Star. — London, England, 1811-04-12 00:00:00

- isitoakkiiikdi HOUSE OF LORDS; APRIL LORD CHANCELLOR toot his slat on 016 Wootsailt `bout the usual hd.r. , Lord WALSINGHAM feported fiom the 'Genial Com/tilt tee. that an additional volume of their Lordships Journals was p e i st .e4, and ready for delinry. It was accordingly ordered ko be delivered in the initial way. Lo , waited some time fol. a third Commisiioner, Wore the business of assenting the Bills, *hick were ordered, took place. At length the Earl of 'Westmorland entered the House ; when Ns Lordship, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Waltingliam, tot& the ir seam, in their rubes, on the Bench, in front of the Throne, as his Majesty 'e Commissioners. The Commons were then sent for, and when that House, With the speaker at their head, appeared at the bar, his Royal High gess the Prince Regent's Commission for giving the Royal As pat to certain Bills in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty was then read, when THE ROYAL ASSENT was declared as above, to the Militia Eni.stment Bill, Taunton'S Divorce Bill, and to ten others of a private or local description. Afterthe Commons had retired, their Lordships proceeded to forward the Bills, mostly privatt, upon the table, in their ram). rive stages. 'Me Foreign Ministers' Salaries Bill passed through a..4p4lit udttee,and was reported without any amendment. The Earl of WES I MOkLAND presented a Copy port made by her Majesty's Council, touching the state of his )'Majesty's health, which was ordered to lie on the table. The Distilleries Bill was brought up from the Commons by Sir!. GRAHAM, as was also the Deer Stealing Bill. These Bills were severallyaead a first time. The Distilleries Bill was ordered to be printe d. The House then adjourned, for the Easter Recess, until Wed iseaday, the 24th hiatus. HOUSE OF COMMONS. tie Deputy Usher of the Black Rod requested the attendance el this House in the House of Peers. On their return the Speaker acqiiainted the House, that the Royal Anent, by commission, bad bcge given to the Militia Inhutment Bill, to Taunton's Divorce Bill; and several Private Bills. On the motion of Mr. MELLISH, the second reading of d Tessera Bill was fixed for Monday fortnight. Mr. MARRYAT gave notice, that he would, on the 25d inst. ini.ve for an Account of the schequer Bills, entered into the Bank bf England. Mr. FOSTER brought In a Bill for securing the Bank of Tro is:ld, for having advanced certain monies to Traders of that King • Horn. Read a first. time, and ordered for a second reading on Tuesdly se'onight. Lord G. THYNNE stated, that the Report of the Queen's Councili relative to the state of his Majesty's health, would forth- With be laid before. the House, by command of the Prineeßegent. The Distillery Prohibition Bill was read a Sd time and passed. The Christ Church (Surrey) Poor Bill was read a third time, tad passed. The London Dock Company's Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. WHARTON brought in the BM for preventing Masters of Vessels mooring out of the Streaming. Read a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Monday ae'nnight. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up, and the Resolutions tor granting a sum of ,ElOO,OOO to afford relief tol the Inhabitants of Portugal who may have suffered by the Inva sion of the French ; and also the Resolution for granting 59,4100 fur the Contingencies of the Secretary of State's Office, were se ierall) agreed to. BILLS of MORIALITY. On the motion of Mr. N. VANS ART, an Account of the sums expended in the last ten years, within the Bills of Mortality far the reli4 of the Catsal Poor in the patishes of St. Mary-la bonne and Pancras, was ordered to be laid before the House. wawa EXTRAORDINARIES. Mr. LONG brought up an Account of the Extraordiaarles for the Army for the present year, which was ordered to be printed. Mr. LONG then gave notice, that he should move the samsin the Committee of Supply to-morrow se'nnight. BULLION Mr. HORNER begged to state, at this early pe riod, the scope and substance of the Resolutions he should hare to submit to the House on this subject. Some days previous to the discussion of the subject, he should lay on the table the precise terms of his mo. tioes. At present he should state only the substance of them. It was his intention to embody his ideas in a l *ties of Resolutions. It might appear to some Gen tlemen, that his motions were extended to greate length than was adviseable, but his wish was rather to err on that side. The order which appeared to him to be most advisable was this : First, to state the law and custom as to the standard value of money ; ieeendly, the deviations from that law which had taken place; thirdly, the causes of these deviations.— After stating these, he should proceed to propose two Resolutions, one of fact, and another of opinion, as to what appeared to the Committee, last Session, to be the state of the foreign exchange. He should next propose the remedy, which was the resumption of -payments in gold or silver, according to the rates fixed by Act of Parliament or by Proclamation. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read several Resolutions as to the current rate of the pound Troy weight of gold and silver at various periods. His Resolutions then went on to state, that the only way in which any stipulation could be legally discharged, was by a payment in the legal standard of gold or sil ver ; and that the notes of the Bank can be substituted instead of gold and silver, only by representing the standard value of each. • +hat Bank notes have long ceased to represent such standard value, and are now greatly under the value they were intended to repre sent. That when the Restriction on the Bank against paying in cash was introduced by Parliament, it Was not intended thereby to make the smallest altera tion in this respect. That this depreciation is occa sioned by the too abundant circulation of paper both by the Bank of England and by Country Banks, particularly by the Bank of England. That it ap pears to the Committee that the Exchange of Foreign Countries is peculiarly against England ; and that, this's in a great tneasureoccasioned by the comparative value of mon#y in this country arid in other countries. That the only solid and adequate security so the coun try, in such circumstances, is the legal convertibility of all paper-money into cash on demand. And that In order to enforce this, that it is the opinion of the Cuuimittee that the restrictions on the Bank against making payments in cash, be limited to the day of it being his intention to propose that this lintitation should extend only to the period of two years, as suggested in the Report of the Committee. These were in substance, the motions he should have to submit to the House, reserving to himself liberty o alter them between rind the day for bringing them forward, as he should be advised, and in inch manner to render them most intelligible to the House. He already said, the Resolutions were not at present a finished state. He should, however, submit them a regular form to the House, some days previous that fixed for his motion, and should make it his usiness to see that they were in the hands of Mem bers in that state, ready for their consideration. He hoped too, that Gentlemen who might hare made the subject their study, and who entertained different views of the matter from abode wiriais he estaitaived, - mom _..44 give tiffi i siinilaf klitiiiiige; 4 itsa ifistii: dying their ideas on the sdbjeet in the forth of Reid= Ititionst , ,• The CtikisiCilLllo l l. of the EiCHEQUEIt thanked his Hon. and Learned Friend for the statement with which he had favoured the House. He should rhave been better pleased, however, if his Hon. and Learned Friend had favoured them with the Rekilu tions themselves ; reserving to himself; no doubt; hill power to correct them. The House could have no objection to have the Resolutions of his Honourable and Learned Friend submitted to their consideration previous to the discussion of the question, and . When his Hon. and Learned Friend's Resolutions were be- fore the House, he (Mr. Perceval) should be glad to give to his Hon. and Learned Friend his (Mr. Perce val's) view of the subject. Mr. VANSITTART thought it impossible for Gentlemen from a mere reading of the motions of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman so to possess them selves of their import and tendency as to be able to 'explain in what- respect their ideas might differ from those of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Mr. HORNER repeated that the House should be in possession of the precise terms of his Resolutions' some days before the question came to be discussed. SMALL CHANGE. Lord STANLEY rose, and adverted to several petitions presented from various parts of the country, particularly from the Northern Counties, detailing the great distresses to which the manufacturers were reduced in consequence of the scarcity of change that in one county, with which lie was connected, they .: were not enabled to make collection sufficient to dig• charge the Poor rates. He therefore wished to hear from the Right Hon. Gentleman, (in the absence of the Secretary of State) whether any thing was in agi tation to relieve the distresses alluded to ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not prepared (in the absence of his Right Hon. Friend) to give the Noble Lord any satisfactory in formation respecting the subject. DOLLARS. Mr. MANNING, in consequence of what had fal len from a Noble Lord (Lord Folkstone) on a former evening, respecting the scarcity of' change, wished to state, that, so far as the Bank of England was con cerned, or supposed to be concerned in giving facility to the accommodation of the public, in the course of fourteen days or three weeks, they would issue tokens at the rate of ss. 6d. each. In order to give the ac commodation, the most active exertions were making. to get those tokens ready. We also wished further to state, that no advance would be made on the nominal value of those tokens. He understood an idea had gone forth, that such was the intention of the Bank of England ; the fact was not so, therefore, if any per ' sons were hoarding change under a false impression,• they would find themseves mistaken. HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. COMMUNICATION FROM SIR MAJESTY'S COUNCIL RESPECTING THE STATE OF ISIS MAJISEY'S HEALTH. Mr. Secretary RYDER presented at the bar the Report respecting the state of his Majesty's health ; which was brought up and read by the Clerk at the table: " Queen's Lodge, Windshr, April 1, 1511. Pasteur —The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Arcblishop id York, the Earl of Wiuchetsea, the Earl of Ayledord, Lord Eldon, Lord Ellenborough, Sir William Grant, (the Duke of Montrose being absent on account of imilaposition). " We, the Members of the Council here present, appointed to assiai her Majesty in the execution of the tryst committed to her Majesty by virtue of the statute passed in the Flat year of hie Majesty's reign, entitled, " an Act to provide for the Adminis tration of the Royal Authority, and for the care.of his Majesty, 'Royal Person, during the continuance of his Majesty's illness, s7the resumption of the exercise of the Royal Authority by his Majesty." having called before us and examined on oath the Phrs icians and other persons attendant upon his Majesty, and havingsl ascertained the state of Ms Majesty's health, by such other war' i And means as appeared to us to be necessary for that purpose, do I hereby declare the state of his Majesty's health at the time of this our meeting as follows : " That the indisposition with which his Majesty was afflicted at the time of the passing of the said Act does still so far exist, that his Majesty is not yet restored to such a state of health as to be capable of resuming the persona exercise of his Royal Authority. " That his Majesty appears to have made material' progress towards recovery since the passing of the Act, and that aU his Majesty's Physicians continue to express their expectations of such recovery. (Signed) CA/17CA*, " c, " r. IVOR, at weecnit.ene, . "av Lemma, " ILDDON. 0 LLLENIOROI/611. " WILLIAM GRANT." . communication was then laid on the table. nig WAR IN PORTUGAL. Mr. Secretary RYDER also brought up the dispatches from Lieutenant General Lord Viscount Wellington, in obedience to the order of the House. On their being brought up, Mr. CANNING having been prevented from delivering his 1 opinion on the subject of the affairs in Portugal on a former night, begged to be allowed to avail himself of the present opportunity. to say a few words on this head. He was the more inclined to trouble the House on the present occasion, from observing hew greatly the expectations of many Gentlemen bad been exceeded by the conduct of the Portuguese troops, to whose seal, spirit. and gallantry Lord Wellington bad borne such ample testimony. lie could not but recollect that some Gentlemen had been pleased greatly to disparage the efforts and services of our allies in the Peninsula, and had even gone the length of predicting that no ad vantage whatever was to be expected from their 00-operotion.--- How pleasingly and satisfactorily those predictions bad besm an swered, and proved to be unfounded, it would be needless for him now to endeavour to point out. Ad Hon. and gallant General (Ferguson) who had at one time been Impressed with this unfa. vourabte idea of the Portuguese nation, bad, with that magnani mity widelt was natural to him, retracted hls error, and done jus tice to the zeal and spirit of the Portuguese. He had gained a victory more hoeourable to him than twenty conquests in the. field of battle ; lie had triumphed over his prejudices and prepos sessions, and he was not above coofewingthe victory, and making every atonement in his power. lie hoped that other Gentlemen would follow so meritorious a conduct, and aso retract the opi nions expressed by them on this subject. The happy effects pro duced by the organisation of the Portuguese troops had been al ready wen and (oh. Let us hope that similar resuls mikkt occur in another part of the Peninsula. To produce such a. favourable change. nothing was more dalculated titan to hold out animating ' expectations, while on the other hand, desponding language was more calculated than any other circumstance to'sink thaw as to ' whom it was expressed deeper and deeper Into trepidation. and distrust of themaelves. The letter was then ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed Adjottrued till Monday sennight. ----_ PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock for opg. 2444 India Stock 173 i 3 per Cent. Red, OS/ 64 India Bonds, 235. !M. /I. . 3 per Cent. Coss. 64114 Ezeheq. Bills, as. 7s. prim& 4 per Cent. 80114 f Lottery Tic-bets £22. 10s. $ per Cent. Navy rift con& for act it LOIK AM 1,74 3.144 ; $ 4";• ;~1!~1•'T~' ; , .7; = 1 'SZ• , s „.) sr , In re! LINDON. wt-t% , • filDAt; . loon-FilbAi.—Holiday at all the Public . • This morning we received Paris papers to the 7th inst. but they contain no intelligence of importance: The Kidd of NAPLES ( MoRAT) had arri-ived at park, to viiit the infant King of Rom. An official mes senger from Russia (Prince ScliwAtirzannao) has delivered a congratulatory letter from his Master to NAPOLEON. Yesterday his MAJESTY walked, as usual, between twelve and one o'clock, on Windsor Terrace, accoms panied by Dr. BAILLIE and Dr. Witt's. At two his MAJESTY resumed his walk, attended by General Gwvrma only. Yesterday his Royal Highness the PRINCE RECENT held a Court at Carlton House. Soon after two o'clock ... Alt his Loyal Highness, after diving audiences to several of the Ministers, pro . ceeded to his Council Room, at tended by Colonel M'MAnnN, General TURNER, Co. loaels PALMER and CONOREVE, and held a Council, which was attended by— The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer„tha First Lord of the Admiralty, the three Secretaries of State, the Presi dent of the Board of Controul, the Commander in Chief, the Judge Advocate, and the PAHA' Wiachebes. Viscount Cbetwynd attended as Clerk of the Council. Major-General Hodgson was introdeced to the CosineNall' sworn in Commander in Chief of the Island of Curacoa. Sir John Craddock was also Introduced to the Council s ; sad sworn in Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. His Royal Highness gave audiences to the follow ing Ministers : Marqus Wellesley, the Earl at Liverpool, Mr. Percent, Mr. Ryder, and Mr. Yorke. Sir DAVID DUNDAS, as Commander in Chief, had an audience upon military affairs. - - Mr. M. Sorrow laid before his Royal Highness the proceedings of some Courts-Martial. Mr. FOSTER had an audience, and took leave of his Royal Highness previous to his departure for Ame rica, on his mission. A Gentleman who lately left Paris states, that it has been ascertainsd that the war in the Peninsula has within these few mouths occasioned an expense to the ,French treasury of not less than ten millions sterling. While the war was carried on in Germany the French compelled the countries they had invaded to support them • but in the Peninsula this is now impossible, and therefore it is probable that the retreat of MAS SENA from Santarem may prove to be only the pre cursor of other disasters to the enemy. I The loss sustained by the French, according to pri vate letters from our army in Portugal, must for some time have been most ruinous. It now appears drat at the battle of Busaco the French had 72,000' men ; that susequently to that battle, they" re ceived reinforCements to the amount of 15,000 men, making the whole of their force 87,000 men.- In the battle of Busaco they lost altogether 10,006 during their stay at Santarem, their loss from sickness and other causes was 10,000 men. Their sick and wounded, who have since fallen into our hands, amount to the same number. The losses in their re treat from the sth to the 21st ult. amount to 10,0 M, more. To this we r.tay add an incalculable loss Of horses, cannon, and ammunition, which are of an me, tent to authorise a belief that MASSENA'S army is in a great measure disorganized, and that upon a moderate computation and comparison of the whole of the his.. tile force originally destined for the subjugation of Portugal, not more than one half remains, that is to, say, at most fifty thousand men. We therefore looks pretty confidently to the total evacuation of Pc*. tugal by the enemy. When Lord WELLDW TON sets matters to rights on the frontiers, lie will, probably return to the Alemtejo, and dislodge the enemy from that quarter. In the mean time, we are happy to know, that General BLRESEORD has 20,000 men under his command, a force which, we trust, will be found perfectly adequate tti-Vompete, for the present, with Marshal MORTIS& T!' . latest accounts I represented these two armies as witnin sight of eich other, and as likely to be speedily engaged. 1 The following intelligence comes from an Officer 1 of very,_ high rank—dated Portalegre, March 22 ; 1 64 We are here assembled, upwards of 20,000, under Marshal BERESPORD ; the trews in high health and spirits, and panting to attack the French. I think we shall endeavour to retake Badajos and Campo Major, and if we succeed in retaking those important places, I hope we shall follow SOULT and Moans* and bring them to action, the result of which I feel confident of. The Portuguese troops are in higher , estimation than ever : on every occasion, they are the admiration of the British for courage, firmness, pa tience, and every military requisite. With such a leader as Marshal BERESPORD (provided Sorts give him the opportanity) we all feel most sanguine as to the. result. Major-General HAMILTON 15 second in ommand of the Portuguese troops :—his division consists of a strong force of Partuguese, a brigade of British, and a brigade of artillery. Major-General t.c Cox.% with six British regiments, and one Portuguese ditto, has just joined us; and also General Lim, with a brigade of cavalry, I only hope that we may have a fair trial. American papers to the 4th uh. and private letters to the same date, arrived yesterday. The latter state that the Billadmitting to entry vesselscleared out from England previous to the '2d of February, had passed into a law ; and that the Non Importation Act had passed the Lower House. The most important document in these papers is the letter from Mr. PINCKNEY to the Marquis Wat.. Lester, given in another part of our paper. It is a recapitulation of the arguments used by him in i Ibis intervie* on the fifth of that month with his Lordship respecting the revocation of the French System. It is amusing, knowing what we do, to find Mr. PINCKNEY laboui-ing to prove, that the " French revocation of the Berlin and Milan Decrees turns on no condition precedent, but is absolute, precise, and un equivocal."--If so, how come they to be still in force ! The celebrated Jazz BARLOW, formerly a Member of the French Convention, and elected at the same time with Tuomas Pante, has been appointed Pleni potentiary to the Court of Park, in the room of Gene ral ARMSTRONG. Recollecting his former connections, and his ingenious work, intituled, " Advice to the Privileged Orders," we should think that the Repub lican Government could not have nominateld an indi vidual more objectionable to Naroaleax. - • -4• • • •-- ark I . 1.& • •• Ist atta ion 'a. that exceyent eorpg the 694 Regiment, are nose on their way rum KartiniqUe're, Sicily. The 2d Bittalicin (SW strong) are in Guerri-i sey, and as it is.expected they Will have idualiiiccesi when the volunteering takes place, it is theitight both Battalions will speedily he employed on actibe Service: Wedttesdiy the MERCURY atria of war sailed tiorri ' Portsmouth ror.Lisbon the Milieu' ev had bn I r an! a great mitiy Officers going to join the array; among others Generals Lott! and ANSOR, with their Suites: General Couktig; of Marshal Biaeseoati's Staff; has left town to join the army; So favourable has the Wind been since the Sd Bat; talion of the ISt Guards sailed from P, f:strio.uth ore Sunday last, that it is expected they have by this time nearly reached Cadiz. • The Hop. Lieurinant•Colonel PosioNsk hal suc ceeded Colonel 111 , Dcigatz as Deputy Ajutan t-Ge. neral to the Arthy at . Cadiz, udder the inimortai GRAHAM. The 1 Ith Light bragoons,. Commanded by Lien: tenant-Colonel Cumsi , :o, are on their march to Ply mouth, where; With some,tither cavalry; they , will be immediately etribarked for Lad WELLtscTox+arTy: We regretitiat this very fine and effective Regiment, with the Scotch Greys, Sd HeivY Dragoons, and Hussar Brigade, Were not, as intended, embarked in January. Ix the pursuit of Massytia, they would have been of incalculable advantage to Lord WtriC -I.#INOTON. The Bays and 68th Light Infantry Regi; ment will, it is said, be sent to Portugal. ' GeneraICALYERT is idedtioned as the Successor of Sir JAMES CRAW, id the chief command of t',e army in North Americt and Sir GEORGE PItEVOST is men. .tinned as the new Commander•in;Chief in the West Indies, vice the veteran Sir GOORGE Back-watt The dignity of a Baidnet will besennferred on chi gallant Captain MAURICE. The Garrison of. Anholt was composed entirely of Royal Marines, an invalua ble corps, who, on shore as well as afroat, have so often distinguished thernselvei. . The Marquis of Tweiriate goes out With the dis. patches for Lotd Wet.zproiOn: • NAVAL iItrTiLLICLVCi: • PALMOUTH, - APRIL 9. • • .• Arrived the PAseess iiBe4seth packet from Malta, iappos. to have View taken. Silted thellloesiriten and Cditteet, with a *mew to thstEastWard. %: -- • • • 6 •-••IsYMINGTONe APRIL 11: • AAA shi-stifetre frigate-for Quebec, and the Ltorrstinii riboop of war for the.Brazils, with about fifty vessels under.theit • PLYMOUTH, APRIL 10. Arrived the Lydia troth Bourdeaus, for•Americe, detained bx the Avaiosi frigate.ahe Rover. GEORG IC,•1 10 pans, is ordered out oi harbour to Cawrand Bay, from whence she will k roccL ;I to the Downs, to receive the flag of Admiral Sir Teowas Wit.; LIAM!, appointed as command in the Baltic. Captain Cusvett has succeeded CaptainSatr in the itomnuind of the ROYAL Gactitoe..7 ,Admiral YOUNG, who's) respectably filled the situa tion of Commander-is-Chief at this port for several years, is to kayo the conitnand of the North sel fleet This forenoon, du . riag heavy squall, lighter was sunk between Drake's island and the Male, and the master and one ,man .belonging to her drowned. Arrived the GOLDFINCN brig of war, from a cruise; and the Hamcos, IS guns, from Lisbon ; with 90 cap( light. transports coder convoy. They bring no neshs, having had-i long passage. This is the fleet that sailed a fortnight before the, Glowsze, and seal passed by the latter vessel on Saturday, oW Scilly. These transports are to carry back troops and stores to-•• Portugal. The CAMILLA sloop of war, has passed top Chinnell with a 800 of transports also front Vigo, and l'AinLa frigate, with a convoy from the Mediterranean and Gibraltar. Came in the Ceres Danish brig, prise to the Comes sloop of war. Sated CRANE sloop Omar, en a cruise I SPRIGUTLY cutter, to the westward; DIANA frigate, for Portsmouth; and the Mu Litt? scholiasts, for the Downs.—Wind East. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11. • Arriied the Awr schooner from a cruise. Sailed the Ptan- Yaossrii Lome; and Hass for the Downs, and the Ante, Os a crate DEAL, APRIL 9. Sailed the Ahrtvt cutter - to reconnoitre the enemy's•shipt in the Sclide.--rArrived the Coe Dt Ll* ' from a alliat. o.—Cans—Cans down front the Riverdaeveral ships and passed throbigh the Doirns. Sailed the ST, Gwent and Pates case Canoeing men of war, fel. the Baltic. The FURIOUS gun brig takesconvoy to the Westward.--;Wind S.W. ' Aran. il.—Sailed the Fustian, gan-bilg, with a convoy foe Portimouth.—Wind N; E. YAILMOUTH; APRIL 11. Arrived the PAITRIDG/L sloop of war from a anise off the Dogger-bank. Sailed the WOODLA at, Cliff. WATTS, with Alla. patches for the Governor at Anlielt; and the Vixen, with the. Charles, for Harwich. Arrived the PORTIA from the harbour ; and the Andere Emanuel, from Norway, with deals, &e. sent in by the Heao cutter.—Wind N. SHEERNESS; APRIL 11. Sailed the Famous, Ba•vismaxaest, and Balms, to the Northward.—Artivod the At.s.esa lugger from the Thames, anti Rones.us and ALdeesste, from the Westward.—The Dwaar went out of cloak, tad the 'l' Skeane& out of harbour. Last night Mr. SYLVESTRit t one of his Majesty's Mesfeagees, left town with Government Dispatches tp Lord Visual* WIILLING rox, with the British army ip Pottpgal. MUTING AT LLoYtesi....—Yesterday a piece of plate r f of £5OO value • was voted to Mr. MARRICAT. for his ineeessdid exertions in opposition to the- Marine In surance Bill. Thatoart of Assistants of the Drapers' Company yestatday voted 100 guitieas towards the relief of the distressed Portuguese An Office} belonging to the GROWLER states, that tpwards of 5000 French prisoners, in a most deplo rable condition, had been sent into Lisbon before that vessel came away. LORD CocualiWit,—* Gentleman who tame over in the packet from Gibraltkr, rives the particulars of a curlius circum stance that has recently occurred in Malta. On the I'7 th of January, Lord COCILIANC arrived there, and made no secret of his intentions to interfere in -some manner with the conduct of the Admiralty Court, of which Dr. SEWEL is Judge, and Mr. Locate Register. He insisted that a table Of the fees, which the AdidiraltY Officers could legally demand, ought to be hunt 'up in the public court, which was then kept in an adjoining room; and Lord Coca RA N I having removed this document into the Court, an order was issued for his arrest, which was carried Into rifect, and his Lordship committed to pr , son. He remained for three days in confinement, and then contrived to make hie escape by means of a ladder applied to the window of his prison. convoy befog on the point of dewing Malta, Lord Cornea we got on board the Couiniudore's tread, in which he proceeded to Oerjenti, and front thence to Gibraltar. Here he left the convoy, 4ed west on hoard the Prometheus, for England, expecting to be the fret in this country with the news of the ocauseences at Malta. The packet, however, ootsailed him; but the Promo thetas has arrived, and Li put u nder quareraitie. The Cow, we understand, has protested against the behaviour of his lordship; and his Lordship has protested against the preenediev of the , The ask will probably be decided in this solttry. I r' 1