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considered the Report, and that therefore no post ponement of the discussion was necessary. For his own part he fully felt how disagreeable it was to de fer still farther this discussion; which had been so long hanging over their heady; but was at the same time sensible how awkward it would be to hurry on ;lit discussion when any Gentleman desired a short delay of forty-eight hours, or a few days, in order to come better prepared to the consideration of the question. He was of opinion, however, that if the Monday delay, which he und erst o od to extend to Monday next, should be assented to, it should be on an express understanding, that, if in point of fact any c ounter-resolutions were to be proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman, or any other Hon. Mem ber, they should be communicated to the House on Friday next, previously to the debate on Monday. With respect to the delay, he rather thought, that, though his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Vansittart) was not present, with whom the power of consenting rest ed, he would have no objection to acquiesce in the arrangement proposed. Mr. CHARLES ADAM could take upon himself to consent to the delay on the part of his Right Hon. Friend, whose authority he had to say, that he would have no objection to the delay required. Mr. TIERNEY disclaimed having given any pledge that he would bring forward any counter-reso lutions ; though he thought it likely that some other Bon. Gentleman might do so. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that he had not charged upon ,the Right Hon. Member having given any such pledge ; . neither did he wish the Right Hon. Gentleman to bring for ward any c ounter-resolutions. He should be much better satisfied at his concurring in the resolutions of his Right Hon. Friend. (A laugh.) Mr. HORNER, so far as he was personally con cerned, was perfectly prepared to go into the discus sion at any time ; but he must observe, that these were Resolutions founded upon an extensive mass of evi dence, which it would be impossible for Gentlemen to decide upon justly% without making themselves ac quainted with that evidence particularly. Several of the Right Hon. Gentleman's Resolutions were not consistent with the evidence, and only calculated to mislead the House. If Gentlemen had not time, therefore, to consider the evidence, it would be ex tremely difficult for him to convince them that the Resolutions were net borne out by that evidence.— There were some of the Resolutions which he consi dered unfounded ; the sth, for instance, assumed four or five things as facts, which he contended were not facts, but which it wo uld not be easy for him to chew not to be facts, unless Gentlemen were to be fully in possession of the evidence. The order for the Committee on the Bullion Re port to-morrow was then discharged, and fixed for Monday next. THE EVEN-1M; sTillt. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. ST. PIIILIT ♦III ST. JAMBS.--;FlOStlay at be Bank. The official and private accounts of Lord Wat iINIITON*B operations in Pottugal, which will be found in our columns of to-day, afford reasonable ground to hope for a speedy termination to the campaign in the Peninsula. The appointment of his Lordship as Captain General of the Spanish Armies, which we trust has by this time taken place, will no doubt greatly accelerite the delivernace of Spain from the yoke of France. A swar#n of French privateers at this moment in fests the Downs, and with their accustomed boldness they have chaced several vessels on shore, besides capturing others. The following letters from Dover contain the particulars of these depredations : "DC/NrElk, APRIL 30. 44 The alarm-guns were fired from our batteries yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, for an enemy's eruizer being in sight, one of our cruizing-brigs being then bat a few miles from the shore; she did not, however, bear up after the enemy as every spectator expected she would, probably from the guns not being heard on boarch fortunately, however, no merchant vessels were then in sight, except ose ship, which was too near in for the privateer to attack. About ten o'clock several vessels were discovered close in, com ing from the westward, pursued by two lugger:, one of which came within a quarter of a mile of the shore, and was fired at by the whole range of batteries, but without, it is feared, receiving any injury, and con tinued pursuing the merchant vessels, which, with the other lugger, were soon out of sight, being cloudy ; and I am sorry to have to announce that five vesseh• were driven on shore by the enemy, under the South Foreland, only one of which has been got off, the ethers all bilged. One schooner was taken, and most probably got safe off to Calais, the wind blowing strong from the westward. Early this morning two more luggers were off here, and went close alongside a large ship, but whether they did not like her ap pearance or w:tarever other cause, they sheered of, and the ship went safe into the Downs. —Wind West, and blowns strong, with thick weather. • Brigs—Esperanc, 'l'noser3ON VUSVerS, MASON ; Welcome Friends, WA LIM, all from Swansea, with coals, bound to Lynn. Alert, Git Lev, from a port in Wales, bound to Leaden, with Iran and tab ANOTHER LITTER--SAME DAM " Last night a heavy firing, was kipt up from the Castle and batteries for the space of an hour and a half upon the enemy's privateers, which taking advan tage of the absence of our cruizers, were off here in shoals, and I am sorry to ways they caused great havoc amongst a small fleet of eight vessels, which left Dungeness in company yesterday. Herewith are the particulars as they have come to my know• ledge, via. a schooner, saw uokaowtai captured last . . . night by two privateers, at seven n'clocit ; the brier Esperapce of Lynn, driven on shore under the South Foreland ; the brig Flowers, of Edinburgh, ditto ; the brig Welcome Frienciv, from Swansea, ditto ; be Alert, of Sunderland, ditto, TwO brig* are supposed to have gone to Ramsgate, and one sloop got in here. Three of the enemy's privateer* were lying under the South Foreland, with close reefed mainsails last night, and two of them this morning, at seven o'clock, made an attempt to capture a large ship off the mouth of the harbour, but were foiled, our countrymen being too many for them. Where our sloops of war have I got to, is not known, but are supposed to be so much to Leeward as not to be able to get up." ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE. ' I Last night, past ten o'clock, six or seven French privateers were off here, and so near that f.om some of them we could hear the men speak to each other on board ; they chaced five vessels on shore in S. Margaret's Bay. No noes of war were off here." EAST INDIA HOUSE. By the Wellesley packet, which is arrived at Ply mouth from the Isle of France and touched at St. He lena the 17th March, accounts have been received here that an account had been received at that Island from an American ship, called the Cogomandel, which left Bengal the 26th December, that the extra ship Sove. reign was appointed to proceed with Dispatches for England, that the Georgiana packet was to touch at the Cape on her way to England, and that the RIETT, SIR WILLIAM &INSLEY, INDUS, ANN and MIDAS, were to be dispatched for England as soon pas loaded. According to a Bengal Paper, dated the l9th of December, no accounts respecting the ship °CZAR had been received at Canton so late as the lst of November. The RECOVERY whaler, from Dassen Island, bound for England, arrived at St. Helena °the 3d March. The Ex ran was at Bombay in November, and nearly loaded, when she was expected.tobe dispatch. ed to join the fleet bound for England. We have more than once taken occasion to express our disgust at the drivelling manner in which the Spanish Civil and Military Chiefs have conducted themselves in the grand struggle for the liberties of _Europe. The letters by the Cadiz Mail exhibit a de plorable picture of the state of afrairs at the seat of Government. Discontents have proceeded so fat: that a Member of the Cortes, whose person by his office is sacred from arrest, has been seized and imprisoned in the Castle of St. Sebastian, and it was intended that two more Members of that Body should receive the same treatment on the following day. Every Member of the Junta is dissatisfied with his situation : no cordiality, no harmony exists among them. The public virtue, which seemed at one time to ani:nate their speeches and to promise the regene ration of Spain, is now crushed by the spirit of party, and the Hall of the Cortes now resounds with the cry of clamour and discontent, instead of the acclamations of patriotism and liberty. The whole of the Spanish Generals are held in utter contempt, and the few well-disposed inhabitants of Cadiz do not hesitate publicly to say that an entire change of system can almie save their country, ad ding, that bad it not been for the presenCe of the Bri tish troops, the French party, which is very strong in Cadiz, would long since have delivered up the fortress to the enemy. The letters from Cadiz have also throirn some light on the expedition to Huelva and Niebla. Lord WV... ANGTON, in his dispatches, said, that be understood the Spanish cavalry, in That enterprise, had lost is part of their equipments. The account is, that the whole of the horse, the finest in the service, and which hid been the admiration of the English, was sacrificed, and General ZArAs lost one-third of his men before he re-embarked for Cadiz. There was hardly a dollar in CAdis. Commissary DatnAssoNis bad sailed for Lima in the Standard, for specie. Many individuals and families of the first conside ration in Cadiz, disgusted with the past, and fearful of the future, had determined to visit England. sroRrING NEWMARKIT ?IRST SPRING MUTING, 11111: TUESDAY, APRIL 90. id Rcius4 f. Charm, by Sorcerer, out of Grey Ducliess, Sst, ill'. beat Gen. G'rosienor's c. by Teddy the Grinder, out of Glau- : Ulna, by Dungannon, Sst..3lb. Ab. M. 100 p. h. ft. The Claret Stakes of 200 p. each, h. ft. for colts, Bst. 71b. and fillies, list. 21b. and rising 4 yrs old. D.l. The owner of the second hone to withdraw his ,take. Mr. Payne'i Crispin, by Waxy, out of Tarantula Mr. Scarlsbri.k named OrLua, by Iktilugbrough Mr. VAIISiI:IIII named Emission - Lord G. EL Cavendish named Treasurer 7 Lord Foley's f. Pirouette, by Young Eagle - Mr. Shakesoear named the Dandy - . - • 6 10 to 1 agst Crispin-4 to 1 ag.t Oriana-4 to 1 apt Eccleston —S to I apt Treasurer-2 to 1 Wit pirouette. 450 by Subscription, for 4-yr-olds, 7stt. 91b. 5-yr olds, 811. 31b. 6-yr-olds and aged, eat. 7lb. Last 3 nitln of B. C. Lord Gm:Armor's b. h. Paton - - ,1 Duke of Grafton's b. e. Pope - - - - 2 H 5 to 2 on Ea.( I. The 200 gs. Stakes, a subscrip; ion of 100 gs. each, h. ft. colts, Sst. 51b. and fillies, est. elb. R. M. and rising 3 yrs old. Mr. Andrew's Trophonius • - - - 1 Lord Grosvenor's br. f. Barrosa, by Vermin - - . 2 Mr. Elwes's ch. e. by Sorcerer, out of Ai,nette, by Volunteer, out of Wimblmon - • - - - 3 Lord Darlington's b. e. by Haphazard, out of iEthe - 4 i to 2 agst 'l'rophonins-6 to 1 agst Barna& The King's Plate of 100 g% for mares, 3-yr-olds, est. 41b. 4-yr olds, Sat. 41b. 5-yr-olds, 9st. 10lb. 6-yr-olds and aged, 10st.— lest 3 miles of B. C. Mr. Dundas gr. 1. Witch of Ender, 3 yrs old - - Duke of Grafton's b. f. Pledge, 3 yrs old - - Lord StawelFs br. f. Bess, 4 yrs old - - - - Even on Witch of Endor. Swaepstahes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. colts Sst. 51. finites Ist. 21b. R. M. Lord Darlington' c. by Haphazard, out of /Ethe • Gen. Gower's b. e. by Walton ; out of Currycomb's dam I Sir F. Standish's c. Wellington, by •fronipatur 6 to 4 on Wellington. WAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, APRIL 28. • 1 • . The Marlborough packet, Captain BULL, arrived from Lisbon, brings intelligence that there were about .150 transports in the Tagus, 1,3 of which were to leave a few days after the packet, under convoy of his Majesty's skip Sr. FIORENZO there were lying in the Tagus his Majesty's ship BARPLEUR, Hon. Vice- Admiral GEORGE BERKELEY ; AUDACIOUS, ZEALOUS, ELIZABETH, ABERCROMBIE, and AGINCOURT, with se veral frigates and sloops of war. It is said that a large quantity of concealed gunpowder; kc. has been discovered on bokrd the American vessels in the Tagus : no Packet was at Lisbon when the Marlbo rough left ; on the 26th spoke the Princess Charlotte packet and the Windsor Castle ditto—the former with mails for Lisbon, and the latter for the Mediterranean. Also, arrived the brig Vigilant, FOWLER, from Ports ' mouth, to join convoy for the Mediterranean, which are daisy expected to call here from Portsmouth.— Sailed yesterday several transports for Plymouth to take in troops for Portugal ; the \Yalsingham packet for Lisbon, and the Townshend ditto for the Me.ti terranean. The Chesterfield packet, for the Leeward Islands, is detained by contrary winds.—Wind W. TGR BAY, APRIL 29. Arrived his Ma'esty's sh p ArtErnus4, Captain Corvix, and the store-ship D.llphin, with fourteen sail of East Indiamen, last from Portsmouth, put in by contr4ry wind. Also arrived his lk,Lijesty's gun brig ESCORT from Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 29 Came in several transports from Falmouth ; the BULWARK man of war, and TARTARUS sloop.of war from Portsmouth ; his frigate from a cruize ; and a schooner, name unknown, from the Isle of France.— Sailed a cartel for Morlaix. DEAL, APRIL SO. Arrived his Majesty's ship ROSARIO with the schooner Hope from Lisbon, %%hid] she captured last night off Dover. Also arrived the Good Intent, of Cardiff, with much damage in her sails and rigging . ; she was chaced last night by a French privateer into three fathoms water off Hythe. Five vessels were driven on shore under the South Foreland by French privateers last night, and it is feared they will go to pieces. SHEERNESS, APRIL se. Sailed the Cotossus and Cassatrut. t® the West ward ; and the AooaEsson with two ships under con voy for Heligoland. The next convoy will sail about the 21st of May, or sooner. Arrived the LAUREL, from the River Thames. The Baltic convoy is ex pected to sail to-morrow at day light.—Wind W. CHATHAM, APRIL lc The Wanatort was paid off on Friday, and a num- I her of tenders were up to take away the crew to the Nore. To-day there being a very favourable wind, the CoLossus and LEOPARD sailer! from Long Reach to the Nore. The Lord Commissioners of the Admi ralty have directed that the ALBION now in dock, and in a very bad state, shall undergo a thorough repair, in a similar manner to that of the TROMENDOUS, mg . ` in by Mr. Seremos, the Master Shipwright, and Yesterday at twelve o'clock His MAJISTY came m I which is found to answer extremely well in all re- I Windsor Terrace, accompanied by Dr. HEBERDEN spects. The Runt was docked on Wednesday. and Mr. DUNDAS and walked till one, when ke retired to dine. At two o'clock His MAJESTY resumed his ABERDEEN, APRIL ! 27. afternoon's walk on the Terrace, accompanied by Saturday morning, about two o'clock the ship An-1 Lord St. HELEN'S and General GWYNN; and walk - , demons, of Whitby, burden about 2 7 0 tons , Para& ed till four. i TATE, master, in ballast, from London, bound to St.i A Cabinet Council sat yesterday, at the Seam- Jolua', New Brunswick, was driven on shore at Bod ratty of STATE'S Of f ice, during the whole of the ; dam, three miles to the south of Peterhead. The ship afternoon, i was close in with the rocks, before the crew were . COVENT GAIDEN THEATRE. — Last night, after Thitt aware of their danger, being, by their reckoning, about 22 miles at sea, and upon discovering their ex amen; Extraordinary, which was received with mu c h tremely perilous situation, with the faint dawning of was repeated with increased effect, and went off with approbation, the Melo-Drama of Timour, the Tarter the morning, a small inlet for boats , called the Slap l; of Boddam, appeared open, into which, hardly sal& mote at home in their respective parts, and the scenery great alert. The actors, bOth men and horses , being cient to receive the breadth of the ship, she was run being better managed, it is scarcely possible to con - in, and the whole crew thus providentially saved ; ceive the splendour of the scene. Great interest was when the slightest deviation to either side must have excited by the exertions of the Heroine , Mrs. H. proved fatal, among the numerous rocks which en close, that difficult entrance, where no vessel could be J OHNS TON, and by FAWCETT and FARLEY, who strained every nerve to insure success to their new supposed to be guided in calm weather. It the storm allies in their dramatic cantor. I abate, it is likely she will begot into Peterhead har bour, though not without material damage. CORN EZURANCLE, MART-LANE, MAY I.—.The're are few fresh arrivals of Wheat to , clay, and not much re-I Tat Barrnal gAVY.—There are now in commis maining ; fine samples fully support last prices, other aim 738 ships of war, of which 155 are of the line, qualities heavy sale--Rye 'rather cheaper—Fine Bar- 22 from .50 to 44 guns, 1651 frigates, 145 sloop of l 86 atl l t i and mai nt ain s t i ttle • •c ar e ia iDY --But f ew sale— ew weir' 5 bombs schooners 1 and s's% 10 rted . .brigs which Tick Beans, and tether &mei, 345. to 40L—The there are buildi nu tz t mallow, and in ordinary, a supply of Oats is' again short, and this trade also *lubber that the wholtemnoant 1043 ships of somewhat ipator• now vsitholit aariation. . . I wars of orhich OS are of flu line. _~ \ / „. 1 •kr DWI!) Due'las held a Public dar, :eterday; at his office in the Horse.-Gtrarels. , Lieutenant-Colonel BRAND,surgeon VASSAL, Lieutenant BARLOW, and Messrs. .BENLOW, PARLII 'WILLIAMS, and Tarteoint, arrived on Sunday, at Falmouth. in the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon. A Court-martial will be held at Chelsea Hosp'tel on Monday next, the 6th instant, for the trial of Jonnseoee, of the .1021 regiment, oft charges exhibited by Captain WILLIAN! BLIGII, of navy, late Governor of New South Wales. A General Court-martial, of Which Lieutenant-Co lonel Pow Les retire:es, of the Royal Denbigh regi ment of militil, k President, and Captain STODDART, of the Inniskining Dragoons, Deputy Judge Advo cate, MiSertli):thi yesterday at Chatham, for the trial of two priv.tt:s et the North York regiment cf mili tia, ft r dose, ;ion: As is usual at this season of the year, a general change is taking place in the quarters of the Army in Ireland: The Tipperary regiment have changed their quar ters from Galway to Sligo. The Clare regiment have marched from Castlehar to Derry, where, with the Carlow regiment; they are to form the garrison of that city. The Donegal regiment, from Tuam, are to replace the Claresegiment at Castlebar. A detachment of theaKerry regiment, froni-Wex- • ford, have arrived at Arkiuw, wherethey are to remain... 1 The South Mayo regiment have changed iheii quarters from Mullingar to Strabane. The Royal County of Limerick regimens return to their former quarters at Malinger from Athlone. . The Antrim regiment have received the route to proceed from Aughnacloy and Lifford, to Cavan and 13elturbet. The Kildare regiment are removed from Sligo to ' Boyle, Carrick-on-Shannon, and Strokestown: The 21st Dragoons, at the Cape of Good Hopei are to be relieved by he 9th Light Dragoons, from ' Ireland, and will then proceed to India. , The Ist battalion of the 80th regiment, 1000 strong. is arrived at CoVe for the purpose of embarking at the Cape of Good Hope, as sawn as transports cad be provided. The China shipt which were to hive taken , I them are sailed. , I A disturbance took place at Brighton, on Saturday 1 evening, between a party of the South Gloucester Mi. 1 litia and a detachment of the 10th Royal Husiars from the cavalry barracks. A. few sabre and bayonet wounds were inflicted, but happily none of a (lenge , froan nature. The piquet guard and several of the °dicers of the South Gloucester at length interpoied I land separated the combatants: A Serjeant and three .jor tour privates of the 10th were secured addlodged in the South Gloucester guard house. LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, AMU. to. 'By intell:r*ence which we believe to lie true, sie know that the English Colonel Waters, who was taken prisoner in the action of Sabugal, arrived on the 12th inst. at the head-quarters of Lord Wellington, from Val tormosa, having effected his escort front the French near Salamanca. The 'liberty of this distill: . gui.lied officer affords satisfaction to all those who are acquainted with his great merit. Although we have no positive intelligence concern ing the march or progress of the operations of the armies in the North of Portugal, we hate seen some people who assure us that the results of the campaign continue in our power. His Excellency Marshal Beresford had his head: quarters in the country-house of S. Anna ; and on tl:e nth was in Albubera. The operatLins in that part haite taken a terrible, aspect for the enemy. The forces which, in the South ern provinces, act in combination, must be the terror of the French who. occupy the Andalusian ; every day they approximate more to their ruin, and the people oppressed by them, to their liberty. It appears that a great number of patriotic parties had approached the roads by which the enemy must retreat, and that he has suffered considerable loss by the aforesaid men tioned parties. Aram 20 =The intelligence received from all parts of our Continent State. the satisfaction of the inhabi tants at seeing themselves delivered from the oppres. Sion of their enemies, and announce the eagerness and enthusiasm with which all classes of people act in every tiling useful for our defence and the good of otir cause. The enemy, according to all ac ;punts, has suffered a loss in Portilgal which he did not own experience in , othia-s where he accoraplished his designs. Portu gal must cause a noble emulation among the othei powers of Europe. Who, inhabiting those great states which fell under the first attempts of the enemy, would not have thought that Portugal must have given way to the first attack ? who would have been able to persuade himself that the great power of the grand Nazion• being annihilated where no ether war like genitss was acknowledged, and who in other times had made this same power tremble, Portugal, in the circumstances in which she actually wax, would have been able to resist the great forces which the enemy collected to conquer it, and not only resist then:, hut, by a well combined plan of the mast wise and prudent General, annihilate and ' reduce an army of 110,000 warriors, accustomed to victory, and conducted by the best French Generals, obliged, to shamefully retire, what results may we not hope from the continuance of the operations of armies, when cheerfully marching to revenge so many injuries received by their country, which; already saved its holy religion re-established, and the king dom restored to the August Sovereign who so well merits our services,.and who well knows how to war thily appreciate the services of his subjects. Letters from Paris to the 26th ula. were received yesterday. They communicate. that the embarrass ments of the comMercial classes were daily increasing. Some of the oldest and best established houses i n that city have been under the necessity of yielding to the pressure of the times, and suspending their payments. A nong those are mentioned the house of BkISEAT and Co..closely connected with the firm of HOPE and Co. at Amsterdam ;Dow and Co. and Part Lot. and Co. 0 1 Such (adds One of the letters). are the happy effects of the Cettiatewal Sew's- 1, . . • Z s. s: