The National Register. — London, England, 1809-03-05 00:00:00

152 of a soldier and a gentleman, which assertion Lord Moira, to whom he was personally known, was ready to confirm. The CHANCELLOR of the Excr<tEQu ER said, he did not ex pect that it was the intention of the lion. Mover to persist ill his motion before the great question respecting the conduct of the Duke of York should be determine. He really thought that any selection of witnesses for punishment before the decision upon the conduct of the Duke of York, as calculated to displease the public, and seem partial in the eyes of the people, in proportion as their testimony was more or less favourable to their own views. It was his own opinion, that several of the Witnesses had been guilty of gross prevarication, but he did not wish any proceedings to be commenced against them in the pre sent stage of the original investigation. The debate was ad journed to Tuesday se'nnight. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. The !tousle went into the Committee of Supply, and the Ord inance and Miscellaneous Estimates, were ordered to be laid be fore the Committee. Mr. Asti LEY COO era said, that the first sum which stood upon the Estimates was 200,000/. for the Extinct ion of the N Debt. The next was 600,0001. for the purchase of !alipetre. Thi , was a very large sum, but it was proper to lay r.p a sufficient store for prospective use, and this quantity might probably serve for si ir seven years consumption. The third mon on the estimates was 200,000'. for depots of artillery - and ammunition. These three sums amounted to rather more than a million, which was about 20.000/. less than the same articles amounted last year. But the ordnance expenditure of Ireland was last year increased about 70,000/. so that the in crease upon the whole would be this year 50,000/. The first resolution which he would propose was, that there be granted 450,366/. for ordnance stores for Great Britain, fur 1809. General TARRT.Eros rise to put several questions relative to the military affairs of the country. Sir A. W ELLESLEY spoke at some length in reply to the Hon ourable Gene's:J. to discussine the campaign in Portugal, the Ilonctira! , le General seemed to throw upon him the responsibi lity eo.f the Convention of Clara, and to assert that that measure might have peen preTented by his ititerference. Now though he (Sir A. Wellesley) did flatter himself that he ettioed in some degree the confidence of the army, and had been favoured with confidential intercourse from Ministers, yet he soon perceived that he did not possess the confidence of those superior officers who were appointed his successors. He drew this conclusion from having proposed two distinct measures to Sir Harry Bur rard, both of which were rejected ; and from the very first con versation which he had with Sir Hew Dalrymple, he had rea .aen to suppose that he did not possess the confidence of that officer. He had uniformly stated, however, that he approved of the principle of that Convention, though he thought that the tore : of some of the articles was too low for a conquering army tqficree to. But feeling that he did not enjos the con fidence obis superior officer, lie thought that it would not have been becoming his character, either as an officer or a gentleman, to have s.tt up his standard in defiance of the Commander in Chief. As to the campaign in Spain, it did not appear to him that Mi nisters were at all responsible for the line of retreat adopted by Sir J. Moore. General TARLETON spoke in explanation. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said, that he expected considerable aid from the Portuguese cavalry, us reason why he had not brought from this country a greater cavalry force. Now he, (General 'fade too) from •his own experience, could have told him, that the Portuguese cavalry were the most ridiculous force imaginable. A Captain, on ireing promoted to a Company, told him once that it was a stiod thing, as.be would make 5001. a year of it ; but th; irsayaft horses were employed in drawing all the hack- Voaches iu Lisbon. Mr. HUIRISSON mid, that the Vote of Credit, and the dis• posal of .the sums so voted, would, in due time, be laid before the 'Louse, wyen Gentlemen would have an opportunity of en tering into the merits of the question, and when his 31ajehty's Ministers, he was certain, wttuld not shrink from the discussion. The resolution was then adopted. The sum of 4,170,0001. was then noted for the Ordnance Ser. *ice of Great Britain, and the sum of 159,00 Q/. for the same Service far Ireland. For the French Clergy and Emigrants, and the American Loyalists, 180,3001. For expenses of convicts, dc. 25,0001. For Printing and Stationary, ke. 31.700/, Tbeotbegr.umilutifual sums having been voted, the House re -- i siLum..;ekr.s-Awas ordered to dyed Monda• _ he rece. on -Y. Seim , ' Mr. forrim, moved im - 7 ' ri THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MARC!! 5. additional duty of five shillings per barrel on beer brewed in Ireland. On every barrel of malt, an additional duty also of five shillings per barrel. On malt exported from Ireland, a drawback of fifteen shillings per barrel. On beer exported from Ireland, a drawback of A duty of 4x. 64. per gallon on spirits distilled in Ireland from sugar, in lien of all other -duties. A drawback of 2s. 6d. per gallon, on spirits hy drometer proof, exported from Ireland. These resolutions hav ing been severally adopted, with several others proportioning the drawback on spirits to their degree of strength, the House resumed, when the Report was ordered to be received on Mon, day.—Adjourned. INFALLIBLE Cyan von A Son r. Tlino AT,—Take a pint of vinegar, and an ounce of myrrh ; boil them well togetlwr for about half an hour, and then pour the liquid into a tea-pot. Then let the mouth of the patient be placed over it, so that the !sat vapour shall descend to tn► thrcoit. Let this be renewed every quarter of an hour tit! the cure is effected. It is expected that the Drury-lane Company will he per, unwed to perform in the King's Theatre on those nights which are not appropriated to the Opera. Mr. Taylor has very hand somely suggested this arrangement, and proposed to give the op.) of the Theatre. free of rent, if the consent of the subscribers can be obtained. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per . Cent. Cons. Bonds 11, 12 pm.-4 prr Cent, ConF., 1431 i-3 • per Cent. Reduced 611. —Long Annuities 11-1114-olnnium 1 10, 13 pm.—Lottery Tickets aft2l 19s—Cor.soli for Amounts 67i. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Lonbon, SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1809. POLITIC4L SUENTS OF THS 11 . EEC, Dutch Papers were on Friday received in town to the Ist inst. They confirm the important intelligence that Peace has been concluded between our Government and the PORTE. This event, so auspicious in the present state of the Continent, and so interesting in a commercial point of view, took place .on the sth of January. In consequence of which all the ports in the Turkish Empire were imme diately opened to British ships. Mr. ADAIR, who Con ducted the negociation, evinced, during the course of that delicate and difficult transaction, a rare degree of pru dence, zeal, and diplomatic skill. He possesses, perhaps, a more various knowledge of continental politics, than any Diplomatist we now have. We wish we had, in Ibis inter esting juncture, a man of his talents at Vienna ; or that it were possible to transfer him to that Court, where, during kis last mission, the most arduous and delicate that can be imagined, he conciliated, in the highest degree, the gene! ral esteem, and the confidence of the Cabinet, Every article in those Papers allude to a War between France and Austria as inevitable, The extracts they con tain from the French and German Journals, are replete with similar speculations; and, from a retrospective view of the occurrences which preceded the two last campaigns in Germany, which bear so striking a similarity with the present demonstrations in that country, we are fully justified in believing that hostilities arc on the immediate point of commencing. It the accounts in the private letters can be relied on, which state that the arrogant, the suspicious tyrant, exacts of the Jml►eror of AUSTRIA the humiliating condition, that he 4hould disband kis new levies, and reduce his military force tt 44,000 men, and denonnceq instant hostilities, if this proposal, which has no parallel fur r