Star.
London, England, 1811-05-23 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, MAY 10.
His M.ll3llSty took the diversion of hunting yester-
tiay. prince Poniatowski and Count de Kaas had the
,biipour to be of his party for the first time. The Em-
press followed the chase in her carriage.
• The American vessels, Traveller, from New York ;
..the.Settor, from Philadelphia; and the Milo and
,hefrom Baltimoe, arrived on the 3cl instant in
mi Of Bourdeaux. They are all laden with
cotton.
An English flag of truce, which sailed from the
Isle of France on the 19th of December, arrived on
the 3d instant at Cherburgh, with 300 French soldiers
and sailors.
On the 30th of April, le Furet privateer, Captain
Broquant, captured off Dover the English brig Nep-
tune, of 80 tons and six men, bound from Lisbon to
London, with a cargo of oranges and lemons. The
p ize was carried into Ambletense.
On the same day, • le Petit Furet carried into Ca-
lais the English brig the William of Sunderland, of
133 tons, and seven men, laden with 210 chaldrons
of coals.
On the 4th of May, le Petit Charles, Capt. Dibar-
boar, took the English galliot L'am, with four men,
laden with timber.
MAY 12.—His Majesty the Emperor presided at
a Council of State at St. Cloud the day before yes.

The et:items' ilsperanrmation BM was seed a second time, and
ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report of the Isle of Man
Custotns Bill, with amendments, which were read and agreed to'
and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
The Foreign Linen Bill was read a third time, and passed.
Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report of the Canada
Rum Bill, with amendments, which were read and agreed to, or-
dered to be engrosed, and read a third time to-morrow.
Tbe Tinder Duties' Bill was read a second, and ordered to be
read a third time to-morrow.
'The Bermuda Rum Bill was lead a firsts and ordered to be
read a second time to-morrow. .•
Colonel MATTHEW presented a Fetid." from the Catho-
lic Freeholders in the County of Tipperary, la Ireland, signed by
twenty-one, in the presence, and on behalf, of several thousands.
On the motion of Mr. Secretary RYDER,the whole House re-
inked itself into a Committee, to take into consideration a Bill
for paying the Police out of the Consolidated Fund.—Ordered to
lit on the table.
Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report of the Irish But-
lerage Bill. Ordered to be committed to-morrow.
Read a Ant time, the Nova Scotia Rum Bill, Irish Election
Bill, and Irish Tobacco Duty Bill.
Mr. WHARTON moved that the Cotton Wool Duty Bill be
printed.

terday.
Marshal_Ney, Duke of Elchingen, is arrived here.
It is not Decaen, Captain General of the Isle of
France, who arrived here, as has been stated, but his
brother, a Lieutenant in the Navy.
VIENNA, APRIL 27.
A courier has arrived from Constantinople, with
intelligence that the Grand Vizier, Jussuf Pacha, who
is SO years old, has been deposed, and banished to
Demotica, near Adrianople—the same place where
Charles XII. King of Sweden, was so long detained.
The Grand Seignior has appoinied as his successor,
Ahmed Aga, a man cf. genius and courage, celebrated
for his gallant defence of Ibrail. The Caimacan
K irclv Ali, Pacha, will command the army until the
arrival of the new Grand Vizier.
The courtyard of his Excellency Count Otto's
hotel is converting into a saloon, capable of cont.itting

1500 persons.
We understand that at the last meeting of the prin-
cipal Thinkers and Merchants of. this city, with the
Unister of Finance, Count Wallis, it was intimated
to them to be more careful than they had hitherto
been, to suppress the absi;rd reports circulated on
'Change; respecting some intended alteration it} our
irt.m of Finance. • - .
'Ns* rumours have had a very unfavourable effect
on public credit, and it became necessary to adopt
lipeasum to check them. Our Administration put sues
o SpLeni adopted with die greatest vigour, without
regard to private considerations, and punishes all those
who contravene the new regulations. It is particu-
larly seyere against stock-jobbers.opinions of
- the most enlightened persons are in favour of the pew
ty stern.
The intelligence of the victories obtained by the
Wahabis is confirmed. rears are entertained for the
Safety of Moira, again* villich they hare ected the
pancipal part of t..teir force.

,

I would be a solid reason iiven to the House 'for fie .
taxation of a raw material ; a tax io•eaeefelly avoided
by all Statesmen, lest there should be brought on a
competition with other countries, wherein Britain
would contend heavily being burthened with her du.
ties. France, Germany, and all the nations of the
Continent, would out-rival our markets in the cheap.
ness of their manufactured commodities. The ma.
sure, he conceived, might destroy that equitable in•
tercourse which had so long existed between America
and Britain. It would put our manufacture to an ins.
minent risk, and perhaps drive us to a situation in
which the lowering of the duties might not redeem
what was lost. He looked on the exemption of Ire-
land from the new tax to be more a measure of cha-
rity than of policy. He believed that a tax on foreign
sheeps' wool would be a measure of much more po.
licy than the projected tax on cotton wool. Both
MISCELLANEOUS. being staple commodities, were it coming to the ne.
The Irish Servants Embezzlement Bill passed through a Com- cessity of taxing one of them, he instantly, as a mea.
mittee, with an amendment moved by the Earl of Lauderdale.— sure of sound policy, would adopt the tax on shorn
Report en Friday. wool.
The Southern Whale Fishery Bill also passed through a Com-
mittee, and was reported. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER
The Portuguese Treaty Bill was read a second time, and corn- • SECURITY PROM SHIPWRECK.
was astonished to hearken to the exaggerated state-
The
for Friday. Mr. WHITBREAD rose to call the attention of meats which, he contended, only existed in the brain
of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Baring). He examined
The Irish Bastard Chlldrens' Malntainance, the Newfound- the House to the Petition of Mr. Mallison, presented
all the different years' importations of cotton wool
land Courts, the Irish Pauper Lunatics, the Quarantine emcee, by him yesterday, praying for an inquiry into the me-
from the British Colonies, plainly spewing, that the
rite
and the Linen Additional Duty Bills, with some Private Bills, of an invention for preserving the lives of seamen
had quantity of cotton wool imported from the United
were brought up from the Commons. ip ceses of shipwreck, etc. The plan he stated,
PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE RP LORDS —Ai R. PALMER'S
44•1 CLAIMS. • tieen biought forward two years ago, and the Tree-
States of America bore only a small proportion to
surer of the Navy, he himself, and various others had the other.. The cotton from the Brazils was muck
superior to the American cotton, though he confessed
The Earl of RADNOR rose, and said that a cir-
subseribed, with a view to have the merits of the in.
his belief that the produce of America excelled that •
cumstance had occurred last night in aisother place,
vention brought to the test. The
. result of the expert-
ee of the East Indies. He cpuld not see any well -
which was of so much importance to the dignity and
deed insxpe.diency in the Bill, he deemed it miler mnnenri '
iments was a favourable impression as to the utility
respectability Of their Lordships' house, that he felt
po me to grant privileges to the vessels of our native
to i this plan. The invention was indeed very simple; it con-
his duty to obtrude himself on their attention,
country, than to allow such a participation in•
the
sisted merely of a piece of cork united by a strap, 1
notice it. The House of Commons had voted a sum
trade by the foreigner as would out-rivel the vessels
such as boys often swam upon. But the mode. of
1 of fifty thousand pounds in compensation to an indi-
of Britain. He saw no danger of the Bill creating
vidual, by way of address, without the least conside- application was new, and the simplicity of the thing
a rivalry against the merchants of Britain either by
was no good ground of objection to it. He had re.
ration for the rights of the House of Lords. ferred it to some naval friends, Captains Ballantyne
European merchants or by those of America ;
The Earl of LAUDERDALE, with much and- and he would conclude by giving his opinion that ia-
and Paget. who had tried it, and stated that it was
expediency existed sufficient to make them reject the:
there-
motion, deprecated the conduct pursued by the other
House, which went to deprive their Lordships of their could sink or
effectual, for that no man who had it on •
drown. He therefore had thought it is duty to pre-
Bill proposed.
just and undoubted rights in the constitution. Howcent the petition yesterday ; and he would now move
would their Lordships stand in the estimation of thetake it into
mode in which the Honourable Gendetnan (the Chan;
Mr. WHITBREAD felt highly surprised at the
for a Committee.to
public, if they permitted such encroachments to be
cellor of the Exchequer) had answered the arguments
Mr. CROKER would not oppose the appointment
( Sir
toR .clo'neesluelt. )thaHteH(tonhe.
made on their authority ? There was no precedent
of a Committee,. if the House oug t proper to agree , h H
for such a measure sufficient to justify it. There was
to the motion ; but he would. propose the names of I
oChtanecelloornr Irniabdlenevßaernrdneeiegned
indeed a case in which, from the general feeling of
Baronet,., so well qualified to know what were his
some Gentlemen connected with the Admiralty.—
the House of Commons, they had addressed the
This was in truth no invention at all. It was exactly
Crown to pay the debts of an illustrious and distin- opinions of the operation of the tax, nor had he coa.
.what they had all often swam upon—two pieces of
guished Member of that House; but that was a dif-suited with any merchants who •es •
knowledge en the commodities. He had framed it
. p se.sed practical
cork, with the addition indeed of a covering of green
ferent case from the present. Whether that was done
evidentl himself, without any c avers-it n whatever.
baize, and a strap instead
.of a rope, Of the 87 inven-
either from fancy, caprice, or generosity, it could
.whick wyas an. country,and which
0 in •
tions presentedto the Admiraltyßoatd withinthese few .
form no precedent for this mode of voting moneyinsult offered to the •
he Mr.Whitbread) could not endure to let pass un-
to Mr. Palmer, against whose claims the House a. years, this was the worst and most simple. Col. Han-
Lords had already decided ; so that the Commons gated
had presented every ingenious one. The Admiralty
stated to him that his invention wascoinpletely effectual noticed. There was a Petition lying on the Table
were perfectly aware of what their Lordships judg.
for keeping a man afloat; but it was so cumbersome from tespectable manufacturers, shewine that many
e
ment was on the question. He should move nothing were
absolutely starving for want of a market to their
that he could do nothing else with it. He adverted
on the matter in so thin a House • but only say, that
to the furious attack made. on the Admiralty Board cotton ; and then the Honourable Gentleman (the
from the particular knowledge he had of the whole Chancellor of the Exchequer), without
by Mr. Mallison for their illegal and hellish opposi-with a consultation
transaction, and the pains he had taken in examining
tion to his plan; and concluded by stating, that it wasmerchants, or even with the
any Honourable
it, he was convinced that there was no just claim on
too trifling for any Gentleman to waste his time upon. Baronet (Sir R. Peele) behind him, stole a march
Mr. Palmer's part for farther remuneration. on the House, and produced his Bill, giving an evi.
Mr. ROSE had no doubt that the invention was
The Earl of MOIRA said that he could have nodent affront to the Honourable Baronet. When th
effectual to its object, though it was certainly a very•
objection to what, had been stated respecting the Hon. Baronet said that the Bill would injure manue
simple one. But he did not think the simplicity of
privileges and tights of their Lordships' House ; but factures, how came the Hon. Gentleman (the Chan-
the invention a serious ground of objection. It was
he must add, that he remembered no judicial decd- cellor of the Exchequer) to make so light of it as he
little else than the cork jacket in use long before ; but
sion in that House which had given him such pain had done. He deprecated the idea of framing a bill
Mr. Mallison certainly appeared to have the merit of
and regret as that respecting the claims of Mr. Pal- which would enter the British in the lists of conimei-
mer, which claims he considered to be well founded. applying it to a new purpose. cial hostility with America. By such bill America
Their Lordships' Committee took- up merely the evi- Mr. WHITBREAD, in reply to Mr. CHOKER. ob. , would manufacture her cotton wool at home, and Bri.
dence from the Commons, and only one more witness I served, that Mr. Ilogarth, the inimitable caricaturist. ; tain vould regret that ever she had contended against
was called, who had nothing important to state. He , had ridiculed the extravagant taste for projects, bi i her. The cotton manufacturers of Britain had been
repeated, that he should always regret that decision. representing a ponderous machine for drawing a COE I represented by the Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor
The Earl of HARROWBY considered the ques- out of a bottle. But he never
before heard of an at- 1 of the Exchequer) in his opening of the Budget, as in
tempt to turn an useful discovery into ridicule merely .
tion as involving materially the rights of that House. a most flourishing condition ; they were flourishing
on account of its simplicity. The Honourable Gen-
was of opinion firmly, after the full ilivestigation indeed, splendidly, but not solidly. What was the
tleman had said, that one of the most ingenious
he had given to the subject, that Mr. Palmer had no : Committee even then sitting doing, but distributing
inventions submitted to the Admiralty was too cum- .
right whatever to farther compensation. He defen. Exchequer Bills, to ward off the ruin which awaited
bersome to enable the man who had it on to do any
ded the Committee, of which he had been a member. 'on commerce ? The Hon. Gentleman took occasion
thing else than float. But this plan was not,of this ;
He could not avoid expressing his surprise at hearingto observe, that the motion he had intimated before
description, for a seaman who had it on might do
from the Noble Earl opposite the comparison he had any the holidays he would soon fix a day for, namely, for
pert of his duty. He then read an extract from a
made between the vote of compensation to Mr. Pal- the correspondence between the American Anmia.
letter of Captain Ballantyne, stating, that if he had
mer and the vote for the payment of the debts ofdor and Mr. Pole. He then resumed his argument,
these jackets on board, much anxiety as to the safety
Mr. Pitt. In the last case, it was not what had been and said, that a perseverance in hostility with Ante-
d his crew would be removed from his mind.—
termed fancy or generosity ; it was a testimony duerica would have sad, and he feared, permanent effects
When I boat went on dangerous service, the
to the great public services rendered. It was the tri- Cap- upon the country. He would, therefore, wish that
tains would take care that the men were furnished
bate of a grateful country to the greatest man that the motion was at least postponed (though he did not
thesejackets.
with
country had ever produced, from that country which'
he had saved : the vote for Mr. Palmer went to give Captain PAGET stated his conviction of the uti- the manufacturing county of Lancaster had consulted
a recompence, where punishment was deserved. lit of the plan ; a conviction founded on experiments his constituents.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE rose to explain. He made by himself. ! The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
had not used words bearing the construction the Noble Mr. CHARLES ADAMS adverted to the cir- proposed to postpone the Committee until to-morrow.
Lord had put upon them• Whatever difference of. cumstance that a man with this jacket on could do —He did not think that his conduct merited such
opinion he entertained from the Noble Earl, respect.: any part of his duty in the same manner as Without warmth as the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread)
ing the public character and merits of the Noble Earl's it ; a circumstance which he considered as the distin- had bestowed on it. For he felt convinced, were
illustrious and great friend, lie never brought that guishing feature of its merit. '; even .ie whole duty taken from raw materials of
grant into comparison, far less into a precedent, with Mr. CROKER explained. I manufacture, there would not be a single yard more
respect to the case of i4r. Palmer; and that must be The motion was then agreed to, and the following j that what was then sold, either on the ontinent, et
the more evident to the Noble Earl, who was entirely Gentlemen, among others, appointed to compose the even Britain. His motive in framing Coth Bill vets to
in possession of his sentiments on the latter case. Committee—Mr. Yorke, Mr. Rose, Mr. Whitbread, i give energy to the British shipping rather than to het
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that as to the General Ferguson, Mr. W. Pole, Admiral Harvey, enemies.
Committee which decided against Mr.Palmer'sclaims, Lod Castlereah, and Captain Paget •to whom the Sir R. PEELE explained.
he was one of those who must take either the praise following Gentlemen were added by 'Mr. Croker— Mr. WHITBREAD looked on the one day of
or blame which might be ascribed to it- He was con. Sir Richard Bickerton, Mr. Buller, Mr. Robinson
• • delay proposed by the Honourable Gentleman (the
vinced he had no claims to farther compensation.— and Captain Beresford. Chancellor of the Exchequer), as by far too little for
Their Lordships had the right, if they pleased, to re. MILITARY POLICY or THE COUNTRY. a•space wherein information of such magnitude could
view their decision. " General TARLETON, on account of the thinness beprocured. The only which' Britainhad
resource
.• •
The Duke of NORFOLK wished to know, obey of the House, and the absence of military characters, left was, to avoid entering into competition with
ther the Noble Earl (Radnor) meant to make any proposed to his Honourable Friend near him (Mr. America, so that by the present 80l that would be
motion on the subject? Hutchinson) to postpone -his motion on the subject doinewhich it was • lur interest to avoid. The cone•
of the Military Polity of the Country. .
The Earl of RADNOR said, he did not. It always i Vitiate of suds misconducted policy would be, that
cost him some feeling when he troubled the House. Mr. HUTCHINSON complied ; and named the when the ports of the whole world were opened br
He had thought it his duty to notice the matter, and 7th of June for bringing forward his motion on that the hand ot Peace, there would not be a pound .of
he hoped it would be taken up properly in due time. subject ; and the 11th of June for his motion for the - raw cotton allowed fir the purchase, of aln pant
repeal of the Irish Convention Act. , of Britain. It had been the entreaty of enlighteard
The Duke of NORFOLK made some remarks on COTTON WOOL SILL, merchants to, postpone the Committee. le had
the awkward consequences that might result. For in- On the motionf Mr. ROSE .
. e o r. SE for the House resolving been. the request of the Honourable Baronet
(SI IL
stance, if the Crown acted on the address of the Corn- itself into aCommittee on the Cotton Wool Bill, Peek) too. It was also his Qs r: W.'s) wish, and he
mons, and their Lordships rejected the measure in the
Sir R. PEELE opposed the laying on of the addi- hoped the Chancellor would not persevere in
maul
appropriation Bill, who was to pay the-money ? clonal duty, because it would harass the already too them like children, by allowing they only a play
The conversatioe then ended.—Adjourned. del
much encumbered manufacturer. fox. consideration, He would leeee time fit WI the
HOUSE DP COMMONS. ' Colonel STANLEY hoped the Committee would
.. teeetmene of the subject or none,.4 all.
A message from the Lords brought down LAW Clbaeurv's •be deferred for a few days, until be had consulted - MN ROSE replied, they had submitted patienllY te
Divorce Bill, and several PriVallt Bills which-bad pawed the Lords, with his constituents (the People of Lancashire), re , the Americans taxing British goods without any reta.
and to which they desired lse concurrence of that House. whom he had written on the subjept; ' - liation. He therefore deemed the present Bill te be a
Ihe lixtri Parochial Birth Bill was rea4 a third tune, and
passed. Mr. ROSE could not conceive that the measure very fair one. •
Mr. P4RNELL moved that the Road Bill front Holyhead to might be productive of any such consequences as the Mr. WHITBREAD observed, if AtneriCa cased
our manufacture.: to the highest, it WAS our dial
London be referred to a ta:ihniitter, to take into consideration Hon. Baronet believed, for it was only on a small
the state or the road, for the Better conyertnee of the math-0,46.
portion of the Cotton Wool imported to this country co get the rev, material at the cheapest rate.
lion granted.
that the additional duty
OH the motion of Mr. WHAETON, the Exchequer Bill; Bill, • .
for raising the suins of X6,090,091,5tid ,q, were severally Mr. BARING believed the .
measure dangerous to consideration of the Bill, on Friday, was agree
t°'
resit s woad den, and
!I'm!!! r, : . . , ... ~ . she raantOcipasilpi the country. 'He expected there auli Olt Hew atkietaruedi '
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THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON:

TIAURSDAY, MAY 23.
!PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL
Cons. money 6444—f0r account,
4 per Cent. 80-5 per Cent. Navy 974
ticheq. par to ea. prem.—Bonds SIM pre. Onts ium I pre.

PORTSMOUT4, MAY SI.
Arrived the RAPID sloop of war from Plymouth.
Sailed the following East Indiamen, under convoy
of the THEBAN frigate, viz. the Charles Mills, Wal-
thamstow, Surrey, Dover Castle, Lady Castlereagh,
Lord Castlereagh, Moffat, Marquis Wellesley, Upton
'The important event of the defeat of MassEfra, on
Castle, David Scott, and the Warren Hastings. Also
the sth instant, still rests on the authority of die news
sailed the ANT schooner for Guernsey. Wind S.
from Oporto. No doubts as to its authenticity, how- DEAL, MAY 2?..
ever, are entertained. The following is the copy of a Sailed the PODARGUS sloop of war on a cruize ;
letter transmitted by the Clerk of a most respectable and the ECHO slovecipd the of waMARY cutter.—r, with several vessels
Wind N. to the
House at Oporto, to his Principal in London, which westward. Arri E.
was put on board the Sarah, Capt. HEATLY I HARWICH, MAY 22.
a OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION PROM GOVERNOR TRANI' To Sailed the DWARF cutter with convoy for Haig°.
THE ACTING GOVERNOR OF OPORTO, DATED MAY 11. land ; and the Lady Nepean packet with the Anholt
i
"On the sth instant, between Almelda and Ciudad Rodrigo, mail of Saturday last.
'tremendous action took place, the result of which was, that YARMOUTH, MAY 22.
400 of the enemy killed and wounded remained on the field, anti ; Sailed yesterday afternoon for Heligoland, thc
wen hundred prisoners taken. 1 FAWN sloop of war, and CHANTICLEER brig, Captain
" The regiments that most distinguished themselves on this SPEARS.—Remain the Roebuck, Vice-Admiral Mutt-
glorious day were, the 71st British, though they lost 169, includ- RAY ; Briseis, Calypso, and Acute gun.brigs.
ixg is officers: the Portuguese regiments were, Nos. 7,19, 9, -
biIIPIVRECIC.—The following melancholy detail was
ad 21, and Cacadorts 1, 2,5, and E; in short, all the troops that
cast ashore, inclosed in a box, near Rosehearty, Scot-
vies in this glorious action have covered themselves with glory. land, and directed "To the Finder." We fear there
"We are anxiously expecting further ?entailers of this peat •
is no hope of the vessel having escaped :
Brent, and which you will probably get before we do. " North Sea, April Is, 11111.
" This has beeta a day of great rejoicing, Jtc." '6 On board the Gobiten, from Geer.
-- '' In distress, being near to sink, as the brig has
A transport has arrived at Plymouth with a num- ' sprung a leak two says ago, and the water always in-
creasin, notwithstanding all our attempts to prevent it,
ter of British invalids, (sick and wounded) from Ca-
w.. we have. now come very near the last moments of our
d:z. This vessel was only ten days on her passage ;
lives, wherefore we beg him or her, who may find this
consequently the accounts she brings are of a more re- letter, to inform the public of our misfortune. The brig
cent date than any that have been made public: they Gubiten, apt. Aerg, went fro Hull e 14th inst.
in order to C
seek fobr Gottenburg,m but having come at
ye not, however, of much importance, any further
the middle of Dogger, the wind, which previously was
than they contradict the statements in circulation of
fair, went easterly, when the brig sot the leak,not with.
the enemy having raised the siege of Cadiz. No standing the sails were shortened in a proper manner.
movement indicative of any such design had taken We have been obliged to cut the masts, but Ali seems
place. The enemy continued to strengthen their works, in vain. Except Charles John Sehlberg, a passen-
fer, the crew consists of the following, viz. Lindquist,
and evinced no disposition to quit their ground. The
rom Gefle ; Schlee, Sjosburg, Holtz, all three from
Spaniards are said to be extremely dissatisfied with
the Swedish Pomeranias ; Asolund, from Sundswall ;
the acts and conduct of both the Cortes and Regency. Heiberg, from Calmar."
Much jealousy and dissension still continues to prevail FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
among the Members of Government. I The Ex, Wheeler, from Exeter to London, was driven on shore
dpeSetandsfleoencMoneday morning, but will be get off after
We are sorry to learn that the French party in Ca- on
taking out
diz consists wholly of the upper ranks. The middle , he Prussian Conption, Vancele, fron London to Alicant,
. was lost early this mooth, near Corunna, and only a few bales of
and lower classes adore the English, and want nothing
the cargo saved. The Master and part of the crew drowned.
but spirited leaders. . The klusa, Harris, front Allman' to Gibraltar, is taken by two
.............. French gun boats, and carried into Almeria.
'the Harriut, —, from London to Jamaica, having lost her
By accounts received yesterday from Malta to the ' adder, is abanoned at sea by crew.
soul:est:alp—At
Surinam,
thethHe rhealdlems andFl Eeliu, Coffi.feno,eafrßomelfesthte
Rd instant, it appears; that on the Ist the REDWING
sloop of war, Captain DANN, appeared off that port, At Oporto, the Brothers,'Dunley, trent Dartmouth. At Gibral-
Git,ven'rb. y.; NottletgagehaAtun,Tdeongiale.
and made signal of an enemy's squadron, consisting and the GEildearbedalthe;
tNare'pthtueneM,
of four frigates, which were at the time standing to Brown, front Portsmouth. Al Lisbon the Bell, Collins, from
the eastward.; upon which the \Timmons, of 74 guns, Cadiz. At Oporto, the Unien, Hunter, from London. At Dublin,
the Betsy,Richle, from London. At Belfast, the Caroline, Ross,
the POSIONE frigate, and another vessel, slipped their from Charleston; and the Howard, Pierce, from st. Übe's.
cables, joined the REDWING, and went in quest of , --
them. The REDWING, which had been out on a cruize.
farther communicated, that she had perceived the
enemy four days before, and had continued to watch
him up to the period of her making the signal for as-
sistance.

WAPA►L INIII.I.IO.EVCP.

rAtmoiriv4 MAY 16.
Sailed the Carteret packet for Surinam, and the
Marlborough packet for Cadiz.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 21.
Arrived the transport Robert and Sarah front Gi-
braltar and Cadiz. Sailed the GROWLER gun brig
for the coast of Spain, and the Ittis frigate for the
coast of France.

We have received Paris Papers to the 13th instant.
They state the arrival of Marshal NEY in that city,
but do lOC assign any motive for his return.

The 2al battalion of the 71st Highland Light In,
fantry Regiment, now on its voyage Irom Leith, is
daily expected in Ramsgate Harbour, from whence
it is ordered to Deal, where the Depot of the Ist bat-
talion is established.
The North York Militia are ordered from Chatham
to Hastings, for which place they will commence their
I march on Friday next.
Yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, his MAJZSTY
Three Companies of the Royal Staff Corps have
Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, took an akin! on
marched from Hythe for embarkation ; two Corn-
horseback in Windsor Great Park till near two o'c ock.
patties, it is said, for Portugal, and the third for Sicily.
The Royal Party were accompanied by Generals
GWYNNE, GARTH, and Colonel TAYLOR. 1 The Chatham and Dartford regiment of Local
1 Militia, commanded by the Earl of Darnley, had a
The Duke of YORK arrived at Windsor yesterday, field day on Saturday on Chatham Lines, and went
It being the Princess Euzasarn's birth-day, which through their manoeuvres with much exactness, and
was kept at Frogmore.Lodge. Her Royal Highness to the admiration of a great number of spectators,
completed her 41st year. The Quara, Duke of Yoax, preparatory to an inspection of the corps by Lieut.-
Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY, went to Frogmore Gen. Nicolls, which took place on Monday, at which
at one o'clock in her nun-Ws carriage. ' time Lord Darnley's troop of Yeomanry Cavalry was
The Marquis of HARTINGTON, only son of the Duke also seen by the General.
of DEVONSHIRE, entered his 21st year on Tuesday.. The volunteering from the Militia into the Line
This event was celebrated with every demonstration goes on briskly. The Fifeshire Regiment, in bar.
of joy, by open house being kept at every Mansion racks at Aberdeen, turned out 46 the first day, 20
the family possesses in the Unitcd Kingdom. the second ; and their quota is now nearly completed.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the • Immediately on the order for volunteering from
East.lndia House, when the undermentionedComman- the Militia to the Line being made known to the East
ders took leave of the Court previous to departing for Suffolk Militia, quartered at Gosport, more than half
their respective destinations, viz.—Captain C. W. that regiment offered their services; but as only 70
BUTLER, William Pitt ; JonN ANDERSON, Minerva, men were allowed to be attested, Lieut.-Col. Wuira
Bengal direct. The Court adjourned at six o'clock , (who has ever the good of sere ervice at heart) se-
till Wednesday next. lected those men most fit for ice, who were eXel.
Private letters fromahe coast of France state, as al, mined, attested, and marched Off to Winchester.'
matter of positive fact, that all the French troops had That regiment, being anxious to chew their loyalty,d
been withdrawn not only from the coasts, Jim even have since offered their services for Ireland, in hoped
• fromahe internal towns of the quondam state Holland, i di!? may be one of the first Militia Regiments that
and had been marched towards Poland. , • will embark for that Country.
• Monday the first Division of the Plymouth Dock
Letters from Vienna announce the deposition, or
rather removal from command, of the Grand Vizier, Local Militia, commanded by JONATHAN ELFORD,
Esq. consisting of recruits and those men who were
whose advanced age was unequal to the hardships
not embodied last year, assembled at Plymouth Dock,
• and duties of the important military situation he filled.
for twenty-one days training. The remainder of the
His successor is spoken of as a man of talents and
regiment will assemble on Monday next, for fourteen
courage.
.
Extract of a letter, dated Cairo, March B.—" A days training
dreadful rtsassacie of the Mamelukes took place yes- COURT MARTIAL....-Tilt General Court Martial
which assembled at Hythe on the 9th inst. for the
terday at nine o'clock in the morning, in the Citadel.
trial of Lieut. JOHN MBRCIER, of the Royal Artillery,
All the troops of Cairo were at Gidda, to be present
on certain charges of irregular and disrespectful con-
at theelection of TosstizasPACHA, which was held in
duct, preferred against him by Captain TRUSCOTT of
the square of the Treasury. During this ceremony,
the same Cors, only concluded their examination of
the troops of the army of Mutest PACHA, and SAL/KB
,OA, attacked Tossuarts,Netio, who, ,with his troops, witnesses for the prosecution on Thursday last, and
took refuge in the citadel,
the prisoner entered upon his defence on Saturday.
w here they wqre all mur-
dered without exception. The aftineards pil- Yesterday, as a Clergyman, who had just arrived
laged the town, am/ penetrated the Haram, killing from use country, was crossing Whitechapel, he was
every person they, met. -A:proclamation was also knocked down by the pole of a carriage, when one
issued, denouncing*, lent of death, and con- of the horses trampled on his temple, and killed him
fistation of propert*esi.2l) persons harbouring Ma. on the spot.
analukes i and the oniNfierir killed amounted to 822. Yesterday, Mr. MALONE met with a serious acci-
Nothing bad been beard of AMEND BEY, the Chief dent while driving his tandem through Queen•square,
of the fdamelulaeOiyiee he bad quitted the town two Westminster, being thrown our hy the suddep break.
menths ago: bejestAried to)aw been killed. The log of the slilfts ;by the fall he had osetefinleke legs
whole family aMiliW=r have beerrihergojed." , broken.