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the advantage of having the surplus grain of that g-fiery i ntr oduced Into England and - Scotland. He C o ored t he House , ho wever, of this important fact, thatif the Act did not extend to Ireland, the corn o x h we already hada this country would go to dln fact, there - were at this moment. c ondi. irelm • 6 na l orders to send grain. from ; this country to Ire ito° d, if the prohibition shJuld not be extended to that , flini tTy. If, therefore; the House did not, by their fo 'i o o f this night, put an end to suchhargains, orders would be executed next market day for the sale of Sea"' from this country to Ireland. Til. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER o b se rved, that possibly some English grain would be gat to Ireland for seed, but it Was quite absurd to ose that in the compa rative p rices of corn in the siPP tiro countri es at present, that any descr i pt io n o f tha t snicle would be sent from England, which was the dear er to Ireland, which was t - cheaper tonilret. Mr. Alderman COMBE corroborated the observa tions of his Honourable Friend, .(Mr. Brown. ) After a few words frorter.olonel BARRY'agabst the recommittal of the Bill, stud; Mr.•BildtHAM for • • t he House divide d : • • - For the original motion 81—For the amendment 99 „Jaajority against the Minister 88. PLAX sssa' Upon the re-admission. to the gallery, we found (be H ou se in Committee upon the subject of flax-seed. Mr. FOSTER, after some..obsereations, .a. t a bounty of five shillingi per buihel T rmott i u pon the first 50,000 bushels of that. aiticle V rt el into Ireland. Fir THOMAS TURTON disapproved of the men • sure. m r . FOSTER maintained that such an arrange ment wa s rendered necessary from .the present.itate i f Wand in consequence of the scarcity of flax-seed; lathe had the satislfaction to state, that he should wry s hortly have to submit to the House a proposi goo which was calculated to prevent the recurrence d soy similar scarcity in that country, by mown• k the cultivation of flat seed. / The 1006011 was agreed to. The House resumed, l ed the Report vzas ordered to be brought up to gorrow.—Adjourned. ME EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. YRiCE OF bTOCKS THIS tIAIC AT ONE O'CLOCK : 9 per Cent. Cone*, money, 67* —for sec. 68i. per Cent. Red. 68j - 4 per Cents. 84-5 per C. 99j. PRUDE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Sari Stork, 2 4 6 ladle,Bonds, ins. Ils. pre. a re Cont. Red. 671 Et. Bills ins. 18$. pre. sper Cent. Cons. 67 01111ilaill prent. pe, Cent. 831+ • Lottery Tickets 3111. 19e. 5 per Cent. Navy 941 , 1 Cons. for eec. 67 ft Long Ann. 181 1-letint • We are without any further intelligence respecting tE2 destination of the French fleet which has escaped re In ile ht.c to eve he as. ate ; of ust all lent rect Ba sta• !silt ned ght one at it inld f:om Brest. • Admiral YouNo, with his usual alacrity, on learn. itg that the Brest Fleet was out, immediately ordered the eqciprnent of every vessel of war at Plymouth fit for sea; and an Admiralty Messenger is hourly ex tl-cre with orders for their sailing. The Tele 2.urb l.'s lrcn actively working, with little inter- Friday noon. The following is a list of :he respective vessels lying in Plymouth ; those frith an aqerisk * are repairing, but may be ready for sr. by the elid of the ensuing week : Ir. C: ecznd 'fonnant,'Gihraltar, • R Triburo, Cossack, Comet, Minstrel, Alert, Virago, and 'lmplacable. In the Sound—the Diana, Jamaica, Pallas, Thetis' Misers, l_cdiator, Dolphin, Foxhound, and Fervent. In Barn taol—:::e Unicorn. Between the Island and the Main—the Ra m Raipole, Tigress, Martial, and Pilchard. In Stonehouse Pal—the Pheasant, Swallow, Gluckstadt, Goldfinch, Growler, Clencir, Conflict, Weazle schooner, Joseph and Betsey cutters. The Black Joke lugger, Lieutenant CANNA. VEY ; Parthian, Captain PASCOE ; and Weazle schoon er, in quest of the Channel fleet, have sailed from Plymouth, to warn all the vessels they meet with of the Brest squadron being at sea. The DOLPHIN, 44, which arrived on Thursday, and embarked 200 marines for the West Indies, has not yet sailed, in consequence of the French fleet being at sea. Several other vessels are also detained on the same account. Several small vessels arrived in the River yesterday from the French and Dutch coasts, having eluded the vigilance of the Custom-house Officers on the opposite iliores. The Papers brought by these vessels contain to news, but private accounts state, that Marshal LANNES bad been peremptorily ordered by NAPOt.EON to quit Spain, with his troops, in order to assist in the resii.acd attack upon Austria. We do not attach credit to this report. A vessel called the Buena Fee, is arrived at Pen- ZI:C2 from Bilboa, from whence she sailed on the 10th February. She cleared for a French pert, and Pt into Penzance in a leaky and damaged state. She .as on board 120 bags- of Spanish wool ; she brings no intelligence from Spain. BilbOa was in posses sion of the French ; and the people of the place had, for some time previous to the sailing of the Buona Fee, been deluded into a supposition that Cadiz was also in the Lands of the enemy, together with the fleet. The ACTIVE frigate sailed from Gibraltar on the instant ; at which time, there were between eighty ::ad ninety vessels to sail under her convoy for Eng land ; but it is said that the greater part of them did not get out.—Should the French fleet take that direc ton, this may prove a fortunate circumstance.. We learn from Gibraltar, that the heretofore im- Prepable fortresses, St. Philip and Barbara, have not only been completely dismantled, but that trains of gunpowder have been so effectually insinuated into the body of the fortresses, as to render their entire ""ruction the work only of a moment from Gibral• ~. tar. This was to be resorted to, should the French succeed in obtaining possession 'of these strong po sitions. We have receive& another set of Portuguese Jour nals to the 16th. The last Lisbon Gazette contains the following, article , ; LISBON, FEB. 144... With the most sincere and lively pleasure we announce to the Public the following in telligence, which is this moment received— " Head-quarters, Chaves, Feb. 6. • " Yesterday I was with the Marquis de la Romana, who his • collected his army, and I found him and all his Staff in the highest spirits. He tells me that Gallicia begins to revive, and that within these few drys, about 4000 men have joined him, and that he expects his army will soon be 25,000 strong, and that he intends to advance into the interior of Gallicia. The inhabitants of that kingdom, even many of those who received the French as at Orense, have revoked against them, and joined some of the dis persed corps of the army.—Within these few days they took all the baggage belonging to General Marchand's army, which w.t escorted by 140 cavalry, the whole of whom were killed or taken, except eleven. This took place at the village of Valduros, near Orense, and the French military chests, and even their Secretaria', fell into the hand of the assailants. This example has animated the people of other districts, and they now act without fear of the French. The enemy are dying in great numbers, in consequence of disease in Spain, and they assert themselves that the plague has been introduced into their army. The greater part of the divi sions of foreign troops are put on half rations of bread, while the French themselves receive full allowance. The day before yester day a spy arrived from Madrid, who asserts that the armies of the Duke del Infant ado and the Marquis de Palacio are already before that city, and that the French have taken their positions without the city for its defence. It is the opinion of the Marquis de la Romana, that Madrid is at this moment either taken or evacuated. One thing is certain, that the greater part of Bona• parte's troops were deceived, when he brought them to Spain.— The contingents of the Rhine and Italian troops were taught to believe that all Spain was under his dominion, and that they would only have to occupy conquered provinces; where they would find comfortable establishments. He even ordered the words Legion of Andalusia, Legion of Castile, &c. to be inscribed on the uniform buttons of several corps. Finally, the Marquis requested, that I should make known to all the Generals of the Portuguese armies, the necessity of establishing military posts of communication with themselves and the Spanish armies, and, in pa rticular, between that of the Marquis and our array of the pro vince of Entre Douro e Minho." THE ARMY. - The gallant Sir DAVID BADID is immediately to be elevated to the Peerage, with the title of Viscount. Sir Join Mooaa's family are to have pensions. General HO➢B is to be made a Baronet, and get the first Red Ribbon. It being generally reported that a great number of the sick and wounded troops which were landed at Portsmouth have died, Ave have made particular en quiry on the subject, and are enabled to state confi dently, that the total number of deaths, of officers and men, of the army at Portsmouth, from Spain and Portugal, does not exceed 230, out of the 2300 that were landed ; that nearly 500 of the troops have recovered, and, as clothing arrives for them, are daily marching off to join their regiments in different quar ters. There are now only 1650 sick and wounded at Portsmouth ; of these, 750 are in Haslar Hospital. Government have sent down eight Physicians and eight Staff Surgeons, the Surgeons of the Horse and Foot Guards, with several Surgeons of the Militia Regiments, and Surgeons from London, who have volunteered their services, and are gone down to attend the sick. The Medical arrangements at Portsmouth were made by .Mr. KNIGHT, the Inspector-General, himself ; since his departure to town they are under Dr. M4GRIGOR and Deputy-Inspector HOGG. Out of 2000 sick and wounded who were landed at Plymouth, about 150 have died. The arrangements for them at Plymouth were very able, and were made by Dn. GRANT and WARREN, the Army Inspectors. The sick landed at the Downs have been under the arrangement of Dr. REDMAN. Many of them have got up to the York Hospital, Chelsea, and are under Drs. PintE•and MORRIS. The sickness has not been confined to the soldiers, many of the sailors have caught the same fever, and the hospitals at Portsmouth and Plymouth are filling fast. Sir JOHN MNAMARA HAYES, Bart. the Inspector- i General of Artillery Hospitals, has set off from his house in town for Portsmouth. Lieutenant-General BERESFORD, with his suite, is still detained at Plymouth. He has a very numerous Staff. Lieutenant-Colonel DELANCEY goes out as his Quarter -Master-General, Captain AnsuruNcrr as his Secretary, and Colonel ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, 71st Regiment, on the Adjutant-General's Staff. A large Medical Staff, and a great quantity of medical and purveyors' stores are embar kin g at Ports mouth for General BERESFORD'S Expedition. The forty sail of transports under the orders of Captain JOHN HALSTED, which are to take on board Major-General HILL'S Expedition at Cork, are wind bound at Portsmouth. The force to be embarked will consist of five regiments and 400 cavalry. Their des tination is believed to be Minorca. The Port Mahon, Captain CHAMBERS, takes the transports to Cork. A large force of Artillery, a brigade of the Foo t Guards, a battalion of the Scots Royals, with severa corps, are ordered to prepare for immediate service. The 2d Battalion of the 24th (Sir DAVID BAIRD'S Regiment) is daily expected from Guernsey. Wednesday and Thursday, marched from Win chester for Portsmouth, the Royal West Middlesex Militia. Friday passed through for Chichester barracks, one division of the 35th Regiment of Foot, and ano - ther division followed on Saturday. - -7 One division of the Ist, or King's German Legion 1 of Light Dragoons, has left Portsmouth for Basing stoke. The following is an accurate List of the Fleet which sailed from Portimouth with the Troops commanded W General SHERBROOK, nuclei convey of his Majesty's ship NIOBE, Captain LottiNG. This is an interesting docurr;ent, especially in consequence of the dispersion of the Fleet : Prince GeOrge, Leager, 8 guns, 308 tons, 217 troop4i. Benjamin Shaw, Broderick, 6 guns, 289 tons, 190 troops. Queen (agent), Bobb' 8 guns, 347 tons, 174 troops. Ann, Sheir, 6 guns, 232 tons, army provisions. Isabella, Hazewood, 6 guns, 230 tons, 194 troops.. Hampersdown, Gibson, • 8 guns, 351 tons, 254 "troops. Ceres,at ols, 4 guns, 163 tons, 75 troops, Nile, nit, 8 guns, 901 tons, 193 troops. Amity, Guy, 8 guns, 323 tons, 215 troops Henry, Clough, 8 wins; 316 tons, 208 troops. Francis and Eliza , Gibbins 8 guns, $77 toes, 266 troops. Horo, Mennell, 10 guns 415 tons, 270 troops. Duchess of Richmond, N ewport, l 0 guns, 344 tons, 223 troops, put into Waterford; Polly, Chapman, 8 guns, 285 toni, 193 troops. ' Rawcliff, Filbert, 8 guns, 345 inns, 244 troops. . • Cora, Nero, 10 guns, 421 tons, 289 troops. Sir Joseph Banks, L ake, 10 guns, 340 tons, 227 tvops. Magnet, Coversdale, 10 guns, 465 tons, 320 treopi. Maria (agent) Jacobs, 12 guns, 480 tons, 289 troops. Sarah, Dannell, 10 guns, 572 tons, 373 troops. George, Black, 4 guns, 151 tons, medicines. Traveller, Tate, 2 guns, 173 tons, ammunition. Calypso, Wright, 2 guns, 150 tons, camp cquillage and medi cines, parted company the lof February ‘ ln a gale, not since been heard of. Tay, Elder, 2 guns, 172 tons, 103 troops. Lord Hood, Smith, 8 guns, 331 tons, 40 horses, parted company the 3d of February in a gale, not since been heard of. Friend, Suter, 2 guns, 183 tons, II 1 troops. Trent, Walton, 4 guns, 97 —.9 tons, 28 staff horses. NAViIL'tiWTELLIGENCE. FORTSMOU'FiI, FEBRUARY 07. Sailed his Majesty's ships CENTAUR and ALFRED, for the Downs. The fleet for the Mediterraneaa re mains in Cowes Roads.—Wind N. W. DEAL, FEBRUARY 27. Arrived his Majesty's ship EDGAR, from the North ward ; and CALLIOPE, from-off Flashing, and remain in the Downs with his Majesty'sfships, as per last, and several other outward-bound vessels.—;--Wind S.W. ABERDEEN, FEBRDAR 21. We formerly mentioned the wreck' of the Isabella of this port, off the Harbour-of Montrose ; the crew were all saved by dropping from the vessel and swim ming to land ; and after repeated unsuccessful at tempts to get at the wreck with the life-boat to relieve g a woman and child who were still on board, four men, at the risk of their lives, ventured out in a coble in the afternoon, and happily succeeded in, bringing them safe to land. The Merchant, WiLsoN, frem Dundee to Newcastle, with barley ; the Ann, and Three Sisters, ALLEN, from Newcastle, with coals, for Aberdeen and Montrose, were wrecked on the Sci - instant, near Berwick—crews saved. CORK, FEBRUARY 20. The DECADE frigate,is under orders for sea, uport particular service. The HELENA sloop of war pro ceeds with convoy to England, and takes in charge' her own and the DECADE'S prize. Last Thursday an American vessel from New York arrived at Dublin ; her cargo consists of 350 hogsheads of flay-seed, 150 barrels of tar, and 40 bales of cotton-wool. Friday the Minerva, from East Florida, arrived at Kinsale, after a passage of 33 days, laden frith IGO ba;es cot ton, and 55 tons pine timter. She is bound for Li verpool. The PRINCESS CHARLOTTE frigate, Captain Toorx, ,has a signal flying at Cove for convoy to the westward. WESTPORT, FEBRUARY 20. It appears, by various articles thrown on shore a 1 few miles to the southward .of this place, viz. three top-masts, several logs of timber, part of a keel, cop pered, some chests o tea, and small kegs of butter, marked " Chichester" (on the ends) that a ship has been wrecked on this coast. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Blonde, for the Betsey, captured May 26, 1807, will he paid on Friday, at No. 1, Fish-street, Doctors' Commons, and there recalled, on Mondays and Fridays. The Pallas, for la Buena Victa, captured December 7, 1807, will be paid on board to-morrow, and recalled at No. 11, Cecil street, same days. The Defence, for the ship Varel, captured Aagust 20, 11307, will be paid to-morrow, at No. 1, St. Swithin's-lave, Lombard itreet, and there recalled, on Fridays and Tuesdays, for three months. The Oberon, for the Prince of Wales, recaptured December 5, 1808, will be paid on board to-morrow, and recalled at No. 23, NOrfolk-street, on Tuesdays and Fridays, for three months. The Burbridge, for the capture of the Dutch East Indiamen, i❑ June, 1795, will be paid at the office of Sir Frederick Preston, Bart. Frederick Place• Old Jewry, on Saturday, March ♦, be tween 11 and 2, and ;here recalled on Saturdays afterwards. Tuesday last, sailed from Leith Roads, the Malta, of Leith, for Malta, Bcc. ; on Wednesday, the Basilisk gun-brig, as convoy to the southward ;on Thursday, the Clio sloop of war, for the Note; and on Friday the William and Ann, DAVIDSON ; Thomas and Ar. 2), NEWTON ; and Raith, DAVIDSON, of Leith, for Davis' Straits whale fishery. The whole of the crew of the MAGNET which was lately lost, have been saved. The convoy from Carlscrona had been partly dispersed, and some of the vessels driven ashore. The SALCETTE frigate was driven into the East Sea. The Fama vv:is lost near Bornholm, and the Sea Cooner shared the same fact. Two more American vessels are arrived at Liver. pool. The one is called the Mississippi, and the other the Example. They are both. said to be from New Orleans, but one of them,.is in fact from New England. The Mississippi sailed on the 12th of Ja nuary, and brings 650 bales of cotton, and (as was reported at Liverpool) 150' hogsheads of tobacco. The Example had a passage of thirty-two days from New England, and has also brought a valuable cargo. The Pacific, which bad been appointed to sail with dispatches for England, on the 25th ult. had not sailed on the 28th. She'Vms, however, in a state of perfect readiness, her arrival is therefore daily - ex pected • Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ and Sir SAMIfEL HOOD, will re-hoist their flags on board their respective ships, the VICTORY, of 100 guns, Captain DOMARESQ ; and the CENTAUR, of 71 guns, Captain WESLEY, and proceed to the Baltic, as soon as that sea is navigable. :,-- Captain D. CAMPBELL is appointed to the Auttit r i I clot's, at Portsmouth ; and Captain PEARSON is ap pointed to the DICTATOR, IA the room of Captain CAMPBELL. Captain SERB: LL is appointed the Vate Guelderland),.at Chathatr. -• .• , th.14'44rf.4.4 • • ME AT DRURr-LANE TiI.EATR.E. drommo. The Proprietors of the Theatre held a meetir fi yesterday, at the house of Mr. Geteaela, in Greet Queen-street, in order tollear the testiniotty of such persons as could 'give any information respee.in • situation in which the fire broke out., .and *hat li2S the probable cause of it.. Several persons were e 42- mined, and from their depositions it appeared to lerably conclusive, that the flames originated in the coffee-room on 'the ':first tier, in-nue-LL... ty over rand coffee-room, anci_tMder the two-shilling gallery. chis is the !'lief of' the Proprietors and other. imme diately interested. It also appeared that a person of the name of Phil lips, who resides in Cross-court, Russell•court, ea-e the first alarm.at the stage-door, he after that left t i o y Theatre to alarm his own family, and again returned ; in the intermediate time, three other persons an With respect to the cause of the fire it is still all sur mise. The woman who has been spoken of as running about the stage in a frantic manner, turns out to be Mrs. SCOTT, the actress, who resides within a door or two of the Theatre, and whose distress of mind ra..7 be easily accounted for. • A meeting of the Performers was also held at tie. house of Mr. SPRING, but nothing decisive took place —nor was it known, whether they would be required torrforrn at any other: place. The meeting was ad journed till to-morrow. The ruins remain in nearly the same state as on Sunday. An attempt was made yesterday afternoon to get down the high wall left standing at the Western angle, by fastening a rope to one of the joists; but the joist was pulled out with a few bricks, without ac complishing the object. It is understood that Mr. FA.LisToN has taken the Royal Circus on his own ac count. Among the valualle losses which Mr. SHUMAN has sustained, and which he most dearly-held, were two piano fortes, formerly belonging to the late Mrs, SIIERIDAN, and for one of which Mr. anatuDAN had' been offered 10001. which he 'refitsedto ti*e.. A 'very valuable clock, which stood between the green-room and the private boxes, formerly the property of Mr. IG:unfelt, which was worth 7001. and which required winding up but once a year. An organ, which stood on the stage, of HANDEL's, worth 8001. ; and the whole of Mr. SHERIDAN's furnittire, which was con , veyed there when Mr. SHERIDAN left Somerset-house. -Drury-lane House was a magnificent pile of build ' ing, though a bad Theatre. In attempting to do too much, the architect egregiously erred. He thought chiefly of capacity--and he not only adopted the lyre form (the very worst that can be imagined), but he carried it to a height that made it a well, and dissi pated the sound. If it were not, therefore, for the serious, and we fear,.irretrievable ruin that it brings on many most interesting persons, the public would have the probability of an improved theatre from the accident. But how the loss is to be recovered we know not. TO THE EDITOR, &e. Sia —The many accounts I have seen of the dread ful catastrophe of the destruction of Drury-lane The atre, impel me to state to you what came under my view, by way of narrative, pledging my integrity for the truth of the assertions. On Friday evening last, about ten o'clock, I had business with one of the Ma chinists of the Theatre, and called at the sta t ,cre door of the same, having desired him to meet me there.— I found the four watchmen there—Brown, Sheen,Tier, Donnelly, and a boy. Brown was in the act of put ting out a candle in a lantern. I asked the watchmen if they had been round the Theatre ? and was-answer ed in the affirmative, and that all was safe. I return ed to my house, and on retiring to bed, heard persons passing my door swiftly ; a short time after I was in formed by a boy that a fire had broken out near us. I immediately went out into the street, and repaired to the Theatre, and perceived the flames issuing out of the windows of the two-shilling gallery. I went into the Theatre, by the stage door, and on the stairs found Carter, the carpenter, attempting to make fast the hose to the water engine. I could then see the flames through the small glasses in the front-box doors to be in the coffee-room. I went to it by the way to the pit from the stage, passed the doors leading to the new Chinese Hall, which was not then on fire, and got to the boxes, to the Prince's room, where I met the fire forcing its way from the coffee-room and boxes. I returned to the stage and found Mr. Powell, the prompter, attempting to save his books, but in vain. I wished.to go to the wardrobe, but the stairs were all on fire. I returned to the stage, and forced Car ter from the attempt to remove the clock. Mr. Thompson's apartment being then on fire, I found Mr. Johnson, the machinist, there, who persisted in going to his apartment, which was enveloped in flames. The fire was then forcing its way through the ventilators, and all the cordage that, supports the borders, &c. was on fire ; the counter-weights falling down, and the whole of the boxes and gallery in a complete b!aze. , The pit was then on fire ; and shortly after, the figure of Apollo fell down with a most tremendous crash, the smoke coming up the grooves, from the magazine floors. I then insisted that Carter, Sheffield, Appleby, and young Brown, should retire. I met Mr. Underwood, the Mas ter Carpenter, going to hig room. I solicited him not to venture for his books; he persisted, and the flames which had then got possession of the flies, 'lost him to me in a smoke ; but I afterwards found he had made his escape through the scene-room to the end of Russell-street.. (Signed) ROBERT FAL RBROTHER.. The death of Dr. LAWRENCE, M. P. for Peterbo rough, Northamptonshire, is mentioned in one of this morning's Papers. Sir JAMES EARLE, one of his Majesty's surgeons, met with a dreadful accident, at one o'clock yesterday, at his house in .Hanover-square, by falling from a s:affolding, which was erected in the front of his house. Sir JAMES. fell from the top of the scaffolding into the aria, dislocated his neck, and broke his arm and a leg: Hs is under the care of Surgeon CLINE and Doctor VAUGHAN, who last night gave no hopes of recovery. Captain BEI•TINCK fell from his Worse in' a fit, about four o'clock, on Sunday afternoon, at the foot of Westminster-bridge. His clothes were caught by the spikes of the hotel, and a, Lady passing by seized the bridle of his horse. He was immediately extri cated, and conveyed into the hotel, where medical as sistance was instantly procured. Captain BENTISCK is a near relative of the Duke of PORTLAND. ! • fY 1 I