Star. — London, England, 1816-04-09 00:00:00

• • use j est s it stoold else) be remembered, that the.same i rpense could not be borne in a time of great distress es i n a time of prosperity. He thought, that if the resen t state of expenditure' were persevered in, the country was running a rapid race to A peace with a war expenditure, and without th•• ceculiar ad vantages of war, Could not but prove -lest ructiv.: Mr. DAVIES GIDDY said if it was not intended to publish the maps, he should easly atter the recess move an Address to that purpose. Mr. BANHES thoug!tt that those maps should be published, and thatthey would be every way ttaa et, nai l with regard to stieoce, to ornament, and to 'defence. • Mr. WARD said, it was the intention of his Ma jesty's Goiernment to publish the maps as soon a; convenient. He then entered into details of the Ord- . Dance Department, and stated, that the Ordnance Board had aothing to do with the military part of t he department, and that therefore the Master Gen eral and the Board had quite different duties. He argued, that though there was a nominal increase, there was an actual diminution in the expenses. There had been a second Secretary all )wed in 1727,.a . nd the duties had since very much increas-d. It had been since tried whether one Secretary could pet fur m the duties; but ft had been found that one person w.sl not equal to the Arduous duties of the office. A most meritorious individual, Colonel Chapman, had la boured at the duties day and night, and scarcely with any intermission, and had been in nn the foot ing of Under Secretary of Star:, at 162.000 a•yea: ; sad the 'office gained by the arrangement many . bundreds a•year. The Honourable Gentleman wherever he went into minuez, had shewu his ig norance. On the Barrack Department he had said, that out of 41,100 a-year, £9C)() was paid for the Management of 4200. But the tact was, that the officer who received die Jew° a-year, had the inanagement of upwards of 430,000 a-year.-- The Estimates had cettairly ne►t been brought for. ward at first in a most eliges:ed slope, but they awed that many reductions would cake place ; and in ac cordance with that statement the present Subsidiary Estimates were brought forward. The Honourable Gentleman, therefore, had no right to plume Ititmelt on having forcea economy chi his Majesty's Govern ment. There had been a great accession of Clerks since 1796, and they could net be d►scharged till all the Accounts were settled ; a reduction eould then take place. The Honourable Gentleman had shewu equal ignorance on the Military part of the Dlairt mem. His opinion with regard to the Drivers was, according to the very highest military authorities, totally unfounded. The Master-General bad dis missed one-third of them, and that was a considerable diminution. They had been most useful in the last war. With ?award to Sappers and Miners, the only point in which our arms had failed in the last war, was when they were not engaged ; and there fore, they .a.elit not ao be neglected. With regard to positi .us, it was the opinicn of General Bargoyzie that Climber]) was the first Military pose:kit in the kingdom, and having fortified it at the expense of a million, were toe works to be let go to ruin ? On the contingent expenses, it would be found that, in comparison with ISJ3, there was teary c test: of ride. With respect to store-houses, there had Leen already a pertectatiswer given on that aenject. An important subject was that of Plymouth ; Plymouth aniet be entered at this moment, by stio men, and destroyed. The werks had been going to absoltre rain when the prerseat Ministry came . in. Now, it any expense ouatit to be laid ait un them, the entire fortificanora should be compieted,.and certainly this rem work must he very expensive. The works were at present suspended, but it was a matter of painful reflection that they ....ere so. With regard to the Marlello towers, ti►e Honourable Gentleman had misrepresented them. The entire expense ut keeping them in repair would be but 42000 a year. It would cost more to take them down than the materials were worth. He concluded by hoping that the House felt satisfied with his statement. Sir WILLIAM LF.i!Oll thought, that the ford-, cations contemplated at Plymouth we:e too great; for if completed they would take 20,000 men to man, and this number of military for cue station would give but too much ground to the apprehension that tae were fast approaching to a Military Government. Mr. I)OI.IGLAS and Mr. WARD said a new WOl4lB in mplaination Colore' PALMER thought that the explanation tithe Hon. Gentleman on the contract for the mane. factory of small aims was not satisfactory. Mr. FREEMANTLE was certain that at Ply mouth there was a scene of the greatest extravagance, sad he hoped that Parliament would in the present Session !educe that expenditure, the reduction of thich could only save the country. The House, in order to have a proper idea of the items of the pre sent estimate, eught to refer to that of 1797. There was in the present estimate an item of repairs and contingencies, which amounted to an enormous sum, and he thought it was necessary that that should be subdivided into particulars. Whatever might be di:, opinion of General Burgoyne ha 1785, it was nech .ltwy at present that these estimates shon.ld be dirrii. *bed. After several other observations, the Hun. Gentle,. an concluded by expressing a hope that the estimate would be farther reduced. Sir JOHN NEWPORT hoped, that the former discussion having produced so muds diminution, the present would be L moductive of still more. MI :he late reductions had proceeded from the discontinu ance of the Property Tax, and he hoped that the Public would not cease in their exertions till they brought the expenditure to a 1;:vel with the revenue. kOSE defended the system which Ministers were now pursuing, and which they had net adopted witho ut mature deliberation. Mr. R. WARD explained. He thouglit it absp 'llWlY necessary that the &a 13.itteries snould be kept up , Several of the amended Resolutions were then lesid and agreed to. 0n th e quest i on that the House s h ou ld ta k e a 4 1 1 ort of the Committee of So t :ply into considera hekrelative to the Navy Estiniates -11r• BROUGHAM hoped the House would not' evi e,a_der so impo rtant a su bj ect at o late an hour. that come conversation, Mr. Bit(A:6llA: 4 moved 'in the R eport b e taken into farther consi6etation Locnorroa, woicli was agr ee d rt. • WESTERN considering t h e importance of l ut object, should not feel himself as tl-lng his duty ..• . . .o v s co goment. gni tn.th e country to pOttpOne his rtri..n. which •stond for tn.mortf.w sir J. NEWPO ItT asked when the question which had been prorol4.:d at an early period of the present Session, respecting the Consolidation of the Exche quers of England and Ireland, would be brought forward? ' Mr. V. FITZGERALD said, that the subject would be brought forward on an early period after the recess. BANK RESTRICTION ACT. The House went into a Committee on the Bank Restriction Act. The 'CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER that it was the intention of Ministers t-► continue the Bank Restr►ction for two► years. It had been ex- I snted thst the Bank would _resume their payments m July, 1816 ; but the war, with all its horrors and aIE its'expenses, had unespectedly arrived, and from all ciicumstances, it was , absolutely 'necessary for general security to continue the restriction. After ie-stating a variety of arguments in favour of the measure, the Right Honourable Gentleman moved, that the restriction o►► the Bank of England's .pay ment in specie be continued for a period to be h ulked." * Mr. GRENFELL thought that no time was more proper than the present for taking off the restriction. tVe might expect a Ilermanent peace, at least so Mi nisters had promised, the price of grid was much dituin;ried, indeed it was, he beli..ved, hut three shil lings above the Mint price, and silver was upon a par with die Mint in value. He was afraid that there had been some improper connexion with the Bank, f.r the Governor had, at a meeting, suf f iciently ahem% of how much advantage the restriction would be found. Lord FOLKEST.ONE ttmight, that dote had been some underhand struceetling with the Bank. He could never understand why they could hot pay u specie, or why the people were to have their own money lent them at a considerable per cent age. The CHANCELLOR- of the EXCHEQUER thought, that the restriction would tend considerably to the upholding of public credit, and the keeping at edse the public mind. Mr. PONSONOY svid, that the Government, in stead of being the masters of the Bank, had a lynch by their conduct become their servants. Mr. MELLISH said, the Bank di.l not ask the rc•striceons—it was the House that direcied the ILA no: to pay. Alter some conversation between Lord CASTLE.' nemar, Sir JOHN Nawpowr, Mr. GRENVELL, and tile Cit.lt•CeLLott of the EXCHEQULIt, the Resi , lution as originally moved was ahreed to. The House re sumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-rni .n o w. The house went into a C anmlttee on the Small Farmers' Horse 'C .x Ace. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER should not troubie the House with any observations at present, as the new regulations proposed would be subject to discussion on the bringing up of the Report. The SPEAKER :hen resumed the Chair, and the Repot t was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. Tl.e tither Orders of the Day were then disposed of, aad the House adjourned. GSRM/1N P4PERS. VIEWNA.MARCH 23. The accounts iron' triesibt4te that the Arch. duchess filtria Louihit arrived there on the ISth, under the incugn.in of Duchess of Conorm). She imme. diateiy visited the Lazaretto and other public estab lishwerits, but pr‘creded the folio% ing morning on her journey to Verona and Parma. NUPEMBERG, MARCII 29. It is stated that Madame Hortensia 13azaparte has obtained the permission for which she applied a month ago, to reside in the Austrian States. Brigouz is mentioned as the place of her residence for the pre sent.—lt is also said that Prince Talleyrand has re quested and obtained tho same permission. and that he 11.. s already commissioned a mercantile house at Vienna to hire a house for him in that city.. SPAIN.—The Infant Don Carlos has embroidered for his mother a girdle, enriched with diamonds, va lued at 60,000 piastres, and in . which the bkill ul hand of the King is said to have taken a part. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY. APRIL 9, 1816. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY ATI WiLVE O'CLOCKI Reduced 5914—Cons. mo. 00H—for aec. 6 i fl 4 per Cent. 74-I—S per Cent. 90—Boads .Is. 4s. pr. Onin. pay. -r. —Each. Bilb par, 4s. pr. We have received the Paris Papers of Friday and S.lturd.ty. The Chamber of Peers having rejected, or rather inde&nitely postponed the discussion on the Law, of Elections, it became necessary fur the KING to interpose his authority, in the mean time, to sanc tion the elections which have already taken place in the forms prescribed by former Royal Decrees.-- This has been done in a short Decree presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Friday by Count VAU• BLA NC. The measure was well received. The De. puties are still occupied with the Budget : the branch of iudiitct Taxes is now under discussion. COURIER EXTRAORDINARY OF FRIDAY MORNING. Apartments are preparing in the Palais Royal for the Duke of Orleans, who is expected to return from England about the end of this month. General Drown will be tried to-morrow. From the few witnesses and documents to be adduced, it is tot expected that the trial will last more than a day. One of the villains who robbed M. Thorillon, and who was wounded by a pistol-ball, died on Thurs day evening ia the hospital whither he had been con veyed on a shutter from his mothew's house, who is a washerwoman at Gros-Caillou. It is said that he has served in the corps of blimelukes. The trial respecting Lamalette's -escape will-come on about the 18th or 21schtstAnt. In Switzerland it has been decided, that all per sons banished 'lately from France, for the mainte. nance of the public trangsiality, shall be treated ac fiord's% to the muse principles, and in the same nun no-. as was formerly decided respecting die indivi duals &sign AO in the Ordonnance of the 24th July 'COURIER EXTRAORDINARY OX SATIIRDAY NAMING. The Duke t,f Luxemburg, Ambassador, from the. King to the Court of the Brazils, arrived on the 29th of March at Brest. On the 90th his Excellency went on board the frigate which is to convey him, and he was expected to sail forthwith. A German Journal states, that a eQebrated French diplomatist is expected at Vienna. Visiount Bruges, Lieutenant General and Aide de-Camp to Monbieur Count of Artois, arrived at Berlin on the 26th March. He is supposed to be cha►ged with a diplom•itic mission. Some changes have 'taken place in the 'Russian Ministry. Varip,us personages are mentioned as about to be employed as Ambassadors. The sale of the large trees in various Communes, called Trees of Liberty, for the benefit of the poor, has commenced in the departm.nt of the Creuse. Miss Garnerin's balloon fell on the 24th of March last, at six o'clock in the evening, is the Commune of Roadie stir Lair, in the arrondissement of St. Calais. It has thus traversed a distance of about 36 league• in a straight line in three hours. PARIS, APRIL 6. We learn from Brussels that several of the indivi. duals comprehended in the Ordonnarice of the 24th Jz.ly, and who were some time in this City, have just set off. We are inclined to think that this change of residence is the co ,sequence a measure adopted by the Government of the Low Countries. Among these individuals there are some who, after having drawn down upon their country all the evils nf which it has to complain, still try to give it new blows in in cendiary Journals, in which they deposit their poison and extravagances. Bory St. Vincent ani Harel are of the number of the persons who have lately left Brussels. We have heard, but do not vouch for.the truth of the report, that the. Duke of Wellington is about to inhabit the Hotel Thciluson. His Aid-de-C imps will then be no longer in the same nouse with him. At present there ate ebove a &atm different persons or families of distit.ction, that occupy-apartments in his hotel. We do not believe th,4 his Grace goes yet to Cambiay. The Bri:ish OtEcers, quartered at St. Pol, have subscribed a sum iugicient to build a Racket Court. A great number of workmen are employed at it, it is already in great forwardness ; when finished, it will be one of the fittest in France. The Court of Denmark has concluied a Treaty with the Del of Tripoli, for seven years, and has engaged to pay him SQ,OOO piastres per annum. ST. PETERSBURGH, MARCH S. On the 29th ult. Lord Cathcart, the British Am bassador at this Court, gave a grand Ball, which was honoured by the presence of the Emperor and Em press. ROME, MARCH 21. The Minister of Spain has paid a visit of et;erietFe to the Queen of Etruria this Princess appears to be worthy of a better fate. At the ,Court held on the 18th by her august Parents, the received the homage of all the Members of the Corps Diplomatique. A Mail from Holland arrived this morning : the Papers brought by it furnish us with the following intelligence BRUSSELS, - APRIL i. The Duke of Weilington is still expected at the headquarters. Several corps, firming the right wing of the Army of Occuorition, have received orders to be in readiness fir a general review, whi c h will take place shortly. In consequence of this the necessary preparations are making. The first review is to be at Cambray, of a part of the English troops; the second at Valenciennes, of the rest of the English and of the Danish troops ; and the third at Maubesige, of the Russian corps undLr General Woronzow. The works for the fortifications of the important towns of Mons and Tournay will now be begun. The citadel of Tournay, the work of Vauban, of which only some ruins remained, is to be rebuilt. BRUSSELS, APRIL S. Letters from Sedan advise, that notwithstanding the repeated orders given by General Ziethen, and by the local Authorities, bloody qUarrels have again lately happened at several places between Piussian soldiers and the inhabitants. The mutual aversion of these troops and the French remains unchanged, and shews itself every moment. Several soldiers are placed in confinement to be tried by a court martial ; and the Commander-in-Chief has caused the neces sary complaints to be laid before the Prefects of the Departments of the Meuse and the Ardennes, to pro secute the inhabitants of the country who have been guilty of - such excesses. Several cantonments are to be changed. By the same accounts we learn, that General Gneisenen will shortly make a general inspection of the Prussian troops ; it is also said that he will have, zt Cambesy, an interview with the Duke of Wil lingten. According to the general measures taken by the French Minister of the Police, those persons who have been arrested at Antiins and through all Picardy as enemies of the Royal Governmea, re tent to distant parts' of France to be there placed under the surveillance of the Police. On the. , then hand, those persons are brought 'to the North of France who have given signs in the South of dui- Duels inPentlnnt. These *4lO are slirPlned to "' quire striver mensnres, are confined in the ciiatt: Lille, A rrAs. and Him. His Majesty, who left ibis city yesterday, row". arrii►e today at Philippeville. Tomorrow bis jeAty proceeds to Namur and Charleroi to •iew the bite of the intentie3 new works. General Kraegenhur accompanies ma majesty. Same German Papers arrived last night, foam which w c hare gistem air article. fr am Vienna, and one trim Nuternberg. It also appears, by ano,her article n these p pers, that the male members ct the Royal Family of S i tafn still continue to exhibit their powers in the art of embroidery. The Kiwi's imaher has embrAdered a costly girdle for his mother. Tt same sicalful hand which embroidered the petticoat' for the VIRGIN MARY, and fOr which the image did him the honour to return a cartrey, took a part in a:5 new perfortnaitce. It appeals by the amended Army Estimates, that the two Aspatore of Clothing are to be discontinued; but, on the other hand, that the Deputy-Adju. ans. General, and Deputy Quarter• Master G n - ral, afe to rec• ive additional pay, to the amount of £703 per Annum, for the performance of the duties of Inspec :ors of Clothing. It also appears by these estimates, that the Adjutant•'General and Quarter•Master-Ge_ neral, are to colittnue to receive an additional daily p.iy and .€5OO per annum each, granted to them in 1805, the second year of the war. As the maim s have not yet pAssed the Lords, it is perhaps pusLible they may be yet farther reduced. THE Ali.ll Y. Tuesday se'nnight the Depot of the 70th R vein, .nt marched from Edinburgh' Castle to I...ei•b, w;,ese they etr.bArked to join the Regiment, no% quatteted at kingctos t , Upper Cduada. Thuriday murning tlle 78th Regiment rilire ilirld.tnders), marched from Ell:nbuieh on their route frr Glacr.v. They Are t vet S ht.c body of me 3, and above 510 in number. The 6k!' I); agoon Guards, now in Scotland, are . 19 daily exi;ect.:ion of a mute for York. 't • lu 49:!I Itt!gment commew.ei its march from Fermoy t.. Dublin ran the 3L.! (4 . Apt ii, and will be at destimi:i: - :n about tre IZ!i ins;,ant. . . Wednesday the 16:h Regiment march from Fermoy tt. Limerick. Wednesday the Depnts the 6tl!, 59 , !), an•! rth Regiments of lic,ct, left Winchester fur Davet, on thtit route for France. Th , ! Depot of the 57th ReAitnent hls embarked from PortLetoutl. for Dovt.r. Ye•terclAy, at one. o'cl:lck, a meeting of the C4b;- ret Minibters took piece at tile offi , :e of the •Secretai y at State for the War Department. They 'continued in de.ibe, ation till near four o'clock. Soon Aber one o'clock yesterday, the PRIVCE RE GENT left Carlton house fo r Wilidsor: Hi, ki y.d Highness wAs expected to be at ILimpturi Court to dine with the ?since of SAXE ( 2.ll')Ulto. The marrive of the Princess Cliatit.orrs and the Prince of C, it::utto is to take place ou the 184). 11 .1 ceremony will be private. .Camellord-house is, the present. to be the town residence of the illustrious pair; and Buttley, tear Chertsey, the country re sidence. The arrangments for the domestic establishment of the Princess CHARLOTTE of WALti, are nearly completed. Lady EMILY .‘ uttaAtr, dsugliter of the Duke :srid Duchess of NORTHL MBERLANI). and Lolair JOHN 'rkl YNNE, have been -Appointed Ladies of Bedchamber; Dr. BistrAtt, Pilysician t and Mr. Re: BERT ItEATE, Surgeon to her Royal Highness. The Revenue derived horn Lotteries, sislce 1811, 'nclusive, was, Profit oil 'tickets .................. Licences and Stamps Estimated Poitar,es l3t,Ons.l Duty on Paper and Advertisements ... e 6.1..);) Ireland—on two last items, estimated Ditto—eqimated Stamp Duties • .0 - 2,i7 3,47 4 The number of Prosecutions under the Lottery Act for the 1.4 two years were . - • l'he nuo:h.r of conrict'uns -- - • Money pafli to if Llama ii - - ar7 57 Dia• to Police Officers - .. 764 " N.B. g., Informers were doing busicess in tats, and 2) In 1,415." Expenses attending Lottery for 1814 ,ci io 93 Ditto - - IBIS - 17,412 The total number of barrels of whi•e herrings landed from the Ftshery, or cured on shore, ni the year ending 11t11 April, 1815, were 10.5.372 cure.! %utie:l, and 34,76; cured un . tutted ; total, 160,1 n. The number of barrels brwded fur the bounty cf 2s. Fer barrel, was 53,376, and the bourry pa . d teat, £B,:;t7. Tke total barrels exported were : To Ireland - ~ - I o other places in Europe To places out of Europe 4nll 171 49,PC 3:1,111 53.7;3 A 141,: o. The aggregate pecuniary loss by the fire hi Ne fouudland i 144 been moderately estimated at ociwards of £100,0t;0, and about 1500 persons b.lre heen driven to seek ne•w abodes, in the most inciemet.t month of a NewfoundlAnd winter. FALuouni, APRIL G.—Arrived the Duke of Keht packet, with a Mail front Lisbon, in 14. days i Sine- • wich packet, with a Mail from Malta and Gihraitar ; 21 dabs from the latter. Several sail of ves.i Iv e felt here to-day, but none if any c , ..,:Lquence, except the transport brig PE, for Plymoin*, Lieutenant FOLLIAT, of tlh: Royal Marines, son of Captain FOLLIAT, of the Royal Navy, was drov.i,ed few days ago, in the river Ere, by ti,e.buat iii w..ic.i he was sailing with his servant, upsetting neir derham. Morel, the youth left for ezecucnn at Lewes, fir stealing aroi.cy out of a letter, has been rebroteo. At the late Waterford Asslzes Jame Le f uy was capitally tonvieted, under the White-Boy Act, • maliciously firing at the dwelling house of Justin, al Ryan, after sort-sec, and ordered to be execute-fp He was also indicted tor , fortibly carrying oil 1t)411'. daughter, but as she did not appear to prosecute, t was acquitted of that part a the charge.