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u a corrupt act. He had been a member of the
immittee in question; and it did not appear to him
at there had been any corruption. The utmost poor
w %%hid, any family in Helstone paid was ae3, and
is it to be supposed, that so paltry a consideration
this would have influenced any respectable and
individual to act corruptly ? The fact was,'
thiag had been done by the Duke Of Leeds, except
tat had been the practice clueing time immemorial.
Mr. BARHAM said, the proceeding now proposed
this motion was not the invariable practice of the
Ouse.
Mr. P. CAREW was against the original motion.
Mr. HOLMES said, he should support the motion
ta the prosecution, and if it was not carried, he should
aftcrwards bring forward emotion, in which heshould
prove three cases of gross perjury.
Lord CASTLEREAGH considered the acts done
at the election as arising out of immemorial usage,
and not out of any corrupt motives. If this should be
the opinion of the House, he hoped a legislative mea-
sure would be immediately adopted for putting a stop
to the practices in question. He knew it to be the opi-
nion of his Learned Friend near him, (the Attorney-
General) that a conviction could not take place should
the motion be carried.
Mr. W. WYNNE considered it a most dangerous
practice for an Attorney-General to give an opinion
in such a case as this. •
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the House would
be placed in a hard situation if, in difficult questions,
it was not to be assisted by its first legal authority.
Lord A. HAMILTON asked, whether all the
purity which the House had held out to the world
respecting the election of its Members was a mere
mockery ? He declared it as his opinion, that, if the
House passed over the Act in question without due
animadversion, it would gradually sink lower and
lower in the public estimation. Had this Act been
done by an humble individual, he would be prose-
cuted ; andvvhat would the world say, if a man of
high rank was to be protected?
The ATTO RNEY-GENE RA L said, be certainly
had consulted some of his professional friends on the,
subject of this evidence, thinking it probable that his
opinion might be asked ; but he certainly never bad
come' unicated, either to his Noble Friend ( Lord
Castltreagh), or to any other person in the House,
what his opinion was.
Lord CASTLEREAGH explained.
Mr. CANNING said, the question now was, whe-
ther the Vote for prosecuting the Noble Duke should
be adopted, or whether the depriving the Blrough of
tine power of offending again, by altering its Consti-
tution, should be preferred ? It seeLled to be agreed
on all parts that the Noble Person in question had
bad no corrupt motives in the course he hau adopted.
He thought, therefore, the punishment should not be
inflicted on him, but on the Borough ;—he should,
therefore, vote for the amendment.
Mr. BAtHURST was in favour of the original mo-
tion ; as was Mr. Setjeant OwsLow.
Mr. SWAN considered the amendment as nothing
less than a side.wind attempt to get rid of the Mo-
tion atwgether. He should certainly follow up his
present motion with one for leave to bring in a Bill
to txtxnd the elective franchise of the Borough.
The House then divided—For the original motion
.52—For the amendment 55.
Mi. BANKES then moved for leave to bring in a
Bill to secure the purity of Election in the Borough
of Helstone.

Mr. BRAND thought it a most serious matter to
be stated, that the first individual in that House had
been returned by a Peer. It was stated, that the
teats for Helstone were repeatedly bought and sold ;
atter which, by a majority of three, it was determi-
ned that tto prosecution si ould he instituted aga:nst
the individual materially colicerned in the illegality.
Mr. WESTERN thought, i( there were grounds
sufficient to disfranchise the Borough, there were suf.
ficietit grounds on which to have agreed to the Ri:so-
lotion for punishing the person guilty of the illegal
act.—The motion was then agreed to.
Lord A. HAMILTON gave notice, that, in con-
sequence of what had passed to-night, he should to-
morrow nit Ve for the liberation of Mr. Croghan.
EAST-INDIA BILL.

Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he should be able
to bring in a Bill on the Eastlndia Resolutions to-
night,
and it would be ready to be priuted on Wed-
nesday. He proposed to postpone the second read-
ing for Friday, and the Committee for Monday next.
Culls COMMITTEE.
After some cbservations from Mr. BARING, Sir H.
PARNELL, Mr. ROSE, Sir WM. CURTIS, Mr. ROBIND,ON,
Mt. LASCELLEs, Mr. BANKES, Mr. PROTIIE:iOE, Mr.
FINLAY, Alderman C. SMITH, Mr. W. SMITH, and
Mr. H.,RNE.R, &c. on the subject of delaying going
into a Committee on these Resolutions, the House
divided on the question for reading the Order of the
Day for going into the Committee .57—For post-
porting it '27.
The motion having been made for the SPEAKER'S
leaving the Chair,
Mr. A. BARING opposed the Resolutions. The
measure would make bread a luxury, which the la-
bouring classes could not purchase, and he would stre-
nuously resist the introduction of a Bill on the subject.
Mr. BARHAM said, it had been hinted by the
Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, that the prosperity
of the sugar plantations had been consulted in the
present Resolutions ; the Hon. Gentleman appeared
always filled with the idea of West Indian riches and
prosperity, but he would rather have the profits of the
Hon. Gentleman's individual house than the proceeds
of the whole West Indies. (4 laugh.)
Mr. HUSKISSON maintained the propriety of
:flaking alterations in the present state of the Corn-
La us.

Mr. ABERCROMBIE contended that there was
no necessity for adopting the Resolutions in the pre-
sent state of the country. If they had any object, it
was to increase the price and operate as a bounty on
the production of corn. He had had no hesitation in
saying that the testimony given made no impression
on him, and nothing was more problematical than the
stccess of the proposed measure.
Mr. PROTHEROE wished for delay.
Mr. BARING explained, after which strangers
were excluded, but no division took place, and on our
re-admission we found the House in a Committee, in
which some farther discussion took place on the sixth
Resolution, between Mr. HORNER, Sir H. PARNELL,
Sir W. CURTIS, Lord CASTLZBEAGH, Mr. BARING,
Ur RARIIAM. Altlprrnan ATICINS. Mr. Husicis,SOND

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1813.

PRICE OF S VOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK;
Red. 56 551 56—Cons. for ace. 57i1 per Ct. 711 71
Bonds as. is. dis.— Exch. Bills par, Ss. pr.—Onthium 4 3i 4 pr.
Bank Long A:1E3.14i 3-I6ths.

The advices from Heligoland, by the Mail of yes-
terday, are to the 14th, and from Hamburgh to the
12th. A private letter from Heligoland to the 13th
says, " Ail is quiet at Hamburgh, except that all
colonial produce has 'wen seized, not excepting such
as had formerly paid the Continental duties. We have
received accounts from Copenhagen of the 9th, which
inform us, that the English, Russians, and Swedes,
have made another attempt w negociate through the
medium of a flag of truce from the English Admiral's
ship. They demanded of Denmark 25,000 men to
be put under the command of the CROWN PRINCE of
1 SWEDEN, to act in the North ; for which aid Sweden
would relinquish her claims upon Norway, with the
exception of the Bishopric of Drontheim, and some
territory lying between Sweden and the Russian fron-
tiers. The negociators also offered to give up all the
j islands .taken from Denmark, with the exception of

Heligoland. An answer to the above propositions
was demanded by a flag of truce in 48 hours ; and,
I am sorry to say, they have been decidedly refused
by Denmark."

A Mail from Heligoland arrived at the Foreign
Post Office this forenoon. it does not bring any
news, the intercourse between that island and the
Continent being still interrupted by the prevalence
of boisterous winds and uncommon swell of the
sea. The few letters that have reached town,
relate merely to commercial affairs, and from them
it would appear, that there is no chance of our finding
an opening for our maaufactures and colonial pro-
duce to the Northern part of the Continent by way of
the Elbe, during the existing Armistice.

Yesterday, about one o'clock, the PRINCE REGENT
left town for Windsor.

Saturday the Princess of WALES removed to Ken-
sington Palace, where her Royal Highness is expected
to remain about six weeks.

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A Meeting of the Catholic Board was held on
Wednesday last, in Dublin, at which an Address of
Congratulation to the Princess of WALEs, on her late
triumph over her enemies, was voted by acclamation.

'ME ARMY -***

The transports with the Third King's Ceerman
Itussars on boards still remain in the Downs, waitin
for orders tb sail to their proposed destination, which'
appears at present to be uncertain. The horses ate
beginning to be sickly, and if blowing weather comes
on, a great number of them will be unfit for service
in an enemy's cotintry.
The following changes have lately taken. place in
the Inspecting Field Officers of Reuniting Districts,
in consequence of the Brevet of the 4th of this month :
Major HAMILTON, of the sth Fuot, has been appointed
to the Belfast District ; Lieutenant-Colonel Comm,
late of the 28th Dragoons, to the Birmingham ;
Lieutenant-Colonel FORSTER, of the late Irish Fenci-
bles, to the Bury ; Lieutenant-Colonel Satvin, who
was at Bury, to the Leeds District; and Lieutenant-
Colonel MIDDLEMORE, late of the 12th Garrison Bat-
talion, to the Nottingham District.
GENERAL COURT-MARTlAL.—Yesterday a General
Court-martial assembled at the Muster-master Gene-.
ral's Office, to investigate charges preferred by Captain
T. B. V. SYMES, of the East London Militia, against
Sir J. EAMER, Colonel of the said regiment, for-
1. In issuing, or causing to be issued, an order, on
or about the ‘Oth of July, 1812, directing Captain S.
to make good, with new bayonet-scabbards, such as
would not admit of being repaired, thereby imposing
upon him an expenditure, in direct violation of the
orders of the PRINCE REGENT, bayonet-scabbards be.
ing an article enumerated in the Regulations of the
12th of August, 1811, issued from the Ordnance De-
partment.-2d. In not immediately forwarding to the
Adjutant-General a letter addresses! by Captain S. for
information relative to bayonet-scabbards.-3d. In
ordering Captain S., on or about the 31st of August,
1812, from the command of his company,the regiment
being then under arms in the Artillery-ground, and
keeping him there until, and after, the dismissal of
the parade, tending to degrade him in the eyes of the
soldiers.-4th. In ordering Captain S., on the same
day, into close arrest, and refusing him a copy of such
arrest in writing, and continuing such arrest for near
six days, without bringing him to a Court-martial.-
sth. In refusing, in the presence of Major-General
TURNER, and others, to give him an answer to an
application made relative to bayonet scabbards, agree-
ably to the direction of the said General, by an ex-
press declaration, that he was determined not to give
an answer to it.-6th. In charging Captain S. in the
presence of the said Major-General and others, with
direct falsehood, in the following terms—""'Tis false,
,General ! 'tis false !"-7th. In ordering Captain S.
to attend at his, Sir J. E.'s private residence, at Black-
heath, where Captain and Adjutant M,Dosai.o, of
the same regiment, were directed to put down such
answers, as might be supposed to render him, the said
Captain S. amenable to military law ; and then and
there using exulting exclamations, expressing that he
had so committed himself.—The whole of the pro-
ceeding in behalf of Captain S. being ended, the
Court adjourned till this day.

HENRY DAMPIER, Esq. is appointed a Pnisne Judge
of the Court of King's Bench, vice Mr. Justice CritosE,

who retires.

A Rule was obtained yesterday in the Court of,
King's Bench, calling upon the Proprietor of the
News, to shew cause why a criminal information
should not be filed against him, for publishing a libel
On Lady PERCKVAL.

Yesterday two insane women attended at the door
of the Queen's Palace. One cf them wished to see
the KING, saying, she was a relation of his, and ought
to be Queen.
Yesterday evening was married at Knole, in Kent,
the Earl of DE LAWARE, 10 Lady ELIZABETH SACK-
mix, youngest daughter of the late, and sister to the
present Duke of DORSET.
BREAD.—No alteration in the price this week: the
quartern loaf eighteen-pence-halfpenny.
The reason of an additional charge of one halfpenny
on all letters from Scotland, is, that by an Act just
passed, the mail-coaches pay toll in that country.
The French General APIILETTE held Salamanca to
the last moment ; the consequence was, that the ca-
valry and horse-artillery crossed the Tormes near St.
Martha, and got so close, that the fire of the latter,
with a kind of charge by a troop of the Royals upon
the stragglers, occasioned them a loss of about one
hundred and fifty killed and wounded, and one hun-
dred and sixty taken prisoners. General VILLETTE lost
part of his baggage, his dog, and his Seraglio;—the
latter Lord WELLINGTON sent back to him.

In the course of the proceedings at Palambang, it
was ascertained that the late Sultan, as a measure of
precaution against the attacks of General DAgNDELS,
with which he had long been threatened, caused the
principal part of his treasure to be carried into the
woods and buried, employing for this purpose up-
wards of 200 coolies, and other persons, the whole of
whom, with the exception of his son, who conducted
it, were immediately after seized and put to death, to
prevent any discovery.
We lay the following ill-contrived fabrication, which
appeared in an Evening Paper of last night, before
our Readers, merely for the purpose of guarding
them, and particularly those who arc interested in the
fluctuations of the funds, from imposition
" Advices are said to bavebeen received from the bead quarters
of the Allied Army of the gri a:est importance. Our Readers
know that the Armistice was to continue from the 4th June to
the 20th July, and that it has been Ix ified by BONAPARTE.
But it is stated, that the Emperor of Re ss t refused tor:Airy it
except for fifteen days, and that on the condition that
burgh being evacuated by the French—that, in con;ert with the
Emperor of "%evier's, he signified to Bun A eAVI e, !hat during
that period of fifteen days, the latter must whether he
would consent to bold a Congress at Prague or Breslau, to be
founded on a certain scheme or basis Lid down by Austria,
which has for its object the dissolution of the Confederation of
the Rhine, and the restoration of the T‘,:rol, Trieste, Fiume, and
the littorals to Austria—that in the event of an answer being re-
turned in the affirmative, a Congress shall be held for a General
Peace; but that in case the answer 1e in the negative, Austria I
will inintediately join the Allies with 105,000 :nen, under the
Prince of SCHWARTZ INSURG, who is to delrou-h upon the Elbe in
two points; 150,000 men, under the Arehduke CHARLES, are
also to act in Italy. It is reported that BoNAPARrs having replied
to the joint proposals of Russia and Aus•ria in the negative,
Austria was to put her force in motion before tie 12th of June.
" Such is the important information which has been trans-
mitted to us.
• " And in addition, it is reported, that roinforcements have
nearly doubled the amount of the Russian army; and that the
Allies have actually sent 20,000 men under Bu ;ion, to join the
CR oW PRINCE. and act under lab orders."