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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY. 12.
On the Scotch Appeal, Gordsn'versus Tough, Mr. Broughan
wee heard for the Appellant. Further hearing deferred till to-
morrow.
Lord CONNINGHAME presented a Petition from tbe *Ca-
tboat of the County of Clare.
Lard HOLI.AND brought up a Petition from the Prisoners In
the Illarshalsea.--Ordered to lie en the table.
LIDO GROSVENOR moved, that the House be summoned for
Friday nett, for the second reading of the Reversion Bill. He was
Wiwi to urge this, particularly seeing that though Ministers
Immiaarty expressed themselves averse to hs object, they seemed
It late to entertain different sentiments.
Wellesley 's Divorce Bill was read in a Contmittee of the House,
when the Duke of Norfolk objected to a clause in it, which ee
eluded Lady Charlotte from the advantage of the Setdeaseek 1,
which had been made upon her, of Li 5,000. His r
acee
ed. that by the Bin as it stood at princes, the lady wa leik toes:
pad*.
Lard ILDON observed, that the Clause in question was ists 1
Way a new one. hut was introduced in compliance with a stand-
ing order of the House, enacted last year. There were, how- ,
ever, other. Settlements in the Bill alluded to but not txpreesed„,
which be thought the House ought to be distinctly put in posses-
sion of before their Lordships, came to a decision.
The Duke of NORFOLK acquiesced in the suggestion of the
Lord C
The DOlicveli°eirislOßFOLK gave notice of his intention to move
for an Inquiry, whether since the lit of May last any Sdpulatioos
had been entered into by his Majesty's Ministers with the Go-
vernmeet of Portugal, respecting any further assistance to that
Government in men or money.
The Marquis WELLESLEY stated, thet he should very shortie
find it his duty to bring to Of House a Message from his Ma-
jesty upon that subject, which he trusted would answer all the
objects of the Noble Duke's intended motion.
The Duke of NORFOLK acquiesced so hr as to withdraw the
notice of his motion.
I Lord HOLLAND desired to know whether Ministers, in beer
Neeoelations and Treaties with Spain and Portugal, had paid at-
tention to the objects of an important Act of the British Legisla-
ture, passed about three years since, for the purpose of abolishing
ithe Skye Trade ? .
I Lord LIVERPOOL observed, that there was a material dis-
I tinction to be made between Portugal and Spain. With the for-
mer Government his Majesty's Ministers bad made stipulatiOns
and arrangentents respecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. '
which had been acted upon. The Government of Spain presented
woe diSculties; notwithstanding which, many parts of that
obriltad been strongly enforced.
HOLLAND was not quite satisfied with what he bad
heard from the Noble Secretary, and said he should, next Thurs-
day week, bring this important subject, in which not Only the
Woos: of this country, but the dearest interests of humanity
were concerned, before their Lordships consideration—Ad-
journed to To-morrow (this day.)
cFor the proceedings in the Hous(of Commons, see the last page.]

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
S per Cent. Cons. for money. SI 88—ace. 68-1.
Reduced 641—Ornnium 2 prey.—Etcheq. Bills 4s. to 9s. pre.
The Correspondence between htr. Secretary CAte-
xmo and the Hon. DAVID Eastutm, and two other
sets of papers respecting America, were delivered, last
night, to the Members of the House of Commons.—
We shall communicate. their contents to our Readers
as soon as we can possibly find room in our columns.

A duplicate copy of a letter dated Rotterdam,,,22d
January, received this morning, says—" Id my last I
informed you of the confiscation of all American pro-
perty at Naples and in the Spanish ports. This is
confiriued. I have now farther to inform you, that
in consequence of the interference of the French Am-
bassador at Amsterdam, the American vessels lately
arrived with cargoes of produce in the Tezel, and
which had obtained permission from our Govern-
ment to discharge, have got positive orders to put to
sea again. From this we infer that the French Co
vernment have resolved upon the general exclusion
of the American flag from the Continent."

It is ascertained that there are thirty-two tons of
silver, in coin and bullion on board the Canoniere, be-
sides a valuable cargo of assorted Asiatic goods.—
She is ordered to the River to unload the treasure.
A duel was fought in Heston Fields, near Houns-
low, yesterday morning, between Mr. MARSHALL and
Captain REDDON, in consequence of- a dispute at the
Opera on Saturday last. Mr. MARSHALL had his
right hand slightly shattered, and his thumb shot off,
by the first fire, after whith the duellists retired.
The Theatre at Havre de Grace was burnt down
in the night between the 23th and 29th of January.
A Moniker of the 3d February contains an official
report of the capture of the British frigate Jusosi, by
the French frigates Clorinde and Renommee. after
an action of forty minutes, yard-arm and yard-arm,
the enemy's ships lying on both sides of the Jtmon.
Ninety men 'were killed and wounded on board the
English vessel. Captain SHORTLAND, and one of his
officers, are among the wounded. The enemy state
their loss at twenty-one killed and fifteen wounded.
The enemy was in the act of boardin" when the JUNON
struck. The bravery and skill of Captain SHORT-
LAND has drawn a warm tribute of approbation even
from the enemy's officers, in their, dispatches.
Preparations are making for the journey of the
French Emperor to Spain, and relays of horses are
ordered on the route. An article from Bayonne of
the 26th ultimo, states, that the French armies have
actually penetrated the Sierra Morena at three points.
The Moniteur contains a long Solidus Comultmn,
relative to the endowment of the Crown, and the al-
lowances to the Imperial Family. This new arrange-
ment is stated to be in contemplation of the Empe-
ror's speedy muriage, and his hopes of issue.
The Legislative Assembly was opened on the Ist
instant, and the Penal Code presented to it.
Mr. POWF.LL, the Gentleman whom Mr. PINKNEY
sent some time ago to Paris, arrived at Dover on Sun-
day on his return. Intelligence was received by the
vessel that brought him over, that an Embargo was
ordered to be laid on in all the French ports.
FALMOUTH, Feu. 10.—The Princess Elizabeth packet, from
Lisbon, left lying there the Princess Charlotte and Wahingbant
packets ; the former was to sail on the sth inst. The British
troops were fast recovering from their late illness; their head-
quarters was at .Abrantef. Also arrived yesterday. the. Puzzle
schnoner,HOLLINGERUOIC master, from St. Michael's, with fruit,
3 slays passage ; three days since fell in with a ship laden with
fruit, (water logged) and without a soul on board.—. Sailed this
day, his Majesty's brig Eclipse on a cruize, his Majesty's schoo-
ner Phipps with dispatches for Lisbon, and the Chesterfield
packet, Captain GisaaN, with mails for Gibraltar, Malta, and
Sicily. The Prince of Wales packet, with mails for Lisbon, is
dezaiced till further orders. •
PORT Istoutn, FED 12.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Sarpe-
don,,Filot, and Monkey and the Woodford, Alfred, and Ceylon
East Indiamen, from the Downs.—A large fleet is standing in—
particulars not known.--Sailed the Columbine and Rapid on a
cruize. --The Mediterranean deer, which sailed yesterday, are at
anchor in 'Yarmouth roads, We of Wight.
Dem., Fee. 12.—Arrived the Idas cutter (2), from a cruize off
Flashing.—Rernain in the Downs his Majesty's ships as per last,
and the Huddart East Indiaman, for India.—Wind N.
GRAVESEND, Fr seusay 12.—Arrived the Hero, Strachan,
from Seville ; and the Caledonia, Richie, from the Brazils. Sailed
the Starling, Coulson, for Martinique; and the Minerva, De
Costa, for Oporto.
The Augusta, --, from Lnndon, is arrived at Chartestnien.
after having been plundered by a French privateer in the Channel.
The Dove, Middleton, of Maryport, from Ireland, is lost near
the Isle of Man.
The Ann, Flower, from New York, for St. Sebastian's, was
warned off that port by the Antelia frigate, and is arrived at Pot ts-

THE INQUIRY.

• MINUTES OF EVIDENCE.

' FOURTH DAY. FEBRUARY i.
The Right • Hon. Sir Iona; ANsvawroei, Bart. in the Chi tr.
General Sir THOM As 'retool', Lieutenant-General of the Ord-
nance, was called lu.—Examined by the Committee.
You ire Lieutenant-General .of the Ordnante ?--;
I am.
At what period did you receive instructions to pre-
pare ordnance for the Expedition to the Scheldt I-,-
On the'l9th of June 1809.
When were the ordnance preparations completed ?
It was about the end of June 6 but I really do not recol-
lect the precise day on which they were 'completed.
Could that amount of ordnance haie been prepared
at an earlier time, if earlier orders had been given ?
They could have been prepared at any time, if orders
had been given ; I beg to say that I really AM not at
all certain as to the time at which they werceortipleted.
Has any account of the aniount of ordnance been
prepared ?—I believe it has, I do not recollect parti-
cularly ; I know such accounts have been made aut,,
hut whether they have been given in • for the use or
the House, I am not certain. I
Do you recollect what amount of battering MA;
lery you were directed to prepare ?—There.were 70
pieces of battering train of guns, sixty-two 24-poustd.
ers, and eight 68-pounder carronades, and 74 mortars.
Do you recollect, in the instructions you 010111bd
from Government to prepare ordnance for the Ecpe-
dition for the Scheldt, that two distinct battithig
trains were to be prepared ?—I nevet dart any Oft
instructions ; I only knew the amount rif the ortutnee
t to be prepared, and what I have mentioned *IA the
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battering train only ; I have not mentioned the ll eld
artillery. .
Are you aware, *liether in the embarking the bat-
tering train, it was allotted iiitd different ships so.iiii
to go into different branches of fhe Scheldt- at the
same time ?—No, I am not able to give any inforens.
tion upon that point; I never knew iti what manner
the ordnance were obbarked as to partieulak ship!:
In whose departmenf is it to superintend the em-
barkation ?—The embarkations are superintended by
the Officers of rank in the Artillery at Woolwith,
with all the other Officers .of different ranks tinder
their direction, and also by the Civil Officers of the.
Ot dnance ; I never understdod it to be my business 1,-
I am generally attending the Board in London:
Were any instructions given from the Board as to
the particular mode of embarking the battering train,
with a view to the dividing it into different trains at
the same time ?—I believe not, I have no knowledge
of them. •
If any such instructions had been given would they
have come before you in the discharge of your ofEcial
duty ?—Not necessarily so ; the orders of that kind
are given by the Master-General, and he communi-
cates such parts of his orders to the Boaid as be thinks
proper, and I do not believe he made any comment•
cation of that sort.
In the absence of the Master-General, do you not
•••••••• supply his place I—Not exactly ; I have not the same
To-morrow will make rich many, who to-day are poor! The I powers. . .
purchase of a 1 'Wert or Share in the Lottery is a duty which .
and a reward 1 executed
toffy sign who can spare the means, unto a himself and fami- 1 By whom are the powers of the Maiter-General
ly. A Capital Prize is a tefief tektite unfortunate, when the Master-General is absent ?—By the
to tbe buiiistrioudi Swirl and Cb.l Mess have been remark- 1 Lieutenant-General and Board conjointly ;in matters
liar foftunoto to those *h° have Orals" Tidied and Shin' purely military, the Lientenant-General 'gives - °Merl
in former Lotteries; therefore, it is tar to pressure, that the of his own authority, because the command of the
usual good luck will attend their Glees b twassermr's drawing. ~.,
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_, him, - , colonel
To-morrow morning the wheel goes roved, when every Tie- mintary mops aevotves to as being aeo-
bet Must be &min, and every Prise, ammo* to two hundred second of those Co but all other business is done
thousand pounds. Hoa wink and Co. hope to supply their friends by the L land tbe Board stv.,--* -
with a ;op proportcm of the said Prizes, at N, Cotnbill, or St. Did Lord chathein, the m., ...
Marge ps) Hid, Borough.

mouth.
The Btitinnis, Thompson, from Liverpool to Ballantyre, is on
shore at Lockardwell.
The Enterprise, Phillips, frbm London to Tenerife, has put
WO Bristol in distress.
The Olympia, of 10 guns, Lieut. Taylor, has been &masted,
sad the Mager and two men kilted, in attempting to get a
valuable prize, which she chaced on shore on the Isle of hrance.
The Lottery, Richards, from Liverpool to Bahuaas, was lost
in Dundrum Bay the 30th ult. Ctew saved.
The San loaquitn, Jones, from Alicant to Plyrnduth, has been
taken, retaken, and arrived at Gibraltar.
The Britannia, Few, from Gibraltar, has been taken and burnt.
The Lovely Ann, Coleman, from Baltimore to Lisbon, has
foundered at sea.


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TUESDA‘ , • FEBRUARY ISt 1810. - • • . [MICE SI]LTEN.Mk.WFI'INNY*-
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give the orderiforlthe ordnance for die EipeZ. .•
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To whom. were thoie order 3 ilhetted ?•-•-a lkblieili
415tano- iiSlihweia•h,:eldtbult
isonozir9t theof .IMtitileitahr*is OSeCrefficerstariat,. WWII; -
,i,i 'ca. order; communicated if) the Beard that such cranes
. were ordered to be prepared foi foreign service; ,the
it4tOs toCelerCitililtheOftwersMaltarr.ai
moved
Master-General flrecdvicuhe,ntallyuig
, Woolwich- for ordnance to be - prepared, and eeried, at
tHinteiwt: municates it Soon afteiwanda. to the Bard, hut th
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teemed orders do n.* go through the Ho
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,nse Wet* .youTtghtly underitond as itititig thst- the
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: Ordnance Board received instriictiorit tp prep:rigor&
ens nance Owthe lOth of June ?-on the 19th Jane the -
v- contrnunicatiosvarat made to the Board of
e• the ordnance had been before ordered.. • . .-' •
- Theft the,ContWinnicatiOn mi. the 19th of ..lenriina
not gummier **prepate ordnance,, bit •:a *iftt
that such ordnance had been orered NArk - -
itienthat such ordnance were ordered, stet with a view
that the Board should give Me -order, bui npen,daa
• tupposition-that it was already give 4. . !
• Who is the Military Officer at Woolwit • whortacer.
vies the order of the Master-Genera] of the nee
into execution ?----TheMaster-General gives Ws orders
toLMajor-General Macleod, Depot,. Adjetant-Gent,
of Artillery, he -communicarectheee tided to thq
Officer commanding the Artillery it Woolwich Were
they are carried into execution. .
Who is the Officer commanding the Artillery sit
Woolwichil—They have different Agana/tents ; the
*kir Officer, General Farrington, I look upon at
**Officer commanding Artilleryo.nd General Lloyd
commands the garrison ' • they have different duties.
Who gives the orders for taking up the Transports
for the Ordnance Service ?—The Boartof Ordnance
makes a requisition to the Transport Board, acquaint-
ing them what tonnage they want- .- •
• When was the requisition made loy the Board of
Ordnance to the Transport Board Int transpires to
take the ordnance to the Scbeldt ?-4 do not recollect
exactly the day, but I beliere it was &boat the 19th of
June. .
At what time were the transports reported to be
prepared for the ordnante ?-•-1 do not recollect ; but
indeed that quettion cannot be answered. directly, be.
• eause the tratisporti were prepared ar different times,
and bided as they were ready ; they were not all pre-
, pared bn the Larne day. • :
To whom do the military and other- Asters at
Woolieith report ?—They report in general to the
I/fatter General.
Are those reports . submitted to the Board ?--No t .
,dry are not generally ; the Master General ishanits
math things as he thinks may be of use to the Srmed,
end not every thing. • .
AS you do not recollect that siege artillery Wilior-
tiered for two .distinct sieges, was there not a integer
proportion, both of siege artillery and field artillery
Ordered and prepared for this expediCou than for any
other since you have been in the Ordnance ?—Yes. •
Can you state the amount of the field artillery and
the siege artillery prepared ?—I have not the account
of the field artillerythe siege artillery I have stated.
, • From Whit 'Articular branch of the Ordnance
- department is the Coinniittee to Obtain a return of the
en Bald artillery ?..-If the Committee orders a letter
Aat be written.to Mr. Crew, Secretary of Ordnance, it
laid• will be clods immediately, or I can myself order it,
a sien if the Committee direct me so to do. •
A per. Was not the Ordnance preparation embarked, and
.wade GA ***di to assemble in the Downs as soon as the other
the use beinthes of the expedition arrived there P—l always
Understood it to be so; I have no immediate mesas
arta. Of ittitAvitig it ; but I believe it was so.
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_Wee tot transports tupplied for the embarkation
of the Ordnance equipment, in the proportion that
they-were required within the time that was necessary
tb complete the armament at the period it WU re-
quited to kssimble in the .Downs P.-The transports
were very quickly supplied, and I have no recollec-
tion of any transports being waited for, for any consi-
derable time.
[the witness was ordered to withdraw.]
Sir RUPERT ORORGE, Baronet, Chairman of the Teak- .
pprt Board, was called M.. -Examined by the Committee.
State to the Committee at what time you were in-
structed to prepare transports for the expedition to
the Scheldt ?-0n the 20th of May.
State to what umount ?-4 was not ordered to pro-
vide to any particular amount ; but that a number of
transports would be wanted.
Without specifying either the tonnage or the num-
ber of men ?.-Without snecifying either the tonnage
or.the number of men at that time.
At what time was it stated that they would be
*anted ?--As soon as possible. I gave notice in the
Hall of the Transport Board, that transports would
be wanted; and we gave notice also at „Lloyd's ; but
that none would be received which would not be ready
on the part of the owners in a week from the 20th of
May. •
..ge State what passed in consequence.—After the expi-
. ration of a week, we had not sufficient transports. I
,ould they had daily communication with the SecrAary of State,
your official indeed several times in the day, and I reported pro.
as of that kind greys ; and at the end of the week, there were not by
, and he comtnuni- any means a sufficient number for the services which
, the Board as he thinks I understood were determined upon.
,e he made any communi- What number were forthcoming at the end of the
week P.--I cannot precisely say, for we renewed. it at
the end of the week ; but the whole umber of trans-
ports we took up for that expedition amounted to be.
tween twenty-three and twentriour thousand tons.
Was. that the whole number that was required P---
No, not the whole number that Was required ; for we
had upwards of a hundred thousand tons employed
for the Whole expedition ; but only twenty-three or
twenty-four thousand wete taken up, in consequence
of the orders we received on the 20th of May.
The remaining transport, Were before in prepay*
_ ?...N0 ; we had about twenty thousand taus of
_ ..........-marerat. Warta 1 Piggott& I cinitrit speak to the Intact *umber, but
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