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FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. PAT: IS, MARCH 31. Private letters train Holland state, that Turkey would re-unite herself to Aus:ria in the war against France, and that England would furnish the Turks with necessaries for thz. Near. _ _ . The Gazette of France contains the following ar ticle : THE. ARCHDUKE CHARLES TO THE MILITIA OF VIENNA. " Noble Volunteers of Virr.na—l could not refuse rnystlf the satisfaction r f being in the midst of vou on this day of rejoicing. The enthusiasm with which you this i day ewvote yourselves to the service of our well-beloved Miiarch,arid to the defence of ourdear country, will be a sublime trait in the hii.ory of Austria. It unites indissollullly the ties of love and confidence between theMo parch and you! When the cue Itry shall be in danger, I count on your arms. None of you will endure the chains of foreign power. &a firm and patriotic a det.:rmination . creates heroes, and assures us of victory. I shall behold you again, where honour and our country shall call us, and ye will all hthold me there likewise." The news from Vienna mentions that the Count Walmoden has been sent to the Russian head-quarters at Yassy ; his mission is of the highest . importance. It is said, he is charged to demand the cause of those important movements which the Russians have made ()n the frontiers of the Austrian States. M. Davi, Intendant-General of the Army, took yesterday his departure from hence. M. Joinville has been appointed Commissary-General of the Imperial head-quarters, and M. Villemaury Commissary-Ge neral of the Army. M. Canonville, Master of the Household of the Imperial Palace, left town yester day for Strasburgh. M. Lagardeehas taken his de parture for Lisbon, to resume the functions of Direc tor-Genetal of the Police in Portngal. According .to the Gazette de Fiance, the accounts from Spain continue to be favourable. The Duke of Belluno (Marshal Victor) has crossed the Tagus, and taken up a position near Badajoz, to open a commu nication with the Duke of Dalmatia (Marshal Soult) who has arrived at Lisbon. The Fort Jaca, in Arragon, has surrendered. The Military Committee appointed to inquire into the af fair of Chateaubriand, closed this day their debates, and condemned M. Chateaubriand, de Gouyon, Quintal, and Boizo (Luvas's son), as convicted agents and spies of England, to suffer death, having received money and instructions for that purpose.— Chateaubriand was apprehended the very moment he was going to embark fur England. Documents were found about him which clearly proved his guilt, as well as that of his accomplices. We are assured that their Majesties intend to leave this capital for Compeigne on the 4th of next month, and to set out from thence on the Bth for Strasburgh. Numerous troops are daily passing through this town on their march to the Rhine. The Austrian Ambas• s idor, Count Metternich, and Prince •Esterhazy are still here. Marshal Bessieres has arrived from Spain. APRIL 3.—According to letters from Madrid of the 22d ult. contained in the Moniteur of yesterday, the Duke del Infantado has embarked for England, having lost the confidence even of the insurgents. APRIT 4.—From Bayonne, by letters dated the 28th ult. we learn the following : " The town and fortress of lacy having surren dered, General Gouvion St. Cyr is now besieging T. , .rragona, and in which town the Spanish General Reding commands. The said General Reding was severely wounded in the last engagement, but not killed, as was reported. Last night Marshal Lannes, Duke of Montebello, passed through this place, on his return from Spain." _ The Madrid Gazette of the 21st ult. contains the following : " Colonel 'rascher, Aide-de-Camp to his Catholic Majesty, is arrived here from Truxillo, in Estrema dura, whe:.e he had left the corps of the Marshal Duke of Belltmo, which was pursuing its advantages over General Cuesta. The enemy, who was defeated by the German division alone, under the command of General Laval, lost all his ammunition and baggage. Colonel Tascher adds, that they had made from 5 to 60)0 regular troops prisoners of war, and that all the peasants had been put to the sword by the cavalry._ The town of Truxillo has sent a deputation to the Marshal Duke (.f Belluno, in order to present to his Highness its submission, and that the inhabitants would take the oaths of fidelity and obedience to King Joseph Napoleon. The same inhabitants have deli vered up to the French army the considerable maga zines which the enemy had fortified at Truxillo.— General Seb.tstiani was marching with from 18 to 20,000 men to Manzanares." VIENNA, MARCH '25. The field equipage of their Imperial Highnesses Archdukes Charles and Maximilian, lately left this place. His Imperial Highness Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, has voluntarily offered to add to the Hungarian insurrection two squadrons of cavalry, with arms and all necessaries, and also to deliver in a great quantity of bread.. An unknown person has also presented the Archduke Maximilian with a large sum of money, for the use of the fencibles. Our fear that the war will break out, increases every day. In some. of the late Coui t papers, was contained a long article concerning Hungary, in which was the following : " The approach of danger heightens every day in all the inhabitants of the Austrian dominions, their love of their country, of their excellent Constitution, and their upright and good Monarch. The valiant and loyal Hungarians are fulfilling in a manner noble and worthy of themselves, the engagements they spontaneously and unanimously entered into at the last Diet. They are not only carrying into execu tion the articles decreed at the last Diet with energy, promptitude, and unanimity, which forebodes happi ness to the country ; bat they are carrying further the preparations for defence is proportion as the hope of maintaining peace vanishes, which is the constant aim of the exertions rf his Majesty." NUREMBERG, 111 ARCH 0 8. We hear that the Austrian troops in Bohemia: have been again increased. The troops in the neigh bourhood of Egra are become an army. The Duke of Auerstadt has issued a command, that the French troops which had marched from Hanover, Swedish Pomerania, and I)antzic, into Saxony, and were sta tioned on the Saal, should join his corps in Franco. nia. The army of the said Marshal, NVIIICII is at pre sent cantoned four leagues above Bamberp„ in a line which extends some miles, is to be increased to the number of 100.0(X) men. Along t h e D.tmtbe all preparations for war haf been made by the combined troops. MUNICH, EIARCII IS. The Marshal Duke of Dautzie, after having re viewed the French troops on the Tiler, is arrived here. His Excellency had a daily audience of the King. It is thought the Marshal will shortly review the 1)a- , varian troops on the. Iser and the Inn. Hitherto there have been no French troops here ; but .at a few leagues distance are some thousand men, who belong to Ondinot's corps. It is thought the Duke of Auerstadt, (who is com mander in chief of the French troops in Franconia) will take up his head-quarters in Bamberg. His corps is concentrating itself in the territory of Bay reuth. No hostilities have yet commenced on the Inn, but the Austrian troops are increasing daily in thatquarter. FRANCKFORT, MARCH 28. Letters from the South of Spain announce, that the tidings which arrive from Spain are now become less important, because it appears that the King had thought proper to postpone active operations against the southern provinces till after the surrender of Sa ragossa, since a great number of men was requisite to carry on that siege, and it was foreseen that the sur render would make a deep impression upon the south of Spain. But after the capture of that place, it was found necessary to grant the troops who had formed the army of observation a short repose. These troops were composed of the following divisions :—The 3d, formerly under the command of the Marshal Duke of Comegliano ; the sth, the Marshal Duke of Treviso's ; and the 7th, that of General Gouvion St. Cyr. The latter had formed a cordon round the eastern frontier of Arragon, in order to repress the insurgents of Ca talonia and prevent their attempting the relief of Sa. ragossa. St. Cyr has returned into Catalonia, in or der to complete the subjugation of that province, where the country between Manresa and Salsona is principally in a state of insurrection. The destination of the other two divisions is not ascertained. In the beginning of March they were both in Arragon. It is said they are to march to Valencia. According to other reports, the division of the Marshal Duke of Elchingen, which remained in Leon and Gallicia, is to return into the south of France, and there receive further commands. ST. PETERSBURGH, MARCH 22. Count Romanzow, Minister of State, immediately after his return from Paris, informed the Diplomatic Body by a circular letter, that he had resumed his functions as Minister for Foreign Affairs.—Count Araktshejew, Minister at War, still remains in Fin land, the States of which country are to meet his Im perial Majesty at Abo at the end of this month. He intends to leave this capital for the latter place on the 25th of this month, and Count Romanzow is to set out for the same place in the course of to-morrow. TURKEY, FEBRUARY 24. The Grand Seignior has caused to be notified as follows : " Know, ye beloved faithful, that I have concluded peace with my ancient troops, the Janissaries, and that I declare all those enemies of the empire, and our enemies, who attempted to introduce the system of military organization and discipline which prevails among the faithless. " Know ye, also, that the two Pachas who were partisans of that abominable project, have been banished our dominions, and abandoned to the vengeance of all good Mussulmen, who are at liberty to destroy them, should they ever dare to set a foot on the Ottoman territory. 44 To conclude, know ye, that we have written this Firman with our own hand, in order to give our ancient gallant troops an unquestionable proof of our gratitude." CONVENTION Between the Russian troops commanded by Lieutenant General Barclay de 'roily and the Sweslish troops commanded by Ma- .•. _ . jor General Count Cronstedt. 1. Tie Swedish troops shall this day, at four o'clock in the af ternoon, evacuate the town of Umea, and the Russians take pos session thereof. 2. Ths Swedish troops must draw' bask to Hernosand, and only have their out posts at Nordrnalin. The Russian troops shall leave their out posts as far as the frontiers of the province of Umea, so that the district between the said frontiers, and the river Ere, shall be considered as neutral. 3. All provisions and ammunition shall, on signing this Con vention, be delivered up to the Russians, and the Swedes must not take with them more than four days provisions. 4. The sick of the Swedish army remain at Umea, and are to be attended by a Swedish physician. 5. Tho recommencement of hostilities is t• be notified twenty four hours before. PzifRLMMEN7 dRr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL Is. The Scotch Records Regulation, and several Private Bills were brought up from the Commons. Counsel were called to the Bar, in support of the Bill for di vorcing Mr. Paulett from Letitia Perceval his wife. After Ser jeant Lens had stated the Petitioner's case, Counsel were ordered to withdraw. The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented some Papers relating to the campaign in Spain, which were ordered to be printed. A long conversation took place between Lords DARNLEY, GREY, AUCKLAND, SIDMCUTH, BucKINGNAMS/IIRE, CARES FORT, and LivearooL, on the subject of the various military and political documents that had been laid on the table, relating to the recent occurrences in Spain and Portugal, and the Treaty with Spain ; but as it was merely preliminary to the debate on Friday, we deem it unnecessary to give the particulars. ROXBURGH PEERAGES. In a Committee of Privileges, their Lordships heard Counsel further upon certain points touching the claims to those honours, viz. Mr. Gillics and Sir S. Romiliy. The farther consideration of t4e case was then adjourned by the Committee till Thursday ; and the Lord Chancellor notified he should to-morrow submit a pro position to the House respecting the further proceedings of the Committee. Counsel were ag,zin called in on Paulett'sDivorce Bill ; evidence was heard at the bar to prove the criminal conversation ; and the Bill was ordered to, be committed.—Adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. BASTARD moved she second reading of the Bastard Bill. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday next. Mr. H. MARTIN moved that the account presented to the House of the Fees taken in the War-Office should be printed.— Ordered. A person from the Stamp Office presented an account of the incidental expences of Stamps in England and Scotland. Ordered to lie on the table. _ Mr. DICKENS moved, that the Papers presented relative to the Silver Tokens and Copper Coins of Ireland, be printed. Ordered. Mr. CROAKER moved the postponement of the second reading of the Irish Militia Completion Bill till Friday. Ordered. Mr. WHI (BREAD presented a petition from the Trustees of the Foundling Hospital Charity, against the removal of Smith field Market. Ordered to lie on the table. . _ --- .......... - - Mr. PARNELL moved, that the accounts respecting the In land Navigation of Ireland be printed.—Ordered. Mr. WHI'fBREAD moved, that the papers presented this day from the Stamp Office be printed. 9rdered. AMERICAN PAPER& Mr. ROSE moved, at the papers respecting the Trade to America be printed. He stated, that the amount of shipping em ployed in the trade to the whole of America had increased since the commencement of the Orders in Council, Mr. P. MOORE said, that though the trade in hard Ware and some other articles might be increased, the cotton manufacturers were almost starving for want of a market. fhe papers were then ordered to be pr inted. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Sir CHARLES PRICE moved the order of the day for the second reading - of the Smithfield Market-Bill. Mr. Alderman COMBE objected to the Bill, prin cipally on account of the loss that would be sustained from the removal of the market by those who carried on trade in its vicinity. He moved—That it be read this day six months. Mr. HENRY MARTIN seconded the motion. His objection was, that great injury would he sus tained by the property of the Foundling Hospital, to which Charity some streets belonged through which the catfie to the new market must pass, and prove ' such an annoyance, that they could scarcely get te nants. He also stated a similar objection on the part of several individuals. There appeared no absolute necessity for the removal of the market to justify so strong an interference with private property. Mr. ROSE stated, that this was an interesting question to every county in ErOand. • He under : stood that the annoyance complained of might be in a great measure removed, and compensation might be awarded to those who might suffer in their private property. He contended that it was necessary to remove the market; from the great increase of the business. The Bill fixed upon no particular spot ; that would be considered in the Committee, and to a Committee at least the Bill ought to be allowed to go. Mr. HORNER observed that he understood that the City of London was in treaty for the particular spot in question. His principal objection was to the ! spot to which it was intended to remove the market. : If the Bill was sent to a Committee, he hoped at least that there would be two instructions to that Committee—first, that the Inns of Court should be removed • and second, that compensation should be 1 given to the Gentlemen of the Profession of the Law for the loss which they must sustain. Mr. LYTTLETON opposed the Bill. • i Sir CHARLES PRICE said, that the object of ; 1 the City was to accommodate the public. There were three different situations for the market pointed out, which the Committee would have to consider. 1 The property of individuals would not be at all so i much injured as some Gentlemen seemed to imagine. 1 He hoped the House would sec the necessity of send ' ing this Bill to a Committee. ; Mr. HUTCHINSON wished to know whether the spot particularly objected to was likely to be fixed upon by the Committee. The inconvenience and in jury to the Foundling Hospital appeared to he the chief objection—and if that was done away, he felt 1 inclined to vote for the second reading of the bill. Mr. ROSE said, that the City had instructed the Commissioners of City Lands actually to abandon the spot in question. Mr. PONSONBY was inclined to vote for the se cond reading, but without engaging afterwards to vote for this spot or that. The sacred right of pri vate property must be attended to, for this was the great foundation of British prosperity. Mr. MELLISH heard it was the intention of the ' ICorporation to erect the market near Gray's Inn So ciety. This he did not consider as just or eligible. ' -Mr. FULLER.—" Sir, in my opinion, the City ought distinctly to point out some spot where they . , would determine to build the market ; if they do not do this, and that plainly too, I will not vote for them. I certainly will not trust them. It is very odd in -1 deed if they expect I am to trust them, when they have thought proper publicly to say they will not trust me—(A loud laugh). Mr. Alderman SHAW supported the second rea -1 ding of the Bill, which he thought ought to go to a Committee. Mr. BARHAM expressed his astonishment that the Bill had been allowed to go on so fir without more examination, considering the way in which it might bear on private property. The best way 'could be to reject this Bill, and then refer the matter to a Com mittee. Mr. WHITBREAD and the ATTORNEY GE NERAL objected to the Bill, on the ground that if was calculated to injure the interests of many persons who had no notice of it whatever. ' The Gallery was then cleared, but the Bill was re jected without a division. ASSIMILATION OF CURRENCY. Mr. PARNELL rose to makes his promised mo tion upon this subject ; and having stated the great inconveniences and injury sustained by the public, particularly in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, from the want of an equalization of the currency between Great Britain and Ireland, and the evils which have arisen for some years past from the high rate of exchange against Ireland with this country ; he adverted to the Report - of a Select Committee appointed to inquire into the state of the current coin, specie, exchange, &c. &c. in the Session of 1804, upon which he grounded the object of his present motion. The plan which he meant to submit to the House, for the consideration of the Committee was, in the first instance, that the Bank of England notes should be made legal payment in Ireland. He did• not mean to establish a fund belonging to the Bank of Ireland, in the Bank of England, as was done upon the Union of Seed Ind with England, not seeing the necessity of such a measure. His next object was to call in all the Bank silver tokens in Ireland, and to issue a new coinage of silver to pass at the same rate in both countries, and also to call in all the cop per coin now in circulation in Ireland, and which now pass at the rate of thirteen-pence in the shilling, to issue a new coinage of copper, the same as in Eng land, to pass at the rare of twelve-pence to the shil ling; and to reconcile the difference between 12d. and 13d. at which they now pass, he meant to pro pose that the 12d. should be of equal value with the present 13d. This arrangement, he conceived, would do away most of the inconveniences arising from the pre sent corrupt state and scarcity of the coinage, and the high rate of exchange between the two countries. As the latter was now nearly at par, he thought the present the most favourable period for adopting these regulations, and concluded by moving, that the re ,port before alluded to be referred to a Committee of the whole House. Mr. FOSTER, concurring in the observations of his Honourable Friend as to the equalization of the currency, at the same time thought, that making Bank of England notes legal payment in rieland was a measure wholly impracticable while the Restriction Act was in force. With regard to a new coinage, he thought it wholly unnecessary at present, as Ireland had now a circulation of silver currency equal for all her domestic purposes. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19. PRICE OF STOCKS ThIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 6714—Ditto for May 681 CR. Exchequer Bills. 10s. to 124. prem.—Omnium i prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Red. Ann. 67.144 per Cent. Cons. 67ff 4 per Cent. 824 82 5 per Cent. N:tvy 98f9 Long Ann. 18i4 India Bonds, 13s. 124. pre outli Sea Stock Excheq. Bills, 10s. 12s. rr. Lottery Ticket! 221. 4s. Consols, for acc. tida Hamburgh Papers to the 9th, and Dutch Paper and Letters to the 12th, containing Paris news to ill 4th inst. and accounts from Vienna to the 22,1 uh arrived last nighi. They give no countenance to report previously received—that all differences hai been adjusted between Austria and France : on ur contrary, the military preparations on bcAli sides pear to be prosecuted with unremitting rigour, ;,:- the Princes of the Rhenish Confederation seem to prepaiing to take an active part.in the contest. Two bags of letters were delivered yesterday, iron Heligoland, some of them to the 13th inst. Trail: had begun to revive, and many prizes had hen brought in, principally consisting of small armed vessels, which had materially injured the trade be. tween Embdcn and Glu'ekstaLlt. The following - a an extract of a letter fr, -- rn that island : " 1-lELIGOLAND, APRIL 12 7 .1 " The Committee of Merchants have had a nueti:iy, a. whicl it was agreed to impose a rate of half per cern. u 2 on oo,:s ported here, in order to defray the expence incurred by nuara to the captors of enemy's ships, and other public cliur7,e3. Committee is indebte4, on acc4unt of such outgoing., to too amount of about Soob marks." The'earlier letters from Heligoland speak of ti: probability of peace between France and Austri.t, the latter ones, are Wholly silent on that subject.—+ They all concur in stating the probability, that th Mr. O , HARA conceived that the rate of Ex:hal ,'• was not affected by the depreciation of the cum.; coin, but depended upon the commercial inter Lo u ,:, of the two countries, when they might be debtur cr creditor to each' other. Mr. HENRY 'THORNTON thought the first ject of the Honourable Mover could not be effictei while the two National Banks were in the presen t situation. If such a measure as the circulation of the Bank notes of England in Ireland was to be ulopted. it could be only in the case of the fund estaLlilzed fi x that purpose being of an, indefinite extent ; but he thought the independence of the Bank of Ireland, b. r their charter, an unsurmountable obstacle to sucll Measure. Mr. PONSONBY felt there would be a very g reat difficulty in accomplishing such a plan at the present moment, and never practicable at all as long as ti.. ! Bank should be restricted from issuing specie. wholly attributed the fluctuation of exchange to c orn . mercial intercourse ; and its present low and fitv,iur able state, to the Bill brought into Parliament by hi ; Right Hon. Friend (Sir John Newport) last sessio n;; he meant the Corn Intercourse Bill, by which so larc. an exportation had taken place as to make the ence in exchange. After a few words in explanation from Mr. Par. . NELL, Mr. O'HARA, • Mr. THORNTON, and Mr. Po,. SONBY, the motion was negatived without a divisi r.. MR. LUKIN. Mr. PETER MOORE, pursuant to his motk:, after observing upon the various large sums of money which appeared by the Seventh Report of the Com missioners of Military Inquiry to be unaudited at the Treasury, among which was the object Of his pre sent motion, moved, That the Accounts rel,itin g to money-advanced to Mr. Robert Lukin, by order of the Secretary at War, and lately presented :3 the House, be printed. His object was to kno-,v what I power the Secretary at War had to authorize such grants ? After a few,words in explanation from the CHAN• CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. STCRGE3 BOURNE, the motion was agreed to. MILITIA BILL. Upon the motion of Lord CASTLEREAOH, after a few words from Mr. O'HARA and Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, the Militia Completion Bill was recom• mitted. A long conversation ensued upon some of the clauses, between Mr. GILES, Lord CASTLEREAGII, Mr. WINDHAM, Mr. PERCEVAI., Colonel WOOD, Lord A. HAMILTON, &c. and it was objected that di? Bill would not obtain the quotas in the several counties. Col. WOOD declared that the Militia, of he has the command, is already complete. Mr. OILES objected to the clause superadding ballot after the Ist of January:, 1810. _ _ Mr. WINDHAM maintained that the Bill vas full of incongruities. Among them was the prr , visic, holding out a premium of twelve guineas. The men would wait till after the ballot, in hopes of getting a greater premium. In .fact the Noble Lord said— " My Lads, here's twelve guineas a man, take it now, for if you wait much longer you'll get linty-Jive guineas."- - -(A laugi. ) . The Committee divided on the clause—F or it 52 —Against it 12—Majority 10. The CoMmittee again divided on the el:muse r irr. posing a fine upon the counties which du not their quotas—Ayes 34—Noes 9—Majority The remaining clauses were then gone thfough the House'resumed, and the Report was ordered be received to-morrow.—Adjounted at :IA p-.s: twelve -o'clock. MINORITY ON Tilt MOTION OF LORD FOLKESTONE, FOR A COMMITTEE 73 INQUIRE INTO ABUSES. Lord Ossulstone Lord Visc. forbes Sir W. Lemon, Bt. Sir I'. Miller, Bt. Sir J. St. Aubyn, Bt. Geu. liibbert, Esq. Geo. Knapp, Esq. 'Thos. Foley, Esq. J. Seodamore, Esq. I', I. Symmonds I'. Creevey, Esq. Lord Althorpe Wm. Ord, Erg. Hon. C. Pelham D. North, Esq. H. Parnell, Esq. G. L. Wart le, Esq. S. Whizbread, Esq. Lord A. Hamilton C. C. Western, Esq H. Tracey, Esq. Jos. Halsey, Esc. H. C. Conlin, Esq. John Calcraft, E.Q. H6n. C. Era.isl)aw Lee Antonii:, Esq. Hon. W. I..nr.Le Hon. Lyktletor. 1. M. I.loyd Lord Folker.cne Hon. C. !in:.chin;or. W. Coke, Esq. TH F. EV ENING S'IA