Star. — London, England, 1813-03-27 00:00:00

-- EMIR - and so dettgatfty to the ismont and indeskacienee of Parliament. Mr. TIE RNEY instantly rmso, And eitireasint his' opinion that the Noble Lord might have very will delivered himself with lest warmth, in replying to his Him. Friend on a question of: finance. lie felt glad that his. Hon. Friend, *Bo had so mutb perso nal ;laciest in the decision of the House, had not forward against the measure with his very ;peat au thority, and what was still greatera hid advanced his able arguments in support of that authority. He should himself_think, that if the proposed measure be established, the public 'could not think themselves wore guarded against the misapplication of the Sink ing Fund than the subjects of France were, who lost two-thirds of their public funds by a dash of Bona pare's pen. It was now acknowledged, that the plan was never in the contemplation of Mr. Pitt. Even the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Rose) who was with him in his dying moments, and the depositary of his secrets, admitted Mr. Pitt to have been of opinion, that if the Sinking Fund were touched in less than forty years, all would be over with the country. Other Gentlemen, also, who now supported the measure, contented themselves with justifying it only upon the plea of necessity. He could see nothing but injustice in the plan, and hoped the House would nor suffer itself to give it their countenance. It was like the scheme of the Proprie tor of a waggon, who would undertake to convey another in his carriage by easy travelling to York in forty-eight hours, and having so carried him to Gran tham, directed his passenger to step out, and mount sr race-horse, or he could not accomplish the journey. The passenger would then justly exclaim, Why then did you undertake totake.me to York at all? (Laugh ing.) The Hon. Gentleman then stated his firm conviction, that Mr. Pitt never approved of the mea sure of 1802.—(/tar, hear, from Ministers.) He was persuaded of it, because although he on its first stages gave it his sanction, jet when it was agreed that the sense of the House Mould be taken upon it, Mr. Addington informed him, that the morning was so very fine, he could not abstain from taking a ride, and that his presence need not be expected. The Hon. Gentleman then adverted to the importance attached to the rise in the funds ' • but he must main tain, that the rise or fall of the funds was produced by many other circumstances than the publication of the new plan of finance, and therefore could be no Criterion to judge by. The late rise might even be effected by the late news, and the conviction of the people that Parliament could never sanction so ab surd a project. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should not follow the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney) through the whole of the very extra= ordinary observation that had fallen from him, and . the desultory course he had pursued. The present appeared nothing more than a repetition of one of the old speeches, the tendency of which was to defend the measures of France, and depreciate every measure of the Government of this Country. It was objected to the present plan, that it was founded on the liqui dation of the public debt within a certain period, without reference to gradual operation—whereas, in fact, it was founded on the principle of successive redemption within the period of 45 years. - The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney) had objected that three arguments, very different in their nature, had been adduced in its support ; but he (the Chancel lor of the Exchequer) perfectly agreed with a Right Hon. Friend of his, that the Act of 1793, contained nothing more than a provision for the liquidation of the debt within 45 years. It was not correctly ar gued by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney) that the usage ot twenty-eight years was against the present proposition ; yet he had referred to the Act of 1802, when a very material deviation had taken place, with the sanction and support of Mr. Pitt. Si milar variations were observable in 1798, 1799, and 1800. When the Right Hon. Gentleman denied the sanction of Mr. Pitt, he hoped he must have forgot ten what was stated of his personal knowledge by him (Mr. Vansittart) on a former night. The sup posiston that the stocks had not fallen, merely from a confidence that his measure would be rejected by the House, was most unfoended. Surely when the Right Hon. •Gentleman had declined dividing the House on this question last night, that must have appeared a certain indication of the agreement of Par liament to this measure. The only inconvenience that could reasonably be apprehended, was thealarm that might possibly be given to the public creditor. But would not the state of alarm and uncertainty be still greater if this measure were suspended fur a year ? • Mr. ROSE never gave it as Mr. Pitt's opinion, that the only provision of the Act was the payment of the debt within forty-five years. He had expressed the opinion merely as his own. How far that opi oion might agree with Mr. Pitt's, from their confi dential intercourse, was for the House to judge. He by no means contradicted, as imputed to him, his Right Hon. Friend (the Chancellor of the Exche quer), respecting the paper in Mr. Pitt's hand-writ ing, which he had produced, but, on the contrary, admitted it as one of the loose statements of his views, which Mr. Pitt was accustomed to enter upon paper as they occurred to his mind. Mr. LONG complained of his having been repre :exited to support this measure, as a measure of neces sity, and of necessity alone. hat he had said was, that the present was a moment when it would be in dizreet to impose fresh burdens on the public. He (Mr. Long) had stated it as his belief, that Mr. Pitt considered - a measure such as the present perfectly inst and fair, in respect to the public creditor, nor would have proposed the measure of 1802, if he bad thought it a breach of faith. The Act ot 1802 pro vided, that by the operation of the Sinking Fund the debt should be paid off in forty-five years, but nothing more. Mr. Piu's absence when the measure was be fore the House, could only be accounted for by his having previously given his opinion decisively in its support. Mr. TIERNEY regretted the Right Ron. Gen tleman (Mr. Long) had not read the foregoing part of the Act, where it was distinctly provided, that the Sinking Fund must operate by accumulation, in pay ing off the debt. He defied any Lawyer in England to reduce that provision within the construction of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. BA RING maintained, that the public credit would be shaken, when a measure like the present was agreed to, supported by such contradictory and Mut tisiattit*i irtemetiii iietd doi4 6terect 'intended to tonvey nothing tuOre that; this tn the Wig pressiot he bad use& :I'ht Right. Hoti. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Eithequer) would not agree in the wisdom of putting dff this measure for anodise year. as the feats excited in that case would be, equally great. But was he justified supposigg thdt the mote closely this plait was examined into l the more satisfactory it would appear The violation of public credit was admitted by the ablest and most disinterested persons ; but even a doubt in such deli cate circumstances should be attended with the Most mature deliberation. ' The Amendment was then negatived without a clf6ision. After which, the original motion *as put and carried. The Report having been read a first time was or dered', after some conversation between the Qua cau.on of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. Manzi, to be read a second time on Friday next. SHOPLIFTING BILL. On the third reading of this Bill a division took place. Ayes 72—Noes 34--Majority 38. The Bill was accordingly Lead a third time and passel. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1815. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Cons. sof 59—for ac. ssl 59-5 per Cent. BB} —Bomb sx.ith Exch. Bah 4s. Ss. pre.—thnnitun. nothing done. A Corunna Mail arrived this morning, brought to Falmouth in four days. The intelligence it conveys, on the state of affairs in the Peninsula, is of the most agreeable desciiption. The French, throughout the whole of Spain, seem to be in a state of stupefac tion and despondency, and totally irresolute as to their future operations. Appearances, however, con tinue to indicate a retrograde movement. The fol lowing are extracts from the Spanish Papers brought by this conveyance : " CORUNNA, MARCH 16, gg Joseph entered Valladolid on the 4th instant, with al) the pomp which his Royal Person merited. The French will abandon Leon, Benevente, Zamora, and Salaman‘ca, upon which points our troops are to move. The English have placed their army upon the most brilliant footing. The head-quarters of the French Army (all nominated Army of Portugal) leave here to.morrow morning, and are, it is said, going to Salamanca - although others assert, they will not proceed beyond Simancas and Tordesillas." " PUENTE LA REYNA, FEBRUARY is. " Yesterday the garrison of Tafalla surrendered, after an obstinate resistance of three days. Our artil lery did wonders, destroying the great fortifications which had been made, The Governor was killed the preceding day ;—we also have suffered some loss, being driven from a breach which could not be en tered on account of being defended by two fosses and palisades ;—eight officers, and above 300 privates, were made prisoners :—the killed and wounded ex ceed one hundred." " CARTHAGENA, FEBRU,I.RYO9. 14 The French still occupy the same points of Fu ente la Otiguera and Puerto Albayda. The remain der of the convoy from Sicily, with which Lord W. Bentinck was to come, has not yet arrived." " ALICANT, FEBRUARY 14. Suchet demands reinforcements with the utmost dispatch : those which marched from Barcelona f Valencia did not exceed 400 men, and were attacloid, put to shameful flight, and driven under the very walls of Barcelona, by only theCatalonianCagadores, and the Tarragona regiment, under the command of Colonel Manso. " General Milans and Dr. Rovira, with about 4000 men, entered Mataro, and obliged the enemy to shut himself up in the Capuchin Convent, which was to be attacked by the same troops." ~ CACERES, FEB. Is. " Morillo, with his brilliant division, remains here. It appears indubitable that the enemy's cavalry has marched for France. Some of General Hill's troops are in the neighbourhood of Banes." " CADIZ, FEBRUARY 25. " We are assured that Lord Wellington has sent an Official Dispatch to our Government, begging its consent to the coming to the Peninsula an auxiliary Russian force of 15,000 men." " BADAJOZ, MARCH 2. " It is said that the greater part of the English cavalry is coming to this province for the purpose of foraging." " CADIZ, FEBRUARY 21. " We have received intelligence here, by different ways, of an action which Espoz and Mina had on the 30th January in Carascal. The accounts differ ; some say that he defeated 7000 French, taking from them a convoy, five pieces of artillery, and '2OOO men, others reduce these advantages to the taking of a convoy which left Madrid, and 500 men who es corted it." " CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 17. id The enemy continues to desolate La Mancha, and send to Madrid all the money of which he robs it. He has removed his head-quarters to Henojas, in the road to Valencia. " We are assured that Espoa and Mina has taken close to Pamplona, the vanguard of a convoy, pro ceeding to France." " LISBON, MARCH 4. " By the return to France of all the Marshals, ex cept Ney and Davoust ; and by the disappearance of Murat and Berthier, who are gone no one knows whither, may be inferred the disgust which the sep. *ants feel tot' the Maker, and dle Master finl the At- 1 tants—ou this acattagt we do not doubt the truth of the intelligeace Which **hate received to-day s under date of the 22d Febtuary, fr6m Toledo, saying, that Soult was, on the Ist Match, to set out for France, accompanied by the general staff of artillety, a great number of of and Many troop*: Gen. Gatan itto command the remainders having for his second General Villate. According to intelligetide front Madfidi of the 13th February, Joseph had received an order from his brother to send him troops, andi by way of con soling hun, another appointing him Generalissimo of the troops which should remain." " LISBON, MAICH 7. " Not a wor4 of news. The army has made no *lteration in its positions. The french are levying contributions wherever they can, and are collecting in large bodies. It is generally supposed here that they intend to go North of the Ebro, without at tempting any thing.,, Government this morning received dispatches from tht Marquis of Wzmucorow, dated Frenada, on the 3d instant, and from Comma, dated on the 20th in. stant. They cemnsunicate no events of importance. The Earl of MOIRA has thought proper to address a Letter to a Member of the Grand Lodge of Free , masons,for the information of the Brethred, detail ing the explanation offered by his Lordship, in the House of Peers, on Monday e*ning last. Our re port of his Lordship's Speech, it will be seen, was pretty correct; but we have thought it our duty to give his Lordship's Statement a place in our columns. We may be allowed to remark, that, in spite of this lucid statement, we cannot see on what principle the testimony of FANNY LLOYD should have weighed more powerfully in his Lordship's mind than that of Mr. ED SIRADES in our's there is no comparison between the de gree of credit due to each. Were his Lordship's state ment to be examined by the same kind of reasoning that he has applied to Mr. EDMEADES, what would be the conclusion respecting it ? Does his Lordship think that of all men upon earth, Freemasons are the least qualified to judge of motives and circumstances ? We are happy to state, that the Princess CHARLorre of WALES went yesterday to dine with her Royal Mother at Blackheath. We also heat, with much satisfaction, that the secret enquiries which have been recently carried on, are at an end. It is to be re gretted, that any such proceedings were instituted : indeed, according to Mr. WHITBREAD'S statement, it was only the knowledge of their existence, that pre vented her Royal Highness from adopting a measure most likely to have terminated all disagreements in a manner equally suitable to her own dignity. and to the sentiments of the public. TIIE LAT* DUCHESS OF BRUNSWICIC.The fallow ing arrangements, it is said, have been made for the funeral of this Princess. The Pati:cE REGENT and the QUEEN being desirous that the wishes and feelings of the Duke of .13uumwicic, her son, should be con sulted on the occasion, the Gentlemen belonging to the LORD CHAMBERLAIN, and those who have the ar rangement of the funeral, have waited on his Serene Highness, at his residence near Vauxhall. His High ness signified his intention to be the chief mourner. As her Royal Highness only lived privately in this country, and had no Royal establishment, the funeral is also, it is said, to be a private one. It is to take place on Wednesday, at Windsor. The corpse of her Royal Highness is soldered up in a leaden coffin. The state coffin is not yet finished. Yesterday the following inscription for the silver plate to be placed on the coffin, was issued from the Herald's Office : Depositurt. lllustrissimm Principivm AUGUSTS, Viduz Serettissimi Principit CAaot.► GIFU ILLMt FE RDINANDI, Ducis BR NSWICI, t t &WWl* Atigustissimi et Potentissimi GEO ItOt I TILA r►t, Dei Grade Bri tanniarum Regis, kidei Defensoris, &c. Obilt die vicesimo tertio Martii, Anno 1616, areas sum 76. Carlton House was yesterday thronged with No bility and persons of distinction, leaving their names, from one o'clock till near five. Yesterday Earl MOIRA transacted business at the Commander in Chief's Office, previous to his leaving England. Some additional New Yolk \ letters and papers were received yesterday, with the proceedings of Congress to the 17th ult. The Bill to allow the import of foreign manufactures to the date of June, 1814, was in progress ; but a meeting was appointedt a New York, by some respectable and opulent individuals, to oppose it by petition. It was expected that it would be resisted in all its stages, yet that it would be ulti mately passed if there should be sufficient timt for the discussion before the dissolution of Congress, which was to have taken place on the 4th of this month. All the officers on leave of absence belonging to the forces in the neighbourhood of Niagara, are or dered immediately to joitrtheir regiments. We understand that the Board of Trade grants licences to carry out British manufactures to such ships, under the flag of the United States, as have al ready licences to return home in ballast. The following letter received by the last Gotten burgh Mails, gives a very favourable picture of the affairs of the North : ', STOCKHOLM, MARCH 9. " The expedition to Pomerania is to take place immediately . On the day after to-morrow I shall set off. We are 8000 strong, and the command Is given to General Sandels, an Officer univer. sally esteemed; and if we are supported in April, as we have reason to hope and trust, by the German Legion, and other suc cours from England, we may Sauer ourselves with the fairest prospect of success Whether the main Swedish army win fol. low Is yet uncertain, and depends on arrangements which are .;•ill t; made. it North of Germany is ripe for us, and the people are Joining the standard of General Dc YORCK in thousands. The spirit of insurrection has spread as far as Cassel. " The Grand French Army, which has quitted Berlin, is about 17,000 strong. It is probable that the Russians are now before Magdeburgh. The remains of the French artilleri,wlech at the opening of the campaign was composed of 700 pleas, were wholly abandoned at Posen. So completely sunken is the Writ of the French, that they Sr at the first approach of the Attitlaoe In ARM'. - - T Yesterday the Puke of Yogi held a Military Lea tee; at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was but thinly attended, it not being expected his Royal Highness would hold one, in consequence of the death of the Duchess of Bitunatrion) together with Colonel TORRE" his Secretary, not having held his Military Levee, as is customary, the day previous. Generals Cr.twron and PACK were among those present. who are absent on leave, and are to return to their regi ments in Portugal by the middle of April. -, It is reported that the Duke of CLI - 1411111LAND is preparing to depart for Hatuovet immediately, and that all his baggage is in reading. Yesterday morning five troops of the- 7th Light Dragoons marched from Knightsbridge Barracks to Hounslow and Hampton Court, Keyway to their embarkation for foreign service. NAPA!. INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MARCFT 24. Arrived the Lady Mary Pelham packet, trith 2o mail from St. Thomas's (and the Islands) In thirty days ; and the Adventure packet, with a mail from Corunna, in four days. The West India fleet, that sailed yesterday, have not yet bnre up for this port they were seen this morning about two leagues south of the Manacles, and are expected to be in to-morrow, as it blows fresh.—Wind W. TORBAY, MARCH 114. Bailed at 11 o'clock this morning his Majesty'S ships &swarm and Dams, with the East India and Brazil ships ; they are now clear of the Bay, but the wind is still at N.N.E. Arrived his Majesty's ship RostaLus, and has taken on board about SOO marines from Berry Head Barracks. His Majesty's ships Fez and DIOIEZDZ are hourly expected for the same_ service, and are to proceed for America, on being joined by the division at Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 25. Sailed the FAIR/ stoop of war, on a eruizo. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 96. Arrived the PERSEUS, of 22 guns, with convoy fof Plymouth ; Cormorant store-ship ; RETRBAT, UNtnxs and MOFFAT, outward-bound East Indiamen ; and the CouNTEss of &cult cutter, with convoy from the Downs. Sailed the SCAM:MOM( ' of 74 guns, Captain HALSTEAD and COLOSSUS, of 74, Captain. ALEXANDER, to join Admiral Yours off Flushing.— Last evening from Yarmouth Roads, the &emu.; of 38 guns, Captain Urrox. Went out of Harbour, the BELLEROPHON, of 74 guns ; and TUSCAN, of 16 guns, Captain JONES. The MENELAUS, of 38 guns, CAIN. tain Sir P. Pailken, sailed from Malta with a large convoy for England the Ist inst. • • DEAL, MARCH 26 Sailed his Majesty's ship Havoc, for Sheerness,. Rear• Admiral HOPE has hoisted his fl on board the DEFIANCE man of war, and will sail immediately the wind comes favourable, to take the command in the Baltic. The OitION, PRINC/LSS CAROLINE, and NlErron bomb, are under orders for that destination. Five o'cvncK.—Sailed hi: Mikity's ship Gtou• czsrEn, Rear-Admirel FERRIER, with five LIU of the line, for off the Tezel. —Wind N.E. The Lady Pelham packet is arrived from the Lee. ward Islands: s iiled from Tortola the 14th February, and from St. Thomas's the 22d February. , The Adventure packet, from Corunna. is arrived,. and brnught passengers L. Et.hasus, GAititicuts JONA, C. HASTINGS, and 3. Busaz. A stronger proof cannot well be given of the con. fident hopes entertained by Government of the libe ration of the Continent, than the intention they have signified of furnishing regular convoys for the Elbe and the Weser. The following is an official com munication on the subject : " Admiralty Office, March 25, let!. I " I have in command from my Lord. Commissi..ners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, in return to your letter ut yesterday's ' date, that Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Witliams has been directed to appoint a convoy for the trade bound to !be Elbe and Weser, go soon as a sufficient number of vessels shall have arrived at the Nore, and to continue to do so every 14 days until forth% r oedema, " I am, Sit, &c. (Signed) .4 J. W. CROCER:. Extract of a Letter from Surinam, dated . Februarr . 2, 1815 We have no expectation of a home con. voy before the Ist April, though several vessels will, be ready in a week or two hence. His Majesty's ships Maacutty and GRAMPUS have arrived from Bar- ; badoes with the 4th battalion of the 60th regiment, to relieve the 64th regiment, which have been here since the capture of the colony, and ordered for Ber muda and Halifax, without leaving a sick man in the hospitals." A letter from Riga, of the 13th February, says— g4 With the last post from St. Petersbugh we learn, that the Decree respecting the importatiuti of manu. lectured goods and refined sugar, has been approved t of by the Senate, and that the same has been sent to the Emperor for his confirmation ; and as there has never been an instance of the Emperor's refusal to any decree of which the Senate have approved, there. is no doubt of his agreeing to the present. It is cer tain that the inland manufacturers, about Moscow, have suffered greatly through the military operation!, • which the whole country feels; the foreign manufac. turers may, therefore, flatter themselves with a quick and advantageous sale." The Mail from Malta and Gibraltar, which arrived, yesterday, brought letters from Constantinople, Ma jorca, and Alicant. Mr. Lurox had returned to the Sublime Porte on the disappearance of the plague.. About 100 licences, signed by NAPOLEON, had reached Malta, to authorize the shipment of colonial produce) to Trieste, Fiume, and other harbours of the Adriatic. The navigation with the Black Sea was perfectly open, TRAMS &LOMAT COMMA NT.—Notice is hereby given, The a General Assembly of the Proprietors of Shares in the Mama Archway Company will be held on Wednesday the 7th day of April next, between the hours of Twelve and Two, at dm Globe • '1 seem in Fleet-street, in the city of London (by Adjournment from the Seth instant), pursuant to the Statute in that mm made and isswids4.—Dated the 27th day of March, IC& 3. W. Waalion, Clerk to the Centrum