Star.
London, England, 1809-03-01 00:00:00

STAMP DUTIES.

!fr. (111,ES wished to know from the Ch,:rcellor
cf Sxcheqat-T, whether it was his intention to bring
,;ward any measure this SessiOn for the purpose of
;rryr,,,ing a s.t:frup duty on country bank drafts and
bills, issued :it a disance farther than ten -miles from
? li' the Right Hon. Gentleman did -not
rr.::;1 so to do, he would now give notice of his inten-
ticn T bring I orward a motion on that subject himself..
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER an-
sr-exti that it was not his intention to bring the sub-
cct Uzij>e PAI liament this Session.
CORN DISTILLYRY BILL.

The CHANCELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER
novice, that he should move for the introduction
of=a- clause to prevent, for a time to he limited, the
oi* spirits from Great Britain to Ireland,
Rlld from Ireland to Great Britain.
At tr.: a short conversation across the table, between

CC CIIANCI:LLOR of the EXCHEQUER?, Sir Joiriv NEW-
J., PT, Mr. FOSTER, and Mr. HustossoN, the Bill went
through the Committee with a • few verbal altera-
tins —The Report was then received, the amend-
nrentragrced to, and the Bill ordered to be read a
third time to morrow.

• • ""'s SICILY.
Mr. Secretary CANNING rose to make some ob.
nervations en what had fallen, on a former night, from
an lien. Member (Mr. W:Smith ), whom he was sorry
Lot to see then in his place, upon a subject that it I A few French and Latch papers hive been re.
wonkl have been his duty to have answered him on if ceived of late dates, which are strangely silent re-
that night, if he had then been in the House. He
specting the operations of the army in Spain.—
could not help saving, that the topic alluded to was
The Captains of the vessels who brought them,
ort •;1 those that ought not upon light grounds to be
5-.te..1 to the House. Although it was supposed that and who must have contrived to steal out of port,
1!.
L::e fact was well !:nown, that what was stated inso:in y channels ;—namely, that of JOSEPH Bo-
w:•:,: House was not only read in this but in other i INAPARTE and the whole- of the French troops at
and the common enemy could derive great
Madrid, being_ prepared to depart from that city,
from any thing which could tend to make
:-..u?es between his Majesty ;and his Allies. The .h Marshal L ANNE., having received positive orders from
of the Hon. Member Ras, as he was in- NAPOLEON to march the whole of the troops under
that the Sicilian Government and nation were his command back to France. They also state, that
a sate that it was our duty to, propose some ';
-t war between France and Austria is considered as ,
a political n!gineration to them. Ho could
• t:a: flouse, that there exited the most cordial certain ; and that the late good understanding which
iinderAanding and co-operation between the Go- - pre-ailed between the Emperors NAPOLEON and
;,1:1:10:1t. of this country and the Sicilian Govern- ALEXANDER has experienced some interruption.—To
as also between the armies of the two coon- this .ye have to add; that a Gentleman who left
ur Officers regulated almost all their military
Lisbon on the 16th of January asserts that the Re-
and it was understood, that if there wits
had received accounts that the French hatac-
• tt :ck, the British Commander-in-Chief should galley
• o under his command the Sicilian army, which tunny evacuated Madrid.
.;:ry respectable in point of numbers. This It is our duty to state such rumours when they arc
v.., a in Ark of confidence which few other foreign - .
circulation ; but it is also our duty to mention that
ever reposed in us. He therefore thought it ; ldreceivecredit.
be of dangerous consequences for our Allies to , the do not appear intite to any
y
...Irszliernscives in a manner reviled in the British '
He was sure that the Hon. Member
nol_ hit ve been perfectly aware of the mischiefs
... such r statement might have produced, or he
r,Dt have mentioned the matter publicly in that
.—Adjourned.

Yecterday, about twelve o'clock,. their MAJryttns I
and the PHINCESSES, attended by the Marchioness of I
BA.rit, the Countess of PEMBROKE, and Lady TilvsnE,
arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, where
t' ey were received by the Dukes of YORK, CUMBER-
LAND, and CAMBRIDGE.
The Duke of SUSSEX, and the Princess SOPMA of
CtoucEsTut, dined with their MAJESTIES and the

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