Star.
London, England, 1810-03-21 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MARCH 20.

Copy of a Letter from Captain Scott, of his Majesty's ship the
Horatio, to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated at Sea, February
24, 1810.
SIR—I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the
information of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, that on the morning of the 21st inst. being in
lat. 33. 10. N. and long. 29. 30. W. we discovered a
strange ship, and after a long chace and Turning ac-
tion of one hour (wherein the enemy manifested some
determination to defend the ship) captured the French
frigate la Necessitee, of a small class, pierced for 40
guns, mounting 28, viz. 22 twelve-pounders, and six
24-pounder carronades, with 186 men, commanded
by M. Bernard Bonnie, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, from
Brest, bound to the Isle of France, with naval stores
and provisions.
You will acquaint their Lordships that his Majes-
ty's ship has not suffered (except a little in her masts
and rigging) in this trifling affair ; and that the Offi-
cers, ship's company, and Royal Marines, behaved to
my satisfaction.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) GEORGE SCOTT.
Copy of a Letter from Captain Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, of his
Majesty's ship the Christian VIL addressed to Admiral Lord
Gambler, and transmitted by his Lordship to John Wilson
Croker, Esq.

His Majesty's ship Christian VII. In Basque Roads,
February 13, 1810.
MY Loan—Three vessels, as per margin* being
part of a convoy of ten sail, laden with brandy,
resin, &c. that sailed last night in thick blowing wea-
ther, wind W. S. W. from the Charante, bound to
the northward, having got on the reef that projects
from the point of Chatelaillon, between Aix and Ro-
chelle, I directed the boats of this squadron, as per
margint, to destroy them. This was forthwith at-
tempted to be executed, when the enemy made a
movement to prevent it. Our boats were eight and
the enemy's nine ; ours armed in the usual way,
theirs more formidable, all of them being gun-boats,
carrying a 12-pounder carronade and six swivels, and
rowing from 20 to 30 oars. Lieutenant Guion, of
this ship, who directed the operations, made a feint
of retreating, to decoy the enemy from their shore
defences, when suddenly turning on them, they fled.
The barge of this ship, in which he was, being the
CE..deit. boat, advanced most gallantly along the rear
of the enemy's line to their third boat ; but finding
from circumstances, the rear boat was the only one
likely to be successfully attacked, he boarded and
carried her sword in hand. Two others were closely
pursued to the he^. h by Lieutenant Roberts of the
Armide, and must, from his steady fire within pistol-
shot have lost men. The gun-boat taken by Lieute-
nant Guion had two men killed and three wounded ;
amongst the latter was her Commander severely.—
The vessels alluded to in the margin were then burnt.
I am very respectfully, &c.
(Signed) JOSEPH S. YORKE.
• A Chasse-maree, of 60 tons; ditto, of 40 tons; ditto of 30
tons; fully laden.
f Christian VII. 3 boats; Seine, 2 ditto; Armide, 3 ditto.
COMMISSARY IN CHIEF'S OFFICE, MARCH 19.
His Majesty has been pleased to dommand that the
following regulations should be established and acted
upon in all future promotions and appointments in
the Commissariat Department, viz.
That the gradation of rark -

Deputy
al, Assistant Commissary-General, Deputy
Assistant Ciammissary-General, and Clerk.
That no person be allowed to enter the Cot
Clerk.

but as a

That no Clerk be eligible for promotion until he has served at
least one year as Clerk.
That no Deputy Assistant Commissary-General be eligible for
promotion until he has served at least four years as a Deputy As-
sistant, or five years from his first entering as a. Clerk; in which
!atter case, only one year's service as a Deputy Assistant would
be required.
That no Assistant Commissary-General be eligible for promo-
lon until he has served at least five years as an As isnot, or ten
years from his first entering as a Clerk; in which latter case,
two years service as an Assistant Commissary only would be re-
quired.
That no Deputy Commissary-General be eligible for promo-
tion until he has served at least three yt ars as Deputy.
By the term Service is to be understood actual service upon
full-pay.
Thus, a Commissary-General will have the experience
of at least - - -
A Deputy Commissary-General - -
An Assistant Commissary-General - -
A Deputy Assistant Commissary-General - 1
Before they can be appointed to theit respective situations.
That no person be appointed a Cleik under the age of sixteen
years.
By Order of the Lords Commissioners of his Mjeaty's
Treasury,

years,
10

J. W. Coßpos, Commissary in. Chief.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 20.

BREVAT.

Major-General Sir Samnel Auebnuity, Kin. to be Lletitenant-
General in the Presidency of Madras only. .
Major-General the Hon. John Abtrerontby, to be Lieutenant-
General In the Presidrucy of Bombay only. •
Commissions signed by the Lord Liet•:enant of 'the
County pf Devon. •
Southli Devon Regimentof
Richard Lang, Esq. to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated.Augna
16, 1809.
Edmund Nathaniel Wells Fortestue, Esq. to be Major. Dated
'as above.
Samuel Taunton, Esq. to be Captain. Dated July 8, 1809.
John Searle, Esq to be ditto. Dated Jan. 4,1810.
lienry L. A. Toll, Esq. to be ditto. Dated Jan. S, 1810.
James Tucker, Gent. to be Lieute—ant. Dared Feb. 9, 1809.
Peter Ougier, Gent. to be ditto. Dated May 29, 1809.
Joseph Palmer, Gent, to be ditto. Dated Aug.lo, 1t,09.
Thomas Oliver, Gent to be ditto. Dated Oct. 28, 1809.
Jobn,Carne, Gent. to be ditto. Dalid Nov. 2; 15t..9.
Peter Ougier, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Jan. 1:3, 1899.
llomas.Carne, Gent. to be ditto. Dated June 2, 1809.
Thomas Oliver, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Oct. 2, 1809.
John Carne, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Oct. 16,1809.
John Lawson, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Nov. VI, 1809.
Robert White, Gent. to be ditto and Assistant-Surgeon. Dated
Nov. 23, 1809.
East Devon Regiment.
John Parker, Fsq. to be Captain. Dated Sept. 12, 1609.
Paul 'f reby, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated October 5, i 809.
Richard Cornish, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Sept. 2, 1809.
John Friend, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Nov. 10. 1809.
George Eidnell, Gent. to be Quarter-Master. Dated November
10, 1809.

North Devon Regimmt.
'John May, Esq. to be Captain. Dated Jan. 21, 1810. .
William Williams, Gent, to be Lieutenant. Dated Jan. 28,1809.
Fortescue Hatherley,Oeut. to be ditto. Dated May 13, 1809.
John Beavis Bicknell, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Oct. lf, 1809.
Robert Hart, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Feb. 2.5, 1809.
William Rutlidge, Gcnt. to be ditto. Dated Dec. 20, 1809.
East Cudieigh Iter!iment of Local Militia.
Charles Gordon, Esq. to be Captain. rated August 31, 1809.

East Devon R 6
Geol,;e William Paddon, intent of Local Militia. ,
-sq. to be Captain by Brent'. Dated
October 16, 113t;9.
Plymouti-Doek Troop of Cavalry.
Lieutenant Martin liomas to be Captain, vice Mill, missed.
Dated April 5, 149.
Cornet Benjamin
mated ; and sharks Tiuk, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Parham,
promoted. Dated as above.
Ermington Battalion.
yshford Wife, Esq. to be Captain, vice W. Woolcombe, re-
signed. Dated as above. • •
Ist Devon Yeomanry Cavalry.
William Crockett, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Sanders, 'resigned.—
Francis Poole, Gent. to be ditto, vice Leigh, resigned. Dated
June 3, 1809.
Thomas Heathfield, Gent. to be ditto. Dated Oct. 12, 1809.
Thomas Hain', to be ditto, vice Dicker, resigned. Dated De-
cember 22, 1809.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
April 17. John Patterson, of Woolwich, Kent, grocer, dealer
and chapman' at ten, at Guildhall. e
April 17. John Jones, late of Whitechapel-Rtiad, Middlesex, but
now a prisoner in the Fleet, cordwaiuer, at tin, at Guildhall.
April 3. John Wallis, of Croydon, Surrey, taylor, drape:,-dealer
and Chapman, at ten, at Guildlicll.
BANKRUPTS.
William Hole, of Islington, Middlesex, apothecary, dealer and
chapman, to surrender N larch 24, April 3 and May 1, at twelve,
at Guildhall Attorney, Mr. Edwards, Symond's-Inn, Chan-
cerrlane. •
Moses France, of Spitatequare, Middlesex, insurance-broker,
merchant, dealer and chapman, March 24, April 7, and May
1, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Rivington, Fenchurch-
Buildings, renchurch-street.
James Tetstal, of Chaddesley Corbet, Worsestershire, taylor and
draper, dealer and chapman, April 9, to, and May 1, at eleven,
at the Guildhall Coffee-house, Worcester. Attorney, Mr. Wm.
Parker, Worcester.
Thomas Fowler, of Tiverton, Devonshire, shopkeeper, grocer,
dealer and Chapman, March 31, April 30, and May 1, at eleven,
at the Three Tuns Inn, Tiverton. Attornies, Mr. Rendell,
Tiverton ; or Mr. Lys, Took's-court, Chancery-lane, London.
Richard Hall, of Liverpool, grocer, dealer and chapman, April
10, I I, and May 1, at one, at the Globe Tavern, Liverpool.--
Attornies, Mr. Woods, Lord-street, Liverpool; or Mr. Tho-
mas Blackstock, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London.
William Charles Cox, late of Nether Knutsford, Cheshire, inn-
keeper,
dealer and chapman, April 11, 12, and May 1, at eleven,
at the George Inn, Nether Knutsford. Attornies, Mr. Peter
Williamson Dumvile, Knutsford; or Messrs. right anti
Pickering, Paper Buildings, Temple, London.
Joseph Cowgill, Henry Sandiford, and John Barlow, of Manches-
ter, calico-printers, dealers, chapmen, and, partners, April 4,
5, and May 1, at three, at the Star Ir n, Manchester. Attornlcs,
Messrs. Swale and Heelis, Staple-Inn, London; or Mr. Wm.
Nabb, Manchester.

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'cluctitixef such puts as the Right Hoadirable Gen-
tleman himself might deem it consistent with the
public service to communicate ; and when they
should be brought forward, it would then be for him
to • ascertain what farther communication, if any,
should be necessary to his object.
The. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
only desired to kriow the general nature of the infor-
mation required. However, if the motion referred
only to extracts, he would take care to present such
as could be laid before the ,House without detriment
to the public service.
Mr. WHITBREAD agreed to frame the motion
according to the Right Honourable Gentleman's
idea ; and he therefore moved, that there be laid
' before the House extracts from the instructions to the
Marquis Wellesley, upon his departure from this
country as Ambassador to Spain.--Ordered.
Ordered, on the motion of. Mr. FITZGERALD,
that there be laid before the House copies of the fol-
lowing letters, viz. a letter addressed by Mr. Knighti
to Mr. Moore, on the 6th of last August—one from
Mr. Moore to Mr. Knight, on the 15th of the same
month—with another from the latter to the former,
on the same day—together with certain letters froth
the Adjutant-General, upon the subject-of the medi-
cal department on the late Expedition to the Scheldt.
Mr. PARNELL moved for a Return of the num-
ber and the nature of the Civil Offices in Great Bri-
tain, on the Ist of January 1793, and also upon the
Ist of January last, distinguishing the new created
in the intermediate period—the time and circumstan-
ces in which such creations took place.—Ordered.
PLACES IN REVERSION.
Mr. BANKES rose to move for leave to bring in
a Bill to abolish Places in Reversion. The Honour-
able Gentleman hoped that he might assume that as
a principle. There Was no objection to the Bill : the
objections in another place were of a different nature.
It would not be necessary for him to state any real
sons for the Bill, further than what the House were I
already in possession of, who were determined to
pursue the same means constitutionally until the,
ob-
ject was accomplished. If therefore any objection
MS to be found in.any other place, he should not
compromise the principle, in order to meet and satisfy
those objections, but should recommend to the Right
Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Perceval) as his Ma-
jesty's confidential servant, to obtain the Royal con-
sent, and not suffer the prerogative to operate as a
preventive to the free discussion and passing of the
Bill. With this view, he had altered the wording of
the Motion in some measure, not wishing to press it
too pertinaciously, and should move—
• For leave to bring in a Bill for altering the mode of grant-
ing such offices as heretofore were graited in Reversion for joint
lives and for the benefit of survivorship."
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
still retained the same opinion which he held last ses-
sion. He had never considered it a measure of
great importance. The Honourable Gentleman
should not find any obstacle from him, but at the
same time the idea which he had, and which he
should propose in the Committee, was that the Bill
should only be operative for a time to be limited ;
that was, in his opinion, the more preferable course
to be adopted.
The SPEAKER observed, that the forms of the
House would certainly allow that alteration in the
Committee which had been suggested by the Com-
mander in Chief.
Leave was then given ; and Mr. Bankes and Mr.
H. Thornton were ordered to prepare and bring in
the Bill:

MR. IiONTAOUR,

Sir C. POLE rose to move for the ,production of
certain papers respecting the examinations to be taken
on the admission of candidates for commissions, as
Lieutenants in the Royal Navy. The Honourable
Baronet was induced to move in consequence of the
hardship experienced by Mr. Montague, son of Ad-
miral Montague, who having completed his time of
servitude, in order to his being made a Lieutenant,
was refused, on the ground that some Orders in
Council intervened to prevent him ; the Examiners
stating, which was not the fact, that Mr. Montague
had one year to serve. Having stated that Mr. M.
had received his education at the Naval College and
was serving in the Mediterranean, he concluded with
moving—
" An Address to his Majesty for the instructions contained fa
the Orders in Council of December, 1506, relative to the Exa..,
mination, and praying that these instructions may be transmitted
to every Naval Officer on foreign Stations, and to those persons
appointed to examine candidates for Lieutenantcies, &c."
Mr. ROBERT WARD could not see any case
made out by the Honourable Baronet; he, however,
would shortly state the facts upon which the motion
was grounded, and which turned upon an inadver-
tency. Originally an Establishment had been formed
for the Education of Young Men, under the name of
the Naval College, since termed the Royal College,
the term of education was three years. Since that
period, however, by Order in Council, the period
was fixed at four years, and no person was competent
to be made a Lieutenant until he had been four years
afloat. In this predicament stood Mr. Montague ;
that subsequent to the alteration in the Orders in
Council his term of servitude expired, and he became
entitled to his Lieutenantcy ; but upon being examin-
ed it was discovered that according to the last Orders
L he had one year to serve. A memorial was presented
by Admiral Montague to the Lords of the A dmi.
;inky on behalf of his son, and as the case- was a
hard one, and involved a question of law, it was
referred for opinion to the Counsel to the Board of
Admiralty ; the opinion given by the Counsel was,
, that the law was against Mr. Montague, for that the
new Orders had abrogated the old ones, upon which
Mr. Montague was entitled to claim his commission.
It was however intended that when the opinion of the
Law Officers of the Crown were taken on the subject
not to prejudice Mr. Montague, but to allow him to
take his seniority from the date of his application.
Admiral MARKHAM thought that there must
be some strange carelessness in the conduct of the
Admiralty, when one officer could be thrown back,
as Mr. Montague had been, and another, like Mr.
Jenkinson, passed on the 3d of December, and made
a Lieutenant on the 11th. The conduct of Lord
Mulgrave to Admiral Montague looked pointe4
after what had passed betwecn them, and it hhd tem,
made the topic of much conversation out of doork.
When Lord Barham was going out, he established
the new code. What was then the meaning of say-
ing that it was not in force till 1808 ? Was it not
known, that in this instance, Lord Mulgrave, not a

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professional man, differed from the whole Board of
Admiralty ? Some reparation to Mr. Montague was
necessary; but the resource of antedating his com-
mission was a most dangerous precedent. Cases had
occurred where this was the proposed remedy ; but
Sir Philip Stephens, a high authority in such matters,
always resisted it.
Mr. R. WARD said, that if the motion were pres•
sed, he must move the previous question.
Mr. CROKER vindicated the conduct of the Ad.
miralty, and denied that there was in any parson be-
longing to that Board any disposition of hostility to-
wards Admiral Montanus,. We (said Mr. Croker).
b
referred his case to our Counsel, Mr. Jervis, his opi.
nion was against the claims of Admiral Montague.—
We then (continued Mr. Croker) called upon, the gal-
lant Adminil to furnish as with his own statement of
his own case, drawn up by his own hand ; the gal.
lant Admiral did so. The last statement given. in
was referred by us to the Attorney and Solicitor Ge-
neral ; their opinion was in favour of the young man's
time. Gentlemen then must see that it could be .t
question of no ordinary difficulty when three Coun:iel
of such great professional authority differed upon it:
merits. We (said Mr. C.) did not think fit to decide
upon it ourselves, not being-all of us professional men.
Some of us were, to be sure, more immediately cones
necteci with the navy as a profession than others..
of us were—we mere not all lawyers, and therefore
we thought it expedient to refer the case o legal opi-
nion. A gallant Admiral (Markham) opposite to
me (observed Mr.. Croker) has thrown out a broad
insinuation, as if all the professional Lords of tLe
Admiralty differed generally from the opinions of the
Eiist Lord. The gallant Admiral had even asked
me if I could deny it ? I .do deny it ; and this I take
to be a sufficient answer to the question put to me by
the gallant Admiral. The Honourable Gentleman
then proceeded at some length to contend with great
warmt4 that they, the Admiralty, were well disposed
towards Admiral Montague, and well inclined to
grant him every favour they could. There was not
a parson at the Board that did not feel so disposed to-
wards the gallant Admiral.
Mr. WHITBREAD was rather surprised at the
liveliness with which the Honourable Secretary to the
Admiralty took up the speech of his Honourable
Friend (Admiral Markham). He expected it to have
warmed him into a vigorous opposition ; but could
not express his pleasure at finding him gradually sub-
siding into a meek and most complying suavity. In
the course of his peroration against the Admiral, he
(Mr. Croker) had slipped out the pleasant confession,
that Captains were not Lawyers. 4, No, Sir, (said
Mr. Whitbread) thank HEAVEN, we are not so badly
off yet; we have our Statesmen, our Orators, all
Lawyers; nay, our Admiralty Secretary must be a
lawyer too ; yet he has his merits ; he will not
overlook hiring merit; for he manufactured my. old
friend Major Cartwright into a Post Captain after
he had given up his trade forty . years. The Secre-
tary does honour to even the dead ; to whom, in
the spirit of his posthumous promotions, he has given
a new rank—he, Sir, I say, for the whole weight
of the Admiralty seems, by his own account, to
rest on the shoulders of this bustling personage, who
couples himself with its Members by the monosyllable
we, with ridiculous familiarity; and then comes down
to tell us in the dialect with which he has the perpe-
tual art of raising a laugh, that his mighty move-
ments are too deep for parsons who are not profes-
sional men,"
Admiral MARKHAM would only recommend it
to the gecretary to the Admiralty, not to put him-
self
into too violent a passion.
Mr. CROKER replied, that he was for a long time
at a loss to make out what the Honourable Gentle-
man meant by imputing to him language that had
never fallen from him, but he now found that the
object of the Honourable Gentleman was to make a
Ijoie, and therefore he must forgive him, though the
joke. was not, after all., a very good one. At the
same time he must request of that Honourable Gen-
tleman, the next time he intended to make jokes, not
to ground them upon misrepresentations of what had
been said by him (Mr. Croker.)
After some further conversation between Admiral
Markham, the Attorney-General, Mr. Ward, and
Mr. Taylor, Sir Charles Pole agreed to withdraw his
motion for the present, on an understanding that the
required accommodation would take place.
SCHELDT EXPEDITION.
Mr. BRADSHAW, after a short conversation with Mr. Se-
cretary Ryder, changed his motion for this day into a notice for
to-morrow, when be will move for a Return of the Regimental
Effective Returns of the Sick from the commencement of the
Walcheren F.xpedition down to the 17th February, 1810.
IRISH DISTILLERIES.
Mr. HUTCHINSON moved for copies of all com-
munications made to the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer for Ireland by the Commissioners of Excise in
that country, relative to the progress of the Bill pen-
ding in that House respecting the Distilleries in Ire-
land.
Mr. FOSTER having stated that such a commu-
nication might lead to unwarrantable breach of con-
fidence, and
Sir JOHN NEWPORT not conceiving the infor-
mation so necessary, the motion was put and nega-
tived Without a divison.
Mr. O'HARA moved that the several petitions
from the county of Sligo and other counties in Ire-
land, be referred to the same Committee.—Ordered.
Mr. O'HARA was next proceeding to move two
us eppoanr a te
parishesclause sinrellreatliavnedtointhe whmicoliiie of levyingilllcitst fines
found, when
The SPEAKER reminded him, that he was at
liberty to move such clauses in the Committee.
The House then went inn, Committee on the Inch

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Distillery Bill.
Mr. ROBERT SHAW (of Dublin) observed,
upon the great evils resulting from the great thictua -
nin
the that had hitherto so unfortunately prevailed n
the Distillery Laws of Ireland, the consequence was,
that it damped the spirit of trade, by rendering the
fairest speculations, at the best, extremely hazardous ;
but in no instance would any change that had yet
taken place, be felt so severely as that by which the
small stills were now to be suddenly encourages], at
the expence of the large ones. A great deal of capital
had been hazarded, upon the faith of the permanent
encouragement of the larger stills ; if that encourage-
ment was now suddenly to be withheld, all that ca-
pital would be forfeited, and the ruin of some of tbe
first houses in this trade in Ireland would be
tq
*us and melancholy consequence. The great distil.

lers had not bad sufficient notice. It ints bat rea-
sonable, he thought, to give them time to dispose of
their large stock on hand-, before bounties were given
to the small distiller. He therefore should propose
as an amendment to the present clause, thv. the.
bounties on the small stills be postponed for a time to
be limited.
Mr. FOSTER contended, in oppcsition to the ar-
guments of Mr. Shaw, that• the great distillers had
Lad abundant notice, and knew so far back as the
year 1806, that the principle of the encouragement of '
small stills Woold be acted noon, on the earliest op.
portunity that it was deemed expedient to to do.
Sir JOHII NEWPORT supported. the clause as
it stood, which, after a. few words from bin LESLIE
FOSTER, Was agreed to.
Mr. SHAW then stalled a case of great lardship
which had arisen from the want of a proper controul
over the Excise Commissioners. A ganger, who was
prolublr drunk at the time, had
_entered the house
of a distiller in Dublin ; a Anarrel. took place, and
some blows passed between the gauger and a clerk of
the di•tiller. This man, who paid £4OOO a week to
the revenue, applied to' the Commissioners for redress,
and '.he answer he got was that his licence was sus-
'pendei They refused to hear evidence. Trials at
ength, however, took placsi-l—the clerk was acquitted,
and the gauger did not appear but forfeited his re-
cognizance. The distiller, suffered great injury by a
suspension of seven vieeks.• He moved, therefore,•
that the clause placing the suspension of licences in
the discretion of the Commissioner's be tett Init.
Mr. DENIS BROWNE supported this ' Amend-
ment, and dwelt upon the hardship-rtsuking from
any subject of the empire living, contrary to the
constitution, under the arbitrary.caprice of any indi:
vidual or set of men.
Mr. CROICER said that be had occasidn'to know
that the method of proceeding in the excise Courts
was bad, and such as called for correction.
Mr. FOSTER, Mr. WELLESLEY POLE, and
Sir JOHN NEWPORT observed that the Treasury
had already a controul over the Excise; but Sir John
Newport still thought that this would be more effica-
cious if stated in the Act.

Mr. SHAW'S Amendment was then withdrawn, and
that of Mr. FOSTER, " That no Distiller should be
deprived of his licence without previous application
being made to the Lords of the Treasury, and their
approbation being had," was adopted in its stead.
A clause was introduced, directing the Commis-
sioners of Excise to repay to eny,Pistiller who, from
(JR. sth day of March last, shugd have paid a duty
of more than '2s 6d. per the amount of the
snrrlas duty so paid by them.

Mr. O'HARA proposed the abolition of the sys-
tem of fines on land, on account of illegal stills.
Mr. FOSTER agreed that this should be suspended
for tsco years.

After some discussion, in which the conciliating
conduct of Mr. Foster in the present business received
every merited compliment, the proposition was poit•
pored till the bringing up of .the Report, when Mr.
•TuAer undertook to bring in a clause on this subject.

C lonel HUTCHINSON wished to know how a
irrcli was to be kept on thine nunterous small stills ?
FOSTER stated, that he proposed doing so
br i!to present Officers, and by 180 otheri; new 'an-
pi e 3 at h'gh salaries in the OelleotiOn of the As-
sessed Taxes.

The House then resumed, and the Report was or-
dered to be received to-morrow.

The Report of the Committee of Supply, and of the Committee
en the F.:chequer Bills Funding Bill were brought up and agreed
to.—A6journed.

Ttiv, EVENING TAR.

LONDON.

" AN ot.D Mtnicst OrricEß" would have had a speedy in-
sertion had I.is tommu.nication been sufficiently condensed.—We
have so marl' important public documents, and re! ular advJrtise-
rnents %yawn; for room in our eo!umns, that we cannot speedily
rake room for articles of the length he has sent.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21. •
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
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Letters from Oporto, to the date of the 2d instant,
Kate, that at that time no apprehensions were enter-
tained for the immediate approach of the French.—
h° English and Portuguese armies continued nearly
.I,eir former positions.

• I:ic z;Tort that Ceuta has not been Occupied 'by
<-41; tre,.,ri rests on no foundation whatever. No 20-
colnts whatever, of a later date than the 27th ultimo,'
!'-!7e been received from Gibraltar. The report to
lk:,ich we allude was pretended. to rest on accoldts
tc the Ist instant.

A.l,:tter from Malaga, dated the 16th Otitis°, states,
that all was then quiet at that .part but which un-
happily confirms the excess es committed by the trench
in that unfortunate city.
Some accounts were yesterday reseisred from Spaiss
v:Lich mention the circumstances and result of the
iro battle between the armies a Marshal AVOZREAU
and Ceneral O'Douum. as highly favourable and
firing to the latter. The *conflict is stated to have
tsted, with little intermision, fee nearly- two days, and
the 1051 of the enemy, it is said, amounted to several
thousand Men* " The heit4itn of O'DONNELL was
1""er, tempered with-the necessary portion of
Prudence, and in the end he judged it expedient to
withdraw his brave army from the field, rather than
risk its safety by an obstinate perseverance, in what
bad then obviously become an unequal and most ha-
zardous combat. The Spanish Chief bestows the
l'ighest praises, not only on the gallant conduct of
regular troop!, but that of the peasantry who so