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Second Ed tion, £l. ls. l'he Oto.r k v ea, a Collection of Moral, Literary, and Familiar Buoys, complete in 3 vols. 135. Finsbury-square, May 16. • FRENCH PAPERS. • PARIS. MAY 5. ARMY or PORTUGAL. The army has continued its march : it quitted, on the 23d March, the route of Almeida, and proceeted upon Guar,l.a ; there it remained till the 28th without seeing the enemy. It took the direction of Sabugal to traverse the mountain. The 6th and Bth corps had entered Spain. The General in Chief was at Ciudad Rodrigo, and the 2d corps, under General Regnier, *.:as in front of Sahngal. On the 3d April, the latter being informed of the approach of the enemy, made his dispositions accordingly, by taking a position on a height behind Sabugal, where he could observe the movements of the enemy and check them. A thick fog favoured the forming of the English army, consisting of six divisions and 25,000 men ; it ex tended to the left of General Regnier, on the road to Penamacor, and after having formed in masses on the declivity on that side betore arriving at the Coa, pre sented itself on the banks of that river. The fog be ing dissipated, General Regnier judged it to he the intention of the enemy to get before him on the road An Alfayates. He immediately placed upon that point his posts from the Col and the brigade of Hendelet, Nvhilst thesbrigade of Sarrut remained on the height to wait for the enemy. The height was soon attacked by the heads of the enemy's columns. The 2d light and 36th of the line precipitated them selves spontaneously on the enemy, overthrew all ob stacles, and pursued the enemy to their reserve. The English redoubled their efforts against the height.— General Regnier brought up the first brigade of the second division to support the brigade of Sarrut. The enemy were constantly repulsed and mowed down by the artillery. The 2d corps, master of all its move menl s, retreated by echelons, in the greatest order. The enemy endeavoured to cut off the last echelon, which awaited its tern to quit the eminence, but the General of Brigade Soult made so vigorous a charge on the flank of the enemy, with a squadron of the Ist regi ment of hussars and the 22d of chasseurs, that he drove back all that were not sabred. This last action threw the enemy to a distance. The 2d corps arrived the same day at Alfayates. Our loss in this affair was 200 killed and wounded. The prisoners whom we have taken estimate their loss , as very great. We have reason to believe that they had 6 or 700 killed and wounded, by the terrible fire of grape from our artillery, by the brilliant charges of our infantry, and, above all, of our light Wahl. SIEGE OF CADIZ. Some days after the battle of Chiclana, the Duke de Belluno marched against the parties of insurgents which were spread around the Medina-Sidonia. This town was retaken by our troops, and the insurgents entirely dispersed. The labours of the siege have been resumed with new activity, and the bombardment continues. The effect of our batteries has been such as to oblige the enemies vessels to remain in a bad anchorage, a station so dangerous, that they were ex posed to the effects of a dreadful hurricane, which I#ste fiom the 27th to the 29th of March-150 ves sels of all classes lost their anchors, and were driven Upon the rocks, where they were lost. Great dissentions prevail at CAUIZ. The English *siert that they failed at Chiclana, in the project of raising the siege, because the Spaniards did not sum port them. The Spaniards, on their side, assert, that they were not supported by the English. The fact is, that the combined army was actually '22,000 strong ; that the Spaniards kept I,t the head of the column, and were beaten ; they lost 2000 men and several • standards, which proves beyond a doubt that they were in the action. Nothing can more strongly cha iacterise the present epoch, and the spirit of falsehood of the English, than this imprudence of publithing officially such gross falsehoods in contradiction to the testimony of facts. One can have no confidence in the statements, howl ver official, which are published in England ; they are all rendered subservient to po. - liticel purposes, and to the object of disguising from the people the danger of the contest in which Eng land is engaged. rAtLi;imEArrifkr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OP LORDS. MAY 17. BERRF.LisY PEER/46e. The Committee of Privileges was numerously attend/4 this day at had two o'clock, wheu the Suhcitor-General proceed ed to call Mr. Fendail and Mr. Chapeau, the Later of whom was examihed at great lergth. Tbe turther proceedings were post poned till Tuesday. ROXBURGH ESTATES. The LORD CHANCELLOR hull the enadderation of the Roxixirgh Caws for Wednesday; with a determination to bring them on on ibit day. PROTESTANT HISSINTERS. Viscount SIDMOUTH moved, 44 That the Bill relating to Disseining Clergymen be read the second time." 4 ' Earl STANHOPE, on the ground of a thin atten dance, and also of giving further time for those vibe considered themselves aggrieved, suggested the pro priety of postponing the second reading at least for a few days. Earl GREY concurred in the recommendation of his Noble Friend (Earl Stanhope), as time might be afforded for those concerned in the maintenance of the Toleration Act to petition ; and on.account of the distance of many in remote parts, such as that part' to which he belonged, he would press upon the No ble Viscount's consideration, whether it would not be better to let'this measure lie over till another Ses- I sion of Parliament. It was a Bill of considerable importance, and was entitled to the discussion of a full House. Viscount SIDMOUTH referred to what passed on a former day, when there was a general understand ing the discussion should take place on the question going into a Committee on Tuesday. Fromthe cons. , munication which had existed between him and the Dissenters on this subject, he expected their support instead of opposition. But if they had altered their opinions, it was both just and proper they should have more time to state those altered opinions in the way of petition to the House. On these grounds he moved, that instead of the word now, the word Tuesday' be inserted." Earl GROSVENOR said a few words expressive of his approbation of this measure. The Earl of ROSSLYN suggested, that the ad journment of the Berkeley Peerage was to Tuesday, and thought another day would be more convenient. After a few words from the Earl of BUCKING HAMSHIRE, Lord REDESDALE said, he did not see the propriety of postponing public business on account of the Berkeley Peerage. His Lordship then urged several topics in defence of the principle of the Noble Viscount's Bill. A similar measure had been proposed, with some differences, when he held an offi cial situation, and when he prepared a bill, though it was afterwards given up, from causes he could not explain ; but from all he heard, the measure then met with general approbation. Lord SIDMOUTH did not wish to press the Bill with unnecessary haste. He considered its object to be the strengthening of that respect in which religion ' ought always to be held, and not the infringement of toleration. The Bill was then ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next, and the Lords were ordered to be summoned for that day. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned till Monday. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Grand Junction Canal Water Works Bill was read a third time and passed. The Extra Parochial Bastards Bill was read a second time, and committed for Monday next. Mr. MELLISH presented a Petition against the Highway Bill. Mr. LOCKHART brought up a Bill for regulating the Re gistry of Charitable Donations—which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next, and printed. ' The Quarantine Bill war committed. Report on Monday. The Irish Transportation Bill was read a first time, and order 'ed to be read a second time on Monday. The East India Establishment Bill was read a second time.— Ordered to he committed on Monday. The Canada Rum Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The Irish Butlerage Wine Bill was read a first time, and or dered to be wad a second time one day. The Cinque Ports Justice Bill, he Bank of Ireland Seen rity Bill, were read a second time and committed for Monday. The Matt Duties Explanation Bill, the Inland Coal Bill, and the £4 , 900,000 Loan Bill pass e d through Committees, and were reported. Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notice that he would, on Friday next, move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of an Act as imposed Duties on Advertisements and Hand-bills in Ireland. The Newfoundland Trade Bill went through a Comndttee, and the Report ordered for Monday. The Copper Duty Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. W. POLE brought up a Bill it) authorise the punishment of hard labour to be inflicted on those liable to transportation, and to repeal so much of an Act as related to that subject ; which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on 'Thursday keit. The (rid Militia Volunteering Bill was read a third time and The The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the House at its rising that day, do adjourn to Monday. Ordered. The Portuguese Treaty litH was read a third time and passed. Mr. W. POLE brought in the Irish Uonunissiouers Public School Bill, It was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time an Monday. The Southern Whale Fishery Bill was read a 9d time and Based. HIGHWAY BILL. Sir JOHN SINCLAIR moved the commitment of the High way Bill. The SPEAKER submitted to the House, as the Bill was of great importance and very minute detail, that it would be better to have it go to a Committee above stairs, where it could be care fully considered, and undergo an accurate revision. The Bill was accordingly referred to a Select Committee. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT BECOMING BANKRUPTS. Mr. THOMPSON gave notice that he would on an early day move for leave to bring In a Bill to declare vacant the Seats of all Members of Parliament who should be proclaimed Bankrupts, and should not pay their debts in full within siz months after the date of the Comittissiun.--LHear ! hear'.] DUTCH SHIPS. • Sir FRANCIS BURDETT moved to enforce the Orders already made by the House, relative to the nett pfoceeds of the Dutch ships. On the suggestion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, he postponed his motion till Monday. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then moved for a long Aries of Accounts respecting the nett proceeds of the Dutch East-India ships put under the manage ment of the East-India Company, and captured be fore September, 1795 ; also for a return of the ships prosecuted in Admiralty Courts of our West-India Colonies. MR. ST. JOHN MASON. Mr. SHERIDAN presented a Petition from a gen tleman, a member of the Irish Bar, a W. St. John Macon, complaining of severe oppressions alledged to hoe keen suffered by bier under the Adminisuation of the Earl of Hardwicke. The Petition stated, in, substance, th a Mr. Mason had b e en arrested while\ on circuit in I , eland, i* the year 1805, and lodged in jail on so spicion of treasonable 'practices; tha%-he re mained in confinement for two years, during which time he was repeatedly, but ineffectually, applying to be brought t' trial, or made acquainted with the I causes of his demtion. These allegations, he stated, could be proved ; and that he was then in humble at tendance upon that Honourable House, to give his evidence in support of them. Mr. W. POLE had no doubt that Lord Hard wicke had sufficient grounds for procuring the arrest of this gentleman. The information upon which he had been taken up was secret, and from his know ledge of that information, he had no hesitation in saying that Lord Hardwicke bad not only grounds for what he did, but that he would have been guilty of a gross dereliction of his public duty if he had not done so. He had no objection, however, to the Pe tition lying upon the table. The Petttiu.n was then ordered to lie OR the table, after a few words from Messrs. Sheridan, Wellesley Pole, and Peter Moore. BRITISH AND IRISH swam. Mr. Secretary RYDER. brought up the Militia In terchange Bill. On the question that it be read a first time, Lord TEMPLE rose, and apologised fur so unu sual a proceeding as that of opposing the first reading of a Bill ; but the principle of the present Bill was so hostile to every feeling of his mind, that his opposi -eion to it could not be removed by any subsequent modification of the provisions of the Bill itself. He should have opposed the motion for leave to bring in the Bill; bad he not been kept from the House by the illness of ,a. near relation. He objected to the Bill, first, because it involved in its consequences a direct breach of faith with the Militia, inasmuch as the Mi litia had enlisted for service confined to the soil.— ( Here Mr. Secretary Ryder intimated across the table, that with respect to those already in the Militia, the interchange would he altogether optional.) This mode though not so objectionable, was yet, in the opinion of the Noble Lord, one that ought not to be adopted. It would put the Officers at the mercy of the men ; for, according as the men determined in that country must the officers. This went to affect the first princi ple of subordination. Another objection was, that if one part of a regiment volunteered, and the other did not, there would be two distinct services ; the evils of which were obvious. He further objected upon a constitutional ground. The Militia was a species of military force, that might be said to .be independent of the Crown —it was a force independent of the Standing Army. Besides, it might deprive the ser vice of the talents of the ablest of the Militia offi cers ; and without meaning any thing invidious, it could not be forgotten, that it was a different thing to an English country gentleman to go over to Ireland, and to an Irish country gentleman to come over here with his regiment, where he must have come at all 1 events to attend his Parliamentary duties. Another ' objection was, that it would cut up root and branch the means for recruiting the Army. The effect of it must be to increase the bounty to the substitute by increasing the reluctance to enter the Militia, and thereby throw great additional burden on the public- Mr. Secretary RYDER answered the general ob. jections of the Noble Lord. He denied that there was any breach of contract expressed or implied, and admitted that if that could be made out, the objection ought to outweigh all the other great public advan tages expected to result from the measure. As to the objection, that the men were to be put in opposition to their officers, the Bill would put men and Offi cers jowl pans. There would not be the slightest difference as to their respective right of volunteering. The personal, inconveniencics that might affect in dividual officers he lamented, but still thought that they. were not to be put in competition with the great public advantages likely to result from the Bill. Mr. HERBERT 'spoke highly in praise of the principle of the Bill. Colonel BASTARD could not sit silent and hear it said that this Bill was not a breach of faith—it was the greatest possible breach of public faith with the Militia. Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked if it was the inten tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman to propose any clause to secure the Irish Roman Catholic the undis turbed exercise of his religion in case of his serving in his regiment in England ? Mr. Secretary - RYDER replied, that the Bill would place each regiment in the same situation precisely in the country to which it came, as that which it enjoyed in the country it had left. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next. EXEMPTION OF FOREIGNERS FROM THE PROPERTY TAI. Mr. HOWARTH rose to make his promised Mo tion for doing away the exemption granted to Fo reigners holding property in our funds from the Pro. perry Tax. Let us examine, he said, into,the relation in which the Fereigner stands, who residing abroad, pos sesses property in our funds. Let us examine under what. conditions he became possessed of that stock, what faith has been either expressed pr implied, what honour pledged to him under which he can derive any colour of right to be placed on a different footing from the general mass of stockholders.. In the first place. , none of the Government Loans have been contracted with foreigners. The loan is necessarily compleat ed before the stock is created. There is then no pledge on the part of Government towards I foreigners. Why then, there can be no violation of national faith—there can be no sacrifice of public principle; and I call uptet the advocates of this clause of exemption to shew the contract, if it exists, by Which any exception is taken, or any exemption se cured, or even promised, to the property of Aliens. — I can find no such contract. Foreigners become stock-holders by purchase. The stock is in the mar ket before they can become proprietors. They aan only purchase that right in it which the seller was pos sessed of ; and by that purchase they are placed in the same situation, subject to the same regulations and liable to the same contingencies with the original subscribers. If then you break no 'faith in taxing the annuities payable to natives, you break none to fo reigners. Taxing natives and exempting foreigners is a gross injustice. He concluded by moving, that this subject be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The C RANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, aot because there was any pledge given to the foreigner that his property should not he taxed, but because, during the present war, the rigla of exemption had been admitted several times by P,tr liament. Besides, the enemy might think we were driven to our last resource, if we had recourse to this measure. Sir T. TURTON supported the motion. Mr. P. CAREW spoke against it. Mr. HOWARTH replied ; after which the ques tion was put, and the motion negatived. DELAY IN 111 E COURT 0/ CHANCERY. Mr. M.A. TAYLOR brought forward his motion relative to the delay of suitors in the Court of Chancery. The general outline of Mr. Taylor's argument was, that the House had al readrwaited too long for the remedy that had been promised from another quarter—that it ought, at all events, to examine into the-causes of the evil, that they might be better prepared to deride on the remedy when it came bcfore them—that the remedy to be proposed from another quarter, if be bad been correctly informed of its name, would not remove the evil. That it would hardly do any good to apppoint a Vice. Chancellor, or another Master of the Rolls, and to make the Chancellor solely a Judge of Appeal. He suggested that the Chancellor ought to be relieved from the Bankrupt Causes—tad that Judges of Appeal should be appointed in the Hogan of Lords, to sit, notwithstanding any adjournment or prorogatioo. He &averted to the vast arrear of• Appeals, and to the delays in Chancery—and stated, that it was of importance to inquire a he. cher this was owing to a temporary or permanent cause. It was a remarkable circumstaoce, that the number of bills now bled is Chancery, was not greater than the outnber filed in the time of Lord Hardwicke. He concluded by moving a reference to a Committee to examine into the causes of the delay in Chancery suits and Appeals to the Lords. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, on the ground that the Report of the Committee of Lords would be soon Wel on the table. He moved the previous question, but afterwards withdrew it, 'to make way for the amendment of Mr. LOCKHART, who proposed that the debate be adjourned till Thursday' Sir S. ROMILLY, after adverting strongly to the magnitude of the evil, which, however, id appeared to think, arose front temporary causes, opposed the Amendment. The House ought to' ex amine the causes for itself, more especially as the reme dy about to be proposed would go far to alter the whole frame of our equity system, and destroy its symmetry and uniformity.. Mr. MARTIN, Mr. ADAM, and Mr. Cls ates ADAMS, sup ported the motion. Mr. Secretary Realm, Mr. Mogan, and Mr. StEPHeN, opposed it. All the speakers bore testimony to the industry sad ability of Lord Eldon in the discharge of his duties. The House divided—For the motion 19—Agdnst it 40—Ma. jority 21. The other Orders were then disposed oflAdjoumed. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, MAY Is. !AMR OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCX. Cons. money 65—for account, 65. 3 per Cent. Reduced 64i 4 per Cent. 79{ 80-5 per Cent. Navy 97 Eacheq. par to 4s. prern.—Bonds 225. 225. prem. The GLEANER hired ketch has arrived at Plymouth with dispatches from Cadiz and Gibraltar : she left Gibraltar on the sth, and Cadiz on the Rth instant.— This vessel brings a confirmation of the capture and destruction of five Reach frigates, on the 14th of Much, off Lissa, in the Adriatic, by the Astratos, Aertvs, CERISERUS, VOLAGE, and ACORN. The action seems to have been very sanguin ar y —the VoLa‘ox alone having lost 100 men. The AMPHION and i I VOLAGE ,bore the brunt of the action. The dispatches brought by the GLEANER from Ca diz are of-tho most gratifying nature. Every thing seems to indicate that the besiegers of that place ar: about to break up for Seville. The Spaniards have taken the important fortress of Figusras, and the coun try between Barcelona and Rosas is completely cleared of the enemy. In the north-eastern extremity of Spain, where the people are farthest removed Iran the aid of Great Britain and the superintendance of their legitimate Oovernment, the patriotic spirit of the inhabitants has done wonders. Letters from Tar- ragona speak generally of the prosperous condi tion of the Spanish affairs in that .quarter ; of the improving discipline of the new levies, and the daily addition to the fortifications of the ton of Tarragona; from which it was augured, that the French would never be ableto possess themselves of the place.—The GLEANtu has brought home several wounded soldiers of the Guards. She had also on board a wounded French General, who died the day previous to her arrival. z .. , An Anholt Mail arrived this morning, but the in telligence brought by it is not of much importance. All seems quiet in the North of Europe, and even the Turkish and Russian armies seem to be at a stand for the present. From Vienna we learn, that many Austrian-Officers of high rank have accepted of ccm mands in the French army, in consequence of the!! being no prospect whatever that their own coun•r' will require their services. Another severe Decree against the liberty of the Press, has been issued is l Holland. Moniteure and other Paris papers to the 9th instaMi have been received. We have extracted from then the statement given of the retreat of MAENA Cll. dad Roirigo, including an account of the affair at Sabugal, in which the French claim a brilliant vic• tory. We have also given from these papersthe French account of their operations at Cadiz. In a subsequent part of their details they acknow ledge the loss of Figueras, which they state WAS taken by means of treachery. It is also mentioned that General SUCUILT arrived before Tarragona, with hs corps d'armee, on the 26th of April, to lay siege the place, and that the trenches were to be opened early in May, In detailing the affair w ith a Fart of the troops under Sir WILLIAM BERESPOnOt the Fotnch lay claim to a great deal of glory , and boast taken 180 prisoners from the Sd, 4th, and IStb Eng lish Regiments of Dragoons. WANTED a FARM of fr more, mos IrArable; wit Ira Pe: ea Ti fa SI er