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rronced even into regimehts ; that there, in defiance' of all discipline, the officers,' non-commissioned offi cers, and privates met togethet Ott a footing of equa lity in the Orange Lodge. rf this Was the ease in !Leland, he must say, thit h . e considered this system highly improper to introduce )oto the army of this country. According to the rules, which had been printed, it would appear that there was to by a gene ral fund, ont of which the law expsehses of the Orange. nce:i would be defrayed. As to the existence of those ro6etit . s, lie aiuld have 'so doubt, after the notice w!lich had been taken of, them in the newspapers 3nost under the inflpenCe of Government, and after the publicatcn 'of the pamphlet before mentioned. High names had publicly been mentioned as at the head or this institution, and no contradiction had ap pealed. The pr. posed Grand Orange Lodge, with its Affiliated societies, would, as he conceisild, be most dangerous to the public peace, and Were in direct co . ntravee (ion of the existing law. He concluded by moving, That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the exiLtonce ef certain illegal tocieties, under the determination of Orangemen." Me. B. BATHURST thought that this public dis cussion might be of considerable use even to the par ties themselves, who were unintentionally acting in opposition to the laws He entirely agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, in considering that those Societies were contrary to the law as it now stands, and he the tight the Hon. Gentleman had with great pru dence and propriety abstained from discussing, at length, the origin of the system. He agreed with him also, that this g mitig.ted and limited allegi ance,' which was sworn, was contrary to the general law of the land. He thought, however, that the ob ject of the Hon. Gentleman might be answered by the observations which would be made iu that House, kind by the notice that would thereby be given to the unwary that those societies were unlawful. Thinking, therefore, that there was no occasion for appointing a Committee, and that the object of the Hon. Mover would be equally accomplished by its appearing to be the unanimous sense of the House that those societies were illegal, he moved that the House should pro beed th the other Orders of the Day. Mr. WORTLEY denounced the Society as one tenewed merely to raise a cry in the nation, and which ought, therefore, to be suppress el. But he was sorry that the Honourable Gentleman had brought it before the Parliament, and had not suffered it to die its natural death of languor and contempt.— (Hear, hear.)—While he was on this topic, he must deprecate, also, such societies as called themselves exclusively the friends of civil and religious liberty, convinced as he was, that if the great cause of reli, gious liberty ever prevailed, and prevail it must, it would triumph by means of reason and sound sense alone, and not through the clamour of exclusive clubs and parties. Sir H. MONTGOMERY said he should be more relevant to the question than the Hon. Gentleman who preceded him. He would read part of a letter lately sent him, which would shew the horrible mis chief arising from Orange Clubs, and such party dis tinctions. The letter was from Carrowkeel, in the county of Donegal!, and gave an account of an affray between some Orangemen, and some persons of the Catholic party, in which six persons were killed, and three were apprehended, and were likely to suffer death : thus, from the mischievous consequences of Such distinctions as were now deprecated, nine persons were lost to the community. The county of Done gall had been in a Ale of tranquillity till about the year 1809, when a few persons formed themselves into a society of Orangemen, and since that period there had been nothing but confusion and violence.— He concluded by observing, that though the present Lord Lieutenant would not possess the exalted rank nor high birth which had usually marked his prede cessors ; yet he hoped at least that he would set the example of sobriety to the nation ; and that when he went into the interior, he should not hear of the mid night orgies of songs and toasts calculated to irritate and inflame the minds of the people.—(Hear, hear). Mr. PEELE rose, and, with very great warmth, observed, that the Hon. Baronet would have done better to have practised what he recommended, and have kept to his subject, instead of going out of his way t o cast a most unfounded insinuation on the cha racter of the Nobleman at the head of the Irish Go vernment. No Governor had ever shewn a more firm determination to conciliate all parties, and to set his face against all improper combinations ; insomuch that, till lately, his opinions were not known. He could mention several instances of his resistance against the spread of an illiberal party feeling : he had last year disbanded one corps, because they had manifested some dissatisfaction at their Commanding Oincer for signing a Catholic Petition. When he mentioned this, and similar proofs of the conciliatory disposition of the Irish Government, he ought, per haps to apologise for noticing the phrase of " mid night orgies" which the Hon. Baronet had thrown out. Mr. M'NAUGHTON defended the institution of Orange Lodges in Ireland, as necessary to protect the loyal against traitors and Catholics. (A laugh.) It was great nonsense to make such a fuss about marks and signs, which were no more than what the Freemasons used to point out each other : if he were an Orangeman—but he must not tell, lest the Hon. Gentleman should impeach ; the marks would only enable him to tell whether any of the Members were brethren or not. (A laugh.) Mr. WHITBREAD wished the temper shewn by the two Gentlemen who spoke first in the debate, had been followed by the other persons who took part in the discussion. He wished the Hon. Ba ()net had made no allusion to any orgies : but he was surprised at the temper evinced by the Right lion. ...cretary, who had himself been the first to use this expression, and had applied it to arraign the conduct a a pious and venerable Prelate. (Hear, hear.) Nei ther could he see any connection which the present question had with the dinner given to the friends of &eel and religious liberty. The Hon. Gentleman was wrong in saying, that any principle of exclusion was adopted to assemble that meeting ; from the na ture of the case, only a limited number of tickets was issued, hut they were open to all who chose to apply ter them. The Noble Lord, whose conduct had been to praiseworthy in the course of the Catholic Bill, had I) en invited. But that meeting, when they had dined, did nothing more : they formed no club ; they took nil oath ; they instituted no conspiracy against the Protestant faith. (Hear, hear.) He did not think that the subject ought to be dismissed in the LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1813. PRICE OF sTOCRS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: Red. 5611—Cons. for aec. 58# mf 58-4 per Ct. 711 Onmium 4}j{ pr.—BatAk Long Anus. 14 3-16ths Boncla 48. tis. dts.—Esch. Bills 4s. 2% du. par A Mail from Gottenburgh arrived this morning. It notifies the arrival there, on the 2‘2,1 instant, of the Neptune American cartel, Captain JONES, with Mr. GALLATIN, Mr. BAYARD, and a Mr. TOD (son-in-law to Mr. MADISON), who immediately proceeded to the Russian head-quarters, as Plenipotentiaries from America, to adjust the differences between that coun try and Great Britain. We stated yesterday, that since General HoPs's return from the Baltic, the project of an Expedition to some part of the North of Europe had been revived in the Cabinet ; and we now find, that the Division assembled in the Downs, and which consists of the 3d King's German Hussars, has sailed. The fol lowing is our Correspondent's letter on the subject " DIAL, p 1142 29. is The wind having at last come round to the southward, the transports, having the 3d regiment of the King's German Hussars on board, have sailed from the Downs for their destination. 'lbe whole fleet passed through the Gull Stream, and were out o f i eight by IL o'clock this 'wag& whb a fair btu light brag's.", EVACUATION OF SPA IN BY TPIE FRENCH TROOPS. • RAPID ADVANCE OF LORD WELLINGTON. At a late hour last night the Admiralty Telegraph, from Plymouth, communicated the arrival of a ship from Spain, with the gratifying intelligence of the French being driven nearly out of the Peninsula. Pre vious to leiving Burgos, they blew up the Citadel and `other world, by which they suffered.considerably them. selves. General GRAHAM was ChM at their heels, and had occasioned them to retreat with such preci pitation, that they generally left their baggage, ar tillery', and ammunition behind them. Lord WELLINGTON% head-quarters were at Vit. toria, and the French were retreating towards Pam pelima. The dispatches having been sent round by Corunna, hid not reached town when our Paper was put to press; but were houilk expected. Since writing the above, we have learnt that this intelligence Ras brought from St. Andero by one of his Majesty's small armed ships. By the ac. counts that have reached the Admiralty, it appears that the armed vessel alluded to left St. Andero yes. terday se'ntiight (22d June): The Frenth are represented to have retreated across the Ebro in the greatest precipitation, without waiting the event of a battle, which would soon have been unavoidable, from the rapidity with which Lord WELLINGTON was advancing. To impede the march of his Lordship, they destroyed the bridges in their way, and burnt Burgoi. The Allied Army is represented as in a most effec tive state, and burning with the greatest ardour to come Up with the enemy ; of which, however, there appeared but little prospect, from the astonishing haste with which the enemy was taking his way to wards the frontier. The following Bulletin has been issued from the Admiralty on the above subject s' ADMIRALTY OFFICE, JUNE 50,1813. a Lord KErrit has transmitted letters from Cap tain Sir GEORGE COLLIER, dated Santander. on the 20th and 21st instant, announcing the advance of the Marquis of WILLINGTOY. Sir GEORGE COLLIER bad seen Mr. Commissary OGltvrE, who had been sent with Lord WELLINGTON'S instructions relative to the supplies, &c. 46 The inner walls of the castle and works of Bur gos were blown up by the enemy,'on the morning of the 13th, in consequence of the rapid advance of the Allies--50 of the garrison perished in the explosion. the 46 Sir THOMAS GR AHAM crosse d t h e Eb ro b y bridge of Oreno, on the 13th, and was followed by the army on the 16th, at Quintana, when head-quar ters were at Villa Cayo and Nudina Romar. go On the 17th, Lord WELLINGTON'S head-quar ters were at Kincosa, and the next day at St. Mar tin's, about a league in advance. " On the IBth, a Conductor of the Artillery left his Lordship in that neighbourhood. He reports to Sir GEORGE COLLIER, that Lord WELLINGTON WaS to fix his head-quarters on the 19th, within four leagues of Vittoria. " The enemy had destroyed the fortifications of Pancorvo and at Miranda. " Between two and 4000 men (probably PALONI ZUNI'S corps) were cut off from the Bilboa road, on which they were obliged to retire, followed by some thousands of Spaniards, wader General thrum, with British cavalry and artillery. " The French General CLausEt's division had suf fered a loss of 2500 men in their pursuit of MINA, which, however, had been assiduously followed up, and MINA bad been a good deal pressed. u PALostano's loss in the attack of and march from Castro, was calculated to be equally severe. " MINA writes that JOSEPH'S head-quarters were transferred to Pampeluna, and that &CHET'S army was in motion, apparently to cross the Ebro." French Papers, one day later than those received yesterday, arrived last night. They state that the Congress was expected to be held at Dresden, where a great concourse of diplomatists had already as sembled. It is stated in a minor Paris Paper, on the authority of a letter from Dresden, dated cn the 19th, that Plenipotentiaries from Prussia, England, and Spain, were also daily expected ; and a letter from Vienna asserts, that the British Minister in the suite of the Emperor ALUANDER, had left the Russian head-quarters, but it was not stated whither he had gone. An American Captain, who has arrived at Bour deauz, has amused the Parisians with a story of 1500 Indians and S(X) British, having been blown up in a fort. We presume this to allude to the affair of Fort York; and it affords another proof ofthe taste for false hood which chitracterixes these Americus Capmins. • • NATAL INTELLIC PM& PLYMOUTH, JUNE sis. • ; The homeward-bound West India Fleet, ernskingi of 100 sail an d upwar d s , a l l b ound f Loud Im o ; under convoy of the CUMBERLAND man of war asd SCORPION gun-brig, accompan i e d b 7 the HvAtim, store-ship, got ender weigh last evening, with a fine breeze from the Westward, and were clear off the harbour by nine o'clock, except the ship Mars, which vessel unfortunately in coming out of Hamm= - into the Eddy tide, and went on shore near vil's Point, at Stonehouse, where she lies, bil full of water :—part of the cargo has been , lighters, but it is expected that great part will together with the vessel. Of the above fl et lowing remain here :—ttie Jane, REND ; the' PArratsort ; and the Thomds, Rus t w ; Sailed his Majesty's ship ACDATES on a crui Goodintent, and the Ben and Susan, for Pal, to join the Newfoundland fleet.—Wind variab) AUCTIONEERS' REGULATION A Committee of the principal Auctioneers ( don and Westminster (a most respectable men) had a meeting yesterday to consider the of this Bill, particularly those which take _ Exemption from the Auction Duty in respect Estates and Effects bought in. The Resoly the Committee, which are drawn up with great desty, are of that kind which cannot fail to weight with Parliament. The following is 'stance of these Resolutions: a It is presumed, that the object of the Bill is twoft prevent the practice of tutting up property to sale, with determination of buying it in, AO as to avoid payment and to protect the Tradesman and Shwpkeeper front jured in his particular branch of trade by itinerant or Auctioneers, snaking what are 'malty termed Welt " With regard to the latter object of the Bill, the Auctioneers of the Metropolis give their hearty cone', any provisions that may be effectual; but while they the particular practice, to the correction of which the part of the Bill is directed, they deprecate the adoption provisions as must be destructive of Auctions boa troperty and of Chattels. " The Auctioneers deem the Bill particularly oppreseve, they trust it will be so amended, that Bales of Property lion may not be totally abolished. " It being evident that the Auctioneers cannot furnish to Government for the payment of duty on all property tually sold; the power of Government to exact the thereof being absolute, and their means of enforcing the owners extremely precarious, it is left to the conside, Gentlemen possessed of Landed Property, to 'trustees funs and. Widows, Executors and other persons, whether will subject themselves to similar liabilities. It is not ." anticipate, that they would be driven by the measure other mode of sale. " CLAasa 1. p. tbr period of one month from , ache Auction were to •• I. tmed for determining whetb. Estate bought in were 1;..',1e to Duty, of exempt therefrom, affidavit of the proprietor ii; ght be then taken, and - measure of a Bond 'nigh, b. euperseded. The laying a Duty of Five per Cent. absolute , Chattels bought In, will deter many from briuzirg their proper/ to sale, unless they be compelled by necessity, wit.ch will r diminish the fair emoluments of the Auctioneer, and tb tiveness of the Tax. If a Duty be deemed actually nee. is submitted that a Tax of One per Cent. on Chattels, turnable, would prove sufficient for every purpose; but lectors feel confident that even this small Tax w.lI be mental to Auction% " CLA tin 1. p.l 2.—They deem it a severe harlthip hibired from selling a botdo-in Estate or Chattel witl - eight hours after an un,tlectaul attempt by Auction; they at least pray for liberty to neg,ociate such subsequent Sale log liable to pay the full Duty on the Property, ss if were Sold by Auction.--Suctird by the Comm,rtee, RICHARD WINSTANLLY, G. H. RosiNs, HENKI - Routss, Jou M ROSINI, L. 11006 A RT, Gamic,- SOL& EVAN; PLILLIPS, D. R. NIoNN, Jim Es elms vs:, G. E. SHUT LT PETER Cox, R. .I . AI TRR4.II HARRY PHILLIPS, HORIAS "'CDT T. Tocuts, W.:Vicntaxu.: I. L. Foloicsr, To the foregoing we may add, what perk: not occur to Readers not acquainted with ti tion, that frequently property to the value of eighty thousand pounds are exposed to salt day, by the same Auctioneer—on the chance purchaser appearing, the proprietor being in money. Should no buyer appear, the propel be bought in.—lf in such a case money must vided (or bonds) for duty, the embarrassment proprietor are increased. The Bill, if passe, present form, will not only lessen the revent auction duty, but occasion a great reduction Stamp Office in the annual amount of duty vertisements. The valuable collection of Paintings and Dra , from the Linnrean Gallery, which formed the ' Prize in DOCWITDORNTON'S Lottery, will be Auction, at Chn:,rik's Rooms, on Friday. The Guvernment of Berbice is vacated by . cellency Governor Goa Dot: ; and report states, JOHN J. LE WADE, at present in Barbacloes, ; to succeed him. Yesterday, at six o'clock, her MAJESTY he; vate Court at the Queen's Palace, for the pul receiving the Prussian Minister. His Excellei introduced by the Eirl of MORTON, her MAJESTY' Chamberlain, when he delivered his credentials, was most graciously received. Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT held a Chr the Order of the Bath, at Carlton•house, when ral ALErksinut He re was introduced to his Highness, and with the usual forms created a of that Order. MELANcHoLY Atonal T.—SttlldaT last ANNEsLEy PoWELL was returning from a visit HAWKER, at Longparish, and had nearly reached own door, at Wherwell, his horse made an attemr turn towards the stable, when he had unfortr got his foot out of the stirrup : the unhappy , quence was, that he lost his seat, and the horse away, and threw him with his head directly on flint stone, which occasioned such a concussion brain that he never spoke afterwards, and about half-past nine on Monday morning. ner's Inquest was yesterday assembled, any the Verdict of—" Accidental Deatli."—Ne , there a man more universally regretted, from neral circle of acquaintance, to the lower ck society !--His unbounded private charities perfectly in unison with his well-known hospio He is succeeded in his estates by his younger JOHN ROBERTS, Esq. CORN EXCHANGE, MARE LANE, JUNE We have had no fresh arrivals of any grain since Monday, having but few buyers art N heat chi% morning, our priers nue nominally as on last market-day. Barley holly - price, but very little appean, which is readily taken several buyers a it. hoe Nish is In better chi I rather better prices. Oats sell freely, at kit La other artfelis D 9 misting, were clear off the • to ship Mars, whiclt It of Hamoaze got shore near the De. she lies, bilged and has been put into eat part will be lost above fl et the fol. LEND ; the Tantisor, R uss ct.t. ; leaky es on a cruize ; the ;an, for Falmouth, Wind variable. A.TION BILL. Luctioneers of Lon. espectable body of consider the clauses tich take away the )uty in respect to The Resolutions of up with great mo- ot fail to have great Mowing is the sub. the Bill is twofold—To y to .ale, with the pre- ti payment of the duty; ikeeper from being in- itinerant or unlicensed, med Welt Auctions. he Bill, the resp•ctable r hearty concurrence to ut while they disclaim of which the former .e the adoption of such ctions both of Landed cularly oppressive, and is of Property by Auc-• cannot furnish bonds on all property not as to exact the payment of enforcing these on ;, to the consideratius et .y, to Trustees lot In. persons, wLether tin" s. It is not difikult to y the measure to sees se month from the day termining whether the exempt therefrom, the taken, and the seems per Cent. absolute an brill:leg their property city, wli.ch will greatly inneer, and the pi-dna I d actually nec. &Airy, IX It. on Chattels, not re. r purpose; but the ob. Tax w.ll be very deal. j 'ere harlihip to be pro- Chattel within forty- y Auction; they would subsequent Sales on be. Iperty, ss if the tam 2ornm.ttee, H. ROSINS. Rost?),, : I coact- settee, . R. 4ONN, . E. SOL.? I LEIVOILTN a ..I . AITCII4.IL, NOMAS . • 1 Nit:enact." what perhaps will ted with this clues. to value of sixty or sed to sale in one the chance of some ar being in want of the property must ior.ey must be P arrassments ofC if passed in its the revenue from : reduction to the nt of duty for ad. ings and Drawings formed the Crand ry, will be sold by Friday. racated by his Ex. report states, that arbadoes, is likely 'Antsilf held a pri. - or the purpose of [is Excellency was q, her MAJESTY'S is credentials, and held a Chapter oe loose, when Gen ' ted to his Roya is created a Knight nday last as Mr. I from a visit to 1 4 .1 i,( nearly reached his! nade an attempt to had unfortunately' 'le unhappy come., and the horse ran directly on a large a concussion of tho, tad s, and expiry& torning. A Coro: 1 rmbled, and g avel ath."—Never was etted, from a gene. to lower classes ate charities were :nown hospitality 1 is younger brothels' ANE, JUNE So. • I sin sauce Monday, ring, our prices con Barley Icily maims. adny taken off, !mei T demand, and obtain last Moodily', pritec ____ • - manner mentioned .by the Right Hoa. Gentleman, (Mr. Bathurst). For there there not persons of high rank supposed to be at dfe head of this new associa tion ? Were there none f)ut 'unwary persons con cerned ? Was it unwary td print and distribute pam phlets ? Was it not rather Wary and insidious to pub lish two distinct sets of psaphlets, in one of which, • destined for the more educatse4, the conditional oath was omitted; while in the other, which was to lie circulated among the private and non-cotinnissioneti officers, and the lower classes of societr, this poison to the Constitution was suffered to*main. Ought not the. House to enquire into this dark conspiracy, cal culated to sever the Protestants from their Catholic Brethren ? It had been impudently said, that the Prince Regent and the Duke of York were at the head of the Orange Lodge : in their youth, perhaps, they might have enrolled themselves in such an asso cimion ; but that they should now be put forth to the soldiers as the chief of a society whoie principles were hostile to subordination, and tendeu to mutiny, was monstrous, and ought to be subject to inquiry and re probation.—Some Gentlemen seemed to think, that it was only necessary toread the 39th Of the King to those unwary persons, and that they would immediately disperse. He had not the same opinion : he thought they were dark and insidious persons ; and that if they once saw the vigilance of Parliament lulled, they would with greater rigour unite to promote their objects. Great names had been mentioned as con nected with this association :—there shoUld be some disclaimer, not only of the two illustrious names which were placed at the head of this Society, in the base fabrication to which he had alluded. There should be also some disclaimer on the part of some other high names which had been currently dispersed —and it should be known from what authority the pamphlet emanated. The publisher had dared to avow his name, and offered to swear in any persons who were willing.—He wished, if it were possible, that some Orangeman would tell who among them now assembled in Parliament were Brethren. Mr. WORTLEY explained. Mr. PRESTON thought the Society equally ille gal without the oath as with it. Mr. CANNING said, it was a satisfaction to find, that no Gentleman had been so anomalous as to de fend the new institution, assert its harmlessness, or to vindicate the character and design of those persons, who were guilty of nothing less than a conspiracy against the peace of the country.—(lfear.)—lf the Hon. Gentleman pressed his motion, he (Mr. Can ning) should certainly vote for the Committee. He, however, hoped, that the Hon. Gentleman would yield to the general wish and feeling of the House, particularly if any Member of 116 Majesty's Govern. ment would state, that if such societies should in fact exist, they would apply the law to the fact. _ _ _ Lord. CASTLEkiAGH felt in unison with the Right Hon. Gentleman, and thought that all the pur. poses of the Hon. Gentleman would be completely answered by the feeling expressed by the House. He was not surprised that the Hon. Gentleman had called the attention of the House to the subject : his only reason for being unwilling that such a discussion should take place was the tear that it might take an angry turn. Although there was no reason to sup pose that the individuals who constituted those lodges were disaffected, yet the principles of such associa tions superseded the authority of the State. He had no doubt but the good sense of the country, and the feeling expressed by the House, would be sufficient tu prevent their existence, and that there would be no necessity for a Parliamentary regulation, and that tiL. more would be heard of them, and all persons would be permitted to live under the dominion of the law, and not under clubs. A MEMBER (whose name we could not learn) ob jected to the presence of the two Royal Dukes at tht dinner of the Friends of Religious Liberty, an; thought that any other place would have bveu mot, proper ior them, Mr. W. SMITH thought there was not any loan. dation for the Hon. Gentleman's attack on the two Royal Dukes: he was present, and thought himself highly honoured. Mr. WYNNE, after a few observations, withdrew his motion, with the leave of the House. After a conversation, in which bir H. PARNELL, Mr. RosE, Mr. WHITBREAD, Mr. PEEL, and Mr. HORNER took a part, the Corn Bill was postponed by Sir H. PARNELL till this day three months ; Sir H. PARNELL having intimated his intention to bring it forward next Session. Mr. WHITBREAD gave notice that lie would move an amendment to the Resolution granting the Vote of Credit, on to-morrow. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Prince Regent's Msssage relative to the Vote of Credit.—Ordered to be reported to-morrow.— Adjourned. THE EVENING STAR