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clholidayt, and increasing the hours necessary for ' t i.e clerks to attend. He bore the fullest testimony to the abilities of Mr. Neel. Mr. WHITBREAD, though he allowad every merit to Mr. Neel. yet there were many other efficient persons in that office, who;if they co-operatedi Might effect a reform. He adverted to the case of Mr. Heffernan, whose sala r y was only £e26o, yet it ap. pared he annually received £l2OO. A tew words followed from Mr. R. DUNDAS, when the question was put, and the motion agreed to. TRANSPORTS, &C. • Mr. HUSKISSON pursuant to notice moved, "That there be laid before the House accounts of the hired transports In the service, with their tonnage, &c. also of the ships of war em ployed in the late war, with the number of their guns and sea. r.en. 9 Mr. R. WARD conceived, that as the abject of his Hon. Friend wai to learn an eligible mode of conducting the Transport Ser vice, he would make a supplementary motion, which was 4, That there be laid before the House an account of wh.tt pur poses ships have been applied to that have returned from any ex pedition. Mr. W. POLE stated, that with respect to the accommodation c; :hc troops, they could be better conveyed in ships of war than tr „ :: ;ports. This, however, was not practicable, without redo cin; the Navy, as the former required 7000 seamen to navigate them, the latter °000; of course, this would diminish the naval force too much, and could not be attempted to be put in prac tice without an immense expence. Another fact was, that in the present state of the navy it would not be proper to subject the hates of vessels to such service, it would be impracticable.— Th ere was great difference in the expence of preparing trans pc rrs , they were manned at the usual rate of transport seamen, in cons 'quence a jealousy subsisted between them antrthe men of e t c ships of war. The Admiralty atid Navy Boards he thought store the best judges in such matters,and did not approve of their going to the discussion of a select Committee. A short conversation between the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Mr. Whitbread, and Mr. Cipher, followed, when the mo tion was agreed to. MARINE PAY. OFFICE. Mr. R. WARD postponed his moti , m, which stood for to- Llorrow, respecting the Marine Pay-Office, till further notice. NAVY EXTRAORDINARIEs. . Mr. A. COOPER brought u,s, the Report of the Navy Extraor dinaries. Tlic resolutions were read and agreed to. CONIMITTEC Or SUPPLY. Mr. FOSTER moved that the Howth and Holyhead hlarbour Bills be referred to the Committee of Supply. Agreed to. The House then went into the said Committee, when the fol lowing resolutions were agreed to : .e2,75n,0u0 to his Majesty fur extraordinary services for the Army of England. .J.:209,000 for defraying the extraordinary services of the Army of Ireland. £9805 to he paid to the Dublin. of Wide Streets in £22.158 for the Stationary, &c. in the Chief and Under Secre tary of State's Offices in Ireland, from the sth January, 1810, to du .sth Jz.nuary, 18:1. £lO,OOO fur improving the Harbour at Holyhead. • 1:338•2 ;or the Salaries of Lottery Offices in Dublin. . . . . Mr. HURLER wished to know whether these Commissioners n3w clziming compensation were in office at the tune of the Union Mr. rosTtn could not answer the question. It was obj:.c red, therefore, by Mr. TIERNEY and Mr. }lmo.: R, that •his resolution should not be agreed to, because it was ridi talous to give compensation to persons who actually had not suf tared by the Union. Mr. FOSTER observed, that the resolution might be passed, and if on inquiry it should turn out that the individuals were not in office on tit , Union, then when the report was brought up, it might be objected to. If on inquiry be should find arty chance he would withdraw his particular vote. Upon this understanding the resolution was agreed to. A sum of £35,000 was voted for the harbour of Howth, and several sni.dier , uins for the services of inferior Officers in the Irish Department. The Hotpot resumed, and the Report was ordered to be re teived this day. The Duke of Brunswick's Annuity Bill was read a second titne contedtted for this day. The Home adjoUrned at Two &Clock this morning. '!'l[E EV EN IN G sTA.II. LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 15. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per C. Cons. money, 70-ii—ace. 70H. 3 per C. Reduced 69 per Cent. 85i 5 per Cent. Navy 101—Exchequer Bills ss. 91. pr. PRICE. OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. !pr Cent. Red. Ann. 690 Imp. Ann. 'p r Cent. Cons. 'IOU India Ponds 21*. 17s. pre. I per Cent. 534. Exe. Bills, 41. 10s. pr. /per Cent. Navy 1011 Lottery Tickets £.24. is. Lung Ann. 13 7-16 i Cons. for aec. 701. tire English Captains of merchantmen landed at Dcal yesterday morning, who made their escape from Valencier.nes pristA on the 31st March : they bring an account of the French Emperor and Empress ar living at Middleburgh on the Bth instant, and after 'topping one night they proceeded with their retinue on tL,:ir route aloug the coast. Letters of the 10th instant from Dunkirk, men tion the arrival there of NAPOLEON and the. ENIPRESS, coastqueuce of which great rejoicings had taken ?lace. By the packet which brought the dadiz Mail, M. Cow.: (COLUMBUS) a lineal descendant of thegteat navigator, and nephew of the Duke of VeanGLimG arrived in this country: This Gentleman is to be attached to the Spanish' Legation resident ai !this Court, Letters, from Catalouie t ~mia day - later thaii-the dispatch of General O'Dorotzta 4 hifcirns intim the Patriots bad Made amulet...attack upon the FreriCh, weft collecting at Reis, and 61104 ;hem to • . - Mate a precipitate retreat. • Advices from Carthagena mention that the eneutt i'ad assembled to the number of 10,000 Lin the iii cinity of Lorca, with the:view, as was supPosect;'6l:: descending towards the coast, and making an at tempt upon the port of Carthagena. The latest letters from Malaga are of the IGth --It i 3 not the fact that the French have abandoned that place since the time they took possession They have endeavoured to organize a militia, per haps about 2000 strong, commissions in which have b.•..c0 accepted by some personi of' opulence and cony sideration. • The Cleaner, Lientinant Gitimr, has arrived at PlYrnouth in six days from Lisbon. " Lqi4W l 4 , LiNaP tox had advanced to the frontieri, and a rumour Pre-- vailed that his intention was to endeavour to push on' t ° Salamanca, where great part of the French army ••- • • destined for the attac k on Porttigai was stationeci. The British army is in the highest state of discipline: The Portuguese force consists of about 40,000 men, well appointed, and principally commended by Eng lish Officers. "LISBON, MAY t. " The only news I have' to communicate is, that we are in constant expectation of being attacked.— The enemy have been for some time tolerably quiet; but within these few days, our out picquets report that their force has greatly accumulated. We are busily employed in the construction of additional batteries, and mounting guns, for the protection of this city. Troops from England are landing every day, and the Marines from the fleet in the Tagus come on shore to improve themselves in discipline, and to assist in working the guns. " A vessel, laden with fruit, has just arrived here from Cadiz, which narrowly escaped being sunk there by the shot from the enemy's batteritn. The master of this vessel states (what we are here extremely un willing to believe), that preparations were making for the embarkation of the British troops—not so much on account of the rapid progress of the enemy, as on the want of energy and discipline on the part of the Spaniards ; whose behaviour at Mattagorda, and in several recent affairs, has shewn such a general want of both courage and conduct, as to render it extremely unsafe for British troops to act with them in the field, and leaves no hopes of their ultimate success." The Gottenburgh mail, as we mentioned yesterday, announced the arrival of the British fleet on the 7111. This is an unaccountable mistake; for the fleet did not sail from Yarmouth till the 10th. Letters from Hamburgh of the 7th inst mention the resignations of Count Brnxs•rotir, Prime Minister at Copenhagen, and his brother, Minister for Foreign Affairs. The cause of these resignations is said to be the pertinacious obstinacy of his Majesty the King of DENMARK, in his adherence to whit is called the Continental System, in compliance u ith the wishes of France.—For some time past the laws of France have, prohibited raw sugar s from bein g i n t r od uce d i nto the Continent, which, nevertheless, found their way by a circuitous route. Means were likewise devised to get them exported into France as rckard sugars, which were not prohibited ; the Danes, by a certain process at Holstein, Tonningen, and other places, so far succee ed in reusing raw stig:lrs, that they found an easy in troduction into France and oilier parts of the Continent. As soon as the King of Dr! , :m ARK was acquainted with the means used to delude, as he conceived, the Frers'i Government, he r r..l . :;t:d a strip to be put to the practice. —The mercantile part ef the Danish nation, feeling themselves sorely aggiieved on the occasion, petition ed again and again to be suffered to proceed in the system of refining, but without effect. The Prime and Foreign Mipizers, fully persuaded of the neces sity of encouraging the importers of colonial pro duce, are said to have seconded most strenuously the efforts of the Petitioners, ha to no purpose ; and the result was as before stated, their resignation. American vessels aft not excluded from Swedish porti, as was expected. All the American ships which arrived between the 24th ult. and the period at which the List letters came away, were admitted at Gottenhurgh. Paris Papers to the 7th, contain the following Sc. nattis Consultum : Art. 1. All the countries situated on the left bank of the Rhine from the limits of the Departments of the Roer and Lower Meuse, following the Fhalweg of the Rhine to the sea, are uni ted to the French Empire, and form an integral part. 2. The Countries situated between the course of the Waal, the River Dogne, and the frontiers of the Department of the Nettes, the Lower n lone, and the Roer, shall form a Depart .bent, under the name of the Department of the Mouths of the R. :ne. Bois le Duc shall be the Chief City. 3. The Countries situated at the West of the I)ogae, with the Isles of Schowen, Tholen, North and South Bcveland, and Wal cheren, shall be united to the Department of the two Nettes. 4. The Department of the Mouths of the Rhine shall.have two Deputies to the Legislative Body. The department of the Two Nettes, which has three, shall have five. (Signed) NAPOLEON C•ill BA CER ES. TheWalsingham packet, in .57 days from Jamaica, brings intelligence that the meeting of the General Assembly had been further proro s ned to the 10th of April. The HYPERION frigate, of 32 guns, Captia 13RoniE, anchored at Port Royal on the 28th February, with the fleet, to the number of 150 sail, from Lon-, don. and Barbadocs. Off Antonio, on the Ist of March, the William Miles was boarded by the Sm.' TIRA frigate, Captain PETERSON, with the SCEPTRE of 74 guns, in company. The persons boarding were, disguised, and Captain PETERSON stated, that they were on the look-out for a French line of battle ship which was expected from Bourdeaux with supplies for Guadaloupe. BREAD. —This day the Lord Mayor and Aldermen' ordered the price of Bread to rise One Penny per Peck Loaf. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, two bullocks - ran in different directions through Clerkenwell, knocks ing &wit barrows and every thing that came in their way.. One of them cooped up an old J ew clothes man in the•cortier of Ray -street, and tossed up his bag in the alt. The 'Jew was soon relieved from his petilbut situation unhurt. After much difficulty, the animals were secured. One of them visited the Strand and Fleet-street dnring their erratic vagaries : rnuell'attusement was afforded to the lower classes by the retiorocal display of cunning on the par: of ‘the animal and its drovers—the latter were, however, ultimately successful, and led off their captive, deco rated with all the muddy chaplets of Fleet-ditch, to att'adroining temple, where he was immediately cut up for the further gratification of his cousin John Bull! as a London evening coach, from G, 3itti !iti. s ;i; ; , .4 :ptsiing threugh Fa r eh am , oppo ii te Si r W. 5, it *vitt, Whets ROBERT DUNLAP, COok of his Majesty's ship LutiNrr, had his leg broken ; and twß seamen, Qhp had been discharged from HaAar .Ho s pitar, tittudi bruised. Most of the pas• Biers received lithtttt , i a niece of Dr. Bt; RN NY'S was .under tl . le neccs.ity of returni ng t o G os p or t.— Every bind ~ : • !tiOßlvas sliewn to the passengers by -Lad The abOVif poor fellow s were l e f t a t IFi t &, jai* V lamentOre,#.4ts. The coachm a n de )0,61541* cause of the accident to b e by over l oa di ng the i op of the coach with passengers and parcels. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MAY 12. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough for Lisbon. . PLYMOUTH, MAY IS. A ' • new first-rate, of the largest class, is ordered to be got for wird at this port immediately ; and, on Thurstlar, the temporary keel was laid down; she is to. be called the SAINT Vt xcaNr.— The artificers of the dock-yard are working extr a time, 111 order to complete the U NION , 9s, whieh has heen sev eral years on the Stocks : her main wales were cumpleated last week. Arrived the PHEASANT soln;), from the Eastward; and the INTELLIGENT gun-brig, with the Sr,.a new sloop of war from Dartmouth. The MEDUSA . frigate has come up har bour to repair.—Sailed, the PLovaiz. inop, with men for the Beet off Rochefort ; the 'films sloop fur Falincr:th; and the HAIPT, 18 guns, Captain BLAMET, for iladfax. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 14. Sailed his Majesty's ship THALIA, with a convoy, for the West Indies; LINNET sloop of war, with i convoy for Oporto, and the Mediterranean.--Wind East. DEAL, MAY 14. Sailed his Majesty s s &AKE, for Plymouth. Cana:, down from the River his M.,:. , ;ty's ship Sett-nal, and sailed to the westward.—Wind N. E. blows hard. . Y '.'.;MOUTH, MAY 14. Yesterday arriviAl the MAntsZT and iloto, and remain With . the ships as per last. The ships of war have rode ()tit the gal ,2 of yesterday withru• running any damage. The Heligoland cup voy,la FLEcu a, wind-buting.-rWiA N. F- moderate. LEITH, MARCH Arrived yestrlay morr:ing a: Leith the FORWARn from Cottenbit::h. On the sth instant, the Danislt ship Crsti•, of Dra:n, from thecce to Cork,'wlth' fir timber, was vvrt eked on Shetland, ark. of ln persons of which the crew consisted, four only were s.-'red. She was a ship of between seven and eight humlied tons. The greattr part of the cargo was saved. ARMY. The Dorset Militia, comManded by Colonel Part, and the Somerset, commanded by Colonel COWPER, are mentioned as two of the corps to be encamped near the metropolis. Vie have likewiso. heard the Not th Devon and one of the York regiments men tioned for the camp. We bear that the Hussar regiments, who suffered so much with Sirlotot Moon's army, are now quite recovered, are again complete in men and horses, and are reported all fit for service. That very fine regiment, the 7th Hussars, Lord PAGFT'S, have received orders to proceed to Ireland. The Ross•shire regiment of Militia, and Renfrew Militia, having completed the period of five years in England, are - about to march back to their own country. The Marquis of LOTIIIAN'R regiment, the 11th Light Dragoons, goes out to the army in Portugal. The 45th and 103 d regiments are still wind-bound, at Portsmouth. Tuesday that fine corps, the Durham Militia, com manded by Colonel O'CALLAGnAN, was reviewed at Portsmouth, by General WkIETUAM, the Governor. The detachment of the sth regiment, Each• guar. tered at Steyning Barracks, has removed to LeK•es. Friday, the 7th regiment of Hussars, commanded by Colonel VIVIAN, and the 2,1 Somersetshire Militia, commanded by Colonel COM'ER, were reviewed by General PORTER, M. P. nt Plymouth, The I2th, or Prince 01' Wales's Lght Dragoons, were inspected by Majc,: •C:eneral the Hon. CIIARLES HOPE, on Friday ::car Deal. The General ex. pressed himself highly pleaF.ed with the regiment, which is in excellent order, and went through every manoeuvre with izs usual rapidity and exactness.— The regimmr was to march this morning from Deal fur Romfor:4, in four divisions. Sir BRENT SPENCER'S going on service, gives the most universal satisfaction throughout the army.— This invaluable Officer has now perfectly recovered his heaEl. We would be glad to see that very able and active Officer General FEAGUSOM, likewise era- ployed : we hope soon to have to announce his join mg the army in the field. We have just seen the letter of a Gentleman with General GRAHAM'S army. , In the late affair at Mata gorda the British troops were greatly eminent : they excited the admiration of the Spaniards ; and the ut most cordiality prevails between our brave country. men and the inhabitants, who readily supply whatever they have ; fresh ! provisions and particularly vegeta bles are, however, becoming very scarce. The troops were at one time unhealthy ; but that very able man, Sir JAMES FELLOWS, since his Lrrival, has taken such measures that all are now healthy. Sir JAMES, being I perfectly acquainted with the diseases peculiar to Cadiz, has instructed the Physicians and Surgeons in the proper mode of treating them. The whole army look up with the greatest confi dence to their loader, General GRAHAM. The Ho nourable General STEWART, the second in command, is an able and dashing officer. The Generals SONTAG• and HOUGHTON, who had just arrived, are mentioned as respectable officers, and of great and tried service ; as is likewise General DILKES, who commands the Guards. CADIZ, MAY 1. The British Garrison at Cadiz conskts of , A Brig:...le of Foot Guards, A very fine Portuguese it.:giment, WOO strong, officered by die ,gaglhh, A Detachment of Royal A: tillers, ADetachment of the 4th Foot, Lord Chatham's regiment, 44th Regiment, 87th, or the Dublin Heroes, 88th, or Connaught Rangers, 79th, or Cameron Highlanders, 94th, or Scotch Brigade, 95th, or Rifle Corps, Under Lieut.-General GRAHAM, Commander-in- Chief. Hon. 1 :•.1ajor-Gencral STIWART, 'd in Command, Brigadier General fkoNTAa, German Legion, DANIEL HOUGUTON, of the King's own Regiment, MLitt!, of the Foot Guards, Deputy Adjutant-General Lieuutenant-Colonel M'Do DALD. Quarter-Master-General Hon. Major CAT tt CA LT, Commissary-General D. O'MEARA, Esquire, Inspector of Hospitals Sir )Axis FELLOWLI with many Physicians, Surgeons, Apothecaries, Purveyors, & c.: &c. Our Correspondent continues, " the French • kept up a pretty heavy fire on Saturday and Sunday, on our post, which, as we expected, could hold out but a little time. We therefore evacuated and blew it up. A Quirt* ' Master's wife of Lord Chatham's regiment, who• was prisoner at the other side of the water, came in a few nights ago, and de clared she counted 18 waggon loads of - killed and wounded, taken from the b.ttteries that were engaged via our people on Saturday and Sunday ; and that the French were constantly on the alert, expecting to be attacked by us. We have been very sickly, and kl -"V"..- . ' •• - many officers and men have been laid up 'rich the; ague; among them, Colonel MAcnom ix" Main- r CATITCAkT, and Mr. OWE RA ; bin since the arrival 1 of Sir JAtdES FELLOWES every thing has taken a good turn. The season has become dry, and the Spaniards behave to us with civility, nay, with kindness, heretics as we are; though some people say there is a strong French party within this city. General GRAHAM 11 adored by all; and General S - rnemer our Second, is ',lnked up to also as a man of first-rate military ability. Different people give different opinions of oar othe.r gallant leaders." CEPHALONIA, MARC:I7. Nothing particular has happened in Zante or here; since they were taken possession of in the beginning of October; the former island is garrisoned by the 35th Regiment, 1200 strong—this island by the Royal Corsican Rangers, 700 strn'g—and 3O) 4-f De Roll's arrived to relieve two compani:3 of the 44:11, which have sailed for Messina. The Corsicans are very healthy, as they have lost but one man by sickness in six months. What a pity it is Corfit had not been attacked last summer, instead of sending a useless expedition to Ischia : if that island h.td been taken all the other six islands of tie Republic would have required only a corporal's guard, instead of which the British Government are at the expence o k .c i ting a force in Zante and Cephalonia, independ.-nt of laying out money en roads and fortifications, ing two Sttbinspectors of Militia, a Commandant in Ithaca, Stc. and R. S. and S. The French retain Corfu, (which is garrisoned by 7000 men, and is very strong), Pazu, close by Corfn, • St. Maori:, which is very strong, and has a garrison of L3OO men ; it is only five miles from this island. The French are glad we possess those islands, as it weakens our force in Sicily ; they may retake them whenever they think proper, but it is apprehended they will shortly march through Albania into the Molea, when necessity will oblige us to evacuate those islands, as we mast be starved if our cemmuni. cation is cut dr from the Continent ; at present three transports arc ord•-•red from hence to the Morea, to purchase cattle, to carry even to Sicily. I hope their stay will be short, as in the event of the French lan ding, we shall be made prisoners ; as those ships were stationed here to embark us in the event of the island being attacked—but it is much better to ran the risk of being taken than starved. We very seldom see a King's ship here ; and the Roadstead of Zante is so much exposed, that the transoorts cannot remain there, which obliges them to take refuge here. The English have one company of the 35th at Singo, and two companies of the Corsican Rangers at Ithaca.— Yon may be told in England that these are very va luable islands, and that they will open a m trt for our i commerce • the only appearance o f tra d e we whams, is two or three little tradesmen carrying a parcel of English manufacture, from Malta, tinier their arms to.vend. The winter has been very mild, hut the mountains are sometimes covered with snow. Th c roads are wretched, as well as the greatest number of the inhabitants. We know nothing of what is going on in Turkey ; but we are ir.formcd that ;,000 French are shortly to march to the South of Italy, to threaten Sicily. Government will recall the troops from the::e 'blinds, which they will shortly discover is attended with a great espenee, to answer on purpose whatever. A conspiracy to carry off a box containing 10,000 dollars, from the Commissary •of Stores, has just been discovered. The principals were the two confi dential servants of the Commissary, and the master of a boat, who was to have conveyed them to the Continent : the parties are confined. This day the Kingfisher sloop of war takes con voy to Malta. General Oswald is arrived from Zinte —it is conjectured he means to attack the isles of St. Maura, Fano or Pazu.—Remains the Magnificent . . of 74 guns. . fitly th; Maio- r arrival a good aniards heretics strong 1111AXI IS pond, is ability. tr othf.r ar here; . • dinning 1 by the by the 3O) 4f of the • )rsicans man by rfit had acting a td been, : would tead of ,once o: lend nt p tv. atm fist aned by Corfu, is e r c t i n a ll i d l snS C : l t i t nto the annuni. nt three mea, to ae their ch Lo- ps were island he risk a see a e is ml remain The ;o, and aca.— :ry 1 T for our fitness. rcel of • arms ut the Th s fiber of going !;,000 sly, to thew ended never. [O,OOO .5 just con& master to the s con- Zinte of St. ificent. 1, with ent.— ith the nth re. k JO) tolson, riously to pro. Former ZANTE, TEBRUARY Our force is thus divided : General Oswald, with the head-quarters at Zante, and the 35th regiment.— At Cephalonia, Colonel Lowe commands, with the Corsican Rang ers , and two companies of the 44th re. giment. At Cerigo, Captain Macalistcr, witk 10 ) men of the 35th ; and at Ithaca, Captain Nicholson, with two companies of the Corsicans. We anxiously wait the arrival of reinforcements to enable us to pro. coed against Corfu and St. Maura. At the former the French have a considerable garrison. At the lat ter they have about 4000 men; but being principally Greeks, and greatly disaffected to the French, we may view it as an easy conquest, wherever we may chute to undertake its reduction. We have established a provisional form of Govern ment at each of the Islands under our protection ; at the head of which are British Officers, assisted by a Cour cil composed of the most respectable inhabitants. This attte of things of .course only exists till some thing definitive is decided on. The tenor of our Proclamations hitherto promises the restoration of the Septinsular Republic. I rather imagine we shall be released from that promise by a Voluntary act on the part of the inhabitants of these islands, , praying the immediate protc ction of our flag. Thur are by sentiment well attached to.us, and all - interest renders them more so. Their trAde was perfectly stagnant du, lug the dominion of the French, and on our arr.val we round their magazines ,stored with► the invaluable produce of the last two and three years ; a great part of these, principally currants and oil, have already been exported. We shall not make our fortunes by prize-money on this occasion ; I tear that our shares will be very trifling. At Cerigo we found a rich American that had been taken by the French, and condemned for having touched at a Sicilian port. A Greek corps is forming here, and is already com pleted to 800 strong. It is expected that General Oswald, a most meritorious officer, cc ill be appointed. We have not heard from Sicily now upwards of three months, though the distance is hardly three days sail. We arc all in great ill humour at their neglect of us. The death of Sir Alek. Ball, the Civil Commissioner and Naval Commander at Malta, who I believe was the principal adviser of this expedition, has caused us a great Iles. These islands have suffered Much this year for the want of corn, which has failed in almost every part of the Mediterranean. Had their export trade been cut off, they must have perished. We maintain tolerably good understanding with Aly his son Vely Pasha, Governor of Greece ML.rea. naintain a 'asha, and and the