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NAVAL NtWS kaom TIIE LONDON GAZETtE, JULY 14. . , . Admiralty-Office, July 14, 1812. Admiral-T-..Jord Keith has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Captain Sir K oine P ophatn, of his Majesty's ship the Venera ble, dated near the Bar of Gilboa; the lsth of last month, giving an account of his proceedings sub 7 S r equent t o t h e , surren d er of. the French troops at, -L equitio, as stated in the Gazette of the 4th in stant. In the afternoon of the 20th the enemy had collected about eleven hundred men in the neigh bourhood of the above place, but on hearing from 'tile peasantry that two thousand men had been . landed from the English squadron, they retired ; • and intercepted letters were-transmitted to Sir H. Popham, by which the Commandant of Gernico WaS instructed to prepare rations for a French Ge :l3eral, and two thousand six hundred of the 'tripe . lin' Guards. an the 23d, in the afternoon, the squadron be ing on its way to co-operate iu an attack, intended • to be made by a Spanish General upon, Bilboa, and the wind being unfavourable for gettin7round '-‘illehichach o , a pa r t of the squadron fetched the . anchorage of Bermeo, and parties were. prepared to land by six in the evening. The enemy were found to have retired, leaving a small magazine of provi sions in a fortified convent, which was taken pos-• s ession of, and distributed to the poor, and the ships in want of water were completed. • The bat-, ter n on• the hill of Bertneo, consisting of five eighteen pounders, *as destroyed, and the guns rendered 'useless, and all the fortified places of Which the enemy had had possession, wereblown On the 24th the Venerable arrived off' Plencia, Where parties from the Rhin and MedUsa were de °Toying - the works; and some of -.bis Majesty's / tessels were immediately dispatched to commence the oPerations of dismantling the batteries, and destroying the guns on each side of the inlet below the bar of the Bilboa river. In the afternoon of the same day, Sir Home Popham rancied at Algorta with the Captains of ~,,`ue squadrn, General Carrol, and Sir Howard • -u . onglas, a o nd a detachment of the royal marine f orce, under his orders ; but, as the country was • . particularly c lose, and calculated for a surprise, th ey re-embarked before night. The castle of Galea was destroyed by Captain Bloye.; it con !listed of eight eighteen and twenty-four ppunders : t he guard-house, and gun-carriages were burnt, and the trunnions knocked off the guns. The hat vteries of Algorta and Begona were destroyed by L ieutenants' Groves and O'Reilly, the iormer r ? ounting five eighteen pounders and the latter our. On - the opposite side of the inlet the. batte .. ."" of El Campillo las Quersas and Xebiles, Mounting eleven guns, eighteen and twenty-four • Pounders, were destroyed by Lieutenants Coleman a nd Arbuthnot. On the 25th, at dawn, parties of the enemy Were seen advancing, and, at fire-, entered the de stroyed batteries of Algorta, but soon retired from on the squadron's making a disposition to a tand up the inlet. They afterwards formed on the plain, and were found to-consist of two thou °lll men at Algorta, while four hundred .were lent t ? Puerta Galetta. Three of his _Majesty's :Loops closed with the fort at the latter place, si- Aeneed it, and drove the enemy from it. Sir Home e xpresses his belief that' the enemy's corps was the one for which rations had been ordered at Gu 'trnleo, and which was therefore completely divert ed from its original deitination. Sir Home Popham concludes by commending the zeal and exertions of the 'Officers Under his "lers, on these several occasions, in all which the squadron has not had a single man hurt. AMERICAN PAPERS. GEORGETOWN, JUNE' s.—Letters of marque tind reprisal, and direct, offensive, immediate war I have to-day ascertained, have passed the Lower Rouse, 72 to 49. There are 34 Senators, one sick and one in the chair, both for war. Of the 32-left, it is ascertained almost beyond doubt, that se venteen are opposed to war, and two others ate • Viite doubtful. Seven o' Clock, p. have the to - an nounce to you, that the war question was taken in the Senate this day, and was. decided in the ne gative, The PRINCE REGENT, attended by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of SUSSEX and CAMBRIDGE, acid a numerous Stag, reviewed yesterday the 18th (Russar) Regt. of Light Dragoons, on Hounslow Meath. Yesterday afternoon his Royal ,Highness the rRINCE REGENT arrived in town from Windsor. Lord CATHCART is expected to leave town in!. few days - for the Continent. , William Onslo*, - Keeper of Hyde Park, fell 4 own in a•tit and expired without a groan, on Mon day evening, whilst in the , act of driving away Some loose boys who were gaming: CORN-EXCHANGE, JULY 15.—The Market this clay has several fresh arrivals of Wheat, and sup- Plies on hand rather considerable ; the sale again and'Monday's reduction scarcely supported ; e with Barley and Malt are each lower ; White Peas .hardly at last prices ; but Beans of each description, support the last quotation ; Oats are again in considerable supply, and sales of this article also quoted at somewhat less; Flour at late prices. - -86 s. 128 s. 1.155. Tick Deans - - - 735. 78s. • we ditto - -138 s. 1545. Oats - - - 525. 545. 565. Ry e 525. 68s. Poland ditto - - 575. 60s. } larley - - -58 s. 6Gs. Potatoe ditto - -60 s. —s. •,katt _ _ 90s. 98s. Rape Seed -- - 701. 781. 'ilite Pease (boil.) 78s. 84s. Fine Flour - -115 s. 120 s. Gay ditto - - 725. 7Ss. Seconds -- -110 s: 1 15s. . Lea ns - - - 745. 80s. COAL MARKET, JULY 13. Chips at Market. Ships sold. Price. 80 Newcastle . . . 7G . .. . 395. Od. to 51s. 6d. 3 . Sunderland . .. . 2 . .'. 11s. Od. to 435. 6d. .1 ' Stone Coal . . . 1 . . . 655. Od. to —s. Od. 1 Cohn • HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIORRQW. 1491 AIng, 5a minutes after , G. 1 Evening, 23 minutes after 7 t:' , IPMTAL.' - 1 7 ).4.111.A.A.M-ENTI'. nOUSt OF LORDS, TUESDA. IRISH PEERAGES. „ . . In a Committee of Privileges, some proceedings took , place relative ,to the Peerages of (.:;arbery, Barnewall, and Kilmaly. The farther 'consi deration of the two latter - was 'adjOurned till Thursday. • The House then resumed, and after prayers were read, and pending the ,exclusion 0,1 stran gers, a few . Bills were brought up from the Commons. After the doors were thrown open, the Corn mercial Credit -Exchequer j3ills Bill, the Army Unclaimed Prize Money, and the Irish• Butter Trade, Bill, were read a second time, and com mitted for to-morrow. _ _ The Malt Duty Securities Bill was read a first time: The Keepers of several of the Prisons in the Metropolis •were sworn at the liar, with respect to their intended evidence before the. Lords Com mittees, to whom the London Prisons Bill is re ferred. CASE OF THOMAS BALL. Eari STANHOPE said 'he held a Petition in his hand, but of the person who sent it to hini he knew nothing. He,:eferred in the petition to per sons who could speak to his character, but he (Lord had not an opportunity of seeing them. The Petitioner, however, be he who he may, had a right to a fair and, a full trial; and he set forth, that he was unable to bear the expellees of coun sel at his trial. If .any person ventured to state any fact to that House, in such. a document, not conformable to truth, the man so coming forward Should be taken very severe notice of by the llcuge. That. if what the petition stated was really fact, he did not know a case of more severity, of more hardship, or more unconstitutional, in some of the proceedings upon it. In saying this, he meant to cast no blame on ,any officer ; -something may • 1 even be said in their justification. .He would read the Petition to their Lordships. _This the Noble ki4rl proceeded to do. It was stiled " The humble Petition of Thomas Ball, a prisoner in his. Majesty's prison, the, Fleet, for an alleged offence against the Revenues of the Crown." — Amongst other facts, it was stated, that the peti tioner, -on the evening of the 30th of March , 1811, was proceeding on foot from.:Rochester to Graves end, in expectation of coming up with the mail coach in-order to be conveyed to London-,-that at about three miles . *rom . Rochcster, he met a man in a post-chaise, who asked him if be wanted to be conveyed .to town—he answered in the affirma tive, and was admitted into the post-chaise; he soon observed .a, 'few barrels, resembling oyster barrels, in. the chaise. On their arrival at Dart ford, a man opened the chaise-door in which the petitioner continuedsitting, .and upon the barrels beingexamined, they were found to contain con traband spirits, or spirits without the necessary permit for conveyance. The post-boy immedi ately ran away, leaving the horses and - chaise; and he believed he had never since been heard of.— The petitioner continued sitting in the chaise"; being unconscious of committing any harm. The officer took him to Mr. Mumford, 4, l ,lusticeof the. Peace for the County of Kent, who ordered him to be detained,for want of securities, in the House of Correction., at Dartford. The petitioner was served with no notice until the October following, when be was served with an instrument from the Commissioners of Customs, and a subpoena on the part of the Crown, to appear before. the Barone of the Exchequer, to answer certain articles ob jected against him, and riot to omit .so appearing, under the penalty of 1001..t0 be levied for the use. of the. Crown, and which subpoena was signed or certified .fiy the Chief Baron of the Exchequer. His pecuniary resources became exhausted, by which he, was prevented from proceeding to . take the necessarystep;for his defence--(so we under.. stood his Lordship).—That on the 28th of Octo ber, he wrote a letter to the Chief Baron, repre 7 senting his case.; but .to which he received no an sWer : and that the trial took place in November last, when'he was adjudged to the penalty of 1801. That he remained in confinement,-where at first he had sustenance, but of this. he was destitute - at present. The petitioner4trayed for such relief as, with a view to justice, to their Lordships should seem meet. The Noble Earl observed, the case should be considered in that point of views that when a man :receives orders to appear in Court, the person who holds him in custody ought to per mit him to go, to 'appear in his own defence:— The petition was Ordered to lie on the table. INSOLVENT DEBTORS BILLS. The Earl of LauDERDALE present - ed the Re port of the Committee, on the recommitment of this Bill—which was agreed to by. the House ; and the Bill ordered to he engrossed. After a few words between Lord Redcsdalc and the Earl of Moir& the third reading of t4c General Insolvent Debtors Bill was appointed for Friday. Lord HOLLAND notified his intention to propose the second reading of . his Bills respecting ex officio informations on the same day. The Revenue Penalties Bill was read a second time. • PALMER'S COMPENSATION BILL. The Earl of Mot Rd. moved the ,Order ofthe Day (upon which their Lordships were summoned) for the third reading of this Bill. On the question .being put, The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose to oppose the proceeding, and . .said he had never heard any an swer to those arguments, repeatedly urged against the measure, and which he believed were unan swerable in themselves. The Bill proceeded upon an assumption of a fact of which there was not only nothing to warrant its being founded, but, as was apparent by the evidence, was in di rect contradiction to the' fact assumed. He meant, there was no evidence of any agree ment between Mr. Pitt and Mr. Palmer, upon wkich the present claim c6uld• he brou'ght for ward ;' neither did there appear to be'an inten tion of any agreement whatever •that was not made dependent on the execution 61 the duties-of any office, that'was the full and faithful execution" of these duties. It was evident that Mr. Palmer sought tha . t office in order that ,he may controul and superintend the business and execution of hig own plans. It was also evident that the dismissal of Mr. Palmer from that situation was not from any act of caprice on the part of 4is superiors, but that-the removal was in cOw-equelace,Of the great misconduct of Mr. Palmer in that sittiation .and lie could not avoid observing, that the A:lain:is of. Mr. Palmer were not brought under the consi= dc.ration of Parliament for an interval of pine years, and not then, until after the death of the person who was of all others the best acquainted with the nature and circumstances of t',:e He felt it his duty to move, that, instead of noW, the Bill be read a third time that day three mouths. LOrdERsKINE defended the Bill at some length ; and laid much_ stress on the sentiments of the other House of Parliament with respect to the measure, and of the favourable reports of the Committees of that House. The Earl of HanaoWßY argued at some length against the Bill, and referred to various parts of the evidence in support of what he advanced. Lord.ThisKlNE spoke in explanation. The Earl of LAUDERDALE spoke warmly and at considerable length against the measure, and ad verted to an opinion formerly given by his Noble and Learned Friend, while at the, Bar, with re spect to the transactions in qtiestion, which mi litated against the arguments he advanced that night. The Earl of Motaa spoke with considerable animation and eloquence in support of the Bill. Lord ELLENBoaotiOn strongly-opposed it. Lord ViSCOUIIt MOUIcTJOI supported the Bill. The Are of HARDWICKE shortly objected to the measure. . The Duke of SUSSEX. decidedly supported it, and observed, ; there was every appearance in the evidence of an intentional agreement at least. The individual. in question bad acted upon the faith of a leading Minister. Hs Royal Highness adverted to a letter of Lord Camden's, in wiSich it was stated, that the, appointment of Mr. Palmer should be independent of 'every Administration, which sheaved that it was intended to be vested in that Gentlema❑ for . life. The Earl of DARNLEY spokein support of the Bill, when the question being loudly called for, a division took place. Contents, for the third reading of the Bill.—Presents 361 08 Proxies 6-2 J " Not Contents.—Presents - 46 104 • Proxies J sB} Majority against the Bill, which is consequently lost 6 At half-past nine o'clock their Lordships ad journed till to-morrow. • HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY. The Privy Purse Bill was read a second time, and, ordered to go through a Committee to morrow. The Report of the Consolidated Fund Bill was brought up and agreed to, amrthe Bill appointed to be read a third time to-morrow. The further consideration of the Report of the Frame-work Knitters Bill was postponed till, to morrow. The Glass Act went through a CoMmittee, in which it was resolved to suspend the present duty on plate glass, and, to sUbstitute . a duty of 21'. 9s. per ton on the materials, and a countervailing duty of 2s. 9d. per square foot on glass imported front Ireland, &c.. The Report of the Committee was ordered to be received to-morrow. The,Stone:Bottle Duty Bill was read a third time and passed. Thd Reports of the Manure Carriage Bill, the &boggling Prevention Bill; the Warehousingßill, and the isle 6.f Man Trade - 841,-were brought up agreedand to, and the Bills ap'pointed to be read a third time to-morrow. The Geneal inelosure Affidavit Bill - was read a third time and 'passed. . . The Medicine Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to ,go thropgil . a Com mittee to-morrow. Te Prisoners of War Escape Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to inorrov. VOTE OF CREDIT. The House having resolved itself into a Cota 7 mittee an the Prince Regent's Message, The CHANCELLOR of the EX6ITECIVER observed that be anticipated- bat little opposition to the resolution which was about to submit to the Committee,. persualled, as he was sure they must be, that in.the present situation of public affairs, nothing , could be more necessary than to arm the GovernMent mjth such power, as would enable them to - avail themslves of any circumstance that might occur to interpose vigorously and success fully in aid of our allies in - the arduous contest in whiCh we were engaged, The Committee were too well aware of the circumstances to which be alluded, to render it necessary for him to detail them. More particularly in the North of Europe, events might take place to render it expedient, on the part of the British Government, to support their allies in that quarter, and to carry the cre dit of British friendship, if possible, beyond its present high character. It was not, however, his intention to propose a :vote of credit to an amount larger than that which he' had stated in his ac count of the necessary supplies for the year,. namely, three. millions ; because he thought that the provision made 'by Parliament in the present Session for our military service was as large, as in ordinary circumstances would be required. This vote, 'therefore, was as large in reality as had ever been agreed to by Parliament—(Mr. Tierney sig nified across the. table, that larger votes of credit had passed that House).—lf larger in appearance, they had "not been larger in reality, for the reason which.he had just before stated. The amount of all the;sunis voted this year for the military ser• vice, was 25,000,0001. a sum which he trusted 'would he fully adequate to the expenditui*. This would . appear more clearly, when it was consider ed, that..last year' two millions were lost in the; naval and military services, by the depreciation of the exchange, which there was reason to hope the. establishment Of conciliation between Great Bri tain and America might .render .more favourable to this country. He , concluded. by moving,the .following Resolution " That 4 sum mit exceeding Three Millions be granted to his Royal klighr t eJs the Prince Regeit,th eaable kali to take saich meavnres as linty tend to disatToint and dei:at , the eh= terprizes and designs of the, ehenly„a4 the exigediiti cT affairs nib requires ; and that such aunt be raised by .Ex= chequer • bills, to be charged on 'the first aids, of the ri , At Sessitin." TIERIMY observed, that ff, as Nva . s the case last year, every ; farthing of the Vote ..of Credit should be 'swallowed up in tlx Military ectiendi.; ture, tIOW was it to be un , terstood that it would be: practicable to meet any Of the pepbable exigenciel in the course of the summer, to which the Right non. Gentledtmi'had alluded The CHANCELLOR of the.EXCAEQUEIi f in stated, that in - the present Session two millions had been voted under , the head of Army Extraor linaries, more .than in the last Session ; there would, therefore, be two mOre.td spare for general purposes. Mr.TIERNEY was not satisfieity 11 this answer; and re-stated that the whole of the tote of Credit ()Nast year had been expended in military ,opera- Lions. Lord CASTLEREAGH allowed that it had'been expended in military operations, but not in our own military .operations ; a considerable pui , . tion of it had been devoted to the assistance of themilitary exertions of our ?Cies: if, any exi gency that might occur' should call for a7greater expenditre than' that which it was now proposed to vote, the deficiency might be made good in dig next Session of Parliament. - ' • Mr. TIERNEY understood perfectly how the means were adequate to the necessity, if. it were admitted that for the deficiency the Government mast run in debt. _ _ General TARLETON declared that he should avail himself of 'the first regular opportunity of expressing his sentiments on' the system pursued by Government with respect to the Peninsula. Mr. HUTCHINSON was of opinion that we were , not taking effectual steps to resist the French izz the Peninsula, whenever they might choose to make exertions todefeat our object there. Unles3._ we succeeded in organizing the Spaniards, our object could not be ultimately gained; Dd the Right Hon. Gentleman, or the Noble Lord sup- pose it 'possible, that with his present ,military force, and in the present miserable state of orga nization of the Spanish arty, Lord Wellingtom• could advance into the heart of Spain ? Sucti an attempt would be next to Tnaciness. He lamented to hear the Right Hois. - Gentlertan's allusion to what it was probable In his opinion the British Government -might be Called upon w do in 'the North of Europe. Such assistance as that ad verted to had fren.nently been repeated, and had as frequently proved injurious to the cause and td the finances of the country. The Hon. Mr. HERBERT, Edrerting to A corn= munication which he stated - had been made on Thursday last to his Majesty's Government by the American Minister, of papers tending to she: , that the Berlin and Milan Decrees had been practical* ly revoked, and that no • - essels had been recently condemned under those Decrees, which communi , cation was accompanied with a request that the information which the papers contained might be conveyed to the Judge of the - High Court of Admi ralty, in order to assist him in the decision upon the cases . of :several claimants in that Court wished to ask the Noble Lord opposite, whether the communication had been received, and whe ther it had been transmitted to the Court of Ad miralty. Lord CASTLER,EAGH replied; that' the cases in the Court of Admiralty, described by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, must depend - on the in terpretatiOu of the order of the 23d of April; by which it was-declared that the British Orders ia Council would. cease, when the Berlin and Milan Decrees were generally -and completely revoked. It was true that he had received some time last week a communication from the American Miqi ter, of the natufe described by . the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. -But it was. evident that the claimants in the High Court of AdMiralty had the same .opportunity • of submitting to that Court the Tapers referred to,'as if - those papers had passed through the hands of the British Go vernment. Mr. HnRBERT observed, that the question was of a much broader nature than it appeared to be considered by the Noble. Lord. If the Orders in Council were of a retaliatory character, they must • be declared, in., the event of a revoca tion of the French Decrees, null and void ; 'and he could not conceive , why, in the present state of the relations. between Great Britain and America, Ministers should Wish to interpose between the High Court of Admiralty, and the proof that thoseordershad been revoked. The par pers had been in the first instance offered to the , ' Cotirt of Admiralty, the :fudge of which tkprcssed livish to receive them in a Mere regular ftirm, and sfated, that if they were first presented to theßritisth Government, ht would be satisfied. He was stir* that there must be some mistake in the business, - and that it could not be the Noble Lord's intation to prevent evidence from being bl•ought before the High Court of Admiralty bearinron this impur* taut subject ; on which, perhaps, the great clues- tion of peace or war WithAmericainight ultimately depend. Sir W—Scovr declared, that. be had been rniiim derstood in tvtiat he was supposed to have said itt the Court of .Admiralty; he denied having stated that he would receive the Papers in question as evidence,. if they were first to pass through the hands of Government. Lord CASILEStEAGH disclaimed any wish on the pp - art of Government to deprive claimants in the igh Court of Admiralty of evidence which they .might think favourable to their cause. it was to the Judge of the Court to determine on that sub. ject. But undoubtedly no one was warranted in the expectation that the British Government, by permitting those papers to pass through their hands to the Court, should give to them a validity not justified by any knowledge on their part of the facts which they contained: Mr. BROUGHAM, in the present state of the 24= lotions between this country and America (which, in his opinion; could not fail, eventually, of being favourably established), deprecated any dis cussion which might tend to throw a doubt upon that certainty; and thought, therefore ; that the best and wisest course Which h.? could pursue on the present subject was, not to biien his month upon it. , • The ResoliAtiori was then agreed to, and the