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FRENCH PAPERS. vessels ia the harbour. 'The army of Valencia enjoys the most perfect health—there are no diseases pre vailing in it. I keep up a strict discipline. The artil lery And engineers are employed in putting their equipaga in order. I hare the honour to be, (Signed) The irlinhal Sucstrr. TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. AND COLONIES. !.'Orient, Feb. 2.1812. ..Monseigneur-1 have the honour to inform you, that an enemy's frigate was lost on the 31st of Janu ary on the rock named Govivas, to the S.W. of the Teignonse. She was entering the bay of Quiberon with the wind at S.S.E. She struck at ten in the morning, and appears to have filled soon after. The weather was very foggy, and the sea extremely rough; but notwithstanding its seventy, the assinance which humanity claims was afforded, as far as ppssible; and the Commandant of the place, and the Commissary- General of the Police, as soon as they knew of the event, took the measures which prudence prescribes to the civil authorities as well as to the military de p.iri men t. - The Syndic of Quiberon, the Officer of Adminis tration charged with the service at Aunty, likewise acted as their duty directed. I am informed that the Major of the 47th regiment yesterday received a report from the coast, ennoun i ing, that there had been saved and made prisoners from the shipwrecked ft igate 9G men, viz, three nffi cers, one surgeon, five midshipmen, one sub-officer, 15 soldiers, and 71 sailors. The report adds, that the boats from the enemy's division have brought assistance to the frigate to save tire other part of the crew. The prisoners will to-day nr to-morrow go to Auray. I have the honour to present to your Excellency the eeiatession of my respect. • (Signed) Moenee Prefect ad interim. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY '.lO. ARMIES IN SPAIN—OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. In the Scotch Appeal, Cadell v. Black, Mr. Adam and Mr ARMY or VALENCIA. Nolan were heard for the appellant. '1 he farther proceeding. were postponed till to-morrow. The disarming of the militia of Valencia goes on Mr. M'Lean brought up certain papers from the Chest at rapidly. By the attention of the Duke D'Albufera, Greenwich. pursuant to an Act of the 49th of his Nlsjevy, the 40,000 English muskets, an enormous quantity of titles of wields were read, and they were ordered to lie on the tayonets, pistols, &c. have been delivered to i the French table. artillery. Many stores of uniforms, both for cavalry Messag e A from the Comm ons brought up the House of Com Mons Amendme nt Bill, and a private Bill, which and infantry, have been discovered, as a lso of ready- were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to niade clothing and of red cloth, intended for the use morrow. of a corps of the army. ahe Fast India Loan Amendment, the Coal Trade Regula tion, and the Cupar of Fife Couit-house Bills, were read a sc:oud A contr bution of two hundred mi lions of reals has time, and orJeled to te comm tied to-morrow. • been imposed on the province of Valencia. The city; The Marqu sof LAbbDOWN said, that as he understood has, besides, supplied us with 400 mules, completely , many Noble Lords must unavoidably be absent on Monday nest harnessed, for the service of the artillery. (the day fixed for his motion respecting the Orders in Pounc.l). s t T l l:o ka m v ig e h of t wish to deliver . their sen timents on it, he seolienwite The Archbishop of Valencia, a host respectable the noose, withdraw h is motion for the preset.t,aud man, who, together with the principal nobility of the fi x it to: today setlnight.—Agreed to. country, and the magistrates, 11:+d for a long time i EAItL OF WELLINGTON. trtrribled at the atrocities and abuse of all kinds The Order of the Day having been read, to con committed by a frantic Junta, have re-entered the eider the l'rince Regent's Message, recommending to city, where they have no longer to dread the yoke' Parliament that a Pension of £2OOO a year should of unavoidable war-1500 infuriated monks haye i be settled on the Earl of Wellington, for his many been arrested, and sent to France. i eminent and brilliant services to this country and its The chief of the insurgents, who frequented the allies— house of the English Consul, as well as some assas- I The Pd of LIVERPOOL said, that in calling sins attached to that despicable being, have' been ex- the'attention of the House to the Message which had ecn!ed in the public square, to the great satisfaction just been read, the first object which would present of all the good inhabitants who had not bceu partici- itself to th eir Lordships would be, that the grant of pators in the assassination of the French. l those honours and rewards was the first exercise of The cities of Alcira, St. Philip, Gandi a, and De- the unrestrained prerogative of the-Prince Regent.— ilia, have submitted to us—in the latter place, we He (Lord Liverpool) was perfectly satisfied that the tound slaty pieces of cannon, it is a very strong place 'House would feel that the Noble Lord, on whom •n the sea coast, at the distance of '2O 'leagues hum ; they had been conferred, bad highly deserved those tilieant, and near to Cape Martin. I honours. He was also satisfied that the feelings of RETORT or THE MARSHAL DUKE WALEVFERA, To His! the country generally would be of the same descria- . MGIIN Eta THE PIIINCROM WACHLA.M AND NEUFCHATEL, 1 tion and use Noble Lord (Wellington) himself /IAJO:t-GEN aut.. I • would consider his honours enhanced by the very , pe euli .r and gratifying manner in which they had been granted to him by the Prince Regent. That 'too was a strong test of the gratification which his Royal Highness would always feel it rewarding men who might deserve well of their country, by granting them such honours and distinctions. The Public must feel great satisfaction at this consideration ; and it must operate, if possible, as an additional stimulus on our naval and military men, when they observe the readiness which his Royal Highness displays in acknowledging and rewarding their great and bril liant services. He (Lord Liverpool) would feel that he should be taking up the time of the House most unnecessarily, if he were to occupy it by detailing the long and eminent services of Lord Wellington. But he must say a few words with respect to the magua _nimous conduct of that Noble Earl in private mat ters, during the late arduous campaigns in Spain and Portugal. These honours ware conferred on his Lordship without any previous knowledge of or cont. munication with him. After the last campaign in Portugal bait been most gloriously terminated, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of that Kingdom had determined, and did confer upon Lord Welling ton, the highest honour which was in his power, to gether with a pension of 20,000 ducats per annum. Their Lcrdships - ,-/ould well recollect that an appeal was at that time made to this country in aid of the Portuguese, to enaele them to carry on the war effec tually ; and that illustrious General, considering this circumstance, as well as the many sacrifices which that nation had made in support of the cause of her self and her allies, did not think proper to avail him self of that grant, which his services so well merited. When, by the unanimous voice of the Cortes, he was elected" Captain General of all Spain, he took a sing tar view of the sacrifices which that gallant nation had made in the same cause; and while he accepted ' the honourable situation and title, he declined receiv ing the pay attached to it. That Noble Lord had new for the last three years held a charge, which I hardly any British subject had before been placed in. He had done it too at great and uraetralleled expellees to himself ; and on the mere honest portion of a pri vate gentleman ; he (Lord Liverpool) could there fore say, that the reward which his Royal Highness the Prince Regent had been graciously pleased to recommend that Parliament should enable him to confer upon him, would be found not less due to him for his great military services, than for defraying his own expenses while thus distinguishingly serving his country and her allies ; therefore not less a debt of honour, due from an admiring nation to him in the one sense, than a debt of justice in the other. That the Noble Lord had richly earned those distinguished honours, every one would be ready to admit ; as well as that he and his posterity should be able to support them with dignity and splendour. To enable them to do so, it appeared to him (Lord Liverpool) that Parliament shotild concur in assisting the Prince Regent to make a suitable provision for them ; and this he considered as a corollary which would admit of no refutation. He therefore moved, 4 , That an humble Addrf;ss should be presented to his Royal P4RLIiI.IIEMIART PROCEEDINGS. Va!encia, January 24. Monseigneur—M. Meekinem is arrived, he has de livered to ;De your dispatches cf the '2Bth, in which your Excellency inft,rana me, dist his lkehjesty has noticed with pleasure the measures taken, which ren dered the fall of Valencia infallible. The General Count Reille arrived in time ; but General Mont brun, with the division of the army of Portugal, has too long retarded lily march : had he arrived at the time appointed, all that have escated of the army of Murcia would have been -taken. ' On the evening of the 11th, two days after the taking of Valencia, I receiN'ed'a letter from General Montbrun, dated from Almanza, wherein he intorm• fed me of his art ival there, and requested my farther orders ; I answered by sending hitn the capitulation of Valencia, and ordering him to return to the army of Portugal, for which he: had manifested a desire.— Ile had communicated to me his project of matching in ; to wl.ich I rcp.ied, 1 oid act conceive the present rnument as being favourable fir an oreration against a town so well tot tified, and against which it would be necessary to biing heavy arialery—neier theless he would try the event, and summoned the city and tlisew tome shells into it, afier having defeat ed the insurgents in the open country, and made some prisoners —but, as I had foreseen, the Gover nor refused to surrender. General Motubrun, feeling the inconvenience oc c sioned by his absence, recommenced his route to the Tagus, which he might have done several days sooner: lam well satisned with the people of Ai ra gon. My orr.rnunication with Sar.•goisa has not Bei.n interrupted one single day for three months past, the pcorle have resistt clan insinuations, ;...nd have sin cerely submitted. I • have summoned Peniscola to -surrender. and shall in a few days commence the bombardment. Should the place refuse to surrender I intend opening the trenches—the situation of this little place, on a Ncicon the sea shore, is such as will render this a brilliant operation ter the engineers.— The whole prcvince of Valencia, beyond Cape Mar tin, is consequently subdned. Alcira; St: Philippe, Gandia, and Denia, are in -his Majfsty's power.— Denia is a strong place, at which the insurgent; have ' .thrown up many *mks, which have cost them a great deal of money. The inhabitants of these towns have. submitted to the army. General O'Donnell, the former Governor of Va lencia, has, at parting, transmitted me a chart of the cordon established to prevent the' ravages of the yel low fever-it reaches to the Xucar. The ravages made by this dreadful malady have been really terrible in this unfortunate part of Spain ; 45,000 per sons have perished in the towns of Elche, Oritruela, and Murcia only—fortunately it has now ceased. My communication with Madrid is perfectly established through Requena and Cuenca. • General Hubert has found at Denia cannon and .mortars; and a great quantity of Cartridges. This I place is small, but strong, and in excellent condition. 1 have the bOnour to enclose. you a statement of the ;artillery Nhit h tie have found there. There were 50 , CATALONIA. The siege of Valencia fixed the attention of the English, and of the insurgent armies in the Penin sula. For the intent of relieving that place, the in. surgents of Catalonia re-united under the orders of General Lacey, and of the Baron D'Eroles, and marched against Tarragona with an army of 10,000 men. Two vessels were moored off the town, and , threw bombs into it. The Spanish Generals sheaved the utmost activity in collecting arms and ammuni tion, and to form a magazine of provisions, which the Enlish squadron assisted in procuring for them. General Decaen being apprised of the enter prize of the enemy againsrTarragona, immediately dispatched thither the division of Lamarque, which, joined by a part of the garrison of Barcelona, under the orders of General Maurice Mathieu, on the 21th of January, at tacked the insurgent army, on the lie;ghts of Alta fouilla. In this brilliant combat, the enemy lost two thousand men in killed, wounded, and prisoners ; and their whole army has been dispersed in such a manner that it will be impossible for it to be re-organised. It has lost almost the whole of its arms, with all its artil lery and baggage. D'Eroles was very dangerously L wounded. (Highness the Prince Regent, thanking him for his 4 most gracious Message, and declaring the readiness of that House of Parliament to concur ip enabling his Royal Highness to grant to the Earl of Wellington pension of £2OOO per annum, in addition to that which he already holds." . The Earl of GROSVENOR said, that he did not'. rise to oppose this motion; but to endeavour to per suade their Lordships to extend that grant conside rably farther, because he considered that in all cases where high honours might be conferred fur great ser vices it was extremely proppr, that the pt rson on whom they might be so conferred, shottlil not only be enabled to support them with comfort and dignity, but that his posterity should be enabled to do su I.le- siise ; and that that posterity should nut be placed, in the situation of dependants on the Crown. He was, therefore, convinced, that this grant would not go far enough ; and he dreaded, In such instances, that such trifling sums, with such large honours, were ' only given for the purpose of forming the nucleus of a future Aristocracy, which should be entirely depen dent on the Crown. He wished that a new Order were eAablished, exclusive!) , fcr men who might be , netit their country greatly ; and that they should be advanced to the rank of an Earl ; or at least to that of a Bastin, without the necessity of being at the ex pence men of such rank are at present. His Lord ship wished the House to consider the splendid mark of a nation's gratitude to the Duke of Marlborough, in Blenheim Palace; even Lord Nelson had received a considerable reward for his extraordinary services ; but he would instance the case of a mall ever watchr 1W for his country's safety, and who, although he received high honours ; yet was, in other respects so meanly rewarded, that his posterity could not have supported those honours without accepting situations , unJer the Crown ; he meant the late E trl.ot Chatham. —Whatever difference of opinion might exist as to the policy of the war in Spain, there could be none as to the extent of Lord Wellington's services; With regard to that part of the Address which men tioned the beneficial effects of the war in Spain to this country, he could not agree with it. The question was then put and carried new. Air. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FOUR AND A HALF PLR CBVTS• Lord VOI.K ES I'ONE, in the absence of Mr. Creevey, who had been obliged to leave town, postponed that Gentleman's mu. twit till this day se'nnight. Mr. M`NEIL presented at the Bar an Account of the Receipts and Expences of the Chest at Greenwich. Mr. CALCItAFT presented four Petitions from the Ship,. wrights and other Persons, employed in the Dock Yards at Chat ham, Woolwich, Dep:ford, and sheering., praying exemption front the Property lax. Mt. ALLNUT 1' presented at the Bar, the Accounts of the Coto otissioners of the Thames Navigation, for the year 18 11. 'I he Lxeh , quer Mills Funding Bill was read a second time, and ' coder. a in be committed to-morrow. toinnel BAGWELL brought up the Report of the Sugar Drawl, tek Conunittee; thelteeolutiona weir read and agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in agreeably to same. Mr. ROSE gave notice of a motion for Monday, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better Regulating Parochial Registers. The Pilot Bill was committed fur this day fortnight. The Iris!' Population Bill was reads second time and commit, i ted for Monday. GENERAL CRACEURD. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave node*, that be would to-morrow move for an address to the Prince Re geht, for the erection of a Monument to the Memory of General Crauford.—( Hrar,lte,r). UR. I. WALSH. • Mr. BANKS gave notice that he would, on Tuesday; sub mit to the House a nicition rcsp c nag an uniortunSte Member, Mr. Walsh. PAPERS RESPECTING THE STATE OF Tilt NATION. Sir THOMAS TURTON moved for a return of the Amount of the Capital of the Funded and Un funded Debt of Great Britain, for the year ending Ist February, 1812.—Ordcred. Also, a return of the Amount of Debt and Expenditure incurred in carrying on the War in the Peninsula in Spain and Por,ugal, from the year 1808, till the 30th Decem ber, 1811.—Ordered. Also, an Account of the Ex penditure for the same in the Navy. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the extent of this motion, as it could not at all lead to the object of the Hon. Baronet. . The 4iutting up the ports of either Lisbon or Cadiz might cost more than a year's ordinary service of the same ships otherwise stationed. Sir THOMAS TURTON then consented to sub stitute the word a Transports" for that of " :Levy" —the transports properly belonging to the Army. Mr. TIERNEY said, that at the time of the In quiry into the memorable Expedition of Walcheren,' there was a Paper produced from the Treasury, sta ting the net amount of the Navy Expenditure eluting that Expedition. He did not see why the same course of proceeding might not; in the present instance, be resorted to.—( Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had gone out of his way to introduce a case that had not the slightest bearing or analogy to the one before the House. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had never denied or affected to disguise from the Country, that the War in the Peninsula did necessarily lead to great and heavy expenditure--so far from it, that he had always admitted the reverse, and was then as anxious as any Hon. Gentleman to come at the clear est and most direct wit") , of getting at the fullest in formation upon die amount of that expenditure.— (Hear, hear !)—Why, therefore, the sight Hon. Gentleman should go so far back as he did t tiniest it was to have a fling at the Walcheren Expedition, upon a question that had nothing to do with it, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) could not ex plain.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. TIERNEY said, that he should find no diffi culty whatever in explaining why the Right Hon. Gentleman should feel so sore at any atliisitin t Wal cheren (a laugh), though he did not take it to be al together so foreign to tne question. They were speak ing of war, and the Right Hon. Gentleman was the Minister : now was it so very unnatural, when they were coupling war and the Right Hon. Gentleman together, to think of the Expedition to Walcheren 4-- (a laugh), Sir THOMAS TURTON then moved for a re turn of the amount of monies raised in England within the above period, distinguishing those raised by loans, and those by taxes.—Ordered. Mr. TIERNEY asked if the Hon. Baronet had any intention of postponing his motion Sir THOMAS TURTON replied, that he then saw no reason why his motion should not come ou on the day fi.ted, this day sennight. SCOT 7131011 AU RIO T% 11.411111•MORICS PIESENV4TAO4; Mr. RYDER moved the Order of the D a third needing of this Bill. y fee i s Mr. HIJ t CHINSON spoke at considerable keg* against the measure, which, in his opinion, waalt totally pf the desired e ff ect. The Itigfet ih at Secretary had n.'t found any person in Nottineham, shire who would discover his accomplic e s, when fra nk . breaking was only a transwirtable effence ; aid b e now sagely supposed that t he y would come forw ar d to make discoveries when the crime was rendered t 4. pital. Such a position was contrary to a ll espn for in offences like the present, the difficulty if di sco , very would Le proportioned to tile severity of mi s t y meat. The Right lion. Gentleman had stated, die these disturbances were the most alarming that had of bate years been experienced in England ; and eth er Gentlemen had told them, that they were even lile; r to he extended to other manufacturing elistlicts. I such was the ca..e, it became the duty of I'arli amtsL to examine into t'•e causes of the g r i evance . of wltic'l the mar.ufactuters compla:ned, and not merely m a• tent themselves v:th promulgating thi s hanging it" , of Parliament. Ile admitted that we should set parley with snbjects in arms ; hut he would deny that the people could have been led into such m ew; wither:. !Wile ground of compla:::t: and it bec ame the House to examine thcir grievances befo re tr . treme severity was resorted to. An allusion was tn e d e on a former. night to the pract;ce under the keid t law, of parents stoning their disalredient and refrac tory children : but had parents or legisl a t ure ta , duties of enquiry, of advice, of the' r erso ,4 grievances, to perform. but merely to create some highly penal statute to put down disobedience?... Was it war which created the grievances cruel/hied of ? Why then apply the remedy of peace in the b est way you can ; though he was not one of those au could ever wish this country to crouch wide r * power of France. Were your di stresses anted by, profligate waste in foreign expenditure? Whyte curtail that expenditure, and tarry on the war es 4 scale adapted to your means. Was a prelim exp o , diture in your establishments at home the cause?, Then economise at borne, instead of putting fam e d this sanguinary code as the only remedy you cid( apply to the wounds of a distressed populatiOn... Even this very period, when all. classes were pre* I down by severe taxation, had been chosen for meteo r ing the expences of our home establishments, Mond of endeavouring to alleviate the distresses if is people. Every idea of tetrelchment was rejecith and the Reversion Bill had been thrown ow, 04 th e ground that the pittance of saving it would polo was so miserable as not.seedeserve attention, if, would plainly tell the House, that things could 4 1 long go on as they were. It we • persetored is ow present profligate system of expenditure, the babble would burst as last, and that at no very distaatp, riod. He then alluded to what had fallen from ass of the Representatives' from Ireland on a torso. night, who seemed to recommend severity of mis t sures, from the example of their having been km a. useful in putting down what were called the Wbis Boys in that c•atintry. k!r. Hutchinson was thes giving a short historical detail of the otigin and y. cure of what he called the SVhite Boy Ludt °the- Laid, when • Mt. COURTENAY roc and asked, wigglier tbs . Hcu2ootabie Meath:r coul.l7osiibly be in °Arabes going into such details ? The SPEAKER.—If the Hon. Gentleman is order, I am a loss to discover how he is so. Mr. H uTc HINSON proceeded, representing dr White Boy Code as the most atrocious that ever di,. graced a civilized county. It was charscteritedbi. execution without trial, and calculated only for the met ;than of Barbary. Now, however, he wnuldthecr that he was in order • and would ask any man it. quainted with Irish history, had this bloody Mist 13oy Code the effect of putting down disturbances? No such thing ; they grew worse by mutual emir ration, till the Irish Parliament at last enqtrired ims • their grievances, and, by removing them, restored* country to greater tranquillity and prosperity than it had ever before enjoyed. He would now rier totb Right Hon. the Speaker, whether he was in Ws If not ; and would leave the House to draw their I concusion, whether it would not be better to clultirel first, into the grievances of the manuficturers 14w they appealed to measures of such extreme severity. The people of Britain, of all others, were the least likely to run into excesses without a C.11.11e ; they welt a grave, plodding, sensible, sober, and pious people; and therefore these manufacturers must have had grievances which it welt became the House tomtit into, and, if possible, redress, before they gave their sanction to this Bill. This was the course lie thouli recommend, and with that impression oppose the measure. Mr. SINCLAIR declared himself decidedly labs your of the bill. As to the speech 01 the Hon uratih, Gentleman who spoke last, so entirely did it 'prat applicable to a motion on the stite of the nation, re cher than to the business belore the House, dui hi would deter his reply to it until the time hen the an notirable Baronet (Sir 'l'. Tuttos) should bring lar• ward his motion on that subject. After a few observations IrJlll Sir A. PIGC.OI7 sd Mr. Secretary Rvnitt, the Bill was read a third out and passed. LOCAL Mr. Secretary RYDER moved the second radio( of the Local Militia 841. Mr. G. VANoITTART objected to tie clailsral which the widows and children of the Local ha' were so be paid out of the POtir Rates roll. Lord A. HAMILTON condemned the inceatik tency which Parliament had exhibited with reePee lis ballot ; and stated a variety of objections to the wet sine, which he said he would detail at greater le r in the Committee. Mr. WHITBREAD did not agree with theme Lord in his objections ; but he reprobated.! abandonment of that system of training the population to arms, which this Bill went miaow! Mr. Secretary RYDER contended, in alley! 7 the Hon. Gentleman, that the present inessureme_ calculated to produce a more ellicii.nt w relieve the country from great burdens and alert nience. The saving to the . State would be at lare £lOO,OOO a-year. • Mr. N. CALVERT highly approved of the The NU was read a second time, and °calf be committed on Tuesday.--Adjourned. 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