Star. — London, England, 1810-03-07 00:00:00

jen ht office, adhered fo the principlei which ; tertained on this subject, and had not granted ship in reversion, when it was in :heir power ; nuence of which was, that it was now in the tf Mr. Yorke. The Honourable Gentle 11d state, whether there was any objection in form to the originating of another Abolition those who wished for a Bill of Suspension reatest enemies to the Abolition. AI•:".(ES thought there was no formal ob this ; and if the House should be disposed that course he would agree to it ; thinking it desirable of any. At the same time, it had to him, that it might be urged as an objec ich a ptoceeding, that there coald hardly be ,f its passing in the 'ether House, and that ;are would be nugatory. To a Suspension tad the strongest objection, because such Bills idency to•destroy the object the House had because its enemies in another place might it by persevering in their objections they tefeat the measure altogether. If another in Bill should, however, be permitted to House without any vexatious opposition, he rave no objection to withdraw the present when he might, to avoid any loss of time, be , to move immediately for leave to bring in a tbolish in Perpetuity the granting of Offices in m. CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER the mode of Address extremely unconstitu icier the circumstances, and therefore would 4 o ppose that method of proceeding. As to Abolition Bill, he thought that the reasons ing any such Bill were stronger than before, , pent ed how little reason there was to expect icurrence of the other House. He would tbeiefore move an amendment, substitu nsion for Abolition, and take the sense House. If that , was against him, he would no opposition that could be considered as is- SPEAKER obseibeil. that as a reference had made to an opinion he had given on the the Bill, he thought it proper to state what 3. He, while in the Chair; being asked his I as to the form of the Bill, had said that a Abolition, without any reference to a former would be the best, but that he did not consider *fence as an irregularity. Thit opinion was , upon the long practice of Parliament as to :specting expiring laws ; and till the House de that practice to be wrong, he must still persist ipinion. d PORCHESTER asked. whether the Lords regularly receive a Bill of the tame sort with At had originated in their own House, and had thrown out' • SPEAKER thought the 'other House could 4) receiving it if sent up front the Commons, Commons could not, under similar circum- refuse a Bill coming from their Lordships.— should be done subsequently would be a matter I tretion. . . BANKES then withdrew his motion, and the .NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER engaged reversion should be granted while the buss was penc?;,ig. BANKES then Fair . * notice for Tuesday, of a ratoitit int leave to bring in a BM to abolish the grant- Offites in Reversion: ACtiELDT EXPEDITION. 'The Heine then resolved itself into the Cothinitiee Inquiry on the Scheldt Expedition: Lord CASTLEREAGH adverted to some lies in the printing of the evidence, which he to correct. The Speaker having left the Chair, illery was, as usual, cleared of strangers. Horace adjourned at one o'clock. I'IIE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7. inzuennar—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, and Stamp Olkce. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Stock S per Cent. Navy 99.1 Cent. Red. Ann.olB4/ !nen Minds ti 5.12). pee: Cede. Coos. 6711 t Exc. &Bs, 9s. 12s. pr. COL 6t3 Collodi for Au. 11111 , - - S hen e nterta • lellershil consequ :;session 1 to would int of frn ; fort} the gi 13Al ez ion to ti adopt thl : : : e mast d „ c arted tc •:-in to sod 1 13Pe of ene asur it he had d a tend view, be :-ink that ;light deft Abolition ;ass the H -11 d hay ; • z rinitted 1 3;11 to ago R ev ersion. The CI i.Nought th !icing and ( ,leettledly •inother A r o t passini as it tppea the concu certainly t ! j o g Slime ot the no give it no vexatious. The SP been mach form of tl that was. :minion as Bill for !i Bill, won; such refer founded ti Bills respi dared chi; in his opi Lord could reg tile that I been thro ► The Si t pet help ind the C stances re • What she of distret Mr. 13/ CHANC y bizt no nets was 0 Mr. BI 1 1 2611 ing of C The . I of Inquit le Lord re taistakes io wished ti e. gre galle to The 4 le a Asi-W 'et • its luk Steel 314: Cent 3 wr Cori: to 4 per Cent ti- 4i> The I rived at he fore she I returned le .he being pc ac tcunt h: of leer, wl iv Atcoi re r :adiz us. . the Span or 'maed ii have sal Cards v I sal In 4 1 th fatten rec. th e e z d If such Prepare rt - v.cti t o We 41 tha yesterd 3 th lS' Cote COIOnt been a t. the wt for The hi.' Idea vuld attach , er - ratio n au • effect, ffe Jugzi nth as fol , II Dig ) t .411 c SO . 160 . . • . the Peraperos. To Cover this anal eif Hist the ' Spaniards had but 22,000, 5000 of whom were de tached to Almaden de Picoge (the famous quick silver mines), situated on the Comilla de Plata, and which leads from La Mancha to Cordova, by vihich road it was probable, the enemy would attempt to turn the left of the Spanish position, and which turned out to be the case. " On the morning of the 20th ultimo, at eight o'clock, the French, 60,000 strong, attacked the whole extent of the Spanish line, and carried it at every point in two hours. " Colonel Roniut was with the General in Chief: t Puerto del Rey, and . narrowly escaped the same night to Jaen. The dispersion and route of the Spaniards was general ; and their magazines of clothing, arms, and provisions at La Carolina fell into the hands of the enemy. ig The plan of the French operations was executed in the most masterly way. The three corps, after driving the Spaniards before them, united at Cordova. •JOSEPII BONAPARTE was with the corps under SOIJLT and Vtoron, which passed by Almaden. MORTIER passed from Infantes by Monteson to Baeza de Abeda, and by this route formed his junction with King Jo- SEM, while the centre corps of the enemy, penetrating by the Puerto del Rey, flanked and turned the cele brated pass of the Peraperos, and also united with the army at Cordova, which last place' received Bo- NAPARTE without a shot. AREIZAGA, Who COM ! manded and lost the greater part of the Spanish army at Ocana, was most unaccountably continued at the head of it, after he had lost the confidence of every soldier under him." The accounts received by Government from Colo nel Romig add, that he proceeded from Jaen to Gre nada, which last place was entered by a corps of ten I thousand French on the 28th. From thence the Co-; lonel proceeded to Malaga, which the enemy reaches', ' 16000 strong, on the 6th. At this last place the French found 80,000 pipes of wine. These detached I corps are now on their march, after levying various contributions, to reinforce the army besieging the Isle de Leon. King JOSEPH is at Puerto de Santa Maria, opposite to Cadiz. We understand farther that Colonel Rocn , 6 in his correspondence with Government, and with Lords WELLESLEY and WELLINGTON, fdre;old and antici pated every event which most unfortunately has taken place, and which, it is probably, will be one day laid before the Public as authentic documents, explaining the true causes of the disasters of the Spanish armies." —ls Colonel RoCHE the only one who foretold these disasters Before the packet left Cadiz, a duty of 5 per cent. was imposed on all goods exported from Cadiz—ln other words : all who attempt to save their property by taking it away must first raise cash equal to a twentieth of the value to pay for a licence ! This to many will amount to an absolute prohibition. Two frigates had arrived in the harbour, one of them conveying, ' from Porto Rico three millions of dollar's and a quantity of valuable produce ; the other laden iiith specie and other valuable commodities. PRIVATE LETTER. "CADIZ, FEBRUARY 18. " The Fterich entered Malaga on the sth, and have indulged theinseltes in every species of cruelty and excest. King Joseph is at present at Port St. Mary's, riding in his coach and six ; he has with him about 3000 men. The enemy are throwing up spaldones (breast-works), and have already taken possession of the warehouses of Port Royal, where their force at present appears to be strong.. The Government of ! this city have placed an embargo on all vessels laden with oil, wine, and provisions. We have had six men killed on board one of the gun-boats, and a bomb fell near the San Justo, which is moored close to the beach. Two frigates have arrived from South America with upwards of five millions of dollars, and we are abun dantly supplied with all kind of provisions. " FEBRUARY 20.—One of the most extraordinary events of the present war is, that the famous Pourliet, commonly called " El Marquisito," and who has made so much noise in Asturias, is at present the Governor of Xetes, under King Joseph." London Packet, Captain PitRBILLE, has ar. 4at Falthouth, in ten days front Gibraltar. Be n she came away, the BULWARK Mali of war had returned &Om Ceuta, with the British troops, not permitted to land by the Spaniards. No ac . had been received at Gibraltar bf the Toulon , when the packet sailed: . :counts had reached Gibraltar of a sortie kart on the advanced guard of the French, in which ipaniards made s o me prisoners ; but nodateis Mena ' in our account - - -"Siety-thra French dragoi3tts; taken Algesiras, where there were 1500 Spa- rch who surrendered on the first summons." the preceding columns *e have given sortie Sher extracts from Letters and Papers received by :zcliz and Lisbon Mails of yesterday. They are such a complexion as our Readers must have bet ta oared to expect ; for we have never deceived them ;:eting the real state of affairs in the Peninsula.— gull not here repeat any part of the details of Yesterday, soon after twelve o'clock, their MAJES terday, nor offer any remarks on the extracts now TIES, the Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, and So no, but lay before our Readers the substance of PIMA, arrived at the Queen's Palace, ffom Windsor. dispatches received yesterday by Government trout The Princess Manx remains at Windsor with the Colonel Rocas, *lth, our Readers will recollect, has Princess AMELIA. In the course cf the morning the Royal Dukes vi attached to the Spanish artily of the Centre, for sited their Royal Parents; • and the Duchess of BRUNS : whole of the last year. • i wicic, and the Dukes of CUM:IERLAND and SUSSEX, These dispatches detail .t.he particulars of the total dined with their MAJESTIES. In the evenin g their lefe at an d d i spersion of the army to *h i c h he was : MAJESTIES had a select party to tea and cards. a ttached, on the We t ult. and we must add, leave nol Mr . 1(Y DER has appointed Mr. GouLavaw one of rational hrpe of our being able to resist, with any i the Under Secretaries of State in the Home De art effect, the immense Fiench force destined for the sub- 1 igaiion of ment. The PoMoNa fitsite, Cala** BARRIE, *as, when Cadiz. The dispatches ate in substance , the last accounts came away , cru izin g ver y success follow ; ' fully in the Adriatic. It may be interesting to those • - " 'VI 1- n 0 an • opish position in the Sierra 'Morena ex.. who have friends on board her to know, that a letter 1(16 frorn 'iia tenon on he received from one of her officers, dated the 2d t rlg tto Puerto an . h d . has been 4 "o ma the left, a distance of fifteen leagues, in the . ult. stating that she had, during her cruise, up to that time, captured five prizes, three of them very ''''• ni which is the strong and celebrated pass of valuable. The negociations between Marquis WELLESLEY and Mr. PINKNtir, respeiting our future relations with America, are said to have been amicably terminated. It is added, that the John Adams American frigate has been detained to carry out the Treaty concluded upon between the Ministers of the two countries. ' The dispatches of the Ametican Minister will be fot• warded to Ports Mouth this day or to-morrow. . . THE ARMY: 6 • • The 3d battalion of the 95th infantry, nriler the command of Captain PRUCIVAL I which arrived at Brighton on Saturday, had but but a very disagree able march froin Lewes. This battalion merely halted for an Ithur to take refreshment, when they re commenced their rbitte foi• Portimonth, there to em bark for Portugal. Yesterday morning the Ist battalion of the Foot Guards, consisting of 600 men, marched at seven from Knightsbridge Barracks for Portsmouth, to em bark with other regiments destined for. foreign service. Their new clothing, with their arms, consisting of a thousand stand, were deliVered from the Tower the day previous to their departure, and sent down in baggage-waggons. The Men were in h;gh spirits, and conducted themselves as became British soldiers. The second division left town tLis day ; the third, if not countermanded, to-morrow. The First Regiment would have left town on Mon day, but as their clothing was not reaiy, their depar ture was delayed until yesterday. The complement of the Guards is to consist of 1%)O men, besides officers, under the connmaod of General Sir HARRY BURRARD NEALE, and second in command Colonel Wirnevriev. Yesterday the . 3d battalion of the Ist.Regiment of Foot Guards marched into Knightsbridge Barracks from Chatham. The second battalion marched into Portman-street Barracks. These rvo battalions are in part to make up the deficiency of those sent abroad. The Subaltern Officers of the f e.ish Army have been thrown into a state of greAt consternation, in cansequence of the Commander-in-Chief's order of the 19th of February, abolishing the present form of Epaulette, and substituting a fringed shoulder-knot, the characteristic appendage of a livered lacquey. We confess we see no one useful purpose that can result from the Order alluded to, which causes an un - versal dissatisfaction throughout this rank of the Army, and serves merely to establish a distinction unnecessary in the field, and galling in the ball-room. Many a brave young fellow, , who,has proved an acquisition ,and an ornament to his Majesty's service, has been caught in the first instance by the pageantry and skew, the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war"—the fineries that allured him-in youth to the profession, hate afterwards been succeeded by the cement of attachment to a soldier's life, apd his' country have received the benefit. Under this view of the subject, we cannot but regret to see the mili tary body, and particularly the junior ranks, stripped of those ornaments that feed their vanity. We would recommend to those who regulate such affairs a nice precaution, lest, in invading the appendages that ad-, minister to the folly of imagination, they encroach (nil that pride and spirit of the mind to which it is so nearly allied. Indeed, we are surprised that our Su perintendants of Military. Affairs do not, at thiS a*ful ! crisis, turn their attention to something useful and salutary to the welfare of the Army, and not occupy themselves (as a certain great luminary of the Law observes, in a pamphlet, written some five and thirty years ago, when an Officer in the Line) "in ringing :he changes on buckram,and buttons, and buttons and buckram, to please the warriors of Wimbledon and Blackheath."—We hope to see countermanded this late Order in respect to the Subaltern Officers, and to find their Epaulettes, now tottering, fixed firmly on their shoulders. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR: Sir—Observing in the STAR of Thursday last, a I letter signed an Old Field Officer, wishing to call the attention of those in authority to the degradation that is about to be placed on a very reepectale part of the British Army, (viz.) the Sulalterns, by depriving them of their usual and long 'established part of uniform, the epaulette with bullion, I beg leave tb sug gest, as it appears to be the wish of the Commander in Chief, that the rank of every Officer might be known, that• a Colonel should be distinguished by having the Crown and the letters G R. placed on the strap, and a Star on the part resting on the shoulder of his epaulettes ; a Lieutenant-Colonel the Crown and letup G. R. on the strap of his epaulettes ; a Major the Crown on the strap, and Star on the part resting pn the shoulder of his epaulettes ; a Ca'ptain the Star only on the part resting on the shoulder of his epaulette, and the Subalterns a plain epaulette.— This would, without injuring the respectability that should be necessarily maintained in our Army, be a means of knowing the rank of its Officers, and of doing away the idea of obliging the Subalterns to substitute for dft epaulette a mean and paltry fringe, which would woUnd the feeling and honour of every young soldier in the British service. Hoping this or any other mode might be adopted to prevent this de . privation by those under Whose immediate care such directions ate to be giveul..have the honour to be, your obedient servant, , AN OFFICER. Dorsetshire, March 4, 1810. Sir EYRE Croft's examination on the 12th day of the Inquiry contains 'very little new matter :—Sir E Y RE was of opinion that the island would have been in great danger from an attack from the French. as the navy ccinld not oEcupy the Slough passage dur ing the winter, and as it would, at the least calcula tion, have taken three months to raise fortifications for the protection of the coast. . The Committee oit the Scheldt Expedition, last night, examined Mr. HusKissoN, in his place, Cap[. JONES, Lietlt.-COIOReI SoNTAG, Colonel MOSHEIM, Mr. Roam]. KEATSS Surgeon, the Surgeon-General KEATES (re-eta Mined). and Dr. WEBB. We under stand that Mr. TIERNEY wished the Inquiry to be re sumed as to=day. Lord CASTLEREAGH objected to this, stating as his reason, that General BROWNRIGG, . whom the Committee intended to examine, was con fined by the gout ; but he thought the General would be able to attend on Monday, till which day he pro posed to adjourn the Inquiry, which was agreed to. It is said, that a Moniteur of so late a date as the 27th ult. has been received, which contains Louts's formal abdication of the throne of Holland. Thirty thousand of the re-stamped dollars were seized on board a Dutch schuyt in the River, a few days since. The Public are, perhaps, little aware, that the Dutch fishermen, who bring us plaice and eels, will receive nothing in return but gold and silver. His Majesty's brig SNAKE, Captain YOUNG, ar rived in Leith Roads on Wednesday the iiBth ult. from a cruise. 11=1.1%, - • . . . ' iILYMOUTH, MARCH 4. ' With . the exception of the Iphigenia Spanish frigate; we have not a single ship or vessel of war either in Cawsand Bay or the Sound, a circumstance unpre!i s cedented ; thoie in the harbour are alsn getting ready for sea with all possible expedition 6 the sh ipwr i ghts were again at work on them yesterday. Came in. the Porchlr East Y.ncijaman, last from Cork. The wind has shifted round to the Eastward. Arrived the Bo RL SPENCER hired 'cutter. Sailed the Ann tender for Bristol ; the Concord. tender for Liverpool ; and four cartel brigS full Of French prisoners, (chiefly those recently from the West Indies) for Morlaix. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6. Arrived his Majesty's ships At;oacious, RENOWN, DOLPHIN, and PODARGUS, WiLII a convoy from the Downs ; amorigit them are the Northumberland, Sir Stephen Lushington, and Hugh Inglis, East India men ; also the Gimlet and Tvni.tir, front a cruize. YARMOUTH, MARCH f r ' This morning arrived from the Downs the EDGAR! of 74 guns, t? take the flag of Vice-Admiral Dow- LAS ; and the BADGER and HOUND sloops of war, from Sheefneis, with stores. Shi r t in the Roads—Roebeek, Desiree, Ranger, Sheidrake, Vixen, Flamer, Earnest, Hearty, ant/ Ertydagerin gun-brig.— Wind S. E. with snow. • CHATHAM, MARCH 4. The RE.SOLUTION and the ARDENT will be undock. ed to-morrow, and the day after the Vito and R&D'sc will be docked in their stead. The Ltoir will sail in a day dr two, being complete in all respects; she is intended for the East Indies. Most of the new centers in this Check are ready for lapching; one is already launched—these are to be commanded by Liente nantS, and being very serviceable vessels, much in. wrest is making with the Admiralty to get commis sions for them. DEAL; MARCH 6. Sailed the RENOWN for the Westward. Came down from the River five sail of vess-ls, and are detained by'tontrary winds.—Wind W.S.W. GREENOCK, MARCH If. busing the severe gale from bI.W. on Sunday last, five steivel* *ere drove on shore at Isla, one of which was totally lost, and, we are sorry to add, part of the crew ; we have not been.able to learn any other particulars, or the names of the vessels.—The Diana, Boer., of this port, which was drove ashore oa the Parr Soil!, rear Fuwey, has 1;u-en got off, and is now in Tom , harbour.—The ship I.ihertv, from Amelia island to Liverpo4, attempted to run for Larniash in the gale of Sunday last, but was forced into Ayr Bay, when she came to anchor off the Ifiar t t Rock, and continued there on the evening of the 26th ult. 7 —Thet Planter, Davis, from Virginia, was captured by the Dunkerquois French privateer, and carried into the Teeel, 4th ult.' FROM LLOYD'S LIST. CR A.VC3I SD, MARC N 6.—Arrived the Tiger, frost the Brazils. Failed the I.agan. Sava*, for llelfast ; Lord Foities Mackie,. and Experiment, FOrreltAliir Jamaica ; and *Siam: Tweedy, for Cora.xia. . . 1.7111a1 ,i 4. ROMAN CATIt6LIC7II/14T8s.—The follo*ing ire the Resolutions adopted at the Meeting of the R.oman Catholic Prelates, which took place •at Dublin, on . the 24th ult. as we have already stated : Ist. That it Is the undoubted and exclusive right of Roman Cp tholic Bishops to discuss and decide (mall matter.; appertaining to the doctrine and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church. •- 2d. Thar we do hereby confirm and declare our unaltered ado herence to the Resolutions unanimously entered into la our lax General General Meeting, on the 14th September, 1806 . A• 3d. That we are convinced that the oath of allegiance frame& and proposed by the Legislature itself, and taken by us, is True only adequate security fdr our loyalty, but that we know of no stronger pledge-that we can possibly give. 4th. That baying disclaimed upon oath all right in'the Pope, or any other foreign potentate, to interfere in the temporal con cern. of the kingdom, an adherence to the practice observed in the appointment of Irish Roman Catholic Ilkhnps cannot tend :o produce an undue or mischievous exercise of any foreign inl4- ence whatsoever. sth. That we neither seek nor desire any Pther eartii , c erts7. deration for our spiritual ministry, to our respective lochil4 save what they may, from a sense of religion and duty, • Yokels arily afford as. 6th. Thy an Address, explanatory of these our sentiments, be prepared and directed to the Roman Catholic Clergy and Laiety I of Ireland, and conveying such fur. her instruction as cawing tiretimatatices may seem to reitii:e. . Last Friday. at a meeting of the General Commit tee held in Dublin, attended by four hundred Mem bers, the following Resolution was unanimously agreed to : " That as Irishmen and as Catholics, we refer can consent to any dominion or controul whatsoever, over the appointment of me Prelates, oa the part of the Crown or of the servants of the Crown." A Meeting of Roman Catholics was lately held at -Castlebar, G. BROWNE, of Brswne's Town, Esq. in the Chair, when several Resolutions were agreed to ; but no petition to. Parliament drawn ; the Meeting contenting itself with expressing its entire approbation 'Of that from. the collective body of Catholics in Ire land, and applying to the County Members to give it their support. . , Mr. H. CAVENDISH has died worth ens million two 'hundred thousand pounds ; seven hundred thousand of which are bequeathed to Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH, two hundred thousand to the Earl of BESBOROUGH, and •the remainder in legacies to other branches of the Devonshire family.—He was the largest holder of Bank Stock in England. Yesterday morning a Country Factor, after making a hearty breakfast at the Axe Inn, Aldermansbury, dropt down and instantly expired, he had only bees M town a few days, and was in good spirits. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, MARCH 7.—The are rivals nf Wheat to-day make a middling supply, with considerable retnaining quantities of foreign on hand ; sales are heave, and hardly at last prices ; prime Dantzic exceeds the currency—Rye dearer-,--Barli y this week rather so—Malt likewise—White Peas are cheaper--Beans of the two kinds at little variation— Oats-sire in short supply, and this trade nearly at the late advance in price.—Flour as our lait. oaulam. CUR aaNcr AS utast • Wheat, Us. 928.'1055. Batas, (old)S6c Iffa. Etna ditto, 110 s. 1145. Tick ditto (n 141) SOL Us. km offs. Oats 2114. 16a. Spa. Barley, Ms. 460.0 d. Poland ditto, SI& me. 04. Malt 745.1125. Potato. dkte, slle, of White Peas (boilers), Ws. Mc Rape Sued, 441. Orey duo 455. 51.. Rae Flour Mk Illemeascoodsiklii Si* -J