Star. — London, England, 1809-05-20 00:00:00

sear the Chancellor of the Excheepier stating, that t hi s was too late a period of the session to enter upc% th.e sal:jeer of the government of Ireland, when in a f e l- days he would have to propose Bills to impose rises noon the pinple, to the amount of 3 or 41 - 41001. a year, in .iddition to the enormous amount of b.irdens already proposed. A d;vislon then took place,-when the previous cuestion was carried a majority.ror the previ our Thiestion 137—Against it 62--Majority 75. Lord HENRY PETTY, in the absence of his E oll ourable Friend, (Mr. Henry Miriin.) suggested t h e nroprie:.y of postponing the consideration of the two sets of Resollitions relative to the public expendi.: sure, to Tuesday se'nnight. After some observations frorn the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER, it was agreed to post pone that subject to Friday next. SEATS IN PARLI4MENT BILL. Mr. CURWEN moved the, order of the day for a C om mittee on the Seats in Parliament Bill. Lord FOLKSTONE, after the lon g discussirti which had already taken place, submitted whether it would not be desirable to postpone the debate upon this important subject to a future day ? Mr. CURWEN was at all times anxious to hear the sentiments of the House upon this question ; but as he was aware that some of the clauses in the Bill We e e disapproved of, he should not feel indisposed to postpone the discussion, because he should thereby have four or five days to reconsider these clauses. Mr. G. JOHNSTONE thought, that after a dis. cession which had lasted for six hours, this question could not receive a full discussion, and he evas there fore for the postponement. On the motion of Mr. CUR WEN, the question having been put that the SP!.AK,Lrt do leave the Chair, Mr. COLBURNE declared, that it this bill were to pass, four-fifths of the boroughs would be affected by U. The motion of which an Hon. Friend of his had given notice for a Reform in Parliament, was less ob jectionable than this measure, and therefore this Bill should have his decided negative. Sir W. W. WYNNE observed, that he was descen ded from those persons whb had originated the Acts against bribery at Elections, and for the trial of con troverted Elections, and consequently a friend to any measure calculated to promote the objects professed in those Acts. Those who gave money for their seats did it with a view to get it back ; and though some of those who get into Parliament in that way were good Members, others were bad, and consequently he shi)uld support the Bill. Mr. Q. JOHNSTONE contended, that no ground; Sad been made out for the Bill, or to induce the Souse to hazard the consequences that might result from its adeption. In his mind, it would be madness to risk what they pessessed in pursuit of that, which, I if they could ettein, would not be equally advantage. teas: He agreed with the Honourable &Tanta that . 1 the Bills for preventing bribery, and the trial ofi tontroverted elections, were wise acts, but contended, that it was contrary to the practice of Parliament to adopt any legislative provision until it wee proved ; that eels existed which reqoired correction. It was . l tot by speculative opinions but by the practice of their ences..ors, that they were to regulate their conduct. —They should not, because there was a d:rebrition without doors to calumniate Parliament, by their i conduct calumniate themselves. That House eehi bited a model of eiwity, which no other a.ssembly had I ever possessed. Whea the present practice of that House W4S compared with what it had been formerly, it would be obvious that a greater degree of purity existed in it at this moment than at any forme:- pe riod. H e wished Gentlemen to consider the enor mity of the public expenditure in every quarter of the globe ; azti he was persuaded that they would be of opinion that greater impositions were prac tised iri proportion upon Gentlemen possessing nool. a year then upon the public. The corruptions of the present times were not to be compared with those of the times of Marlborough or Sir Robert Wal pole : and whatever abuses now existed were in a train of amendment. For his own part, he was sa tisfied with a gradual improvement, and he looked upon the late investigation into the conduct of the Duke of York as a proof of the efficiency of the po pular branch of the Constitution ; because that illus trious person, upon a charge brought against him by a Gentleman not much known to that House, kad been obliged to resign his office of Commander in Chief; and that illustrious person might become re gent, nays sovereign of these realms. Mr. LETHBItIDGE.caIIed the Hon. Member to order, as going into matters unconnected with the question fco the Speaker leaving the chair. Mr. JOHNSTONE contended, that it was compe tent to him to shew, when a radical change WAS sought, that the existing system was fully sufficient for every bmeficial purpose. When it was said that it was desirable to restore the Constitution to its original parity, he asked, where and when thin purity ex- • isted ? Were they to go to the times of the Stuarts or the Tudors It was not till the Administration of Mr.:Pelharn that corruption had been put dawn. Even in the Administration of Lord North, when Sir Co .:ville moved for an account of the Pension List, it had been refused except as to the pensions payable at the Excacquer. Such was the purity ofthe present tinies s that i,i a few years it *as likely that with the exception of burgage tenures, all Boroughs would be extricated from any predominating influence. In the Sessions of 17`e3 and 1797, there tad been eighty controverted eiections s and not one case of hi ibery. In 1802, there had been forty-six controverted cases, and only two ef tlicin involved a question of bribery. The Hon. Gentienian therefore contended, that though the prac tice intended to be prevented by this bill was odi o us, rio practical result could be expected frorn its adop tion ; and after several other arguments drawn from history, to spew the superior purity of. the present times, concluded that the Parliament of the present day was eminently honest, eminently pure in the dis tharge of all its functions, and that therefore they should pause before they should make any radical change in the Constitution of the Parliament. Mr. LEMAN then moved that the debate Le ad .journed, and it was accordingly adjourned to Thurs.: day next. The other Orders of the Day were then d'sposed Adjourned at half 9ast twelve, :0 hear th. this was t. the suhjec dad'' • rises 41 - 0001 of b trdem . d;vis cuession v Lord F E oll ourab t he proprt' t wo sets of cure, to T s FOR of tl pon e that Mr. CL Corn-ni ttt Lord f which hac would not this impel Mr. CL the sentirt as he was was disaf postpone have four Mr. G. cussion wl could not fore for th On the been nut t l~ ~ ~ . -„ ^'w THE t VENiNG STAtt. flOg-t• • . We have just received the journal of our Cones pohdent it? the West I n di es . I t i s A rise in tin PRICE of NEWSPAPERS having been sanctioned by the l pique, the 27 t h M arc h ; all was then bustle, General atizstaruifit, we need add nothing to the reasons ad- dated at Marti tie by the CH A WCILLOf Of the Eictirouza and Mr. Hus- BacKwrrat having determined ,to. proceed with the lc i ssoN in support of the measure. The present setting price of t rrtly to co-operate with Sir AI.ftANDLR COCHRANE Sixpence was settled in 1797. Since that period Paper has ad- in the destruction of the French fleet. The Com vanced 30 per Cent. Types 80 per Cent. - Printing Ink 30 per mander in thief had wiul him the 13th Foot, corn- Cent. Wages I 0 per Cent. Correspondence 100 per Cent. &c &c. . so that, eyed with the allowed a d vance o f O ne H al manded by Li eutenant -C o l one l K EANE ; t h e 15 t h, i rtenny i News- • paper Proprietors will still be left in a worse situatirn than at 63d, and 90th, ditto, hy Lieutenant-C(4onel the period Oldie last arrangernent.—The Bill received the Royal the York Rangers, by Major HENDERSON ; the York Assent this day, and THE STAR will in consequence be ad- ' Light Infantry, and the .1d and 4th West-India Re vanced to Sixpence-Halftenay on Monday. giments, under Generals MAITLAND, COLVILLE, add SATURDAY, MAY 20. I GeEDSTAN ES. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC/C. Sir GEORGE Paavosr and General HOUGHTON had Consols, for money, 88f--acc. 6811-omnium 14 pre. prCceeded with three regiments to Hispaniola. Red. 67H.—Exchettuer Bills. 19s . p re . PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. General BEcgwrtar's force, with which he wail Dan Stock 9464 246 I Long Ann. 18 5-16 proceeding against the Saints, consisted of 7000 men, 3 per Cent. Red. 671. I Imperial 3 per Cent. 86f S per Cent. Cons 118f1 India Bonds 17s. 155.175. prem. all in high health and spirits, and confident of success. 4 per Cent.B3 82/ 83 Ezchoq. Bills, I 15.145. prem. I It is determited immediately to send 10,000 more 5 per Cent. Navy 90}114,1 Cons. for acc. esii troop, to join Sir ARTHUR WELLEsLEY ; 8000 of them A Gentleman who left the Bay of Lisbon one day , will he dispatched in about eight days. • later than the date of the letters received by the mail ! The troops first destined for service from the Ker.- of yesterday, states, that the British troops on their tish district are (as before stated), the Ist battalion march to Oporto, frequently advanced thirty miles in of the 52d, and ten companies of the 95th Rifle corpse twenty-four hours. The whole force was e s ti mate d which are to form a brigade, under th e comman d o f at 26,000, ( f which two regiments of horse and some Colonel ROBERT CRAWFURD. The embarkation is to ini'antry had taken an eastern direction, with the de- take place at Dover, and the. point of time depends sign of reinforcing the garrisons of Elves and Bada. solely on the arrival of the transports for their recep .jos, and perhaps ultimately of joining General CI:ETTA. tion at that place, which are however daily expected. It is estimated at Lisbon, that CeasrA's force on ! Monday morning, Lieutenant-General Sir dorm the junction of the troops under ALBUQUERQUE and Hoag reviewed the Ist brigade of Guards. stationed UItRINA, amounted to 45,090 men, of which 10,000 at Chatham, under the command of General DISNEY.' are said to be cavalry. The report was very preva- Ten companies of the Royal Artillery, one troop of lent at Lisbon, that Curs .*A had quitted the confines Horse Artillery, and a division of Artillery Drivers, of La Mancha,and proceeded towards Toledo, where ; under General LAWsoN ; and the Royal Denbigh he had encountered and defeated the enemy, after.a militia, under Major Foutags. The General expres long al.' sanguinaiy conflict. CUESTA had received sed himself highly pleased with the general appear the highest testimonies of respect from the Spanish ance of the troops, and of the rapidity and exactness Government, and was adored by his army, into w hi c h with which they performed theirvarions evolutions. he had introduced a system of discipline that by such The gallant General made some very particular en authority alone could be enforced. quiries respecting the G uards, which have induced a So confident was the expectation in Lisbon, that general belief that they will very shortly be employed Oporto would be surrendered, that many British and in active seas ice.' Native Merchants, formerly resident there, had taken their passage on board the transports with the sup plies for the itinerant army. Lisbon appeared to be deserted, all the military having left it, and. thoce troops which were progressively arriving were to halt only for a short repose, and then to proceed to the Eastern frontiers i the force to the North Ling sup-': posed competent to the duty to be performed. The public feeling at Lisbon was in a state of extreme irri tation ; the mere sound of the word Jacobin° would assemble a crowd in an instant, and the suspected per son was fortunate if he escaped violence. The Native Army, under General BERESFORT), was supposed to be 26,000 strong. SILVIERA, at Am rante, had with him 18,000, including the right wing commanded by Sir P. WILSON, consisting of four thousand rnea. ROBIANA had under his immediate orders ten thousand men, well equipped and provided; and eight or nine thousand Spaniards and Portuguese had entered Chaves. Braga, Valencia, Orense, Tuy. and the whole country in that direction, North and ' South of the Minho, (Oporto, Corunna, and Ferrol excepted), were in the hands of the Natives. SouLr's torte, at Oporto, was estimated at fifteen thousand Men, but we have seen a letter which states that his whole forte there does not exceed three or fonr hundred meni the others having gone towards , Amarante and to Pinkeim, at the latter of which he had his head-quarters. The dispatches received yesterday from SirAartmiii Wat.t.aster were in substance what we stated. The enemy had proposed to General Thurt to,surrenderm conkionsl the proposal was sent to the Commander_ in-Chief, by whom it was rejected i and a battle was expected on the 6th or 7th inst.—We ley thetefore expect some important intelligence from that quarter in a d.ty or two. LONDON: This day the Royal Assent was given by Com mission to 69 public and private Bills. The Commis• sinners were, the 'Loan CITANCELLO3, the Duke of Motirnase, and Lord WALSINGIIAM. Among the public Bills is the Bill for incteasin the price of Newspapers. Monday last Mss R. daughter of Mr. N. a very respectable farmer, in the neighbourhood of Coventry, eloped wi. , 11 Lcrd G —r, a young nobleman, not many miles from Rugby. They made their route to London, 'where they were pursued by the Lady's father, but to no purpose. A trernendons thunder storm passed over the Me tropolis yesterday afternoon: some of the claps conti nued, without intermission, for nearly a quarter of an hour ; but as they approached, they became more dis tinct ; the lightning was ti commonly vivid, the rain descended with an impetuosity seldom to he pa ralleled. We have hitherto heard of no accident ex cept.a horse being killed by a flash of lighming in the City-road, but are apprehensive many others have occurred. Last night, about eleven o'clock, a dreadful fire broke.out at a Sugar-baker's, at Rateliff-cross, which entirely consumed the same, and did considerable da mage to the adjoining buildings. The flames were extremely violent for upwards of an hour, and threat ened the most serious consequences, as a considerable time elapsed before the arrival of the engines. Their fury abated, however, about one o'clock. Tuesday evening; between seven and eight o'clock, a well-dressed man, apparently labouring under a se vere paroxysm of the tooth-ache, knocked at the door of Mr. Maysey, dentist, on Redcliff Hill, Bristol, and asked if he was at home? On being answered in the negative by his daughter,. a young woman about 18, he enquired if there was any other person at home who could take out his tooth ? She told him there was not a sod' in the house but herself: " That is exactly as I Wished," said the villain ; 'and, locking the door, insisted upon her sheaving where her father's money was kept,-•-at the same time threatening her with in stant murderif she made the least noise or resistance.— Trembling with apprehensions, she sheaved him a bu reau; the leek of which he picked, and toolcfrom it abc.)iit 20 guineas, and a draft for a considerable sniff ; drawn in favour of Mr. Maysey ; he then pocketed all the silver spoons, &c. he could meet with ; bait either not satiated with his plunder, sar,to prevent detection, he knocked the poor girl down, and beat her so un mercifully as nearly to deprive her of life—and whilst she was in this situation, the miscreant actually filled her pockets with live coals from the fireplace ; after .which he effected his escape, and has not since been heard of. His unfortunate victim lies in a dangerous, If not a hopeless state. BCW•STRERT.— Yesterday was appointed for.the re examination of Miss York, charged with shooting at two young men at Sunbury. About eleven o'clock the lady and her servant appeared at the bar, and Mr. GURNEY attended as her Counsel, but the witnesses were not to be found, though several of the officers stated, that they were at the office door at the time Mr. GURN.RY entered; and it being observed, that they were in conversation with the bailiff of Mr. Wolfe (Miss Y.'s uncle), it was naturally supposed that he had been tampering with th.m ; on which the Magistrate observed to Mr. R. that it was a very im proper return for the lenity shown.—Mr. _R. hoWever, denied any knowledge of the circumstance, and the Magistrate committed Miss York to the New Prison, and admitted the servant to bail. Prom Spain, too, we may shortly expect to receive some pleasing advices. It is reported that General REDA'G had already gained a great victory between Barcelona and Villafranta ; and it is certain that in the South the enemy begin to lose ground. It was understood, that as soon as the conquolst of Marshal SOULT'S army was effecte4, Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY would enter Spain by way of Zamora, for the pura pose of attacking General NEE and as Marshal Vic. Ton is already kept sufficiently in check by the Spa niards, the general aspect of affairs on the Peninsula is higlily encouraging: Yesterday, her MAJESTY Completed her 65th year' which was celebrated at Windsor in a private manner'. —The Duchess of YORK, Dukes of CAMBRIDGE and SUSSEX, and Lord ST: HELEN'S arrived at Windsor on Thursday night fur that purpose. Yesterday morn ing the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CUMBERLAND arrived at Windsor upon the occasion. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall. The Court agreed to a petition to the House of Lords against the intended Commercial Road across the river Lea. The Committee for Ge neral Purposes presented a report to the Court, that the Commissioners of the Property . Tax had issued a Warrant against Mr. Alderman Nevri:ham, for the artiount of the duty on coals for the year 1807 ; it was referred back to the said Committee, to take such measures as they should be advised, to bring the mat ter to a decision. The consideration of the Rep:.rt of the Finance Committee was deferred till the next Courts Miss York is of the middle size, about 25 years of age, and personally genteel, with an interesting coun tenance, and fine dark eyes. She was dressed in a spotted muslin veil and white bonnet. She appear ed easy and unembarrassed, until she was informed that she must be.committed to prison for fi.rther exa min Won, when she evidently became much .istressed. BitEiLtdziki. -- • • EPSOM PACES. • 1111 h • THIRD _AT, FRIDAY, MAY 19. the grit sear of i renewal of the Oaks Stakei of Piny Marmite each, h. ft. tbr 9-yr old Hiles Sst. 41). Gen. L. Govter's Maid of Orleans . Mr. Forth's b. f. Zaida • - Mr. Wihon's f. Spindle - • • General Crosvenor's b. f Cfiryseis 'lle Judge placed four, ten haNing started: 12 Hid agst the win:ler-7 to 9 agst Chryseis r -4 and S to 1 UM spindle, and e4w I agSt Zaida. . A fine Race, an.', won by a fleck. A Plate of £5O for 3 yrs old, 7.J. 71b. and *I yrs old, est. elb.—• Ttiko heati. Mr. Elwes's Miss Sophia Mr. Ladbroke's Chester - - Five to 2 on Chectei. The first heit was a good our, but the second was won hollow. The Headley Stakes of 30gs. each; lOgs ft. Mr. Floworth's Viscountesi - Mr. Ladbruke's ch. c. Gohanna - Colianna was the favouiiie. - 2 1 - 2 2 REPI.ECTI^ NS ON NEARING THE BELL TOLL FOR ME FUNTRAL Or A ♦ER! AMIABLE AND PA CH LAMENT= LADT, • JANVAIY 1809. Hark! what a mournful solemn sound Rolls murnfring through cloudy air I It strikes the soti with awe profound, Affects the gay—alarms the fair: With what a pathos does it speak ! Affecting deep the thoughtful mind: The golden schtmes of fully break , That hold in glittering snares mankind. 'Tis Death's dread herald calk aloud, Proclaims hii corquest through the skies : The Sun retires behind a cloud, And Nature seems to sympathize. It is not hoary tottering age That now lies stretch'd beneath his stroke, The tyrant stern that feels his rage; Th' oppressor's rod that now is broke. 'Tis female excellence! 'tie ROSA'S bell! Cairn iti her prkne of youthful bloom : For ROSA sounds the doleful knell, And calls her to the silent tomb. But Boss's Armes ne'er can die, They leave a grateful rich perfume; And now transplanted to the sky, In Heav'n's krunortal gardens bloom Lzieester. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FAI.MCUTH, MAY 17. Arrived the Gratitude, Row, from TenetifFe.— Willi S. E. PLYMOUT:-I-DOtK, MAY is. The MARLBOROUGH and MONA nen, if 74 guns each, with the five Indiamen, still remain in eitwsand Bay. No arrivals this day. Sailed the Resettrilos hired cutter for Rochefort ; the EN . COUNTER gun brig on a cruize ; and the FUME/CT gun br!g for Lisbon, with a number of transports contalning troops. big. gage, and stores, which have arrivcd here from e eastward, for the supply of our arm; in Poialgal.— Admiral STOI'FORD, in the CESAR, VIIIIIJite Basque Roads, for this port, on the Ist of next month. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 19. Salted the PROTECTOR gun-brig, with transports to Plymouth. Dropped down to Lit. Helen's, t•is Ma jesty's ships DROMEDARY and HINDOSI W. 11.1 DEAL, MAY 19. Arrived the ALEION, of 74 guns, with the Ceylon and Alexandria East India ships from and KANGAROO sloop from a cruise. YARMOUTH, MAY 19. Arrived the BRAVDAGAREN 1.,1111 brig from H goland with dispittclleF, saieto contain an aecou of the French having suffered a defeat ; also arr red the FURY bOmb. Sailed the VIXEN. Remain in the Road's the Roebuck, Aboukir, Alexandria, Chan.. deer, Calypso, and Centinel gun brig with convoy' wind bound. Wind E S. E. GREENOCK, MAY 17. The Harmony, PATERSON, from St. Croix, p asse d for Port Glasgow during the night. Spoke on the 15th April, the Levant, SIRMAN, out 21 days from the Downs, bound to Philadelphia. Spoke also on the Ist May, .the brig Cires, WISHARM, out 25 days from Sund !Hand, bound to Quebec.—The American ship independence, SOLOMON, came to the Tail of the Bank last night - - --she is from Perthamboy. The Independence, IMALxine, which arrived here on Sun day from Charleston, with a cargo of rice, cotton, and pine timber, sailed yesterday for Cottenhaigh, her original destlnatioa.—Thc Belrast, GA mmotic, • from Jamaica to Belfast, is arrived off Kinsale dis masted.—The British brig Nancy, from Charleston for Amelia, stranded on the south end of Sapelo, on the 27th March.. Vessel and cargo lost=—crew sav".l. GRAVES!thD, MAY 19. Arrived the Queen Charlotte, from the Cape cf Good 1-lope.—Sailed the Militia, Mossos, for Hayti, and Swift, CuraniiNG, for Newfoundland. MARRIED. Monday, at Mary-la-Bonne Church, the Rev. John Boucher, M. A. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Vicar of Kirk- Newton, Northumberland, to Letitia, daughter of Richard Moles- worth, Esq. and niece to Viscount Molesworth. On the 13th inst. at Eastington, Edward Myles, Esq. to Mi , s Sophia Sarah Jones, of Cobham, Surrey, daughter of the lute Colonel Jones, of the 14th regimen. At Mary-la-Bonne Church, James Bogle Delap, Esq. of the Kiag's First Reg:lnent of Dragoon Guards, to Haellet, eldest daughter of Nathaniel Hillier, Lsq. of St o n e P ar k , Surrey. DIED. In Lincoln's-inn-fields, the only son of B. Tyndale, Esq. 'I bursday, at his bouse, at Islington, in the ti5Lll year all!. se, William Welby, Esq. of' the Middle ,e4tifile. Monday last, in Norfolk-street, Agee, SV, Mrs. Debars', wi r e of the Rev. Peter Debaryi Hurstb)ro Tarrant, Hants. Sunday evening, at bet daughter's house, at :leavitree, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Eversfield, widow of the Rev. John Evers field, late of Durisford, Devon. At Fowey, Mrs. Fiie, wife of Lieut. Eft-, of that town. HIGH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE TO-Moßptcjw. Morning . ft 19 "mutes after .Afternoon t 45 minutes, atter di 1 It 4 . , ~