Star. — London, England, 1812-02-22 00:00:00

I C • ~ - i ~~ ~. bow our Navy had been successful In every g . And he thought, as the French Navy was goly d ss eenzed, there was no occasion bonus to keep si li P s * YOICKE said, his Honourable Friend was iii m istake with respect to the French Navy;_ $O - tbe F ren ch were making very great exertions to r e f ` l NavY• They had in the ports of Holland finders 3.5 sail of the line. They had a pro ,nena'• ble force at Toulon, and other places ; and f i ; e f ot e we must not let the machine we now had ao front our hands ; but must be prepared to meet 'inentyOCHRANE in all directios. 'l,oed s tronglyC objected to the prat. ;of scattering our force in the manner which had lea done for a long time ; and said, that a strong i c e of 10,000 men, directed to any particular point i s ps in, would effect more than double that amount, t h e n divided into small parts. He said the com orce of France was going on to an extent that was oe t fible. His Lordship next took notice of the est;nordinary advantages which the enemy derived fon the numerous signals and telegraphs which they w o n their coasts, and by which they received and ro cnitted inu:ili z ;ence kith astonishing celerity; o dic was, surprised that no means had been adopt by us to destroy such of them as were erected , J oe to the shores. He would rather see a floating ~uaent hovering over the enemy's costs, than orm ilitatv force, however grew, in the enemy's etztry. S uch armaments would cause the enemy to keep immense bodies r f troops on their coasts, and a ge a most important diversion. If the energies i ons country were used in a proper manner, it o dd be impossible for the efforts of Bonaparte tuej c ontinue one year longer. He next alluded to the enormous expellees attending the Courts of Admi pity, which he represented as the greatest grievance *Navy laboured under ; and he declared, that if u oinillion a-year was saved in these expellees, that vmld cause a saving of many millions to the Public. Mr. HUTCHINSON took notice of several parts t ithe Estimates. He particularly objected to the very small salaries allotted to the schoolmasters, in ecnsequence of which competent persons were pre vented from untiert i king that arduous and useful si tuation. He next found fault with the very inade- Onesalaries of Captains in the Navy, which ought on heincreased ; and he again noticed the grieva .ces of Marine Officers, as highly injurious to the service. The Resolution was then agreed to, and various other sums were afterwards voted for the different ex pellees of the Navy. ARMY ESTIMATES. Lord PALMERSTON rose to move the Army Inimatesfor the ensuing year. He said, they were generally framed on the estimates of for mer years. He began by suiting, that in the estimate of the Land forces there was a considerable increase of expelice this year. One source of expellee was the establish tent ofschoolma sters, a measure adopted by his Royal Uighness the Commander-in-Chief, who had deters-ai red that there should be a schoolmaster appointed to eery regiment : this expence amounted to 020,000 sredr. Another expence was the remounting several sour cavalry who had been some years ago dismount- There was also an increased charge of 822,000 tithe regular cavalry, from an increase in the num krof ptivates and Lieutenants. There was in 'the !egular regiments of the line, an increase of £'277,000, ['Wt. f6itonsequence of increasing the number of men.— There was also an increase of A 22,1,000, in consequence if Government taking some battalions into tl.eir ser- ' 1, - ice, which battalions hitherto were in tne pay of the iast•lndia Company. The next increase was in the RoyalWaggon Train, winch now consisted of 11 in riadoi nne t:oops. There was also an increase ot i 25,000 in the miscellaneous charges, in consequ..arce tithe expences of recruiting, dm. There was another item in the contingencies—this was an allowance to officers who were wounded. The Prince Regent had ordered him to propose pensions towounded officers of thearmysimilar to those granted to officers of the navy. There was therefore then an increase ot 10,000 men, oat a charge of ':•,76,000 over the charge ot last year. —There were also some additional charges in . conse- Oft of the interchange of the militia 'regiments brecell Great Britain and Ireland. But the aide militia establishment had undergone a reduc tka; ad the balaace of the increased expence was about 8 100,000. There was an increase in the Staff, ei ci ) unting altogether to 463,000. This increase arose from the addition of General and Medical Otli efts serving in the Peninsula. There was an increase tin Invalid s Pensions, alsd in the Local Militia. Ti ere vat a charge of £lBO,OOO in the fuivign cords, in acteguence of augmenting the numbers of these ..,GPs There was a sm . 11 reduction in the Royal 14111t2 17 College, amounting to about 13700. It lAN however, ptobabie that application would be "IfictoPiulianient this Session, for a sum of £loo,ooo !completing the buildings at Sandhurst College.— Compassionate List lnid also increased £1930, %would be found to arise from the increased %he of persons on the list. The Committee had 1 1 7 co the table the revtlar accounts of this list lirear to year, by which it would see whether any Wi t e gper ere had been made of it. The barrack de tilamt to Ireland had sustained a diminution of 41 4 0 0 and th e I r i s h C omm i ssar i at t h at c f £16,139, rhe . arose from the Commissaries being enabled to tae forage, &c. cheaper than formerly. The alttlonnated allowances had increased £1,340, :rpm the r e ti r i ng o f severa l o ld an d met itori ,r s,. and other servan t s . O n a ge nle ra l view , k Esmates it weruld be seen, that with an in -7 of 1952 men, the whole increase in the charr 1 1 _ 4590 ,000. It might be satisfactory for the to . know th at t h e regu l ar recru i t i ng serv i ce h a d men; that the volunteering front the Kta as ll,676 ; and the f ore i g n cor p s 4.75.; men. c 'mine s of the army amounted to 21,000 men, spit the increase of British recruits exceeded the ce ualties b 40 y more than 2000 men. It was pleasing lad observe, that notwithanding all our battles the rav age . of fatigue, disease, the yrs"rd. ages, casualties had fallen short and of those of for - I r 7ears. theItIBANKES praised th e a bl e manner i n w hi c h Noble Lord had brought fcrward these estimates, hena he h„ 6...„"Peu that, if the present system was found to ho I — utnclal to the country, i t wou l d not b e changed; u~lle 'ev.ta afraid that th e new Milit ar y A s yl um e attended with more expencc t h an h a d b een ti;ectodat.tilre estimates. On one part of them (the wale for the Paymaster of the Widows' 10Se VllO ; CO. or.) • clei aced no nra.l 10 01 and that in these days, when party spirit ran so high, we should at least have been unanimous in declaring our gratitude to the great man who had deserved so well of his country. Sir C. BURREL added his testimony to the me. rits of Lord Wellington, and declared, that had the sum proposed been larger, it should have had his support. The question was then ptit and agreed to, with the exception of one voice, that of Sir F. Burdett. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. MONUMENT OF GENERAL CHAT:FORM The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after paying a tribute to the merit and cow age of e,neral Craufurd, who tell at the taking of Ciudad R.Jrigo, moved, that an hutinble Address should be pres.nteil to the Prince Regent, paying that he would be ~sr.icir)•isly pleased to give directions, that a mo nument s!“ , tlld be elected to his memory. Lord CASTLEREAGH -seconded the motion, and bore his testimony to the 'bravery and courage of General Cranium! : a more meritorious officer than whom the British army could not boast. The motion was then agreed to unanimously. NAVY ES I'IMA*I , The; House then went into a Committee of Supply, andAe Army and Navy Estimates were referred to the Vhmmittt e. Mr. YORKE said, in proposing the Navy Esti mates for the present year, it gave him great satis faction to be able to state to the House that the sum required for the ordinary and extraordinary service would be less than that required last year by nearly 7gst7tNooo ; besides which, there was an article in serted in the present Estimate not strictly naval ; he meant•4Bo,ooo, to defray the expences of making the breakwater in Plymouth Sound ; therefore, if that were deducted, it would reduce the Estimate to nearly 4600,(X)0 less than last year. In addition to which, he had the pleasure of stating to the House, that the Crdinal y and extraordinary debt of the navy, on the Ist of January in the present year, was between 8 and 4900,000 less than it was in January, 181,9. This was owing to the liberal supply granted by the House last year. The purchase of stores would not neci.s sat ily be so large as they were last year. The ordi nary would require 491,018 less ; the extraordinaries 4331,489 and on the traasport service there would be a saving of 456,000; he should, therefore, be justified in taking a vote for 4500,000 less than last year. The papers respecting the breakwater were not yet ready to lay before the House ; that vote, thee;-e -fore, of 480,000, he should forbear to ask till Monday. There was one topic of expence, however, to which he must allude, as one which would exist in future, and that Has one of which he hoped the House would ap prove. There was, he bel:eved, a fund in existence which for several years, at le ist, would de:ray this charge, and therefore it was not inserted in the Esti mates—what die alluded to was the present situa tion of Chaplains in the navy. The manner in which they were at present provided for was such as had caused them of late years to fill off most deplorably; and at present the provision for then was so low it could not be expected persons properly qualified wou:d be found to supply their places ; and, in tact, at present there were no more than 3.9 Chaplains in the whole navy, There was a fund from which they formerly had been paid, viz. 4d. per month from the pay of each man on board the ship ; but this fund, which amounted to about 430,000, had been diverted from its original purpose. This fund, however; pro.; perly applied, he was pees' +(Jed, would fully answer tor making a c,:rifartehle provision for them. What he would propose would he to give every Chapla n a sal cry of 4215 a year ; and when they chose to act as schoolmasters, they would also be entitled to Queen Anne's allowance of 420, which, wit:: some little corepliment from the young Gentlemen they would have under their care, woule inersetee their inc..me to about 4260 a year. He should also propose that, after they had ben at sea ten years, they should be enticed to retire on a pension of ss. per day, for life., cr till they obtained promotion in the Church to the amount of £4OO per annum. Ile did not recollect that he had any thing further to submit to the Com mittee, but should conclude with moving, That there be granted, to his Majesty- the sum of 41,038,514, for defraying the contingent expences of the Admiralty and other Boards for the year. Mr. CALCRAFT was glad to hear the construc tion of the Breakwater had been determined on ; when finished it would be a most valuable improve ment. He wished to take this opportunity of calling the Right Hon. Gentleman's attention to the situation of the shipwrights, and.other workmen, employed in the Dock-yards, particularly to the circumstance of their being subject to the Income Tax. He had been requested by them to present petitions to the House on that subject, and he had done so. He also wished to call the Right Hon. Gentleman's . attention to the mode in which they were paid their wages, which he understood was extremely d'ssatisfactory to them ; and that when they complained, they were told they might go elsewhere. He had been informed, he hoped not correctly, that some of them had in consequence gone to the United States ; he trusted none - had been rash enough to go over to the enemy. Mr. YORKE said, with respect to the Income Tax, it pressed no harder on the class alluded to by the Bon. Member than it did on other individuals. If indulgence were extended to one class, it must be to all. As to their situation with respect to wages, they were on a substentialty good footing : the ship. wrights got Gs. (id. per day, and the-masons ss. 7d. and in many instances they made at the rate of 25 per cent. more than Chit ; and after a certain number of years set vitude they had an allowance for life. If these men complained, they did it without reason. Mr. CALCRAFT asked, if the men were still al lowed their BJ. per day chip-money ? Mr. YORKE said, lie understood they were, and the inferior classes of workmen 4d. and ri. per day. Admiral MA RK HAM made some objections to the expense of building the Tremendous at Plymouth, which he did not think would answer the purpose intended. Mr. YORKE replied, that there was reason to ex pect that ships built on the principle of the Tremen ' dons would answer every purpose. Mr. G. JOHNSTON observed, that a report had prevailed for some time that the Right Honourable Gentleman now at the head of the Admiralty Board t was about to retire from his situation ; and he was sure the public would hear that report with great res Pensions) he Would ehher take lhe sense of the 1 - tonge at that time, or would do soon the bringing up ofthu Report. lie then read several Resolutions.of the Pi ' mince Committee, to prove that the Paymastership of the Widows' Pensions was a perfect sinecure, and that of Deputy was not mach better. Colonel M'MA HON said. he had received that, as well as many other marks of favour, much more than he deserved, from the munificence of his Royal Mas ter. 11 it were necessiry t prove his services in the army, he could appeal to many officers, who had de served well if their country, that tew men had seen 'more real service than he had while he was in the* army, and until he was obliged to quit it on account of bad health. He did not however wish to retain this situation if Parliament thought it unnecessary. Mr. BENNETT contended it was a perfect sinecure. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered Mr. Banks; and also a few observations made by Mr. XVIIITBREAD and Mr. TIERNEY . . General FERGUSON stated, that a regiment in Guernsey had been recruited by 11; persons from the 'hulks. Mr. RYDER admitted, that at tl:c rccommfmda tion of Mr. Graham, some persolt condemned f small offences to the huhu, and who had conducicd themselves with inopriety since, had I.cen taken into !the military service. After a few ob,ervations from Mr. WysNR, Lrrd TLAIPLF, Lord P.l LSIERSTONP, Mr. MARTIN, and Mr. LONG, most of the Resolutions were agreed to. On the Resolution for granting £61,000 for Wi dows' Pensions, Mr. BANKES moved, as an amendment, to omit the £2OOO to Colonel M'Mal , l::, for the Paymaster ship, and thus to make the slim L 59,000. A division, ensued.—For the original motion, 51,; for the amendment, 39.—Majority, 15. The remaining Res ilutions were then agreed to, and the Report ordered-to be received on Monday ;to which day, alter disputing of a few orders of cuursc, the House adjourned. TEJE EVENINC; Sl' It. LONDON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22. PRICE 01 , STOCKS THIS' DAY Al' OWE O'CLOCK 3p r Reduced 62 1 1-4 per Cent 7311 3 vvr Ct. Coils. for money 62H—Lo. for atC. 62i 5 pi.r Ct. ty3i-1146.1i 1 54. !OA. pr.—Durilion Exch. liiila W. lOs. ve.—L4rig Ann,. 16 5-15ths • That some negotiations are now rnding between the Courts of London and Stockholm is, we think, highly probable. No Minister has arrived from Swc. den, (as has been reported), but it is confidently as serted that Baron ltEnausiN has resumed his func tions as Charge-J'Atlaires for th it Cu.intry, and sow arts in that c.yacity till the arrival of a new Minister. From the tone of BkatxauJr eei late 2roclatnation to his subjects, it is plain that he has.no confidence in any of the possible advansiges that have been pro mised to him by the French to induce his hearty co-operation agains: Great Biitain. Indeed, we have no doubt whatever, that, though a French man, he wishes to act independently, and for himself, for we have reason to believe, that his present eleva tion, though obtained with the knowledge of NAPO. LEON, was procured without his aid. But, like every ltu.er skirted by the French armies, he mu..t be guided by circumstances and considerations of policy. Could he see the possibility and probability of an :effectual check being given to the northern encroach ments of NAPOLEUN, we have no doubt as to the manner in which he would act. It will be seen by the following extract of a letter, that the Swedes, in conjunction with the French, mount guard at Stralsund. This joint service is the constant practice of the latter, when they take posses sion of any place under the like circumstances, and the ol,ject has uniformly been to deceive the inhabi tants, as long as this illusion can be of any use to these intruders : to GOTTENP.6•RGII, Frs. 7. " As you, no doubt, arc already apprised that Swedish Porn:- rania, and the Lae of Rugen, are in the occupation of the French troops, you will not be at all surprised that the usual conimuni cation by the packet boats bd.% ern Ystadt and Stralsund has w bully Ct a ,ed. With regard to the consequences, for the present, at least, there itqstility between the Swedes and the French at Stral sund, atal the soldiers ot both mount guard togt ther in that fortress." NorrixcatANt Rtors.—A letter received from Not 7 tingliani, this morning, dated February 21, says, " Notwithstanding all the vigilance of the Civil Au thorities, and the nightly parading of an immerse number cd soldiers, the frame-breakers conth.ne the;r daring operations : for this morning about five o'clock, five warp lace-frames were broken in \Vest -street, Broad-lane, in this Town. The de predators entered in at the chamber-window, by means of a ladder, and while some of them stood guard over the master and mistress, others proceeded into the workshop, and did the business•they came to perform ; which having done, they retired away in safety ; indeed it would have been dangerous to have opposed them, fur, according to the best information I can obtain, there were not fewer than 30 armed with firelocks, pistols, &c. in the neighbourhood. A woman was fired at for calling out murder, in order to create an alarm. The post is going, which occa sions the brevity of this letter." The dispatches from Mr. EmirEn to the British Government, received nsterday, state, that the public opinion in America was in a must distracted state on the question of Peace or War. The report of a French fleet having appeared off Kinsale, proves to have originated in a mistake of the signals. His Majesty's brig Locus?, csuizing off the North Foreland, has detained and sent into Ramsgate the schooner Fairplay, of Alexandria, from Virginia to Tonningen, laden with tobacco. .AST INDIA MONOIOLY. - It cannot occasion surprise that the al p -oacYr g application for an ext e n s io n c f the Charter of the Honourable the E.st In lia Company should txcite the attention of commercial men. The points em braced by the considerat of this subject are };real and important, and call fur a cool and deliberate in quiry. Since the commencement of Oe present system, tile commerci 11 circuniAances of the world have undergone great and imp , rtant chat.ges. The North Amei leans were at that time subj.:cts of, and could only trade with Great Br:tain: But their inde pendence has placed them in circurn•aances of rivalry with the East India Company, and given tht.rn an extensive trade, from which the British MctchanA are excluded. We are happy that the subject has been •aken up by differt nt Commercsal Bodies, and in such a man ner that it may be now be expected to receive eve: y attention. At a Meeting of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Mangifacturers of Glas gow, held on the 1.1. th February, KIRIKUAN FINLAY. Esq. in the Chair, the Cemmittee appointed at a former Meeting presented their Report on the subj:ct of the Elst India Company's Charter, which having been read and approved of, it was unanimously Re. solved : " St, That, by the Art sad of his present Majesty, c. St. the entire right of commerce an I navigztioo in the stet+ and to lhe territories between the ('.ipe ut Good Hope, and the btsaits of Matt 11;sn ist vested in the Contrary; hut, if net rent wed &his ex clu-ive right will taminate on the I .st March, 11414, " after which time they will remain a ecreoratson, and may continue the trade on the same footing as other Untialt sul•jects." " td, 'a .tat by the Act ti7th of the NMIe reign, c. 57, theprl. viley,e of lr &Okra to t wee Count. irs, ali hough denied to -ritisla so.ijecni, is ptintisttd toit•re,:;ta nations its antity with hi Majesty. " That the priviste trade which Itriish Merchants were allawed tu pro.. cute by the regulation of 1793, as an t Yp. thstent et fuittre pofcy, is confined to the actual pii,sessions of the Company ; limited to their own ship:,, trader all th. advan tat:A of uncertainly, expel cc, Avid delry ; restricted both in !La kinds and quantities of Vs:. outs% d a..d homeward-hound -ca. gots , r. moved from the contr....A of the Propret..rs, and con ... Aided in a m inner *Mai seems to have been tereeded to insure failure of soc4ss; but that the increase of this tradr, under the prestut% of all these restraints, prov. s beyond a Como the eaten; o whiz!' it would have J.tt.nised, had it been .eft to is free and natural op. ratvii. 401, That the United States otArnerica, aval•ing themse'ves of the lib.rty Which tltc y have been ;Mowed to r;.*:ily at the ex perts:.: of our own ol•Ir o have prosecuted the Last' Indian trade in a manner and to a drgre , • which has toriched the 'inky duals, trillium:al the national wealth, and stipaill.cd, as fur as was possi- Me, nut iiti!y the Cemlnent of guro v e, Lut South America, clue W. st irdier,Torkey. the firelgn ports if the Miditerrantan ai.d even Malta—thus by their iistiustr. 'cursorily. and disgatch; c..narellit.g the Contrauy to shrink. ;lino oh.: competition; enta Brash Capital in a trade widen the laws tf cow: y rs cent s lion ft on using dirtet4 the:waves, and posse-slnz the Inc.duil.ible a tsantaes of onitesCep, hut s. th the i:!•...11 and resources of Ltrltish nt-rcitants, bat with the prtidizadity ,nil negligence of a jo ut stock company. " Lth, That the actual operation of dr, monopoly these. pearl to be directed, nut flat ely against Dritish subjec. 3, but La tivs4r ifor,irt a hero. " nth. That no sa isractory reason can be a-s . gned against opening the trade to Chiiia—b. cause the ‘l , :.posed dercary ut al lowing a general i.ltertertace with that peo, 4 Is coml.:rt.:4 vet moved by the success which has attended the American traft.:, and the ,dine means which have enabled the Company tortisnoiel their :Jail s in Chita may b.• est.blio.ed r ih.. authority sif Government—because the 'ideal difficulty of the oc. ::trot un of taut.,, in the event of the trade benv, divided, is fully obirta.ed ti.e knossn safety with which the ditties are levied on aux' b of V 1 est Indian and American produce—and because the !magus. d hart!slfip ..f dept iving the Compatiy of the only luctadvt brand* of their monopoly will be alleviated by tube wealth, influence. knowledge, and earrience, widck in their united capacity ...ry will still be enabled to oppose to the unassisted erfurts of priv.: merchants. " 7th. That the natural effect of throwing open the charter will be to excite a fair emulation, to bring all the proeucc of the East to its proper level in this country : to enable our manufac turers to exert their skill and industry with advan•agc , to pro.. duce new sottrces of trade, and thus to give full ani.loyment to the operative classes of the community. " 6th, That the system of eonfiving the East India trade to the port of London, is unnecessary, unjust, and two:hie—unne cessary, bre-ruse the duties :nay be collected with equal e sae , asid less loss by pilferage iii the can port s—unje.st, because esti ry n.er• cantilr place in the United Kingdom is entitled to the same pri vileges—and impolitic, because the superior economy and dis patch which prevail in the out ports are requisite to secure ad equality in the competition with foreign nations. " 9th, That the very e:iistence of a beneficial prosecution of the East India trade by this coun:ry, seems now to depend ou the restoration of its freedom : as it is troves!, by undeniable docns meats, that, if it be allowed to remain in i.spret• 01 hmi.ed form, it will languish, decay, and pass into the hands of other states. 10th, That the danger supposed to arise from excess of spas culation at the commencement of an open commerce with India. is altogether ininicary • because the enterprise of Lidividuals is uniformly circumscribe d by their means, and success; because any evil of this nature is temporary, and checks list If ; and be 4 cause the wiry worst that can occur. In yie recl of the at radon• meat of .he trade by the public, would be that matters would again return to their present state. 11th. That at a time when the anti-commercial sylteth 6f France has been successfully exerti.d to esclutle 'strain the Con tinental Market, who' the prosecution of an expeouve war ren ders it accessary to adopt every means tor augmenting the re venue, and when our existence as a nation al. rends, an a great degree, on the niaintenar.ce of our naval superior..y, it has be come not cioly highly expedient, but indispcnssbly requisite, to open up every lizitituate channel of trale, for the preservation of our commercial, maritime, and linaucal inrerrsti. " 12th, That this Chamber, fully satisfied that the injury arts- Ir.g from every neoLopaly nitht be in proportion to the event of the trade thus confined; convinced of the importance, and even the necessity, of a fret intercourse with the rich, populous. and extensive countries in the East, formerly acquired by the Com pany, and lady subdued by his Majesty's arses; and. dionissing the idea of all interference wait the territorial rights and political privileges of the Company, " Raissimx,—That Yetitions to both nooses of Parliament, founded on the basis of these Resolution be iuunediately preps od and presented belere the approaching d scussion; that the report accompanied by these resolutions, be primed, conia.unicatrd to Members of both Houses, and transatitted to ev.-ry Comm -nisi and Manufacturing Town of irnporfance in the UtxtedKwgdoni; that the co-operation of the nation at large be earn.stly requested in petitioning Parliament to refuse the ern, wal of the East India Company's Mono., oly and that Mes.r. Kirkman Finlay,Cbair man; James Denuiston, Deputy-Chaitinan ; James Hopkirk ; Alexander t'ami hell ; David Connell ; James Ewing ; A D. Campbell; Fmreis Garden; James Buchanan ; lernes Buchan*. jun.; iglll..s Robertson, aud Dogall B tunatyne. be appointed Committee, with full powers to carry the le e.olot ions into t feet." --- Luce ! Oa KAI* LUCK ! Extraordinary, unparalleled Loci Messrs. PlDnl?3o and Co. No. f, Cionlitli, next to the Nlauelui House, have the Cipteme gratification to announce, that they have sold the Number Med, -(Clan• B.) a Prize of £lau,eoo, in One Eighth and Fourteen Sixteenths; also the Number (Class B) a Prize of ,Citit, in One Quarter andTivelve Sixteenths, in the Lottery drawn Tuesday last, Feb. is, anti the fortunate holders (who have not already been paid) are e‘ re quested to apply at No.l, CornhiU, win re they pay immediately receive the Value of their Elaucs.—Nu. 1, C.rubill, Feb. L 4,1812.