Star. — London, England, 1811-02-28 00:00:00

Tilt EVENING STAII. LONDON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Cons. money, 6311-1 or account. 66f. Reduced (6 1 -4 per Cent. 11:1 83—S per Cent. 97j 94 Exch. !gills 9s. 116. prim.—Bonds, 265. prem. 64 WINDSOR.CASTLE, FEBRUARY 27i. I' His MAJESTY'S indisposition is in every respect declining. (Signed) ig H. HALFORD. 44 W. HEBERDEN." " WINDSOR CASTLE, FEBRUARY 28. “ His MAJUTT continues to go on favourably.” r (Signed) •• M. BatutE, W. HEBERDEN• B. WILLIS." Yesterday his MAJESTY walked on Windsor Terrace from twelve till one o'clock, accompanied by Doctors Husenovs and WILLIS, with whom his MAJESTY conversea, and appeared very chearful. The QUEEN frequently visits him in the day, and yesterday morn ing the QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH paid his MAJESTY a ♦isit, and were with him for about an hour. We understand that the discussions between Mar quis WELLESLEY and Mr. PINKNEY, on the subject of our disputes with America, have terminated unfa vourably. Mr. PINKS ey took leave of Lord WEL LESLEY on Saturday, and is now waiting only for an audience of leave of the PRINCE REGENT, when he will immediately sail for America in the Essex. The purport of Marquis WELLESLEY'S definitive answer to Mr. PINKNEY is stated to have been to the effect, that his MarrsTy would not consent to abandon his right to search American vessels (merchant ones we pre ! sume), for British seamen ; nor to alter or modify the existing system of blockade ; nor to withdraw the Orders in Council, till the Berlin and Milan Decrees v ere substantially rescinded. NAPOLEON, on the other hand, appears to be adopting a system of conciliation towards the United States. A Decree arrived yes terday in town from Prance, under which American produce of every kind and description is to be admit ted into the ports of France, with the single exception of the article of tobacco. We understand that, in consequence of the decision of his Majesty's Ministers not to recognise the neittral rights of toe United Stases, the powers of Mr. PiNg. NEY have ceased under the instructions ha he:, rece i ve d. The American Congress, by the Constitution, it being the second year of its election, must be discharged from public duty on the 4th of next month, and the new assemblies are not convened until the December following, unless a proclamation be issued by the Pre sident to collect the Members on urgent business within forty days. It is probable., therefore, that Mr. TIERNEY'S return will occasion an immediate convo cation of Congrets. 'The letters by the Cadiz Mail of yesterday are to' the 13th instant. They state that tine' Cortes were about to transfer their Sittings from the Isla to Cadiz, and before this time that event has probably taken glace. Both the Cortes and the Regency are stated to be very unpopular. The volunteers of Cadiz, we ftret to find, have lately manifested an apathy or spirit of disobedience, ill-suited to the difficult and perilous circumstances of their situation. They are said to have refused to comply with a decree of the Cortes, ordering a con siderable number of them, as well as all unmarried persons between the ages of 15 and 45, to repair to the lines. A requisition had been made to the Mer chants to give up 2-thirds of their plate, which it was' expected would be generally assented to. There had been no firing against the Isla since the last week in January. The suspension was very convenient for !Ile inhabitants, as it enabled them to obtain supplies of water front the usual sources. Ia consequence of the decease of the Marquis de la RomANA, General CAsraNes has been appointed to the command of the army under that Nobleman. The poweiful sorti:: from Cadiz to destroy the French be ieging artny in its precut weakened state, has nut :akca place, and the garrison has continued in a state r)f total in4ctivity. The intended attack, it is sup ot.sed, would take place on the 17th. The debarka !ioa n•as proposed to be made at St. Pedro, Rota, and - .;iurt Catalina, at the same instant. The whole French force before Cadiz was supposed not to exceed 9,000 :men. • Advices from Tarragona, to the 14th of January,' I were received by this opportunity. They communi. .e, that some operations of importance were on the eve of taking place. The French army under the command of Marshal MACDONALD, which had been I concentrated at Reus for several days, marched on the lath in the direction of Valls, with the intention' 5t was supposed, of attacking the Spanish General -CAMPO VERDE, preparatory to the investing of Tar ragona. The battle was expected to take place on the 15th ult. We are sorry to find that General O'DONNELL has not been able to resume his com mand in Catalonia. He has retired to Majorca for the benefit of his health. The French have obtained possession of Balaguer, by treachery it is suspected. By the Cadiz Mail letters have been received from lima, Santa Fe, and most of the interior towns. The Junta of Chili had sent a dispatch to the Junta of Buenos Ayres, recommending allegiance and respect,, as much as possible, to the European Spaniards, from whom, they observe, they have all sprung. Lima *NAS busily employed in =ding arms Rd mom to Monte Video, Mendoza, and Potosi, which towns had made no change in the old system of Government. It will be seen from the following extract, that the inhabitants of the CarAccas are as much divided in opinion as their countrymen in the settlements on the River Plate : Extract of a letter from St. Thomas, dated Ja nuary 27,--By a vessel this day arrived from Porto Cavallo we learn, that the disturbances in that coun try increase. A Proclamation issued by the persons in power at the Caraccas, under the influence of Ge neral MIRANDA, threatens the safety of the European Spaniards there. Frost Porto Rico and the Havan nab expeditions are going to the assistance of Coro and Maracaibo, and to suppress the insurgents." Letters have been received by a private ship from the Mouth of the Tagus, to the date of the 18th instant. The plan of co-operation intended to be adopted by the French on bath sides of that river, is gradually unfold ing. We have before stated that General BERESFORD I with a considerable army under his orders, is on the south shore, to prevent the approach of reinforcements from the direction of Elvas, or to encounter the enemy before he can effect a junction with the main body under MASSINA. In order to disappoint these pur poses, we now learn that a sufficient number of pon toons is completed for the rapid passage of any force the French Marshal may deem it expedient to detach, so that General BERESFORD will be in danger of having his retreat cut off, should he advance into the interior. Letters from Hamburgh to the 17th were received yesterday. Davoirsv, the new Governor, had arrived there. One of his first acts of authority was to dis solve the Senate. He also issued some rigorous or ders respecting the police and commercial affairs.— It was a very general opinion at Hamburgh, that a rupture would shortly take place between. France and Russia. Advices from St.-Petersburgh of the 17th ult. had been received there, confirming the previous accounts of the total decline of French influence at that Court. It was also reported, that BERNADOTTE intended, in the course of the spring, to proceed to . Russia, for the purpose of having personal communi cation with the Emperor ALEXANDER. The Dukes of GLOUCESTER and Nonvotsc, the AD VOCATE-GENERAL, Sir D. DustaAs ' the SPEAKER of the House of Commons, Sir JOHN AUBREY, Bart. Sir TuostAs BARIMS, Bart. and many others not men tioned in yesterday's list, were at the PRINCE REGENT'S Levee, on Tuesday. In fact, there never was an in stance of so crowded a levee being begun and ended in so short a space of time. It was conducted on the principle of a review. His Royal Highness placed himself in the room next the gold room, with his Lords in Waiting (Earl MOIRA, Lord DUNDAS, and Lord KEITH) on his right, to present the Noble men and Gentlemen as they entered the room, who, having kissed the PRINCE'S band, passed the Royal Dukes, and made their exit. In this way the Levee, Which was begun at ten minutes before two, was over before half-past three, and near 1300 Noblemen and Gentlemen kissed his Royal Highness's hand. The PRINCE REGENT held a Privy Council this day. Lord E. SOMERSET is appointed Governor of the Isle of France, in the room of Mr. FARQUHAR, who was nominated tro-tempore. General BROWNRIGG is to succeed the Honourable General MAITLAND, as Governor of Ceylon. Neither the Governorship of Windsor Castle, nor the place of Keeper of the Privy Purse, both vacant by the death of the Earl of CARDIGAN, will be filled up by the Noire REGENT, until his MAJESTY'S plea sure can be ascertained respecting the appointment to these high offices, so immediately appendant to the person of the SOVEREIGN. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, while on a shooting party some days ago at Mr. Hatter OWNSIIEND'S, was nearly receiving a very serious injury. The Baronet gene rally shoots with a double barrel gun, and while load ing one barrel, the other, which was charged, went off, and the shot carried away part of the glove, on his right hand, without doirg any other injury. Among the items of the ensuing Budget, it is said, that one will be a loan of two millions, to be raised in Ireland. Mr. JUAN DE BounGA came over on Sunday in the Etat packet, charged with dispatches for Govern. ment from the Cortes. The Vocal Concerts, under the firm of Messrs. KNYVETT and Mr 3. VAUGHAN, are likely to succeed in every possible point of view. The first took place on Monday evening, and for variety, true excellence of composition, and inimitable execution, both in the vocal and instrumental department, was never ex ceeded. Thursday afforded an excellent race on the Downs near Canterbury, between a capital horse belonging to Mr. Leith, jun. of Walmer-Court, and another the prrperty of Mr. Tomsett, of Dover ; the match was for 40 guineas, a single four-mile heat, which after a very hard running was won by Mr. Leith (who rude his own horse), by about a length. Tuesday morning, the Hon. Captain ARUNDEL, son of Lord ARUNDEL, led to the Hymenial Altar, the beautiful and accomplished Lady MARY GREN. VILLE, the only daughter - of the Marquis of BCCNING nAst. The ceremony was performed at Buckingham about nine o'clock. Thu happy c H o o tt u p s le e' b i r n ea Pal breakfasted aStedat the Doaager Lady ARENDk:L'S residence in Baker-street, and about noon set off in a post-chariot and four, for Lowestoffe, in Essex. The fortune of the Lady is RWO,OOO. MADAME DE GENUS, we understand, has just pro duced a nets' and ingenious work entitled " La Bota nique Historique et Litteraire," upon which sle: ha; devoted much time and labour, and will be found pictilary i nteres ting to the lovers of that elegant se;etnce, and no particular:} less su to those v.-ho read solely for amu sement, being interspersed with a variety of liner:- dotes little known. The beautiful tale entitled "Les Fl eu rs, ou Les Artistes," which is suh:oined, is per. hvs among atla:Ce3 happiest efforts. N4IVAL INTELLIGENCE. TORBAY, FEB. 2S. The outward bound fleet still remains. In the gale of last Thursday, when they bore up for this port, se veral of the convoy parted, and on their arrival here found there were 16 sail of the transports missing, two of which have arrived at Plymouth, and the re mainder, it is hoped, wi!l find their way either there or into Torbay—several are now in sight, which is supposed to be them. FP& 26.—Still remain here the convoy as per last. It was expected the vessels that were in sight last evening were the part of the convoy that were mis sing, but this morning they prove to be his Majesty's hired ship the HUMBER with a small convoy from Portsmouth, bound to Ireland, put in by contrary winds. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 2S. Put back by contrary wind the ALPHEA cutter with the four transports which sailed with her yesterday. The transports sailed this afternoon, under convoy of the MULLET schooner. The PRINCESS CummorrE frigate, which sailed yesterday, also put back again in the night, but sailed again this afternoon, in company with the LiGnrNtNG, 18 guns,' on a cruize, and the Fairlie East Indiaman, under convoy of the LAPWING cutter, for the river Thames.—Arrived, the Eliza packet, Captain SIMPSON, with a mail, in 12 days, from Cadiz—two military officers came home passen- gers in the Eliza. FEBRUARY 26.—A1l hopes of getting off the ANE 'men trite are now abandoned—she has a large hole in her bottom, and the sea makes a fair breach over her. It is expected she will go to pieces in a few hours, as it now blows hard. The Charles privateer has detained and sent in here the Prussian brig Jann Anna Maria, with a cargo of logv•ood, bound to Havre de Grace. The French General D'llEsns, and his Lady, sailed from here yesterday evening, in the Morning Star cartel, for Morlaix. Arrived the WEA ILE schooner from Torbay; the Mnithr-onooax, 74. guns, Scriron of 18, and hos frigate, from a cruize off Brest, driven in by the strong gales. Sailed the DEFENCE, 74 guns, for the Downs. The unfortunate Mediterranean and Lisbon convoys still remain wind-bound at Falmouth.—Wind W. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 26. Arrived his Majesty's ship TYRIAN from a cruise. The UNDAUNTED frigate takes convoy for Spain, Por tugal, and the Mediterranean.—Wind westerly. FEBRUARY 27.—Sailed a convoy for the Downs ; and were joined off Dunnose by a fleet from Lisbon, under convoy of his Majesty's ship POICTIERS, of 74 guns, Captain BERBSPORD the Beet have gone for the Downs ; the POICTIERS has come) into harbour— they sailed from Lisbon on the 2d instant, but bring no news of importance.—Arrived the Wildman, f om Jamaica, after a very boisterous passage. She sailed the 29th December, in company with the Hopewell, for Glasgow, and parted four days afterwards. DEAL, FESRUARY 26. Wind S. S. W.—Remain his Majesty's ships, and the outward bound as per last. —Arrived the Tim- I MENDOUS man of war from Portsmouth, and the Pao. VIDENCE armed ship, with a convoy from Cork, which are sailed for the River.—Sailed the VANGUARD man of war for Sheerness. FEBRUARY 27. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Fairlie extra East Indianian ; also arrived the DE FENCE man of war, from Plymouth. Came down from the River, a large fleet of outward-bound. — Wind W. N. W. SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY es. Wind S.W. blows very hard—Sailed his Majesty's ship MERMAID to the Downs.—Went on the graving slip for repair the Poonnous sloop of war.—Came out of dock the WATCDFULL, and came into dock the BOLD gun-brig. CHATHAM, FEBRUARY 24. Tuesday next the HELDER will be put out of dock. The CoLossus will remain till next spring tides, when she will be completed and put out.—The FREYA sailed yesterday for the Nore. YARMOUTH, FEBRUARY 26. Sailed for Heligoland the MARY hired cutter with dispatches, and the King George packet for Harwich. Arrived the CALLIOPE sloop from a cruize, and the P.►z schooner from the harbour, bound to Portsmouth. Remain ships of war as per last.—Wind S. W. fresh breeze. LEITH, FEBRUARY 15. Saturday afternoon, the Royal Bounty, and Raith, and yesterday the Thomas and Ann, and William and Ann, went out of Leith harbour to the Roads, all bound to Davis .Straits. The smack Thames, Dicic, arrived in the Roads this morning, from Lon-, don.-10 A. M. The STRENUOUS gun-brit; is coming into the Roads, supposed with dam.q.ve, having cnly sailed on the 19th inst. The Sprightly, R. SUTHER LAND, master, from London to Leith, went on shore on Monday last upon the Gunflect Sand ; but by the assistance of the Leith, Mr. MiLusit, it is said, she got off on Thursday, and is supposed to have gone 1 into Harwich with damage. In consequence of applicatinn to the Admiralty for some vessels to be stationed off the mouth of the river St. Mary, for the protection of ships employed in con- I vying timber, direc:ions have been given to Admiral I SAwalat, at Halifax, to take proper ineasures for car rying that purpos% into full effect. The General R6mana, from Cadiz for Vera Cruz, was taken and destroyed by the Duke of Dantzic pi i ; vateer, previous to the 4th of Decembr. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East-India House, when the under-mentioned Corn manders took their final leave of the Court, previous to departing for their respective destinations, viz. Captain J. G. Crabb, Lord A . telville ; Captain L.Dale, ;Area:- 113 :11; Captain J. Janirsor, tatreral zituart ; Brooki, Devayne,; Captain . I . ..l\4'lasgart, Ocran—N:a.lms a.t.l Bengal. Captain It Chr stop!..er, Pulteuey ; Cap:ain Merl lock, Cambridge-1\ ladeira, Madras and Berlal. CaptainW. Crowder, Lowther Castle; Capt. J. Loch, Charles Grant; Captain J. Dalrymple, Nlarquis of Lly ; Cartainl:Ywet:- dale, Perbeverance ; Captait. G. L. Brown, Warrtti timaings— Chints The under-mentioned C zptains were swor n into the command of their respective ships : Cap:ai❑ Junes, Warren 1-I;scingg e of moo tans; Captai& Templer, Baring—Peng:l direct. Capuin Leech, Retreat—Madeira and Bengal. Captain Le Blanc, Marquis Welleslq—Cellon and Bengal. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morro UNIVERSITT INTELLIGPNCE. OXFORD, FEBRUARY 23. Yesterday, Mr. Henry Shrubl44llf the county of Surrey, and of Si. 11 lin's college, and Mr. 7 honsas Arnold, of the couLty of Hants, were admitted schol-rs olC..,rrus Christi college. F.CCLP,IMTICA,C PROMOTInNg. Rev. Whittington Landon, ti.D Provost of Worcester college, in this university, is appointed to the place or dignity of Yrebetid in the Cathedral Church of Norwich. Rev. Richard Michell, B.U. Fellow of Wad:win College, in this university, to the Vicarage of Eastwood, B.•.ex. 'Rev. Charles Augustus Steitart, M.A. Re Ltor of Rawmarsh, and Vicar of Braithwill, Yorkshire, to the Rectory of Evrhurst, Surrey. Rev. Win. Brown, of Franilingham, to the Rectory of Strat ford St. Andrew, Suffolk. Rev. ut. hmo Dr. Garnett, to the lectureship of Saint Andrew's, Ply- Tuesday the 6th instant, Mr. David Russel,preacher, from the Relief Presbytery of Glasgow., was eirrlaineil to the pastoral charge of the Rclief Congregation of Colin,burgli. THE ARMY. The East York and the Durham regiments of mi litia are now on their route from Sunderland for Scotland. A Captain's guard, from every regiment in Ply mouth garrison, with General ENGLAND and Staffs attended in Frankfort barracks on Tuesday morning+ at ten o'clock, to hear the sentence of the three men, Keeling, Smith, and Marshal, belonging to the Not tingham militia, who were lately tried by a General Court-Martial, for allowing French priieners to escape from Dartmoor, while they were doing duty there. They were sentenced to receive 900 lashes each, but the two latter have Leen forgiven their punishment, and Keeling, who procured fire.arms for the French men, received only 450 lashes, in presence of the dif ferent picquets. Colonel DowNEY arrived at Badajoz in January last, for the purpose of raising a Spanish Legion of 3000 men, both infantry and cavalry. He carried with him the necessary equipments. The Legion is to be in the ancient Spanish uniform. The service of the last campaign has been so parti. cularly severe on the 14th and 16th Light Dragoons, that most of the officers are seriously indisposed; only two Captains of the 14th Light Dragoons were last month well enough to take their duty on the advanced picquet—and in consequence of the illness of Lieute. I tenant-Colonel HARVEY and Major BUTLER, and the absence of. Major CHAPMAN in EnglAnd, the tempo. nary command of the 14th Light Dragoons fell upon Captain MILLER, the senior Captain in health. The following Extract of a Letter from an Officer on beard the Franchise, contains a more pal ticular account of the loss of the passengers and crew of the transport unfortunately run down by that vessel : •. Franchise, in Farrich-roads, Falmouth, Feb. 21. . . " At three o'clock this morning, the weather being uncnm trionly dark, squally, and raining, in the act of wearing, this ship ran en board a transport brig, and from the velocity with Which we were going at the time, the shock was so great, that we very nearly cut her in two, and she sunk under our bows in less than five minutes. " On striking her, we immediattly proceeded to throw an aback, to prevent our going completely over her ; Ore, however, went down almost inimediatelv, hut many of the unfortunate crew clung to the masts soil spar:, which fortunately were els- . tangled in the rigging of our bowsprit. 1 "In this situation, every exertion was made to save the wretched sufferers. Ropes-ends were thrown nut to them, to which they fastened themselves, and by this means a few were saved. I offered to be lowered into one of the boa's, toll, to their assistance, so Indeed did some of the miser Officers; but Captain ALLCN thought the busts would vertairly be lost, and would not let them therefore be lowered. The darkness of the night, the howling of the wind, the cries of the poor fellows in the water, together with the view nit several dead bodies lying on the wreck of the spars, presented a scene of indescribable horror. Out of 252 souls, 2t3 perisiicti. I subjoin the number of each j class drowned : 197 Soldiers ut the ed battalion of the 1 I th regiment, includ ing the band, 2 Captains, 2 LicUtenalt .s, and 3 Ensig,s ; 15 women, 6 children, and 6 seats:rail making a total, drowned, 224 1 One Ensign, 3 serjeants, 18 privates, and 6 seamen, saved 23 ....... 104 " The Officers drowned were— " Captains M'ltae and Gregsby, Lieutenants Ross and Ensigns Glendening, Handcact, and hf. Masters. " Persons saved Crum the Julln. and Jane transport, which was run down by the Franchise frigate, on the ft ot lust. on bee pas sage to Lisbon— " Ensign Duff; Serjeants Brown, Hunt, &Neale ; Corporal Thompson ; Privates Delancey, Valentine, Harr, Maloney, A. M'Lean, B. Burgess, E. Keefe, C. Murphy, 1. Parr, 'F. Reilly, H. Bateman, J. Stott, T. Mooney, J. Young, and one unknown —all of the 11th loot; T. Withart, master; W. Ledger, mate; E. Veng, John Samuel, G. Smitu, J. Yellowson, R. Avant& I M. Joreph, seamen." I The 2d Battalion of the I Ith Foot was raised in Ireland three years ago, by its present Colonel, Lieu tenant-General Sir Cummus Asotta., and was com pleted to 1000 men in the short space of three months. They were a remarkably fine body of men. Tuesday a duel was fought between Captain F. and Ms. M. Captain F. w.ts wounded in the cheek, and the latter Gentleman d lngerously in the shoulder. The frequent escape of French prisoners from Ply mouth and other sea-ports, has called forth a mea sure from Government which will tend to prevent such occurrences in future. All the French prisoners in our possession who belonged to the Navy, are marching to the depots inland ; while those belonging to the army are in future to be confined on board hp son-ships, and in the vicinity of sea-ports. - - There is no truth is the story which appeared iA several of the public papers, stating that one of the horses belonging to the 11th Light - Dragoons, while embarking at Plymouth, knocked down a sailor who was attempting to get. him in the slings, and after. wards threw him off the jetty head into the water.-r- The 11th Dragoons have not been near Plymouth, nor are they under orders for 'Portugal. Mr. HENttv•ilore, who died on Mnnday , last, ha . s left behind hini a property, in the funds and other s 8. curitics, to the amount of nearly a million scenlic . . , besides the most extens:ve collection of pictures in, possession of any individual in Europe. He wars at the head of the tirtn of the house of Horr., in Air,. ur . dam, which he quitted at the commencement ' L i Frcoch Revolution. Two rf the workmen of Chatham Dock-Ywril committed last week - to hfaidstone for attempt ng embezzle King's stores. A few even;ngs since a vault ;n Bagnt.steeet • Dui lin, gave way, and buried in its ruins a wore an at two children. Count de GOTTOPP has fixed the, date of h. i s titre for the It:di cf March. r