The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-21 00:00:00

GENERAL CRAUFTRD.

The CH ANtELLOR of the EXCHEIVEIt gave notice,
that he would to-morrow move fur an Addrer. to the Prince
Rtgellt, for the erection of a Monument to the Memory of Oen,
tkittfurd.—illenrs hear

PAPERS RESPECTING THE STATE OF THE

Sir THOMAS TUI:TON moved fora rettrn of the Amount
if the Capital of Cp. Funded and. Unfunded Debt of Great 13ri:
WO, for Ohio year entiing I,t February, 181 t Ordered.—Also,
urethra of the Amount of I/ebt and Expenditure incurred in
tarrying on the 'jr in the Peninsula, from the bear 180t4 till
the 11th Ike-mber, 18:1. Ordered.---Also, an Account of the
. .

Ex peaditare for the sape laths Nary.
IheCHANCEJ.LOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the
extent of this motion, as it could not at all lead to the object of
Ile lion. Baronet. The shutting up the ports of either Lisbon
sr Gediz mighs cost more than a year's ordinary service of the
awe shim otherwise stationed.
Sir Tft 0 NI AS TURTON then enasented to substitute the word
i` Transports" for that of Tiavy"—the transports properly
helionging to the Army,
Mr. TEEM% EY said, that at the time of the Enquiry into the
memorable Expedition of Walcheren, there was a Paper pro-
duced from the Treasury, stating the net amount of the Navy
Expenditure during that Expedition, He did not see why the
Per esturse of proceeding might not, In the present instance, be
g-sorted to. -(llear hear!)
"rhe LHA hiELIA/it of the EXCHEQUER said that the
Right Hon. Gentleman Ipul gone out of his way to introduce a
ease that had nut the slightest bearing or analogy to the one be-
fore the House. He( r. P.) had never denied or affected to
disguise from the country, that the War in the Peninsula did ixo
e:sssarily lead to great and heavy expenditure—so far from it,
that he had always admitted the reverse, and was then as anx-
ious as any Hon. Grutleman to come to the elearest and mntt
direct nay of getting at the fullest information upon the amount
of that ex..enditure. [/leer, hear!. Why, therefore, the Right
Honourable Gentleman shoeld go so far back as lie did, unless it
w s to have a Ming at the Wailcheren Expedition, upon a ques-
lion that had nothing to do with it, he 111.. P.) could not ex.
pi sin. (Hew" !]„,
Mr. TI EreN fiT said, that be should find no difficulty what-
ever in explaining why the Right lion. Geutleman should feel
so sure at any allusion to Waleheren—C./ tats,sh3— though he
did Oat takeit to be altogether so foreign to the ques ion. They
were speaking of war, and the Right ikon. Gemleman was the
hliaister now was it so very unnatural, when they were cou-
pffiv,,,cwar and the Right Hon. Gentleman togc'her, to think of
the Expedition to Wateheren. [A laugh.] • .
fkir THOM AS TURTON they moved for a return of the
nnitetat of monies raised in England within the above period;
dirsingniebing those raised by loam, and those raised by taxes.—
Osdered.

51r.:171E11NEYetaked if the lion. Baronet had any intention
of postponing his motion ?
• 10'1104AS TURTON replied, that be than saw an reason
Irby his motion should not cannon on the day fixed, ails day
aennight.
Mr. B. W.kLSTI.

litr. BANK ES gave notice that he would, on Tuesday, sub-
Enh r 0 the Howe a motion respecting an upwortby Member, Mr.
FRAME WORK BILL

On the Motion for the third reading of this Bill,

Mr. HUTCHINSON rose to statehis reasons for
ohjecting to the measure. It was the opinion of Mi-
nisters that if the disturbances were not now put
down, they would extend through all the manufac-
turing districts of England ; if such was really the
-state of the country, he thought it the bounden duty
of the House of Commous to enquire into the cause
of the evil, and to apply a remedy more erectile! than
'this hanging Act of Parliament. He was unwilling
that England should ever crouch to the dictates of
France, but he conceived, that if the present war was
found to tve the cause of the distresses of the country,
that Ministers should act like good Statesmen, and
snake every exertion to procure peace. It was not
right to put forward this bloody code at the com-
meecement of a new reign, as a remedy for a distres-
sed people. He proceeded to make some observa-
tions respecting allusions made on a former night to
iltiftceinwientortfie While Bays lir Ireland, when
An Hon. Member (we believe Mr. Courtney) en.
quired of the Speaker whether the Hon. Gentleman
*as in order? •
' The SPEAKER found some difficulty in answer-
lug the queteilen ; he was, however, at a loss to per.
wive in what way the Honourable Member was in
order,
Mr. HUTCHINSON resumed.—He deprecated
the being called on to legislate in this way, and to
pursue a system which, when followed in Ireland,
had always dissatisfied the people. The English
xi ere a grave, plodding, calculating, sober, quiet, and
discreet people-4A laughl—they never would be
• indeced to commit an outrage without some great
eettl69: He maintained that any one who could express
satisfaction at the proceedings of Ministers, which'
had brought the country to such distress, instead al
being considered-capable of giving a sane opinion,
ought to be put in a cage, and exposed to an asto-
oisit.d and aggriesed people. For these reasons he
foss: his decided disapprobation to the Bill.
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Mr. SI SCLA,IR supported the Motion.
Mr. HERBERT said, that on a former night Jar
did not adduce the Wititeboy Code as a measure St
Lo be adopted now ; he merely expressed his opi-
pion of the necessity of adopting a high penal law.
Sir A. Piccorr declared his intengion of perse-
vering in his opposition to the Bill. The difficulty
pifpady felt in ohr-rigging evidence would be increased
by this Bill, and it was to be feared that the mei
Flight act as an inducemeut for the WralliaSign
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. Mr, RYDEkt said, that that argument might equal-•
ly aPpli to every offence which. was made capital by
-the laws of Englund. , •
' The Bill was then read the third time-and passed.
Mi. P. AK:IOILE gave -notice of
_a motion to lay
'before the House an account of money and stores
sent from the
.13ritish to the .panish Government,
from April.lllol3, tp December 1811. ,
LOCAL MILITIA BILL.
Mr. Sect W)" lkltHilt movedi'that the Leeal-
Militia Bill be reada second time. - . • •
' Lord ARCIIIBILD-11A'al I/TON thought, 'that
with respect to the Local
.11ilitia, the• House lay
under the impw!ation of inconsistency. The berm&
system had foimetly been strougly'reproliated in that
House, bat had sine.(Ween eirried to a prodigious
extent. By.ri clause in-:the resent Bill, Local Mi.
litiamen, when brofight befttre a Coott,mertial, were
liable not only to have their service in the Militla.ex-
tended, but to be'obliged to serve in the tine. .kle
also objected to the clause, by whiph,,:previonsf6
the trial, the Local Militia-man was cOutined in the
House of Correction, or in the Coithty Gaol., In
many other points he thought the preiVt Billiexcep-
tionable, particularly in that Meuse which imposed a '
Ifine of 151. upon the county, for every man that was
wanting to complete its quota. For these, and other
reasons, he thought the Bill* unfit to pass in its pre—
sent form,
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Mr. WHITBREAD agreed with his-Noble Friend,
that alterations in the Bill Were wanted; but he also.
I disagreed with him on the. subject of imprisonment..
The present Bill made' a material change iu the Local
Militia. The 'object of the Bill originally had been,
that the whole -of the - male population should be
trained to arms. The first period had now elapsed,
and those who had been first drawn, after a series of
four years were not liable to be drawn again. But
the present Bill made the men, in consequence of an
agreement with their Officers, liable to serve for four
years snore. By this the original system had been
done away, which being a good one, ought to be
pursued. The clause by which a deviation was made
from that system ought to be rejected, and no tem-
porary difficulties should be allowed to impede the
execution of the original plan. lie should not, how-
ever, enlarge at present on the subjeot, but reserve
what he had farther to say for the Committee.
Mr. RYDER agreed With the last speaker, that
the-Committee was the proper place for a more ample ,
discussion. . The Bill was grounded upon the ballot,
and the oW:clips to the particular clause was, that 1
it was a deviation from that system. The clause en-
abling
Commanders to take the sense of their men,
after four yeiri service, was a deviation from the
original system ; but a deviation that had formerly
been made. In so far it was advisable to depart
from the syitem of ballot; and this deviation was
more than counterbalanced by making the Local
Militia a more efficient force. The pressure upon
the country, by a frequent recurrence to the ballot,
would be considerably diminished, and a saving
would ensue of 100,0001. per annum. It was pro.
bable a considerable number would extend their ser-
vices. The present Bill coutained all the provisions
in the general Militia Acts, and every person might
apply to it as
.a code of laws,. without being under
the necessity of consulting my other Act. .
Lord A. HAMILTON explained.
Mr. CALV4RT thought the present the'inost in-.
eligible Bill ever brought into Parliament upon the
subject of the Militia. Many of the former Acts,
though intended to amend and explain,- had- rather
contributed' to darken the subject. Be felt himself
much obliged to the Hight Hoes Gentleman-for the
Bill he had introduced. !

The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to
be committed on Thursday neat.—Adjourned.

FRENCH PAPERS.

OEPICIAI INTELLIGENCI• PROM THE IMPERIAL AR-

MIES IN SPAIN:

ARMY OF VALENCIA.

The disarming of the militia of Valencia go.es on
rapidly.. By the attention of the Duke D'Albufera,
40,000 English muskets, an enortnoes'quantity of
bayonets, pistols, &c. have been •deli*Ered to the
French .artillery. Many store, of uniforms, both
for cavalry and infantry, have beenntliagemedt as
also of ready-made clothing and WO..cloth, in-
tended for the use of a corps of the army. A con-
tribution of 200 millions of reals his been .imposed
lon the province of Valencia, The city has, besides,
supplied us with 400 mules, completely harnessed,
for the service of the artillery. The Archbishop of
Valencia, a most respectable man, who, together
with the ?rincipal nobility of the country, and the
magistrates, had fora long time trembled at the atro-
citieaand abuses of all kinds committed-by a fratiticl
Juota,lhave- re-entered tile city, where they have
no longer te dread the )older of unavoidable war.
One thousand five hundred infuriated Monks have
been arrested, and sent to France. The Chiefs of
the Insurgents, who frequented the house of the
English Consul, as well as some assassins attached
to that despicable being, have been exiented in the
public square, to the great satisfaction of. all the
good inhabitants who had not been -partkiparors in
the assassination of the French. The.cities of Alcira,
St. Philippe, Gandia, and Denia, have submitted to
us: in the latter place we found 60 piekes of can-
non ; it is a very strong place, on the sea-coast, at
the distance of 20 leagues from Alicint, and near to
Cape Martin.

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REPORT OP TM MARSHAL DUKE D'ALRUPERA, TO HIS
HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WAGRAM AND • NEUF-
CHATEL, MAJOR-GENERAL.
" Valencia, Jan. 41.
" MONSEIGNEUR—M. Meeki nem is arrived; he has
delivered to me your dispatches of the 28th, in
which your Eacellency inform me, that his Majesty
has noticed with pleasure the measures taken, which
rendered the fall of Valencia. infallible. The Gen.
Count Reille arrived ht time; but Gen.• Montbrun,
with the division of the Army bf Portugal, has toe
long retarded his march : had he arrived at the time
appointed, all that have escaped of the Army of
Murcia would have been taken. On the evening of
the 1 tth, two days after the taking of Valencia, I
received a letter from General .Mottibrun, dated
from Almanza, wherein he informed me of his ar-
riya time) and requested my farther vrders ; • I au-

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swered,' by sending him the capitulation of Valencia,
and ordering him to return to the Army of Portugal,:i
for which he had manifested a desire. ile-had c0m..1
municated.to me his project of marching to Alienist ;1
to which I replied, that I did not conceive the pre.
Rent mwnent as being favourable far an Operation
against a town so well fortified, and against which
it would be necessary to bring heavy artillery
nevertheless he would try the ereg, and sum-
moned the city, and threw some Mils into it;'
after having defeated the insurgents in the open
country, and -made- some prisoners; but, as I had
foreseen, thevi Governor refused to surrender.—
General Montbrunl feeling the iucouvenience oc-
casioned by ' his absente, re-commenced his route
to the Tagus, which he might have done several
days sooner. I ain well Satisfied with the people of!
Arragon. My Communication with Saragossa has;
not been interrupted one single day for three months ;
past ; the people have resisted all insinuations, and
have sincerely submitted. I have summoned Penis-
'cola to surrender, and shall in a few days commence
' the bombardment. Should the place refuse to sur-
render, I intend opening the trenches. The situation
iof this little place; on a rock on the sea-shore, isl
Klatch as will render this a brilliant operation for the
I engineers. The whole province of Valeucia, beyond
T Cape Martin, is consequently subtitled. Alcira, St. I
Philippe, Gandia, and Denia, are in his Majesty's
power. Denia is a strong place, at which the in-
surgents have thrown up many works, which have
cost them a great deal,of money. The inhabitants of
these towel have submitted to the army. General
O'Donnell, the, former Governor of Valencia, has,
at parting, transmitted me a chart of the cordon
established. to prevent the ravages of the yettoW
fever; it reaches to the Xucar. The ravages made
by this dreadful malady has been really terri-
ble in this unfortunate part of Spain ; foelye
five thousand persons have perished in the towns of
Elche, Oritruela, and Murcia only ; fortunately it
has now ceased. My communication with Madrid
is perfectly established through Itoquena and cu-
; enca. General Hubert has found at Dewitt cannon
and mortars, and a great quantity of cartridges.—
This place is small, but strong, and in excellent con-
dition. I have the honour to inclose you a state:
ment of the artillery, which we have found there.--
There were 50 vessels in the harbour. The army of
Valencia enjoys the most perfect health; there are
ino diseases prevailing in it. I keep up a strict disci-
-1 pline. The artillery awl engineers are employed in
putting their equipages in order. I have the honour
to be, A i :.7
(Signed) " The Marshal iIiCHET." - ,
CATALONIA.
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The siege of Valencia fixed the attention of the
English; and of the insurgent armies in the Penh):
sula. For the intent of relieving that place, the' in.'
surgents of Catalonia re-united under the orders' of
General Lacey and of the Baron D'Erotes, and
marched against Tarragona with an armrof 10,000
men. Two vessels were moored off the town, and
threw bombs into it. The Spanish Generals shewed
the utmost activity in collecting army and ainmuni.
tion, and to form, a magazine of provisions, whit!"
the English squadron assisted in procuring for them;
General Decaen being apprized of the mite/prize of.
the enemy against • Tarragona, immediately dies
patched thither the division of Lamarque, whicht
joined by a part of the garrison of Barcelona, under
the orders of General Maurice Mathieu, on the 24th
of January attacked the insurgent arniy on the
heights of Aitafouilla. In this brilliant combat the
enemy lost :IWO men, in killed, wounded, and pri-
isoners; and their whole army has been dispersed in
such a manner, that it will be impossible for it to be
re-organised. It has lost almost the whole of its
arms, with all its artillery anti baggage. D'Eroles
was very dangerously wounded.