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IMPERIAL LP.dRLIJME HOUSE OF PEERS. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7. Hosaausc, and several - other Members .of, the House-of Com Mons, brought up the Malt Duty Bill, and the PensiOn, &c. Duty Bill which were lead a first time.. . The Duke of.Noßrouc. gave notice that lie should rrime,iDtilivloaclay, to po,stpone•the consideration of, the Petition of a Person claiming the Barony of Howard de Walden, to the loth of February.--Ad journed _till to-morrow (this day).. , • , HOUSE OF, CO211111011 7 'S: WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7. Mr. BOWMAN brought . up, :the fot regulating the Fisheries- of the River TW eed,-4Se t id a first.time, and ordered to be read a second time r ;,,,,, Mr. VANSITTART moved the‘ Oaer the Day for the third reading of the Malt Duty . Bill.—Real accordingly the third time, pasSed, and ordered to the Lords. Upon the motion of the same Gentleman, the pension Duty Bill was also read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Lords. Mr. VANSITTART then moved, that an Account of the net Produce of the War Taxes and Perma nent Taxes for two years, enditi - q the sth January, 1807, be laid before the House, distinguishing each year and each quarter. The .Exchequer. Bills .Bill, for granting .to His Majesty•the sum of 10,500,0 . 001. to be . raised by . Loans or Exchequer Bills, was then brought up by Mr. VANSITTART, and, On his Motion; read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time tomor— row. HoBMoUSE brought in the Annual Qualifica tion Indemnity Bill.—Read a first time, 'and ordered to In read a second time to-morrow;,'''''' • - Lord 03SULSTON acquainted the House that His Majesty had been waited upon' with the Address voted unanimously, sth instant, l and that His Ma . josty was .graciously pleased to return the following • Answer-- " GENtLEmEN, • • " I thank the:House of Commons for their . loyal and duti ful A i ddrv4s, and receive with satisfaetion your assurance thit, the Restoration of'Peace has been pravented only by thoin ordinate ambition of the Enemy. I rely with confidence upon the elfecl'of those exertions which my faithful Com mons shall think necessary fur the vigorous 'prosecution of the present Contest, to maintain, the Dignity of my Crown' and secure the Happiness ofmy People;" CONINIITTEE OF SUPPLY. On the Motion of Mr. ILONTOTTART the House resolved itgelfinto a Committee't Of Supply;Mr. CALCRAFT having moved, that the Ordnance Esti mates be referred to the said Committee. IIIr.CALCILI FT, in rising to move the Ordnance Estimates, felt much satt i sfadion; that - it would not be necessary for him to detain the Committee- by observations of any length; that if, however, there were any topics that required further explanation, or ;ny questions that Gentlemen might deem it necessary to propose to him, he should willingly answer such questions, and, if he. could, adeqUately. He had an additional satistaaion in being enabled to inform the Committee the there was a' considerable redti6tien in the Estimates he had now to submit to' them, compared with those of laSt year; he did not mean, in statini . this, to claim any extraordinary, acknowted meat of merit as due to the present Board of Ordnante,- be rather thought that the present redu6tion.might more justly be - imputed to the adeqhate suppliei'of former years, which, in faciiihping the progress of the public works, had lesSened the grants of money necessary' to support them. If the Board of Ord name had any china to merit, it was for'the uni form zeal with which the Board resisted all the pro jeas of expenditure that had been submitted to them, consulted upon all occasions the most prac;tical economy. The principal redutaions were owing to the completion of those great. works in Kent, and Upon the coast of Sussex, which, while erecting, were pro- dative , of an expence of no incOnsiderataie magni tude,. The Stun now required would _be found to be . 000,00'01. less than that voted last year, and: this too notwithstanding the increase of 1400 men in one battalion of foot artillery, the increased ex-' pence. of 'the establishment of 'engineers, and the augolentation of pay to the artillery granted by his Majesty. thiS tin co:fold addition to —ar 'expendi ture would amount io • 150,0001. so that had there not been :t redu&iotr of 600,0001. the - necessary •supply would amount to 750,0001. more than ,was r ow requiiO. As to tilt! Ordnance Estimates for Ireland, the di minution would be found to be in the iiathe pro , m ti o n, and to be :I‘wribed to the same cause and iii general he could say, and it was great satisfaCtion lu nitn that he felt warranted in saying, - that who- ever shoulii have thc honour cfdiscitarging, next year, the duty he was now called upon to p 7 jrtbrin, wouid yet have amore pleasing task, as the reduc- 13 , . Lion would, by that time; still-greater, as the lines of CliathauL arid the grimt works now carrying on at DOver and the Coasi, would, by that time, completed. He had but one observation more to .make, that stnce the Estimates had, been, laid upon the table, an advance upon the Vote of Credit _ _ bad been made to the araount of 1 400,0001:; be should, therefore, from the sum Originally required, make a dedu6tion to that amount. He did not think it necessary to detain the Committee further than by' stating, as at first, that 'he was very will:ng to give every information in . his power to any Gen- tlenian, and listen with respe& to any sag. gestion the Hon. Gentleman opposite to him (the Hon. Wellesley Pole), so conversant in business of this kind, should think it necessary to offer. The followina sums were then voted without any, observation. To defray the charges of Ordnance for the year rBos, not mad:: good by Parliament , - 30 r,406 9 3 To defray ditto, &c. ibr thc. year 18;6 - 262,365 l4 2 FOT charge of Or mance tor sBo7 - , - 2,278,197 'o For charge of Ordnauce'b 1 reland - 479,246 19 7 The abOve Report was ordered to be received to morrow, and the Conimittee of Supply to sit main on Friday. - The SPEAKER lairaled the HOuse that to-mor- row, being the day fixed ni:on.fOr balloting for . ti Committee to decide upon the double return tOr the Borough of- . Horsham, in - Sassex•, should aitert4 . . • , to take the Chair at half-paSt three o'clock, and pro ceed to count the House at a, quarter before foun t ,— Adjourned. 111.11T.5. Attrtivsta—i Dub;in, i ‘vatertord: Dtra-z Cotten burgh, 2 Wdterford: , PRIdE Ui tcfo.6:S ~THIS DAY AT TWFIAS.O ' CLOCK. Consols -- 59 ex. div. Red. Non, -59 T 1-LE • S U N. SOIESS QUIS DICERE PALSUM A.UDEAT? 1 1 / 4 7 D 0 Ar, THURSDAY., JANUARY .8, 1867. WE have this day made, some further Extracts from the Foreign Journals which arrived on Tuesday night. The accounts from almostall,quarters con cur in representing the French Army as being in a most deplorable condition : according to the most, favourable statements, it has been reduced ,one fourth by an epidemic disorder, which continued to rage with giieat violence. It is true, ',the Fiench Army was continually receiving reinforcements, but the accession of raw Conscripts would, under the pre_. sent circumstances, acid but Hulett) their real strength. The fatigue of so long a march, and the severity of a northern winter, would: undoubtedly disable them - • from service for some time. If the Russians' Should persevere in their determination of avoiding - a gene ral aCtion for a feW weeks longer, • the situatiOn of BONAPARTE will become perilous in the extreme his army will be diminished daily, and, wliat is of • equal importance, it ,rust become dis Contented. The French soldiers have 'hitherto been accustomed . to rapid marches, to decisive victories, and to gun , der; they are now in a dreary country, experiencing all the rigours.of a severe winter, opposed in frdtit by,a numerous and :warlike Enemy—an Eneeny,. that (notwithstanding IScirearath'E's boasts) • the. Fiench TroopS have a peculiar aversion to fighting - *„ . 1 and With a formidable Army on their*, flank; ready to take the firskfavourable opportunity of attacking them. Everything;therefore, is to.-be hoped for if the Russians persist fer sortie' dine longer in their present mode -of .warfare. There can. be no doubt that BONAPARTE will endeavenr to force. the- Al lies to a general Aaiun as soon as possible; the has advanced. with 'that view from Pesento I,7Var saw : but his eagerness to bring on a decisive battle will, We trust; convince his s adversaries of 'the expediency of avoiding one: The reports which' have been for some time so confidently- circulated; of' battles having been fought in which both parties are -alternately repro.ented as being viCtorious,evidently: , had no other foundation than the skirmishes wh'..ch. frequently occur between the 'advanced Posts of the two'Armies, in which - the Cossacs generally prove more than•an_equalmatch for ihe French - Cavalry.* It is stated in a private Letter, that two Regitnents of French Cavalry were cut.to pieces by two Prus ,• sian Regiment s , the former h av in g b een drawn into. an ambuscade near Dantzig. - We are happy to find that the report of a War having commenced between RusSia, and _Turkey is unfounded. The Russians have 'entered Moldavia' and Wallachia, but it appears" to be entirely with the consent of the. Porte. THE following notification was , yesterday sent from the Admiralty- to 'LLOYD'S : • • "Admiralty-Office, Jan . ... ; 7 , . " By an examination of the Prisoners taken in the Spanish Packet, it appears that she sailed \ from Monte Video upwards of _three months. sake, at . ; which period that place was in, the pbssession'"Of the. Spaniards, aild Buenos Ayres of t4e.Eng - lish." • In addition to the observations which We have ttl . ready made upon this interesting subject; we aro happy , to state, that it is probable that.very,Consi derable reinforcements reached Buenos Ayres in Sep tember, from the Cape. The Cape Town - Gazettes, which have been received to the 24th of September, state,, that on the .29th of August His Majesty's Ship Lancaster, Capt. FoniziwiLL; sailed froth Si mon's,Bay for Rio I,a Plata, with the following trans ports with troops under convoy,, viz. Alexander; HOWARD; Polly, CHAPMAN ; Hero, CAREY ; Ca ledonia. J. NI‘IvER ; Pretty Lass, C. CUMMING.; Royal:charlotte, PORTGATE ; and Funiiy, S. JOB . = SON. .On the 16th previous, Hi; Majesty's Ship Medusa, the Hon. Capt. BOUVERIE, sailed fot the River Plate, with His Majesty's Store-Ship.Hothe, Capt. KELWICK ; Diadem Transport, R. HOME;' Adamant Transport, STERLING and Columbine Transport, lIINLAyx, under Convoy. The whole of the troops on board the two Squadrons amounted to about 2500: , TIIE good faith, manirested towards all the Allies: of this Country in the late Negotiation, and the scrupulous adherence of Ministers to the connexion subsisting with 13. nssia, have desei7ved and obtained, general approLation and praise. Great surprise mu- t therefore be vxcited by a Pa ,:age in the. Report of a Speech, attributed Jo a Mernher of OppO'sition in the Debate of I\loncl,:y. After a statement of the prelimin ary points which underwent some discussion at the commencement of the Negotiation, it w .s a ked on wkat round we rejused to ireatfirther without Rilssiu rr - e 'lad 725 Treaty with Russia except the Treaty of _cower t. . That was a -Dreaty of Subsidy and Mili tary. Operation, and could not be in force after the 'Battle of Austerlitz. A brief extra& from Lord OItENirILLE'S Speech on Friday last atfordS'‘ a deci sive ; The present Ministers, on - their en trance into office, found _this Country bound Gy a formal Treaty not to make Peace without the con, sent and concurrence of Russia." His Lordship •expressed his perfea assent to the propriety and .poliCy of that connexion, and added, • that even if the Treaty had been unfit and_unwise, ,still Ministers would have adhered to it, as it stood on the sacred authority of His Majesty's name, and the plighted sanctity. of the public faith. The 'ground, there fore, of refusing to treat ,farther without Itus l . sia is unequivocal ; the necessity of ading on • that ground is equally manifest ; and the expe diency, of such conduEt can scarcely be questioned by an avowed admirer of the politics of the last Admi nistration. In the great diversity and peculiarity of opinions which were started on Monday ; Ministers were ,ac .citsed of inconsistency for the rigid adherence whiCh., they required from France to the Basis of Aft.nal! Popession, and the la x ity , w hi c h they iee* tritd to in - dulg in demanding Cessions from the. Enemy.. This charge arises out. of, the clai ms advanced by sia. The basis on Which:this COuntry tonne fed treat with reference to its own interests, cou,ld rite • involve all the relations of Russia with France, or be -, • • understood .to preclude • that C,ourt . from insisting' on points which might ..be dee:nod essential to the honour,- or necessary to the safety, ..of the., • • , RuSsian .Empire:• Great Britain and Russialdiere engaged in a FOrninon cause, 'and a joint 'Peace would - have been calculated to'arrange; , ,to their tual , satisfaEtioh, the objeai'of.common • -concern.- -The peculiar. stipulations which: the EriaPeror'A.txx 7 A - . - N . DER might be disposed to require, migot be u'ised either by his own Minister, or through the 'British Negotiator,' without any violation- of that basis, on [he faith of which, in reference to :its own interests and its own relations with the Enemy; this Country had alone consented tatreat with the French 'Govern ment. The claims prefeyed by Russia were, in the highestdeg_ree, obje.As of 'British policy,. inasmuch as they comprehended the interests - of a, faithful, but Unfortunate Ally, and were dirctbd to the establish , . ment of a barrier, which sh9uld diminish the'evitS to which Austria was exposed, and avert the dangers , with Which the Turisish Empire •wiU. be threatened . while Dalmatia continued in the possession of France. In. the proposed evacuation of Dalmatia, France was only required to withdraw from a tel with which she had no Conne6tion, but which was •held by her for the purpose of ,future annoyance, attack, a 0 ,a; g raudisern4it, and the Obstinate retention of which indicated a *spirit. wholly incompatible_ with Peace. Aniong the extraordinary charges with which Mi., nisters have beep assailed, they 'mire been arraigned .for the failure of the Negotiation, which has been at tributed to the Want ofa sufficient bias towards pacifi , cation. 'The hiStory and duration of the discussions Will satisfy every impartial mind that in seeking the Restor . afidri of Peace, .Govern mcn t omitted n o means "consistent with the honour of the SOvereign, and . it the safety of the Empire.. But is .said, that there are persons 'distinguished by • their . worth, talents and integrity,' who maintain the extrava- gant' dodrine that the. compias .between NatiOns - are -- under every eircurnstaned of,aggression still sacred and inviolate, that no• hostile acts; though they authorise measures of defence, can work the dissolution or justify, the breach of a former Treaty, and that therefore the renewal 'of Peace should be ,merely the cessation of warfare. Against those, in whose minds such prejudices are. rooted, arguments in support of justice or expediency must prove in 7 reffeaual, and all contention' must be useless ; but the exemption of the Ceuncils of the State from the influence of such opinions must be a subjed.of pre= sent consolation and of future. hope. His MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace yes terday from Windsor'. At two o'clock His MA JESTY held a private Levee, which was attended by The Archbishop' of Canterbury; the Lord Chancellor ; the Lord President of toe Council ; the Lord Privy Seal ; the First Lord of the TreasUry ; 'The Secretaries of State ; the Master-General of the . 0 rdnance ; the . Bishop or Bimgor ; Earl . FitzwillOon s ; ViscoUnt Ossulston.; Lords Boston and ileathtielci ; the Dean of Windsor ; Captain Sir E. Hama ' ton ; Sir H. 13. Neale ; and Mr. Fawkener.• • the following had the honour of being. presented to HIS MAJESTY : Captain Sir Edw. Hamilton by Earl Spencer, upon his being appo►nted to the , ornmand of the Royal Mary Nacht. The Rev. Dr. Randolph, by Earl Spencer, upon his being transated from the Bishupriek of, Oxford to Bangor, when Ole Reverenti Prelate did homage before H►s Majesty'upon the oceaSion: • ' Lord OSSULSTON deliVered to Firs MAJESTY the Address of the'House of Commons upon the Papers relative to the Nei;otiation. Afteethe•Levee His MAJESTY held a Privy Coun cil. His MA 4 E§ T Y: g ave auditjices to the Lola) CHANCELLOR, Lords Garf.svlLLE and HowicK, and Mr...WlNourAm - . • A.C:tive o'clock HIS MAJESTY set otf, OH his return to Windsor, eseotted 'by a party of the Light Horse. Married, on;Thnrsday the Ist inst: JOHN COLO-- GAN, LSq. to Miss ISABELLA, daughter of tLo late B. CO6TELLO, Esq. • MADRAS, JULY 4s. [The follm . ving ExtraEt, from an Offer at Madras to his Friend at EdiMisuttgily throws a furthe light upon the me• la ncholy event' thatihappetrect at Vellor.] " Perhaps ere you ?1 .reoeive this leter, the account •• of the melancholy catastrophe whichhas occurred at Yellore will have reached you. I will, however give you a short sketch of it. The &cps which, at this time, garrisoned Vellore, were sixcompanies of . the Ist battaliOn ist regiment, N; I:, and the id battalion of the 23d regiment, and 'four cenaplete companies of his Majesty's 69th ieginient. " On the morning of the toth;inst. 'about twCt o'clock, when the moon had just rose; the European Barracks at Vellore were surrounded; and, at every windeiWand doOi';''a heavy fire froth musketry, and. a six-pound:ci i r, , ;was poured in on the pow defence less soldiers. At same instant the European , sentries and the 'sOldierS at ,the main-guar&. and Ale sick in thehoipital, were put to death; andthe Se poys then proceeded to the Officers' houses, and put to 'death all whom they could find. • " Colonel WKERRAS, who commanded one of the battalions, was shot when haranguing his men . on Old parade -ground. Colonel FA.Ncou kr. the'. Cotnmandant of the tort, was shot' upon proceeding' tewards the main-guard;" and all - were butchered 'lVherever they could be found. " Lieut. ELY, of thei 6.9th ' ; with hi little cizifrilkiis,armsoyeie bath bar-. .4ar s ously bayoneted in , ' the ,presence' Of his 'wife.' This 'scene ofcarnage continued entil : about 7 'o'clock. in theinniti . f - when two officers and a surgeon, , . wh Osc.; quAIV were dear to the European Barracki • . : Liao contrived to 4c , ,m; and then took the 'carnin;ina of I ;:the i'ethains•idthe four coin- panies, -`-` Th 6, Made a sally from the barracks, and go.. possession ,of the s - i-pounder, and fought their Waif' to the gate- way, which a Serjeaus. BRODY, Entopean Guard, had most gallantly defended against 611 the. nisurgents. . 1 0. t the instAut, ',about haltafter 7 o'clock in:..the morning, they reached the gate s , Colonel GIL NA" lih about a iroop of the .19th i. )l, ; o ons :fr i,l44 ) r t el6lttCi the gate, from Arcot, having left that plac fib out six,. o'clock. He was hauled up by a roPeVrgerjeant• RRODY'S party, and had taken ,the command ; When he intended - to have charged the insurgents . with 'the bayonet ; but at this mo-. _Meta the Galloper guns - of the igth arrived. Thd • gate was then blown - open, and the igth admitted. The Sepoys were encouraged .by their..Nativ.o Officers to make a stand, but all were very soon cut to_.piees - by. the Igth.; about 600 were then cut t down, and about 200, subsequently taken from hid- ipg places, were shot.- About 50 - 0 made their escape, - it -is supposed; through the sally -port, but may of item bave.su'i•ce been taken. "• theollie of this 4.lreadful affair is now investi- gating , ' bYse.ven connissioners, who are now sitting at Velyre. There no doubt, however, but it is eri44l3/;'t9":4:ettributed to the want of due vigilanc6 ~ in the Otficerliwho- had the .charge of the Princes. The ''s*d . battalibia of the 23d had been raised at the " • • soufhwafdi arid .was,conyosed chiefly of Collo.ries. Their o:ficers were. induced by otfers of great re 7 ward, from one of the Princes,: to - be bribed from their - dutjr, and had sutiicient influence over their ~men to make the join in the plan, which was, to get possession of the fort, and which they calculated on keeping for a few days, when they were to be joined by.so,ooo" . men . from Mysore. • " The standard of Tippoo was hoisted on the Palace, ioeir after the firing commenced; and if it .:0 hall - AO : Jaen for the intreaties of • MAZRIOT, who declared the Princes were innocent, Gru,Espis would have delivered up the Whole, of ,the Piklacle . „to the enraged soldiery. The cause is also to be attri buted to a code of new regulations, which has occa sioned general dissatisfilotion through the army. Thee regulations have introduced a new turban 101 the- Sepoys, - similar to a drummer's cap r-hard-or dered the distinguishing marks of cast in the fore- head• to be taken off,. and to shave their • upper lip, Bcc._ &c. , The Mysore Princes doubtless availed themselves of this dissatiSfaaion :,young . corps had been removed from thence to Madras; h few weeks before, for refusing to wear the turban.... " Lotd - V,v 'WAN! tENTINCK., Wisely, irnmedialelt issued a gen4al order, doing away those regulations. I enclose n' list of the killed and wonnded. Major Armstrong was killed in his palanquin, by a volley from the ramparts, when passing along, about break of day, being in his way down to Madras. Killed—Colonels Fancourt, 111`Kerras, z3d Batt. ; Lieuts. Winchope, Jolly, Capt. Milne, Ist Batt. ist,Regt. ; Lieuts. - . O'Reilly, Fitchbenner, Ely, 69th Regt. ; P o pha m ; Pay master Sm ith ; Maun, Commissary of States ; Major Aral.. strong Wounded,—Captain Barrow, 69th Regiment; 111‘Lachlan; Insurgents, 500 . 0 r 6. , 0 killed ; His Majesty's 19th Dragoons, one rank and.file . killed, 3 wounded ; 69th, two Lieutenants. killed, rank antide 76 killed, 3 OfiLeis wounded, rank and tic .S 8 VVOLIWELL • 'The number of new Members returned to the pre: sent' Parliament amounts to about one hundred and seventy-•nine, no bleat number comparatively, as tt is only tice more than were new, Members at' the: General E1e...;.i0n of 50,c.).,.