Star. — London, England, 1810-04-13 00:00:00

11r. CALCRAFr &elated that this Hotionrable Czn d o pposite seemed to set .At defiance all th e w hich public men ought t o governed. . Pfr•lr ncles by what purpose wer e there five ' v erniers of th e B o ard ( ' of Ordnance ? For what purpose had they such large salaries ? Whei was Air. Crer e ? A most re,-peetable individual certainly, but only the Seem. try of t he B o ard, whose business it was ro see thei , . on or ders carried fully into execution. The balance s inst Mr. Hunt had never been known to the Board ill it was found in the Report on the table. Could t h e Honourable Gentleumit opposite say that it was? (gr. A. Cooper replied in the affirmative). That cu s o extraordinary that if he had not heard the Honourable Gentleman say so he would not have be lieved it. In equity, the Members of that Board ought to make go o d the loss which the public had sustain ed f rom their neglect. If the House passed this over, he, as a member of the community tvho wished the goase of Commons to be respected, should sincerely I, r vist it. He was astonib.:'24l to hear the Chancellor cfe e E l chequer endeavour to throw the blame f r om ' and assert that the Secretary was the most o:sura hie person. The Board were responsible, and the secretar y not censurable. Were he to select the m em ber of the Board to whose peculiar department the duty that had been neglected belonged, he would: thatsp it belonged chiefly to the Clerk 4i the 0rd.... aw Th e first resolution was then agreed to. On.. the . . se cond Re:dation being put from-the-.Chairi - M r : ASHLEY COOPER stated, that a-Gentle.: Iv a of the name of Ridge had been appointed Agent • ef A rt ifi c ers while the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. calculi) was in Office, and though large, sums of loo ney had passed through his hands, no securities ; i d b et a given by him. Mr. CALCRAFT conceived himself to be cased as in a coat of mail against any attack of the Honour able Gentleman. Ilhe, in the discharge of his public duty had not executed it in a complete, conscientious, xh i perfect manner, he should be obliged to the Ho- Doarable Gentleman to bring itforward. He did not recollect hearing of any charge against himself on this subject, to the present moment. If there was ary to be made, and the Honourable Gentleman thought he could bring it home to him, he hoped he roulal do so in the strongest, clearest, and most dis. tact manner. If, however, it should be shewn to be .a times mor. culpable than it could be aUedged to be, rail it would be no set-off against the present charge. Tbc present Board of Ordnance had infringed on the etpress Letter of their Instructions, in the case of the Treasurer; he could only be supposed to have extr c:setl his discretion in relation to an agent, as to whom haLl no instructions. _ _ Vt. GEORGE ADAMS thought the case cited *bilk Honourable Gentleman (Mt. Cooper) had no iieing on the present question. PERCEVAL agreed in this, but thought it oral for his Honourable Friend to allude to the Cie after the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Calcraft) 'al, in such pointed terms, stated how strictly he lid attended to the duties of the office when he held it It might have induced that Honourable Gentle =to leak with somewhat of a milder eye on the ferilags of others, when he - saw his owl. perfections tott- complete as he had supposed. Kr: POYSONBY said, whatever effect the appeal ci ;:z Right Hon. Gentleman might have on hi* fritud, it could have none on him. One ne ,i.ei.t cf duty forme' ly could not excuse another now. *: Caali iiowever, were not at all alike. The case AIN was one of agency in the appointment of the VL:ci.Gelicr al, and as to which no minute came Beard. Here, however, the Board could ignorant of the fact, having themselves called lir at to bring forward his securities. There immense difference between a Treasurer ihrve millions passing through his hands, ..%! - in :igent in an inferior department. If the charge •iiir,;! his I li , norriable Friend (Mr. Calcraft) how: ev,r, vr:e tr::e to the fullest extent, it would only .L.:un: to a diarge of recrimination against him, not !r a :ustitieati.in of the present Board. On the pre v:tca.-e the Hoirse was now bound to give its opi nil When any charge should be brought forward :A . ,1 the other case he should be ready to give a con -...pLOUS vote upon it. lime other four Resolutions were then put, and *I:V.I On the Gth Resolution, declaring that by the breach eiduty on the part of the Board in neglecting to re ?ire securities frurn Mr. Hunt, an actual loss of at emoo had been sustained by the country, for tiich the Board were responsible, and for which Ile- Z4t they were highly censurable, Mr.G.JOHNS PONE brought forward hit amend- `That it is the opinion of this House, the Master-General anti and of Ordnance Lave been guilty of an omission of duty in to take security from Joseph Hunt, Esq. Mesitber of and tste Treasurer of the Ordounce, in conformity '"`eiuuruai.und;:r which they act." After a few words, the original Resolution was ne- PlNed, and Mr. Johnstone's amendment agreed to t-.iotit 1 divis:en. Mr. CA.LCR AFT thanked the Chancellor of the •-xclleqter for the vote he had at length gjven, by ho admitted that the blame did not attach 7, t!ic Secretor-, as lie originally contended, but ? Boar,. fle now thought it his duty to defy '!.; I inn. Friend opposite to bring forward the charge !:I:itied to against him. He should not call him his remi r'.llly, but his thrice honoured Friend, if he (L) s.), and .tiord hint an oppi;itunity of meet- He tinor,ht it impossible, after the Il T,esoltt ,,, lot ad )pt ( d b y t h e House, t hat they should now ( 411 in declaring the conduct of the Board to be 'cen rible. If they did not do so, away at oncewith all -leas cf votes of censure proceeding tram that House, V:. G. JOHNSTONE certainly thought it* .his , 611 T to vote against this Resolution. The House ' a d already censured the conduct of the Board of Ord 'lre la this particular. T o p re ve n t the possibility 2 the retterrence of such an evil was now the pre rerable mode of procding. This, he thought, could "` " 11 7 done by B ill; but, he hoped it wauld pr v ide. that the securities should be in a greater proper° . t° the sums passing through the Treasurer'a amias u_ th !n they Itt_proent bore. i lls • %HITBKEAD thought it impossible for the 41 1 • atter the resolution they had come to, not to c up with censure. The Right Honourable : el lueulau (Mr. Perce va l) b a d at first endeavoured' ? 'stow the blame on Mr. Crewe, and had no objec '"'l to hit being Tam e d ; provided he could screen his headleis Board, ivhiCh he Could get do person to take off his hands. The blame, however, being now declared to b e l ong to t h e unfortunate Board, he pre sumed to think that a censure must follow. Sup- posing a Bill to be introduced in the terms proposed, ana that the Board did not chuse to inquire for one or two years whether the Treasurer had lodged his securities, but on finding that he had not, should then dismiss him, what security was this that he might not then retire, owing a balance equal to that due by Mr. Hunt ? If then this was the state of the matter, what security was there, if the Board was not liable to punishment ? He could not conceive that, even in a House like the present, (there being very few Mem bers in the House), they could come to a vote that that Board was not to be censured. Mr. PE RCEVAL could not deny that in point of strictness the heads of the Board were responsible.— The greatest degree of responsibility, however, he thought attached to the Secretary. He should not move to negative the Resolution, but should move the previous question. Mr. H. THORNTON thought the Resolution rather superfluous. It appeared to be doing over again what had been already done. As it was agreed that 'praise should not be too freely bestowed, the same 'rule, he thought, should extend to censure also. He suspected that much was owing to something amiss in the constitution of the Board. He could not, how ever, negative the motion, neither did he altogether approve of the previous question, but was anxious that the Resolution should be withdrawn. After Strangers were excluded, and before the di vision, we understand a very interesting conversation arose to the following effect : Mr. BABINGTON said, that he could not agree to the previous question.. He was satisfied there was blame, and he thought it sufficiently expressed in the preceding Resolution, therefore he might think the additional ;ensure now proposed superfluous, but the previous quesion was inconsistent with the censure al ready expfessed, and he could not vote what was in consistent with that.—(llear, Lear.) He wished the Resolution to be withdrawn, but if not he must sup port it. Mr. WILBERFORCE differed with his Hon. Friend, and conceived the previous question only meant that the House thought it had sufficiently censured the conduct of the Ordnance in the former Resolutions. He thought that conduct well deserving of censure, and therefore he had supported the Resolution to that effect. Having done so, lie was against going farther. Mr. BROUGHAM preferred the view taken of this question by his Honourable Friend on the floor (Mr. Babington) to that adopted by his Honourable Friend behind (Mr. Wilberforce), and for this reason —that by voting for the previous question the House in fact said, whereas the Board is censurable, there fore we will not censure them. Let Gentlemen re flect well before they told the country that the conse quence of a Public Board being almost unanimously found to have been guilty of great neglect of duty, was, that no notice whatever should be taken of it.— (Hear, hear.) This was, in a few words, the mean ing of the vote for the previous question. - Mr. G. WILSON could not agree with his Hon. Friend (Mr. Brougham). He thought he refined too much on the matter. All had agreed in voting a certain measure of censure, and he was not for voting any more. Mr. BAVICES denied that there was any necessity for those who voted for the former voting for the pre sent Resolution. He heartily approved of the former vote, because it inflicted a censure on the Board of Ordnance, which they appeared to him to have de served—(Near, hear.)—lt was highly necessary to express the opinion of the House on this point for the sake of the public service and of justice. But he thought the present motion superfluous. -The Reso lution last passed war a censure on the Board, and had been passed almost unanimously, at least without a division. He therefore was against this new and additi6nal censure, which was only adding one opi nion to another of the same sort. He was for the pre vious question on this ground, that a censure had al ready been passed by the House on the Board. Mr. TIERNEY was against the previous ques tion, for the reasons given by his Honourable Friends (Messrs. Babington and Brougham). It was saying to the country, there have been abuses, therefore we won't reprobate them. There had been neglect, therefore we won't censure it. Nay, we have found by our vote that the Board is blameable, therefore we refuse to blame it. glear, hear.) As for the censure already passed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had denied that the Berard was to blame, and had thrown all on the Secretary ; and the censure said to have passed did not touch the Secretary at all. Other Members threw all on the Board, and, he, for one Member, voted on this ground, and one on that, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had his own view and his owa vote. Jt was necessary to be more precise, and as all agreed (at least no one said the contrary, I and the Chancellor of the Exchequer did tot ven ture to divide) that the Board was highly censurable, it was more manly and consistent to say so in plain I terms. He therefore should support the motion of 1 his Honourable Friend. On the division which then took place, the num bers were—For the additional Resolution of Censure 18—For the previous question---54—Majority for the previous question 86. sta. ISATIIURIT'S INSTRUCTIONS. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that u a discussion was to come on after the recess, on the state of the nation with respect to foreign Powers; and as there was now left but one Power on the Conti nent with whom we had any comniuuication, there were some papers which he thought might be necessary to elucidate that discussion; and aF• they were, in his opinion, of such a nature that no objection could be made to their production, he did not think it necessary to take up the time of the House rther than, without any preface, to wove— ." That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, pray ing that he will be graciously pleased to order that there be laid before the House Copies of all Instructions given to Mr. Bathurst 1 and Mr. Stewart, or any other person appointed to communicate with the Court of Vienna, touching the late hostilities between Austria and France." The motion having been read front the Chair, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, be was sorry to differ from the Hon. Gentleman on the subject. He could by no means agree to any such motion; and it had always been the rule of the House to abstain front calling for instructions given to our own Ministers at foreign Courts, as it Would be opening a door to the discovery of secret intelligence, which could not fail to bring ma ny persons at these Courts into considerable dan ger, and would in its future csnsequenees be highly detrimental ,to the public service. He hoped, therefore, the Honourable Gentleman would not persist in his motion; if he did, he must certainly oppose it. • Mr. CANNING coincided in opinion with his Rigid Kr . ' • •trava kriend, and thlit ifistriletions to out; Ministers at foreign The accounts from Spain are of the usual ex Courts could n o t b e di v ul ge d w i t h out ma ki ng a discovery of transactions a ff ecting persons at sua fd s reign Courts hi the most r an t description .----The patriotic armies are said to be triouS and dangerous Manner. At the same time, he Conic' sa- still in motion in all directions. tisfy the Honourable Gentleman, that ank thing contained in such • instructions could by no means avail him in th ro wi ng th e sma ll est The f ollowing extract s f rom th e Portuguese Paper s light on the subject he had alluded to, Viz —the commencement relate to til.• operations of the British army ; some of hostilities between Austria and France. Mr. Bathurst did not 'arrive at Trieste till the beginning of March, and it was the 6th of slight skirmishes have taken place between the ad- April before he reached Vienna; so that hostilities had actually vanced corps, in which our troops were victorious : commenced before his &Meal. As to Mr. Stewart, he never bed any instructions whateier. He went to Vienna merely for the , purpose of being at hand in ease any thing should h a pp en t h at i t A s ki rm i s h tookplase at avillage called Barka d e P o r co , b etwee n might be advant ageous to Communicate; but not in any itatieet ! 200 French and 20 of the 95th Regiment: the enemy was re to be looked upon as an accredited agent front this country. He hoped therefore, the Honourable Gentleman would agree to • pulsed ,by this Small party, and liad six killed upon the spot; withdraw his motion.. they retired to St. Fences, at which place they have an advanced Mr. BROUGHAM said, that if his Honourable Friend would corps of 3000 Men, as an army of observation: withdraw his motion, which he would agree to lithe House con- Marten 28.—0 n the 19th instant, at nine o'clock at night, sented to it, he would on Tuesday neat move for papers that perhaps might answer th e s a me purpose, w i t h out b eing li a bl e to 600 French entered ihe village of Ba r k a d e P orco , w h e r e t h ey the same objections, viz. " for such correspondence between were received by fetir Companies of the 95th Regiment, and Ministers and Mr. Bathurst, as can be laid before the House completely defeated; two officers and 120 men killed and taken without detriment to the public service." prisoners. An . ocer and eight men of the 95th were kill e d.— Mr. WHITBREAD sa id , t h at the play was nbw over.—Aus. power was th ere now on t h e C on ti nent trig was sunk, a n d what Lord Wellington ' s heed - guar' ers are at Pink& General Crau but France f He could see no danger to any one by the productitell ford's division has advanced to G.il'egos ( Spain), and the whole of the paper moved for. Minister* had avowed that they were army, has received orders to be ready at a mtiment'S nonce..— not accessary to the war between Austria and France; and he were thought those papers mi g ht serve to s h ew whether the fact The French have 10,000 men at b.d.enanca; 7000 at F e lices ; so or not. However. as they were objected to, on the ground of 2000 at Puebla; 1509 at Bambia ; 500 at Sunadille; and about being detrimental to the public service, and hit Honourable Friend 3000 On the PiqUeto. thought his motion would answer the same purpose, he had no I.IBBON, MARCH 31. objection to withdraw his motion. The motion was accordingly wkhdrawn.—Adj ourne d. The Priniess Charlotte and Wasingbam packed arrived on the 25th, and the Princess of Wales on the 26t1*. Tier Princeid Charlotte sails to-morrow. Four skips of the line have eh() come in, and a number of transports, with about 10,000 troops. ieclud ing cavalry, artillery, and infantry. The Norge has arrived to day with General Cotton, to take the command of the Portu guese regiments. The Norge has sustained sonic damage by going on shore on entering the Tagus, and has about three feet wattr in her hold. Letters from Oporto say, that the French prisoners there are to be immediately lent round by sea to Lisbon. Some accounts from the North, state the force of :he French immediately upon our frontiers at 24,000 men, a force too weak to attempt any great scale of operations, bef ire receiving rein forcements. We are now fortifying some of the heights more immediately in this neighbourhood, but the confidence seems pretty general that our united force will make most formidable opposition to any attempt of the enemy. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 13. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIt. 3 per C. Cons. money, 6914—arc. 70. Reduced 68:-4 per Cent. 831 84-5 per Cent. Navy 99H. Exchequer Bills 9s. 15s. prem.—Bonds 19s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 2591 India Steck 187 1861 3 pe•r Cent. Red. Ann. 68H India Bonds 20s. 19s. pre. 3 per Cent. Cons. 69114 Eac. Bills, 9s. 14s. pr. 4 per Cent. 831 84i 84 Omnium 5 per Cent. Navy 99H Lottery Tickets p 24. Long Ann. 18 5-14 Consols fur Acc. 701 We have received letters and journals from Holland 1 to the 10th instant. From the latter we have given a Treaty just concluded between France and Holland, and a Decree of King Louts, giving sanction to the new cessions. By this Treaty the whole of Zealand, Dutch Brabant, &c. &c. are united to France ; Hol land agrees to maintain a navy of nine ships of the line, six frigates, and one hundred gun-boats, which is to be at the disposal of France—and an army of 12,000 Dutch, and 6000 French troops, which is to be employed in defending the rivers and coasts of that country against contraband adventurers from Eng l.•and. But the article of most consequence to foreign powers in this Treaty, is that which relates to Ame rim From this we have an authentic specimen of the manner in which BONAPARTE treats the United States. He places under sequestration not only the American merchandize which has reached the ceded provinces of Holland, but that too which has been imported into the rest of the United Provinces,since the beginning of 1809. All this is to be made over to him as a pledge for the submission of America—" in order," as the Treaty states, " to his disposing thereof according to the state of his relations" with that country. —Now, though this is, abstractedly considered, infi nitely villainous, yet is there a retributive kind of justice in it upon the American Government, at which we cannot refrain from smiling. It will he recollected that our trans-Atlantic brethren demanded of us that Holland should be considered as an independant State—as a non-belligerent, not subject to the laws of blockade, but with whom neutrals had an unre-t stricted right to trade. These are the fruits of their rational position : we give them joy. The Princess Charlotte packet, arrived at Falmouth from Lisbon, left the latter port on the 3d instant, and has brought dispatches to Government, announcing that a division of the enemy had made its appearance at St. Felices,.to the northward of Almeida, where it came in contact with the advanced post of the British Army, consisting of the 95th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-General I3EcKwtru, brother to the gal- Lint General of that name serving in the West Indies. The British, attacking the enemy with great vigour, drove them back with considerable loss. Irt the pur suit the enemy had two Officers killed, and a number of men killed and wounded ; in all, about 600. The loss in killed and wounded on the part of the British was comparatively inconsiderable. A Lieutenant was killed, and a few men killed and wounded. Theenemy ultimately fell back upon the main body of their army. Their object seemed to be, to ascertain the number and situation of the British forces in that quarter, pre vious to making a general attack. Private letters represent the French army as in a very sickly condition, and in want of sustenance, in con sequence of the country people on the frontiers having driven the cattle, buried the corn, and burnt the straw. The British head-quarters are stated to be at Guarda. The following were among the presentatibns at her MAJEsTY's Drawing-Room yesterday-. The Duke of PORTLAND, upon coming to lais title. The Earl of Ross, on his appointment as Postmaster General of Ireland. Vice-Admiral Sir J. T; Docawoar n, on his appointment to the Newfoundland command. Lord NAriaa on his being appointed High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Colonel OSBORNE, on his marriage, by his father, Sir George Osborne. Sir PATRICE Mos RAY, on his appointment to be Secretary to the Board of Controul. Lieutenant-Colonel N. Macstoo, cf the Royals, upon his ap pointment. Captain DURHAM, on his return from the Mediterranean. Major-General doe tcoattev, on his promotion. Lord Levesom Gowea, upon his marriage, by the Marquis of Stafford. Miss FANNY Douoses,by her mother, Lady Douglas. Mr. HOOD, on his coming of age, by his It; ht. r, Lord Hood. Lady COCILERCLL, upon her creation to tbe title. Major-General Mo NTGO r Ai, on kis promotion. Lady Lavesost Gowea, %yea her marriage, by the Mar chioness of Stafford. I • Sir Gaels Ouster, on belhg znpanted his Majesty's Ambas sador to the Court of Persia. Sir CMARLIS Cocera ass, on Laing created a Baronet. Lady F. ANNISLRY, by her mother, the Countess Mount* oorris. The Duke of PORTLAND, upon corning to his title. Miss Dotrosas, by her mother, Lady Douglas. , Mau CoxowaLL, by the Countess of Polvis. Mrs. GORDON, by the Lady in Waiting. Mr. lessor, by Earl Mountnorris. Mrs. Osseasts, upon her marriage, by Lady H. Osborne. The Rev. lout% Oast, by Colonel Desbrow. Mrs. LINDSEY, by the Countess of Hardwicke. Miss LSIVIS, by Lady Cornwall. The ‘ Duchess Of DLVONSUIRE, upon her marriage, by the Countess of Liverpool. Miss STEWART, by Lady Pulteney. Mr. Goa DON, by Colonel Desbrow. The Earl of Ross, on his appointment as Portmaster-General of Ireland. MISS CALVERT, by her mother, Mrs. T. Calvert: COll4 MAILZT, MARK -LANE, APRIL 13.—The supplies of Wheat this day 'are considerable, principally this week's foreign arrivals, of' about 20,000 quarters sales thereof again rather lower .Barley and Malt likewis e—New 'rick Beans 355. to 40s. per quarter—in other articles but little variation, as per currency, beneath. GENERAL CIIRRENC+ AS UNDER. Wheat, 745. 90s. 100 s. Beans, (old) 564.625. Fine ditto, 105 s. 108 s. Tick ditto (old) 485. 531. Rye 465. 525. Oats 21s. 24.5. 265. Barley, 30s. 461. Od. Poland ditto, 265. 325. Od. Malt 611 s. 761. Potatoe ditto, 365.0 d. White Peas (boilers) 60s. 68$. Rape Seed, 471. 521, Grey ditto 425. 48s. Fine Fleur Us. 904--Seconds 808. aSs. PENZANCE, APRIL 10. Arrived the REDFOLE sloop of war, with dispatches from . Lisbon. FALMOUTH, APRIL 10. Arrived the Princess Charlotte packet Captain Kean, from Lisbon, with a mail, in nine days; his Majesty's ships Houma', with a convey from the Downs; and LEvt may, from a criuze. TORBAY, APRIL It. Arrived and sailed the ELEANOR 11100 p 01 . war. PLYMOUTH, APRIL to. .. The Matilda East indiaman, (the arrival of which off this part I noticed In my letter of Monday,) on her passage from St. He lena, fell in with the wreck of an English gun-brig, but could not make out her name; and soon after fell in with the wreck of an English ship, and a number of logs of mahogany, supposed to have been wrecked on the Banks of Newfoundland. The brig Mary, of this port, laden with coals, foundered last week off Seilly—The crew were saved . The Swift sloop, GEORGE Master, from Cork, laden with provisions, went on shore last week, near the Land's End, with. out auy person en board her; nor is it known what became of the crew. Arrived the Hibernia, M‘Dowa tr. late Master,bound to Bel fast, from Jamaica (last from Penzance): she was taken the 24th ult. by the Grand Decide French privateer brig, of iis guns and 100 men, out 20 days from Bourdeauz, and this the first capture she had made during her cruize : the enemy put 20 Frenchmen on board to carry the Hibernia into a French port; and they con. tinued in posz•visioa of the vessel till the 29th, when they fell in with the Providence letter of marque,Captain ASKi..W, of Liver. pool, to which vessel the enemy struck, although the Providence only mounted 10 guns and 16 men ; whereas the Hibernia had 12 guns and 20 men. Passed by, from Portsmouth. the Helena sloop of war, Captain Wolyrn, bound for the Cork Station.—Sailed the Adrian hired cutter, for Rochefort.—Wind strong at East. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 12. Sailed his Majesty's ship HORATIO, with the outward bound East Indiamen.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Lustier from a cruize.—Went out of harbour his Majesty's Ships MASA and E6CORT. Wind Easterly. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVRSIND, Aram 12.—Arrived the Heyward, M‘lntods, from Martinique.—Sailed the Sinclair , Darby , for Jamaica; dui Jubilee, Lyon; and Eweretta, Beason, for Quebec ; and the Earl Hetrick, Halt; for Gottenburgh. We have received German papers to the 4th inst. but their contents are of little interest. It is reported on the Continent that a Commercial Trzaty has been concluded at Paris between the French and Dutch Plenipotentiaries, on the basis of the Imperial Decree of the 16th September, 1808 ; in consequence of which the exportation of colonial cemmodit;es from Holland to France has been permitted. By the Continental Journals we learn, that the once powerful kingdoms of Navarre and Biscay, in Spain, besides the district on the French side of the Ebro, bare been annexed to France by an Imperial Decree, and that French Governors were daily expected in these Provinces. •