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d that such a i•esult should be left to the of the ilea;:n lit. COUI'Se in Edo ' Oted by Ministers was coatrary tp the honour and inter:..ts of the 'couviry. He thought (o•. - erinuentsilould at once, upon a view of :A the ( , :c!in,gtap.ees, decide, if in..their minds f( 7, r the int ,s;.e,J.s or the country, to continue tnern li.ny and op2nly; if in the negative, at once to them. 'Earl BATIU7II',T, iu.reply, ,observed, there was Gniers in Council which Tricvented ves.,el frienl going - out to Ant vrirki ; --the difficulty was how she would be rceei,.Ved there. The Noble Earl seemed mistaken' as to the The revocation of the Orders would depend wholly upon the conduct of the United States in respect to the n'oints he h/ad. stated. The 'Conchiet of the .French- Government with respect to the subject may evidently be such as Would:render it incum bent on hiS Majesty's Government 'to declare -the revival of the measures in question. With respect to the Noble Yarl's question, as to the operation of the Orders' in the interval of the necessary communkaiion vith the Uniteil States; he said, was underctood they should bi 'considered in ope ration,to, the e:oent • only that 4uch 'vessels brought in as had vialated.the him:l*e should not be pro-, ceed - ed on -to .final adjudication, until the determi natiod of . the American Government Should be fully-known. ~ E'rl STAI-.THAPE urged the necessity of the de termination of Go-:ernment; with reference to the distressed r.tite of . the manufacture's . ; should be, IctOwn as distinctly .and - speedily g possible ; and he denrecat,ed,any arrangement which-left it within il . -10. , nower of the Fye CII - Go rernthent effectually to rev:re those injurious measures, the.7course of .an explanation of some length, depreeted,, as„a feeble and injuri ' ouE., !Joky, the making the ifevocation conditional, • .only -to : gain a petty,,,advantage, in ,having it in our power subsequently to ..condemn Midi ships as may be brought-in. He also referred to the state pf_the power ° as vested by'Act of Congress in the American President', as - tending to: preclude him from meeting with,the desired effect a proposition• cioggei with stichconditions from the British Go, Nernment. The Earl of LAUDERDALE decidedly supported the argument of his NOble Friend,,Eari Grey. The Earl of LivE-Orroe deprecated all, prema ture discussion of the subject; the instrument upon which their. Lordships could. found their judgment would be published In the ,course of a few days. With respect tc, the _Trench Govern ment, a cOmplete t repeal of their Decrees was ex pected, ere our 'defensive or retaliatory system could be abrogated; but a repeal quoad American vessels was intended, and the object was, that the respective revOcations should, as far us was prac ticable, proceed Bari passu betweeia the British and American Governments. The Earl of LAUDERDALE spoke in explanation The Earl of Ross Ly-g recommended Ministers seriously to re-consider the subject ere they acted upon the determinations they had_avowed. He observed, that were British vessels to proceed to America, they would eventually be as much in the power of that government as those vessels which we might bring in in the interval -would be-in ours, and he censured the.. policy which for a Qinnll object put so much to hazard: • Earl FITZ WILLIAM COVlred the House to con . - sider the distressed and declining state of the ma nufacturers .Of the country, and reminded their Lordships of their repeated declarations, one and all, that they. were ready to make shipments for America, were the Orders in Council rescinded. Some further discussion took place, in which . the Earls of Lauderdale, Liverpool, Bathurst, Lord Holland, and the Marquis , of Lansdowne participated; this was, however, chiefly in expla nation 'of points touched upon by their Lordships, in their preceeding speeches. • The Marquis of LAN§D OW NE expressed his wish to be informed, whether it was meant that the .American Government should remove the restric tions. Upon our trading vessels entering the har bours of the United State's ; as well as upon. ships • of war, , before the proposed -revocations should take. place • , , The Sari of LivEaPool. laid na difficulty in say ing, that it was.,expected that .the restrictive mea sures should be removed, whether -as applying to Merchant ships or .ships fL4 war. cult TEE The Earl of HARRawrir; in rising to•move far the re-coMmittal of this Bill, explained the na ture and objects of the measure to their Lord ships at considerable length. In prefacing this eXposition, he noticed , his coming forward with respect to this Bill, as it were, as an executor of the intelitions of the intentions of the late ex cellent aril ever-to-be-lamented Premier, on whose .publie. and private virtues, patriotism, and ser vices to his country, the Noble Earl pronounced an appropriate eulogium. lie entered into va rious details to shew the importance and the ne cessity of the measure, and to shew to the house, that the fer greater part of the clerical duty of the Established Church was performed by that very meritorious class of the reverend profession, the Curates. He stated, that it appeared from the returns upon the Table', that out of 10,261 places, there were non-resident incumbents 2671, by exemption, 2114 by leave, and 1055 non-resi dents from other causes. This, the Noble Earl stated among a variety of other points, to' shew how great a proportion of the clerical duty was performed by the curates. 'He then . entered into a statement of the various legislative provisions which were made for ameliorating their condi tion, from tie time of Edward H. to the • latest v,eriods of his Majesty's reign ; and Of the powers which were vested - in the Bishops from time to time, with respect to this valuable description of the clergy. He likewise adverted to the various and unequal. state of their stipends, chiefly arising from the very unequal amounts or value of livings in different parts of the country :---Adetailed state ment of the provisions of the-Bilt, he would not then trouble their Lordships with ; these they would perceive on perusing, it ; and could fully discuss iti the Committee. He obserVed,thatthe Church was itself •rich enough to answer the ex- - pences requisite for the principal objects of the IKII. A statement of the 'great inequalities .of the remuneration of its Ministerscould' not be consi dered without - horror. afecir, hear ! Earl Strzht^,ne.) . After some further observations, his LOr&hipproceetled to state some Of the• leading provisions was" proposed, that no' Curate should. officiate without beingduly licensed bv the 1ti41:70, thr. , e who were not being left in too treat a state (4 depernience upon the incurn 'bent' not well &A main of their situa tion. The minimum of salary, it was proposed, should be 801. Where the perishes containedsoo souls, it was to be 100/. per annum ; where 1000 souls, 1501. ; where the amountof the ,livings did `not curet up to tho'se sums, the Curate was to have the The Noble Earl stated some farther provisions ,of . the Bill, and con cluded by moving that it be committed for Monday. - • The \.relibishop of -CANTERpURY observed, that when the Bill came next day into, a Committee, several amendments would be necessary. A fur ther - discussion of the subject would. set these points right with respect to the Bishops, a sup posed want of a4:tivity.on whose parts seemed to be one of 'the. main motives, for the Bill., • • The Earl of LivEitroot. was favourable to the prieip)e-of the Bill, and thought it shotihl go to detailed discussion in a Co,mmittee., : The per mission of non -residence was, perhap, in some degree, neeessari-, in the present state of 'the Church ; still it should be renienbered the prac tice:wasfounded upon no principle of the Chris'-- tian religion, and he noticed the frequency of such matters being regulated by legislati‘e pro-. -vision. Earl STANHOPE 'Shortly delivered his sentiments, which were in favour of the measure. _ _ Sonic further conversation took place, in which tiae 13isliop of Exeter, the . Lard Ch'wcellor, and some other Peers., participated ; .atter which the Noble Earle motion, as above, was . agreed to, and their Lordships adjourned till tomorrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MuRspix. At four o'clock the SPEAKER counted the 'Mem bers, *hen only 36 being - present, an adjourn ment necessarily rook plaCe. TRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY Al' TWELVE Cons. fns Op. . . 57i 38 144. Ana. r . . . . TiliA'J SUN. soLEM QUIS DICZRE ? ,L, O N,D O N, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1812. A report was this morning circulated in the City, said to have been brought by the Lauresti nus frigate, that the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro have declared themselves independent of Portugual, and have ordered the British Mi nister and Residents to quit the city. We mention this repor,t without attaching any credit to it ; no intelligence of the kind has reached Government. The details contained h. the Gazette Extraordi nary,which was published yesterday, are highly gra tifying, both on account of the brilliant success Ivhich they announced, and because thy skew the ,deep impression which the gallantry of our troops had made upon the French soldiers. The conquerors of Jena, Friedland, and Wagram, not only cannot stand before any thing like an equal number of British troops, but they do not consider 'them selves safe even behind the most formidable'en trenchments. The almost unparalleled achieve ment of the storming of Badajoz has struck a terror into the French troops, the effect of which was very apparent at Mmarez. They ap. , pear to have been perfectly panic-struck at the dashing boldness of " les bataillons rouges," and to have thought allyesistance vain. In another part -Of our raper will be found two intercepted letters from the French General LERY; They'shew the want of union, among the French Generals, and contain pretty broad hints of their want of • skill. We cannot avoid recalling ; to the recollection of our Readers the language irk which BuoNA PARTE used to speak of British troops. There was no expression of contempt that he did not apply to them—how often did he .exPress . a wish that he could bring French and British troops into contact with each other on the Continent. ' hlia Wishes have been gratified, and hiS 'language has been changed. His defeats have, at least, for a time, cured him of boasting and of prophesying. They 'have not, however,- had the same ef-.‘, feet upon those sagacious statesmen hI this country who seemed almost inclined to impeach Ministers for not withdrawing our troops froM - the Penin sula. Their detetted'blunders .and their. falsified predictions, have neither lowered their tone,' nor abated their pretensions. They claim the direetioh of the a. Public Councils, as if. their me 7 sures, while they were in Administration, had been . productive of benefit to the country, and the opi:- nions which they have given since they have been out of office, had been justified by events: We were under the necessity yesterday, from the great length of the Debate, and of the Gazette, Extraordinary, ta. give only a short abstract 2f the Irish Budget; but as we, consider the,speech of,Mr. POLE as being highly important, we insert it at length this day. ,Mr. SHERIDAN will, if be is sufficiently recover ed, resume his explanation this day in the House Of Commons, and we predict that it will neither turn. out to the satisfaction nor the credit of those who cull themselves his political friends. N4VAL NEWS. RtYmouTli, JuNF. 17.—We understa„nd that the boats of the Medusa frigate ettackar and destroyed, af; v. , days since, n large - armcd-.French ship, of 14 guns, in the Harbour of -L'Atteste, near lrour-_ &aux. The' following are said to be the particu lars of this gallant affair : the Medusa, whilst cruizlng on the enemy's coast, discovered this vessel, when three boats, manned with 'l,B men, and commanded by Lieutenant TnomrSo - 1 , 1, an en terprising officer, were _dispatched to bring her out; she was soon attacked, and carried by board ing, after a smart resistance on the part of her crew, eighty-four in number, without, it is said, any loss on 'our side ; that on the pert of the ,enemy was rather severe, and, we Lai derstand, the French Captain was , drowned dur ing the contest. In bringing the prize out of theharbour, she unfortUnatPly grounded, and it being deemed impracticable to get her off, she was in consequence set fire to, and compltely de stroyed, together with her cargo, which, consisted of converted timber for ship building. The pri- , soners, ;Len double the number of our brave sea men, were conveyed on board the Medusa, and afterwacds seat fr,,:IL her to the . Aadronzache fri ,. gate,. co,narvoled ,Toßtx, which ar rived litre yest.:.ed cl:ui4e off the coast of Spain.. A.nved thiS morning the brig Charles and Sarah, ici A S master, froni London, w 41.2 a cargo,. boupd to Malta; put in here to refit, having re t ceired cOnsiderabic d.aina'ge in an ,engagement with -a French lugger privateer laSt- evening, off the Lizard, .from which she escaped by:super*, ,sailing. The - Charles and Sarah is : armed. with ; 8 guns, and maintained . a 'running fight with enemy Some , hours, during her sails and rigging were, much injured;. but We are happy to State has - not sustained any loss. - Arrivedthe sloop Mary, WEBEER, master, from Guernsey', is ballast; and the Friends,' GOOD; from Wales. • " Sailed last night, and put, hack by, contrazy winds, his Majesty's schooner Seagull,, - Sailed the Thziol cartel, belonging to this port, WILLS, master, for Morlaix, with passengers. Arrived the Argo, Iit:NDERsoN ; fiom Cork, with a cargo of provisions for this' port. Sailed the Tal;lot sloop 'of war, for work;. and the Mittme brig of war, with a convoy, for the Downs. Arrived the guros sloop of v.-nr. -fropk . the eastward, with .. the outwarti-buthui ewfound land fleet under :_convoy ,put in by contrary winds. • The Maidstone frimite, it is expected, will sail b from hence to-morrow for Madeira. Caine down the harbour, and,sailed immediately for Portsmouth, the Dreadnought man of war. DEAL, JUNE 18.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Tremendous from off Flushing ; and his Majesty's ship Rosario, drove in by the strong South West wind. The brig Ann, HALL, of Sunderland, with coals, came, on the beach yesterday to deliyer, aad the wind coming froth the S W. and blowing very hard, she bilged, and it is feared she will be lost. • PORTSMOUTH, Ju 1 S.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Laurestinus, Captain, the Hon. WM. GORDON, from the Brazils ; the Dreadnought, Mzitine, and - Talbot,. from Plymouth ; and the . Circe from DARTmotrrn, JUNE 17.—Arrived -on the 15th the Eliza cartel from Morlaix, and yesterday he sailed again from hence for the same port. FA,Lm OUTH, JUNE 16.---Arrivad the Francis Free ling packet, in 44 days, from Jamaica, *ith a Mail she sailed from Jamaica on thg 4th of May. JAMAICA PAPERS. KINGSTON', APRIL 25.—Arrived the Thi2lia from Port-au-Prince. By the Thalia we learn, that CHRISTOPHE Still invests Port-au-Princc, and had made several at : - tacks en the Upper or National Fort of that place, in all of which he was repulsed with considerable loss, - seven Of his chief officers, together with a great number of men, having been killed in these unsuccessful attacks. • No material damage has been sustained from CuRISTOPHE'S fire, only a few houses having been. injured. The fo:lowing is an extract of a letter,. dated at Port-au-Prince, April 14 : " CHRISTOPHE has taken up 'a positiOn to the north of the town, and has thrown into this place, about 2000 shOt, 'which' have killed three ..women \and wounded two: CHRISTOI 4 IIE, adOpt ing the luxuries of State, carries with him a house upon Ivheels. • The array, W:thin the walls of the town, is said to amount'to - 12,000 men', and, hav ing ordered the corvette and brig from Aux- Cayes, PETION is..patiently waiting their arrival to make a Sortie, that he may attack both by sea and land. The inhabitants are under no appre hensions of danger." In consequence of instructions from Spain, all the 'French inhabitants in the 'lsland of Porto- Rico have been ordered to depart from thence as early as possible: I: ERCEPTE: ) LErfilll 3. "The following letters were very lately intee cbpted in Spain. They ?re written by the Baron de LERY , , General of Division, coentuanding th.t. corps of Enincers in 'that kingdom : " My DEAR DIIKE DE. , VALMY.-GCTleral MOR GAN has delive.red yi • letters and those of gken me pain and plea- , sure at the same time. am .uneasy about the health of both of - pitt.-.-llowever, I air' now a little easier. If the EMPEROR had consented to my return to France, my wishes would have been fulfilled: Ido 'nOt - think I am so necessary in Spain. I Shall soon remaiti the 'only one of my army, for every day the, number of my officers . diminishes. - I lose eight by the fall of Badajoz : fatal loss, of which ire know not the details.. Never was any place in a better state, better provisioned, with as many troops as necessary. It ought in my opinion to .have held out longer. There is a marked fatality in this event ! To re turn to my situation remain with one General under my orders, Major, 2 Chiefs of Battalion, and i Captains of the General Etat Major ()IDA gineerS—a very.insufficient number for so exten- sive - a service as mine. " I have presented your compliments to the Duke of PALMATIA—he bad already had your let ter of recommendation for. General:Alm:GEß. I dare say he wi!l employ it in a suitable manner. dined with me to-day. We talked a good deal of every thing relating to you and CEcit.t.l.--"but what gave me the greaiest pleasure was ,your health, which he says is excellent. " Receive, my dear Duke, with your up.-A goodness, the assurances of my tender. and sin cere attachment / and my real gratitude for all your kindness to me and my son," Your affectionate Relatlon, " General of Division, " BARON DE EERY. " lOtlt April, ISI2. ‘f. P. LE TllRoxi;, AiA-(12-Camp to the Duke of DALmA . TIA, will deliver you this letter. NVe must• make use, of these' opportunities, for the pos.goes but seidoni:' " SEVILLE, APRIL, 20 ..:- 2 11CTIcIVSpaperS, my dcaT DECAIJ X," apprisec., you ,of the unhappy tte of 'Badajoi, which has been takeii in a veil" short time. I confess I cannot account fOr 0.113 had- defence; as - the gaillsoti was amply and wa i sisupplied Aensive, works had been erected, and there was every reason to hope that the army wozild hay/0 had time to assemble and march to its relieh---A- 11 calculations, however,. have been disappointed the Army of Portugal moved to a greater distance from us, when it ought to have approached us,—" Thus WEL LugoTok, and his English andPortu- . guese united, took the place, almost in the pre sence of two armies, amounting tog - ether to near 80,000 men. This is the consequence of not hay ing a supreme Chief on the spot, to direct. the ; - movements. We. lost in Badajoz three compa nies of Engineers; and ten Officers, .among w hop). .was. Adjutant STORNBERq. It appears that TEE" VELLIER is killed : I it was his own fault; he threo f himself into the place, With the Duteh'eaptaiii MERMAID, Lieutenant COITES, and fifty men of the Elite; nine of them.belonged to'the garrison , but were actuated by an impulse of zeal and coy' Annexed is a copy of a letter which I re ceived from Captain GUILL,IARD, respecting the capture of Badajoz. We 'have no other details• —lt is said,; in some of the private letters, that the'so'diers fought very badly ; but this, svant 3 confirmation; it would be a second representation of the affair at Tariffa.• Upon the whole, tjlg taking of Badajoz appears to me very e x traordi' nary, and I should find it diflictilt to give a cleat . and diStinct account of it: When I know more , I will write to the Minister, and give you all the information I can proCure.—Adieu, my dear V CAI7X, &C. &C. • rage. (Signed) " The. General of Division , " B. DE LERY.' R lam now - v.ithout . ollicers ;I do not rrlY upon those which you announce from the Army of Arragon ; I want young men; I have only 011 Major, two Chiefs of Battalion, and seven Cap . tains. jun to bave."2oo mules . for the trani , for which a rf quisition has been made." The Lisbon Gazettes which arri ve d yesterday, inention that'accounts of the `24th of May had been, received from Corunna,.confirming the re port of the Partizan 1)1 - Enirro laving taken 600 FrenCh . prisoners, .near Barges, and- 2A dra goons a few days afterwards. 'General - IVIED I ' ZABRL had marched in the direction of Burgos., but was obliged to retire, ,because the Frellelb._ to the-number of eight or 10,000 men, had 'again entered the Asturias by the pass of Paja.res• Letters from Cadiz, of 22d of May, met" tion, that the. Baron de EROLES had had . a tian"- guinary action in Catalonia, in which 4000 of th e enemy were totally destroyed; the SpaniardS et the same time sustaining a loss of 1200 i n , killed and wounded.