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FRENCH PAPERS.

to prevent unanimity. The Nibble Viscount then de-
scribed, as it had been previously done in the Commons,
the circumstances which preceded the war with Ava,
the difficulties of the country which was to be invaded,
the went of its resources, the courage and skill of its
people and warriors, the magnitude and efficiency of the
preparations made by the Indian Government, the talents
with which Sir A. Campbell planned and directed the
operations; ihe as.istance given by the navy up the rivers,
without which the war boats of Ava would have cut off
our supplies, and- rendered advance impossible. The
march from Rangoon close to the capital, after re•
peated storming• and engagements fought hand to
hand, till all tile armies collected by the enemy had
been defeated and dispersed, and that proud enemy it-
self was compelled to sue for peace. He then detailed
the mi.itary operations against the fortress of Bhurt-
pore ; the importance u bleb that place derived from
the failure of our enterprise against it twenty years ago;
the superstitious belief of the natives in its impregnabi.
lity, and the necessity of depriving the enemies to the
British power in the Rest of a rallying point.
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chewed that the whole expedition had been managed
with no less prudence than skill and resolution. No
attack was made 6.1 such numbers were assembled,
and so Ins midable an artillery was mounted, that suc-
cess had become certain; and then, though defended
with the utmost vigour, and, on most points, miip to,
man, it had been carried by assault, with a loss of T Aar
thousand to the enemy, and a hostile Rajah forced to
submit. The Noble Viscount trusted that their Lord.
ships, in their disposition to do justice to their country-
men, would pardon the weskness of his eulogium, and
assent to his motion. He then moved the various reso-
lutions of thanks, which were the same as those moved
in the Commons.

RRoM THY SIONITRUR OR SATURDAY, MAY 12. _
WOW OFFICIAL PAILT.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Table of the average price of the keetolitre of
Wheat in •arious foreign markets, compiled Irom the
most recent prices current, received in the department
of the Interior.

Places, Dates. Prkes.
Riga
Stockholm January 161. 111 c.
Minsk
Stettin ..... April 15
Bremen ...... March 131.
C0penhagen............ March 12f. BSc.
Hamhurgh ............ March 131. SOc.
Antwerp
Trieste
Palermo
Cisita Vecchia
Leghorn .... March ..... 14f. Ilac.
Han
Santander .... March ..... 171. 37e.
Norfolk as.aea Fellowman, lg. 46c.
France
PROM THE EVIL?, DATED MINOR!, MAY 13.
PARIS, MAT 12.
Lettters from Verona say that the King of Bavaria
arrived there on the 28th ult. and continued his journey
the next day towards the south of Italy. His Majesty
arrived at Florence on the 30th, under the name of the
Count of Augsburg, and having dined with the Grand
Duke, set out after dinner for It
"The accounts from the Peninsula," says the Echo du
Midi, continue to be but moJer ately interesting. unless
we choose to take for realities what well-informed per-
sons on the frontiers treat as fables: such, for instance,
as the.reports of a pretended aggression by Spain upon
Portugal. No movement has taken place on the Portu-
guese frontier, everything is tranquil in the unhappy
kingdom of Portugal ; but it is the kind of tranquillity
which is aired to resignation and hopes for lacier days.
There is no reason to.complain of the discipline of the
English troops.
" Spain, whatever may be said, is in a state of peace;
these who continually regret the chains of the Csevern-
ment of the Cot tes, are obliged, with a view always to
represent Spam as on the brink of a precipice, to relate
the robberies sillies' may be committed between our
frontiers and the Trocadero. Spain is doubtless unfor-
tunate ; but it is strong in its religious and monarchical
faith, and d es not despair of seeing its wounds healed.
" There have Lately been some changes in the positions
'•f the troops in Galicia, which gave rise to an opinion
that part t I these troops were going to reinforce the
Army of 011.er ration.

The Duke of WELLINGTON, notwithstanding the
details into which the Noble Viscount had entered,
hoped that it would not be presumptuous for him to
say a feW words, considering his acquaintance with the
country. His Grace gave his testimony to the super-
stitious importance attached by the natives to the pos-
session of Bhurtpore, and to the activity and efficiency
with which the Indian Government had made the pre-
parations necessary for its reduction. He mentioned
the rapidity with which Lord Combermere had gone
up 1,000 miles in ten days, and arrived in time to com-
mence his operations, and close them by a military feat
which had never been surpassed. His Grace then ad-
vetted to the war against the Burmese. Nothing was
known of the country, the people, the climate, the force
which they had it in their power to collect—nothing,
in fact, which could enable a Commander to form a
regular system of operations. S:r Archibald Campbell
had gone to Rangoon at the commencement of the
rainy season, and it was not astonishing that his opera-
tions should have excited :a much anxiety. He had
found no provisions, every man was and not a
soul was near wee in the shape of an enemy. It. was
impossible to describe 'the nature of the privations,
which the army had borne with exempla) y patience and
unconquerable resolution. After a n amber of military
feats equal to any ever performed, the contest bad been
brought to a conclusion by an honourable, and, he
hoped, a lasting peace. In no case whatever had the
House been called on better grounds to express its ap-
probation to the troops engaged, and he had great
satisfaction in joining in the motion.
The Earl of CARLISLE was al'o anxious to unite
lis humble mite toothe high testimony a:ready borne
to the merits of the army and navy engaged in the late
war in India. His Lordship then took a view of the
different services, and of the skill and bravery with
which they had been performed. He regretted, how-
ever, that the name of the Governor-General should not
be included amongst the individuals to whom the thanks
of Parliament were voted, as it was, in a great degree,
on the activity and ability with which the preparations
for war had been effected that its success depended.
Earl MORLEY said, that it was by the energy of
the Governor. General that the armies had been impelled
and a treaty concluded so honourable and advantageous
to the interests of the country. The operations against
shurtpore were not only necessary, but had been com•
menced at the most difficult and critical period of the
war against Ava. It had then devolved upon the
Governor-General to assemble a new army; and bet
for his consummate prudence those operations would
have been commenced at an earlier period, and with
an inferior force, which might perhaps have led to a
fresh failure. Splendid and sol das had been the suc-
cesses and results of the war, yet its course had been at-
tended with grievous foreboding arid numerous calum-
nies against the Noble Lord. They were now pretty
well known to have been calumnies, and it should be
recollected that on Lord Arolierst's arrival in India the
question of going to war with Ave was no longer an
open question.
The Earl of HARROWBY said, that it was not
from want of the deepest sense of the merits of the,
No►le Lord at the head of the Government in India,
that his name was not included within the motion, but
because it was not esual to vote the thanks of the House
r civil services. Oth.rwise it would be necessary to
lay before Parliament a great number of document. re-
lative to the causes of the war which were at Calcutta,
and could not he brought before their Lordships for a
long period. With respect to the military operations,
the House were in possession of all that was necessary
to form an opinion, and to justify the vote now pro-
posed. The Noble Lord himself had already received
from the hands of his Sovereign a splendid reward,
which would carry his name down to posterity, and he
had besides the testimony and praise of the best judge
ia:matters of that kind, whose opinion conferred as
much gratification as honours
The Resolutions were then pat and agreed to.

TiteM trquis and Marchioness of Chaves have arrived
at Bayonne, after a short stay at !run. The Marquis
has hired a coon.; y house at Stint Pierre d'irubi, where
h,: is going to iebide."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Mar 14.
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The Earl of GROSVENOIt presented a Petition from
the Agricultural Society of Ellntsbire. praying for protection to
Agriculture.
The Earl of CARRINGTON presented a similar Petition from
several parishes in Buckinghamshire.
Lord MELVILLE presented a Petition to the like effect from
Doncaster.

Lord TEYN HAM presented a similar Petition from the -isle of
Sbeppy. in Kent. and from a Hundred In the same County.--TM
Petitions were laid on the table.

STAPIIOIIII6 SAOL.

The Eari of GROSVENOR presented a Petition from an indi-
vidual confined in Stafford Gaol, complaining of the partiality and
other improper conduct of the Gevernnr of that Prison. The
Noble Lord would not pledge himself for the truth of the allega-
tion contained in the Petition, and was sure that if there existed
any real cause of oinnplaint, it would have been redressed by the
Magistrates of that County, were the subject brought under their
eondderation.

Lord DARTMOUTH said, that he knew nvthhtg whatever of
the Petitioner's case. The Noble Lord, however. Mt himself
bound to say, that the Governor of the Gaol was a very respectable
individual, and one who gave general satisfaction.
Lord DARTMOUTH presented a Petition (tern the Chamber
of Commerce at Birmingham, praying for an equalization of the
duties on East India produce.
The Itlarquis of BUTE presented a Petition from Swansea,
praying for the abolition of Slavery.—The Petitions were all Lid
on the table.

Lord TEYNH AM seeinglhe-itiohle Lord at the head of the
Colonial Department in bis place, begged to ask him whether it
was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to lay on the table soy
papers relative to the distutbed state of Upper and Lower Canada,
The Noble Lord also wished to know whether there was any truth
in the statements generally prevalent with respect to the tranquil-
lity of that Colony?
Viscount GODF.RICH was unable to answer the question put
to him by the Noble Lord, as his Majesty's Government was not
yet in possession of sufficient official information, and the accounts
received were probably exaggerated.
Lord STA NLIT. and others from the Commons, brought up several
Private Bills, which were read a first time.

THE ARMY IN INDIA.

Vi,ccunt GODERICH ro.e, pursuant to his notice,
tq propose a Vote of Thanks to the Army and Navy
recently employed in the eastern hemisphere. If now
some time had elapsed since their Lordships had been
called upon by almost annual motions, to testify the
high sense which they entertained of the services ren-
dered to their cr wary by the armies and fleets of the
King, they must recollect that this very infrequency re.
allied from a peace which was itself the result of the
unparalleled successes of a war, during which they were
repeatedly called upon to express their thanks to the
heroes enga,:eJ in it—(Cheers). He could not discharge
his present duty without remembering, with no smell
degree of pride, that it fell to his lot to be one of the
few individuals selected by the other House to convey
their thanks to that great and illustrious Duke (Wel-
lington) whom they thought it an honour to themselves
to thank for his eminent services—(Cheers). He was
persuaded that 20 one would join with more sincerity
in the present thanks then that Noble Duke, e.pecially
when he recollected that the theatre of action was that
where he had first unsheathed that sword which had
for so many years flashed terror on the enemies of his
country—(Cheers). After having done this act of jus.
Lice to that illustrious individual, he should briefly state
the grounds on which he proposed the thanks of the
House to the naval and military farces e 'gaged in the
late war in India; and in doing this he should not ad•
vert to any of the political topics connected with the
war against the Burmese, as it was usual on occasions
like the present to abstain from any subject calculated

THE ADMINISTRATION.
The Marquis of LONDONDERItY said, that after
the extraordinary display of talents which their Lord-
ships had witnessed on Thursday last—after the un-
answered and unanswerable speech which they had
heard from a Noble Earl (Grey), and the proofs which
he had given that no confidence ought to be placed io
the individual at the head of the Treasury, he felt that
he must claim a large portion of their indulgence in
trespassing for a few minutes upon their time, whilst
moving for the Returns selative to the Foreign De-

putarent, of which be had given notice. His object
was not to find fault with the expenses of that depatt-
meat, but to shew the difference between their amount
in 1822 and at the present moment, in order that before
his Majesty's provisional Administrati in had filled op
the offices nominally occupied, the country and the
Hcuse might be put in possession of information re-
specting the exact patronage and position of that de-
partment. If his Noble F. iend opposite would state,
that the present Government was or be permanent, lie-
should craw :o press this or any other motion ; but,
unless be had such an answer, he should continue to
stand up in that House. unconnected with any other
Noble Lord, to do his duty on a particular point. He
called on the Noble Lords opposite to know whether
they meant to carry on the busineu of the State up to
the conclusion of the Session as they were, and under
the disadvantages of a Provisional Government ? He
called. not o:.ly on his Noble.Friepd, but oa the Ns.ble
Marquis no on the other side (L4esdoen), to kuow hale
long that disgusting coricubinage 'mould last? s' Die
gusting," he believed, was the fashionable word, alliat,
when the marriage was to be promulgated ?-ILargin
tet). He wished to know from the Right Rev. Bench
(we uncle's: nod), who were the guardians of the morals
and virtues of their Lordships, whether they were ac-
quainted with the settlements of that alliance, and from
the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsaek,wheasent
if a breach of promise were committed, an action would •
lay, and what compensation was likely to be obtained?
He also wished to know whether there was any truth
in the genesally circulated report, that in addition to the
fifteen Noble Peers who had lately come to that House,
it was many intended to procure a flesh accession of
eight or ten recruits. making iq all twenty-five, and
whether they would come as trustees to the alliance,
or in any other capacity / Friendly *and zealous as he
had been in support of the Catholic claims, yet, know-
ing as he did the sentiments of a fizlr
orderl)—he should not allow that important
question to becartied by sinister means. It must only
bt gained by fair, open, constant disctosion, antic men's
Minds should be convinced. With respect to the ap-
tote:ems of the Government, there was as yet, he be-
.
ed, no Judge Advocate, no Master of Woods and
Forests, and no Master of the tlir.t, the most important
of all, as under existing circumstance , the Treasury
ought to be well filled. He should now say one word
with respect to our foreign policy. He would do the
First Lord of the Tteasury the justice•ti own, that be
had stated having Tound in the Papers of the Foreign
Office the basis of the policy he had since pursued.—
But he had been considerably aided in carrying that
policy into effect by t'te respect paid by all the Sove-
reigns of the Continent to the Noble Duke (Wellington),
to whom its development teas entrusted. Who was the
individual who at Verona carried on the neg ciations
with so mach credit to himself and his country ? Who,
whew the Emperor Alexander died, to whoa. virtues
the Noble Marquis paid from experience a warner:l-
bw, 'who had arranged the policy of,his rummy, with
that of his successor? It was the God of War, and not
that of Peace, therefore, who had gui,ied that policy of
which the First Lord of the *f reasut y admitted himself
not to have been the author. As to the Holy Alliance,
it was a mistake, to connect the name of a N .ble Rela-
tive of his (the late Marquis of Londonderry) with its
institution. Qn the contrary, it was he who prevented
this country from becoming a patty to it. The Noble
Marquis here read an extract from a State Paper of the
late Marquis to prove he disclaim:4d for this country
any connection with the Holy &fiance. Ile would
leave it to the clear sight of their Lor.nships and the
public, to determine on all the circumstances of the
present Government, taking into consides act° i the ex-
traordinary occurrence of the six resit' n ations. He then
apologised for having taken up so m aces time, and
moved for accounts of the charges for Diplomatic Mi-
nisters abroad since 1817 to the present time, and simi-
lar returns respecting Consols.
Viscount DUDLEY and WARD • b•etved, that if
the Noble Lsrd had brought forward any specific
charge upon any admitted fats, he would have knowu
what course to take ; but the Noble Lord dealt only in
vague rumours, stories found itt the newspapers, and
other sources equally unauthorised, inter pe sed with
observations of the policy of Europe for the oast twenty
years. One thing only was clear, that the Noble Lord
had a great dislike to the Right Hon. Gentleman whom
his Majesty thought proper to place at the head of ;he
Government. He (Lord Dudley) had been in Farhat-
aunt for some years, and, whether right or wrong, had
taken part in different oppositions, but it rernai.ted foe'
the present pet iod to shew an opposition founded on no
public principle whatever, but on personal ant'pa:hy.
As to the situation its which the Noble Marquis sup-
posed him to stand, he wished for no secresy, and he
should tell that Noble Marquis, or any other Noble
Lord, all he knew on the subject: but being publicly
interrogated, he must act on public grounds. It had
been usual to arraign Minket, on some si ecific grounds
—sometimes even Parliament bad gone so far as to re-
quest their dismissal, as incapable or dangerous; but
that was the first time in the history of the country
when a man had been called upon to tell how long the
King his master chose to employ him, r r Low 1 ng bf
wound serve his S .vereign--(Hear). No such question
had ever been asked before, and he was determined
not to be the first to answer it—(Hear). As to the
papers moved for, and which seemed to make so light
a part of the Noble Marquis's concern, he (Vi•count
Dudley and Ward) had told the Noble Lord the other
evening that it was not the dispasition of his Majesty's
Government to withhold information, and that the only
cause of the delay was to ascertain the best form in
which the motion might be drawn, and whether the
papers could bepreduced without infringing the prero-
gative of the Crown with respect to the granting of
offices. It had since been found that this was net the'
case, and the Returns welt prepared in a manner
which would give the NoWe Marquis all the informa-
tion which he wanted, and yet would be at the same
time regular.
Lord KING reminded the Noble Marquis that some
time ago he had made a motion somewhat similar to
his own. He had still the Parliamentary documents in
his hands from which it appeared that whereas the whole
Wenn Of British Ambassadors abroad formerly