Star.
London, England, 1809-02-07 00:00:00

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Mr. HERBERT (of Kerry) recommended the
floLioy of raising future Militia Men to serve in the
Voiced Kingdom.
After some observations from Lord Castlereagh,
the House itself into the Committee, when
the several were agreed to, and the Report
was ordered to be brought up on. Thursday.
CORN DISTIU,UIY BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved the second reading of the Corn Distillery Bill.
Sir JAMES HALL could not allow this Bill to
without stating his objections to it in every stage.
rjwas calculated to create injury by discouraging
agriculture, or by a temporary glut in the market, to,
,ve encouragement to an exuberant population, which
t ordinary =CS the produce of the country could
nirt. t
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BBERT conceived that the proposed ex-
clusion of Ireland from the regulations of the Bill,
would be unfair to the kingdom at large.
Mr. FORSTER contended, that the measure had
had a fair trial in Ireland, and the effect was that
more grain bad been clandestinely used in the last six
months in distillation in Ireland, than the legal distil-
lation would have Onsumell; while at the same time,
not an our ee of sugar had been td intbe
distilleries in that country.
Mr. EDEN took occasion to noti?e'tise want of our
usol supply of grain from America, which in the last
teat of our intercourse with that country amounted
'to ,E 900,000. It was in the power of Ministers, if they
bad chosen, to reconcile our misunderstanding with
that country ; but, probably, they were too much ern-
oora building castles in Spain to think of the hum-
ble measure of the supply of the country. They pro-
bably thought that the smart epigrams-of the Foreign
Secretary would satisfy the people, though, as the
price of them, they should have to pay 15 pence for
the quartem loaf.
Mr.MARRYATT asked if the Right Honourable
Gentleman thought the prevalence of illegal distilla-
tion a sufficient reason for the Government giving up
aßfil of the kind ? On the contrary, would it not be
more becoming to endeavour to check so powerful
an evil ? The barley in this country was so much
better than that in Ireland, that he should not be sur-
prised if the Irish came to this country to purchase
holey for their distillation.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
opported the Bill. It was his intention to propose a
Committee, during the suspension of the intercourse
between the two kingdoms, which should adjust regu-
lations on which that iatercourse should afterwards
be renewed. -
Sir JAWS, HALL 'and Mr. HIBBERT ex.

plained. - •
Mr. BARHAM thought the limitation of the
measure highly improper and unfair to this part of
the kingdom.. 111 ii• Right Honourable Gentleman
(Mr. Foster)" along been hostile to the measure
so far as Ireland was concerned ; he had prophesied
it would not succeed, and helad realized that predic-
tion. One reason, however, was to be found for this
failure. The Right Honourlble Gentleman had him
self put a ipoke into the wheel, which had the effect
of preventing it from. moving.,
Mr. FOSTER assegifd &elle had done his duty.
Mr. BARHAM' vaplaiiedithat he had ns inten-
tion of Miintrasing other/ rise. '
Mr. 11I.RESFOIED• insisted that the measure had
completely failed In Ireland.
~ That at the passing
of the last Act the whole spirits in Ireland was not
equal to six months consumption:- Eight months
bad now elapsed, and sag. rest had been the clandes-
tine distillation, that the lull half of the six months
stock still remained,, although the consumption had
been by no means diminished.
Mr. DAVIES GIDDY approved of the Bill.
Mr. ELLIS thought the measure had not got a
fair trial in Ireland, and as the necessity of it had in-
creased rather thai diminished, that it dught still to
extend to Ireland.
Mr. HUSKISSON said a few words in favour of
the Bill. He thoiight that as the consumption in
Ireland of grain was by•no means in proportion to a
similar one in this country. that it would not be fair
to preclude the Irish frit& the best means of disposing
of fink grain and encouraging their agricutture,
which the prokulitios, if persevered in, would be
found to do.
Mr. THORNTON supported the Bill.
Mr. MALLEtID wished that the repeal of the
prohibition would be extended to the Highlands of
Scotland also:
The Bill was their ssad a second time, and corn-
Rd for Thnridayo—Adjourned at half-past eleven

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Viola, fox money, 66i 117--for Feb.67}-4.111 1 138. pr.
Omnium pre.
PRICE OF SfOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 Per Cent. Rcd.enit India Bonds 10s. 12s. prcm.
Per Cent. 664 Excheq. Bills, iYs. 15s. pr.
4 per Cent. 82183 Lottery Tickos 211.
sPer Cott. Navy 91 9S Consols, for :sec. ti7i
tostAnn. 18 "10 Ontniutn pre.

WEST INDIES.
We have more than once stated that the French
had been successful in throwing reinforcements into
Martinique previous to the arrival of Sir GEORGE
PEZ.VOST% armament in that quarter. The following
particulars on the subject have reached us through
'he medium of letters and papers from Balbadoes
Three French frigates, viz. the Juno, the Venus,
and the Amphitrite, sailed in company from Cher-
bwrg, on the 13th of November, with troops and
provisions on board. On the Sd of December, in lat.
22, the 'Amphitrite, having previously separated from
her Lemons, fell in with the Lord Cranstoun and
Lydia, of and from Liverpool, bound to St. Kitt's
41d St. Croix. The Lydia was imtnediately cap-
tured, as was the Cranstoun, after malting a spirited
resistance. The Lydia was burnt; and her ere!,
with some other prisoner:, were put on board wA
American brig, and sent to England.
th mean time the Lord Cranston

in company with her taptors. Her subsequent

tory, as well as that of the three frigates, is related in'
_the Barbadee: Mercury of the 24th December, from
which we have extracted the following account :
The officers, who took charge of the Lord Cranstoun,
were instructed to repair to Martinique ; or, if that
should become dangerous, to Guadaloupe, or even
to St. Domingo, where she was to be put under the
care of the Provisional Government. However, in
spite of all precautions, the Lord Cranstoun parted
in a squall on the 17th December, and on the 20th
was recaptured off Trinity by the Pomrix and Pim:. I
and taken into Barbadoes.

The Amphitrite was more fortunate, and arrived
safely at Port Royal. " She fell in," says the Barbados
Mercury, "with the ETHALION frigate, the &ran sloop
of war, and EXPRESS brig. Aboutmidwatch she passed,
unesupected, and uninterrupted, close within hail of the
ETLIALION.; and soon after, with equal impunity, within
pistol-shot of the STAR, which as little suspected such
temerity from an enemy—both of them taking her for
one of our squadron. At day-light, however, (.the
enemy having kept under easy sail). the cheat was
discovered, and every effort used to retrieve the
.ca-
sualty by which she escaped in the night t all was un-
availing,. and the enemy safely reached his desired
port. The Amphitrite mounts 44 guns, and had on
board 200 troops and '2200 barrels of provisions (viz.,
1400 of flour, and 800 of beef) for the succour and
reinforcement of the garrison of Martinique."
A letter from Barbadoes, dated' he 514th of Decem-
ber, after stating the above affair in the same manner,
proceeds Two brigs and two schooners, which.
also arrived from France, bound to Martinique, have
escaped our cruisers, though there are upwards of a
dozen round that island since it was put into a state
of blockade. As General VILLARET is so much reii.
forced, I fear it will cost us many a weary day's Work,
and many valuable lives, to get possession of Fort
Bourbon."

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Yesterday about oneo'clock his MAJESTY arrived
at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. His MAJEsTY
was not able to travel by the regular roads, on account
of the flooded state of them, but went over Su/entry
Common to Twickenham, where he changed hors,
andprocccded through Richmond, esmond, Putney, the King's
Road, and Pimlico, to the Queen's Palace, where ne
was received by
.the Dukes of. Yoax, KENT, Comma-
LAND, and CAMBRIDGE. - . •
At two o'clock his MAJZSTv held a pnvates Levee,'
at which the following had the honoun gt being pre7
seated : ,
Admiral Dr Cooler. upon hicrettittliveisesiviee.
Sir J. hire mots, upon his being appointed Judge of the Court of
Arches, in the room of sir W. Wynne, rearm* by Sir W. Scott.
Dr.estsusiOruta ROBINSON upon his being appointed the
King's Advocate, by Sir Wm. Scott.
Sir Saxon. Hama, upon his return from service off the coast
of Spain.
Lord CALTitoars,upon his corning of age. •
tiateriant-Colonel MIMILAT the Honourable Captain A.
Goanos, and Lieutenant-General Hort, upon their return from
Spain--all three by Viscount Melville.
Admiral ISLITIe, upon his promotion, and return iron.? the
Baltic.
Vice-Admiral Sir J. SAusitAatt; on hii return from thelaltic.
" Lientenant-General MAentsa it FRA2 SI, upon his promotion
and return from Spain.
General BtRISSPOSD, upon his promotion, and return [from
Spain.
Cap. sin Assoystracer, upon his return from Spain.
fMajar4e.leral Ftlousoot, upon his being appointed to com-
mand the Sicilian Regiment.
The Dean of Etar a, upon his being• promoted to the Deanery
of Salisbury, by Lord Charles Somerset.
General ACKL ANA, upon 1114 return from Portugal.
Monti CAets, upon his being appointed a Groom of his Ma-
jesty's Bed-chamber, by the Bari of Wincheisea.
' Mr. Asoarw SNAPS DOUGLAS, upon his being appointed his
Majesty's Secretary of Legation to the Court of ids Sicilian Ma-
jesty, by Lord Amherst.
Brigadier-General GLADE, upon his return from Spain.
Captain WA-rests, and Captain DAsswoon, Aid-du-Camps
to Brigadier-General the Hon. Charles Stewart, upon their re-

turn from Spain..
Captain Pr Litt LT, Aid-du-Camp to the late Lieutenant-Gene-
ral Sir John Moore, upon his return from Spain.
lieutenant-Colonel Hitt, of the 10th Regiment of Foot, upon
his return from the Mediterranean.
Captain La./Less, Royal Navy, upon his promotion.
Captain Pay TON, upon ds promotion, by Lord Mulgrave.
Mr. Moosa, to restore-the Ribbon of the Order of the Bath,
which belonged to the kis Sir John Moore.
Brigadier-General Fitts, stiPon his return from Portugal and
Spain, by the Earl of Westmorland.
Rear-Admiral sir EDWAlD,Atritta, on his beitg created a
Baronet.
Brigadier-General Stawriiti',ll.o4ishaSipointment of Gover-
nor of Fort Charles, in Janialea. .
Captain WARKE OE the 21d vsf Light Dragoons,
Aide-de-Camp to ilajor-Gcnerailatrison, upon his return from
Spain.
Sir SASenEL Ben TltAll, upon his being appointed a POMMie.
gorier of the Navy, by Lord Mulgrave.
His MAJESTY gave private audiences to the Duke
of PORTLAND and the other Cabinet Ministers, who
were all present, except the Earl of CHATHAM and
Earl BATIIWKST.
His MA.JESTY held a Privy Council, at which Sir
Jonu Iklictstits was introduced, and swortt in a Mem-
ber, and took liis scat at the Honourable Board ac-
cordingly.
His —MAJESTY proceeded to prick for the She
for the year ensuing.
The Court did not break up till about seven o'clock,
after which his Mailers set off on his return toWind.
sor. It was more numerously attended than any Court
that lras been held at the Queen's Palace.
It is not the second son of Lord SIDMOUTIIt but of ,
Mr. }Li= ADDINOTONI who is going to Sicily vrith. I
Lord AMUZIIST.
Lord Mar.vILLI arrived yesterday at his house in
Arlington-street, from his seat at Wimbledon.
The Committee to try the Wexford County Petition
will be re.assembled on Thursday next, in order to
receive the large body of evidence taken by Commis-
sion at the town of Wexford during the Prorogation.
This will probably occupy several days in reading, as
on this evidence the Committee are to form their de-
cision upon this new and extraordinary case.
When twenty millions of public money were to be
'voted to Ministers for the carrying on of war, scarcely
forty Members could be found to authorize the vote ;
-but when Mrs. CLARKII was to be examined at the
Bar, there were above 600 Members in their places !


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THE ARMY.

Sunday Gmeral BROWN/V[ooEl the Quarter-Waster.
General; General WHITHAMI the Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of Portsmouth General PORTER, who dam-
mands at Gosport ; Commissioner Bowen; of the
Transport Board, and Mr. 1(N-tour, a Member of the
Army Medical Board, with a long retinue of Military
Officers, paid a visit to Haslar Hospital, where 1400
of our brave sick and wounded officers and soldiers
from Spain are lOdged. Captain CuAvo, R. N. the
Goiernor of the Hospital, with the other officers of
the establishment, received General BROWNRIGOE and
the other Officers, and shewed them every part of this
noble building, and all appeared most highly gratified
to see the very comfortable manner in which our brave
fellows are taken care of. Dr. HOOO, the Deputy
Inspector of Hospitals, who has made the arrange-
ments here, got the greatest credit, as did all the me-
dical officers.

We are extremely sorry to hear that Sir DAVID
BAIRD has lately had a fever.
The Deputy Store-Keeper-General is, with the
other heads of departments, at Portsmouth,

The Inspector-General is stillat Portsmouth ,making
arrangements for the reception of our sick and wounded
soldiers.

Monday se'nnight the Westmoreland and West-
minster Regiments marched through Ipswich from
Colchester, on their route to Woodbridge, and on
Tuesday and Wednesday last the 19th Light Dra-
goons marched for the same place. The whole of
the Militia Regiments have left Colchester to make
room for the troops from'Spain.
The 84th Regiment marched into Ipswich Bar-
racks on Wednesday and Thursday last ; and the Ist,
2d, and 3d Divisions of the sth Regiment of Dra-
goon Guards on Friday, Saturday, yesterday, and
this day : the remainder to-morrow.
Died at Haslar Hospital, C-ci:Tort, on the SOth ult.
Lieutenant Joseeii NU N, of the `.'.6.h (or Cameroniaii)
Regiment, in consequence of the wound which he
received in the battle of Cot'hnna. It must be a con-
solation to his friends to reflect, that his conduct was
highly exemplary, and that his loss was universally
lamented by his brother Officers.
A letter from Chichester, dated Jar. 91, says " A
circumstance has occurred this morning which I think
should be known. Two of the French Imperial Eagles
which were taken in the battle of Corunna, were sold
.yesterday at Barker's, the Silversmith, in this town ;
they are of silver, and weigh about 15 ounces. The
man, who said he bayonetted the Frenchman, was a
Highlander of the 92d, or Gordon's."

NAVAL INTELLICENCR.

ELYMottrli, FEBRUARY a.
Arrived the ALERT sloop, of 16 guns Captain
WituAsts, from the Mediterranean. Sailed . the
Or.P.sTrs, of 16 guns, Captain Lew zeTlEitE, and
the Hinaostan store-ship, Captain PASQOI4 with about
10 sail of transports under convoy for Portsmouth,
with troops on board-detachments of the resp,!, L've
corps lately landed from Spain and Portugal. A
considerable numbetmore are preparing to start from
Cat%vater as soon as the wind shifts.
Five P. M.—The IMPLACABLE and ELIZABETH are
now getting under weigh, to accompany the trans-
ports to the Eastward.

PORTSMOUTH, FIB. 6.

Arrived his Majesty's ship ACIIATIS, from the
West Indies. —Put back tke Amphitrite transport,
Captain RAIT, one of the PRIMROSE'S convoy, last
from Falmouth. Wind

DEAL, FEBRUARY 6.

Arrived and sailed for the River, the Ply, OTTa
WAY, from St. Lucar's t and the Harriet, Las-rows
from New Brunswick. Sailed the Dispatch, Deal
pilot sloop, for Ramsgate harbour, with her main-
sail split, and bowsprit sprung. Arrived his Majes-
ty's ship ILLustatous, from Portsmouth, and remain
in the Downs with the rest of the ships as per last.—
Wind W.S.W.