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CADIZ 041 L. 3ADAJOZ, JANUARY U. On the 22d, the fortress of Olivenza surrendered to the enemy, and on the same day the garrison marched out, an event which the more surprised us, As accord ing to the statement of the Commander in Chief, nei ther provisions nor ammunition were wanting to en able it to hold out till the arrival of our divisions from Portugal ; and only a few hours before, the Go vernor had written in the most animated terms. On the 23d, it was known thaL some troops of the enemy were marching by Truxi ' and afterwards, that they had arrived at Mer'/..ta, .'iloumber about 3000 men. Yesterday, sour' small 4letaehments of the enemy approached this 1, ace, buothey were put to flight by the sharpshooter., of Isla. To-day some columns of both foot and horse have ~ sliewn them. selves with some cannon. The fire ca the guerillas continued the whble day, and till the night was well advanced ; some balls passed over the wall. We had several wounded, and four or five killed. The loss of the enemy must have been considerable. PARLIAMENTART nteezzpnvcs. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY SI. -- - Mr. KNOX postponed the sonsideration of the Limerick Pe. thloo to the lith of April. The Population Bill was read a third time and passed; sod Mr. Rose was directed to carry it to the Lords. The Committee of Supply was postponed to Friday. The House went into a Committtee on the Silk Manufactories Bill, and the Report was ordered to betecelved to-morrow. The Heise afterwards went into a Committee on the Malt Duty. Gish Treasury, the Tea Millions and a Half and the Mil -1 Wm and a Half Exchequer Bills Bill. b. • !lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFIII. I LIVERPOOL. General TAP.I,ETON obtained leave to bringin a Bill for Improving and enlarging the Town of Liverpool. BRITISH FISHERY. A Bill Was brought in, and read a first Hme,for Incorporating the British Herring and Cod Fisheries Company. SALARIES TO FOREIGN MINISTERS. Mr. LEACH gave notice, that be would on Monday move (or have to bring in a Bill to explai2 :tut amend to much of an Act passed last Session as relates to the Salaries to Foreign Mi nisters. CATHOLIC SOLDIERS. Mr PARNELL pve notice that he would, on an early day, move for Copies of the Orders issued to prevent Offiers in the Army from compelling Roman Catholic Soldiers to attend places of Protestant worship. DR. MAYNL. OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM GENERAL BALLASTEROIL Excellent Sir—l informed your Excellency, by means of Lieutenant-Colonel D. E'Velardir, Adju tant-General, of the glorious'action, which the army : POOR LAWS BILL. under my command fought on the 25th inst. at Cas- l Mr. CRIPPS brought in his Bill for amending and explaining tillegos, because my occupation would not admit of the Acts of the 18th and 14th Charles 11. relative to Parochial my giving the details of a battle in which the arms of Settlements—which was rad a fine time, and ordered to be his Majesty were covered with glory. The loss of the Printed. enemy has been dreadful, in consequence of the ad- ; G ENERAL INCLOSURR BILL. Mr. KENRICIE brought I. a Bill for unending certain parts ,vantages with which I maneuvered, and the firmness of the General Inclosure Bill. with which our troops maintained their lines. The i mimes. enemy's forces,' commanded by Generals Gazan e Pe- Sir S. ROMILLY presented a Petition from several Proprietors grin, and Ramon, were composed of 7,000 infantry, of Bleaching Grounds ht the North of Ireland, which hesahi were 700 horse, and ten pieces of artillery ; mine from signed by 180 names, but that these consisted of the most res ectahle inhabitants, who were all interested in theseßleaching -21500 to 2 ,7 00 infantry , and fr o m 7 t o 800 horse.— . ; Gr ounds , praying a repeal of the several Acts nuking stealing God preserve your Excellency many years. 1 cloth front the Bleaching-grounds a capital felony. The reason Head-Quarters, San Litcar de Gradiani, Jan. 56,1811. stated for this was, that front the excessiveness of the punishment, both Juries and Witnesses were deterred from doing their duty, BALLASTEROS TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GENERAL IN and the petitioners were thereby left without any means of redress CHIEF. 1 or remedy.—Ordered to lie on the Table. I 0 Dear Sir—On the morning of the 25th instarit, ! .He also presented another Petition to the same effect, from the enemies presented themselves by the road of San the Master Calt.:4-printers, in the neighbourhood of London, , who constitutes a majority of the trade. — Ordered to lie on the Bartolome, -in number 7 000 infantry and 7 00 horse, T a nt e with 10 pieces of artillery commanded by Count Ga- i The Honourable Aid Learned Gentleman then gave notice: zan. I immediately took up a position on the heights that he would take an early opportunity to movefuleave to bring of Castillegos, and formed my first line of battle, corn- in a Bill fur the repeal of the sd Geo. 111. making it a capital fe lony.to ..test cloth from bleaching grounds, and the 18th Geo. 11. posed of the van- guard, commanded by Lieutenant; making i t a capital felony to steal to the value of 10s. in a fulling- Colonel D. Ramin Alburstuerque ; the Lena Regi- , house. 'I he Petitioners. he said, were persons who did not speak anent of Infantry, under the orders of Don J. Butlers ; onspeculation Of unfounded information, but from practical know and that of the Pravea, directed by Don P. Mendes. ledge. 'T hey were the persons most intimately interested, and who were the only sufferers by these Acts being inadequate to the The reserve in battalions en mass, consisting of the purpose's for which they were framed, and therefore had the provincial regiments of Leon, Cangas de Dina), Cas- strongest reasons to wish for their repeal. teopal, and lnfusto, detaching , upon the flanks and, PRECEDENCE OF NOTICES-AND ORDERS OF THE DAY. front three companies of sharp shooters. The- ca-i The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER I valry, composed of the provincial regiments of San- rose to make the motion of which he had given notice.l tiago and Usaris, were situated upon the right of the i He said, he conceived the House must be sensible of reserve, and in this form waited the attack. The the great inconvenience and delay which had been oc enemy soon commenced it upon the left and centre oflcasioned to the public business last Session, by the the lines, and the battle was desperately fought by , continual conflict there was between Notices of Mo both sides. I tions and the Orders of the Day, by which many " The ground had been disputed three hours, when I orders of the greatest importance were obliged to be I perceived the fire of my first line slackleo . and that " brought on at so late an hour as two o'clock in the it was necessary to detach two strong columns to its , morning. This, he thought, might easily be avoided support, which arrived opportunely to refresh the 'by making an order of the House, that orders of the troops who had so long contended. The enemy, in day should have the precedence on certain days in the consequence of this operation, moved foi ward their i week, and notices of motions on the others. When reserve, and the fire became more brisk and better I lie mentioned this matter before, the principal objec- I maintained ; but as his forces were triple to mine,tion seemed to be, that such an arrangement would I and his artillery well directed, without our having effect the right which every Member possesses of any to answer it, I was obliged to abandon my posi-Imaking a motion without giving any notice. To ob tion, and draw back the troops to the reserve that had - viate this, however, he would propose, that let the, advanced. Here again the battle was renewed, where matter of this motion be settled how it might, he in the enemy suffered the greatest loss by the firmness-, tended it should in no way whatever preclude any' and serenity, with which our valiant troops receivediGentleman from making such motion as he might, them. Finding nothing more remained t o be done, I think necessary, without giving any notice. He would that the line had been five hours exposed to the fire not, therefore, trouble the House farther than to move, . without a single soldier moving, and that night was " That in the present Session of Parliament, the orders approaching, I disposed my retreat in regiments by of the day set down in the order-book for Mondays, eschelons, without the enemy daring to advance a Wednesdays, and Fridays, should have the prece single step, so.great was the loss they had sustained. dente of notices fixed for those days ; and that notices Whilst the infantry were covering themselves with should have precedence on the other two days." glory, by acting in the manner just stated, the cavalry The question being put from the Chair, maneuvered with the enemy, and repeatedly charged Mr. PONSONBY objected to the motion, because, them, following my instructions, and protecting my notwithstanding what had been said by the Chancellor I right flank during the action, and in the retreat. In of the Exchequer, he could sec no inconvenience from a word, the battle of Castillegos has immortalised the adhering to the old mode. He thought, therefore, it names of these valiant defenders of their country. would be better to leave it to an understanding of the " The loss of the enemy is not less than from 1500 House than to make it a standing order. it would be and 2000 men killed, wounded, and prisoners , and i dangerous to depart from the standing rules of the , House, established by long usage and practice , wh i ch my soldiers have presented me with more than twenty i ought to be adhered to even though some inconveni horses taken in the action. All the chiefs, officers, and soldiers, have so nobly performed their duties , that ence should be produced from so doing. Mr. YORKE spoke in support of the motion. I should be deficient both in honour and duty if I did i Mr. C. W. WYNNE thought it would be better to not recommend them to his Majesty as -meriting the . rewards which the country has destined to those who fix it on an understanding of the House. 1 Mr. BANKES said, he had felt the inconvenience so repeatedly and gloriously defended it. (Signed) F. BALLASTILIOSe alluded to by the Chancellor itf. the Exchequer in the San Levant de Gnadna, 27th January, 1811. course of the last Session, and if it came to a vote , , should certainly give his in favour of the motion ; but ALGEZIRAS, FEBRUARY 1. he thought it would -answer the same end if agreed to On tde 27th ult. the Ist division of the 4th army, i as an understanding of the House. cantoned in this city and its environs put itself in mo- I Lord FOLKSTONE said, if any inconvenience tion. The vanguard, under the command of Don I had arisen in the course of last Session from the causes Juan de la Cuuz de Mouigeon, attacked in the morn- : mentioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it ing of the 29th the French corps of Medina Sidonia, was owing in the first place to the assembling P.irlia consisting of 800 infantry, 150 cavalry, and 3 pieces i ment so late, and in the next, to the Ministers so long of artillery, who defended rhe town with obstinacy ; deferring to bring forward the public business. Before but after two hours fighting were dislodged, an d l eas e ; the Union wok place, and brought with it so much ing the streets full of dead bodies and woun d e d, re- l, more pressure of business, Parliament used to sit near treated to post themselves in the road to Chiclana.— ' double the time it bad done since that pressure was In the mean time the Guerilla party of Don Antonio se much increased. He thought it would, therefore, Garcia Veas, destined to cover our right flank, took be better to let it be fixed as an unders:anding of the possession of Paterna. The volunteer squadron of House. Übrique, under its Commander Don Gregorio Fer- ; Mr. WHITBREAD opposed both the reeolution nandez, attacked Areas ; and the reserve of the divi- and the understanding., He thought it unfair that sion, commanded b the Marquis, manoeuvred oppor- . three days should be allowed for a preference to or. tunely to support the operations of the vanguard, dens of the day, and only two left for notices of mo- When the enemy took his position in the road to : tions, which might involve the most important con- Chiclana, the Commander General of the division, terns of the country, The Minister had seized on Don Francisco Begins de los Rtos, gave orders to Saturday Its his own, and - had made it merely a day suspend the pursuit, and placed in front Guerillas, of registration : and so would all the other days be who kept up a firing till night approached. He then, converted into days of registration in a very few years. in conformity to his instructions , , ordered . a. retreat, He objected 'to the introduction of the word "notices, at all. Mr. Burke said, that 44 forms" were the in which the darkness, the heavy rain, and the presence of the enemy, rendered difficult and laborioue trenchments of minorities; and there was a time when the Right Honourable Gentleman had thought More than 100 French, killed and wounded, with a it necessary to intrenth himself to the teeth in those number of officers, SO prisoners, including a Captain, forms, and had thereby based the whole power of an Ensign, a Commissary, and the Secretary to the Government, • The Right Honourable Gentleman General of the enemy, plans, and papers, Were the knew therefore, that by this expedient he would be fruits of this action. . • able to get through the public business in a compare, Mr. CROKER rose to state, that the prosecution was going on against Dr. Mayne, and that the ordinary forms of the Court of Exchequer had been the only cease of the delay which bad hi therto taken place. tively sboh time; and though a number of notices of inquiries of the highest importance stood on the book, be would advise the King to prorogue the Par liament, and those notices would be rendered nuga tory. The Right Honourable Gentlemin complained of public business having been delayed—why then did he not bring it forward sooner ? This reminded him of the story of a Nobleman travelling in Ger many, who was very urgent with the post-boy to drive on faster, as he was, in great haste; co which the driver replied, " If you are in such very great haste; why did you not set off yesterday ?" So if the Right Honourable Gentleman wanted the public business done sooner, why did .he not assemble Parliament in Nlvember, instead of the latter end of January, as had been the case in the three last Sessions. He con!. eluded by moving, that the farther consideration of this debate be adjourned to Monday. The question having been put on Mr. Whitbread's amendment, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose, and said, that if any Gentleman, or a number of Gentlemen, should think he had been precipiute in his notice, or would wish for more time to consi present. I repeat again, that we regret it has falles to our lot, but our duty must be done. Lord FRENCH-•••I feel a high respect for the laws of my country, and I have only this favour to ask_ Let me not be disgraced, let me have the honour of being the last man to leave this n.om. Mr. BAIINGTON—We feel the highest respect fer the gentlemen of the Committee ; we highly respect your Lordship. If your sole object in remaining here (be to try the legal question, we will do any thing to facilitate the question. Any thing like force is repug. I nant to our feelings, we therefore hope that you will quietly submit. Bring your action against us in the legal and constitutional way. Lord Faastam—Begin, Gentlemen, at that end of the room. I shall go the last. I have got my night cap in my pocket, and am regardless whither you lead me. Counsellor O'Cottoorx—lt is impossible that from any man in this room ...e laws should meet with the least resistance; but we gannet compromise our coun try's and our children's rights. If you, Gentlemen, think it necessary to require further force, I beg to as. you, that every member of this meeting is ready and wiUing to submit themselves to the laws. Ctuansellor Hussar -- " Alderman Darley, have you any information on oath against any one here present ?" der it, he should not object to postponing the discus sion for a few days. He had,however,last - Session given a distinct notice, that he would bring forward a motion to this effect early in the present Session. He would, however, now say, that the Honourable , Gentleman who spoke last appeared to have mistaken the object of his motion. It did not go to prevent motions coming forward on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days, but merely to give the orders precedence on those days. If the orders of the day were to be passed merely in that way that the Honourable Gen tleman called registration, they could not take up much time, and therefore there would be plenty of . time for the motions after they were disposed of.— It would naturally appear as if the orders of the day ought to have precedence of notices, because they were a portion of the public business fixed by the House itself to come forward on a certain day ; whereas notices were only fixed at the pleasure of an individual Member. A Right Honourable Gentle man (Mr. Ponsonby), who opposed his motion, must recollect, that in the Irish Parliament, orders had al ways the precedence of notices. He thought it was a grievance universally felt and complained of, that important public business was often necessarily thrown back to such a time that it was necessary to pass it in a thin House. The Irish Finance business had been in that predicathent. As to the remedy of length ening the Session, it appeared to him that, since the Union,it was not desireable that Irish Members should be brought over for a short Session of about' thiee weeks pi evious to Christmas, and therefore it appear ed to him most inexpedient that Parliament should sit before Christmas. Every Member must observe the great• impatience that there always was in the month of June for the Session to conclude, and the difficulty of retaining a sufficient attendance of Mem. hers. As to Saturday, he denied that that was i day reserved by Ministers; it was a day that he had never objected to the House sitting on any business which was not likely to produce discussion. As other bu siness was fixed for Monday, he suggested to the Ho nourable Member that Tuesday would be a better day to name. Mr. PONSONBY shortly explained. Mr. CREEV EY said, that what he had principally complained of on a former day, was, that the busi. ness did not come on in the House in the order that it was entered, and on that account Members were frequently Laken by surprise, and business of the first importance disposed of in a thin House, and in the absence of those who were most anxious to attend the discussion. In this manner the grant to the East In dia Company was passed. Mr. BATHURST suggested, that, instead of giv ing the orders the precedence for three days out of the five, it would be fairer that they should each have two days alternately. After some further conversation, the amendment was put and carried, by which the farther consiAera tion of the motion was postponed till Tuesday next.— Adjourned. CATHOLIC COMMITTEE. M • Alderman DARLEY......I have not. . • Sir EDWARD BELLZW..4 wish to ask the Magic. states two questions: first, whether you have received any orders from Government to dispene any meeting of Roman Catholics ? Alderman DARLEY•—I am ordered and directed by Government to request them to disperse, be their busi. ness what it may. • • Mr. O'Costizu.—You have stated that you were ordered to request—were you directed to disperse the meeting ? Alderman DARLEY—The fact is, that I am di. rested not only to request, but to o: der the meeting to disperse. Lord FRENCH—Alderman Dailey, would you shut the door to petition ? Alderman DARLEY—Certainly not. Here Lord Fnsscn recommended Alderman DRAM to return to Mr. Pots tor further instate. tions. He would give Government an opportunity of reconsidering the subject. The Meeting were )IVtid : at present his Lordship would not call it t:.e Catholic Committee.. Alderman DARLEY-4 will go up to Mr. Pole, if you will permit Mr. Babington to remain here. To this proposition the Meeting gave its full assent, and Alderman Dailey went up. On Mr. Daausy's return, he thus addressed the Chair My Lord French, I have waited on Mr. Pole, and I am instructed to sly, it is not the inten tion of Government to prevent the Catholic Commit. tee from meeting to prepare or forward their peti tion ; but as your Lordship said that this is not the Committee, we are instructed not to molest you. And as your Lordship expressed your surprise that any steps should be taken against a meeting of which you were n member, I am desired to say, that Mr. Pole would be happy to see your Lordship. Lord FRENCH—In order to prevent any miscon. ception, it is fit that this matter should be distinctly understood. • Mr. Datum—My Lord, I told Mr. Pole that you were Chairman, and have been desired to say that Slr. Pole would be happy to see your Lordship. Lord FRENCH—Feeling as I do on this occasion, when the fate of millions is concerned, as well as my own honour, I must declare that I will not have any .private, solitary dialogues with Mr. Pole. But if he wishes to have any conferences with any of the highly respectable Gentlemen who are now prtsent, r would recommend to draw three or five persons, who can have an interview with him. Mr. DARLEY--My Lord, Mr.. Pole would be happy, to see three or five Gentlemen, or .as many as you please. Mr. parley then said, that he hoped the GCS. tlemen would do him the justice not to suppose vat he, as far as his own feelings were concerned, had acted, or was inclined to act, with harshne.s. Here Mr, Dailey received the thanks I. f the Chair, which were colinrund by every Gentleman ores, -t. Sir E. BRLLEW, v.ish to ki.ow whether Mr. Pole said that he wished to see any Gent:email belonging to tie Committee ? Mr. DARLEY repeated what he said before recpec:. ing Ltsrd French having expressed his surprise mat any steps should be taken against a body to which h. Ibelonged. Lot 41 FRENCH.- I certainly did say, that I was IA - nished at hearing that Government was taking ..iy steps against a body to which I belonged, as G. - vernment must know that I would mot sanctiou ay illegal meeting. Mr. O'Goststas—My Lord, I had not been !vie when Mr. Daviey first lentered the room, but I am glad that I have now an opportunity of )cl.-;, g question. 1 came here to-day for the purpo , e et ''signing a petition, and I wish to put the questic:l, pointedly to him, for I determined to suffer m) ,c,: to be committed to prison in defence of the lic Committee. We have met here to.day for tic put - - pose of signing the petition, and of transacting (11 . isr business connected with the furtherance of it 1 t!..! fore ask Alderman Dailey, whether he cam! int• room with orders to disperse the Catholic CohnittL:, appointed on behalf of the Catholics of Ireland to prepare and forward their petition to Parliament' Alderman Donav—No ! No ! Certainly rait! Alderman DARLEY then told the Chairman that he should do himself the honour of informing Lerd French of the time which Mr. Pole might appoint to see the Catholic Gentlemen. Lord FRENCH nominated the following Gentlanin to accompany him when he shall have an interview with Mr. Pole : Sir Edward Bellew, Bart. Cornelius Keogh, Wm. Murphy, Daniel O'Connell, and Ran. dle M.Donnell. Esqrs The Chairman having been moved nut of the Chart - , and Sir Edward Bellew voted int') it, Resolved, That the most cordial thanks of the Catholics of Ireland are due, and are hereby given to the Right Hon. Lord French. tor his spirited and 'dignified conduct in tne Chair. (Signed) 44 . gDWAItD BELLEW, Chairman " It is only necessary to add, that the Meeting was numerously attended by the most respectable Country , Gesltlemets.--.Adjourned to Saturday neat. SATURDAY, FEB. ss. (Prom the Dublin Evening Post.) At a meeting of the Catholic Committee, on the 9th inst. a motion of adjournment till this day at two o'clock was put and carried. About one o'clock this day, some highly respected Catholics of rank and independent fortune entered the room, but the Chair could not be taken before two. . . At half past one, when the Members were in the act of assembling, Alderman DARLEY and Bain:m . os, Esq. arrived, and in their magisterial capacity addressed Lord FRENCH and the gentlemen present in the following words : Alderman DARLEY—My Lord, we are come, as Magistrates of this district, to inquire whether the per sons present compose the Catholic Committee Here Lord French was called to the Chair.. His Lordship complied. Lord FRENCH—I beg leave to a‘lc, on what ac count, or how you are justified in obtruding to ask the question ? Alderman DARLEYWC are really justified by the Government. Lord FRENCH—Lbeg it to be understood, that tho' I feel the highest respect for the laws of my country, that while I feel it to be your duty to obey those laws, yet 1 feel it my duty . to inquire, for the satisfaction of the Catholics of Ireland, how you are authorized to act for the dispersion of this meeting Alderman DARLLY—We are directed by the Go vernment of the country, and we trust you will be so good as to quietly disperse. Here Mr. LIDWELL, a Protestant Gentleman, of great respictability, said—" I feel myself here on so loyal and constitutional ground, that I will not leave this room, unless removed by the strong hand of power." Lord Farrar—lt is right I should warn you of the danger of your thus approaching this meeting under this summary authority—you may be the first person to disturb the public peace. Alderman Dantir,We sincerely regret that it. .has fallen to our lot to discharge this painful duty., You see we are come alone—we are unattended even by a sines constable. We feel we have many friends