Star. — London, England, 1809-05-22 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEM9INGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY The Royal Assent was given by Commission to she 6,001 ),000L 'chequer Bills Bill, the Newspaper Bill, the Scots Local Yfilitia tke Nova Scotia Trade Bill, the Chancery Register': s Bill, and other BP's, in all, public and private, sixty-niae.--The Com missioners were, the Loan CNA NCE LLO ft, the Duke of 114 .ot4 r. lose, and Lord WA NCH A m.—Adjourned till Thursday . ci 11 n - 1- 1. Tt el ft ir, ,tll is t, 1.; 3 3 4 d C )s a, ti tt HOUSE OF COMMONS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER or thedsecond reading of the Lottery Bill, observed, that his amendments, for away the evils of the present system, would be proposed in the Committee, on Wednesday next. AIr.HUSKISSON brought in a Bill for chargin^ t . the 11000,0001. grante d for the j.oan of the year on the War Taxes, a Bill te) enable the Commissioners for the Redemption of the National Debt to grant Life Annuities to a greater amount, a Bill to ena ble Deal:rs to roast their own Coffee, and also a Bill for the fur other Suspension of the Importation of Spirits between Great Bri uin and Ireland, all of whish were read a first, and ordered to be read a s.,sond time on Vrednesday next,—Adjourned. FA ENING STAa. LONDON. MONDAY, MAY 22. I.Cxtr-MoNDAY.—flolid3 at the Bank, Exchequer and Stamp. Office. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3 per Cent. Pee. 674 India Stock 18601 s per Cert. Crns. Cl* India Bonds. 16s. 17s. pr. 4 per Cent. 63i 113 Excheq. Bills, I Is. 14s. pre. ; per Cent. Navy 9911 Consols for ate. 6811 Sinte oar last, we have received a great variety of Foreign Journals ; Seville Gazettes to the 28th ult. German Papers to the 13th inst. Paris to the 14th, and Dutch to the 17th inst. The Spanish Papers contain a proposition from JOSEPH BONAPARTE to the Central Junt, that Depu ties should confer on the means of preventing that ruin and desolation in the South, which had involved in misery the North of Spain. This ostensible rea. son was, however, obviously intended to conceal the true one—namely, in the present state of imbecility of the French armies, to gain time until the war in Austria should be terminated. The Proposition and the Answer will be found in our columns ; and it will be acknowledged, that the Central Junta has d:splayed that integrity, courage, and independence, in the exercise of their exalted duties, which is wor thy the dignity of the Spanish name. The Dutch papers contain five more Of ,the Aus. trian bulletins, bringing down the operations to the 27:h ult. ; but they are poor compositions, and far from satisfactory in their details. These journals also contain the sth and 6th French Bulletins. The sth gives an account, in the usual style of French de- s clamation, of an affair at Ebersberg on the 3d inst. in which 35,000 Austrians are said to have been defeated by 7000 Frenchmen. The Gth Bulletin recounts nothing but some desultory circumstances connected with the war. While no reliance can be placed on the details of the hattlis k we unhappily see no reason to doubt that the progress 'of the enemy is such as he represents it to be. NAPOLEON has taken the course of the Danube, and on the Bth inst. had fixed his h , !ad-qtiarters at St. Polten. We fear that we shall too soon learn of his being ngain in possession of Vienna. In the mean while the Archduke CHARLES continues in Bohemia.---• PONTE Coavo, we are told, far from fearing an attack fr, m the Archduke, has entered E,gra. Gloomy as appearances are, there are still luminous points in the map of this portion of Europe. It is evident that Colonel ScHILL's irregular resumption of hostilities has been attended with serious and even alarming conse quences to the new King of Westphalia. In the Tyrol, also, the power of loyal attachment to an ancient but unfortunate family has displayed it self ; and in Italy the Austrians, as far as the accounts reach us, have been successful ; and th:•y did hope to coalesce with the Tyrolese patriots. By the SUPERB sloop, which arrived at Yarmouth from Heligoland, on Saturday morning, some ac counts of a satisfactory nature have been received.— By these it appears that the spirit of insurrection against French domination and oppression is more formidable in the North of Germany than we could have hoped possible. The force under VON ScutoL, consisting of Hes sians, P r u ss ia ns , an d H anover i ans , i s state d at f rom 40 to 50,000 men. The 9th Dutch regiment, chiefly consisting of Prussians, which had recently marched . from Hamburgh to Cassel, had gone over to Scintu., vith most of .their officcrL. In New Halciejslchen, two leagues from Magdeburgh, Scuti.t. seized the royal chests on the 7th, and had excited the greatest alarm in the neighbourhood. The KING of NVEST :!AL!*, by a Decree dated from Cassel, the sth, de. •.L...cd him an outlaw, and offered 10,000 francs for apprelvmsion. Di:,pitches 'have bee i n received by the SUPERB, .athich, according to report, contain some particulars still more interesting. The rumour is, that the insur gent troops, of which the grea:er number are repre sented to be Prussians, have actually driven tic Frvich •;:d of Hanover, and are carrying every thing before them in that quarter. The dispatches were deemed of so much impor tance, that the SUPEaB came away the moment the Messenger was received on board, without even wait ing for ballast. A Gotterburgh Mail has also arrived : the Swedish papers received on this uccasion contain a manifesto or statement of facts, published by the Duke of Su- Du:tam/ 4 with the view.of justifying the late revo- i JUOn, AMERICA. By the Rosamosnd Packet, from New York, ar rived at Portsmouth, we have received Newspapers to a late date. Their contents are important. They contain the official Correspondence between Mr. ERSKINE and the American Minister, in contempla tion of the British Orders in Council being revoked. The hour at which they reached us prevents our in serting them this day ; but our Readers will learn the result from the subjoined PROCLAMATION, BY TTIE PRESIDENT OF T ‘ HE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. VThereas it is provided by the 11th section of the Act of Congress, entitled 4 an act to interdict the corn mercial intercourse' between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their depen dencies, and for other purposes"—that " in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States," the PRE SIDENT is authorised to declare the same by Procla• mation, after which the trade, suspended by the said Act, and by an Act laying an embargo on all Ships and Vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and the several Acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed with the nations so doing. And, whereas the Hon. DAVID MONTAGUE ERSKINE, his Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has by the order, and in tha name of his Sovereign, declared to this Govern ment, that the British Orders in Council of January and November, 1807, will have been withdrawn, as respects the United States, on the 10th day of June next. Now, therefore, I, JAMES MADISON, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim that the orders in c'„,uncil aforesaid will have been withdrawn on the said 10th day of June next ; after which day the trade of the United States with Great Britain, as suspended by the act of Congress above mentioned, and an act laying an embargo on all !hips and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed. Given under my hand and seal of the United States, at Wash ington, the 19th day o: Aptil, in the year of our Lord, 1809 , of the Independence of the United States, the thirty-third. By the President, JAMES MADISON. RT. SMITH, Secretary of State. His Majesty's sloop TROMPEUSE,, cruizing on Sa turday off Boulogne, observed a Boat coming out from that place ; the m en on b oar d o f w hi c h , when they got within half-a-mile of the Taommtusa, held up a sinall cask, which they afterwards threw into the sea, and went back ; a boat was sent to pick up the cask, which, on opening, was found to contain a packet directed to the Admiralty. The contents are probably French Bulletins, eon taining intelligence of a nature favourable to the ene my,— No thing was known respecting them when this paper was put to press, but we cannot but feel appre hensive that they arz. of a description afflicting to the h2pes of our Allies. By the SnuaiNA,'arrived at Portsmouth, dispatches have been received from Constantinople, Malta, and Gibraltar. Dispatches have also been received from the West Indies, brought by the HAWKE brig. By this vessel, accounts have been received that one of the Frenc:i line of battle ships, in attempting to escape out of the Saints, v. as captured by his Majesty's ship POMPEE of SO guns the French ship was full of soldiers. Yesterday orders were issued for the Ist battalion of the 50th Regiment, at Ramsgate, to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation. Four sail of transports, under convoy of the Rt wm.no slorrp of war, sailed on Saturday from Deal for Harwich, to take on board the 43d Regiment, which arrived there this morning. The Ist battalion of the 52d Regiment, and ten companies of the 95th Riflemen, have marched from Deal for Dover, in order to be embarked• The fol lowing are the names of the transports waiting to receive them :—Laurel, Fortune, Malabar, Leda, Enterpr:ze, Albion, and Britamiia. . - The first regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, no* in garrison at Plymouth, have received orders to march in four divisions for Bristol, this day, Tiles- . day, _Wednesday, and Thursday next. The Third, of 'loyal. North' Cornwall regiment of local Militia, indtr - thc-conimand of Lieuter - Int-Colonel Warren, are to aiWintild' at Truro, for twenty-eight days, corn mincing tfift 29thinstant. 'roispatehes !Skye been received from Sir HARFORD Jovi, Ambassador to the Court at Ispahan, which ale of the most satisfactory nature. It appears that he Arrived sit Bushire, a port in the Persian Gulph, in the Nensubn frigate, early in October last, and was teceivedly the principal Sheiks with the utmost re ipect. An Express was sent to Ispahan, where the Emperor of PERSIA was, notifying the arrival (4 Sir iiKRFORD JoNEs, to which a reply was made, that he was te'proceed. For this purpose, contributions were made through the several places he had to pass ; and near four.huudred mules provided, for the,purpose of, caVrying-the baggage belongi ng to Si r H ARFORD and hi s s u la as also the presents intended to be given. It appears that the French had formed considerable expectations' with respect to Sir HARFORD JONES not being favourably received, and had obtained posses sion of the Island of Carac, in the Persian Gulph, which has a regular fortification, with a body of sol diers, under the immediate command of French. offi c,?rs. Several French engineers had taken surveys of the roads, &c. in Persia, and they had so far succeeded as to have nearly completed the establishment of a foundery for making cannon, &c. In consequence of a remonstrance from Sir HARFORD JONES, the French officers, &c. were removed from the island of Carac, and the troops reduced to the usual number requisite for mounting guard only. Sir HARFORD JONES was treated with the utmost attention and respect by all ranks. Interpreters, guards, amr. attendants of every description, were sent from the interior to accompany him in his journey to Ispahan. NAY4L INTELLIGENCE. The General Miranda, OM arrived off Dover, from Jamaica, spoke the Herkema, TrionAs, from London to New York, out Si days from the Downs ; she had encountered a most tremendous gale, iii which she received much damage, and was obliged to throw great part of her cargo overbotrd, to keep the ship from sinking.—Spoke also the ship Llam, RUMNEV, from Savannah, bound to London, and lost sight of her off Scilly ; also his Majesty's ship la VIRGINSE, in long. 9. W. which had previously spoken the ship Pitt, Captain FORSTER, from Jamaica to London, out fifty six days. PENZANCE, MAY 19. Arrived the PLOVER sloop of war; spoke on Tues day last a Spanish ship from Corunna, who reports that the Spaniards had driven the French out of the town, and taken possession of it themselves : likewise spoke several ships from Bourdcaux, where it was strongly reported that Sir A. WELLESLEY had de feated SouLT. FALMOUTH, MAY 19. Arrived the Prince Ernest packet, from the Medi terranean, 21 days from Cadiz. PLYMOUTH, MAY 40. Yesterday afternoon arrive,: in Cawsand Bay, from off Rochefort, his Majesty's 'ships GIBRALTAR, 84 guns, HERO, ILLUSTRIOUS, arid VALIANT, of 74 guns each, and MINERVA, of 32 guns ; and in about three hours after they had anchored, they weighed again, by telegraphic signal, and sailed immediately to the Eastward ; their destination is not known. The Portuguese brig Pisimento Felix, Captain FRANCISCO MAGABY, arrived from the Brazils, with cotton, &c. for Bristol, detained by the ENDYMION, which ship is also arrived here. The !Ammar, of 741 guns, from Milford, a new ship, came round for the purpose of being fitted. She was accompanied by the PHCEBE, of 36 guns. Arrived the Flora, Capt. RocKEnsoN, from Lang ston, with rum for the use of the Navy. This morning sailed to the Eastward the Harlequin hired armed ship, with a large fleet of coasters, &c. l under convoy for the eastern ports. Carne in the LUCIFER bomb, from Malta and Gib raltar, with dispatches ; ANN, armed brig, from the Westward ; Betsey, Caines, and Edward, Tenders, I from the Westward.—Sailed the PARTHIAN, of 18 ' 'guns, for Constantinople, with Envoy and suite ; PEACOCK, of 18 guns, to the Westward ; FERVENT i l gun-brig, for Lisbon ; STATIRA of 38, AMETHYST of 36 guns, FAVOURITE and RESOLUTION cutters, on a cruize. Also, sailed the GRAMPUS, of 50 guns, for the Downs, with the following East-Indiamen, &c. under convoy : viz. Diana, MARSHALL, from Bengal; Surat Castle, IsrursoN, from China; Wexford, BAR- I NARD, from Bombay ; Preston, STURROCK ; Ann, MASSON ; and Phoenix, RAusnEN, from Madras. Came in the ship Ross, Captain JAMES BROWN, from Jamaica for London, laden with cotton, sugar, and rum : she was taken on the 28th of July last, and carried into Carneranus, on the coast of Gallicia. which place the French afterwards took possession cf, and the boats of the Est:kr:non subsequently took her from that bay. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 11. AlTi. ed his Majesty's ships SABRINA ' with dispatches from Malta ; th e R OSAMOND , with favourable dis patches from America ; the IAwNE brig, with dis patches from the West Indies. The camp equipage for the troops about to em bark, is shipped here from the Storekeeper General's store at Portchester castle. DOVER, MAY 21. Came in yesserday, from off the French coast, his Majesty's ship TROMPEUSE. Passed by the ship Ge neral Miranda, Capt. ORR, and landed a Mail from Jamaica. Arrived in the Roads this morning from the Downs, the Osborn, I eda, Britannia, Malabar, Fortune, Enterprize, and Laurel transports, to take on board the Ist Battalion of the 52d, and ten com panies of the 95th Rifle Regiment—the former regi ment had nearly reached this place from Deal, when orders were received to suspend the embarkation, and that regiment returned back immediately ; as the transports, however, still remain in the Roads, it is supposed the embarkation is only delayed for a day or two. Wind W. S. W. and moderate. DEAL, MAY 21. Arrived the Company's ship TIGRIS, from the East Indies, and sailed for the River.—Arrived, from the River, Mary, MIDDLEYARD ; and Sally, HUTSON, for Rio Janeiro.—Wind S. W. HARWICH, MAY 21. Sailed yesterday the Beaufoy packet, Capt. NORRIS, with Mails and passengers, for Heligoland ; and the Lord Nelson, Captain STEWA RT, with mails and passengers, for Gottenburgh. Arrived this day seve ral sail of transports, and two gun-brigs. YARMOUTH, MAY 21. Saturday morning at three o'clock arrived from Heligoland, the Superb sloop, EVANS master, and landed a foreign messenger with dispatches and mails. Sailed for Gottenburgh the Centinel gun-brig with convoy ; Fury boMb and Starling gun-brig. Remain Aboukir, Alexandria, Char. - .ecleer, Calypso, Braveda geren, and Cheerful cutter.—Wind S.W. fresh breeze. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, MAY 21.—Arrived the Caroline, Dubai!, from Lubec ; Alexander, Price, from Bombay; Camden, Tyler, from Jamaica ; and Elsis Row, Fries, from Lisbon.—SailA, the Santa Rosalia, Gambier, for Malta; Favourite, Evans, for St Kitt's ; Progress, Parish, for Barbadoes ; Rio Nova, Martin, for Ma deira; and Liffey, Findlay, for Gibraltar. Mr. KENT, whose engagement at Drury-lane was prevented only by the calamity which overwhelmed that Theatre, will make his first appearance at Birm ilk:l;llam next week, in a favourite character. Yesterday being Whit Sunday, the Parks and Ken sington Gardens were visited by an immense con course of holiday folks, citizens' wives, and fashiona bles.—The ride displayed the usual diversity of horse manship and chariot driving. CORE-MARKET, MARK-LANE, MAY 2/.4—The fresh arrivals of Wheat are inconsiderable, but tolerable supplies on hand, and sales of fine samples are at a small increase in price, other sorts at little variation —Barley in plenty, and heavy sale a 4 the late reduc tion—Malt inclines lower—Peas and Beans of thk two descriptions vary but little—There are large arrivals of Oats, chiefly foreign, which are dull• sale and scarcely support last prices quoted—Fluor lit Qv last currency. . • . '.4 FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at the Queen's Palace, the 17th vf May, 1809, Present, the King's Most Excellent. Mljesty in • Council.—Whereas by . a.: Order in Council, bearing date the `26th April, 1809, his Mai'2S , WIS rI'ASPd to direct, that the blockade imposed by that Order should extend to all ports and places as far north as the river Er:l idclusively ; his Majesty, more dis tinctly to ascertain the places to be ta!:en as included withih the limits of the said blockade, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said bl oc k a d e shall be construed to extend so as to comp re h en d t h e eas tern as well as the western Ems ; and to 4;revent all vessels from sailing into or out of that river by any. channel to the westward of the island of Jnvst : And the Right Honourable the Lords Clmmissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Se cretaries of State, the Lords Comnussioners of the Ad. miralty, and the Judge of the High Court of Admi ralty, and the Judges of the Courts of Vice Admi ralty, are to give the necessary d;rections herein as to them may respectively appertain. (Signed) STEPIT. corraELL• QUEEN'S PALACE, MAY 17. This day the Prince de Stahrernberg, Envoy Ex traordinary and .Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Austria, had a private audience of his Majesty to deliver his credentials : '['o which he was introduced by the Riglr Honour • able George Canning, his Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Stephen Cottrell, Knt. Master of the Ceremonies. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAY to. Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, K. B. Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the . Baltic, to the Hon. W. W. Po'e, dated u.i goad the Victory, in Wingo Sound, the 6th instant. Sir—Herewith I inclose, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a letter from Captain Parker, of his Majesty's ship Melpomene, aUresced to Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, giving an account of his having chaced a al-14h man of war cutter or shore, and afterwards destroyed her, with some other vessels, by the boats of that shir, under the direc tions of Lieutenants Plumridge and Reuniz ; the !atter officer and five men being severely wounded; in which enterrize great gal lantry and spirit appears to have been displayed. I am, &c. (Sigred) J. SAtiMARF.Z. His Majesty's ship Melpomene, is the Sleeve, May 1. Sir—l beg leave to acqu.4l9t you, that having. • chaced a Danish man of war cutter, of six guns, and apparently quite new, on shore at Hull'm (a harbour . in Jutland), and anchored his Majesty's ship in nine teen feet water, the boats were sent under the direc tions of Lieutenants Plumridge and Rennie, who succeeded in boarding and destroyipg her, with some other vessels, under a most tremendous fire. The immense crowds of the enemy exposed to the fire of the Melpomene, and that of her launch's carronade, leaves me good reason to suppose their loss must be very considerable. Ours is confined to Lieutenant George Rennie and fivemen wounded in the boats, but more might have been expected from the severe an.: galling tire altogether directed on them. I can not close this letter without expressing how mucli Lieutenants Plumridge and Rennie are to be admired, with every officer and man, for their zealous and gal lant conduct on this occasion. Underneath is the report of wounded, I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) PET ER PARKER, Captain. List of Wounded. Lieutenaat George Rennie , severely; John Gibbs, and ?An Griffiths seamen, ditto; Frederick Thomas, 'William Evan s and William Binding, marines, ditto. • Commodore Owen has transmitted to the Honour. able William-Wellesley Pole, a letter from Captain Dolling, of his Majesty's sloop the Trompeuse, giving an account of his having, on the 15:h instant, in com pany with the Badger sloop, fallen in with eleven of the enemy's gun schuyts, standing to the eastward from Boulogne. On the approach of his Majesty's sloops, the enemy endeavoured to put into AmLle 7 teuse ; but three of the vessels having overshot that harbour, were obliged to go round Cape Griznez, and were attacked in the night by the boats of the Trom peuse and Badger, under the direction of Lieutenant Strong, of the former; two of them mounting two long six pounders and two howitzers, with 13 men each, were boarded and brought out under a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries and musketry on the beach, and the third was driven amongst the rocks, where she appeared to be rendered ust.lebs. One per sen belonging to the Trompeuse was slightly woun ded ; the enemy had two wounded, and six threw themselves into the water. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Commissions sidled by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Inverness. Inverness-shire, &c. Regiment of Militia. Captain Angus Macdonald, from the 2d Regiment of Inverness shire Local Militia, to be Captain, vice Duncan Campbell, re signed. Dated April 10, IEO9. Inverness-shire Volunteers—Strathspey Battalion. Invereshie Company. Thomas Shaw, Esq. to be Captain, vice George Macpherson Grant, promoted, Dated Al ril 13, 1 tsen. Hector Macpherson, Gent, to be Easio, vice Donald Mackenzie, resigned. Dated May I, 1309. Rothimurchus Company._ Junes lnnes, Gent. to be Ensign, vice James Grant, promoted. Dated April 13, 1809. Isle of Eigg Company. Ensign Hector M‘Kinnon to be Lieutenant, vice Niel Mac Lean, resigned. Dated April 29, 1809. Alexander Macdonald, Gent. to be Ensign, vice M`Kinnoart, pro. !noted. Dated as above. Commissions signed by his Majesty's Lieutenant of the County of Mid-Lothian. Sd (or Western) Regiment of Mid-Lothian Local Militia. Lieutenant-Colonel George Scott to be Lieutenant;•Colonel Com mandant. Dated January 25, 1809. Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Walker to be Lieutenant-Colonel.--; Dated September 24, 1808. John Murray; Esq. to be Major. • Dated January 25, 1809. William Cunningham, Henry Cockburn, George Reid, James Ers. trine, John Paterson, and Simon Fraser, Escys. to be Capt a i ns . Dated September 24, 1808. • 4djutant William Henry Horsbnrgh to have the ink AlZaiiiain. Dated January 25,1809. Quarter-Master George Paterson to have the rank of Lieutenant. Dated September 24, 1808. James Brice, Gent. to be Surgeon. Dated as above. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Hants, North Hants Regiment . of Militia. Lieutenant George Atherley to be Captain, vice Sir Henry Carew St. John Mildmay, Bart. resigned. Dated May 6, 1809. Ensign Edward Thorp, to be Lieutenant, vice Atherley, promoted. • Dated May 12,1E09. - South-east Hants Regiment of Local Militia. Lieutenant William Ward Wright to bo Captain, vice Fuliertoa, resigned. LTkra VPIT• •