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460.1 - P FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. HAMBURG!! MAIL. HAMRURCH, MARCH An (;eneral Sebastiani, accumi•anied by two Aids-de- Camp, lately arrived at the I. tgue, from whence he proceeded to Amsterdam, after having had a con ference with M. Sehimmelpeniiinck. The arrival of a cou.in of Vice-Admiral Verhuel at the Hague, cawed a report that it was the Ad miral himself, but he is sick at Dunkirk. Sneral flat-bottomed boats, and a division of marines. set out on the 15th from the Hague, for Dunkit k. General Marmont his inspeEted the magazines of the fesel and the Helder. COTENHAGIV, MARCH 16. _ . -- - In the ensuing spring, a squadron of tea small vessels, the legest, however, will not be bigger than a corvette, trill be fitted out. The Commander of it is not appointed, but it is supposed that the choice will fall on Admiral Vleuzel or Winterfield. The manoeuvres will be performed on the coast of Nor war. The Baron de Posse, who was for some time confined in the Temple at Paris, is appointed Cap tain of the first regiment of Guards, and Major Klint, who has published some very eecellent maritime charts, is appointed Adjutant-General of the fleet, and Lieutenant-Colonel. VIENNA, MARCH 13. On the 7th instant a Courier from the Eleetor of Vv'irtemberg arrived at the State Chancery, and im mediately after the Counsellor Bas, who is here on the part of the Wirtemberg States, was arrested by the Police, and nn tie oth sent off for Stuttgard, un der the escort of two chasseurs, accompanied by a Commissar. of the P o li ce . • . . . . . Their Imperial Majesties, in their intended jour ney, will visit Dalmatia. Express instructions have been sent to the magistracies of the places through which they will p4SS, to avoid all such testimonies of respett and honour as may be attended with ex pence. The English Ambassador to Constantinople, Mr. Arbuthnot, is still at Triest, where he appears to prolong his stay by orders from his Court. He has there received dispatches from Admiral Nelson, and has already sent off three Couriers from Triest to London. BANKS OT THE MAIN,, MARCH 16. Some r.,tions at Paris have laid bets that before the Ist of May intelligence will he received in Paris of the taking of .I.tmaica by the It ichefort squadron, as the English squadron under Admiral Duckworth is too weak to oppose that of the French. _ HANOVER, MARCH 16. The digue of t►te Elbe has burst in live places, in the bailliwicks of Datinenberg And Hitzacker.— Ninety villages have been under water. The ruins of destroyed houses, and drowned beasts may he seen every where. The distress of the poor inha bitants is indescribable. The ice, which the Elbe has carried towards I..crizen, Wittenberg, Have'berg, Tangersnunde, Magslelxiurgh, Meissen, Dresden, iv. lies done considerable damage. It is said, that the French troops will be collected in different camps in about six weeks. ITALY, MARCH 4. The Eleschral 'since Palatine of Bavaria, who is now at Naples.] itcly paid a visit on board the Eng lish ship of the line, the b. n relent, IA 74 guns, lying in the road there. MILAN, MARCH I. General Jourdan is expened here this day, to re sume the command of the Army of Italy. A French coiner passed through this city, the dAs before yesterday, from Paris, on his way with all haste for Constantinople. MARCiI Q. Immense preparations are making at Verona, for the reception or the two great Monarchs, who, ac cording eas public report, and the wish of Europe, win arrange their journies so as to meet in this city. Extra& of a private letter from Paris, dated March 13:—" Plots and arrests are once more the subjeft of conversation. The M. M. Polignac base been transferred from their prison to the Tem ple, aad several other persons have been arrested. Some say that new branches of the late conspiracy have been discovered. Others pretend that it is the funeral sermon of the Duke of Enghien, printed at Loudon, and privately circulated in France, that has caused these arrests. The police have hitherto sought in vain to seize all the copies, and to discover the persons who have circulated the article." NAPLES, me. 29. On the Loth instant, the French Ambassador, M. Alquier, went to Faairo, a small town between Barlotta and Naples, to have a conference with the French General, St. Cyr, on public affairs. As SI. Alquier was accompanied by all the French officers in the capital, a report was immediately spread, that he had sent all the papers of the legation to Rome, and his departure occasioned a considerable alarm among the people ; but his absence was not of long duration, as he returned again on the 23d. MADRID, re.. 23. It is confirmed that the Prince of Peace will very soils set out to inspetf the preparations on the coast, to defray the expences of which the Court has Isl. lotted the sum of five millions of piastres. The re tinue which will attend him will be very numerous andbplendid. The present Pnrtu ; •nr se Mini-ter for Foreign Affairs, the Chevalier D'Ar.injo D'Areveda, di refs all Lis measures According to the system of the Prince Regent, to preserve the netitralay of Por tugal. the English Ambassador at Lisbon, Lord Hobert Fitzgerald, has made complaints on some particular sublets. ILe frigate k.. 4, which sailed firm the Hassan nab for St. Anders), is lost on the coast of North America. cotesyssevisortz, TEL 9. On the 15 , h of December last, the Beys obtained a decisive vietory near Minie, two days journey from Cairo, over the Arnauts, or the Albanese, com manded by Mahommed Aly. Ibrahim Bey engaged their attention in front by a vigorous attack, whilst Berdist Bey attacked their Rank, and Elfy Bey in the tear. The Albanese have lost 3000 men in this slot, some by the sw•ird, and some in the river . The safety of the roads and the navigation of the by this circumstance ; nothing can at Alexandria, and the scarcity i• are kir from bring deity,/ e d ; Nile suffer n;urh - t arrive at Cairo or ►:creme Eke Weciseliii there is not even a hope, that they may be go, for they find partisans every where. Letters from Aleppo, of the 9th of January. announce, that after the battle which the Pacha cf Bagdat had with them upon the Tigre, they re-assembled Cr, the frontiers of Jerak and Oman, on which the Pasha of and the Intan of Mascat went to Bassora to concert a plan of operation against the banditti. The NVech alms obtained a knowledge of this , conference, And attacked the !man, at sea, upon his return, and butchered him, and Efty of his suite. His loss is so much the more to be regretted as his successor has always been a secret partisan of the IVechabis. A part of their dispersed army has again found means to re-assemble in Rowania, where they have burned the city of Hcraclee, and a village in the environs. The Grand Seignior was advised of it, and imme diately sent an order to the Grand Pasha of Adri anople to march against the brigands with all his forces ; and the Grand Vizier, to add to the strength of the Pacha, has sent a considerable body of ca valry, with a park of artillery, who have orders to join him by forced marches. IMPERIAL PA RL.AMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—ThuasoAT, MANcH 411 . Counsel were farther heard on the Scotch Appeal, Sir A. Cathcart, Bart r. the Earl of Candi', namely, Mr. Clarke, in continnatioa, as second Counsel foe the Appellant. The farther consideration of the ease was pormoind till to-monow. Three private Rills were brought up from the. Commons by Lord Archibald llamilton, the Hon. Robert Dundas, and Sir Ralph Milbauke, respectively, and read a first time. The Rills upon the Table were forwarded in their several stages i—A moil these the Additional Legacy and Duty Bill went through a Committee, and was afterwards reported. Some private business was disposed of; after which, the House Adjourned tall tr►morrow, when their Lordships stand sunommed upon the Earl of Darnley's motion respecting Naval Affairs. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Colonel STANLEY presented • Petition, signed by Forty thwe Th oisand Three Hundred and Seventy-four Menufae ttircrs lt,d other inhabitants of the towns of Manchester and Salford, in the County nt Luis:aster, praying for the repeal or alter atoll of the Corn Rill of last year.—tinlered to lie on the On the blot inn of Mr.JOHN NRWPORT, the Bill P.r erem itic i.tunatic t s rla in the tom provinces of !tetanal was ordered to lie read a second time on this day seimirrl.t. Mr. CURAVEN mmed for an Address to Ills Adaresty, pray ing that he wou'd order the proper offieeN to lay before the Ilomm a copy of the opinion. of the Attorney and b.dicittit Generals, delivered to the Committee or the Ptivy C 0.1114 ii upon the Petitton of J•thn Duke of Athol, misfire to Ms rights in the Isle or VAil —Ordered. Mr. CR EL LY mused lot a similar Address (or the pro duction of toe order% made by the Pnvy Council upon the same siitni et, on the !Ist of March 114..awOrilered. He than T.• ..... CC that he would to-morrow move for an Account of the App.icAtion of the Surplus Revenue of the isle of Man, of which he undentooil thAt an illecal rant had been made byfiovet unwept in 179*. An Address was then on t •red to Hrs ►laj , -sty, for the purrs duct' of the Memorial or Johrk I>u:.e of Arlin!, in answer to the first report of the Attorney and Solicitor Generale to the Posy Council; which was agreed to. The Irish Permit Dine and Small Promissory Kites restrain ing Wlls, were brought 111, read a first and ordered to be read a seturtt trate to morrow. 'nu: latter &II was also ordered to be printed. The Innkeepers, the Spanish Troia Licensing Indemnity, and the American linereourse Brila , were real a snood time, andcommittted fur tomisrrow. The Foreign Ships Pr,vder, the Foreign Ships importation from America, the Additional Calton's Vaty, and the Add'. Urinal Excise Duty Rills, went through Committees, slid were ordered to be reported tu-moriow. In a Committee on the Act of the 4.1.1 of the Xing. chap GS. Mr. HUSKISSON moved a resolution for inipo-ing on keel Spanish Wine imported (which he stated to be of a very in different quality), similar duties to those parable on the im portation of Port Wine; which was agreed to, and the report ordered to be received to-morrow. THE MARQUIi CORN WA WS Lord CASTLEREAGH proposed the Motion of which he yesterday gave notice, by observing, that the measure he had to propose would not en croach upon the Ad passed in 1793, either in the number or emoluments of the Supreme Council of Fott William, in Bengal, which was composed of the Governor-General and four Counsellors, who is sued and signed the Commission of Commander in Chief. If, however, the Governor-General should at any time be himself a military man, lie might find it necessary,under some circumstances, to piece himself at the head of the army, as would probably be done by the highly meritorious charader (the Marquis Cornwallis, who was about shortly taking his departure for India. When that Noble Lord was in that country belote, he gloriously concluded the war himself; at the h ea d o f his vidurious army; he did not partake of any of the emoluments of that office, which was now become much more ex pensive than heretofore. He concluded with mov ing for leave to bt ing in a Bill to amend the A ft of the 32.1 of the King, in order to enable the Gover nor-General of Bengal, in certain cases, to have a voice in the Supreme Council, though he should also hold the office of Commander in Chief Mr. FRANCIS said, he did not rise to state any objection to the motion, but only to express his re gret at the supposition made by the Noble Lord, that the present war in India might be subsisting on the arrival of the Marquis Cornwallis in that country, which could not be sooner than six months at the least. He was inclined to hope, that the ter mination of the war would be by no means so re mote; but he highly approved of the measure itself, as there was, at least, a possible necessity which ought to be provided for. He had not the honour of any personal acquaintance with the Noble Lord in question ; but from what he knew of his character and condud, and of the affairs of India in general, he should be far from objeßing to a greater exten sion of powers to be given to so good and excellent an Officer. He WAS one of those men wham none could be afraid of entrusting with power. as all his former conduit was a pledge, that it would never be abused. He highly extolled t4e noble manner of his accepting such an office, under circumstances of such difficulty, and hoped it would be the means of restoring peace and trano'Aity to the inhabitants of that great peninsula. 'Leave was then given to bring in the Rill. p s. CORN LAWS Lord A RCH ..ALI) HAMILTON gave notice, that he w . Oa Tuesday next move , that the several .tions against the Coto Laws should be retell...lv a Committee. ).m.ftt 5 BIL 1.. 'Fhe CHANCELLOR es.. the EXCHEQUER i moved the order of the d a y, th at t h e H ouse s h ou ld now resolve itself into a Committee on this Bill. General Fl FZPATKLCK said he ruse merely to stiggest the proptiety of limiting service under this Aa to a certain number of years; for, without that, he feared it would be found difficult in this country to raise such a disposeable army as circumstances may require. When a similar measure was adopt ed in the year 1799, the experiment of limiting th • term of service to five years, or till the termination of the war, was successfully tried, and in his opinion, ought now to be repeated. He did not oppose the former stages of the Bill, the principle and objesh of which had his entire approbation, and in order the better to carry it into cleft, he gave notice of his intention of moving a clause similar to that of the year 1799, with the omission of that • part of it which limitted the set vice to Europe only. Mr. ELLISON expressed his decided approba tion of the Bill, which he contended not to be. as represented in former discussions, either unjust or unconstitutional. He admitted. that it was an extraordinary measure, but thought that the Militia system should yield to the paramount necessity of preserving the general Constitution of the land, which he considered as a great tree in the midst of a forest, which all the surrounding trees were, by yielding and bending, to shelter from the blast. The Bill was not oppressive to the country and the landed interest ; for, by diminishing the great num ber of the Militia, it would leave the frwer men to ballot for when vacancies occurred. lie paid but little attention to what was said of the feelings of Militia Officers upon the occasion. He had not then the honour of being a Militia Officer, but if he had, his feelings would be those of pride and satis fadion,. which - he should shortly experience at the head of his regiment, in saying to the men, " Here, my lads, are opposite you the best means of de fending your country ;" and, instead of reproaching those who remained with cowardice or want of spirit, he should continue to exhort them to zeal in the de fence of their country and their families. Alluding to the resolutions distributed in circular letters, to render Officers of Militia indisposed towards the Bill, he said, that though he was classed in the number, he had never set his name to them. Earl TEMPLE reminded the Honourable Gen tleman that he was present at the meeting at which these resolutions were drawn, and had not expressed any disapprobation of them. Mr. ELLISON. in explanation, admitted that he WAS present at the meeting alluded to, but said that while he remained there, he did not hear one intelligible resolution proposed, and therefore had to complain of his being classed among the number. for he thought it unjustifiable to publish in the newspapers any man's name to resolutions, unless he signed it himself. Mr. PRA \ K LAND thought what might be the conduit of any Gentleman at a private meeting im material in the discussion of this Bill. It was stat ed to be one of imperious necessity ; but if so, that necessity should be proved, and then every objec tion, though even of a much stronger nature, would give way before it. lie did not suppose that it would abate the ardour of the Militia Officers is the defence of their country, but some great necessity should be shewn for the adoption of a measure, by which, without that, their feelings must be wounded. Under the present circumstances he must oppose it, as impolitic and unjust, although, if other wise, he should take pride in turning over to the re gulars such men as appeared most likely to obtain most distinilions in the held of battle. He could not Approve the policy of this change, which could not give us an offensive force, while the threatened danger of the country required that the men should he kept at home. He was indeed sure, that the whole forceand tale's's of the country should be con centered for its proteCtion but that should always be done with a proper reference to our mild Con. stitution. In the year 1799, there existed a great political necessity, as we had then a gallant army, critically circumstanced in an enemy's country, and for the purpose of rescuing and preserving that brave army, should not oppose any practicable me thod, if such could be found, of transporting not only the Militia, but the whole population cf the country, for its relief. This plan, therefore, did not bring an accession of 17,000 men to our offen sive force, but transferred them from one branch of defensive force to another; and that in a manner calculated to produce dissatisfadion and disunion in the set vice. It should not be lost sight of, that in its present state, the Militia was a great defensive force, created by the Parliament, and so formed, as to be a check against any such improvident or ruinous enter prise,:or expeditions of the Ministers, if any such were meditated. To deprive the people of such a force, raised from themselves. and fur their own defence, was as unjust as it was impolitic. Such varying systems, from day to day, were inconsistent with the stable maxims and principles of any country. and rendered it impossible to depend upon any expeCta lions which might afterwards be conceived of them ; whereas, by adhering to some steady and permanent military system, this country. considering the spirit that now aduated it, would be enabled to keep up an army of transcendent excellence. General TARLETON thought the present state of Europe, when one man was seen pulling down some monarchs and creating other new ones, was sufficient evidence of the imperious necessity which laid the foundation of this measure, and which ren dered it highly desirable to gain an addition to our disposable force of 19,000. This was not a trifling, insignificant war, like that which a great general once described as a guerre It pot de chatarr, but an awful contest, which could never be decided by a mere shew of Volunteers in arms. We must not look to a force simply defensive, when, in the East, the West, and all other quarters, the enemy was pursuing the most important enterprises. He con sidered the Militia to be in a very high state of dis cipline, and had himself inspeCted some regiments of them, and seen others, which were so forward as to require but very little improvement to put them on full as gond a footing as the Regulars. Sir W. ELFORD spoke very shortly in favour of the Bill; and Lord STANLIV renewed his former objeCtions to it. The House then divided on the question for the SPEAKER'S leaving the Chair, when the numbers were--For it, 113—Against it, 49—Majority. I• The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House; Mr. ALZIANDIR in the Chair. On reading the first clause— Mr. YORKE (late Secretary at War) robe and •aid, that in consequence of the suggcstiods he haJ thrown out in a former stage of the Bill relative to a part of 1414 being . Marines he of Isis duty, state shortly Amendment It was not tee, by repeats had allude. Hon. %knit universally Military thought , ceive a p, stood, 17, being enli to His they were Guards and hands that WAS to ebtAl speediest rr consider ti able force . the disposeable to be wanted! he had mem share of give a peA these men Artillery ed, as an 0. regular I The C' said, he di. discretionary as he migh , Artillery, should be the Cava', sity to Jo the Right Guards to the eaten, stated : we nourable Holland, last, in An., adopt the spit clause stand forces," as' and divisions thus modified In the fourth to, giving there was : was requit them at h: tion ; with corporals every fifty• In the enlisting ; Lord S. on; suppo,ii what was Ihe CI said, the re and ten d. to cease. When ti ment of the Gei:eral ' ment, only, or during the continuance of the war, and sir months after it ceased ;" which, he said, he had taken from the Ad of 17/), passed for the same purpose. Sir W. W. Wynne. Sir hues PeLTENrY, Col. OOLC, General Noa rots. and several others, spoke against the Amendment. Earl 'EVAPLL and Lord STANLEY spoke in its favour. and the latter said, he would support his Rt. Hon. Friend in taking the sense of the House or. it. Strangets being ordered to withdraw ; Mr. FOX rose, and said, he was certainly in fa vour of the amendment, but hoped his Right Hon. Friend would not press the House to a division, as that might be the means of leading the public to suppose, that there were more in the House against the general principle of limited enlistment than was really the case. He did not mean to hint at any particular period of the session for doing it, but he hoped to see that general measure brought forward by some one who was fully adequate to the subjeß. as he thought it of the highest importance to the future welfare and improvement of the military ser vice of the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said. that general measure which the Hon. Gentle man alluded to, had for a long time engaged the attention and considers: ion of I Lis Majesty's Govern ment. and they had found military Officers cf the first rank, distin.lion, and talents, of very diflt•rent opinions; so many of whom were of opinion, that such a change would be highly detrimental, and in jurious to the service and discipline of the army, that he believed he should oppose the measure, whenever it should be brought forward. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed a new clause, that the Officers of the army should not have a power of rejeding any men from the Militia, who were of the height of five feet four inches and upwards. and under the age of thirty - four years, provided they were not disah; Earl TEMPLE thought five feet three would a sufficient height, as the standard for the Jailor & w•as only five feet two. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE Lit said, he had on that account reduced it to tt,e feet four, the standard of the Al my being five feet five. The clause was then read and agreed to. Mr. BANKS gave notice, that he would to morrow bring forward a motion with rt!sped to the ballot which he thought must speedily take plate after the reduction of the Militia. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice, that to-morrow, he would propose . 1 measure relative to the Militia of Ireland, similar to that he had made with respell to the English Militia. The Report was then brought up, ordered to be taken into further consideratioo to-morrow, and printed. Lord C -kSTLEREAGH brought up the East IndiA Bill, which was read a first tome, and ordered to be read a second woe to.morrow.--Adjourned• .vu lA* fullot whereui d , ily ele It IS I [S4EPHI . _ Tao Tuesd. Loco' being The dosed :Tear (kerne CAISI but th, tition the Pionib IdEftt. ----- 4 1 , r- -f these men so to be enlidet do K_ g ad, red to the corps of Arti -NAN rill il •he thought i t n ece s sary , an d i a part ty, now the Hill was in a Cottimittee, to rtly what ohjed he had m view, aid the tent he proposed to make in this clause. at necessar y for him to detain the Commit- epeating his sentiments on the two cases he led to. It was very well known to evety G .„ er al ! sniber of the House, that they were both particularly t e h n e tit c le i d anse to n 7w- ' Ceneral Ily popular and highly important to the i.f we th re ese pa m rt e i n cu service of the country, and, as such, he eori , v i t , h tti ey . mends' i ; ., to se , 7.000 men were to he raised by this A& by ; ;Y es re' listed from the Militia, and to be transferrell Majesty's "Regular Forces," of course; ~: niet re liable to be transferred to the Foot - Iron and the Cavalry. It was a ll owe d on , }1 r tie 3 lat the great inducement to this measure atain a considerable di s p osa bl e f orce i n the o noutli :manner possible, and he could byres means 1 mbar the cavalry and foot guards as a dispose. . fey, 2 e for colonial purposes espezially ; and. ac Dseable force now to be ra i se d was 'icilyg I, e T r d b wed for that service, he thought those corps .'r Joe ES mentioned would require a considerable • ;p; froze ' them. He therefore would propose to .. swer to His Maje s ty to a p po i nt so many of oriel, 'i n as he might think proper, is augment the ,rneuth. and Royal Marines. He therefore mos. .. the 8 n Amendment, to leave out the word., .buked r forces." . 21 - lANCELLOR cf the EXCHEquEtt ne train lid not mean to objeet to giving the King a . ipline, nary power to admit as many of those men 'e t f:le ht think adviseable, into the Marines and , but he thought it hi g hly necessary thty ho cheer e admitted into the Foot Guards. As to certain' try, there might not, perhaps, be any neer,- r so. He could not, however, agree wit:, The n it Honourable Gentleman that the Fo..- night Ind Cavalry were not a disposeabl e force); test the Right Honourable Gentl eman h a d "tents, we had seen them serving in the most ho- merest- manner, and with the greatest Kea% in try dig Germany. Egypt. and, in the war before .merica. Ile had, howeeer, no obj e Cti on to or, is 0 spirit of the 'amendment, by letting the It is nov end as it did, and after the words sv regular rata wi adding those of n battalions of Artillery in Italy, inns of Royal Marines " The amendment ified was adopted, and the c l ause agree d to . i is lees rurth clause, an amendment was agreed e Roc! g power to the commanding officer, where out the 1 an excess of men volunteered more than fired as the quota of hi s reg i ment , to ra i se formed i his own option, either by ballot or selec- t's the same provision AS to serjeants and Yester . ; taking one serjeant east one corporal to a the Q y-nine men. Deism clause allowing ten days for the time of vs; 1 t Less( iTANI,EY asked, how long this was to go Veteox toting the quota WAS not raised in ten day.. USTI', c r then to be done ? Tester :11ANCE1.1.t/R of the gXCIIEQUF:R. Ease Inc s rots be caihd out a second time. re g iment till three Lays e ..Towed, and then the operation Yeste :louse I the Clause was read relative to the Fuliste Aprii, i .he Men into the Regular Army— eceise al FITZPATRICK proposed. as an amend- losed. Fleet they shoald he ei.li,ted for five years ball pas