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The works are still untouched, and the enemy's.ftrei -
'has hitherto done but litde damage to the tows. . ...,__-
- General Claparede's division of the 9th corps still HOUSE OF LRDS,• MARCH s 2.
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DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 11. continued upon` Guards, with their advanced guard Mr. Loshiogtou and other Members of the House of Com-
Mons brought up a Copy of the Report of the Commereial Credit
A dispatch, of which the following Is an Extract, was received lat Belmonte; when I last beard from that part of the Committee, as &sired by a Message from the Lords, which was
yesterday at the Earl of Liverpool's Office, addressed to his
tountry. They had made an attempt to obtain pos-
ordered to be printed.
Lordship by Lientenant-Goie-ral Lord Viscount Wellington, session of Covtlhae, on the 12th, but were repulsed The Silk Minufarture Wages Bitl,amrte Road and Privatoßills
Is:. B. dated Cartaxo, 16lla February,lBl.l. I •
, with some loss by Colonel Grant, who had occupied were brought up.from the Commons by Mr. Lushington Mr.
Since I addressed your Lardshi : on the 9th inst. other Members,
Shierr
sH. V. Tedmpet Mr. Lygoo, Sir J. Gr;diam,
I have received further details of the affairs at and ' the town with a party of Ordenenzas of Lower Beha. I
and ou
Mr. Owen from the reEast al:.
I inclose a letter from Marshal Sir William Beres- t time.
s.
near Badajoz, from which it appears that the Pertu-( ,presentedpony some
ford, and a repart from Lieutenant Colonel Grant, Accounts ordered by the House, which were ordered to lie as
guese cavalry having been unsupported in their pas-
sage of the Evora on the 6th instant, were obliged to 'of this affair. From later reports lam apprehensive, the table.
The Population Bill was read a third time and passed.
retire across the Evora, in which operation they sus- I however, that he has since been obliged to withdraw
PORTUGAL.
from thence. The Marquis WELLESLEY, by command of his Roal High-
tained some loss. The whole of the cavalry aod in- •
I likewise inclose reports from Major-General Sir ness the Prince Retest, laid on the table Treaties sad ether
papers
Y
fantry were then drawn into the fort of Badajoz; and.,
William Erskine, who commands the out-posts on respecting Portugal, which were ordered to be printed.
on the ith instant, they made a sortie upon the ens- the left of the army, of the capture of General Clau. His Lordship then presented a Message from his Royal High-
my. in which they succeeded in obtaining possession nests:hue
tPorrnlnceeHßoegossenot,f
Commons).
further Assistance to Portugal (the
sel's Aid-de-Camp, and a detachment of the enemy's
of one of the enemy's batteries, but they were obliged
cavalry and infantry, on the 19th instant, by Cornet On the motion of the Marquliusutiit'ELLESLEY the Prince Re-
to retire again, and, unfortunately, the guns in the
Strenuwitz, of the Hussars, to whose conduct in an gent's Message W4ll ordered to be taken into censideratinn en
battery were not spiked or otherwise destroyed or
• injured. . enterprise of a similar nature, I drew your Lordship's Monday, and the Lords to be summoned.
attention in my last dispatch. In this instance he has Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).
Their loss was not less than eighty.five officers and acquitted himself with great judgment and boldness.
five hundred soldiers,. killed and wounded,. as lam The operations of the Guerillas continue through-
informed, including the Brigadier-General Don ar- out the interior.
los D'Espagne among the latter. It appears that Don Julian Sanchez, whom I have frequently men-
the Spanish troops behaTed remarkably well upon I
tioned to your Lordship, has recently captured a
this occasion. I large convoy of biscuit on its march from Ledesma
While the troops were in Badajoz, the French ca to Ciudad Rodrigo, which had come from Palencia;
valry again crossed the Evora, and interrupted the I
i and another party has recently done the enemy con-
communication between that °lace and Elves and
how- siderable injury near the bridge of Arzobispo. It is
Campo Major. They came out of Badajoz, said that General' La Houssaye has been killed in an
ever, on the morning of the 9th instant, ,and the
affair at that place.
French cavalry were obliged to retire across the The enemy have made no movement of importance
Evora. The troops ,have since taken up a position
in front of this army since I addressed your Lordship
on the heights between the Caya, the-Evora, and the
Gtytdiana, by which they will keep open the corn- on the 16th instant. A considerable quantity of bag-
gage has been sent out of Santarem, but I am Melia-
rhunication between Badajoz and the country on the
ed to believe that it belongs to sick officers and sol-
right of the latter river.
. diets who have been removed from thence to the rear
The enemy have continued the siege; and, on the of the army.
. night of the 11th instant, the attacked the redoubt of
[Here follow two letters, one from Lieutenant Colonel Grant,
Pardalleiros, which they carried ; but they had not,
leLth.tuhese tretcsurlaers ors! t:.;
the
erir at Coeviolhf aosh,e andynthhe otherr) Sir
•on the 13th, been able to establish themselves within
• the redoubt, on account of the fire from the body of Cornet Strcnuwitr. They are isnu9surbsistance the urieneUwiPthtrtheelebt!
the place. They have likewise constructed a work ten in the Lisbon papers oa the sante"occasions.l
on thileft bank of the•Guadiana below the place to . Cattail), Minh 2.
-fire upon the bridge of communication with the right No event of importance has occurred since I aedressed you en
the 2341 of February. The enemy have condoned their opera-
bank, but the fire of this work has had hut little effect.
floss
rh:
placersagainst
well
kept joz ,o pl'
buts
and
without tr hhoe* t muchrison
ienffgect ; and
ood
spirits te fire of
A great number of the inhabitants have taken ad-
vantage of the communication being opened, to leave General Mendizhbel is endeavouring to collect sad re-or-
the place ; and I understand that it is not ill-supplied ganize his corps at Villa Viciota, in Portugal.
The enemy moved a large force, with cannon, upon Lieute-
with provisions. u Colonel Grant at Covilhao, on the 18th of February, and
General Claparede's division of the 9th corps was he was obliged to withdraw ary
the Ordenenza from thence, and to
still upon Guards, on the 10th inst. when I last heard retire upon Alpedrinha, where he was according to the last ac!
from that part of the country. counts. 'lle enemy have made'no movement of any importance
Although I have observed and heard of various is the front .t. this army.
ADMIRALTY OFFICE, MARCH 12.
movements by the enemy in the interior of their posi-
Admiral Sir CHAR Lin COTTON has transmitted to losses
tion, I have not found upon the whole any matei ial alte- lettneLfrgtometnC
. ration; and I imagine that these movements have been • ssoety,c. Mt: at;iettlae aPantaUlaccoßulaitssoAf Nhrie of
his. M -
.
made principally to endeavour to obtain subsistence. jtise nth of December last, captorged la Carlotta Italianuilburg:guouf
The difficulty of finding any increases daily ; and the war, of teas guns and too men, bound tram Venice to the Island
inhabitants ol Torres Novas and Thomar, who alone of Cot fu.—For Bankrupts, &c. see the last page.
1.----____
had generally remained in their habitations upon the
enemy's invasion, are now coming into this part of
the country nearly starving.
I have the pleasure to forward a report which I
have received of the conduct of Cornet Strenuwitz,
of the Ist Hussars, who surprised a picquet of the
enemy on the night of the 9th instant, with a small
detachment of Hussars, and brought in more pri-
. soners than his detachment consisted of, without the
loss of a man.

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DM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

MALTA, JANUARY 26. -

MESSAGE FROM THE REGENT.—PORTUOAL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER announced a
Message from the Prince Regent. k was brought up and rradby
the Speaker, and Is as follows:
" GEORGE P. R.

" The Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of kis
Majesty, thinks It proper to inform the House, that the assistance
which his Majesty has been enabled to afford the Portuguese Go-
vernment, by maintaining a body of their troops in his pay, has
been attended with great advantage to the common cause. and
contributed etsentially to the success of the measures for the de-
fence of the Klogdom of PortugaL The Prince Regent there-
fore trusts that the House of Commons will enable him to con-
tinue that assistance for the present year—and likewise to grant
suck further aid as circumstances and the nature of the contest in
which his Majesty is engaged, may appear to require."

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then gave no-
tier, that he would move that this Message be referred to a Com-
mittee of Supply, on Monday,
A Message troru the Lords announced their assent to the Po-
pulation Bill, with amendments.

For some time past we have had a great dearth of 1
news here, as well as a stagnation of trade. The enemy 1
had suffered so severely by captures at sea. through 1
the vigilance of our Mediterranean cruizers, that, until
very lately, scarcely any of their merchant vessels or 1
privateers had ventured out. Within these few days,
however, several have been sent into the port of Malta;
and it is understood that a number of vessels richly
freighted, destined for Smyrna, are about to run from
the ports of Genoa and Leghorn. Few of these are
likely to reach the intended port ; but the risks to
which they are exposed cannot be greater than the
necessities that prompt to these enterprizes.
His Majesty's sloop WIAZLE arrived here on Thurs-
day last, the 24th, in four days from Smyrna, where
a current report prevailed of a 'peace having been
coueluded between the Russians and Turks. There
were also rumours of an insurrection in the Austrian
dominions. .

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

St. Joac de Ribeira, Feb. 10.
piR-It is with great pleasure I have the honour
to report to you the gallant conduct of Cornet Stre.
newitz, of the Ist Hussars. Having previously re-
connoitered all raeds and ways, and being Officer of
the Malliaqiiijo picquet, he went last night at twelve
o'clock, with tv:o non-commissioned officers and
eighteen Filen, to surprise the enemy's picquet in front
of Alcanhede ; after a march of three hours he came
unperceived to their d:smounted double centinel ;
they challenged hits, when he answered, that he was
an orderly (for he had gone round and came in their
rear); they were now taken care of, and he had his
way open to the picquet itself. Having detached
several side-posts and a small support, he eharged the
This morning the WARRIOR arrived from Malta,
cavalry picquet, that tried to mount their horses, con-
but brings no news.—We expect to hear of a vigorous
sisting of an officer and twenty men, with only about
sortie being made frem Cadiz in a few days, and the
nine or tea of his men. The gi eater part Were
troops at Algeciras and Tariffs are in readiness to
cut down, and many horses taken ; but now he was
informed, by one of the prisoners, that an infantry march towards Cadiz at a moment's warning.
net was in their reer to support ; he collected
Several English vessels from this have lately been
picquet was in th&ir re.r to support ;he collected Severi English vessels from this have lately been
what men he c‘eilel, advanced, arid found them form-
q taken and carried into Malaga by the privateers fitted
w
out from thence, amongst others four of the convoy
ed in line ; he charged while receiving a volley, cut
which sailed from this to Malta with l'Ame.
down about 8 or 10, arid made the rest prisoners.
Fel. 22.—The Weymouth storeship arrived this
The third picquet of the enemy, consisting as they
morning from England. In the afternoon the expe-
say of fifty infantry, took to their heels, and Cornet
dition from Cadiz, under General GRAIIAN, anchored
Strenuwitz says the drumming and trumpet sounding
in Alcanhede exceeded all belief; he then withdrew, at Algeziras.
and had the satisfaction to find that he had lost no FEB. 23.—This morning the expedition began to
land at Algeziras.
man or horse, nor even one wounded. He has been
FEB. 24.—The expedition under General GRAHAM
able to bring off a French officer, thtee dragoons, and
marched this morning at nine o'clock from Algeziras
eleven horses of-the 9th regiment, and eight men of
the 22d infantry. , . _ . towards Cadiz.
Fan. 27.—General GRAHAM, with about 4300 men,
I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)
lauded at Algeziras last Saturday in a gale at west
E. V. Anesursenzeter. Lieta.-cOL
Major-General Sir William Erskine, &c. &c. &c. very soon after they marched for Tariffa, where they
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 11. arrived yesterday. The troops have been brigaded,
and are ready to march. They were to have been
pispatches of which the fcrowius are extracts, have been this
day received at the Earl of Liverpool's Office, addressed to his landed at Tarifia, but the wind prevented them. A
Lordship by Lieutenant•C;etieral Lord Vi,count Wellington: large body of Spaniards also from Cadiz landed at
Cartaxo, February 25. I Algeziras this day, and will march to Tariffa directly.
lam much concerned to have to inform you, that This expedition will consist of from 14 to 15,000 men,
the French attacked General Mendizabel on the 19th under the command of a Spanish General. It is
instant, in the position which he had taken on the supposed they are intended to act upon the rear of
,
heights of St. Christoval, near Badejoz, and totallythe French troops before Cadiz. The weather is now
defeated him. fine; this day was like the latter end of June, in
The enemy had to cross the Guadiana and the England.
Evora, but surprised the Spanish army in their camp, Our boats and launches in the midst of very heavy
which" was standing, and is taken, with baggage weather carried round the field-pieces and ammuni.
and artillery. • • tion, &c. to Tariffa from Algeziras. The troeps came
The enemy have not been able to establish them- round in transports under convoy of the STAreter and
selves within the redoubt of Pardallerois, since they ST. ALEA,4's men of War, with sloops and gun-brigs.
carried it nit the 11th inst. ; and have made no pro- , The Pa Remus frigate, Captain DASIIWOOD, arrived
Kress in the operations of the siege. Their position, here yesterday in eight days from Portsmouth, bound
however, on the right of the Guadiana, gives them to Malta ; it is said she has 300,000 dollars on board.
great 'advantages, of which they will know how to The fleet is collecting here for. England.
avail themselves, and they actually commenced to FLR. 28.—ecneral GRAHAM, with 5000 English
entrench' it on the evening of- the cloy on which they and Portuguese, arrived here on the 234 and were
obtained *p,,ssession of it. , landed. They have marched towards Tarifa, where
lam informed that there are nine thousand good a few days ago some companies of the 82d Regiment
troops in 13adajov, some having retired into that for- went to reinforce the 28th Regiment, stationed in
tress from the field .or battle; and that the garrison is that place, with an intention to attack the flank of
well supplied with provisions, which have been left the enemy besieging Cadiz, in which enterprize the
there by the inhabitants, who quitted the place when naval department will act, in order to cause a diver.
the communisation with It was retouch opened. sion in tbVir favour.

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GIBRALTAR, FEBRUAAT 18.

Mr. MARRYATT come:sled that the planter of
sugars could not with any fair advantage bring them
into the market cheaper than 755. while the presen.
scale was fixed at 70s.
. Mr. COKE urged the propriety of lowering the
,scale as to grain, in consequence of the various Peti-
tions from Scotland last year, stating the IoW price Ufa.
Sir T. TURTON contended that the prices ci grain
were now such, as compared with the price of labour,
would scarcely repay the fanner. At the same time
he was by no means prepared to say that 70s. 9d. was
a fair price for sugar. He should give his suppsn t
the detail of the measure, but he must afterwards op
pose it in particular parts.
gr. BRAND wished that a mode should be de-
vised by a hill inquiry, to equalize the interests of
both.
Mr. HOBERT stated that the produce of the old
British colonies was equal to the supply of the whole
kingdom; but that greatbesefit had been derived tothe
country from the re-exportation of Colonial produce.
The maltduty, it appeared, had not fallen off during
the last year, so tha‘the growers of grain had the sal,
in one way or in the other.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
hoped, as it could be no intention of Gentlemen to
create a false alarm, that they would have the good-
ness to pay attention co the measure now pressed upon
the House, and, if they did so, he trusted the would
find sufficient.to remove any false, alprrn with which
they themselves might have been iniforessecl.ll it
was held out, that the agaiculwaral- interestsaei the
country were disregarded, while icitar.colosvierelone
were attended to, that indeed watittlied 'iseourag.
mg consideration. Prejudice, .and jagment,
however, must have bid any MasfertiOpt such an opi-
nion. Though one was encouraged;' It did not follow
that the other was neglected ron the coatrary, the
one could not be encouraged within[ promoting the
interests of both. That this appbed in a .peculiar de.
gree, to the agricultural interest, he presumed to
think was apparent. The best way to ensure a
good rent for the land was to encourage the demand
for manufactures , and how could this be so effec-
tually promoted as by the encouragement pf our colo-
nies ? Gentlemen complained that the price of barley
had been over-stated ; that instead of 38s. at which it
was fixed, it was now to be had ,in Norfolk for £6s.
and 28s. If this was so, did it not follow that barley
would be the article used instead of sugar, so that the
agriculturist had no right to complain ? he was per-
fectly content, however, that the measure should be
adopted only for one year.
Mr. ADAM only begged, after the observations
he had made on a former night, to say a few words.
When a proposition for affording relief to our Colo-
nies was introduced some years ago, it was only pro-
posed that it should exist from year to year, and
should not be a permanent but only a temporary ac-
commodation. Now, however, the case was different:
sugar was now proposed to be brought into the mar-
ket as a competitor with corn, and that great con-
sumer of corn, the Distilleries, was allowed the option
to chuse between them. This was a new era intro•
duced into the law of this country, so far as our agri-
cultural interests were concerned, and one too which
he thought ought not to be hastily adopted. His
Honourable Friend behind him, the Member for
Norfolk, than whom agriculture had not a more sin-
cere or better informed advocate, had already pointed
out the impolicy of any innovation prejudicial to-the
interests or to the promotion and encouragement of
agriculture. He (Mr, Adam)sonly objected to this
as a new principle • and all he asked was, it might
be preceded by a Committee to inquire into the fitness
of adopting it.
After a few further observations from Messrs.Wm,
Smith, Biddulph, and Barham, the Resolutions were
read and agreed to.
MILITIA.
Lord MILTON moved for Returns of the averare
rate of Bounties to Militia Substitutes, and also re.
turns of the number of men raised by ballot for :t.
year 1810—Ordered.
MUTINT BILL.
Lord PALMERSTON moved the Order of Ole
Day for the third reading of the Mutiny Bill.
Mr. WILLIAM SMITH expressed his regret that
the clause proposed by his Honourable Friend, last
night, was rot acceded to, and acknowledged that
the objections of the Right Honourable Gentleman
did not appear to him to be conclusive; at the same
time he cooled not let that opportunity pass of express-
ing his entire satisfaction at the clause ietroduced by
the Learned and Honourable Gentleman 'opposite--
..(Mr. Manners Sutton). He meant that which added
to the original Bill the discretionary power to be vested
in Courts Martial, of sentencing either to corporal
punishment, or to that of confinement. He approved
of this clause, because he thought that from the bar
of its enactment the condition of the soldier became
essentially improved. He thought that those who Ind
suggested it, and those who had acted upon that sug•
gesrion, were entitled to the thanks of the army, for
not only bettering its condition, but exalting its cha-
racter. He was glad of it upon this ground also, that
he trusted, and confidently too, that it would lead
ultimately to the total doing away of corporal punish-
ment ; indeed, there was no obstacle to that desirable
object, but those prejudices which must yield in time.
When the army consisted but of 18,000 men, the old
peace establishment, it might at that period be com-
posed in no small degree of the idler and more dim.,
lute of the lower orders, but now, when it was so in-
creased as to comprehend a great portion of the pea-
santry of the country, the discipline that might hare
been fit for the reuse of streets, was by no means ne-
cessary to keep in contrail men of a different order.
He concluded by again expressing his most marked
approbation of the clause.
Mr. MACLEOD was by no means sure, that the
Clause was so unexceptionable. He wished to know
the full meaning of the word imprisonment," was
it confinement in the guard-house simpl!•, or in a garl,
or did it mean in the bli;ck-hole merely ?
Mr. M. SUTTON thought it better to use the
word imprisonment, without limiting the discretii
of military regulations ; there were barracks and gm-
risons enough in the country where tiinc could be no
difficulty of setting apart a room for that purpose.
Mr. MACLEOD said, that in case a guard-house
were the prison, he hoped the imprisonment would
be solitary.
Sir T. TURTON approved of the Clause.
The Bill was then read a third time, passed, a
ordered to the Lords. AdjourneJ.

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FROM LAST NI
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• DOWNING-STE
1 A dispatch, of which the folk
yesterday at the Earl of L
Lordship by Lientenant•Lbe
i i K. B. dated Cartaxo, 160 a F
' 4 Since I addressed you
il
I have received further d
near Badajoz, from wine
' guese cavalry having be•
sage of the Evora on tht
retire across the Evora,
mined some loss. The i
fantry were then drawn
1 ,
on the 7th instant, they
my. in which they succe
of one of the enemy's ba
to retire again, and, un
battery were not spikes
!
'• injured.
Their loss was not les
five hundred soldiers,•4
informed, including the
los D'Espagne among
the Spanish troops bet
,
1 this occasion.
While the troops wen
valry again crossed the
communication betwee
Campo Major. They I
ever, on the morning
'1
French cavalry were
Evora. The troops ,h;
i ' on the heights between
Guadiana, by which t
munication between Ba
right of the latter river
ti 1 The enemy have con
.
i • night of the 11th instal.
. Pardalleiros, which th,
f -on the 13th, been able
• the redoubt, on accour
r.
the place. They hay
on the bank of tlu
I -fire upon the bridge of
bank, but the fire of thi
A great number of 1
vantage of the comma
the place ; and I uncle'
with provisions.
General Claparede's
still upon Guarda, on
from that part of the c
i i Although I have ot
$%. / movements by the ene
! ) tion, I h Ave not found u 1
ration; and I imagine t
made principally to e
The difficulty of findii
inhabitants of Torres l
had generally remaine
enemy's invasion, an
the country nearly sta
t I have the pleasure
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