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whose whole life had been one scene of intei=ested fiess ; who had never acted but with a selfish view.; whose sole objects— Mr. R. WARD spoke to order. He did -not see how the conduct of any Irish Chief Secretary bore upon the present question. General MATTusw abstained from making any further observation 4, but repeated his concurrence in the opinion expressed be the gallant Admiral, of the inadequacy of the Present proposition. Mr. NV: KEENE spoke for some time, but in so low a tone of voice, that we were only able to.col lett that he was a warm supporter of the motion. The motion was then agreed to nem con. \ The CHANCELLoR of the EXCHEQUER next . moved the Thanks of the Howe to Lieutenant Ge nerals Sir W. Beresford, Leith, Parton, Stuart ; Major-Generals Colville, Bowes, Keitipt, Walker ; Brigldier-Generals Many, Power (with the Portu guese brigade), &c. &c. for their distinguished exertious to siege at Bacl.ijoz. Mr. HERBERT commended in high terms the con duci of the Portusuese. . The mutton was thAa agreed to nem. con. - The CHANCEL:Loft of the txctiEst..uEß proposed • to move the Thanks of the House to the Officers of Engineers and Artillery, and to the Officers of the Poi tuguese Artillery, for the professional ability, va lour, and indefatigable zeal which they had mani fested at the siege of Bidajoz. • Mr. WY:iNE did not rise by any means to inter rupt the unanimity of the proceedings before the House, but to complain of the delay which had taken Place in the publication of the names of the Officers who had been killed and wounded. He did not mean to say that this delay was unprecedented. He Tecollected, that although the dispatches announcing the victory off Trafalgar arrived. in London at eight, in the evening, the Gazette was not published in suf ficient time to be sent into the country by the next post. He had he‘.:rd it asserted that the publication of an . Extrantdinary Gaz , ,tte was frequently delayed in order to prevent it from getting into the Evening ' Papers, %slid' would hurt the sale of the Gazette itself. He . suggested the possibility of printing in the first instant e the list of killed and wounded, in order' that those who had friends or relations en gaged in the action.Ungh.t be able to satisfy their anxiety. Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that , he should al ways fed it to be his ciuty.to prove :t delay as much as possible; but the HAL Gentleman must recol lea the importance of accuracy in the lists of killed and wounded. _ .Mr, GI LE3 said, that he bad seen the last Ex traordlnai y Gazette in thit Public Offices: at half-past two, • and that the Public could with great d:fficulty get it by s::ven. . Colonel WARD stated, that a cotrct list of the Officers killed and wounded had !been , made out ton; before the publication of the Gazette. He hart himst'll read it at twelve o'clock on Thursday ni ; 2.lit, and it was left in an office to which the Pub lishers of the Newspapers might, if they pleased, h.►te access. After a fox words from Sir W. WYNNE and General TARLETON, .the motion was agreed to non. con "11)..! CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in mov ing, " That the House do highly acknowledge and approve the ,distinguished- bravery and zeal want tested by the Non cointnissionecl Officers and Pri, vales .at the siege of Badajoz," observed a peculiar circumstance connected with the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badaj6z. This was the humanity %hewn by our troops as testified in the,, small nutn ber of tile garrison that we'e killed, and the great 'lumber taken prisoner*. •Noi'withstanding'the de termined resistance of the garrison of Badajoz, it appeared that the Briiish soldiery,when triumphant, atistained from any sanguin;try revenge, for of 5000 men above 4000 were Inkm prisoners. Mr. C. WI:. NNE-joined the Right Hon; Gentle man in his approbation of this generous forbearance on the part of the British army, and ar his suggestion the word " humanity" was.inserted in the motion is one of the qualities which the House " did high ,. ly approve." The motion was then agreed to nem. con. On the motion of the CHANCELL.R.Ot the-Ex- CHEQUER, the S i eaker %as direettd to-communi cate tleis . e several votes to General the Earl . of Wel lington. MAT Lti. • • Aitttitran—l Heligoland, i Dublin, t Waterford. Dus—t Cadiz, Lisbon, t Malta, t Gtternsey. PittCV, O STOCI:s. nAv AC I . v:sty's o'c,rocK Cons. -60 M I Red. Ann. Oil 5 per Cent. gin mine the documents in his office, in order to decide upon his claims, or, consult Mr. RYLAND, the Secre tary of Sir JAMES CRAIG, who is now in,London. A Letter from Mr. PEEL, -written by desire of the Earl of LIVERPOOL to Mr. llEtsrav, dated,bArning-- street, Jan. es, 18 11. He says, " his Lordship has direeled me to acquaint you that he has referred to the coftespondence in this office, of the year 1 ROB, and finds two. letters . from Sir JAMES CRAIG, dared' the 10th of April, and sth of May, transmitting the correspondence that has passed during your resi dence in the Northern States of America, and ex pressing his confidence in your ability and judgment, but Lord i LtvaaPool. has not discoVered any wish on the part of Sir JAMES CRAIG, that your claims for compensation should be referred to this country ; .nor, indeed, is allusion -made to any kind of al-range meat or agreement that had been made by that officer with you. " Under these circumstances, and had not Sir JAMES CRAIG, determined-on his immediate return to England, it wouli have- been Lord LIVERPOOL'S wish to have referred your memorial to him, as being better enabled to appreciate the ability and success with which vou- executed a mis. sion undertaken at his desire.. Lord LIVERPOOL will, however, transmit it to Sir JAMES CRAIG'S suc cessor in the Government." Next follows a Letter from. Lord LzvErtrooL to Sir G. PREVOT; enclosing ,Mr. PE,EL's _LiAter to Mr. HUNRY, beßring testimony to his ability, and expressing a conviction that the pt.:Mlle service would be Unefited by his being actively employed. Then follciws another Memorial to Lord LIVER- PdOL, from Mr:, HENRY., dated from' Leicester square, Jan. 23, 181 I. It is to the same effect as the previous Metnotial (No. 6.) he says, that " the in folmation transmitted by him to Sir 3. CRAIG, and by Sir JAMES. to Lord' CASTLEREAGH, met with his Lordship's approbation:" He alludes to the mission undertaken by Sir JAMES desire, and adds, t bat he spent five months in the alive and zea lous discharge-of the duties conneEted with.it. (An erasure hereof 20 or 25 lines) which deterred the general government from the purpose already men tioned, and from a coalition with France, while the information which he transmitted to S;r J,Canto pro b •31y saved the'troubla and cxpeuce of arming the Canadian militia. All this the, undersigned per formed- without ever sliming his coninission or ap pearing as an authorised agent—fro,u a thorough con viction that a discovery of his mission would furnish the French party with the means of destroying the influence of the adhering to Great Britain in every quarter of America, and to enable the general go vernment to - go Co war upon popular and tenable ground. Then follow some letters from Mr. RYLAND to Mr.HENRY, dated Quebec, May, 1809, requesting I,)im to return to Quebec, Mr. ERSKINCS arrange ment having rendered his mission no longer ne cessary. SINECURE OFFICE BILL After some conver , ation, the House reiolved it s-ell into a Committee on the Sinecure Offices Bill. Thy House went into a Committee on t•he Bill, in which s , ,me verbal amendments were made, and the blanks filled up. :The House ►lwn resumed, the . report was receiv ed, and ordered to be taken into further considera tion this day se'nnight. In the Committee ql Supply, Mr. ROBERT WA:MI moved for an additional grant of (3501. to Mr. Great he d, for his invention of the life boat. The reso lution was agreed to, and ordered to be received to me! row. Ttie Irish Population Bill was postponed to Friday neut. The Members' Bankruptcy Bill went through a Committee, the Report was 'received, and order ed to be taken into futher consideration on Friday next. The Scotch One. Shilling and Sixpence Duty Bill went throu;h a Committee, and was ordered to be read a th:rd time to-morrow. . _ .Mr. SI::CLAIR moved for a return of the num ber of Freeholders voting in each shire of Scot land for the eletlion of Members of Parliament, troM the Ist of January, t 784, to the 31st of March 1811. Tire Committee of Ways and Means was postpon- Cd to Wednesday next. - .The Spirits 1311 wa, read a third time a(id pas Ni. o:her o:ders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Hoose adjourned tilt tmtuorrow. PRICE GP STOCKS V EST E Pank Stock:, 2254 Nay . per :.err 9. Irish s , per Cent. 4 1)CI ....ell. 7.4 3 pert CIL lieSy bper Cent. Cons. 63i ti ank L. Ann. 'sib 7-i ttlis RDAY. India Stock, India Bend:, ts. pr. 2s. dis New Ann. Excl►eq. fills, par, , 25. dis. ;-Ornnium I Cons. tar 27th May, 6c,1.1 We have this morning received the documents which acccrrupanied the Message from Mr.-MAnpt. SON to the Congress, which we yesterday laid be , - fore our Readers. They are so voluminous that we can only, at present, gibe a short abstra6l of them. e The first is a letter from a Mr. HENRY, the supposed Agent of the British Government, to Mr. MONROE, the American Secretary, staling that he was em ployed by the , British Government on a mission into the North American States, and enclOsing all the documents and correspondence of which he was in possession. This letter is dated rhiladelphia, Feb. 20, 181 2. The next purports to be a Letter - from Mr. RY LAND, 'Secretary to Sir J. CRAIG, to Mr. HENRY, proposing, to him to undertake a Secret and Confi dential Mission to the American States. The next document are the ins . trations, stated to be most Se cret and Confidential, from Sir J. CRAIG to Mr. HENaY,,direeting him how to proceed when he shall arrive in Ainerica. The following is an extraa from them : " It has been supposed, that if the Federalists of the Eastern States should be successful in obtaining that decided influence, which may enable them to ditect the public opinion, it is not improbable that, rather than submit to a continuance of the difficul ties and distress to which they are now subjeet, they will exert that influence to :ring about a separation from the general' Union. The earliest information' on this subjea may be of great consequence to our Government, as it may also be, that it should be informed how far, in such an event, they would look up to England for assistance, or be disposed to enter into a connelion with us. • " Although it would be highly inexpedient that you should in any manner appear as an avowed agent, yet if you could contrive to obtain an inti macy with any of the leading party, it may not be improper that you should insinuate, though with great caution, that if they should wish to enter 'into any communication with our government through me, you ale authorised to receive any such, and will safely transmit -it to me." Then follow Sir JAMES CRAIG'S credentials to Mr. HENRY. Fifteen Letters, among which are, a Letter, No. 6, from Mr.,H. to Sir J. CRAIG, stating, he had suffi cient means of information to judge the proper pe riod, when the Governor-General of British America might open a correspondence with ;hose Citizens of the United States who were in opposition to their own Government.—A Letter,.No. 8, from Mr. H. contains a project by which the Non-Intercourse Act might be rendered inoperative.--A Letter, No. 13, from Mr. H. seems to consider the hopes of the separation of the States, as considerably les sened.—A Letter, No. 14, that the change of affairs iu America led him to think that his residence in America would be unprofitable to England. Let ter, No: 15, from Mr. HENRY, dated - Montreal, an nounces his return, by the desire of Mr. RYLAND, into Canada. Then follows Mr. HENRY'S Memorial to Lord LIVERPJOL, inclosed in a letter to Mr. PEEL, dated June 13, 1811. In this Memorial he alludes to the objeft of his mission, which " was to promote and encourage the federal party to resist the measures - of the General Government : to offer assurances of aid and support from his Majesty's Government of Canada ; and to open a communication between the leading men engaged in that opposition and the Governor-Gene-. ral, upon such a footing as circumstance might'sug gest ; and finally to render' the plans then in con templation subservient to the views of his Majesty's Government. " The undersigned undertook the mission, which lasted from the month of January to the ,month of June, in.lusive, during which period those public ads and legislative resolutions of the Assem`dies of Massachusetts and Connedicut were passed, which kept tht:General Government .of the United Slates in check, and deterred it limn cat Tying into execu tion the measures of hostility with Which Greatßri tain was menaced." The Memorial concludes with saying that, " the appointment of Judge Advocate General of the Pro vince of Lower Can Ala, with a salary of 5091. a-year, or a Consulate in the United Stwes, sine cuiia',would be considered by him as a liberal discharge of any obligation that his Majesty's Government may en tertain in relation to his services." LONDON : Printed by 'I II( At tiatt Sus OFricl T IT S U N. SnLE,I LUIS DICSIta FAI.SUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 181. The letter. to Mr. PEra., requests that he will exa- IMAS WOOD, of No. 35, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden!; and No, ,112, Strand, where ikivertisemonts, Orders f HOUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Message and. Documents having been ted,. a motion" was wade by Mr. RHEAIO print them. On this tmation', an interesting debate took place. No Gentle Man opposed thb printing, but each speaker expressed his sentiments on the transaction. The, motion to print wal unanimously agreed to.— The Message was referred to the Committe of'Fo reign Relations. On the question to grant to the Committee power to send for persons, papers, and effects, if they should, on coniideration; think pr6per so 'to do, a division took place. There were 104 votes in fa vour of granting ILA power, and to against it. So the Committee were invested with the power. SENATE. One thousand cop . vs of those documents were ordered to be printed, and a resolution was passed, direaing the Secretary of State to lay belote the Ssnate tine narnei'of any and all p , l . sons in the United Slates, and especially in the State of Massachusetts, who have in any way or manner wtatever entered into, or most remotely countenanced, the projel, or the views, fur the, execution or attainment of which JOIIN HENRY was, in the year rBO9, em ployed by Sir JAMES CRAIG, then Governor-General of the British Provinces in Notth AMetica, and which have been . communicated - to the Senate of the Unitkl State. • The Official Pair of the American Goyernmerq mentions, " that when-those Ilacuments weie read, they produced a general burst of indignatat patriots ism in both Houses of Corgress." It is reported that a French column invested and took Almeida on the Bth. We can assure our read ers that no such information had reached Govern ment this day, nor do we place any cotfiience in the' rep rt. Granting it 'to b true, as Almeida is no% an open town, the. French would, of course, .evacuate it, on the approach of our troops. Published by VII LIANI AR MIGER SCRIPPS, SOuth Molton-street, (Ir)sveyor.square, ror the Paper, Letters for the Editor, &e. (p2st-paid), must b.: odtirettd. • NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH; APRIL 26.—Arrived the Maidsioni frigate from off Toulon, with 'Dispatches from Sir , EDWARD PELLEW, which Have been forwarded to London.' Sailed the Eleara brig of war, whh ow ward bound Newfoundland fleet under comoy, that pat in here yesterday. Also sailed this day the ilamadryad frigate for Cork. Letters have reac;!ed town from R'o Janeiro, dated the 13th of FL'oruary, which stare that tht. Junta of Buenos A) res have declart.d war against it , * Portuguese. It is added, chat the POrtuguese troops that were sent to , the assistance of Monte Video,.had disobeyed the Orders which were sent to them to return home, and that they had taken possession of . Maldonado, where they had established a cos tom .:bouse. 'We sincerely hope that this ',man . ... tunateAtference will be adjusted. The Count Lis- HARES, the Portuguese Minister, died lately, ani has` been succeeded, adinterinz, by on J. MEIDA. The PRINCE was said to have requested• Lord STRAN•CFORD to look over the papers- of thq . deceased Minister, and to destroy such of them a 9 might be improper . to be made public. By letters from Dublin, we learn, that the sus pensiOn.of the astilleries has already been prochic tiVe of benefit to Ireland, in the fall of every article of, vegetable food. liven in Tipperary, which was the chief scene of insurrection, on account of the clearness of provisions, potatoes .have been, removed to other parts wi'hout producing any disturbance. Oats had fallen eight shillings.per barrel, and etca at the reduced price.there_were no purchasers. As soon as tlie.official nev.'s_of the capture of 13.1' daj ,z reached town,, re DeLta was sung in ibe Royal Portuguese Chapel, and tt:e Poutugyese bassador's re.itlence Was illuminated. The Add!eis the.-Loyal and Independent Livery (a!reacly signrd by 1200) Wit! retriain fur signature at the, London Liven) BishOpsgate-strcet, and 1 113 London' Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill.----Itroffiiit° CLARKE, SeCret3ry. There being no Court of Al !erir.en tord.y, 11° :, LORD MAYOR, after inTe6ting rho returns, orders'" the present pike of the quarter n loaf (18W.) 1 0 L 4. continued.- SPORTIAG INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING .MEETING, IS° MONDAY, APRIL 2,7,. S weelis}ak es of zr..ogs. each, Across the Flat. Mr. %Vilson's t. Lady Sophia, by Sanchr,. Bst. 2.1 b. c. Sir (..:harie4, brumes . &o cif-- owl, 05. Ld Kinnaird's t. by Waxy, out Of Woodnya!ph, sst. 24, . , 4 t 6 ron,Lady Sophia. • Sweepstakes of 45gs. edth. Across the Flat. Major Wilson's Bolter, 4 yrs old, t• zib. - Ld Suffie4tl's I. by Alex.mider tit,: Great, s yrs -old, 7st, 51b. ; Lu C. SOlllenet'S Julian, 5 yrs old, 7st. 71b. - 3 tot agst Bolter. S,weepstakes of 20-45. , each, h. ft. Ab. M. Ld Darlington's c. by Dick Andrews, Bst. talb. - j • Mi. Watson's brother to Uirt!ity, 7&t, 11.-11). 5 Mr. Thornhill's Aqttarius, Bst. 310. - . - 6to 4-on tribarlitigron'sc. by Dick Andrews. s , Mr. Andrew's Discount, Bst. 81b. heat I.d Darlingto n f. by Ditto, Bst. T. Y..C. 200g5.-5 to 4on Discouitt. „ Mr. Shakespear's jolter, Bst. be-at 1.(1 (g. FL Cavendis h ' Barrosa, Bsr. 71b. - T. Y. C. zoogs. ---6 to 4 agst 10.1" a• Sweepstakes of zoogs. each, D. 1. I I). of Rutland's Grimalkin. 7st 81b. - - .1. Mr. Andrew's Discount, 7st. '2lb. - , - Pd Mr. Mellish's Beverley, 7st. 710. ' ~. . •-_ - 6 to 4 on D. of Rutland's Grimalkin. Sweepstakes of too, - ;s. h. it. 11. C. I Mr. Dundas's Romeo, Bst. zlb. - - :4 Mr. funes's Poulton, gst. - - . - Mr. ShakSPear ' S Chester, 7st. I 'lb., . ' •• '' i Mr. Lake's Britannia, Bst. 21b. - - '' I'', Mr. Wyndham's Eleetion; Bst. 131 b. - . l' 5 to 2 agst. Mr. Sitakespear's Chester. The judge could place but 3. Mr. Thornhill's Aquarius, Bst 61b. beat' I.cl Oxford's f. by Warrior, Bst. slb. Ab. M. wogs. --2 to ton Aquariu s iv- Sweepstakes of 3ocgs. each, h. ft. R. M. Bst. 41b. eac h , , Ld G ! FL. Cavendish's Handel - .. 1 4 Mr. Andrew's Sir Charles' - _ . - l' a Mr. l'avne's brother to Morel - - by Mr. Craven's Tooley rec. 3sgs. from Col. Udney's c• out Orville,of Medina's,dant .. R.- M. to, gs. h. ft. . .f. Mr. Andrew's Rasper, by .Grasper, agst Mr. PaYn'; '> cl' (dead) by Waxy, out of Tarantula,' Bst. 31b. each, 's • zogs. We Mr. Andrew's Trophonius agst Col. Udney'sTrUffif 31b. each, Ab. M. 2oogs. h. ft. Oil by O,,nseut. BOXERS —A mach ha ti been made at Greggnn'' betwixt ,Maltby, the conqueror at Th . ;sseton and a young Shropslii , e fh-tner, catered for Gregson, 4.t thitteen s•on::, and upwatd4, cast in a fighting mould, who has won titatly contested battles, The tight will take phif.: Tuesday. SMITIIFIELD MAIZKET, APRIL 27. • 11 This day's mai ket was' well sup r liA prime beays, a.nd the blimv of cat' le in general' %" 4 con,ider ;hle i• direr ; Mutton cite 1, c ii 13.,:ef, 'Veal, and Pork support List prier,, and trade for the m.",st part v,-as sum...what hrisk, sales in the liay-market we:e rretty lively ; ct has got up :in price ; Hay and Straw sold al 13 ,' rices. We annex. an , accurate - statement of tl' prices and number, : To the i, per e o 81b. Beef, ss. 0(1. .sink UM bs. f)d. Mutton stone , ss, od. f to‘6s. Bd. Ss.. oct. to 7s. 6.1. 1'(.0 k, 55. 0(1. to 65. fitl. Lamb lis• ( " -1 to 95. od. ISso sheep 9nd Lambs, 43.300. Calves , s ' Pigs, 29a. SIMITHPIELD HAYMARKET. • 1 . 3 Hay; , os. , 'od. to 61. os. od. - Straw, 21. Iss. 04. s ° Bs. Clovr. 61, os. 0(1 -to 71.155. od. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE: TO-Nto", Mornipz, c 2 min. after 3. Evening, )7 min. after 4"