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h ' e L e a I t r I. s r. m Pt kg of !s. 'is Om 3 ,1f 'SI 5. CI as I ~ ' ige. Taylor's education tad lea hitil to write that song f o r which he was punished. He then noticed what hid 'taken place at the Isle of Ely, where, do account o fa squabble between the officers and men about the sore hing guinea, to which the latter thought they were entitled, their conduct had been said to be mu. s ow, and a number of these young men, who had b i n just put off their smock-frocks, had been sen tisCed to receive .500 lashes. Ile would ask if such pma i s hment was not out of all character ? and since : I ; te wer e persons who seemed to resort to it with Inc h alacrity, it seemed to him highly expedient to pent its being inflicted. This was the more neces iffy as the country were likely to be called out, and it was too much that the punishment of flogging sho w be inflicted on our entire population. lie conc l u d e d by moving, that to that part of the Act exten ding in case of invasion, the provisions of the Articles of War, to the Local Militia, the following words should be added :.- 44 Except so far as shall extend to inflicting the punishment of flogging, which s h a g in no case be inflicted on any officer, private, or drummer, serving in the Local Militia." Mr. GOULBOURNE said, that the Honourable B a ronet had given notice of a Motion last session with respect to the case of Taylor, but on the day a ppointed had withdrawn the notice, for reasons but Mown to himself. If he had not done so, it was his (Mr. Goulbourne's) intention to have opposed the onion. Taylor had been justly punished ; he had written a song, inciting his comrades to resist their officers, and he afterwards himself acknowledged the justice of his sentence. With respect to the punish ment in the Isle of Ely, he could only say that the celdiers had refused in a body to do that which the ker had prescribed. It must be obvious, that prompt and severe punishment was necessary on such an oc casion, and the delinquents had themielves become tensible of the propriety of that which they had suf fered. _ _ Colonel WOOD observed, that a general opinion was entertained that the French troops were not sub jected to corporal punishment, and that those troops were in a high state of discipline ; now he had to state, that he had learned from General Beckwith, that the orderly book of a French regiment had fallen into his hands after the affair of Fuentes d'Honore, by which it appeared, that within a short space of time there had been 320 persons of the regiment sen tenced to death by Courts-Martial ; the majority for elesertion, and several of the sentences executed. It appeared, moreover, that the parents of the delin quents were liable to six months imprisonment, and those who might harbour or abet them were liable to s fine of 1.500 mai ks. The book from which Gene. sal Beckwith had collected this information had been unfortunately lost, otherwise he would have been happy to have produced it to the House. If another, ' however, should fall into the hands of the gallant Genera! lie would take care of it. Mr. W: SMITH was of opinion the argument to be deduced from the circumstance last mentioned cat quite the other way, as it shewed that even a ca pital punishment was more tolerable to the French army than that of flogging. Mr. D. GIDDY was satissfied with the practice as it oow prevailed, mitigated as it had lately been. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that those who sup posed that he and the persons who objected to the tirsetiet of flogging, wished to promote a relaxation of discipline, were greatly in error. If the abolition of flogging were to have that effect, however revol ting it might be to his feelings, he would vote for its continuance ; but it appeared very plainly, from the authiaities quoted on a former night, that discipline would, by such a measure, be rather promoted than relaxed. The principle upon which some perms des fended the practice in the regular army was, that that force consisted of an heterogeneous mass, which it was necessary to coerce by some very severe mode of dicipline. It was obvious that this argument would root apply in th e case o f t h e L oca l Militia. .Again, it should be recollected that a person drawn to serve in the Lotal Militia could not escape the service, no substitute would be allowed. With respect to the book which an Hon. Gentleman opposite had made mention of, which had been found and lost, and was to be found again—(A /aug/s)—he did not perceive froM his statement that it would have, if forthcoming, any tendency to prove, what from the outset of his speech he had supposed it was his intention to prove, that corporal punishment was used in the French army ; it rather, indeed, shewed the aversion to the practice ; when so many sentences of death were passed, sooner than have recourse to it: Mr. HERBERT opposed the motion. Lord PALMERSTON thought, that if corporal punishment w as necessary to t h e ma i ntenance o f dis cipline in one description of force, it was also neces sary in another. • Admiral HARVEY said, it was no uncommon thing for the French prisoners at Gibraltar to bor row cats from 'our people to flog their men. Mr. HENRY THORNTON supported the Amendment. Mr. WYNNE expressed his dislike of the practice flogging, but confes s ed h e hard not hitherto been able to perceive any effectual substitute. Mr. GIPPS opposed the Motion. Colonel ELieltiON was anxious to record his own °Pinions or, the present subject as well as the Honour able Baronet, and maintained, that so far as he had procured information, or could remark for himself, he had found that the punishment so severely cen sured was, in fact, the preventive of many petty crimes, for which the Honourable Gentlemen on the opposite side were willing enough to provide the punishment of death. Their opinions, therefore, w ere founded i n crue l ty , an d were wort h y of censure. . fl amelioration had already taken place in the con dition of the army ; and the Officers, from a discreet exercise of their power, and from their vigilance, had created an unexampled state of good order and so 'y amongst the soldiers, which he was happy to perceive had the most salutary effects on the military spirit of the people. The amended clause was then put, and lost with cps a division, and the Bill itself read a third time and Passed. BANIUIUPT AIEDIBLILS OP PVLIANIENT. Mr. THOMSON, pursuant to the notice which he bad formerly given, - 40 rose to solicit the attentio n of t h e • use to consider the propriety of adopting some measure to prevent Bankrupts from • holding seats in the British House of Representatives. What chiefly ° " 44 i 9 laed his urging theitaming of such a Bill, wails tint aecording to the trish law, any Men'tber of the Douse of Commons should vacate his seat if he should not pay his debts in full - within six Months after the date of his b'Snkruptcy; therefore, in consistency with the Irish law, he was desirous of framing a Bill wherein should be assimilated the various feelings of the two countries on The Subject; and should move for leave to bring in 1 Bill to render vacant the seats of Members of Parliament becoming bankrupts who paid not their debts within a certain period, to be mentioned, after committing an act of bankruptcy. Mr. BARING was of opinion, that the adoption of such a measure indiscriminately would cast a stigma upon the person ex c l u d e d, an d was des i rous ' that some distinction should be made in the Bill be tween those men who might become insolvent by ho i nourable means, and those who performed an act of bankruptcy by which they cheated their creditors. Mr. W. WYNNE hid, it might be expedient to introduce a clause wherein was delineated the situa tion of the bankrupt's affairs, who should beexclud ed ; because a man might become a bankrupt, and yet have sufficient pioperty to pay even beyond his debts, providing that he fled leisure to dispose of it. Mr. LOCKHART spoke in favour of the motion. After which it was put and carried in the affirma tive, without any division. Mr. TtioNtsox then brought up his Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on this day 'se'nnight, and printed. —Adjourned. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH 17. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 per Ct. Cons. for money 60iff—Do: for ace. 601 5 per Ct. 91f--5 per Ct. Scrip ls. pre.—Bonds 14s. 15s. pre. Exch. Bilis i►. 5.. prc.—Dittu (Sid.) —s. pre. "We have this morning received files of Boston and other American papers to the lgth ult. They contain the proceedings of Congress to the 7th, and letters from Washington to the 9th of February.-- The Bill to enable the President " to assume a manly attitude," has been finally p a ssed ; but the rumours out of Congress are still of a pacific tendency: The following are the principal articles of intelligence We possess in consequence of the above arrival : "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEB. S. a Bills for amending the Articles of War, for au thorising a subscription for the laws ; and for incor. porating the Louisiana Lead Company, were passed. ‘g The New Militia Bill was read a third time, I and the question 4 Shall this Bill pass ?' was de -1 tided in the negative. So the Bill, after occupying the House near a fortnight, is dead. The Bill to raise a corps of Flying Artillery was I read a third time and passed. " The Bill to appropriate one million of dollars for the defence of our maritime frontier, was read a third time, and its passage opposed by Mr. B. HALL and Mr. RHEA ; and advocated by Messrs. CHEEVE% 1 MICHELL * TALMAGE, POTTER, WRIGHT, SHEPPEY, and WitxezaY, and/passed—Yeas 88—Nays 28. Several Military appropriation Bills passed to be engrossed, as did a Navy Appropriation Bill.— When the last Bill was in discussion, it w.ts moved to strike out the item, which was negatived, on the statement that they were sometimes called upon to serve on land. By these Bills upwards of 13 mil lions of dollars are appropriated for the service of the year 1812. " FEBRUARY 6. " Mr. QUINCEY presented petitions from Joseph Ward, Esq. and from the Vermont Mineral Company. " Mr. WILLIAMS, from the Committee on military affairs, reported a Bill for detaching 100,000 of the militia. The bill authorizes the President to call for the whole, or a part, who are to be ready at a mo ment's warning, for a term not exceeding six months; if called into service, the pay and rations are to be similar to those of the regular army, and appropri ates one million of dollars.—Twice read, and referred Ito the Committee of the whole. “ The bill for the support of the six companies of Rangers ; that for the support of the military estab lishment ; that for the support of the additional mi litary force, and that for the support of the navy, all for the year 1812, were severally read a third time and passed. " Me. CONDIT offered a resolution, directing the Committee on military affairs to bring in a bill for arming the militia. The resolution was adopted without a division: , g On the motion of Mr. DAWSON, the House pro ceeded to consider the bill for the relief of the infirm, disabled and superannuated officer* and soldiers of the late revolutionary and present army of the United States. The bill was agreed to and reported to the House. On the engrossment for a third reading, the Yeas were 54, noes 35." 66 FEBRUARY 13. , " The joint Committee of Bank applications made a report. By this report all the petitioners for the renewal of Bank Charters, are to have liberty to ,withdraw their petitions. 14 The Bill to exempt miners and aged people from the Poll Tax, &c. was discussed, and refused on a second reading." , t WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY S. " Five out of the seven of the Committee on Fo reign Relations cannot agree as to ulterior measures ; and have agreed to let the session die away, with a determination, however, to do something with the Non-importation Act, in relation to which consider able disagreement prevails. There are too many ob stacles is the way to attack the unoffeuding Cana. . and at *piestnt it is advisibk ivicatiier may ba said, to do nothing. " Are the French lieer its Repealed ?—Selio . offer —For as much as this vessel, which was cle.zed otit for St. Petersbnrgh, touched at Gottenburgh, irAt loaded with colonial produce (of which part evi-1 dently came from Bengal and part from a Spanish colony, Laguira, in a state of insurrection,) that if, as the Captain declared; the Hero has not been bo irded by any English ships of war, this must prozeed from his being an Englishman in the disguise of an Ame rican, and that he entered the Baltic with British convoys. " Mark the facts : the Hero was a bona, fide Ame. rican vessel, bound on a fair voyage, with all due papers from the American pert of Marblehead to (we had almost said) another port of an ally of France, and the only article she had on board of Bengal pro duce, was a single box of indigo. But granting every particle of this lying pretext to be true, whit right had Bonaparte to condemn an American vessel thus situated, if his Berlin and Milan Decrees were re• pealed ? The dear friends of France are challenged to furnish the shadow of a pretext." We have received regular sets of the Moniteur and other Paris Papers to the 12th instant. I'he follow ing is all they Contain relative to the Peninsula : " MADRID, FEBRUARY 20. " The insurgents have been completely routed at Altafulla, near Tarragcna. They lost 1,800 men and two pieces of cannon ) which they had With them. " General Reille is in pursuit of the enemy, and unfortunate Catalonia will soon be delivered from its oppressors. " Captain Montinol, of the 22d Dragoons, attacked and pur sued the bands of the Physician and Escalera, conshtitg of 500 horse. They formed in . uider of battle near Yebenes." The Editor of the Madrid Gazette makes the fol lowing reflections on the occasion of the surrender of Peniscola : " The capitulation of this place is a proof that the true Spa niards, who have been forced to take part in the insurrection, either through force, or in consequence of their passions, will at last understand their duty towards their country and their Soya'. reign. If other Chiefs had anticipated the example which Che Governor of Peniscola has just given them, what blood and nils fartunes would have been spared unhappy Spain! That Gover nor, disdaining the offers made him by the English, to engage him to deliver up to them the fortress, surrendered it to its true sovereign, the King our Lord, by placing it In the heads of the Imperial troops charged with the defence of his crown and rights. The surrender of this place is a real less to the common enemy, wbo wished to establish himself in the strong castle which de fends it, and which has ever been celebrated for the excellence of its position. If the English were masters of Peniscola, they could continue to feed the lire of insurrection in Vakncia, Arra gon, and Catalonia, by establishing is it a British colony as they have done in Cadiz. " GOD pant that this success mry awaken in the goals of Spa niards, instruments of England; or deceived by her, a sentiment of love for the country ; and that they may direct this sentiment in such a manner as to save it, as well as themselves, the evils which a resistance, equally useless as fatal for Spain, must produce." " PETERWARADEN, FEB. 14. " L ettcrs from the Turkish frontiers, for the authenticity of which we du not pledge ourselves, state, that the Russians have abandoned Belgrade, and descended the Danube. A repot is like wise in circulation that Czerni Georges has offered to submit to the Porte, provided his demands were allowed, the principal of which w as his being named Payiha of Beryls." " VIENNA, FEB. 16. " The new General-in-Chief of the Russian Army, Count Langeron, has notified to the Servian Senate, that the armistice was at an end; and that, therefore, the Servians should place themselves in a situation to recommence the war, and act in con cert with the Russian armies. This news has produced a dread ful sensation at Belgrade, the country being drained of provisions, men, and money, and the Servians no longer evince the tame order. It is added, that Czerni Georges has been obliged td em ploy very severe measures. " It is said, that the Grand Vizier, after having collected the different dispersed Turkish corps in the cantonments during the armistice, ordered the corps d'armees, which was formed near Adrianople, to advance towards the Danube. He wishes to open the campaign with eclat, to efface, if possible, the impression which his reverses have left in the minds of tho troops. 44 VIENNA, FEBRUARY 27. "Some couriers who have arrived from Constantlnople,and lately passed through this city, assert, that the roads leading to Widdin and Sebumla are covered with Asiatic troops. The Grand Vizier is at Widdin, where he is making preparations for the approaching campaign ; and, it is thought, he is decidedly determined upon attacking Servia." Yesterday the Dukes of Yonsc and CLARENCE, the Marquis Of WINCH ESTER, Lords CASTLEREAGH and CHOLHONDELEY, had audiences of the PRINCZ RZGEN Tp at Carlton-house: Yesterday Mr. LISTO transacted business with Lord CASTLEREAGH, at the Foreign Office, previously to setting off on his mission to Constantinople. GENERAL ELECTION.—Lord MILFORD hasexpressed his intention of retiring from Parliameet ; and the Hon. JOHN FREDCRIC CAMPBELL, MT. OWEN, aild Mr. MANSEL, have declared themselves candidates for Pembrokeshire. The demand for seamen is so great that the im. press officers take nearly from all protections. The indulgence which has hitherto been granted by the Admiralty of discharging men on certain conditions is suspended, according to report, during the present exigency. Two battalions have been raised at Metz and other depots, from among the Spanish prisoners. The greater part of these unfortunate captives enlisted under the belief that their services would be required in Spain, when ai4 opportunity would be afforded of deserting ; 'but after being dtganized, they received routes for Germany. It is not true that one of the Judge% was robbed of his watrh, at Reading. He mislaid it for a short time, and the report was spread that it had been stolen ; but he soon found that he had only mislaid it. The moral exclamations of some of the papers are there fore, in this instance, without fotiodauos. • UP THi ARMY. . rc A Return, presented tp Row ' o o:nmons, gives the follavng statelnent of the,amount of the establishment and - efective r ,Arength of the YeornAnn y and ,Volunteer Corps of Grtat Britain: Este% Effect. Yeomanry, rank and flu. .... 013 10,517 • knfautry and Artillery, Ina ind file 15,114.5 4 9,4:4 . .—„„, ....,—. 'Total 99,359 68,643 Regulation of the ',Umber 6f servants and tonnage for baggage, allowed to Offict.rs on board of trart.portS proceeding to join t::::ir regiments on foreign service: R..i.k,. 34-vai.ts. Tonnage (.1- Bazgage. SulQtern Cal tan' I Major or Litut.-C01... 4 ...... .......... Colonel 9 • S General Officer 4 lO The Leitrim Militia, 500 strong, commanded by Colonel CLardaNTs, have marched into ltanalgate, to replace the '2d Symerset : they area flee bodyof men, and have furnished their quota for the line. Tuesday and Friday the first and second divisCons of the 9tlst Regiment, under the command of Major ' CocLAz, arrived at Montrose, on their march for Aberdeen. Tuesday a detachment of the 4!d marched through Montr.ne for lnverne.s.- The 2d battalion of the 50th Regiment, after fur nishing a draft tor the Ist battalion in Powsgal, has received orders to proceed from Jersey to Portsmouth. The Sussex Militia marched on Friddy se'nuight from Sheernela t on their route for the gast:rn Dis trict, and were replaced by six companies of the Ist West York, from Chatham, for which latter plate the 2d Somerset have proceeded in two divisions from Canterbury. It is with extreme concern we state, that the Fly packet, from Newry to Liverpool, which was lately lost, and on board of which all perished, had a de tachment of the army as passengers, consisting of SO men, chiefly recruits, belonging to the 18th Dragoons, the 4Stli, 71st, and 81st Regiments of Foot. The Walcheren disorder, whith had so long Ten dered some of our finest regiments ineffective, may now be stated to be entirely subdued. The first bat talions of the sth and 6th Regiments of Foot, which suffered so severely from it, are perfectly recovered, and will sail trom Ireland to Portugal as soon as transports shall arrive to receive them. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOU fH, MARCH te. Sailed the Queen Charlotte packet for Liam. PLYMOUTH, MARCH IS. Arrived the Heastss, 24, from a cruize f and the HAMADRYAD, Sti, from the Cork station.—Sailed the FANCY cutter, for Corunna.—The Lord Cochrane hired brig has been fortunate enough to recapture the merchant brig wbichwas taken ()Lithe Start on Thurs day last. The privateer is cutter-rigged, and proves to be the late Earl Chesterfield Guernsey and Jersef packet, belonging to Southampton. She wa in the act of taking the Horatio, 'fosse Master, belonging to Guernsey, and laden with iron for th e dock-yar d, when the Lord Cochrane hove in sight, in conse quence of.which the privateer abandoned her, and she is arrived at this port. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH le. Arrived his Majesty's ships GANNET and Dm*. aovs, from a cruize the Lord Cochrane, Mary Ann, Baring, and William and Alfred, from the Downs. Sailed la HOGUE, for off Brat. The Comer brig is appointed convoy for Newfoundland. The Pewees will sail tomorrow with three sail only, laden with Government stores, for Gibraltar. Several other vessels, now lying at the Motherbank, have applied for instructions to sail with the Pri.oaus, but have been refused. It is supposed another convoy, &c. will soon be appointed.—Wind N. E. blows a gale. DEAL, MARCH Is. Arrived last evening the ship John, %emu, front Charleston with timber, for Chatham ; she this morn ing cut from anchor and cable, in consequence of drifting nearly on board one of the men of war. She has been supplied with another, and appears to ride very well. All his Majesty's ships in the Downs are well.—Wind N.E. blows bard, and very squally. RAMSGATE, MARCH is. On Saturday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, this town was much alarmed by hearing the report of several guns apparently close to the har bour, but it soon subsided on discovering the cause it proved to be signals of distress from his Majesty's cutter AIMEE, Lieutenant A. D. A RCY, employed on the Downs station, and looking after smugglers; she was in chace of a vessel of that description (as she supposed) when, being ratheiloo eager in the pur suit, she ran on shore on the rocks under the cliff, close to the bathing sands, at the top of high water; on the ebbing of the tide ,every means Were used co lighten her as much as possible, by taking out her guns, ballast, &c. in order to get her off again the next tide, which by great exertions was accomplished, and she is now coming into the harbour, having sus tained but trifling damage : had she remained only another tide, it is supposed, she would have been to tally wricked, as it has blown a strong gale, with hail and snow, at about N.N.E. ever since she was got off—she is a fine cutter and an excellent sailer.— Arrived the Happy Return, cf Lyme, with Portland stone ; Fame, of Po:lsm:Mb ; a large foreign brig, with seeds for London ; the Volant cutter, from the Northward, with coals for Ramsgate. Saile.i the JASON and BRITANNIA. to the Northwar d. DLSTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. - • The Alexandria, for the Nirelkommen, at Leith; and the Rolla, for L'Eepoir and Providence, ou the i f-th instant ; recalled at 13, Clement 's Inn. The Vollmer, for the Tweed, at Splthead, on the 23d instant; recalled at Me,sre. Marsh's, Ctuport. The Astrza, for the &Jut, on the I.lth ; at Messrs. Cookanil Halford's, London, and there recalled. The Chicaned', for the Fortuna, on the 19th, at 70, Great Runsetl-street, and there recalled. Min..rva, fur the Fultliedm, on the 17th, at 3, Mich. court, Temple, and there recalled. The Voles., for the Javan and rAnnunciato, the 17th, at 3, ClAFord's Inn, and there 'recalled. The Pickl e, for le Cannonier, on board, at Plymouth, the tilt ; recalled at 22, Norfolk-street. Bavar.—This day the Lord Mayer and Alder. men, afcr inspecting the returns, ordered it to FLO 241. per Peck Loaf.