The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-04-04 00:00:00

FINANCE CONSIITTEE.

On the mo;;;;liiii.iiThilititlitthe Hoene re.
solved itself into s Committee o►► Publ►c Expendi.
tore.

Mr. MARTIN said, he was agreed at present to-
withdraw his second resolution, as be understOsol
his Honours friend,' SIMI" had sesame
ameodments to repose, •
as, without prefacing. moved ,4 That all
sinecure offices, that were completely so, should be
reduce;l, and those where the service or-the person
holding • situations where his services were not
equal to the reward, should be also reduced."-At
...is necessary that attention to economy should be
paid to every thing that concerned the state. Hs
concluded by saying, that it was high time that all
office*, where employment was not required, should
be abolished.

A desnltory conversation then took place, is
which Mr. Long, Mr. Denis Browne, Mr. piles.
Sir John Newport, Mr. H. Addington, Mr.
berforce, Lord Archibald Hemiltoo, the Oren.
eettor of the Ifacherpses. sad Mr. Peason, took
pert.
Leal A. 'Mania • sparaleriiartil
emitter should rice. and the Chaim/ea repel taut.
gress."
The Committee divided, when there appeared.
Ayes 37
Nees ..................

Majority apinst the Wiiriormasse as
After some observations from Mr. P. Mewls.
the Cooncauma of the EXCIIIMOSIL. sad Lord
A. HAMILTON. the House resumed, and the Chair-
man reported progress, and asked:leave to sit again
on Friday next, which was agreed ta:
Tire other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, and the flouse adjourned at HaLr-PAST TUNAS
O'CLOCK.

FOREIGN 1N TE LUG ENCE.

DUTCH PAPERS.

♦IRRMA, MARCH 13.

This evening, Her Majesty the Empress of the
French, after taking leave of her rev red parents,
set out, accompanied by ►he Archduke Charles.—
The procession wart a long time passing the streets
of this city. The discharge of too pieces of can-
non, and the ringing of all the bells, announced
the clepartnre of Her Majesty. She was accomps.
nied by the earnest good wishes and blessings of
the populace, who crowded all the streets. Their
Imperial Majesties have set ont for St. Pollen,
where they will sleep this nijht, and take their
last adieus of the Empress of the French.

MUNI( H. MARCH 17.

Her Ithjesty the Empress of the Fretbcii arr;red
here this night at eight in the evening. The whole
city was illuminated. Her Majesty will remelt bets
the whole of to-morrow.

It is understood that our King will accompany
the Empress to Paris, and that the King of Wir.
temberg will join the procession at Stutgard.
It is said that the whole Hanoverian territory will
be limited with the kingdom of Westphalia, with
the exception of a district containing 13,000 souls,
which will be faulted with the those-Towns. '
COMPLIGNE, MARCH 294

All the steeples, public huildieg;, an 4 private
houses, were illuminated at the titne of His Imperial
Majesty's arrival in this place.
As coon as the Emperor arrived, he walked thee'
the whole palace, and afterwards tbe Prince of Birk.
maid had the honour to dine with H,. Slajestrii
Their Mejesties the Queens of Holland, Napless.
and Westphalia, are arrived in this place; thrilling
of Westphalia, and their Imperial Highness. the
Viceroy of and his Princess, are also expecte&

All possible preparations •rr, made is thi; town.
awl io th. pAllice,thilv to c• kbnte the happy ao.
went of the arrival the gm prow..

PARTS. %SAUCY 3.

The Emperor received, several times, to the
course of 11,14 cloy, trlegrsp`,te istelliaeace, relative
to the Etapreer. Her M.jtsty arrivcd in Stras.

• . .
'1,190 on the 211 •Libtea, at four in the aft-station.
the alts to tale her deosriure from thence on the
?..V.}l, and atop the micni in Lintesille. Her Ma-
jesty apjayed the best plate of health.
Covet Clary, Lord Ch twin-Flan* of the Empress
of Austria, sag presemed to the Emperor in Com-
peigme, soil deliverel to Ili* Majesty letters from
the Emperor and Empress of Austria. Apartinents
have hero assigned to him in the Palace ; and, on
the ittl inst. he had the honour of attending Ms
Majesty on a hitatin% party.
To asiMt our readers in forming an idea of the cu-
riosity which prevails in Paean, to Witness the .ole ttttt
proiession, on the day of the marriage fesiisal,
we ran assure them. that. there is not the smallest
wrodow, from the gate of Maillot to the tiquale do
la Concord, which is sot already hired, at least fur
tire or all Louis-e'..ra.

NEW Tll PATR El-110V A L., COVEN r-c AR DG`:
To-swrrow, Thursday, April s, rid he perfurnteil, •
ppearea Play of KING HENRY TUX FOIMTN (Part 1.). T.
hick will he added, P l; I. AID V .1111X/ila•

LTCEVM THEATR morrow, Thursday, April
t, will be performed, a New Serio-Comic Opera, called Tns
AlA::l,tc! oa, 'rpm Swits BAXDIVII. To which will
bt added, HIT on lit-s.
Several complaints hi%ing been made to the Proprietors,
of the difficulty of oldisioiug seats, without tiring the Lox•
keepers, the freadeoters of this Theatre are respectfully re.-
' assented to observe. that orders have bees given for imme-
diately removing the inconvenience complained of, by Lang a
pane of glass in ce•ry box-door; and that any box-keeper
falsely asserting that places me taken, or convicted of rereiv-
inn neiney for the dispoasl of places not previously engaged,
w:II be imunitliately discharged from the service of the
Theatre.

THE BRITISH PRES§.

LON DON,
WEDNESDAY. Aram 4.

We received, last night, Dun 6 Papers to the
30th last. The French Imperial Bride left Vit oin.a
on the 13th last, and anived at Strasburgh on the
22d. The Dutch Papers mention nothing else
worthy of notice. More recent intelhgenee from
Fraiiec announces the arrival of the Empress at
Paris.

" We cannot," says Vie Coairier, " help no-
tieing the extiaortlitsasy change which has taken
place in the opinion of the Opposition, upon the
subject of majorities. It wilt be recollected with
what extilta!inn the Opposition boasted of a majo-
rity of it.. yen. whit It they obtained upon one occa-
st.w. andwhiAi nrijority of seven they trniupetted
forth to the sodd w proc:anniog the in lividahle
st•iNe of Par nay. they even censured
Ministers for not instantly resigning their offices.
said opening the doors .tis .tlteie owl, immediate re-
tura to power. But when Ministers have'n utajority

of wore thou seven tinier that number, it is con-
atelered nothing rt. all; en 1, in the t•dgerne.l. of
the Opponifion to beize upon the of terra of State,
they do not he.itate to pronounce the Miniatty
upt,u the citt.-stioo, though
10041111i11+111111jOrtiluof the Hoene in thew favour."
Upon these Doge otoitrvotioni of The Cm-ire
we have only to reanaik, that the tuajoritiet., of

which the tilipoiiition bodied, did not coinain •

single pleceisau. Thi• is sufficient to thew the
Afallacy of the itglisnent iu that servile print, The
Courser.

Upon conspiring the extracts from the Sparkish
Curressennleuce, just laid befure Parliament, nith
the uifi.ial accounts of the military noriatiout in
Spain. given in The LondJaGasette,,liirtlig the time
*belt Lord CAJTII.6IIILAGU was Secretary of State
tar fire War Uepartinent, it will appear that every
thing which could elucidat. the distressing situation
in *bath the British Army was left by the battle of
Talavera, was carefully suppressed. This ia_pars.
titularly evident in the case of Sir ARTIIVII WEL-
LE., y•s letter of the Ist of August, published in
The London Garetre of the 15th. It will be seen
from it that the gallant General was apprehernire,
na commencing his retreat from Talavera, that the
enemy %until advance on his rear, and thus cut off
his sick lett behind him. This part was suppressed
in the extract in The atzette.

Mr. CARTWRIGHT. who is stated in a Morning
Pater, of yesterday, as having inteuded to have
,valtedlivith Adminkration, upon the Scheldt Que..
ti.,u, is stated, to the same paper, actually to have
voted. This is one way of swelling their numbers.
K•e understand that meetings me to be called in
the principal rionties unl riti., in the kingaloin,
fin• the purpose of expressing their sentiments on
the present state of public affairs.
Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the
Ta•t India House, whim Cap:. O. Baooss, of the
skip Epee"-, took his lush leave Of the.Coutt, pre-
vious to departing fur Bomlisy direct.—The
wide: -
mentiotned Captains were sworn into the command
of their respective ships, via. Capt. P. Castenct.h,
Lord Keith, and Capt. G. Hamitic, Earl Spritzer,
for Bengal. The Court adjourned. at ail o'clock,
till tibia day.
By the Jamaica Msil we have received Kingston
and INyot Gazettes to the llth of February. The
ecneveioutiou of the new Assembly was postponed
*u the tith of March, and the elections were pro-
ceeding, the freeholders manifesting everywhere a
disposition to re-elect the former members. On
Monday, the Sth of February, • meeting took place
near Kingston, between the Hon. fIRNRt Jolla
Mummers, Judge of the Court of Vice•Admi-
salty there, and Savour. Rentitsit, Esq. Collector
of the Customs at Falmouth end Montego tiny, and
brother-in-law to bin CA at mu. who was appointed
to the situation when he was in power. The parties
sassing exchanged three ineffectual shuts, the
seconds interfered, and adjusted the affair. The
consequence of a report that
*rot boots to the Comm..
is, en.aeavouriug to sliest that
. J. 11. its the Court of Ad-
, and contrary to law, and iin-
that he leaned to the- mercan-
a Lieutleturau of tate highest

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L I GI"

POETRY.

When %raw; saird for Greece, his army's grave,
He lasted the winds, and fette'il Oceah's slave
Soon'. wise ht.desnien, when their armies 1.,d„
Accuse the weather, and commit a GALE
E. H. A.

meeting rots is arm
the latter Gentlemen I
stoners of the Custom.
a decision of the Hon.
ruiralty wi. itaitra;rtri, t
plyittrne ttatiattattnig. t
tile" serest. lien I
bosom, said character.