Star. — London, England, 1812-01-08 00:00:00

W' "7-; P - should terminate, and some of the ynost abandoned of c'hiracters who were now engaged in the army and navy, should be turned loose on society? These crimes were the result of the distresses brought on the coon try by the present system of taxation, and the hordes of tax-gatherers with which the country was over ! run ; 'and these distresses could only be removed by restoring our commerce to the same state in which it formeXly stood. These circumstances induced him tb give-hix fullest assent to the Address proposed by bis Honourable Friend. . The Address being read by the SPEAKER, Lord JOCELYN—"--In rising, Mr. Speaker, to _move an Amendment to the A ddress proposed by the Hon. Baronet, to his Royal. Highness the Prince Re gent, in answer to his most gracious Speech, have to differ from the Hon. Baronet in every point of view, lamenting, at the same time, that it has fallen to the lot of a perion so incapable either of doing sufficient justice to the sentiments of his Royal Highness, or of dwelling sufficiently strong upon those particular points to which his Royal Highness has referred us. I, however, shall throw myself upon the kind indulgence of th e House, trusting that' I may • receive from them now that: me forbearanCe f have More than once before so gratefully experienced, ho - ping that it will condole with me on that subject, in particular, which the* Hon. Baronet had omitted to mention, na:nely, the state of his Majesty's health. The House must most sincerely condole in common with his Royal Highness and the country, I st the-ca lamitous state in which his Majesty still:reMains, we must lament it the more, as every , day's experience gives us additional reason to despair of his -Ultimate recovery s but, if " so humble an individual es myself ' dare;offer coniolation to the wounded feelings-Of the . }fruse, itron So melancholy a subject, it would be by'referring them to a grateful remembrance of those refl 'Aittrs---to a grateful recollection of dui: attachment I s e the Constitution he so eminently possessed, and 4hich the'House will agreewith me is no less conipi 4iPlurin the conduct of his R9yal Representativ,e.. . 'Ore the House will most heartily concur in the •sinxitio — s wishes of his Royal Highness, by making • arrangeme n ts fo r the ease and comfort of bis Me . ksty's 'per Len, as may be most suitable to his high and fr 'Via/led reek, so that if it should please Peo.yiDENCE 'to restore him again to the prayers of his people, he may find himself, non waking from his trance, sur , Thema& not by Ihe glare' of pomp; but by that so : leirrispiendnor . so due to his royal person, in what „ .eicr inpatient', or undei whatever circumstances it they have it_ ased PitovineNci to place him ; for our . .271xyais solicitude,, for l• Us comforts is but a debt we largely ewe for tin se years aore and anxiety helms , phised in watching over the be s t interests of his lieu - sfhe time now draws near when the restrictions iehthe - Legislettipi thpuglit lit to place on .the pp' vier of the Regent are about to expire, and however rditfer from the Right Hon. Gentleman on the re-. wrictive clauses in a& Regency Bill, I have some sa tfifiction in thinking that.they have given the coon try an 'orpertunitx of proving that his Royal' Hi h r'est; ultIA ngh placed the most difficult situation, Over f r one morneot lost sight of the advantages of . the country, iever had belt one object in view, the 11:ippinees and the welfare °this people. But in calling the'auention of the douse to our affairs `in Pe ninsula, no man, of whatever pitrty lie relay be; ekt venture to withdraw his praise and admiration at the persevering bravery of our army it, Portugal entitber can any man, i at this time of day, deny that praise so jitsti7 due to the merits of my illustrious Countrym'ao, Lord Wellington, who, at the head of that army, has proved to Europe and to the world -that the ambitious views cifrionaparte maybe checked, Ind that the independence Of a brave nation is still to be preserved by British example and•byl3ritish valour. In turning to the rest of the Penhistsla, and considering the situation of Spain, sae certainly have to lament, that her struggles for freedom and independence have riot been attended with 'equal. success, a s the efforts of Portugal — but - it is a sincere satisfaction to think bustler ardour is not damped, as by accounts re ceived frocn eatalonia 'and other p rovinces , there is eery reason to believe there still exists in the country a Most decided hatred and determined animosity to their' Frefich - oppressori. But,"Sir, it Must be so, for 'the French have kindled a flame *Spain which they never can .extinguish—they have raised up`; ipint against themselves whiCh they never can sub due—and, whatever may be the opinion of -Hon. Members with regard to the policy of the Spanish cause ; 'whatever Lay be the general sentiment on'the subject, it aloays Must be a prOud sensation to the hearts of the British people that gpalti, goaded by insult. assailed by treachery, and almost overcome • • .41 Oyer; found in the arms of the British nation, a pion for her freed nit, am avenger' for her insults, triod e an advocate for' her cause. Her armies, it is ttue;have been repulsed, and still ;pay be again over 7 &Mel* the better disCiPliped troops of France; her Odour may Tar, i moment lie appalled by the "toriel of her enemies; but I trust there cannot" be found any ran able to persuitcle the &kith gatton o that the - Spanish people,' formed ih the sense n'tould, arid sprung from the same stock as ihpieheroes who Wed at Saragossa and Gerona can be traitors to that sacred cause of and in dependence,' which they have so glivti r sibly embraced. but, Sir, we Should recollect, that kis not the zt,nse' of Spain and Portu.• gal alone ire are lighting in' the I'eninsula, but the cause of Eitgland ton. • It is not a War Merely for the proiecrirn ut the freedom •of the Portuguese; but it it also a contest for the preserfatina of the liberties of Etglishmen.' 'kw:A the opinibn of manyof our mdst enlightened Statesmen, that the battler of England should be fought on a distant land; nor-will you eier sufficiently know the policy of that'sentiment, tillsyou have ten the honors of. a contest at home, In Ireland, 4nfoettiaatrly, w e have klt tbein : we veal: from ex perience, and our opinion is positive. The next eh'• cunistant e s li eh claims the attentiim of the Houseeit o with regard to the late gallant atchievement in India; we cannot but give-every praise to the Governor-Ge neral, Lord Mint°, for having so ably planned that evoition, which has been so -gallantly executed by 'Sir 'Samuel Auchmuty, and the army under his corn gnand„. lam aware there may be a oiffeiense of opi nion, as to the advantages likely to arise from th s capture to Great Britain, but I should Oonceive there .can be no difference of opinion in thinking, that the French Nation should not be the possesscrs of -Java. It is a proud feeling to us all, that, notwith etanding the wrecks of ancient governments and ancieut systems, by which we are urronnded-T-not- -..., withstanding the threats of Bonaparte, or his vain boasts of ships, commerce, and colonies,' his Royal Highness is able to declare to his Parliament this day, to use his own words, that by the conquest of Java, the colonial powers of France are extinguiThed in every part of the world.' With regard to America, it must be with great satisfaction we learn, that the differences which existed between the two nations, concerning the affair of the Chesapeake, have been amicably adjusted ; and let me humbly hope, that this adjustment may he the forerunner of an ultimate arrangement, for that permanent friendship between the two- nations, which must equally redound to the benefit of America, as it will to the advantage of Great Britain. Having, in a very cursory manner, dd attempted to allude to some of our foreign affairs, I wish extremely to call the'attention of the House to a subject, which directly interests me more than any I have yet ventured to submit, I mean with r egar d to the internal condition of the empire. Notwith- Standing the effects of the war, the wealth of Eng land never was mo r e vi s ibl e th an at the present time; ' notwithstanding the heavy burthens necessarily im posed upon the people, we find them submitting I with cheerfulness in support of that Constitution, under which they have experienced the very essence of li(oerty and freedom. With regard to Ireland, I cannot but congratulate the House on the internal tranquillity of the country, especially as much h.rs been said about some threatened disturbances in the county of Down, and I feel happy in being able tifs" state, that by the zeal of the Magistrates, by the terference and advice .of a numerous resident gentry, all apprehensions, however slight they might have been, have completely subsided. I feel I have tres passed longer upon the House thin I am entitled.-- There is but one more observation I must beg le . ave to ,offer, touching the nature of the Address I am about to propose. It is so framed and constructed, to prevent any objections, that I trust it will meet with the unanimous adoption of the House. Unani mity, at all times, is a most desirable object, but especially in times like the .present, when we are en gaged in a struggle which requires the united efforts of the whole nation to assist—when we ate engaged in a contest, not for power, not for ambition, but for our independence as a nation, our exis•ence as a free people. We have an enemy to contend with, whose resources are great, and who would sacrifice every object in the world to obtain the ,destruction of Great Britain. Amongst ourselves, partial bankruptcies and individual inconeeniencies must be felt—they are the natural consequences of a lonr, an expensive, and a necessary " war ; but .s bel um quill,: necestarium, ft mimes quibut, an& is armis, relinquitur seta."— He concluded by moving auAddresi—As usual, an echo to the Speech. . Mr. VYSE. rose to second the Amendment, an,4 began by apologising for his incompetency to address the House, especially as a successor to the Nol l le Lord• who had just sat down. He chiefly confined himself to a recapitulation of the topics that, had been enforced . hy Lord JoCelyq, and in alluding to the old. serrations of the Hon. Baronet who had moved the Address, he rbserved that he was not less sensible than. he Was of our diffi.k,ulties and of the necessity of econotry. The real riches of a British King, be ob served, consisted in the prosperity rf .his perple x — Referring to the war in the penitisuia, Portugal tie maintained was not only free from actual invasion, but we have secured an old ally from rapine and de solation ; and that the measures pursued' by h;s Ma. jesty's Government were strictly accordant to the wishes of the Portuguese. Our differences with Ame. rica promised to be amicably adjusted ; and at all events our sincere desire for peace was sufficiently evident from the affair of the Chesapeake. The return ofpitacee he willingly admitted to be desirable ; but hirbelievesf it impossible to establi , h a peace at pre sent, upon such secure foundations as might permit us to disband our military establishments. He hoped that the House would cheerfully grant that assist ance which the Prince Regent had so graciously re quested, and concluded with an acknowledgment of his gratitude for the indulgence with which he had been heard. Mr. WHITBREAD declared, that he fully co incided in a large put of what had fallen from the Honourable Baronet ; but as the House seemed now to be proceeding to a division, he thought it necessaty to say that he could not vote in support either of the Address moved by the Honourable Baronet, or of that moved by the Noble Lord. He conceived that the Honour4ble Baronet had traced many of those national misfortunes which were now so deeply de plored to their true and legitimate sources ; but he had, at the same time, interspersed these observations with personal allusions, of the foupdation of which he was npt assured, and had made them at a time, and in a place, of which he did not altogether see the propriety. 'l'hp ATTORNEY-GENERAL vindicated the conduct of Lord Ellenhorouglb and asserted that the reflection made on that conduct in the Honourable Baronet's Address, was utterly unfounded. NO de fence was ever beard with snore patience and indul gence than that, irregularly as it had been conducted. . Sir FRANCIS BußpErr, in explanation, said, that what hp foulyled h is assertion upon was that part Of Loid Ellenborpughs language to kilr, White, whpre his LordsVp• adVised that Gentleman 4. re. serve his evidence until' e should i;le brought up for judgment. The A.TTORNEY-GENgß e Ar e r—lt is evident, from the oplanation of the Honour-Ale Diuonet him self, that Lord Ellenboromb acted 'even a humane part.—(Near, is plain, dint Lord Ellenbo, rough only a4viied Mr. Whip to reserve his evidence for affidavits. in mitigation of punishment; which, tiu•ngh they would not serve him as evidence on the trial, might be advantageous to him should he be bronglit up for judgment. Sir VRAKP 1 S BURDETT mplied, th4t he did pot think the Noble Lord sntiel) 'benefited by tbis tiium phalt explanation of th e Right Honour** Gentle man. pne thing was certain, that the remark of the Judge, was Made before the evidence was hea r d. Mr. ITINSONBY observed, that he, felt himself on ibis occasicn in the' me state OfTieting as that ex pressislby iiiiirpti t Friend (Mr. Whitbread) and the result i)l . ll3at freliywas the necessity of yotin g both against e motion and the amendment. It appeared to him to 'be a sufficient argument for there, jectton of the Hon. Baronet's address, chat it was ut terly unconnected wiih the immediate subject before the corAideratiou of the Howe, treating of general to. , J pits, which had no relation to the speech of the Lords Commissioners. (Hear, hear.) that speech he should pow beg liaie shortly to call the attention of 'the House. It appeared to him to involve four ctii tinct heads, and with respect tp each, he proposed to make one or two observations. On that part which referred to the establishment necessary to be made under the present circumstances for the care of his Majesty during his lamented indisposition, he did not I feel himself called on to make any further remarks, than that he did not consider himself in acceding to ! the general principle laiJ. down in the speech, at all precluded from discussing the subject when it might come in its detailed shape before the House. The next subject was the war in Spain and Portugal, and when he took this opportunity of paying that tribute Ito the conduct of our troops and Generals which that conduct had so conspicuously deserved, he trusted that it would be understood he veal not !pledging himself to an approval of the indefinite protraction of that war, of the mode in which it had been carrried on, or to an acquiescence is the expediency of any supplies for which Ministers might be pleased to ask. That the army had exhi bited a valour, and had performed atchievements wor thy of the British name, all were proud to remember, and in his estimation never had the' military honour of my chuntry been more successfully supported— (Hear, hear I)—At the same time he could not avoid observing, that the beneficial results had been of a very limited nature ; and that, although our enter- I prises of a small scale bad generally suzceeded, those* ?f a larger and more extensive character, had ended an failure and disappointment. The third topic em braced by the Speech appeared to hiM to be of yet greater importance than the contest in the Peninsula, and that topic was our relations with America. He had seen with pleasure the pacific spirit that had re 7 cently marked the communications of this Govern ment to that power, and trusting as he did that this pacific spirit woold continue to manifest itself and pervade the future negociatiuns, he thought it most expedient to abstain at present from any commen tary on, that spirit, or remarks on the consequences which had attended it. The font& and last head was that of Ireland, and this, in his estimation, was of far greater importance than any of those that preceded it. But, important as the welfare and situa tion of that country must ever be to the general in terests of the empire, and more pecaliarly at such a crisis as the present, his Maj esty ' s Ministers had thought proper, in their speech, to pass it over in almost complete silence, confining their notice of it to a small improverikent in its. Revenues, which what had passed in the course of :he List Session, bad certainly given him reason to anticipate. He could not, Lowever, divert his mind from an anxious concern into the state and condition of the people from whom that ievenue was to be raised. Glad as Le was of the growing increase of the revenue, he would have felt yet „stronger satisfaction to have been told of the &I owing happiness and improved condition of the Irish nation.—(Hear, hear, hear!)— 'But upon this subject th e Speech observed a profound silence. To secure the tranquility of that country, and to fix it on a stable basis, to promote its prospe. ritY by the harmony of all its parts, was, nevertheless, a solemn duty, incumbent on that House to discharge. This was certainly not a fit opportunity to enter into an ample discussion of Irish affairs, and more parti cularly as the Honourable Gentleman, who was the Representative of the Irish Government, was not in 114 place. The affairs of thar. country were, however, now such, that a solemn investigation was imperiously called for, and when that investigation should be ac complished, he entertained no doubt that the convic tion of every mind would be, that one measure alone could effectually heal the wounds of Ireland, -and by establishing her internal tranquillity, produce that cordial union of sentiment, which would not merely enable us to carry on an indefinitely protracted war fare, but would probably ensure to us a glorious and prosperous termination. This great measure was Ca. tholic Emancipation.—(Hear, hear!) The CHANCELLQR of the EXCHEQUER assured the Right Hon. Gentleman, that no other pledge was now required of any Hon. Member, than merely to agree that it was the duty of the House to make's suitable establishment for ilie King, under all the circumstances in which his Majesty was placed. No further pledge than this was required : for with regard to a supply, the amount of it would hereafter be a subject for discussion ; and no specific sum was now required. As to America, he did not think it 'desirable that any discpssion should take place on that subject at present, and under the present circum stances of the negotiation between the two countries. As to not taking any notice of the state of Ireland, surely it must appear to the Right Hon. Gentleman, that it would be highly improper to adyert to such a subject, particularly when the Might Hon. Gentleman himself expressed an opinion, that all discussion on it should be drferretifor the present. Could any thing be more improper than to introduce into the Speech any remark on a topic which was now a snbject of legal discussion. He was confident the - Rinse was not pledged to any vote which could embarrass any Member in the future vote he should give. Mr. PONSONBY replied, that what he meant to say was, that a promise ought to be given to adopt some measures respecting Ireland ; but, as the Speech was wholly silent on' that point, an Non. Friend of: his, near him, would very shortly give a notice of a motion to that effect. Strangers were then excluded from the gallery, in ;dr that the House might pro cee d to a di v i s i ou numbers were—For LOrdJocelyn's Amendment o—For the Address, 1, and one l i eller..—namely, git F. Burdett and Lord Cochrane.—At half-past I eight the House adjourned. MARK•LANE.—Thii day we have but few Irish arrivals of Wheat, and not much on hand; supplies both of this ankle and Flour !sting expected from the North Country, the trade is heavy in sale, nearly at lest prices. Barley i s somew h at l owcr , M a l t lad White Peas nearly at last currency. Beans of each clescrip das, likewise. There are veiy few fresh arrivals of Oats, and sates thereof support the lasi quoted prices. Flour continues in full a: oaks, att e i hardly wtalataius the general named prices. -Wheat, 665. 80s. 110 s. • Beans 50s. 56.. Pine ditto, 115 s. 124, 1 ids ditto (Dew) 445. 495. Rye 50s. 564 Ditto (fine Old) 524.595. Grey ditto, 56e. f 2s. e Seed, £56. £64. Fine Flour, 955. IPoso..ticotids, 90s. 955. f" PRICE 01' STOCKS tille )Air Al ONE crei.oCK s per Ct. Cons. for money 6211--Ditto for account 64i per Cent. Reduced 6sil—Navy 5 pee Cwt. Sl4l 4 per Cent. 788 79—honda 17s. ler. prto-.Clinni=e I pre. Lath. Bills (:;(1.) Li. Se. pre.—Ditto 4s. 6s. pre. - • . . • : THE EVENING STAR. LONDON.. WEDNE.SIiAX, JANUARY 8. Monday night his Majesty's sloop the Rotes captured, off Dover, the French privateer le F on% Ne. 2, belonging to Boulogne, being the privsto or which took, a few months ago, one of his Majes t y' s clttters and carried her into Calais. She took, l ox Thursday, between Dungeness and Folkstone, t i n sloop Friends of London, DAVISON master, and sp ot her - into Calais, The Furet has been very successful leaving taken 24 prizes, among which were sera] latge West Indiamen. 'The Furet has been 'sent to the Downs.—The HRAKTY gun brig, Lieut. W,. HAli, has also brought into Yarmouth k Danish schooner privateer, captured in the Baltic, by th e !UNGER sloop, Captain 4cacoac : she had . 12 car. t,ime guns mounted, all.of ohich she threw ovv-b obi d in the chace—her compliment of men was 36. A Gentleman who arrived in the .4g cartel free Morlaix, has favoured us Rith a long list cif Amer. can vessels which have been lately liberated in Fran% and wLich are now loading for America. itestitatiq . of great quantities of American property which had been confiscated, was also expected ; and the Inei t sures of the French Government seemed to be deci4, odly amicable towards America. A most singular end unprecedented occurred took place in the House of commons last night.... The instan t . th,e S . YEAK ER had - finished the reading./ the Purri,ce Reuss" - Speech, §ir FRANCIS Buposat started up, and after a long speech, cc,acludelll moving an Address to his Rorer. HICIINESs. COCIIRANN in another speech seconded the mod% and the Mover and Seconder of the Ministerial Ad. dress who have uniformly obtained precedence on all former occas'ons, were thrown out. The order d things being thus reversed, the Address prepitred by Lord JOCELYN and Mr. yrert necessarily came for. ward els an amendment to the kddress of Sir faarns BURDWIT. Sir FRANCIS and Lord CCcURANI way appointed Tellers, but they had only one Membats count and that was Mr. CUTHBERT. Lnrd Jocim's address, or rather his amendirreAt, was „carried eiti. out a Yesterday being the birth-day of her Royal Ht eyes the Princess CUARLOTTZ Of WALILS, when Royal Highness completed the 16th year of her les the Pan cz RAGErir gave a grand dinner at Carla.' House, to the Qusuar t _ the Princesses At'LLsTA and MARY, the Dukes Of YOWL; PLAIIViCE I Kt -NT, and CIItdaZRLANDe At five, the QUJGEN a>id Paiscasu left Carleton House for Windsor. We learn with satisfaction that the Duke of COM BRIDGE has resigned his District Command on a prin. ciple which has been determined on, of reducing tie enormous expence of the Home Staff, which is ly enhanced by the employment oa it of General s is stead of Maor-Penera Yesterday a Court of Directsn was held at Ai East India House, when Sir EVAN NVPICAN, Bari was appointed Governor of Bombay, in the room d JONATHAN DUNCAN Esq. deceased. Samuel. Ti. Len, Esq. of the Honourable Society of Lincois's Inn, was appointed Adyocate-General of Madras. Last night, *boat sit o'clock, owing to the carelessness do lodger, s dreadful fire broke not its the house of Mr. Oausr, Pertuuter, No. a, Glassbousp-atreet, which totally desword same, and cothiderably injurtd the houses of Mr. Ma/Naimoli man, and Mr. Honos:s, thocuiaker, adjoining, before it was se tirpdihed. PLYMOUTH, JA >MARE 6.—Sailed the ("este si Ina, 22 gewl.hr lebbon, with a convoy; the Comma. ite, setts a convey, in rortstnouth ; the SAN Ftoa.Nso , Pi, with French prismart board, for the Eastward.-...V,'eut out of harbour to the Sound de Lot;; frigate. car. Seuossaaan.—Arrived the Ruse, ss goo. Capt. MALCOLM, from a emigr e —Yesterday arrietel for lop awe-manses, p rizes to the Pu.uEus, Aaaow, and 0. F. pee vateer. PORTIMOVTR. JAN. 7. itrtiypd his Majesty's ship Hoists from a cruise; VOSCTIBILL from the tiowns ; and the Tend from the Mediterranean, with a convoy. Sailed the Watts with a convoy for Gueresty. The West-India convoy Wilms* at the Mother-bank, Cowes Roads, and Stoakes Bay, wind-bona DIAL, JAN. 7.—Arrivad kis Majesty's sk.p Hittite frets* A large french privateer is mat ipti the Amos 11 some of our cruisers. . YAI 1110111 TN, LESIVART 7.—Tbis forenoon, Admiral Her, • the ARDENT (Capt. ItiONRTMAP), ftted Vier-Ad ffileta Ml* stab'sse's flag at passing the back of this Sands. Paned ski DICTATOR, 64 guns, from the balk. Several Mal are to the* flag, with a fine breeze from the N.6.--Saikd theOat►rlN, N guns, for the coast of Holland. ' COURT OF KING'S BENCH, C4JIILDHALL, MKT. THE UNlVilltilTY OF CAlleilllDOE r. BOVRIL The ATTORN ET-GENERA L. for the plaintiffs, stated, that.. tlras an action brought against the defendant as the pubil :Adr. Fox's work, for not having delivered, at Stationer" 8 , telly of that work, for the use of the University of C pfnuanteto the &Mute. here was no dlipute as to the this case, and the action was brought itif the purpose of ' the question, whether, under the Statattref:Anee, that coin! enforced; and as the point resolved itself into a mere qaeollati law, he proposed that a spectra ea/ should be reserved W further consideration of the Court. ' 'Mr. PAR IL a, for the detendant, acquiesced in this proprolloni plating it to be a question of immense importance, for CI some iisstances namely The Encylepethe,tho copies of thailli„, to be delivered to the English and Irish Univermies, 011 11 . amount to £5000; this to be sure, could make no damsels to the law, but as it might be the intention of his client 90 CA it further thin the Court of King's Bosch, he wished it 0 " turned into a special verdict. The Jury accordingly, under the direction of , Lord EL poeouoit, found a verdict for the plalutiff—Damage}} (the value of the work t o be deliv e r e d;, su bj e c t to as npeu the understanding that it should 'be afterwards k special virdict, it the Court shotild be of Ant opinion. THE FORTUNATE BROTHESIS.—The late Mr. _ .1. 911 ." Jones, of Moffat -street, City-ltoad,- bought at NIA COrnltill, a Sixteenth of No. 6,431, in j.inuarYt . • was drawn a Prize of 00,000—and in the next law tery, his brother John Jones, of York-street, Vi. ol sninster, bought at the same O ffi ce, a Shake offfla . 2,613, which also was drawn a prize of elo, # Thus in a single day was each brother rendered pendent, as any person Tar now be in the State Lottery, containing Two Prizes of • &c. &c. if bought on or before Monday tbe Setb . stant, as all the Lottery •will be drat ii at o'Clock the next Morning - LONDON : Printed by Kiser, 1 fultbaht4 thins wit at the Star-Oece,.'