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Somo might prefer other Minister% and think that af. 1 f a i rs vrowld be better conducted than they were by the viesencidministration, by their rivals—( Hear, hear.) lie was prepared to meet the Noble Lord or his friends on the subject of the conduct of the present Administration; and he was convinced that they would not find, that if the Administration had been in other hands, there would have been any instance of pore vigour, wisdom, or success, than in the present ; or even a comparison with them--(Hear.) Mr. BRAND asked, whether the Right Honour able Gentleman intended to allow the Bill to be Feinted CHA NCELLOR nse of the Members The of the EXCHEQUER said, he certainly meant that. Leave was then given so bring in the Bill. VsHRR OF TIM BLACK ROD. 'The Hon. Mr. BENNETT moved for a copy of the appoint• ment of the Usher of the Black Rod, and an account of his salary and fees. He thought the officersef the House of Lords ought et , be regulated as well as those of the Commons. The emolu ments of the Usher in one year, ending in 1812, amounted to uhciare NE 3 500 ; and he also learned that be gained considerably by the sale of inferior places, which, as well as the tax which his rice k e plised on the Member* of the Upper House, was a spe- CLE3 of profit of a disgusting description. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not dou the propriety of that House having the information sought fo rt but would submit bow far it was proper to make an order on the subject ? Sir F. Molyneux, though in bad health, was yet living, and be could not undertake any thing respecting the filling np a place in the House of Lords. The emoluments of the place were regulated by the Lords : and he imagined that the Com mons milk not approve of a similar order by the Lords. Some better mode might be found by communication from the Com mittee already appointed: and then, as the object desired was information, a proper valuation might be obtained. Mr. TIERNEY could not comprehend how any offence could be taken by the Lords. If the Commons were entitled to ask ix a copy of appointment, why not for amount of emoluments? Puce was nothing in it for the Lords to take even cognisance The object was to make all proper savings after the end of voted interests. A Right Hon. pentleman (Mr. Rose) and his ma, whOm he did not their see, held places that miglit well be regulated. Mr. WYNNE thought that more respect was shewn to the Lerds, ia.an order of the House, tjaa In the applications of a Committee. The SPEAKER said, it came to the same point, only that the Committee were more likely to get a complete enquiry. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. thought it bet ter to get information without raising any question abort pri vileges. Mr. TIERNEY said, that the Usher was not a mere Officer d the Lords : he Was appointed by the Crown, and had duties Amu the Palate. He was an Meer of the Order of the Garter. It was desirable to prevent the office from being given for another life • and if it were so given, that it should be given with the Understanding that Parliament were considering its emoluments. The motion for the copy of the appointment only was put and eatzled. Adjourned at Two o'clock. SINECURE ABOLITION BILL. UST OF THE MAJORITY sor norm lit FAVOUR Or Tat SINECURE ABOLITION RILL. Theme slaked thus • are English County Members. M, IL. Ferguson, General Nonh; D. Adams, C. Folkestone, Visc. "Osborne, Lord F. IlAttley, Sir I. Gel!, P. • Ossulston, Lord Babington, T. Giddy, D. Parnell, H. king, A. Giles, D. Peine, H. & Greenhill, R. *Pelham, Hon. C. . ...11,,1. R. *Gooch, T. S. Ponsonby, Rt.Hon.G, niph, R. M. *Gower, Lord G. L. Ponsonby, Hon. G. illachlopi,B , P. Greenough, G. B. Ponsonby, Hon. F. Boum, W. S. Grenfell, P. Power, R. Bowyer, Sr G. Hamilton, Lord A. Prittie, lion. F. *brand, Hon. T. Hamilton, Sir H. •Pym, F. Brougham, H. Herbert, Hon. W. Romilly, Sir S. lirowne,A. Flibbert, G. Saville, A: osn, Hon. H. Howarth, H. • Scudamore, R. P. 'barren, Hen. P. D. Hughes, W. L. •Sebright, Sir J. Earn', Sir C. littskisson, W. Sharpe, R. b pfnfi. G. Jekyll, J. Shawe, Sir I. &wide, C. Juhtlstone, G. „Shaw, R. (*raft, J. • Keck, G.A. L. . Smith, G. ' Calvert, N. Knight, Robert Smith, J. eunpbeil,Gen.D. Lamb, Hon.W. Smith, A. Canning, Right Hon. Lsogton, W. G. Smith, Win. . G. Latouche, R. Speirs, A. Malone, R. •Lemon, SirW. Stewart, J. Coke,"E. Lemon, J. *Sumner, G. H. Colborne, N.W. R. Lester , B. Talbot, R. Mr. Combe, H. C. Lloyd, Sir E. Tarleton, B. *Cotes, J. Lockhart, J , T. Taylor, W. Craig, J. *Long, R. Taylor, M. A. Creney, 'l'. Longman, G. Taylor, C. W. Daly,ltt.Hn.D.B. •Lowndes, W. Thompson, T. Daniel, R. A. •Lyttleton, Hrt, W. • Thornton, H. , 'Davenport, D. Macdonald, J. l'ierney, Re. Hon. G. Dillon, Hon.H. A. Manning, W. Tracey. C. H. Drake, T. T. , Marryatt, J. • Tremayne, G. H. Drake, W. T. Martin, H. Vansittart, Re. H. R. s nligdge, D. S. ~ Matthew, Hon. M. Vernon, G. G. V. Dundas, Hon. L. " Maule, Hon. W. Wharton, J. Ellis, C. R. Miltimay, Sir H. Whitbread, S. .F.lnel J. Mills, AV. • W ilber force, W. • Fellowes, W. H. *Milton, Vis. Williams, 0. Fitzgera'4, Li H. Moore, P. • Will'ams, Sir R. Fitzgerald, A. •Mostyn, Sir T. Winuington. Sir T. Foley, Hon. alts Neville, Hon. R. Wruttesley, H. °Foley, T. • Newport, Sir J. Wynne, C. W. W. the following, and several other County ).lerubcrs paired off in support of the BPI : • Althorio, Vis. 'Cavendish, Ld. G. °Dickinson, W. 'Bastard, LT. "Coke, 'I. W. , "Guise, Sir W. B. •Illackburne, J. Lefevre, Shaw Manners, General 1 I.IsT OF THE MINORITY ISUO VOTED AGAINST TOL SINECURE. ABOLITION BILL. Anuruther, Sir 1: Ellice, W. O'Brien, Sir E. Apsiey, Lord Farmer, S. Paget, Hon. B. Attersoll,-- Farquhar, I. Paget, Hon. C. , Atbuthnot,Rt.Hlt. Feirts.on, J. Patterson J. C. Fitzhugh, W. P. rectal:Rt. Hon. S. 1 40411, W. Foulkes, E. Phipps, Has. E. haillie, G. ' French, A. Peale, R. Ratkaro, Rt.Hu, C. Gibbs, Sir V. ' •Pitt, W. M. Erne, S. Gordon,!. ' Planer, Sir T. &ad, M. li. Graham, P. • Pole, Re. Hon. W. . 81 erTv I. Graham, S. Porter, Geo. , t•tritotd, Lord G. Gunning, -- Robinson, Hon. F. B 's' PP, C. Coulbourn, H. Robinson, Gen. Bootle, E. W. Hamilton, Hans Rochfort, G. Bradsha w , Hrs. A. C. Hamilton, Si/ C. Rose, Re. Hon. G. ihodrick, Hon. W. 'Harvey, E. Rose, G. H. Smoke, Lord Hill, Sir G. F. Ryder, Re. Hon. R. !dal Sir E. Holford, G. P. Scott, Re. Hon. Sir W. Bruce, T. Holmes, W. Singleton, M. lullkets.l l , Lord •Honblon, LA. Sloane, W. 1 Cal y, C Houston, A A H . Smith, . ' anphsli vert, , Gen. A. Hume, Sir . Smith, T. A. CM*Pbelif A. C Hume , . — Stteyd, R. Castlereagh, Vises. Irving, J. Scott, Claude Clive, w, Jones, G. Somerset, Lord A. Clive, H. Kenrick, W. Stephen, J. e kr.: , lell, Earl of •Mingston, J. Stewart, Hr J. C°6l4l2e r lion. G. *Leycester, H. Strat.an, A. Coke, D. P. Lockhart Sir A. Sullivan, Rt. Hon. J. Cou ~ riellar, T. P. Loftin, Gen. St. Asaph, I.ord ` 4l ll l '. /m.. I.oft, Gen. . • Thynne, Lord J. Colquhouo,A. I.ong, Rt. Hon.C. Thompson, Sir T. Crak es , y , W . Longfield, M. Thynne, Lord G. Davis, R. H. Lay:tine, Lord Ty rw hitt, 'F. Voe t ie s , W. • LOWAber, Jas. Wallace; Re. lin.T. on Drum md. C. H. Lushisigton, R.S. Walpole, Lord Duckett, G. Drummo n d, J. Martial,, ut ke lt ni I. A. WW W arc h a ind r i sß on s ' o. Generalgbe Diligelarl, Dr. Pat. *Mellish r W. Dubsigat Kt. Hn. W. Mootagne, M. Dufferio Lori Yarmouth, Earl Eli 'lt Moonom, Adm. Yorke, Sir J. Eliot, --"• W. Moore, Lord H. it appear, from the above List, that only five English ClllaggY 11115110 . 11 voted with Mr. Pausal a this Elliman. a 4 3 THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. , • FRIDAY, MAY 8. • PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCEt Bank Stock 228—India Steck -- 3 per Ct. Cons. for Inane/61i 61—Do. for ace. 61i i 3 per Ct. ReduSed 60H-4 per Cent. 74t4 S per Ct. 2134 —Scalp 1 pre.—Long Ann.. IS 7-16th. 1 Bach. Bills par Is. pre.-Do. (30.) S.. pr.—Bonds 21. prr. THE WAR IN THE NORTH. . • Two Anholt Mails arrived this morning, by which we have received some intelligence of great import ance. By letters from Guttenburgh of the 2d inst. we learn, than the French and Russian armies are now in motion. The latter is described as consist ing of 400,000 of the best disciplined troops in the world ; and it it added, that since the Peace of Til sit, no pains have been spared, on the part of Russia, secretly to prepare the troops for another campaign against France. The Emperor ALEXANDER, before l quitting his capital for the Army, solemnly declared to the Senate, that he would hold no personal inter course whatever with BONAPARTZ in future, but at the head of his troops. Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ has arrived at Gottcnburgh with his fleet, and has inspired the Swedes with addi tional confidence in the good intentions of Great Britain. The Journalists are very•clamorous on the subject of the capture of Swedish merchantmen, by French privateers, and seem to wish to excite the indignation of their countrymen against France for these depredations. They are silent, however, on the subject of Stralsund and Rugen—aggressions of a more deadly aspect. LISBON MAIL. A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning, by which we have received advices from that quarter to the 18th ult.. They are, as might have been expected, of the most gratifying nature. The i fall df Badajoz has palsied the whole of the operations of the French Army in the Peninsula, and the different corps are now wandering about without lny, other object than that of obtaining a miserable and scanty subsistence, fbr they dare nut return to France without express orders of recal: indeed, it is evident, from the posi tions which they now occupy, that they anxiously look for such instructions. It is true that BALLASTEROS eritered Seville upon the retreat of SOULT, who seems to have had it in contemplation to unite with MARSIONT, but the capture of 13aclajoz having frustrated their inten- . • Lions, SOULT returned upon Seville, and BALLAS TRROS very prudently retired without rlsquing a bat tle, in which he could have no chance of success, al though Soutep force does not much exceed 7,000 men. The Guerillas continue their vigorous and ' effective warfare; they lately intercepted one of MAR MONT'S convoys of provisions, which they instantly ap. propriated to the use of themselves and their famished, ' countrymen. MARMONT'S, or rather BONAPARTE'S far-, famed portable milis, which were to keepup a constant supply of provisions for lois armies in future, were all destroyed on this occasion. The barbarians, who have the charge of conveying the unfortunate Spanish prisoners, still continue the atrocious custom of shoot ing in cold blood, those who from wounds, hunger, and fatigue, are unable to keep up with the escort.— Four hundred of these miserable beings were lately massacred in this way within the short distance - of a league. The following are extracts from our Lisbon letters: LISBON, APRIL la. " General Hill's division is at Almindralege '— Generals Slade and Long are advanced to Villa- Franca, observing Souk's movements, while the Earl of Wellington, with the remainder of the army through Portalegre to drive Marmont away, who had advanced as far as Freyned4s, and pushed his parties as far as Frendas and Celerico ; this diversion, on the part of Marmont, %vas a good one, as it drew the Earl of Wellington from the pursuit of Soult, if such was his intention, raising the siege of Cadiz, and com pelling the enemy to evacuate the Andalusias. Our cavalry, a few days ago, came up with that of the enemy, near Usagu, killed 100 of them and took 300. " A quantity of ammunition has been sent from this place to Badajoz, sufficient to replace all that ex pended in the siege. In Badajoz we made 4700 pri soners. It is supposed that four of our divisions crossed the Tagus at Vilha Vilha, on or about the 15th, so that by this time' Marmont must be off. According to letters of the 13th inst. from Elvas, Soult immediately retired from Estramadura, after hearing of the fatal success against Badajos, •It ap pears certain that Ballasteros entered Seville, which was almost'ungarrisoned, but was not able to -retain possession of that city, because Soult's retreat was di rected upon it, he found himself again obliged to eva cuate it. However, as in that capital were the prin cipal establishments of the French; it is natural to suppose he caused them great less. " Letters from Beira Baxa state, that the French remain making excursions throughout the country, not being able to do any injury to Almeida, nor even penetrate by the Coa. They descended along the frontier, entered lower, and invaded Alpedrenka and its neighbourhood, and it appears they have even advanced as far as Freynedlts. Brigadier B. Luor had previously ordered the flocks to be driven 9ff and every thing possible removed, agreeably to the wise instructionrof Government. Their objectmust have been a diversi•n, which ceased to exist on the night of the 7th ; we may therefore hope that the stay of the enemy in our territory will be 'very short." " FRONTIERS OF BEIRA BAXA, APRIL 7. " On the 2d the French presented themselves in the vicinity of Ciudad Rodrigo, and crossing the Agueda, blockaded that fortress. They consisted of 4000 of the 21 division, 3000 of clic 3d or 4th, 2000 of the 6th, 3000 of the .sth and others, and 3000 of the 7th, according to appearances. We do not ob serve any battering artillery from Salamanca, and very little light artillery : they bring with them SO waggons, laden with scaling ladders..--On the Gth they had retired, leaving the communication with Ciudad Rodrigo open." SECOND EDITION. DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH ADVANCED GUARD-ADVANCE OF LORD WEL LINGTON TO CASTILE. " WAR DEPARTMENT. " Mira, 181!. " Despatches have been received from the Earl 1 0f WELLINGTON, dated Niza, the 16th April. SOULT had collected his army at Villa Franca on the Bth of April ; but, hearing there of the fall of Badajoz, he retired in the night towards Andalusia. His rear was closely followed by the British Cavalry, under Sir STAPLETON COTTON, who came up with 2500 of the enemy's horse early in the morning of the 11th near Villa Garcia. tt Sir STAPLETON COTTON fell upon them with two brigades, commanded by Major General Ls MAR CHANT and Colonel PowioNsy. The French were overthrown, and driven in great confusion to Llerena. They sustained a very considerable loss in killed and wounded, and we made about 150 prisoners. a , On the part of the British about 50 were killed or wounded—among the latter is Major PnEscorr, of the sth Dragoon Guars* (slightly) ; and Lieute nant WALKER, of the same regiment, (severely). di Great commendation is bestowed upon Sir S. Corrow, Major General LE MARCHANT, Colonels PONSONBY, and HERVEY; Major PRESCOTT, and other Officers. The enemy's forces retreated after the 1] th from Llerena, and have evacuated Estreniadura entirely. Lord WELLING roN had not heard-from General BALLASTEROS. The Conde PEDLAR VILLAMAR had approached Seville by the right of the Guadalquiver, and skirmished w ith the garrison oh the sth, and obliged them to re tire their works. Lord WELLINGTON had accounts from Ciudad Rodrigo up to the 9th, when the enemy still kept the place blockaded, but had made no attack. They had not repeated their visit to Almeida, where they suffered some loss in a reconnaissance upon the 3d of April. ,4 Upon the 7th, most of MARMONT% troops moved front near Ciudad Rodrigo towards Sabugal, and their advanced guard entered Castello Branco, on the 12th, but evacuated it before day-light, on the 14th, when General ALTEN'S Hussars, and Colonel Le Coa's Brigade of Militia occupied the town." 4 , Lord WELLINGTON is moving toward Castile, and his advanced guard reached Castello Branco on the 16th of April." 141.1VelL INTELLIGENCE. Thy ANTELOPE man of war arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday; parted from the East hdiamen which sailed from Portsmouth the 10th March, on the 4th April, except the Coldstream, which was missing from the convoy on the 23d March. The Princess Charlotte of Wales, Thomas Gren ville, Diana, Broxbornebury, Sir Geoffrey Webster, and Juliana East-India ships sailed from St. Helen's yesterday, under convoy of the MONTAGUE. The recent division in the House of Commons OIS the great question respecting Sinecures, cannot fall to be regarded by every good man as an omen which promises a long train of benefits to the country. • It is indeed the natural consequence of those expressions of public sentiment which have been of late pretty general, and which, we trust, will contirue to be ut tere d with voices" loud and deep" Until the glorious work of temperate and gradual 'Tram is fairly be gun. It is highly absurd to hear Islembers of Par liament, in this enlightcr.ed age, talk of preserving 6‘ the pride and integrity of high ch scent" by means of sinecures and pensions !—What ! is there no wty of bolstering up the " pride and integrity" of the Honourable and Right Honourable sons daugh ters of idleness but by the disgraceful tenure of a Pension I I)o they forget that the honest and ;nen:- trious members of the community are reduced 'to beggary by the contributions which are daily, and we may add necessarily, exactod to enable Govern• ment to miry us through the tremendous warfare in which we are eng aged ? Calandra tom carport rein; .'— Let the holders of rich sinecures therefore, and those of the public pen sioners, who have overgrown personal fortunes be sides, come forw and and deposit their surplusage of wealth on the altar of public safety. And now that the abolition of Reversions and Sine. cures has triumphantly passed through the House of Commons, we c an not allow ourselves to anticipate it rejection in the other House of Parliament. It 4 no torious, indeed, that instances are to be found upon record, of men of high stations so lost to the "pride and integrity of high descent," as to have left their younger sons and daughters dependent on a booby, because he was their first born, only until he could procure an equivalent for them out of the public purse. Nay, we have witnessed an instance in which a No bleman, with an income from landed estates of fifty thousand pounds per annum, not contented with pro truding his beardless brothers over the hoary heads of many a gallant veteran in his country's service, has unblushingly come forward, and wrung from the Mi nisters of the day, a pension from the public treasure to each of his Sisters, rather than support the pride an integrity of the family by curtailing his own ez. travagances at the turf or the gaming table ! But these days, like those of Chivalry, have now passed away, and we have bot the smallest doubt but that our high spirited Barons, who are " the.kieredi tarp guardians cf public virtue," will disdain to countenance a system, which admits of such flagrant waste of the resources of the State. Let those who prefer the bread of others to that of their own earning, be pensioned out of the weighty purses of their noble relatives ; but, fet them not be thrown upon the public at a crisis like the present, lest their humble benefactors should at last lose their tempers ! SCILLY, MAY 3. On the 28th ult. came in the Granger, VAN DYE, from Demerara ; and on the 29th the Eliza, Coca, from St. Thomas's, and on the Ist inst. they both sailed for up Channel ; soon 'after a cutter stood in from sea, and was boarded by a pilot boat: she proved to be a French privateer, formerly the Ches terfield Guernsey packet, commanded by the noted Captain BLACK. She first took the Eliza without opposition, and then engaged the Granger for an hour and a half before she struck ; durir , the action Captain VAN thco was badly wounded. A Mr. DALE, Secretary to the Government of Demerara, was passenger in the Granger. The Eliza attempted to escape during the action with the Granger, but the privateer again gave Chace to her, and the pilots, who were then put into their boat and discharged, had no doubt of her recapture, as the privateer gained fast on her when they last saw them. The, pilots give the above account. • FALMOUTH, MAY G. Nothing arrived or sailed to-day, There is a ves sel in sight a great distance off, supposed to be the Arabella packet, trom Lisbon, but the wind is almost calm, what little there is, is from E. S. E. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6. Arrived the American brig Tigress, bound foe' Bourdeaux, from Baltimore, with sugar and coffee, detained by the HERMES sloop of wart by the Tigre'ss we learn, that his Majesty's ship GI.EANOR bid ar• 'rived at Annapolis, and had sent the dispatches with which she was charged, to Washington. Put back the INTELLIGENT gun-brig and her convoy, bound I for the Downs. In consequence of the withdrawing of the protec tions from the impress of the personslately embodied as River Fencibles, the whole of the business below bridge is at a stand, and the Baltic Beet outward, from the want of hands, isdetained,notbeing *ken procure ? on this account, the necessay supplies lc( the vg s. 4 ... RIOTS. At Manchester every thing remaint quiet. The military force in that quarter his been consi l lerablt increased. The Bucks and Berkshire Militia are there. 44 We are deeply concerned in stating, that in the neighbourhood of Bolton, Cowbent, Leigh. and Tyl desley, a secret system of organised riot, approach ing to rebellion, has been carries on for some time, many factories and mills were to be destroyed, and the lives of many respectable persons threatened. By a well conceived project, however, most judiciously executed, these secret meetings have been laid open, the private signals of the conspirators obtained, and by a patient and persevering duty of detachments of the Bolin Local Militia, their diabolical nocturnal 'assemblies arc routed, their papers seized, and a great number of their ringleaders have been secured, and sent to Lancaster gaol. Amongst the papers seized is a roll, containing a list of names of great numbers implicated. The Magistrates are indefatigable,—. Much praise is due to Captain Houma, of the Greys. and his troop ; and to Major PILKINGtoN, and his. troop."—Chester Patter. The West Essex Militia takes up its quarters at Nottingham. In that neighbourhood there will soon I,E 15,000 soldiers to maintain tranquillity. I Upwards of 100 persons are now confined in Lan caster Castle, charged with rioting. It is in contemplation to issue several paid Com missions Ics try the rioters, in the North, and at Ches ter • but in tide present state of the Bench it may be difficult to find a sufficient number of Judges, able to go through the fatigues of such arduous duties. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, MAY 8. Thh day we have several fresh arrivals 'of Wheat as of late. partly fro ra Scotland ; sales extremely 'wavy, and What, way la price—The same may be rioted in Briley and Malt--. Very few Grey Peas—White. and Beans of each rs.t, still at little DuctLa tion—There are again some farther arrivals i.f Oats, and second with Inferior cheaper—Flour condones at lee quoted paces. CUILSIMT PILICtS AS 4111.11.11: Wheat, 925. 718$. 1346. Deans 70s. 7sis Fine ditto, mt. 1141. ' Tick d itto (new) G 64.7.6. " - Rye, 78s. 84s. Ditto (fine Old) 735. 713. aisrley, 6'o. 7.55. 0.3. Oats, 4Cs 6Ss. Malt, 925. 100 s. Polsd elm; .1411. 57... • s •g • White Peas, (Boilers) 665. 9ts. Votztoe ditto. LB& 59a Ns' '. Grey ditto, 71s. 78s. Rape Seed, £7O. £76. Fine Flour, 1051.1108.--Seconds, 100 s. to 105 e.. * . • SMITHFIELD...-. May 8. Deef . Qd to 6. ed void 7. Cld to ea of Motor Ss ed to is 6d I Pork is od to 7. 44 Latab Is. Od. to oi. 6d. PRICE OF HAY AND STR.i.V* IN SMITHFIELD. , 51 Ss to 61 101 New Clover 61 6s to 71 74 New Hat 01 os to 01 Os Straw 41 ISs to 31 5s A General Meeting of the Inhabitau!s of Gravesend was convened by the MAYOR, on Monday last, at the Town Hall, when a Committee was pointed. anal a liberal Subscription entered ins , ), ler supporting Petitions to Parliament against the ape:cations to re. Tridia Tnicle from the sort of London. -- I 01 • • _ r. ■ w -