The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-02-15 00:00:00

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'SOW- **et "marks
tency late which '
by representing the-capital of the proposed t..
Lnay as too small compared with Ac .capital at
loyd's, to add much to the facilities olinstit-
dace, antrafterwlirds'argaink igainsi the proposed
Company, out Oka ground, that it would bring
ruin upon eseny of the lioderwritecs at Lloyd's.
It fad been fairly stated, that, generally speaking,
an individual coolant 'stand against a Company ;
but ho would ask, whether, 'meta the Hon. Gen-
tleman's own reasoning, that could be the case in
the instance adverted tu. His impressionenques.
tiunahly was, that very considerable additional
security would he afforded to Merchants,.l sere-
ral•intlividuals combined, and only one was to ef.
fect the insurance. The complaint of the. Mer-
chants was, that the names of the Underkwriters
had increased to such an extent, as no longer to
afford them the same security as before. The
grcat augmentation of trade, therefore, obliged
the Merchants often to take upoos on their lists
which presented not the same assurance of secu.
rity. Ia presenting their Petition to the House,
the Merchants meant to be understood as impres-
sed with a conviction, that, at the reserve had
been made in the Act, for putting an end to the
Charters granted by it, the period. had arrived fur
acting upon thist reserve. This they wished to
have an opportunity to prove by evidence before a
Committee. They also desired to be all' wed to
shew that they wanted some sufficient secfrity in
the course of their business in respect tp insur.
sum. If the Underwriters wanted capital', they
were driven to dispute the claims for fair losses;
alit this furnished au 'inferior descriptio* of law-
yers with opportunities of hunting out materials
fur vexatious litigation. All they. wanted Wei to
be allowel 'to prove their case, and upon theste
grounds ho should vote for the appointment of a
Select Committee to examine into the matter.
Mr. ADA M wished only to say a few words
upon the question as it then presented Welt' to the
House. The question was simply, whether the
Petition should he referred to an °pee or, a Select
Committee? The matter of the. Petition, which
was to be referred, was not properly under coital.
deratiun in that stage of the business. It was not
&question, whether it was exnedient to examine
into the existing moans of etrecting Assurances,
or whether it would' be wise to make any, and
'what rdterationsio the law as it sloes'. Thatahe
Committee would have to consider ; but the whole
of the case, bath as to• the policy of the law, and ;
the efficiency or • inadequacy of the present
modes of insurance, was to be submitted for their
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decision. The kw at present in force did not al.
low any Company to he formed, in addition to the
existing Compauies.• gut since that law had been
enacted, it was that all the great and comprehen.
sive views of political economy had been protnul.
gated. Ail that was proposed water afford an op-
portunity to being forward evidence before the
Cometittre on the whole question. But they had,
Eno that halftime, only to decide whether that es'.
Ammo weir to be produced before a Committee
properly conititoted fur the important inquiry,
or be submitted to art open Conolittee,. whose
proceediuge might, in the progress of the ineemi.
gatio &IA nns• a tumultuous character. Whet.
ever might be the daeisiott, on the present odes.'
sine, it would not preclude Parliament from after.
wards taking op the teusideration of the subjects
either fit the Rouse, or iu the Committee. Bet'
)1S every interest appeared to have been provided
fur in the Committee which had been proposed,
be trusted that the House would adopt this tug.
•gtslioo, and refer the whole case, is! .the same
mancr as a private petition, to a
.Select Cotninit.
tea. Fur this reason he should vote for the origi.
•
ual 'notion.
Thu question was then pot, and upon a division
re )pCil
For Mr. Mabning's Motion - 23
Ageisbt it
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Majority - 13
The Iroise inossediatelj adjourned, 40 MeMbers
nest being pri.l3eot.
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eignistigesiotly retired, re-pasting
The Spalards ceiddently
aoticipate do French army ultimately falling &
sacrifice, as did, that of Donor/ at Ba;len...het
from tis various direcneid hr.* the differeot
divisions 4 the French army SI lbw operating,
it is clear that they already iro in great force in
the Peoinsula...and the hourly arrival of rein.

forecments oust render them confident of being
supported.
Ltssoff, Faa. 3.—According to the most recent accounts
from Spain, the Doke of Ammonium's was advancing
by forced marches toward Serilk, taking position with his
army, reinforced with 6000 men, between that capital and
Evign ; in the latter place his horse attacked the advanced
parties of Y zeros's army, and dislodged them from theme.
Not only the inhabitants of Shiite, but also of all. hada.
lonia, are aninutteyi with the most patriotic spirit.
The intelligence from Catalonia Is favourable. The French
have sot only not advanced in that province, but a corps of
Isoo men, which occupies Olot, is surrounded by the Cata-
lonian troops, and liktly to be compelled to surrender.
About the end of lost month some reinforcements to Lord
Welliogton's army acriyed.trom Ragland in the Tagus, aid
more are ex peeled. -r(Lieles Gazette, Feb. S.)

BADAJOZ ,J a n. 29. Notw it handing the vigorous measures
pursued by the Superior/ante of Cordula, to preventthe threat-
coed invasion of that kingdom by the French, it is reported
that they forced the passe( Almada, yet wither* any artillery,
which they found is altogether impossible to convey by that.
. impassable road, and • therefore seat tt through La Mancha.
:It is added, that having soon after hemmer:semi/ale of she ex-
nem danger of their position, they ftel back with the .ist•
most precipitation, but ate likely •to experience the fate of 1
Deroltel army, as all the faints which they catered, are
strongly occupied by militia and troops of the line.
.Letters (rum Spain ilsis advise, that the hleequis de la Ro.
masa • has been appointed to the consauuld in chief of the
Assay of Gailicia, and BLAKI to that of the Army. of the
Centre.—( Lisbon Gazette, Feb.l.)
His Excellency Marshal eERVIIRORD, having been in.
formed of the great numbers of Officers of the Portuguese
army who remain in Lisbon, so prkence of beleg indispused,
has ordered tbem all immediately to be removed from the said
capital, a place unfit for the recovery of health I. aid all
certificates of illness to be- transmitted to the Adjutant-Gen.
of the Portuguese army, -in Coimbra, for hispectioq, and
such further inquiry as he shall judge fit.
His Excellency Marshal-General Lord WeLusterolt bat
issued•an order, addressed to the Civil mid Military Autho;
rities of the kingdom of Portugal, directing them to take the
utmost care that all the corps of the British .ariny under his
command, be snpplied with the necessary provisions and
means of conveyance, without the least delay I and that, on
the other hand, immediate payment shall be made for the
same, by the appointed Commissaries of the said army.—
( The same Diaper, January 30.).
SEVILLE. Jail.9O.—.TIPC Supreme Central Junta has in-
formed the Pjahlic, that the enemy has forced the pan of Al-
mada., and that the division charged with the defence of that
point, finditg; itself. too weak to withstand the vigoemas at-,
tack of an army greatly superior in force, has falleti back,
and joined the allay of the Duke of A aneotrziteue, which.
is on one of tha flanks of the enemy's army ; that the Duke
del PA Ma it e is_bastening, by forced marches, to join the for-
mer ; and (Sat the two armies, after the said jenetion shall
have been effected, will far exceed the enemy's force in num-
ber I • that a Preneb•divlsion, which had pushed ou beyond
Almada, has fallen back; and that every where the most si-
germ's mensUree are pursued, to prevent the enemy fromments
net raying to &title, the iolaahitaab of which **therefore ad- I
alaniolsodby'the Janis not so suffer themselves to be dispirited.
by the 'enemy's 'movements, and to gnantagaiiit coafethsalatsd,
disorder, far meredaugerous then any force which the ene-
my can' employ for the reduction of the said capitaL-7(Se-•
silk Spectetor,Jee. 20.) • •
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Banasod, Fa.u. 1.—The Supreme tents of this Panksee
his issued an order, that Wm property of ail such Whabilants
as barboursiesetteis of the Spanish Army, shall be in mesiti7
aielyskuiditated ; ;lad that every Spanisktiforseman wbi hes
haves ill in an elagagement with the enemy or dots not Ng*,
proper care Ofibis.hosse, shall. immediately be removed. lake
a Regiment of Foot.—(Eastajos Diary, Feb. I.)
Da basoz, JAN: 25..--The troops of the enemy which
were at Agerda, Suurecla, and Almaden ire uniting. aa we
:are informed, in the latter town, and are beginning their
march in the direction of Torre Milano, un the road to Coe.
data. There is every reason to believe they will be disaps
poireed in their intention and the object of their enterprize.
,a-, according to the information of persons who may be re•
lied on, there is not in the whole extent attic Sierra Morena
which Coven, and, as it waste, doses in Aarfaluzia, a single
slab of ground which does not present so determined a resist-
auce to thcenemy as must shew him the futility of his plans.
-.(ldler Gazette, Jan.3l.) - •
Lisnou% Fen. 3.—The intelligence ,receiyed from Spain
in iillereat ways is very satisfactory; there are letters them
Elves, which mention as certain the defeat of the Prewar at
Cordova. This news,' it it said. has been -officially made
known lathe market-placeat Elmw,and there have been illu-
minati/as at Bad.ajoz ie criasecmenee. There Is a report of
another action, in which the French have mitered extraordi-
eery loss, and which must oblige them to take-up new posi-
tions. The greatest enthusiasm prevails in all the town mil
villages. throughout Spain, which, exerting Itself by all Owl;
Me ream; threatens them with rein and destruction.
The rumour of the insurrection et hlaneilles is likewise
renewed;, and is confidently asserted' to be well (winded.—
We anxiously wait the confirmation of intelligence so inter-
esting.—(Liebon Diary, Feb. 3.)
.14 En,. DEC. 13.—Several private lettentwoertthitt ayieg4
pirliii or the gallint Einlecinadio. in conjunction with the
divisible of the brave newer* attic, have set at liberty in
Ouadatramo DJJJ prisoners, whom the French had taken in
the artisan-of Ocana, and werecoitthelitv to Deplane, with
a great escort of cavalry. Our troops beigaa to ire on the
van-guard of the escort, in coaseganice of which, the ethers
coming to their aid, the prisoners took 00 opportunity-4o
avail themselves of the contusion, and made their escape.—
(Lisbon Diary, Fcb.l, frees the Diary of Lerida.)
MA riIIESA, Dec. 31.—They write from Lerida, underdate
the 28th, that the enemy, who threatened to attack Belanger,
bate thought proper to desist from that enterprise.
J•Eft, JAN. B.—Our correspondent& in La Mocha in-
fawn as, that the French, at Ciudad Real, have demanded'
22.060 reale, for some work of fortifiratien in Consnegra.
t-rinn another" source we learn, that in other places in the
Sane province, great sums have been reeeked for other ford-
licetioos, principally for those of Toledo. •
Lissom, Fin. I.—The adsleetreiened to-day from Spain.
if they should not be emuirkied as perfectly sali,factory, are
yet fur from being such as to justify the Plano which some
have endeavoured to spread In iialz capital. It is true, that
ace/riling to aecounts in the Diary a)' Declaim, the Erenss
had advanced to Cordova, which bad capitulaitMl; but ac-
cording to the tame amen* the!. ball afterwards Precipi-
• taiely retired. The GoveirrlS of Seville, receiving intelli-
gence of the approach of the enemy, took every measure De.

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zemar.,ks this pleas, dip Utioseb. *mat to Iwo ssiiiimessi
hick the Hon. Gentleman but !Wel, the Serra Wrote. The
Ig the-caPitel or the ProPeeed Com- ftaIiAVIMIJO the French aril