Star. — London, England, 1809-05-16 00:00:00

l ad, as he un ierstood the Nol-le Lord intended to cr „.. g forward another clause, he wishettto hear that, :11.1t kaowing the substance of both, he might be able more correctly to judge of the measure .sug s;e3u.d. Lid FOLICSTONE, in reply, stated it to be som ewhat on the same principle as the clause which ne had formerly been induced to suppress; namely, the exonerating from punishment those who informed i,aying participated in the offence. Though he would have the party disabled from holding a situa tion obtained through such improper and uriconstitu ticaell influence. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER did not think the Committee could go to the length o f the Noble Lord's proposal. Were there no other wars cf gaining information of such practices, it might be expedient to resort to the mode he had pointed or:. But in the present state of things, he aid not thick it proper to hold out such temptation to false evidence, or obtain true information by such m eans, and under such circumstances, possessing, as they did, other means of obtaining information, it •s unnecessary. The temptation held out to false in formation, by adopting such a measure, he thought extremely dangerous, as the artifices of an infamous scoundrel might procure him 5001. in some instances, where the provision that the informer should lose his place, could du him no injury, which sum his bene factor, though far less culpable, might be compelled to pay. Mr. TIERNEY thought the objection of the eh:ln c:nor of the Exchequer not a very strong one. If the benefactor of an infamous scoundrel were liable thus to he punished, what argument was it against the clause ? He ought to have had nothing to do in such an affair. Lord FOLKSTONE observed, the Chaitullor of the Exchequer had said it was unnecessary to resort to snch an expedient to obtain information, if corrupt practices were not necessary, as sufficient information could be derived from other sources. This he denied, without the evidence of some one concerned, to ob tain information. was difficult, and, perhaps, in some instances imposcible. He never thought the Bill seceild do much good, but from the view he then had of it in its present state, he thought it might do harm. He thoueht with the Honourable Gentleman, that it was but fair if the patron of an infamous scoundrel mould stiffer for endeavouring to advance such a cha racter to a place of emolument or trust. The CHANCELLOR of , the EXCHEQUER declared his mind was open to conviction. The words of the Honourable Gentleman had had some effect on him, and if they could satisfy him that such a measure would be likely to benefit the country, he would give it his support. The Noble Lord had spoken as if information thus gained must he true, but that he thought extremely doubtful. He was of opinion, pun'shment would frequently fill where it was least deserved. Met might have exerted their influence with others to obtain a situation for scorns drels, who had got round them, and who might be wholly unknown to the person who gave them their situations. Yet against that person might they give information, though no party in the corruption. He might have gives\ places to various persons on the re commendation of others, on whom he thought he' could rely, since be had been in office, and a ill thus appointed, might, were such a clause received, accuse him of corruption. Information might be given of the wrong, and wrong or richt ihe Informer would be rewarded. He opposed the clause, because he thought it thus objectionable ; be was, however, st'll open to conviction, as it was his wish to make the bill as etfectiin I as possible. Lord HENRY PETTY knew of no information that could be procured from accomplices, which would not he attended with such concomitant evils. He, however, thought the informer morel:lc-1y to ace vise the right than the wrong, for this pl.tin reason' —it was more easy to substantiate the fact in the for -1 rim. case than in the latter. He thought with the Noble Lord, that the bill in its present state was use less. That which it proposed to make a misdemea nor was before punishable by law, but no pi :'ceedings ha I ever been instituted against any °Pe. Why ? becatt•e no inducements were held out to call forth witnesses to substantiate the fact and furnish evidence. titter a short conversation between Mr. ROSE and Pom,:oNfiv, The ATTORNEY GENERAL opposed the clause, on the grounds that punishment might fall where it was least deserved. A and might be trtif irkinT, for a place, which B might obtain 'for A, through the influence of C, who might be wholly ig norant of the tratfick between them. B being dead, A might charge C wi.h corruvion, though only ctil pable in yielding to the solicitations of B, and bestow in 5; a rtlice person he thought deserving of such a sit , ption. A. might, in fact, be more likely to aC clic* C than B, however culpable B might have been; .k and 13. might be supposed to be friends, while bet Peen A and C. no connecaun whatever might La7t. e-,iste 1. • Arter some forber observations from Sir Jtshn !c,wpr.‘rt, Mr. Tierney, the Attorney General, the Lor 1 A liocaz". of Sefi•la.nd, the Chancellor of the Excnecrter, the Solicitor General, Loid Folkston*, Mr. Croaker, . 4 1r. Homer, and Mr. Fuller, Tne tionse came to a division upon the Amend c propnsed by Lord Follestone—Ayes 31—Noes ---I,4,ority 43. strat,ers (Living been re-admitted, the other clauses through. The House then returned, and tae r, epurt was ordered to be received to-morrow. IRISH DISTILLERY RILL. On the order for the snond reading of the frig!'Rery it VW °Netted to by serval Members for ;reload, Fartituhtrhi lgr hr. M. FITZGtItAIb, Mr. °Waal, ke. who thought would lei t& it,hartous t.► the Itisk Ihtillsrp, if the small distillers wure to be discouraged, gnd ali tits stivaatages throwo into the hsiAm of yrnt Vr.r)TTNlati thottg ht that the objectionable parts of the bill r. ight oa ....titelied in a Committee. .vlr. W. SlV!! H also thoupist the objections toiyht be removed in the Comietutre. He !dilly approved of that par or the bill which went to lay a fine on parishes, where' ehodesnne stab •anuld be found. The hill was at length read a second date, sad ordi i red to be cotraritted to-raw-rev. MARTivIQUE SL'OAR BILL. On 'he tan•ton o► Mr. k OSE, for the second reading of the I "arii•tane sufar bill, it wasopposed by Mr. lacoas and Mr. bssioc., end detelided by Lord CAITIAREAGY and Mr. ROIL; hdt it was carried whip-set a div.sion, tbot.sia the gallery was cipared. other Orders of the Day were then disposed 01, and toe House adjourned at ace o'clock. TILE EVENING sTAn. LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 16. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 38—Ditto, for ace. 681. Ornniuru 4 1 pretn.—Exchequer Bills lOs to lib. rem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Re:l.6qt Imp. 3 per Cent. 651 3 per Cent. Cons. 67t 68 India Stock 184 4 per Cent. 84 India Bonds, i 4s. 1 Ss. pr.. 5 per Cent. Navy 981 99 Excheq. Bills, 10.. Us. pre. Long Ann. l 6 S-16t6si Consols for Ace. /13P* We• ate happy to have it in our power to an nounce to our Readers, that dispa•ches have just been received from Admiral COCHRANE, dated April 7th, at which time he was blockading the French squa dron that escaped from L'Orient, consisting of three Sail of the Line and two Frigates, in the harbour of the Saintes, with four Sail of the Line r and an Expedi tion was Suing out from Martinique and Dominica, to take both the Island and the Squadron, of which the most sanguine hopes were entertained. We this day insert the Austrian Bulletins that were wanting to complete the "Tries. We need hardly re mark, that it is the obvious po'.icy of the French to magnify, as it is of the Austrians to diminish, the ad vantages gained by the former. It gives us much pleasure, however, to be able to state, that various letters from Hamburgh tend to confirm the statement in the lever from that city published in the STAR of Saturday. They mention, that a Courier from Ber lin hid brou . gllt the account of the retreat of the Em peror Narot.t:oN, in consequence of a partial defeat; and they ad.l, that a whole number of the Hamburg/: Cm-responder:ten had been burnt by order of the French Minister, because it contained an account .of the suc cess 'of thi A ustrians. The ll..zoburgh papers rxeived are to the 7th in stant. This journal, pubh led under the direction of M. BountENrn, announces the co-operation of the Russians with the French armies. A letter from Leip s;c, April 27, sea s, ." The intelligence is momenta rilyexpected that the Russians have entered Gallicia ;" and in an article from Bucharest, of the 2d of that month, it is added, t. about 70,000 Russians are on their march to the Danube." The occupation of Warsaw by the troops tinder the Archduke FERIM. NASM is achicwledged, the forces of the French cros. sing - to the opposite bank of the Vistula, wi:hout, however, engaging not to serve." • At Rotterdam, so late as Friday last, it was stated that the Austrians had advanced to Nuremberg. On that day no Rotterdam paper was pnblished.—We are also assured that the insurrection in the Tyrol is of a formidable and decided character, embracing the whol.. population of the country, a great part of which is already in arms. This intelligence, if cor rect, is of the utmost importance. •The possession of the Tyrol, not merely by the Austrian army, but Ly the Tyrolese themselves, they shaking off the yoke, and as a people joining the standard of their ancient Sovereign—would be an event of such incalculable advantage, that we would certainly place it as a corn peasation for the loss of a general engagement. • From the same source we hear that JEROME BONA; PARTE. Wall hid Miniters, had fled from hi., capital. Seville-Pipers to the 22J ult. arrived last night.— They contaMa Proclamation from the Supreme Junt a ., dated Seville 18th April, in which they declare their intention of removing from place to place in . the event of the French approac hing their place of reside nce .— Their removal is to be intimated to the kingdom by procl.mratioa, and their decrees are to have as full effect as if issued from Seville. Their object in this arrangement is to tike away from the French all text for asserting that they have the consent of the. Junta to the subjugation of Spain, in the event of any of the persons who compose the Junta falling into their bands. . On the '2l st the Junta published a Bulletin, stating that the Spanish troops had succeeded in driving the French from Alcantart, with considerable loss, and that there was no appearance of their advancing, es had been appiehended. The alarm which their pro. claniatioa Of the 13th bad excited, was beginning to subside, and it was thought that the Junta would not be under the necessity to quit Seville. . It appears by a letter from Leiria that• the system now pursued in the. South of Spain is toavoil general engagement, with the French. " They ina . kc a de.. monscration—annoy stragglers and the rear guards of the French, on all occasions ; and whenever die lat ter appear, to give them battle, are off to their mann tains, disperse, and are no more to• be found till the enemy has withdrawn, when they instantly collect again, andassail him as before." If this method become general and be persevered in by the Spaniards, they must ultimately prevail. No regular army at a distance from its resources can recruit the waste occa sioned by such a mode of warfare. NATIONAL DEIST.—AII atCOullt s abetting what has been redeemed of the National Debt, the Land Tax, .tncl Imptrhd Loan, to the Ist of May 1809 : Redten.cd by Ant ual Malkin, Ike. - £74,2e9,7R7 Ditto on aecra , nt of Loans - 1e,ff53,093 '. Ditto by Land Tax - - . 45,267,1£7 Ditto by 11. per cent. pei annum no Imperial Loan 954398 Ti..naferred ior the purcaase of Life annuities ' 6;17,106 Teta] - X 175,915,539 The sum to be expended in the ensuing quarter is 2,804,6881. 15s. ld. N,ll:1L INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. HIS Majesty's Ship GRAMPUS, with the Phcrnix, Surat Castle, Preston, Ann, and Wexford, from Ben. gal, are arrived t,irlmtsuth. - - ----- His Majesty's ship Lion, with the Ocean, Canton, Ceres, and Exeter, from London, arrived at China the 27th September. We yesterday noticed the arrival of the homeward bound Indiamen. The following is a list of the pas sengers, besides those we mentioned yesterday : Per DlANA—Lietiterant-Colonel Burrows, Surgeon Morgan, Htiddlestone, Eaq. Mrs. Marshall. Captain, Mrs. arid Miss Lattt r, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Dubois, W. C. Ord, Esq. lieutenant Ker, Mr. H. Cobb, Captain Carripb:.l4Lieutenattt Williams. Per Asti—Major S. thdryrr.F7e, Lipnterant Bryer, W. Ans ley, and V. Brice, Ensign A. Aitkiti, Cornet Cawood, and Mas ter G. Read. Per Tice's—Mrs. Major A. Watkins, Lieutenant W. H. Jackson, Captain W. A. Rarer (country service), Misses Duncan, Ct.' vins, Hare, two 'fanners, three Forbes, and barren ; Masters riu ncatis, Hare, Colvin, It aper, Blair, Furb, t, and Brown. Per ClLTl.ori—;-Captain, Mrs. and Mir Parker, Miss Bridge, Mrs. Pa - ker, Lieutenant W. P. Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Dowd:well, Mr. H. Sutherland, Mr. I. Court, Mr. and Mrs. Cowell, and Mrs. Smith. ARRIVYD—In Mount's Bay, the Scarthingwell, --, from Mats. At Bristol, the Amiable, —, from Gijon. At Li-bon, the Isabella Veitch, from C or k, an d Santissimo Sacrautente, from London. FALMOUTH, M AY Arrived his Majesty's ship ALeitr, from Ports mouth, with a convoy for Nev , foundland; and Da nish ship Indian, Capt. WALL ER, from Lisbon : she parted from his Majesty's :hip CitsmNoN, with 19 sail of vessels under convoy, off this port, after 34 days passage, from Lisbon. Also, arrive-i the Kan garoo, MANS, from Plymouth for Newfoundland ; Prosper, M`CALLas,. from Plymouth for Madeira; Amewican shies Mary Ann, LYE; Young - Margarithea, DEAN ; and Felix, Ross, from Bourdeaux for London ; Marlborough packet, BULL, from Lisbon, with mails in 12 days ; his Majesty's ship BONNE CITOYENNE from Lisbon, with dispatChes.—Sailed the transport brig Peggy, WRIGHT, for Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH-DOCK, MAY 14. • The REsourra gun-brig, having had a thorough repair, came out of harbour this day, and anchored in the Sound. Rear-Admiral SUTTON having cb tained leave of absence, struck his flag last evening on board the RESOLUE.—Arrived another French chasse rnaree, prize to the MEnusA, making the eighth. Another prize (the corvette that was convoying them) i 3 hourly expected here ; which, with one burnt for want of hands to man her, forms the whole of the fleet, all laden with. naval stores, and all taken by the MenusA : a brig of ours was in sight, and having heard the firing, will of course come in for a share ; the SNAPPER schooner was also cruizing in the . - same track, but did not hear the firing, and of course will not share.—Sailed the DOTTEREL brig of war, 8 guns, on a cruize ; and the ESPIEGLE sloop of war, fot Cork. POWTSI%IOIrrIi. MAY 15. Arrived his Majesty's chips BELLE:ISLE an 4 ULYSSES om Martinique,with the following transports, having p isoners on board from Martinique, viz. the Bellnna. WIRE:con ; Harriot, Idas, Mercury, Simpson, and Betsey. Also arrived his Majesty's ships HOCND and DEVASTATION, from the Downs. Passed by his Mli jesty's ships POWERFUL and ALBION with the ilea from the East Indies. Wind E. S. E. DEAL, MAYIS. • Arrived his Majesty's cutter FANCY, from off ing : she left Sir IttotAno STAACHAN'S squadron all well.—Wind N. E. YARMOUTH. MAY is. Sailed the CHALLENGER gun-brig with convoy, for Leith; kATRIOT gun vesicl and BR;TIFI, FAIR cutter, with convoy ., for Heligoland ; and P.v4 schooner, nn a cifike.--In the Roads, the Rizbuck, Calypso, Di ligent, and Cheerful cutter. • A deal of firing has been heard here, cnpp F ed an attack upon the ships in Flushing, as it continued without intennissionfor several hours. --Wind E S.F. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GtAlritSIND. MAT 15.—Sailed the Dauntless, Rrnoks, for the Cape of Good Hoye; Duke of Kent, vWebster, for Martinique.; Drumm:4A Richmond, for Palermo ; Ann and Mary. Hender gh for Gibfaltar, and the Helm packer, Savage, for Newry. The officers and trews of the Russian squadron, lying at the Motherbank, will be sent home,•when an account has been taken of their stores. Captain I li ma, Mr. BRIM' ( Master of the Royal William), and another officer, are appointed CornmisFioners for this purpose. It has been agreed that Admiral SINIA VAN shall leave an officer and 20 men 01) hoard each ship. to take care of them, with a superior officer to super intend the whole, until the squadron can be restored according milt, terms of the Convent;on. - - Friday miming the Jane cutter, of Guernsey, Pm- FURS 2 master, from Alicant, with a cat...) of brandy and barilla, for Guernsey, arrived at Ports mouth. She 'touched at Gibraltar, and left there on the,ilist ult.' his Majesty's ships. Bulwark and Vohm mire. an the 7th instant she Was boarded by the Hero off Ushant, • with five sail of the line, 11 all we... The Jane brought dispatches from General DOYLE, at Alicant, which she landed at Weymouth on Wednes day. She is under quarantine. The Britannia, -, of Leith, from Lisbon for London, was spoke with on the 30th of April, in lath 43. 5.9 long. 13. W. leaky, making from 18 to 24 inches of water an hour. The Samuel and Ann, Dowsing, was captured and carried into Treport on the 14th ult. The Alfred, Jackson, from St. Übe's for Gotten. burgh, was captured on the I4th ult. and carried into Dieppe. • The Fortuna, Hasson, from Heligoland for Lon don, was captured on the 17th ult. off Yarmouth, with four other vessels, by the Coupen privateer, trorn Ca,ais. LAW IN7'ELLIGEIMB. • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY IS. Mr. CARROW stated, that he was much pressed by a respectable gentleman, of the county of Conbridpv, to make a motion against a M ag i strate o f t h at count y, in a case in which that gentleman (Mr. Trotter) ha.i supposed his personal liberty had been violated. He wished much the Court would hear the gentleman state his own case. The CounT.—Mr. Garrow had better state it for him, as parties themselves were apt to go into much unnecessary detal. Mr. GA KROW then stated :hat Mr. Keys, the gentle man, of whose conduct Mr. Trotter complained, being a Magistrate for the county, sent for Mr. Trot ter, and informed him that he had received informa tion he was about to fight a duet with Sir Basil Hor wood, and required him to give security for keeping the peace for twelve months. Mr. TroOer demanded to see the information', which Mr. Kos peremptorily refused, but demanded sureties cf"'ttie peace for a twelvemonth. Mr. Trotter observed, that he coidd only legally demand it noil the next Sesslon, and re fused to give it for a lodger period ; upon which Mr. Keys commived him to the custody of a special con stable, and he was carried to gaol For this attack upon his personal liberty, he wished the Court to grant him redress, either by a mandamu s , ca lli ng on Mr. Keys t o return the information, or otherwise. Lord Ett.EsnoaotToH..—The Court will not cer tainly grant a Mandamus. It appears that the Ma gistrate acted with a view of preventing a serious breach of the peace, and if the motion was made for an Information, I do not apprehenii there is even 'grounds for granting a Rule to show cause. Mr. GAHROM :ook nothing by his motion. THE KING V. BLUNT. Mr. GARROW stated this to be a rule, calling on the Defendant to shew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him ; which he was under the necessity of moving to be enlarged, on account of its never having been served, the party against whom it was granted still remaining abroad. Rule enlarged. Lieutenant ANDEnsoN, of his Majesty's ship NIORT. Captains GOLDFINCH and THOMPSON, of the Artillery, are prisoners at Oporto. • The Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards, under the command of Colonel Ft•Li.rn, have left York, for Berwick-upon-Tweed. Wednesday, morning, the Dumfries-shire Militia, 'commanded by the Right Hpn. the Earl of DAL. KEITH, marched for Haddington from Dalkeith, where they have been quartered for nearly two years. Major SMITH, of the corps of Royal Engineers, is appointed, by the Master General, to superintend the ordnance department in Scotland. Thursday, a meeting of the Lords of the Council took place in the Council Chamber, Cock-pit, White hall. The cause before their Lordships is from the Island of Jersey, respecting an election, A RLEY BRETON. Their Lordships heard Sir SAMUEL ROM ILLY in behalf of Mr. ANLKY ; and Mr. DALLAS and Mr. RICHAL4 cox on behalf of Mr. Le Burros. The Court was very crowded, it being a cause of very great im portance to the inhabitants of the Island of Jersey.— The Lords present wet-e— -1 he Lord Chancellor, Lord Presilent, Fad of Liverrool, the Master of the Rolls; Sir William Scott, and Sir John Nichol —The Court sat from ten till three o'clock. The Lords of the Corncil met again on Saturday, at the Council Office, upon the above cause when Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY was heard at considerable length in reply. _ _ Ci;l : N TV 11TEETINO AT HERTFORD.--The Freeholders of Hertfordshire, on Saturday last, voted a string of Resolutions approving of Mr. WantLg's late Par liamentary conduct, and voting thanks to that Gen. tleman and those who supported him.— On the vote of thanks to the County Members being put, Mr. PLIINIXR said, " It was always my opinion, Gentle. men, that the best and dearest reward which a Mem ber of Parliament could receive, was the thanks of his constituents. I was always of that opinion myself, when I had the hono'ir to represent you—(Hear, hear!) I —and nothing gave me greater pleasure than to re ceive such a testimony. Whether this Resolution is carried or not, of which I have little doubt, I must here personally, and for myself, thank my Hon. Friend (Mr. Brand), and his worthy colleague, for their Parliamentary conduct." On the subject of Parliamentary Reform, Mr. PLUMER said, he had read of Mr. Milward, of Hastings, having the whole controul over that Borough. He knew that to he the fact, and he once saw him have the Borough in his pocket ready to dispose of—(Alaug4)—Mr. Milward not only received money for it at every election, but had likewise a d—d good place in the Excise-4 , Take that from him, and see what he will do !"Loud laughter. • BREAD—There being no Court of Aldermen held this day, the LORD Mayon, after inspecting the Re turns, ordered it to fall 3d. per peck. The Races at Goodwood, on Thursday last, at tracted a great deal of company. The Silver Cup, value Fifty Guineas, was one by Mr. TREVANION'S Bucephalus. The Duke of RICHNION . D'S Ro sewoo d won the Hunters' Plate ; the same horse walked o ver the Course for the Ladies' Plate. It was six o'clock, yesterday morning, before the fire at Billingsgate was completely extinguished. The warehouses were partly insured, but their valuable contents, consisting of every description of merchan ' dise, recently landed, Were completely lost to their ' various owners. The owner's of the vessels destroyed have also to lament a very heavy loss, not only of ' their vessels, but of very valuable cargoes. Friday se'nnight a groat part of the cliff land, in the Isle of Sheppy, of about 500 feet in length and 150 feet in breadth, gave way and sunk into a valley, carrying with it part of the dwelling-house, cow. house, and other out-houses adjoining, called Bugsby Hole, and 50 sacks of potatoes were buried in the ruins : the widow of Mr. Davies, who was burned on Wednesday, and lay dead in the house when the cir cumstance occurred, and a cow in the lodge were both precipitated down the cliff together, and taken out dreadfully mangled. On the night of Friday the 28th ult. while five in. dustrious fishermen, belonging to. the corps of sea fen c:bles, in the village of Cockenzie, parish of Tranent were returning from their fishing ground, the boat suddenly upset off Scoal, and all on board penis' el. They have lett five widows and eleven children, the oldest out y ten years ofage, to feel and lament their to is. ~ t •