The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-23 00:00:00

COMMITTEE -OF SUPPLY,

The House, on the motion of Mr:WARD, •re»
iolved itself into a Committee of Supply, ►o which
the Navy istimates had' been previously referred—
WHARTOI4 in the Chair.

Mr. WARD then rose ,and stated, that in conse
quence of what had alieady passed, when the va-
noes votes for the service of the Navy had ibeen
:Omitted to. the Committee on a former occasion,
3m would not then ;have to trouble the Committee
with any introductory observations. He should,
therefore, content himself with moving the usual
votes, reserving to himself, however, the liberty to an-
swer to any questions or inquiries which may be made
upon any of the heads of the. Estimates. He had
only to observe, that the Motionl he bad to submit
were the usual. votes upon the Estimates. .

The following sums were then moved by Mr.
'WARR for the respective services, and agreed to by
the Coinmittee:-

1,408,4371. 13s. gd. For. the Ordinayv of the
Navy, including lialf-pay of Naval Otticers and
Marines, for the setvice.ot.tho year t 809.
2,20,0391: For Building, Re-building, and R.
pairs of Ships of War, over and above the allow-
ance for wear and tear, tor the year lsog.
3,000,0001. For Hire of Transports for the, year
1809.

314,0001. For defraying the Charge for Sick and
Wounded Seamen aid Marines, .0 Home and
Abroad,. for the year 1809.
506,0001. For defraying the Charge of Prisoners:
of Warin Health, for the year 1809.
500,001. For defraying the Chargefor Sick' Pri-
soners of War, for the year 1809..
Mr.WARD then begged 'Pardon •of the Committee,
that he bad not particularly mentiohect the next sum
which he proposed to more, which was now first,
introdueed amongst the usual votes, but in which
he, was convinced there could be no obje6tion, He
moved, that there be granted to his Majesty, to en-
able his MRjoty to establish a Compassionate List
for the Navy arid Marines, a sum not exceeding
60001.

Sir CikARLEi PoLe wished to pinta question to the
Right Hou, tl,e Chancellor of thy Exchequer re-
speti4ng the increase of the Conitnissioners of some
of the departments connected with the Now:ll:Ser-
vice, such as the Viatialling Board, &c. What he

desired to be informed of WAS, whether the Atlt of
Queen Anne did not extend to these Board; ; and if
so, whether it was not the opinion of the Law Offi-
cers of the Crown, that if the public service re-
quired any increase in these Boards, it would be ex-
pedient io have a particular At't passed to authorise
the same ?

The CITANCEILOR of the Excincurna replied,
that it was the opinion of the Law Officers of the ,
Crown, and of the Lord Chancellor, that the ACS
of Queen Anne did not extend' to the particular
Conuniasioners alluded to by the Hon. Baronet. He
had Himself felt it his duty, to direct his attention par-
ticolarly to the subje6t, and he had no hesitation in
saying that he coincided in. that opinion. The Afit
of Queen Anne applied only. to 'Commissioners ap-
pointed to execute offices which bad antecedently.
been held by one person, and were in existence pre.,
vious to the passing of that A6t, 'such as the offices
of Lord Treasurer, of Lord High Admiral. The.
Commissioners to whorn.the Hon. Baronet referred,
did riot execute the duties of an office previously ex-
isting, but derived their office and discharged the
duties of it, in consequence of their Commission.—
The Aa of Queen Anne, as the Honourabh.... Ba-
ronet would perceive, if heattended to the purview
of it, had for its objet to define what offices may or
may not be held by Members having seats in that
Hence; and the lim;tations it set to the numbers of
Commissioners bad reference only to Boards then'in
existence. If it were purposed to increase the num-
ber of Commissioners of that description, a new
A& would unquestionably be necessary ; and the
Hon. Baronet might himself recolle6t, that when a
it., years since it was thought expedient for the pub-
lic services to wake the Chancellor of the Exchequer
for Ireland, for the time being, a Cumeniastuttue of
the Ireasuryliere, a short Att was passed for the
purpose, thongh no salary was propolsed to be given
to him. He could assure the Honourable Baronet,
therefore, that there was no ground ter his doubts
upon the subje6t.
Str Cri.teis.s You; returned thanks to the Right
Honourable Gentleman for the information he re,
ceived, and declared himself
,satisfied, he having
had no other obje6t in putting the question than to
promete the public, service.
Mr. WARD stated that he had (pit it his duty to
make himself acquainted with the lubjeet, and he
declared himself of the same opinion as the Chan,
cellar of the Exchequer.
The'su'rn for the CoMpassionate List was then
'voted, 'and the Heuse having resumed, the Repert
was ordered to be received to-morrow.

The Irish Expiring Law Bill, the over Lands
Bill, and the
,Irish Pro,Usion Bill, were read seVe,
rally a second time, and ordered to be committed
to-Morrow: - •

The Tobacco Rill was read a third time and
pa,ised.
The Spirit Was!‘ Bill, and the Corn Export and
rind Impar(Bill were each reported by Mr. WHAR-
TON; aid ordered to be read a thirtitime to-rnoy•
ro w.—Adjourned.

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11CLIthl QUIi D 14134 YALIUM AUD4ATI,

LONDON,
TLIUIt!;DAY, MAUCH 3, 1809,

Ws yesterday stopped the Press to state that a,
Telegraphic Dispatch had reached the Admiralty
from PlXmouth to the following Kee, vjz. I.' The
Governor of Cadiz Murdered—lhe English in Great
Favour." Our Letter from Plymouth, this morn-
ing, 'contains the following details upon the subject
" PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2t.

Arrived t'he Peacock Sloop of War, Capt. PEAKE,
from Lisbon with dispatches ; sailed thence the 3d
March, and on the following day spoke the Fisgard
Frigate, Capt. Bovroist, who informed them that
there had been an Insurreelion at. Cadiz, on the 224
rehruary, and that Don JUAN HERRADA was kill-
ed by•the Insurgents ; the Representative of the
Supreme Junta at Cadiz (Marquis De \rutArt)
was closely confined in the CapUchin Priory ; and
Gen. CARAFFA was in hourly expectation of death:
The English are held in the highest estimation,„and
the people were very anxious lot 'the landing of the
British troops. " The people of Cadiz are extremely.
dissatisfied vvitlvilleir Leaders, and the greatest hatred
prevails against the. French. After the people had.
pit Don to deatli, they tore Out hit
heart, and carried it on a pole through the streets
Of Cadiz."

r Since we received the above letter, we
,have
learned that the Dispateltes which were bronght to
Ministers, this day, fully c:onfirin the intelligence it

contains.

The Petieoik brings dispatches from Cadiz, dated
t he: 23d of February, and from Lisbon of the 4th
lost. We find by the former dispatches, that it
was on the 224 ult. that the populace, conceiving
themselves to have been .betrayed by the Gwern-
ment, refused to admit some Swiss troops into Ca-
diz, seized the Governor, Don *NAs BERUA-
DA, whom they''inimethatelyi put' to death, and
took the Marquis Du VILLEL, one of the Su-
preme Junta, into custody, issuing a Proclamation,
in which the motives are explained, and the condita
of their generous Allies the. English highly extolled.
General BERES7ORD had arrived -at Lisbon. No
French in any par: of Portugal.

YESTERDAY Sir DA.VID DUNDAS WPR4 presented to
Hrs MAJRSTT upon his being appointed Co:nrnandet
in Chief. The Opposition Writers, of course, di,•
approve of this appointment ; but they are extretne-•
ly puzzled to find out any plausible objection. HiS
character as an Officer and -a .Gentlemieratends
high to be attacked with any Chancel Of stteceit his
military experience aortiotimate know.ledgeof all the
'details of the Army, •are too well, known lo be dig«
plated. Upon any of these points, therefore, the
appointment of Sir DAVID could not be very'
_impugned ; but it has been discovered that he is ad-
vanced in years, and that he is unequal to the Citiguet
of the office. We can, however, assure those Gen•
tlemen, that thi gallant General is in.peitect poos-
sion of his health and ta,.:ulties, and fully able to dis;
charge ail the duties of his °dice. We reeolleet per..
fectly well, that when Lord Baattrot was appOinteci,
to the Admiralty, a Similar objeation was inaue
td
him on account of his age; and he (..!rt.iitily was
considerably older than Sir DAVID OLINDA:. 14,0 t
in no period of our naval history, were our suc-
cesses so great as during.
short period chat Lord
BARHAM was at the bead of the AOtniraltY• Theybattle of Trafalgar, the vidoiles of Sir Ittcumtn
STRACHAN and of Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH, were all
obtained in the, course of a few 'months ; while
during the vigorous administrations of Lout llama,
and Mr. T. G,astsvmut, not one single Ship.of the
Line was taken from the enemy. We hope; OM".
fore, we shall not again hear the age of Sir DAVID'
DUNIYAS assigned as a reason against the appoint-
ment, unless it can be stated that his health or facul-
tips are lip impaired as .tQ disqualify him tar tl,o
duties of his office.

Another American Vessel, called the 'Brag),
which bad broken the Etnbargo, 4rrivcd at GreenoJ:
last Saturday, trom Savannah. We have made WO
Ex.trats from the Papers wh,ich she brought; they
are Dot very important, except that we hind that
proposition has been made to the S4nate to deny out
right of search altogether, even of L:rehant VC!
sels; a proposition which, if agreed tu, roast Poo
voidably involve the two Countries in a War.

I I .
Ws this day received Dutch Papers to tits 18th,
;Ind liamburgh Papers to the Bth inst. :from which
we have made several extraas. Tftre are no ix*
counts, in these Papers of the eaual commencement
of hostilities between Francl-. and AoStria.

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Yesterday, about twelve (). i ' Iris INIA1V""'
Willdqor, where
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wasV.De at
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and CaataamoE. 1 LAG. :•40--cic.
MS MAILSTY Leld a privnie Levee, which v• 111 at.-
a
teniked by •
The .riactibishopis of Canterbury, York, and Dublin, the
Lord Chancellor, the Lord president of the Council, Oa
Lord Privy seal, the Master General of the' Ordnance, the
imir4t Lord of the Actioirklty, thr President of tilf 804119
Trade, the Conunder In Chief, the three Secretaries O
State, the Chadeellur of thc'Exchetiuer, the I.Qrd steward
or the Itousehold, the Duke of Montrose, 4arl pt Ornirdt
Louis Heathrield (gold stick), Rivers (in,waiting), iiir D.
numbs, and I'. Hale,' qunerAt Leith, Colonel SCoir, titsjOr
Norcott, Captain Blalie, and Mr. Fawkener. ' • ',' .1

The following had the honour oh being presenttd
to his MAJESTY

General Sir David Dund4s, upon his.beingippointed..ooll)".
mender in Chiet. • . • : •
• The Earl of Orford, upon succeeding to his title.
Major Leith, upon his promotion, iktid upon hi, return
Spain.
c: main Blake, upon his promotion.
Lk'''. Col. Scott( of the 94th reg. upon his promotion'
Major NONOtt, of the sisth rifle regiment, upon his pro-
'sauna!' and return from Spain.
The Archbishop of Dublin, upon his arrival in Englard.
His MAJEIITY held a Privy Council, at which 3it'
DAVID DUtaDAS was introduced, and sworn in a
Member, and took his seat at the Honourable Board
accordingly.
•

His biAJarrie gave private audiences to tl►e CI•
binet Ministers present, and Sir DAVID DUSIDAto
the Commander in Chief. About six o'clock. set
on his return to Windsor.

The Duke of PORTLAND was prt..vented fiord
attending his MAJESTY yesterday, through indisp-
lion.

Yesterday morning Mr. MI EARS, one of his Ma•
jesty's Alessengers, left town with disltitches for oat
.Mini,,ter at the Cuurt of Stockholm.

His MAJBSTY has cliretted, that in future tha
captains of the brigade
,of Fast Guards, shall 0
distinguished by two epaulets, they hiihierta-lowing
but one ; and' the: Adjutants and ausirter MiWers
-are in future restridedio otiO, the
)
heietufore
distinguished by two.
Lmers from Paris, of the 19,th instant, ocivise;
that the Duke of Auerstadt (DAvov4T) has set oa,
- fur Germany, and the Duke of '(lllssszN"
tor Italy, to assume provi,ionally the Command iii
Chief of the French armies assembled
in thaae
countries.

Intelligence has been received- at Lisbon, that 400
of the English prisoners, Who had been token by she
French in Gallicia„ bad subsequently met with the
good fortune to be liberated by some Spanish Pea"
sanity. A Major, Deputy Commissary, and bur-
geon, attached to the British tinny; bad gone fret°
Lisbon to meet them, and make arrangements for
their reception..
It is said, Captain MonsObt; the. Private Secretary
to. Lord MoLOItAVE.,• is to be the new Lord of the
Admiralty, in the room of Captain .Hopa.
Music.--The fifth perforthance of the ANolefil
CoscEttr for the present season, took phice last,nights
at the Hanover-square Rooms, under the diredion
of Lord riARNLEY. HARItI3ON, BARTLE/4:oi, Kt".
VETT, till VAUGUANS, SALE, and MISS TRAVIS:Were
the Vocal Performers. The selection iris I.l°l.Th
HANDgL and PLIECELL. CARTEkefi Glee Of " 6n,
A'anny," harmonized by FiAIEitISON, Was, mucti
mired. The Dukes of Kawr and CAMERIDGE,
a nuinerdus train of Nobility were pre,es it.