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Ths 4r cfTAatr at WAIL mid, that the utmost possible 'pants were Liken to ascertain that fart. There were several 111111 which he had ordered not to be humoured, on account of the want of similarity in the handwriting. Me. Marmite Et reciritat.D wished to know if it were clearly oscert.iiiieci, if those of were not iu the service of other oountries, with *nom we were at weir. the Sreaui'iae at WAR VO, that had been wade one of the objects of inquiry, MIMI they lied ritually struck off some that were found to have ein•aged in other service. Zits. TAIILLroN asked whether it was half-pay., or whole pay, which they reretved. Mr. 110saisaun answered that the allowance in no cr.e unwonted to hill pay, nor was it so much as half par. Mr. Wurratteats *aired who war Mr. Rogney. 41,4 seemed Ly the printed estimates to be entrusts *I with large sums of money to pay those officets. The Seest• iAItY at IVasi said, lee knew nothing bade of him than that be WAS an offieer and clerk kurphiyeil umber General Sontag in plying the lutcli officers re .i.ling abroad, NMI wee in the 11-fwe lie (:Sir W. l'ulte•iity) came into hut 4krirtoo Mr. Witt - rear sti expressed his astonishment that nobody slion!.l know any thing more about Ibis individual, so as to sits. whether he was a per. sof; worthy of to List ant confidence. Ili. WILLI AM Sal observed, that it was int ruisible to ascertain how much the of try might he imposed open for 10 years hack in regard to these payincots. 'I he question was, whether -this Mr. I{....tiey was a person of integrity and re.: sperisibilify, such as the liritish Government ought to entrust. Mr. IlcsAiston further ahmrveil, that them Dutch corps had hems disbanded at the peace of Annetta, in 1503. which was only seven veers ago. The Iserson :diodes! to had been fimnd worthy of ao,didence, :soil the lost of certificates was always esrefullv et.:)))) at the War-Office. Mr. iVutraar•D expressed himself as wishing to know if there would he any objection stiat)e to this list beitig produced. 'Phe CaIASICEt.LOa of the Excitiottma said. it might be attended with much olisadvantage, both to the individuals ultio ret.e,veil these payments, and to the conntry. Mt. VirlitTtlitEAD thou 4 1:t it would be neers-ary tut the Senetary at ‘Va, to take the trouble to ;a tonal himself of the ditties of Int office, so us to sa tisfy the Commune upon such patina as they might wish to have information upon. Mr. Csottn observed, that in 1104 i he folio] the name of General Sontag in the estimates of the last Adminietratiott, and the soon then paid to t h ese Officer. was moon!. whereas it was now reduced to 16,0Q31. Mr. %Vilifies:An said he should be glad to know what answer that was to a Member of Pdrlioineut. Its be told what was dour riming any forme, Go seritaitnit. ist.tead of being informed of facts oc curring at the pre cunt moment. Uotto a tossotiost being pot by Mr. littwair Mast- Tt S. as to the rain ;Aimed to I 7 truck Etnigrents ; Mr. 11'istottam took occasion to observe, that so far from that being too liberal or extravagant, it was far short of what these poor creatures deserved. They had only an allowance of 40s. per mouth, when, with what they could earn by various iii 'last riots. evocation., was far limn being suitable, in the pevaent state of the price.. of prorisious, to their Mr. Witmer an objected to the vote for the ex /mine of sending the Portuguese to the Brazils, *net we had been at the trouble and expense of tokiti4 possession of Portugal from them. It was desirable that at stone fottorc day the Ihnise sl Id soine further detailed esplumition upon that pfotit. and also jut. regard to the payment of the Dutch °Seers. wt all events he thought the Coin inkier should have some intelligible votes upon ens subject. Mr. CANNING announced, that Government had tom.• Itinler it proati , e of transporting their rim e:rot:at, previous to the taking inesession of l'orltl- Fnl and lie could further inform the Committee, that t:,ere had hrt•n SI promise! of repayment made to this country by the Brazilian (in.:mimeo. Mr. Wint:roste.tn expre•.wrul himself satisfied with Ili a explanation as to that particular point, but thought that die printed vote should hose ex pressed that such a promise of re-payment had been made. The Resolution was then arcreed tn. The following Rtioluticia, acre then agreed to:— That a suns ant exerviliag 1-3,rion,ono, fur sltfi eying the Zatrourdiaaries of t►e Artily, fur the Current year. I..hotioosei for the Cu...114444r, I:eat - nits Departanut. L.379,341J fur the darrark I)epartniesit. L. 4 ar.7,oun far Foreign 411,d 3r, ret Services. t. 44,000, for the Stuvelerper-GeuerafsOlfsce, includin; the salary of Ina treputv. L.lsion, to make ;Dui the loses sustained hi the inhalsit -40011 of t h e Peru Islitads, from what Owl safFersil Irma the Lin' of tuarivse under Harou L. 14,415 z - or 44. for pa) lug 1/0 atantidatf. I. 1 5..1/ 511 44. (.0 eoalairicit is Majesty tri pay the ('Air of the Pariah of St. :dart in-ut.t be- Fields. The Committee robe. and the Haim% resumed— the Report wits ordered to be brou b lit up on day next. ornemn TEE Of WAYS AND DEANA The klouse resolved itself into the Camitsittre. to hake into consideration the account of the surplie3 of Ways and Aeons of the last year. It %co, n u za h lred, nn the motion of Mr. flysetsson, tl.,t the Sum of 2.737,0001 should be referred, in conse quence of the refuridiusr of the Exchequer Hills. He then " That the 1141 • a of 60,00,0001. should be raised by Exchequer hills ;" which was grred to. The usual grouts for the Militia were then Sr.g In. The house restunkil, slid the Report was ordered t , / be brought upon Mon:his•. WAR DEl'Arfclir:Cr. Mf. ARM, L Mitt, and said he had risen with the intention of moving. fir paper* relative to the , bl,tary Aceoulitioli'v Department. lie grounded h;i motion oil the Slitth Hewitt of the Military Conimissioners. in which it appears that the clerk■ been illi:fta+rd from 1• to 50. fie did not w',ll tf♦ comment oil the subject, but if it was op.. P.msd, he haled tb, noose would iodide him in toittfug his reason* why they should he granted. Ile therefore nosed, " That the Acccunts.ut Ge. neral of the Army Should be directed to be laid before the House ; sill reginseiltal returns from the years 1797 to 1808. discriminating the accounts of those regiments which were rltieti, and those that were not ; and also the warrants of appointment of all Pay-tuasters to the Arty, cruninating 1110,441 that hail settled their ad:counts, and those that had not. On the quesilliil being put ; Sir Jswi:s Put:reser rose, and said, he hoped the lion. navel would not push the question at the present moment, as the Commissioners were yet sit hug, besides, the accounts were inn yet coin pitted ; as to his objel.•tiMo about the number of Clerks, it ought to have been recollected that the fifty were brining up site business that was necessarily obliged to be left lune by the ten. lie trusted that the [foil. Gentleman would not prey* the motion at the present time. and assured him, at a future ;write' Ire would be happy to give him all the assistance iri his power. air. WA/tDt.ll said, there was little use in press ing the motion if His Majesty's Ministers opposed it ; but there was one observation he must maker that the 50 clerks appointed since the new system, had not env thing to do with the uce•nunts which remain unsettled, as there were other clerks winch had been app n utted fur that purpose. There were so me regiments whose accounts had not been set tled for these Id years. The salaries of the clerks amounted to 54,0001. per annum, and he would pledge himself to hare the business done for j 0,0031. How was it, that the accounts nu the Irish Estu!dishisiviit were always cdrreet, and oot behind head? lie hod been nn both establishments —while on the Filth. Ins arrears were regularly puid, but on the English it was the r.:verse. He certainly would not enforce a division of the House, at the Millie tune wished Alinisters to consider how necessary it was that the informati )))) sho u ld lie granted. and afraid they eni t zlit think lie had any sMunster view iii gieiur that 111411/ler, be assure:[ them he did not W 4,11 tl7ein to hue out of olliee..us he thought they were us tit servants fur the crown us any it had had fur a great lapin of . time. Mr. PERCEV•L thought it would be atlviseuble that the motion .im.uld be deferred for * short time, acrd give the Executive Government in opportu nity of acting and considering the 7th and Bth Re port of the Military Inquiry. Mr. Iloitetat wisaed to know if it was be inten tion of the Gentleman opposite, to give the torero erten required, this session ; if it was art. he thuu4lit his Right Ilan. Friend Mr.lVardle would be wrung in withdrawing his inurion. Si J.I1114:11 PULTE(LY eniiid not promise that he would be able to bring it bifori• the Hai ; .• thisSes 'iota, but if lie was allowed two do)* he could give a• more positive simmer. Mr. 11'IIIITSItrAn leniceived the saying that Might occur to the public from the suggestion or the lion. Mover, called for inquiry, sod he thought he ought to go to a livision on it ; at the men, time, he would au 1..- that he should ,sithdraw his motion for tile prr•ae•it, and allow the Secretary at %Val' to make the inquiries he %, The SIVCRETtRY at 1! • AIt iu Celiialellioll that the lion. Gen.lemin Kid miwtwit 0d.),,11 him. lie did not refuse to grant the pa l aces, tali wished before he assented to their production to ascertain their nature more accutately. Colonel Wartni.a conceived that the Right lion. Gentlemen opposite insagim d lii• Cll, o'l till licti ho.- tility towards them ; he there lore alshi,d to assure them that Was not the case, -neither dal he wi oh to see t h em removed from t;.eir place.. Ilk appre . - Mended faults existed iu the War Olney, whit h he whaled to *xenon', but %twilit to withdraw his m•ation fur the present. with the intention of again sub anittiug it to the House on Wc•dueliday heats • The Bankrupt Bill MIS read a third time and paused. Mr. Rove prevent:id ea.:tunnel treounta of the British ?lu.i•unt. 11e ul.o ',resented a Petirion from 01, • . .,tile immtntirm praying for pecaniary w it ; ordered to lie un the table. The 1101151. wcut tutu a Co•iiiiiittee on the Ame rican Tr i ne Bill. The (Muse regunied and tae Report via.* orilered to be received on Moiiday neat. The Loral Mditia Completion Bill was read a third time awl fowled. • Mr. Ross: brought in a 1141 fur rrwilatiog the trade of Nova, Scotia, which wab .rad a lira titue. and ordered to be read a second tune Eiti Mouday tiect. The Bill for allowing Offit,tr , 4 of the 01.4011111 161 tile. '.Vest Indira, to examine • perauns on oath, was read a second ilia , and ordered to he read a third time on Monday next. On the motion of Mr. II VIM MON, the Hmc•.e went out° a Committee, on the ,let of the 48th of George 111., in which he hlatt'd that doubts had arisen relative to laying on the duty upon }tau• Sugars; be therefore proposed to bring in a Bill vo to regulate the average price, es should prevent ai doubt, arising an future. Tilt House resumed, the Report was received, and leave gn,ru to bring in a Bill accordingly. At •rwrt.t•s •'ctnca the House adjourned to Monday next. THANKS Tireeir. -IEARDLE. A very numerous and respectable meeting of the Borough of Stafford took place on Thursday, M. J. Wright, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair. The requisition, stating the purposes of the meeting, having been read by the Jlaror ; W. lloaron, Esq. presented himself. and ob served, that it was unnecessary for him to eider at any length 'alto the nature of the 'sleeting. Every Englishman who had suffered his moil to he fairly acted upon by the late meniniable proceedings in Parliament. must be aware that Mr. Wardle had rendered a very mitiortinit service to his cowntry . . Every man capalsle of appreciating the true vrinm plea of liberty, and the courage and public spirit by which they were preserved to the Stec, timed be conviiirect; that \1 r. Wardle's conduct was precise ly of that hold and milked nature. which men in Redone' would shrink from. In proportion there fore as he had deviated from the counnoii track of equivocal and shuttling Parliamentary patriotism, he was entitled to some distinguished mode of appro bation. To this t h e Country seemed to have unit inow"Y "greed, voloircvcr a tiowerial ariAtocracy did unt otratas forth its arm to shield the delinqui tit . from peU cenitiry. I.aronatudet4. by moving uu infilreaa to M. Wardle. Mr. Soar..rtatt.LE seconehrithe motion, and en, tensl at. con.adrr.ible length tato the merit§ of Mr. Wardle's conduct. Mr. Dat.strav rose, anti prefaced:: sueech of eons !inferable leugth by some lininorous lotions to tire trade of the town ; the low stilte of public speaking in the House of common., ~,,,,,ncoted ih a veiu of raillery oil the relative situations which dif• fereut people at the meetite , bore to various Ment• hers of Parliameist. He oh:erred, that the present popular clamour for public meetings was u errielty, indereut and indecorous to the Royal faintly ; and destructive of that respect and attachment which it was as much our duty, as it was our interest to preserve inviolate. it seemed to be the temper of the times,to sins at bringing every thing that was ;great und illustrious into contempt. The French rrvolittion had paved the way ; and still remained the argument suit example of all that were perverted in their principles, and rebellious in their hearts. A licentious press had caught the fever of a public mind, und spread it like* pestilence far mid wide into every corner of the empire. kie en treated the tneenieg to ;muse before they counte nanced by their proceeding.; a conduct so useless in its intended etfeet,a4l so dangerous iu iii tend ency. %Vhstever had been the distinct merits of 'dr. Wardle, they bail already been rewarded by the undiscriminating profuseness of public acknow ledgment; sod to proceed further, was to ron.e.tr and encourage *the r objects and other feelirett thin the ostensible ones professed. Under the iiitliteor".e of these considerations, hatd he, I therefore move that this meeting do adjourn ruse die. Mr. KEEN moved an aniendineut to the Address, substituting the words u We, the inlialiitaiits." fur We, the Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, Etc." Ile prefaced his amendment by some severe strictures on some of the Aldertni ti who had sigue.l the requisition ; aiel proceeded to eminurlvert on the abuses of tlia,trusts reposed in the Corporation of Stafford, a inch, he said, rendered it inconsist ent 111 tn. Its come forward on curb en occasion.-- ♦s. Kite'. abut' here took place as to the regularity or hi* pfoceedtio.vs. Thu 'netting, however, seemed dinaste.i for him to proceed, and tit concluded an stile speech of coae:nterahle iength by inuring the auretwlmcnt. The Res. E. DICKENSON Seconded the motion. Mr. Da&Aster's motion of inljourninvid Will put first, uad negatived without u Ou the subject of the inuentluient, it having op fieured thut the meeting was convened us u gesserul meeting of the inhabitants : mod the Mai)or coos ce,ving it to be sill object tint worth contending for. &slid professing his willingness to act in hio private capacity OR u citizen. in tint chair. the umendmelit was agreed to wit'onut a division, and the Adsfrets was then carried unansmou.le. Seveial other resolution. mere also put and car ried (•he utirwst ureter anti Telookrity inn poiterved durio; the tune or the meeting.. T4IE-DRl3.'iSil PRESS. ~~ Lo,N uoN. sieru It DAY, Arai,. e 9. It will be seen, on reference to our Parliam.n hay iteport. that 51r. PERCSVAL, in .newer to a yiststinos limn .Ir. WDITBRIA 0, Nit night, stated, that the 0. lens in Council respectiN Americo were pertly rescinded. An account of This half. tateastire, as collected front getier.ll report. is Oval) in a itztkeding Ltd .Itue particulate ale tx ptctril to *ppm: ia this night's Ga.-Atte. Various rumours were circulated, and obtained considerobla credit in the course of yesterday. It was asserted, on the faith of a letter written frets Antwerp, and received iii this country through Rotterdam, in a wry short space of tiros from its date, that BottAIPARTE, previous to pill quitting Paris, had declared hit determination or Sotentimi of placing his brother Josi.ril on the throne of Aurt ia, with the title of Emperor. It was further .aided in the same letter, that N•rot.ctix did not mom to place any other muson ia JOSEPH'S room, set Kiug of Spain; tint, as a pin,l.llrtient fur the .etrat tory, ungratchil, sod pen, se conduct of the Spaniards, in oot wing the worthy Sovereign, whom, in his wisdom end clemency, he had thought Prwo to give them, that it was his fixed resolu tiou to t4t.,iis under his own sceptre, the provinces of Catalonia, Navarre, Biacay, mid Arragou ; in tither word., the whole country from the Pyrenees to the Eno. The remainder of the peninsula, alien reduced to subjection, is to he divided lie twece five or six of his Commanders ; thus extin gnishing the SpaLish end Portuguese monarchies. We give these reports, as we received them, voltii ' oat pledging ourselves for their exactit.:.le or vs:. racily ; hut the idea of his ioutitioqw. o t Spain among his Generals, was one of the menaces which in his rage. against the inhabitants of Madrid, he threw out fast December. Other rumours acre current yesterday: It was pretunded that BONAPAILTE, 'either front indispo sition, or as wishing to take lost in a cevitral point between Spain and Austria, from whence be might direct the operations in both those countries, meant to proceed no further than Straaburgh. But we greatly doubt this assertion. His presence and exertions are too much %seated on the Danube, in Bavaria, and in Austria, to allow or to induce him to remain iu ..liner. It was not thus that he acted in 1605, 1500, or in his recent invasion of Spain.-- We shall probably soon hear of his arrival at Stut gard, en his way to the theatre of war. A letter from Holland says, that orders had been sent to Dresdeu, from Paris, to depose, or to seize, the person of the Elector of Saxony. That Ilosia- PANTS suspects him of benig fly a pertain -- • • and a friend to the Anatrian Home and egos.; opt oaks no wieder., In &Ct. F*EDERIG A VGLsTILS. the reiininer P.Yetot of Saxony, is not tll? a Ca thodic, liSCAtceildf in slight Itiitroon duelers 1., Ernpeoror,Of perinea - . He is cordon-ntly r. 7 Lnearey-related by consanguinity to freemen. the prestut Emperor of Nutria. it is true, that at the Treaty ofTilait . he reeetroal from tla Corsican the Duchy mid' territoey of Warsaw; 'hut we sewer have doubted of his warm attachment to the ancient order of dailies, or of his eletestatson of the; . revultitionary tyrants mid usurpers scattered over Europe. NAPOLSIPII may, not improbelol, secure ibis fidelity Ly seating him. Our nett *comets from Germany, as well as from Portugal and Spain. sill be of a most interesting nature. Viscount CasrLseeison has not et tendered his resigiiiition, and took his seat hoot tii4;it, as asuel, upon the Treasury Bench, in the Howie at Commons. The idea that • seat in Pirlisnient, for a Borough. may be clitatned tar money, is so emaimon. that though it might he improper to au Newt it u s fact, we cannot, iii conscience, deny its roility. lint whether it be founded in feet or DOS the idea is familiar; and, however uncoestitutiowal and improper the practice may be, faniilierity with the idea Wit reduced it, in tins scale of oTinces, to almost nothing. html, then, the charge azeinst Viscount CssrLeaeaon amounted merely to the botiajfile purchase, or proposal to purchau for mo ney a scat in Parliament, it would be scarcely fair ao visit the offence severely upon hie Lordship. Itnt the offence charged against his Lordship is to tally distinct and different. He did not menu to buy a seat in Parliaraent for motley nut of his own pocket.--He broke in upon sacred ground: he sought to abuse 'the pstrotoige of the East ludo* Company by tracking it, in violation of the law for II corrupt purpose. We soy a corrupt purpose." because Vir:onut CASTLEREMaI admits that it isu to buy a seat fur a political friend, that is, a Meas• bar who was to support his administration. The celebrate) Mr. Waatme u only a member for a borough. Mr. PONSONBY, the feeder atilt party. happens at present to be only returned by a bo rough. Whether they•hought their erode or not, we No not stop to inquire, hut had Lord CMICI.E. REA 1111 purchased them for Mr. WARDLI and Mr. PossoiSr. rsr useful friends, tint with his own moneAnt their money, but by a gross end corrupt application of nolewful meims. then, its so the pre sent ease, there would be a case for anon:Wive-aim and for flunislunee.. That a Minister shouted boy a seat in the House of Commons fur a Vs ritership in is precis. ly accoortlitig to scripture, " To seeds the lamb in the Lire's intl." It is to convert tbei - Durand tiutitusesit lute poison and .lestouctiou. We .hear every Salislon, of the increasing deasaud of the Last Italia company upon this little island for pe cuniary essistairee, mid Ilia debt thus incurred, is very ronsisienible.--If than &sat India Writer ships are to be trucked and trafficked with and sold, ci y are they not sold for the supriort of the poor East ludic Company ?. Why are they to be webers"l and pole red lobs the means of support. lug and eatending it:elm. influence and public corrulitiou. We thought that secret services money, tkc. afforded Miiiisters a great advantage in these eases user the public. We thought that my Lord CAIITLEIMAGN had plenty of waste ground to fen. - der it unnecessary tOr him to break. iuto the sanc tuary of the . Eieit India Patronage, and pitch his evils there. There is n report current, that BONAPARTE is re. turned from Strasbarghto Paris. Another report states, that four more of the enemy's ahipe hare been destroyed in Basque Roads. The election of a representative for the county of Eilinhorgh takes place on Monday next. The Court Martial upon Admiral HARVEY will commence its sittings, on Monday, at Pirtionootts. Major Galen, of the In li Foot. (son of Mr. Jo strut tii t Eru, late of Birsnimtliarn), mention., in a letter recently receivid from him, that he is acting ea full Colonel in the SllllOlBll pi.ivinces of Cats lone, Almon, and Volesicin.-1 le says, thie them parts are greatly iufested by the Prem.+, lint that the natives do not fear them an much as they. did. lie also writes of a late engage.nent, in which he had the entire command of the Patriots, who stem victorious. . Ministers. it is raid, have tottered a rien.ii..n of sqol. or 6001. • • .ear, nut of the Civil Liu, to the eldest sunning brother of the late lamented Cy i•eral Moottlt, which, with a sisit becoming a re listive of Geoend f4t;onk, he t hought proper to de cline. ll'hy, as in other case., was not to apural m a d e to the lie t . e iii behalf of the runt:ly of Sir John .Nlouni.; a:. ! tl n, whatever had been the gift, it would have been valuatic fumes the character of the giver ? We are extremely softy to announce the loos of the Nell, ' LITTLE. of Marring:v.l.:;be sailed front that port the 13th instant, and was wrecked on the Sunday followinik near Duuleary, and all the . crew, (eight in number) except one boy, perished. This is the ninth vessel that port has lost 'Since October:--one by capture, and eight vrreckerl, being about our-fourth of the number which be longed to the place at that time and of the latter (one boy excepted) the crews of six perished ! Ity these dowers about 40 heck balm been untimely lost. Veit•erday • meeting of the Whip Club took place in Cavendish-square, previous to their depar ture for Solt Hill. where they dined. From the oretnesalof the day, but twelve equipages started, among whom we uoticeJ Earl Sesrox.• Mr. Hes- TON, and other amateurs. Sir dome Laos accrep ponied Earl !kreos in his bsrouche. "the *plea did exhibition of elegant pedestrians was musits commodid hy the inclemency of the weather. • ~ .. I If C d o I- If I, i r. S I, I. d f 1! E I. It 'v.