The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-11 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, 'MAY 10.
The Norwich .Bridgs Bill was read a third time,
and pissed.
A Message from the Lords announced their Lord-
ship' assent to several private
Mr. JouNsorr brought up certain Papers from the
tDaiCe of the Chief Secretary for Ireland.—Oidered
to lie on the table.
111'. C. DUNVAS presenfed a Petition against the
W indsoe Lauds !Al.—Ordered to be referred to the
Committee on 'the Rill.
Mr. Botterk: postponed his motion for a .INlo-
wainent le the memory of Capt. Hardinge till Mon-
illy nxt. '
ijotje“FrpN, from the Of iee of the Court.
it I.,:ieclit.quier in Ireland, broeght up certain Papers,
which Were ordered to lie On the table.
Mr: Bborek moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
amend an Act of the 35th year of his preseet Ma
lest y, relating to the removal of Paupers, and to
repe!tl part • of .an Att compelling _them to wear
bakes.
Mr. WirITER EAT) seconded the motion. Though'
be had for the laSt two Sessions beat silent with re-
seed to the poor laws, he sheik] at aititere period
Mike a trees etfOrt'lo retOrtit the s'ystern. Be would
also again endeavour to gain the itawl:en of Parlia-
ment to a measure he had in qattneaelation for dif.
• fusing the advantages of education more generally
throughout the country.
After a .few. words from Mr.'Womiii;ir, leave was
granted to bring in the Bill, which ,bronght
read a first, and ordered to be read a second tithe on
Tuesday next, and to be printed.
The UnANCWI,L.OIi 'Oi the Ex oft EQVIEW obtained
to bring in ,a Bill to exonerate smtill Li%ings
Ulla' CLlTitallid institutions. from the Land• Tax:
TM; WALOPFICE.
Mr. WARDLE' rose, to make his motion relating
to the department of the Accomptant-General Of the
War-Office., Since 1797 the increase of Clerks had
been very great, yet. the business was not coodkiaed
•, with, greater expedition than fOrtnerly. The Ac»
cr,wutty of the. War,Otfice, important as they were,
. ought not to be. peglected ; • bin he could prove they
were in the greatest ,coninsinn. Every change that
' hail been made had been made for the worse. That
whieli in the patent system cost the public h4,0n01.
might be better pet formed for ,tawful. He would
ondertake to *dere•-a person equal to such an tin..
dertaking, and willing to fake upon himself the ma-
nagement fin' at Som not exceeding 30.0001. per an-
num. Ha thoT,;ht it Lis toitauve; that the pa--
pets relating. to Inc tvetel Eeeet of tie .Accountant-
~'General of the War-Oifiee be laid b‘.!fore the
House, that they might he put in poisesiion of the
facts to which he wis;ied to call their attention. I lie
di l not persof....ily attack Ministers ; he e erred
against a gytti in \c hid tie ilii);ti;ltt so bad that it're-
eitired• air entire. change, ft wit 4 sintqe that jbe
Aecoreus of the Wer-Qnice shoeld ever have been
seffored to get thus in arlear. No'cutimiun nor.;
chimes accopots, utemporneit as they Nere when
compared 40 IhO•ti of die War-tit-flee, were ever
permitted to fall into such contkAsiorr; how repro-
hensible thee must they be whose negligence had
suffered RCet4lnti of such importance to remairrun-
inveiefeated. Within theSe few years, a soma 'a
, new War-Office had sprung up in George street
whielt'he understood Was ii great additional expence
to the country ; a number ot,Clerl:s were employed,
many of w honi were tine gentlemen,, who resided
ont ref •,town, and only looked in once or twice a
week at the Office..:. The Hon. Geolleinan, otter a
lc:Windier remarks,:caticluded by moving—" That
tie:9'e he laidbefore the House returns of all the re-
`, ginrental aceoents now in the War-Office, specify-
ing tlinw. which have been settled, and thlsse which
0 11.,C not ; also tettlftiii of all the annual regimental
. as which were tribe Carried inn:marmots from
the of Scptomixr, 1807, 16 the 24th of Sep...
;30,t, specifying those which had been
carried intu,t,viarants, and those ‘vhcii had not, and
also specifying. whether they were tor cavalry, mi-
litia, or feneibles." ..l lie •
seeete'ra,ey at WAR did not riqe to oppose
the motioil altogether.; but at it be m:::. bron2hi for-
ward immediately would ha nrodth*:tiVe of great in-
,conveniences,,he could tv isii the Hon. Gentleman to
withdraw it for the present. Some measures had al-
ready been taken to-ref Orin the evils complained of;
Other-, were taking at the present 'moment. It was
not denied but :he ecetionts of the War Office were,
eoosiderably ie arrest, and that a radical Change
ahould be of led' to prevent r.uelOnconvenienees
arising itt lame. The subject w:(is already before a
Committee Of that, lions.. In this bi t pillicm of tt%auge,
what, fAurpose could the immediate produaion of the
liners ncswer ? A less :complicated and more ccono,'
rnieai system had been introduced, whiCh he trusted
would give gener4l satisfaaion. In i 797, a change
Lad taken place which Ole Hon, Gentleman bad
stated made pap worse, It had certandy not an
swered the expetiatibmeof Government ; but when
the pecUliar sitUation of our army at that time,

gether with other adventitious circumstances -were,
taien into: coni.iderwrion, a less dtweo • of censure'
might appear to be `merited than the HMI. Gentlemau seemed inclined to bestow. The lion. Gen-
tleman had matte comparison htitwilen The accounts-
of the War Office and those of a- private tnerchant,
but the comparison did not hold pod, as the diffi-
culties attending an examination of the accounts of
the War-9ffite could only be c9nceived- by those'
who witnessed them. The Honi Gentleman had
stated that he would pledge hirospt to get the bud-
ness Managed for 30,0001. If he meant merely to
settle the accounts, it would be 4 very good bargain
for his Fiend, as at , present the income of the
clerks did not exceed ,70001. the sum of 54,0001.
completely covered the whole nipences of the esta-
blislimentl

Mr. LUNG agreed ,that it vraS necessary to intro-'
duce some change in the systpm, but did not think
it would he proper to enter. at present on the proposed
examination.

Mr. WINDHAM said, the Th was the business of
the War-Otfice had increase d so much that it WAS
necessary to employ a greater number of persons than
were formerly employed. They had more
and consequently were ohlied to employ more mil-
lers.' The. increase of the and still more the
ch th anges at had taken place, increased the work and
added so.much tv Ow codfusion, that the accounts
even with an acl.iitional nt4nber of hands, could not

he kept frem glyning in artear. It had been thought
that I'lollEl,ly accounts would
.b.doetter'than, loaf.
terly ; but experience had'proved the contrary.—
With reseed to the nt-iw otlice iu Geurge-strdet, as
tie business, had increeised so much that they were'
obliged to.take on new clerks, it was proper
wise to have a new 'places tOr them to do it in, as
there could nut be room for them in the old War-
Office. Where the business Was so gteatly increas-
ed, it became oecetsary ti.) take on new hands, as
the only possible means of keeping the accounts from
falling into arrear.
Mr. WITILBREAD did not belleVe, that in, the
history of figures, an ;Asiatic° could be adduced'
where accounts, howevei couiplicated, could not be
so simplified as to be brought at once to the view of
an individual; and it it was possible to briog!stnns
thus complicated, 'in stick 'a (them' that the whole
might becomprehetidtAl by an individual,,he thought
it strange that they could nut be made equally clear
to Government. The Hon; Gentleman then replied
to various parts of Mr. Wiedham's ~peech, Advert-
ing to the. circumstances of emigrants. having been
adMitted Ho the Ofti...es, he took occasion to ob-
serve, that INT. Do Coarmilly, in -a bunk which he
had thought- proper to give to the uortd. in 1797,
had stated that many sums bad bee tk paid to Inn) to pay
away agartrto others, and that of MO !ostrts thus dis-
borsvd he had given in an exact accpent. 4 e shonld
like mtt,!li to see that a:count: ' Some 'extraordi-;
nary. prnceeiiing occurred to his memory, which
were allowed in the time of:Mr. 'Charles Ditudas—
French prisoners had been.iaken- from-. their prisons
by certain emigrants, nod put in our ranks: HOw-
ever averse those men ini,Yht be to fight-log-our batl
ties, yet tar temptation fttld'oui!to thern, was too
great tor treaty'-of them to' resist. 'When the regi-
ments to whiCh they belonged were t“luted, they'
were exclidoged for litigl;sli prlsonct# of, war ;• ncr
was that all, till opportunity, offered fOr tixeltmtg-
.ing them, they being )et loose on .sociery, tiostead of
being again committed tee their prisons. 'COuld any
syttetn: be worse than this The services 01 the
• Royalist, who, true .to the', cause of his MOitich,
was enxions to tight in our ratikseigainst his Master's
enetnies, might be accepted of wit!' some propriety;
'but to enlist Fcettclimen genCia;;y, 111 ,ueit a way,
appeared to turn a policy se'itieNplicable, that he .
Could not help consitiering such condUct little shOrt
of iosanity. His feelings tel thet stajett were sncli,
that he would then give melte ofa motion, which .
he veldt! make at "a totute period, for.,Returns of
all taw Prisoners now -• in our Service, specifying
what .caused them to enter into, our army, where
tl);.r may be serving, and what- emolumentWmay be
the !reward of titer servicet." They bad a convtlrs:i.
tion, ;.1 tew eveningi ago; on the btitylet iat" Bantu
I lonipc6cs being a General io our service; more
usit:fit. be said on that subject hereafter. • T.,returti
to question,. he thought that the aeLines ttiight
be, ,ind
„on6rbt to he, sinipliti,!d. -le,e•jtjght 4101).
SCCretilty had supposed airs Hon. Friend, when he
I lie 'sv.ouitl. get that: done. ler which cost
,CA ER; meant he would 54,00(f1. had snppo
trierely I;;ertho accounts settled for that sum.
wonitt tin2deceive him on th.tt Honbtir.e
able Friejet for • eu,oota. mould engage tomtit:le
the -whole of the businesS, tak,ng tire Right •tlee.
Secretary into '4114.; • bargain. . He could ea:;ily con-
ceive that it ',might ;-be done, and /tug the clerks
might be better paid. '!'here utitcht be fewer of
them, and yet the wt» k nklit be butter done. The
Honourable Gentleman who spoke last thotiitht
necessary" to "employ many hat tds to expedite the
huoness ; but it so eiany were empfuyed; that they
stood iii each other's way, they would retard instead.
of advanciogit, lie thoeglit the popery ought to
be produced, and trusnet they would not be tefused.
Mr;:11. Tuout:--rorq was,ot opiition, that the Claw
of a Committee would be tnis-spet,t by such a long
' examination as would, be proposed by thtr Honotsr7
able Gentleman. lle would rift her rte geirtral Iu ii
to the heads Of tilt be tv'lto; from/combining
a knowledge of that particular bositu-S's wine the ge-
' neral intOrmatiou necessary' to, it, would..
enable the :11,3,ii,edi to. Fixeed under the hot, aus-
picespoihible.'
"car, 130vrtiva5T conturred with the opinion of the
Hoot:LirlWe Gentktnan who last sat dbwe. The
War-Oilice, he would say; was an ()Alec of
not of douh;t: entry, 'or Italian book•h6.!plog •lie
cLarceived that Honourable Gtialemett diould give ;t
More accurately defined. notion of simplinegion nit
That head than they harl done. :!
The SEouirl'4ity at WA it.rosts to explain,
Mr; HusKtsioN, Getierdl tTh, and Mr.
P. Mootra, each whined Nome onservati6ns on the
subteiL.t.

PARNELL, Ilia intention, early in
the Intiowing, .Setoion, to Move trir a.lea Cottitii;i-
tte, in order to iinitort'l into the inaitre, tlod give it
more corret,it statement of the Pubhe.Accot.lott than
thift which bad been otliTed. .

The question was diva put rani sigrred to.

Mr. Wurratt 10. AD said, that in Cclllgequei)ce of hi;
nderstandiog that the Marquis Wetiesiey 'wttS logo
uut to Spain ax Ambassador, in room, of Air. Freye,
0 did not think necesstiry..to pursue op.)? further

THE siT N.

110LX QC IS 1)1Calt ►ALXUM AVOIItAT

L 0 ND 0 N,

I'IIUItSIAY, NAY 11, 1209.,

Government this. morning received accounts front
Lisbon of a 'very :faMuiable nature. They were
brought by the Sidtira,- which' sailed ,from Lisbon
On the 25th ult. Sir A, WELLEstRY had arrived
there on the 2:.)‘1,, ftfieri passage,Of seven dayS..7,-
Oar army was in the field, and was advancing to
muds Oporto, which there was very little doubt
would soon surrender. The reports of the progress
of a large French army under Gen. Vtc ton, on. the
.eastern frontiers of I'oring:ll, appear to be• wholly
without four ration. VlCTOU,sacCording ts) the fair
accounts, remaintd at Merida, General thqtEiFORD
c to..organize the Per-
tugueee, and we rtre l:''
}:)r imig
to add that those excl.-,
tions have been attended with great success : the
Pois now fcirmidabls, both in point
of totangultibeesres Aatridmydi

Jr appears hy,the account of a Gentleman who
left France very lately, , that 'there -are such enor-
mous quantities of corn, wine, and, other articles,
•upoy hand, that,the , prices.,,areso much reduced as
to render. the landholders •unable to pay, their contri-,
butions to S.;overrituctit. Thisi st:ite of thingq at
length induced three of the to venture
upon the hazardoto task of making a represn'iltion
10itIoNAPALI,TE lip(?1) the and it ~v: e%
peZ:ted that.a Deeres would he kiw.e.l- to pormitith'e
exportathin 91coro,.1liitir, Lthd brandy; and %0 pro-
•,l4Wit. the importAion of Atuf_
STRUN the A41,11),15y:14.16r in PC:ltiCe, 'had
thig OLtaSiOn thought 'proper to send a second ex-
pres4 After the Nlessenger.appotn;ed to carry his
dispatches to Atneoa, 19r the tiurpas,,,, it is sup-
po,wd, of givihg information of this Decree to iti

A;though,we eutertnio 110 (I,,iibt that the aCcOtints
given in the Vrench Bulletins contain gross ex,agge-,
rations of the real In as,. yet it, is obvious tharthe
Austrians
.must have su,tained Some severe' defeats.
13u0NArititTa bas, 01) this occasion as well as on
others; derived infinite advantage flom.iito rapidity,
of hisown movements, and from the circumstance
cif-jtj's (+pollen's dividing their fureei. The Aus-
trian .force in Bill:Ilia was undoubtedly more nu
tuerous titan that of the French,' but it was divided,
aid Bur t,f4I'MITE'd force:being superior these dl
r.
vWons, he beat them separately. The Austrians,
however;. haying retired. in clifferent direaioniz, viz;
into. Bohemia, across the Inn, and into the Tyrol,.
I.ll.,ONArAtirrr: Le under the ileces3ity of

1) knees, and if the Cabinet of Vienna are not panic-
ruck with the4edeteao, and do not sue for peace,
tti- termination of the campaign may be extremely.

clitlt_rc.l;t from its commencentolt.

The French and

I Papers which arrived last night, and from
wiltich we have made extrat9s, give us no further
respaling, the operations of the hostile ar-
cities : they metniJne a report, howevr, that' thy:
`A:chtinke Jonti had been cut oil in en attempt
to enter the 'Tyrol, mid that his corps had• been
compelled to lay down its arms. We trust that this

report will prove ntrfourit.'il, fur we. entertain most
Faupine expesnitions of thtt trrieficial coniequeoce
that are likely_ to result to the. Austrian einkie from

the energy and pattiutiiill of the people of the T) rel. .;
Some of the letter's oltickarrived yesterlty from
klohnd, stated, that a French General and 4000 1

niece . had 061u:illy:been taken prisoners in the Tyrol.
—They also added, ..that. insurreaion of a serums
nature had-broken out in flesse cassel., and that Jr-
...
i!,) NI E fi UON A PA RTE had taken refuge in Cassel Out
we cannot pledge ourselves to the truth of these re-
ports. •

Since writing the above, we have been favoured

with the fol)owing account, given by the Austrians,
of
,the events which took place at the conttneuca-

went of the Campaign in Bavaria.. Our Readers

will rejoice to fiud that this account differs mate-

rially from that given its. the French Bulletins
'SUPPLEMENT EXTRAORDINARY

TO THE PIIIVILgGED GALi;TTE OF PiIieCATE.

" On the iad 'Ain if, at tline in the evening,

Count-AyznsrmaG, Adjutant-General to I►is 1111"

perial Highness the Generalissimo, arrived at his
Majesty's Itead-iiatterS 'at Schardini. Ile 4as
sent ok the t'..tcl'frotn'tlie field of: battle. The two
Chiefs and the two araiies advanced on:that day t 6
combat each -other—SUccess was' on the side of
Anstrans. The Generalissimo caused the post
Abbac.h, on the Leber, tri be attacked, for which
we had in van contended the preceding evening,
and he carried it. The third Corps of the army
totic Faitpont. Whilst 'the right wing of the Aus-
,• trian army was vitaorions, the enemy succeeded in
getting possession of Echmuhl, but. the presence
of the Generalissinio restored order, *and thus
ended a battle Which had lasted five days without
interruption.—We have in this and other previog
of :sirs taken a great number-of prisoners, among
u Ito n are a Lieutenant-General unde-r the orders of
. Marshal DAVOUST. The loss on both sides has hco
great—We have several Generals and Officers of the
Etat Major Wounded—The first
.corps of the army
has advanced to ,f-Temmenau, and.touches the good
army by Abbach."

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his 14A3E514-
arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, whef
he was received by the Didiei of Yon*, .CuNtaLK-
pA::,Tn, KR:IT, SOssex, end CAunittnott.
• Soon lifter two o'clock his 111,0itS:rir . field a Prig
vale Levee, which was attended
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the
Lord President of the Ctithicil, the First Lord of the Trea-.
stay, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master-Genet-di
of ;he Ordnance, the fliree Secretaries of State, the Chan-
rellor of the Excequer, 'the Commander is Chief, the far
Advocate, the Lord Ch.trithelaio, the Lord.Steward' of Ili°
!household, the Duke of Montrose, Sro. .
TheV,lowing had the- honour, of being presented

to lii9 MAJESTY
sir C.:1104r timlAndt union his being created a Montt'.

_ • .
Mr• Curzon, upon his marriage. his
Maim E. Parker of,the• tyth4ht Dragoons, niI0•1
pronrotion. re silo
Arbuthnot, nn his being trilo;nteLl SecretarY •
Trtt.tsury.

lion. Capt. Cadogan, ulion his promotion.
His MAJeSTY held a Privy. CottOcil, and gave 311-
(Fes enc to the Lottr) CIiANCELLOIij the Du ef
ne.-
l'ortm..No, ;Ind the rest '9f the'eabinei• Minister"
preseat; Sir Dt.iNl).lt, atid Mr. 11Yosg,
laid before ills MAJas'iy the procee.dings Of severs
Coors Martial.' •
About seven o'clock his. hIAJP.STY set off 00 big
ret::i.a to Wiodsur.

Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East-rot"
House for the elOion of a D.reCtor for. four yelti
the room of Jon N :7`)lA .if4lllr,s ESC). resigned' 1,1• •
• dc, the wt.:re finally closed, oilti,6-1-
k ered so the. Strutineers, who at nine rick)" re.
ported the nnnilwr4 lo be,
. rOt Witiiain Esc], 557
lames 11,1110, Ehri. - * 4c9
Esq. 440
4ntitorty•Cltarniet,' - 323 , ,t
heieupoii WILLIAM Wtt rOAM F sci. was "A1'
-e
duly elcrird.
On. Sunday. the Duchess. of Yoaw completed he.t
42d year, which was not celebrates till AontlilY, •
OatlandS. Their MAJEFIIES, Princesses Al-705.1%4.;
Atkin"; and attendoLl
tslAcLitirtELD, irrit'ed (here soon after one o'civis,
and were received by the Duke and Otichds (.41,,1i of
acCoMpanied. by the 'Prince of WAi Ss, Th"*;os'
KRNT,CUMBERLANO, CLARENCE, lila CAN'OT (011
The Dukeot Yon §.'s band (the tst regimeot),,:n6ocl
uniform, was in attendance, end struck OP
save the King. About three o'clook the Itepli 'Tale
sat down to a sumpttions 'dinner; daring 'Whic*,4 to
band played upon the lAA'S), and then t:oafiritit,fiss
do so tor .an hour Rfterwrirwhile tlivir
.and the Family walked dq' to
tin the lawn.—ln the oct!"--
ttleir MAlesTris and the .PaiNcFssr.s iciortia4
Windsor:
•
Trompeuse sloop of wars picked aP stby
at'sea. The were brought °;.) the
a small sloop, which auntie," the notica
Trout , and alter a short cline, was ol)serY
throw overboard a strap caslcl, enclosing dr, P3l,,rds
with wilag to render it Conspicuous, and attedY'

made s'ailfor Calais. - frotrt
On Tuesday a large fleet of Transports
stt►lt t]
P.ortsmouth for 'LI-hon, under co:iv i)S of the PSt.o'r
Captain PEARCE ; they carry out reinforCeme6
most of the intantrY regiments in Portugal; ne.4 for
500 of them were, volunteers from the Militia..,
W
regiments now-serving under Sir ARTHUR ilij;;io
LEY in
.Portug.tl. Many .thlicers Went, ont.o I
I,
their regiments; among them, Majors M`P.,05,,•41"0:1
ELDER, and Autti. A large diviSion of the NY 'IP
Trainand soothe Artillery we.it out.