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FINP•w" tHE ARMY. ik retain a severe pressure on the home treasury, their treasuries abroad had a large surplus. The Go.. , v'ernors in India, aware of the presume at home, had adopted means to relieve it ; end measures had been taken tb send to this country scrioo,ooo, by the way of Chiaa. By advises received from India, however, the day before yesterday, he had the satisfaction to inform them, that the remittance would probably amiunt m a -million sterling. But as prudent men, they ought not sortarst to expectations, which accident might defeat; and this application to Parliament was proposed, in or. der to guard against the worst that could ha open. He had further to state, that while comtnetce mother quar. . • tors laboured under severe a depression, that of the Company had lately been unusually productive. The - profits of their trade had last year been larger than du. r ing any year of its existence; and tad not only met theordinary charges, but yielded a surplus to discharge a porn , aof the territorial debts. A great clamour had been raises 1 ist year, on account of the million and a half advanced to the Company. But this sum, he be lieved, would be balanced by the expellees of the Com pany in the ca e tute. if the Isles of Bourbon and France, by itsadvances to the navy on the India station, and by the ships furnished for Government service. At any rate, the difference either srav would be but trifling. From the exertions that had been made in the eon quest of the islands just mentioned, and the readiness shewn to promote public objects of the greatest im portance, he trusted the Company had not forfeited through its servants the high character which it de served. He concluded by proposing, that the Court approve of the Resolution of the Directors, the Peti tion to the Commons, and the Draft of the Bill. Sir Herm Limas and another Director corrobora ted the statement of the Chairman, as to the flourish inz condition of the Company's affairs ; and stated besides, that it would probably not be necessary to avail themselves of the permission solicited from Par liament to the full extent. A part of the territorial. debts payable in this country had been already dis charged. It was likewise intended to raise the sum wanted gradually, so as to avoid producing any stid- 1 den violent effect on the state of the money market. The Resolution, &c. were then approved unani mously. Mr. Bosaeourr stated, that there was another Re. solution of the Directors to be submitted for their ap probation. It was this—" That it was expedient that the Directors should be. enabled on an emergency to take up ships for a single voyage; either with or with out advertisement." It sometimes happened, that it became necessary to take up ships at once, without a previous advertisement of 14 days, as required by the regulations respecting what was called the New Shipping 'lnterest. Mr. Rica thought this an important subject, and one which required 03 asideration. Sir HMIs lamas said. that the Resolution had been unanimously adopted by the Directors, and was so obviously expedient, that it was hardly possible not to approve Of it. As there was now •a very full at tendance, it would be better to decide the - question immediately.—The Resolution was agreed to, and the Court adjourned. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY I. THE KING V. KAMVEL JALMAN• The defendant, convicteitat the last Devon Assizes. of assault. ing and obstructing a constable in the execution of his duty, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in Tiverton MAT 10.--;THE LING u. WKINNOLT, RAM, AND WZLelt. Mr. roma a rose to thew cause against this cruninal Informs. don being filed against the defendant Outmat, he having been only the bearer of the challenge, in consequence of the refusal of which Mr. Ryling, of Liverpool, was potted in a public Cofee house ; and having sworn that he meant, had the challenge been accepted, to have prevented the meeting of the patties; but he could not get to speak to Mr. Ryiing, and information was laid agfust the parties in an hour after the challenge was delivered. Under these circumstances✓ she ATTORNILY•GSNIMAL con sented that the rule s.ieuld be discharged as against the defends I ant Otitrant.—Rule absolute against Weinholt and Welsh. Maatinmouce-rraerr.—Thursday J. S. B. Esq. Colonel Bs J. Harris, a coachman, and Sant. Keats, a footman, were charged with assaulting Dickens, a toll-collector at Hyde-part corner este. • It appeared by the statement of the prosecutor that Mr. B.'s carriage came to the gate, and Dickens, waiting to receive the toll. was accosted by the footman, Keats, behind the carriage, whet I held out his hand, and on ihe toll-taker holding out his to receive the money, the former lifted his hand without paying, and told the coachman to drive on. The prosecutor followed the carriages ar.d got to the hones' heads, when the coachman alighted, and put himself in a boxing attitude, aid swore he could will a troop of toll-collectors. He afterwards remounted the boa. and Dickens again refused to let the carriage go until the toll was paid, when Coaches alighted a seemed thm,and, aidedby the footman, attacked the toll-collector, and the two servants having been reintnrcrel bp Mr. B. who alighted with the Colonel, and the complainant having received many blows, called out " Murder !" when, by the assistance of three watchmen, Mr. If. the Colonel, and the footman, were conveyed to the watch-house, thecuathman having driven o ff on the appearance of the a atcbmen. Mr. B. and the two servants were held to bail, but as there was no charge against the Colonel he was dismissed. Tes.erday Salters was charged with as amok' on a young Lady, who resides in Nottingham-street, Mary-la-bonne. On Thursday evening, the complainant waareturning from a friend's house in Wlgmore-street, about tea o'clock, when she was met by the defendant, who accosted her in a rude manner, when else threatened to call the watch • .at this he left ber, and accosted her again in a few minutes , and behaved in a manner too indecent to describe, and afterwards followed her to her own door , where the watchman teak him into custody. He was held to Smith, alias Harper, wbo made his cape with Roberts, was. en Wednesday, taken in Higler's-lane, st. George's-fields. A Coroner's Inquest sat yesterday, in Duke-street. Oxford-street, on the body of Miss Charlotte Sum mer, who was burnt in such a manner as to occasion her death, on Monday night. The deceased had been with her aunt, in whose house she resides, to a neighbour's party ; and atier going into het bed room at two o'clock in the morning, her screams alarmed the house ; and on entering the bed-room, her aunt found her lying on the floor, with her clothes reduced to tinder. The deceased was sensible at the time, and it appeared she had set fire tuber garments by the candle. Hopes were entertained of her reco very ; but she .died on Thursday.—Verdict. Acci dental Death. - RIR IHS. Sunday, at Haileybory, Harts, :he Lady of the Rev. J. H. Batten, of a van. At Kldamn, Devon, the Lady of Sir Thomas Acland,of a ads NAVAL INTELLIG.ESCE. :0 beg peace on my knees from England ; but I have, succ eeded to th e Em p erors of France ; I have tinned . . . • 1 R h ei wa nforcements of men and officers fer those of the Empire the mouths of the largest rivers and of :o my . . St goons made prisoners by the French, elet 'the Adriatic, and nothing can longer hinder me front going out to Lisbon; cunstructing and arming a fleet of two hundred ships 1 General Gowta, who was second in command in o f the line. I know that the English will have better the Expedition to Buenos Ayres, is just placed as a Admirals, and this is a great advantage ; but, in pro. General Officer on the Staff in England: . p o rtion to the frequency of our fi g htin g with them, We are sorry to state, that the lar g e fleets for PI.YMOUTH, MAY O. Arrived the NAecuistis from Portsmouth, end* we shall learn to c on q uer them. We •shall lose the Lisbon, Cadiz, &c. which have been for some weeks MULLET from the Westward. Also the CADMUS brig collecting at Portsmouth, are still detained there by fi rs t, second, and third battle s, but we shall g ain the contrary winds. Considerable reinforcements of men, of war, from a cruize of iieveral months off the French and fourth, for this plain and obvious reason, that he who officer :, go out by em ; among the latter and many offi th em Spanish coasts ; and the Onerres deep of war, is strongest m ust ultimatel y sub j u g ate the weakest. —Colonels WATsoN, . BUCHAN (to command a corps with the Dutch brig, her prize.—The PIERCER gun e I had no idea that the del u ge o f Eng lish m ann- of detachments), MIDDLE/4011R, BEVAN, W brig put back again I HlM.last night, but sailed this day for cetures which overwhelms the m arkets of South 6 °NO a "' Rochefort.—The Rose in Bloom American vessel, e i en sent in here by the SHANNON and AMAZON, will no CHELSEA COLLEGE, MAY 10.—Court Mar ta America, was to be so speedily followed by ruinous doubt be condemned, having a considerable quantity Lieutenant-Colonel Geoace JoHesrow of the 102 d ;of French property on board her. —A fine Dutch ~,nsequences, but I had accurately calculated on the Fee nt, or the New South Wales C s 'orps. Fourth brig, deeply laden with spices, &c. from Batavia, :.ullity of the returns from these markets. The inlets Day.—The Court met at ten o'clock, and the cross- i came its here last night, prize to the ORESTES' sloop of for Colonial produce on the Continent being once well examination alone of the prisoner continued until . war, Captain LAPENOTIERI : her cargo is estimated at closed, the English will be obliged to throw into the three. The principal intention of the examination was, whether Governor BLUSH did not order that six of the upwards of £30,000. She . was first taken by one of our packets, which kept possession of her fur seven Thames the sugar and indigo for which they have Officers belonging to the 102 d regiment should wait day s, . when the ORESTES fell in with and took charge exchanged the fruits of their industry, and which on him for the purpese of being put under an arrest, o f her ; and such, I understand, are the rules of the once furnished them with considerable resources. because they declined to swear in Judge Advocate AT- service, that, although the packet took her, she will e Here, as well as in England, the manufacturers meas. We decline detailing the evidence, accord. not be entitled to any share of the prize-money. have made imprudent and foolish speculations, not ing to the order of the Court.—Adjourned at three. BATTLE OF BAROSSA. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 10. having learnt to proportion their industry to the de- LETTER YRObt LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRAHAM TO THE Sailed his Majesty's ships NIOBE for Leith, and mands of the consumer. The English Government i RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY WELLESLEY. MEDUSA on a cruize off Cherburgh. have given them great assistance—l have also grant- i S i x, Isla de Leon, 54th March, 1 811 . i DEAL, MAY so. ed assistance to some , and I shall do much more ; , You will do justice to my reluctance to enter into any contro- Arrived the Pno.seene and ECHO from a cruize off y for the purpose of counteracting the effects of that ob- Flu shing.—Wind South. but Ido not think it prudent to encourage principles its e e r Uy which you yourself and many others assured me my con - e qually bad as they are dangerous. It is not enough duct was exposed to by the reports circulated in Cadiz relative HARWICH, MAY 10. ; to the issue of the late expedition. to manufacture -- ono must also know and possess the Sailed the Prince of Wales packet with the Anholt Beg a copy of a printed statement of General Lapena having means of selling, and not manufacture ten yards of t been *hewn to me-yesterday, which, by implication at least, leaves Mail of the 7th instant. the blame of the failure of the moat brilliant prospects on me, it cloth, when we cannot sell four. It was not di ffi cult becomes indispensibly necessary that 1 should take up my pen in to foresee, that after 20 years of war and misfortu ne, self defence. the consumpt of the Continent ought to be much di- Having already sent you a copy of my dispatch to the Earl of Liverpool, with a report of the action, I will not trouble you, ininished, and that many persons who used to wear with any detail of the firm movements of the army, nor with four suits of clothes a year, now wear only one or any ether observation retie.e to them, than that the troops suf fered much unnecessary fatigue by rnarchiag in the night, and two. Commerce is an honourable avocation, but its erfthout good guides. essentials are prudence and economy. You must be Considering the nature of the serviee'we were engaged in, I was m ast anxious that the army should not come into contact wise, Gentlemen—A merchant ought not to gain his with the enemy in an exhausted state, nor be exposed to the fortune as a general does a battle—He ought to gain attack of the enemy but when it was well collected; and in con sequence of representations to chi effect, I understood that the little at a time, but constaatly."• march of the afternoon of the 4th was to be a short one, to take up for the night a position near Conil—to prepare which, Staff- Officers of both nations were scut forward with a proper escort. The march was nevertheless continued through the night with those frequent and harassing halts which the necessity of slop ing for the way occasioned. When the British division began its march from the position of Barrosa to that of Bermeja, I left the General on the Barret* height nor did I know of his intention of quitting it, and when I ordered the division to countermarch in the wood, I did so to support troops left for its defence, and believing the General to be there in person. In this belief I sent no report of the attack which was made so near ,he spot where the General was sup posed to he, and, though confident in the bravery of the British poops, I was not less so in the support I should receive from the Spanish army. The iiitance, however, to Bermeja is trifling, and no orders were given from had-quarters for the movement of any corps of the Spanish army to support the British division, to muscat its defeat in this unequal contest, or to profit of the !ac cess earned at so heavy an expence. The voluntarr zeal cf the two small battalions (Walloon Guards and Ciudad Real) which had bees detached from my division, brought them alone back from the wood; but, notwithstanding dui: utmost efforts, they could only come at the close of the action. Had the whole boijy of the Spanish cavalry with the hone artillery bun rapidly sent by the sea beach, to form in the plain, and to envelope the enemy's left—had the greatest part of the infantry been marched through the pine wood in our rear, to turn his right, what success might not have been expected frith such decisive movements ? The enemy must either have retired instantly, and without occasioning any serious less to the Bri tish division, or he would have exposed himself to absolute de structior —lis cavalry greatly outnumbered, his artillery lost, his columns mixed and in confusion, a general dispersion would ' have been the inevitable consequence of a close pursuit. Our wearied men would have found spirits to go on, and would have trusted to finding refreshment and repose at Chiclana. This me meet was lost. Within a quarter of an hour's ride of the scene of action, the General remained ignorant of what was passing, amil made:ere; dose. Let not then this action of Barrosa form any part of the general result of the transactions of the day ; it was an accidental and insulated feature • it was the result of no combination, ft was equally unseen and feature; by the Spanish Staff; the British division, left alone , suffered the less of more tisn one fourth of its num ber, and became unfit for further ex -1 ertion. Need I say more to j ustify my determination of declining any further co-operation in the field towards the prosecution of the object of the expiration ? 1 am, however, free to confess, that having thus placed myself and the British division under the I direction of the Spanish Commander-in-Chief, in the field, (con -1 trary to my instructions) I should net have thought myself justi fied to my King and county to risk the absolute destruition of I this division in a second trial. But I have a right to claim credit' for what would have been my conduct, from what it was • and I will ask if it can be doubted, after my zealous co-ope;atiom throughout, and the ready assistance afforded to the troops kit on Barrow Height, that the same anxiety for the success of the cause would not have secured to the Spanish army the utmost efforts of the British division during the whole of the enterprise, had we kw settorted as vet had a right to expect. There is net a man an the division who would not gladly have relhapithed his claim to glory,acquired by the action of Barrosa, to have shared with the Spaniards the ultimate success that was within our grasp as It were. The people of Spain, the brave and persevering people are uni versally esteemed, respected and admired by all who value liberty and independenco—the hearts and hands of British soldiers will ever be with them; the cause of Spain is felt by all to be a com- MOB o.se.—l conclude with mentioning, that the only regret ex pressed to me at Head-quarters on the morning ache 6th, on not knowing of my intention to send -the British troops across the River Sant! Petri, was, Mar She apporryairy If withdrawiaz the Sta id:A temps dewier: the sigAt luau tut ; and on my observing that, after such a defeat, there was no risk of attack from the enemy, • very ewitrary °tittles was mairsiaiised. in point of fact, no enemy lover appeared during several days employed in bringing off the wounded and burying the dead. It may be proper to remark on the reports pie fished, relative to the enemy's number at Smal -1 Petri (4500 men of Villat's division), that by the concurrent tes ' timony of all the French Officers here, General Villat's division had charge of the whole line. What then must be the strength of that division, to have afforded 4500 miss to Santi Petri alone t ' la order to establish by authentic documents, facts which may have been disputed, and to elucidate others, I lncloee , by way of Jprodit, the reports of various Officers othis division. I have the honour to be, with the greatest regard, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, TKOMAS GRAHAM, Lieut.-General. Pl. I must add this postscript, distinctly so deny my having spoken at Head-quarters, on the evening of the Sth, of sending for mote troops or for provisions from the Isla. My visit was a very short one, of mere ceremony—l may have asked if the Spanish troops expected were arrived. This error must have arisen from the difficulty of conversing In a foreign language. With this I send you a sketch of the ground; &e. of the action of Barrosa, by which it will be seen how impossible, according to my judgment, it would be for an enemy to expose his left flank, by making a direct attack through she wood on the Bernick po sition, while that of liarreso was occupied in force by the allied army. We have not received the appeadia alluded to by the gallant General . . . , . TORBAY, MAY I. Arrived his Majety'S ship Maatsononan and tosicranous gun-brig, from the Westward. Aesd, the Sunni' East - .lndia snip, last from Portsmouth, put in here to join the others, who are all waiting for a fair wind. LAST INDIA HOUSE. It is reported that there is at present a person in London, charged with pacific overtures from the French Government. He came last from Vienna, and has been in town for several days. By the Anholt Mad of yesterday, papers and let ters from Petersburgh were received to the 17th ult. from Stockholm to the Ist inst. and from Gottenburg to the sth.—The exchange at the Russian capital varied from 121 to 121, and one of the letters from thence, contains this postscript- 4, We understand that war is determined upon between France aad this country." Letters from Colberg, posterior to the date assigned for the confiict between the French and Prussians, mention no such event, it may, therefore, be conclu ded, that there is not a word of truth in the account that was transmitted. Letters from the Cape of Good Hope to the 2d of March mentions, that the PRESIDENT. MALACCA, and GALATEA frigates arrived there on the 22d of Fe. bruary, in pursuit of the four French frigates which escaped from L'Orient and Nantz in November last, destined (as was supposed) to the Isles of France. By recent arrivals from Bayonne, we learn, that a great number of French troops had been detached from the French 4 armies in Spain nearest the Pyrenees, to join, it is supposed, the French armies in the north of Europe, which clearly makes it appear,thatNapoleon's subjugation of Spain is atpresentlaid aside. The march of the French troops is conducted in a very cunning way. They arrive at Bayonne at midnight, stay that night and the following day to refresh themselves, receive clothes, shoes, &c. ; the cavalry forage, &c. On the second night they march from Bayonne, as if for Spain again, after having quitted the town : on the toad they snake a counter-march, and proceed throulh that part of France, ea surd, to join their comrades in the north of Europe. The misery of the French mer chants at Bayonne, and the nearest commercial towns, is extreme. A packet has arrived from Jamaica after a voyage of durty-seven days, by which we have a regular se ries of Newspapers from that quarter. CitRISTOPHE is forming a naval armament to com mit piratical depredations against every nation, (Eng land at present excepted) and for this exception we are indebted to the apprehension of an attack from our powerful fleet in his neighbourhood. We learn with concern that the inhabitants of the Windward Islands have no knowledge of the practices of the marauders under the flag of CHRISTOPIIE, and therefore under take their several trading voyages from island to island, and to America, uninsured and unprotected. The Jamaica Papers received yesterday, state a fact which we trust will occupy the immediate and most serious attention of our Government—namely, that the French have fitted out several large privateers, in the pretended neutral ports of America, to cruise against our trade in the West Indies. The French Living no longer any ports in the West Indies, the A!nerican Government, while clamorously insisting upon all the rights of neutrality, affords to the ene my's ships of war all possible protection and support, while it dcnics even admission to the vessels of Great Britain. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, his MAJZSrY came on thel Terrace, at Windsor, accompanied by Dr. WILLts, and walked till one, when he retired to dine. At t vo o'clock, his Mairarr resumed his afternoon's walk, accompanied by General GWYNN& Tlie Law Officers of the Croivn have stated as their opinion, tilt the R FAINT, as a Sovereign Prince, can- I rot, consistently with his rank in the State, accept the freedom of any Corporate Body whatever. A new coinage of silver is immediately to take place, and will consist chiefly of pieces of eighteen pence and three shillings value. The Yd or Queen's Dragoon Guards, sAicb have been for nearly two years stationed in Canterlsnry, are ordered to the Northern district, and commence•their march on Monday next. Newcastle, York, and Be velleY, are their supposed destinatiOs• A General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock, very numerously attended, was yesterday held at the lndiafrlouse, for the consideration of special affairs. Mr. Itosawourr, the Chairman, stated, that the subject for the consideration of the Court was, the pro priety of a Resolution of the Directors, for an appli cation to Parliament for leave to raise the sum of two millions sterling on bonds. The Resolution, the pro posed petition to the House of Commons, and a draft of the bill, would now be read to them, after which, he would give a short statement of their affairs, to sheer the grounds on which the Resolution of the Di rector was founded. The pap CT s being accordingly read, Mr. BOSANQUET recalled to the recollection of the Court; that by the Act of 1797, the Company was empowered to add to their capital of six millions two millions more, if they should think fit, which, as their stock was at '2OO, would amount to four millions ter ling. It was imagined at that time that the trade of the Company might be considerably increased, though at the moment they were labouring under some tem porary embarrassment. It so happened, however, that ever since that period, with the exception of the short interval of the peace of Amiens, Europe had been in- I volved in war, and trade subjected to much hazard and uncertainty. The Company's authorities, therefore, had not availed themselves of the power with which they had been entrusted. la 1794 the French had sent an expedition to Egypt, consisting of up wards of 14 , 0,000 men, for the purpose evidently of overturning the British authority there, with the assistance of such native powers as might join them in that object. By the exertions of his Majesty's arms, united with those of the Company, this project had been completely frus trated. From the expence attending these exertions, and other circumstances, the embarrassments ,pf the Company between 97 and 1802 had increased, and at the latter period it became necessary to resort to some means of relieving the pressure. Under all the cir cumstances, it was thought more - advisable to apply to Government for part of the sum owing on various ac counts to the Company, than to have recourse to the power of raising the capital. Of the justice of the Company's claims Government was so sensible that one million sterling was immediately advanced. From 1802 to 1807 several sums had been obtained on the same account—but dqring this period expensive wars had been carried on in India—whether justly or not was not now to be discussed. By an Act of the 47th of the King, therefore, they had obtained leave to raise two millions sterling on bonds, but he knew not for what reason a clause had been introduced, providing, that if the Company availed itself of the power of adliug to its capital under the 37th of his Majesty, the capital so added should, in the first place, be applied to the payment of these bonds. Debts at the same time were necessarily contracted in India, and the capital so raised having been applied to the acquisition and management sit the extensive domi nions added to the Company's possessions, these debts were properly chargeable on the territoaies thus ac quired. They were contracted, however, under those disadvantages to which borrowers are subjected when under great pressure—at a heavy interest, and for a fixed number of years, with an option at the end of that period to have them transferred to this country, and paid at the home Treasury—the lenders being persons returning to Great Britain, or intending soon to return. Many of these debts had now become due, and there was consequently a greater pressure on the home Treasury than the ordinary profits of their com merce were sufficient to meet. The object of the' present application to Parliament was to enable them to meet this temporary demand. If it were prudent to add to their capital, no relief could be gained without raising two millions of capital instead of one —lor if one only were raised, the whole would, under the clause of the Act of 1807, before mentioned, be absorbed in the payment of the two millions sterling then obtained on bonds. It had therefore, been deemed by the Directors more advisable to apply to Parliament, and the proposed application wasnothing more than to be relieved from the condition imposed by the clause of 1807, with this additional circnmstance, that they might be permitted to add a million to their • DIED. capital, or to raise two millions sterling on bond s,as they Sunday, at his residence, at the New Rlver Head, tater woos , might think expedient. For some years past a pro- ton, Robert Milne, architect, in the 19:21 year of bas age. found peace had prevailed in India, and their Gower - Thursday, in N ew g ate, Malcohh Craig, a Costiposher.-.Thie nors there had availed themselves f the first moment person was one of the nineteen visa found guilty, about sin of tranquillity to reduce the interest of the debt. It eloottis ago , of COlT.pinilly In endeavouring tie obtain ed. Twice of wag' es. Mr. Box, 814eins E Newgate, signed a petition had accordingly been reduced from 12 to 9,8, 7, and in behalf of the unfortunate sea, to the Pnace Regent, who 116 , now 6 per cent. The saving from this operation alone media* granted bra a free pardon, which arrived but a few amounted to half a million ; and though, from the ___,"urs befo re his death . He was an weletzleree peaceable man sa u nwelt i n creat i ng t h e I n di a d e b t, t h ere was aita has wit a widow and four children stoprovided for. in its p 4