The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-04-15 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
I.OIIDS--AissL

HOUSE OF . __ le.
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The Irish fiax-rieed/grosnli bill' Workeinl a thin),
tone and passed.
Tee eighteen-penny slow lall...the natal officers'
widows peorious bill, theiriodipronsioai bill. Will
ltith roger drawbeck bireoty bill, pureed Oro'
and were reported wittiest toy
emtamimout.
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port et the Coniiiiiromitiori of Military lemony)
olicii war laid ups.' the tables and ordered to to%
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_Pligdero were presented from the Rubio, rolattpk
we gmbities, sad couipoonosis Sr pinialties. *kWh
orate detstaid upon the table.
Mr. Irving. fresh the Customs, pmeoted papers
. ceemeieung an Recount or the end.: betweesi tins
ermatey and Ausersca. Ordered to be hnd, on the
tea&
air sGrehdiu, Lord Robert Seyinour, and
Mho, Meehan from the Howie of Common.,
basesist up seemed private bills, and also a Mes-
ter. infttelgetilliteir Lordship. the Continuos had
, =to 84 gr
.11rograve's awl Campbell's'
hi*. The protons bills, after being laid
topes the Nile, were reed a brat tune.
The Earl of Lies:swoop promoted papers, cogi-
tations% a further account of the divatcher received
by I..borwriunent during the latreawpaigu in Spars'.
illJailerril to be laid WI die table.
SAUL. tilttl"ti 3IUTIQ:C.
Leh Garr said, us couaryinnice of recent in-
lbyasotion, he was apprised ir would be inconve-
Owl tor sevend Nowt Lords to attend the kiutlir,
illirellliday, for whis.ll day lass intended motion lied
bee. died--ise therefore should, by pertuisstou of
thir lordships, move " That the order for Tues-
day be discharged. and that their Lordship* be
busuiosioad fur this day se' gist." Agreed to.
SPAIN.
Len] AUtimariu rose tor the purpose of direct.
ing a law observations to the attention of the Noble
Samotary opposite, respecting the Culineettuu of ,
this eseetry with the kiukpleas of SIMIII. Although
MO psiseiedy in order, he coneerecti he might be
emeessd tress adverting to several topic, relative Lo
One ellonectieu with the Spanish mama. Ile could
NI bat take parucular Douce of an article coutain- ,
ad is the trusty between the two countries. It wee
Owe stipulated, that on our pert we agreed nut to
go any Sovereign out Ferthusuid VII.,
% or lawful successors, appointed by the
glrkey
people. Ile would wish to ask the .Noble
the precise uncut mid siginticution of this
liiiitimilar article, for two separate eOubtrUeliont,
esiglit be pee epos the inearriug—both of ohich
went repognout to the judicious in.ningelUelit of
seseeisbse. If we were to utstier.taird„ from the
eines iii which this article vow worded, thee fertli-
send VII. and his legal hors. sicaarding to the
aline ef the people of Spam, wrotos4oloit to be re-
itortiosid by Great Britons, as the rOrereigus, of
don kingdom, thereby, us fack;'loithing. the sue-
s:swim to the race of the iliiiirbou Family only ;
anti au en usigniktprodiscre very 'serious
=is intrist taidemuote of that part of the
Apia, ens the other hood, if, by the
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Milt 0 natint ommowors," nothing Istrther was
1111Ninls then did no were disposed to support,tlseti.
Ghioansommot which should be apporniftl, by.,,tipe
=Ream. end in that mom we were to at:-
the sovereignty of JoseisliVioLiporte, or
sep Wass men, why then this snick, to awl AM
ems ef it, were mere assinnaly. There dos ilia.;
emallkw article of One 011ittfillet, in the Ala of
Sp*, ape, which he wns afirpubed twaisk nhy km
Itstudet reeeired mere iistarunition thou Whit reas•
is the papers 11d4 upon the nab!! ? At
=.Soo of Our Cieutmls , had partietlarly.
411:a intestisu of Admire! IN Courcy to the
pssisrestion of Ferrol, but the 'Oultr.kmor. ledge af-
tosided by the *facial papers, now before the /louse,
din. diet Admiral De Courey rehoused for en.
ewer, that that Spauith harbour was their already
tothei pane lion of the French. While speaking
di This pert of the conduct pursued during the
ilpsoisii campaign ; he thought it proper to men.
I ips some deficieswy in the present produced ac-
*eta with regard to the einierntiniestion between
Ilir. Frere and Sir John Moore. 'l'he 14(1 was,
lettere came to Sr John Moore, ',revisits to his
base led involuntarily to prosecute Ina snatch fur.
eboolboo Sahnoatica, and in the dispatches now
laid Wore the House, reference was had to a nota.
mge of an extramdinavy nature *rut to Sir John
=wire, at Salalliattea. on which occasion it was
harshly requited that if Sir Joke Moore did Dot
obey this direction, the bearer was to Ire brought
before a military couued. He believed this wee.
sage to have brio extremely hurtful to the feeliiigs
of our Coinosonsier, and it was more than once ad-
verted to by the letters of Mr. Freres yet no copy of
the nsessage itself was submitted to their Lordships
essesiderauon. In respect also to the papers laid
upon the table, by which weir Lordships would
have to form their minds regarding the motion very
soon to be brought before them ; lie thought there
was a deficiency in the account stated of our losses
sustained it the kiiigdnm of Spain. He hod ales
to observe, the loss would turn oat to be mach
more considerable than it war first represented by
Dome iodividuals on the other side of the House.
It seemed to be groat from the accounts thcui-
selves, and that we had lost between 7000 and
0000 mem ; still in that aceousit there was a went
of eccereey in respect is the Cavalry : neither was
there iseinded any Meru of the lass sustained
ansengatthe waggons sad artillery ; and he was iii-
formed there was a very serious destrection
amongst oar forces after their arrival in this mum-
try, which also was not adverted to by the papers
now on their Lordships' table. He did not wish
to press the., subjects ironiediately for an answer ;
but if the Noble Secretary would take a fotere
opportunity, he was. sure his 1111SWCr would contaiu
every satisfaction sought for by his pretrial obeli..
vations. i ,
The Earl of Loxaeoor. trusted there *as od
necessity for his noticing the two first points of the
Noble Lord's observations, because they resolved
themselves into mere elltieltisions of argumeut.—
As to the message alluded to, lie had to acknow-
ledge Ilia Majesty's Alinibteril (lid net actually
possess any iuforrnation, neither bad they received
any on that subject. Their Lordships would fe-
et:Meet the letters of Mr. Frerr, wlitoilikad bees
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