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D ial of Folkard at the Old galley. These *ire smite the abuses which called for reform. He did not glean to impute any blame to the Commissioners, but as the business at present was conducted, it was im possible the Commissioners could investigate all the circumstances of bankruptcies as they ought to be investigated. To ascertain this fact, he had moved for certain returns, from which it appeared that the Commissioners' days of sitting were Tuesdays and Saturdays, from eleven to two o'clock. The Com missioners were divided into lists ; and it appeared that some of these lists, in the space of three. hours, were in the habit of disposing of 12 or 14 bankrupt cies. Was it possible that all the business of those dif ferent Commissioners could be properly attended to ia so short a time ? The Hon. Gentleman also ob jected to the little decorum which was preserved in the examination of bankrupts, and suggested the pro priety of the Commissioners presiding in their profes sional costume. Another regulation, which, in his opinion, would prove very useful, would be, that, in. stead of the Commissioners sitting, as they at pre sent did, for two days in the week, they should sit every day. It would be too great a task for him to bring in a Bill to remedy the evils he pointed out ; but as there were many Gentlemen in the House eminently qualified for such a task, he hoped they would bring forward such a measure. He hoped some of the principles that now prevailed respecting Insolvent Debtors would be introduced into the Bank rupt Laws. He then concluded with moving a Re solution, that the House should, in this Session, take into consideration the Acts of Parliament relative to Bankrupts, and the administration of those laws.. The motion was then agreed to. BOARD OF TREASURY IN IRELAND. Sir J. NEWPORT brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, relative to the Commis sioners of Customs in Ireland, and the conduct of the Board of Treasury there ; which Board, in defiance of an Act of Parliament, had directed the Officers of ; the Customs to suspend the collection of several du ties. He admitted that the rate of duties was enor mous ; but they had been imposed by Parliament, stud no power but that of Parliament could suspend them. He concluded with moving Resolutions re capitulating the fact he stated. Mr. W. FITZGERALD did not conceive any necessity for this motion, inasmuch as the collection of the duties had been suspended, in consequence of their being too excessive. Lord CASTLEREAGH never knew a case that required the interposition of Parliament less than this ; and if the Right Honourable Baronet did not withdraw his motion, he shoald move the previous question. Sir J. NEWPORT, in reply, contended that the Collector was bound to receive the duties ; and he could not be justified in withholding the collection of them. The Resolutions were then put and negatived. THE EVENING 'STAR LONDON. WtDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1813. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Reduced 574 ex. div.—Cons. 58}{—for ac. 58i 59 4 per Ct. 7473 ex. div.—.; per Cent. liiiii- , ftßonds 9a. 4s. dis. Lank Ig. Anus. 14 9-11ithbt ex. div. ,Exchequer Bills 10s. pre.—Ormi. The Dividends at the Bank will be paid to the Public to tnor rew.—Thls being the fret day for the funding of the Exchequer Bills, the Exchequer Office was thronged at as early hoer, so Anxious were the public to subscribe; and it is imagined, that if the time allotted will suffice, the whole 12,000,000 will be written. DEPARTURE OF SOULT FOR FRANCE. The Duke of Kent packet has arrived at Falmouth, with a mail from Lisbon, from which place she sailed on the 22d ult. An official Dispatch from Marshal General the Marquis of WELLINGTON to Don M. P. FORJAZ, dated Head-quarters, Freneda, 10th March, states, that the enemy had made no movement of importance since his last dispatch.—From Alicant we learn, that General Sir GEORGE MURRAY landed there and took the command on the 25th February.— The departure far France of the greater and best disciplined part of the French troops, is placed be yond all doubt by the following extracts:— " LISBON, MARCH 19. " Since Soult left Madrid, and took with him 5, 10, 15, or 20,000 men, the Segovia road, with his face towards France, nothing more has been heard of his route ; some believe that Joseph will also leave Ma arid, but this is not so certain as what relates to Soult. " If we may credit accounts from La Mancha, that Province is almost entirely evacuated by the French, and Madrid and its neighbourhood by the army of the Centre, commanded by Drouer, whose !cues do not exceed 14,000 men. " Transports with English troops of all descrip tions, have arrived in this port; their number is esti mated at 5000." " LISBON, MARCH 20. " Accounts from Badajoz positively state, that !toult had marched from Toledo with three regiments •f cavalry, one of which (the Ist Lancers) was 1000 strong, for France ; and that Caffarelli, with 10,000 men belonging to the Armies of the North and Ctn. e, had taken the same route. 44 The Sth of March is the day on which Joseph is vki to have left Madrid for Valladolid." I , TOLEDO, MARCH 3. log Marshal Sotilt left this city on the Ist inst. with f04:0 men, and 125 carriages, with their baggage, it is supposed, LO millions of reals. Conde Ga. l an remains in his place, as commander of the army ? Villate is in Talaythra. From Mancha, 6000 French .trrived here, which yesterday marched for Madrid. —All the French unanimously say, that they will ...lb on 1 y proceed to France." " MADRID, MARCH 4. •• On the 241 goult entered this capital with about 9000 wen, and a large convoy.; and on the nior. - firing bf the Si tor* the directioli of France,with Ib,ooo infantry and 2000 horse. King Joseph is likettike ptepsti;ng to link Madrid ; all thbse in hif service are disposing of their property i the greatest agitation and disorder prevails among them. 66 From Almodovar they write, under date of the sth of March, that the previous day 900 horde and 600 infantry, of the 3d Spanibh Army, invested, be tween Ciudad Real and the Calcada, 400 enemy's dragoons, and as many infantry. At the time of writing it Was known that 200 prlsonert had been made. The whole of Mancha is almost evacuated by the French. From Herrera do Dugue they write, under the 3d of March, that Sbult bad taken the Segovia road, with 16,000 men." HAMBURGH PAPERS. GLORIOUS INTELLIGENCE FROM GERMANY. Hamburgh Papers to the 24th have arrived. They contain the glorious intelligence of the gallant veteran General BLUCHER having taken the field at the head of a Prussian army : he is now in full march for Saxony. The sanguinary atrocities of the French in the streets of Lubec and Bremen, after the battle of Jena, were committed under the eye of the brave but unfortunate hero, who has thus commenced his career as the avenger of his murdered countrymen. He cannot surely be meek and gentle with their butchers. The King of PRUSSIA has solemnly approved of . the convention entered into by General D'Yomc with the Russians, and has honoured him with several marks of distinction. The Russian armies are daily receiving reinforce ments, and they continue to be every where hailed by the joyful acclamations of the inhabitants. The Swedes have re-occupied Stralsund and Po merania with a considerable force. The intentions of BERNADOTTE are thus unequivocally developed.— We hasten to lay the following extracts before our Readers : " HAMBURGH, MARCH 22. " General Blucher commands the Prussian army in Silesia. His vanguard entered Saxony on the 6th instant. 46 The great Russian army, whict stretches from Custrin to Glogau, is on the point of crossing the Oder. Fifty-five thousand infantry and 22,000 ca valry, recruits for the Grand Russian Army, arrived on the Vistula on the 6th instant, and after a few days rest wilt put themselves in march to join the Russian corps to which they belong. • " The corps of General D'York entered Berlin on the 17th of March. " General York is declared by his Majesty not only to be perfectly free from all blame, with regard to the Convention concluded by him at Tauroggen with the Imperial Russian General Deibitsch, but, as a particular mark of his Majesty's satisfaction with his conduct, has had the command in chief of the cor ps under General Bulow bestowed on him. General D'York, therefore, has now 40,000 men joined under his command. 66 At Berlin only, upwards of 10,000 young men have volunteered, and chiefly equipped themselves. 44 The army of General Wittgenstein, which has already several considerable corps on the Elbe, will very shortly put itself in motion towards that River. The Swedes have landed in Swedish Pomerania, and taken possess i on (•f Stralsund. A considerable corps, which is alttat shipped at Carlscrona, is ex pected in a few d..ys.- " BERLIN, MARCH 20. ORDER OF THE DAY. TO THE ROYAL PIUSSIAN CORPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL VON YORK. ag It has pleascd his Royal Majesty the King of Prussia to join all his troops under the command of Lieutenant-General Von York, to my corps. The command of so greatly distinguished war riors, is in every respect flatting and honourable to me, and a security for the success of the good cause in which I bear-my sword. " Our nations have been friends for more than 50 years ; a dark interval of a few months, brought about by imperious circumstances, has only more ani mated the friendly sentiments of both our great So vereigns towards each other, and drawn still closer the ties existing between their people. There is but one only great interest which connects us. " It is the strife of liberty, of virtue, against the enemy of the independence of all nations. What you, valiant Prussians, have done against us, through the real feeling of duty, though contrary to your bet ter knowledge, is proved by the history of the last campaign—by our own testimony you will be uncon querable, now that you can join this sense of duty to the high conviction that you fight for the indepen dence of your native country, and your King, and for your own honour. 41 Noble Prussian Warriors !—Let us, in fraternal love and amity, proceed onward to the attainment iof the gLeatest end for which armies ever were lunited ! Ours is the very singular happiness of serving two Princes, who have drawn the sword for the happiness and independence of their nations, and for the salvation of Europe. Two nations but by name, no tr;fling interests of common life will part us in our sacred combat. Without jealousy, without any personal concern intarvening, we will jointly conga+ ; the lauiels after ~ bur liar . tis completed, the gratitude of liberated nations will form our wreaths. (Signed) " Count Von WITTGENSTEIN." " BRESLAU, MARCH 15. " To-day we have the desired ple4sure of seeing the Emperor Alexander enter our city from Kalitsch amidst the loudest aeclainations. " The King Of Prussia went out to Meet him four Gerittan miles. Half a mile hence both the Mo narchs got on horseback and rode to the Royal Palace. tiDRESDEN, MARCH It. 66 A few Jays ago tfitcorps of Regnier, 1506 strong, and as many Sam?ms, entered our city, besides I 1000 cavalry, and they made preparations te keep eft the Russians as long as peszible. It was rumoured that the French had undermined the fine bridge.— This occasioned a groat fermentation, and on the 9th, seeing these preparations going on, the people' threw the implements into the Elbe, and in the night besieged the mine that had been made. Yesterday the numbers increased, arid the discontent grew louder against the French. In the afternoon sundry excesses happened, and all the preparations made to mine the bridge were destroyed. The mine was then filled up with stones amidst the cries of Long live Alexander l " An Officer drew his sword to quell the mob— when one of the people cried out, " Saxon:, will you kill your own countrymen—AN Me Frenehoten rather." Instantly all the cavalry sheathed their swords." A letter, brought by the Heligoland Mail, states a fact of great importance, and which we hope will prove authentic—that the Danish Government has agreed that the navigation of the Elbe shall be open and free to every Power not at war with Russia. Since writing the above, we learn that the Dis. patches, received by Government from Heligoland, are dated on the 3d inst. They state that the whole inhabitants of Germany, from the Elbe to the Rhine, were in arms against the French, and that the navigation of the Elbe and Weser was now completely open in consequence of an amicable arrangement with Denmark. The King of PRUSSIA has issued a declaration of War, which is described as a most spirited produc tion, and it hashad a most electrical effect throughout the Prussian States. NAVAL !WI ELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, APRIL 4. Sailed the Lady Mary Pelham packet, for Cortinna, Lady Arabella packet for Lisbon, and the Nymph packet for Cadiz ; all with Mails.—Wind N.N.E. TORBAY, APRIL S. Arrived an American brig, name unknown, from Philadelphia for France, with cotton, tzc. prize to his Majesty's ship MEDUSA : another American ship is now working into the Bay, with the Brit;sh flag over that of the United States. The sqnairon under the command of Admiral Lord AMELIUS BEA UCLERIC, was lying at St. Mirha: l's the 17th March, consisting of the ROYAL OAR, Ec- MONT, tic. No American privateer had appeared among these Islands for a month previous to their putting into Portagada Roads. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6. Put back the Che-burgh squadron that sailed yes terday. Sailed the INTEL LIGEVT gun-brig on a cruize. Wind W. S.W. fresh breezes. DEAL, APRIL 6. Came down from the River two ships for Lisbon. Sailed th..! DWARF cutter for the Nore.—Wind S.W. SHEERNESS, APRIL 6. Sailed to the Note a Russian squadron, consisting of the following ships :—Pamyat Eostopic, of 74 guns, Rear Admiral KORORICA Smeloy, of 88 guns, Commodore OGILVIE ; Boray, of 74 guns, Captain Ratmorrorr ; Severna Zveida, of 74 guns, Captain POVALISNEW ; Orel, of 74 guns, Captain DOORNOFF ; and the Castor frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. Nrsznar. GREENOCK, APRIL 2. The Casar, M'Lastry, of this port, from New foundland, arrived at Demerara sth Febntary—on the 18th January, in lat. 31. 30. long. 43. 36. she fell in with a large American schooner privateer, of 16 guns, and engaged her for an hour and a half.— The Cxsar had one man killed and five wounded, four of them dangerously.—TheThorntons, M'Dou. GALL, of this port, sailed from Demerara for Malta on the sth February. Yesterday and this day a great number of vessels were taken up in the River to serve as transports. No regard is paid to their being copper-bottomed, and it is therefore presumed that they are intended for the North Seas. The arrangements of the Admiralty for stopping the convoy to the Elbe, are merely precautionary.— The dispositions of the Danes are not yet fully un derstood, and while they occupy Altona in force, the navigation of the Elbe is rather hazardous. The first object of Mr. COCKBURNE'S mission to Hamburgh will be to ascertain the footing on which the trade of the Elbe is to stand in future. The foreign Gentleman who landed at Deal on Sunday afternoon, was brought to the Downs in the' Bisnoza hired armed cutter, from off the Scheldt. He is said to be a French General Officer, who was taken out of a fishing boat, in which he had embarked from the coast of Holland, and who states, that he is charged with dispatches of great importance for this Government; the particulars of which he would not disclose, but from some subsequent arrivals frcm the opposite coast, they are conjectured to relate to the insurrectionary movements in Holland, as also in the Texel, as well as in the Scheldt fleets, on board of which much blood had late)) , been shed. This Gen. tleman is saiti to have given £2OO to the fishermen to put hint on board the first British man of war they fell in with. He was carried on board the Admiral's ship immediately on his arrival in the Downs, and from thence came ashore to the Three Kings H o t e l s at ])cal l and he has since arrived in Loudon. .. --a,, THE ARMY. toLymotrrii, AittiGs. "In my last T mentioned that the Expedition only waited the arrival of the Surrim frigate, from Jersey, with troops—she arrived to-day, with a veteran batta: ton. The whole of the squ idron have Blur Eder flying, and they will start as soon as the wind is fair ; at present the wind blows stmng from the West." Detachments of the King's German Legion, con sisting of Horse Artillery, Cavalry, and infantry, from Bexhill and Ipswich Barracks, embarked yes- terday at Sheerness, for Hanover, supposed to be intended as a guard of honour for the Duke of Cuss• MERLAND. The depot of the 13th Dragoons is changed front Weymouth to Ireland. The West Norfolk 12.0 , riment of Militia (724! strong) march into Edinburgh Castle, in three divi sions, To-merrow, Friday, and Saturday next. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Yong" held a Military Levee, at the Commander-in-Chief's Office, which was attended by M :jot-Gneral Rst- MoxD, Major-General Rnazimorr, Briga dier-General HUTCHINION, Colonel En &c. &c. PRINCESS OF WALES. In consequence of the vote of the Common Hall on Friday, the City Iternembrancer waited upon the Princess of WALLS at Mont Ague House, on Saturday,' and delitered the following note : " Guildhall, Sd April. IBIS. " The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London, in Common Hail assembled having yesterday voted an Address to her Royal Highness the Princese of Wats., in 4 or deed the Sheriffs, attended by the Rentambraneer, to wait oti her Royal Highness to knovi" when she would receive the Arne. the Remembrancer now attends to kuow her Royal Hightsess'i pleasure in respect to the time when the Sheriffs pay wait so her for this purpose." To this note her Royal Highness, in a few minutes, delivered the following answer in writilc, in pendia • " Montague House, Blackheath, April 3, 18111, " Impressed with the deepest sense of gratitude for the uner petted honour the Lord Mayor and the noble City of London intend to confer upon me, by presenting act Address of Congratud lation on the happy annihilation of a conspiracy against flif her nour and my Itfe, I feel myself unable to do justice to my feelings, lin expressing my grateful acknowledgments for the sincere iu terest the Lord Mayor and the City of London have t.rticed for my welfare and happinetta 'I ha melancholy event of the Duchess of BR UN swiet my mother's demise, involves me at this moment in the deepest afilicinu : I shall not fail, however, to send on Monday next an ansNter to the Lord Mayor and the Sheriff 4, to express more fully my sentintents on the honour int.nded to be cooterred upon sue." On Monday the Sheriffs waited on her Royal High ness, and received the following answer : " Montague House, Blackheath, April 6, 1915. " When the Remembrancer waited upon me trsexpectedly on Saturday last, to ;jive me the first intimation of the high honour conferred upon me by the Cilienti of London, in Common Hafl assembled ; the answer sshich I made will have conveyed some enres•ions of my fiafings on art occasion so interesting, important, and tratifying to me. 1 . I ant sure 1 shal not be mistittlenttood, when I say, that my affliction from the recent Ilss of my betmed Mother, aed the peculiar circiunstanc CI of my situation in other nit/sects, may render it cliifi.:uk fix me to give a due reclnion rn the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder. Sheriffs, and the Depute inn of the Livery nt 1 also feel diffident of giving them the trouble of a puhl c attendance upon me. " 1 shall beat my apartmttnts in 'Con sington Palace on Mon-, dsy tiezt, at two o'clock, for the on pose of rt-zeiving. the Address. " A Deputation from Bristol has also waited upon her Royal Highness, and we understand the Address from that City is to be presented on the same days A letter from London, given in The nuAlhe Evening Pon, of the 3d instant, states, that the ofli,:es of Lord High Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, Commander in Chief of the Army, Commander of the Forces in Ireland, and Lord High Admiral, are the offices hitherto agieed upon by the Committee associated with Mr. GRATTAN in preparing his intended Bill for :',e relief of the Catholics, as oflizes from which Ca holies arc to be excluded. The period of the Marquis of Suce's imprisonniwit having expired yesterday, his Lordship was liberated from Newgate at eight ti'clock in the morning, when he instantly set off in a post-chaise and four for Holy. head, where his Lordship will embark for Ireland, to be present at some turf engagements on the Cur ragh of Kildare. It is but justice to this distinguish. ed young Ncbleman to add, that he lightened the tedious hours of his captivity, in a way most con. genial to every noble nature, by acts of munificence and generosity to the poor prisoners around him, who never addressed their supplications to hint in vain. A convicted punster remarked, in allusion to the intended marriage of Sir WILLIAM SCOTT the Dowager Marchioness of SLIGO, that the Learned Judge having already tried the Marquis, now intends to try the Marchioness ! By a Return made to the House of Commons of the number and classes rf Non-resident Incumbents, and of the number of Resident Incumbents, fur the year 1811, it appears as follows : Non-resident Incumbenu, by Exemption -2661 t Ditto by Licence - 2297 Ditto by Absence without Exemption or Licence 1033 Ditto by dilapidated Churches. siuecures, Liv ing, held by Bi,Lops, Vacancies recen t L ii a. 5 5 2 tutiuns, or held by Sequestration Ditto tniscellaneoui Cases - Total Absentees Resident Incumbents - Si - --•6311 • 4490 10,801 After such a Return, can any man be surprised at the increase of Sectaries ? CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, APRII. 7. . _ We have had no fresh arrivals of ;my Grain since Monday= Wheat sold at the same prices this moreing as were obtained ou that day. Barley met a brisker sale tlii, snort Lig, and for fine samples there was an advance of is. per quarter ; but there was no amendment in the price of the ordinary qualities. Oats wire also Is. per quarter dearer; but there was no alteration in ties prices of Peas, Beans, and other Grain. English. Wheat, Kent and Essex, 115 s. Foreign. Wbeat, American 110 s. 120 s. per quaver. Ditto, Dantztc 120 s. 1501. Ditto, Baltic Re 1 t I 56. LDS& Ditto, liamkro' or Brett en, 100 s. 120 s. Ditto, BraLa:it R.l ilor. 120 s. Rye, 70s. 795. Barley, 561. 60s. Oats, Brew, 0 Lts, Feed, %%lite Peas, 955. 109 s. Grey Ditto, SOL Us. Sma!l 138 s. per quarter. Ditto, Fuffolk, 110 s. 128 s. D.tto, Norfolk, 1105.1205. Rye 664. 7os. Barley 465. 675. Malt, 905. 98s. White i'eas, 80s. &is. boilers, 1001. 105 s. Grey, ditto, 78s. Be. Snail Beans, 70s. 82s. Tick ditto 70s. Oats, Potatoe, 40i. 535. DittJ, Poland, 20s. 51s. Ditto, Feed, 261. 45.. Flour, 195*. 1101. per Suit. Flour Americav, 70..: So. per barrel. -