The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-03-17 00:00:00

REPORT-ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.

air. 11/Snivo'Nopt brought up the report of the
Conunitte. of Supply; snd. entire motion for agree-
ing to t to resolu:ions for Ordnance &Inflow',
Mr. Ilstiltss mirk several obscrvettooros on the
increase of Expenditnre iu this brooch cf the ser-
vice, end expressed his conviction that inoi-tifth or
one--ixtle of the preseret Jest's Estionntes, even oi-
ler giving credit to Alwirers fur the retreurhonorits
they hail insole, aright be trikvn ott without injury
to the srry.ce. lie regretted the want of a super-
intentlirs powe•, oust thought that an estimate
shook! ...tate. as fully as possible, the diffet rut !wails
bf cerner. • • lie objected to the great expeoditure
'to the Wesldn.lius,. which, in his opinion oright to
Ise dome away. Awl recontoseadrd,. that twit tle-
p irtinetit dhoti l rotoiler, nut mirth what ens
bf CM :d to rs otter perfection, as allot the country
corolla sintre.
Me. W. Port. acrcle I to the propriety of mine-
litz the great eiipeose its the West lochs ordnance ;
and, stated, that it asa sot the contemplation of Go-
vernment is do sway the different estiblosloonents
in lime different [sheds, and to hove Lint one go
'ectihteslionrott,•wh;cla tszt for nil. Ili• iinat-
-0.41.11 that his Right llun. Friesool shmal•l Moo;
ratl inn;-:ixth of the estimates would be sostilo•lent,
without going itdo oily explanation in proof el* his
sesertinu. There wane o.at iog in the p,e-ent year
pf One million asitlis Loll...which waft no smut'
s respect to the Martens Tnwen, they
should coosider the wee and feeling of the country
at the period when they were built. It was not
right that the cocruy should know every thing they
were thrill:, and therefo.e the liesils of the testi-
mates 5;1011111 soot ire in tile public; but they you'd
'not lie charged with biltlollllellt. Freitag wore ex-
plicit is every instance emu any former Atloninio.

Mr. Ilvtousul4 thought, that 39 there was i pro-
• ',Pet"? of a long duration to the war, they should
look to some perotottritt system to puppty them oath
The weans or coniin:ti.ig it. lie insisted strongly
trprai the went ofist.outrouliog power which should
li.ok rulaiittely into the expvtiditate :I* the country.
Grimm! Tsat.s..rox ridiculed the idea of defewl-
ing the tenuity by means of Marteflo Tuners, and
concurred to the opinion thlt ert..lX Means should
be adowed to etonotrii•e and retrench.
Mr. lirattnals-•• Called on as I Intve been, it
is pecessarj for me to rim ; the Right lion. Gen-
tleman, Mr. Pules had told them snack about his
b-ing Secretary of the Navy, awl a Clark in the
°Matinee, yet he had not said one word about
his Secretaryship to the Vic, ray of Ireland;
was it possible that this ecuntry, or the repre-
re;italivcs of . it, would be sati.fivd with a gross
•mount. given 'loin, without a single particle
•ceounierf fur?" Ile sass at all times happy In listen
to the lion. Geotletnan, but inure particularly so
Staten he was iutelligiLie, which lie was OhilgVil tO
VMS not the case that night. However tali/lured
his arguments, were to convince, he we. fearful they
bad tiot recrive,d their reward. Wits the country to be
'pot to an every., before unknown, such told we
Im.e commenced such a building, and if you do
trot grant us a sidlicient mini all ler here done will
be u-eless?" In wirate lit; ht found there cuss.
traCting for buildings oats the hest nott.hotl, and why
should they not apply it to public braidings? To
the honour or thobe Grotletnen, whom he, iu hits
sphere, had employed, they finished their • neg..-
sweets to kis fail suisfaction. Although ha was sot
a !military 11130, tor sit engineer, yet, ass M.-whet
•f Parliament, be irememeed that public build-
ings' althoughon a larger scale, should Ise cottoned
with the same economy. The other Hight lino.
Gentleman (Mr. liuskirson) talked of bring tit and
out a office, as a child would of its toy. .• 1 Ise
you down this day. sad I take you up to.mor4 ow
so with the Right lion. Gentleman ; although he
moved his seat nearer the door, and sapprared ra-
shes melancholy, yet there was not tiny appearance
of his exit.. The Ilonottralrie Gentleman hid wait
niurli about I.ritirry, in a termer Admirostratian,
Ile would wish to see the cortam rased of the
• seat, and to lay open to the world what immense
ewes it bed disposed of in that way. They ire
*bore ;citing you stew; 10,0001. for tbi., or for
that. What are their ar;„urnents ? Give it, or the
it-rvice of the country must ha at • stood. Ile
would call it, from himself, a sweeping clunse; out•
ant to corivitice, bat ,to drown the senses. Uraler
_t hoes comideratioas„ with all due delereure to the
lion. Gentlemen who rule the country, at trust ad.
Ti.e His Ma,. sty, Pe wand any the ra port should
limbs agreed to in ao then a House.
Mr. ASKIAT Camera recapitulated h.s state-
ment of aroma., night. lle rnentraned the- ithret
for slush the Dort Into's,. Mills were boilt,.and the
moans used for their cicada.. unused t/It the
stature ustauced au eV ra% agiust eNprivii tire.

, • LONDON.
SATVILIMY. MAE.cn 17.

At a lite hour, last night, we received Dutch Pe-
perry to the 14th instant, frutn which we hate made
the following viarattd

VIENNA, FED. 2t.
. On the'3,l of March, the noptml ceremony of the
A -eliduche.s Matia (-whim, Muh the Etupelor Na-
poleon, will take place, the Duke of Neufchatel
being his Proxy.
_ _

On the dth, ' the Archduchess is soleinnly to
renounce, for herself and her iesue. all right of suc-
cts‘iou. with regard to any part of the Austrian do-

On the Bth, the Empress Maria Louisa is to tale
her departure. The nobility are to aseembfe a short
time lit fore her departure. Twelve ladies of the
p dace, four Lards of the bed-chamber, four peies,
and toe prince and Princess of Trentniansdorf,'are
to *tired Her Majesty as tar as Brannan.
His hlsje.ty, the Emperor of the French, has
sent part of his ponds to Braunan, with several
Ladies of flouour, Lords of the Hed-charnbe►,
cud MO Officers, to receive his Consort in it man-
ner worthy of His Imperial Majesty. The Coun-
tess of La: tmky, hitherto tirst Lady of Hobour
to Her M ijo.ty, is alone to attend her to Paris,
under the title of Lady of her Palace:

PARIS, MARCH S.
The Minister at Al'ar has received a report from
Marshal Duke of t'astiglione. dated Gerona, the
glad of last month, whereby it appears that, on the
_oth, n battle wits fought in the plain of Vich,
where our troops, commanded by.Ortieral Soubsitn,
ware sit...irked by the Spanish entalanian army, un-
der the orders of its newly-appoilited Chief, (,ene-
rst ()Jnimel. • The insurgents furim d their titlark.
with the utmost fury, but were repulsed on all
point., 'end he fesolt of the octirel, in obit+ Gt-
nerrlSouliatnwas badly, ) et not mortally wounde.ll
in the heiid, was, that. the enemy having lest 6900
semi in killed and wounded, fled with the utmost
forecipitalion owl disorders 'end retreated to the
walls of Tarragona.

Odami•l's intention was to d• stroy the division of
Souh:sin, to blockade °liable, End inter-
cept 11-e communication of our troops with Fiance.
Our I.t amount■ iu the whole to one hundred
and Arty killed, and two Irindred mud twenty-styes'
wounded ; among whom are seven Officers.

The official details of the vaqueros nfsCusdatoope
were publidmed, Loa inoriiiii;;„ in au Eziraurdiaary
Gazelle, of *Nell we give a rapt..
• very extraordinary report airs current at 0,-
tend lag Mm:clay. It WOO entiCle,illy stated, that
the Austrian Princess M AXI.A Louisa, the intended
!wide of BONAPARTE, had fled in disguise from
Vienna, in order in avoid the marriage. The elope-
ment rumour reached Dover by time Papperiburgh
mewl Siedingers, Capt. LANTE,
s:r Jolla vaautoo, and Mr. Wu. Bum, a Mr-
rioter, are, we undershirt!, caudithars for the town
of Edythe..

Yee- terday the Loan NIATOR held a Court of
Common Council, at Guildhall, to take into con-
sideration a report from the Naw;gatien Committee,
requesting a loan of 60001. in ant of their tunda,
which the Court agreed to; and the CHAMISILLAIII
direct.d to tianbfer the name.

A Motion MI4II lllnde to rewind the standing or-
der of the Atli February !art, respecting addresses to
Ills M3jest3•. which wee negatived.
The sum of iOOl. was voted by the Court {on the
'norm, of Mr. M.iwinan) to the society of Friends
(or the Belief of Foteigaiers is Distress.
It was tette, ed to the General Purpose Commit-
tee, to consider the expediency of repealing the se.
vend Acta of this Curt, for. the nomination and
eli (lion of Aldermen, and of consolidating the pe-
el-lotto of the said Act into one Act.

Yet rdsy, a Court of Directors was held at the
East bells liouur, when the ships Larkins. of tko,
and /kip", of wo tons, were t.tke.s up for one
royuge iso the Company's servinr. The Court ad-
joilrhed at seven o'cluek, till Tues Icy Next.
The Earl of Ftiost.t.ret elf yesterday fur Etl.n-

Mr. HAT is on the eve of his deportnre for Dub-
lin, resume tilt duties of his °flier as Secretary
to the Catlio!ies of liettiod, which had been trans-
tv.t..t, 'loth% Ins ale wiece in London, by Counsellor
O'CostvaLL. Without nt all iuf.ioKing on the
Itewittions in Ireland against the Royal reit), we
may schture to express an anxious hope, that snub
arningernente may be made, rei every true Liend to
the Lritisk Como ironing would re joice to see carried
into effect, and which we expect as probable, from
the number of Parham ntary friends of all pinti•
who *ought the opportunity of oxplooataMll with
t!to Emil of FINGA I.t. und Mr. ILA Y.
At the 4:helin.ford As-izes, on Thunsilay,
Co"per anal IV. Ilraprr, were fournlgn/ky cutiint;
t tiunk• from the elinriut fifth!. IL v. J.J torn wins.
.1.6444 thwthion, a boy of 14, we. loActool for rob-
hong teltu.k..•-reiot of 301.—Goiky.-3lorehac6
Leon f I /,silty of slopping EAsTY
on the Fighwoy, trth intvlit to rob him. On the
(;;vil Side, on informant!' wits preferred be J.
Mf1.94 MR, a commute informer, against ARRAH•III
Tneneo, a respeetvlde fernier, for keeping n grey-
holod, and killing gn•ae, he not Ini:1 qualified.—
Verdict for Defenttni;.