Star. — London, England, 1811-05-27 00:00:00

PARLIAMEMTAR? PitocabiNOL s-LOUSE OF LORDS ; MAY At four 'o'clock, their Lordships met, when the tollowing)sfils teceived the Royal Assent by Commission, viz. the Copper Duty Big, the Bristol Port Bill, the Calico 'Weaving Bill, the Smith Sea Fishery Bill, the Bank of Ireland Security Bill, the Irish Mi litia Enlistment Bill, the Cinque Ports Jurisdiction Bill, and fif teen Private Bills. The Commissioners were the Loan Clllll/1. awns, Earl of LIVER root., and Lord WA tsistows. After seine further knuckle business, the House adjourned to 14/hrid2T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 23. The House having been summoned to attend in the Hots. g Peers, The SPEAKER, on his return, acquainted the House, that severil Public and Private Bills had received the Royal Assent by Commission. PRIVILEGES OF THE HOOSE. Mr. WHITBREAD said, he came down to the Souse to-day, for the purpose of renewing a notice which he had given last night on the subject of the tvlessage received from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in .answer to the Address of the House, re lative to Mr. Palmer's claims. The answer which his Royal Highness had been advised by Ministers to give to this Address, conveyed the grossest possi ble insult on that House, going as it did, to express a doubt of the inclination, or 11 . the ability of the House to make good •any sums which his Royal Highness might order to be issued in consequence of an Address of that House. He (Mr. Whitbread) had given his notice on this subject, in consequence of having seen a printed paper, purporting to give an account of the proceedings in another place, in which it was stated, that his Majesty's Ministers had advised the Prince Regent not to accede to the recommenda tion of the House. Nothing but imperious duty could have induced him to postpone such a motion beyond the earliest possible moment at which it could be brought forward ; but he was under an absolute ne cessity of going to the country, and could not be in the House sooner than Thursday, he, therefore, now . _ gave notice, that if no other Member chose to bring the matter under the consideration of the House be fore that day, he should then submit a motion on the subject, although he should thereby be obliged to post pone another matter of importance which stood for that day, it being his intention, that the pre s ent sub ject should take the precedence. He now moved. that the Answer of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to the Address of that House be read. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he had no objection either to the reading of the Prince Regent's Answer to the Address of the House, or to the motion of the Honourable Gentleman, when- ever he should bring it forward. He was not afraid of shewing, that there was nothing disrespectful to the House in that answer. Ministers advised his Royal Highness, that consistently with the nature of the high office he had taken on himself, he ought not at present to order the advance to be made ; and he (Mr. Perceval,) accepted of thi challenge of the Honoura ble Gentleman on this subject, and should shew that l.is view of the question was founded completely on mist ace. Mr. C. W. WYNN said there was no precedent for such an answer to an Address of the House, as that which the Prince Regent had in this case been advised to send. It went to tak.: up by the roots the Privileges of that House, assorted by them at different periods since the Revolution (Hear, hear.) He thought it impossible to say that their privileges Were not affected by this answer to their Address, and regretted that his Hon. Friend must postpone his motion on the subject so long, as it was a ques. Lion with which nothing should be suffered to lister fere. He proceeded to no ice a grant made to Mr. Webber in the )ear 178 i, i.. consequence of a Reso bizton of the House. He thought that in this case the House had exercised limit privi . legelnjudiciously; he should not shrink from his opinion in this respect, b ut still t h a t did not affect the powtr' of granting, Nvllieli was not thereby diminished. To , say that the Prince Regent had here been rightly advised, would be to hold that on every occasion, even where a pub lic monument was to be erected, the consent of the other House of Parliament must be previously ob tained. If SO, why had they nit gone to obtain their concurrence to the payment of the debts of Earl Cha tham or if Mr. Pitt ? and still more strongly, Why, in 1758, had they taken upon themselves to order ' 850,000 to be issued for the increase of the salaries of the Judges ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, without disputing the privileges of the House, should be able to shew that the Prince Regent had been pro perly advised. Mr. WHITBREAD said, the answer of the Prince' Regent signified a distrust of the power and will of the House to make good the grant,, and therefore called for explanation. FLOGGING LOCAL MILITIA. T H E EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MAY 27. .: , ~. : PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAV AT ONE OCLOCX., Cons. money 64}—for account 65i S per Cent. Reduced 630-4 per d Cent. 794 . .• 5 per Cent. Navy 96ii—Exclteq. par to 4s. pretn. Bonds 18$. and 17s. pre.—Ommum pre. • The details in the Gazette of Saturday will be read with exultation ; and although the victories ob tained by Lord WELLINGTON have not been of that decisive description which the reports via Bristol gavel us reason to expect, they still strengthen our confi dence in the gallantry of our troops, and in the ta- ' lents of their Comm Inder. Every vessel from the Peninsula may be expected to bring us an account of the fall of Almeida and Badajoz, both of which hie portant fortresses are now closely invested. In addition to the particulars which will be found in the Gazette, the following were conveyed in dispatches received from Mr. STUART, our Minister at Lisbon : Badajoz was invested on the Bth of May by Gene ral BERESFORD. The enemy were gallantly driven out of a redoubt on the 9th by General LUMLIZY.--. On the 10th the trenches were opened, and our bat• teries began to play on the place, and on the same day a general sortie was made by thegarrison, which was repulsed with great loss on their part, and with the loss to the allied army of 200 men in killed and wounded. SOWN was fortifying himself at Gallena, a strong position to the northward of Seville. Taking into account Moartaa's force, and the reinforcements he has drawn front Cadiz, La Mancha, and Cordova, his army amounts to 20,000 men, of which 4.000 are at Smile, 1000 at St. Lucar Mayor, and 15,000, 1 with 60 pieces of heavy ordnance, at his position at Gallena. Notwithstanding the formidable appear ance of this force, we entertain no apprehensions for General Bzeiseono. Without looking at all to the different Spanish corps which might co-operate with him, and which are stationed as follows, General BERESPORD ekes is fully competent to cope with him: —General Bruns was at Zara de los Cavalleros ; General Cnsr.twes at Almendrolego ; and General SZLLAsTERos at Llama. By the,Gazetta Extraor dinary the statement of SCUM BONAPARTI having passed through Valladolid, on the ff7th of April, in his way to France, is confirmed. To this information we are enablen to add, that he was escorted by au armed force of 15,000 men, and attended by a nu merous suite, among which were hit Spanish Ministers &FARRELL, Uncanoo, and nearly 100 of thaapostate Spanish grandees. The following Private Letters have been received : "Camp near Villa Formosa, Frontiers of Portugal, May 9, 1811. " The French are attempting to relieve Almeida, but our fine fellows will disappoint them. There was an action on the sth, but not a general one ; our out posts wily gave them a drubbing : their loss is severe, and, I am sorry to say, our is not inconsiderable.-- The rascals have an immense number of cavalry, and AS this is a plain, they use them with effect. Since the sth, they have been manoeuvring, but we cannot discover their intentions. The big wig: are all busy looking through their glasses, the result of all this will be a most tremendous battle, or their returning into Spain—one or the other will happen, and that immediately. The troops who have had an oppor tunity of distinguishing themselves are the light corps, particularly the 71st, 85th; Chasse= Briuut uiques, 79th, and 92d regiments. Lime:mot-Colo- Sir FRANCIS BURDETT rose to calf the atten tion of the House to a subject upon which he meant to make a motion, but which he would not now press, if it was the sense - of the House that it ought to , be postponed. He held in his hand a written state ment from a respectable Gentleman at Liverpetbl, upon the authenticity of which he had every reason to place reliance, and which, with the permission of du, House, he would teed. The letter stated, that during the period on which the locals militia was recendycallid out at Liverpool, a private of the Bth company-1n the regiment, named Tlykr, had written a song re specting the service of the Local Militia, the circum stances of their treatment on detr o and thebread served otit to them while embodied. This song he Lad sung amongst his comrades, and afterwards sent. the ma nuscript to aininter's to have a number struck off. The priater, however, before he published it; thought it necessary to submit a copy for the perusal of Colonel Earl, Commander of the Regiment, to which Taylor consented I and so soon as Colonel Earl had perused it, he gave orders for the arrest and confinement of Taylor, in order to his being brought to a Court Mar tial. In two hours he was brought before the Court for trial, upon the charge of publishing this song, al ledged to be an injurious reflection upon the regiment and its service, and he was remanded to confine ment with the allowance of an hour to prepare for his defence. At the end of which time he was again brought up, when he avowed having written the song, but de rued any criminal intention, and he produced several witnesses to character. He was, however, found guilty, and sentenced to receive two hundred lashes. He requested to be furnished with a copy of the minute of the proceedings against hino i , but this was refused , • , inn in two hours afterwa r d s liekvai rharched under nel datiteitolir, to severely 'Wounded ; Majoi guard to tit* parade, where the regiment was drawn r". up. fie Wks tied up to the halberts, and received 50 ....ftawr of the 52ds lott his left leg ; .pelitenint M‘Naa, his right ar m from the socket, and left arm lashes, but the itmainder were remitted by Colonel Eatl. The letter adds, that the writer means not to splintered ; Lieutenant J. L. Hat, 92d, severely attach any censure upon the conduct of Colonel Earl, wounded. the 79th had 93 men taken; and 148 whoM it states to be an humane man ; and says that , killed and wounded!' many Members of the Court-martial were anxious to " Camp oh die Phial of Almeida, May 8. I acquit the man, but could not, upon the evidence he I have the happiness to inform you, that, thank against him. It staird, also, that Taylor is a person of most excellent character, in reputable life, being Gob, I Mee escaped the dreadful battles of the Sd clerk to the Society of Lighter and Boat Owners in and sth inst. and am even better than could be ex- Liverpool ; that he is a man of good moral charac- pected from the harassing and fatigues, together with ter, and of education and mind much superior to his privations, we have unavoidably to encounter. The station. The letter concluded with requesting the i Honourable Baronet to bring the subject before Par- I enemy were joined by re-inforcements from France; liament, and, if possible, to cause a stop to be put to a and' with their artily at Ciudad Rodrigo marched • species of punishment so calculated to excite digust. towards these plains, in number about 45,000 infan-, —The Hon. Baronet then proceeded to some very try, 5000 cavalry, and an immensity of artillery.— po hich had as it were inted observations opon crept u naccountably the puni sinto hment ot foggi gn e , Of thi3 movement we had some days previous notice. w th British service, as one which was abhorrent to every 4. After a very fati gu i ng m arc h we f oun d t h e F r e nc h feeling of humanity as well as of British freedom, on the plains, where they had taken trpa strong po. and was a disgrace and a reproach to the military ser- sition, and after Lord WELLINGTON had reconnoitred, vice of this country. He concluded by moving for &c. we also took up ours at the distance of musket. * that which copy of the M Tainylut or es of the Court Martial. was unable to obtain, namely, a shot from them. On the 2d o f M a y (Thursday there The CHANCELLOR "of the EXCHEQUER ,was some slight skirmi s hin g , an d oa t h e 3d (Friday) observed, that on a Saturday, and in so thin a House,„! a severe action, from seven o'clock in the morning till it was not usual to expect motions of such importance eight o'clock at night. On the 4th (Saturday) there as to call for discussion. Before, however, he could was some slight skirmishing, but on Sunday last, the consent to the motion, he should wish a fuller House, ikb, a most booty c o n fli c t too k p l ace. and some opportunity for inquiry. He therefore hoped the Hon. Baronet would have no objection to 44 On that day I was on piquet, and was incessantly postpone his motion. After some conversation, the engaged from six o'clock in the morning till nine at motion was postponed until Thursday segnight. night, and though the shot, cannon, and shells, were Mr.WHI'I'BREAD wished to ask the Noble Lord flying for ten hours, and myself in the midst of them, (Palmerston), it Courts-martial were authorised to imprison Local Militia men in the common gaol ? I received no injury. Our loss has been very severe , Lord PALMERSTON conceived, the proper place but the French have suffered infinitely mo r e. They of confinement in such cases was the guard-room of boasted that we should by the sth be entirely anni the Staff, or in that of the next military station. i hilated ; but they have got'such a scourge, that they The several Bills on the table were forwarded, and I commenced their retreat at day-break this morning, the House adjourned at half-past five. - and I suppose are gone into Spain." FROM THE LISBON GAZETTE OF MAY 13. The letters from the head-quarters at Villa For mosa of the Bth inst. bring some details of the battle of the sth. By them it appears that the loss of the( enemy on that day exceeded 6000 men. An Anholt Mail arrived this morning A Con gress has been at length opened•at Belgrade.. with the view of terminating the war between Russia and Turkey. The Servians have been invited to attend this meeting by their Plenipotentiaries, and there are reasonable grounds to hope for a permanent peace. We are sorry to find from the following extracts; that our trade in the Baltic still continues to suffer sni verely •DANfZTCX, MAY 4:- • ~9• The French privateer, le Petit Diable, fitted out from Dantzic, and commanded by Captan Klim xath, has taken and brought into his port a ship from Liverpool, laden with salt. This ship arrived the day before yesterday, and to-day the same Captain has likewise brought in two large and rich. American ships, laden with sugar, coffee, cotton, and tobacco, likewise Irom England. Captain . Klimrath has kept the sea almost through the whole winter, notwith standing the stormy weather that has prevailed-in the Baltic. ELSINGOER, MAY S. The Captain of a Swedish frigate-built ship in bal last, who left Gottenburg yesterd', brings the in-, formation that a large English fleet of merchant ships, about 150 in number, convoyed by nine ships of the lint, some frigates and cutters, weighed anchor in order to proceed through the Belt, but the wind af terwards falling away, they came to anchor off the Point, and may probably again get under weigh this morning, when the wind freshened up. There ap. peared to be the flags of sundry nations among the fleet. We shall soon receive the true intelligence con cerning this matter, from the Belt. LEIBAU, APRIL ii. Of the cargoes which were detained here last Au tumn, eleven are already liberated, and we expect that sentence will soon be given on the others. The papers of such vessels as now arrive here with cargoes are no longer forwarded to St. Petersburg—Commis sioners being appointed here to examine them. The following Bulletin was shewn yesterday at St. James's Palace : of WINDSOR CASTLI, MAY 25. 44 His Mawr: has not been quite so well this week as he was the week preceding." (Signed by four Physicians.) • Lisbon Papers to the 13th instant have been re ceived. The only paragraph on the state of affairs in that neighbourhood ) of a recent date, is from El vas, the Sth, when, it is said, that a regiment of the line of t h u. native army. No. 17, two squadrons of No. S. with three pieces of artillery and one obus, was sent in the direction of Badajos. By this detach ment a party of the enemy, being dislodged from St. Engracia, proceeded to a redoubt, whet.: an attack was immediately made, and the French were pursued i from thence to the Fort of St. Christovao. It is ad ded, that the enemy was followed to St. Christovao and that the divilons of STEWART and HAMILTON had advanced to a considerable distance on the left bank of the Guadiana. An article in the Lisbon Papers states the loss of the enemy at 6000. Mr. BURRS has arrived from Ireland, with the Ad dress from the County of Gal way to the Psu NCE PAREJAMIIMTARY REFORM.—As Whit-Monday, the Sd of June, is fixed for holding the Meeting at Guild hall, to take the opinion of the People relative to a Parliamentary Reform, it is also the last day that Tickets or Shares can be bought at any Office in London, the Public are invited to make their piir.l chases as early as possible; in the first place, for their ownitersonal ease, and in the next, to secure a variety, for a chance of the immense number of Capital Pi izes, ',Mich must all be dram on Wait-Tuesday, the King's Bittb-Day. 4 • .7* •••••• ARIA• -'jYTis' . • We are giack to hear, that, littteseisivi as 416 itat. lant,Geneial GRAHAM has cq be tatisticd ivitli tad Spanish Generals and their Regrncy; he does not immediately come home fn3th Cadit; &ut has on 4 sewed td wait better times. A large division of yie Foot Guards will tiiitibark immediately at Portsmouth to go out to 'General GRAMAM'S army. Four squadrons Of the 14th Ugh! D .• ragoillitrilbiti% thanded by Major VirYsoftsm,`and * defaChfnitit of the 50th Regiment, corisihing of foni..offitert and 250 men, embarked, on BatntlfaY, on bard she Ro; mows, Lord BA.LOONik • at 1'40401414 rttf POHlgal: Two officers abd Iso men, of the Royal Staff k.rpsi embarked on . Wednesday,.for Sicily. Thursday, General Dux" Col.WHimisty, Col: • ANSON * and 500 mea of the Ist Rest. of Guard# who were in thc•battle of Barrosai atrikeld• in the MERMAID, Hon: Capt. PtacT, and two thutiiits. General alums was second it; toratnind in that Inez thorable conflict, and harrtWo horses Abt The Guards will be landed at Portsmotith and at Gosport, and march to London. IVAV4L INTZLLIG.ENCIL Four French frigates are stated fn tit in the ttresE Indies, and, it is said, that two of them were at the Devil's Island about the latter end of March, for water. FALMOUTH, MAY 24. Yesterday morning arrived the Princess charlotte packet, in eight days from Lisbon ; and the Cornet, Captain BRADY ; from Hull, bound to Lisbon, with corn, Bcc. This day arrived the Comet, Capt. Bec ., KILL, from St. Domingo, with coffee, bound to Lon don; and the Hope, ti.err, from Southampton. PLYMOUTH, MAY 25. Yesterday arrived the Animas frigate froth a cruise of Brest ; and the flatfoot; brig of *at, from off Vigo; the Speedwell, from Waterford ; and Ceres, from Limerick, with flour and provisions, for Lon don; the American brig Amity, from Wilmington, with timber and tar, for Portsmouth ; the Expediti,,n, of Hull, from Gibraltar, in ballast; the ship John, CRAIG master, in nine weeks from •Surinam, with coffee, sugar, &c. bound to London ; the Lark, Rom. siren, from London, and the Draper, Owev, traits Bristol, and a number of coasters. There were nei ther arrivals nor sailings this day.—Six stout friptes are, it is said, immediately to be sent to the Mediter ranean and Adriatic, to relieve the• Active, Cerberus, Amphion, Pomone, and Volage, who have all suffer. ed much in the service, and are in want of a tlacirr , .,;h repair and refit. There are now eight fine frigates lying here, some of which are destined for this service, and, in consequence, the greatest exertions are mak ing to get them ready for sea. They are, the Acosta, Nereide, Druid, la !gauche, Saldanha, Amazon, Dryad, and Armide.—Thf Bulwark, Cesar, and Doadicea, ire ordered tobe paid off and laid up in ordinary at 'this port. The - Cesar was paid off this day. PORTSMOU Tli; MAY 26. His Majesty's shipWooLveatisn, and the transports from the Mediterranean, are released from quarantine. Arrived the ABUNDANCE storeshiks, from the Mediter 'l-417CalTij and is pun under treerantine. Salted his Ma. jesty's ships DROMEDARY add Tircalor, with the East India fleet, and R.oyaf Ge tor Basque Ittercia.- Orders have been recei ved here relative to the re return of the Russian Prisoners of War to their min country. There.are about 500. here, for whoa, &t ' ' I veyance %ill be shortly provided. DEAL. MAY W. •. MAO, ORION, his Majesty's ships Dastanweirctrr, MAO, ORION. and HANNIBAL, to join the Baltic fleet. Ar rived his Majesty's ship BEDFORD, from off Flushing, and the RAPID and BLOODHOUND, from the Weat vrard.—Wind S. E. YARMOUTH, MAY Se. On Friday P.M. arrived, after a passage of 6 days. the FLAMER gun-brig, .with dispatches from Sir J. SAUSIAREZ. The FLAMER left. the British fleet lying in Gottenburgh Roads Previous to the Flamer sail ing, Sir JAMBS received dispatches from the Swedish Admiral, and which she brought over.—Also arrived the DMUS frigate, Captain FARQUHAR, from the Texel.—Sailed for the Baltic, with dispatches; the FLAMER ; and on a cruise, the Acurs.—The TARTAR revenue cutter has sent in an open boat laden with 128 halves df spirits, which have been landed and warehoused. Remain the Roebuck. /kiwis, and Calypso. Wind S. E. • SHEERNESS, MAY RI Arrived the Acura and TanacuLo - the latter will take a convoy, now assembled, to Arc hangel, as soon as the wind is ta.vourable, which is now at N.E. The Amphion, Cerberus, Active, and Volage, have arrived at Malta with their prizes, la Corona, and la Bellona frigates. These frigates were of the Italian Navy, and had never been out of the Adriatic when captured. They had 1000 troops on board, with brass ordnance. togarrisonLissa. Commodore Hosts, we are sorry to hear, was wounded by a Musket-ball in his arm, though he does net mention the circum stance in his letter to Sir C. Cotrox. The Amphion was disroasted very early in the action. The Volage bad only 70 men on board when she went into action, 46 of whom were either killed or wounded. The Amphion, Volage, and prizes. were _to sail shortly for England. The French frigates escaped out of Toulon, whikt the blowing weather kept our fleet at Minorca. Ad• miral FIiESKANTLE has shifted his Rag from the VILL3 as PANZS to the RooFzv, for the purpose of taking the Command at Sicily.—Captain Bt at:rots is appointed to the Vats DE PARIS. Wehave received letters from Canton, via America. to the 29th of November last.—The Chiffonne, Capt. WAINWRIGHT, sailed on the 28th with the country trade for the East Indies. The BeUiqueuz, 64, Capt. BYNO, was to sail for England, as soon as the Com pany's ships were ready. No tidings had been re ceived of the miss:ng sh p Ocean, Capt. virttrarasoti, which left Bencoolen a long time previously for China. MAnn-Larre.—There are considerable fresh arrivals of Wheat coastwise to-day, with part of last wrok's foreign supply, upwards of 9(.00 quarters; sales very heavy, about 3s. lower than on Ft iday —Batley hardly at last prices—Malt and White Peas at little varia tion—Beans of each description likewise—There are not many arrivals of Oats, and this article for fine