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SATURDAY, 4P11.11, 15, 1809 t . 13 F. IZ 6893] (PRICK SIX-PENCE. THEATRE ROY Al ~ HAYMARKET. - •- THIS PRESENT EVENING,' APRIL 15, will' be performed the Historical Play of KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. To which will H be added the E QUAKER.MusicaI Farce of T m on day, King Richard the Third ; with (positively the last •ime ,Cason) Mother Goose. Widneiliy, the Dramatic Opera of the Exile. ARMY. rr() be SOLD, at his Majesty's regulation price of 1 ,c. 3, a Cornetey in the 3d Dragoons, now stationed near Ler,lon.-I.etters addressed (post paid) to A. B. No. 4, Cork s. Uond•strcet, London, will be duly attended to. N. B. None but principals, or accredited Army Agents' need --- ptv;Eg. NEAR HARROW ON THE HILL, MIDDLESEX. 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I`llE Purchasers of the above-mentioned Work are respectfully informed, that Mr. BEI.SHAM has lately sampleted Two Volumes of STATE PAPERS, AuTIiORI'CIES, and DOCURIENTS, designed to acco:npany and illustrate ;;:, History; and they may now be had of all Booksellers, peke ',:re Guinea, in boards. They are sold separately, for the accommodation of former Purchasers of the History; but they will be subjoined to each prate Volume of the new Edition of the History, which, with t2:cs. Appendages, will, in future, be sold at Six Guineas, in :Ards—Bridp,..-street, London, Aptil, 1809. AIiSS TAYLOR'S MEMOIRS OF MRS. CLARKS. This day were published, r 'l7 t?y printed on a fine Drawing Paper, in small octavo, em isli-ht.d with the only Likeness of this celebrated Person ever r:: rd. price only i;s. in extra boards, UTHENTIC MEMOIRS of MRS. NARY -4- ANN CLARKE, in which is pourtrayed, the Secret His a/n(1 Intrieues of many Characters in the first Circles of and High Life ; and containing the whole of her Cor r • 7 .:,dense tiering the time she lived under the Protection of Highness the Duke of York, the gallant Duke's Love cr., and other intsrestirg Papers never before published. Churrns such as licr's would stir as holy hermit.—OT WAY. " Such Helen was, and who can blame the boy, " That in so bright a flame consum'd his Troy." By MISS TAYLOR. London : Published by Thomas 'Pegg, No. 111, opprsi•e Bow Cheapside; T. Goddard, No. 1, Pail.-Mall; atai J. Su ....es land, Leith -street, 'Edinburgh. 3PP I Y . - . Z.,i , ( 0 r.-• * . .-- .z • - _ • ,• -•• ' „i• ~7 ise ..... 14 "'V ' . ' • . ' ~ .. e '1 . ‘".. :e.. . '. O. ' • i • . , . of • p _ .-i I. 4.. . • ' Ls -..,, '4.• , , V , c . Ar.• V* ( -7-- .F:S .N \ 1.... I -.. , .:;.- - ‘ c ?—r •c 1 , 4 -'N , N. , ".4 ~ , , C r - Q. o.t-H : ,,,5) 1., -, ~ , . , ..__. ,-- _ ....- „ L „. .;.,,, . \ .. 4 • ' cS. :, Vz , :.- , • however, how galling must it be to his feelings to be superseded ' by an Officer so much hit junior in service, as Sir Arthur Wel lesley. It must be evident, that in making these remarks, he could have had no communication with Sir John Cradock, and he trusted, that if any blame attached to them, it would not be imputed to Sir Wm Cradock, but to his own warmth of friend- . ship. All he wished was, that it shatild be declared that the su-' percession of Sir John Cradock, was not in consequence of any isfaction at his conduct. became' the property of Lord Yarborough. Of this lease a certain number of years were unexpired, when Government thought proper to purchase it, for the benefit, avowedly, of Chelsea Hospital. But what was done after the purchase ? Why, that to which he objected, u well because the proceeding would tend to spotlit magnificent establishment, as because 4t was a scandalous job—the effect of which would C. be, to deprive the Hospital of twenty times more be nefit than It could confer. upoa the individual for, whose tan It was meant. To this individual was appropriat a fine piece of land adjoining the river, Which ought to have been "reserved for the use of the , Hospital, particularly under existing circumstances, 'data the Oat increase of our militany force was so Dkely to renier necessary an extension of the Chelsea "establish t. Big the alienation of this property from the klbspital„ sw-,zs not more to be deprecated than the " • in which it was to be used. Colonel • , • ,tstai s ,lt ap eared, to be built upon l l tfames; . fietw t['talitai the In lirmairf—eo that this useful Instituden, which was already too"much hemmed in by buildings and plan tations, was, by Colonel Gordon, to be completely shut out from the river, so indeed as to deprive the sick soldiers of the free circulation of air. It appeared to h;m very extraordinary that the officers at Chelsea did not remonstrate against the matter of which he complained. l'he Government Surveyor, who was resident at Chelsea, seemed deficient in his duty in not reporting upon it. He must say also, that the Phy sician and Surgeon of the Infirmary ought to have pointed out the grievance to which he felt it his duty to call the attention of the House. Indeed he could hardly suppose that any Member who would take the trouble of walking down and looking at the premises, would entertain a different sense of duty. It must excite any man's complaint to see an attempt made for the accommodation of an individual, to take away from the comfort, in old age, of a mer tarious body of men who had spent the greater part of ther life in a hard service. What a pity that such men should be inconvenienced for the mere purpose of a job, or at least of that which had all the appearance of a job.— He should be happy if Ministers should explain the business, so as to remove the impression upon his mind, that it was deserving of this character. But if they could not, sure he was that it would appear to any visitor, as it did to him, that an infirmary ap propriated to our sick soldiery, was cqoped up, was deprived of the free air, so essential to their recovery, merely for the purpose of gratifying an individual. The course he meant to pursue was, first to move for a Copy of the Warrant of the Treasury, under which the grant of the Land alluded In was made to Colo nel Gordon—which Warrant was, it appears, dated the 11th of March, 1809. When this Warrant should be laid before the House, he had it in contemplation to move that the Physician and Surgeon of the Hos pital should be called to the Bar, in order to their ex amination as to the consequences likely to result to the sick from such a structure as that of Colonel Gor don, by whom it Was designed to erect a wall eight feet high between his ground and the infirmary. The motion being read, Mr. LONG rose, and sail, that as one of the Com missioners for super ntending the concerns of Chelsea Hospital, he felt it his duty to pay every possible atten tion to the comforts of the meritorious persons resi dent therein ; and he was certain that such also was the feeling of all his colleagues. In consequence, there fore, of the representation of Dr. Mosely, the phy sician to the Hospit ii, that an:infirmary was much wanted, it being inconvenient to have the sick placed at the top of the Hospital, the lease of the ground al luded to was purchased. Of this ground, all that was deemed necessary by the architects of the medical* men was set apart in an infirmary, which was ac cordingly erected ; and if all the ground had been required, it would have been so appropriated—for the ground which remained, Col. Gordon, it appear ed, presented a Memorial to the Treasury, tendering terms for a lease of it. The Surveyor-General, as is usual in all cases with regard to Crown Lands, was ordered-to make a Report as to the value of the ground bid for by Col. Gordon, and when this report was made, according to the tenor of the Act, the ap plication of that Officer was complied with, but upon • terms different from those he had originally proposed. The Hon. Baronet was, no doubt, aware that it was open to any other person to bid for this Land. Ac cording to the Act introduced by Mr. Pitt in 1794, to regulate the disposal of Crown Lands, it was enacted, that it should be referred to the Surveyor- General to inquire as to the value of 'any such land about to be let, and'that two Surveyors should swear to that value before the Treasury should dispose of it. All those prescriptions had been complied with in. this transaction, an therefore, if the Hon. Baronet would complain, his complaint must apply to the ACt. So far, from the contract with Col. Gordon being objectionable, he really believed, that if the ground had been put up at public action, better terms could not be obta n.td for it. This was so strongly his impression, and he also thought any complaint relative to the Hospital so groundless, that he was fully inclined to think, that when all the papers con nected with the business were laid before the House, the Hon. Baronet himself would feel the propriety of declining to take any further proceeding upon it. The fact was, that there was but a small piece of this ground tit for building upon, the remainder btiag made ground for gardens. The Right Hon. Gentle man assured the House that as much of this ground had been set apart for the purpose of the Infirmary as the Surveyor-General and the Medical Genilitinen thought necessary. Every care was taken to guard that building against any inconvenience. To the production of the papers moved for by the Honour able Baronet he could have no objection. But he would move for other papers, in order that the House should be enabled to understand the whole of the case. - He would move for Copies of the Report of the Surveyor-General, with that of the Surveyor* Lord LIVERPOOL protested against Ministers being called to recount in this way, fur any military appointihents which they •niight advise his Majesty to make. I'he conunaad of the army Ifras part of the King's prerogative, to be exercised under the ad-: 'Tice of his Ministers, and these Ministers were responsible for the conduct of such Offices as they might recommend for particu- LI. commands. He deprecated the making of such appointments he subject of a canvas in Parliament. He did not think the toountry was likely to be the better served, if they were made its koMpliance with such recommendations. He was happy to bear k in to the excellent conduct of Sir John Cradock, not only kin Portugal, but in every part of the world in which he had bee& e . suplUyet!. Loni.BUCKINGHAMSHIRE expressed his gratitude to the girelkie earl for the honourable testimony be bad borne to the mi ry eh:starer of his - fticnii.- He Ntkl aot ivielv to dame thi,NAB F.arl to a diclosnie of the snotivos of Mini,ters for superae4ng Sir John Ciadock in the command in Portugal, and he fully a.greed wi:h him that his Majesty was e.ampt tent to appoint such officers as he pleased to the command of the army. Lord LIMERICK professed a warm regard for Sir John Cradock. After some explanation between Lords Live:it co ot. and Au C It• LA NDS their Lordships adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, A Message from the Lords announced their Lordships' assent to the Irish Flax-seed BilL • Mr. Alderman COMAE presented a Petition front the Inha bitants of West Smithfield, against the removal of _Smithfield Market, which was read and laiu nit the tabl.!. Mr. GRANT brought in the 9th Report ofthe Commissioners of Military Inquiry, which was laid on the table: and ordered to be printed. Mr. lonnsom, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ire land, presented accounts relating to the application of the 500,0001. granted for the Inland Navigation of Ireland. Mr. IRVINE presented sundry Custom-house Accounts, ascer taining the quantity of sugar imported into Great Britain and Ireland, for 1808. The Woollen Manufactory Acts Alteration .and Amend ment Bill wan, after some remarks from Mr. R0:11 7 , read a first time.—Ordered to be printed, and read a second tune this day fortnight. t ~~ ;., NEW WRIT. On the Motion of Mr. WALLIS., a New Writ was oriere,l to he issued for a Commissioner to s:rve in Parliament fur hdin burgn, in the room of the Right lion. Mr. Robert Dunilas, uhu since his election had accepted !he OlEce of Chief Secretary tor Ireland. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. On the Motion of Sir C. HAMILTON, the Order of the day for the attendance of Daniel Butler, at. the bar of the House, was Sir C. HAMILTON stated the circum s tances attending the Arrest, and Daniel Butler being called to the bar, The SPEAKER Informed him that a complaint had been made against him by Sir C. Hamilton, for having arrested and insulted him, and he was now called on to say what he had to offer in ci cuse for his conduct ? _ _ Ile !vial' appeared extremely agitated, and held a paper in Li; nand, which, on being interrogated, he said he could not read. He knew its cou:ents, but had neither written nor dictated them. lie was unit:rillto withdraw. . . Sir C. HAMILTON moved for his being recalled and exami- fled as to whether he (Sir Charles) had not endeavourt d to sa tisfy him that he was net the person named in the writ, (who was an Irish Baronet of the name of John Charles Hamilton) but also that lie was a Mentlit.v of Parliament. Uutlz:r bt ing recliled, was examined as to this point; bat his answer was iaaailible. Oct his withdrawing the second time, e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there coeld be tut ene way of treating this affair. He applauded the Ho nourable Baronet for bringing it forward in the manner he had" dour, and from motives so extremely proper and jus tlible. He had acted towards the person vii:h the utmost fGrbearince, and the present was the only mode that remained of punishing his contumacy. The SPEAKER put the question, " That Daniel Butler had been guilty of a breach of tile privilege* of the Home," which was agreed to. Mr. BARHAM wished it to be generally understood, that, ,even after all the insults which had been offered to Sir C. Hamil ton, he was extremely desirous to excuse Butler if any apo logy had been Dude; but nowe would be o&•ted by that rev-wit till he knew the matter was to be brought before the Ht.use of Commons. ...... On the question from the SPEAKER, Daniel Butler was for his offence ordered to be Committed to Newgate, and a warrant issued accordingly. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for SCOTLAND brought up the Report of a Committee, which had pa+sed a Reiciltrion that British ship! captured, and then recaptured, should be regiitert d as if they had not been captured at all.—Resol::tion agreed to, and Dill ordered accurdin2,ly. .IRTINIQUE. Mr. C. c.lA,lfi wished to know from Ministers how the pro duce of lilaiWyse was intended to be inade a branch of our co lonial trade ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that having read the Articles of Ca:dtulation, the Honourable Gen tleman knew as well as Ministers all the agreement that had been made on that subject at the surrender of the island. lie had however to inform him, that peremptory instructions had been given to our Commanders in that quarter not to agree to any terms or articles which would permit the produce of the Island in any way to be brought in. The matter was therefore still perfectly open for Government to make any arrangement ; and he had further to assure the Honourable Gentleman, that it was not their intention to allow any of the produce of Marti• ' nique to be imported into this country for home conssunption, but merely for exportation. cHELsEA coLLent --COLONEL GORDON. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT rose, pursuant to the notice, which in his opinion he had be:a called upon very unnecessarily togive upon this subject,t, make his promised motion. But yet he had complied with the request of a notice, as the Hon. Gentleman on the other side appeared to be so ignorant of the case. At this ignorance, however, he confessed extremely stir rized, because he thought it impossible for any man to see the land upon which Colonel Gordon's house was preparing to be built, or to have any idea of its situation conti4uous to Chelsea Hospital, and par ticularly to the infirmary, v. ithout being convinced that such a building should not be permitted, and tit the whole bargain which gave that Officer possessicm of this ground, ought to be revokcd. It was impos sible for any man to give an accurate idea of the state of this land, as it depended so much upon locality.— But from the view which, accompanied by a Member of that House, he had taken of it in the course of the morning, he was enabled to assert, that such a build ing ought not to be tolerated. The ground upon which this building was to be erected, was, he un derstood, originally crown land, a long lease of which was granted to Sir R. Walpole, which lease ORDNANCE OFFICE, April 1, 1809. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of XIS JESTri ORDNANCE, do herey give Notice, That Proposals will be received at their office in Pall• Mall, on or before Wednesday the 19th day of April instant, from such Persons as may be willing to undertake the supply of a List of Stores and Articles denominated PETTY EMPTIONARY ; consisting (among others) of Ask Staves, Tallow, Grease, Soap, Line for quilting Shot, Pitch, Tar, Baskets, and Birch Brooms, for service of this Department, for a period of three years. Separate offers for any part of the supply will be rewired and considered, and Patterns of the whole of the Articles may be viewed, upon application at the Principal Storekeeper's Office in the Tower, were further particulars, together with the Terms and Conditions of the Contract, may be known; and also at the Secretary's Office, in Pall-Ma ll aforesaid, any day, between th e hours of ten an d four o'clock, where also the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up, and endorsed " Proposals for Petty Emp : tionary Articles," but no Proposal can be admitted after the said 19th day of April, at twelve o'clock at neon of the same day, neither will any Tender be noticed, unless the party making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall attend. By Order of the Board, R. X. CREW, Secrets". RL lAMENTAR r PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 14. The Irish Flax Seed Bill was read a third time, and pawed. The Eighteenpenny Duty Bill, the Naval Officers Widows' Pension Bill, the Irish Provisions Bill, and the Irish Sugar Bill, passed through Committees, and were Reported. Colonel DKIN &WATER presented the Ninth Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry. Mr. Kemp from the Ex cise Office, Accounts of Penalties and Compositions for Penal ties ; and Mr. Irving from the Customs, AccOunts relative to the Trade with America.—Ordered to lie on the table. Sir James Graham, Lord Robert Seymour; Mr. Clephane, and other Members of the House of Commons, brought up some pri vate bills, which were read a first time; and also Sir George Bro. grave's and Campbell's Divorce bills returned agreed to. Lord AUCKLAND lahton the table a Report of the Commis sioners respecting the redemption of the land tax. MARTINIQUE. The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave notice for Monday to more the Thanks of the HOUSe to tie army and navy employed in the Siege of Martinique. On his Lordship's motion, the Lordisvcre ordered to be summoned for Monday. CAMPAIGN IN SPAINSPANV•II TREATY. The Earl of LIVERPOOL laid on the table sow further pa pers respecting the Campaign in Spain ; which were ordered to be printed. Earl GREY postponed his motion respecting the campaign in Spain till Friday. The order for summoning the Lords for Tues day was discharged, and renewed for Friday. Lord AU CK LAND was anxious to obtain some further infor mation from Ministers relStin,g to the treaty with Spain, and the late unfortunate txpedition to that country. There was one ar ticle in the treaty which struck him as being very extraordinary. In that we stipulated to acknowledge no King of Spain but Fer dinand, or such lawful successor as should be approved by the Spanish Nation. Now it might possibly happen that Joseph Bo naparte may be approved by the Spanish Nation. The impro ' pi lety of thus prematurely pledging ourselves must be obvious to their Lo dsl.ips. He had also wished for explanations of some of the papers relating to the expedition to Spain. In one of the tiro letters of Mr Frere to Sir John Moore, allusion is nude to a verbal message that would be delivered to the latter. lt 'meld be desirable, previous to the discussion on the subject of thicon • duct of the campaign, that their Lordships should be put in po , - session of the substance of that verbal communication. The in formation, too, respecting the measures taken to prevent the fleet in Ferrol from falling into the hands of the enemy, was very de fective. It consisted only of two documents: an injunction from the Admiralty to the naval officer commanding the south-west coast of Spain " to take care of the Spanish fleet," and the answer of Admiral De Ceurcey, " the fleet is gone, and inclosed is a List of ships." The returns of casualties too, thouigh far exceeding what it was assirtcd they would be found to amount to, were, he suspr:ted,very defective. They amounted to the cam:mous loss of nearly 71.(i0; but in this no allowance, he imagined, WAS made for the itrimerse number of persons, nut strictly soldiers, ' who are always attached to an army. There was a dettct also in I I the returns of the cavalry. The number employed in Spain, ex- I elusive of the waggon train, amounted to upwards of 4000,0ut of which he understood not above 370 horses were brought home. It was als., desirable that returns should be made of the number of men who died in the hospitals since their return, in conse quence of the hardships and sulf.rings they und3rwent in the re • treat. These, he was carry to hecs, were very considerable.— His Lordship concluded with expressing his hopes that h , : should obtain such information from Ministers as would preclude the necessity oi his making any molion on the losses to which he had adverted. The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, that many of the points cientioeed by the Noble Lord, were more properly subjects of argument than explanation. There were, however, two points on which he was disposed to give every information in his power. The first regarded the verbal mess:q.: sent by Mr. Frere to :fir John Moore. Of the substance of this he had ao knowledge whatever. The letters, in one of which 'here was an allusion to it, digit not come buiore Government in an oflizial shape. With respect to the returns of the casualties, they were as comprehen sive as they could possibly be. 'Tl.ey includes' the lost s in the battles of Roleia and Vimiera, the camp tign in Spain, and in short of .41 the losses, from the tenet of tae sailing of the dilicrent expeditions to their return. Earl (I.EY could not agree with the Noble Lord that the questions put by his Noble Friend were rather sulaje-.es for argu ment than explanation. If Ministers were not possessed of the substance of the extraordinary message from Mr. Frei . . to Sir J. Moore, they certainly could not be expected to lay it before the House. The returns of the casualties were improperly made out ; that is, it was impossible to ascertain from them the precise amount of our loss inSpain ; the vary point he wissrd to get at. His Lordship supported the observation of Lord Auckland, re specting the inipolicy and absurdity of that article of the Treaty with Spain relating to the recognition of no King but Ferdinand, or his lawful successor. The House had no infirmation that the abdication of King Charles was voluntary, or, that that abdica tion bad been in any way communicated to the Government. Lord AUCKLAND, in a few words across the table, pointed out to the Noble Secretary what he presumed to be an error in the date of one of the articles of the treaty. 81R JOHN ORADOCK*SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY* The Earl of BUCKINGHAKSHIRF. wished to say a few words, in consequence of a recent appointmeist to the Command in Chief in Portugal, whereby an Olhcer of great merit would be superseded, in a ntanni.r that must sensibly wound his feelings. Trhis was the more to be regretted, because a great deal of mis representation had gone abroad with respect to the conduct of that Officer (dr J. Cradock), at Madras ; but to whom it could be proved by the most incontrovertible evidence, no blame ought to be attached. The conduct of Sir John Cradock, in various services, had been spoken of in the highest linos by several dit anguished Officers; among whom were, the late I.ord Grey, in the attack on Martinique, Lord Hutchinson in iiis dispatches from Egypt, and Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in conversaion with him (the Earl of Buckinghamshire) whilst he had the honour of holding the office of Secretary of state for the war department. Sir John Cradock had the highest testimonials in his favour, and was an Officer of the greatest merit. It was under these circum stances that he wished for explanation. Sir John Cradock had been appointed to succeed Sir Harry Burn:l in the Command in Chief in Portugal, and was informed by Lord Castlerekth, that Sir John Moore had been previously appointed to coniniaiid the arrc.y about to march into Spain, and that if Sir John Moore should find himself under the necessity of returning to Ptiraigal, it was wished tkat he should retain the command of it. Sir John Moore was an. Officer ^f nearly the same standing as S:r John Cradock, axd the latter aisseotssi so this arrangement. Now, read.