Star.
London, England, 1809-06-08 00:00:00

summer,, dragged as the conduct of Parliament •Rotild
necessarily be before the tribunal of public investiga-
tion.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
deprecated the accusation made by the Hon. Gentle-
man, that the Government set their laces against the
Bill. Before he had made this accusation, it would :
have been.well had he consulted his Hon. Friend be-
hind him, by whom the Bill was introduced, and have
ascertained whether he thought the Government had j
so conducted themselves. He was sure that on the
contrary, it must be evident to the country, that if the
Government were hostile to the Bill, they might have
taken a part very different from that which they had
adopted and yet the Hon. Gentleman was one of j
those who. Assumed that they were not actuated by
party feeling 1 1
Mr. CURWEN, while he did not believe that it I
was the intention of the Right Hon. Gentleman op- j
posite (the „iancellor of the Exchequer) to defeat
the object o%he Bill, put it to him, whether it would j
not be better to leave the persons, for.whose security
he was anxious in the first instance, hisidajesty's Mi-
nisters,.without a guard; and that if any future mea-
sure was nicesiary for their defence, to propose such
a measure. This would, he conceived, be mush more
satisfactory to tfie public than that one great object
of the Bill should be left unaccomplished.
Mr. BANES maintained that if the word extra:
were retained in the clause, the main object of the
bill would be defeated. It concerned the dignity and
character Of the House to make this bill as perfectas''.
it could be made ; and he trusted, therefore, that the
amenititterit of the Noble Lord would be acceded to ;1
and that which, was such a public, scandal terminated.
sir- d: ROIvIILLY also supported the amendment
of Lord rt. 'ftty, and maintained that such a word
as was now proposed by the Right Honourable Chan-
cellor (express) could not be found is any former
Statute, and that in the present instance it would de-
feat the pulOse of the bill. ,
The ATTORNEY GENERAL deferided the
Chancellor of the Exchequer from the charge of hos-
tility to the bill, and suppOrted the clause introduced
by him, whidt, considering the difficulties attending
the subject, he considered as more proper with the
word express in it than it would be without that word,.
notwithstanding all the objections that could be raised
against it, or the use that might be made of it by un-
fair representations out of doors.
Mr. AbAM postponed the proposition • of his
clauses till the third reading of the Bill, and in his
argument, generally agreed with Sir S. Remaly, in
faitur of the amendment of Lord IL Petty.
`Mr. WORTLEY ST.EWART supported the ori-
natclause, and thought if the word express" was
omitted, it would render the -seat of every Member
insetttre who should ask for an office for any person
perhaps accidentally voted for him in a con-
tesieclelection. •
The Galliry was then cleared for a division, and
thi numbers were—For the Original Motion 78—
For the Amendment.43=Majority in favour of the
Cffaitalor of the Exchequer's Clause 35.
894angets were not re-admitted, but we understand
that the i3ill passed through the Committee, and the
Report was ordeied to be received on Friday.
Adjourned at half-past two o'clock.

THE EVENING STAR:

LONDON.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8.

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Thisanornis. Ig.Capiain Idakraniv, of the 14th regi-
radii' of foot, Arrived at Lord CASittEREA4I-ei Ace,
dispatcies froin General Sir 41tillUR WELL/1-•
LEY,' announcing, it is said, the pleasing intelligence.
of -the French having evacuated Portugal, and that
they wire ilyirti in 111 directions.

By a vessel which left Rotterdam on Tuesday,
and reached Yarmouth yesterday, Dutch Papers of
the date of Monday last, and Mohitturs to the Ist
instant were received, containing the 10th, llth, and
12th Bulletins of the French Army.
These documents are the most important that have
appeared for some time. From the statements of the
enemy themselves, it is-plain that if the French have
not sustained a complete defeat, they have at least re-
ceived a check, which, at any former era in the mili-
tary history of Europe, would have been considered as!
turning the fortune of the day in favour of the Aus-
trian army. The 10th Bulletin states, that the Aus-
trians gained no advantage until the breaking down
of the bridge over which the reserve of the French
army was crowding to tile support of the main body.
—This" shocking accident," as it is termed, stopped .1
the advance of the reinforcements, which were evi.
dently called for by the formidable resistance of the
Austrians. The prompt and vigorous use which the
Archduke CHA zwrs made of this accident is beyond
all praise—two hundred pieces of cannon were in-
stantly opened upon the French, and they were com—
pelled to retreat to an :Island in the Danube, which
LANINES and MAIIiIPJA, are ortiered to fortify by en-
trenchnaents, while the Austrian climbs: still conti-
aued to playupon them. •
ThecondUct of theyeteran Arthdithe CO' ARLES since
the defeat of part of his army 'at Ratisbon, has been
that of an approved General. Though driven into
the mountains of Bohemia, according to the Ninth
Bulletin, he contrives within a few days to appear
cith his whole army and-artillery in the neighbour.
k,ood of Vienna, atxtpaccegkfully. 44sputes the passgp