Star. — London, England, 1808-05-21 00:00:00

KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL. TIIE INTENDANT GF.NkRAL OF TIIE POLICE OF TIM KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL, Conformably to the Decree f ku Excellency the Dale D'A_BRANTILS G.-•,•ral in Chief of the Army of Portugal, dad the Sth of 1808, orders di followe (A BST R ACT). Before the 20th of the present month, the proper Officers shall deliver in a correct list of all the individuals of their respective districts who disappeared at the same time with tile Ancient Court, and those who have since fled. All those who have since that time departed without passport or regular permission, shall be considered, unless satisfactory proof be adduced to the contrary, as having deserted to the enemy's squadron, and shall consequently be inscribed on the list of conspirators. After the 20th of the present month, the time peremptorily fixed for the returns, orders will be given for the sequestration of the property of such persons. All proprietors of houses, in which those persons resided who have fied, shall give information of the same, with the date of their flight, to the Corregidor, &c. The same obligation is im posed an those who inhabit the iIOUSSI, or have the care of the property of the persons who have fled, upon pain of being consi dered as having intentionally secreted the property destined to be sequestnted. All communication being forbidden between Portugal and the vessels belonging to the English squadron, all persons are enjoined, by whatever means he may obtain from the said squadron, any papers, letters, pretended proclamations. or other communications, to deliver them Immediately tr the Intendant General of the Po lice.' under pain of being considered an Agent of the English, and arrested as such. The same disposition is applicable to all individuals who shall hawk to the Exchange, or other public places, pretended news derived from the said squadron, unless they specify the source from whence they derived it, or the persons from whom they ob tained It. There is opened at the Hotel of the Intendant General of the Police, Place ae Rod°, an office for receiving information against those who may attempt to escape to the enemy, against the pro prietors of boars who shall convey them, against spies and their abettors, and for the payment of rewards to such persons whose information in these respects should prove correct. Thepresen :Ordinance so be duly published, Sce. (Signed) P. LAGARDE, Intendant General of the Police of the Kingdom of Portugal. Lisbon, April 7, 1808• P.IRLI4,IIEi\IIIRr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY Mr. MEI.LItiH and scin ral other Members of the House of Co re read a fi rst time ; h as were Ilse c o me private Wills, brought up by Mr. G. Vansittart, Mr. Graham, Sir Martin Foulhos, and other Members. Stveral Lies on t:le table v‘iTC r:.%r:Var4Col ID their respective 6 ages. APPEALS. In the Roxburgh Appeal, " Kerr buses and Kerr." Mr. Clerk was finally heard in reply.—To consider further of the case to-morrow ; and with respect to bearing Counsel on the ether parts rf it en Monday. • The House proceeded to give judgment in the Appeal, " The Furl of Wem)ss y. Macqueen." 'I his case is of great importance tb the Clergy of Scotland, as it itivolves a question, Whether the stipend of c Minister, having been once augmented since the year 1707, can legally rcerive a secord augmentation? The Court of Session had decided in the affirmative. The of LAUDERDALE, in a very lorg and able speech, roittended, that the Court of Session had no power to grant a s,:ciind augmentation, and moved to reverse the interlocutor of tha , The 1. 4 /liD CHANCELLOR, at considerable length, con tended, that the usage upon this point, in favour of a second aug mentation, ought not to be disturbed, and was of opinion that the interlocutor ought robe affirmed, with some alteration. After a few observations in reply from the Purl of LAUDER DALE, the Motion was negatived, and the interlocutor of the Court of S:ssion affirmed, with the alterations proposed by 'the Lord Chancellor. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. The L':natics Bill went through a Committe?, and the Report %Vl9 ordered to be received trim, and the BiU to be recommitted en Thursday next. The Peon an! Now Forest Bill was read a second time, and _ _ . cc*;—.itted for Monday. he Duchess of Bruns - ,sick's BiU was read a second time, and ectr.•:dtted for Monday. The Commissioners Military inquiry Continuance Bill was read a second time, and committed for Monday. The Stamp Duty Bill was read a second time, and committed for Monday. A 'Message from the Lords amine:lced that they had passed a rill for Discharging Debtors imprisoned for small Debts iu cer tain cases, to which they desired the ascent of the Commons. The Tanners' Bill was read a third time and passed, after a abort conversation bet wcen Messrs Jones, Mellish,Davi,3 Giddy, and I lawkins Browne, in which Mr. Jones opposed, and the other, Gentlemen approved of the Pill. Fir SAMljiii, ROMILLY brought in a Bill for providing com yensation for such pt rsons as had suffered long confinement for suypesed offences.---1 he Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a sco•ond time on Friday next. Mr. 1-iIISKISziON brought in a Pill for Improving the Land ' Revenues of the Crown.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next, and the Bill ordered to be printed. Mr. HTISKISSON presented a Copy of the Opinion of the King's Prows, and the Judge Advocate, on the case of the ship l'Etruseo.—Ordered to be printed. ARMY ( - LOATHING. Mr. WARDELI. moved for a series of letters from the Secre tary of the Treasury to the Secretary of War, dated the ieth of December Ir:e7, and also the copy of a letter from-the Comman d-r-in-Chia to the Secretary it War, respecting the hest niode of supplyirg the Army with greAt coats for the year 1308. Ordered. et:lLn STEALING HILL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL wished to make one or two nbservations en the wording of this Lill, as it now stood. 'the taking a child's clothes was certainly an indictable offence, but the taking the child itself , it w..s well understood, was not so now certainly the object of the present Bill was to make it such ; het from a certain il.sleCtra:y in the worlii g, as it now stood, that object might in mar.y rases he defeated. For in.,tatic:: tic words " sek,, with nectarines. , intent," might coffins. the operation of the Bill, and prevent it from applying to the case of the child stealer, who tuck the child to beg with, or for any other purpose of gain or lucre. Ile cited cases which had come within his knowledge, in which the law evaded by the construction of the word m ai. ceovr. He should propose, therefore, to insert in the lfill, after the words he had already cited, the words—orfir any ath.r polose V . lucre n. Mr. W. WYNNE was willirg to bow to the legal experience of his Learned Friend, bat could not understand a cast in which the stealth of the child would not be malicious. Alm a few words from Alderman Comb.:, Mr. Lushlngton as,l Mr. Sitneor, the amendment w -s e g reed to, and t h e Bi ll re ad a third time, passed, and ordered to the 'Lords. S.R. PAIZIpt'S CLAIS. The house then resolved i:self into a Committee of 'he whole ("TIM' to Cfenitien Mr. Palmer's claitn, when Mr. LETHBRIDGE moved for leave to bring in a Bill founded on the Resolutions el a former commit tee, grtnting him in future Si per cent, on the iltt proved revenue of the Post Office, agreeably to his contract with Government in the year I 759, Mr. EANKES repeated his fireriter objections, and asked teem what fund this per tentage was to be paid? Mr. LY.TI-I)3RIDGE repligd from the revenue of the Post Office. Mr. BANKES said that revenue wLint into the Con s,. licinte,d Fend, that another Act of Parliament woul,l be necessary, and quoted as 'an instance the pension a .u t efl eirs of Lord Lake. Ile then moved Oat the word.' future" shoUld be left cut. • . Mr. MARRYAT objected to the t generally- now in Ills Majesty's confidence, which he vcontenstatda of The question being then loudly canon:, the gaiter: was unjust and untrue , from a cosn ytar was cleared, when the Committee di vided. For tle existin g circumstances, with relation to the time when, atie e original motion 63—against 3 L —Majority 12. 'l'llt the expeditions originat ed, and'whem they were de motion, without any amendment, was then . put an/ fated. To establish these points , he entered into a carried, and Mr. Fuller (the Chairman) was orcterel most luminous account of the treaties between . Ile to hraig in the Bill. • Confederate Powers, and by giving an histcnical &- After a short conversation between Mr. PON tail of events since the period when Mr. Pitt's A whole i- SONBY,, Mr PE RCEVAL , and Mr. TIERNEY, nistraticm ceased to the present time, during the the farther consideration of the Report of the Sugar Cotnmittee was deferred till Monday. of which he was repeatedly cheered by dent House ; from the whole of which detail, he coul but de. DA RDAISELL vs. precate the rupture with the Sublime Porte, which he. Mr. TAYLOR rose to make his promised motion condemned as impolitic and unwise. He admitted relative to the Dardanelles Expedition. In the be- the propriety of preset-wing amity with Ru it ssia, but he ginning of the Session, he had m oved for p a p ers on did not consider, and ihe result justified , that by, this subject, Which papers, when the House read, he breaking with the Ottomans we could preserve the re was sure would incline them to condemn the Expedi- , letions of amity with the Court ef St. Petersburgh ; for tion. The entire system of the war he utterly discre- the attack on Constantinople only skewall ed to our a narown row dited, as contrary to the dictate s of j ustice and g e- and g rasping selfish policy, directed neral policy. We ought to view the situation in interest, and wholly neglecting the interest of Russia, which the Ottoman Porte stood with respect to Rus- as our ally. From these facts, he contended, that the sia ; a Treaty had been concluded betneen them in i Right Honoureble Gentleman was rather unfor the veal 1795, the object of which was offensive to I tunate in the attempt, therefore, which he made to France; a Convention was also formed in 1800, I justify the conduct of the late Adrninistratien, or of which Cenyentien was infringed by the Porte, owing I vindicating their policy eithe't with respect to their to the deposition of sonic Hospodars ; it was cer- demeanour towards the Sublime Porte, or the manner minty no business of ours to interfere in such dispute, I they cenducted their hazardous attempt of and thus commence a war unjust in its principle, and warfare against them. He condemned with anima . unsuccessful in its prosecution. [He here read some i tion, and the most singular irony, the treatment papers, from which he stated Mr. Arbuthnot's opinion I which was practised towards that Power, who, tut to be similar to his own.] The Right Honourable j being our friend, was to be quarrelled with ; m ho, for Geatleman proceeded to read several letters purpor-ibeing our Ally, was to be bombarded ; and n ho, fur theto be, as far as we could collect, from Officers in I making or so aing to keep peace with all the world, the army in Egypt ; and he also adverted to many ! was to be annihilated. After placing this in a most of the papers before the House, and found fault with !ludicrous point of view, he proceededsto support his the way in which the orders for the execution of this ; a legatious to tins effect from the Paper on the table, enterprise had been arranged. By passing the Dar- ! which bore him out to the fullest extent : be ridiculed dandles, which we had no right to do, we had cow- , f the folly of that Administration in entertaining alarms menced hostilities before negociation. The Ambas- I about the Turkish Government, or any injut y they sailor had been unwisely trusted with too much dis- I could possibly do this country by their fleets or their cretionary power. To attack the Turkish skips was I armies. He desired the Hoese at reflect on the local useless, the number of ships not being equal to the I situation of Constantinople, the tempt to bombard en el prize, and Lord Collingwood ought to have I which was nothing short of extreme wickedness ; teen allowed to choose any Officer he pleased to con- especially when all reasoning men must acknowrom duct the Expeditien. With respe ct to the Ex p edition led g e, that it was not only not necessary, but, f to Alexandria, on the ground of his not being able to their own shewing, wholly unprovoked ; which did sec its object and policy, and because it had been so more injury to the political character of the country, mismanaged, as to • bring dishonour upon the British than it slid even dishonour to her arms. But die arms ; but from the very low tone in which he read great imputation to be cast on the expedition to the and spoke, we cannot venture to give any report of capital ot:- the Turkish Empire was, that with an :ti the remaineer White Honourable Geatlernan's speech, fectation of proceeding upon an amicable negotiation, for fear of being liable to the charge of having mis- an attack was made on the out-works of that capital, tai.;' or misrepresentte I the same. He concluded by Iby attacking and passing the Dardanelles. Having readine seeeral Resolutions as his motion ;the first of thus reprobated py thistra unfortunate expe and 'dir dit ion,ect he ridi en- w hich-was read from die Chair as follow s : tered into a h Test it n t'.l.: opinion of this House, that his Majesty's fleet, cute on the discordant o b j ects that must have been ueasr the comitinn,l of Sir I.'l'. Duckworth, arrived before Con stantinopie on the '2oth mi . rebruary, 1807, and remained there : `accomplished, even . jf that expedition had shcceeded, ten days without effecting any important object ; an d that it was i between our own interest, that of Russia, that of the the opinion of the House, that t o the had not been made , Hopodars, and the Sublime Porte itself, which he by the then Ministry' adequate to occasion." I established to the ample conviction of the House. It Mr. GRENVILLE observed, it was with great I was in the lefiowledge of the House, that this discus satistacton he hailed the moment, which, after so I skin was not sought fur by any of his Majesty's Mi long a delay, had at len arrived, that afforded him I nisters ; that they neither desired or courted it ; but an opportunity of answering the charges which had !that it was urged and provoked by the Right Hon. so often been made against the late Administration ; I Gentleman opposite to him (Mr. Grenville) and his on the subject of the pedition through the Darda-lfriends. . The cui bttno he could scarcely understand nelks, and the intended attack on Constantinople— I fort he imagined that by it he either vindicated the charges which had been frequently made, but not in last, or convicted the present Administration, he would I a form which admitted of an an swer. He imputed find himself, by the decision of that House, compleatly what had been accidentally said by the Right Hon. mistaken, by suffering the very reverse el what the 1 Secretary of State (Mr. Canning), to the impetuosity warmt opu s is fancyhad pictured to him, and the consc of his temper, and the desire he had to obtain a tern- . quence of speech, like the result of his expeditions, porary triumph, rather than a deliberate intention to would be pretty nearly the same. It would not Nandi misrepresent any important points of this Expedition. catti el ate ou A ld not restdministration, the fit wienould not conv the Oti ict tho e Many topics touched upon by the Honourable Mem- present,worefriendship of ber who brought this subject forward tonight, ap- man Porte, it would not defeat the ascendancy of , peered to have been adverted to without that full in- French influence in her councils, it would not bring formation which was requisite for the right under- back the good will of Russia, nor restore us either the standing of them, and which he shotild pass over, city of Alexandria, cure the injury done to our wounded' unless he should f i nd that some person of weight character, or retrleve oer political impeletance in the • and character in the House should think it necessary eastern part of Europe. The Right Honourable to discuss them. This he said without any dispa Gentleman imputed misconduct to the late Admi-1 =gement of the Honourable Gentleman who brough nistration in fitting out .the expedition, and read a .the subject forward. He then proceeded to main- letter sent from Admiral Louis to Sir John Duck-, tain, by way of justification of the conduct of the worth, stating, that more troops were necessary to I 1 late Administration, that by the Triple Alliance, effect the enterprize. It was necessary to attack the , we not only had a right, but there was in fact imposed castles of Cestos and Ahydos, in order th e for the upon es an imperious duty, to interfere iu the manner pasage of the Dardanelles. From the account in which we did. This he maintained we had a right transmitted .by Admiral Duckworth, these castles to do by the provisions of the treaty of the .sth of Ja- were formidable, and had the Turks been allowed to ', ' nuary, 1799, in which the parties were Gre at Britain, raise fortifications another k, Russia, and the Ottoman Porte. He maintained' that impossible to force ' the passage. It had also been instructions winch had been given to Mr. Arbuth- said, that SOOO men were in Constantinople, and what , not by the late Administration, wete not only coa- could 2000 British troops do against such an army? form:dile to those issued by previous Administrations, The truth was, that the troops were not employed but had been imitated by that which had followed in the Expedition, but were sent to Alexandria, them ; and this was something of an authority, al- I when they might have taken possession of the castle though net conclusive. He contended that it was the lon the Asiatic side of the Strait, without annoy duty of the Government of this Ceuntry to support mice from the 'forces at Constantinople. It was ob the interest of Russia on this. occasion, and main-; vious tint the Expedition might have done more tamed that we had a right, under the treaty to which ! than it diet, notwithstanding which, he found the late he alluded, to send ships with troops through the ! Government placing confidence not only in the jus- Dardanelles, for the relief of the Ottoman Porte ; tice, but likewise in the policy of the enterprize. He that the and that it was our duty to insist on that right. It i did not think , under all the c ircumstances, became necessary for us so to insist, as allies of ; policy and conduct of a Right Honourable Gentle- Russia ; and that from the Note of Sebastiani, by j man and his Colleagues ought to be nicely called in which a claim was made on the part of France, in a ! question when they were out of office ; but he had manner which had characterised the diplomacy of ! been induced by observations on the other side of the that country, claiming an entire ascendancy over the House to express his epinion, and he had given his I I Ottoman Porte, and insisting on that power joining , sentiments fairly. As he conceived the subject had • France against us, with which we had too much reit.' already occupied a considerable time, he would not son to be convinced it was the intention of the Porte prevent other Members f r om expressing their o s pinions, to comply. We had, therefore, sent instructions to but conclude by moving, that the other order of the Mr. Arbuthnot on that subject. And here he called day be read. the attention of the House to the excellent Commen-• On the' question being put, Mr. WINDHAM re- tare of Lord Howick on the violent Note of Sebas- plied to the observations of the Right Hon. Member tiani, advising Mr. Arhnthnot to continue, if possible, who had just sat down, and accused him of maintain a good understanding between us and the Porte ; and ing a wild 'sort of combat, by argument not unlike although the Porte should refuse to accede to our the movements of wild bears, that puzzled their pur proposal, yet he was not to make that the ground of suers. He observed, it was not knoren that more immediate war. It became, however, necessary fcr troops were requisite for the expedition, until Admind us to send a force against the Ottoman Power, on ac- Louts wrote to Admiral Duckworth, on the 22d of count of the decided influence of France over it, and January, fur an additional force. Eight days previous of the danger then to Russia from that ascendancy. the Admiral had said, " I can go up with three ships," We had accordingly bent a force, and he maintained I and it was evident that a sufficient force at ope time it was a three, adequate to its object • in support of was not sufficient at another., He then contended, which he quoted the opinion of Mr. Athuthnot him- that the expedition had been fitted out wish policy self, made from personal observations, and upon which and b il l and that h e w a of the enterprize Lord Collingwood had himself acted. could tbe attributed to any miscestduct on the part Mr. CANNING began by charging the Right of the late Governmen poke at some length , endeavour t. Henpurable Gentleman with inconsistency , in hiving, Colonel WOOD s at the commencement Of his speech, acquitted his Ma. ing to spew the impolicy displayed in conducting the testy's present Ministers of design mill will tuwards expedition to the Dardanelles. him ; and yet, before he finished, proceeded to a con- A loud cry of Quatitns ! tTaSt between the two Administratiens, thelast and after which Qaestion ! then took place; the preeent, and deducing eaere y)aing hus*eo those Me. TAYLOR use in reply, and vindicated him •- , . , • self from certain aspersions and attacks that kad be.in ' made upon him ; and %holiest, that thougk after the imendment of a Right hon. Gentleman he should not divide the House on the question, yet the discus :ton would be of great advantage, as sheaving that the measures of every GOVellUllellt. MUST. become the subject of discussion. The question was then negatived without a division. Some conversation then'took plae as to the prc ,ceedings on Monday, and Mr. Lushingtcn agrt , :!‘i to put off his motion on the subject of the Et l as,3 to Tuesday, it being urged by Mr. Ponsonby, Sir H. Mildniay, and Admiral Harvey, that may d e l a y i n corning to a decisiou with regard to the ques,iun as to the Distilleries,would prove injurious to the public in terests' The Disiillery qu estion was then fixed for Mondav, and the other orders of the day were disr.ised 01, „ - lien the house adjourned at Half-past Two o'Clock. -------- LONDON. SATURDAY, MAY 21. PRICE Or 5 . 1 ocKs Ttili DAY Xl* ONE OTl.Clel s . Consols 67} os--Ditto fur May. tia-.4 illy tpsi. Redu:etl 071-1'...,:i... Bills, 4a. Gs. pre.--India ;South I:,s. li. 2, Pi; iCA: UF STOCKS YES*ITAIDAY. Stock=. India Stock 17h 171'1 Bank 3 p,-t - t. et a. Bed. . 4s. rre. 67;1 It:dia Bonds, tn. 3 per t'uot. (\ h". 0:4:i C7:68 imp. 3 per Cent. be!, 4 p..r l'eot. 8-til Excite. Bells .is. to ti...prr. I7i pt:r Cent. 991 100 IP: I English "Ficket ,, , ittl. am.. I 1.. Ann. is 9-ltlthst _ I COM. for acc. tial 6 - 71- till The Osage, on its return to America with Messn. PINCKNEY and LEwis, which it wXs expected w.Alld have sailed from Falmouth on Monday last, did not get under weigh till Wednesday. ne Osage is des. tined for New York, and carries with her a; passes, gers, sev4ral American Captairts, v.hose vessels hurt been condemned under the late Orders in Counc.:. By the Holm cutter, which is just arrived in E. land from St. Domingo, we learn that inform:.ti‘a having reached Jeremie, about the zn:t! i dle of Ma:cb, that, PEFLuN's forces were in possessicn of l'crt de , Pais, an illumination imrnetliately tcoic place in 11. at town and its vicinity upon the occasion. The Captain of the Flory, however, states, that immediately before his sailing, which was on the SOth of March, :he cause of this rejoicing was discovered to be un founded ; as Tort de Pais still continued in the rs. session of General CuitisTOPIIE. Dutch Journals of the 18th instant have been re. ceived in town, containing intelligence from Spain of great importance, namely, an Insurrection at Ma. drid—an Attack upon MI:RAT—thO RESIGNATION of FERDINAND The V I WI, and the RESTORATION of his FATHER, KING CIIARLXS. These accounts rze copied from the Moniteur of the 11th, dated at Bayonne on the 6th, and are written from Madrid on the evening of the '2d. When the EMPEROR received the tidings of the Insurrection, he went to King CHARLES, and met him -coming from the Empress's, where he had dined, and on telling bins the news, the KING said— ,, I have foreseen this evil—those who set the populace on, think they can restrain them." The KING instantly resolved to appoint the Grand Duke of BERG Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom, and at the same time sent Patents to the Councils of Castile and War. The KING afterwards called the PluNcE of As 'PUMAS 10 him, and read the Grand Duke of BEnG's letter. He observed to him, that he now saw the re sult of his criminal conduct in Battering the prejudice; of the people, and forgetting the sacred respect be he owed the throne, and the lawful authorities --Po pular commotion% were like fire, easily excited, but it required another mind and another arm than his to ex tinguish them. FERDINAND, after this, wrote a letter to the Infant Don ArroNso at Madrid, in which he resigns his crown, and recalls all powers which he had given to persons to fill different offices, • Mr. CANNING has written a letter to the Chairman of the Portugal Club, assuring him (for the informa tion of the Merchants concerned in that trade), that the Portuguese Minister had written to him, stating that his best services would be employed with the PRINCE REGENT, that the Portuguese Government should cansid,r itself responsible to His BRITANNIC MAJEST'S subjects, for any losses that may have taken place in consequence of the acts of the Portuguese Government previous to its emigration from Lisbon, and particularly for these sustained under the Decree of Bth November last. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo reign Office, pursuant to summons. The Duke of PORTLAND happened to arrive in town from Dulstrole just as the summons was delivered ; so that his going to the Council in his post-chaise and four, it was at first supposed, that some Messenger had arrived with dispatches from the Continent, The Noble Premier and eight other Members assisted at th.: Council, which sat for upwards of two hours. After the Council broke up, the Swedish Ambassador had an audience of Mr. Secretary CANNIG. His Grace the Duke of Pon-rt./ND appears t.. be considerably re covered from his late indisposition. We understand that it is the intention of Govern ment to reduce a considerable portion of the British Cavalry, which are now useless as to Continental ser vice, and since the general establishment of Volunteer Corps, arc almost so in England. The 9th and 40th Regiments are expected at C. terbury, front Ireland. The ?ai battalion of the fitl} Regiment is on ►ts march to Portsmouth, in order to embark for Guernsey. Mr. O'CoNnza, who was said to have tied from an official situation at Cork, with a large sum of Go vernment money in his possession, has been appre hended at Hie len sburgh, in Scotland. He passed by . the name of Holmes after leaving Ireland• P 4.