Star. — London, England, 1808-03-04 00:00:00

P""" to l' i nife left It ochefort. Upon that subject .e not where the Hon. Gentleman had his i 'c n- e bawo but the last that Government had from Strachan, was dated on the 18th which wa s the day after the esca p e of the ,Isrf na d r on, and then that gallant Officer had provision of bread, provisions of every kind Xl4 w eeks, and 6 weeks and 5 days water. Oa r Mediator was sent ou t under the direction of fl i r alt, lay order issued on the 3 d of Dece m- B w hich order wa s forwarded imm ediatel y to ' „ t h ; but although the order was issued then, wing out co uld not take place immediately, it impracticable to load the ship until the 21st; and am was loaded, she could not sail until the 6th Janu ary on account of tempests. The Mediator At Sir Richard Strachan, besides dry prov ato i ., °2 M a r g e assortoient of vegetables of all kinds, olive bullocks for his squadron ; so that every were taken for the relief of that squadron. t hese, there were two line of battle ships sent ts re bel; the Lavinia , with six months' provisions, the c oru heeland, one of the finest 74's in the aR The provision-arrived on the 23d, and what „ d s urprise the Hon. Gentleman stal more than bu tton yet surprised, was this, that although the dui and the Superb arrived with a transport aeo . is ith provisions for his squadron on the lad, strachan allowed her to return to Plymouth it It ~ti t unloading her cargo ; did he thexefore say e squadron Rases well off as he could have wished? , T D o means ; but he knew he could have followed e eoe my without unloading this ship, which if he d been in the distress the Honourable Gentleman , Dos ed,itwould h ave been his duty to unload. Put ' trot h w as, that, although Sir R. Strachan had re 'yea pri:ate intelligence on the 23d of the sailing . the Rochefort Squadron on the ISth, he had rea , to d ou bt the authenticity cf the intelligence ; and it not until the 29th that he had information of that it, such as he thought it safe to rely upon. As to • IL Strachan's being obliged to go into Ferrol, ow co unt of his being unable to follow the enemy fat , t of provisions. that he utterly denied. There not the least foundation for that assertion. After e had the genuine information upon which he did it became impossible for him to sail inle t cliately, , mount of violent gales, such as aaivied way his to ioyards and it was owing to these inevitable ac dbenti the enemy were indebted for their escape.-- t en the Baltic fleet arrived at Spithead on the 13th ed 16th of November, one half of their crews were elided among the prizes. In the month of Novae. et, twelve ships of the line were at St. Helen's, to catch the Russian squadron ; eleven ships of the line 'ere under Sir Sidney Smith in the Tagus ; and four kips of the line with that excell:nt Officer Sir Samuel H o od. He then detailed the means which were red to supply the squadron of Sir Richard Strachan. The West-Indies were saved, Madeira was secured, and a sufficient force detached across the Atlantic to look after the Gentlemen in America, if they wet at all disposed to be troublesome.—(.X laugh. ) Before he had known the nature of the Hon. Gentle =emotion, he had intended to move some of a hrtesclency ; viz. for Copies of all Orders issued by the admiralty for the relief of the Squadron under Sir R. man; also Copies of such Orders as have been Oita by Acknirals Gardner and Young on the sub let, dtc. lie then descrihea the usual course of block s ng squadrons, which were under the command of . the Admiral of the Channel Fleet. In this case, it had been thought necessary, from extraordinary circum stances, for the Admiralty to interfere, although there cas no: a doubt that Lord Gardner had done his Llt 1 W ye its all on dray Perfectly. Lord TEMPLE did not think the Resolutions pro toad by the Honourable Gentleman would supply the information required by his Honourable Friend, beam they do ,iot include the letter of Sir R. Stra den to the Admiralty, requesting relief. By the wry extraordinary mode of defence set up by the Honourable Gentleman opposite, he had contrived entirely to keep out of sight the principal charge— & d es titute state of Sir R. Strachants Squadron, which enabled the Ftench fleet to put to sea. Lord CASTLEREAGH stated, that the Adrian otter had sailed 'with victuallers on the 14th Novem ber, and had arrived on the 30th. .Mr. W. POLE stated , th a t t he Colossus and Glav data had:joined the fleet on the 12th, and the French squadron did not come out till the 18th January.-- Our squadron and the Colossus did not communicate till th e 18th, and, on account of f oul weather, the Mediator was not cleared till the 19th. Mr. CALCRAFT considered the present Board of Admiralty as a very inefficient body. He particularly censured an appointment of th eirs which had given great discontent in the Navy—(Hear ! hear ! hear ! ) The appoinunent of Sir Home Popham, as Cap' tvt or the Fleet, over the heads of senior and meri torious officers, after the sentence of a Court Martial, most be considered as a reprehensible and most inju dims act, ripOri t he Gentlemen's own skewin g .— When the p a p e rs were Laid on the table, he would engage to prove that there was a most culpable ne glect. The Gentlemen mule a great o para men de, and boasted of doing what any. tualz, or set f might easily do, having the British nays:lwe sourc es at his or their disposal. It was one of the immediate effects of the escape of the enemy that Sir J. Duckworth was obliged to unblockade Brest. He had been re proached with not having submitted his motions to the Admiralty. What ! was it to be tolerated that a Member of that House should be told he did wrong in submitting any motion to it without having firs t consulted the Admiralty ? He would not say that it was indecent, because it was a sort of language of which he did not approve ; but he thought it deserv ed the epithet better than that part of his own conduct to which it had been applied. He did chew the Ha nonrable Gentleman hs Motions. He had made every communication to him that civility required, and more than he was under any obligation of doing. —On the particular merits of the question he would reserve himself till the papers were produced. The subject was then for the present dropt. COMIVNICATION TO ALLITS, I ord H. PETTY rose, pursuant to a notice he bad gives en a former occaslon ; the subject, he said, V:11 important, .t it was nnected with the Orders in Council. it was, he maintained, contrary to the co mmon usage Or this country, to lay unties or. articles betnnglit by compuicion to the ports of this inedvna. Since the first introduction of this Bill nd information boen Risen to the Honk!, respecting the way which these Ot ters tad been received, either by Sweden or Sardinia, because she measure we equally As inuricso to our allies as to the enemy, * int' saying to them—" Ybu shall hire iiiiiiiieliktieitit iiii 40. Lion bufCchat is agreeabie to us." It is dielketent of this celes tes, to encourage comerieree, instead et afebior i k Suppose for It moment that Sweden would think k td ehcourage the Americans to trade wit u her and . Obi articles on which we have laid in per cent. duty, gratis, t us of the folds% prospects held forth by Ministers, who ameed to be blind to every thing, in order to carry Into execution their favourite pro -1 jectj he therefore felt it his duty to call for what informe r tion Ministers had received from our Allies respecting the Or ders in Council, and moved, " That an Address be presented to his Majesty, that he would be graciously pleased to cause to be laid before that House the substance of any communication re ceived from his Allies in Europe, relative to the Orders of the 11th' of Noiember." The VHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt no difficulty in meetor this question, and could assure the House that Sweden cordially agreed with this country in supporting a measure so well calculated to distress the enemy i he concluded with opposing the motion. Sir A. TIGOTT supported the motion, and contended that Sweden would,in all probability, see her interest in making a di pot for the very articles which the bill restricted. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained. Mr. PONSONBY denied that Ministers had received any in formation from MT remaining allies. How could Sweden or Sar dinia communicate on a subject which Ministers themselves could not comprehend Mr. Secretary CANNING said, that the Hon. Gentleman bad conceived Sweden and Sardinia to be allies, and gone off with a grand effusion about the inherit s which the nations of the Conti. sent were to expect from an alliance with Great Britain. Now the fact was, that Sardinia was strictly a neutral. (Lord Temple observed that they had sent an Atnbassador there.) Does the Noble Lord mean to say, that *e are hot to sead Ambassadors to neu. trots ? No such demand had been made of Sardinia, for the rea son that she was a neutral. Sweden had given the assurance men tioned by his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. PONSONBY explained. Dr. LAWRENCE could not collect from what had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman, or his colleague, that any com munication had b•sen made to bicily. He hops d Ministers had Iv t forgotten tiurDey of Algiers in making their communications, as their l t s , wasnzule N s ro e ly) much ed !u t h a ! the spirit of the . his =Ant of ea.n Am bassador to the Court of Sardiniawas not a new appointment. It was the intention of the last Administration to send a person there. U Sardinia were to be considered as an independent power, it was proper that his Majesty should have a Representative there. Mr. LAMBE made a few observations iu suppott of the motion. Mr. ROSE said, that the only way in which Su eden could co operate was by imposing concurrent dillies, and how could do that until she ascertained what duties we proposed I Mr. WHITBREAD asked if Ministers had or bad non ny com munication with Sweden, previous to issuing the Orders in Colin. eil i end whether they bad any, and what assurances, that she would co-opesate with them in their pl a n for distressing the Colt . tipeni? Lord H. PETTY replied generally to the arguments which 11. been urged against his motion, and a division thereon took plies— Ayes 71—Noes 130—Majority 59. LIVERKOL PETITION AGAINST THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL. General GASCOIGNE, in proposing that the Petition of his Constluients might be received, as aured the House that those who sibmed it were of the most respectable description of merchants, many of them personally known to him. They did not peti tion against prerogative, or the power of laying taxes. They would feel perfect l y satis fi ed, while the defence of the Country was entrusted, as heretofore, to n the gallantry of the Na v y and Army; but they canot conceal their apprehensions at this new mode of corn mercial warfare. The town which he represents was more particularly interc.ted in the trade with Ame rica. At this moment, three-fourths of the trade between this Country and America is with Liverpool. He took a general view of the trade and revenues of that town. One-third of its whole foreign trade, in cluding that with the Baltic, now suspended, is with America. Considering all these circumstances, he was astonished they had not petitioned Parliament sooner. The CHANCELI.OR of the EXCHEQUER wished to know whether the Petition objected to the money clause of the present Bill? General GASCOIGNE was at a loss how to an swer that question. He conceived the Petition was directed against the principle and general provisions of the The SPEAKER said, it was against a standhig rule of the House to receive any petitiun against money clauses. Mr. TIERNEY considered the Petition as cne of the greatest importance. He did not thir.k the prin ciple laid down from the Chair applicable to this case. It was not,the levying of duties, but the general re gulations of trade, that were petitioned against. He had never heard it contended that this measure was to be looked upon as part of the Ways and Means. (gear ! hoar /tear ! ) It was only fixing a mode by which the Order of Council was to have effect. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de fended the rule laid down as consistent with the prac tice of the House for a century past. The Bill was not for supporting so much of the Orders issued in Council, they existed in force by the King's p rero r!ge tive and authority , as the raisin g duties Hea firer ! from the Opposition)—that is, said he, to give effect to the Orders of Council by levying these du ties.—( liege ! again frost Oiltarition.) He felt respect for the petitioners, but .also felt it his duty to oppose their application, especially as he was conscious he acted under tl-e respectable sanction of the opinion given from the Chair. Mr. PONSONBY said, he really pitied the Right Honourable Gentleman ; for not a step did he take in this Bill, but covered him with . difficulties. If the prerogative had done all that was necessary, why did he (the Chancellor) bring the Bill into the House? The Bill was not to raise duties for the current year, but for carrying into effect the Orders in Council : the Petition was therefore against the Orders in Council themselves. But the Right Honourable Chancellor, with all his arguments, could not argue against the title of his own Bill—he could not tear the seal from the bond. Would it not be wise to depart from usage in this case, where so much depended on the immate rial breach ? When a novel measure of thivkind was ever devised before, the greatest of men were ever anxious to have every light upon the subject ; but he was so confident he could not be wron g , that he would not hear any thing about it. It was the attribute of wisdom to be accompanied by modesty, and the Right Honourable Gentleman had shewn less than was reconcileable with that quality. Lord CASTLEREAGH had expected more ad dress in the leader of the party, than to expose the weak features of the case to observation, and in making his retreat to so e x p ose himself to the fire of his opponents. He saw no analogy between the case adduced by the Right Hon. Gentleman on the ques- , tion of war. He felt extremely overawed by the Gentleman's mode of address in the commencement, but was afterwards much indebted t 6 the Right Hon. Gentleman for what he had said, as it supported the principle laid down by his Right Hon. Friend. He saw, he said, no great injury the - merchants of Liver pool could particularly sustain by the measure. Mr. SHERIDAN said he felt none of that awe ilitided to by the Noble Lot. Wither the begin ning, the end, tier the conclusion of the Noble Lord's speech was calculated to excite airy thing tie awe. --7-lAluch laughter. ) .He contended, that to reuse the admission of the titian, wrii to shut the door against the glnribis privileges given to the Flople by the Bill of Rights, namely , the right of the PeOple to petition IParliament. He felt teat reptigitance against using [language at this .crisisto ePress the spirits of the ' Country, like an HonOurable Gentleman on, a former occasion, holding out that -five millions of .starving manufacturers were crying for peat*. Setah language might perhaps turn Ministers a i nti but i Would cer tainly briag Bonaparte in—an alternative which was the worse of the two evils—(Lid lairener.) General TARLETON said he was retutned to Parliament by 1400 voters in Liverpool, the greatest number that ever polled, and he thought it very odd that not one of these vo ters had si g ned the petition before the House, nor even intimated any such senti ments to hiin as were conveyed in that Petition--; (Loud laughter)—Nay, not even the chief magistrate had taken any share in it. It was in fact a party .Pe tition, and the Gentleman who presented it was a very good sort of man, but he was a Sectarian. — (A laugh)—The Honourable Gentleman who had lust nit down lial said, that we might turn out Mi nisters, but we would turn in Bonaparte • to this he would add, that such speech es as he had ileard from the opposition, would turn out the country.—(Loud and long cceeinucd peals of laughter.) . Mr. WHI'T'BREAD said, that whatever danger the country might be in from the conduct of Oppo sition, there was one corner of it which he was sure would be safe. This was Berwick-upon-Tweed, of which his gallant Friend (General Tarleton) was Gr: vernor—(Much laughter.)—The gallant General had for many years graced the Opposition Benches with his transcendant talents and Ciceronian eloquence, but he had never told the cause of his change of opi nion, unless we are to suppose that there is v_enething magical in being GoVernor of Berwick.--(Here the How: was once more convulsed with lan,gker.)—He ar gued that the Petition ought to be received. Mr. HUSKISSON maintair.ed that this was a mere Money Bill, and that the Petition was therefore incompetent Lord H. PETTY argued at great length in favour of the Petition. It was net the cause of Liverpool he was arguing, he said, but the cause of Britons, and of the whole world. Ministers affected to foll3w Mr. Pitt. They did so in every thing that was bad, and in nothing that was good.—(Hear! hear!) It was always contrary to Mr. Pitt's line of policy, to smother such applications in their infancy, and in many similar instances he had allowed the Peti tioners to be heard by Counsel. Mr. ROSE replied to the Noble Lord, and con tended that the true mercantile interests of tie Coun try were consulted in the opposition here given to the Petition. Mr. SHERIDAN appealed to the Speaker, if he had not given his private opinion upon the compe tency of receiving this Petition t The SPEAKER said that hem nceived. he had two duties to perform , the one prie and the other public ; it was his duty when consulted privately by any Member of that House, to give his opinion as to the proper mode of proceeding, but he did not think he was called upon to state that opinion publicly. — (Hear ! hear 1) He - had stated what was the usual practice of the House in similar cases, and it was for the House itself and not for him officially to give an opinion whether this was a money bill or not. He should therefore put the question, and there was only one way in which his private opinion could be pub licly known, nor would he shrink from the discharge of his duty, if thus called upon, but he was well aware he could not be called upon to give his vote, except in the case of a balanced opinion. (Hear ! hear ! hear ! ) Mr. SHERIDAN apologized. He thought it had appeared from the debate of this evening, that the Speaker had given an unfavourable opinion of the present motion. The House then divided. For bringing up the petition, 80 ; against it, 128. Majesty, 46 . Adjourned. TIIE EVENING STAR. LONDON. =-* FRIDAY, MARCH 4. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONF O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 63 1 64—for April, 6414 --Reduced 6414 Omnium 31—Exelieq. Bills, par PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 23114 India Bonds, es. 2s. a 3s. dls. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 61141 Imperial 3 per Cent. 63if 3 per Cent. Cons. 631 S 4 Imperial Ann. 71 13-16 4 per Cent. 83 821.1 Ez. Bills, 2s. disils. pre. 2 s. d ie . 5 per Cent. Navy 9751 English Tickets, 211. By letters from our fleet off Lisbon (tee next page) it appears that some French ships of war have actu ally entered the Mediterranean. Still however doubts are entertained whether they be the same that sailed from Rochefort. A few days will probably remove the present uncertainty. The Earl Spencer hired cutter arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday. She left Sicily the 13th January, passed through the fleet off Cadiz the 12th February. Sir RICHARD STRACIIAII had arrived with his squadron at Gibraltar. Our cruizers in the Mediterranean have captured a Russian frigate and a sloop of war. The commander and crew of this cutter have no knowledge of any dr en ch squadron having passed up the Straits In regard to what has been reported for several days, respecting an expedition fitting out at Antwerp, we are enabled to state, on the authority of a gentleman who left that city not more than a fortnight since, that at that time no particular exertions appeared to be making for any such purpose. Three ships of the line were nearly ready for launching, and two others wer e lying there in a complete state of repair, but they were altogether unmanned and without stores. It was understood that these five ships would proceed to Flushing early . in the spring, but they were not des tined for any particular service. There were but few troops in the neighbourhood of Antwerp, the greater . part of those lately stationed there having marched to reinforce the French army on the frontless of Hol stein/ . _ • THE ARMY: aikaAL WIMSLOCKE'S TRIAL. DAYi MARCH 4: The Court Was . unustiallY crotideci this niorning; an account of the fineness bf the . Weather: Captain Foiniai Strurracocitz't Aid.dcz Camp, was tinder eiaininatien tuna tWelie o'clock ; when Capiiin WuriiinanAii; Who iaso acted as Ale; deCanip, was called in, and he Continued Under examination when our express left Chelsea: • .. The Duke of CUsnizar.Ann Was in his place to-day again. Yesterday morning marched froni Deal for DoiTr; the Ist Division of the East York Militia; vihith Mair.heci in there on Wednesday . afternoon from Ramsgate i the Sd division of the same R iment m arched into Deal yesterday alftekcion from . - gate, which are quartered oil tilt town.' . . ',.'he Commanding Officer of the Rearevisbire Mi litia received a route, on the 20th Ult. to March fom their quarters at Play don Barracks, neat,Rye, SusEevi to return to their former quarters at Pevensey b. ri racks, in the same county, and there to remain Major General Omuta is going out to take the coin= viand of the British troops an Malta. NJILITICAL INTELLIGENCE. His Majesty's ship Meleager, with the fleet livid. convoy, which sailed from Portsmouth on the 16th Novethber, arrived at Barbadoes on the SOth Decent bel.—The Duke of Montrose packet, front Falmouth for Jamaica, was captured on the sth December, to windward of Barbadoes, by a French privateer, and carried into Guadaloupe. The Deinerara, Capt. INGLIS 4 is arrived at Liver pool from Demerara, which place she left on the 30th December, in company with the Speculator, for London, and Varted from her the same night ; called at Barbadoes, and sailed from thence on the 7th January, and left there the Kingsmill, WADE ; Lucy, WILSON, and Barton, Foari, loading for Liverpool. The George, Roinx - son, arrived in the Clyde on Monday from St: Rift's, had six weeks' passage, and saw no ships: FALMOUTH, MAttH 1 . Sailed his Majesty's ship l' lair on a crnize. Passed by for London , the Emeline, Captain WATER" max, from Mogadore.w—Wind PLYMOUTH, 14titiackt Catne in the Sally, Captain FoasrEa, from Michael, with fruit for Plytnouth and Brxliam ; the Gatcombes, Captain - Goonzunce, with fruit, from ditto—put in fararderF; the American ship-Einelinei Captain A. Mommcn, from Liverpool fed- New York, with salt and dry goods, 314 tons burthen ; she was taken by the Prince Jerome privateet, and retaken by the Indefatigable pciv,teer of this port. Arrived the hired armed cutter, EairSpeneet, of 14 guns, Lieutenant Bovnwam, from Sicily and Gibraltar, with dispatches —they sailed from Sicily the 13th January, and left the fleet of Cadiz the 12th of Fe bruary. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH S. Arrived his Majesty's ship Avenger, with the fol lowing transports under convoy, viz. the Ganges, MAIN, Susannah, DACRFS, Fanner, BTEWMIT, and the Acorn, BRASS ; also several other outward bound vessels, under convoy from the Downs ; Medusa friz gate, from off Havre ; and the Fly, Captain ASK.- NALL, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope, last from Plymouth.--Wind N. W. DEAL, MARCH . S. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Mary Ann; Captain WOODW ARD, from Seville.—Put back, the Venus, DUNN, bound to Rio Janeiro.—Arrived, the Minx gunbrig from, and sailed again on a cruize. YARMOUTH, MARCH 3. Sailed for Gottenburgh with mails and passengers; the Lord Nelson , Captain STEWART, and the King George, Captain SAUNDERS.—SaiIed on a cruize the Calipso. and Starling sloops of War Forward and Basilisk gun-brigs.--Arrived the Rosamond sloop of war, and Censor gun-brig.,—Ships of war in our Roads_. Majestic and Goliah, of 74 guns ' • Roebuck, Vestal, and Amiable frigates; Rosamond and Snake sloops.—Wind N. • FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVIATND MAIM!! s.--Passed by tile Edward and Cb3rles, .---, from Philadelphia - Delfach, Weokham, and the Haabet, Jenkins, from Plymouth..—Sailed the Sneee3s, Brown, for Dub lin ; G oodintent, Wheatly, for Malta; George, White, and Rover, Lees, for Mogadore. . 4 ti Y.~ t. t.,. - ? _ . - Mr. LRAM, MeMber fir Seafo:d, voted for Mr. WHITBREAD'S motion in favour of peace, and his name was omitted in the List of the Minority. Mr. JEKYLL'S name was omitted in the List of the Minority who voted for Mr. /WHITBREAD'S third - Re. solution for peace, and 111-. GRIFFINHOOF'S inserted, who divided with the Minority on the first Resolution, but not on the third. The Port Admiral, at Plymouth Dock, is in fa n:ire to be accommodated with a house at the expellee of Government. The inconvenience of this Officer livingln lodgings, which were frequently difficult to be procured, had been long erperienced. An American vessel arrived yesterday in ballast from a Spanish port, from which she was unable to bring any cargo, being prevented froth loading in consequence of the rigour with Which the embargo it enforced. The last accounts from Sicily state, that the Coun tess of WESTMORLAND had arrived there from Lisbon 4 but that her Ladyship's health had not then received any material change for the better. Cools, after having endeared himself to the Cale donians by the best of all acting, Acts of Benevolence, is oa his way froin Edinburgh, to Flay in The Man of the World, on Thursday nett, at Covent Garden Theatre. CORN MARKET, M I tRE LANE] tVIAPEN 4.—There ar= consideraVe supplies of Wheat tb-day, which 6ex. _reme heavy sale, and, excepting fine samples, sales are at less priceßarley and Malt likewise, and in large supply—Peas and beans, of the two descriptions, nearly at our last quotation - -Oat* sift in considerable supplies, and this tradefs also cheapo&:.Flour scarcely maintains last quotation. 1, i