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prov:ncer, to ascertain the state of distress to which the puives had been reduced, without making any charge for expenses. He spoke in the highest terms of th..ir services. The grant had been so well ap plied. t , at mit nne complaint on the subject of the distribution had been made. Mr. LUSHINGTON wished the Report to be printed. Mr. W. WYNNE took occasion to recount to the House the substance or a letter which he had recei. ved that day, giving an affecting account of the par ting of the English and Portuguese troops at Bay onne to return to their respective countries. When the moment came for taking leave, the men had in voluntarily burst from their ranks, to shake hands, like brothers who had been long fighting in the same cause.—The Papers were ordered to be printed. Mr. WYNNE presented several Petitions against the Slave Trade.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BARING presented a Petition from the in. habitants of St. Martin's le Grand and Aldersgate. street against the New Post Office.—Ordered to he on the table. LORDS CUMBERMERE AND EXMOUTH. In Committee on the Messages respecting these Noble Lords, an annuity of £2OOO per annum was voted to each, for them and for the two next heirs to the title—The Reports were ordered to be received on Friday. FINANCE. In. a Committee of Ways and Means, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER took a brief view of the Finances of the Country. His statements are for the most part already before the public. The revenue he proved to be in a flou rishing state, having increased to the amount of four millions in the course of the year. He moved a grant towards the supplies of the year of 820,500,000, to be raised on the War Duties. After a few words from Mr. BARING, Mr. Loci• HART, and Mr. WESTERN, the motion was agreed to. The Report was ordered to be received on Friday. THE NEW POST OFFICE. Mr. BARING stated a varietrof objections to the proposed removal of the Post Office. In a few days he expected to present a Petition against it, sigued by every considerable Merchant in the City. The expence of the new Post Office was estimated ..t e 8280,000. IF an enquiry were gone into on this sub ject, he could prove this sum was not more than enough to give as compensation to those who were to be turned nut of their dwellings to make way for. it. There were several situations where the Poste Office could be built, which were preferable to the scite chosen. The present plan of Government was, he contenued, the most inconvenient, and extrava gant, and absurd, ahat could be adopted. He much complained of the conduct of Government in bring ing forward this measure, which was to be carried into effect at the public expence, in the form of a private Bill. He moved for Plans of the New Office ....Estimates of Ex .ence—Plan of the Scite of the New Building—Specification of the Buildings to be removed—and Estimate of the Sums to be given as compensation to their present occupiers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the plan originated with the City, by whom one-third of the projected improvement was to be borne. Most of the buildings to be removed he un derstood to be of small value. The scite was recom mended by the Officers of the Posooffice, as being the best that could be chosen, and it was stated, if this opportunity were lost, one so good could not be expected to occur for a century to come. The incon veniencies of the present Post Office made its removal necessary, and the effect of the change would benefit the public generally, as letters would be delivered half an hour lather in the morning and half an hour later iu the evening. He did not object to the Motion: Mr. H. SUMNER thought the expence of the new Post Office would not be less than £500,000, though the estimate was but £280,000. Such a mea. sure ought not to have been introduced as a private Bill. The City of London, it had been said, would pay one third of the expence : that was incorrect — the City of London would net pay a single shilling of it, but the money would come out of the public purse; it would be taken out of the Orphans' Fund, given to the City by Pailioment for the purpose of paying its debts, and on which they never ceased to charge newly incurred incumbraeces. He hoped the Hotiouta'de Gentleman would postpone his Bill till next Session, otherwise he should oppose it in every stage. A conversation then arose between Mr. FITZGE. RALD, Mr. PETER MooRE, and the SPEAKER, rel..tive to the nature of the Bill, whereof, though a private one, Mr. PoMooice contended, was irregular, as it coma:lied a grant of public money. Mr. HOME SUMNER. asked of the Speaker, whether the Orphans' Fund was not public money ? The SPEAKER stated, that the Orphans' Fund was so anomalous that it was not easy to be describ ed. It had never, however, been considered as pub lic but rather in the light of a local tax, simi lar to those in Ireland. Mr. BARING also expressed his intention of op posing the Bill in evci y stage, and hoped to see it postponed to the next Sessiou. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had, with an experienced Friend, attentively heard all the objections of the Gentlemeo of the Stock Ex change, And really did not find them calculated to idle? his sentinicnts on the merits of the measure. The motion was then carried in the affirmative without a division. Mr. LUSHINGTON obtains.! leave to bring in a BM for letting to farm the duties usually called Post Horse Duties. WAYS AND MEANS. The House then resumed the consideration of the Resolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means, which had been postponed to th:s day. On the third Resolution being read,— Mr. Fl'l ZGERALD stated, that it was in the recollection of those who had, on a preceding right, been present in that Committee when he submitted certain propositions for raising the supply for the ser vice of Ireland, that he had recommended the impo sition of a stamp duty ad valorem on letters of attor ney conveying a power to receive rents, or the annual proceeds of other property in Ireland, not merely as a financial measure ; he had pressed on the Commit tee, and he was glad, that in doing sn, he had the sanction of high authority, which was then present; he bad pressed with an earnest feeling, which he still retained, the adoption of this Resolution in the liope, that by including, if not the residence Of the Irish Landlord in the midst of his tenantry, at least that approximation between the proprietor and the occu pier of the soil Which it was an object of great na tional policy and domestic peace to promote, he had even expressed hope, that in point of revenue it would be unproductive; he had not been guilty of the injustice of proposing it either as a direct tax upon Absentees or upon Property; he was awate that the very principle of the Union would make it in the former view a most objectionable proposition ; but he had deemed it con sistent with every view of political economy to hold out an inducement to those possessed of property in that country, to make themselves more intimately acquainted with the interests of those who are depen dent on them—such would have been the general and beneficial results of the measure which he had contemplated, even if in point of revenue it should be found not to prove on the whole not so productive. He hoped that the grounds upon which he had first recommended, or even those upon which he had re linquished this tax, wr.uld neither be misunderstood nor forgotten, for he should hold himself at libetty on a future occasion, to recur to the same proposition when the public exigency might call for increased supply, and the people of Ireland, and their Repre sentatives in Parliament, might have a more extended opportunity of considering those measures which were to affect them, and when he might hope for their con current support to those propositions which not less his anxiety for their domestic interest than his sense of duty as a public servant had induced him to bring forward. The House having resolved into a Committee on the Exportation of Tea, Mr. LUSHINGTON ob tained leave to bring in a Bill to allow the Exportation of Tea without paying any duty. BANK RESTRICTION LILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Bank Restriction Bill, Sir HENRY PARNELL complained of not hay. ing had sufficient notice. He called on the Honour. able Mover not to press the measure, but to agree to postpone and print the Bill. He also wished the Chancellor of the Exchequer to point out, as far as it was in his power. the time when it was most likely the Bank would be able to resume its payments in cash. Mr. BROWN expressed his surprise at the commit ting of such a Bill, of which he had never betore heard of. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not conscious of having been guilty of any want of attention to regularity and the forms of the House, till :ate notice of a Noble Lord (Lord Hamilton), on a nearly similar subject, had been diiposed of, he could not present his own. He, however, had after wards entered into a kind of compromise with his Lordship, to whom he mentioned he intended to pro pose, on finding the House to be unanimously of opi nion that the Bank could not with propriety imn;e diately resume cash payments, to continue the restric tions for a further time. He then brought in the Bill which had since proceeded regularly to its pre sent stage. If it had not been more publicly heard of, it was on account of the unanimity of opinion which had hitherto prevailed in the House, respecting its policy. In the Committee he should propose that the blank date, as to the period of the Res:rictions, should be filled up the Ist of June, as it would se cure a better attendance of Members to discuss at the expiration of this measure, the important subject of payment in cash. Mr. BROWN waived all opposition to the mea sure, on hearing this explanation. Sir HENRY PARNELL thought the delay until the Ist of June too long. The 25th of March had previously been mentioned, and he thought that pe riod preferable. After some further conversation, the House went into a Committee, and the Bill was ordered to be read, clause by clause. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then restated his reasons for preferring the Ist of June. It was well known also that the circumstances in which the country had been placed for several years, had not enabled the Bank to make the preparations necessary to pay in cash at the termination of the war. The price of gold and silver had, however, lately fallen no less than 25 per cent. and we might look with joy and confidence to the future. He now pro posed the blank to be filled up to the I st of June. After some conversation between Sir HENRY PA R. HELL, Mr. A. BARING, Mr. GRENWELL, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the latter gave up les amendment, and the blank was filled up to the 25th of March next. The Bill then went throvgli the Committee, and the report was ordered to be re ceived on Friday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then brought in three Bills to settle the f nnuities granted by Parliament to Lord Lynedock, Lord Hill, and Lord Beresford.—They were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. The Report of the Irish Judges' Annuity Bill was brought up, the amendments agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Friday. After a long conversation between Mr. PRESTON, Mr. LOCKHART, Mr. DAVIES GIDDY, and Mr. Ser. jeant BEST, the Deeds Attestation Bill was read a tnirci time and passed with several Amendments at- I tached to it by way of riders. The Irish Assault's Redress Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Ten. LIST OF THE MINORITY WHO vOTID AGAINST TIIL LIPULSION or LORD COHURANt. .Itherley, A. Lambton, J. Richards, kr. Allan, G. Lloyd, H. Ranaff, Lord Brad d, Hon. T. Muntgomerle, Sir H. RasMeigb, Wm. Bennet, Hon. H. Malls. Kt Ridley, Sir M. Brydges, Sir B. Maddox, Wm. Smith, Wm. Barham, S. Macginnis, ..... Simpson, G. Burdett, Sir F. Mildmay, Sir H. Tavistock, Marq. of Barrel, I lon. P. Moore, P. Whitbread, tiara. BUtterwOrilt,.loll. Martin, I. Williams, Sir R. Challoner, K. Nugent, Lord Western, C. Ebrington, Vise. Newman, Rt. Wortley, J. Flood, Sir F. Ossulston, Lord Wrottesley, H. Grant, Ch. sen. Power, R. MUMS. Grant, J. P. Ponsonby, Rt. Hon. Lord A. Hamilton Gasket. B. George A. Brown. Hughes, W. Russell, Lord Was. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1814. THANKS cavitio-DAY.—No Business done at the Stock Exchange. Paris Papers to the 4th inst. have arrived. They contain a Royal Ordonnance for the peace establish ment of Officers of the French Navy. The pay and half-pay of their Naval Officers seems to be very low indeed. The naval force to be kept up during the peace is, nevertheless, formidable. We rejoice to learn that the subject of the liberty of the press has been again taken up, and with a fairer prospect of success. The Gazette eh France insinuates that the tmperor of 111.1SIA is incog. at Paris—this is absurd. His Im perial Majesty left Antwerp for the Hague on the 30th ult. and at the latter place he will remain for some time. PARIS, JULY 4. By an Ordonnance of his Majesty, the French Ma rine establishment will consist of the following Offi cers, to whose appointments the following annual stipends or salaries are annexed viz. : Ten Vice Admirals at Twenty Rear Admirals at - 10,100 francs per an.each. - 8,000 ditto. One Hundred Captains of Ships, of - 4,000 di:to. - 3,600 arm - 2,809 d rto. . 1,600 dt n. - 1,200 whom 40 will be of the first clas, and 60 of the second. The former at The Inter at [CO Captains of Frigates at - 100 Lieutenants of Shi.,4 at - SOO Mates at Those appointments are azn,:nented in the proportion of one half, in the cases a ollcers actually serving on board. All officers, who 0143i:I h...lvu of absence on accsunt of their private tiffairs shal Lot receive stipends during their ab ence. In the Chamber of Deputies.—On the 2d inst. a motion of M. FAURE, for praying his iviajesty to pro. pose, without delay, the project of a law, restrictive of the licentiousness cf the press, and at the same time regulating the rights and duties of authors and printers, was ordered to be taken into consideration on the 4th. A Maritime Council of War has been convoked at Paris, in pursuance of the orders of the King, to judge Captains Philibert and du Petit Thouars, relative to the capture of the frigates PEtoile and la &Thane, commanded by these Officers. Both have been ho• nourably acquitted, and unaaimotisly, by a sentence oldie `23d June, an.: the Council has pronounced the , warmest eulogiums on the talents and bravery schcli they displayed, aleng with their officers and crews. Since writing the above, we have received Paris cf Monday. illotiiteur contains an Ordonnance permitting the Officers of the French Navy who are unem ployed and upon half-pay to enter into any depart ment of Commerce, at Lorne or in the Colonies, which they may prefer, the Secretary cf the Navy previously furnishing them with a licence. The Ilfin:iteur also contains, in a long Supplement, a complete set cf ne'.v Regola:ions for the Fzench Navy. They ale, of course, uninteresting to an Eng lish reader. A long, and rather tumultuary debate, took place in the Chamber of Deputies, on the admissibility of M. Prercr, ended in his rejection as being a foreigner. Madame MOREAU, who has an in Pari►, has been received with great marks of distinction. The memorable mehe, de Lt Touche has had the effrontery to bring before the tribunals of France cer tain patriotic and spirited public writers who lately reminded the public that he was the coadjutor of CAULINCoLatT in the affair of the Duc d'Etwurva. All the public writers of France concur in calling this tragical occurrence by its true name, " the assas- sination of the Duc d'ENuutzu." The commercial interests of Great Britain are likely to suffer greatly by the change of affairs in Spain. All the letters from Madrid which we have seen shew how much more favourable the Cortes and Regency were to the trade and manufactures of Great Britain than the existing Government under FERDINAND, and at the same time exhibit the more liberal and enlight ened policy by which the former were guided. During the invasion of Spain by the French, a law was passed, under which it was permitted to export British Cot. ton Manufactures to the Spanish Colonies in S , nitli America, on the condition that they touched in the voyage at some port of the parent country. This law was originally enacted for six months, but at the expiration of each six mont!;s successively it has been uniformly renewed. so as to give it all the effect of a permanent regulation. Those who now hold the su preme authority have not thought fit to prolong the operation of this law, and it being now extinct, the market of New Spain is closed upon us for these corn. modities, and there is ground to apprehend that some preference of the Cotton Manufactures of France is intended, under which our industrious artizans will be altogether excluded from any benefit in the same quarter. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCR is ccn. fined by en asthmatic complaint at Bushy. - . The Prince Royal of Prussia is detained in England by indisposition from the measles, his physicians deem ing it unadvisable that he .hould embark for the Con tinent for several days : the Royal Sovereign yacht is ordered to remain at Dover, to receive his Royal Highness on his perfect recovery. GRAND PROCESSION To ST. *This morning, so early as eight eject, the "street 3 were lined with military; all the way from Carlton House to St. Paul's Cathedral: The assemblage of well-dressed persons on foot to view the teiemony was great, and every thing was conducted with the utmost decorum. The City and the Surrey Light Horse, both regi ments of Volunteer Cavalry, entered the City about half-past eight o'clock, and took post around St. Paul's. They made a fine appearanr.r. The foreign Ambassador% and other foieigners of distinction, in their carriages, came first in the Pro cession, escorted by a detachment of dragoons. The Members of the House of,Commons, with the SrEA KEIL in his state carriage, bringing up the rear, and the Members of the House of Peers, with the LORD CDANCELLOR also in their rear, next followed. The new made Peers—Lords BERESFORD, STEWART, and CUSIBERSIZRE, were justly greeted with repeated cheers as they passed. The LORD MAYOR, Sheriffs, and other City Officers, fell into this part of the procession at Temple-bar. The Royal carriages came next in order. The Master of the Horse in his state carriage led the way : next came the Princes of the Blood in their resrective carriages„ each drawn by six beautiful horses, sts. l Ft -My caparisoned. The Royal State Carriage, cor.taining hi: Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, next appeared. It was drawn by eight gigantic and eleg -int I lanov( - Tian cream-coloured hoses, with most magnificent harness. The c:trihsge was preced►d by detachments of Life Guards, and the Royal !Jerilds and Trum peters on horseback in the dress c f their office. The scene was grand and sublime in the extreme. The PRINCE left Carlton-House precisely at half•' past ten, and arrived at St. Paul's about eleven. The Park guns announced the entrance oldie PRINCE into his cart iage at the former hour. At a quarter past twelve the guns again announced the sin . ;ing of the TE DujNl within the Cathedral of S. Palo's, which presented a most brilliant assemblage of rank, bcau,y and fashion. The inauguration of the Peace of Europe has tta been solemnized in the most impre.sive manner, iA one of the most superb structures fur religious wo.: ship in tl:e world, and by a congregation compw.ed of the most erlightetted people in Christendoto ! All that we can add, is to say, in the words of the dying Patriot, when addressing his btloved country, " Nuuc Diva Paz er:tUr. " ElroTe. ver-tuar The parishioners of St. MichatPsChurch,thtrrafries • have presented the Rev. Dr. SCOTT, their pawn, with an elegant silver tea and coff.e urn, of the value of arelso, containing a suitable inscription. Anad dinner was given on the occasion to the storthy Doc tor, who generously presented tme hundred gnitleas o be distributed, one-half among the poor of the parish, and the other half to the haspital. PLYstotiTtr, Jutv s.—Arrived the GlinFtgctr and FOXHOUND, frlin Boordeaux. S tiled the Rorm.l , ll SCYLLA, and SrEADY, on separate creizes.—Wind W. PoRTSMOUTII, JULY 6.—Arrived the BirtrtiN sloop of war, from Plymouth. Sailed the Queva and CHATHAM men of war, for Bourdeant ; EscoaT gun brig, for Plymouth; and SIIMMUOOTER, for Gutru. sey.—Wind W. DEAL, JULY 6.—Sailed eight Russian line of battle ships and two frigates, with troops, bound home, no: der command of Admiral TATE ; also sailed the West Indian, Pomona, Shafro, Ja ie, azabeth, and Ethelred transports, with Russian troops, for same destination. Arrived twelve sail of transports, with the 16th Light Dragoons, from Boulogne, and pro. ceded to Ramsgate, to disembark.—Wind S.W. Cor.cuesrett, Jutv 6.—Arrived the Success, Cap tain HAM, from Ostend, having landed her passen gers at :larwich : she will sail again fir Ostend on Friday, on the arrival of the Ostend Coach, from London, at the White Hart. Or. Fttesday next the Maria, Captain HOWARD, will sail for Ostend. The Lord Keith and Alexander East Indiamen. outward-bound, sailed from Madeira the '2'2d May, under convoy of his Majesty's ship DENIREE.—Ac. counts have been received that the last outward. bound China Fleet were all well in lit. 65. N. long. 20. W. • There are so many letters in town from South America, relating to the capture of the Essex. Ame rican frigate, that it would ba. worse than sceptical to doubt it. The following letter, after repeating the above important intelligence, details some other mat ters of interest respecting the Spanish Colonies : " BUENOS-AYRES, APRIL 80, laid. " We have bad accounts to-day from Chili, stating that the Phcehe frigate and Cherub sloop of war, have taken the Ame rican frigate Essex, Captain PoaTelt, alter an action of about an hour and a half. The Phoebe and Cherub were cruising tif Vie loot, the Essex seeing a favourable opportunity for making htr eicape, made all sail about three o'clock In the afternoon, but as she just got round a point near the harbour, she carried away for mai,i-top-mast, when she endeavoured to get into port again, but did not succeed; and was obliged to anchor in a small bay uutsi...e : when the Cherub got within gun-shut, she ancli-red and commenced the action with the Eon. . 4 The Pncebe,tring a long way to leeward a• this time, was not able to come into action until the Ch rub had ergaitcd the Easel an hour and a quaver. On the lithche cow ng up, the Cherub, being dreadluby shattered, want away. •he loot tin or 70 men in killed and wounded—amongst the tatter, the Captain, In both his legs. The Phoebe fired a few broadsides at the Noes. when she soon struck. he Phoebe lost six or seven men, kilicd and wounded—the first Lieutenant was killed : the Essex, in killed and woo ded, 150 or 180 men. " 'fbe squadron front this place is gone down to blockade Monte Video, and it is supposed will be able to do It. We bays a very strong navy here just now, from Ittto IS vessels—say 4 ships, 1 brig, 1 schooner, le and 14 guns; the rest smacks, of 6 and 8 guns, and small vessels of 4 guns. " We are all in good spirits here, and think well of La Patti& It is true that the Lima General has retired, owl g to as insur rection In Cochobamba. floorftn:sititPn.ig.i;taoltrißMieunProotittescvalia.d):7.:,,htatminautAadrwrt squadrons h u i fttltheeneßbaialvltiedativEr.cisistsapel