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- r d Temple ; after which he entered into x minute of the correspondence between General s,i c ., e and Mr. Frere, and contended, that from zv ice given to Sir J. More by that Gentleman, as to his remaining at Astorga, was the se if .dl the calamities that attended the retreat Army. Still every attempt was made to justify se e ere. and to insinuate blame against Sir John ~pre Indeed Ministers have throughout b etra y e d y tender concern for the character or the claims , ':.it distinguished Officer. A monody had been eed in honour of his memory; and recited in the Theatres—but even that slight tribute of ~„.2 .0 the memory of the gallant officer seemed to. ereicive for the repetition of the mo no dy was ' • eieiniled by order. The Gentlemen at Lloyd's ~,• e i e intimated some mark of the approbation they I-7 the services of General Moore, but that inten t: r seems had also been frustrated ; and when Mi. •-s felt it their duty to grant some reward to the E t e e : : ci Sir John Moore, they would grant it out of t h , Civil List, and not through a vote of that House, „.: 2 ;,h should testify its grateful sense of the services e i'7,ich General Moore had rendered to his country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not think it necessary to go at any length into a question which had been already so much discussed. F. J tl:e wished to know from the Right Honourable Cenilentan who spoke last, whether 'he meant to ar ei:ge Ministers for having sent an army into Spain ee soon, or fcr not having sent it sooner, for from his speech it was difficult to collect which was the charge? But whatever course Ministers took, the Right Ho nourable Gentleman was resolved to blame them.- Ir, however, Ministers had not sent an army, the Gentlemen on the other side would have had inech better ground for censute. If, instead of the exertion that was made, no army had been sent, wh a t w o u ld now have been the state of Spain ? Had it not been fur the diversion made by the British army the French would have got possession of the South as well,as of the North of Spain, and the cause would now have }'en indeed hopeless. He blamed the Gentlemen on the o:her side for not pointing out any other course ut proceeding, which either with a view to expedition or diversion, would have been better than that which had been actually adopted. With respect to the fleet at Ferrol, he denied that Spain had been prevented from admitting a British garrison into their arsenals owing to any consideration connected ith Copenhagen. Spain perhaps had felt some jealousy with respect to the views of Britain, from the operations of the French, and of those who echoed French sentiments. But as Spain was unwill ing to accede to any proposition of this kind, it was impossible, under the circumstances, to press the sub :. He contended that it was impossible that Ge rcral Moore should have acted contrary to his own eiews of what was proper. It was injurious to the memory of Sir John Moore to say that he had acted merely upon the advice of Mr. Front. He further said, that Mr. Frere had not impertinently obtruded his advice, for that advice had been solicited. by Sir jiiin Moore ; but the retreat to Corunna was judici eus..y Chosen by Sir John Moore, for it was, in the ceeumstances in which he stood, the most beneficial measure for the Spanish cause that could have been adopted. With regard to Charmilly, if Mr. Frere had known all that the Gentlemen on the other side suspected, it would have been improper in him to have employed him. But there was no evidence that Mr. Irere knew any thing of all this. He affirmed that there had always been a disposition in the Government to do justice t 3 Sir John Moore. About the order respecting the monody, or the compliment at Lloyd's, lie knew nothing. He could scarcely believe that the Lord chamberlain could have sent the Order alluded to. He concluded by observing that if Sir John Moore had been alive he himself would, in looking at Spain, have been convinced that the salvation of that coun. try had been. the consequence of the step which he had taken in retreating through Gallicia. Mr. BATHURST spoke in favour of the motion. He did not see what Ministers could have expected, to induce them to hazard such an army in such an expedition. They took credit to themselves for the diversion effected in favour of the Spanish cause. But 'e..king at the subject in another view it was no merit of their's that the army had escaped at all. He was of opinion that it would have been better to have re treated to Portugal ; and he thought it impossible for any candid man to read the papers, and not to be convinced that Sir John Moore had been induced to adopt the measures which led to the disastrous retreat, c.y the interference of Mr. Frere, whom he understood as specking the sentiments of Ministers. Lord HENRY PETTY adverted to the extraor dinary sort of defence made by the Noble Lord, when he said that the most extraordinary exertions had teen made by the French. The Noble Lord might h,vt: calculated uptm that, for many of his failures h..d. %eel ()wileg to the same cause. In remarking e;.1: th.e eonciact of Minist er s t o Si r J. M oore , h e reeitioned an obsei vatiun of Cardinal du Retz, who rei l that men might be placed in situations in which 17n hew they would, they must commit a fault ; but 'hat fertune never placed them in such situations, wi re only the effects of their own errors. In ei-ei a situation had Sir J. Moore been placed by the •••1••!...,!rl. Mr. WHITERF. AD rose amidst loud cries of Taestioe, and is a short but animated speech con- That Mr. Frere had displayed such a , fait of ttatiptr a:Icl capacity as to render him unfit !, r any diplomat!: situation whatever—next, that the `l.r.isters had not acted fairly by Sir J. Moore ; and, • next place, that Mr. Charmilly was a person un. fit - ht of any ,:ontidence from every thing that he had of him. He stated that Mr. Charmilly had pro revol:.itionary pr;nciples in St. Domingo that ticeis.e.l a revolt in the ship in which he returned • and alio at Brest when lie at rived—that he had to llng:ar.d w:Ca a plan for giving us possession Lurnizgo, in consequence of which so much L!cod and treasure had been expended—that 17:. ea cual-merchant under one name, and a Q::kler another, &c. &c. With respect to Sir he had reason to say what an Officer of WI had said, when called on in a moment :n spite of the intrigues of his Courtiers— ;;e, ht your Majesty's enemies, but I leave , r..` , l...:ecty in the midst of mine." Question was then luudly called for, and the crivided—For Lord Temple's motion 111— s.. it .230—Majority against the motion 119. o'clock the House adjourned. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 6711—Ditto, for ace. 6711 Omnium 1; prem.—Exchequer Bilk lOs to 12s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Red. 66ii - India Bonds, 13s. 14s. pr. 3 per Cent. Cons. 67 Imp. Ann. 7 3-16 i 4 per Cent. 811 82 81 Irish 5 per Cents 9•j per Cent. Navy 98 Excheq. Bills , 9s. los. pre. Long Ann. 18 1-16 Consols for atm. 67i The Fair American, arrived at Dover from Dun ' kirk, brought over copies of the First and Second Bulletins of the French Army in Germany—[See the first page of this Paper.] They are more pre cise, but, we are concerned to state, not less disastrous than the statements received through the medium of the Dutch Journals. Hostilities commenced on the 19th ult. at Tann, and on that and the four following days no fewer than six actions were fought, in all which the French were the victors. From the 19th to 'the 27th ult. the date of the second Bulletin, the Austrians are represented as _having lost 50,000 pri soners, 100 pieces of cannon, with an immense quan tity of colours and baggage. They have retreated about 150 miles, and, what is worst of all, if we are to give implicit credit to the French accounts, great part of their army seems to he cut off in its retreat ! As we have not had an opportunity of perusing the Bulletins at length, it is impossible for us to trace the progress of these operations, which far surpasses in ruinous decision the battles either of Marengo or Austerlitz, and we are afraid we may add that of Jena, difficult as this is to conceive. At Ratisbon the Archduke CHARLES is admitted to have obtained some success oa the 21st, and to have forced 1000 French, who were entrusted with the care of the bridge, to surrender ; but this gleam of prosperity was of short duration; his army, consisting of 110,000 men, having been completely defeated on the following day ; in consequence of which he has been obliged to retire to the mountains of Bohemia. The Duke of AUERSTADT (DavotTer) has gone in sir suit cf him, and we are afraid that the army of the Prince of Porn Coavo (Beerianorre), which broke up from Dresden on the 14th, would be in time to interpose between him and the Austrian states. In the mean time, the main body of the French army is rapidly advancing towards the capital—the Duke of BELLUNO (VICTOR) having passed the Salza, and oc. cupied Scharding, a village about eight or ten miles fiom Brannau, and situated on the road between Passau and Linz. Scharding is about half way be tween Augsburg (where hostilities began) and Vi. cnna, and such has been the progress of die enemy in the first week of the campaign ! This, however, is the most advanced corps of the French army. Their head-quarters on the 27th were at Muhldorff upon the Inn, but the Duke of MONTLBELLO (Latsses) had then passed that river, and was proceeding to the Salza. —The Marshals echo had a share in the several ac tions were—MASSENA (Duke of Rivota), DAYOUST ( Duke of AUERSTADT), LEFEVRE (Duke of Datizt:;), LANES (Duke of Moseruseeeo), and BEsSIERES (Duke of ma). Marshal KELLERMAN (Duke of VALMY), we presume, commands the Reserve ; and Marshal BERNADOTTE ( Prince of PONTE COR- Y()) had not then reached the scene of action. —The Austrian army, previous to the battles, was estimated at 220,000 men, 110,(X)0 of whom were commanded by the Archduke CHARLES, and 60,000 by the Archduke Louts. Generals HOHENzOLLERN, LICHTENSTEIN, RCSENBERG, and BELLEGARDE, had the command of carps, and that of General BELLE GARDE is said to have been the only one not in action. It was stated some time ago, in one of the foreign Journals, that tats. General had advanced into Fran conia, so that there is a probability of his being able to effect a junction with the army of the Archduke Cuattees. The amount of the French force is not mentioned. NAPOLEO4 is represented as having gained the battle of the 20th against the Archduke Louts at the head of the Bavarian and Wirtemberg troops. One of the passengers by the Fair American re. ports that there have been three actions between the French and Austrians in Italy, and that in these bat tles the French were beaten. We would rejoice to find this intelligence confirmed, but we must confess, after the details that have been received of the issue of the conflict in Germany, we have no hope that the Austrians, under their present guidance, will main tain their ground in any quarter against the foe with whom they have to contend. A Mail from Gottenburgh arrived this morning, bringing German papers of the 29th April. They contain an additional Proclamation from the Arch- Duke CHARLES. of considerable length, with a view to rouse the people in the North of Germany, where it had been privately circulated. The late disasters of the Austrians render this document of little im portance. The Swedish papers contain no intelli gence of moment. The following articles are copied Cron: a German paper : BANKS OF THE ELBE, APRIL Q. Yesterday, at noon, the Princess of Pcnto Corvo, and her son, with suite, left Hamburgh for Hanover ; she WAS followed on the same day by the Dutch horse and artillery, which were at Hamburgh and its envi runs. At four o'clock this morning the remainder of the 9th Dutch regiment of infantry also left that city, so that Ilamburgh has now no other hostile troops than a few French Gens d'armes, and the _custom hbuse soldiers. According to all accounts serious traces of an in surrection continue in Hesse Cassel, though the Court Gazette of that place asserts the contrary•. CASSEL, APRIL 23. This moment the cannon of our city proclaim the important victory which has been gained over the Austrians between the 18th and 19th instant, near Ingoldstadt. A Courier has brought this intelligence. At his departure the cannon was still thundering on the field of battle. Seven thousand Austrians are prisoners, a great number has been lined, and their army lost ground to the distance of ten leagues.— Perfect tranquillity prevails herr, AREUTH, APRIL 24. The Austrians who entered Nurenberg on the '2oth instant, were soon obliged to retreat again. In Ratisbon between twenty and thirty houses are said to have become a prey to the flames. AUGSBURG, APRIL 21. Yesterday the Austrians were still in Munich.— Yesterday etc first Austrian prisoners, who were se verely wounded near Pfaffenhammen and Vallose, ar rived here.—The advanced guard of the Portuguese corps of 600 men, arrived here yesterday from Ulm. Of the Bavarian regiment of infantry, Baerenklan, 1000 strong, who were at Inspruck and Halle, '2,30 men arrived yesterday at Augsburg. SECOND EDITION. STAR-OFFICE, Two o'Clock. DUTCH PAPERS. We have received Rotterdam Papers to the 7th instant. According to these journals no fighting had taken place in the South of Bavaria-211 the actions having been fought between the Danube and the Isser, but all, we are sorry to say, have been favour able to the French. Our limits and time only •allow us to give the following extracts STRASEURCH, APRIL 27. Within these few days, a great number of couriers have arrived from the Army, with dispatches for her Majesty . the Empress. Our advantages increase every day. The Army of the Archduke Charles is annihilated ; all his Artillery, Ammunition, Baggage, and several thousand Waggons, have been taken. The number of Prisoners is incredible. From the 19th, the French and Allied Armies were uniformly successful. Our cavalry, commanded by the. Duke of ISTRIA, pursues the feeble remains of the Austrians towards the Inn. The line division of cuirassiers, under General Count D'ESPAGICE, has performed wonders. Yesterday at noon, an extraordinary Courier ar rived with dispatches, containing intelligence of a new victory. The army of the Archduke JouN, which had invaded Tyrol, has been cut off, and compelled to surrender. We wait with anxiety for the Offici4l details of this event. The French Secretary of State has past through here on his way to join the Emperor Napoleon. A regiment belonging to the Prince of Neufchatel's division yesterday crossed the Rhine for Bavaria, fol lowed by a division of the Imperial Guards. A de. tachment of PoliTh light cavalry arrived here yester day, and we expect an infantry regiment tomorrow. The Polish and other squadrons of cavalry which are here, will remain until the end of the week. At this instant the park of artillery belonging to the French Imperial Guards is passing through the territory of Baden for the army. On the 20th of April two distributors of the Archduke Charles's Proclamation, were shot at Huningen, for attempting to excite commotion among the inhabitants. . . ; L PARIS. MAY 2. The official paper of to-day contains no bulletin from the army. Nor have any particulars arrived of the battle of ihe 24th, in which it is said that we lost General Cervoni, and a Bavarian General. General Clement was stightly wounded in the arm on the 23d. is all that has yet transpired. According to all accounts, of the late events in Germany, no battles seem to have been fought in the South of Bavaria. All the desperate actions took place between the Danube and the Isser. The Austri. ans committed greatdepredations at Munich, although they had not time to carry off much plunder. Since writing the above, we have learnt that Go. Ivernment have received dispatches from the Austrian army, with some of the details of the late battles. These dispatches were brought over by Count STRA ilEsscßc;, who left the Army on the 28th ult. His Highness arrived in London about twelve o'clock this day, as Ambassador from the Court of Vienna, and immediately had an interview with Mr. C/I.IC MC. He came through Holland, and after escaping innumerable dangers, was picked up in a fishing boat by one of our cruisers. The intelligence which he has brought respecting the operations in Bavaria differ most materially from the accounts given in the French Bulletins. He says, that the losses sustained by the French in the several actions were quite as great as those of the Austrians, and that as late as the 28th ult. the French were unable to advance, having suffered so severely. His Hi g h ness i s i n hi gh spirits, and by no means considers the advant ages which the French obtained, as decisive of the fate of the Campaign. THE ARMY. Yesterday a large Fleet of Transports sailed front Portsmouth for Lisbon, under convoy of the Hope, Captain PEARCE: they carry out reinfoicements for most of the infantry regiments in Portugal ; nearly 1500 of them were volunteers from the Militia, for regiments now serving under Sir ARTHUR WBLLES LET in Portugal. Many Officers went out to join their regiments: among them, Majors McDoNALts, ELDER ) and AIRD. A large division of the Waggon Train and some Artillery went out. Sir JOHN CRADDOCK is hourly looked for, and we may expect the most interesting accounts from our gallant Army in Portugal. Another convoy of Transports, with troops and stores, will sail for Portugal in about a week. The march and embarkation of the German Light Dragoons stationed at Ipswich is countermanded for the present. Orders were received at Deal on Saturday last, for the Ist battalion of the 52d Regiment to be com pleted immediately for service from the 2d battalion of the same Regiment, and to be in readiness to em bark at Ramsgate on the 24th instant. Similar or ders have also been sent to the 95th Rifle Corps at Hythe, which with some other light regiments az'e to form part of the brigade. Monday two hundred and sixteen Volunteers from the 2d Royal Surrey Militia, marched into Canterbury to join the 9th Regiment of the..line. They were es corted in by the Regiment, with its band, ..!cc. which met them for that purpose. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • . PLYMOUTH-DOCK, MAY 8. The MONARCH, from the Brazils, and the FORM DABLP., from the - Straits, are daily expected home.— The OCEAN, Lord COLLINGWOOIVS flag ship, is also daily expected. The VILLE DE PARIS, of 110 guns, is gone out fur the purpose of receiving his Lordship's flag : she had not joined him the 22d of March, but was then hourly expected. The ST. GEORGE, of 110 guns, is put out of commission, and laid up in ordi nary in Hanioaze. The Eciatta brig of war has changed her name to the PICKLE, after the vessel of that name lost off Cadiz, some time since. Sailed His Majesty's brig ENuEAvotat with a convoy to the westward. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9. Sailed the Esdaile, CARGILL, for Jamaica ; Jane, PATTERSON, for Madeira ; and several other outward bound vessels from the Downs.—Sailed his Majesty', ship Hope, with a few transports under convoy, for Lisbon.—His Majesty's ship Saracen, with the fleet for the West Indies, is expected to sail this evening. —Wind E.S.E. DEAL,. MAY 9. Arrived his Majesty's ship FLY, from a cruize, and remains in the Downs with his Majesty's ships, &c. as per last. Rear-Admiral Sir It. STaacitior is pre paring for sea, and is expected to sail to-morrow morning.—Wind N. E. YARMOUTH, MAY 9. Sailed yesterday, P. M. his Majesty's ship Ai.oxao, with her convoy for Gottenburgh. ABERDEEN, MAY 6. In the hard gale of Friday, the 28th ult. from N.E. accompanied with snow, we learn there was the fol lowing luss and damage of shipping in - the Moray Frith : '1 be smack Duchess of Gordon, coal loaded, from Sunderland, totally wrecked at the entrance of Maeduff harbour—The crew saved. A new brig, laden with timber; a schooner; and the smack Stag, of Banff, driven ashore in the Bay of Spey—lac latter since got off. The sloop Venus, John Murray, of and for this plate, fr-m Cromarty, got into Banff with the utmost difficulty and danger, having the tuain-boom broken, boat stove, and other damage. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, MAY 9.—l'Assed by the Apollo, Cary, from St. Domingo ; arid Maria, Alish4w, from Teneriffe.--Sailed the Thus, Jennings, for Trinidad; Surinam, Hyudnian,LrSurina.a ; and the /Hill, Ronald, fur Quebec. The Swinger, Luxton, frcm London for St. T homas's, was roe down by the Penelope, of Greenock, in whieh ship all the crew, except two, arrived at Birbadot. s. 'I he Kit ty's Amelia, of Liverpool, is lost in the River Plata. The Alice, Capt. Allied, Is arrived at Liverpool, from Deme rara, front whence she sailed on the 2 d of March, in company with the John, —, for Liverpool ; Hawke. —, and Fortitude, —, for the Clyde; and parted 7 k:zys after. The Garthland, bound to Liverpool, had returned leaky, having been on shore. The Caledonia, —, was on shore at Demerara Bar, but ex pected to be got off in eight days. Nelly, Moire, trom Lisbon, for Lisbon, has been carried into Margate, with the loss of fcre-topnateit, fore-tapsail-yards and rigging, and main-boom. The Betsey, Braithwaite, from Dublin for Whitehaven; and the Castle, —, from Ireland I,.er ilarlington, are on shore near Whitehaven, and full of water. The Venus, Barkley, front London, arrived at Monte Video on the 18th of January : found lying there the Mary, the Diamond, the Admiral Berkeley, the Earl Caledon, the Castillia, the Hound, and the Agreeable; the latter had landed the cargo from Liver pool, and sailed with Government dispatches for Cadiz. The Supercargo of the Venus was informed that the following vessels were arrived off Buenos Ayres: viz. the Fanny, the Cumberland, the Tagus, the Fingal, and the Generous Planter. . . . . - _ Friday arrived in Leith Roads, a Danish schooner privateer of two guns, captured by the Osnaburgh cutter. The TwtEliias, AVidicer, from Malta, for Liverpool, has been captured by a French privateer, on the Nth of March. Retaken by the Prevoyantc store-ship, and carried into Gibraltar. Aft am o—At Liverpool, the Sally, Kirnbley, from Antigua. At Dublin, the Mary, Sayer; I'yne Packet, Barber; and the Venus, Lowther, from London. .At C or k, t h e L on d on Packet, Hellman, from London ; Mary, Sinsmonds, from Barbados ; Hiram, NPE.wing, from Demerara ; Mars, Peele, and the Ri cardo, Kilelele, from Virginia. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANL—The supplies of Wheat this day are considerable, but, owing to the late reductions, and presuming on f art h er , t h e b uyers make few purchases, and those at somewhat less— Barley and Malt are each cheaper—White Peas like wise—Grey, and Beans, hardly support last prices— there are large supplies of Oats, some foreign, and many from . Ireland; sales in this trade are rather cheaper, and sales of Pious at the late reduction. OttURAL CulttllCY UNDta Wheat, 565. 70s, 645. Beat. s (new) 565. 625. Fine ditto, 445. 665. Tick ditto, 455. Sls. Rye, 50s. 565. • Oats, 30s. Ms. Ws. Barley, 4118.4115. Od. Poland ditto, Ses. 40s. Malt, 70s. 765. Posatoe is Od. • White Peas (boilers) 6es.lloa. Rape Seed, 541. to ar. Grey ditto, 46s 545. Fine Flour, 755. to 110a.--Secon'sis 70$. 7/Is. l 1