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HOUSE OF ,C011721 , 101V5. - THURSDAY, APRIL 16. TiliSAai a Ballot took place for a Committee to try and determine the merits of the Petition com plaining pf an undue EleCtion fOr Edinburgh, and Mr. White announced the following as the reduced list for that purpose. William Maxwell, Esq. Lorl Robert Seymour, Thus. Cholmonckley, Esq. Win. 1-lUskisson, Esq. Grosvenor, Esq. Lord C. H. Somerset, I. E. S. Wortley, Esq. Sir Evan Nepean, Lr rd 11 nninx, WM. Clifden, Esq, Vicount I. A. Bannerman,' Esq. . To* Nlacnialson i Esq, lobn Calcraft and lames Montgomery , ,Esqrs-.• Loi TEmag adverted to the circumstance - of a Noble Lord who was a defaulter, and-ordered to attend yesterday, but excused from attendance until Tuesday next - ,. on -the-ground - of: indispOsitiOn': • but y , .q it so happened, that ha was a teller upon the divis'on this ineriiing at six:o'clock, and had to count this Very excused Noblerriir. ; and-he also .saw him this day, in the street quite in good health and spirits. This was a case to, which he thought it his duty to call the attention of the House ; but be should- wait tq _hear what course the Chair would, `think duly in hitn.to take upon such an occasion: - The SPEAKER observed, that in the absence. of any Member against whom grounds of complaint Were supposed to lie, it was not customary to take any proceeding upon such a -complaint previous to. an Order be.ing made for the attendance of such Member. Lord TzmrLE moved, that Lord Henniker should be ordered -to attend . in his place to-marrOw ; and gave notice, that unless that Noble Loid-gave a satis fajtory explanation with respeel to the, transaaiou he had described, he should submit.- a Motion to the House respeCting it. Lord CASTLERE&GH observed,, that .he had no doubt the Noble Lord referred to was unaware that any proceeding would be taken respectinglihn, -or be - would not have failed to attend to-day. The SPEAKER suggested, that: in courtesy to the absent Member the Notice should be withdrawn, and - postponaltill to-morrow--=by which time the Noble Lordwould, no doubt, be apprised of the in tention of bringing it forword. Lord Ten.m.n adopted this recommendation, and postponed the Notice till to-morrow; upon which day Lord lienni,ker was ordered to attend. Mr. ;FIUSKISSON reques.ted, t hat the names of the 'Members who had obtained leave of absence. might be read over '-andarriong them would be found that of Lord G. davendish, who had voted on both the late divisions.. . This proposition was conceived irregular, and the conversation dropped. Ordered that, at the rising of the House, the Right Honourable John Foster should be discharged from the custody of the Sedeant at Airm, first pay ing his fees. MONTE VIDEO. _ Lord CAST.CEREAGH rose, porsuant.to notice, to call the attention of , the House to . the brilliant service lately performed by his Majesty's Naval and 7Military Foree in the Capture of Monte ,Video. In the OfriCe which he hadthe honour to occupy, there was no more crateful duty to perforth than that which lie was tuSt about to enter upon ; and it was rendered still more peCuliarly grateful from the con sideration, that whatever political' differences might prevail, all party feeling was'lest On such an occa sion, and a spirit of emulation prevailed on both , sides of the 110ise'aS to 'which should be most for ward to dis'charge the debt of .national gratitude to wards those who had • contributed so - Inuch to our national safety and honour. For himself he could say as an individual, , that whatever differences he might - have wits. a . Right Hon. Gentleman on the Other side (Mr. Windham), or" his Colleagues, rela tive. to the general Jnilitary arrangements,. he never was likely to differ from him as to: the, disposition or conduct of any particular portion of that•• Army, When the.objea N.vas-to recognize andapplaud the merits of a British Force, he could assure that Right • Hon. Gentleman that it was his wish to bury all former differences in oblivion, and that he.would be quite as reedy to acknowledge the Merit 'of a Force appointed miler the auspicesbt the Right' Hon. Gentleman, as if it had been sent out and acted under his own auspices. With respect to the . fore • to whom his motion was intended to refer, he was decidedly of opinion, that whether its merit was to be -estimated 'by the portance of„the acquisition or the brilliancy of the achievement, it was one of those efforts which was etninently entitled to the distinaion of . Parliamen tary Thanks. It was, he was satisfied, quite of that description Of military exploits which' deserved such special - seleaion. It was marked by that degree of valour and discipline, in a most difficult and perilous undertaking, Which claimed the !lightest rank in military fame ; for' the Army had in this instance succeeded in au a s sault—i 9 that species of .attack i;• always considered as the highest evidence i: . courage. But WI this occasion it was so in a- most eminent degree; fur the assault was _made under circumstances: of peculiar difficulty ands danger, to the utmost test . the bravery cylitte of the British Army.. It appeared that-the. breach in the fortress had bean made iiitder such eireumsfablces that the Enemy found it ,pratli&ible t,) hit it up in the .nighte so as to:render.it difficult of access, and even difficult to be ascertained at the dawn of day, when our troops advanced to the attack. The consequetice was, that the valour, dis cipline, and patience of our troops was most severely tried, for while engaged in making _their way to the bre:Th tney were exposed tO-3 most powerful can ,o,;tiade. Thus the attack gave occasion to the dis play of those qualities'Which had ever diSting - uiShed a British Artny;and which, he had no doubt, would ever belOng to their chara6ter.—That chara&erbad iadeed, particularly for some years back, became so eminently high, that it was rapidly rivaling the fume of our NaVy every instance in which - it Was brought into :talon, it was found to be animated hy_ ail the noble qualities v.l3icli had served•to pro n.io;e the elevation of our Navy. Although i:ircum stanc.m had not.. tAtfordecl any opportunity to our Army to acquire distinaion on the Continent in' the Poll* of the war, yet, whenever any , portion of it Itadakted, they had established:a reputation of which the Country had reason to be proud,. and which no 4rmy is Europe, however renowned, 'would hesi tate to recognize-they bad slieWn themselves equal to the most brilliant military achieVements, whe ther in -1 he field of battle, as hi Egypt, or in the cf a fortress, as in-this instance. The Noble Lord concluded with:expressing, his regret for the i loss of so many gallant men, with •wh ich this vic tory was accoMplished. This was one of the effeas of war, which, by of lifting the 'feelings of huma nity; must serve to damp the exultations of triumph. Such losses, however, were inevitable in war, and much consolation must be derived from the cir cumstances .under which they occurred in this in stance, as those circumstances contribute so ma terially to advance the interest and glory of the Na tion, and of course to form a source of proud re fleCtion to the families of the deceased. • The Noble Lord moved the Thanks of the House to Brigadier-General Sir S. Auchtnuty, for his con dual, &c. in the Capture of Video. Mr. WINDHA3I and General Doyle rose at the same moment ; and after a cry for each of the Hon. Members, General. DOYala gave way, and Mr. WINDHAM proceeded. He reaa l he said, to second the Motion, with regard .to w hi c h he did not think necessaty to, add rya:gait° what the: House had beard so. forcibly staa a a by the Noble Mover. In the merit of this cF,atingnithea exploit, he had no right to . particiFace, meaty because it happened to have been Preasared under the direaion of the office over whir;: he recently presided ; but • yet he confessed that ade circumstances served to aug ment the interes'a he felt in the result. But he hoped the Nob'.e Lord would do him the justice to believe that ;le, as -well as that Noble Lord; would have beer, ready to applaud such an achievement, by whce . .rieaer the expedition might have -been pre parea or sent out. This, he thought, was sufficient ly - apparent from his conduct with regard to the battle of Maida, which was achieved by a force sent out under the official direction of the Noble Lord. Bat that party feeling could not have an honeat source or a right direction which could produce in the minds of Englishmen any other than, as the' Noble Lord had observed—anemulation of gratitude upon such a subject. To that degree of gratitude he thought the action to which the Motion referred, completely - entitled. It stood as high in its class as any military effort to be found in our hisafay, if the strength of the fortress, so much beyond any thing ,previously known or heard of, were taken into ac count, combined with the trying situation in which the troops were placed - in consequence of the hillier feCt manner in which the breath was made, before they proceeded to the attack, and the tremendous fire to_which they were exposed—lf the merit of the troops were estimated, either by the event and the circumstances under which the attack was made, he was persuaded that the House and the Country Would acknowledge its. high claim to distinction. Although there were 4000 men in the 'field, the number actually engaged in the assault did not ex ' ebed 1200, and when the account of the loss from' such a•-body was considered, he was satisfied it would be felt, that the greater the loss the greater the glory (a cry of hear ! hear !). To grant to such an ex ploit the distinCtiOns to which it was entitled, would serve not only to satisfy the brave men engaged in it, but also by commemorating this example, to gene rate a similar spirit upon future occasions. At the same time that he paid a just tribute to the merit of • our own troops, he - felt it but justice to acknow ledge the spirit of theirfopponenta, and he could not help expressing a wish, that a similar spirit was excited in Old Spain ; nor if it could, he bad no doubt that it must lead to consequences against the common enemy, in which Europe wouldhave reason to rejoice. ..The Motion of Thanks being put, General DOYLE rose and observed, that the aoli citude which he had manitested to deliver his senti ments upon this sUbjeCt, ' but which solicitude he suspended the moment he discovered that his Right • Hon. Friend offered himself to the attention of -the flouse, would, lie hoped, be deemed very natural, when he stated that he bad the honour of raising one of the regiments engaged in this gallant action. Considering them his brave comrades, who had fol lowed his fortunes during the last war, be could not 'on arroccasion where it was proposed to thank thes for all their valour, persuade himself to give a silent vote. Their conduct in this instance, 'however, w as nothing more than he expected, and he had not the least doubt a from his own experience, that any por tion of the BritiSh Army, when engaged with an y enemy, would prove themselves equally meritorious.. Indeed, he never knew an instance where a 'British army, opposed to an equal, or at all nearly equal' force, was not certain' of victory. But to- return to the case before the House. When the strength of the place, the fire to which the troops were exposed, - and the disparity of nuMbers, was taken into view, -lie would venture w assert that no instance of a more brilliant achievement was to be found. General PILIPPS said, that there was a particular feature in this transaction which had not be e n al luded to by any of the Gentlemen who spoke upon the subject. HQ therefore felt it his duty to- state it, as it redounded highly to the honour, humanity, and character of the British Army- It was this, 'that although Monte Video was taken by assault in the morning, yet the shops w ere O pen , and the inhabitants .seen going abOut their business witha Oat'any embarrassment before twelve o'clock on the same day. he Hon. ..11r. MATHEIV observed, that he should not have arisen, if it were not for something that had fallen' from. the Hon. Gentleman on' the floor (Doyle). When that Hon. Officer alluded to the regiment (the 87th), which fought in the'aCtion to which the Motion referred, under the command of Sir _Edmund Butler, he was sorry that the'Ho_ nourable Officer omitted to state,.t bat that regiment was altogether composed of Catholics. In point of het, he knew that of the 4000 men who rat tacked Monte Video, no less than 3000 consisted . of Catholics ; and with such a' 'fa6l before their eyes, the Men who could presume to say that Ca tholics were not to be trusted, were 'calumniators' of the Army, and enemies to the best interests - of their country. The Motion was agreed W . ; •as . were Motions of Thanks to Briaadier-General Lumley, and the other Officersengaged ; and also to the Non-tom'missidned . •:Otficers and Privates. Upon the Motion being put , •lc That this House do acknowledge and higrily approve the Diligence and. Skill Manifested by Admiral Stirling injanding the TroopS," &c. . Sir THOMAS TURTON rose, not to excite. any 'difference of opinion, which he deprecated, but to express his warm approbation,of the freedom from . all party spirit and ifividibtaS distipOion which this. MaIHICSZet.I. LtC 1101)(1O tout suCo COLIOHCI wouldfLirnish a precolent for allfuture Ministers, as it formed a strong cci.ntrast to some I,v.iio had gone before. When ;le . House was • engaged in pp,:de gyrisinsf, as they deserved, the valiant'Office,A' w ho were engaged in this aaion, it was irr , :e6ssible to forget those who Optmed the way to such brilliant • achievements, or not to feel that ;tiey also merited t;ountry.-4We the Thanki"Of ' Bar`..vnet's allusion to be to Sir understood the Home Popham and 11;, 6 , Tieet.l General DOY './y 1 ; did not differ from the opi nion of the I : 4 onourable 'BarOnet as to the merits to which he alluded . ; but yet he 'Could disapproving c his attempt to create' any 1 ' ofn nor the l oe j , '",ebbsy upon this occasion, particularly at the time tfie Honourable Baronet himself professsed to de precate any such. jealousy. Why, then should the Honourable Baronet attempt to raise animosity and -.interrupt the unanimity whiCh it was so desirable to procure upon such an occasion. Sir THOMAS TuitTobr •in explanation, stated,. that his ,observations were meant only to apply to the, Motion which related to the Navy. Mr. IPMTBREAD thought it would have been more candid and becoming of the Honoui•oble Baro net not to have offered his remarks, after, his Noble Relation (Lord Howick), to whose conduct- "they appeared to refer, had left the House. However, with regard to the case to which the Honourable Baronet alluded, there was no precedent for moving the Thanks of Parliament upon such a proceeding. It was known that after the Gentlemen on the other side, who were then in opposition, had inti mated their intention of . bringir forward such a motion, they found upon enquiry that no prece dent could be found, for such a Motion, and it -was ,abandoned: _ _ _ Lord.CASTLEREAGII deprecated the discussion,.as calculated' to lead to dissentions, which ought to be discouraged. Lord TEM PLE concurred with the Noble Lord, but begged to observe, that the discussion did not originate on hiS side of the House. The Motion was agreed to ; as were the Motio'ns of Thanks to the Officers, Seamen, and Marines under the command of Admiral Stirling. • • Ordered, that the several Motions should be trans mitted by the Speaker to General Auchmuty and Admiral Stirling. The Trader's Assets Bill was' committed, end a Clause was adopted to prevent the extension of the Bill to the repeal of certain A6ts with regard to the Landed Property of Banker's in Ireland. After 4 few words trout Mr. I),GIDDY, the House resumed, and the Report was ordered to, be brought up to morrow. The Innkeepers' Allowance Bill was committed, and ordered to be reported to-morrow. Mr. HusxtssoN gave notice of a motion to-mor row in the Conamittee of Supply, but in atone of voice so low that he was quite inaudible in the Gal lery ; but we understood the Hon. Member's notice to refer to some miscellaneous services. .. The Landillo Road Bill was thrown out, upon the suggestion of the Speaker, that amendments had been introduced in. the Lords trenching upon the privileges of that House. The Parish Apprentices Regulation Bill was read 41 - second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. The second reading of the Clerkenwell Bill was postponed till Tuesday. The Oak Bark Bill went through 'a Committee, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-mor row.—Acijourned. [For die House of Peers see the last page.] FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SIXTY-SEVENTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. OSTERODB, MARCH 25.--On 'the 14th instant, at three in the afternoon, the ,Garrison of Stralsund„ taking advantage of a fog, made a sortie, with' two thousand infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and six. pieCes of cannon, in order to carry a redoubt thrown up by General DUPAS. This redoubt, which was open, without palisades and without cannon, was deßAided by a company of VoltigeUrs, of the 58th . Regiment of the Line. The immenSe superiority of the enemy had no effeet upon these brave men; -• being reinforced by a .company of Voltiaeurs, of 'rile . 4th of. the Line (Light Infantry), • under Captain _BARRA', they resisted all the,attempts of the Swe dish Brionde. Fifteen Swedish soldiers reached the parapet, but there found their death. All the enemy's attempts were equally fruitless. Sixty-two dead bodies of the Swedes were buried at the foot of the redoubt. It is supposed that 120: , were wounded, and 50 • were Made prisoners; though' there were not more than 150 men in 'the redoubt. Several Swedish Officers were found'among the dead, distinguished. by their military decorations. This in stance of bravery has attracted the Emperor's atten tion. His Majesty has sent three Orders of the Le gion of Honour for the companies engagerL Capt. DRIVET, who commanded on this Weak redoubt, highly distinguished him Self. • " On the loth, Marshal LEFEBVRF. ordered the Brigade under General SCHRAANI to cross over, from the Island of Nogat, in the Frisch Haft, in order to cutoff the communication betiAseen Dantzic andthe neia. These orders were carried into execution at., three in the morning. The Russians were routed, and 300 of them fell into our hands. At six in the evening, the garrison .of Dantzic sent out A detachment of 4000 men to retake the post; but they, were repulsed, with the loss of some_ hundreds of prisoners, and one piece of cannon.— General . ScnaAANt had under. his command the std Battalion of the 2d.Regiment of Infantry, and seve ral Saxon Battalions, who distinguished themselves: The Emperor has sent three Orders of the Legion of Honour to be distributed among the Saxon Officers; and three more for the privates, SubalternS, and to the Major who commanded them. . " In,Silesia, the . garrison of Neiss has made a sortie, but fell into an ambuscade.' A regiment of Wirtembetrgli cavalry took these troops in flank, killed 50; and made Co prisoners. _; The winter in Poland seems to .have resembled the winter at Paris, that is to . say, variable. It firez . es and thaws in alternate succession: ; liowever, we have the good fortune' not to have any sick in the army. 'On the contrary, all accounts agree that the Russians have a great number of _sick. ~ The army retnains tranquil in its cantonnients winch compose the tetes dlt pm( of oierocis, biciOno, ' Pr ga, Marieuburgh, and Marienwerder, are every day becoming more formidable; and the magazines are organized, and are every where receiving provi sions. Three hundred thousand bottles of Bourdeaux wine were found at Elbing ; and though each bottle. cost four francs, the Emperor paid that price to the merchants, and ordered the wine to be distributed among the army. The ,Emperor has sent the Prince Ber.curEsr. upon a mission to Warsaw." SIXTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN OF THE GRANO A'IkMY. OSTERODE, MARCH 29.-oa. ,the 17th :of March, at three o'clock in the morning; the General of Brigade LEFEBVRE, Aide-de-Camp to .Prince . Js nowt, passed near Glatz, his way io,Winche,l4., bourg, with three squadrons of Light Horse And the Taxis Regiment of Light Infantry, when 1500 ,men-. with two pieces of cannon, made a sortie from the place.. ,Lieat.-Colonel GERARD immediately at.... tacked and drove them back into Glatz, after having taken Pio soldiers, several Officers, and two pieces of artillery. • " Marshal MASSENTA is gone from Willenberg to Ortelsbourg, and forced an entrance there for the. division of BECKER'S Dragoons, which he has rein forced With a detachment of Polish Horse. There were some Cossacks at Ortelsbourg, and several at tacks were made, in which the enemy lbst 20 men. " General 'BECKER, as he was comin g to resume his position at Willenberg, was attack e d by 2000 Cossacks. An ambuscade of infantry ,was formed, into which they fell,. and lost 200 men; " On the 26th, at 5 o'clock in the morning, the garrison of Dantiic made a general sortie, which proved very fatal. It was reptilsed on all sides. A . Colonel named CRACAW, who had a command, was - taken with 400 men, and two pieces of cannon, in an attack made by the .19th regiment of Chasseurs. The Northern Polish Legion condueted itself in an excellent manner, and two Salon battalions distin, guished theinselfes: " As for. the rest, there is nothing new. The lakes are still .frozen; though there is some appear, ance of the approach of spring." PARIS, APRIL B.—The Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, in consequence of his Majesty's commands, repaired to the Senate on Saturday, the 4th in3t. at two o'clock in the afternoon. M. M. REGNAULT, ST. JEAN IT ANGELT, and LACUEE, Orators of the Council of State, tieing pre- sent with the Assembly, the Sitting was opened with the usual formalities, when,his Excellency spoke as follows • - . " GENTLEMEN—The implacable hatred of the enemies of-France has hitherto rendered fruitless the redoubled efforts of his Majesty the Emp eror an d , . King" for-the . reStoratton of peace." His Majesty is therefore compelled, to continue the career of his military exploits, which, thanks tcp the courage of his troops, have been crowned with so many advantages. Still, however, the Bellige, rent Powers are making their utmost exertions. " Extraordinary recruitings and numerous vies are ordered_ to recruit those armies which have been :annihilated or dispersed' by the Imperial. Eagles. " The Emperor, under these circumstances, has judged it only a prudent foresight to adopt in time mew means to oppose the repeated oforts• of 'his Enemies. His Majesty has concluded, that a strong development of our energies can' only tend to bring His Enemies to, a due sense of their true interests. His• Majesty, in order to accomplish this object, 'has thought it necessary to call out immediately a partof the Conscription for JBOB. " Such,.Geutlemen, is - the sketch of a plan of the • &rictus Consuiturn, which will be laid betbre you in the present Sitting, after you shall have read the Message of the Emperor. and King to the Senate, .together with the Report of the Minister of War, with. which it is his .Majesty's, desire you shOuld be azquainted. A. particular - regulation in this plan will not es cape your attention, but will afford you afresh cic-p -'lcitsit'in for acknowledging the paternal goodness'of his Majesty. It is not,his Majesty's, wish thauthe nevi', COasdiptS should epter,,alt. at once into the: tatignes ofwar, without being giadhally accustomed to them He will assign periods to their services, 'in which • they shall have occasion to_ signalize the 'r courage. '.ln order to 'Make thernselves acquainted.with victory in the fteht, they will be permitted to remain at home they are instruaed-in the military . manceuvres, under Commanders whose examples will afford them living lesson s of courage and devotion to their Sovereign, and at the'same time inspire ihem with an interest in the glory of • their Country. These CoMmanders,' Gentlemen, shall be chosen out of r.ur own Body. In this regulation of his iVl.:jesty, for the convenience of the Coh.cripts, pal ill also .perceive another proof of, his Majesty's tender care, and of those sentiments with-which the I . ,i'lliperor ,is actuated itirespeCi to the Senate. • "The zeal with which you leave hitherto seconded his Majesty's great views, and' particularly by your Decrees of the 24th of September, 1805, and Dec; 4; 1806, is a certain : guarantee for that which it is necessary you should exhibit under the present cir -I.`ciimsrances. w • " The ardour •of the French paint) to assemble under the,Standards of the Emperor, will afford a . proof that they are worthy to treadin the steps of their elder . brothers, and that, like them, tl.ey are ready to form a rampart for the glory of their country. " Thus the enemies of Franee will bedisappoint ,ed—ettiose enemies , who have hank; since persuaded themselves* that difficulties would arise which have never existed, and flatterod4heir iinaginations with fomenting animosities thatArtve been IOSt general feelings of love and astonisinnent at theßero whO governs us; and hence.Men'of fall -ranks;* and all opinions, will join in the cointnnii"cau4e. • dII unite under the standard of him, whom they acknowledge as the author °fa ne,.v. order of things', and who has banished,:fro - t i. their remembrance all, the panful: considerations of paSt " Then pos.€My the eyes of our enetnies . will,be openeJ, and perceivel he facility ut.all'their plansleast, hey.- will be clearly convinced, thAt an Empire established by genius,, supported by be' roisrn; and daily: strengthened . by a fresh acc:,..ssion • Of love and fid,elify, cannot be easily zumilniated." Ttiv folk) w.i .ducumeuts Wert: afterwards read