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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MARSH i 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Confoh, for money, 621—for April 63+—Omnium ti. Exchequer Bilis, par to as. dif. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3p. Ct. ILA. Ann. Slut I India Bonds, 35. es. prem. 3 per C. Conf. 6214 Exch. Bills, par ts. dif. 4 per Cent. !hut Omnium ti prem. 5 per Cent. Navy, 9Siff I Lottery Tickets, 191 t6s. Long. Ann. Quit Confols for sec. 63f 63 We have already mentioned that confiderable dif ferences in opinion exifted refpeaing the propriety of preffing at the prefent moment the Roman Catholic Officers' Bill. We underftand that thofe high cha. raters who approve the meafure, not withing to urge any thing that can diftraa the Councils of the nation at fo important a crifis, have, in the molt conciliating manner, agreed to let it drop. Such is the report in the higher circles, and we underfland that Lord GRENVILLE aaually went to Windfor this morning to make this communication to his MAJESTY. On a fubjeet of fo much delicacy, we (hall ahftain from entering into any detailed comment. It has undoubtedly occafioned an unufual degree of public attention and anxiety for fome days pall ; and we fincerely hope that it may terminate without any dif agreement or difunion in the Cabinet. It has been pofitively afferted (and we are inclined to give credit to it) that Lord SIDMOUTH fent in his refigaation to Lord GRENVILLE fo long ago as Wednefday This was, ,perhaps, done, on an underftanding that the meafure was to be perfifted in, and to which, of courfe, bis Lordfhip would not be a party. As the matter is now terminated, we fincerely hope that it may appear, that no circumftances have occurred during the difcuffions on this important queftion, which may have produced the neceffity or the pro priety of the reparation of that Noble Lord from his MAJESTY'S Councils at fuch a crifis ; and, we are fatisfied, that nothing Bind of a conviaion on his part, that he could no longer continue there with honour, or with a hope of bring ufeful, would lead to fuch a determination. The difpatches which we have already hated to have been brought b 7 Mr. Pr samorirr, were from the Court of Pruffia at Memel, and not as has been hated, from Stockholm. He likewife brought letters from Lord HUTCHINSON ; but the principal objelt of his journey was to deliver to Minillers a 'FKIATT offenfive and defenfive, between the COURTS of MEMEL, STOCKHOLM ; and Lottonw. The intelli gence which he brings from the Theatre of war is merely incidental, and was not of importance enough to have exclufively required a more than ordinary Mellinger. We underhand it to be in fubhance as follows : The Ruffians, on the loth, two days after the battle of Eylau, were encamped within two miles of the fccne of aition—the Prcgcl was between the two armies. The French were in retreat; the Ruffians remained flationary ; hut, from the barren (tate of the country, and the total want of every thing, orders had been gi"en to fall back. The garrifon of Koningtberg had paraded, with drums beating and colours flying, to a diflance of twelve miles from the city, and, Winked by the army of General Braxicsse, bad driven in an advanced pcft of the French Main Army, and returned to Koning(berg with an eagle and five hundred prifoners. The fpirits of the Pruftian Army, and the loyal part of the people, bad been much elevated by the com plete fuccefs of General BENNICS BM. The King and (:)zeen cf Pr nffla were in excellent health ; the latter was as indefatigable and undaunted as ever. Every hour of the day (he paffed in writing letters, or giv jog andi•nce to the Minifters. The King has fuck confluence in her talents, that he never fees any per fon alone, nor refolves on any meafure without her advice. It was by her Majefty's fuggeflion that the late Minifter of War was difmiffed, and General Gocx appointed to fill his funation. The, caute of his difmiffal was, his having advifed to negotiate for peace. From Ott line of retreat c f the French, it was Le lieved at Memel and at Koningfberg, that they were about to abandon Warfaw, and to; eftablifh them felves at Thorn. All their outpofts on the Mum were already called in ; but it was fuppofed, at the period of the departure of Mr. PIEltlikPnINT, that from the number of lick and wounded in the hofpi. tals at Warfaw, the French would be compelled to retain a powerful garrifon in that city. The French troops were much haraffed by the Col Tacks, who, with an irregularity againft which no vigilance could guard, availed themfelves of every opportunity of croffing the rivers, and harafEng the rear detachments of the French army. Many of the French cavalry had been drowned in attenoing to follow them acrofs the rivers. The above we underhand to be the fubftance of the intelligence brought by Mr. PICRRFPOINT. The Letters from Lord HUTCHINSON, which Mr. PIERRE POINT received in the courfe of his journey, are of a more private nature, and nothing has tranfpired re fpating either as to their contents or their general objet. It is reported that they refer to an earnell requeft of the Court of Peterfburgh, for a Loan or Subfidy ; but as this report mull have orginated tole• ly in conjeaure, we cannot confider it as entitled to the credit of authority. We give it, however, as a rumour, which we fhould not be furprifed to find hereafter verified. Some letters from Stettin were received on Satur day, by a velfel which failed from thence at the latter end of February. No accounts of any altion fubfe quent to the battle of Eylau, except the affair at ORrolenka on the 16th, had been reeeived there.— The refult of this was reported to be quite different from what the enemy reprefented. The divifion of Leswes, which was Rationed nn the Narew, for the purpofe of preventing the junetion between the main army and General Vow Esse m's corps, made an at tack upon the latter, which was received with fuch firmnefs as compelled the French to fall back pre cipitately, and leave the Ruffians to purfue their march unmolefted. The knowledge that this reinforce ment was on its way, is fuppofed to have determined BONAPARTR to bring on a general engagement, in which, if be had been fuccefsful, the juntlion would have been impraiticable. The information upon which he aced, does not appear to have been very accurate.' No exertions of General Vow EssEN's corps could have enabled it to join the main army for feveral days after the Bth. In Rationing, therefore, a divifion of his army on the Narew, BONAPARTE abfolotely de prived himfelf of the preponderance which its junc tion might have enfured. Swvarty, with the force under his command, might have decided the battle of Eylau ; inftead of which, he appears to have been ported at Oftrolenka, ever fince the commencement of the month, to prevent a junition which could not• poffibly take place, were even the route unobltrated, until its conclufion. We expect the next accounts from the Continent will inform us that the Ruffians have refumed offenfive operations. It is not unlikely that we (hall fuon hear of another general engage ment. LAST WEEK. THEATIn.ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, MARCH 18, 1837, will he performed THE GRAND DETTINGEN TE DEUM. With the Air of " Holy. holy Lord," by Mrs. DICRONS. And TWO MISCELLANEOUS ACTS, From the Compnfitions of the molt favourite Authors, in which Mr. URAHAM will introduc,, for the third time, the admired New Song of " The Hattie of Maida:' written by Sir George Dallas, and compofed by Mr. Rat:zzini. And a Grand Moral:, eonsprifed by the celebrated Mozart. En., of Part 11. Steihelt's favourite Concerta on the Pedal Harp, by Maficr Horn, Pupil of Mr. Mayer. And on Friday the loth, THE FIRST ACT OF 11-1 E CREATION With the Song of " On mighty pent," by Mrs. DICKONS. Compofed by Jofeph Haydn, M. D. Oxon. With TWO GRAND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS, As performed on Friday laft. To conclude with the Coronation Anthem " God Save the King." End of Part H. a Concerto on the Violin, by Mr. alley. Principal Vocal Performers: Mrs. DICKONS, Mrs. BLAND, Signora GRIGLIF.TI, Mr BRAHAM, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PYNE, 4,Sr. SMITH, Mr. DOYLE, and Mr. BELLAMY. Leader of the Band, Mr. ASHLEY. Organ, Mr. j. ASHLEY. The remainder of the Band and Choruffes (which are numerous and complete) by the molt approved Performers. Doors to be opened at Six o'Clock—begin at Seven. Half Price at Nine. Boxes 6s—Pit 3s. 6d.—Gat. as.—Upper Gallery ts. For the accommodation of the Public, the Theatrical Orcheltra will be laid into the Pit. FOREIGN JOURNALS. Since our lafl, Dutch papers to the loth have ar t i ved, but the Official Journal is not among the number. Some letters Lye alfo been received of the date of Wednefday lei. Their contents, as far as regards the Armies 'in Poland, are chiefly Iran. fcripts from the Moniteurt. One'of them, tranflating we should fuppofe from a French Paper, but which has not yet been received in this country, Rates, that the French Armies have evacuated Praga and War faw, and that the next Bulletin will be dated from Thorn. We are the more inclined to give Come cre dit to this latter article, as it is in part confirmed by the in , elligence brought by Mr. PIERREPOJNT• Mar tha' Nay is mentioned, in the fame Paper, to be charged with the command of the rear of the Grand Army. The reafon afligned, if tranflated from a French Paper, contains a curious confeflion : " The Coffacks are a Banditti againft which there is no fecurity but a conftant vigilance. They attack the army amidft the Mane of night, and in the molt impenetrable intrenchments. The plains of theViftula are in terfeeted almoft every league by a parallel river. The Colfacks lie concealed like Otters, and rufk out when they are leaft expeeted. The Great Fmperor has ordered that they &all be treated as Brigands, and man and bode, when taken, to be kil led on the fpot. This has, in f,me degree, checked the courage of there barbarians, who refpedt no laws, give no mercy, and, like their Scythian Anccfbars, would fpread ravage over the whole fur.: face of Europe." We know not whether this pail'age be tranflated from a French paper, or an original in the Dutck Journal. We fbould rather think the former, as it is too bold and ingenious for a Dutch Editor. A body of 403 PrulEan prifoners, 'having over• powered their guard, and being headed by a colonel in the fervice, attacked a Bavarian depOt of 130 men near Groan. The Bavarian commandant Lieute nant Colonel Von Michael, and a ccurier, were the only perfons who efcaped. The alarm oceafioned by this event, appears to have ettende4 to Wl:att. burg ; but the Dutch prints are filent as to the Cub fequent operations of the PrufGans. Bonaparte has given a million of francs to th♦ Palifh Treafury—he has likewife prefented to the Infurgents 30,000 Rand of arms, with a large fup ply of ammunition, &c. left by the Pruffians at Pofen. It is mentioned in another of thofe Papers, that the. Baron VON LACK yr: has been lately fent from Vienna to the French Head (:) . carters; and that he was fuppofed to be the bearer of difpatches which would determine the hitherto doubtful relation be tween France and Auaria. The Emperor of AlX tria was prepared fur every thing : he had ordered a folemn Convocation of the States of Hungary. The Diet is to take place at Buda, on the sth of April. The Hungarian Nobility had evinced an unufual zeal for the fervice of their Sovereign ; and it is be lieved that the Convocation of the States had been ordered in confequence of their own folicitation. A frefh requifition of 30,000 foldiers' coats has been made by the French Miniair to the Senate at Hamburgh—Bremen, Lubec, and two other towns, are likewife called on for feveral articles of a fimilar defcription. The King of Saxony lately conferred on his bra. ther, the Prince/4 his fitter, and all the royal family, the title of Royal Highnefs. The feafon has been equally mild for many, .weeks at Paris as at London ; and lately, when the Thames rote to fuch an extraordinary height, the Seine over. flowed its banks, and did great damage to the build. ings along them. The new bridge built over the Seine at Paris, and called the Pont d' iluflerfitz, was opened for carriages on the 4th inflant. It was tried by a vehicle bearing a weight of t a,coolbs. and drawn by (even horfes ; feveral carriages followed. The fitft vehicle was eight minutes paffing over. The FlOing Courant Rates, that by the late treaty between Pruflia and England, the former renounces all pretenfinns to Hanover, and guarantees its pof feflion to the Britifh Crown. , The fame paper mentions,"that the greater part of Servia and Bulgaria were in arms to fupport the operations of the Ruffians againft the Turks. Several waggons loaded with money, for the pay of the French army in Poland, lately palled through Monller. The French have flopped at Magdeburg, a ennti derable quantity of valuable articles from the convents in Muniler, Paderborn, and other eflablifhments in Weflphalia. The following account of Eaglifh and other veil fels loft on the coati of Holland and France, during the gale of the alb and 19th ult. is extracted from the Flufhing and Rotterdam papers : The Rotterdam papers fay, " The coati from the Tercel to Havre, is ftrewed with wrecks, and the fea Rill appears covered with them. An Englifh armed brig, of eighteen guns, and feventy men, is loft near Sotteville ; thirty of the people reached the fhore, and it is fuppofed the reft were faved. L'Anacreon French privateer foundered at Dieppe. The fix following veffels being diffnatled during the gale, anchored between the banks of Dunkirk, and were captured by the boats from that port, viz. The Friends of London, of 250 tons, and a crew of tca men, Captain William Dublin, laden with naval floret; the Roainfuna, of 712 tons, and ha men, Captain Thomas Braeli, laden with iron; the Mediator, of 236 tons, and tight men, Captain Rawfnn ; the Peel, of do tons, and 19 men, Captain Malmers, laden with dry goods ; the Piaaan brig, the Speculation, of 260 tons, and twelve men, Captain Jacob Lindenftroos ; the Englilh brig, the Com merce, of Briftol, of iso tons, laden with port wise, put into Rat coof. A great number of Fnglills veffels foundered within fight of the mail of France, or were wrecked upon it ; thair number cannot yet be afcertained. Amongit them are two Englifh brigs, having one a crew of (even men, and the other a crew of thirteen men, wrecked near Dunkirk ; the Europa, of 140 tons and eight men, Captain John Sanders ; the Ceres, 196 tons, and eight men,Capt. Fynlifon ; the Bacckus, of too tons and fix men, Captain Goldyce; the Brethy, of 140 tons, and (even men, Captain James Hunt; — the Fox, of cos tons, and nine men, of whom a cabin buy was loft; a yak, of 300 tons, loft under the fort of Huert, having 14 men, (even of whom were loft ; the Selby, of aso tons, and 14 men, two of whom were loft ; a veffel of 260 tons, and It men, loft near Dieppe ; two other vcffcls difmailcd, having each a crew of eight men, towed into Dieppe by boats; a wire' of 300 tons, foundered eight leagues from Boulogne, and the crew of which, confining of IS men and two women, reached that port in boats; two brigs loft, one at Mildekerke, the other at Wendunne; ths brig Good Intention,of too tons, and five men. Near thud, the brig, the Friends, of Northumberland, of 170 tons, with a crew of (even men, laden with different forts of mer• chandize ; the brig, the Merchant, of London, of 130 tons, Capt. Robert Athefon ; near Dieppe, a vtlfel of zoo tons burden, with a crew of 1 t men, coming from Sunderland, laden with coals; near St. Valery, the fhip the Ocean, of 400 tons burden, with a crew of z y men, laden with combuftibles; 13 of the men have been (avid ; on the malt of Veule, a brig of 130 tons, laden with provifions, with not a foul on board ; near Criel, the Emilia, of 00 tons,Captain Manchy,with a crew of ten men, laden with coals ; near Treport, the London Packet, of zoo tons, and a crew of /a men. A Portuguefe veffel, and the American brig, the Canada, are the only neutral yeah, the lots of which has been learned. Much damage, it appears, was done to the works at the different harbours along the French coaft, by the hurticane of the t Bth. Oftend and Nieuport were the only places which were uninjured ; but a remark able circumaance happened in the harbour of the latter place. A veffel which had funk in the middle of it upwards of a year ago, and to raife which many attempts have been made, without truces, was thrown up and call upon another part of the fea th3re. At Nice almoft all the orangeries and olive gardens were deft roved by the fame form ; and the church of the Commune of Eza was blown almoft to ruins. Accnunts have been received this day from Thud° in the North of Scotland, Rating, that a 44 gun French frigate is on (bore on the fands in that neigh bourhood.—Twenty•two of the crew had been drowned—the felt, about Soo in number, had landed and 'matures were taking to fecure them when the accounts came away. On Saturday night, at nine o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at Lord GRENVILLA% houfe, which fat till twelve. _ _ _ On Saturday Mr. CANNING had an interview with Mr. Gasamer, at the Admiralty. Admirals HOLLOWAY and ROWLEY have left town, to refume their refpative commands at Deal and Sheernefs. Sir CH ARIA a Covvoti is appointed to the Newfound. land Ration, in the room of Sir ERASMUS Gowsa. A large fupply of clothing for the troops and fea men is thus tly to be fent to the RiTer Plate. AT).IIIIVISTRATIO.V OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND. The Faculty of Advocates again met on the 9 th infant, for the further difcuaion of the intended al. teration in the Adminiaration of Junice in Scotland. Two motions, of which notice had been given by letter, were then made and feconded. t tt, " That it is the opinion of this Meeting that the number et Judges compofing the Court of Seaim ought to b e confiderably.diminifhed inaead of being augme nte d , as is propofed in this bill." An amendment w as moved and feconded, that all the above words fitonld be left out after the word That, and the following inferted:--- 4, As no diminution of the number et Judges of the Court', of Salim is propofed in the ,bill, it does not appear to be advifable that tile F a . culty mould exprefs any opinion upon the fubje6.' The vote's for the amendment were 74—ag.tina it 62. The ficond motion was, " That it is the opinion of this Meeting that the Court of Seainn ought to be divided into two, and not into three Chambers, a s propofed by the bill." The votes for the motion were 64, againtt it 70. The Faculty then adjourned till the t3th inQant. OD Saturday Mr. BAINBRIDGE, Mr. REED, Mr. I t . vino, Mr. Scorr, Mr. IDLE, and the other G ent l emen Candidates for the Irifh Loan, met 'Sir Jon* Ns,. • roar,. at the Irith Exchequer Chambers. Si r Joint was prepared to fay, that he had a plan to prop o f e which he hoped would not interfere with the interd of the Contractors of the Englifh Loan, and world in other refpeels be unobjectionable to the Contrac tors of the frith. It was intended that Debentures fhould be aired by Meffrs. Poor:- and Co. on th e payment fubfequent to the depofit being made, on the Proprietors producing a Certificate from theßank of England. The interett to be paid half-yearly at the Bank of England, and the Debentures to bemade flock, and transferable at the Bank after the ad of January, tBoB, or remain Debentures, at the option of the holders. The bidding to take place on Sa turday next, at the Irifh Exchequer Chambers, in a 3i per cent. flock, to be created in England. • The plan meeting the approbation of all the parties the payments were arranged as follow, to be paid in Dublin : to per Cent. May tI is per Cent. Sept. i 8 to ditto June lls ditto 06. 10 JO ditto July to I to ditto Nov.zo to ditto A 0g.12 JO ditto Jan. a Da - count 5 per cent. on the initalments, as in the Englifh Loan. The new A fterpiece, entitled The Young Hufar, was reprefented a fecond time at Drury-lane, on Saturday. It was very favourably received, and the houfe was crowded. Mr. MORTON'S Comedy has undergone the altera: Lions firggefled in this Paper, and is proportionably improved. WEI rParr's Annual Concert, which took place on Wednefday lan, at the Great Rooms, Freemafon's Hall, was mai numeroufly attended by an elegant company. The vocal and infirumental performers were very happy in their efforts ; the concerto on the piano forte, by Mifs WEIPPERT, was performed in a mallerly ayle. The execuiton, fweetnefs of notes, and talk, of this young lady, are both-plea. fing and furprifing ; thereceived that great applaufe which the fo juitly merited. Mifs DENNETT s long, "The front of a Cottage," was much admired.—.:. Mifs FERRON was in charming voice, and gave the airs allotted to her with much fweetnefs. Mifs TYSON, a pupil of Mifs WEIPPERT, in her fang, received unbounded applaufe. Mils Tyara's bog, " Nobody coming to marry me," was encored with the warmers plaudits from every part of the rooms. Likewife the duetto by Mr. TA y Loa and Mifs Tran, "Se mi credi amato km." Mr. Waits's concerto on the violin was delightfully executed. "The Thorn" Tung by Mr. Galion. received great applaufe ; and the charming overture to Ofcar and Malvin, by Mr. WEIPPEET and Mr. O'FautaaLL,elearified for a while the whole company, among which were many of the Nobility and Gentry. Dust..—Friday morning, at feven o'clock, an af fair of honour was decided between Mr. S--n, of Vere•fireet, and Mr. J s, of Oxfordareet.— The parties met at the top of Portland-Rreet, from whence they proceeded into the fields : after the 64 - fire without effett, the feconds interfered, and the dill pute was amicably adjußed. On Tuefday a Court Martial was held on board the MAGNANIME, at the Nore, for the trial of Lieu tenants Caosaia and Atiotasort, of the Faroairt (loop of war, for unofficer-like behaviour, when the charges being in part proved, the former was adjudg ed to be reprimanded, difmiffed the fhip, and put at the bottom of the lift ; and the latter to be difiniffed his (hip and admonithed. Monday evening let, about eight o'clock, a molt alarming fire broke out in the work(hops of Mr. Wm. Salter, coachmaker, nearly oppofite the free grammar fchool, in the High.flreet, Exeter, which raged with unabated fury for Tome time. The (hops being wholly built of wood, and the materials therein of an inflam matory nature, filch as oil, paint, varnifh, and quo ' tides of dry wood, prepared in various ways for the wheels, and bodies Gf coaches, &c. the blaze which fo.n burn forth appeared Co terrific as to endanger all the houfes in the vicinity, and, indeed, nothing but the wonderful exertions of the populace, aided by the military quartered in that city and the barracks, prevented all the range of buildings from Cafile•ftreet to the Briflol inn, from being deffroyed, and of inrol ving the whole of that neighbourhood in one grand conflagration. As loon as the alarm was given, the . drums beat to arms—affiftance flew from all quarters: fix fire engines were fpeedily drawn to.the (pot, where, being well fupplied with water, and aided by the fearlefs and undaunted refolution of the populace, it was, in about three hours, got under, without its hav ing extended beyond Mr. Salter's workfhops, whence the fire &It broke out. CORN MARKET, MARK LANE, MARCH 16.—The quantities of Wheat here to•day are not very confi derab'e, but quire equal to the demand ; famples of good quality fuppiat their price, but others go off heavily, and at lets—there are but few arrivals of Batley, which has better fale—M4lt at little varia tion—White Peas are cheaper... Beans of both forts likewile, and in plenty—there are not many arrivals of Oats, and this trade is named nearly at our latt toted prices —Ficur without alteration.