Star.
London, England, 1809-05-26 00:00:00

FRANCKFORT, MAY 15.

THE MAIN, MAY 14.

NUREMBERG, MAY 4.

EAVONNE, MAY 10.

beet' proposed to form an ermy of reserve attar/one ;
but though the measure seems to be generally ap-
proved Of, it has not yet been adopted. Were it
carried into effect, a large army might soon be form-
ed by collecting together the small bodies of troops,
and levies of raw soldiers, who are at present dis-
persed in every town of Andalusia. The Want of
arms is the great difficulty which impedes the execu-
tion of this, and of other projects, for the increase of
the Spanish armies, and prevents, as it has done from
the commencement of the war, the Spanish Govern-
ment from availing itself of the zeal and ardor of the
people, to form and bring into the field armies supe-
rior in number to their enemies. According to the
last accounts from the East of Spain, Blake had at
Tortosa an army of 20,000 well organized infantry,
and about 1000 horse. The same able and experi-
enced General is named successor to Reding in the
command of the army of Catalonia.
_ _

ben to consider the arranganantsmndebyhistfajesty's I
minister in America as wholly unauthorised
Earl BATHURST answered in the affirmative.
Earl GREY thought from the expression used by
Ole Noble Earl that some instructions had been given
to Mr. Erskine to make certain concessions, which
the latter might have misunderstood. From the ar-
rangement as published in the Newspapers, it seemed
as it. the measures adopted had been preconcerted,
for every thing followed in such order and rule, that
it was almost impossible to believe, but what Mr.
Erskine, of whose ability he bad the highest opinion,
conceived that he was acting strictly according to his
instructions. It must be evident, that by the dis-
avowal of this arrangement, the difficulties in the
further Negotiation with America would be mater
rially increased, and when known in America, it
might give rise to some imputations against the cha-
racter and good faith of this country, under the im-
pression that a trick had been resorted to for the sake
of obtaining a little temporary advantage for ourselves.
A fearful responsibility, therefore rested upon Mir
nisters, and though the subject could not yet be dis-
cussed, yet the day must come, when, for the--satis- ,
faction of the country, and, when in justice to the
Gentleman, whose conduct was now so severely re-
flected upon by the disavowal of this arrangement,
the documents relating to it must be laid before
Parliament, and the conduct of Ministers become the
. subject of discussion. •
The Earl of LIVERPOOL agreed that the disc.
vowal of this arrangement must necessarily increase
%the difficulties in the Negotiation with America, but
that could not be imputed to Ministers, as in making
that arrangement, Mr. Erskine had not only acted
unauthorised by his instructions, but in direct contra-
) diction to his instructions .; he thought it necessary to
state this distinctly, as the Noble Earl appeared to
have misunderstood his Noble nend. Care would
be taken in the Order, which would appear as soon
it; the course of business would allow, that those yes-
; sett,. which, in the mean time had sailed in conse:
quen,ce of the confidence reposed in the arrangement I
made in America, should be excluded from the ope-1
ration of that Order, and that those persons who had
thus embarked their goods should not be losers. As
HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 25. to the discussion of the subject, Ministers would be
The Office Sale Prevention Bill, the Excise Holidays Bill anxious when the
,proper time arrived, that every pos.
the Irish Militia Completion Bill, the Printers' Indemnity Bill, , sible information should be given to Parliament.
the Scots Militia Families Bill, the Land-tax Redemption Bill, ARMY PROMOTIONS?
the Smuggling Bill, and some other Bills, were brought up from The Earl of SUFFOLK wished to be informed, if
the Commons by Mr. Wharton, and other Member's, and read •
a first time. the Qrders made by the Duke of York, when Corn-
The Land-tax Commissioners' Bill passed through a Commit- man-in-Chief, particularly that by which an officer
tee, and was reported. could not be promoted to a superior rank, until he
In the Committee of Privileges, the Solicitor-Gereral was fur- had served two years in an inferior, had been broken
ther heard in behalf of the claim of Sir William Jerningham to the
Barony of Stafford.—Further consideration this day se'nnight. through ?He had, on a former occasion, praised the
In the Appeal " Playfair v. Macdonald," the Lord Chan- conduct of the Duke of York, with respect to the dis-
cellor delivered his opinion at some length in favour of the sip- t cipline of the army, and the Orders to which he had
pellant, and moved to postpone the consideration of it till't!?. alluded, were also another proof of the benefits con-
morrow, in order to frame the requisite order.
ferred upon the army by the Duke of York.
ARNOTT e'. HILL AND OTHERS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, previous to delivering judg- O answer being given,
meat, addressed the House at considerable length upon the law 'he Earl Of SUFFOLK again rose, and objected
and usage of election in the University of St. Andrew's. An Act that by havingaCommander-m-Chief like the present,
,of Parliament, in 1748, had enacted, that the Professors should the armi
W t4O-mttch sub' to the influence of
be elected according to former usage, and the question in this ; vas . • •
case was whether the Principal had an original and a casting vote, "lusters. •
or an original only, or a casting vote only ?He entered into se- The Earl of LIVERPOOL spoke to order, there
veral cases which had, previous to 1748, come before the Court being no motion before the House
of Ses ion, and from them it would appear, the Principal had i Earl STANHOPriaid, that could not be known
loth an original and a casting vote. Whatever agreements might •
till the Noble Earl (Suffolki had concluded his speech.
have bests adopted since that period could not affect an express ;
staote on the subject. But on account of the full attendance of The Ear'-of SUFFOL ,said, he would conclude i
the House, and other business pressing upon their consideration, I with a nrotion, and would move that Lord Bur-
ke should postpone proceeding further till to-morrow, when he ; ush's Commission be laid on the table ; but on its
purposed that judgment should be delivered in this and the other
being suggested tit:ft a notice of such a. Tnotion ought
case of joint election.—Ordercd accordingly.
POWLETT'S DIVORCE BILL. to be given—the Noble Earl agreed to give notice for
Mr. Gillingliatu was examined as the Bar, respecting the in- a future day, but did not name the day.
structions he received from Mr. Corry, the solicitor, and the in- Adjourned till to-morrow (this day.)
formatim be received tom Joan Barber, respecting the appear-
ance of Mrs. Powlett, after her beingwith Lord Sackville, atWin.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
cheater. His account corroborated the testimony of Mrs. Barber.
Mr. Crew was next examined, who had intimated to the Soli- 111 A Message from the Lords announced their Lordships' agree-
citor, the probability of further testimony being derived from ' moot to the Irish Insolvent anti Portsmouth Water \Vial Bills.
Mrs. Barber on the subject. lie himself had his information'from Sir r ern e N COT react, from the Privy Council, presented
a later written ti him by Mrs. Powlett, wherein she deplored the latest Return respecting the residence of the Clergy.—Order-
her situations and intimated the possibility of obtaining more evi.. ed to lie on the 'table.
deuce from her maid, Mrs. Barter. ; The Woollen Mane
The LORD CHANCELLOR considered this Divorce Bill of third time tomorrow.
very considerable importance. But as certain Noble Lords were The Loan Interest and Life Aanulty Bills were committed and
Absent, and considering the thin attendance, at that time, of the ' ordered :o be read a third time to-morrow.
House, he should propose to postpone the further consideration. t The Militia Subaltern Allowance Bill, the Spirit Excise Duties
It was very remarkable, the clue to the additional evidence in this Bill, and Irish Paper Ditty Bill, were read a first time.—Seccnd
case was supplied by Mrs. Powlett herself, which afforded good reading to-morrow.
reason to be very cautious how they received that testimony.— The Glass Duty Bill was read a third time and passed.
There was not the slightest ground to imagine Mr. Powlett had , Mr. WHASTON brought up the Resolutions of the Committee
used any collusion ; and no man whose heart lay in the right of Supply, which were read a second time.
place, could help commiserating his situation. He, therefore, SURREY SEWER BILL.
proposed to postpone the further proceedings till to-morrow, The House divided upon the Motion of Mr. THORNTON,
when lie should have an opportunity of consulting with other No- that the Surrey Sewer Bill should be recommitted on at day
ble Lords, what day would be most convenient for taking the , three trontlts.—Far the Motion 22, Noes 42, Majority against it
whole evidence into consideration.--Ordered accordingly. I 110.--:l'he Report was, of Cuurie, received, and the Bill ordered
•VOTE Or, CREDIT. I to be engrossed.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented a Message
from his Majesty relative to the proposed subsidies to
Austria, Spain, and Portigal (for which see the
House of Commons), and moved that it be taken in.:
to consideration to-morrow, and that the Lords be
summoned.

'4 SEVILLE, MAY 9.—.Cuesta's army amounts to
32,000 effective men, of which above 25,000 are in-
fantry, and 7000 cavalry • and in a few days he will
receive 4000 additional infantry. His head-quarters
are still at Monasterio, and his advanced pos,s at
Santos, and Fuente de Cantos. His army are in
good health and spirits; while the French, who are
quartered at Merida, and along the banks of the
Guadiana, suffer severely from sickness, and, as ap-
pears by intercepted letters, are heartily tired and dis-
gusted with the service in which they are employed.
" The Spanish army at Carolina is far from being
equally exempt from diseases as that of Cuesta, since
it has this moment not less than 8000 men sick in the
hospitals. The effective force, however, is estimated
at 15,000 infantry, and 2000 cavalry.
66 The French who left Barcelona with their plunr
der and prisoners, on their return, as is supposed, to
France, have suffered severely near Vique from the
Catalans. One detachment has been cutoff entirely,
and many carried hack wounded to Barcelona.
" I open my letter to say, that Cuesta's force by
return is 31,000 infantry, and 6900 cavalry, besides
the 4000 infantry who were to join in a few days."

P4RLLIMEIVTARr*PITOCEEDINGC

i Bill was ordered to be read a

ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY.

On tt.e Mition of Mr. VANSITTART an Address to his
Majesty was carried-1 hat he would be pleased to order Copies
or Extracts of the Returns received by his Majesty's Government
of the Revenue of the Island of Madeira, tuzethrx with an Esti-
mate of the expense incurred in that island.
• HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.

Earl GREY not having sufficient information upon
the subject, did not mean to give any opinion upon
the specific points mentioned in the Message, but
thought it his duty generally to observe, that every
day's experience served to spew the necessity of that
line of conduct which 'be had before suggested, name-
ly, to husband and reserve our resources, in order to
provide for that period when we must largely draw
upon.tbem for our own defence.
• The Earl of LIVERPOOL stated, that the Mes-
sage was the issutl Message 'for a Vote of Credit pre.
vious to the close of a Session, and the amount of the
Vote which it was intended' to ask of Parliament,
if 3,000,000, in order to enable Government to take
advantage Of circumstances as 'they arose, and to ren-
der assistance to our Allies, according to the nature
of those circumstances and the exigencies of the case.
After a few words from the Earl of SprvoLic, the
motion was agreed to:
AMERICA.
Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH wished to be inform-
ed whither it was intended to make any communica-
tion to Parliament tspecting the state of Our relations
with America ?' •
Earl BATHURST said the negociation being still
pending, it was not intended to make 2ny c()mmuuiL
cation to Parliament: The arrangement" which bad
been entered into between his Majesty's Minister in
America and the Government of the United 'States;
was unanthorised, she terptet having made conces
sions without demanding by pf those conditicins, the
complianCe with which otisitt*to have been made the
basis of gtant.ing such"conceisiatit: • •
• .Lord Viscount •SIDNIQUTH asked, if he was

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
presented the following Message from his M.Jjesty

" GEORGL R.

" The King thinks it proper to acquaint the House of Corn-
mons, that the ancient relations of good understanding and
friendship between his Majesty and the Emperor of Austria have
been happily restored; and have been confirmed by a Treaty, of
which, when the ratifications shall gave been exchanged, his Ma.
jesty will direct a Copy to be communicated to the House of
Commons. •

Ps Although the provisions of this Treaty do not include any
stipulation for pecuniary assistance, his Majesty is nevertheless
desirous of being enabled to afford to his Imperial Majesty such
assistance of that description as may be called for by the circum-
stances of the'eontest in which his Imperial Majesty is engaged,
against the common enemyfand as can be furnished by his Ma-
jesty, consistently with the other extended demands upon the re-
sources of his Majesty's dominions.
" His Majesty is equally desirous of continuing to the Spanish
cause suck suecours as may be requisite for sustaining and assist-
ing the efforts of that nation against the tyranny and usurpation
Of France ; as well as of giving consistency and effect to the exer-
tions of the People of Portugal, for the defence of their laivful
Government and National Independence.
" His Majesty rain upon the zeal and public spirit of his
faithful Conunons to enable his Majesty to provide for these great
Objects; and to take such other measures as the exigency of af-
fairs may require. • It 0.
This Message was ordered to be referred to a Com-
mittee of Supply•to-morrow.
rrow.
' Mr. TIERNEY stated, that he understood the Right Honour-
able the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a former occasion,
to have said, that tholroto of Credit won:4 not need three

ziAVki. ASYLUM.
On-the-Motion of Sir CHARLES POLE, several Pape-a
tine to the Royal Naval Asylum wort ordered to Le printed, arc
others, referetog to the augmentation, or proposed augrnentatio-:,
of the Salaries of its °Sleets, to be laid or the table.

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