Star. — London, England, 1810-05-29 00:00:00

r FRENCH PAPERS. RePORT BY THE MINIM ER OF WAR TO HIS MA• JESTY THE EMPEROR AND KING. " Paris, April 24, 1810. i " I have the honour to inform your Majesty, n consequence of the orders I received, that the num her of English prisoners who distinguibhed themselves at the fire that broke out at the town of Auxonne is 21, viz,. 12 of the first class of Captains of merchant vessels, three of the second cl iss , four merchant pas . .senverf, one merchant, detained as an hostage, and a sailor. '• 'Fen of them received hurts, viz. Messrs.. West, Humble, Dobbins, Hurst, Fenil, and Topping, (ta ttler severe ones) ; and Messrs. Mosely, Welsh (who had before saved a child from the flames at Arras), Robinson and Davies less severely. They are all re covered. " Those who appear to have exposed themselves to danger the longest, without havUlg received any injury, are Messrs. Atkinson ( Robert), Macinues, Pemberton, Delivet, and Smaile. " Great praise is due to Messrs. Thornhill, Holby, Miller, Atkinson (Thomas), and Collins : they also gave proofs of zeal, and afforded great assistance. " The account transmitted by the Prefect of the Cote d'Or _put your Majesty in possession, if you v►ill deign to lock at it, of fuller pa► tictilars respect ing the conduct cf these prisoners, and the nature of the reward which your Islajes:y seems inclined to be stow on them. (bigued) .♦ Dt..ke de FELTRE." " Antwerp, May S, 1810. War will express to-them my :r them to be paid a reward I alp' pay, and will send them to ,der their promise not to serve iged. (Signed) " NAPOLE:N. lESS THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL. Agreeably to the communica- Tene Highness in one of my pre ! batteries at Matagorda Point it o'clock on the morning of the fenced from 48 pieces of cannon 'nemy's ships, which had taken tt point and the Puntal Castle, :ed the Fort of Matagorda, and fur works. lot were filed ; some of which line and set her on fire. This 'veral bombs, sloops, and gun-, withdraw from their position. I then directed on Matagorda.— ding, continued to defend itself the 22d, and would probably trs longer, if one of our shells, 'der magazine, had not bh wn works, and killed a number of garrison, alarmed by this acci -3.1, and left the fort to be occtt. troops. Marshal the Duke of that it was intended on the foi l* it in force, to repair the works, If cannon that have been found the fort of Matagorda will ne :ed a great effect at Cadiz; and the enemy's ships .nay now be :horage, and cannot communi and at night, with their estab :cas and the inner habour. We advantage from it, that we shall batteries nearer, and to throw the same time that we shall as tnel of Trocadero, the flotilla of we are preparing : 9.0 of these imediately manned, and otters this subject T must i'inrm your presence of a body cf 1000, or organized (or even more, of great advantage to the ser- The greater part might man remainder might be advanta tilt: coast of the Ocean or the iposat of this force that would the country in subjection, inter mercantile communication, and the success of our operations.— in to conceive hopes of soon see lulation-of Cadiz, which already J, submit and drive out the Eng !ord. ;e of Treviso, after having clear ionte of the enemy, and beaten ceikis at Zalamea la Real, took the inhabitants of that district it duty, and is sending to Seville Is it necessar y to leave there. has entered tstnmadura with ,e is to communicate with the has pushed detachments to Los will afterwards take a position (Signed) The Duke of DALMATIA." 01.1's, MAY S. the line;carrying.o guns (30 :43.ponnd carronaLles) has con the gulp!' of Naples, :onimunication with the eapit4. d to Ow her, or at loot t( ;terday, tte Sd i about scyen in to consisting of :t Irit;ate, a sloop, nd six gun-boots that sailed the , eel within a short diitanee cat inch they resolved to carry Ivy -evented them trot ascertaining ,emy. When it c;eared up, they ; but they fouild that the sides high to ailmv them to board. 'he Neapolitans bravely siippot ted from the heights of Pausilippo Although they were caugbt in a ' them for three quarters (,f an , 's tire, within halt pistokhot, them to give the attempt, Qff and i;ot out of the Bay. the 4tii - she was secn at a great Sicily—in the evening she was of the engagement the Com hon hi s arm broken by a Con:is:mil was tilled, and two inded. —At the end of the affair' We • had St killed and 90 wounded• The frigate and sloop have received a good deal of damage a - butthey will soon be in a condition totput to sea again. They returned at four o'clock in the evening, with the gun-boats. The brig, which was very 'much damaged, sunk after the action. It was impossible for any squadron to behave with greater bravery than the flotilla did in this brilliant affair, which was not attended with all the success that we at first expected, but whit has, notwithstanding, produced this ad vantage, that it has removed, for some time, the enemy, whose presence was productive of so much inconvenience. VIENNA, MAY 7. As the theatre of war between the Russians and Turks closely approximates the frontiers of Hungary, the Austrian Government has thought it proper to establish a respectable cordon of troops, the chief command of which is confided to Lieutenant Field- Marshal Duka. His head quarters will be at Te meswar. MAY 10.—Our troops will form a cordon along the frontiers of Turkey ; but the principal force will, be concentrated in the BanQat, and the territory of Syrmia. will deign to look at it ing the conduct cf thcs . the reward which ye ur stow on them. (.big'', 44 The Minister of . 1 satisfaction ; will order amounting to six montl their own country, um until they are exchange To HIS SERENE lIIGHNILS: 44 MONSEIGNEUR—A tion made to your Sere ceding dispatches, the were unmasked at four - • 21st, and a fire cornme and mortars on the en a station between that from which it supporte ,greatly incommoded ot , 9 Several red-hot sh strrck a ship of the li Vessel, as well as sev boats, were obliged to The whole fire was tl This fOrt, notwithstand until the morning of t have held out 24 bout which fell on the powl it up, dismantled the men ; the rest of the dent, hastily embark& pied by the Imperial Belluno informs me, ti lowing night to occup3 and direct 21 pieces of there against Cadiz. 44 The capture of tl cessarily have produce the more so, because t attacked at their and cute except by stealth lishment at the Carat( shall also derive this a be able to erect our I shells into Cadiz ; at t semble, in the channe bombs and gun-boats gun-boats will be imrr are building. But on Highness that the pr 1200 seamen, comple • if possible), would be -vice in this quarter, ' these vessels, and th'i Mously employed on Mediterranean ; a disi contribute to keep th cept every kind of tr thus contribute to th Then should we begin ing the numerous pop begins to be straitened, lish of their own actor " Marshal the Duke ed the coast to Ayamc the corps of Ballestei measures for keeping t within the line of their the troops that he find, " General Brayer I a strong column. He second corps, which Ir. Santos and Zafra ; he at Ronquillo. CC NAP A cut down ship of 24.poundets, and 20: tinged for these four and interrupted the co Means were prepared oblige her to retire. The day before yesi tha morning, a flotilla 'a brig, and cutter, an preceding night, atriv. the enemy's vessel, wi boarding. The fog pre the strength al the eine were within pistol 7 shot of the. vessel were ton The action began. The - it during three hours ,• to those of Ischi I. A calm which detained hour under the enemy' nothing could induce until the enemy bore Q On the morning of: 1 distance, making for out of sight._ At the beginni-g mander of the Squad'. sho: ; the Second is 1 olur officers wounded OSTEND, MAY 20. Their Majesties arrived here this day at noon.— They came in a very handsome yacht, by the canal cf . Bruges. His Majesty, the Emperor, before he ea tered.the town, visited the port, the jetties, basons, sea-dyke, fortifications, and the extensive and magni ticent works, commenced- since his last journey, and now nearly tinishci. RIGA, APRIL et. The ice en the Duna broke at an early hour yes. terday. The road is open, and all danger is over. Some low-lying tracts are still under water, The navigation, which has been so long interrupted, will soon open again. May it contribute, in some degree, to the revival of commerce ! The best hemp is this day noted at 19 dollars. The various kinds of flax at from 33 to 24; pot-ash, at from 16 to 15k ; flax seed 10 florins ; barley 34 dollars ; oats 30 ; rye 41. P.rIRLIAMEATARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 2R. In the appeal " Meckle v. Dick," Sir Arthur Pigott and Mr. Leach were heard for the Respondent, and Sir Samuel RungHy partly in reply. Oil the 'notion of the Right Hon. Lord HOOD, the Bill for Paving, Watching, and Lighting the Town of Rooney, was read a third time and pasied. The Stamp Dirties ourplus Approp iation Bill, the Exchequer Bills Bill, the Machinery Exportation Bill, the Irish Insolvent Debtors 8.11, and some other Bills, were brought up by Sir James Graham, Mr. Grattan, Mr. Dickinson, and other Members, and Tead a first time. The Stamp Duties Surplus Appropriation Bill was read the first time on the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The Scors Courts Regulation Bill was, after sonic conversation between the Earl of Lauderdale and Viscount Melville, ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday. '1 he third reading of Gard's Divorce Bill was postponed till Friday at the request of Earl GREY, who intimated hi 3 intention of Moving to leave out the clause prohibiting the offending party front marrying again. The Loan Bill, the Isle of Man Customs Consolidation Bill,and the Scots Excise Officers Superannuation Bill, were read a second me and committed for Wednesday. The Irish Warehousing Bill, the Oil of Vitriol Bill, and the Scots Roads Bill, passed through Committecs,and were reported. Earl GREY expressed his regret at again postponing, in the name of a Noble Earl (Donoughmore), the motion relative to the Catholics, but it was wished, in consequence of the indisposition of his Noble Friend (Lord Grenville), who was particularly anxious, to be present at the discussion, and whose assistance would be highly desirable. He was therefore desirous i of post poning the motion till Tuesday the sth of June. The Duke of NORFOLK expressing a wish that it might be postponed till the following day, Earl GREY consented, with an understanding, that it should certainly come on on Wednesday the tith of June, and proposed that the motion of his Noble Friend (the Marquis 'of I.ans downe), relative to the Spanish Campaign, should stand for Fri day the Bth ; at.d that his own motion should be fixed for Wed nesday the 13th. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE acquiesced in this arrange ment. The Earl of DAR NI.EY postponed his motion relative to the Return of the State of the Troops employed iu the Scheldt Expe- Iticii ti:l Friday. The Lords were ordered to be summoned for the tith, Bth, and t3ch of June; and the orders fur the sth and 7th were dis charged; the orders tor Friday next, the Ist, remained that day, being fixed for the Earl of Darnley's motion. :Wk:tithed till Vi'ednesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Brazil Machinery Export Bill IV4S read a third time and The Lowland Distillery Bill and the Flax Bill were reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next. , Mr. HORNER postponed, till the .sth of June, his notice of motion for an Address'to his Majesty fur the I sth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Revision. The Irish One Million Two Hundred Thousand Loan Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Wed nesday. Ott the motion of Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, the Stage Coaches Bill was recommitted. Report on Wednesday. Mr. ROSE (the usual term of going into a Committee on the Woollen Acts baring been gone throug'a) obtainer leave to Wing in a Bill to espial several Acts relative to the Woollen Manufac ture, and to exempt several persons subject to penalties under the same from the iiiMBationlo pay. The ‘,4 est India Coffee and Sugar Bill was committed, reported, and ordered to be read a third time on %Vedmsday. The iul.utd Coal Ed! and Ptnsion Duty Bill svere read a second time. Committee on Wednesday. The Goods Warelm4ng Bill and Irish Beer Bill were read a third time and passed. Mr. EQ . ll:,it oln.erved, that it was desirable the Irish Budget should be brought forward in a jolter House, and on that account postponed it till Wednesday. WEDIESI.EIr POLE put off the Irish Law Officers`till till livll Session, it being nec..ssary to cohsult the Judges with r,vect to some parts of it. If any of these offices should become vacaut in the mean time, care sUould be taken to fill thou up so as tt.t to preveht n harm. .1 he t t.,eeth ai..l Holyhead Harbour Bills were reported, and ordered to he read"a third time on lVetiaeaday. Mr. DAVIEs GIDDY brought hp Report of the Duke of Orintoid's Prize Purchos: Committee. Resolution agreed to, and a Biil ordered. '1 he Isle of IV:an Smuggling Bill was read a third time and passed. The Land Tax Redemptien Pill was committed. Report on Wet'nes,!ay. In a Cr stimittee of Ways and Means the Land Tax wis or der.d to be cLurgeli with the Pay and Clothing of the and Allow.:ncts to the bubaltern Officers of Militia, in time cif peace. Lottery Bill was brought up—read a first time, and or dered to be read a second time on Wednesday. • Mr. PDNSONi3Y moved that the Irish Bog Drainaze Papers should he pritifed —Ordered. A perscii troni the West-India Docks presented an Account of their Itt ce pts :And Expenditure for the last year.—Ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. BARNARD obtained leave to regulate the °Eike of Treasurer for die Counties in Ireland. A Gentleman, whc,se name we ,could not learn, moved for a copy of a letter:to the East India Dire 6 % ton as the subject of the freight of extra ships.—dr. I dered. SCOTCH CIVIL LIST. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to limit the amount of Pensions, &c. upon the Scotch Civil List. Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked, whether any step of a similar nature was in contemplation for Ireland ? —and upon an answer in the negative from the Chan cellor of the Exchequfr, gave notice of a motion on the subject' to-morrow se'nnight.—Leave was then given. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER , then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to direct that an annual account of the increase and diminution of pensions, &c. should be laid before Parliament, and to regulate the controul over the granting of pensions, allowances, &c.—Leave given. Mr. WHARTON shortly after brought in this latter Bill. Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked, whether this ex tended to Ireland Mr. WHA RTON was almost ashamed that he could not answer ; but the SPEAKER observed, that the title was general. After a few words from Mr. HORNER and Mr. BANKS, the Bill was then read a first time and or dered to be read a second time on Wednesday. SCOTCH CLERGY. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said, he had given notice last Session of his intention to better the situation of the poorer Clergy in Scot- ' land, on the same principle that a Bill had beet brought in for those of England. It was his inten- I tion that none of the Livings should be under 1150 , a-year. The object of the Bill he should therefore I move for, was to grant a sum of not more than £lO,OOO a-year to make good that deficiency. With ' respect to the sum he mentioned, he thought it only a fair minimum, as there were no prospects of pro- i motion in the Scotch Church such as in the English, to give additional weight to the poorer Clergy. It was therefore only reasonable they should all be re moved from a state of poverty. He concluded by ! moving, 14 That the House go into a Committee to . l consider of the Acts relative to the Scotch Clergy." Mr. HORNER coincided cordially in the measure praposed by the Right Honourable Gentleman, as he considered the Scotch Clergy as a most respectable and deserving class of men. He wished to know, however, from what fund this provision was to be made. He by no means wished them to become sti pen.fiafes of the State, nor to hold this additional emolument at pleasure. He was 'anxious that this additicn to their stipend should be held on the same ground as the other part of their living. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. stated, the plan was not yet completed ; but it was his intention that the addition to be given should be referred to the Commissioners of the Tiends, before whom all examinations respecting the present amount of stipend should take place. The Barons of the Ex chequer would of course be called on to pay the de ficiency.—The House then, in a Committee of Sup ply, voted £lO,OOO to the above purpose. LOTTERY, AND VOTE OF CREDIT. Mr. WHITBREA D intended to object to the Lot tery Bill, and to say something as to the Vote of Cre dit, but wished to do so at the time most convenient for the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not n tine a day at present, but engaged that an opportunity should be afforded. Mr. CREEVY asked when the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to move for the Grant to the East InJia Company ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plied, on Thursday or Friday. KINGSTON-ON-lIULL'S PETITION FOR REFORM. Lord MAHON presented a Pctiticn from the town of Kingston-on-Hull, the substance of which wa ;, that the Petitioners lamented that the House of Com mons was losing ground in the public, opinion, from its Vote on the Walchercn Inquiry, and other mat-, ters—that the Petitioners were anxious to support every just right of Parliament—that whether they had the privilege contended for or not, they did not presume to determine—but that its exercise in the cases of Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Gale Jones was very suspicious, coupled, as it had been, with the grant of a Sinecure to Mr. Yorke. That if it should appear that the House had the privilege of !? - nprisoni Lig at discretion, it was at least necessary that it should be pure in its Constitution, otherwise that the power would in effect be me in the hands of the Minister of the Crown, and of those who dealt in Seats, like Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Pereeval.— The Petition concluded with praying, that the House should revise its proceedings—that it should take steps to carry Parliamentary Reform into execution—that it should abolish Sinecures, and pay every possible attention to economy !—The Petition was read, and Grdered to be laid NI the table. DUBLIN POST OFFICE. Mr. SHAW (of Dublin) after adverting to some misconduct in she Dubl;n Post Office, in charging postage for newspapers transmitted under the franks of Members of Parliamcm., moved for a Return of the Newspapers for which postage had been charged at the Dublin Office, since the fist of May last, such Newspapers having been franked by Members of Bar* liament. Sir HENRY IV:ONTGOMERY seconded tbe mo tion, and observed, that the Postmaster -general was for a considerable pert of the year in London, leaping the business to the management of the Clerks. He also said,. that he had written on this subject to the Post Office there, and had never been able to procure an answer. Mr. IGIA CNAUGHTEN defended the conduct of the Post-Master-Gekral, for whom it was necessary to be often in London, and observed, that none in the situatif , n had ever been Imre attentive to the duty. Mr. G RATTAN and Mr. PARNELL concurred that the rost-Master-general had paid every at tention to his duty ; but blained the Clerks of the Rolls, who ought to suffer some punishment. Mr. WELLULEY POLE stated, that measures had been taken to prevent the recurrence of the breach of privilege complained of in future, and that if, upon inquiry, the Clerks of the Rolls should be found to have deviate 1 from. their duty, they should suffer some punishment. Under these circumstances, he hoped the minion would be withdrawn. .Mr. SHAW agreed, and it was accordingly with drawn.—Adjourned to Wednesday. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 29. KIND CDAILLES THE SECOND'S RESTORATiox. Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, and Stamr-01. FMCS OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock Ontnium ti prim. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 691 India Bonds 2 05.191. pr e S per Cent. Cons. 70 Exc. Bilis, 44. es. pr. per C. Navy 101 j. Lottery Tickets 6 4 Long An. 18 9-18 t Cont. for open. 71 3 This morning three Gottenburgh Mails arr The following are the only important articles contain HtLSINGBOAG, MAY to. The enemy's privateers promise to be more rous than during the last summer s two, ho have been put hors de comtat by the Fisguard GOTTENBURGH, MAY is. The Tribune frigate had a severe brush Norge a few days since, with four heavy Dant brigs, carrying from 16 to 20 21-pounders maintaining an action of considerable length, made off, but not till they had killed mine o f bune's men and wounded 13. he is considerably cut up in her rigging. • Paris papers to the 24th have been received Moniker of the 22d contains Ow French officii of the capture of Matagorda, in which ample is done to the bravery of the handful (:f Br - 46h which defended the fort. The advantages result to the French from the occupation of a. are strongly insisted on in the repot t. We formerly stated, that an alarming fire broke out at one of the depots for British prisoners France had been got under by the exertions of countrymen. The Moniker of V6dnesday last tains an official document on the subject, which cords the names of the persons who were , and to whom considerable gratuities have been by order of the French Emperor. .A. vessel which left Ostend on Saturday brought letters from the Continent up to that They relate the following interesting fact BONAPARTE and his suite were visiting the docks harbour 6f that place, on Sunday the 20th instant, observed a ship standing in, and waiteg till it anchor. On the master's landing, he was into the presence of the Emperor, whose rank revealed, and who enquired from what part of tke world he came ? Alarmed at this question, master stated that he came from Norway, and his vessel was laden with wood. " You do not me the truth, (replied NAPOLEON) let me see licence ; you are from England," Fearful lest the production of his licence should subject his ship and cargo to confiscation, the trader still hesitated, whet Bowatraters, penetrating into the cause of his apire. hension, assured him that it was unfounded. Tie licence and the ship's papers were then produced anl surrendered, and the master received orders to attend in two hours at the Imperial Hotel, when the surprise occasioned by his discovering that the person wilt whom he had conversed was the emperor had subsid. ed, he was closely questioned by NAPOLEON on state of British commerce. The latter tried to taro the motives which could induce our to object to taking from France a portion of our ports in wine and brandy ? When his etalosity been satisfied, he returned th e licence and papers, . allowed the vessel to unload and take on board a cargo of wheat. After this, according to the repat of the Captain, NAPOLEON formally announced to Chamber of Commerce at Ostend, his determinatio to sign no more licences for imports, unless would consent to receive wines and brandy; in case ? he was willing to grant licences to enable vesiell to proceed directly to. a British port, and thus Ito both Governments the reciprocal circumscribed advantages of trade? Recent advice; from Holland state, that quantities of Colonial produce had been seized, a considerable addition had been made to the force in that country. A letter, dated May 15, dons that the whole of the American property had been detained there, and which amounted more than two millions of donars, was to be sold the I.sth of hest month, under the decree lately I lished at Paris. In the same communication it mentioned that the like proceeding is to be in all the ports of Flanders and Holland. letter from Schowen, of the lith instant, observes► that the decree just alluded to is carrying into don with the utmost rigour, and many ships in harbour and in the neighbourhood were in quence put under sequestration: The following letter from America on the , of the Non-Intercourse Act, is interesting :- 66 Borrust, Aram 2. 66 You already know, that by a Clause in the Act, the Asa Intercourse law is to expire at the conclusion of the Sessile pon g ress, but many persons here imagine, that tbe Pre;itiest will have a power to continue its operation fur such further Lio. as he may think expedient. I have reason to believe, that Do Ad' authority will be given him ; and, I am of opinion, that scot* will be perfectly safe, signing bonds for their good _ though they were to take their departure in anticipation of el expiration of the law, and that the b onds they are compelled t° enter into would not be made the foundation of aDy process" ougrets svill rise early month." • 91. pee pr. 6 iTi arrived.... rticles th ey fore mare hov, e: et. and friga t .usli ofr tltp garish gas. riders ; after eogth, th e y e of the Tri. considerably rived. riA )ffici.i retort triple jiistic s iriLish troop; ;e: likely to of tlAs ploca ng fire which prisoners in lions of out day last con. ct, which re. most active. ve beet given aturday last, to that date. act :—When he docks anJ th instant, he ill it had cut was ushered rank was not part of Et: luestion, the ray, and that to do not tell me see yoar arful lest the his ship all iitated, when of his awe. lnded. Tie produced and lers to attend the surprise person with • had sulasid. LEON 011 the lied to ricer. Government an of our itr- eu:iosity had papers, And e on board to the repot minced to the I_ leterminatim ' less Englani dy ; in which !noble vessels d thus secure i vantages of 4 that rill I seized, and to the Frencli day 15, men. . opert y w hlcb amounted to to be sold en lately pub' tnication it is ' :o be adopted I. Another nt, observes. • g into clear' ships in that ere in con* )11 the subjed, g oat, Aratt. L Act, the Non r the Session 01 t tbe PreAse ich further idoe ye, tha t 00 ion, that veistif , good conded• 1 icipation of ti 4 ire tomPel k4 aDy Mow'