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London, England, 1812-05-05 00:00:00

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tiOtiSrbr LORbS, MAY 4.
The Pensions, Ike. Duty Bill was read it third tint. and passed.
The Sandhurst Lands Bill, stStne local and private Bills were
brought np from the Commons by Mr. Lvsnwavo DI and other
Members, and read a first time:
Moor's Divorce Bill was read a Second time and committed
far Wednesday..
'The Earl of SHANNOINI presented a Petition froth the mer-
chants of Cork against the East India monopoly.—Laid ou the

Table.
On the third reading bf the Irish Tobseeo Duty Bill,
The Earl of LAUDERDALE urged his former objection to
Ike principle of fixing a minimum of price on any commodity, and
was supported by Lords HOLLAND and ROSSLTN. The Earl of
)toss and the Earl of Ltsrza rooL supported the clauses objected
M, sod the Bill was read a third time, and passed.
be Gold Coin Bill was also read a third time.—Adjountecb

MUSE OF COMMONS.
rrM Packhurst Forest Bill, and the Sandhurst Lands mu, wele
toad a third time, and passed.
The Scots Custom Supperannuation Bill was read a third time,
Old passe&
Ti'lk Mae Drawback Bill went through a Committee. Toe
per was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time

tvinortow.
The Excise t'apperainnuition Bill went through a Committee,
and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
Tire Salinities Bill was taken into farther consideration, and
lame iiitMaslmenes were added.
Mr. H. SMITH moved for leave to bring in a Bill to extend
the lirovidisni tithe 56th of the King, and of an Act passed this
Session, for ttle relief of persons entitled to Bank-stock, and
other securities ie the public funds. Leave was given. The Bill
was then brims& tip, teed a first dine, and ordered to be read a
second time next Thursday.
Mr. DICKINSON shoved for: leave to bring in a Bill to em-
power any two Magistrates tb order the repair of county bridges.
Ordered. The Bill was brought up, rtad a first t ime, and ordered
se be read a second time next PridaY.
Lord COCHRANE gave notiee of a motion for Monday, for.
m account of the lace, cambrfes, silks, and other manufactured
goods imported lately truth France.
Mr. ROSE stated that there would be no objection offered to
the motion.
Lord COCHRANE observed, that he woul.l move to night.
Mr. CRk:EVEY moved that there be laid before the House
the report of the Commissioners of his Majestfo woods and fo-
rests, which,by 64 Geo. 6.e. 70 and 50. c 65. ought t'o be laid
before Parliament every third Session within SO days of the meet-
* of.Parliametir.
Mr. WHARTON said, that no particular negligence was im-
pittabk to the Noble I ord now at the bra I of the Commission.
Mr. WHITBREAD said, that the amount of the defence was,
that the Noble Lord was merely as bad and negligent as his pre-
decesoire.

Mr. WHARTON said, he dichot intend his statement for a
defence. The Noble-Lord required none.
Mr. WHITBREAD was glad to hear that the Honourable
ttotleman did not intend a defence; fur the Noble Lord had
ken proved to have neglected to do what the Act commanded.
The motion was agreed to.
Lord COCHRANE, after observing bow highly prejudicial to
the manufactures of this country was the importation a French
vilks,laces, Ike. and that it was no matter of surprise that the
sealer, was distressed while Ministers pursued such a policy,
nerved that there be laid before the House an account of the
hills, laces, cambric*, and other French manufactured goods im-
ported during the last two Months, and also to the latest period
entered at the Custom House.
Mr. ROSE said, that he mast object to the word " as
Breinrportation of silks was utterly prohibited, and a contrary
idea might excite some commotion In the country.
Lord COCHRANE said that he, had seen these article& this
isorhing.
Mr. ROSE—boas the Noble Lord say that he has thh morn-
* seen manufa:tured silks in the 1 hunts ?
Lord COCHRANE Lad seen silks which he was informed
tame from France.
Mr. ROSE said it was impossible. No CustomAnuse Officer
Would dare to emerthrm.
• Sir FRANCI% B(IRDETT *Observed, in answer to Mr. Rose's
ohjection,that tkg production of the account, instead of exciting
attatuce, would present all alarm, by shewing that there was
an mile for any.
Mr. ROSE agreed with the Honourable Barbnet, and with...
drew his oblection.
'Ord COCHRANE again observed, that he bad seen a great
smithy Of silk that morning, width he was informed was part
of a cargo of Remo value.
Mr. MELLISH recommends.) that the account should specify
"whether the goods 'were for home consumption or exportation.—
After a few words from Sir R. Peet., Mr. BARING, and htr J.
Newmar, the motion was agreed to, with the addition, that it
Should specify whether the goods were for home *consumption or
• for exptirtation.
Lead COCHRANE Wished to add to the motion, an account
hfCirsterit Hence seizures of similar goods during the same pe-
riods but was informed by the SPEAltek that he must make a
Upstate motion.
Mr. R. WARD gave nod* that he should next Friday move
ddi Address to the Prince Regent relative t 6 the Barracks.
Mr. BROUGHAM brOught up a Petition from the weavers
lit amity, et Lance ter and its vicinity. It complained of the
number of sinecures' enumerating those of Mr. Rose, Lords Ar-
den, Calriden,Ste. and abo'of the itemiser of foreigners supported
in England.
Mr. ROTE said, that his name seemed to be purposely fixed
the heed of the list ; but he felt satisfaction in his sinecure, as
It was giventn consequence of an Address of the ether House.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that he really meant no particular re-
gection op the Right Hon. Gentleman ; tin far from it that lee
would *much rather see him in the enjoyment of any sinecure,
than vested with any office to which duties were attached. The
petition was ordered to lie on the Table.
Mr. BENNEF moved for an account of the number of per.
sons employed in the Commissary General Department in PuE-
tugal.—Ag reed to.
Lord COCHRANE moved for an account of the seizures ti
French silks, face, and other manufactured goods, for the last two
months, specifying whether sold for home consumption or ex-
portation.—Agreed to.
Mr. BARING movedfor the quantity of money raised for ser-
vice of the Veiled Kingdom, from 180 i to 1811 inclusive, dii-
tinguishing the same raised by the increase of tbe gado:mai debt
and by taxes.
The House dim went Into a Committee on the Orders in
Cianci!, and Mr. Thumas Messenger, brass founder, Of Birming-
ham, was called in and examined.
About nine o'clock the examination of witnesses eade.3, doe
r!lairtnin repor.ed progress, and asked leave to sit again,.
was piers.
SIVECOREF.
Mr, TIANKES moved, that the Sinecure °fracas
•
• Bill be further taken into consideration. -• •
Mr. WILLIAM DUNDAS said he had many ob- '
tections to this measure. His objections wae‘chinfly
. confined to the offices in Scotland. In that country:
*ere were antient offices of State, which were appen,
dages to Royalty, and were =tient vestiges of gran-
deur, which it woad be highly injurious to abolish.
It would be a gross breach of faith to abolish these
offices; it would be insulting to Scotland, and would
be a violation of the Union 'with that country.

The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND was
• .01 the same opinion. This regulation would, in ,his
mind, (lo away some of the principal cornpaits be-
tween England and Scotland at the time of the Unions
-rkt that tune the office of Chancellor was done away
lin Scotland, but another, that of Keeper of the Great
%cal, was established in its stead. There were,many
oiler offices of a similar description in Scotland, and he
would ask, Whether it would be now fit to abolish
those rights ? Were all those men who were truly
Tespoanble, to be driven away ? and what trust_ or
confidence was to be placed in the inferior Officers,'
who were to be put-in their places, and who were to
lavit a power over 'tte I** loaded igtfigin of Bo*

land Wcnict the House &dike* to the abolition of
the Keeper of the Seal in Scotland Ulfe. BANKEC
re/died, it woe ttot to. be delithed.2 he Honnur,
able Member continued Mite said that the Bill spoke
differently. The sill went to abolish the offices so
far as related to salaries, This was tvbat he com-
plained of: for if the salaries Were cat off; the people
of Scotland would have no sectuity for the due per-
formance of the duties of the Offices. In the Bill the
offices of Lord Justice General and Lord Keeper of the
Seal were to be consolidated. He contended, that
the duties of the two offices could not be performed
by one person. If the Bill passed, the people of Scot-
lead would be in a state of astonishment mixed with
indignation. All Scotland would be in confusion.
If the Bill passed, the people of Scotland would crowd
to the Bar, and petition for the protection of their
tights. Why did not the Honourable Gentleman
extend his principle to all the offices in England ?
Why did he not say, that in all cases where there was
a deputy the principal ought to be removed, and the
deputy made to perform the duty ? He wished that
the regulation of all those offices should be left to the
Lords of the Treasury. Believing that the measure
was calculated to do more good than harm— (a laugh)
—more harm than good, he should vote against its
further progress.
Mr. LYTTLETON said, he had often heard it
thrown out against the people of Scotland, that they
were more disposed to benefit by the corruptions 'of
the State than any other people. He had often been
inclined to consider these as calumnies ; but the
speeches of the two Honourable Members who had
just spoken contributed in some manner to remove
that opinion. Would it be any longer said that
Wilkes and Junius were calumniators of Scotland ?
The offices in question were not only useless, but they
were generally given to private favourites, io
conse-
quence of which the power of the Aristocracy, and
notthat of the Crown, was increased. If ever there
was a time when this power ought to be rescued horn
the Clown, it was the present. The Regent was
surrounded with favourites and minions. This was
proved by the appointment of Colonel *Mahon.—
He had no objection to reward by sinecure offices,
even to the amount of thousands, suck names as a
Nelson or a Wellington ; but he never 'Auld consent
to a shilling of the public money being given to a
gamester or a spendthrift—( Mar, hear.)
Mr. COURT ENAY spoke against theßill, which,
he said, ought to have been divided into six classes,
on every one of which the opinion of the House
should have been taken. He considered it as radi-
cally bad, for it was founded on another Bill which
could never be acted upon (Mr. Burke's Bill). The
House, he contended, ought not to look at things as
they ate, but as they have been ; and he was confi-
dent teat if this Bill was passed in its present form,
it would be found to be one, the most expensive to
the nation that ever was framed ; for it went to entail
a charge on the people in perpetuity, by giving large
pensions to those who held the first offices in the
State for a certain number of years, which would in
the end prove far more burthensorne to the peop:e
than those offices and sinecures which it intended to
abolish.
Lord A. HAMILTON defended the system of
consolidating and abolishing useless offices in Scot-
land. He contended, that all the offices pointed out
in the Bill, might be executed by deputy, as recom-
mended, without any inconvenience resulting to the
Public. 'The salaries of the principals might be
saved, without at all diminishing or tarnishing the
honour of the nation ; and at a time when our ex-
penditure was so large (in the present year he was
convinced it would fall little short of £100,000,000)
such a saving would be highly desirable.
Colonel BASTARD said, the House had long
been told by Ministers, that no office in reversion
should be granted till the opinion of the House was
known; and n-w, when, on the recommendation of
so many Committees, a Bill has been brought in,
and the expectations of the people raised to the highest
pitch, they were told the Bill was not proper by those
very men who, instead of rejecting, ought to do
every thing in their power to amend it. An Hon.
Gentleman opposite (Mr. Courtenay) had said, the
House must not look at things as they are, but as they
were. Good Goe! could they shut their eyes to what
was passing at the present moment ? Could they be
blind to the starving situation of the people, and say it
was possible those unfortunate wretches could bear to
see the loaf torn from the famished lips of their wives
and children, to pamper in luxury a set of men who are 1
wallowing in wealth produced by peaces and pensions,
wrung from their bard and incessant labour? (Ilear.)l
He wished this measure had been differently con-
ducted, and that a separate vote had been taken on
every place that was recommended to be abolished.
'f he thing would then have appeared more in its
tree light Many orthose places, it was well known,
were given as temptations to take office, end no" t as a
reward for offices that had been welt on faithfully
filled. He conjured the House to reflect by what
thq were about to do. He was afraid di public
did not now entertain so respectful an opidittin of the-
House as might be wished ; and if they'disfeet Jo-
an in their power to shew that theplooked to the
terest of the people more than to their own,- tare
waethat respect would still be diminished.
Mr. VANSITTART was of opinion the Bill
should be recommitted, that it might have further
consideration.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
opposed the Bill, on the ground that it would be
taking a branch of the royal power from the King,
which he ought to enjoy toe the purpose of enabling
hiin to reward merit. This Bill, he said, went to
curtail the emoluments of the Chief Justices of the
Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas, offices
which, he contended, were more arduous in their exe-
cution than any others under the Crown, and which
were the worst paid. It would, therefore, be a most
unjustifiable thing' to deprive them of the power of
selling certain offices, or giving them to branches of
their own families, to provide for them in some re-
spectable manner. If this Bill were to pass, no nian
of talent would be found-who would undertake any
species of public-business, and neglect his own part
cular avocation. For these reasons the Bill should
have his decided negative.
Mr. BANKES observed, that much the greater '
part of the speech of the Right Honourable Gentle-
man and those who preceded him on the same side
referred to points whichat.properly to be argued
in a Costunittee. He w they had confined them-

LONDON.
TUESDAY, MAY S.

PRIOR OF STOCKS THIS DAY Al' ONE fiCLOCIt
Bank Stock 290,1—India Stock
8 per Ct. Cons. for money 61;1—Do. for acc.6l&
S per Ct. Reduced 60.1-4 per Cent. 75}
5 per Ct. 92 91t—Scrip pre.-1 nog Anna. 13 1141 th,
Exch. BIM par Bs. pr.—Buods Si. 4s. pr.

DETECTED CONSPIRACY.

SIR JOHN LEICESTER'S CAVALRY.

A plot of a very extensive and dangerou s nature

has been discovered at Stockport, in Cheshire. We
have the first authority for stating, that a regular con-
spiracy had been fcirmed ; and which, but for this
timely discovery, was to have been put in exec°,
tion this week, to throw the whole country into con-
fusion from Stockport to London, and even the capi-

tal itself, in the event of their first attempts proving

successful.

• For the purpose of executing this diabolical work,
agents had been distributed through all the interme-
diate towr.s, and the whcle ramifications of the late
riots, and numbers had taken unlawful oaths to.aid
land assist in the perpetration of the general ruin.—
The signal was to have been the stopping of certain
mail-coaches—the non-arrival of which at their usual
hour and place, was to be considered as the com-
mand for the general rising.
Sir Jons LEICESTER'S cavalry, a very meritbrions
and active corps, was ordered to Stockport about 14
days ago. It is since their arrival at this place that
thediscovery of this infernal conspiracy has been made
by the Magistrates and the Commanding Officer of
this corps, which has been on permanent duty for the
List ten days. •
We could not have believed that in this country

we Were cursed with such diabolical fiends as the '
detection of this conspiracy has proved to exist in it.
In common with every friend of humanity, we could
not but deplore the privations which the lower orders
have for some time been obliged to endures and we
were disposed to ascribe to ignorance and suffering,
the excesses which in various quarterstave disturbed
I the peace of the country. Those who have been be-
grayed into acts of indiscretion, should still experience
leniency ; but we hope that vigorous measures-will
be adopted to bring the real incendiaries and instiga.
tors to exemplary punishment.
I' ---.--. -

Letters were received in town this morning from
Oporto, dated the 15th ultimo. They contradict the
report of the fall of Almeida. A French corps, under
General Dumessts, invested it for a day or two; but
be was obliged to 'decamp, on a vigorous sortie madeby
the garrison, which consists of Portuguese Militia. The
defeat of the French before Almeida took plve on
the sth. being the day on which Badajoz was taken
by storm.
Ciudad 'Rodrigo, was invested and summoned on
the Bth ultimo, by a small French corps, but which I
likewise disappeared on the,garrison refusing to sun.
render. The Portuguese Militia is every where in
full activity. MARbIONT is said to have made the
best of his way to join SOOLT, after leaving a small
corps of observation on the frontiers of Portugal.
We have this morning received Jamaica Papers to
the 18th March. They are full of complaints on the
subject of the depredations committed in the West
Indies by French privateers, which are now more
numerous than when, the West India Islands belonged
to France. These privateers are armed, fitted and
refitted in AmericUn harbours, where they also carry
and dispose of their captures, and it is not without
reason that we may venture to assert, that they be_
long to American owners. Tfiis is a kind of war in
disguise, which, we trust, will speedily be put an

end to.
The accounts from the Havannah, via Jamaica,

'state, that the troops of King FERDINAND had been
every what triumphant over the Insurgents, or rem-
hationists, and that. tranquillity had been restored in
South Ameriee.

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LOSS. Or Ing MAJESTIt's SHTPB SktLARI

AND APELLES.

We are sorry to announce the loss of his Majesty's
sloops SKYLARK and APstits, on Saturday last) on
the.Yrench coast The crew of the fdrmer weresaved,
and it is hoped also the crew or the latter. The par..
titulars are detailed in the subjoined letters t

°' DEAL, APRIL 4.

ag We ate sorry to state the loss of his Majesty's
sloops Arvu.ss and SKYLARK, yesterday morning, on
the French toast, near Boulogne. The Captain, Stir.
geon, and Purser of the forrner are Made prisoners
of war ; the remainder of the officers and crew, with
the whole of the SKYLARK'S officers and crew, made
their escape in their boats. It appears the accident
occurred by thick weather.

41 During last night, and a great part of tes•day,
a great firing has been heard from the enemy's coast,
supposed to be an attenipt on the pan of the ships
on the Boulogne station to destroy the Apu.tts."
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" lIOVER, MAY 4.
11 On Sattrday evening last, his Majesty's sloops
SKYLARK, Captain Boysa,. and APELLE3, Captain
HOFFMAN, accidentally got on share on the ene-
my's coast, to the N. E. Etaples, occasioned by the
riling of a very thick fog, and the wind being di-
rectly on the land. Captain BOYER, Ending it im-
possible to get the vessel off again, after seeing the ,
whole of the crew safe on board the boats, ordered
the SKYLARK to be blown up, to prevent her falling
into the enemy's hands. The Lieutenant and 24 of
-the men, who were on board the gig; were picked up
by the NYMPH hired armed cutter ; and the rest, it is
supposed, will meet the s ►me chance. The Mime.%
it is feared, will fall into the enemy's hands, and the
crew in that case will most probably be made pr,i.
soners of war."

" DOVER, MAY 4.
gi am sorrylo acquaint you of the los, of his Ma•
jesty's sloops SKYLARK and APIU.LES, on the French
coast, about four miles to the Northward and East•
ward of Etsples, on Saturday last, in thick weather,
One of the Lieutenants of the former landed here

this afternoon, and from him we hear, that the whole
of the crew of the SKYLARK was saved by her boats,
and that the brig was blown up to prevent her falling
into the hap& of the enemy. The Aaaxxas, it is
feared, was taken possession of by the French ;
.and
as to her crew nothing at present is known. The
Gentleman who landed here, came away from the
SKYLARK with 24 men, and in rowing off from the
French coast fell in with the NYMPH cutter, and put
his men on board her ; the other.boats, with the re-
mainder of the crew, mast probably fell in 'with some
other cruizers, and from the heavy firing that was
heard here last night, and also at times this day, it is
most likely an attempt has been made to destroy the
APELLItik The NYMPH is going past for the Downs."
American Papers to the 16th arrived this montage.
FROM THE NEW•YORK GAZETTE, APRIL 13.
We have it from authority at Washington, &la
tirely satisfactory to us, that a dispatch-vessel will
speedily set out for England. The writer of the letter.
adds : she is meant to go to France, and that there
certainly has been something done with Mr. Forma.
He concludes by saying, you may now look out to •
see Congress mighty bold, as soon as Mr. Fosraa
gives way, and an arrangement is sent out.for ratifi-
cation not to be 'communicated to Congress until the
dispatch-vessel briags back the sanction of the Panicle
REGENT : you may then expect to see a declaration
of war bid on the table, and after the artificial storm
is over, the Army Bills revoked, taxes repealed, and
the Treasury in the way to be replenished, the Ter..
rapins will swear they frightened England into terms:
• 66 Not many days ago *e expressed the opinion,
that if BARLOW had sent oat any favourable arrange.
=eau with France, it would not be Lid before Coo.
but used in negotiation with Mr. Foirrsa;so •
about a revocation of the Orders in Coma
The above intelligence, if accurate, supports the
opinion.
« The Philadelithia Casette remarks, tha
ben a report of an embargo for several days,
but does not perceive that it is all the work of specu-
lators.
We have more than once had occasion to state that
serious disturbances bad taken place in France, ow
the subject of the high price of provisions. Theis
commotions have now extended to Paris. Twent
thousand malcontents were on one occasion c
and the following inscription was discovered nut
morning on the walls of the Thuilleries:
" &Lib l PLICIE! or the Read of theTyrent 1"
To appease the multitude, the Bakers were ingot--
+ diately required to supply the Citizens with brastig.
I four sots per lb. instead often. A Gentleman wb
we have seen, and who left Paris a few days ago,,
expressed his surprise when he arrived at Morlaix,
find that Bread was three -tines the price tbere4
.what it was at Paris. A French Gentleman, who
was present, very significantly observed—" 1b
EMPEROR &tang lain for the Parisieuu." •
In addition to the many causes for exciting
uneasiness in the breast of BONAPARTIip which
have of late alluded to) the above cannot fail to strike
our Readers in a forcible light. Indeed, the general
report throughout the whole of France is, that the
Emperor is sincerely desirous of Peace.
The deficiency of provisions from the Streightt of
Gibraltar to the shores cf the Vistula, with a popu.
lation of fifty millions to supply, had produced in
him no inconsiderable alarm, which the restoration
of the tranquillity, and the re•establishment of the
intercourse of Europe, seemed to be alone competent
to remove.
Basso—This day the Loan MAYOR, after inspect.
jug the Returns, ordered present prices to remain. •
This day, at twelve o'clock, the follolidog Notice eras stud sp
I the Stock Exchange :—lrish Pao 4111,760A000 ISO
lot Ireland, the bidding; to take place os Thersdatp,:das if
May; 4100 t)apital St per Cent. Mak to take ppeat fro, SAO
caber, Mt:, to XS per Gans. memos trout 15th
"-Wing is tops is 'beast reap.
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