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Purveyors, at 20s. per diem - 4.3b5 u 0
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Lodging Money 1.5 a. per week - 39 0 0

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Allowances 17,852 16 Tool Amount of Pay and
Allowances per ann. i. 96,101 16 0
L. 86,107 16
This calculation, except in the case of the Hospital
Mates, is made on the supposition that these Officers
are all employed at home, which is, however, not tEe
fact ; when abroad, the allowance of lodging-money
generally ceases, but they then frequently receive bat
and forage allowances to a greater amount ; so that
the calculation represents the minimum of expcmce.
(To be continued.)

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 18.

The Cotton Duty, and the Cotton Prohibition were
brought up from the Commons.
Lord SUFFOLK fixed his motion relative to the cottimmica•
tion with Mr. Garikke for Thursday next.
COTTqlq 1114..
On the motion that the Cotton Exportation Prohlbillon /Elbe
read a first time,
Lord LAUDERDALE renewed his arguments against the
Orders in Council, as far as they went to permit an intercourse
between America and Sweden, and perhaps between America
and Sardinia ; which intercourse must facilitate the introduction
of the Colonial produce of the enemy from thence into the Conti-
nent. This measure must tend besides conslierably tolower the
price of cotton, and thereby prove more detrimental to America
and furnish her with a fresh subject of discontent, and an addi-
tional provocation to war.
Lord BATHURST observed, that he bad repeatedly answer-
ed the objections of the Noble Lurd upon these points ; and must
now content himself with telling him, that these articles might
indeed be imported into Sweden, but hat it did not follow they
might be also imported into Sardinia • for this difference must he
found between the two countries, Sardinia was a neutral Pinvir,
Sweden an ally of his Majesty.
Lord LAUDERDALE would not now press the subject far-
ther, but would take another occasion to revert to it.

DENMARK.
Lord SIDMOUTH moved for Accounts of the Ships WOO*
to Denmark, with the number of Danish subjects detsialiAmin
the Sth of February, lain, to the commencement of hostels
with that country. Also, for accounts of Danish ships condemned
by the Vice-Admiralty Courts, and of all Dunish property seized
within the same period. The Noble Lord intimated that he should
not state the ground of his motion until the papers were laid befurt
the House.
Afar a few observations front Lord HAWKESBU 7.11
the
motion was agreed to.
EX TENSION OF PATENTS.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE acquainted the House, that it
was his intention to move that their Lordships Standing Orden
be taken into consideration on Monday next, with a view of mov-
ing the addition of two new Standing (inlets thereto, which his
knowledge of and reflection upon the subject to which they ia•
ferred, induced hint to think would be proper and necessary. 711 e
object of the first proposed Order would be, to preclude all aPPli-
cations to that House for writs for the essension of pateuts,mil
within two years of the expiration of such patent, as at prone ap-
.plications were eligible at any period, and they were treenail' •
Ihade at such short intervals, as did not afford sufficient time
Waive the operation and effect, or the real merits of the limas
don or impravement, for which such patentors, originally Patti
The object of the second canding.azierweould be, to prevent alw
application to thatlinworfor.bias of rots wal or extension, nekss
six weeks notice bad been given of the intention of patties Is
make 'Bch application. He was aware that such regulations
would not fully answer the desired end ; but, neverthdens it was
incumbent on them to endeavour to check in some degree at kart,
the abuses to tobick Ise alluded.
Atter a few words from Ilse
Noble C ANC f telt in seeming
aPProbation of the attempt, the Earl moved, that the Lords
be summoned for Monday se'nnight, wldch was ordered actor.
dingy.

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THY ARMY.
The Order of the Day was then moved, and the Ho Ise resuhred
itself into a Committee on the Mutiny Bill. On the clauielmitlS
read for allowing men to be enlisted for life,
• •Tish Duke of GLOUCESTER, as a Member of tat Hoots
able profession,. could not suffer this clause to pass wihthouthis det
tided negative. His Highness thought it most mischievous hi its
consequences, and referred their Lordships to the returns for the
last two years then upon their Lordships table, to prove the he.
neSt of limitingtk• service to seven yaw. He 'doled 4.6,7 -
tion, that the measure of limited service was cendernned w•
tar! men for he had consulted several of the most •
Officers upon that head, who gave it as their • IP=
that enlistment for a limited period was the best mode of sufftr
ing the army with recrukts. UHF these grohmis he tholdd ngle
that this clause be struck out of the Bill.
Lord BOMNGDON thought the plan a good one, as it 112111111
better suit the different tispeittions of the recruits.
Lord KING opposed the clause, upon the grounds that a um

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ar dime rimer Wording to at pfefent plant I A short dliesseles alb a, Whet doopsthisa w*t 4404 talk
Olablirie'rrot- inducement, whereas the other mode was T on the table.
00111112nven mt to desertion. A brief debate took cm dm- third rend* of the hark Bill,
-6 str.CKINGHAMSHIRE supported the clause, and the House divided an an massieneen unoood by Mr. Herbert,
eftthat instead at o now," die MI lio tends " third throe this day
irlAilries. dipreset measure had not had tine* mendts."
fi— ay thought e The anendmedt nermthed--Ayes for it,
30—Nom, 7110—Tho 11l was then renintislet time and passed.
ofoil sitvEN'Oli thoUght the proposed clause impolitic and Mr. Albanian COMBS moved the order of the day, for the
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0 ending to destroy the present most excellent and be. House taking into Consideration the petitions from London,
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and t
t verpool,and Manchtster,against the Orders it% Council. Agee:dun
.teu:
E took a retrospective view of the state of Mr. Brougham, Coined for the Petitioners, was then called to
.216001"--,od of the various plans that had at different times been the Bar, who stated the object of his elicits, in appearing before
•t He disliked the frequent interference the Haase with a view of shearing the operations of the Orders in
;1W retru-;;;. in.at regarded our military establishment.— Council, as injurious to the trade between this Country and Ame-
iskOl what
entrusted to the care and management , rica. Mr. Woods, Mr. J. Phps, and Mr. G. Palmer, were
and it was found of late to severally examined, relatives tot the Petition from Manchester,
Wrtger: Executive MniStratet
'llllod Boorish under the auspices of the illustrious Person- and Mr. A. Glennie, and Mr. Bell, in support of the London
I..,eds he Sovereign had confided it. The country , Petition, when further proceedings on this business were ad-
the t and well appointed as that it had journed till Tuesday nest, and the evidence was ordered to be
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571-,tanntbe present moment ; and how was that army ac- printed.—Adjourned at one o'clock.
by
any one plan or exertion, not by metaphysical
►MgtNotods philosophical investigation of the moral. prope 11-
Assits of men, but by a combination of various play
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,„„Orions, adapted to the r.ature
0 andeniploymcnts
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101"..thrr eto be found, and to the varying situation andext-
-g IK:country. Of all the plans to which the present
the▪
isteof the army might be ascribed, the Additional
1011.2 enlisting from the Supplementary Militia into the
110.sdto have been the most efficacious. But as no
I,ol...„l"—„rosetion had raised our military force to its present
pedettiOn, to no one plan or exertion would be
suffi-
"l' • tin that desirable state. A variety of systems
inaeil
perm eorapire to accomplish this wished-for object.
sodty'jsr blending and uniting the two systems, re-
141'11",msossof which MA& Lords seemed to be so much
WertFittle two systems go hand in fiand—let them mute-
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..,1,,d0t Thus, and thus only could a military force be
all d, that would answer the different calls of our
Irm*__,..ariag- • Zfence. These were the two points to which
tbe House should chiefly be directed, under the
01— °SWIM of the empire, and the relative skuation of
, It was unjustly that Ministers were accused of a
9"."-‘oorecretlyei. tO undermine the system of their predeeessors.—
is. loudly disclaimed such an intention ; for he was
sOr—kart ,tie,
Almoments openly and boldly to censure it, and to point
—ste defects and disadvantages to which it must be liable. The
-*Viscount then entered into a minute examination of the
on- °Minted service, and ridiculed, in a vein of the happiest
Y oot, the theories and the reasonings upon which it was so
•Ay built. It was said it woidel introduce a better de-
ossso men into the army--the it would induce respectable
lsOrs• tooprepre one of their sons to be a soldier—in short, that
wild slake the military service a trade. 'the trade of a sol-
o! There Dever was, and never would be, inch a trade in thin
• What was meant by a better sort of men ? Was it
Me cid.
dowry were talkr or shorter, broader or thinner ? This might
owligidr, but it was not the case. The men that had hitherto
boson British armies, were men of stout hearts and habits—
," of ifiait and courage—lovers of bold enterprise. These
woo materials of which an army must be composed. Give
jo ',down, though not of the better description—the worse
is were the fittest for soldiers—keep the beta rat home.—
Ursa time grounds, he must vote for the clause as it now stood.
Ilte Date of GLOUCESTER rose to express his concern, that
inaddbe mid by a Noble Viscount in his place in that Hot sz
Melnik), that the men most suited to the painful but ho-
rs:die duties of a military life, were profligates who se ere in -
milk to the blessings of existence. According to his conception
ion subject, according to his experience of the character of the
her, that man was most patient under suffering in the service
id country, who held most sacred the personal and social du-
tis,ml he was most ready to resign his life in the field of battle
*nee that without fortitude all that he estimated most highly
na be surrendered. What was the successful expedient by
sitlaucient Greece resisted the hosts of Persia? What was the
ncrtmt secret by which the mistress of mankind, imperial
. lae,a her a struggle of seven centuries, ex rnded her conquests
min earth? Was it by permitting slaves and profliga es to
legit honourable weapons of war ? From what portion of the
ask of military enterprize did the Noble Viscount draw his
*nee, that profligates were most suited to the purposes of na-
indidence ? But not to dwell upon an error so palpable, lie
admit their Lordships, in the next place, what were the mo-
ils Web only a year and ten months since induced Ahem to
mks this measure of limited service by so large a ntajority ?
lasso doubt the powerful reasoning which was employed to
pan conviction on their minds of its policy. That reasoning
mans happily confirmed by fact and experience ; and it was
fasswed that tyro expedient suck an addition, respectable both
Itch rank and number of the persons enlisting, could be made
tithe army. Would their I.ordships admit, that after the lapse
thisstott interval, a vote should appear upon their Journals,
thirsting that all their former persuasion bad fled ; and that con-
eery to argument, supported by such proof, they had so deter-
Med ? Would they allow, that records so contradictory should
digrace the proceedings of that House? He conjured them to
wider the importance of rendering the army honourable in th's
!dons crisis, that both the moral and physical energies of the
nary might he combined for its security.
Lord SIDMOUTH also entered into a retrospective view of
iplan that had been adopted within these 15 years back, for
tasking and increasing the Army. He examined the compara-
se merits of the plans of the Army of Reserve and of the Addi-
ml Force Bill, and contended that by the former no less a
pa was raised than 37,000 men, while the latter did not pro-
ite more than 12,000. He could not but disapprove of frequent
segos in the military system of the country ; that which was
!Mined a year and a half ago was attended with evident sue-
r, and that success would gradually increase. Is was therefore
ivar, in his mind, so unsettle such a plan, under the present
ormistances of the country.
Lords MOIRA and HOLLAND endeavoured to show, that the
tTa "stems must counteract each other, and arnied to prove
lowleprefcrable was that for the limited to the plan for unli-
mited service. The experience of every day confirmed the hopes
tte! kid entertained of its success, and therefore they must de-
/IIII!e any clause that might frustrate the advantages by which
° lad been so signally attended.
Lord WESTMORELAND sow no reason why the House
dooldbe influenced by the opinions of men who hadbetrayed such
sliest of practical knowledge in military affairs. Nothing in his
spines was more crude and undigested, than the military sp-
an is the praise of which they we re so profuse.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER shortly replied, after which the
tintioa wan put on the amendment, which was negatived without
'division, and the original clause was ordered to stand part of
the Bill.
Fame converue inn ensued respecting the day on which the Bill
fland be read a third time, when it was determined the third
rating should be to-morrow.—Adjourned at half past eleven.

THE EVENING SI'AR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR reported from the Ma!don Election
Dorothy:l., that the sitting Members were duly elected ; and that
the petitions against their return did not appear to have been fri-
volous or envious.
Mr. S. THORNTON brought up a Bill for constructing •
Inidge 14: ross the Thames from Vaughan turnpike, or near the
asse, to Milbank.—Read a first, and ordered to be read a second
tine,

The Bill for Funding Four Millions of Exchequer Bills, was
read a second time, and commit ted for Monday.
Mr. HUSKISSON moved, that certain Orden in Council be
Netted to a Committee of the whole House, with a view of pro-
toning a Bill of Indemnity to Ministers for issuing the said Orders.
consequence of the pressure of circumstances, Goverment had
Permitted wine and other produce of Portugal to be brought to
this country in %hip., not belonging to that country, and it was ne-
MlNry that a Bill of Indemnity should pass. Some of the ships
d neutrals warped in had landed goods not agreeably to law, and .
%this also a Bill of Indemnity would be necessary. The Bill
'stead also cite nd to indemnify Government for granting licences
Id trade to ships under any flag whatever. This was founded on
the circumstance, that though many nations on the Conti:lent
%ere actirolly at war with us, yet this proceeded from no hostile
Liam their part, but from the pressure of France.
Afters few words from Sir J. Haw FORT, and which were re-
Pritd to by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the House
Rot into the Committee, and leave was granted to bring in the
Mr. BANKFS gave notice respecting the Report of the Com-
fixture on the I.ords Journals, in segard to the Reversion Bill.
Colonel STANLEY presented a petition from the town and
Inghbourhood of Manchester and Salford, signed by upwards of
M 7 thousand manufncturers out of employment, entreating the
House in its wisdom to address his Majesty to embrace every pos-
Wdc means of concluding a peace with the enemy.

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Dispatches were yesterday received at the Secretary
of State's Office, from Mr. THORNTON, the British
Minister at the Court of Sweden. They were brought
to Town by Lieutenant FIELD, of the Safeguard gun-
brig, from Heligoland.
It is rumoured in the public Offices, that these dis-
patches relate to the preparations of Russia, Den-
mark, and France, for the invasion of the Swedish
terntories--preparations of a nature so formidable
1 as to destroy every rational hope of Sweden being
able to present any effectual resistance to their com-
bined efforts. It is therefore more than probable,
ii that his Swedish Majesty will be under the necessity
of entering into a pacific negotiation with France—
and happy, in our mind, will he be, if he can thus
avert the ruin with *hick he is threatened. We sin-
cerely hope, and, in&e.l, (from the tone of Ministers,
in reply to Mr. WIIITIONEAD'S observations on We'.
, ! nesday evening) we have some reason to believe, th.t!
Ministers will not attempt to throw any impediment
in the way of such a negotiation, or even to induce

Sweden to continue a hopeless contest.
It is also rumoured that the French are busily
employed in fitting out an Expedition from the Mouths
of the Elbe and the Weser, with the avowed inten-
tion
of making an attack on Heligoland ; bat the
strength of that island must render it secure against
any coup de main which the enemy may attempt, and 1
they cannot hope to possess the means of reducing it
by a blockade. If then there be really any prepara-
tions for an expedition frcm the Elbe or the Weser, we
are inclined to think that the armament, whatever
may be its nature, must have some other object than
the attack of Heligoland.

Letters from Paris to the 9th inst. have been re-
ceived in town, which state NAPOLEON has determined
to seize upon all the public treasures in Spain, and
even the church plate throughout that kingdom, the
amount of which is to be forwarded to Paris. It is
added, that the produce of this plunder is intended
chiefly as a loan to the Emperor of Russia, for the
purpose, probably, of enabling him to send an army
to the Caspian Sea ; but, according to one of the let-
ters, (we copy verbatim,) " of securing fidelity to the
" compact lately entered into between Russia and
" France, and of enabling ALEXANDER to carry on
" the war without calling upon his discontented sub-
jects for a new supply."
Letters dated the 14th inst. have also been received
from Holland. They state, that thirty-seven Ame-
rican vessels are detained in the ports of France, on
suspicion of their having submitted to the regulations
of our Orders in Council, and afterwards cleared out
from this country to a French port. That accounts
had been received in Holland of considerable numbers
of French troops having reached Zealand and other
Danish Islands; and that they marched through
Holstein in two columns of 20,000 men each.
The letters from Amsterdam state, that the
Government had direct a fresh contribution of
10%000,000 of francs to be levied upon the people
of Holland, of which sum Amsterdam was to fur-
nish one fourth. Rotterdam one tenth, and all the
other towns in the usual proportion. BONAPARTE is
reported to have set out for Spain and Portugal.