '. vert- by- 11,, means of a nature to caii tor the effusion of oim> tj l'hey were reducible to rhe tour follow'n • j- om ( For continuation sue second page ) " • BELFAST COMMKIlClAi, CHkOiNlCLlv ITvIPORTANT DOCUMENTS. ( In continuation from First Page.) " 1st. The existence of the Duchy of Warsaw, wh; ch had been a condition of the pcace of Tilsit, and wkich, since the close of 1& 09, gave Russia occasion to manifest those instances of defiance to which his Majesty answered with condescension, carried as far as the most exaftilig friendship could desire, and honour cotild allow. " 2d. The annexation of Oldenburg, which the ' far against England had rendered necpssarv, and which was conformable to the spirit of the Treaty of Tilsit. " 3d. The Legislation respefting trade in Eng. j lish merchandize arid denationalized vessels which ought to be regulated ac^ Hing to the spirit and the terms of the Trea'y of. Tilsit. " 4th. Lastly, the dispositions of the Ukase of 1810, which, by destroying all the commercial're- lations of France with Russia, and opening her ports to simulated flags freighted with English property, were contrary to the letter of the Treaty of Tilsit. " Such would have been the objedts of the ne- gotiation. " As to what concerned the Duchy of W .- saw, his Majesty would have been forward to adopt a Convention, by which he would pledge himself not to encourage any enterrrize which might • have a tendency, direfilv or indireflly, to lead to the re- establishment of Poland. " As to Oldenburg, he offered to accept the intervention of Russia, which nevertheless had no right to interfere in what involved a Prince of the Confederation of the Rhine, and he agreed to give that Prince an indemnity. " With regard to commercp in English mer- chandizes and to denationalized ships, his Majesty desired to come to some understanding, in order to reconcile the wants oF Russia with the principles of the Continental System, and the spirit of the Treaty of Til it. " And lastly, as to the Ukase, his Majesty cop. sented to conclude a Treaty of- Commerce, which, in securing the commercial relations of France, would, at the same time, provide for all the inte- rests of Russia. " The Emperor flattered himself, that such dis- positions, dictated by so manifest a spirit of con- ciliation, would, at length, have led to an arrange- ment-. But it was impossible to prevail upon Pussia to grant the powers for opening a ne- gociation. She invariably answered all the new offers made to her bv fresh armaments, and the conclusion was, at length, necessarily come to that she refused to explain, because she had no- thing to propose but what she dared not avow, and which could not be granted to her ; that it svas not anv stipulations, which, by identifying the Duchy of Warsaw still more with Saxony, and placing that Duchy in security from any commotions th t might alarm Russia for the tran- quility of her provinces, that she was des'rous to obtain, but the Duchy itself which she wished to unite to, herself: that, it was not her own com- merce, but that of the English, which she wished favour, in order to release England from. the sphe which menaced her ; that was not interest of the Duke of Oldenburg, that wished to intetfere in the business respect- annexation of that Duchy,. but that it was quarrel with France which she wished to reserve, till the ^ moment of the rupture was preparing, iper'r LHI- II became sensible that he jrru m to lose. He also had recourse e took measures to oppose army to der to guarantee a State of the second " often menaced, and which reposed all ' ence upon his protection and good faith, verthelrss, Count, his Majesty still conjti- i avail himself of every opportunity to ma- his sentiments. He deel ired publicly, on i5th of August last, the necessity of arresting very dangerous course in which affairs were proceeding, and wished to attain that object by arrangement, for which he never ceased to request that a negociation should be entered into. " Towards the close of the month of November following, his Majesty believed he might indulge the hope that this view was at length 1' kely to be participated in by your Cabinet. It was an- nounced by you, Count, to the Ambassador of his Majesty, that M. de Nesselrode was destined to procecd to Paris with instructions. Four months elapsed before his Majesty was apprised that this mission would not take place. He in. stantly sent lor Colonel Czernichew, and gave him a letter to the Emperor Alexander, which • was a fre, sh endeavour to open negociations.— M. de Czernichew arrived on the 10th of March at St. Petersburg, and that letter remains still unanswered. How is it possihle longer to dissemble that Russia evades all approximation > For eighteen months she has rsade it a constant rule to lay her hand upon her sword whenever propositions for an arrangement have been made to Russia. " Seeing himself thus constrained to abandon every hope from Russia, his Majesty, ' j^ fore he should commence this contest in which so much hlood must be shed, felt it to be his duty to address himself to the English Government. The distress felt by England, the agitations to which she is a prey, and the changes which have taken place in her Government, decided his Majrsty to take this course. A sincere desire of peace dilated the pro- ceeding, which I have rec » ived orders to commu- nicate to you. No agent had been sent to Lon- don, and there lias been po other commnnications between the two Governments. The letter, of which your Excellency will fiqd a copy annexed, 1 and « hich 1 addressed to the Secretary for Foreign . Affairs of his Britannic Majesty, had been sent by sea to the Commandant- on the Dover station. " Tht course which I now take towards yon, Count, is a consequence of the dispositions of the Treaty of TiUit with which his Majesty has the wish to comply till the last'moment, in concluding this dispatch, the wish already com. monicated by his Majesty to Colonel Czernichew, to see those negociations, whfch, during eigh'een months, he has never ceased to solicit, prevent, at leng-' h, those events, which humanity would have * so much reason to deplore. " Whatever may be the situation of things when this letter shall reach yonr Excellency, Peace will still depend upon the determinations of your cabi- net. " I have the honour, Count, to offer yon the as- surance of tr. y high consideration. ( Signed) " The DUKE of BASSANO. Substance of a Note from Prince Kurakiti to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. " Paris 18 ( SO) April, 1812. " I am ordered to declare to your Excellency, that the preservation of Prussia, and her indepen- dence from every political engagement diri- fled against Russia, is indispensable to the interests of his Imperial Majesty. In order to arrive at a real state of peace with France, it is necessary that there should be between her and Russia a neutral country, which shall not be occupied by the troops of either of the two powers ; that as the entire policy of his Majesty the Emperor, my master, is calculated to preserve solid and stable principles of amity with France, which cannot subsist so long as foreign armies continue to be quartered so near the Russian frontiers, the first basis of ne- gotiation can be no other than a formal engage- ment or a complete evacuation of the P ussian States, and of all the strong places of Prussia, whatsoever may have been the period and the pretext of their occupation by the French or Allied Troops; of a diminution of the garrison of Dant- zic ; the evacuation of Swedish Pomerania, and an arrangement with the King of- Sweden, calcul- ated to give a mutual satisfaftion to the Crowns of France and Sweden. " Without deviating from the principles adopt- ed by the Emperor of all the Russias for the com- merce of his States, and for the admission of neu- trals into the ports of his dominions— principles which his Majesty, can never renounce, he binds himself, as a proof of his adherence to the alliance formed at Tilsit, not to adopt any change of the prohibitive measures established in Russia, and severely observed to the present time, against di- reifl trade with England. His Majesty is also ready to agree with his Majesty the Emperor of the'French and King of Italy, with respefl to a system of Licences to be introduced into Russia, in the same manner as in France ; it being always understood, that it cannot be admitted till it has been ascertained that it is not Calculated to aug. ment the deterioration already experienced by the trade of Russia. " Finally, his Majesty will also consent to bind himself to conclude a treaty of exchange, of the Duchy - of Oldenburg for a suitable equivalent, which shall be proposed bv 1 Majesty the Em- peror and King, an- 1 in which his Imperial'Ma- jesty will declare the protest withdrawn which he was about to publish, to support the rights of his family to the Duchy of" Oldenburg. Notwithstanding the favourable inferences which I was happy to draw from the interview which liis Imperial and Royal Majesty was pleased to grant me on Monday, as well as the assurances 1 received from your Excellency, I cannot forbear to inform your Excellency anew of that which I represented to his Majesty the Emperor, as well as formerly to you, viz. that if to my regret the intelligence should reach me that Count Lauriston had quitted Petersburg, I would conceive it my doty to apply immediately for passports, and quit Paris. ( Signed) " Prince Am. KURAKIN." ^ your Excellency will find conform lbl to the lure' made to England should produce any result, I shall take the earliest opportunity to make it i known to your Excellency. His Majesty the Em. I peior Alexander will participate- in the. business, either in consequence of the Treaty of Tilsit, or as » ? anally of England, if his relations withthat coun- : ti y be already adjusted. „ « ' I an; formally commanded,- Count, to express> Copy of a Letter addressed hy the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, to I. ord Castlereagh, Secretary of State, for Foreign Affairs to his Britannic Majesty. " Paris, April ! 7, 1812. " Sin— His Majesty, constantly afluated by sentiments friendly to moderation and peace, is pleased again to make a solemn and sincere at- tempt to put an end to the miseries of war. The awful circumstances in which the world is lit pre sent placed, have induced a resolution in the mind of his Majesty, the result of which has been, to authorize me to explain to you, Sir, his views and intentions. Many changes have taken place in Europe for the last ten years, which have been the necessary consequence of the war between France and England, and many more changes will be effeifed by the same cause. The particu- lar charafler which the war has assumed, may add to the extent and duration of these results. Exclusive and arbitrary principles cannot be com- bated but by an opposition without measure or end ; and the system of preservation and resist- ance should have the same charafler of universa- lity, perseverance, and vigour. The peace of Amiens, if it had been observed, would have pre- vented much confusion. " I heartily wish that the experience of the past may not be lost for the future. His Majesty has often stopped when the most certain triumphs lay before him, and turned round to invoke peace. In 1S0S, secure as he was by the advantages of his situation, and spite of the confidence which he might reasonably feel in anticipations which for- tune was about to realize, he made proposals to his Britannic Majesty, which were rejefled, on the ground that Russia should be consulted. In 1808, new proposals were made, in concert with Russia. England alleged the necessity of an intervention," which coa'd be no more than the result of the negociatrotv itself. In 1810, his Majesty, having clearly discerned that the Btitish Orders in Coun- cil pf 1807, rendered the conduct of the war in- compatible with the independence of Holland, caused indirefl overtures to be made towards pro- curing the return of peace. They were fruitless, and the consequence was, that new Provinces were united to the Empire. *' In the present time are to he found united all the circumstances of the various periods at If the ovt- r- J which his Majesty manifested the pacific senti ments which he now orders me again to declare that he is actuated by. " The calamities under which Spain, and die vast regions of Spanish America suffer, should naturally excite the interest of all nations, and irf- spire them with an equal anxiety for' their termi- i nation. I " I will express myself, Sir, in a manner which !! DtJ- L On S itnrdiy evening last, ab- Mit eight o'clock, a meeting took place on Birmingham and nothing wil1 better evince the sincerity and j Heath, between Lieutenant N- , of the 12th, sublimity of it than the precise terms of the lan- j| and Lieu tenant , T •, of the 21- th foot. Both I enaoe which I have been directed to use.- - Whit if fired at the same, instant, ." hen Lieutenant N. was j views and motives should induce me to envelope j wonnded in the throat, but we are happy to say » myself in formalities suitable ! o weakness, which g not dangen » n If. « alone can find its interest in deceit. J " The affairs of the Peninsula, and the Two | Sicilies, are the points of difference which appear J least to admit of being adjusted. I am authoris- ' ed to propose to you an'arrangement of them on the following basis :— The integrity of Spa; n. shall be guiranted— France shall renounce all idea of extending her dominions bevond the Pyrenees. The present Dynasty <> hall be declared independent, anil Spain shall be governed by a National Constitution » f her Cortes. ' . " The independence and integrity of Portugal shall be also guaranted, and the House of- Bra- ganza shall have the Sovereign authority: ' " The Kingdom of Naples shall remain in pos- session of the present Monarch, and the Kingdom of Sicily shall be guaranteed to the; present family of Sicily.— As a consequence of these stipula- tions, Spain, Portugal, and Sicily, shall be eva- cuated bv the Frertch and English' land and naval forces. With respect to the other objects of dis- cussion, they may be negociated upon this basis, that each power shall retain that of which the other could not deprive it by war. " Such are, Sir, the grounds of conciliation of- fered by his Majesty to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. His Majesty the Emperor and King, in taking this step, does not look either, to the advantages or losses which this Empire may derive from the war, if it should be prolonged ; he is influenced simply by the considerations of the interests of humanity, and the peace of his people, and if this fourth attempt should not be a> tended with success, like those wr. ich have pre- ceded it, Franco will at least have the consolation of thinking, that whatever blood may yet flow, will be justly imputable to England alone. " I Have the honour, See. The. Duke of BASSANO " ( Signed) Copy of the Answer of Lord Castlereaiyh, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at his Brfannic Majesty, to the Letter of the Ministers for Foreign Relations, of trie 17th April, 1812. " London, Office for Foreign Affairs, April 23. 1812. " Sir— Your Excellency's letter of the 17th of this month has been received, and laid before the Prince Regent. " His Royal Highness felt that he owed it to hi- honour, before he should authorize m to enter in- to any explanation upon the overture which your Exc llencv has transmitted, to ascertain the pre- cise meaning attached by the Government of France to the following passage of your Excel- lency's letter, ' the aflual Dynasty shall be declar. ed independent, and Spain governed by the Nt- tional Constitution of the Cortes.' " If, as his Royal Highness. fears, the meaning of this proposifio^ is, tbat^ the Royal Authority of Spain, and the Government establhed by the Cor- tes, shall be recognised as residing in the brother of the head of the French Government, and the Cortes formed under his authority, and nor in ihe, legitimate Sov reign. Ferdinand the Seventh, arid his heits, and the Extraordinary Assembly of ihe Cortes, now invested with rhe power of the Go- vernment of that kingdom, in his name, and by his authority— I am commanded frankly andexplicir- lyto declare to your Excellency, that theobligati ins of good faith do not permit his . Royal- Highness to receive a proposition for peace, founded dn such a basis. " But if. the expressions cited above, apply to the actual government of Spain, which exercises the Sovereign authority in the name of Ferdinand the Vllth. upon- an assurance of your Excel- lency to thai effect, the Prince Regent will feel- himself disposed to enter into a full explanation upon the basis which has been transmitted, in or- der to be taken in o consideration by his Royal Highness ; and it being his most earnes wish to contribute, in concertwith his allies, to die repose of Europe, and to bring about a peace, which may be at once honourable, nof only for Great Britain . and France, but also for those S'aes which are in relations of amityjwith each of these Powers ; " Having made known without reserve the sen- timents of the Prince Regent, with respe£ t to a point on which it is necessary to have a full un- derstanding, previous to any ulterior discussion, I shall adhere to the ins; ructions of his Royal High- ness, by avoiding all superfluous comment and recrimination on the accessary objefts ot your let- ter. I might advantageously, for the justification of the conduft observed by Great Britain at the different periods allddcd to by your Excellency, refer to the correspondence which then took place, and to the judgment which the world has long since formed of it. " As to the particular charafter the war has unhappily assumed, and the arbitrary principle which your Excellency conceives to have marked its progress, denying, as I do, that these evils- we attributable to the British Government, I ' at the same time can assure your Excellency, that it sin- ce) ely deplores their existence, as uselessly aggra- vating the calamities of war, and that its most anxious desire, whether at peace or at war with France, is, to have the- relations of the two eoun- f tries restored to the liberal principles usually adted f next accounts from the same quarter, upon in former times. " I take this opportunity of assuring yotrr Ex- cellency of my respedh ( Signed) " CASTLEJLSAOH." Iger SLOCIPE. Mr.- Gandon, of Great Coram- street, shot hi- nself, in a box, in Kensington- gar- dens, on Friday. Over the box is written in pen- oil,—" Stop— consider what you are about to do ;" supposed from its manner to have been done by the unfortunate man. It is at length settled that the great national undertaking— the Breakwater, in Plymouth Sound, shall commence on the 1st of August next. Several vessels for the transportation of stone have arrived at • Plymouth, and others are building. The Master of the Royal William, the flig- ship , at Spithead, is appointed Superintend- ing Master in the construction of the Breakwater. Oh Stndav la t the 1st Division of the 4- 2d, or Royal Highlanders, disembarked at Portsmouth from- Portugal, under the command of Ciptain Graham : an f the remainder of this distinguished Regiment arrived on Thursday, with M- ijor An- struther, and will disembark to- morrow, and pro- ceed on their route to Inverness, wh6re they are to he stationed. The> late wet and cold nights have been fatal to. many of the new shorn flocks, in . Lincolnshire and the neighbouring counties. On Friday and Saturday nights, some hundreds of sheep perish- ed from the severity of the weather, if those situa- tions where, after sheep- shearing, they were turn- ed into uninclosed and bleak pastures. The losses have not been in general very severe upon indi- viduals, amounting. to from three or four to a dozen sheep'upon a farm ; but in Mine instances more considerable injury has been sustained. Mr. Holland, of North Marshes, near. Lou. th, lost 21 out of 46 sheep, shorn on Friday se'nnight; and one farmer, at Littl?, near Huntingdon, lost more than .50 on the same night. Thunder has long been the established apology for bad ale. . Another apology, was found out on Wednesday, by an honest publican at- Aslitoh, near Manchester :— A customer calling for a pint of ale, observed, " it was^ our. aBd muddy ;" when Boniface, the landlord, exclaimed, " Aye! it is all o. wing to. this damn'd SADLER— since he went over us on Monday, we've had no good ale in Ashton." Some time since, Samuel Knight, apprentice to William Johnson, chimney- sweeper at - Leicester, was supposed to have been drowned, the body of a boy resembling him having been found in the basin of the Leicester Navigation. Five witnesses swore they had no douht it was that of Samuel' Knight, and his mother swore positively it was that of her son, and even pointed out some marks by which she identified him. Johnson, at the same time, as positively denied that it was Jiim ; and this, with some other circufnstances, excited . such- suspicions, that. the Coroner committed John- son, and. deferred the Inquest until the following day, when Johnson himself acknowledged that, on looking at the, body more attentively, he believed j it to be Samuel Knight; but there being no othei evidence,- the Jury brought in their verdifl, Found Drowned, and Johnson . Was discharged. _ Knight was, however, about a week ago, found alive, and, brought before the Magistrates by Johnson, for , running away from his service. Ttie'Prince Regent is said to have made a preseut to Madame Catalam a ylume- of diamonds : to Naldi, of a. solitaire ; and'to Fischa: r, a gold snuff- box, embossed With his Royal Highness's. picture. — - .1— —--— —- ... i L - .^.'." ij . BELFAST COURSE OF F. XCH'ANOE, & c. Juir 1C,— Belfast on London ( 2 Ids.) 3 per cent. • Belfast on Dublin ( 61 ds!) 1 pe- cent. Belfast on Glasgow per cent. /* UK, JOLT 13— per. ceBr. Go » . Deb, 7l{ 5 per cent. Ditto loof Emusn, Jui. r 11.— 3 per cent. Consols for Acc SfiJ Jvlt IS.— Dub. on Lon. 9 8| | Jur. r 11.— L011. onDub. 9i ARRIVED. MAILS SINCE OUR LAST. 2 BR 1> I) NAGBA » [ I 3 Br DUBLIN nus 0 0 . iiONBQN, IVcdnesday, July 13. . BELFAST, Monday, July 20, 1812. We are this day enabled to lay before our Readers some of the most important political, documents which have lately been published, consisting of a Correspondence between the Ca- binets of the Thuilleries and St. Petersburgh, BONAPARTE'S Proclamation against - Russia, and likewise a Copy of the Propositions for Peace made by France to the British Government, with the Answer of Lord CASTLRRKAGH to the same. The extracts from French Papers, in the pre- ceding columns, also contain the two first Bul- letins of the Grand Army— To this", we are enabled to add, from the Paclet by Express, the third ^ Bulletin, by which we learn that the French Army passed the Niemen on the 23d and 24th olt. and had advanced to within ten leagues of Wilna, the head- quarters of the EMPEROR of RUSSIA.' Sos- APAR- FE'S head- quarters'were at Kowno, on the right bank of the Niemen, from which the Bulletin rs dated, on the 26th June— The Public will look with much anxiety for the PACKET BY EXPRESS. Londou, Thursday, July 16. The latest accounts from Cadiz mention, that the bombardment of the French had become more ! serious of late, than for some time back ; that se- veral persons had been killed and wounded by The additional rate of postage on all letters car- ried more than twenty miles, took place this day, The increase is one penny, and the annual increase to ihe revenue, arising from this regulation, is es- timated at ^ 220,0001 The Potatoe Crops are most- abundant—> Con shells fired from the enemy's mortars j that thes^, had reached spots which had been previously sup. posed to be beyond the range of guns. Letters from the same place describe every de- partment of business as in a paralyzed state. The trarts have been made in thistown to suppiy them- American embargo had affefled commerce most at Is. ( id. per bushel.—( Staffordshire Paper.)- j! seriausly, as littls eLe had been doing lor many- months but in the produce of that coun'ry. Bri- tish manofatfnres, colonial'prodice, v ines, bran* dies, See. had a vei y limited vent; and, it « « feared, that^ unless a favourable change should soon take. place, that many establishments would yield to the pressure of the times. It is with pkusue that we are able to add, that the crops in- Spain promised abundantly, and that the harvest was getting in with every appearance of success. - Ballasteros was not very popular among those who favoured the old Government, and who seem- ed tOsseek his removal from command ; but he was so much adored by the people ( the polhicho,) and by the English, that any open attempt to ef- fect it would, in all probability, fiil. That his late discomfiture had not in any degree lessened the confidence of the ptihlfc in him. T WINDSOR, JULY 15 — The King is not so well to- day as he had been for these few days past,— Yesterday the Prince Regent came here from the Review on Wimbledon Common, and dined with the Queen, his daughter, and sister--, See. A f er dinner the JRoyal Party went to Frogmo. re-. gar- dens. The Prince Regent and Princess Charlotte rode in her Majesty's carriage. The Prince re- mained there till eight o'clock, when he set ffff on his return to London, and the res, of the Royal Family for the Castle. ALA RMI NO~ ACC ID E \ TT. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15.— Avery alarming and melancholy accident happened yesterday on board the Queen transport, Captain Heath, lying at Spitheaj, with troops on board, from Lisbon.— On clearing the after- magazin? of powder, in or- der to its being sent on shore, some of the soldiers having a lighted pipe smoaking, the whole blew up, by which the quarter- deck is much shattered, and some lives are lost j the particulars have not transpired. The ship is now coming into har.- bour. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.— The Queen transport. Captain Heath, lying at Spith> ad, was yesterday morning ordered into harbour, and, as usual ihev were, preparing to send ihe ship's gnn powder on shore, and for that purpose'they were getting it out of the magazine, when unfortunately, from some unknown cause, it took fire, and blew up with a dreadful explosion, tearing HO her quarter- deck, and blewaway part of her starb'iard- quarter; but from the immediate assistance rendered by the transports and men of war at Spithead, the fir » was prevented from doing much additional da- mage., I am sorry to add, that it is reported, an< l generally believed, that several lives are lost, and a great. number wounded. - Captain Heath, it i* said, was dining in hts cabin when the accident happened, but received no injury wtiaT? ver. SEVEN O'CLOCK.— The Q lee'n is now coming, into harbour. DESTRUCTION'OTATIXKISH SQUADRON. We ( Globe) yesterday stated that a Danish squadron, consisting of a fiigate and some gun- brigs, had taken shelter in a river, in Norway, into which they were chased by a British squadron. We have now the satisfaction to announce the complete destruftion of the enemy's flotilla, and the consequent relief of our trade in the North Seas from ail apprehensions on their accotrfrti — The Danish frigate, after a few broadsides, uv jj fire and blew up, before the boats from flie B; i„ tish ships could take possession of her; two out of the seven gun- boats were driven on the rocks by the Calypso, and totally destroyed ; and the- others were expetfed to " share a similar fate. The loss on the part of the British waS only 14 killed, and 19 wounded. Capt. Weir, of the Calypso, is the bearer of the dispatches from Yarmouth. The following official communication ttpon this • subjeft was yesterday sent from the Admiralty " Ad. niralty- Olfice, 15th July, 1H' 2. " GENTLEMEN— fn reference to my letter of the*-! 3th inst. relative to the Danish frigate and seven shops of war ' which sailed fram Christiansand, and were stated to have been chased into Arendahl, 1 have, the commands of my ' Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, that those vessels were, on the 6th and 7th in « attacked at their anchorage under the batteries of that place, by his Majesty's ships Di& ator, Calypso* Poitar- ru", Mil Flanier" and that a frigate and a slo.- ip of 20 guns hava been totally destroyed, and the rest of the ves » eli disabled ; so th it th- apprehensioni entertained on the- sulije& of the- e v: si khav. ing escaped into the North Sea, are altogether unfounded. t am, & c. ~ /. W. CaOKEa." " Messrs. Taylor and Mousley. MORE FREMCH PAPERS. THIRD BULLETIN OK THE GRAND ARMY. " Kowno, June 20, 1812. " On the 23d of June, the King of Naple* ( Murat), who commands the cavalry, transferre-. l his head- quarters to within two leagues of the Niemen, upon its left bank. This prince has un^ der his immediate orders the corps of cavalry, eon-, manded by Generals Counts Nansou> y and Mo, u brun } the one composed of the divisions undur he- Command of Generals Counts Bruyeres, St'. G'er. main, and Valance ; the'other consisting of th* divisions under the orders of General Baron Vat. tier, and Generals Counts Sebastiani and Defrance. " Marshall Prince d'Eckmuhl, commanding the first corps, moved his head- quarters w the skirts of the great forest of Tilwisky. " The second corps and the Imperial Gtmd* followed the line of march of the first corps. " The third c* rps took the diretfion by Mariem pol; the Viceroy, with the fourth arid sixth corps" which remained in the rear, marched spot* KaL warty.- BELFAST. COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE rr— t." At th? present moment, when Provisions are at so very extravagant prices, it is pleasing to us to have it to announce, thar a quantity of Barley Meal is about to he distributed to the poor, at the' I Imv price of 9s. 6./. pet S'one, which the owners ' are able to do, ha- vinsr purchased the Barley at a j low rate, and charging r » o profit, and » y the Pro. | pri » tors of the Belfast Mills kindly agreeing to " The King of Westphajia proceeded to Novo- ' grod, with the fifth, seventh, and eighth corps. " The first . Austrian corps, commanded by the Prince of Schwar'zenberg, quitted £, emberg on the , made a movememt on its left, and drew nearer to Lublin. " The pontoon train, under th « orders of On. Elbe, arrived on the 23d within two teagues of the Miemen. « On the 23d, at two in the morning, the Em^ • pe'or arrived at the advanced posts near Kowno^ l ^ ok a Polish cloak and, cap from one of the light cSvalry, and inspefled the banks of the Ni* men, accompanied by General Haxo, of the engineers,. fon producing a recommendation from any re-;! ? » '."* and Peggy, of Nevyry, Griffin, from Ayr. » Auspicious, of Newry, Clarhe, from Liverpool, vi- h bale . goods, mats, earthenware, hardware, rosin, Cabinet- maker s ware, machinery, coais, oatmeal, and cane reeds. >! Skipness Castle, of Wigron, Douglas, from Belfast, with barilla and cane reeds. . '' Needham, of Newry, Cur- ran, from Dublin, with Iri h |! With HIGH r extra Prizes, besides other, of =£ 100 000 value- NEW STATE LOTTERY, Only 10,000 Tickets, >,.' TO BE DRAWN 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1,812, SCYTHES. coals, hemp, copperas, and tallow, j Mary and Betty, of Wigton, Spark, from Dublin, with , oatmeal. . .„, , John and Nancy, of Greenock, M'Phersoti, from Limerick, grind it without any expence— 1 he sa; e, we on. whiskey. Chester Trader, of and from Carnarvoa, Williams. Catherine, of Barmouth, Williams, from Beaumaris, Expedition, of Pwllhelly, Jones, f ern B « - narvi> n. ; dersrand, will commence to. morrow, :-, t No. 9 : Castle- lane ; hut in order to prevent confusion, i and also to insure the bent- fit cf this supply to , „ ,.„,,,, j proper objefts only, n- ne will be served unless || J^*** PwUW* E1H from • » they ; iave a Ticket, which thfcv will obtain by ap- j| I. rfodc- n, of Grangemouth, Moohead, from Glasgow, plying to the Steward M the House of Industry, j Lovely, of Cardigan, James, from Liverpool. alone. " At eight in the evening, the army was ajaih - in motion'. At ten, Count Morand, General nf Division, passed over three companies of volti- peurs, and at the same time three bridges were thrown. acrn< the Niemen. At eleven, three co. Inmns debouched over the three bridges., At a quarter pass ojje, day began to apfear. At noon, General Baron Pajoj drove before him a cloud of 1 cossacks, and took possession of Kowno, with a » inple b'ttatiin. " On the 24 : h the Emperor proceeded to Kow. • no. " Marshal the Prince of Eckmuhl pushed for- ward his head- quarters to Rduoicliicki, and the King of Naples to. Eketanoui. " During ' he whole of the 24 h and of the 25 b, the army was defiling by the three bridges. In the evening of the 24 h, rhe Emperor caused a new bridge to be thrown over the Valia opposite JCowrio, and directed Marshal the Duke of Reggio i to pass it wiih tlae second corps. The Polish light liorifc of die guards crossed the river by swimming. Two men were drowning, when they were picked J Up by two swimmers of the 26th light infantry. Col. Gueheneuc having imprudently expossd him- self to afford them assistance, had nearly fallen a sacrifice himself:— a swimmer of his regiment saved him. " On the 25th, the Dttke of Efchingen pushed on to ICormelon : the King of Naples advanced [ to Jigmoroui. The enemy's light troops were | driven in and put sued on every side. « ' On the 2Sth, Marshal the Duke of Elchingen | arrived at Skoroule. The light divisions of ca- valry covered the whole plain, to within ten leagues of Wilna. « Marshal the D? ke of Tarenttim, who com. rnands the tenth corps, composed in part of the Prussians, passed the Niemen on the 24th, at Tilsit, and moved Upon ltossiena, in order to clear the right bank of that river, and to protect tb « navigation. « Marshal the Duke of Belluno, commanding the ninth corps, and having under his orders the divisions Hendelet, Lagrange, Durutte, and Par- tonneatii, occupies the country between the Elbe and the Oder, " The General of Division, Count Rapp, Go. , vernor of Pantzic, has under his orders the divi- t'or. Daendels. " The General of Division, Count Hogendop, is Governor of Konigsberg. " The Emperor of Russia is at Wilna with his guards, and one part of his army occupying Roni. Icontoni and Newtrooki. " The Russian General Bagawort, command, jng the second corps, and a part of the Russian army, having been cut off ftom Wilna, had no other means of safety than by proceeding towards j the Dwina. T, he Niemen is navigable for vessels for two or three hundred tons as far as Kowno. The communications by water are also secured as far as Dantzic, and with the Vistula, the Oder, ' and the Elbe. An. immense supply of brandy, flour, and biscuit, is passing frnm Dantssic and Konigtberg towards Kowro. The Vilia, which j flows by Wilna, is navigable for very tm^ ll boats from Kowna to Wilna. Wilna, the capital of j Lithuania, is also the chief town of all Polish Russia. The Emperor of Russia has been for several months in this city with a part of his Court. The pnncsiion of this fact will be the first fruit nf victory. Several Cossack Officers, and Of- ficers charged with dispatches, have been captured ky the light cavalry."— Munitcur, July 10. By a letter from Ardee we are informed, that ! there have been seven persons, of both sexes, ap. prehended in that town for diver* offences, but more particularly for circulating forged notes on the different Metropolitan Banks, which, we are sorry - o say, is a praflice too general at piesent in the Metropolis, and various other distrifts of the kingdom. These notable offenders are trans- mitted to Dundalk prison. A quantity of stolen goods was found on the person of one of the women. We are also informed, that a chaise with pri. sonerS, escorted by a party of the English Hussars, V 11 on Fi iday seen on the road between Newry and Drogheda, and it was supposed to be destined for Dundalk. One of the prisoners is represented as a most ill- looking man, and not unlike the noto. rious highwayman, Collier, who headed the ban- bitti that has now twice most daringly robbed the Newry Fly of a vast booty. His apprehension would render a particular service to the country, and dispel the dread that most persons have occa- sion to feel who travel by the night coaches, to and from Dublin, on the northern road. Mr. INGLEBY, Emperor of all the Conjurors ! who exhibited his singular performances in the Ex- change- Rooms, for three nights last week, has, we understand, gone to Downpatrick to astonish the amateurs of the Turf, at the Races, which commence this da j, speflable inhabitant in town,. Industry, of Aherdovey, Thomas, from Llanelly. Beaver, of Newry, Forrest, from Liverpool, , , , ... , ,_ 11 Peggy, of Dys- rt, Williamson, from Kirkaldy, all with A circular letter has h » en issu d f, om the War- jf eoals. Office, stating that the Prince Recent hpv'n? had under his consideration the situation of Non- com- | missioned Officers and privates discharged from ( the army, who, from the loss of limbs, or other j serious disability, eorrru^ ed on service, require j. personal assistance ? his Royal Highness has been i pleased to order, that the rat; s of pensions for dis. |. abled soldiers, as fixed by his Majesty's ' Warrant | of th- 7th of Oftober, 1806, shall be extended in ! the following proportions, viz— To every serj-' afit | who shall have. lost more than one limb; Or who shall have received such other bodily injury, as to [ - T— rf r'rz, KTI? V render him totally incapable nf earning a livelihood, ' °""< fa al, d n"! t- or to subjefl him to the necessity of requiring per f » Nm* teea in bal! a, c' sonal assistance ; a rate of pension, not exceeding, i per diem, 3s. & if. To every corporal, diito, per I diem, 3j. To every private, ditto, per diero, 2, r. 6J. j — The Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital have accordingly been instructed to govern themselves by those Rules, in admitting claims of the descrip- tion referred to. One- half r> f the tiSwn of Scarborough, at To- bago, was destroyed in May last by accidental fire. Mr. Sheridan is a determined opposer of rhe Leather Tax. On his ea: ly acquaintance with the town of Stafford, be gave a$ it toast, " Mtiy the S.- WI, ED. Mary, of Newry, O'Neill, tor Liverpool, with poik, linen- e'O'h, hams, flax, tow, candlewick, butter, rags, and linen- yar". Diligence, of Aberystwiih, Humphreys, for Liverpool, with cows. Wellington, of Newry, S^ va^ e, for Liverpool, with butter, linen- cloth fl- ix. linen- yarn, and tiiread, oats, hides, and hams, tongues, e. ill. skins, horn tips, and catv- 8 valves. Bess, of Strangtord, Stowall, for Liverpool, cows. Brothers, ol Newry, M'Nulty. for Liverpool, cows. Charlotte, of Newry, Ferst), for Liver pool, with cows and P'^- . Fortitude, of Liverpool, Summons, for Dublin, with sugar- The Mafy- Anne, of Liverpool, Cothell, for Bel'asr, clears but on the so. h mst and will wil first fair wind after,. ladsn with wine. NEWRY MARKETS, JULY 18. he staple mtmufnaurt of Stafford ( boots and shoes) It ! trodden urdet f- it by the tuLole • wsrldf We have great satmaition in acquainting t^ ur rea'Vrs, that letters have been received from j.' hrt W. Croker, Esq. bv the Consignees o? two of the American vessels ( tiie Bristol and Mentor) oat of i which passenger* v.- ere impressed in our river, say- j ing, that orders had been issued by the Lords of the Admirably to have the men, taken out < f thr « e vessel*, imrt'ediaie'y disciiarged from the ships of his Mai,- sty', Seer, intn which they had been drafrk ed. It is, thertforf, nw certain, th it the whole of th* men, carr ied away by Lieutenant Morgan, cf the Barbara, will be returned ; and we hope ' hat Govenimenr will follow up this aft of justice by paying the unfortunate beings, who were so dtielly and wantonly torn from their families and property, the amount of the passage, which they have lost by the infamous conduct of Lieutenant Morgan. A Meeting cf the Merchants, lee. took pl'ce on Tuesday last, at the Ballast Office, at which all those whA signed the original Memorials were re- quested to attend for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of obtaining redress for the unfortunate sufferers,— L.- Dcrrt Journal The IftSS Sar. stfl of the County of Jntrim requests, thjt such Gentlemen as mem to attend, the Grand Jury) at the ensuing Assists, < will have the goodness to leave their ( Hards at his Lodgings ( the P- ist- OJfiec, Carriti- ftrgusj, on ' fnVkSOAr Evening, the 23d July inst. At the annua] general meeting of the Snbsfci ihrrs to the Hospital and Dispensary, held yesterday in tiie Exchange Rooms, WILLIAM Tennk^ T, Esq. in the Chair, The following were the Olficers of the Institution appointed - for the ensuing year:— PREsinrt. N'T, The MAQkUfS or DONEGAL. VICE- MtKSinKNTS, The F, ATlX OT MASSEREF. NE1, FRANCIS TUIiNLT, ESQ- COMMITTEE, ArAitr Bayly, Wm. Clarke, Thomas John Andrews, James Luke, John Whittle, Vi'o. Tennent, ITorn- y Joy, Dr. Magee, Rev. S. Hanns, Jaanes T. Kennedy. Robert Callweli, Treasurer— Dr Tennent- Atttniing jPAyj'trtarti— Dr. M'Dtmnell, Dr. Thomson. CiMtalling Physicians—- Tie. Stephenson, Dr. Dreunan. Sur&<> iui*~ i'it. ttobt M'Cluucy, Mr. Andw. Marsha)!. The meeting afterwards elected the und^ named Gentlemen to collect the annu. it subscriptioosm Wm. Tenneut, Henry Joy, Lev, i' Hannt, lir. Teimt- nt, Archer BayJey, James Luke, Robert CsHwell, John Whittle, Henry Rowan, Thomas John Andrews, Cortland Skinner, Campbell Sweeny. d. 0 * f per parrel of 20st. |> per stone of 14lb. U ^ pei cwt. of 112fb. 0 ^ per barrel of 1 fist. 1 Wheat Oats Oatmeal........,.,.,.. barley First flour Second ditto......... Third ditto Ii'ourth ditto.... i,... Pollard..... Bran... 3utteri.... ....... Rough Tallow b'h* Dressed... 2 « Ditto Oudrsssad 14 2 irHIa ( Sicily) SO Ditto ( Alicant) ... 40 Put Ashes 44 ( r. i. i ^ Swedish) £% 5 Oe. ( British) £< a. Beat 15 Fork 0 Liverpool Cuais iwawsea ditto S-^ Wlalsiag ditto 34 Weight of Brea^ d at the Public Bakery this Week. White Loaf, 13/. 3ib. Ooz. j Household Loaf, 13d. Sib, 9< n. Brown Loaf, 7a. '/. h. 7oz.— Small Bread in proportion. IRISH HA HP SOCIETY, A N Adjourned GENERAL MEETING of the SUB- i\- SCRIBKRS to this Institution, will be held in the EMHANSS ROOMS, on TUESDAY the 21< t inst. at ONK o'Clork, to Eledfc IK- W Officer,, - u; d taW- th* state of the Society into consideration. The attendance of the Friends of the Institution, is par- ticularly requested. 613) ' M. ANDREWS, SECRETARY. ^ per cwt. of H 2lb, per stone of lslba. per cwt. of 1121bs. ^ per ton of 20 cwr. per cwt. 112 lb. per ton. Died. On the 13rh inst. in the 31st year of her age, Miss'M. snv Howi, second daughter of Mr. Gawin Howe, of Ifallyrure, near Killileagh. BELFAST SHJP NEWS, The Margaret St Nancy, Galbraith, is loading for Glas- gow. to sail first fair wind. The Diana, M'Callum, at Glasgow -, and the Bee, Rankin, at Dublin, are loading fof Belfast. The Neptune, Davidson, for Liverpool, s . iled yesterday. The Venus, Pendleton, from Liverpool for this port, ar- rived on Saturday. The coppered and armed brig Britannia, is loading for London, to sail in a few days. Th » St. Patrick, Campbell, loads for Liverpool, to sail first fair wind after Saturday neat. i.\ The Vine, Montgomery, ia loading at London for this port The Fanny, Martin, for Liverpool; armed brig Fa& or, M'Niece, for Dondon, aud Swift, Ncel, for Bristol, sail m a few days. NJEWRY SHIPPING LIST, For the Weei ending \ S> th July. ARRIVED. George and Robert, of Kirkaldy, Cunningham, from Glas-- gow and Pott Glasgow, with tallow, eoals, and muscovado sugar. M h » il. vGLEBY, TUB EMPEROR AJ. l. CONJURORS, inrAS finished his first three Engagements at Belfast. X JL For the liberal encouragement and flattering ap- plauses he received, he cannot express his gratitude as he would wish : He hopes ro ha* e the honour, in the course of a few weeks, to anpt- ar before them again, when, with his own unequalled Dexterity of Hand, he will introduce one of the first SLACK and TIGHT ROPE DANCERS ; n the world, and one of the first Female SLACK WIRE and HORNPIPE DANCERS that have appeared in Lon- jon these 20 years, ( 646 MACEDON. To he Sold, ' J!" HAT much admired VILLA, the residence of the ! » te X. JOHN EWINO, Esq situate on the Shore between Bel- fast and Canicltfergns, and hut Four Miles distant from the former. The House and Offices are in perfeil order, and fit for the reception of a Genteel Family, with an excellent GARDEN and DEMRSNE, containing in the whole about 20 Acres of Land, Irish Plantation Measure, held under the Madams of DoNtoALL, for 61 Years, from the 1st May, 1805, at the small Annual Rent of £ 9, 4s Id. for Particulars apply to Mr. SAMUEL BROWN, or JOHN H. HOUSTON, Esq. The Premises may be viewed every WSDNKSDAV and S a TOR DAT, between the Hours of Twelve and Two o'clock, If hot disposed of by Private Contrafl, before FRIDAY, the 28th of August neat, the same will on that day be Sold by Public Au& on, at the Hour of ONE o'clock in the after- noon, at the DON SOAIL- ARMS, Bslfast. Term, of Payment to be declared at the AuSion. ( 541) ' July 18. LOST, OR TAKEN BY MISTAKE^" From the White- Cross Inn ( Tosh's), Newry, between the Wth ultimo and the 12th instant, A SMALL LEATHER VALICE, contain- - i- V Wearing Apparel, Papers, & c. & c. particularly a Set of Pi. ans for the intended Church of Newry. As the above are of no consequence to any Person but the Owner, it is requested, if a Gentleman has received it by mistake, he will forward i' to the above INN, or to WM, CASTES, F. sq. Newry. If found, a handsome Reward will be tfiven, 6n application to either of the above. 64g) NEWRY, July 20. STOLEN, Oft the Nigkl » / THURSDAY the 161!> inst. from the Lnndt I of ROBERT LXLB, Mormtal, mar Tvbier- morc, County •/ flirty, ADARK BROWN HORSE, about 15 Hands high; both the hind Legs white a good way up, and shaved round the Hoofs with the fetters, with set Tail, value about £ 20 Whoever detains both Horse and Thief, shall hand- loflicly rewarded, by the Subscriber, ROBERT LYLE. ~ MORUSAI, near TUBBERMOBE, July IT, 1812. ( 644 FOR GLASGOW, The MARGARET & NANCT » P. GALBRAITH, MASTER, ( A constant Trader), Now loading, to sail in a few days. FOR DUBLIN. The DISPATCH, JAMISON Ia a few days. tot Freight, apply to GEO. MONTGOMERY. The DTAHIA, M'Sallum, at Ofas^ ow; and the EEfei RANKIN, at Dublin, are loading fsr Belfast. 668) Belfast, July 10, THOMAS WARD OAS received his First Supply of TICKS H i*. SHARES, con- ipreb? n' 1intr a Variet-.' of > and snbers, nut to be equalled in. any Provincial Town in Ireland, and diredl Irom rhe CONTRACTOR. SAem- s at large to he had gratis, at his FORTUNATE OFFICE, 15, Hr rh- stre- t, Beii. « at' tf. y fieidy M'tney Orders on Dublin, or Drafts at T. VO or Three Day* Sight, can be had at all times, and to a » y extent, for a trifling Premium, by applying to THOMAS WARD. J ( 642 ROBERT & WILLIAM ORR HAVE received, per rhe Don- gall, from LONDON, and hive on Sale, Congou and Green Tea, Scale and . Refined And a General Assortment of GROCERIES, which they will sell on reasonable terms. 640) ISO, North street— Belfast, July 20. TF Mrs. BUNTING and Miss ASH have hitherto fori iL borne to return Public Thanks to those Friends, whose kind preference and steady attachment have for years beer, so effectively shewn to them, it was only owing- to their being setu. ble how very inadequate words would be to ex- press the warmth of their gratitude; hut this feeling has had, and ever will have the tff- a of stimulating their exer- tions for the mental and personal improvement of the Young Ladies entrusted to tbeir care Their School will open the 20th instant. Belfast, July 17. Woollen, Manchester, § U'eldbore Stuff I Fa rehouse, NO. 178, CHURCH- STREET, DUBLIN. B.- J. M- DEItMOTT F) ESPECTFULLY begs leiye to. acquaint his Friend's V and the Public, that he has at present for sale, at Re- duced Prices, an extensive Assortment of 1 Voollendrapery, I'Vaistcoatbig, Manches- ter Goods, <$' C. ( K'C. He also continues to Manufacture WELDBORE SI UFFS, of rhe vAry best Quality, and is determidad to sell them on such terms as he doubts not will insure his House, that pre- ference hitherto so amply experienced. ( 609 ITALIAN CREAM OF TARTAR. ip> OBERT M'CLUNEY has just received A few CASKS, of genuine quality, Which he will Sell on reasonable Terms. 954) Belfast, July 6, 1812. > If IS ij Brad'. * ; 6i9) JAMES M< A T) A M received, THIS DAY, per the Minfrva, from I. IVSRPO'OL, an Additional Supply of ' s Hat nit. and ( Town Scythe Of superior Quality. Belfast, July T, IB,' 2. M'ADAM & MCLEERY ;{ fJTA- VE just received, per the Awtn, from LONCO, N, bj - 1 and have on hand, : i) Fine, and Common Congou, Souchon « , and Green 1 TEAS, Very Fine, Fine, and Second SCALE SUGARS, Refined SUGAR, and CANDT, Miserable— Indigo— Refined Sahpe. tr!— Rotin, J Jl^ ante Barilla Mustard-— Pimento Pearl Ashes— White Ginger, GJV. I And an Assortment of SPIOtiS an! DYE- WOODS, || which they will dispose of on moderate terms. !] They have likewise for sale, NINE THOUSAND f AMERICAN CANE REEDS, of an excellent Qualitv. •• 32) Belfast, June % r> COGNIAC BRANDY. THF. Subscribers have imported, and for Sjil » , a « ma< l ' pareI of OLD real COONIAC FRENCH BRAN - DY, tui- ranted genuine, which, with every other article in the WINE and SPIRIT TRADE, they' will sell on the most reasonable Terms. JOHN & THOS. CUNNINGHAM. Castle- street, Juue 5. ( 549 TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At BAIN'S Tavern ( No 1, Ann- Street), on S ATU'R DAT the 1 8th July init. at the Hour of TWELVE e'Clock, A PROFIT RENT of .€ 199, Is. 3d. per An- - 1--"- num, arising , out of Tenements in Ann- street, Wil- liam- strett South, and Arthur- street. Particulars known, and Rent- Roils to be had, on applica- tion to CUMING 3c TANNY, A. iflioneers, See. At their Office, 84, HIGH- STREZT. < 598) Belfast, July 8. Ctj" The above SALE is unavoidably postponed till WEDNESDA T, 22d inst. at same Hour a: id Place. SALE TO- MORROW. SUGARS BY AUCTION, rf^ AMP BELL SWEENY will Set up at ^ Auilion, on TUESDAY next, precisely at ONE o'clock, at his Stores in Calendar- street, the CARGO of the Brothers, from TRINIDAD, cons sting of 223 Hogsheads, i 42 Tierces, VSUGARS. 112 Barrels, } Only the above 112 Barrels of SUGAR will be Sold by Au& ion on Tuesday, the quality of which is very fine. Terms at Sale. 612) » Belfast, July 13. i A R G A I N S. HARDWARE, TOTS, & c. & c. HFHE SUBSCRIBER intending to relinquish the' HARDWARE and TOY TRADE, will sell off his STOCK at Fir.- t Cost. Persons wanting Goods of this description in the Whole- sale Line, will find them worth their notice. GEORGE MADAM. No.- 19, High- street, July 10. ' ( 601 4- 0 [ PONS KILN'- DRIED WHEAT, for sale, at WM. SEED & ROBT. BAILIE'S Stores, Weigh- House- Lane. Belfast, July 16, 1812. ( 633 ~~ WHISKEY. ( Q. EORGE LANG TRY & CO, have f » r ONE HUNDRED PUNCHEONS Strong well- flavoured WHISKEY. 6IS) Belfast, July 14. 994) » BLEACHERS' SMALTS. GEORGE LANGTRT & CO. AVE for Sale, a Parcel of Real DUTCH BLEACH- ERS' SMALTS, of very fine Quality; ALSO, American Pot and Pearl Ashes, Aiicunt Barilla, Refined Saltpetre, American Rosin, Fine and Common Congou Teas. u Belfast, April 16, 1812. sTii- fe. The Public are respeiSfuily inform- ed, chat the following REGULAR TR- ADERS-^ G IVil* mi.' for tbeir rapsflive ? ort » j xviti the jirjit fait l- Viwi after ibe doits mentioned : FOR LONDON, The armed brig FACTOR, M'Nt tc In a few days. The armed brig AURORA, STARKS .. 14 days . fter. FOR LIVERPOOL, The FANNY, MARTIN 18th July. The CUNNINGHAM BOYLE, BELL, Eight days after. FOR BRISTOL, The SWIFT, Nfcet 18th July. FROM LIVERPOOL FOR BELFAST, The CERES, SAVAGE j ...... 20th July. The ANN, SHEALS...,; Eight days after. FROM LONDON FOR BELFAST, The armed brig GEORGE, CAUSBEY 18th July. The armed hrig LAG7VN, HONRINI......... 14 days after. For Freight^ in London, apply to Messrs. ALEXANDER and WILLIAM OGILBY, Abchurch- Yard. Gentlemen who have Linens to forward, wil! please send them ro GEORGE LANGTRY u A few itout Lads wanted n Acprentiw- to the Se « . GEORGIA COTTON- WOOL, ORLEANS Do. Do. P. OT ASHES, SICILY BARILLA, LEAF TOBACCO, For Sale, on Reasonable Terms, fey . JAMES KENNEDY', Belfast, May 19. Donegall- Quay. (£ lj SCARLET, WHITE, & BLACK CLOTHS. TOHNSON & FISHER have received, by the Ciin » 1 ™ NINOHAM Bayr. E, A fresh Supply of Scarlet, JVh'itc, and alack Cloths, Which have been carefully chosen, and will be sold cheap. . Ballast, Junt' 23. WHOLESALE WOOLLEN WAREHOUSE, NO, 2, BRtOGE- STREEt, Next door to Afessrs. RADCttFF and OUNCE'S. ir HOWARD fespeflfaU'y informs the Pa^ lic, '*->' 9 that he is lately ariived frdm KNOLAND, and has re- ceived, ( and it now landing, pec Neptune,) an oxremive As » sorrment of SUPERFINE and various other Qualities of' CLOTHS, entirely aif his oifrn Manufacture; and being, obliged to return in a short time, he is detertniuei to ieiS- them off on very low terms. 376) Jtily 7. AUCTION SALE. In the Ma ROBERT a Bankrupt Autft-' on, OK, the Sth day the House of MillfieM, prei. . the entire BUILDINGS,. M .... cisely ar ONE o'Cloclt. ...... CHINERY, and other UTSNSILS, necessary for carrying on ( he • Spinning of Cotton by Steam, Stc. as foimerlv ad- vertised. The whole will be aol. 1 without reserve, and tliefc Terms will he declared at the Sale.' i JAMES MILLER, July IS. ( 630) ADC rioNeitK AND VAIUATO*. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, Oh TUESDAY the 21 st July, and Sucteeding Di\*; '[ HHE CATTLE, FARMING- UrENSri. fi, and FURNITURE, of the late Rev. NArn. SHAW, „ f Henry- Hill. near Banbridge. The FARM of HENRY HILL HOUSE and OFFICES, containing Acres of excellent Latld, highly improved • with half an Acre of Turf Bog, held for 1700 years, at Sr. per Atre, will be sold at a futiire day, of which due notice will be given* All Persons to whom the late Mf. SHAW stood indebt- ed by book, debt or othervvi^ e, will please furnish attested copi- sof their Accounts to ANDREW M'CLiiLLAND, of Banbridge. Banbridge, July 15th, X812: ( r28 A COACHMAN WANTED. APPLY ro Mr. DOUGLAS, DONEOALU ^ PLACE. tp) ^ J"'}' I5- WANTED IMMEDIATELY. . A CLOTH- LAPPER, who p » rreaiy understands hi, , r\ Busine- s, and can give satisfaAofy references for • Appjy to JOSEPH CAMPBELL, & OOREVALE ( 625 c'naraiSer and abiiitiss.- NF. WRY, July 16. TO BE LET, And immediate Possession given, " PHE DWF. LING- HOUSE, No. 48, John- street; Bel* I fast, which is in complete repair, and lit for the re- ception of a genterd Family.. Apply at Mr. T U C i: i K, Commercial . Chronicle- Ojf. ce. July IS, 1812. -*„ » A few Acres of AFTER- GRASS, near the Dahlia Bridge, will be Sit frohi the l » t of August.— Apply as above. ' ( 620 FOR LIVERPOOL, The fine Ship IRENEt Burthen 1500 Tons, Tb sail the 20th inst — Has excellent ae » ( St Conimodation fu- i number of P. sSengers. Apply to • GR1MSHAW, MURPHY, & CO. Belfast, July 14. • , ( f, ie The Public are raspeiStfully triform- <( J that it is intended the foiiowihir W. E. TRADERS J^ Si'^;. Shalt sail at tie undermentioned periods: x FOR LONDON,' The armed brig J'RITANNIA, ABERDKSN, In a few dayfc The armed brig VEROS, PaNOtaroN;;.... 14 dais after. ' I'hcfte Vessels being armed and completely well found, Insurance by them wiii consequently be elfeited on the nioit reasonable terms FOR LIVERPOOL, The ST. PATRICK, CAMPBELL.. 25th July, FROM LIVERPOOL FOR BELFAST, The Klrl. LY, M'ILWAIN....... 25th July. IJie NEPTUNE, DAVIDSON ;.. t Seven days after. FROM LONDON FOR BELFAST, The armed brig LEVANT, M'KIBUIN... First fair wind. The armed brig VINE, MoNtoeiiaay....-.'. 14 ( lays alter For Freight, in I. ctodon, apply to Messrs. WM. & JOHN WHARTON, Nicholas' Lang ; or, in Ballast, to R. GREENLAW, Agent, Who will receive and forward LINKN CLOTH mi othat MERCHANDITIF. with tare and dispatch. 83- A few Stout Lads wanted as APPRENTICES ts tfct Se., to whiffli libarai KficonragWHetit * ill be jiria BELFAST COMMERCIAL CHRONI MtSC!'. LMY<', 0'; S PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS— SATURDAY, JULY It. PEACE PRESERVATION BILL. Lord CARTLEREAGH moved th » order of rhe day for the second reading of this Bill/ Mr. WHITBREAD svd. that Win? row had an opportunity of reading this B 11, he had rot altered his opinion with reared to it, hut was more disposed to ohjft it thin before. The pre- amble stated, that assemblies of rren were in the habit of forcibly demanding, and taking- arms; but he would denv that the recital which it con- tained was founded on any adequate authority.— The information had come from Magistrate.; who "• ere actuated by their fears, and through oth° r channels,' « bere opinions were taken up as to the origin of these disorders, which were totally dif- ferent from the real causes. He would agaiti re. peat, that due exertions had not heeiv made to preserve the peace the disturbed distrifts Under ! he existing laws. In some cases the Magistrates had been supine, and in others, they'had afted • with violence, and from a perverted judgement. There was every appearance of the cessation of disorder. From the 23d of June, wh" n ihe Se- cret Committee was appointed, down to F'iday last, there had been no evidence of any aft of dis- turbance at all. The preamble besides ' a'Verted, what was not proved in the Committee, that there were assemblages of men learni ng in part the use of arm'. There was no one tittle of evidence to that effeft. There was no oral testimony ; all that was produced by the Nob'e Lord, was a mere hearsay in writing, in which a man told us, that on a Sunday, during divine service, there tt- ere 300 persons assembled at one place, for the pur- pose of learning the use of Arms. B* it all this was merely what a person had heard. The re- cital of the Bill, he would contend, was false, and therefore the enactment should fall to the ground. These enactments appeared to him ob- jectionable in the extreme. As to the persons who had blackened their faces, and disfigured themselves for the purpose of concealment, and had attended the meeting on Deanmoor, near Manchester, it turned out that ten of them were spies sent out by the Magistrates; and the only other man present, who was vimilarly disguis- ed and with fire- arms, was one Hurst, who was now under sentence of transportation. These spies were rhe very ringleaders of the mischief, tind incired the people to afts which they would not have ' bought of. Such a practice should not go on—( Hear) ; and he would never consent to entrust new powers to Magistrates who had thus grossly misconducted themselves. The Honour, able Member for Yorkshire bad ascribed the evil to certain inflammatory and seditious publica- tions ; but he, and other Gentlemen who thought with him, had in the same breath declared, tha' work, and a lower price of provisions, were likely j to render the people tranquil. The HortouraMe Gentleman's mind seemed in a state of alarm and consternation ; and, rf course, his ideas were not likely to be clear. One Gentleman in the eoun. fry had conceived the whole to be a plot, directed by persons of consequence in London. Nay, he held a deposition in his hand, whitjh had beer, taken from a person confined in Lancaster gaol, in which an opinion was stated, that he ( Mr. Whitbread) was one of the heads of the plot ( Hear.) The only circumstance in which such a report could originate was, his having wiitten a letter to th? manufacturers of Bolton, in which he gave them theibest advice he was able. So ridicu- lous were the ideas entertained hy some people in character, and was now armed to destroy all pro- perty and wealth. The distresses of the country had furnished a golden'opportunity to those tur- bulent spirits, who can only rise to the too by means of agitation. These men had seized tbe occasion to delude and ruin tbe distressed manu- facturers. He agreed with the Honourable Mern- ctission won! opposing the the law at nrr destroy lis tinn- ing p- it down disturbances, a ; d. lie concluded bv - cessarv, the powers of more than s tfHcier? to though ten times more i! violent than those now existing. her for Yorkshire, that much of the misc'- ie*" was to be attributed to the publication of calumnies against public men. Fie did not mean to im- pugn the liberty of the press : it was as necessary • as the air we breathed— but if the air was agitat- ed into storm, or the. free press directed its ef- forts to the destruction of his character or pro- perty, he thought he might use legal m » ans for his defence in ore case, as he would adopt artificial means for his shelter in the other.— In order to maintain tha peace of the country, it was above all things necessary, that the Govern- ment should he strorlg, and it could on'y be strong and effiacious bv shewing a disposition to listen to and relieve all grievances— in justification of the measures r. ow proposed, he could s'ate, that repre- sentations had been made to Government for some months on account of the diVtirhed state of those northern di- trifts ; nor was it right to r> fleft on the Magistrates, if rht- v had found the usual means in- adequate to the preservation of the peace. He did not know that Government had done all that could have been done ; perhaps mo been effected hy means of the secret service money, , more and the stipendiary police— vet, at any rare, Par- ' r — u : Mr. GRANT said, that, in supporting the measure before the Hons1, he did not think him- self voting for any ir. frineemer. t of the law. The exigency of th" - time called for the exercise of those powers which were' inherent in the Co-? : tt- tution: and that exigency must form their justifi- cation. He had heard, with surprise, from the Hon. Gentleman who opened the debate, and the Hon. Baronet who had just addressed them, that they could se<* nothing of an organised system.— Even on ihe face of the Report, he saw a suffi- cient proof of its existence. He saw a society affiliated together— he- saw an oath of fidelity and secrecy— and he saw the effects of the system breaking out in the heart of the country, with those symptoms which thev must all dread. He knew, that, for the last fortnight the outrages seemed to have decreased— but hs was convinced j that the seeds of the conspiracy still remained— • that t} ie actors were still at work. It was a wide- j spreading and deeply- rooted system, and, if not | repressed, would rise again. An Hon. Gentle- ' I man said, it had arisen from discontents in the | j manufacturing parts of the country: Perhaps j e might have U that Hon. Gentleman was willing to attribute j not the place where the greatest attention hid not been paid to the necessities of the po > r, s'i 1 rh » nt. imber of rioters were trifl'ng when cotnpired to he population. The H - n. Gentleman then no- tired the situation of TTudd- rsfield, where troubles had also occurred ; because s- ill less assistance in he proportion of one- third only, had been offered found that 4 to that cause than he was ; yet, even nl- - • lowing it to be the fact, he. would maintain, that, liament should not now withhold its aid : which, lj in its progress, the asprrct of the system had refused, would encourage the discontented in th » ij changed. When men were without employment. same proportion, as it would, if granted, inspirit j the Magistrates ; n their exertions. There were i two principles which should be kept in sight ; one : was, that the Bill should he temporary, and for the ; shortest possible time, and the other that no power : should he given to Magistrates, except what is ab- solutely required ; for so much power as is given to tbe Migistrate, so much is taken away from the subject.— The Honourable Gentleman then ex- pressed in detail his approbation of the clauses of the Bill, except that which empowered ? nv two Magistrates to seize any man's arms on demand. The principle on which alone any seizure of arms was justifiable, was, that in those disturbed places it would be more conducive to the general safety that arms should be taken possession of by the Magistrates, than that they should be seized by the disaffected— yet, there was this consequence likely to ensue, that by taking away a man's arms, they took away his best security against the attack of these sobbers— The Honourable G » ntlernan then sat down amid cries of Hear, Htar, from the !' Ministerial Benches. Mr. W. FITZGERALD concluded some ge- j neral observations by expressing his approbation of the measure, every part of which could be de- fended, on the great principle of public safe'y. Sir F. BURDETT said, th* Hon. Gentlemen ( Messrs Smith and Fi zgerald) had made several observations on ihe statement of the Hon. Mem- ber below him ( Mr. Whitbread), without shaking die basis of any of hi-- arguments, or shewing that they were not founded on the evider. ee before the Committee. He agreed with the Hon. Member, that the evidence did not bear nut the preamble of the Bill. There was no proof whatever of an existing necessity for the measure; an argument, however, in which he could never concur.' When necessity was advanced as a plea in support of the Bill, they ought to lock'to the extent to which it might be eariied. Suppose a Government op- pi essive or corrupt, and the people, in consequence, discontented ; they might plead necessity as the ground for procuring extensive powers— a neces- sity produced by their own conduCl. He meant and in a state of irritation, it was not wonderful that they should attack machinery, although it was a mistaken re verge ; but. when they beheld individuals collecting arms, and learning the use of them, they must conclude that the system had assumed a malignancy of character, which de- manded serious attention. In such a state of things he would call on the Constitution to as- sume those energies which belong to it— for the slow march of ordinary justice could not keep up with the race of the vicious. And, alluding to what they had heard that night, he called for this measure, on principles always recognised by our ancestors— principles, constitutional, social, uni- versal— principles, case at present; but it be an argument which every Government | > might use. as they only were the judges of the ' that part of the country, that there was even some js not to say that was the. expectation of getting the Duke of York to give j would them support. These ideas of plots were ridiculous ; » in one point of view, but base in another, because tj hound or limits of the necessity. The title of the there was too much reason to believe that the sb- IS Bill he considered defective. Instead of calling it surdities had been propagated by some of the Ma- !| " A Bill for the preservation of the peace," it should gimates. A convift had given in a declaration af- jj rather be intitled " A Bill to disturb the peace of feCting a vfjry respectable man, who was, however Presbyterian, and the - consequence was, his | the country, by giving undue powers to the Ma- I gistrates."—( Laughter.) He deprecated the sys- a charaCtefhad been implicated* and he was marked ij teni of employing" spies, who stirred men up to do cut by the Magistrates. The Hon. Member then j illegal acts, and then brought them to punishm° nt. adveited to information which he had received ! ' rk:" - — t- i- •• • " from the Potteries, which represented the work- men as now employed, tranquil and happy. He deprecated the introduction of the Bill at all ; and though he anticipated little support, he should di. vide the House against it. He protested against the measure; more especially when he considered how similar powers were exercised in Ireland ; not merely in times of confusion, as the Noble Lord had stated, but in genera) orders, calmly issued by Generals and Magistrates, and which shewed that they aCted under the consternation of fear, which was the cruelest as well as the blindest of passions. The abolition of the Orders in Council had done much to restore tranquillity, but the restoration of a general pence would do more. There was a prospeCt thh: it might be now obtained on honour- able trims; and he for one would prefer the exter- mination of ihe country rather than consent to dis- honourable ones. — ( Hear)— It would do much to tranquillize the people, were they convinced that the cont nuance of war was not the fault of their own Government, but of the enemy. He was in- clined to think, that about three weeks ago France had transmitted offers of negociation, and he should wish to hear why they had not been ac- cepted. Mr. SMITH ( Member for Cambridge Uni versity) had expected that the report would have been accompanied with some extracts from the evidence. He was glad that there appeared no satisfactory ground for the rumours, that persons of high rank were implicated • in these insurrec- tionary combinations, and that large funds exist- ed for their maintainance— at the same time it seemed evident, that a powerful conspiracy did exist ; obscure indeed, but not. the less dangerous for its obscurity.— The Report abstained from giving any cause or remedy for the evil— it be- came, therefoie, more the bounden duty of the House to consider these objects. The causes Jiad been referred to the distresses of war, and to the operation of the Orders in Council— and it was true, that no outrage hau been committed since the 28d, of June. But one feature of the This was most unjustifiable; it was a conduCt fit only for the devil himself, who tempted first, that he might have the pleasure of punishing. An Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Smith) spoke of a strong Government, as necessary to put down those dis- turbances ; for his own part, he could not imagine a stronger Government than that which carried any measure they pleased to the representations of the people. There was ro account of increasing disturbances; on the con- trary, the accounts seemed to say, that they were likely to be reprefsed, as the law now stood — therefore, he taw no reason for granting those ad. ditional powers, which vere liable to great abu » e. He thought It would be better to curtail and regulate those powers thari to extend them In former times, when disturbances broke out in the country, the course taken was direCtly the reverse of that now proposed. If was then cus- tomary to arm all the inhabitants, making the Sheriffs of the different counties accountable for the acts performed in their respeftive jurisdictions. Th is principle would be found in the statute of the 13th Ed. I. No attempt was made to in- fringe the Constitution by granting undue powers, suggested by the Government; but the people were armed tor the preservation of the peace.— , But what was new done? Government imme- diately set about disarming every person. He could not think of anv th; ng that marked a state of slavery and degradation, more than the disarm- ing a people. He would sooner die op his thresh- old than permit the arms to be taken from his house. It had been insinuaiedon a former night, that he opposed this Bill from a systematic de- |; sign. If it were meant that he opposed it from ! any unconstitutional feeling, the insinuation was i gross and false. The design he always had in view was, tn get rid of a corrupt system of Go. | verriment, for the benefit of both prince and peo- 1 pie That was the sole and only design of his 1 political life. An Hon. Gentleman ( M.. Smith) seemed to approve of the liberty of the press, at : the same time that he deprecated its effeCts, and wished to have some limit placed on it, such as case would be omitted, unless it were allowed, he had formed an idea of in bis own mind. He, that though the origin of the evil might have j however, was convinced, that if any shackles were t » en commercial, yet it had assumed a political j put on it, from that mometit the freedom of dis- which have grown up with our freedom* and which bind together every society, whether of individuals or of nations— ( He ir, hear.) Mr. FRANKLAND supported the Bill, the necessity of which, he thought, . was fully made out by the Report of the Committee. In the course of his speech he elucidated bis view of the subject, by assimilating the body politic to the natural body, and pointed out what he conceived the proper remedy for the moral epidemics whtcll | occasionally affect the mind, as- physical epidemics do the body. Mr. BROUGHAM would not attempt follow- ing the Hon. Gentleman who had preceded him in the debate ( Col. Frankland) ; indeed he felt himself totally inadequate to the task. The Hon. Gentleman was by far too scientific for him, nor did he even know how to qualify the strain of arguments with which he had favoured the" House. Were heto call that display of eloquence plainly a speech, he was afraid the - appellation would fall short of its dignity ; on the other hand, was he to qualify it as a prescription against, moral evils, he was afraid the discourse might appear much too long for the title.—( Laughter.) This, however, he could say, that the Hon. Gen- tleman in his learned wanderings, had totally lost sight of the question before the House. An Hon. Friehd of his ( Mr. Grant), whose powers of elo- quence had often delighted in another place, had fallen into the same error, and his br lliant talents had been used on that night, only to lead the House from the question they had to keep don stantly in view. The question simply was, whether or not the Report of the Committee af- forded sufficient grounds to warrant' the enact- ment of new laws, and the suspension of the Con- stitution ? This he totally denied. He saw no- thing in the Report which implied. that necessity ; he s'aw nothing in that document from which it could be inferred, that these tumults, so greatly exaggerated, were owing to any other cause, but to the distresses created among the manufacturers by the mistaken policy of Government. In this view of the subject, he totally differed from his Hon. Friend ( Mr. Smith) who had attributed those excesses to disaffection : and he saw no- thing to warrant that supposition. Viewing then, as he did, those troubles as Arising solely from distress, he thought that the House were bound to give time for the operation of this remedy to those distresses, which his side of the House had already provided by the revocation of the Orders in Council.—( Hear, from Mr. Stephen.) The ironical cheering of his Honourable Friend seemed to imply a challenge to make good his assertion; he now appeared in his place after a long absence, his longing eyes had long in vain sought for hi If, however, he again appeared in the House to attempt proving that thsse trou- bles had any other source, he thought that his Hon. Friend would have rather a rough task of it. As he had been thus challenged, he would enter into details of a few faCts which had come to his knowledge. Part of them he had procured by his own private coi respondence, and part by his connection with tbe respectable society for the relief of distressed manufacturers. He was sure his Hon. and Learned Friend could not objeCt to information arising from that source ; from a so- ciety, at the head of which was his Royal High- ness the Duke of Yotk, and which was besides composed of men of exalted claims even to ex- clusive loyalty.—( A laugh.) And yet, the result pf an ifnuiry instituted by such men, so likely to discover the latent and lurking seeds of disaffec- tion, was, that in 22 disturbed districts, to which their inquiries had extended, the troubles were uniformly attributed to the want of work among the poor. At Bolton- le- Moor, in Lancashire, out of a population of 17,000 souls, 3,000 were re- duced, for support, to patish assistance, besides a great many more who were partially relieved by- charitable contributions, and by donations of soups and other necessaries of life ; yet in that district, so much oppressed by those commercial distresses, only 40 rioters could be found in that famous as- sembly on the Moor, 10 of whom were spies. It should be added also, that Boltoa- le- Moor was l? poor. In short, it would be in every d stressed dis'r ft, assistance and ciiarity had been attended with peace ; and thit tumults arose only in those places where wjint drove proor manufacturers to desoair.— The tru- and only remedy was the revocation of the Orders in Council ; this had already operat- ed v mde'rs in the dis'urbed districts, and it was but fair to allow it full time to have its due effeCt. 1 -. stead of that, the present Bill went to prevent the return of people to peaceable habits, by creat- ing fresh motives of irritation^ in the constant teaz- ing and oppressive interference of Magistrates. He agreed wi'h an Hon. Baronet, a friend of his ( Sir Francis Burden) tha' the Bill seemed rather intended to disturb than to re- establish peace, and ' e hoped that on the motion ' o give a title to the B- ll, he wou'd move an amendment to that effeCt. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then entered uvo long details- on the various abuses practised by Magistrate; ; th » ir hiring spies at a very great expence, and who, of course, were paid out of the secret service money ; and who. instead of afliog as scoots, in faft decoyed the ignorant into the commissions of crimes, that they might have the merit of denouncing ' hem. He adverted to their illsberalitry towards Dissenters, whom they had treated in many instances in the m - st unjustifiable manner; the protection granted to- their spies, whose persons they wan'ed the people to hold as sacred as those of constables or Migistrates them- jj selves: their. mintre inquiry into people's private concerns, which went so far, that in searching for ! deserters, they actually looked into a tradesman's u'tawer, from which they had taken about twenty guineas in gold, threatening to punish' him for hoarding money, and forcing him to take Bank notes.. ( Question, Question.) To men c^ pab'q of - uch co'ndtiCl— to such men, designated by Mr. Windham, as the worst vermin with which the land WHS pestered ( he spoke of course of ignorant j Magistrates only), he could not consent to grant ! hose additional powers. ( The latter part of this speech was frequently interrupted by cries of Quession! till at last they became so general that the Hon. Member was obliged to sit down, ob- serving, as far as we could cqlleCt, that notwith- standing the indecorum of the Hon. Gentlemen, he had c ncluded what he intended to have said on the subjeft.) Mr. BANK. ES strongly condemned the lan- guage which had been used, by rhe Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just spoken, towards the. magistrates of the disturbed counties. Such language, he ion ended, was not alone throwing an unmerited degree of obloquy and odium upon a most respefl- ible body of individuals, but was holding them up to public scom, and rendering that power, which was at present found inadequate to suppress the spirit of disaffection which prevail- ed, still less efficient. XT- it could be mad - plain to him that the law, as it stood, was sufficient to put down the disturbances, he would be satisfied to oppose any new measures ; hut as no argument had yet been used, calculated to make such an impiession on his mind, he felt disposed to support the Bill th; a br fore the House. Tiie Hon. Gen- tleman then shortly adverted to several topics con- tained in the speech of his Hon. and Learned Friend'( Mr. Bro'ughman), and ohset'ved, that there had not been a single argument adduced, whiih went to controvert the principles upon which the Bill in questioo had been founded. If he- had any fault to find, it was th if the Bill was not suf- ficiently forcible ; and all he had to lament was; that some such measure'had" liot'lieen resorted to, when tlTe disposition to riot was first evinced in Nottingham.— Had some vigorous measure been j then adopted, he had no doubt that the introduc- j tion of iiny a3ditional power t- o the laws as they I existed, wopkJ have,. bee'Vi totally unnecessary. Lord ALTHROPE opposed the Bill, on the * ground that the laws as they existed, if executed with vigour, were fully adequate* to meet all - he exigencies of the present distressed state of the country. Mr. STEPHEN expressed his astonishment that his Honpurable and Learned Friend ( Mr. Brougham) should have attributed the present disturbances to the Orders in Council ; and this astonishment was founded upon the faCt of all the witnesses who had been examined by the Hbn.. and Learned Gentleman having distinctly" stated," that the persons who were- thrown out of employ- ment by the - operation of those Orders, were all peaceful-, loyal, and- orderly. He agreed- with'the Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Bankes) that the measure propostwe if at all objectionable, was so from its being too, lenient. Mr. LA MBE declared, that if the Bill could be divided into two parts, he should be happy in supporting that part which went to give to " Ma- gistrates, the power of suppressing tumultuous meetings ; to the second p, art, however, respecting the seizure of arms, he could by no means give his sanction, as he conceived it was extremely vexatious, odious,, and unconstitutional. Mr. WILDER FORCE defended the conduct of the Magistrates, and observed, that the present measure would be grateful and acceptable to the counties affeded. .. The- House then divided, when there appeared, In favpur of the Bill 131 . Agajnst it 16 Majority 115 The Bill was consequently read a second time, and ordeied to be committed to- morrow. AYR, JULY 9.— A young Seal which was caught lately on the sea shore betwixt Ayr and Troon, and given to a Gentleman in this town, is now in a state of domestication and exceeding tame and familiar ; when put into the sea a few days ago, it would not remain there, but follow- ed those who committed it to the waves across the sands, and in a moaning tone of voice seem- ed to solicit protection, and to be allowed to con- tinue in human society. Last week, there was caught in the Salmon net at Black Rock near Troon, a herring which measured twenty inches long and ten round, and weighed one lb. eleven ounces and a half. ABST". ACT of a BILL to AMEND ' he A T; relatnM to Protestant D'ssenters.— Two ACTS of Charley IT, 1- " for restraining Non- conforrnistj fro- T) inhabiting Corporations," and " to prevent aod suppress ditious Covenhcles" are repealed. All places of religions worship to be registered and certified in the Bishop's Court, and recorded at the Quarter Sessions. Preachers in and persons resorting to such regis'ered phces to be ex » mnt from the sum0 pe- nalties as person-! taking o> ths under the Tolera-' tion ACt of William and Marv ; but the oaths ar. et dec1arat; on prescribed in an A ft of the 10' h Geo. TIT. " for the further relief of Protestant Disienr- ing Ministers and Schoolmasters" to be taken by all preachers, See. when thereto required hy a Ma- gistrate. Any person may, under this Aft. re- quire a Justice of Peace ro administer t'- e said o » > In and declaration, and receive his certificate of Ihe same, which shall be conclusive evidenc. Preach-- i having taken the oaths. See. < hall he exempt from offices and from the militia, provided they do n't engage in any other trade, bosines% profession, oc- cupation, or employment, except that of a school- master. Penalties to be impojed upon persons falsely pretending to be preachers, and prod- icing false certificates. Doors of religious assemblies not to be bolted or barred. Penalties to be infli- 1- ed on persons disturbing religions assemblies. The following is an abstract of the Bill " for the Preservation of the Public Peace in certain disturb- ed Counties:"— Arms collected for purposes dan- gerous to the pub'ic peace may be searched I'r and seized by any constable under the warrant of a Magistrate. In ca » e admission is refuse !, the constable may enter bv firee, by day or by night. The second clause appoints arms, not secure from unlawful seizure, to be lodged in places of secu- rity; receipts for the same being given to the persons from whom they are taken ; such oer- sons having also the liberty of appeal to the Spe- cjal Sessions to be held every three weeks, for the restoration of their arms. The arms are to remain in safe custody till the expiration of the Aft. r- r while the district shall enn'inue so dis'urbed as to make it expedient in the judgment of the Special Sessions to retain them. Another clause declares unlawful, all assemblies for committing outrages, & c taking of arms, collecting depots of arms,. & c. and all assemblies associated or communicating by delegates for the purpose of raising money by subscription in a'd of the above unlawful purp > 9? « . The penalty on such offenders is left blank. Such assemblies may be dispersed by the Ma* gistrates, and the pe sons present; and all such as are found Carrying arms under suspicious cir- cumstances, may be detained, and required to give bail, and be pro ecuted for a . Justices may on information upon oath, commit any per- son afting as del'egate or secretary to the above unlawful assemblies, aud take possession of the money, books, & c belonging to such association* Justices may disperse any iissembly consisting of or more persons meeting at a distance from any house", between ceitain hours, which such Jus- tices may suspeCt to be assembled for unlawful purposes. On refusal to disperse, the same sh. sil be counted an unlawful assembly. Justices of de- tached and adjoining counties to have concurrent jurisdiction in'such counties. Penalties are im. posed on persons who knowingly permit unlawful assemblies to be held in their houses; and if at public houses the licences to he foifeited. The provisions of the Aft to extend to certain coum: ei left blank, and to such other counties as his Ma- jesty shall, upon the representation of the Lieu e. nancy, declare to be so disturbed as to require she enforcement of the provisions of the Act. The duration- of. the ACt is left blatik. LIEUT. GIBBON'S.— It will be recollected, that Lieutenant Gibbons, of the Alphea schooner, when lying between the , island and the main, at Plymouth, ordered the wife of a corporal of mi- rines belonging to the schooner to be put on a buoy in the . middle of the passage- way, the tide then running six or seven knots an hour. For this he was tried by a Court Martial, and dismiss- ed the schooner. An action was also brought against him at Exeter, and having suffered judg- ment to go by default, a writ of inquiry, was ad- dressed by the Under Sheriff of Devonshire to G. Eastlake, Esq. Naval Solicitor, Plymouth, to as- - sess damages. The case came on to be heard at the Town- hall, Plymoutn- doc'k, before the latter and a respectable Jury, who, after hearing a number of witnesses ( no defence being made), gave damages— Five Hundred Pounds. Doftor Herholt, an eminent man- midwife-, and surgeon of division at Copenhagen, h. us made tiie following important discovery:— That the cause of apparent deaih in still- born children, is tlvir having the wind- pipe filled with water. By the simple process of placing the infant in such a po- sition as t. o procure- a gradual and total discharge of the water, Dr. Herbolt has had the happiness to rescue in the proportion of 12 out of IS of the innocents fortunately submitted to his care. Last week was married at Wisbeach, Mr. Clif- ton, aged 60, to Miss Mary Ann Brigs, aged 29. The bridegroom, instead of repeating the'words " from this day forward" would say only " from the day fortnight;" the clergyman in conse- quence left the altar ; but after some little time, he was solicited to return, the bridegroom having; promised to repeat the proper words. A survey of Medical Officers was held the week before last, on General Phillot, on board the Fyen prison ship, in the Medway, in consequence of his having made some representations to the Govern- ment that he was treated with undue severity and indignity, by being placed in company with the common soldiers who had the misfortune to be taken prisoners of war ; he also stated, that his health was in so delicate a state, that the confine- ment to which be was subjected endangered his life. The medical Gentlemen, having made their survey, reported that the General was in perfect health, and considering that he had twice broken his parole of honour, it is their opinion, that he is placed in a much better situation than he deserves. BELFAST: Printed and Published by DRUMMOND ANDXSSON, f t Self and the other Proprietors, every Monday, VSednud.. g and Saturday. — Price of the Paper, when senr to any pan of the United Kingdom, =£ 3, 8/. W. yearly, paid in advnn , AGENTS— Mfsrrs. TayW and Newton, Werwick- s « Lon- don— Mr. Bernard Murray, 166, Old Church street, DUT* tin— Mr / as. Anderson, booksel. er, Edinburgh.