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opinion on the necessity of adhering to the•steps pursued in the outset of his Majesty's reign, with respect to the formation of _a Regency ,when the King was taken ill. Such a Regency now, in the, perso n of the Princes's Charlotte, would be most desirable, in order to provide against possible in •eonvenience to the State, in the event of the ill Hess of the Princeßegent. He then read the Address, which was of great length, embracing all the topics of his speech. . No Member, however, being found to second it, the Address of course fell to the ground. A Message the Lords announced their Lordships' assent to the Irish-Insolvent Debtors' Bill, without any amendment, and to the English insolvent Debtors? Bill, with an amendment, to 11 •(tieb they desired the coneurrenee of the Mouse. On•the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex. 7 cluiQuEß, the amendment to the last Bill was a gieedlo, -- and a message was sent to the Lords acvainting them therewith. A , Person from the Directors of the East India India Company presetit&l an aceOunt of the • amou n t o f a ll- the Loans that bad been made for the Company. Ordered" to be printed. Mr. VANSItTART presented the Correspondence, I nstructions, &c. relative to the recruiting of Ne -groes on the Coast of _Africa for-the Black corps in. the West Indies. Ordered td lie DJI the table. Mr. JAcKsoN gave notioethat he would to-nior row move for some additional" papers on the above subject; Mr. -BARING, after a .variety - of observations tending to spew the expediency Of aCcele - rating the redemption of the Land 'Tax either by sale by buetion, or. otherwise, and after giving notice that "less Government should adopt - and propose some measure on the subject, he would in the text SessiOn of Parliament call the attention of the Ilouse to it, moved that there be laid before h The d ouse an Account of the Amount of the Land redeemed, and of the Stock transferred to The Columissioners of the Sinking Fund ; and of t he Amount of the' Land-Tax remaining unre deemed, to , the latest period to-which the same could' be made out. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. eipressed his satisfaction that the attention of the House bras called to this important subject; and inti mated that GOvernment would take it into serious co nsideration during the - summer—and would, Le trusted, be prepared next Session to propose some measure, by which the redemption mielt be extended. , Mr. TIER'gEi.", in Order to prevent wy un necessary alarm to the landed interest, wished the Right I/anon:table Gentleman would state the s tatur e of the proposition which Government meant to mak e - . • The CH ANCELLOR o f th e , EXCHEQUER repliO, That no distinct plan , had hitherto been agreed tlpon Sir F. BURDETT characterised the redemption of - a taX as the last resource of priidigality on the Part of a nation'. After a few words from Mr. CALCRAFT and :• k fr• the motion was Agreed ~Journed. • if BIjONAPARTE were not utterly callous to all 4 1 .nse of shame, as well'a_s,to al.l • the dictates of l'unour and justice, every sentiment which be or tiered to be put into the Declaration ofhis Polish vassals, as to the profligacy which marked the annihilation ofthe Crown-of Poland,'and tee par ticipation of the country by neighbouring Poten tates, would make him feel the bitter reproaches Z.hich th a t D ec l arat i on i mp li e dl y conta i ns aga i nst "self, for his destruction of the independence of ' l5 many States, and' his rapacious seizure and annexation of them to his own usurped corrtinions,, after the most solemn assurances, repeatedly given, that he' would respect their Governments while ey continued in alliance with him. Th e f a t e o f ' l °ll-and, and his a tt em pt s onSpain and Portugal, so say nothing of o th er coun t r i es w hi c h h e h as euslaved, are di r e c tly i n opp os iti on to that t he has comma n d e d hi s tools in Poland to utter in •Lle name of the nation, and for the restoration of 'ts independence, to which it suits his p ur p ose a t I t 'feent to pretend to give his sanction,. but when h at purp o s e i s - accom pli s h e d, (which Heaven f ' c 'refend!) there can be no doubt that the Poles g ill find themselves as much deceived in their hopes, if they can be so credulous as to entertain as the people of-many other countries whom he has deluded and betrayed. Indeed his conduct and character must be sciwell known to the world in'gene tat, that is impossible to suppose that any who are hat absolutely madmen or ideoti can have the Imallest confidence in him; and do n o t ex p ec t 1 1 ° 11. 1 him the reverse rather than the fillAiment of , '" 2 Most, solemn assurances and ptomises'. We are little in c liti e ßO place any confidence in t he ..tv reports implying that the DukeD'Er.*Atoup t as by no means so ' muc h att a c h e d to t h e lute rests of this c oun t r y' as man y o f the . distinguished i_ ua racters by whom he was countenanced we re. n dueed to . suppose ; but as we have so many fo , suers among us, and as too many of them may `ve.asonably be suspected of being disposed to fa ti?ur the views of our inveterate Enemy, we trust that. Government will be firm andrcsolute in its (indeavours to ascertain the true tharacter r'of'the t e Parted French Nobleman. The interests of the t o untry • demand d rigid scrutiny into the truth of i he rumours alluded.to, for if he xras not deserv- i , ,', l g of the confidence and protectiOn which lie ex rieuced, we shall have strong' reasons, . indeed, ,(,) be suspicions of many other foreigners who ap. r w e . i !r is a - more questionable shape ; and; on the hand, it is hut just and liberal to have the r e3l nt de c id e d, th a t rio unmerited censure Should e 't upon the memory of an individual who was eld in hi g h esteem, an d w h o certa i n l y possesse d 414 eat talent s an d i n f ormat i on . the Edinburgh Theatre re-openectcm TiVlOnday •„st, with t h e t rage d y of timid. icitunLE was -4e v hero of the piece ; - and his characters ,through. aWeek were to be Octavian, Pentuddock, ic llrd, andjUacbeth: The Scotch critics express It desir e to see him in that ." living specimen of c o °lll grandeur,' the haughty and ill-fated 7.lOl anZlS." I t is said, that several 'Oraggon loadF. of. false f o cs es and ears, stuffed. with Cotton, haYe left Paris i ;„the French armies i n P o la n d. Thi s i s do ne i n z pation of a winter campaign, as these articles e Worn to prevent the bid effects of frbst. POLICE. GUIT,IIIIALL.---The Agent to the Pr9ptietor3 of the ,Bull and Mouth Inn appeared before Alder man MAGNAY, the sitting Magistrate at this Of fice, yesterday, accompanied by a young..U:lv o genteel and interesting appearance, whose poig nant distress excited the' commiseration of all who saw her. The gentleman alluded to said; he was anxious to obtain the advice of the Alderman in a case which, while it involved him in Arent difiieultv,, gave him no inconsiderable pain. He stated thatthe young lady whom he tookthe liberty of presenting to the Magistrate, had come to the house of his em ployers on the preceding evening. She alighted from the Shrewsbury coach, and was introduced to the bar by the guard, who stated, that she ha4i been living at the inn froM' 'whence .the coach departs, at Shrewsbury, for the last week, and at length confessed that she had no - money ; but said, that if she was allowed.to take her passage for London, she had some friends resident in' the 'Haymarket, who would defray all the expenses - .she had incurred. In consequence of which represedtation she was forwarded to:"Lon don. The person in the bar having given her some refreshment, she was asked whereabouts. in the Haymarket her friends lived. To this qUtstion slt l e made no other .reply than burst into '`tears. Having become somewhat com posed, she confessed she had been, deluding her protectors, and could 'not, in trtiai r 4tell where any of her friends lived, in'this great metropolis. She was then intreata to give some account of her connections, but for some time she evaded the most . . earnest solicitations to that acct. Another Offi cer of the Peace was•thea sent_for, who searched the small parcel she had brought with her. This, ho ivever, was found to contain nothing but wearing apparel, and afforded . no clue by.which the mys tery could be unravelled. Some threats having been distantly - hinted of taking her before'a_Magis trate; she evinced symptoms Of considerable alarm, and gave to her hearers to following narrative : She was the daughter of respectable parents, 're siditio. at Bath ; her brother - was in business, and • had V a house in the Market 7 place of that town. Some time back a young gentleman of that town paid his addresses, ..to her,- and seemed to _ . I have formed for her -the strongest attachment. Untoward events, however, : prevented the accom plishment of his wishes in the formation of an ho nourable connection with her, and lie became so so much affected at the disappointment ofhis hopes, that he quitted _Bath in a fit of despondency -Our heroine'for some time bore with fortitude the de parture of her lover, but at length; roused by the taunts of his friends, who accused her of be ing the cause of his derangement, she came to the romantic resolution of following him to Shrews bury, whereshe hemfd - be wai confined in a state of insanity, unknown to her friends. Having oneeTormed this determination, she lost no time in carrying it into . effeet, andcollecting a small supply of money and necessaries she-fled from her 'native town -in search of him, whose misery. she hoped to alleviate by her presence. After ex perierieinsi some of those-Vicissitudes naturally at tendant on along journey, performed by a young and beautiful female alone and unprotected, she, reached the town of Shrewsbury, and aftersoare inquiries, ascertained the place of he - r lover's confinement. In vain, however, did she sue for admiSsion to his presence—it was denied, and she was left a prey to an agony of mind, which the consciousness of her own impropriety of con duct, as well as her regret for the state of, her admirer, considerably enhanced. Prequently did she assail the keepers of her lover fir an inter view, but as frequently was she refused ; till at length, woi7i out by her .exertions—destittite of money and friends—and pressed for thepayment of the small debfs she had incurred at theirm,'She , resolved, in the confusion and despair of her mind, to get to London, in the hope that she - might there find some•aneans of employment, or some source from whence to obtain consolation for suf ferings. She knew sonic of the friernls _of her family were'resident in London, but - she was norant of then: precise address.---[To the truth of this tale she ,SPlemiily protested yesterday ; . and being asked certain questions respecting the inhabitants of Bath, who' happened to .be known to - some gentlemen who- were witness- to her distress_„ she gave such answeis as at least proVed she had a knowledge of the place from whence she said she had originally come.] Mr. MAGNAY said, that under. all the circum stances of the case, 'he had no doubt the huma nity of the Proprietors of the. Bull and Mouth Inn, would induce them to afford the. fair . fugitive an asylum until her brother, whose' precise address ,she gave, could be written to, and until such information could be received as,would lead to . an elucidation of the talc she had related. The Agent-of the Proprietors having . vouched for the humanity o his employers, he re-conducted ,his _ _ charge to their house, where she is to remain until her friends are enabled to ascertain the' place her retreat. - The young Lady is rather' of short stature, dressed in a white muslin gown ; wore.a stra\%. cottage bonnet *rid a. blue - silk handkerchief tied neOigently round her heck.. In her band she car ried a handkerchief ; containing a few articles of wearing apparel. The new Opera of Rich and Poor has been one .Of the most successful pieces that have eVer been brought forward at the LyeeuM; and it promised to be attractive for some time. A privateer *captured a ship, ors Saturday last, off IlaSborough, and stood to the North West:—.. Several other vessels ,were in sight. • CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 29.—T0-day the Mar ket has few- fresh arrivals of Wheaf, and not much on hand, fine samples fetch somewhat better price; Barley,supports lust •quotationi - Malt rather dearer; White eas lower, very few Grey ; Beans of each gesription - nearly at last prices Oats are -again is short supply ; this article quoted rather dearer, and expected at a further advarice -NeiV Rape soniewhat lower, and Flour without • variation. Wheat - -28 s. 1:365. 150 s. Fine ditto, - - 1525. ;595. Rye - - - 7Gs.. 825. Barley - - SBs. 68s. Malt - -90 s. 935. White Pease (boil.) 745. 80s. Grey ditto - - 725. 78s. Beaus - - - 765. 82s. ;Tick Beans - - 745. 80s. o,at - 7 4 - 555. 565. Cgs. Poland ditto - - 635. 645. Potatoe ditto - - italic Send - - - 4E4. 541. Fine Flour . - I)ss. 1-205. - Second§ - - -110 s. 115... crßom THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 23, WAR DEIqRTMENT. Do e :l:fling-street,' fitly 27, 1812. A I) , spatch, of which the following is an ex tract, Las been this d received at Earl Ba -thur,t's Office, addressed to his - Lordship, by General Earl of Wellington ; dated Rueda, July 7, 1812. The army broke up from the encampment on the Guarena on the morning .of the Ist inst. and the enemy having retired from Alaejos, en- camped on the- Trabancos, with the advanced guard at La Nava del Rey. Having heard that the enemy had destroyed the bridge of Tordesil las, our advanced guard crossed the Zapardiel, and moved- upon Rueda, on the morning of the 2d, supported by the left of the army while the right an( .centre moved towards Medina del Campo. Tile mealy, however, had not destroyed the bridge over the Douro; as reported; and the main body of the army had retired upon Tordesillas, leaving the rear guard at nueda. Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton imme diately attacked the rear guard with Major-Gene ral Anson's and 'Major-General Victor ,Alien's .brigades of cavalry, and drove them in upon the • main body at Tordesillas. • As the right and cen tre of the army were at a considerable-distance, I could - not bring up a sufficient quantity of troops in time to attack the enemy during their passage of the Douro, and they effected that operation without material loss ; and took their position on that river, with their right on the heights opposite Pollos, their centre at Tordesillas, and their left at Simancas, on the Pisuerga. I moved our left to Pollos on the 3d, and ob tained possession of the ford over the Douro at that-place. But as the ford was scarcely practi— cable for infantry, and the enemy's corps war strongly posted, with a considerable, quantity of cannon, on the heights which command the plain 'on which the troops lutist have formed after crossing the ford, and as I could not establish the army on the right of the Douro till 1 should have adequate - means of passing the ri ver, I did not thind it proper to push our troops farther. Gen. Bonnet was ,at Aguilar dcl Campo in the end of last month. Admiralty-Office, July 28, 1812 Admiral Lord Keith has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dispatches from- Captain Sit. Home Popham, of his Majesty's ship Venerable, giving an account of his further proceedings subsequent to those reported in his former tens, and inserted in the Gazette of the 14th in stant. On the 2d, the squadron under his orders being eff Guetaria, an attack was intended to be made upon that place, and two companies of royal ma rines were landed under Major Williams, accom panied by General Carrol, fofthe purpose of recon noitring ; but some patties of the enemy being discovered crossing : the hills, and the Guerillas, whose co-operation - had been expected, being en gage 4 with the enemy in a different quarter, the platt..of attack was relinquished, and the marines re-embarked, but without loss. The 'Guerillas had been employed in an action with adetachment of the enemy conducting eighty prisoners from Asturias. One hundred and thirty of the enemy are stated to have been killed, and fifty' taken, who had been left wounded on the field of battle, and the Spanish prisoners were li brata On the 6th Sir Home Popham arrived off: Cas tro, where a twenty-four pounder and a company of marines had been landed by Sir George Collier from the Surveil!ante, to assist Colonel Longa in an attack on that place. • Intortnation was, how ever, received of the approach of two thousand five hundred -French troops, whose arrival obliged Longa to retire, and the parties landed from the squadron were again re-embarked without loss. In the, evening the enemy were seen marching into, the town. On theith the enemy were driven from the town by the fire of the squadron, and took post on the hills, and preparations were made for a land ing.andrattack on the castle, on the follo\ving morning, which accordingly took plareonthe Bth, when the Commandant of the castle surrendered, With .one hundred and fifty men, the remainder- of the enemy's force having marched towards Larido. Twenty-six guns of different sizes were found in the town -end castle of Castro those in the for mer were witlqjrawn, and the latter was put into a state of defence, and garristined by the Marines and Spanish artillerymen of the Iris, Capt. Chris tian. On the 10th the squadron proceeded off Fuerta Galletta, to co-operate in an attack upon it with the Spanish troops - under Long-a 5 and on the 11th much - firing was kept up against the battiries ; but the enemy being found to be stranger than the Spaniards expected, the attack was abandoned: During the morniag i Captain Bloye, of the Lyra, ;landed with a party of marines, and knocked off the trunnions of the guns in the Bagoink battery, and - destroyed one.mounted on a height. On the 12th the Venerable - anchored off Castro, which bad_been feebly attacked, by the enemy the evening before ; one of the Imperial Guards was wounded, and brought in a. prisoner. On the 15th, the enemy's mora.ble column hav ing bee:; drawnby a feint to Santona, from whence it could not reach Guetaria in less than four'days, another attack was intended to he made upon the latter place, in concert .with the Guerillas under Don Gaspar, and with the promised aid of one of the. battalions under General Mina. EarlF in the morning of the IBth, 'one 2 , 1- pounder under Lieut. Groves, and a howitzer un der Lieut. LawrenCe, of the Marine Artillery, were landed froth the Venerable, and mounted on a hill to the westward of Guetaria, under the di rections of Captain Malcolm, of the Rhin, while the Hon. Captain Bouverie landed with two guns (one short 2-I-pounder and one 12-pounder car ronade) from the Medusa; and, after many diffi culties in drawing•them up, mounted them on the top of a hill to the eastward. The Venerable's guns began firing at noon, and continued till sun set„ when those of the enemy on that side were silenced ; and the Medusa's were put in readiness to -open on the following morning. .During the tight, howercr, intelligence was 'received of e.le approach of a bo;,i-y-'.of French troops, which af terwards,proved to be a division of between two and three thousand men - , that had just arrived :it Saint ellastians from Fra4e.e, and was iiinne diatelv sent forward by fornAmarclies.to G ue , taria. The uncertainty with respeet 7 e to the enemy's force, and the disposition of the euerillas to op pose their advance, prevented flue re-embarkation of the guns and men lauded from, the squadron", until the'retreat of the Spaniards, after some skir mishing with the superior numbers of the French, in which the latter are stated -to have suffered se verely. Captain Bouveric then destroyed the two guns from die Medusa, and re-embarked .with his men,-and every thing belonging to the guns Captain NIal;:ohn was cletained longer, by a‘nies , sage brought to him by one of Don Gaspirr's Aid= de-Canips, stating that the ,enemy had been beaten back, and urging him to remain in his battery f"' finding, ho/ever, that the enemy was advancing; fast, he gave orders- to re-embark, and brougA off his party, with the exceptioirof threelnidship3 men and twenty-nine men, who were taken - pri sontirs, but-'fortunately without having 'one .scan killed oe.wounded. Sir llOrme Popham had sent to propose an eN change of the men taken on this occasion for some' of the French prisoners on,board the squadron, a 0 was in hopes of succeeding - in this proposal. ' The Spa.ni,ards lost• a Captain of Artillery, and had a Serj cant and ten men - badly wounded. Those in want of su cat aid - were received. 04~ board the Venerable. • The detachment expected from General Mina's army arrived 'the morning after the action, and joined Don -Gaspar, baying marched, eighteen .Spanish leagues in two days. Admiralty Office, Aly 2g, 1812. Copy of aietter from Lieutenant .Thomas Warrand., com manding his Majesty's Schooner Sealark, addressed to Ad , miral, Sir ; Robert Calder, Bart. and transmitted by the hater to - John Wilson Croker, Esq. His Majesty's schooner Sealark, SIR, • Jrtly , 23, I have the honour to inform you, that on the 21st instant, when cretizing off the Start, in the execution _of your Orders, at eight A.M. a signal was made from the signal station, of an enemy being in the S.E. quarter; after running .for three hours in that direction, I discovered a large lugger under English colours, c h as i n g a nd firing at two large merchant ships steering-up Channel, which • I believe were West Indiam en. On the lugger disco -vering the Sealark to be a cruizer, she altered her course to starboard, and made all possible sail ; but finding the - schooner gaining on her, she shortened sail, hoisted English colours, and cleared for ac tion, and wore repeatedly to endeavour to get to • wine yard of the schOoner ; but fearing she might escape if she\ had so done,. 1 was deterinined to lay her on board, which 1 accomplished between her fore and. main chains, when an action commenced, which lasted one hoist and thirty mhmtes, during which time a most severe fire was kept up with great guns and musketry, the enemy using hand 1 grenades, &c.; when perceiving that she had taken fire, I then directed Mr. James Beavor, the acting •• Master to ,board' her, which he did in the most spirited manner,.and carried her. She proves to . be the Ville de Caeu, Captain Cocket, of sixteen guns and seventy-five men, belonging t o St. Ha loes ; had sailed from the Isle of - Bas the day, be fore, had taken nothing, and is the same vesfel which had beaten off the Sandwich Inger some time since. lam srorry, Sir, to acquaint yOu, that our loss has been very severe, having - had seven inen killed (amongst . whom was my Clerk), and myself and twenty-one wounded, several of them dangerously. The _enemy's loss, as uvarlyas I can ‘, cAlect, has been fifteen killed,• who,' with the Captain, were found on deck when taken posses sion of; and siAteen wounded, most of them se verely. .1 beg particularly to recommend to your -- notice the, steady, brave, and good conduct of Mr. Beavor, the Acting Master, with the Pilot, and every - other petty officer, seaman, and - marine engaged in this arduous, and unequal contest. I enclose a return 'of the killed And wounded. I- have, the honour to.be ; &c. THOS. WARRAND, -Lieut. Colll. 1141miral SirltObert Calder, ticc. &cl etc. A List of Men killed and wounded in the. Action with the French L4ger Privateer La Ville de Caen, of Sixteen Cups; Captain Cocket, off Portland, 21st 'July, 1812. KILLED.-Mr. John Purnel, clerk. Joseph Cattail°, abl4 seaman ; Thomas Morgan, marine ; Isaac Gould, able ,;ea man ; Joseph Hill, -ditto; • Alexander. Brodie, ditto; Jolih Bargleholo, boatswain'sinate. • WOUNDED.—Lieutenant Warrand, commander; William Dirket, quarter-master ; Daniel Brade, •able man ; John Harris, ditto; John Robinson, ditto; John M‘Minii, -- ditto; Thomas Dunsfdrd, ditto; John Heath, marine; Richard Griffiths, able seaman; John ordinary seaman ; Thomas Ashley, ditto ; George Sales, ditto; William Evans,, able seaman; John Millwright, ditto; William Robson, ditto; Gracious Gain, .matin, ; James Cunnings, gunner's-mate; .lituies Jackson, able man; Thomas Bradbury, ditto; Henry Johnston, ; John Wakeham, corporal; Mr, Alexander Goan, ipin an. - (Signed) T. WARRAND, Lietit. and Corn. F. BLESSMANN, Sorg. Trar-Office, July 28, 1812. t Ist Regiment Life Guards, ,Cornet .Edward Tat Bmifein from the iiali Light Dragoons, to be Cornet and Snh-Li,;,i. : tenant, by purchase, vice Adair, protnoi;ed: 3d Regiment Dragoon Gaards, Lieutenant J. J. C. flarrisoic, flow the 7th Foot, to be C o rn e t, bypur.chase, viee.Nlaeitli:i, promoted. . . 4th Ditto, Richard Crookshank, Gent. to be Cornet, 'with:.:,at purchase, vice Horn, promoted., sth Ditto, Lieutenant John Hewett, ,from the 25th 7 LiOt Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.,. 3d' Reg. Dragoonl, John Jones, Esq. to be PaymaSter,*yicg Dodgson, deceased. lath keg. Light Dragoons, Cornet John l'yni to 13.2 Lie Ute. uant, by purchase, vice Lord March, promoted in die )2d Foot. 14th Ditto, Cornet Henry White to be Lieutenant, by par chase, vice T. T. Ellis, who ret res, 'Daniel James WeV l .), Gent. to be Cornet, without purJhase, vice - Woirc. 15th Ditto, Captain the Ilonoura'ileArihibald Maicdivahl, from Half-pay of the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain of a Troop, vice who e.“:nauges.. • Coldstream Iteginkent Foot rds, Lieutenant Colstuel Henry Loftus, h-oni, the Staff. in America, to be Captain of it Co. - . pally, vice Cooke, who ex:•hanges. Gentleman Cadet 1 y Gooch, from the Royal Military College, to be En ii,; , without purchase: • Ist Regiment of Foot, -Ensign:James couratt, to b Lie. t . tenant, withoutpi.rchase, vics whO retirei. tenant M. H. ReynOlds, awn the Donegal Militia, to ot, Ensign,,witlout purchase. - sth Ditto, Ensign J. B. Haatili-on to` be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Dundas, who retires. 6th Ditto, Serjeaat-Major John Price in be Ackititant (with the rank of Ensiga), vice Clarke, who rpsi.;as the Aiiil tancy only. 18th Ditto, Samuel M'Caut, Gent. to be Ensign, witl.4 4