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3 - ' 4„F .. , .. . . , - - ..... . Tbislny was published, price One Shilling, . .. The Sado ten EDITIoN, with Additions, . n k . N ACCOUNT of the seyeial LIFE i t ASSU RANCE COMPANIES eltsblished in Lontion ; with Remarks on their respective merits-and advantages. By FRANCIS BAILY. Sold by John Richardson, Royal-Exchange. Of whom may be had, by the sane Author, • The DoCTRIN it of INTERUT and ANSIMTIZS,II3 one Va. Rto. price 16s. The DOCTRINE of Lire Ansa trITIZS and ASSUItAnCtS, in one vol. gen. price Sig Also, a few remaining Copies of TABLES for the purchase and renewal of Leases s price ca., ". . 4 . I►ARLI44MENT4Rr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE QF LORDS, APRIL 24. Their Lordships met at about four o'clock, when, the LORD CKANCLI.I.OII having taken his seat on the Woolsack, the Bills on the Table went through their respective stages. The Foreign Ambassador,' Pension Bill was read a third.time and passed. Lord BROWNLOW presented a Petition from Lord Carberry, praying for the recognition of his tight to vote in the election, of 'lrish Representative Peers., Ordered to he on the Table. Mr. NITTLESHIP, from the Gruqrs` Company, presented Ac counts width had been ordered by the House, respecting the price of Sugar. Mr. CATuaitsroon, from the treasury, presented Papers re lative to the Distillations from Sugar. Mr. Joys SON presented Papers fronsthe Mee of the Chief -Se cretary in Ireland. V. 4 BERKELEY PEERAGE. The- LORD CHANCELLOR observing that it would be inconvenient for some Peers to attend to morrow, the day fixed on for resuming the question of the Berkeley Peerage, moved that,the Order of the bay for that purpose be discharged, and that Friday text be appointed in its stead. Ordered. LORD WELLINGTON AND THE ARMY. Lord LIVERPOOL gave notice that he should, on Friday next, notwithstanding the tact of Portu pl's being totally evacuated by the enemy, move that the thanks of that Howse be presented to Lord Vis count Wellington, and the army under his command. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Lord LIVERPOOL, alluding to a conversation which before the recess had taken place respecting the best means of expediting the printing of Papers, Moved, that the Committee for that purpose should 4 Sig on Friday next.--. Ordered. 4 Lord SUFFOLK expressed a wish that some me ` died should be adopted for giving previously effectual notice of the business to be brought forward accor ding, to the practice which.used to prevail in the Irish House of Peers. _ COURT OF CHANCERY BUSINESS. On the motion of the LORD - CHANCELLOR, the sitting of the Committee, respecting le Court of Chancery, was, by reason of other buiTness which stood for that day, postponed. SIR SAMUEL ItOidILLY 9 S BILL. Lord LAUDERDALE gave notice that he should on Wednesday, the 15th of May, move for the second reading of the various Bills respecting Thefts, com prehended under this title.—Adjourned. }Tun OF COMMONS. Mr. MARRYATT renewed for to-morrow his notice of a motion for at Account of the Amount of Exchequer Bills held by the Bank. 'I he Cinque Ports Justices' Salaries Bill was ordered to be con . sidered on Monday next. The Westminster Poll Bill was ordereil to be read a seaci d a' time on Monday next. _ex Mr. Tow presented at the Bar a Iteturipitcd.e averafrpnce of Wheat for the year 1810. • Mr. GRATTAN presented a Petition from the Porter Brewers of Dublin, Cork, and Waterford, praying that the Le ` Islature would encourage the consumption of Malt Liquor. Mr. FOSTER then moved that a copy of the Surrender of the 'Prisage and Butlerage of Wines in Irehnd by the Earl of Or 'Mond a id Ossory, be laid on the Table. Mr. GRATTAN gave notice of a motion respectinttbe Dub 11n Brewers' Petition for Thursday se'nnight. DUTIES ON CALICOES AND COTTON. Sir JAMES SHAW presented an Account of the Excise Du ties on Calicoes and Cottons stamped in England, Wales, and Scotland, for the last Ave years; and likewise of the and Bounties on all Calicoes and stamped Cottons exported from Great Britain during the same period.—Ordered. LIZOIRICIC ELECTION. , • The following Gentlemen form the Committee 'to ter-mine the merits of the Limerick Election Petition: . Wm. Fitzgerald, Esq. : Banker, Esq. George Simpson, Est. - Reginald Pole Chew, Esq. Lord Forbes George Jones, a n . Ebel. Fuller Maitland, /6"..• lochs Dupre Portlier, Esq. 7ohn Jackson, Esq. aa4 41..) rM. S. Irelkse,ilire i •ToonwTyrwhiet Drab% LIMP Charles Adams, Fig. Henry Boyer, Esq. • ifieshon Calvert, Esq.' I Dr. Dulgepan. • IRISH LOAN. " The CHANCELLOR of the EXeIiEQUER ;moved, 'rbat the House resolve itself into a Commit tee of WA's and means. The SPEAKER having accordingly left the Chair Mr. FOSTER rose to state the terms on which the Irish Loan had been raised. It would be quite nn necessary fa him to say much on the subject. He bed only to state, that Government had succeeded in raising the Loan . in Ireland. The terms 9,a, a(hicis it bad been contracted for were these— v. it. lEir,every - ,ei50p...44 per cent. Interest £ 11 Ss. Treasury Bills Interest, ~•*•11 • ' 364 XS So that the whole had been raised:as an interest of JE4 lss. per cent. which, in the present eircurostahces of Ireland, could not but be regarded as a very advan tageous bargain fur the public. He then moved Re- , solutions, that it was expedient to raise two and a Italf milltons, by way of annuities, for the service of Ireland, and on the terms-ahovestated.. Resolutions agreed to, and Report to-morrow. BULLION REPORT. Mr. VANSITTART stated his intention to pro. pose Resolutions on the subject of the Bullion Report on Monday, in case those of his Hon. and Learned: Friend (Mr. Horner) should not be adopted. Hay-. ing only very lately seen the Resolutions of his Hon. and Learned Friend, he was not prepared as iet-to state exactly what the nature of his own Resolutions would be, but he would read them to the House on Friday, after which they might be printed, so as to . be' in the hands of the Members previous to the dis cussion. in the mean time, he was desirous that' Some facts, already sufficiently notorious, should be `brought formally under the view of the House, and 'would therefore move for some Papers : let. An Account of the Number of Bank-notes in drculation between February and August 1785-IL The Average Amount in eirculition tp 1 / 9 9,180 ad. An Account of the Averigileorat between 1 tato. ~. 4th. An Ateeunt of the Queathy volution to the beginnieg of the'"' lie pelt moved for A Report presented by the . in 1811, inclosing Statement; at i This would shew the rise the Exchange in the reign of Queen Anne. Sir JOHN NEWPORT remarked, that these were called for at so late a period,' that it would be impos sible for his Hon. and Learned Friend to avail him self of whatever light they might throw on the ques tion. Mr. VANSITTART said they were matters of notoriety. Gentlemen might, by glancing over one page, see the situation of the exchanges at different periods. Mr. TIERNEY said, that though the Hon. Gen tleman wished to elucidate his own view of the sub ject from these Papers, others might see cause to use them for the elucidation of another view. He did not refuse to grant the paper however ; but the tittle even for the consideration of the Hon. Gentleman's Resolutions was very short. He was as anxious as any one that the House should come to a speedy de cision on this subject ; but, at the same time, it was necessary that they should be thoroughly aware of whatever was to be proposed on either side. If the Hon. Gentleman then intended to prdpose Resolu tions contrary to those of his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Horner), and could not state them till Friday, be suggested whether it .might not be advisable at once to delay tke diScussion for a day or two.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted there was some weight in what had been said by the Hon. Gentleman, but he thought it better to wait till they heard what the Jtesolutions Of -his Hon. Friend were before they postponed the discus -1 sion. Finding that the view taken of the subject by ' his Ron. Friend (Mr. Vansittart) coincided with his own, he had requested him to draw up Resolutions accordingly, and it had so happened, that.this was the earliest moment he could apprize the House of his intention. ..; - Mr. TIERNEY spoke only on the supposition that they were to be the contrary of those proposed by his Hon. and Learne4 Friend. If they should turn out unexpectedly not to be so, certainly the foundation of ibis-suggestion would be gone. Mr. THORNTON thought that there should be the earliest notice given of Resolutions of such great and acknowledged general importance as those to be proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He did not accuse the Right Hon. Gentleman of taking the House by surprise—very far from it ; but still it was: to be lamented that they were not already before the I public, in order to enable them to form a fair judg ment upon them, compared with those from which they were avowed so materially to differ. It might too operate rather unexpectedly on his Hon. anti Learned Friend, who was not then in town, nor could be, he believed, before some time in the forenoot of Monday. .; Mr. HUSKISSON expressed a wish that the Re solutions might be ready for printing on Friday. Mr. VAN SII"I.'A Rl' pledged himself that nothing should be wanting on his part to put them in every state of forwardness. The motion was then agreed to.—Adjourned. The following art the Resolutions on the Bullion ronun Mon d ay nex t rc, to be taken into consideration in the House of i.. That the only money which can be - legally tendered In Great Britain, for any sum above twelve pence in the whole, is made either of gold or silva; and that the weight, standard,and denomination, at which any such money is authorised to pass cars rent, is fixed, under his Majesty's prerogative, according to law. S. That since the 43d year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the Indentures of his Majesty's Mint have uniformly directed that all silver used for coin should consist of it oz. 9 dem. of Ise dl', ver, and 18 dwts. of alloy in each pound troy, and that the mita .pound trey should be divided into 62 shillings, or into other coins in that proportion. I. 1 3. 'That since the 15th year of the reign of King Charles the Second, the Indentures of his Majesty's Mint have uniformly di. reefed, that all gold used for coin, should consist of 11 on. dints, 'gold, and i n oz. of alloy in each pound troy ; and that the * pound troy should be divided add coined into 44 guineaaand man half-guinea, or into other coins in that proportion. 4. That by a Proclamation of the 4th year of the reign of King George the First, it was ordered and directetiP that guineas and the several other gold coins therein named, should to current at the rates and values then set upon them, viz. the guinea at the rate of 21 shUlings, and other gold coins in the same proportion • thereby establishing, that the gold and silver coins of the realm ; should be a legal tender luau money payments, and a standard measure for' ascertaining the value of all contracts for the pay ment of money, in the relative proportion of lb and a fraction pounds weight of iteriing silver to one pound of sterling geld. 4. That bra statute of the 14th of the reign of his present Ma-' jesty, subsequently revived and made perpetual by a statue of She 39th year'of his reign, it is enacted, That no testier in pay ment of money made in the silver coin of this realm, of any sum exceeding the sum of sEtte, at any one time, shall be reputed In law, or allowed to be legal tender, within Great Britain or Ire land, for more than according to its value by weight, after the rate of 51. sd. for each ounce of silver. 6. That by a proclamation of the 16th year of the reign of his 1 , proem Majesty, confirmed by several subsequent proclamations, ' k was ordered and directed, that if the weight of any guinea shall be less than sdwin Stirs. each guinea shall cease to be a legal ten der for the payment of any money within Great Britain or Ire land; and se is dig same-proportion for any other gold coin. 7. That alder these laws.(wkiels constitute the established po licy of this realm in regard to money,) no contract, or undertak ing for the payment of money, stipulated to be paid in pounds sterlieg, or in good and lawful money of Great Britain, can be legally satisfied and disthargod in gold coin, unities the coin ten-. slered.shall weigh in the proportion of tO-El-parts of idwta. Agri. of standard gold fbr each pound sterling, specified in the ,said contract ; nor in Slyer coin for a sum exceeding £25 unties each coin shall weigh in the proportion of 96-62-parts of around ! groy of standard silver for each pound sterling specified in the Contract. ' S. That the promissory notes of the Bank of England are sti- ' relations to pay on demand the Sum in pounds sterlicg respec- , *rely specified in each of the said notes. 9 , ) 9. 'That when it was enacted by the authority of Parliament, • *that the Payment of the Promissory Notes of the Bank et Eng land in Cash should for a time be suspeuded, it was not the in tenHon of Parliament that any alteration whatsoever 6houltl take "leek in the Value of such Promissory Notes. lb. That it appears, that the actual Value of the Promissory Notes of the Batik of England, (measuring such Value by weight Of Standard Gold and Silver as aforesaid,) has been, for a consi derable period of tirue, and *till is, considerably less than what Is established lay the laws of the Realm to be the legal 'fender in payment of any Money conrract or stipulation. 11. That the Fall which has then taken place in the Value of the Promissory Notes of the Bank of England, and in that of the ,Country Bank Paper which is exchangeable for it, has been oc casioned by too abundant Issue of Paper Currency, both by the Ewa of England, and by tha Country Banks ; and that this Ex cess has originated,. from the want of that Check and Controul on the issues of the Bank of England, which existed before the 'Suspension of Cash Payments. IL That it appears, that the Ezclueetts with Foreign Parts bar, for a considera ble peziodpf clime, been unfavourable to this Country, le an extraordinary degree. ' 13. That, although the adverse cactuuswees of oar Truk, . t Military Vspen&itire oar Exchanges with the • yet tbe extraordinary degree 6 4 depressed for so long a period, occasioned by the deprechtion, Valet of.the•Ctirrency of Monty of Foreign Countries. 14. That during tbeeentinualsce of the auopension of CashPay menu, it is the duty dale Directors of the Bank of England to advert to the state of the foreiga exchanges, as well u to the price of Bullion, with a view to regulate the amount of their issues. IS. That the only certain and adequate security to be provided against au excess of paper currency, and for maintaining the rela tive value of the circulating medium of the Realm, is the legal convertibility, upon demand, of all paper currency fnto lawful coin of the Realm. 16. That in order to revert gradually to this security, and to enforce meanwhile a due limitation of the paper of the Bank of England, as well as of all the ether Bank paper of the courtry, it is expedient to amend ti.e Aet, which suspends the cash payments lof the Bank bi altering the time, till which the suspension shall 'continue from six maths after the ratification of a definitive Itreaty of peace, to that of two years from the present time. •• • . unhy of Cad r kr , 1 • es • • impe ashmet of est ie present Rai • '"" *l *" have e. us_ render a ,• , 4 . 1. T . • , ilqin of Europo vdreol4o; yet tbi Comptrollers of Ariny l Aceovia in whleh the Exclunsges have been &pram of the Exchange at various Feria& has been, in a great measure, occasioned ;of Bullion and depression of which has taken place. is the re la tive Vs ... ed . nos... A 'lnn this Country as compared with the Mom PORTUGAL. PRIVATE LETTERS. * Ariegams, 4 leagues from Ciudad Rodrigo, April •. " I intended to have written you before, but really i could not find an opportunity. Our division had all the hard work in following up the retreating army. We arrived at this Spanish town today, about half a league from the Portuguese frontier. It is now exactly thirty-one days since we commenced our operations against this wonderful French army, which was to have driven us into the sea ; however, fortune has favoured us, and at this moment we are strongly posted on the Spanish frontier. - _ " The entry of the Frenck into Spain has been difficult; they passed through this town without doing the least injury to the inhabitants. Our regi ment distinguished itself in the presence of Lord Wellington and a great part of the British army.— !The enemy were posted strongly at Sabugal, the Coa river in its front. The division, on the morning of the 3d of April, having been ordered to ford the Coa half a league to the right of Sabugal, our brigade took the lead, composed of five companies of the 95th riflemen, 43d regiment, and first Portuguese light regiment. The latter under Colonel Elder moved nearly two miles to the right ; the riflemen skirmished ; the enemy's picquets fell back from the river as we advanced ; we pressed through the water and gained the opposite height. As our companies arrived, we formed line, and advanced under a heavy fire. The riflemen, who had been skirmishing in our front, were driven in, and the heads of two strong columns of the enemy appeared in view. The second brigade of our division had not yet crossed the ford, and one battalion was unsupported, with the whole of the second corps (General Regnier's,) of the Freoch army in its front, close to our line. We fixed 'bayonets, and charged them, determined to clear the way before us : their columns were routed, and fell back in great confusion. We found them, as we advanced, forming fresh bodies still stronger, and a wall in the front lined with a battalion. We fell, back to the ground we charged from, and again for med under a heavy fire of . grape, canister, and mus ketry. )They again advanced upon us, and we again charged them, gained the heights they possessed, and. took a howitzer that had very much annoyed us ; -it was posted in the rein. of the battalion that was formed under cover of the wall. Our people advanced with so much impetuosity that our front was rather scat ( tered. Their cavalry took advantage of it, and charr ed us. The wall we bad before taken was near ne, and we fell back upon it in full run. They took also% 30 or 49 of our people. We gave them a volley, tam- bled some of them, and the others retired with preci- ' citation. We, again pushed on, secured the howitzer we hid before taken, and which their cavalry made; a charge to recover ; we were so hard pushed at &al that our right was actually surrounded. Our second , charge cleared the way and saved our guns. 44 The brigade about the same time made their , appearance. - The 52d formed on our right ; the re mainder of the brigade, a second line. Another divi sion of the arnsy shewed themselves on our left ; the enemy formed column and retired, our dragoons fol lowing. Our total loss was only 80 ; one officer killed and five wounded. The enemy's fire was very bad, although close to them. They had ten times our number. k appears almost impossible that a single battalion should be so long opposed to such a supe rior force, drive it before them, and only lose 80 men. The enemy disgraced themselves ; not a man of our regiment ought to have escaped. Their cavalry de serve praise, hut their infantry behaved most dastardly. 44 Colonel Beckwith commanded the brigade, and was with us during the whole of the affair :—he was slightly wounded in the forehead. This action closed the Portuguese campaign. The enemy retired across the frontier that night. ' The following interesting information is contained in letters from Officers of high rank in the Army of Lord WALLINGTON : Aldea de Ponte, April Se 44 Here has been a halt this day, which has given me the opportunity of writing the enclosed. I can now congratulate you on the expulsion of our barba rous enemy from a country which he has ruined for the next thirty years. Almeida, the only place in his possession, is invested, and will fall directly. This has been a glorious chace, but a fatiguing one. The action at Sabuial cost him about 2000 men, and this' was his last attempt to retard our pursuit." " Val Formoso, Apra 9. 44 The enemy are out -or Portugal, and I do not ' think they will come agillet in a hurry. A small gar aison, however, is left in Almeida, which we invested with our cavalry on the 7th, and which we shall in vest to-day with the infantry if it does not surrender, ' which, however, I expect it will. We gav,‘ the 9th corps, which was before it, a complete chace on the 7th, with the cavalry and horse artillery. In a few hours we drove them out of Portugal, and took many prisoners. 44 On the 3d we had an affair with the 2d corps at Sabugal. Our light division was chiefly engaged, and beat the whole of Regnier's corps-300 were left dead on the field—lsoo were wounded, and we took many prisoners. They attacked us in columns, so that their strength must have been immense. We took their howitzers, but their guns they got off. Thai French say they have lost 25 , 0 0 0 men since they came into the country." ... 4~ ; 14 FRONTIERS, BEFORE CELERICO, MARCH 14. " The enemy have quitted this country altogether. ; Both in this part as well as in the Alentejo, we have now reason to look forward to better and quieter times. Mnssrtmhas had a pretty good drubbing, in the y many affairs on his retreat. His loss, I thi n k, mutt, in all, be 5 or 6000 men, besides nearly all hiy artillery : in one affair we drove above 4000 into a river ; they were all drowned, and afterwards taken lout by the peasants. The army is new halted and all quiet." COPY O A LETTER PROM THE ALENTIJO (NO DATE) WRITTEN ABOUT THE 25TH ULT. ei The French' are compludy driven nit of Portag e d on the Lisbon side, and Marshal BEREEFeRD' is al* expelling them from this province. The 13th Light Dragoons have had a very brilliant affair ; their two squadrons were opposed to, fair regimen t of cavalry arid about 200 infantry, near, Campo Major; the 1311, dashed through the cavalry and charged the infantry. who (within fifteen paces) gave them a volley, and 1t004.1 so firm, that the 13th, were obliged to go abota and cut their way through the whole of the cavalry, where they dealt death and destruction all around._. The enemy fled in all directions, with the loss of a howitzer, ammunition, and many prisoners. • The 15th pursued them to near Badajos, when their rear guard (Manic-struck) threw dawn their arms and stir. rendered, to the amount of 1000, and fifteen pieces of heavy artillery. The 13th kept oh till they got under the batteries at Badajos, wheielteli tritistis coming out obliged them to retreat upon our infantry ; and the enemy on seeing their reinforcements, renamed their arms, and made good their retreat, with the recovery of their artillery. The 13th had one officer and 12 men killed, with 22 wounded, and 211) missing." _ _ _ A Commercial Edict has been published at Lisbon, by which, in order to augment the commerce and navi gation of Portugal, and the prosperity of that kingdom as well as of the Brazils, the produce of the trazils imported into Portugal for the purpose diming after. wards exported, is to be admitted on paying only four per cent. un ; but that which is destined for internal consumption to remain subject to the whole of the duties. F.Rff,NCII PAPERS. ( PARIS, APRIL 17. 'Her Imperial Majesty the day before yfilikthy reb mired the Grand Dignitaries ; and, yesterday the Grand Officers of the Empire, and their Ladies. The Senate had an Extraordinary Meeting yesters day, under the Prince Arch Chancellor of the Empire. APIILI. 18.—The 2d of June, being the day of Pen. tecost, their Majesties will, according to custom, go to the Metropolitan Church, to sender thanks to GOD for the birth of the king of Rome, and assist at the christening, at the conclusion of which a solemn Te Drum will be chaunted. After this ceremony their Majesties will dine at the Hotel de Ville, from whence they will see the 6;e works. Upon that and the following day the projected likes - Oral: take place at Paris, and throughout the Empitt . An rmperiirDecree, 4=4' tbli slices, that the Legislative Corps will commence its sittings, ft:-.• the year 1811, on the 24 of June next. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEBRUARY 26. The Captain Pacha sailed yesterday, with his fleet. The sailors raised in The islands and upon the coasts of the Archipelago arrive by degrees in transports. — It is believed that Vely Pacha will again act upon the offensive next campaign, and that he will be seconded by the best Turkish Generals, Bachniak Aga, Muds, tar Packs, and Ardine Pacha. The Grand Visits will remain at schumla, upon the defensive. VIENNA, APRIL S. The Court Gazette announces the arrival of Count Nieolai, Chamberlain from his Majesty she Emperr Napoleon, as the bearer of dispatches, containing an invitation to our Monarch to stand godfather (de ten:r k felon. Roi de Rome, son austute jute f Flr, rur let foot bafttirinaux) to the young King of Rome, his august grandson. It is believed that Prince Clary is destined to go to Paris to present the felicitation of our Court upon the birth of his Majesty the King of Rome. COLBERG, MARCH ss. To day we began forming a cordon of troops, on the coasts .f the Baltic, in order to defeat any descent the English might attempt in Pomerania. The port of Colberg is flanked by seven batteries. It is said that these preparations of defence will be augmented by reinforcement of some battalions of infantry from tLe interior of the country. BANKS OF THE DANUBE, APRIL 9. The merchants of Vienna who frequented the fair of St. Joseph, which is held at Pest, have returned from their journey. They are in general very little satisfied with the result of that fair. There were many Tenders, but few purchases; little bustnest 9..• don& The articles which found a market were woolltms _ _ skins, and the productions of the North. MADRID, MARCH es. • A discharge of 101 cannon, on the evening of the 29th inst. announced the birth of his Majesty the Icing of Rome. In celebration of this event, there was yci• terday and to-day a gala at Court, which will be re. peated to-morrow. There was a general illumination during these two evenings, which will likew6t be re• peated to-morrow night. The pOlic places of enter tainment were all opened gratis, and attended by an immense concourse of people. - - BAGDAD, NOVEMBER ill. The state of this place is still extremely critical. Ia the night between the 20th and 21st, a new fermen• cation had broke out. The merchants shut their shops and warehouses, every body took to arms, the doors of the khans and houses were barricadoed, and ouch* 21st, at break of day, the revolt broke out. For this two causes were assigned. The parties were divided, AbdaUah Kaimakan and Assid ley, Were for the Pachalick, and Adberahmen Aga and Clissero Bey for the Commander of the Janissaries. The format party prevailed. Abderehmen Aga was driven frog the town, and his post given to anio her. On the '224 the new Pacha was proclaimed under sAluce of sr. tillery. Since the new nomination the town .tb more , tranquil. 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