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1 ivies had produced ; and should he continue at the fourth, expressive of the opinion of the Hanse on head of that immense power, which was constantly those facts. increasing, and which had hitherto been exerted but , Mr. HERBERT wished to km)* if the Noble to the annihilation of those who opposed it, he thought ' Lord was resolved to press the business forward on it probable we might have to contend against it for Monday. The evidence was extremely long, and he our very existence. With this impression on his hoped the House might have one more week to con mind, he thought it was necessa r y to foster, encou- sider it. r age, and even to seek out milker, talents, that we It was answered, that Gentlemen had had an might be enabled to meet it, and resist it with success. opportunity of hearing the evidence in the Commit- Ile concluded by moving,_ i tee. The Minutes too had been printed from time to That Sir Robert Nilson, and the troops under his command, time, as the business proceeded ; so that gentlemen by enter i ng Spain in September, 1808, in the moment of peril had been in possession of the evidence in sufficient a nd alarm, and by the resolution they displayed in the face of a time to enable them to make themselves masters of it. superior force tM the ensuing May, when Sir Robert Wilson fefi TREASURER OF POST-OFFICE IN IRELAND. back to join the army of Lord Wellington, under whom he served Sir JOHN N E WPORT brought forward a Mo a Bri g adier-General, had rendered services to the common cause -3a which merited the thanks of that House,which the Speaker tion, founded on the Ninth Report of the Commis. s hould be directed to communicate to that officer." sionors for Inquiry into Offices in Ireland, as to the The CHANCELLOR of the .XCHEQU,ER superannuation of the late Treasurer of the Post Of was certain no dispositions existed to undervalue the fice in Ireland on his full salary, after having held se rvices of Sir R. Wilson. As far as they went, they the office for eight years, during no part of which time well deserved every encomium the Hon. Gentleman had he discharged any of the duties of it. This the had bestowed on them. It was, however, so unlike Report stated to be a violation of the rule laid down what they had ever done before, to vote thanks where by the Irish House of Commons, limiting the services no signal instaxe of victory called for them; that of persons superannuated with their full salaries to valuable and important as his services were, he could those who had served twenty-five years ; and the not accede to the motion. He hoped the Hon. Gen- Honourable Baronet concluded by moving-- tleman would withdrass; it, and not compel him (aisle i " That the late Treasurer of the Post Office in Ireland had no otherwise must) to oppose it, and the House to re- fair claim to such superannuation; that the allowing him to re tire o n n his full salary was a departure fro m t h e salutary rules laid fuse their Thanks , as he a pp rehended in that case do by Parliament, and a dereliction of the principles of they would. The Hon. Gentleman must have been economy •.-o which they were pledged. par t'y w are it coulli not be acceded to, as he 'had . Mr. W. POLE argued that this of fi ce had been tt sta ted there were no precedents fur such a motion.— sinecure, and was abolished, as was usu a l i n suc h H e must also be aware that there w e re ma n y gallant cases, with the full salary, an efficient office being affairs the coutse of t h a t campaign which had not substituted in its stead. This, therefore, was not in receive(i their Thanks; that even the battle of the the nature of a superannuation. He concluded bay Douro, brilliant as was that action, had noibeen deem- moving the previous question. ed of sufficient importance to call for thatlonour, an t The Motion of Sir Joint NEWPORT was supported honpur which, he was of opinion, ought not to be by Mr. WHITBREAD, Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, Mr. conferred but on some signal occasion. GRATTAN, MI". PETER MOORE, Mr. GILES, Mr. M. Mr. CANNING thought the grounds stated by FITZCERALD ' Mr. BARHAM, Ecc. and the previous his Right Hon. Friend, and the general conduct of quest i on by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. the House, precluded the possibility of carrying the ROBERT DUNDAS. the SOLICITOR GENERAL, &C. . motion, at least in such a manner as would be grati. On a division, the motion was negatived, the num • fying to that meritorious Officer. Valuable as his ben being—for the previous question 52—for the ori services were, they were not such as to call for the ginal motion 31—majority against tae motion 21. Thanks of that House. They must all remember LOCAL MILITIA. many such applications having been made, and the 'Mr. Secretary RYDER moved for leave to bring motions being subsequently' withdrawn. That he in a Bill to amend the Local Militia Act. thought would be done in the present instance, if the Mr. WHITBREAD disapproved of the . unneees• feelings of Sir Robert Wilson were properly consulted. sary multiplication of oaths. He also suggested the The battle of the Douro had not been thought intitlod propriety of reducing the pay of Field Officers, to to such an honour. The cava l r y belonging to the what it had formerly been under the old Militia, army enraged at Corunna, and General Paget, who namely, to the pay of a Captain. bore a si:dlcient mark of having deserved well of his Mr. GILES complained of the burden thrown on com,try, had not been included in, the thanks given some counties where there was no eolunteering into by that liel:se ; he, therefore, was of opinion, they the Local Militia, by an excessive recruiting into the cold riLa with propriety give them to Sir Robert Ordinary Militia, in consequence of their wives be- Wilson. The Honourable Gentleman seemed, with- coming chargeable on the county. out cruse, to think his services spoken lightly of ; and, Leave vas given to bring in the Bill, which was in a former debate, some remarks had been made on brought up, read a first, and ordered to be read a Lord Wellington having spoketrof him as being "an second time to-morrow. able partizan ;" in so expressing hiinselfishe conceived PRIVATELY STEALING. that Noble Lord had no intentions otherlhais 144 Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY moved the second of so cleziacterising that service in which Sir - Rd:Pert reading of the Bill for preventing Privately Stealing Wilson hod so eminently distinguished himself, and in Shops. ' which, if it did not entitle him to the thanks of that After a feW Wordi' from the SOLICITOR-GE- House, had gained him the esteem of every man in it. NERAL, reserving to himself still to discuss the prin. Central TARLETON would bear testirtiony to ' ciple 'tithe BiJI, ik *as read a second time, aod corn the merits of Sir Robert Wilson, but had reasons for nutted for this day se'anight. As were also the Bills being of opinion it would be best to withdraw the for better preventing Stealing in Dwelling-houses, motion. With respect to what had been said of the and On Canals and Navigable Rivers. app:ication of the word " partizan" to Sir Robert The Committee on the Embezzlement Bill was Wilson, he would observe, a " partizan"- was a Ge- postponed till to-morrow. send in miniature. He was his own cotnmissariat, &FLUIDICS OF 'rue CROWN. his own quarter-master, adjutant, &c. and had to Mr. H. MARTIN gave notice that he should to procure his own intelligence. It was the best field morrow move for a Return similar to that which had for Officers to display their talents in, and for forming been made in the year 1750, for the Number of offi a General. He thought the motion would be well ces, and the Amount of the Emoluments of each, in withdrawn ; and the state of Europe was such that t.the patronage of the CrOirri. This he should move it could not fail of affording Sir Robert Wilson ample for; with the view of ascertaining whether the Influ opPortunittes of distinguishing himself, so that the ence of the Crown had or had not increased since the thanks of Parliarnentwould be awarded to him without motion of Mr. Dunning. 'The Return would not hesitation. cost so much labour as it must have required in the • Lord CASTLEREAGH acknowledged, in the year 1780. There it was to go back to the year 1705. Most flattering manner, the services 6f the . Gallant His motion should only be for the Offices creeated Officer, but he was of opinion, that it was * .matter . 'Mee the year 1780. If it should be deemed incon of great delicacy and difficulty, and therefore that the lenient, however, to make the motion to-morrow, he House should be cautious how it indulged its feeling should renew it for some other day. of applause and approbation. The fact was; the ser- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER vice oas not performed in the British, btrt in the Pot- said, he should have no objection to it, for his part. tuguese army ; certainly great praise was due f or his HOME STAFF. ereri:,ns in forming a corps there which performed Colonel WARDLE asked,if the Noble Lord (Palmerston) was Many gallant achievements ; still the liroule should resolved to move the Home Staff to-morrow ? He did not %lo be careful to place a limit to it s rewards, and ere a derstand that the papers on this subject were yet printed. Lord PALMERSTON hoped they would be ready to-mor . dignity to those already conferred, by bestowing them sow morning. They were extremely short, and might be soon as the reward of greater services. He was sure Sir perused. Robert Wilson himself would be the last person to The SPEAKER said, a printed copy of these papers bad just dr aw any personal satisfaction from the sacrifice the been put into his hand.—Adjourned. Louse should make were this measure pursued., He said the united feeling of this Home was the warmest aProbation of t h ega ll antry o f t h e Hononrable Officer, and concluded by hoping, the Honourable Member would withdraw his motion. Sir JA MES HALL said, to his mind the circum stance touched on by the Noble Lord as an idcllattal, .reason for n ot concurring in the t Motion, *A. :mg from Si r R o b ert 'Kitson's not being actually in the 'Tice of this country at the time, operated the other way. It might be an a for a dep arture from t he usual forms of th e Pa H: gY use. Such a proceeding aught hare the effec t of rousing the spirits of men •Com whom much might be expected. If the. Hon. , ;;I: n ve , r chose to p ers e ver e, he should, at letst ' n°l a singl e . Colonel HUTCHINSON felt gratified at the tie nations nn.de on all hands, as to the merits of his dart friend. As, therefore, he could not get the : s us: , to go wit h hi m all the length • he wished, he ..nte nt to tak e w ha t h e could get; and should, let3o. m • •• ug,ree to w i thdraw a motion. Withdrawn. TaeT SCHF.LI)T INQUIRY. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER li.zgested that it Ir might be convenient the Noble .ord (Porchester would give the. House Some pre 'm ' , us i nt i m • n k . on 0 the view in which . he purpOsed gup the oinestion arising at* of the Inquiry. — le did rat observe the Noble Loid present to-night, ped some of hi s friends wcioishiev4 the good elu to -- . ntion t his to him, thatthe might to-morrow Your th e iestio he House with some idea of . 1 -14.= nature of the h yr _ was to submit for their; ccirtsiderition. i n i t " i,... ae,swered that the Noble Lord proposed )iicy ~tietlii:utr different Resolutions—one on the spedition—another on the propriety :he Retentio n ' of Wakheren ; a third Declaratory tilt facts as they appeared in evidence ; and the THE INQUIRY. Nos. 18, 19, and 20, of the Minutes of the Evidence before the House of Commons, upon the inquiry into the Expedition to the Scheldt, have been printed. It is impossible to give, at present, more than a mere sketch of their contents. No. 18, which closes the evidence, contains the testimony of DANIEL WOODRIPT, Esq. Captain in his Majesty's Navy. Lieutenant General the Earl of Ressty N. Lieutenant General Sir JOHN HOPE. • Lieutenant General BROWNIIGG. Rear Admiral Sir itICHARD KEATS. E. W. C. R. OWEN, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's ship the Clyde Lord Viscount CASTLLIZAGH. 'Lieutenant Colonel °merits , . Lieutenant Colonel PILKINOTON. JOHN WEBE, Esq. Inspector of Hospitals. WILLIAM LIDDERDAEE, Esq. Captain Sir HOME POPHAM. The Earl of ROSSLYN stated, that he would prefer going up the river, to marching across SOuth Beve land.—Great inconvenience, he said, was felt in that Island from want of specie, the issue to the army being in notcs•not negotiable. Sir JouN Horse conceived, that marching across South Beveland would be attended with great delay, labour and loss. Lieutenant-General BROWNRIGG'S evidence related principally to the plan of attack upon Walcheren.— He thought that .the army might have been before Antwerp, with all the necessary: means of bombard ment, on the Bth of August. Admiral KEATS thought it would have been atten ded with loss, to have proceeded to Antwerp, with out having reduced Lille and Liefkenshoek. Lieutenant-Colonel Ogrzszy declated ) that there C clar. 110 1 1 •0 ' ; rho tak TIC • bw t es Lty ill( 1 :alib i 'Poi *I Of Ililihiml ' was su ffi cient stock of blankets for tite sick in the hospitals. WILLIAM LIDDERDALE, Esq. who had charge of the sick at Flushing, said, that there was a deficienc7, of bedding. Numbers nineteen and twenty contain principally copies of the letters of Officers since the evidence was closed, to queries, put to them by Sir RICHARD STRACHAK. Among these, Captain CARTERET states, that part of the flotilla passed Rammakins on the night of the 2d of August, and that, on the 4th, .50 gun-boats might have fired upon the works and town of Flushing, had they been required to do so, and the weather proved favourable. The bombs were in a situation, on the sth, to throw their shells into that fortress ; yet nut a shell cr shot was fired at it during that or the immediately foll Owing days, being interdicted by Captain COCKBURN, acting as he was informed, under the orders of Lord CuATitAer. Cap tain DAviEs knew, from his own ob s ervation, that the beach on South Beveland, about three miles from Vere, was sufficiently hard for the landing of ialailtry and cavalry. Captain JONES thought, that 20,000 infantry, and 4000 cavalry, might have been landed there in two days, and that he was provided with means to do it. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 23. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Cons. for money, 681-t—ace. 681 f 5 per Cent. Navy 9SI —Exch. Bills Ss. to 105. pre.—Bonds 12s. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. s:tut I Podia Bonds I es. pre. 3 per Cent. Cons. 68,4 S. S. Stock 731 4 per Cent. shat Exc. Bills, ss. los. 41. 7s. pr. 5 per Cent. Navy 9b Ditto, (304 l6s. les. pr. Long Ann. shut Lottery Tickets £24. 6s. Imp. 3 per Cent. 6711 Consols for Acc. 641 We have received America'• Papers to the 20th ult. Mr. MAcoN's Bill, respecting the future iane of policy to be adopted by America towards Great Bri tain, has passed the House of Representatives by a majority of 21 votes. Notwithstanding the passing of this Bill, however, which is rather of a hostile tendency, the States of New York and Massachusets have voted Resolutions of .a most pacific tendency, and the public teeling throughout America, seems to be strong against any rupture with this country. Some of the Newspapers have announced the , ar rival of a Gentleman from Paris, who states that NAPOLEON has issued a decree, rewinding the judg ment passed on the late King, Lows XVI. and MA lUA ANTOIN ETTE, his . consort, and declaring all those that abetted and aided his condemnation as infamous— that they were martyrs, and suffered innocently. " That the real King of Naples and Sicily be re instated in his rank. That the real King of Spain (whether father or son the Gentleman knows not) be also reinstated in his rank." It is added, " that NAPOLEON has desired different Architects to send him models for an obelisk, to be raised on the Place de Louis XV. where Louis XVI. was guillotined, to the memory of that unfortunate Monarch, and that he intends to have a general Fast observed on the Anniversary of his Death, and High Mass to be said ! ! !" These reports, singular as they may be, are fully as probable as the statement so greedily swallowed a few days ago, that Duaoc, NA rOLEON I S Marshal of the Palace, had arrived in a fishing smack on a di plomatic mission to London, with propositions of peace in one pocket and a clean shirt in the other. If such decrees have appeared, it must have been since last Friday (the 16th) ; for we have received Paris papers to that date and Dutch to the 18th; in none of which do we find even an allusion to any thing of the kind stated. From Constantinople it is stated, that the Russian Army is again in motion against the Turkish territo ries ; in consequence of which, the PORTE has deter mined to raise immediately an additional force of 100,000 men. We have given ample Extracts from these Papers in the following pzge. We have this day received German Papers to the Ilth instant. Our Extracts must be brief. Different letters from Vienna state, that a close alliance, offen sive and defensive, will soon be concluded between Austria and France, in which the fate of Turkey is to be decided. The French and Austrian diplomatic Agents, at Constantinople, are said to have received fresh propositions, to be made to the GRAND SEMI-. NIOR. It these are rejected, he may expect a war with France and Austria at the same time. These proposals are reported to be highly inimical to Great Britain, and to lead to the entire exclusion of her trade from all parts of Turkey and the Levant. xt Negociations are also said to be on foot between France and Prussia, for the cessation of Silesia to Austria, for another territory of equal value. Prus sia is also said to have been called upon to furnish, in case France shall be engaged in a war with, any Northern Power, a contingent of 20,000 men. As this stipulation seems evidently to be directed against Russia, the Cabinet of Berlin, for a variety of reasons, has hitherto refused to agree to it. CONSTANTINOPE, JAN.IO. The PORTE has ordered the Pacha of Jamina, to cause ships to cruize against those of the lonian Islands, occupied by the English, with the exception of Corfu, and not to admit in the ports of his district, any ships belonging to the said Islands, in which the English have restored the Republic of the Seven Islands, as it is stiled. ; :IL MA Pitt • PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2!. The Aso ocia, Mind t;. Serapis store ship went out of har boar this afternoon, to Cawsand Bay ; and l'Assroaca (Hesse went out of harbour to the Sund4 Arrived the Fancy hitt(' cutter from Roche'ort. Sailed the *Ant:MARDI, of 74 guns, 'cr the Downs ; Corirctcr gun brig on a cruise; THUNDER mod ETNA bombs for Cadiz ; Acr . cox shop on a cruise; PoirriA East Indianan ; EARL SPINCER and SPRIGHTLY EMITS with a convoy of SO sail, for the Downs; and the Do rit:4 E sloop cif w.:r tor the %Vest Indic,. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH Si. • Arrived the HU3SAR frigate, (with bit laiaLs SAUMAR El on board) from Guernsey; the VANGUARD man of war, from Ply mouth; and the COQUETTE sloop of war, from a cruize.—Sailei the Noaci man of war, for Lisbon ; and the HOPE shop of war, on a crtizc.—The TYRIAN sloop of war takes convoy for the Downs in lien of the HOPE; and the Psitslail sloop of war takes convoy •Or the West Indies in lieu of• eke GRASSHOPPRR. NV kid .5.W. DEAL, MARCH 22. Came down from the River the Prehton East-Indianian, and sailed with a large fleet of outward-bound, tinder convoy of the CRANE sloop of war, for Portsmouth. Several ships have passel through the Downs to-Jay:—Wind N. E. • YARMOUTH, MARC!-. 22. =MEIN= The ships mentioned yesterday, in the Offing, were the ORIO and SATURN, of 74 guns, to join the grand North Sea Ficet, which is to rendezvous in these Roads, previous to tistir up the Baltic. This morning arrived the CA utorz sloop, and has brow ht in with her the following ships, via.—Huffnell, C. Janson, Jorgen, LUND Mitten, and the Ellenor, HANSP!CRS, all from Bergen, and laden with Lb and oil. Sailed the CH AN TICLR ER to the Downs, with convoy.—Ships in the Roads w!:n the above, Edgar, 74 ; Roehcsk, Oriel, Sheldrake, Badger, Bravdagerin, Brtiizer, Redbreast, and Britomart gun-brags; Cheerful and British Fair cutters.—Wind N.W. TORBAY, MARCH 20. Yesterday his Majesty's sloop ALERT, convoy for Newfonn3- land. made her appearance off 'reignmouth, and after Bring se veral guns to announce her approach, and making the necess..try signals to the merchant ships to put themselves under her pro tection, she last evening run down off Dartmouth to give the tv!- cessary notice there. This afternoon she returned to Torbay to collect all the stragglers, and is now underway with theni, having a fine breeze from the E.N.E. and delightful weather. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVISEND, MARCR 2e.—No arrivals.—Sailed the British IJnion, Robson. for St. John's; the Victory, Sterling, for Dublin the Britannia, Mitchel!, for Trinidad; the Jubilee, Deanna, for Surinam; sad the Bird, Pringle, for Quebec. F.LIAB HARVEY, Esq. r.ho was broke for disrespect to Admiral Lord GAMIER, was restored to his rank of Rear-Admiral of the White on Wednesday last. Admiral Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ arrived le town. yesterday, preparatory to Mc resuming his comtnand of the British fleet in the Britic. Letters from the Mediterranean state, that a British squadron, under the command of Sir SAMUEL HooD, has passed the Dardanelles, in order to act against Russia in the Black Sea. A Cartel from Morlaix arrived at Plymouth oir Tuesday, having six English Ladies passengers, who came home with leave of the French Government from Valenciennes and Chantilly. They left our un fortunate countrymen as well as their situations would allow them to be. These Ladies have been absent seven years. The five cartels which sailed from Ply mouth last Saturday, bad not arrived when the cartel left Morlaix. Yesterday was the day appointed for the completion of the plan of the CHANCELLOR of the EMI/QUER for s.the funding of £BOO,OOO of Exchequer Bills. Tne "ascription was filled as it were instantly, and many persons, who were not present at its opening, were shut out. Among this number were many of the very first-rate men of money, andaome who had sold stock for the purpose of purchasing Exchequer Bills for the occasion, who will lose in the transfer of property, in some instances, not less than five per cent. Yesterday a meeting took place of the Bank Dire& tors, which did not last more than ten minutes. it was determined that the dividend should be the &mai - as the last. We understand that licences were yesterday refusel by the Board of Trade for the importation of com modities of any description from France. Thirty-two ships'are now, however, in progress of lading for France, with tin, train oil, logwood, indigo; and a great variety of other articles used in dying. In con sequence of this unexpected source of demandl mer chandise of this kind has risen in our markets. The following is in circulation as the substance of the Resolutions on the subject of the Scheldt Enquiry 'to be moved by Lord PORCHESTER ors. Monday. The first Resolution condemns the policy of the Expedi tion. The second is levelled against the appoint ment of Lord CHATHAM, and the last Resolution de precatesthe continuance of our troops on the Island after, the grand object of the Expedition had failed. Yesterday se'nnight about half after one o'clock in the Morning, the turpentine manufactory of Messrs. BARRETT and KEAYS, in St. Barry's, Cork, was disco vered to be on fire ; all attempts to extinguish it proved fruitless,from the nature o f the combusti kilimateri als cm the premises. The fire raged with great fury for'nearly three hours, when the whole of the concern was con sunned. It originated in the still : house. No lives were lost, and no injury has been sustained by any other person, the - fire being confined within the walls of the manufactory. Tewkesbury fair, on Monday week, exhibited a show of fat coifs unusually fine, they were not much in demand, but such as were sold brought great prices. At Ross Fair, on Thursday se'nnight, there was the largest shew of cattle ever seen at this season. The sale was dull. The horse an I sheep markets were not numerously supplied : and the demand for them was brisk, and goad prices were given. Best cheese sold from 765. to 84s. and second from 645. to 70$. per cwr. CORN EXCRANOR, MARK -LANK, MARCR Y3—TO-day ACM is a middling supply of Wheat, coastwise, and from the late fo reign arrivals of about 30,000 quarters, and several cargoes of Flour ' causes heavy sale ; and second, with inferior, are cheaper —Barley and Malt incline downwards—in Peas and Beans, of the two kinds, little fluctuation—New Ticks 34a. to 40s. par quarter—Oats are in tolerable supply, nearly at last 'prices-110er heavy sale, at the present. q uotation. as HIERAL CURRRNCY AS UNDRIL . Wheat, 80s. 965. 1065. Beans, (old) 568; ets. nue ditto, 1105. 119. Tick ditto (old) 49. 5.28. Rye. 48s. 545. Oats 99. 255. SOL "Rarity, 335. 475. Od. Poland ditto, 99. 39. VI. Malt 706.79. . Potatoe ditto, ses. Od. Zlie Pose (bonen), 6 84 . 78s. Rape Said, 451. 501. ' ditit 071. 595. Tine Flour Us. M.—Seconds 905.119. 1