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.. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ' a proof of the honesty of the officers. they might be HOUSE OF LORDS—APRIL ie. ' • eikisabled to ',come elute stele: till they took them— _put el the bands of the dirtier's. they could hardly The Earl of ORFORD, and the Ifisisop tbi Li FLT, took l e e - be honest ; litr lirictofore their salaries were inaile dirths and their seats. quote to their wauts; but now they were placed in . . FARM OT IT. GREGORY, v. TOE RINGS CA moNt'pr ll bitilat which would deservedly' subject them to ST. TAU es. punNinnetit, if they neglected their linty. Having Sir &voltaic R..ILLY and Mr. Leach - wereeferther exlt :aiell.l I Pl t hus much, he recommeildril the cone hated is this appeal, on behalf of the Appellants, when fur- 1 ) nu inee of the Coinairssiouvrs, slid the emoted flaitt/•• IMMlSlENltseethugs were postponed tin to-Gwent*. LETTER FROM THE JUNTA OF GALLICIA. lull or the Lill. Col. BARRY complained of the mi iiiii er in which The Earl a LIVERPOOL presented is cony of a the penalties weer culleeted by the Eseise in the letter referred to on a former day, and which had county which he repriumted. Fines had been le been found since the ether papers were produced ; , vied to the 'cinema of leeeeol, at least 13,0001. and he should also move that the same he printed. Before he sat down, lie wished to observe, with re- of which mould fall upon octet pereons. The ward to the instructions mentioned by a Noble Plan of compelling a deduct to levy titles, instead Earl (Carysfort) yesterday, transmitted by His of prover officers. lie couci nese highly improper. Alter a few wild* from Mr. Ferreamieltieneral it laiesty'r Giverinent to Mr. Free., and for the erl Wei, the Bill was read a second time, seed or speueuction of which, notice haul been given, of teueon to be made this day, that if the papers dared to lie etnilinltted on tined''' . l 'e . • ght• The Order of the they. for the House going into rise on their Lordship's table were examined, all the instructions which had ever been trammtnitteme a Committee on the British Ships Bill, was post would be found to have been already produced. Polled till to-morrow. • He had also to inquire of the Noble Earl ((hey) Mr. TIERNEY moved, that there be laid before whether lie felt city objection to define the nature the House an account of the distribution of time aunt of -2000,0001. grantee last sessioa of Perlis of his motion, intended to be beiught forward next Friday ? Illrllt, to answer future contingencies; which was Earl GREY said, on • former occasion, he had accordingly "mil. Mr. PONSONBY gave notice that he would to cosainuniceted to the Noble Secretary the geiseral tenor of his proposed motion ; that it would re,. :d morrow, call the attention to the letters of Mr. the whole conduct of ilia Majesty's Ministers, rela- Fret', to the late Sir John Moore ; particularly to tive to the Cattlivii l olll of Spain mid Portngal, and that part of it which referred hint to his messenger he trusted cleat information would saes 4 .he per- for information. He should likewise yak some pose of the. Noele Secretary's inquiry. lie thought questions relative to the Treaty with Spaiu. proper to add, if the House agreed with him, eveit Mr. l'Eatusti. said, he dared to so : , that his deficient as the pe l mets on the table were, he had Right Hon. Friend would be ita his place, and no hesitation in saving three were sufficient grounds wooled, he doubted not, afford every necessary tutor in his opinion, to condemn all the 1110.121UrCil pus- Illation. seed by them on that oecasicm. Upoh the motion of Sir SAMUEL R011113.1', the LoseLS IN mkt N. House resolved itself into a Committee, to take in- Lord AuceLeep moved, that there be laid be- to considerutiou the Bill mustnling the Law of fore the Hogue. a return of all the teasels re- Bankrupts. ceiveil into our army while in Spain, who had de- The chaise enabling the Bankrupt to he a wit serted from the armuy of the enemy." He observ- ness in actions by his assignees, ae i has obteiecil ed, that some of the regiments, after all our losses, his certificate without tine, as the law now is, rya contained a greater c pelment of turn upon their leasing any contingent *surplus of his estate, was return to this cuptutry, titan at the time of thie r opposed by time Attorney and Solicitor-General, and embarkation. the Master of Abe Itoll*; and Sir Samuel Ronsilley Time Earl of Leyetteepoe--o I have not any ob- suggested confining the release to so much surplus jection to that motion." us would lie gained by the success of the action in The elation was then agreed to. which I.e should be produced as a witness. 'Mr. WHARTON, Sir JAMBS GRAHAM, and other The clause so amended was agreed to. Members from the House of Commons, brou g ht A lengteened discussion then took place on the up the Irish Spirit Bill, which was laid upou tee. clause forgiving the Bankrupt a power to appeal table and reed a first time. to the Lord Chancellor, if all, or four-Melia of leis The Malta Prize Register Bill, and the Inn- creditors should refuse to sign his certificate. keepers' Allowance Bull, paesed through a Cons- Time ArfORNRY•CiENERAL expressed a wish that miller, still were reported without any umeielment. the number of creditors necessary to sip the cer- Mr. Devls preseuted from the Crown-Ofliee is (ideate. according to the existing law, should be Ireland, the \Vrit of Election, whereby Viscount . limited to • statelier Humber. Mouutjoy wise returned as a representative Peer for Mr. J Aeon expressed similar sentiments. that part of the United liiieeduen, in the room of Mr. Assacationtr, Sir CHAS. PRICE, and Mr. the tete Marquis of Sligo. Adjou rn ed. Seems, supported the Clause, as it stood to the HOUSE or coMMONS. Bill. _ !I lie SOLICITOR GENIRRAL opposed the appeal to Mr. GRATTaX presented • Petition from the taliabitants the Chaiicellor.as mentioned in the original Clause. of time parish of St. -mares, Debti-li far liar Repeal of the as it would militate itgaiast the erpirtalmie interests Lens fur Paving and lighting the City of Dublin, and pray- of the in used e j c re ditor,e mud- would sail 'ire( inn trig they might I.e usatindstedto those of London.—it 0.; it tn. presented. sianlar petitio• Voila another p.o.sli.—Tbry au ere to *preclusion from contleating probably the nerd oa time dto lie uu the table. rims+ and dishonest prikFtices of the Bairkropt On the Order of the Day for the second r•ding of time %loose Bankruptcy might tare arisen, not front the Henley Common Road Bill being read, Mr Yonk e efeectue f a i r !,regress of trade, hut by the most improper to the further progress of the 13 , 11, and pio s iosed that the eimiluct. and thus render the (ardenr liable to the itecond reading should I.e not off till ill., (lay its m ut at,' Mr. WIRT supported the Bill : sod route-piled that the grOeswat frauds, lie concluded with stattuir. ,that reed in question would he a ireneial benefit to die neicli• *lipoid the Clause as it then atom' he rejected, he Ilesurhood through which it would pass, and to tiaretlett in should propose. that instead of four fifths of the general creditors, three fourths should be sufficieut to ex- The House then divided, when there appeared For the Hill Against it Maj4wity — se stated a case of elletrlGlty where a 'bankrupt was The Bill was then read a second time, arid ordeied to be kept by his creditor in prison for many years. by eliminate!. me whiceven h defeated the judgment of time The Ordmeans er of the Day for the Must' going into • Cow ounce on ilsc Irish Constables' Bill otei postpone.l to Friday LORD CHANCELLOR, pronounced upon a petition nest. for big enlargement, on moment of his ill health; • IRISH COMMISSIONERS' FEES IMEL. and before tier justice of the proceedings could be Mr. FOSTER moved the Order of the hay for • iiirestigeted, the bankrupt died. the second reading of this Bile . The clause was theta agreed to. Mr. PARS CAL rose, not for the purpose of op- Several other clauses were t h en brought on and ran% Hie Hill. but with a view of asisioe the Rt. agreed to. The Hama then resuming, Mr. %Vim- Hon. Gent. whether any new regulations had Item . TON brought up the Report; it was ordered to adopted in conformity with the Report of the Coln- he take* into further consideration on Thursday missiouers before the HOOK. lie pointed out en- se'nnight, after which the (louse adjourned at vend eparts of the Report which complained of the HALF PAST Twimvp. ., manner in which the assessed taxes had been git- e e there'd in Ireland ; the inattention to the custom laws and the toasting trade ; the • telligilslis mid .irregular menner in 'which the collectors kept their accounts, and the manner in which the duties had been collected on spirits had ainuented in Due year to barely 714,0001. when, had they been faille , collected, they would have exceeded two millions sterling. The duty on auctions bud been equally Neglected : he' nu:Atoned a case at Cork, when the whole sums collected in one year amounted to no more than three shillings. He then adverted to the recommendation of the Con sinners for liceteseig the stills after the manner of the low Leda ofScot land ; such wholesome adiiiie, lie thought, ought to be attended to. Another pulite recommended by the Commissioners, was a chniuge in the mode of appointine subordinate officers, a hick if uttend ed to. would he productive of the happiest effects. I lit the whole, he contended, that if prupei atten tion were paid to the collection of existing taxes, there would be no ocemeni for any fresh ones. Mr. FOSTER said the Hon. (;entlenian haul taken him rather unawares by the questions lie lied pin ; he would, however, answer them as satisenctorily as he could. The Report to which the Hon. Mem ber had referred, hail been made in the year 15.% O und the complaint upon the manner of collecting the assessed taxes had eince been better attended to. and were likely to be more productive now than ever. There had been great neglect in the enmities and the coasting trade, but they were now well coil ducted. The Collector's accounts haul been ter. bandy in a confused state, and it was almost im possible to know what they were. As to the re coininentletion of time Cominissioliers for the ap pointing of officers, he considered it wholly telex ceptiousble—uotwithstandiug another inetlinel had been adopted, which he thought should be continued till properly tried. The fiends in the diatilirrics were notorious ; but lie hoped, throueli the interference of country Gentlemen, and modes winch had been adopted, this evil would cease. 'Fite method for licensing thestilla was new under cunsideration ; and what they bad THE BRITISH PRESS. - LONDON, THURSDAY. Arm. so. War is considered inevitable betecen Austria and France. Bon APAlrri was to leave Paris on the sth of this month, for Germany. Probably, in the lint instance, for titutgard. live millions of subsidy have been solicited Austria from this Govern ment. To the demand, no palate answer has et been n d ; but every disposition to comply 'Hi the wishes :mil %emits of the Court of Vienua has been inaniksted. These facts, we believe, are autlientic. The Loire frigate, of 30 guns, Cm pt. &nom r an, arrived on Tuesday evening at Ports 1111 l uth, from the coast of Spans; and. yesterday, Capt. SCHOSI /MUG reached the Admiralty with au account of the successes of the Spaniards in Gmllicia. The whole of that province is stated to be in arms against the French, aho have no footing in that corner of the peninsula, except the for tresses of Ferrol and Coruna's. The act:omits add, that the Marquis of Rostaaa, HViiiling himself of this disposition of the inhabitants, and Boding his ranks considerabli swelled by the patriots, had at tack.ed the French army under SOL:LT, and defeat ed it tu three several actions. It is hence sup posed that the march of SOULT into the North of Portugal, was not the result of choice, but oinecessity; lioMAMA having interposed his farce betacen Sob LT and his resources at Ferrol and Co mmie, and obliged him to march into Portugal, in expectation of being joined there by the troops on der LAINES, advancing ou the south-cast of that 11.- ' I 1 kingdom. We fear much that these aceounts,like all ' the previous sucresses of the Spaniards, are grettly exaggerated. The motive asst turd for Soubin advance into Portugal particularly, we believe, is not founded in fact. That movement we have always considered as combined with the advance of LASNES on the sale of the Tagus, uud at the time Major NAMES left Carcma, it was well understood, that Sou LT had left that city, with intent to niarch soutliwaell iuto Portugal. The Loire, 'which has returned to England, was sent out by Government, with a supply of NM. and ammunition for ROMA PIA'S army, winch she landed safely at Cape Fans terre. If we would seek for the real cause of the delay of lanaililies, and the protraction of a rupture I►e tween Boaaeattre and Austria, after so long a display of their mutual di aaitisfaction—it will, an queatioulibly, be found au the situation of affairs beyond the Pyrenees coil the Ebro. The. Court and Government of Vienna, not fully prepared. hopeful of obtaining a subsidy from this country. and probably not without some expectations, either of .conciliating the friendship of Russia, or at least of inducieg ALEXANDER to observe a neutrality, continues to assemble her musics, from the fron tiers of Siixoay and the Upper Palatinate. down to the edge of the Tyrol cud the Adriatic. But. she still avoids, or delays, to strike the derisive blow. NAPOLEON, GA the other hand, also well knows when it is his cue to fight, and who never easita, or waits for a pretext to attack friend or enemy ; he who, in Ma, marched argamst Austria, and iu tao 6 against Prussia, leaving Lord LAUDERDALE to negociate with his Ministers at Paris, while him self overturned the Prussian Monarchy, at Auer-. stadt ; he, in fine, who, an 1808, invaded Spain without even a pretext, except his inordinate ana -1 ition, and sublime conceptions for the re-creation of the Spanish Monarchy—the same man who suc cessively deposed, expelled, or imprisoned, the Prince Regent of PORTUGAL, the Queen of Emu- IRIA, and tIO:11 Pies the 7th, the Head of the Ca tholic Faith and Church—this very man now tem ?,orises, procrastinates, and remains at Paris. or at RamliouiLlet, when we expected to hear of him at Munich. at Stutgard, or at Milan. OUDINOT, Ilnd A EGEREA U, and LE FERTILE, and M %isms*, are already, it is true, to be found at their posts, on the lain, the her, and the Danube ; i nt N. POLEON himself seems to manifest something like a reluctance to take the field in person. The fact is indisputable, and cannot be contested. By comparing and considering the latest French. with the most recent and authentic Spanish intelli gence, from the scene of war in Estremadura, as well as in La Mancha, au Catalonia. and in other provinces of the peninsula, we cannot fail to per. curiae the motives of Bon APARTS'S irresolution, or rather delay, w attacking the Austrians. He is well aware, that though lie has taken Saragossa— though he has defeated General REDING'S enter prise a4ainst Barcelona—though Sou ta has march ed into Portugal from Gallicia--and though a French army is driving CUEST A before them, itj the neighbourhood Troxillo—in a word, though he still combine, to attack, and though Joseen Bus APA WEE remains personalty at !Madrid. with the title mid insignia of Royal t:•—yet that time Spa nish Monarchy is not subjected. Nay more, that hisarones are alp:Lady diminished, while the spirit of the people is by no means broken, siablecd, or coui:iliated. How, then, is be to curry war into Hungary. Bohemia, and Moravia , Vi 111! e 14 com pelled to send armies to the Guadiana, the Tagus, and the Guadalquivir It is not to be wondered at that lie should wish, if possible, to avoid such an effort, at the same moment, at the two extremi ties of Europe. Nor can the able tyrant fail to see, with etwittous of rage and inilignatioti, that as he spreads his aims over the Conti:tent, Mid as lie be comes more formidable by land, lie is cut down on the Ocean, and bereaved successively of " ships, colouies, and commerce ;" objects, if all others, dearest to his heart ! Cayenne and Martinique are already lost. The French cannot long hold . out in the city of St. Domingo against the Spanish assailants. Gaucluloupe alone remains to France iu the West Indies. Nor do his naval enterprises keep pace with his victories un the land. His squadron in Perique Roads, if it escape being de stroyed, may be esteemed fortunate. Every month beings into our ports his lioc-st frigates; and his vanity must suffer at the capture of the Aiessten, designed to commemorate his interview• with the CZAR in 1807 ; while the I'i/le de Warsovie, a new SO-gun man of war, named from a similar circum stance, lies wrecked on her beam ends, under the very batteries of the Isle of Aix. Ile cannot alto. gether conceal from his ensile' and Ili, 1144V111, thew mortification,, loosen, and disgracer, equally noto rious and hamiliating. lie writhe, under them, notwithstanding his insolent menaces, and osten tatious Fel:0101111d victories in the Moniker. 80, we repeat it, he is niost insecure on tie , side of Spain, and even on that of Portugal. That CULSTA lit, been driven by LAIINCII from the two bridges over the Tagus, and that the latter may have advanced as far as Truzillo, we adunt. But, if the Spanish insurgents, as we have every reason to believe, under General 111011 NA. were in full march from Vuletrpenas to Toledo, in the rear of Lum's army, can he venture to push on towards _..~ , Portugal ? Tobtdo is 'namely forty miles from Nladrid, and Uastts♦ was believed to be within seven or eight leagues of Toledo on the 18th of March. His Catholic Majesty may Lind it aukward aid dangerous remaining in his capital' under suck circumstances. For he has only a slender military force near his august person, and he would proba bly dislike giving audience to URBIDIA. Neither do we believe that Don Joseph has any inclination to visit Saragossa or Barcelona, howaver pompous ly he may describe the grateful allegiance felt for him by the inhabitants of those cities. The fact is, and fiver] the French Paper* admit it, that iu Catalonia half the province is in actual arms against JOSLPII. Tarragona, 'ludo's, Maiirews„ Solfolia, Balaguer, and many other places, continue to re sist the invaders. RIMING is still alive, at their head. Aaturia is intact. How, then, eau the Corsican venture, with such opponents behind bun, to march in person against Austria? He may be.. compelled to do it, and we are far from saying that he will not burst into Stn rim, or advance straight to Vienna. But, in so doing, he evidently commits to hazard all his past acquisitions. This, we are convinced, is the cause, and the explanation,. of the actual state of affairs on the Continent, and the delay of hostilities between France and Aurtria. Some more papers relative to the late campaign in Spain and Portugal have been laid before the House of Common.. In oue of them Mr. CAN NING admits that Sir DAVID BAUM went to Co ronet' iu conformity with the wish of Ministers, merely upon the advice of the Spanish Com manders, and without having previously commu nicated with the Junta of Oallicia ; and Mr. STUART. in a dispatch front Aranjuez to Mr. CAN NING, admits that lie has reason to believe that the refusal of the Junta arose " merely front local and personal reasons ." Of the wisdom of seeding aii expedition to Cotonou, without knowing whether it wool(' be permitted to land there, our readers will judge. By a private letter from Mudeira, of the :6th ult. we learn, that the outward-bound India fleet, which reached that island on the nth of March. sailvd again on the 18th. The enemy's cruiser* were frequently in sight during the passage, and j on one occasion had the audacity to attempt an attack on souse of the ships to leeward, with a view to cutting them off. On a sitgoal being given to clear for action, and the necessary preparations made, the cruisers dropt ardent, and kept ut a re spectful distance. Of these the Sirius captured a ss:hramer, worth only about 1,8001. It appears from an account laid before the House of Commons, of the value of imports and exports between Great Britain and Ireland, that the total value of imports in the year, ending the sth of Ja nuary, 1807, was 145.8561. 78. 3d. ; in the year, ending the sth of January, ISO,. 2.89.4151. ISt , . 2d.; and in the year, ending the 5:11 of January, itiOtt, 63,9591. Ids. 10d.That the total exports during the three said veers, were, for that ending the sth of January. 1807, 193,6431. lgs. Id.; for the year ending the sth of January. lame, 130,5831. 904. 2d. and for the year ending the sth of January, 1809. 94401. 4s. 4d. The value of flax-seed imparted in the three corresponding periods was, iu the year ending Jan. 1807, 144,1741. do. ending January, 1808. 110,0551.; ditto ending January, 1809, 30,5101. It 'appears from an account laid before the House of Cominou4, that exemptions grunted to foreign ers in respect of the duty on the funds antler the , Property Tax, for the year ending the 10th of Oc tober, limit, amount to 61,4601. los. Id. It appears from aii account laid britire the House of Commons, that the Notes or the Kink of Ire land, including Bank Poet Bills, in circulation on the Pt February, 1809, amounted to 3,072,3151. I . _ Report states that Mr. Owliin is appointed • Chief Justice in Centido. MINORITY OR TUE MOTION OF LORD FOLKITOME, /OR • CON MITZI= TO INQUIRE INTO /MUIR.. I 1.0.11 Ossiolstone. LundAliborpe. Jos. Halsey, Esq. [tad Visct. Forbes %Vita. Ord, F. , q. 11. C. ( "lobe, lb.. Sir W. Lemon, Bt. Hon. C Pelham. John ( - Aileron, E.q. Sir T. Miller, Bart. I). North, Esq. Hon. C. Bradshaw Ski . St. A obyn, lit. H. Parnell, Esq. Lee Antouie, Esq. Geo. !libber!, Esq LG. Wardle, Esq. Hun. W. Lambe. Geo. Knapp, Esq. S. Whitbread, Erg lion. W. Lyttletoa Thos. Foley, Fag. Lad A. Haniiltou J. M. Lloyd. J.S r ii demon., Esc' C. C. Western, Egg . TIILLIIRS. T. .1. Symonds. 11. Tracey, Esq. Lord Folkatone. T. Cressy, Eng. T. W. Coke, Esq. , Ho.C. Hatchinnua. As the term I. Bivour -" has occurred in the letter of Sir J. MOORE. unit may be nut miderstood by many of our readers, we subjoin the following ex planet ion : " BIVOUAC—a guard at night performcd br the whole amity ; whic►, either at a nit re, or lying before an enemy, 'Very evening Arms oat from itd tents or hats, and mutinies all sight 111 arms." Some papers and letters front Holland to the 13th have arrived, but then• contents are unimpor tant. The wind being fair, for the lest two days. for the !progress of the expedition under tlw command of Sir A. WELLIBiLLY, we are Ituiws that it will reach its detitinatiou in sufficient time to act with glorious and beneficial effect. The Fortune, Hont;.ox, from Ca4liorin, for Belfast; and the St. Latrrrnre, —, from Poole, bound to Newftwftwilaiwi, were captured the for. user on the 3d, the latter osi the sth instant : the latter was giver up, atter being plundered, and is arrived at Kinsale. The dinelio. mill, from Greenock. for Heli goland, was driven on shore no Sandy island, on the 13th instant, during a heavy gale, hnt since got off with trifling denier. Five other vessels were driven onshore their at the same time. Under the present critical state of Portugal; it is much to he regrmted, that the great armament. commended by Sir Annum WittEstlx, was an long wind-bound. Yet all the wind. that can blow from every point of the compass. cannot prevent the sailing. on to-morrow. eau rich Lottery Fleet from the Port of Fortune. Prise Money await* it every hour throughout the day. Such. there fore. as hare not vvt entered nut hoard, bate net a monietit to Wee in malting au alit comm. iri