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P.40.1,141MZN7.4R7 rßefaribmcs. The works are still untouched, and the enemy's.ftrei - 'has hitherto done but litde damage to the tows . . ...,__- - General Claparede's division of the 9t h co rp s still HOUSE OF LRDS,• MARCH s 2. Q DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 11. continued upon` Guards, with their advanced guard Mr. Loshiogtou and other Members of the House of Com - Mons brought up a Copy of the Report of the Commereial Credit A dispatch, of which the following Is an Extract, was received l at Belmonte; when I last beard from that part of the Committee, as &sired by a Message from the Lords, which was yesterday at the Earl of Liverpool's Office, addressed to his tountry. They had made an attempt to obtain pos - ordered to be printed. Lordship by Lientenant-Goie-ral Lord Viscount Wellington, session of Covtlhae, on the 12th, but were repulsed The Silk Minufarture Wages Bitl,amrte Road and Privatoßills Is:. B. dated Cartaxo, 16lla February,lBl.l. I • , with some loss by Colonel Grant, who had occupied were brought up.from the Commons by Mr. Lushington Mr. Since I addressed your Lardshi : on the 9th inst. other Memb ers, S h i er r s H. V. Te d mpet Mr. Lygoo, Sir J. Gr;diam, I have received further details of th e affairs at and ' the town with a party of Ordenenzas of Lower Beha. I and o u Mr. Owen from the re East a l: . I inclose a letter from Marshal Sir William Beres- t time. s. near Badajoz, from which it appears that the Pertu-( , presented pony some ford, and a repart from Lieutenant Colonel Grant, Accounts ordered by the House, which were ordered to lie as guese cavalry having been unsupported in their pas sage of the Evora on the 6th instant, were obliged to 'of this affair. From later reports lam apprehensive, the table. The Population Bill was read a third time and passed. retire across the Evora, in which operation they sus- I however, that he has since been obliged to withdraw PORTUGAL. from thence. The Marquis WELLESLEY, by command of his Roal High- tained some loss. The whole of the cavalry aod in- • I likew i se inclose reports from Major-General Sir ness the Prince Retest, laid on the table Treaties s ad ether papers Y fantry were then drawn into the fort of Badajoz; and ., William Erskine, who commands the out-posts on respecting Portugal , which were or d ere d to be printed. on the ith instant, they made a sortie upon the ens- the left of the army, of the capture of General Clau. His Lordship then presented a Message from his Royal High my. in which they succeeded in obtaining possession nes t s:h u e tPorrnlnceeHßoegossenot,f Commons). further Assistance to Portugal (the sel's Aid-de-Camp, and a detachment of the enemy's of one of the enemy's batteries, but they were obliged cavalry and infantry, on the 19th instant, by Cornet On the motion of the Marqu l i u s u tiit'ELLESLEY the Prince Re to retire again, and, unfortunately, the guns in the Strenuwitz, of the Hussars, to whose conduct in an gent's Message W4ll ordered to be taken into censideratinn en battery were not spiked or otherwise destroyed or • injured. . enterprise of a similar nature, I drew your Lordship's Monday, and the Lords to be summoned. attention in my last dispatch. In this instance he has Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). Their loss was not less than eighty.five officers and acquitted himself with great judgment and boldness. five hundred soldiers,. killed and wounded,. as lam The operations of the Guerillas continue through informed, including the Brigadier-General Don ar- out the interior. los D'Espagne among the latter. It appears that Don Julian Sanchez, whom I have frequently men the Spanish troops behaTed remarkably well upon I tioned to your Lordship, has recently captured a this occasion. I large convoy of biscuit on its march from Ledesma While the troops were in Badajoz, the French ca to Ciudad Rodrigo, which had come from Palencia; valry again crossed the Evora, and interrupted the I i and another party has recently done the enemy con communication between that °lace and Elves and how- siderable injury near the bridge of Arzo bis p o. It is Campo Major. They came out of Badajoz, said that General' La Houssaye has been killed in an ever, on the morning of the 9th instant, , and the affair at that place. French cavalry were obliged to retire across the The enemy have made no movement of importance Evora. The troops ,have since taken up a position in front of this army since I addressed your Lordship on the heights between the Caya, the-Evora, and the Gtytdiana, by which they will keep open the corn- on the 16th instant. A considerable quant i ty of bag gage has been sent out of Santarem , but I am Melia rhunication between Badajoz and the country on the ed to believe that it belongs to sick officers and sol right of the latter river. . diets who have been removed from then c e to the rear The enemy have continued the siege; and, on the of the army . . night of the 11th instant, the attacked the redoubt of [Here follow two letters, one from Lieutenant Colonel Grant, Pardalleiros, which they carried ; but they had not, l eLth . t u h es e t r e tc s u r la e rs o rs ! t:.; the e rir at Co e vi o lh f ao sh , e and yn th h e other r) Sir •on the 13th, been able to establish themselves within • the redoubt, on account of the fire from the body of Cornet Strcnuwitr. They are i s n u9 su r bs is tance the u r i e ne U wi P th tr the e le b t! the place. They have likewise constructed a work ten in the Lisbon papers oa the sante"occasions.l on thileft bank of the•Guadiana below the place to . Cattail), Minh 2. -fire upon the bridge of communication with the right No event of importance has occurred since I ae dressed y ou en the 2341 of February. The enemy have condoned their opera bank, but the fire of this work has had hut little effect . floss rh: placersagainst well kept joz , o p l' buts and without t r h h o e * t much rison i e n ff g ect ; and ood spirits te fire of A great number of the inhabitants have taken ad vantage of the communication being opened, to leave General Mendizhbel is endeavouring to collect sad re-or the place ; and I understand that it is not ill-supplied g anize his corps at Villa Viciota, in Portugal. The enemy moved a large force, with cannon, upon Lieute with provisions. u C o lonel Grant at Covilhao, on the 18th of February, and General Claparede's division of the 9 th corps was he was obliged to w i thdraw ary the Ordenenza from thence , and to still upon Guards, on the 1 0 th inst. when I last heard re tire u p on Al p edrinha, where he was according to the last ac! from that part of the country. counts. 'lle enemy have made'no movement of any importance Although I have observed and heard of various is the front .t. this army. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, MARCH 12. movements by the enemy in the interior of their posi- Admiral Sir CHAR Lin COTTON has transmitted to losses tion, I have not found upon the whole any matei ial alte- lett n e L fr gt om etn C . ration; and I imagine that these movements have been • ssoety,c. M t : a t;iettl a e aP an taUl acco ß u l a i t ss o A f N h r ie of his. M - . made principally to endeavour to obtain subsistence. j tise nth of December last, captor g ed la Carlotta Italian uil b u r g :g u o u f The difficulty of finding any increases daily ; and the war, of teas guns and too men, bound tram Venice to the Island inhabitants ol Torres Novas and Thomar, who alone of Cot fu.—For Bankrupts, &c. see the last page. 1 .----____ had generally remained in their habitations upon the enemy's invasion, are now coming into this part of the country nearly starving. I have the pleasure to forward a report which I have received of the conduct of Cornet Strenuwitz, of the Ist Hussars, who surprised a picquet of the enemy on the night of the 9th instant, with a small detachment of Hussars, and brought in more pri . soners than his detachment consisted of, without the loss of a man. ....1•..... DM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. MALTA, JANUARY 26. - MESSAGE FROM THE REGENT.—PORTUOAL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER announced a Message from the Prince Regent. k was brought up and rradby the Speaker, and Is as follows: " GEORGE P. R. " The Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of kis Majesty, thinks It proper to inform the House, that the assistance which his Majesty has been enabled to afford the Portuguese Go vernment, by maintaining a body of their troops in his pay, has been attended with great advantage to the common cause. and contributed etsentially to the success of the measures for the de fence of the Klogdom of PortugaL The Prince Regent there fore trusts that the House of Commons will enable him to con tinue that assistance for the present year—and likewise to grant suck further aid as circumstances and the nature of the contest in which his Majesty is engaged, may appear to require." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then gave no tier, that he would move that this Message be referred to a Com mittee of Supply, on Monday, A Message troru the Lords announced their assent to the Po pulation Bill, with amendments. For some time past we have had a great dearth of 1 news here, as well as a stagnation of trade. The enemy 1 had suffered so severely by captures at sea. through 1 the vigilance of our Mediterranean cruizers, that, until very lately, scarcely any of their merchant vessels or 1 privateers had ventured out. Within these few days, however, several have been sent into the port of Malta; and it is understood that a number of vessels richly freighted, destined for Smyrna, are about to run from the ports of Genoa and Leghorn. Few of these are likely to reach the intended port ; but the risks to which they are exposed cannot be greater than the necessities that prompt to these enterprizes. His Majesty's sloop WIAZLE arrived here on Thurs day last, the 24th, in four days from Smyrna, where a current report prevailed of a 'peace having been coueluded between the Russians and Turks. There were also rumours of an insurrection in the Austrian dominions. . HOUSE OF COMMONS. St. Joac de Ribeira, Feb. 10. piR-It is with great pleasure I have the honour to report to you the gallant conduct of Cornet Stre. newitz, of the Ist Hussars. Having previously re connoitered all raeds and ways, and being Officer of the Malliaqiiijo picquet, he went last night at twelve o'clock, with tv:o non-commissioned officers and eighteen Filen, to surprise the enemy's picquet in front of Alcanhede ; after a march of three hours he came unperceived to their d:smounted double centinel ; they challenged hits, when he answered, that he was an orderly (for he had gone round and came in their rear); they were now taken care of, and he had his way open to the picquet itself. Having detached several side-posts and a small support, he eharged the This morning the WARRIOR arrived from Malta, cavalry picquet, that tried to mount their horses, con but brings no news.—We expect to hear of a vigorous sisting of an officer and twenty men, with only about sortie being made frem Cadiz in a few days , and the nine or tea of his men. The gi eater part Were troops at Algeciras and Tariffs are in readiness to cut down, and many horses taken ; but now he was informed, by one of the prisoner s, that an infantry march towards Cadiz at a moment's warning. net was in their reer to support ; he coll ected Several English vessels from this have lately been picquet was in th&ir re.r to support ;he collected Severi English vessels from this have lately been what men he c‘eilel, advanced , arid found them form- q taken and carried into Malaga by the privateers fitt e d w out from thence , amongst others four of the convoy ed in line ; he charged while receiv i ng a volle y , cut which sailed from this to Malta with l'Ame. down about 8 or 10, arid made the rest prisoners. Fel. 22.—The Weymouth storeship arrived this The third picquet of the enemy, consisting as they morning from England. In the afternoon the expe say of fifty infantry, took to their heels, and Cornet dition from Cadiz, under General GRAIIAN, anchored Strenuwitz says the drumming and trumpet sounding in Alcanhede exceeded all belief; he then withdrew, at Algeziras. and had the satisfaction to find that he had lost no FEB. 23.—This morning the expedition began to land at Algeziras. man or horse, nor even one wounded. He ha s been FEB. 24.—The expedition under General GRAHAM able to bring off a French officer, thtee dragoons, and marched this morning at nine o'clock from Algeziras eleven horses of-the 9th regiment, and eight men of the 22d infantry. , . _ . towards Cadiz. Fan. 27.—General GRAHAM, with about 4300 men, I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) lauded at Algeziras last Saturday in a gale at west E. V. Anesursenzeter. Lieta.-cOL Major-General Sir William Erskine, &c. &c. &c. very soon after they marched for Tariffa, where they DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 11. arrived yesterday. The troops have been brigaded, and are ready to march. They were to have been pi s p atc hes of which the fcrowius are extracts, have been this day received at the Earl of Liverpool's Office, addressed to his landed at Tarifia, but the wind prevented them. A Lordship by Lieutenant•C;etieral Lord Vi,count Wellington: large body of Spaniards also from Cadiz landed at Cartaxo, February 25. I Algeziras this day, and will march to Tariffa directly. lam much concerned to have to inform you, that This expedition will consist of from 14 to 15,000 men, the French attacked General Mendizabel on the 19th under the command of a Spanish General. It is instant, in the position which he had taken on the supposed they are intended to act upon the rear of , heights of St. Christoval, near Badejoz, and totallythe French troops before Cadiz. The weath e r is no w defeated him. fine; this day was like the latter end of June , in The enemy had to cross the Guadian a and the England. Evora, but surprised the Spanish army in their camp, Our boats and launches in the midst of very heavy which" was standing, and is taken, with baggage weather carried round the field-pieces and ammuni. and artillery. • • tion, &c. to Tariffa from Algeziras. The troeps came The enemy have not been able to establish them- round in transports under convoy of the STAreter and selves within the redoubt of Pardallerois, since they S T . ALEA,4's men of War, with sloops and gun-brigs. carried it nit the 11th inst. ; and have made no pro- , The Pa Remus frigate, Captain DASIIWOOD, arrived Kress in the operations of the siege. Their position, here yesterday in eight days from Portsmouth, bound however, on the right of the Guadiana, gives them to Malta ; it is said she has 300,000 dollars on board. great 'advantages, of which they will know how to The fleet is collecting here for. England. avail themselves, and they actually commenced to FLR. 28.—ecneral GRAHAM, with 5000 English entrench' it on the evening of - the cloy on which they and Portuguese, arrived here on the 234 and were obtained *p ,, ssession of it. , landed. They have marched towards Tarifa, where lam informed that there ar e nine thousand good a few days ago some companies of the 82 d Regiment troops in 13adajov, some having retired into that for- went to reinforce the 28th Regiment, stationed in tress from the field .or battle; and that the garrison is that place, with an intention to attack the flank of well supplied with provisions, which have been left the enemy besieging Cadiz, in which enterprize the there by the inhabitants, who quitted the place when naval department will act, in order to cause a diver. the communisation with It was retouch opened. sion in tbVir favour. s GIBRALTAR, FEBRUAAT 18. Mr. MARRYATT come:sled that the planter of sugars could not with any fair advantage bring them into the market cheaper than 755. while the presen. scale was fixed at 70s. . Mr. COKE urged the propriety of lowering the ,scale as to grain, in consequence of the various Peti tions from Scotland last year, stating the IoW price Ufa. Sir T. TURTON contended that the prices ci grain were now such, as compared with the price of labour, would scarcely repay the fanner. At the same time he was by no means prepared to say that 70s. 9d. was a fair price for sugar. He should give his suppsn t the detail of the measure, but he must afterwards op pose it in particular parts. gr. BRAND wished that a mode should be de vised by a hill inquiry, to equalize the interests of both. Mr. HOBERT stated that the produce of the old British colonies was equal to the supply of the whole kingdom; but that greatbesefit had been derived tothe country from the re-exportation of Colonial produce. The maltduty, it appeared, had not fallen off during the last year, so tha‘the growers of grain had the sal, in one way or in the other. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped, as it could be no intention of Gentlemen to create a false alarm, that they would have the good ness to pay attention co the measure now pressed upon the House, and, if they did so, he trusted the would find sufficient.to remove any false, alprrn with which they themselves might have been iniforessecl.ll it was held out, that the agaiculwaral- interestsaei the country were disregarded, while icitar.colosvierelone were attended to, that indeed watittlied 'iseourag. mg consideration. Prejudice, .and jagment, however, must have bid any MasfertiOpt such an opi nion. Though one was encouraged;' It did not follow that the other was neglected ron the coatrary, the one could not be encouraged within[ promoting the interests of both. That this appbed in a .peculiar de. gree, to the agricultural interest, he presumed to think was apparent. The best way to ensure a good rent for the land was to encourage the demand for manufactures , and how could this be so effec tually promoted as by the encouragement pf our colo nies ? Gentlemen complained that the price of barley had been over-stated ; that instead of 38s. at which it was fixed, it was now to be had ,in Norfolk for £6s. and 28s. If this was so, did it not follow that barley would be the article used instead of sugar, so that the agriculturist had no right to complain ? he was per fectly content, however, that the measure should be adopted only for one year. Mr. ADAM only begged, after the observations he had made on a former night, to say a few words. When a proposition for affording relief to our Colo nies was introduced some years ago, it was only pro posed that it should exist from year to year, and should not be a permanent but only a temporary ac commodation. Now, however, the case was different: sugar was now proposed to be brought into the mar ket as a competitor with corn, and that great con sumer of corn, the Distilleries, was allowed the option to chuse between them. This was a new era intro• duced into the law of this country, so far as our agri cultural interests were concerned, and one too which he thought ought not to be hastily adopted. His Honourable Friend behind him, the Member for Norfolk, than whom agriculture had not a more sin cere or better informed advocate, had already pointed out the impolicy of any innovation prejudicial to-the interests or to the promotion and encouragement of agriculture. He (Mr, Adam) s only objected to this as a new principle • and all he asked was, it might be preceded by a Committee to inquire into the fitness of adopting it. After a few further observations from Messrs.Wm, Smith, Biddulph, and Barham, the Resolutions were read and agreed to. MILITIA. Lord MILTON moved for Returns of the averare rate of Bounties to Militia Substitutes, and also re. turns of the number of men raised by ballot for :t. year 1810—Ordered. MUTINT BILL. Lord PALMERSTON moved the Order of Ole Day for the third reading of the Mutiny Bill. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH expressed his regret that the clause proposed by his Honourable Friend, last night, was rot acceded to, and acknowledged that the objections of the Right Honourable Gentleman did not appear to him to be conclusive; at the same time he cooled not let that opportunity pass of express ing his entire satisfaction at the clause ietroduced by the Learned and Honourable Gentleman 'opposite-- .. (Mr. Manners Sutton). He meant that which added to the original Bill the discretionary power to be vested in Courts Martial, of sentencing either to corporal punishment, or to that of confinement. He approved of this clause, because he thought that from the bar of its enactment the condition of the soldier became essentially improved. He thought that those who Ind suggested it, and those who had acted upon that sug• gesrion, were entitled to the thanks of the army, for not only bettering its condition, but exalting its cha racter. He was glad of it upon this ground also, that he trusted, and confidently too, that it would lead ultimately to the total doing away of corporal punish ment ; indeed, there was no obstacle to that desirable object, but those prejudices which must yield in time. When the army consisted but of 18,000 men, the old peace establishment, it might at that period be com posed in no small degree of the idler and more dim. , lute of the lower orders, but now, when it was so in creased as to comprehend a great portion of the pea santry of the country, the discipline that might hare been fit for the reuse of streets, was by no means ne cessary to keep in contrail men of a different order. He concluded by again expressing his most marked approbation of the clause. Mr. MACLEOD was by no means sure, that the Clause was so unexceptionable. He wished to know the full meaning of the word imprisonment," was it confinement in the guard-house simpl!•, or in a garl, or did it mean in the bli;ck-hole merely ? Mr. M. SUTTON thought it better to use the word imprisonment, without limiting the discretii of military regulations ; there were barracks and gm risons enough in the country where tiinc could be no difficulty of setting apart a room for that purpose. Mr. MACLEOD said, that in case a guard-house were the prison, he hoped the imprisonment would be solitary. Sir T. TURTON approved of the Clause. The Bill was then read a third time, passed, a ordered to the Lords. AdjourneJ. t . , JelEse FROM LAST NI ' • DOWNING-STE 1 A dispatch, of which the folk yesterday at the Earl of L Lordship by Lientenant•Lbe i i K. B. dated Cartaxo, 160 a F ' 4 Since I addressed you il I have received further d near Badajoz, from wine ' guese cavalry having be• sage of the Evora on tht retire across the Evora, mined some loss. The i fantry were then drawn 1 , on the 7th instant, they my. in which they succe of one of the enemy's ba to retire again, and, un battery were not spikes ! '• injured. Their loss was not les five hundred soldiers,•4 informed, including the los D'Espagne among the Spanish troops bet , 1 this occasion. While the troops wen valry again crossed the communication betwee Campo Major. They I ever, on the morning ' 1 French cavalry were Evora. The troops ,h; i ' on the heights between Guadiana, by which t munication between Ba right of the latter river ti 1 The enemy have con . i • night of the 11th instal . . Pardalleiros, which th , f -on the 13th, been able • the redoubt, on accour r. the place. They hay on the bank of tlu I -fire upon the bridge of bank, but the fire of thi A great number of 1 vantage of the comma the place ; and I uncle' with provisions. General Claparede's still upon Guarda, on from that part of the c i i Although I have ot $%. / m o vements by the ene ! ) tion, I h Ave not found u 1 ration; and I imagine t made principally to e The difficulty of findii inhabitants of Torres l had generally remaine enemy's invasion, an the country nearly sta t I have the pleasure _ I 111 ~~ 11 1 i lt, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE. Mr. H. SUMNER moved the second reading of the South wark Bridge Bill.—Read a second time, and ordered to be cont. mined. Alderman COMBE moved that the City of London Petition and the other Petitions against the Bill, be referred to the Com mittee.—Ordered. STATIONARY, ETC. Mr. WHARTON laid on the table Accounts for Stationary supplied to the H3use, and for frinting the Votes, &e. &c. and gave notice that he would move the sums in the Supply on Fri day next. FAST DAY. - - - The CHANCELLOR of this EXCHEQUER moved,that the Dean of Bristol be desired to preach before the House of Coin mons at St. Margaret's, on Wednesday, the .20th instant, being the day appoiuted by the Regent for a Fast.—Ordered. HIGHWAYS. The Report of the Highway Bill was ordered to be considered on Friday. PRIVATE BILLS REGULATION. Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved that it be madea Standing Order of the House, that three clear days notice in writing of the second reading of any Pri vate Bill must be given by the Solicitor or Agent, to the Clerk at the Private Bill Office ; that the notice should be entered in the Private Bill Register, and the same marked on the back of the Bill. Mr. WILBRAHAM BOOTLE wished to know whether, in case the second reading did not take place on the day appointed, owing to a pressure of other matter, the three days notice must be given over again? Mr. ABE RC ROMBIE rather thought there would be no occasion for it, as the object of calling the par ticular attention of the parties concerned to every Bill would be attained by the first notice. The SPEAKER stated, that Members who kai the management of Private Bills often delayed corn ing to the House till the hour for public business ar rived ; and therefore, in many instances, had them selves to blame for the delay. If this regulation should have the effect of procuring a pointed and early attendance, it would greatly facilitate the busi ness of the House. After a few words from Mr. G. VANSITTART, the motion was agreed to. DISTILLERY. Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Distillery Report. Sir JOHN SINCLAIR opposed the measure, chiefly on the ground, that the growers of barley ought not alone, out of all the community, to be sub jected to the burthen of relieving the West India Pro prietors. If relief was to be given, it should be from the common stock. Mr. COKE (of Norfolk) was not present when the measure was proposed, otherwise he would have op posed it. If the value of land had increased, so had the taxes upon land, the poor rates, &c. &c. What did the colonies furnish to the country in comparison? It was in vain to introduce a scale between barley and sugar in this way; To frame nay just scale was ut: terly impossible. He felt for the distresses of the West India Proprietors ; but this was the worst way of as sisting them that could be devised. The House would remember, that in 1808 the warmest supporters of ' the measure consi4red it as merely temporary. Mr. ROSE maintained, that a scale might very , well be adjilited, and that it was fairly done by this I measure. Mr. CURWEN opposed the scheme, as one of the most pernicious tendency. It was an object to have abundance ; there must be a supply beyond thege neral consumption of man, and the distilleries were most useful in this respect. But the advantage was lost by this perpetual meddling. Barley was abso lutely a drug in the market. The time would come, he said, when magazines must be formed to store up 'grain in years of plenty, and sell it out in times of scarcity. This would be a burthen, but it would pre treat the calamity of famine. Mr. FULLER voted on this subject as indepen dently as any man. If they would not allow him to distill his sugar he would the better sell his barley in Susses. The West India interest bad supplied the country with seamen, with ships, and with every thing of that sort—why then should the West India Pro prietors be considered as so abject a race ? This mea sure would help to keep'our money at home. Our bullion had gone abroad for corn till we had not a guinea remaining, and we could not get change for it if we had—[A laugh.] The measure was wanted only for one year. The property of the land-owners had, independent of . the taxes, risen from 30 to 40 per cent, while the property of the poor West India Proprietors had fallen 50 per cent. . .