Star. — London, England, 1809-05-25 00:00:00

FT HER FRIENDS, on Sunday last, a Yoxixo AADT, Daughter of a respectable Widow in the Neighlsour of Hampton; supposed to be gone off with an Officer now abroad, and who was forbid the house of the Lady about ears Once. She is about 17, genteel figure, pleasing Coen :e, dark eyes, long auburn hair, rather aquiline nue, small and shews , ber teeth a little; has a mole on each cheek. Person giving information to the Pri...ter, so that she may cored to her disconsolate iricnds, will be most gratefully , has beery traced to Liphook, where she left„die coach, and conveyed away in a Petersileld post-chaise by a Gentleman )osed to be the person above alluded to. FOREIGN lIVTELLIGENCE.. VIENNA, MAY S. • ly virtue of an ukaue - of the Russian Government :h a courier has brought hither, all Russians who ►ere have received orders toremAin here no longer. greater number will in consequence leave this :e to-merrow. • 'he first column of the Hungarian Insurrection is w ady arrived here. The Empress left this place yesterday. Her atten ts proceeded towards Hungary some days ago. fAY 6.—The most active exertions are made for in g this capital into a state of defence. The :hduke Maximilian, who was sent hither, has Ished. a Proclamation, addre s sing th e inhabiants, exhorting th e m to a defence of their city. AUSTRIA, MAY 4. e have heard nothing of battle since the Arch : Charles's retreat over the Danube. He has k is great army in Bohemia. order to withhold the enemy from entering Vi. intrenchments are forming there; 15,000 men daily at them. UPPER SUABJA, MAY 6. • The T/rolese peasants have carried away 500 bar of salt, and laid contributions in money on the igis. They begin to force yonng people to . join ; but a French corps is forming against them. *►ave already received a severe check at Isny the Wurtemburg cavalry. LUDWIGSBURG, MAY 14. • the progress of the Tyrolese insurgents towards 'ontiers of Bavaria and Suabia, and their having , possession of several places in the Voralberg, 'cal weeks since induced his Majesty to draw a ion on the frontier of this kingdom, in concert the King of Bavaria. In consequence of the ►s being placed on the side of Bavaria, the !re mtered Kempten, Immenstadt, Bregenz, Lin and on the 10th Memmingen. The King has 'yed, therefore, to send 100 chasseurs and a bat against them. ASCHAFITNEURG, MAY 15. e hear that a corps of four thousand Westpha troops are to take possession cf Hanover. It is 'ice said that Stettin, Glogau, and Custrin, with fortresses, are to be put in possession of the King estphali.t. rom Carlsruhe we learn that the Baden troops )rcceeding to the Voralbc:rg and the Northern HAGUA, MAY 22. ie following important intelligence is contained :ters of the 13th inst. from the Lower Rhine: On the 25th of April the Emperor of Russia ired war against Austria, and ordered his ar 7 to enter Gallicia and Hungary. The Russians already entered Gallicia and beaten the Aus- The King of Prussia, far from approving the de _ion committed by Schill, has sent an army of ,000 men against that robber, i n con j unct i on w i th troops of Westphalia. Since the 9th inst. the French flag has been un ' on the top of St. Stephen's church at Vienna. Le 10th or llth thi Emperor Napoleon was to the capital. The Emperor Francis 11. has so. peace." private letter from the French head-quarters of ;th announces, that on that day an Austrian Of if the Staff had arrived with a Messenger bear letter written by the Emperor Francis to the tror Napoleon, in wliich the Emperor of Aus- Lmplored an armistice and peace of his Majesty most humble expressions. The short time of ty of the flags of truce i n t h e h ea d- quarters of lesty has i nduced an opinion that the answer favourable—the more so, as the army continues icing. BRUNSWICK, MAY 10. cerday Schill was at Colditz, six leagues from , burg. In a battle near Dodendorl be left 15 id 3 officers killed ; besides I] men and 1 06- ended. garrison of Magdeburg has been strengthened Dutch regiments. se marau iers were at Halberstadt ; but the .efect contrived to rescue the public chest.— of Brunswick and Blankenbur& were sent to HA!s7OV'ER, MAY ie. 11's corps has shewn itself at Sechusen, Oster- Arentiza, and Salzwedel. DUSSELDORF, MAY 17.' 'roclamation has been published here this day . Schill : it concludes thus : His success would be of no long duration, were set his foot in the Grand Duchy. An army of , e has been oi ganized, in order to repair where mace may be disturbed, between the Weser and .pine ; Ott- !!,:r•-• who in 14 days arr i ve d at la, in t!-‘e i•: .:',COO Austrians, will know :0 den hi', S:a.e b ...gainct a robber, and pu thos: ;-- assistance ; but the sllmQut sx h .t! , !.lsti a:, 1)t. the time is come ,she people c.,l;:fht 'oe :might !h at the fi rst, the I, the most leir Government. of laws is j sub m i ss i on " Dl , LiTit 10. &hill has sticLeederi :), number of into the Old a It, on appioadi of ill: Westphali an troops. ' gret. ~ ( !bercr.ts have . b een taken -oilers to Cassel. He 114.1, i t appears, again creased' to the right hiuk of the Elbe. The student s Haile evinced no inariation to joi n t hi s 45 ,te. , part of Schill's totpi, which, under Colonel mow , entered Halle at four o'clock, left it the day, after seizing stAne small arras, money, and " Lovadine, May e, Three o'Clock in the Morning. " On the evening of the 7th, his Imperial High ness the General in Chief, ordered that the army should pass the Piave on . the day following. D ur i ng the night every preparation was made for carrying this bold enterprise into execution. The passage was effected at three yesterday morning : half the army swam across, and the other half forded the river in presence of the enemy; who was encamped on the other side, and was amused by false attacks on other points. Hardly was the passage effected than the French troops threw themselves upon the enemy. The cavalry, the voltigeurs, and the artillery, per formed prodigies of valour. The enemy's ranks were forced on all sides, and the instant they were formed again, they were again broken. " enemy has left a considerable number of killed and wouncled on the field of battle. Among the former are several Generals, particularly Lieute nant-General Defirnsont. We have taken 16 pieces of cannon, and a number of chests. The General commanding the artillery, and the Commander of the cavalry, have been taken, as well as a number d' other officers, and an infinity of soldiers. The enemy's army was in complete rout. To-day, the Prince-General in Chief pursues his brilliant advan rages ; and to-night, or to-morrow, a detailed account will be given of a victory as brilliant from the bold ness of the plan which produced it, as from the ex ploits which will for ever reflect lustre on the Army of Italy.!'--Moniker. • .. • AUGSBURGH, MAY it. present, the service of the army required the protec ' %According to certain intelligence the French troopsl tion of that House, when they saw his Majesty's Mi are 'already on the other side of Vienna. It is pro- . nesters se ready to countenance the breaking through table that . they still proceedArectly towards Hungary regulations so essential to its. welfare, and made ex in order to anticipate the insurrection there. . ptessly for the support of it. He had heard it repor- MILAN, MAY io. ted, that this extraordinary promotion had been made The following note proceedin g from the head. i n consequence of the promise of a high personage to quarters of the army, has been thi s m oment pub. the I father of the Noble Lord ; but the Crown could lished do nothing without the knowledge and approbation -•_._ I of its Ministers : and it would be much better such 1 regulations had never been established, than suffered to delude the officers of the army by a shew of im partiality which was not intended to be adhered to in every instance. He (Colonel Shipley), was one of those who voted against the Duke of York, but he would be much more inclined to give his sanction to one who might be seduced by his regard for a woman into certain irregularities, but who would inflexibly ad. here to the regulations of the army, than a Comman der in Chief, who, whatever might be his individual merits as an officer, would 'submit to the regulations made under his own adviceand sanction, being bro,lcen through, almost as soon as they had been issued and promulgated. Under these circumstances, he felt it i his duty to ;nove— -1 ~ Aar there be laid before the House a copy of the regulations of the Duke of York, relative to the time an officer should serve before he can be made a Field Officer. Also a copy of the Corn mission of Lord Burghersh, appointing kin to a Majority, and the date when Gazetted. Sce." I Lord CASTLEREAGH said he believed the Hon. Officer, who brought forward this motion, would not have been induced to call for thi s info r ms-' I tion, if he was acquainted with all the circum s tan ces ) of the case. He believed there was no principle the House would more readily recognize than that they should not interfere with the disposal of the improve ment of the army. Nothing could be more wrong. Of all those prorogati.ves which the King possessed, there were none more. universally allnwed or less doubted of than his power to confer Commissions in the army and navy, create Peet ages, make peace and war, Ike. The King might put himself at the head of his army, and it would then be in his power to exercise his discretion in promoting what officers he pleased, and nothing but some instances of something extremely corrupt would justity the House of Com mons in interfering so as to narrow this branch of the i prerogative. The Hon. Gentleman had, in the pre sent question, taken much too clOse a ground' as to this part of the prerogative. The Commander in Chief laid down regulations ; but his Majesty had a, right to alter them. It never bad been, or could- be understood that his Majesty had not a right to depart' from that rule when he thought proper. There had not long since been an instance 'of it in the case of General Graham (hear, hear, hear!) There was a rule that an officer who came into the army on tem porary rank, should not be preferred, but according to a certain rotation ; but his Majesty, in the case ' now alluded to, thought himself authorized and im pelled to repeal that regulation, and to place Gene ral Graham at the head of all the officers of the same rank. The King never did, nor ever could mean to divest himself of that paramount prerogative. He conceived the appointment was not contrary to the, regulation which was made 20th March last. Lord Burghershis commission was dated 25th March 1803, so that he was entitled to his promotion on the 2.5 th of that month, a difference of only five days ; and for so slight a difference as that, he thought the Hon. Gentleman who made this motion would be sorry to' stop the promotion of so meritorious an otlicer.-- ; Though a very young man, he had sought service in every quarter of the globe—in the north of Germany, in Sicily, at the Dardanelles ; was Aide-de-Camp to General Walker at Rosetta, and to Sir A. Wellesley both at Rohilla and Vimeira ; and he hoped there-. fore the Honourable Mover would not think the King had stretched the Prerogative in appointing an officer of this merit. Certainly, 'after these acts of heroism, application had been made to the late Commander in Chief, and he (Lord Burghersh) obtained a promise that he should receive promotion as soon as the li mited time of his services was expired; and he (Lord Castlereagh) thought that when his Majesty saw any young man who possessed high rank and fortune, laying .tside all the soft and seducing allurements of pleasure at home, and devoting himself to the ser vice of his country abroad, his Majesty would shew great wisdom in bestowing superior marks of favour on such extraordinary activity, zeal, and enterprize. The Right Honourable Mover complained that Lord Burghersh had not only received a Major's Commis sion, but one of Lieutenant Colonel also; but this was no new case ; for there had been cases without end in the Guards, where the rank of Lieutenant Colonel followed that of Major immediately ; and till the late regulation, no mention was ever made, or notice taken of it ; and as the new regulation was oniv made on the 20th• March, and the time of his Lordship's ser vice would be expired on the 25th, he put it to the House whether it would be consistent with the com mon principles of equity or justice to withhold that promotion which had been promised at the end of the former regulation, when the new regulation had ne ver been thought of, and which was only made five days before Lord Burghersh would otherwise have been entitled to it. Under these circumstances, he hoped and trusted the House would not think it ne cessary to call for any information on the subject, but would concur with him, that no case had been made out. which could justify them to call the prerogative in question, particularly as to Commissions in the army. Lord TEMPLE said, that Lord Burghersh still remaioed a Major in the 11th regiment, to the injury of a meritorious officer ; that he had received the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonel for the purpose of sending him into Portugal, where he was to receive the rank of Brigadier General, which would imme diately put him over the head of all the Colonels in Sir A. Wellesley's army. He was sure the House would not unnecessarily or lightly interfere with the prerogative, but when it was exercised unjustly, it was their duty to look carefully to its operation, es pecially where the service of the army is so deeply in terested. The Noble Lord opposite said, that Lord Burghersh had completed his time of service within a few days. His ensigncy was gazetted on the 24th of December, 1803 ; so that he cannot complete his six years service till December 24, 1809. On that there seems however to be a difference—then let us have the documents. The Noble Lord had talked of the merits of Lord Burghersh, and called him a rising young man. According to the present plan, he would be a mere rutin; young mail , very day. He had been informed that in point of fact be was never oft service with his regiment—he had volunteered I , the Dardanelles, when his regiment was in Sicily— and to other places, when that favour had be. r , fused to many others who wished for it as much a s he did. On December 21, 1803, Lord Burghers!. was appointed an Ensign in the 11th regiment, wi:h. out purchase. He had not paid for any of his con, missions—w: 7 allowed to volunteer without going tc, his regiment ; but all this did not entitle him to ex traordinary promotion, in the face of the express ex, isting regulations of Ore army. Lord CASTLEREAGH explained. Mr. HUTCHINSON spoke shortly in favour of the motion. Lord NEWARK said it appeared to him that a very particular favour had been conferred, iu the w2y of promotion, on a young Officer without any j ust reason for so doing, and as he should that night vo te contrary to those with whom he generally acted, be thought it necessary to say a few words why he should support the present motion. _ _ Lord H. PETTY diferedfronl Lord CAsruttemut on the subject of his MajeitYgivimparticular favou: and countenance to young men of raft and influence who entered into the army. He thought such persons were not those who should receive Commissions with. out purchase • and if they did so, and were put over the heads of those who were only fit to fight Our Lat• ties in the times in which we live, the situation of th c , army would he dreadful. Sir C. BURRELL said a few words in favour cf the motion. The. CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEG,urR spoke very shortly against it. After which a division took place :—lh favour ( the Motion 72—Against it 67—Majority against M.is nisters 5. L H] .1 1 . 0 LADY, i hood of 'lamp going abroad, • iwo years sine tenance, dark mouth, and at Any Person be restored to thanked. She has bees was conveyed supposed to bi By virtu which a ccr are here ha The greate place to-mi The first already arr The Em dants pros MAY 6.- putting this 'Archduke published a •aud exhort; We hay dale Char] ed his grew In order • • .enna, intros weak daily The Tit ;els of salt, "1 them.; but They *aye item the NV By the pi the frontiers taken posse several wee: cordon on with the K troops beini bels entered dau, and on resolved, th talion again We hear lian troops likewise sai( their fortres of Westphal From Ca are prcceed Tyrol. The folio in letters of 66 On . thr declared wa mies to enre have alread trians. " The Ki solation cos 30,000 men the troops a 86 Since tl furled on thr On the 10th leave the cal licited peace. A private the 6th annc ficer of the ;. ing a letter Emperor Na tria implore( in the most the stay of t. his Majesty • was unfAvour advancing. Yesterday Magdeburg. men and 3 of cer wounded. The garris by two Dutcl These mat Sub-prefect c Tkose of Brt Cassel. Schill's cor burg, Arends A Proclan against Schill 66 His suc, he to set his 1 reserve has b ever peace w the Rhine ; Vienna, in tl bow to defer nish w ; - punishment • when the pe noblest, the to their Gov &hill h:• • Marl, 011 i A great. nil prisoners to over to the of Halle ev The part c Syneow, pew day, I - t dodos. BAYONNE, MAY to. The Courier from Madrid is arrived this morning. He brings noiresh intelligence of the armies which are advancing on the side of Estremadura and Anda lusia. The Duke of Treviso is arrived on the plain of Astorga ;* his line extends to Madrid. General Kellerman has effected his junction with the Duke of Elchingen. It is even said that the French have en tered Oviedo, the capital of Astoria, without resist ance. The Insurgents in this kingdom have no means of escape but by sea. • PARLIAMENTART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. The Irish Post Road Bill, the Printers' Indemnity Bill, the Excise Holiday Abolition Bill, the Martinique Trade Bill, the Glass Duty Regulation Bill, the Dublin Coal Bill, and the Office Sale Prevention Bill, were read the third time, passed, and order ed to the Lords. The third reading of the Customs Duty Bill was postponed to Friday. Sir JOHN NBWPORT gave notice of a motion for Friday next, relative to the promotion of Mr. Beauchamp Hill, to be Re ceiver General of Excise in Ireland. _ ..__..— 'lle Life Annuity Bill was read the second time ; as were the Excise Officers' Superannuation Bill, and the Dublin Post Office Bill, and committed for to-morrow. 'lke Irish Catholic Freeholders' Claims Bill, wns read the se cond time, and committed for Friday next. Mr. WHARTON brought up the Report from the Committee of Supply on the usual Grants to Parliamentary officers towards the close of each Session. Grants agreed to. Mr. PARNELL gave notice of a motion early in the nextieses sion of Parliament, for leave to bring in a bill for establishing a Commutation for Tythes In Ireland; and, In order that the House might have the fullest information on the subject, he an nounced his intention of moving on Tuesday for an Address to his Majesty, praying, that he would be graciously pleased to ap point Commissioners to inquire Into the state of tythes in Ireland. Mr. ME'LLISH brought up the Report en the Highgate Arch way Bill ; and upon the question "T hat the House do ag ree with sa4d Report," some further discussion took placr, when the House divided—Ayes for the question, 39—Noes, 40—Bill lost by one. Mr. HUSKISSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulate the constittitior of Commissioners for auditing thepublic aceourrs. •Mr. FITZGERALD (Knight of Kerry) brought forward his promised motion for leave to bring in a Bill for the better regu htion of Assessments by Grand Juries is Ireland. He detailed at length the many defects and abuses•arising from the present node of assessment, and for the remedy whereof his bill was in tended. He meant only to introduce the bill in the present sea 'ions, in order to have it printed, and circulated amongst the Ma gistrates and leading Gentlemen in Ireland during the recess, in order that the bill might have the advantage of their full delibe ration preparatory to the next session, when he meant to propose - its final adoption into a law. After a l'ut observations from Mr. Fosrea, it J. NEWPORT, 201011t1 MAXWELL BARRY, and Mr. DENNIS BROWNE, leave was given to bring in the Bill. 4 AR MY REGULATIONS. Colonel SHIPLEY rose to bring forward the mo tion of which he had given notice, previous to the holidays. He was, he said, perfectly sensible that it could never be the wish or intention of that House to attempt any wilful or unnecessary interference in the interior management or regulation of the army of this country ; that had by the Constitution been placed in other hands ; and he well knew the House would not interfere in it, but in extraordinary cases, where certain rules laid down for its most essential and vital interests were rashly or premeditately broken through. When the Duke of York was made the Commander in Chief, certain regulations were issued by his Ma jesty, by which is was settled that no Offi cer s h ou ld be made a Field'Officer till he had served six years, nor a Lieutenant Colonel till two years after he was made a Major. The present C o m man d er i n Chi e f had made that regulation stricter than it was before, by extending the term to nine years. In defiance of these regulations, Lord Burghersh had, on the 4th of May instant, been appointed to a Majority, and in a few days afterwards made a Lieutenant Colonel, by which he had been rut over the heads of many Offi cers who were senior to him, and particularly the oldest Captain in the regiment to which his Lordship belonged, and who was five years and a half an older officer than Lord Burghersh ; and by his recent ad vancement his Lordship passed over the heads of six hundred officers, many of whom were in the army be fore Lord Burghersh was born. If he had been the son of an Abercrombie or a Moore, he (Colonel t Shipley) should have thought his promotion too ra pid. The country had observed, with indignation, that the person thus prematurely preferred was the son of a Cabinet Minister, who ought to have advised that nothing but meritorious services, and gallant ex ploits of the most eminent , kind, should have entitled him to such extraordinary promotion, nor could any thing less than tbe* have justified his Majesty's Mi. I , ll isters in countenancing such a measure. In what Ine now brought forward, he meant nothing personal to the Noble Lord ; but he thought, in times likgthe AMERICA. Upon our re-admission we found Lord HENRY PETTY on his legs, putting some questions to nisters relative to our relations with America, which, from the confusion created by the division, it was hr.. possible for us to hear. Mr.CANNING answered that the relations betweca the two countries were in a train of negotiation ; 1114 before he could be able to acquaint the House of their termination there were some things to be done, and others to be undone. He also stated that the late agreement concluded between the British Ambassa dor and the American Government was contrary to his instructions, and that of course it did not receive the approval of his Majesty. However, it was deter mined to indemnify such persons in America, who, on this supposed agreement might be subjected to in conveniences and losses, in the interval between the conclusion of the non-ratified agreement and the no. tice of its not being approved by his Majesty. COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS. The House resolved itself into a Committee cfWay and Means, in whiah Mr. FOSTER brought forward TAE 4IUSH BUDGET. Unappropriated Balances £1,759,381 Dedtict unfunded Debt 2?,050 Arrear to How:h ;:,814 9.24,687 Navigatio:is 191,793 1,514,694 Estimated Pa-venue Loan in Great Britain, S Millions British 3,250,000 1,:03007 Ditto, Ireland - 1,C50,000 ) . SUPPLY. Quota for Ireland 6.,275,9E61. British Interest and Slaking Fund Excess of Ways and Means CIO ; : :1424 6,7!06,7% :,60,4C4 10,487,901 27,0+ £10,514,694 Money to be borrowed 4,500,0001. Irish. Interest and Sinking Fund thezeon 964,e001. (in 1809 . ) 412,600 T. W AYS AND MEAN& 1, Prohibiting Raw Corn in Brewery 248,000 hall 114p.0 a-year - 2. Increase duty on strength of Spirits 130,000 2 atonal! 32,500 & Increase-work on Stills - f240,00e mont hs 60,000 118,000 1216,5000 The only instance in which the Revenue had fallen was that of the Excise,. which he considered as the consequence of the Ait for Prohibiting Distilleries in Ireland—be had anticipated the result, but the House had differed from him in opinieft, and the falling off in the Revenue, which he sphke of, was the coase quene. The readiest way to restore the Revenue, was to repeal that Act, for he did not think the peo ple ought to be burthened with a new tax to make up that defalcation. The Hon. Gentleman then pro ceeded to state, that the balances in the hands of the Collectors had &creased mere than £lOO,OOO in the last year. 'The Revenue, far from being neglected, had been better attended to than heretofore, (except. jng in the instance before alluded to), while the ex ports and the imports of Ireland were constantly in creasing. But were a proof wanting of the growing affluence of Ireland, it would be sufficient for Gen tlemen to look at the Exchange, where it would be found more money was constantly coming in than went our. 'the national debt of Ireland he stated to be 276,000,900 -at present, which by the end of the Session would amount to £81,000,000. The Loan, he had the satisfaction to state to the Committee, was in the 64, which was the same as the St per cent. of England, so that the whole charge to the country was 51. 17s. lid. for the Loan of a million and a quarter. Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in a speech of some length, controverted several of the Right Hon. Gen tleman's statements. He thouglit him too.sanguin • in his expectations, but wished he might find himself mistaken. He lamented that the orders issued by the Duke of Bedford, when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, had not been followed up. The Hon. Ba ronet proceeded to recommend economy in the affairs of Ireland, and concluded by giving a variety if statements to point out sundry defalcations in ti.t= Revenue. Mr. FOSTER replied to the principal points in the Honourable Baronet's speech, and corrected some of his statements. l• A short explanatory converm Sir J. Newport and Mr. Foster. Mr. PARNELL said a few of the Post-office Revenue amount of which he stated £lOB,OOO, but in consequence out cf expences on that establi. different boards, the nett prods not more than £39,000. ' the 'bated the influence which was jury Board of Ireland by the sation took placs between Few words on the subject in Ireland, the gross to be for the last year, ce of deductions arising lishment, connected with educe to the public was le Hon. Member repro• s usurped from the Tres. Lord Lieutenant of thg