Star. — London, England, 1809-05-09 00:00:00

The !notion of his Honourable Friend only went to follow out the regulations which had been acted (xi s:nce the year 1782, by which all the pub* offices had hen regulated, and a diminution of one half of the objectionable expences had been accomplished.— He .tated this to shew that the present was no new I.'.lei)ry. Out of an expenditure of 80 millions an, ;wally, it was to be expected that excesses and abuses should spring. He hoped, however, the House would be always ready to give their assistance in checking them as fat as possible. Mr. ROSE was satisfied there could be but one sentiment in the House on such a subject. Whether the Resolutions proposed by the Honourable and Learned Gentleman were can ied through the House in the form of bills, however, during the present Ses, sion, could not, he conceived, he of great importance. The entering them on the Journals as Resolutions of the House would have the same effect, as it was not to be supposed that any Minister would take upon him to act in opposition to such a declar,ttion of the opi nion of the House. He concluded by thanking the Honourable and Learned Gentleman for the motions be had submitted to the House. Mr. CREEVEY said he had no objection to the Resolutions proposed by his Honourable and Learned Friend ; he only begged that it might be understood that he should not be precluded from founding any other Resolution on the same Report. He believed the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Rose) felt tender on this point. He wished to know, however, how it happened that in defiance of Mr. Burke's Bill, though no addition could be made to the allowance of a Prince of the Blood, yet the Treasurer of the Navy, in addition to his £2OOO a year and his house, should have £l5OO more from a fund not existing at the time of Mr. Burke's Bill. It was his intention to call the attention of the House to this subject. On the subject of Patent places, he could not see why those two which had belonged to Lords Bute and Sondes should have been abolished, and those which were held by the Marquis of Buckingham, Lords Grenville and .Arden, were suffered to continue. Mr. MARTIN explained. Mr. BIDDULPH was sorry that any thing should have occurred to induce Gentlemen on the other side of the House to suppose that there was no necessity for carrying these Resolutions into effect during the present Session. If one million could be saved on the whole expenditure of the country, he should esteem it nothing; but if ,elOO,OOO could be saved in any one department of the expenditure, that he should think a great deal. If services were to be rewarded, he thought Sinecures the very worst mode of reward ing them. He wished, therefore, that Sinecures should be done away, and that public services should be rewarded in a mariner not liable to be misunder stood. He hoped the House 'would not degenerate into listlessness and inattention on such a subject, but would carry their ideas into effect during the present Session of Parliament. Mr. HALL said a few words in a low tone -of voice. Lord H. PETTY explained. Mr. PETER MOOlt E said he had never till lately understood that sums voted by Parliament were for any other than public services : all others he conceiv ed misapplications of the public money. The 95,0001. tinder Mr. Burke's Act he esteemed sacred, but all beyond that sum he conceived to be illegal ; and in the Committee he should move that all such excess should be expunged and disallowed, as an imposition OM the public. A Noble Lord had said it would be no relief to the people. This he denied :it wottld be Mexico and Peru to them. He begged to mention an anecdote which had occurred to him within these few days. The representative of a Noble Family (the Colberts) in France had called for him, and seeing him take up a volume of the Royal Calendar, observed, that the Livre Rouge had been the ruin of France, for that there it had been thought more honourable for a man to have 100 livres a year from this, than 10,0001. a-year from his own property. After a few words from Mr. MAGENs, the motion was put and agreed to, that ,the House do this day se'nnight resolve into said Committee. • Them )1 low h;nre t had hi the ohj He sta Oleory. nually, should be alw them a Mr. sentim, the It• Learnt in the 1 sion, ci The er the He to be st to act nion of Honou he had Mr. Rosolu Friend that he other I the Ril this po happer no add Prince in addi have A time of the act, subject two wi should by the .Arden, Mr. Mr. have q. of the • for car present whole , it nothi one de think a he thou ing chi should be rew stood. into list would Session Mr. voice, Lon' Mr. ] underst any oil: ed misa urd , 2l- 1 beyond Commi should on the no relie Mexicn ;n anec few day Colbert take up that the that the a man 10,0001 After was pu se'nnigl In a C( the Servil Tor Li For N For For I Upp, Non Nov, St Je Cape New Balls Bern Tort New Proh Arre The N third time 1 la lii third tint The ki red t r The Ct to be r: The to the ktrt Theis ordL led t , The for to•toc Theft agreed to The Sc tc-morro Tile A ding the House se time on '1 n.tnt oil Mr. V. scheque pon We Tbe C at Dlig t Mr.W ! m to pr - a s raise , "Asap COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. In a Committee of Supply, the following sums were voted for the Service of the present year : To make good the sums paid out of the Civil List, not provided for by Parliament ate.2,l 26 For Bills unprovided for, drawn on account of New Suth Wales - - - For the British Museum - - For the Settlement at Sierra Leone . Upper Canada - - - North America - - - - Nova Scotia - - St John's Island .. - - Cape Breton - - - Newfoundland . - - Bahama - • - - Bermuda . - - Tortoli - - - New South Wales - - Protestant Dissenting Clergy in Ireland - Arrears of ditto, for last year MISCELLANIES. 30,000 13,000 17,316 8,400 5,000 10,100 10,100 2,060 1,985 2,700 1,030 800 15,100 9,730 1;140 The Newspaper Bill, and Exchequer Bills Bill were read a third time and passed. 1 lit Ii ith Friendly liocitties Bill was reported. To be read a tLird time :o-morrow. TIT 104. Mit tit Complvtion Bill was ordered to be commit' tel t r mor:-ow. The Cus•onts Bill w•a; read a first time, and ordered to be a sec and ti ..e v.! '1 hurday. The ;•)FCl'..lll ARV a; WAR preselted certain papers relative to the ground ChcisvA Hospital. The fartlur c b.c. the Report of the Offices Bill was ordL lot to s:artt tor hur.dir7. Thc :41 1 1, Owrr:-A' W.. 6 read a second time,and committed for t0•11101TOW The it,pon cf imittee on the Duties ou Glass was agreed to, ar.d a (..kiertd ccinding!y. The Scots Lucid Biil was committed.—To be reported to-morrow. The ATTORNEY-C;ENERAL brr;,:ght up a Bill for exten ding the powers of Ji,stires P..:tcf.:, in re:rard to Custom- House seizures. Read a ft.,: time, and oiderLd to be read a aecon4 t i me en Thursday next, Mr. BUSK ISSON presented certain Accounts as to the pay n.t nt of Dutch Officeis, pursuan t to the Order of the House. Islr. BREAD gavo nnt ice, that as the Chancellor of the achequer intended to propose the Ways and Means of the year oa Friday next, he should move a Resolutio n as to the Lottery Ipon Wednesday preced ing. Tbe CHANCELLOR of , the EX(I - ;EQUER s uggeste d that la t m ight be done after the ay: lat.l Means were proposed. Nsi HITBREAD replied, that as it wopld be necessary for m to propose some other4bstitute mr that sum of money which : . , as ra i se d by the Lottery, his Revalumn had better precede it. Adjoarned• THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 9. PRICE OF STOCKS TI-US DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Coniose, for money, 671--. Ditto for May, 6711. Omnium 1 prem—Exchequer Bills. 19.s.pre. • By the ship Good Hope from Lisbon we have re ceived sotre interesting particulars respecting the pre sent state of Portugal. The Good Hope left the Tagus on the 11th ult. On the 9th General BERESFORD had marched Northward with the combined British- and Portuguese troops.—The Duke of Dalmatia (Marshal Sons) had not been heard of south of Oporto. Ge neral Ctmsra had sent a detachment of 3000 men from his army to garrison Badajos, which had been twice summoned to surrender, and rejected with dis dain such a proposition. A considerable body of French troops was within three leagues of that town. When off Cape Finisterre, the Good Hope passed, on the 16th ult. the fleet of transports conveying the va valry that followed Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY. They were sailing under a fine breeze, which fortunately continued, and must have carried them into Lisbon within 4,3 hours. With this considerable accession to the British force in that quarter, there will be no fewer than 6700 British cavalry in Portugal. By the Mail frcim Gibraltar several private letters have been received from the South of Spain. The Patriots are still described as occasionally obtaining partial successes over their invaders. The following letter from Gibraltar will furnish our readers with a few interesting particulars : _ _ " GIBRALTAR, APRIL 7. The J.suatc), frigate sailed yesterday with the convoy for England, to call at Cadiz. " Two days ago, the BOMBAY, NORGE, and AM BUSCADE, passed through the Gut, with eighteen transports under their convoy, crowded with French prisoners, bound from Cadiz to Majorca. The ELFIN brig of war arrived from Minorca last night, in 10 days, with dispatches from Lord COLLINGWOOD for England : Lord COLLINGWOOD was at Mahon with the fleet, and all was then quiet at Minorca—the Governor, and the French party in his interest, who were but few, having all been ar rested and confined in the Citadel. " The Prince Ernest packei arrived this morning from Malta. • " General CARTOCIAL'S army, who were in La Mancha, after a series of skirmishes have been obliged to fall back on the passes of the Sierra Morena. A division of CARTOGAL'S army, under General URBINA, surprised the Polish regiment of cavalry, at Yvennes, and took about 100 prisoners ; but on the advance of Marshal LASNES' army, the whole Spanish army re treated precipitately on Cuidad Rodrigo, from which they were also driven back on the Sierra Morena. " We expect the French Will soon attempt to pe netrate into Andalusia. " Every thing is quiet here; the Garrison is rnex- treely healthy, and the e trade in a flourishing con dition." A heavy Glin t ; was heard at Dover on Sunday evening from the French coast, 'which lasted about two hours—probably in honour of the victory gained over the Austrans. Just as the post was leaving Dover last night, the brig Fair American, of New York, arrived in the harbour from Dunkirk. Tht - passengers stated that news had reached Dunkirk of the issue of the late battle, and that great rejoicings had, in consequence, taken place along the French coast. We have this day inserted a copy of the correspon .dence published by the French Government as an Appendix to the French Minister's. Report, of which we yesterday laid a copy before cur Readers. 'We need hardly observe that is an ex parte statement, pro mulgated for the purpose of persuading the world that the war is one of Austria's own choosing ; that it was not only unprovoked on the part of BONAPARTE, but that both he and the Emperor of RUSSIA had exerted every effort to avert this dire calamity, and that the Court of Vienna alone is responsible for all the evils attending, and the consequences likely to result from it. It would be cagy to shew from facts of public no toriety the futility of the pretences set forth in this fri volous, though, in some respects, ingenious Manifesto. —The great c:r:se of complaint is the Austrian arma ment—a coorpla:nt which is rendered somewhat ludi crous by imputing it to the instigation of the agents of this country, when a British subject was not per mitted to enter the Austrian dominions, and when Count NIETTERNICH talks of England as the common enemy of the two empires. The dethronement of CHARLES IV. is ascribed to the same cause, with equal defiance of truth and reason. It is not, however, without a sentiment of vanity that we read the reflec tions which are thrown out against Marshals Souls and NET, for not having prevented the escape of the British army from Spain— , a sentiment which the compliment to 'BONAPARTE that his courtly Minister contrives to found upon it, does not at all either ex tinguish or abate. Private letters of the 3d inst. from Holland, state, dila the carnage in the recent battles in Bavaria was dreadful. There is hardly an instance on record where so much valour was displayed on both sides.,“ The loss sustained by the French themselves,"` sal the letters, " might well be inferior to that of the Alto- Mena, shim loynnt that Oley plated the troops belonging to the Confederation of the Rhine in the crest of the battle, who thus sustained the severest loss, while the Freud) were comparatively but little ezposecl to danger." . • Letters of the 19th ult, from Riga state, that new and very rigorous regulations had been established there, for enforcing the commercial system which the Court of Russia, no less than France, had resolved to maintain. Among other articles, it is determined that, any ship being seized, having a cargo , on board proved to come from England, that cargo is to be. come the property of the informer. Letters have been received from the Leeward Islands, which state- that Guadaloupe had offered' to surrender to the British, but that we could not spare a sufficient number of troops to garrison the island. One of the prizes recently taken by the Vinomix, Captain BRACE, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday ; she proves to be la Columbo, a large French ship, laden with coffee, cotton, and indigo, from Guada loupe, bound to Bourdeaux. Saturday was the second day of the Court-Martial at Chelsea Hospital, on. the Hon. Capt. \V&. Coo-I RAN; of the Isth Light Dragoons. The Court went through theexamina tion of Lieutenant.Cnlouel G RANT, and Lieutenant-Colonel COLBURNE, as the second charge. We are expressly called upon to answer a paragraph in a Morning Paper, intimating that Mr. DaNteu., Candidate for the India Direction, is a Partner with Mr. BRICRWOOD, one of the Dutch Commissimers.— Without entering into the merits of their case, we are authorized to state distinctly, that Mr. DANIELL is a Partner in the Mercantile House of BRICKWOODS, DANIELL, and Co. of Ailliter. square, but that he never was connected with Mr. Bezcxwoon the Commission. er, who retired from business more than ten ) ears siiice. Neither is he concerned in any Banking House. KING'S BENCH. Saturday Mr. Justice GROSE passed sentence upon George Beaumont, convicted of publishing a libel upon his Majesty, in a letter signed TIBEIUUS GRACCH Us." The prisoner is to be con fined two years in Newgate, to pay a fine of E5O, and give security for his future good behaviour in the sum 91E500. BREAIL—To-day there was no Court of Alder men. The LORD MAYDR, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to continue at its present prices. THE LOAN.—Yesterday the following parties went up to the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER— Messrs. ROBARTS and Co. Messrs. GOLDSMID, SON, and MozoN. Sir F. BARING and Co. Messrs. BARNES, STEERS, RICARDO and Co. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he proposed to borrow— For the service of England - 11,000,000 Ireland 3,000,000 Prince of Brazil - 600,000 Making topther •C I ,600 ,000 He said that, in addition, there would be wanted for Ireland, to be raised in Ireland £1,250,000, either by loan or by Bills on the Irish Treasury. But, if both these should be found inconvenient, there would be an issue of Exchequer Bills in England to the amount of £1,150,000, to produce► this sum for the use of Ireland. He said, that there might probably be required a further aid of 3,000,0001. by an issue of Exchequer Bills to that amount beyond the usual vote or credit, to answer extraordinary demands by our allies abroad. —Of this sum, a part was for the use of the King of Sicily, and part for the service of the King of Sweden.' Advances had already been made in part to both of these Sovereigts ; but the sum of 3.000,0001. would cover all the probable demands of our allies, and he pledged himself that that would he the extent of the issue of Exchequer Bills beyond the usual vote of credit. He then proceeded to state, that of this sum of 14,600,0001. he wished to raise the 600,0001. for the service of Portugal, in a separate Loan, to be taken in the Three per Cents. Reduced, the price of which for the day was 671; but he would say 67. And at that rate he wished the Loan to be taken, that he might be enabled to treat specifically with the Por tuguese Minister. The Prince of Brazil was not mtrely to pay the dividend on this Stock, but also five per cent. thereon as a redemption fund.* The security of the British Government to be given to the lenders, who again were to receive security from the Prince of Brazil. He proposed that the parties should take 601. of Four per Cents.-501. of Three per Cents. Reduced, and the bidding to be in Long Annuities. A conversation took place on these proposals. The Gentlemen said, that the division of the Leans would create counteraction—as one party might have one Loan and not the other, in which case the smaller might very much embarrass the greater—and even if both were taken by one and the same party, yet if the smaller consisted but of one stock while the larger was composed of different stocks, there would be great difficulty in the distribution among the Under-Sub scribers.—After considerable discussion on this point, the Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed to merge the Portuguese in the Britith Loan, he undertaking to make the best arrangement with the Portuguese Mi nister that he could. The Gentlemen then expressed their wish that he would take less of the Loan in the four per Cents. which was a heavy stock ; but this he positivbly re fused ; and it was finally agreed that they should take 601. of 4 per Cents. 601. of 3 per Cents. Reduced. And make the bidding in Long Annuity. The De posit of 10 per Cent. to be made.on Tuesday the 16th instant, and the Discount to be at the rate of 3 per Cent. per Annum ; which is worth 11. 15s. 7d. The Property Tax not to be charged on the first half year's dividend. The payments to be—, 10 per Cent. 16tk May, 15 ter Cent. 20th October. 10 16th tune. 10 -- 17th November, 15 -- 41st July. ;o—•• 18th December. 10 16th Anima. 10 ------- 12th January. 10 . 15th September. The bidding to take place on Friday next. 111, • Our Reader; wiU by sea 'a kfteiteer, that the Ra• V reams of the Island 9f hda% . are to be to us for the mmeot of the Dirl b 'be iit ibe had. • • NAPAL INTILLIGENCL FALMOUTH, MAY & Sailed - the Princess Mary packet, - Captain Potx :r . with mails for Malta; and the Walsingham packet, Rosstars, with mails for Lisbon. Mr. REakthe Ame. rican Messenger, has arrived here, and will sail ear; i to-morrow morning for New York.--Wind N. PLYMOUTH.DOCK, MAY 7. The INDEFATIGABLE frigate, which arrived here on Friday, left lying at Rochefort, when she came away, the CiEsAR, Rear-Admiral STOPFORD ; the Rio;E::;t., and another of the line ; the UNICORN and P. 1161.:. 1: i. .gates, and several transports and smaller ves_e:-., The whole,however,were expected to leave Rcack ;rt in ten days from the 27th. The CASSARD, French 74, has been destroyed ; and all the 011ic:ri recently arrived from Rochefort state, in rc, z:Li .,. e terms, that not a single ship belonging to the which escaped total 'destruction, will ever be fit t r service. The Officers arrived in the INDEFATIGA2LE much surprize at the statements which have a -1: in some of the London Papers, relative to t: events in Basque Roads; there is no truth ••• story relative to Lord COCHRANE'S rowing away precipitately from the explosion vessel; his LordsLi; had reached his own ship, and was flit- out of dar:g27, some minutes before the explosion tool: place. 'Il. story of the Lieutenant dying of fatigue in the bc, , t and two men being nearly exhausted, and the report of two of our boats' crews being thrown on shore and hung by the enemy,, are. equally unfounded.— The INDEFATIGABLE 'had a very narrow escape from destruction. Owing to . a mistake made by a Lieute nant who had the command of a fire-ship, he run his vessel nearly on board the INDEFATIGABLE before he discovered his mistake; the foresail was burnt, and had not the Indefatigable cut and runolte would doubt less have been destroyed. Sailed last evening the Morristown armed snip , f ct SWansea, with a number of coasters under convoy. The Captain of the Resolution hired cutter, during the late attack in Basque Roads, had his right leg taken off, while standing on deck, by a 24. pound shot. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 8. Arrived his Majesty's brig LINNET, from a cruize; and several outward-bound vessels, from the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ships ALERT, with a convoy, for Newfoundland ; HANDY, with a convoy, for Cork ; and the DEFENDER, on a cruize,—Wind variable. DEAL, MAY S. Sailed his Majesty's ship Panicsss CAROLINE, to the Northward ; Etheldred, Dormer, and the Lusistiana, for the Brazils. YARMOUTH, MAY 3. 1 P. M.—The ALoNzo, with her convoy, bound to Gottenburgh, is now getting under weigh, wind S. E. fine breeze..., Sailed the ONYX, for the Texel. Ships in the Roads the Roebuck, Calypso, Redbreast, Gorgon, Acute, and Cheerful cutter. GREENOCK, MAY 5. The Hawke,. M'Cutwen, arrived here vest day from Demarara.—Sailed 22d March, in company with the Alice, and John, —, for Liverpool, and Favourite, GIBSON, for this port ; parted from them in lat. 45. long. 7. Lett loading, the . Sisters, Cameron and Caledonia, Tnoursox, for Clyde; and Garthland, BARCLAY, for Liverpool; to sail first springs. Lett also loading, the. Mary, GlasoN, for this port, and Demerara, Isous, for Liverpool ; to sail with the fleet 15th April.—Arrived at Port Ghat on Wednesday, the Hamlet, SMITH, from St. Kitt's ; sailed 22d March, in company with his Ma. jesty's frigates Penelope and "E.olus, with the trans. ports, having on board Sir GEORGE PREVOST, and the troops under his command, bound-to Halifax :on the - 26th, lat. 23. N. parted with them, having first re. ceived dispatches for:Government. On the 9th ult, Bermuda bearing NAV. distant 83 miles, fell in with the brigs Favourite, GIBsON, and Hawke, M'C cut:x*4 bound to this port ; and the ship John, —, of and bound fOr Liverpool—the fcrmer from Berbice, and the two hirer from Demerara - kept company with theni till the 11th. The Hamlet encountered very bad weather, having been obliged to throw all liar guns overboard except two.—The Stranger, LOWDEY, of this port, at Belfast from Jamaica, after having been on shore-on the Hogstiers in the windward pas. sage. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GaavzszStn, MAY 4.—Passed by the Charlotte Scott, Scott, from Guernsey; Beresford, Donaldson, and Fortitude, Jenkins, from Watcrtord ; and the Seraphs store-ship, from the Brazils.— Sailed the Lusistiana, —; Etherald, Doming; Aurora, Olivera; and the Hound, Part, faille Brazils ; Recovery, Hall, for Suri nam; Sally, Cook, for Teneriffe; Jean, Paterson, for Madeira ; Seven Sisters, Brown, for Pieta's; Isabella and Ann, Jacks; and Hope, Smith, for Gottenburgh; Ceres, Leckie, and Ark, Hun• ter, for Heligoland. Mar s.—Passedby —Georgian* packet, Leigh, from Calcutta; Flora, Stoddart, from Trinidad; Union, Knowles, from Guernsey; Indiana, Travers, from Teneriffe; Starling, Leigh, from Hayti; Ann and Mary, Bloomfield, from f...isbon ; and the St. Lorenzo, Felix, front the Brazils. Sailed the Olive Branch, William, for Madeira; Speculator, Belly, for Guernsey; Concord, Leonard; and the Olive Branch, Fish, for Gottenburgh. MAY ti.—Passed by the Lawns, Dale, from St. Domingo; Creole, Wells, from Jamaica; Britannia, Weatherhead, from the Brazils ; Isabella, Egards, from Guyon ; Kelly, Modie, from Lis bon ; and the Speculator, Bar, from Dublin.--Sailed the Dulwich, Taylor, for Gibraltar. The Amelia, Grubb, from the * Baltic,Wall Captured in Nffelne bee last, and carried into Copenhagen. Yesterday the case in which Mr. COL MAN and the Proprietors of the Haymarket Theatre :Ire contenrd, was mentioned to the 1 4 ORD CHANCELLOR, and it ap pears that the plinks have agreed in the choice of arbitrators. A duel was to have taken place yesterday, on the Barnet-road, between Mr. BROGRAv a, of Sackville. street, and Mr. Goz.navax, of Piccadilly ; but they were, at an early hour, taken into custody by two of the Bow-street Officers, with their seconds, Mr. M. H.twitz and Captain Hymns. They were take* be. fore Mr. ReAn, at Bow -street, and gave sureties to keep the peace for twelve months. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 6. Average Price of Corn in England and Wales, from the returns ending the g9th of April, UMW Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. a. d. s. d. la. d. s. d. s. d. It. I 93 10 (9 1 146101558 I 61 11 59 5 The average Poke of Sugar, conappteti from the roams Made the week ending the sd day of May, is 41a. lid. per cwt. LONDON : Prtated aad Published by LEVEL KENT, of Can tabile, Pvc,, Lasbatts, at the STAIPOPVICIti No. 1, Cain , Mat Pabllabeti aka at the STaitAirics. MD* Bar- r r, rt n ie e -