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than in Woolwich; and he should now propose as an! Amendment a reduction of £4,550 in the sum pfoposed. 11r. WARD defended the original proposition. A long conversation followed, in which Sir HENRY PARNELL, Mr. Home, Mr. HUTCHINSON, and others, took a part. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Com mittee divided.—For the original Motion, 92—For the Amendment. 53. On the re-admission of strangers into the Gallery, the Committee were discussing the Resolution, for granting to his Majesty the sum of £299,623 for superannnations and half-pay. This Resolution was agreed to ; as was also £11,279 for a similar purpose; and £2,279 for the Children of deceased Officers. £36,000 for Widows Pensions and Retired Allow ances of Civil Officers 4 Mr. HUME objected to the Retired Allowances as 'extravagant. He thought the vote should be post poned, to afford time for inquiry, The grants were many of them to young . and healthful men, and the allowance to this description of men, who had not served nine years, amounted to £4,978; and he would now propose to reduce the vote by that sum. After a few observations from Mr. J. Smarr, Mr. WARD, and others, the Resolution was agreed to. £3,581 18s. for Compensations, Superannuations, &c. was also agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Sir J. NEWPORT said, he understood it was in contemplation by Government to send a Commis sicn over to Ireland to inquire into the state of the Revenue of that country. He was harpy to hear this; as, if Government took this subject into its own hands, much good would be derived from it, pro vided the selection of Commissioners was well made. Should the contrary be the fact, however, he feared the result would be the reverse; and that, instead of reform of abuses, every abuse and extravagance which existed at present would be confirmed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it was his intention to move for the appointment of this Commission this very night. The principal ob ject he had in view was to assimilate the mode of col lecting the Revenue in the two countries. The other Orders were then disposed of, and the House ad journed at One o'Cloek. A THE EV NN LNG STAR. The i r aris Papers of Saturday arrived at a late hour this \ forenoon. Our attention is naturally first attracted to the accounts from Spain, now an object of such painful interest. We can scarcely say that they are of a tranquillizing description ; hut, happily, they add nothing new to the chapter of horrors.— The following accounts are from the Gazette tle_, France, which, it may be necessary to remark, is a Paper unfavourable to the Constitutionalists : "We learn, by letters from Bayonne of the 12th, that the Liberales ofGalicia have succeeded in arrest ing about three hundred persons designated as the most marked Anti-Constitutionalists of the province. —ln this number are a great many ecclesiastics: it appears that the plan was concerted beforehand. The persons arrested have been conducted, under escorts, to the prisons of Corunna. " Letters from Madrid, of the 7th, state, that Me rino, against whom considerable forces were directed, has not been exterminated, as pretended at Madrid. On the approach of an enemy superior in numbers, his corps dispersed among the mountains, and left the Empecinado to make an easy victory. Ws have not yet forgotten, in France, how, during our civil wars, the intrepid Vendeans only disappeared from the field of battle, to re-appear on the morrow more united, and more strong. We know, besides, that this method was that of the guerillas, and that it was this which destroyed the power of Bonaparte." The following is given in the same Paper, under the head of Madrid, Bth May : " Our city has been a little calmer for these last twenty-four hours. Every moment couriers arrive from the different provinces, and the news which they bring is by no means tranquillizing. On a great many points insurrection manifests itself, arrests multiply, and lists of proscription circulate. The popular ferment at Carthagena was very great.— The arrest and exile of seventeen persons was de manded, among whom were the Governor of the Province, the Treasurer of Finances ; the others are Ecclesiastics and Officers of Marine. At Algesiras the exile of a number of persons was demanded, and eleven were seized and put into close confinement.— They are among the most distinguished inhabitants of the city. Aranda and Burgo de Ossuna shew themselves very unfriendly to the Constitutional sys tem. They talk of tending some Agents to purify these towns." LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1821. PRICES DT STOCKS THIS DAY AT OHL O'CLOCK : Rank Stock 227% 228 227% 3 per Cent. Reduced 74% 73%8 3per Cent Cons. 75 74 1 ,4-3% per Cent. 85% 4 per Cent. 92% 1 / 2 -5 per Ct. Navy 110 109% 5 / 1 Long Ann.. 18% 15-16—India Stock 234 Exchequer Rills Is. 3s. pr.—Cons. for Acct. 7574%. Among other foreign notices in these Papers, we meet with the following : A Mail has arrived this forenoon from Hamburgh, with Papers to the I.sth of May. The following are extracts: STOCKHOLM, MAY 4. ANCONA, APRIL 54. Very recent news from Epirus state, that the fa mous Ali Pacha of Janina has been killed by his Secretary. BARCELONA, MAY a. General Pepe has published a Memoir, in Which he declares, that in the affair of Rieti he was the only Neapolitan who dared to look the Austrians in the face.—French 5 per Cents. Friday, 8$ fr. 75 c. The proceedings in the House of Lords last night, on the Grampound Disfranchisement Bill, will be found of considerable interest. The Noble Lords in Administration have divided on the subject—Lord LIVERPOOL taking one side, and the LORD CHANCEL LOR another; but, as usual where the Treasury is matched against the Woolsack, the former has pre vailed—in this case, we think, fortunately. Lord LI VERPOOL is in favour of the principle of the Bill— that is, in favour of the principle of Reform. He has taken the Bill, in fact, under his protection, and there can be no doubt it will pass. His Lord ship, however, is not for conferring the privilege forfeited by Grampound on the town of Leeds, but as a less innovation on the existing order of things, for adding it to Yorkshire, the population of which, compared with that of other Counties, is, doubtless, most inadequately represented by two Members. Being of that order of Reformers who would rather have 4 little than nothing, and disposed to be grateful for every little, in the hope that we shall at last get all we want, we are not disposed to quarrel with his Lordship's alteration, and are happy to see that there is no inclination on the part of the Lords on the Opposition side of the House to divide against his Loreship on this point. The LORD CHANCELLOR was against the disfran thifng the Borough of Grampound altogether, and proposed, as an adequate punishment on its freemet., for their recent abuse of the elective franchise, that the inhabitants of the adjoining Hundred should be let into a participation of the franchise ; but his Amendment to this effect was negatived by a majo rity of 60 to 26. We beg to refer our Readers to the Second Report of the Committee on Foreign Trade, which will be found in another part of our Paper. It appears to us, that nothing can be fairer than the recommenda tion which it contains—that, without encroaching on the privileges of the East•lndia Company, British subjects shall have the same freedom, with respect to the trade to India and China, as the Company allows . to foreigners. We earnestly hope to see the recom mendation carried into effect before the present Ses sion of Parliament terminates its labours. The following extract, which appears in a Bombay Paper, from a letter written off Muscat, on board the TMONMOUTH, gives an account respecting the late disastrous affair at Alashkarrah, in the Persian Gulf, which we are glad to find is more conformable to the high character which the native troops of India have to long and well sustained, than the official state ment of Captain THOMSON, published in the STAR of Saturday last—a statement which calls for, and cer tainly will be followed by a public investigation. - - - lialltACT OP • LIT:OR MUTT= OPP MUSCAT, ON lOARD TIM We have received, through French and Flemish Papers, a variety of new and interesting particulars respecting the progress of the Greek Insurrection, which we subjoin. The power of YPSILANTI seems rather to recover importance, but more on account of the inaction of the Turks than anything else. We must not forget how proverbial the Turks are for the slowness of their movements, but how enthusiastically vigorous when once roused into action. BUCHAREST, APRIL IS. The following is, in a few lines, the substance of all the events of hich we have, during these some days past, been the witnesses : " On the Bth, one Braczky, who gives himself out to be an old Captain of the Austrian service, hoisted the flag of the Greek insurrection, and immediately, preceded by four trumpets, ran through the streets of Bucharest, calling on the Germans,' To arms t IThis man endeavoured to seize on the Austrian Con sulate, but he was vigorously repulsed. He suc ceeded, however, in drawing around him a number of Germans, in spite of a very energetic Proclamation of the Austrian Consul. Among the number was one Adamsberger, employed at the Cannon Foundry, and an Engineer, called D'Ott. The latter presented to Theodore a very expensive plan for fortifying the city. Theodore replied—' A ditch that a cow cannot leap is all that is wanted " Before the Proclamation of Prince Callimachi, and the Anathema of the Patriarch of Constantinople had spread inquietude among the Insurgents, there arrived at Bucharest a very great number of young Greeks from Odessa, Buda, and even Vienna. They refused to enrol themselves under the standard of Theodore, saying that they only knew Prince Ypsi lanti. This Prince did not appear at Bucharest till the 9th of April, with some hundreds of followers, and three wretched pieces of artillery. He had with him Prince Cantacuzene, formerly General in the Russian service, and decorated with several Orders. All the Proclamations of Ypsilanti have a seal, the impress of which is a Phcenix, with these words— ' Alexander Ypsilanti, Liberator of Greece.' 46 On the 10th, the official Declaration of the two Emperors, relative to the insurrection, was generally known. The unanimous cry was, 4 We are all lost!' In vain, to counterbalance a blow so terrible, did Ypsilanti spread a report that the Pacha of Janina had become a Christian, and was advancing with a strong army to support the insurrection. " On the 12th, we learnt that 700 Turks were marching from Silistria against Bucharest. The fear which even so weak a corps inspired was such, that the Prince ordered the cloth which had been put into the tailors' hands to be made into dresses for his troops, to be immediately withdrawn ; and the same evening he retreated precipitately on Tergowitz, abandoning artillery, pikes, lances, and about 3000 bayonets, which he had caused to be fabricated. — The Turks have not yet appeared." " It is with much sorrow I have to tell you of the defeat of est troops before Luc arty. Poor Doctor Wblghiun, Josh The King's visit to Norway seems to be indefinitely deferred. The Crown Prince has had a relapse within these few days, but it was not thought of sufficient importance to issue any Bulletins. Count Schmarin, who founded the Debating So ciety, but which was forbidden by the Government, has obtained from his Majesty leave of absence for half a year, to-make a tour through Norway and Sweden, wi th a view to the Statistics of the two kingdoms. A very bitter literary dispute respecting the politi cal opinions expressed in the work, Tessin and Tes siniana, has broken out between Count Adlersparre, the anonymous author of a criticism on the work, and President Baron Von Ehrenheim, the author of it. The first of May, which is a popular festival for the citizens of Stockholm, was favoured by the finest weather. As soon as the King, with a numerous and splendid suite, appeared in the Park, the most lively acclamations and cries of joy resounded on every side. Her Royal Highness the Princess was likewise there with her Court. All the Foreign Ministers were pre. sent; among whom the British Ambassador, Lord Fitzgerald, and the Spanish Ambassador, Chevalier Moreno, were particularly distinguished by their ex pensive and splendid equipages. FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, APRIL 18. His Majesty the Emperor Alexander has fixed a term of seven days for the dissolution of the Greek Corps formed by Ypsilanti in Moldavia and Walla- Laurie, Lieutenant Price, ad* Engineer; Welds and Perdu, chi; and for the return of those who are Russian! of the lid Regiment; and Lieutenant Short, et the Marine Bat- subjects, or under Russian protection. This time es talks, are killed, with the greater part of oar troops. The Fired to-day. Up to the 16th, no steps towards corn. The 19th Lancers, now at Manchester, Are to em- Imaum is wounded dangerously: his troops kept back, and pliance with the o r de r were o b serve d ; on the con bark for Ireland to relieve the Queen's Bays, ordered would not come into action. Our troops fought like lions, but trary, the Greek t r oops still at Jassy had go ne to home ; and the IGth Lancers, at Sheffield, are to .were overpowered by superidi numbers-4000 Arabs against join Ypsilanti. march for Manchester. soo Sepoys. Lieutenant Miley; of the Marine Battalion, and According to late accounts, the Moldavians and , The Cambridgeshire Militia, under Col. VACHELL s Lieutenants Mosley and Otte, of the Artillery, are, with Cap. Wallachians a r e s t a t e d t o h ave d ec l are d t hemselves were embodied on Wednesday last, at Ely, to be tan Thompson, the only Officers alive, by the account just re-. ready to give up the authors of the distu: bances, trained and elm, cised for 28 days. eeived from Dr. Fallon, who is ln medical charge of the troops." especially Theodore, if all the rest were assured of The two troops of Veonianry Cavalry, raised at atire amnesty. Stockton and its neighbourhood, were reviewed last VIENNA, MAY 7. week, previous to their going on permanent duty, by Accounts from the frontiers of Wallachia say, that the number of Ypsilanti's adherents diminished daily, Lieutenant-Colonel Tit west W ELL, of the 15th Hussars. and highly complimented for their creditable ap from fear of the Turks. pearance, steadiness, and general propriety of their lIERMANNSTADT, APRIL 23. movements. The accounts of the advance of the Ttirkish Army The Royal London Militia finished their annual are not confirmed ; the garrisons of the fortresses on training yesterdry. On dismissing them, Sir CLAU• the Danube have indeed been reinforced, but hitherto plus HUNTER, their Colonel, ordered every man a they have remained inactive. The Boyars of Walla;_liberal supply of beer to drink the KING'S health, and chia and Moldavia seem to have left the country the Officers had their last dinner, where health and merely to avoid the consequences of the advance of happiness to the KING was reiterated in the cheerful Ypsilanti's corps. Though the Declaration of the glass; and loyalty, moderation, and good humour, Emperor of Russia is generally known, Ypsilanti has was the finale of the day. still the boldness to promise the help of a foreign Power. We expect him here in a few days. Ypsi lanti is reported to have joined Theodore, for the purpose of going, with 30,000 men, to assist the Ser vians. The Provisional Government, consisting of twelve Boyars, have commenced its functions with sending an humble Address to the Sultan, 'begging the appointment of a new Prince, in the room of Prince Suzzo, who bas run away, and the pardon of all that has been done in Moldavia contrary to the will of the inhabitants. With this Petition a Depu tation has been sent to the Pacha at lbrailow, who will forward it to Constantinople. The Government has allowed the importation and exportation of all articles of commerce. The former tranquillity is nearly restored in Moldavia. The few Greek soldiers still remaining in Jassy have laid aside their uniforms since they received information of the Declaration of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia. The Wallachian peasants who had joined Theccbre, are in the greatest dejection, since they see them selves disappointed in their views. They had been promised that their supposed rights should be en forced at Bucharest, and that they should be allowed to plunder the houses of the Boyars, and now they say all is to be employed for the advantage of the Greeks, with whom they have no concern. Above 400 of them have already abandoned Theodore. The Boyars at Bucharest have, in concert with Theodore, drawn up another Petition to the Porte, which they sent on the 10th to Constantinople by a messenger of their own. THE ARMY. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The sloop Frolic, PERKINS, from Plymouth to Falmouth, sunk off l'enlce Point, on the 17th instant.—Crew and a passenger drowned., FALMOUTH!, MAT S —Passed the port the Tamar, Lowas, for Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Manchester packet, with Mails for the Islands. The Lightning, and Meteot, steam-vessel*, put into this port this morning, bound from London to Holy head, where th ey will be employed as packets to Dublin. PLYMOUTH, MaT 20.—Wind E.—Arrived the Briton, Levens, front London for the Cape of Good Hope; his Majesty's ship SZAHWATATAM, from the Eastward; IPHSOMA frigate, Captain Notre, from Naples and Gibraltar, and is placed under qua rantine; and the linty, Bouts, from New South Shetland—sailed 23d Feb. spoke on the 14th April, in lat. I. N. long. 44.43. W. the Prospect, from London for Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Orange Grove, Naar, for the Cape of Good Hope. DIAL May 21.—Wind E.N.F.—Came down from the River and sailed hat evening, the Albion, Wsu.as, for Madras and Bengal. Haawsom, Mar 21.—Arrived the Castlereagh packet, from Hamburgh ; and Alliance packet, from Gottenburgh , eac h with a Mail. _ GRAYsinzi, MAT St.—Arrived the Warren Hastings, Las tiss, from China. Sailed the Fame, EASTGATI, for Madras. Asuman—At Barbadoes, the Prince Ernest and Queensberry packets, from Falmouth; Barbadoes Planter, Redman, from London; Martha, Kennan ; and Robert James, Haynes, from Liverpool; John Crawford, from the Clyde; and Brothers, from Halifax. At St. Lucia, Mary, Cleland, from London. At Barbadoes, Sarah Christiana, from London. At Sierra Leone, Hambletonian, Gilbertson, from London and St. Mary's; Union, Griffith., front London and Gibraltar ; and Roebuck, from London. Currox-Hoosa, Mar 21.—Ships Entered Inwards :—The Atalanta, from Harlingen ; Duke of York, from Rotterdam,'; Velocity, from Hamburgh ; Esther, from Rotterdam ; Alfred, from Liverpool; Neptune, from Orlend ; Smales ' from Memel; George, from Lisbon ; Thomas, from Canton , Fi ore, from Hon fleur •' Seneca, from Guernsey ; Catherine, from Memel; Rom ney, from Jamaica ; Prince of Saxe Coburg, from Rotterdam ; and Peter, from Waterford.—Entered Outwards The Manley, for Berbice • Charles, for Naples; Atlantic, for Hamburgh ; Harmony, for Demerara; Kingston, for Bengal; Neptune for Rouen; and Amity, for Bombay.—Cleared Outwards: The Fame, for Madeira ; Manley, for Antigua ; Jane, for Oporto ; and Juan Baptiste, for Bilboa. • - - FOREIGN TRADE. SECOND REPORT of the Select Committee appointed to consider of the Means of Maintaining and Improving the Foreign Trade of the Country. " From the period of their submitting to the House their last I Report, the attention of your Committee has been directed to the Commerce of the United Kingdom with India and China s and the Trade between those countries and other parts of the world. The advanced state of the public business, and the ad ditional evidence yet to be received. before they can consider themselves as having completed their investigation into that branch of their inquiry, affords them no expectation of being able to produce a Report, embracing a general view of the sub. jeet, in sufficient time to admit of any measure being founded upon it, and receiving the approbation of Parliament previously to the close of the Session. _ " It has however occurred to your Committee, in the course of their inquiry, that there are some branches of the trade, in reference to which further facilities may be afforded, with great advantage to the interests of British commerce and navigation ; and that such facilities cannot be delayed to a future year, with out the risk of losing much of the beneficial results which, at the present time, may be expected from them. This impression is founded rather upon general principles, and circumstances of ,general notoriety, than upon any particular evidence adduced before your Committee, however the tendency of that evidence may have been further to establish the expediency of the mez sures about to be proposed. In adverting to the peculiar system of laws by which the trade of the East Indies is regulated, the House cannot but ob serve, that the subjects of foreign nations, whether European or American, are in possession of privileges far more extensive than those which are enjoyed by his Majesty's subjects generally, and greater, as to many branches of circuitous and foreign trade, than have been accorded to the Bast India Company itself. To relieve the Commerce and Shipping of this country from a situa tion of such comparative disadvantage (for the continuance of which your ,Committee can discover no sufficient reason), they feel the expediency of some measure, the principle of which may be, to allow British subjects, as well private traders as the East India Company, to carry on every sort of traffic beweeh India and foreign countries (with the exception of the trade in Tea, and that with the United Kingdom and the British Colo nies, with which they do not propose any interference) which Foreigners are now capable of carrying on ; and have therefore come to the following Resolution, which they submit to the House: " Resolved—That it is expedient to permit his Majesty's subjects to carry on trade and traffic, directly and circuitously, between any Porte within the limits of the East India Com pany's Charter (except the dominions of the Emperor of Chin.) and any Port or Ports beyond the limits of the said Charter, be , longing to any State or Countries in amity wirh his Majesty." IALL'S YESTERDAY. COPENHAGEN, MAY 8. Mr. Foster, the British Atisbassador, having ob tained leave of absence for six months, has had his audience of leave of their Majesties. SAXONY, MAY 10. We hear that the Government of Saxe-Weimar has been induced, by representations from abroad, to direct its serious attention to the proceedings of a set of mystics, fanatics, and sectarians in the towns of Sulze, llmenau, Jena, and Alstadt, which are said to be intimately connected with the Tract Societies at Seeberg and Basle. It is probable that particular accounts will be made public. SCHWERIN, MAY 9. His Highness, the highly respected Duke Adol phus Frederick, of Mecklenburg, died here, after a short illness, yesterday afternoon, to the great sorrow of the Grand Ducal family, and of the numerous persons to whom he was a generous benefactor. His MAJESTY is at present afflicted with a slight attack of the gout. Letters were said, yesterday afternoon, to have been received from the Naval Commander at Deal, noti fying the arrival of some ships of war which had touched at St. Helena, and stating that, according to the account of the Officers, the Ex-Eueaaoa was re duced to nearly the last stage of disease, _ Last night, Mons. Ar.ErANnaa again displayed his 4to 1 apt Zest wonderful powers as a Ventriloquist, at the Theatre •to 1 apt Augusta in King -street, St.James's-square, and was, as usual, 41 to 1 apt My LailY . honoured with the unanimous approbation of a very ASCOT COLD CUP. Even on Banker I 4to 1 apt Androsslan. numerous and genteel audience. NEW M A MEET SECOND SPRING MEETING. At the election of an Alderman, yesterday, for the saromr, Dior 21r Ward of Queenhithe, in the room of Sir WILLIAM Handicap Sweepstakes of 15gs rack for 3-yr-olds and upwards, 'l'. Y. C. Douvitax, resigned, the numbers were— Mr. Crockford's Sultan, 5-yrs-old, 10st. - . 1 For Mr. Venable. s—Mr. Capel 4—Majority 1. Mr. Wyndham's Cripple, 4-yrs-old, Sit. Sib. - g Each vote underwent a rigid scrutiny by Counsel on 1 Mr. James's Fleur de Lis, 3-yn.old, Est. 121 b. - 3 both sides ; the polling, of course, went on slowly. I Lord Esetet's Aspasia, 4-yrs-old, 7st. Sib. - - • A New Edition is just published of the Guide to Mr. Fraser's Can Albyn, 4-yrs-old, 7st. 91b. w hi c h I Mr. Greville's Pacha, 5- td ,-old, sa. Sib. - . s Matrimonial Happiness. This little volume, • Pi could only have bn dictated by the most anxious ,nto 1' apt Sultan-2 to I apt Cripple — = 3 t o 1 apt Fleur de Lis. 1 Mr. James's Fleur de Lis, Sit. beat Mr. I3ouverie's Arbutus, affection,_ forms a most valuable present for a new - an. Sib. D. M. 200 gs. sto 2 apt Fleur de Lis. mat ried Lady, though no One can look into it with- 1 Lord Jersey's Oracle, fist. beat the Duke of Portland's Zadig, Sit. 81b. D. M. Loop. b. ft. 7t04 on Oracle _ out being benefited by the soundness of its principles, Sir J. Shelley's Antar, Bst. 71b. beat Mr. Prendergast's Re. and the knowledge it displays of the human heart, gent, list. 31b. D. I. 200 gs. b. ft. 1 1 to B on Antar. as well as of the usages of society, more especially of Mr. Grevills's Banker, Sat. 121 b. rec. ft. from Mr. Oulu:es that higher class of it to which the Author belonged., Fiarnix, sit. A. F. :cogs. h. ft. BETTING AT TATTE 24 to 1 apt Gustavus I lBto 1 apt Duke of York 5 to 1 apt Reginald 100 to 5 agst Truth 6to 1 apt Tressilllan I 100 to 5 apt Charm 6 to 1 apt Jock Even three apt the Fklft 16 to 1 apt Cowslip _ oa ic s. I 5 to 1 apt lbla 15 to 1 apt Baratta. 5..._.s ~; •,••••••• 1