Star. — London, England, 1811-03-14 00:00:00

Conveyance or assignment to give a preference to a creditor, prisoner not to be discharged, unless such creditor relinquishes the preference —Court to make order in cases of misconduct of assignees, or to ap point new assignees.—Prisoners committed by any process for non-payment of money, or by Courts- of Conscience, to be entitled to the benefit of the Act.— Persons having taken the benefit of any Insolvent Act within five years, not to be entitled to the benefit of this Act until the expiration of five years. Prisoners at the suit of the Crown net to be discharged unless three of the Lords of the Treasury consent—Persons discharged under this Act not to be entitled to the benefit of it within five years afterwards, unless three fourths of creditors in number and value consent — Court to be always open and held in the metropolis —A Judge from each of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, to be nominated the first day of every Term, to form a Court of final appeal for appeals from the decisions of the Court under this Act. WAGGONS, STAGE-COACHES, &c. The Highway Bill now in the House of Commons snakes the following provisions for the increase of tolls on the turnpike reads, after the 24th of July next, on Waggons, Carts, and Stage Coaches above a certain weight. Waggons, Carts, or other carriages, (with certain exceptions) exceeding seven ton ten cwt. in summer, and seven ton in winter, nea to be permitted to pass. Provisions for weighing Waggons, Btc. to be extended after the 24th July to Stage Coaches.— No Stage Coach, weighing with passengers and lug gage more than three ton, in summer, or two ton ten cwt. in winter, to be permitted to pass without pay ing an increased toll in proportion to the weight. WEIGHT ALLOWED.. MARTA or valets. SUMMER. WINTER. Nt'aggons. Horses. Tons. Cwts. Tons. Cwts. Having the tire nine inches / 8 6 0 8 • broad Six inches, rolling eleven 6 5 10 ~ Having the fore-wkeel4 and i 6 5 2 the hind 8 inches broad Six inches - . - - 6 4 Having the fore-wheels and / 4 the hind 5 inches broad Three inches - - - 4 It 3 IS 3 17 s 4 S 0 3 10 3 I 10 1 0 Les;than t hre• inches Carts. Nine inches - - . - 4 2 0 9 16 Six inches • - - - S 2 12 2 7 Three inches - - - 2 1 10 1 6 Less than three inches 1 1 5 1 0 Additional Toll for Overweight on every Waggon, Cart, or Stage Coach, commencing on the 24th July, 1811. QUANTITY. 'roll per cwt. Tor the first and second hundred weight of such over- s. d. weight, at the rate of 1121 b. to the hundred 0 6 For every hundred above two hundred and not exceed ing five hundred - - - Tor every hundred above five hundred, and set exceed ing ten hundred - - - For every hundred above ten hundred, and not exceed ing fifteen hundred - - - 3 0 And for every hundred above fifteen hundred 4 0 But in no case shall the penalty for overweight exceed the sum of ten pounds at each weighing engine. • Including in all Mel the weight of the carriage, as well as the burden conveyed therein.—Summer commencing May 1, ending October 90: Winter commencing Nov. 1, ending April 30. 1 0 S 6 THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MARCH 14. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK a 3 per Cent. Cons. money, 641—for account 6514 Reducer! shut- -4 per Cant. shut-4 per Cent. Navy 971. &check Bills 89. to lIL prem.—Bonds, 255. prem. 44 WINDSOR.CASTLI, MARCH 14. " His MAJWIT continues nearly in the same state in which he has been during these last few days." (Signed) 46 M. BALLIZ I R. WILLIS." The whole of the troops carried out to Lisbon by Admiral Yonics were expected to be landed there by the 6th instant. This reinforcement, we have reason to believe, will induce Lord WELLINGTON to make such movements as will compel the enemy to give battle ; and the most important advices from that quarter may therefore very shortly be expected. The following letter, from an officer under Lord WELLINGTON, came by the last conveyance: " For some time past, we have been perfectly quiet, except occasional skirmishing between the ad vanced posts, of no consequence. The British army take up a line at present about 30 to 40 miles distant from this place, with the enemy close to its front.— But the ground now occupied by us is not very de fensible ; 'and in case of the enemy making a move ment towards us, we will no doubt retire to our line of defence, which is only from 25 to 28 miles • .' Lisbon. The French evidently wait for reinforce• ments, which will no doubt arrive, so as to justify their opening the campaign shortly after *he middle of March, when the fine weather generally sets in here. The first attack will probably equal any thing yet on record ; it will be all that France can do, aided by her chosen troops, and commanded by her best and most successful Generals, which nothing on earth, 1 believe, could repel but a British army. My next letter,. I hope, will give you an account of this at tack, and of the enemy's defeat." Two Anholt and two Heligoland mails arrived this morning.—Every fresh arrival from the Conti tent tends to increase the probability of a rupture be tween France and Russia. Prussia seems to be marked gut as tke theatre of war, as all the French troops are in motion towards that unhappy country. The following selections from the papers received by the above mails chiefly relate to the above intelligence : " RAMBLIRGH, MARCH 2. •• The Frchch troops in this vicinity have received orders to march for the interior of Germany, and a con. tiderable corps, say 20 or 30,000, are already said to have arrived on the frontiers of Prussia. The Duke of OLDMSURGI (brother-in-law to ALSJCANDIR) re ceived a courier from St. Petersburg's, in consequence rf which he has quit ad his territory. Trout tb- circumstances it is cenfidentlf believed, that a war between Russia and France is unavoidable, in which, it is probable, some other Northern Powers will take a part. " The liamintrgh Correspondent of the Ist inst. men tions, that CAULINCOURT, the French Ambassador at St. Petersburgb, had requested to be recalled, and the same paper mentions that LAURISTON had been appointed to succeed him, though he has not left Paris, nor was his departure expected to take place very soon. , 4 The Hamburgh Bank has not yet been seized,but the city troops have been marched off, in consequence of a part of them refusing to wear the French cockade." " HELIGOLAND, MARCH 6. 48 A boat arrived this day from the opposite coast, and report says the French troops have commenced their march fosSthe interior of Germany, and that war between Russia and France is inevitable." The Turks and Russians seem to be as distant as ever from coming to any thing like an amicable un derstanding : Extract of a letter from St. Petersburgh, dated January 29.—" The course of exchange, which has been getting better for some days, has again fallen. The rouble is now at 6 schellings course of exchange from Hamburgh." A private letter from Vienna, received by the last Anholt Mail, states, that the Emperor of AusrazA had proclaimed himself Ain: of Dalmatia, pursuant to an arrangement between him and his son-in-law NA POLION. It is added, that this circumstance had pro duced a considerable sensation at Vienna, where an approaching war with Russia was very generally ap prehended. • .~.,~ , , MHE ARMY. At length we may believe that the north-east wind has fairly set in, and that it will endure for some time. That which we have here they will have also in Por tugal. The roads will be dried, and military opera• tions in the field will commence. All our troop-ships, long detained here by contrary winds, will be in the Tagus in a few days. Yesterday a Court of Directors was hell at the' East India House, when Lieut.-Gen. Sir GEORGE Nuoswr, Bart. was appointed Commander in Chief in India, also a Member of Council of the Bengal Government. The unanimous thanks of the Court were given to Lieutenant General ABERCROZ4IIY, Major General WARD, and to the O ffi cers of the King's and Com pany's Forces employed in the reduction of the Isle of France ; also to Vice Admiral Beams, and the Captains and Officers of his Majesty's and the Com pany's ships.—The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow. Last night we received Dutch Papers to the 27th ult. and French to the sth inst. The contents of the former have been mostly anticipated ; nor do the latter present much novelty. The only article deserving of particular notice is a Decree of the tad ult. directing that the Prisoners of War shall be organized into 30 battalions—namely, 15 for labouring on fortifications, and 15 for working on bridges and roads. Every battalion to be composed of 400 prisoners, corn. manded by a French officer, and 12 sub-officers. The prisoners to be paid by the day, measure, or task, the same as other workmen. The expence of their food, clothing, fuel, lodging, and medical attendance on the sick, to be deducted from their pay, and the rest to be placed at their disposal as pocket money. AMSTERDAM.—His Majesty the Emperor of the French has ordered, that all the pictures which are not required for the Napoleon Museum shall be dis tributed to the great churches of Paris, and that 209 shall be divided among the towns of Lyons, Dyon, Grenoble, Brussels, Caen, and Thoulouse. The Special Court of Mayence has condemned two individuals to four years punishment in irons, and marked with the letter F, for having committed many falsities and cheats in regard to the Conscription. GENERAL DIRECTIONS Of POLICE IN HOLLAND. Persons who keep inns, or let furnished houses or Wrigley, within eight days, inform the General Direction of Pones Wit, and 'hew their authority for exercising such employment. Those allowed to follow this profession shall place above their doors, on a board, in French and Dutch, in large characters, their quality and names. The Innkeepers, &c. shall be obliged without delay, to inscribe upon parchment, and present to a Commissary of Police their names, quality, and usual dwelling, with the time of their entering and quitting of every person who shall have slept or passed a night in their house, under the punishments decreed by article 75, of the penal code. It is forbidden them knowingly to inscribe upon their register under false or supposed names, the persons who have lodged in their houses ; they are forewart,ed that the laws punish with great severity this species of crime, and that they will be held an swerable for the actions of those who have not been regularly in scribed upon their Ilsts. It is likewise forbidden them to harbour vagabonds, mendicants, and persons without any known occu pation. The innkeepers, &c. are obliged to present their lists, when called upon by a public Officer, for examination. he innkeepers, &c. must send every day the passports of tra vellers who have arrived, and are informed they must again send i'ArAL INTALL!GPICA FALMOUTH, MARCH 'II' • Sailed the Duke of Montrose packet with mash! Amer:ca.—The wind has been from the Eastward all day, so that there is no fear but the outward-bound fleets will at last make their passage. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 111. The Jersey packet, in going from th'is port for Jersey, the week before last, was captured by a French privateer, and carried into Cherbourgh. There were several passengers on board the packet, who had con• siderable property with them. Arrived the ROYAL OAK, 71, Captain Lord AMELWS BEAUCLERK, from off Cherbourgh ; VENERABLE, 74, Sir HOME POPHAM ; MULLET schooner, Lieutenant ANDERSON ; and the ANT schooner, Lieutenant YOUNG, horn Portsmouth ; the NI ROD cutter, from Quiberon Bay..—Sailed the ROTA frigate, for Corunnz ; the RostuLus frigate, for Leith; and the PLANTAGENET man of war, for Potts. mouth. Came up the harbour, to be docked, the SEMPLOWER brig of war.—l am sorry to state, that the SABINE brig of war, Captain GROVES, (acting) sailed from this port for Lisbon, upwards of five months ago, and has not since been heard of. It is therefore conjectured and feared that she foundered at sea, and all hands perished. It was Captain GROVES'S first cruize, after his promotion from Flag Lieutenant at this port—a situation which he bad held for several years, and was promoted on. die strong recommendation of Admiral Yotwa, under whom he served. A French brig, laden with wines, has foundered off the Lizard ; the fate of the crew who were on board her, has not been ascertained. Several pipes of the wine have been lately picked up at sea. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH IS. Arrived about 6J sail of merchantmen; under con. - - We see with infinite gratification the new clause introduced into the Mutiny Bill, granting to Courts Martial the discretion of commuting the punishment of flogging for imprisonment. This is a salutary con cession to the spirit of humanity, which the enlight ening Press has aroused and spread through all the civilized world. This is as much as could be expected, perhaps, from Government in the first instance—and we may safely leave it to the feelings of Briti sh Officers themselves to do the rest. We know that the service is an enemy to the practice. A return of the number of desertions from the Re gular Army at home, from the 25th of December, 1809, to the 24th of December, 1810, laid before Parliament, states it at 3338. Government have received advices that MASSENA'S army numbers now, from its reinforcements, full 80,000 effective men. The Royal Berke, and Cumberland Regiments of I Militia are stationed, and doing duty over the French prisoners at Norman Cross. A number of non-commissioned officers of acknow ledged good character, belonging to regiments in Portugal, who have distinguished themselves in that country and Spain, have been appointed to Commis sions in the Portuguese service. About thirty young Noblemen and Gentlemen have been lately admitted to Cadetcies in the Royal Military College, among whom, we understand, are Lord Viscount BURY, the Hon. J. FORBES, &c. At the last Supreme Board, held at the College, the chair was filled by Colonel GASPARD LE MARCHAND, in the absence of the Governor, Lord HARCOURT. The gallant General, we are concerned to hear, has been recently indisposed, and was unable to attend. It must afford satisfaction to our military readers to hear that a Parliamentary investigation is about to take place into the present pay of British Officers, so far as their liability to the Income Tax is concerned, General GASCOYNE having given notice of a motion on the 26th instant, for a Committee for this purpose. Colonel GREY, in his able pamphlet on the subject, and in his letter, inserted in the STAR of the 30th ofJanuary last, has brought forward facts so strong in favour of a repeal of the duties on the income of military offi• cers, that there can be little doubt entertained of the interference of Parliament being obtained to remedy the evil. Among the many solid grounds on which Colonel Gl= has built his argument, may be reckon- 1 ed, Ist, an uninterrupted course of Parliamentary pre cedent, uniformly exempting the pay of naval and military officers from direct taxation ; 2d, an unbro ken chain of decisions in our Courts of Law, inces santly watching that the military should receive his MAJESTY'S pay free of deductions, and even exempt from legal process. The spirit of the written and un written law of the land, is therefore, so far with Colo nel GARY ' who deserves the best thanks of the army at large fo r bringing these important facts into view, and for his zeal and perseverance in their cause. voy of his Majesty's ships FnEYA And PRINCE OT WALE, from the Eowns ; among them a7:theWatley, Ceres, Streatham, Baring and Devonshire, East India men. Sailed his Majesty's ships SOUTHAMPTON and Rome, with the West India and Brazil convoys ; his Majesty's ship RECRUIT, for Newfoundland.— N.B. The HAZARD is appointed convoy for ditto. DEAL, MARCH 15. Come down from the river and sailed to the west- ward the Baring, Ceres and Devonshire, East India men ; also the Gambier, SIDNEY, under convoiot the FLY sloop of war, with male convicts on board for New South Wales. Arrived and sailed for Ports; mouth his Majesty's ship ARDENT. SHEERNESS, MARCH IS. • • Arrived the DICTATOR, from the Northward ; and CREVCENT, ordered for the Baltic. HARWICH, MARCH IS. Arrived the Beaufoy and Diana packets with mails from Anholt, and the Lark and Lord Nelson packets with mails from Heligoland. The Auckland packet remains with the mails of the Bth inst. fur Heligoland. THE PRINCE REGENT'S LEVEE.—His Royal High ness's Levee, on Tuesday, was attended by about one thousand two hundred distinguished Personages. In addition to the Presentations we stated yesterday, the following also took place : His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, with an Address from the City of Hereford. Duc de Coigny. Marquis Cornwallis. , Loans—John Townshend, C. Townshend, 3d Grua, Mark Kerr, Walpole. Baron Diemar. Bishop of Cloyne. ADMlRALs—Bentinck, Poky. G[I4ZRALS—BIsod, Williams. Johnston, C. Cranfurd, Reed, Bennet, Sir Charles Ross, Vesey. Coto?. Ls--Freeth, Delays', J.F.O. ; Neville, Kynaston Powell, Hon. —.— Knolls, Lambert, Hardy, Harnage, F. G. Smith, Buckworth, Mathews, Parker, and Ross, of the 70th Regiment, Aide-le-Camp to the King. Mar, o as—Buckner, O'Kelly, Hitchcock, Higgins, Craue, Ha vering. CAPTAINS—N. Mitchell. R.N. ; Chester, M'Donald, Wilbra- I ham, Brenton, Burroughs, Mackenzie Frazer, R. B. Young, R.N. Head, R.N. Geo. Bowles, Dacres, J. H. Marshal, R.N. Malcolm, Bachie, R.N. Napier, Paterson, R N. J. Dacres, O'Conner. Ray. Douro a s—F. Pigott, Tutton, Scutt, Holland, Holcombe, Tieraey, Coghlan. Rev. Massas.—Symonds, Kilderbee, Holwell Car, Edward Smith, Northey, Geo. Cuthbert, Barker. Commissioner Welsh, Mr. Serjeant'Onslow, Mr. Carter, of Portsmouth, Mr. Cuthbert ; Messrs. Henry Grattan, Tynte, Mullins, Hare Townshend, Frederick, Beeston Long, Brand, Cartwright, Wortham, Ferguson, Herbert, Eyre, Gauthier, Shaw of Dublin, Dick, Cameron, Hall, Tighe, Ware, with the Corpo ration of Portsmouth's Address, Lister, Parker, Walter Jones, Moretyn, Baring, Wilmot, Tafior, Ashton Smith, Hunter, his Majesty s Consul-General in Sprain, Edward Walpole, Hothouse, W. Busk, Miller, Woolmore, Bake, Merry, late his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Stockholm, Langbam, Lewis, Irving, M.P. Page. Atherley, Bissett, Stephen, M.P. Bohem, Chilvers, Morse, Middleton, Bennett, Henry Martin, Norton, Vandeleur, Rous, Macdonald, Watson, Cox, Farquhar, M.Y. Hussey, S. Smith, Debbeig, Hal sey, Freeman, Heathcote, Blackman, Harbord, Phipps, Macdo nald, Luttrell, Chohnondeley, Doratt, Bewick, Ward, Daven port Lubin, Kingston, Richards, Dickenson, F. Byng, Hart, E. Douglas, Warre, Baker, Member for Canterbury, with an Ad dress to his Royal Highness. ' Lieutenant MAXWELL has been appointed a First Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship ALEXANDRIA, of 36 YARMOUTH, MARCH Is. Sailed the BRITOMART,Captairi HUNT, on a cruize, fur them within 4$ hours. It is espreuly forbidden to all persons, but those who fulfil the above-mentioned. innkeepers, &e. to exercise the profession of innkeeper, &e. The Director-General of Police, Amsterdam, Feb. ill. D. DIOTZILIAGZ. and the CENSOR, Lieutenant LUCAS, with the Vigilant French lugger privateer, captured by the Nymeuzza frigate, for the Nore.—Arrived the RANGER sloop of war, and the SNIPE, from the Harbour.—Remain with the arrivals, the Roebuck, Nymphen, Tartar, Horatio, Partridge, and Sheldrake.—This morning a large vessel laden was discovered on the Scroby Sand; the boats from the shore have put off to her assistance, but, as they have not returned, cannot learn the particulars in time for post.—The Concordia Christiana, PATERSON master, with deals, coals, and race, prize to the TWEED sloop of war, is arrived here. Wind E.N.E. moderate. CHATHAM, MARCH 10. The MritCOILIDS was put out of Dock yesterday; in the amp clock the London, of 90 guns, will be taken in on Tuesday and to pies. The Swirrsuat Is daily expected here, she will re inipieces. taken into the first Dock, where the CoLossus now is, nearly completed. The BIIATTZ and I.IIWLNT sailed from hence at Thursday last; the KAM= and RILDSIITAST will sail in a day or two. LLOYD'S LIST. Galivzsism, MARCH IL--Sailed the Devaynes East India man, for the Downs and India. ' The Juno, of Lancaster, —, has been deserted by her crew at sea, being in a sinking state. The Naiad frigate lets arrived at Barbadoes from Portstnonth, with a large fleet of merchantmen, in thirty lour days; the greater part of the fleet are bound fur Jamaica. The Juno, Forman, from London to Limerick, was on shore off Peterhead the sth instant.—Crew saved. I'he Sophia, ---, front Mesalna to London, is taken and car• ried into Malaga. l'he Bird, Bewicx, front Newcastle, for Plymouth ; Sarah, SALMON, from Yarmouth, for Liverpool; and the Aurora, J INS, from -- for Milford, were on shore, near Lymington, on tia-: terday last. The Duke of Dautzick privateer, that has so beg been cruizing in the West lopes, arrived safe it Nana on the ICth ult. LEITH, MARCH H. Sailed yesterday afternoon, from the Roads, the Dicllivron, of 14 guns, for the Nore; and, this morning, the STRENUOUS and FORWARD gun brigs, on a cruise. The STRENUOUS was preven ted from sailing on Saturday, on account of one of her boats being on shore, repairing, and was not ready. ABERDEEN, MARCH 9. On the afternoon of Thursday last, a large sloop was, by the violence of the sea, driven upon the rocks adjoining the harbour of Gurdon. She proved to be the Two Brothers el Christiana, laden with deals, seed, wine, coffee, train oil, Re. a prize to the Tweed sloop of war, Captain Symons. The prize-master (W. Wade), and the crew and prisoners, in all nine persons, effected a landing in safetp. From the exertions that are making, it is thought, a considerable part of the cargo will be saved; but the bottom of the vessel is dashed to pieces. The same day, the Her cules, Gibbet), of this place, sailed for the Dellis Straits Whale Fishery. CHERBOURG, FEBRUARY 49. sloop Tryal, of W in ballast, enteted At twelve o'clock, yesterday, his MAJESTY walked with. Dr. HuazaDEN, on Windsor Terrace, till one o'clock, when he went into the Castle to dine. At two o'clock his MAJtant came on the Terrace again with Generals MANNERS and GARTM, his Equerries, and walked till after four o'clock, when he returned to the Castle. Yisterday morning the Archbishop of CANTERBURY and Earls of WINCHRLSZA and AYLRSFORD arrived at Windsor Castle, and held an adjourned meeting of the Council of last Saturday with her MAJESTY ; which was sitting when our account left Windsor, at past three o'clock. The Countess BERKELEY has been twice examined at the Bar of the House of Lords, in the Committee of Privileges on the Berkeley Peerage. A gitat fleet is now in preparation for the Baltic. It will consist of at least 2.5 sail of the line besides frigates, and will, if possible, reach its destination by the end of aext month or the beginning of May. Admiral DURHAM is to proceed immediately to the Mediterranean, where he is to hoist his flag is the ARITHUSA frigate. Captain KING goes with him as his Captain.—The ROYAL GEORGE, now at Plymouth, is under orders also to proceed to the Mediterranean. Some mistakes having crept into the public prints respecting the state of our commercial relations with the Baltic, it may be necessary distinctly to apprize eur Readers that Licences have never been refuse 4,4 by the Board for exports to the Baltic, but the Import Licences have for some months been confined to guns. English . . . ernoutb, _ single article of grain. On the evenin g of the sth instants woman. accom. this port this day, captured by la Loup Marin and EEpervier panied by a man, was detected in the act of throwing privateers. The body of Captain BRUCE, of the Jane transport, a young child, two or three months old, into the river, L'ORIENT, FEB. 23. who was drowned in going to the assistance of tile a little below the wooden bridge. Glasgow. The body e. Thir t een tvert4 ees French . The Peldesses, Prom Providence Island to London, captures AMETHYST frigate, has been picked-up and interred of the infant was soon after found, and the usual meant b at Plymouth. A large body of men are employed in Wyaitawrecked Rodsur p o r n iv re 16th instan t cotton, CiaPeachTiweeKti cats. for resuscitation were resorted to, but without effect. sailors and three English prison t s o ro ff , B lr diel were al ha —"mg up the Amethyst, a attempts to get her oir --ved iparectual. The woman mu secvred i titular accomplice got off. owe!. • . 7, - . , • . . . - The 1