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mode in which an nbieet was to be carried into recution, till the :natter cane - regularly before the louSe• Mr. WHITBREAD sip , that nothing was more seal. The SPEAKER observed, that when a notice was iven, a statement of the object was required ; but as the mode and the arrangement, a statement was of only tfot required, but the House would not u nlit itto be made. REPORT OF TIM AODAFAS. , Th e Honourable Mr. ROBINSON brnught up the epOTt o f the Address voted to hiettajtisty, which read a lint time. On the motion for its being read a seetand, Mr. W. SMITH rose, not.for the purpole of any idious oppositiot4bo mere* to VPitss a few Opi 'ons which he entertaiMd on the subject. Many prl isitions of peace had been made totthis -country for e last s i xt da year% every oeSeeft. i cm fraught with ,me disadvantages, and which wire .Itvays increased 01 each sacces i v e application. . 1: Now, though he nioubcedly c oinci4ed - vtithiWinitlers in their refusal if the i zst p r oposition (in acceptahee of which would aye for ever stained the honour and integrity of the , at i o n), still he could not , accede to the opinion that e were to listen to no proposal while Spain remain ,in the bands of France, a pledge by means u po. ' called or ca n, for. With respect to Sweden , it had en hinted, that the payanent of onr stipulated sub, idt s hould not baeohsidered s u tie on her not to .lake peace when a n oppprtun k pene 2 occurred ; no do,ubt; d : • • • destinies and future contingencies of that wer e liable only the.' of her .0 ° n; until . yra nent ; but yet, if this 101 e wes jniitted, and, a condition of 'the trility4 peace profferrceto 'her mild be an association with, the **than CC:erode ,cy for the , purpose-41,11tutting Raltir i what would be the consequence ? this•—that. or mo ney, paid to a supposed and nceinel-*lly, would tend to the creation of an efficient enemy ! The Right Honourable Secretary of State Attemed pa giculary anxious last night not to be.considered in the light of a culprit Called forth for examination.-- He hoped Ministers would be enabled to exculpalei themselves ; but if it appeared that they had heed- 1 lessly involved the interests of the country—that al fine army entrusted to their management was at this moment', perhaps, passing 4 4 . sub fvrcd", there certainly s blime attachable either , to those who planned or mated such measures. A fatality for many years had attended the measures of this country, bur still the interference of secondary c a uses was allowed ; and if it should be apparent that human wisdom had sot been sufficiently exerted—that favourable oppor tunities had not beet "irefully improved, and that ad. tersity had fallen on vs, not throne necessity, but teglect, then,' indeed,. Government did ifeserve the 1 terdict of culpability, and its natural cos sequence the most severe censure. . The Report was then read a second time; approved, snd ordered tobe presented to his Majesty on Mos by next. . MILITARY OTFiCIOCII MTH eIVIL APPOIIITAtkNTS,. Mr. WHITBREAD Wished to ask the kroble,l v oitlovhvibes_o !sable relatlie of 'hitt."(EfigidieSKßneral ivi#4100,3#44 okr Oce of Under'Seiretary cif Statttantaito Whiihei.Sis Awn Hulk WELLESLEY was la polsessiint,i(th office . 4,044 Secretary ,tee Ireland ? • • Lord CAS ; Tf.r.REAGI I I tint his Noble Relative did trill nos:lin:By hold the situation, but bad, on his going to Spain, ' "Wined its ernolumtnts and that he even h»d employed a sub. Chute, at his Individualerpense, to fulfil - its important duties.— ir A. Wattasi.r still held tie aloe of Chief Secretary of State 'or Ireland. Mr. WHITBREAD professed the highest respect for the cha racter of the Noble General, but wished to know, that the duties t.O ch an important Mee were properly perforated. The House adjourned. . THE fNENING STAR. LONDON. • SATURDAY', JANUARY 91. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : .1 per Cent. Consols, money, 651t—fai Feb, 11514—Resit 331*. 4 per C ents. 81U-5 pet Cents. Tat PRICE OF. ST OCKS YESTERDAY. taer C. Red. Ann. 651 Imperial 3 per Cent. 344 9I •erect% Cons. 641 India Bards, 91.105. fr. • 4 'per Cent. 81 41 Excheq. Ellis, 93.115. pr. S per Cent. Navy, 971 if Chnnierts dia. ..ng Ann. I a 1-16:111 Consols, for ccc. 651 i PORTUGAL. Accounts similar to those received by the Intelli; ' 'gent gun-brig have been received iit letters of the 7th inst. from Lisbon. These ler.ers dcf not state that any positive information had been received of French tmops having actually entered Portugal; but, from all that was known, strong apprehensions were enter tained th.:t they would shortly appear before Lisbon. To avoid the consequences of such an event, preparat" Lions were made for bringing pff theY...ngliah and such of the Portuguese as should bewilling . ..to abandon their country rather than put their lives and fortunes at the mercy of the French. "Transports sufficient fcr this purp ose were c oll ec t e d in . & Tagus. A formal satire had been given to the- Btitish nt Lisbon to be prepared to embark instantaneously, in case the enemy should advance towards the capital. The Factory vere packing up, to be ready at a moment's notice. Mr. VILLIERS had arrived at Lisbon, and had se. 'rend meetings with the Regency on 'the affairs of. Portugal. The latter were making eyely exertion in their power to oppose the French. Ali the regg* troops and the new levies were assembled at &stain points for the defence of the country. The French ha& many partisans at Lisbon,. whose insolencz increased, as the 'probability' of the 'speed,' appearance of the former became stronger. Oa the 25th of last month, an insurrection of thefe . persons was apprehended.. SPAIN. The NONPAREIL schooner, Ada left Calm ant* Sit inst. is reported to have brought intelligence that the Sr aniardshad been defeated in a battle before Barcelona. Letters from Alicant of the 24th Ult. and from Taragona of the 19th, mention the same fact, and add that the siege had in consequence been raised. This intelligence is however doubted. By the same vessel aelounts have beeit received which we hope will prove correct—that the Central Junta, having received advice of BONAPARTE having marched. he principal part of his force from Madrid, against the British army, dispatched orders to the Duke d'llTrAlvramo and the Marquis de PALACIOS, to march with the whole of the Spanish troops in that part of the country, to attack the force left at Madrid. It is added, that the Spanish armiei, formidably re inforced by new levies, had already made consider able progress towards the capital, and the most sin t Vint? hopes were entertained of the suceess .of the Vi e• . A postscript to one of the letters received by this ciffeneyance, states the death of the venerable Count FLORIDA BLANDA, President of the Central Junta, and that he had been succeeded in his important office by a Noble of great vigour, and acknowledged talents and capacity. Some advice has at length- been received of Mr. MCRPHY, partner in the respectable house of MURPHY an i GORDON, in the City. It appears that he.had been taken by the French, and sent prisoner to Bayonne, where, we are happy to hear, he was in good health, and_by no means ill-treated by the enemy. . W have this day received Corunna papers to the 10th hist. which enable us lay some farther particulais before the public, respecting SIR JOHN MOORE's ARMY. By the subjoined Proclamation of the Supreme Council - of COrunna, published in the Corunna Diary -of the 9th just. we are informed of someskirmishing between our cavalry and the advanced guard of the , enemy, so late as the 6th inst. at about the distance cf a leugue from Lop. Our cavalry acquitted, themselves with the sante distinguished gallantry as in the skir mish with General LEFEBVRE. The enemy retired, and Sir JOHN Moona seems to have then continued his retreat towards Corunna, where the proper autho rities were making preparations to repel the enemy. -• PROCLAMATIONS IIY TIM SOTIREMZ COUNCIL Or 001117NNA. , • " Cosumm, Us. 0, 1809. g 4 The Supreme Council of the Kingdom, although no official reports , have been xecsieed from the army, is informed, by private letters, that it is falling-back, and that, the Fres& have crossed the . Manzael, al though they were three times repulsed near Villa- France, by our allies. ' .. a The Deputies of the CentratJunta, 440 the Mi. litary Chiefs,' hive adopted the IrnOt vigorous mea sures of defence, whieh.the Council trusts the noble • iulrabitants:Aill,support with that valour and firm- :piss s Whkh.fonn prominent features of the character Of every good Spaniard, and which correspond with the generous sentiments of the inhabitants of this 1 town." . .. " The Governor of Lugo has reported, under date of the 7th instant, that, on the 6th instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, at tne distance of a league from that town, the English troops were engaged with the advanced parties of the enemy ; but the latter were repulsed, and the former shew no inten tion. to maintain themselves in that frontier. "These exertions on the part of our allies ought to animate the natives of this kingdom, and the inhabi- ' tants of Corunna, to contribute, as' fii.r as their cir cumstances will permit, to the speedy completion of the Works which have been planned by the Officers charged with the defence of the place. ' sc The Supreme Council of the Kingdom, which has received so many proofs of the loyalty and va lour of the inhabitants. of this town, cannot enter tain a doubt but that, tinder circumstances critical as the present, they will make the utmost efforts in its defence, iii4lie convinced that, without the strictest order' and obedience to their_lawful authorities, every thing must,heiamfusi on, and the most vigorous mea sures of defett4e prcrte useless. INgler this impression, they will, -therefore, punctuallpenecute every mea sure which' the prudence, zeile'uttel .patriotism of those who command them shall suggest." . • _ I F CORUMNA, JANUARY 4. a On tire 16th ultimo, died, in Saragossa, Co: lonel Jorge,' Captain-General of Arrag:nt i oi Ji i rs Cane- . quence of the uncommon exertions he >• during the late glorious defence of that town. Before the French invasion he wad, a respectable farmer in Ra ben, and the first who roused in his countrymen the noble enthusiasm which so successfully opposed the satellites of the atrocious tyrant and oppressor of the human race," From an inspection of the map our Readers tvni see that, having reached Lugo, Sir Jolts had passed 'crier more than half the ground between Astorga (the place where his dispatches of the 31st ult. were dated) and Comma f- and that the circumstance of the main body a the French not having yet been able to come ofirith i British, affords strong grounds to believe ffini tbervioold be able to make good their retreat to Corttnna. .. .. LATER, ACCOUNTS. • Since writing the above we have received, by ex press from Exeter, accounts which we have 'every reason to believe will prove correct, and which cannot but prove highly acceptable to the Public, after the fears that have been entertained for the safety of our countrymen, threatened with being attacked by such fearful odds.—We shall offer no remarks on the in telligence, but satisfy ourselves with laying our cor respondent's letter before our readers, in the hope . . N I. - .. . that the officers alluded to wilt soon reads toivn, When further particulars may be expected to be made public: " EXETER, JANUARY 10. a General STUART and several other officeis lately " attached to the British army in Spain have this " moment reached this city, on their way to*London. •s They arrived yesterday afternoon at Falmouth, in 44 the brig Ann, which sailed from Corunna on the " 14th inst. • 44 Before the Ann sailed, the British army under 44 Generals MOORS' a - nd-13man had arrived in that 66 neighbourhood, after several skirmishes between " our cavalry and the advanced cavalry of the enemy, " without sustaining much loss. " The infantry had been so effectually eoiereci by " the British cavalry, that they were enabled to pur " sue their retreat without ever coming to an engage " ment with the enemy. .~ T _ ay ~. -~; ate' When these Officers came away, the dragoons " were shooting their horses as fast as possible, to pre " •ent their fulling into. the possession of the enemy, " the enemy being at a distance of only three leagues, " and-it being impossible to find transports for the " horses. -.- 44 There were sufficient transports at Corunna for " the infantry, who were preparing to embark, and 44 for whose safety there was not the least ground " for entertaining the smallest degree of apprehension. " As the Ann left the Bay, she met a number of gg transports entering from England. What a pity 44 they did not arrive a few hours sooner num ber of fine horses, whom the men destroyed, even “ with tears in their eyes, would in that case hare 44 been save d—l believe some o: them were preserved." Since the above reached us Corunna papers to the 14th have also come to hand, but they do not enable us to add any thing to the details furnished by our Correspondent. • The following extracts ate, bpwever t 'interesting CORUiItIA, JAN, 6. 7 ".,- • - .~;. Alia Ansi: Male: PALAU This Morning; at Intlt.past-two b 4 ciock the drums Of the - Guards on duty at the Palace of St. Jamesii beat to arms, in .consequence of a fire being discover ed in the South East wing of theyalace adjoining the Park: An immence concourse of people were in stantly on the spot: the Horse and Foot Guards were in a few minutes under arms, and the fire-engines, with the fire-men, flocked with great alacrity to the scene: Some interruption to the immediate supply of wa ter was unavoidably experienced, from the dm-plugs. being frozen up, or covered with snow, during which period the flames raved with unabated violence. The engines had scarcely begun to work, when the roof • of that part of the building which was on fire, fell in with a tremendous crash, tearing down with it all the splendid and valuable furniture of the apartments through which it penetrated. The lead of the roof had previously descended in liquid torrents, to the great danger of the.firemen working under it; but - we are happy to add, that no person sustained any injury so far as we can yet learn. It was six o'clock this mottling before the fire-men with their engines succeeded in subduing the progress of the flames, by which time nothing appeared but the gothic walls of the Eastern wing Of the Palace standing amidst volumes of smoke, and flame. The whole of the furniture is destroyed, with the excep tion of a few articles belonging to the domestics of the Royal Family who resided in the lower part of the building. The apartments occupied by the Duke of CAMBRIDGE are much :jninred, and the _greatest part of his valuable fumiture.lias been destroyed. The flames were at one time so vivid, that they were distinctly. seen upwards of twenty miles from A London, and it appeared as if the whole of London was in a blaze. The fire appears to have broken out in the apart ments situated between the Armoury and his Ma jesty's private entrance into the Palace from St. James's Park. The Queen's German Chapel situated immediately adjoining the conflagration, was not injured, from the . durability of its construction, and it was found ex tremely useful as a place of deposit for such property as was saved from the flames. The origin of the fire is not yet ascertained. The printipal sufferers among the Royal Domestics are- Mrs. PL*NTEIt and Mrs. DAVENPORT, who have loss all their furniture.' We are sorry to add, that the niece of a Mrs. RICE, one of the house-keepers, is missing: -The tapestry of the Grand Drawing-Room it damaged. The chandeliers, looking-glasses, silver - plate, &c. is safe. This,inclentent season of the year, when Fires, in this great Metropolis, from which no human prudence has hitherto prevailed to stop the fatal consequences of so great a calamity ; as 'above recited, should caution all families to be pro 4 rided with some means of escape from so dreadful a calamity : the machine made by COOPER, No. 9, High Holborn, has stood un rivalled for upwards of thirty years past much can he satisfactorily explained, by applying as above. " The retreat of the English army is confirmed. Az twelve o!clock yesterday the army had assembled at Lugo, with the esceptiOn .Otryetieral Eraser's di vision, which had made a : considerable ad*ance to wards Vigo, brit was ordered to fall back to the assistance of the main body, a battle being hourly ex- , petted. ;Benavente has been burnt, and the French threaten Astorga with the same fate : at both places, Znglish prisoners have been murdeied by Bonaparte. ' ss Previous to the assembly of the English at Lugo, the cavaky which covered the retreat, assisted by the king 2011,1,. had thrice repulsed a column of the enemy, consisting of 2000 cavalry, and rendered it completely Incompetent to act again by itself." ,CORUNNA, JANUARY 9: if the English ived here • " The Staff Equipage co) arr, on the 7th ; but the head-quarters of that artily are still at Lugo. On the afurnoon of the Gth.the enemy made a partial attack on the English position, but were repulsed with the-loss of about 500 men, that of the English being but trifling. " The sea batteries have been dismantledrin order, that they might not furnish the enemy with means ef annoyance. INTILLIGEMIL FALMOUTH, JANUARY 18. Arrived his Majesty's ship Canssoi, with a fleet of victuallers from .Plymouth ; and the Hanaburgh brig Voringen, LOLLING, from Teneriffe for London : she was captured the Bth instant by a French privateer,. and recaptured the 15th by his Majesty's ship Fox tiouND.;--The Townshend packet drove from her • moorings last night, and is on shore, but is expected. to be go off with little damage. • PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 19. , Came in the Neptune transport, Captain EvaN4 from Lisbon and Qttiberoon : she sailed from the former . place on the Bth of December, with 28 other' transports, having ott board Frenth troops under cob- voy of his Majesty'S brig MYRTLE, and on the &ii inst. they met 'with a violent gale which dispersed them ; two transports market! L 1 and I H are said to have foundered. The Duke of Clarence and two others are on shore in a small creek in Quiberoon Bay, and many others are -supposed to have been , driven on shore, not more than nine being accounted for ; and a great many dead bodies are - lying about , ► on the shore, which the French will -not be at the . .t trouble of burying. The Neptune :spoke a transport - The first division of the second battalion of the 89th I off this port yesterday, in distress, having lost her foot marched into Oxford this day, and will march anchors and cables in a gale off the French coast...-. to Wallingford.onlionday, and to Reading on Tues- Came in the St. Anna, DE Sousa, from London ••• day next.. . Dorothea, BAYER, from Lisbon. A frigate is arrived The iecond battalion of the 38 th stgiment , wi ll . off the Sound, wi th the loss of her foremast and bow. march into' Oxford, in two divisions, on Tuesday and sprit, but we have not heard.her name. . : Wednesday next, on their route from Litchfield to PLYMOUTH DOCK, JAN. 19. Portsmouth. ' The NARCISSUS frigate, Captain MALCOLM, Tester- The formal declaration pf his MAJESTY'S disappro- day anckored in the Sound, from her station off . bition of the Armistice and Convention in Portugal, Rochefort, having been relieved by the ALCMENE, was made the subject of an official communication to Captain TREMLETT.—A French brig, laden with Sir HEW DALRYMPLE, of which the following is a wine, brandy, and provisions, which was taken by the . • Copy :-..-- - NARCISSUS and sent for this port, as mentioned in a have .borne the e away .+ The King has taken into his consideration the R e p ort of the former letter, has not since been heard of.- Great Board of Inquiry, together with the docu ments and o p inions fears are ente rtained that she has bee n lost. It is annexed.thereunto nnexed. Cork o possible, Waterford. --Yesterday ifod.—Ye s te rdy arrived ate that sh e ma y a " While his Majesty adopts the unanimous opi nion of for the Board, that no farther Military proceeding is necessary to be had H ercu les, bri g ti of Lond6r., JOHN DUNKIN master, from upon the transactions referred to their investigation, his Majesty does not intend thereby to convey any expression of his Majesty a St. Lucia ' laden with sugar, cotton, and coffee, satisfaction at the Terms and Conditions of the Armistice and bound to London ; left St.lucia•in company with. a Convention. large fleet of vessels bound to England, under convoy " When those instruments were first laid before his Majesty, of t o e n I...rALATEA frigate, Captain SAYER, and parted the King, reserving for inuestigation . those parts of the Definitive E Com p any ten days since in a heavy gale of wind.---.. Convention in which his Majesty's immediate interests were con- i . cerned, caused it to be signified' to Sir Hew Dalrymple, by his i I Also arrived the brig Chalmers, GREEN, laden with Majesty's Secretary of State, that his Majesty, nevertheless, felt wipe and Spanish wool, frbin Gibraltar and Cadiz, .himself contfielled at once to express his disapprobation of those i liound to Londoh t kilt in here by contrary wind. . articles ; in which stiviations were made, directly affecting the Interests or feelings of the Spanish and Portuguese nations. • . . .—....................... CAt the close o the Inquiry; the King, abstaining from any Sir - ARTHUR WELLESLEY sailed on Su nday observations upon oifiei parts of. the. Convention, repeats his dis- 1 . fro m Dublin for E land. Prey' . ngPrevious to his depan• approbation of those articles ilsis Majesty deeming it necessary • that his sentiments shank' be clearly understood, as to the impro- lure, the-Corporation of Coots presented the Freedom priety and danger of the uoautbotized admission, into Military ; of that Guild, in a silver box, to Sir ARTHUR, accom. Conventioni, of articlei of Iticb - a description, which, especially 1 panied by an address expressive of their ap probatica when incautiously flamed, may lei& to The nusst injurious conse- I of his' conduct, in rt h" • . • .... . \ , . . -on uct, amg the French in Portugal. quences. i • • " His Majesty cannot forbearlarilier to obierve, that Lieute:l There being more than one person•of the name of nant-General Sir Hew Dalrymple's delaying to transmit for his . Zachariah in Portsmouth, it is necessary we should information the Armistice concluded-en the-99i of August until ' state that it was not Levi or Jacob Zachariah, tut the 4th of S[ptember, when he, at the same time, transmitted ; • another of that name who was taken into custody for the ratified Convention, was caudated to produce great public, inconvenience, and - that such iticonvenksa did in fact result having stolen goods in his possession, as stated in the thereto:l." STAR of Wedneiday. • - - . . . . " . .. • ,r. - . .. . • , ,' . '. : ... • - * - •, • • • . • : - ' , , _. , . •F • • .. . 44 CORUNNA, JANUARY 13. • The whole of the English army effected a retreat to this place and, its vicinity, on the 11th, in the even ing. General Bereiford,'hoerever; occupies the heights near Burgo, with a cbtps of - about, $lOO men, Nibp are busily employed inlortifying that position. -' Whilst at Lugo; Sir J. Moore drew up his , army in order of battle, inviting the enemy to attack, which was however declined•by hitt “ The enemy have two columns on their march . to Portugal, one for Lisbon by Estramadura and Elves, the other had reached Zamora on the 15th, on its way to Oporto." . " _ - " 0 51 , t -