Star. — London, England, 1814-11-23 00:00:00

~~ SECRRTART OP THI NAVT.i; 1 F~ the orders of General *Arthur, addressed from 1 Head-quarters at Chilicothe, that an important mill ta,' expedition, after having been somewhat advait c •Li, has been abandoned, the preparations and at ra:tgements discontinued, and the volunteers , toge ther with such cavalry as had been detached, dismissed, because.the War Departtnent declined to become re spon.ible for their pay : " Head quarters, COilieothe, Sept. t 7, 1814. "44111111110411CeS beyond my controul, some of • which it would be improper sit this time to commu nicate, ImpO aon me the painful duty of announcing thatthe mounted expedition, proposed to be carried onty order Ot the President, against the hostile In dians, is abandoned. The information which was salmned foot the War Department, in relation to the.pay, credit fora tour:of duty, AC. allowed to those who Might serve on .the expedition, has not been received,. To those patriotic citizens who have volunteered their services . on the present occasion, I tender, on the pan of the Government, my sincere thanks— .the:r seal is worthy of the just cause in which we are eligaged I. they, will consider themselves, together . .with such =tittle cavalry as may have, been detached 'for the expo Lion, honourably dismisWd.the prua • rations and arrangements ordered, with a view to the prosecuti•4l of the expedition will therefore cease. • All Quarter -masters and Contractors are hereby directed to ftimish• forage and rations to the troops • .mt retuts4.4o-theitsespeuiTelbotags. • , (Signed.) 13tnats WAirlion, Brig.-Gen." OPP! OF A LETTER IPROM CAPTAIN .simmi,zy TO TH t • .• " United statca skip Wasp, I:otient, lay 10, 1814. SlR—Aster the capture of his Britannic Majesty's . Sloop of war Ilse 16;1We:tilt was tat ,wish Ito have centinued the cruise as directed hypo.. I was, how-- ever, necessitated to relinquish • this desire after a few -days, from a consideration of- the wounded of our crew; whose wounds had, at this season, bectime offen. sive, and iggravated by the number of prisoners on board at the time, being. 77 in' number. Fearing, from the crowded state of-the Wasp, that some va luable lives might be lost if retained on'boird, I was compelled; though with reluctance, to make the first neut: al port. Those belonging to the Reindeer, who • were dangerously wounded, were put onboard a Por. tuguese brig bound to England three days after the, action, and front the winds which prevailed, arrived probably in two or three days after their departure. Their surgeon, the Captain's clerk, with the Captain's and officers' servants, and the crew of the Orange. &siren, were put on board the same vessel to attend upon them. Since our arrival atthis place we base . experienced every civility from the pOldie anthorittes: Our• qisarantine was only for a few• hours, and our wounded, - 14 in noinber. were carried yesterday to the -hospital, .011 ire ifsty are very comfortably situa ted. 9trr ioresnasei: aithoogh badly wounded, can be rep .fired, and v.iltbit taken on shore as soon as pos sible. AU thlt otherdainages can be repaired by our .tha hens cur, &c." ' ?duiMAME IsrlA RI" PROCEEDINGS. ; • . .HOUSE OV Lotcps. NOVEMBER 22. •il i dealllioseposs brought up Mrs. RetoOldes Legacy BBL frost .illti94l--Read a first time. ! --Adjaurned. OF C. - /MMONS. . A Petition was resented from the Misters.of Merchant yes- Wit ,o! lieweastltopon.Tyne, praying that ' the Mates of all 'frad ng 'et•so tons and upwards shouhl be esempted tram fmyteratinert.—Ritsd; and ordered tri•Pe- nu the table. • .1 I.e t HANCELLO R. of. the EXCI iEQUER* (resented the ..44411.,..nal Article fit thisTr..a , y of Chaumont, dated Ist March, 1514, between his Britannic Maj..sty and. the Emperor of all the . c The 1 4 . rongssory Nate *BW wet* flitrehgb'SaCimmittee ; third eteclit g to morrovr. • . • *: •fti, 2 • . • " '1 be Report of the Retolu•ions of the Committee of Supply of rsterday, on the . 014ject of yin Acpty 4.st;coates, was agreed to. • . Titeatri,,wit,4l DtAK:II44 - , BROGDE? ..§iofght.ttv.the . Report of the of the c?opnittee of Supply, resolved on :yestlitq, v:hicAnt.,:te :sada _second use anti finally *greed . ° , • Mr. WI:ITBREAD, hciivever a tcob this-opportuL nag to acqttaiut the klou4, that he held in lets hand a. copy of the Treaty which had been entered into be . )ween the. King of Naples and the Emperor - of trio • together with another copy of a Note addressed Lordby W. Bentinck to. the Neapolitan Minister, It jipPC4Ted, trom these Papers, that a cession of &am. lain portion s okljte Pope's . territory had been SUM- Coned by the "English Government. He might be ilcieivetl, b'tt believing the authenticity of the Papers, fo• wished to ask whether the agreement made by Lord Castlereagh . wai merely a vet bal one ? He sds pecitd,"that there eXisiet a letter of his Lordship's ieteiting•toyif Rat absolutely sanctioning what her been thus stipulatedfor ; and he thought it of impor ,t.sneetthat before , 4fifT 'procrtded to pass a vote for shoOld be informed as to tf. Wends X* understood that theVinoese heal al.o.lwen delivered it p. CHANCELLP ft et. the EXCHEQUER itatct; tll.l, Abe neboeiation was f in eff.;iti still pend-• OK and no treaty was colieluded, the motet bad no Occasion to appreliend that its engagemiltits had not been stric.ly adhered to. The contr.try,wpuld shortly be wanises.ed, tot the papers about to he, produced se wild ? hew tha this country had always maintained ha etsp, , ..gemessts;With Sicily. , • . • Mr. efll t3READ having sechini the nature of 440. y, asked whether it was meant that the King cf Ocily, after being, by an andersiending of this On, eueouraged to persevere in Isis claims, was at last to tie'left - ustake his chance.. Had the Right Hon. C , iitlernat: (ittlr•Vamititrt) become so mystical a *toy. list in 161.4/111%V such nice distinctions between the claim , : of what might be considered as a formal en gag.ment. Ault's:a sort of arrangement which was justls Is.uked uprm as an honos , rable obligation ? CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER eepill.d, that much depended on the manner and cir curnsiances of an eilagement. • It it was concluded w ithout the competent aadiority, it certainly did make a material *lteration iss the case. There hod been no treate in this instance, thongh he had n o daubt resvetmentilr rod faith of thircountry being itept • • trit..l4OßNES A kierved, that admitting there ex. Jage t i:a4 , tretety,.•it - tit iever's true there was none, yet there Was.a pap e r recitity what had passed vetbally, lo.ast; • the semblance of a eat{ in project, if not in elect. As 'far arregarded Austria and Naples, Lord W. Bentinck had also' been a party to this species of treaty, and acceded to it. Ministers had stated to the House, indeed ? do longer -ago than yesterday, that we had not acceded to this treaty, between Austria and Nages,of which they were not in possession' of - any - information, neither - from Lord Castlereagh or Lord W. Bentinck. They were ignorant it seemed, of the order for the mili tary occupation of Saxony.—(Hear, hear.)—lf that Noble Lord bad not informed his colleagues of the state of events, exactly as they arose, he could only say, that there appeared to be something worse than incolavenienee in it—that such negligence was most unconstitutional, and fraught with incalculable evils to thy public•service. Mr. B. BATHURST hoped, that as confidence had formerly been extended to Ministers by that House, is the unavoidable absence of his Noble Friend (Lord Castlereagh) and as the House had no reason to regret that confidence—(Hfarflrear,) so he trusted and believed, that such confidence would not be with held now. The definitive arrangement of the affairs of Europe could not, he should think, be entrusted to more proper hands than in the person of him who already bad laid the foundation for its future peace. He doubted much, however, whether the transfer of Saxony had taken place, without a strong remon strance on the part of his Noble Friend, if in fact it had actually taken effect in the manner it was sup posed to have done. At all events, it was extremely prejudicial to take up a negotiation while in progress for the purpose of discussing it in part. The ttego elation was not yet concluded, as had before been stated to the House, and therefore the impropriety and mischief of such a discussion as the present must be obvious to all. Mr. PONSONBY said, that the time was passed by when the charge of impropriety could be attached to inquiries of the nature now pressed on the attention of the House. This country had now become a party to the treaty of Chaumont, for keeping up a certain number of troops, and accomplishing certain objects, simultaneously, with a view to definitive arrange. ments. Ministers did not attempt to deny the agree ment with Prince Repnin, nor the truth ot the treaty concluded between Austria and Naples; yet when the House was called upon to vote forces, and the country was called upon to furnish the means raising them, they were requested not to ask a sin gle question. When measures more violent and more ;flagitious than disgraced any firmer schemes of po licy, measures scarcely less offensive than those ot Bonaparte, were in daily agitation, we were to be reduced to the humiliating situationof saying nothing • against them. Lord PALMERSTON now rose and obtained leave to bring in the customary Mutiny Bill. LIBERTY OF TOE EIiIJECT. Serjeant ONSLOW (after some introductory re marks, in which be explained the incompetency. of the application of the Habeas Corpus Act, as not being extended to all the Law Courts, till the statute of Charles 11,) stated the object of the bid, for which he was about to move, to be simply the extending of the benefit of Habeas Corpus, which no applied to criminal causes only, to causes of a kind purely civil. Excepting as it respected the Lord chanceilor, in cases cf lunatics, no Judge bad the power of granting an Habeas Corpus during vacations, and the Courts were in this respect completely shackled. Thus stood the case at present. Lord Hardwick had entertained an intention of establishing the principle he was abcut to propose for the adoption of the Legislature, but it was not proceeded with. His ob ject was, to empowerthe Lord High Chancellor, aad adso the Judges of the other Courts, to grant the be nefit of Habeas Corpus, at all times, whether in term or vacation ; authorising them, besides, to issue out -prccess in case of contempt of Court, with power to amend the issues and expences. lie would farther propose that they should have power to discharge on recegnizanens, to appear the ensuing Term. He coucludelf with moving for leave to bring in a Bill for tie more effectually securing the liberty of the subiect. Seqeant BEST having seconded the motion, and, together with the Learned Mover and Sir Samuel Romiliy, being named. as preparing the Bill, it was brought in, read the first time, and ordered to be read again on Monday; with as understanding that it was not to go to a Committee till after Christmas, for the purpose of affording time, upon the suggest ion of Mr . Comma, to extend its provisions totid. COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL• QEJENTIN. • Colonel PALMER rose to give notice, that it was his intention again to bring forward the subject of the papers relating to the Court Martial on Colonel ' Quentin, in consequence of a certain paper, which he held in his hand, having reflected on his statements in the House, and, te believed, by authority. Wish i • ng to obtain a full attendance, he should also move for a call of the House, previous to his motion, which he intended to bring on soon after the Recess. REFUGEES AT GUERALTAR. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that he rose for the put pose of producing the correspondence which had pas. bed, in or abode May last, between the Britkli Con sul at Cadiz, the Spanish Commandant, the Gover nor of Gibraltar, and the. Secretary for the Colonial Department ; and by which certain Spanish subjects were most inhumanly delivered tip to the Govern ment that demanded them. Eiery body regretted the return of affairs in Spain ; and every one despised the ingratitude of the Monarch who now filed ,the Boone of that country, as evinced in his conduct to the brave patriots, who alone had preserved thean. thority which he so much abused. It was between the night of the 10th and 11th of May, .11414, that seve ral of the patriots of Spain were dragged from their homes to prison;, and others pursued in every direc. tion—but some had the good fortune to reach Eng land, in spite of the active interference of Sir James Duff—(ficar, Agar.) Those who were taken, how ever, had. the consolation of being tried, by three Judges, who had been, ompletely in opposition to the patriot cause—namely, by Vilella, Mina, and another, who was the' Police Judge to Joseph Bonaparte., Ore of the victims of Ferdirtand, the Marquis Mat. ' Larissa who also had knight for the throne which his Royal Master so unworthily filled, was chased into ;he Asturias, from thence to Lisbon, and though he had happily got safe to England, it cost the life of ,his excellent and Venerable'mother, who died un4er the Appychension of her sou's expected rate. • Happdy it was that he reached England, instead of taking re fuge in Gibraltar, where he would 'have beeri wmn-1 • • &tea to the vengeattee of reriliaand—(Reera hear.) . That Monarch bad.'unfortunately for his subject!, leatritio lessons from adveesity, no kindness for others teen from the treatment he hides'lf eitterienced whet in the custody of his foe. Ferdinand was aniseed every comfort of life, though a prisoner; but his vie. rims Were immured in the duageons of despotism, where they remained ill-ted, excluded from the com mon privileges of light and air ; and, if he was not misinformed on this head, even the occasional open ing of the doors of their cells, in order to admit a mo mentary breath of air, had lately bent prohibited:— Two persons had, under these circumstances, fled from Cadiz to Gibraltar. But they were no incen diaries—neither of them had participated in publish ing the scandalous productions attributed to them, though one, indeed, Coria, had - the misfortune of knowing the Spanish Editor, who aspersed our army at St. Sebastian. His companion 411 flight, certainly, did pot forth a work, entitled TiecirefeingiVe Ufmadid• which, no doubt, constituted the very front of bit offence, the greatest Of crimes—(EeaP, hear, hear) Of these unfortunate; perions,•Otie,'he . beard, wait leased, but the other stilningered it !noon. As this was not the *very first time that a : Governor of Gi braltar had given up persons to the. Spaoish.Gorefe- i aunt, there was the greater necessity for the preduc- I, tion of the correspondence hi question, and for the House to upress its detestation of the proieedi eg.— (Hear.) Now Sir James Duffrhadooade himself the *active instrument of the Spanish, Government.-; he had gone so far eis to make the masters of vessels, about to sail for Cadiz, eat an OitlP Wit they had no Spaniards on board. He had tilted.' last' May, whether the report ot the delivering up .of the Spanidi subjects at Gibraltar was trust..? and it .was denied; and yet, on the 24th ot July fellowing,',Lord Bathurst reproved General Smith for the 'act. (Mee, hiar;) The very same question was repeated by; hiM this present Session, awl even now. his Majesty's- Miniattes could not recollee. the - transaction; ; but the •Itiht Hon. Gentleman suddenly goes to consult his col leagues, and then confesses the sin of ignorance, by acknowledging the whole. (Hear, hear.) England was suspected to have supported the proceeding, in the persons ot an Ambassador and a General ; he de precated such an interference. since if we could not interfere for good, we ought, at least, to abstain from any interference of 'art. opposite kind. He should, therefore, move for t':e Correspondence of the British Consul at Cadiz, in May last, together with the pro- Lctedings of the Governor of Gibraltar thereon ; and also tor the Ccrrespondencobetween General Smith and Lord Bathurst, relating to the same.. The CHANCELLOR of thy, EXCHEQUM disclaimed the idea of his Majesty's isliniiters being at all implicated in the object of the Ho nourable Geiviemaii's motion, being-, on their part, prepared. to communicate such information as would affui .1 a complete view of the present proCcediugs to the House. He had only to consider the motioa as affectilig the conduct of Lord Bathurst, who, by his letter, dated July 24, 1814, had cautioned Gentral 51111:11 JpiaSt any recurrence to the practice of giving up pei suns taking refuge in Gibraltar, net being ellar i4 ed with murder, without first consulting the Government at home or at leaat.commeLicating with the Ambassado r at Madrid. Central Smith had Io consequence stated the occasion of his *ink tql•the , ref ugees, conformably with the directi'm of Sir James Duff. who, in turn, had been influenced by the re monstrances of the Spanish Commanaant. Sir James Duff never had intended to give up such persons as happened to seek refuge in Gibraltar; but merely to caution General Smith against harbouring, them.— Among those who resorted there, however, arid this uaskr false names, were discovered the Auther of 1 he laquieltioa,Thasasied, and Lopez, the fabricator of the repeated calumnies against the British Army, and Curia, charged with abetting the same. All these individuals had entered the garrison of - Gi traitor without the Governor's . permissioa, and being thus discovered and detained till morning, were claimed by the Governor of Cadiz, to whom' they Were surrendered as a matter of - course.—, General Smith not having it the time been .more than three weeks in command of the garrison. of Gibraltar, had concluded it proper for haul to.act-oo the acknowledged customs, of the place; :hot the in structions he had lately-received from Lotd Bathurst would prevent the neceoity 1.. r any future motion of this description. No yet of oppression Wast made out. He did not say that General Smith wasi justified itt what he had done, except in point of precedent: no doubt, he should have dismissed. the persons taking refuge. But its they were f atild in the garrison with out any permission fri-in the Governor of Gibraltar.' and under false nan .. .,s, was the House' prepared tee say, that no extenuation accompanied theact of. giving them up ? Gibraltar; as he lateirobserved,: stood in the relation to Spain, that the Isle of Wight, supposing it to be in the 'possession of an enemy., stood to England.' Were we to make Gibraltar 'a, deer of thieves ? It was not beeofning for us to has. hour in Gibraltar persons offensive to the Govern. anent of Spain —(Hear, Hear, from the Opposition, Benches).—He would :inert. that.no act of oppress, sign had been made out. nothing at which the Go-: 'vernment of this country had connived; but that the slightest approach to it had been inunediatoir re proved, must be evident to t h e H ouse : ,••••,:: •, Sir JOHN NEWPORT expressed his abhorrent* of the Measures pursued by the SpanishGovernkniaki Mr. W. POLE concurred in every word whiclebett fallen from the Honourable Gentletrian opposite (My; Whitbread). His Majesty's Mi n i sters w is h e d to total the earliest opportunity of stating that they were not , parties to the measures of the-Spanish Government: He had passed ten dais at Madrid in the ccurse of last summer, and he would assure the House that the Ambassador at that Court had done every thing -in his power so prevent the measures which had at tracted so much public attention. He knew the can dour of the Honourable Gentleman, and felt court ! . dent that he wag well enough acquainted with the blood of that Ambassador, to allow that he was not likely to lend the sanction of his name to such pro ceeclings, . . Mr.li/HITBREA.D had but one or two observa. dons to make on the subject. If General Smith was justified in giving up the individuals in question, why had not the Count Torino beeit given .qp on the re quisition of the Count Fernando Nunes? *. There had been a brother of the Der of Algiers at one time in this country, who had robbed his brother of four or £500,000, and was besides a murderer ; yet, when, he was demanJed to be plven (frtient had refused. He contended that Sir Jams notwhu who had een in the atthe course he bad head atheooyere pursu m ed. Val elitinspeine g %vas now languishing in prison, as well as Arguelles and the other enlightened Members of** Cortes, wha had been cast into dungpons. The dispositipn of the present Government of Spelt; was dmnst diabeiicdt their tyranny was the tyranny of Bonaparte sublimed: sublimed by folly. A tribunal was established at Barcelor.a to judge all persons Who seen spoke up* the affairs of Spain ; theontence watt° be emitted he twenty-four hours after k was pronounced, while the poor sufferer was imposed upon by the Mockery ass appeal to the • King at b(iktel, 'a distance tharronl4 no; be traversed ul the tiMen4OVllti 'between the pro. nouncirgsnd execution of the senterieio—ter. low.) • 46 Is not this enough (44claimed. Ms. V' 'thread) to raise an insurrection ;Droplight:tit the whole coeval can such a Ciivernment sped ?—lostpossible sorgents will aril thensselibt in every provinte, and Gds) pfottet them in 'shoe-ism htlignation ag a i nst !nib a Governs:math Btto grant :that they tnay AO. stroy this hateful tyranny t and ptueish soqbhaeo ! Tee tyranny.cif' Bonaparte. • ' 1 and mildness compared With that F r os M a k thtsga'llini nation ,fdr - Shr years'iongfn and bled to tit: shes. rewarded-I". kin Cerneluded by calling upOn nisters to make 'iurther - kuirierinto the conduct of Sir James - Duff, .with r jegattl • to-the trisasactiOn that was the object of his mown. ' ‘,. The CHANCELLOR of t h e gietiEttr4R d in. every tentiment which had fittlen‘froin the lionourable'Geiftleftian as to the. securitt affords by the eristenct of Brisisb liberty against. any sneft arbi. trary proceedings in ,tltis country. The fortress of Gibraltar, however; was governed upon different prin. canoes." It was necessary to guard against the adrnis. 'ion of improper persons into such a plate, • With re. spect to the conduct of Sir Junta Duff, he should only observe, that Gen:L./nen were bound to sisisfy them selves as to the . grouud of their observations before they ventoied to i:npute brim: to a public officer in such a situation. • Itlfiltehstmes.. Mr. - WHITBREAD tad another *object of very considerable importance to bring under the considera: tion of the House ; be meant, a laeasrae for the cos: rectiun of abuses with respect to false weights - and measures. The Migistrates had at prevent pcwer.to investigate this grievance, but in practice that was Jouird to be deficient. He was aware that eat her Gentleman had riventnotice of a motion to brisititi 4 more extended measure for the correction sad amendment of the s7tll of the,King. But .the Bill Which he proposed to bring in: would not interfese with that proceeding, and it was the more necessary, .inasmuch as the enmpleiity ef the subject iiiight pro•! bably delay. the .progres,s.-of theincre - extended rireit tare... He moved, therefore, Mat the Act at the UM sf the King, c: 102, and of the47th of. the King, v. '14 1 2; be entered - as read ; after which, be moved. far leave to bring in'ii Bill to amend the same.. Colonel WOOD stated the wish - of the inhabitants of the part ad the country which he represented . te be, that some system of equal weights and ineasukea :Mould he established. ass Mr. DAVIS GIDDY ured the Hon. Gentle. , inaik,who broughi'forward 'this 'motion that it was the intention ut the Committee *Web ec;nsidered the subject .in >< recent Session, to follow up the buskins in this, and to perseyeris in their object. . He *sib mittr4 therefore, to that Honourable Member, they, under such circumstances, it would be necessary for him to proceed in his course. " i l ea.ye was then given to bring. in the Bill.' -. • • . hiesslatousenue. Mr. BROGDEN bought up th e Report of the Exchequer - Bills 11111 , which - was agreed to, and or• dered to be read a third time to:Oorrow. - The Twelve Milikins'Eichequer Bills Bill, on the aids of. the succeeding year, was aliti.rePorted, 'and ordered lb be read a third time to-morro*. •'• • Ordered, on the motion of Sir JOHN NEW that there be laid before the House an Ace count of the quantity. ..Wine imported-into Ireland since the Union ; also, an Account of the quantityof Spirits imported ; and of the Amount of thq Duties on Horses in Ireland ; together :with a Return of Out number of two and four-wheel Carriagei upon whiCh duty was collected ; as an Account of those who kept more. than mace:Tiara. Mr. BROGDEN brought. up the Report- on the Flax Insportatidri Bill, which, after a few words fru* Mr. Alderman Arena and the Cumcnutof qz, Excurourtft, was agreed to. Mi. SWAN, pursuant to notice, moved for •lersie to b'ring in 4 Bill to prevent briberiand corrupt pray ace! n D the orou&h of elston, and to. secure the purity of.election in that Borough. Mr. D. GIDDY observed, that as the corrupt prattices had existedAnthat Borough in more lenient form than in others, he trusted the Honourable Gentleman would this Session bring forward a more mitig aced measure than had passed that House last Session. _ Afi er a few words Fran:kr. P. Gasivms and Mr. i';www,. leave was given td bring in the Bill.' The Irish Glass Duty Bill wag- passed through** copmittee ; to be reported to-morrow. The Neutral Ships Bill passed through a commit. tee, and was ordered to be. reported apolormvh al did alio the West India 'Woollen ClOthlill, the Fo -reign Ships Bill, and tbe; East India: Goods NI. ,I 4 ord fALMERSTON presented an estimate Of the expense . for. the mai/Kamm, clf the militia MP. Menu 'remaining embodied, together with several other accounts which were ordered to lie ow the table. His Lordship then gait siotice, that on Monday nest he should move dan.ramaining Army Estimates...• 'lle House then adjourned. sa t. TV vs. • MALTU Score's Naw Pome..—lfiessrs. Lo* man k Co. beg leave to inform the Public that they an preparing for publication a Series of Illustrations fa the Loodef Mr Ida, a Poem by Walter Scott, Esq. from the Designs of Richard Westall, Esq. R.A. which mil be engraved in the first style of excellence by the bet Engravers. Teseask i iott Copia wil lle taint offs 141 Palter. A wry liatitrd eratier of Proof: will be iftrixid is Quarto. 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