Star.
London, England, 1813-11-27 00:00:00

and, in runt,
expiration of the existin Pt.
ble Lord Uford Castlereagh'
particular ciwumstanesi
would be much-more to'
to have the Mutiny Bill
twelve, he would no c
that the adjournment
not to leave sufficient pat_
after the recess. If the . Load
other reasons, conceive it would be particularly ex-
pedient for the pnblic service that the bill shouisl be
(now passed, .he had no objections. _ ,
Lord CASTLEREAGH admitted that the bill
was brought forward much earlier in the Session than
was usual-, and-that this circumstance .was a fair sub-'
ject of Parliamentary observation. In the present
circumstances, however, and considqing the state of
public business, he would say, that it vras in the con-
templation of the- Ministers of the Crown to adjourn
to a period so near the beginning of March, as to
make it inconvenient to have the Mutiny Bill then to
pass before the 25th. It certainly had been usual for
Parliament to keep this great measure of control over
' thearmmy in their own hands, and to postpone the
bill until a Very short time before the expiration of
the last act. There had been cases whiere this had
been run so close, that there were doubts in Ireland,
and the more distant parts of the United Kingdom,
whether the Mutiny Act were in existence or not.
Mr. WHITBREAD. was satisfied with the rea-
-1 sons of the Noble Lord; but if it was to be an adjourn-
ment, and not a' prorogation, he thought the mown-
'tion of the Ministers of the Crown had better not have
been so expressly stated.
Lord CAST.LEREAGH said, that as the Crown
had certainly the power of proroguing Parliament
far what time it judged expedient ; he believed it was
by no means tmusird for it to signify its wish as to
the period of an adjournment. Ihera was no reason
to apprehend that the House would refuse to accede
to that wish, OF drive the Crown to the necessity of a
prorogation. •
The bill *milieu lead a second time, and coo-
' mitted for Monthly neat.
On the report of the Local Militia Extension Bai
being brought up,
Mr. WROTTESLEY thought it would be neces;
sary to give a power to the Lords Lieutenant to as-
bsemble them for the purpose of proposing this exten-
sion of their services. -

Lord CASTLEREAGH said that was unneces-
sary,. as they might be assembled at any. time for the
training required by law, and it coold then be ascer-
tained whether they were willing to extend their ser-
vices.—The bill was then ordered to be read a third
time to-morrow. •
eAST•IICDIA. SUGAR DUTIES.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
rose for the purpose of proposing an addition duty
of Cs. 6d. per hundred weight on East-India Sugar
imported into this country, so as to make a difference.
of 10s. a hundred weight, as a protecting duty in fa-
vour of the West India intereitto. Oa the other hand,
a much greater facility would be given to them to
se-export their sugar -from this country. This ad.
Vantage, as well as the decrease of freight, by the
throwing open the trade, would probably balance the
duty now laid on. He, however, wished to propose
that whenever the market price of sugar appeared in
the Gasette above6os. per hundred weight, the duty
should be taken off as it exceeded 'hat price, so that
if sugar should exceed 70s. the whole 10s. laid on
East India 'sugar shOuld be taken off. This would
be making it act strictly as a protecting duty, with-
out injuring the supply. lie concluded by moving
his Resolution.
Alderman- ATKINS made no objection to the
proposed duty, but he-thought a much more general•
question would be involved in it. By the throwing'
open the trade, he thought that sugar would be
brought from the East-Indies to a, great extent in lii-
dia built shipping, to the detriment of the British
shipping interest.
Mr. BENSON *thought that those observations
would better apply to the further measues which
i. would be brought before 'the consideration of hullo.'
mein on this subject. •
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
observed, that sugar would not, on account of the ex.
pense of freight, be brought from India so-much in
the way of cargo as of ballast.
• Mr. FAWCETT went krito a variety of calcula-
tions, to prove that East-Indift produce should be en-
.couraged in all its branches ; and that when East-
India goods had been introduced into the marker,
'they had uniformly obtained a superiority orcr West
India produce of the same description.
Mr. MA RRYAT said that the West India plan-
ters were entitled to a decided preference, when they
1: were obliged'
to bring all their produce to this court-
I try, and import every thing they wanted, in British
ships. The people of India, on the other hand, were
at liberty to buy at the cheapest market, and to sell
at the dearest. The West-India proprietors had been
considerable losers for the last twenty years, and there
were few estates there which in that time had not•
been either sold or given up to creditors. It appeared
that a labourer in India could be supported for six
shillings a month ; whereas, from the high price of
flour lately, it would take nearly as much a-day for
the support of a negro in the West Indies. It had
been proved, that sugar in the West Indies could not'
be manufactured for less than thirty shillings a hun-
dred weight, whereas in Bengal it could be sold for
twelve. As to the supposed inferiority of East In-
dia sugar, be had seen, a few days ago, a sample of
East-India sugar, equal to the best West-Indian.—
While the Indian trade was a monopoly in the bands
of the Compapy, the West-India planters had no jea-
lousy respecting the quantity that they imported ;
but now that the trade was throwu open to an inde-
finite extent, they entertained serious apprehensions
that there would be an attempt to substitute East-
India for West-India sugar. The West Indies em-
ployed 25,000 seamen, and took manufactures to the
amount of seven or eight millions in return for their
produce. There was no prospect of our havipg sir
mtlar advantages from substituting East-India sugar..
Mr, Marryat concluded by ettserving that the Waits
India planters had laboured tinder the greatest dig:
advaotages for many years past; that the only lima-
suiT'i.yhich hid been fa.voutaUe to them 0-Ifilie-Pre-
sent arrangement, and be hoped it would no; bet
broke ial upOn•
Mr. C. IDLE could not allow that the restriction*

notwith stand.

_ the measure as
it nos! sands ; for he thought it would be the means
of raising the price of sugar oo the home consnmeit;
and asnugar was an article of necessity already bear-
ing a wry high price, any further rise of price must
be very severely felt by our manufacturers, and all
the lower classes of the people.
Mr. W. SMITH said, that where there were two
parties ofidifferettt interests, it was very natural for
each of them to -view their particular individual inte-
rest with an eye et partiality and tenderness, and to
become' apprehensive that it might be injured by corn-
petition. For his own part, he was no friend to any,
sudden or violent revulsions in trade ; but tbbugh
any system whatever might have long continnei iW
she same way, he could not conceive any reason why
such system, might not be revised. The interests of
the public were certainly well deserving the conside-
ration of the fioue ; and as the security of those in-
terests was the object of pre• ent resolution, while
at the same time its arrangements looked to the inte-
rest of both parties, he hoped the Bill would be suf-
fered to pass without any further opposition.
Mr. MaRRYAT said a few words in explanation,
after which the Resolution was agreed to. The re.-
port to be brought up to-morrow.—Adjourned. •
)" ' GERMAN PAPERS. • •
•
VIENNA, OCTOBER 29.
. •
According to a reporf from General Radivojevicht
dated the 2sl/41 inst. the negociations opened between
General Nugent and the French Commandant of the
Castle of Trieste, have been broken off, and in con•
sequence the bombardment recommenced on the 22d.
Our troops have carried by assault , a redoubt in ad-
Vance of the Castle, which may be expected to tall in'
a few days. The English Captain Rowley perform,
ed signal service on this occasion, and directed one-
of the batteries.
In consequence of an arrangement between Gene-
ral Nugent and the English Rear-Admiral Fremantle,
an expedition with two ships of war was sent to the
environs of Zara, to act in concert with General To.
massich. _
A later report from FfeirLidarshal lieutenant Re.,
d vojevich, announcei, that 'the -enemy bad retired
across the Isonzo, towards Palinanuova and Udinel
pursued by our troops, who would, soon operate on
the Tagliamento. •

Accounts from General Hiller, of the..22d October:-
anpounce, that he had advanced along the Adept,
.his right wing as far as Dro, and his -left as far at
Borgo Valsugana. The castle of Trent" was blockaded
by General Fenner.
LEIPSIC, OCTOBER 30;
On the 25th, the body of Prince Poniatowskie
found in the Elver, very near our city. ft was b
next day with all the honours dee to his rank.
The Emperor of Russia has confided to Generakt
Thielniann the command and organization of the
Saxon Amy. All the Saxon officers, subalterns End
privates, not forming part of the corps already united
to the combined army, have, received orders tO4-iro.'
teed immediately to Leipsic. •

ItrADIUDVdtrITES.

The Sufi/dement to the Madrid Gazette, of Novem-
ber 1, contains the following
OFFICIAL ARTICLE.
Ida de L-on, October 20.
When- the Regency of the Kingdum•was informed
of the reports circulated relttive to disorders commit.
ted in the town of St. Sebastian by the English ands
Portuguese troops, after the assault given on the 81st
of Aught last, they made an earnest representation
to the Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, through the Minister
at war, requesting that he would inform himself of
every particular. This mode of proceeding by the
Regency does credit to-their frankness, and the con-
idence which they have in the illustrious Chief who
has gained victories so glorious and so signal ; for his
known prudence, his love for strict discipline, and his
-affection for the Spanish people, will not permit us
tb doubt that he has not taken the most effectual
"means to punish the authors of the mischiefs and atro.
cities which are alledged to have been committed.
TbelYulre of Ciudad Rodrigo, considering hems&
in this affair not so much a General of his Catholic
Majesty, as• a sui)ject of Great Britain, since they
were the troops of that country which entered St. Se-i
Bastian, replied to the Minister at War, requesting
that he might communicate relative to those events,
with the Ambassador of his Britannic Majesty, to
whom he accordingly transmitted an answer in the
most satisfactory terms to the complaints against
the conduct of the British ani Portuguese troops,
having received the periodical.papers wluch contained
-the charges against the army. He yys, then, that
he could wish to be able to adopt °dm means to vin-
dicate the office rs implicated ; but as he has them
not, he must make use of thosi in his power. He be-
gins t% ith the charge, in which it is imputed to Lieu-
tenant General Sir Thomas Graham, that he inten-
ded to burn the town. The charge is reduced to!
this, that the town of St. Sebastian was ill treated on
account of its anterior and exclusive commerce with
the French nation, to the disadvantage of Great Bri-
tain ; a charge which cannot be made against the
soldiers, who cannot be supposed to have had any
idea, or at least, to have reflected much on what hap-
pened before the attack of the place ; and, therefore.,
that infamous impUtation must fall exclusively on the,
principal officers, who, from motives not of compel..
cial policy, but of commercial vengeance, are sup-
posed to have so far forgotten their duty as to have
foven orders tor, or permitted the sacking of that un-
rtunate town ; thus risking the loss of-all they bad
acquired by their fatigues and gallantry. It is not
necessary, therefore, to say that this charge is- evi-
dently false.
He proceeds, with jest indignation, to vindicate the
General and Officers of the army, against the accu-
aauon which attributes to them the design of plun-
dering and‘urbing the. city. • Every thing possible,"
says he, N was. ctone to preserve st, though many.

oily but a auk lige berms die • • *de is the West radio Were se it they!
ies *et. if, WWII,
the itilF - wreeented by the Wile Vier
teres;h) would styp,4o 'As , •.• , • . toesport Inv, coffee, sad
one to
WS of the Kart t 4: . 17- . diOutth 41•CaPe itibisferre, sid the pihW re-
kor
tonveniest for the . t . ; - ..
. were only nominal. •
41 foi sip,,ein months 6.‘ Sit
._, r. Alderman ATKINP said, that notwithstaml.'
object wit. It had beet. , .4 leg all 'be hid heard, he tausi still repeat, that the
would probably be so 10b . objeetiqui be had before mentioned still struck hien
t time to pass the Mutiny All tb be of considerable importance. Tie viewed the
he Noble hold did for that, 7'Or Bill with jealousy, and was averse to the measure as
•,.. • • •