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TO HALF PAY MAJORS. AMAJOR on Full Pay, in an old and favourite Regiment in England, and one Battalion only, will e xchange to Half ray, without differenee—Apply by letter, port paid) to P. Q. Bfq. Riebardion's Hotel, Covent Garden. This day was publifhed, price as. And fold by J Taylor, No 39, Holborn ; and Verne, HoosLand Sharpe, Poultry, London ; andThomfon and Son, and J Hoppa Manchefter. AN ESSAY on the WARMING of MILLS, and other Buildings, by S TEAM. This Effay cr ntains a variety of Curious and Ufeful Informa tion, arranged under the following Heads: i—The proportionate Size of Boilers and quantity of Fuel.- 2—The proportion of Steam pipe required to heat a given (pace, 3—The fubftance and colour of Steam Pipes. 4—The direction and arrangement of the Steam Pipes. 3—The modes of connecting the Steam Pipes. And concludes with a general abltraet of dimenflons and pro portions of Pipes, and important fads relating t• a variety of Buildings, which have deco adlually heated by Steam. The advantages of cleanlinefs. convenience, and fafety, which this mode of Warming Buildings poffeffes, has long made it an objeft of attention ; but it Is only of late that it has been brought into pradiee, fo as to be commodious and certain in its effedts It has, ►owever, now arrived at that point; and this Effay con tains a colledlon of the fads which have been afeertalned, for the ore of thole who' may with to put in pradicc the Warming of Buildings by Steam. Beatles the acliantages of this application of Steam for ordi nary purpofes of Warming Buildings, it Is of Importance, in a na tional point of view, as it may prevent accidents in all &nations where there is much conibuitible matter, fuels as In Arfenals, and Dock Yarns. It may be °Versed. that this is the only pretleal Effay on the Itibjeft yet mitilifised. FOREIGNIINTELLIGENCE. UTRECHT, DEC. s. On the 25th of November the following Decree wad adnpted by hid Majeily : Louis Napoleon, by the Grace of Go. and the Conltttution o• the Kingdom, Kineof Holland, and Conßable of France—We have decreed, and do decree as follows : ART, I. That there (hall be a Firß Prefident of the Council of State. I. His functions canna it. Trending over the Council of State in our abfence ; and alto, on all occaftons, wherever our 11.11. hitters may be affembled together among themfelves, but only in purfuance of our commands . 3. He mall take rank diredtly as our Min!Eters, and mall have the rank of Minißcr. 4. His falary null be double that of the Councillors of State. 5. He than give his reports direaly to ourfelves. Given at Utrecht, the 25th November, igisy, the ad year of our reign. (Signed) scum Dec. 3.—When the Minifter for Domenic Affairs communicated in the Legiflative Body, the meff.ge of the King relative to the fituation of the affairs of the kingdom, his Excellency, at the fame time, made the following fpeeeh to that Affembly : 41 Gentlemen, in obedience to the commands of the King, I appear among the alterably, and at the fame time communicate the meffage of his Majefty, containing an account of the Inflation of the affair s of the kingdom, as well that which has been accom plifhed, of the meafurps adopted in the preceding year, as that which mull be adopted for the enfuing year. The contents of this meltage will difcover to you, Gentlemen, as well the importance of the ob jetts which the King means to fubmit to the confi• deration of this affembly, as the neceffity that you should unanimoufly co operate with his Majefly's 12great defigns for the well being and p ro fp er i t y o f hi s bjefts, by the wifdora and prudence of your re folves. gi His Majeßy having authorized me to enter upon a more extenfive explanation of (ome points, and particularly of thole relating to the internal fituation of the kingdom, I mull beg your attention to what I have further to flare. 44 Since your Taft meeting great events have taken place ; events which furnith ample matter for fpe culation to the attentive obferver. The hero, who conilitutes the glory and the fafety of France, and is the admiration of mankind, and the terror of his enemies, has ended a campaign, to which there is nothing equal in the annals of mankind for military skill, rapidity of execution, and complete fuccefs, by an illuftrious peace, the peace of Tilfit, which has for ever changed the (late of the Continent, and given it a new afpret. I w'll chiefly direct your attention to this circumftance of good fortune, that it has fallen to the lot of this country, amid ft fuch events, to enjoy profound tranquillity. We have not ceafed to enjoy many of the bleEngs of peace during the war, when whole diftriets in other countrie s h ave b een laiSwafie, by the inevitable confequences which attended their becoming the feat of war. Our towns are not depo pulated, our fields are not laid wage, the found of war and its hideous afpeet are (thanks to the proteetion of Dives a Peovror wca;and to the incredible fuccefs of the arms of Napoleon the Great) far removed from our frontiers. Every man, under the eflablithed eourfe of the laws, by the introduelion of our prefent Conflitution, can enjoy the potTefflon of his property, and gather the fruits of his own indullry. Thatigh fcarcity, an unavoidable confequence of all devouring war, was felt amongfl us, yet there has not been ex perienced any want of the necasties, nay, evin of the comforts of life." The Minifler next proceeded to notice the epide. mical diforder which had lately manifefled itfelf in Holland, and Rated the meafures which were adop ted for arretting its progrefs, and fecuring the health of-the inhabitants. He alfo took notice of the late Rormb and loffes at fea and, alluding to the injuries funained by the dykes, pointed out the neceflity of taking meatures to preferve thofe works that form the fecurity of a country which has been conquered from the ocean, by the art and induflry of man. He detailed at length what has been already done by order of the Government for the maintenance of the dykes. In the nest place, he lock a view of the Rate of religion in Holland. He obferved that all opinions remained under the proteeion of the laws in the free and equal cur cire of their worthip. The Rate of education was the next topic to which he called the attention of the A fretnbly, and he briefly Rated the weafures adopted for the improvement of the public reboots, and extending inflration to all ranks. He then proceeded to notice the Rate of commerce in the following terms : 46 The war, Gentlemen,• it would be in vain to difremble, has produced a tong and melancholy flag - nation of our foreign trade, whiei has always whit jollier been confidered as the foorce of all the prof peri ty of Holland. Ws feel, in common with other . . nations, the weight of the burdens of that war, of the eifeas of which, in other refpeas, we have remained free.' We have, however, no reafon to fear that this interruption of our commerei.tl relations will deaden the. fpirit and enterprize of a people who are parti- cularly formed for trade. All that it iinecatry to guard spina in this refpett will, without doubt, be (Vented by them. They will adopt the bell cootie that circumflances can permit, ; and we may flatter ourfelves to fee commerce rife again from her allies, our merchantmen covering every fea, our markets filed with all kinds of merchandize, as loon as peace than have brought about that fortunate refill, which the penetration, as well as the power and in• clinatisn of the Hero of this age, guarantee to our country. . 44 The rigid laws (for their exigence mtifl be alto acknowledged) refpeding the communication with England,and the prohibition Of the importation of all goods from that kingdom, completely deßroy our trade. But who does not perceive that thefe regula tions are neceffary—not merely for preventing all deceptions as to the intredntion of prohibited mer ehandize—not merely to fecure the faithful execution of meafures of general advantage—but alto to com• pel the enemy to accept a peace founde4 on fuitable and folid bares ? What well difpufed Dutchman would not be confoled for the preffure of a temporary evil by the happy profped of future advantages lb great and durable ? The Minifter next took notice of the Rate of the manufadures, which are confeffed to have fuffered ; but he obferved, that the inventions in machinery of other Indians had been introduced, and in Tome inftances improved, which he thought afforded reifon to hope, that after peace the Dutch manufactures would emulate thole of other nations. He pointed out the attention paid by the King to the arts and manufactures, and to agriculture. Among the objects of this lag kind, to which he called the attention of the Affembly, were the cultivation of the wane lands, and the improvement of the race of boiler, oxen, and (beep. He next dwelt on the ne cefEty of improving the condition of the poor, and Rated, that the Government was bufily occupied with that important object. The mifery of the times having rendered this work indifpenfible, a Commit lion had been appointed fur the exprefs purpofe of inquiring into the Rate of mendicants in the country, and taking meafures to alleviate it." After a tong eulogium on the charader of the King, on his atten• tion to every branch of the public Adminißration, and attachment to the interefts of the country, the Speaker proceeded thus : 44 The Maritime War Rill continues, and yet England has hitherto refuted to linen to propof.ls for peace. With regard to a general peace, which is as neceffary for mankind, as it muR be the objeft of their ardent with, great efforts mutt Rill be made to obtain it. True to our duties, and convinced of the commanding preffure of our prefent fituation, we mutt fubmit to new faerifices, in the hope and true that our commerce and navigation thall at lafi be delivered from that yoke, which bas fo long op preffed them, and that the freedom of the leas, for which our forefather; fhed fo much blood, null be again refolved. g' This fituation of affairs, there efforts and facri fices to be made, mutt neceffarily occafion an in ereafe of the turns which will be required for the fervice of the prefent year." He then briefly alludes lo the Rate of the finances, and the deficit of the pre fent year, and refers them for fuller information to the King's Meffage, as containing a flatement of the finances, and of the amount of the deficit above the revenue. Among the means of improving the finan ces, he mentions the plan of a finking fund for pay ing off the national debt. After mentioning livenl let's important interior regulations—He then con cludes, gg There, Gentlemen, are the principal fubjeas which are made known to you in th e melage of his Mujefty, and which afford you a new opportunity to prove by your deliberations and refolves, your won ted zeal and ability in co-operating with the King to promote defigns that are ufeful to the country:" PARIS, DECEMBER 2. According to accounts from mot cf the ports of the Mediterranean, the Algetines have commenced againft the French and their Allies, and alto upon the Americans. Such a precipitate war, le lightly begun againft nations, whom England has long feared and envied, muft have naturally excited the fufpicion that Britith influence was not foreign to the determination of the Algerine Government, and we are now allured that this fufpicetuk is well ground. ed. According to accounts from the American Confulate at Naples, there was found on board a New York trading fchooner, lately carri e d i n t h ere , among the papers of the Algerine Prizemafter, that were thrown overboard, an order of the Britifh Conful at Algiers, by which all the Captains of his nation are ordered to refpeet the captures made by Algerine rovers as lawful pri ze . DE e. 3. —The public papers of this day contain no intelligence of importance. The five per cent Con fols are at 86 francs, ro cents. • MILAN, NOVEMBER 14. The Emperor Napoleon has been received in his kingdom of Italy with all that love and admiration which the French people entertain for him. His ar rival in this capital was fo unexpected, that the Viceroy had fcarcely time to mount on horfeback, and to meet his Majelly at the diftance of a quarter of a league from Milan. In the evening the whole city was illuminated. It is fuppofed that on the 26th or 27th infant, his Majelly will leave this capital, and proceed to Venice. FRANCKFORT, N0V.29. On the 27th M. Caulincourt pallid through this town on his way to Peteriburgh. VIENNA, NOVEMBER 23. The Preiburg Gazette gives the following intelli nence. dated Leti)berg, the t ith innant—" We are affured that 'three Ruffian armies are ab ,, ut to be formed • the Gra in ,the neighbou r hood o f M eme l , the fecond in the neighbourhood of Ballads. and the thirdin the neighbourhood of Kameneck. This laft is so he &Aso men -(t=ong.. Travellers fr o m RufGa affert, thatshe recruiting is eartied on with great aitivity there. The levy takes one AMU out of vreiy aty in the country. THE EVENING STAR. . . LONDON: SATURDAY, DECEMBER ip. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. A per Cent. Conf. for January, 6 . 21 7 -Redoeid 6tl Exchequer Bina, par to is pron. Ilium 1 to t prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cm*. Red. 631 3 per Cent Imp. 611;- 3 per Cent. Conf. Ann. Omit. hap. Anu. 7 sl- 6thst 4 per Cent.Bcl 81 Etch Bills, par ts. dif. S. per Cent Navy (hut India Bonds, par ta. dif par Long Ann. 171 City Lottery Tickets 7L to& India Bonds, par ts. dlr. par Conf. for open. 60/1 This forenoon the expeeei Declaration of the Kano again!' Rana was publithed in a Gazette Ex. traordinary, a literal Copy of which is given in our next page. The American brig Sufan, arrived at Falmouth from linurdeaux with a cargo of wine and brandy, reports, that two French fligates efcAped from Dour &aux on the cQ intions, fuppofed fur the Weil Some doubts have been tinted as to the corred nefs of the intelligence refpeeling the failing of the Portuguefe fleet from the Tagus, becaufe no fuch accounts have been. received by Government, and the Ann, it kerns, had no bufinefs at the Tagus. One circumtlance, indeed, was inaccurately (Wed in the accounts from Plymouth ; but that being cor. reeled, the intelligence in its general and prominent feature remains unaltered. It was not the Ann that fpoke the Portuguefe Beet, but the Diana from Lill h n. On the 4th inftant the Ann boarded the Diana, and, received from her intelligence of the event, which, was erroneoufly hated to have occurred to the Ann herfelf. The Diana hurried away on the 28th nit. in con fequence of the apprehended arrival of the French army, General Josor having already arrived, and the army being expeeked to enter on the 3oth. The Diana further reported, that on the 28th fix line of battle (hips, three frigates, two, brigs, and one fchooner, failed from Liibon ; that this fquadron was efeorting the Royal Family ; and that there were left in the harbour at Litton nine Ruffian mtn of war. One frigate hadfailed on the 26. h. Such are the accounts received by the Ann from the Diana, and their general accuracy feems to be rendered highly probable by a circumflance, which occurred to the Ann herfelf. On the IR inR. he " paired through a Portuguefe fquadron in lat. 38. 46. N. long. tI. 4. W. of 27 fail, many apparently line of battle (hips." The Diana was bound for Liverpo , I. and we ray therefore loon expel to hear correaly what intelli gence.. (he has brought. In the mean time we fub join a letter from a Gentleman on board the Ann. containing the particulars from which the above ab find has been made : " The Ann hived armed brig, of twadve twelve. pounders, manned with 39 men, commanded by Lieutenant JAMB. *Kan us, failed from Plymouth on the 14th of November, with difpatches for Sir Hsvr a:car:me, Governor of Gibraltar. On the. toth, lat. 41. 4t. long. to. 39. W. diftance from the Burling: to miles, fell in with and captured the Vinfajo, Spanifh lugger privateer, of rut three pounders, one long nine pounder, with a complement 0145 men, eight days from Ferrol, without having , made any capture. On the 24th, entered the Gut of Gibraltar, prize in company, where (he wai" be. l i calmed, and attacked by I 8 or 19 Spanifh gun boats, containing a force of Wean 7or 800 men. At half pan ten the lugger, having nine men on board, (truck to the gun boats, fir( having hailed the Lieutenant, and Paying there were three men killed. The gun boats then commenced a furious attack on the brig; but from the determined refinance of the brave crew, after an engagement of three hours, within piftol (hot, they hauled off, feveral of them having (offered feverely from the well direeted fire from the Ann, who, anonifhing to relate, had not a man hurt. I fend you herewith a copy of Lord PAULET 9 S letter to Admiral YOUNG on the fubjed, by which you will perceive the high fenfe he entertains of the very emi. nent courage and cool judgment I,ieut. M'Kastats dif played in beating off fo fuperior a force. On the 26th, failed from Gibraltar ; bottle 27th, puffed the convoy from England at the entrance of the Streights. The Dry Harbour, one of the tranfports, parted off the Li. lard, and arrived fate in the Bay on the 23d. At one. o'clock pallid through our fleet off Cadiz. On the IR December paled thrOugh a Portuguefe fqua. dron, in lat. 38. 46. N. long. tI. 4. W. of 27 fail, many apparently line of battle (hips. On the 4th boarded the Diana, from Lifbon to Liverpool, with palfengers. She pot to Pea on the 28th (in more. quence of infbrmation that 14,000 French troops were to enter Lifbon on the 3oth), with fo much pre. cipitancy, that the Mailer and boat were left behind, and very little provifions were taken on hoard. She reported, that on the 28th, fix line of battle (hips, three frigates, two brigs, and a fchooner, failed, having on board the Royal Family ; that one of the princi pal Mininers was on board the Prince Royal,. double ironed, in confequence of a difcovery having been made of his intrigues with Narooson and the Prince of PFAeI to overturn the Government ! General Juno:. had arrived at Li(bnn. The Diana left in the hatbour nine fail of Ruffian men of war. One Ruffian frigate failed on the 26th. On the Itth, l (poke the BItiLLIANT frigate, with a very large and valuable Diriifh prize in company, lat! 48. 8. N. long. 7. tB. W. On the-12th, boarded the John and Anne, from Meffina tp London, with lemons, 58 miles frost Uihant, her fails very much torn." • t NAUTICAL INTELUGENCL. PENZANCR, MEMBER gy. Since my laft, arrived the Reviere, Capt. Coot'', from St. Ives, with fifh for this place ; Ore was miffing fe►eral days, and fears were entertained of her being loft, and crew periflied, daring the late gales; Le was driven, however, on the French via& and nearly on &ore, when the weather moderated ; faw a lugger (fuppofed French privateer) board two brigs, bat being favoured by the night, and altering his courfe, faw nothing of either neat morning. FALMOUTH, DIICEMISER s 6. Art ived the American chip Hamtet, jacesou, from Philadelphia, bound to Amiterdam, with fugar. Coffee, &c. fent in by his Majelly's (hip Novas, to wait orders; the Ametlean Saran, Howes., with a cargo of wine, brandy, &c. from Bourdeanx to New York, detained by the Hope privateer, o f Guernfey ; the fhip Three Sifters, Luso, from the River Plate, 94 days parge, with hides, tallow, &e. failed from thence in company with the fleet, under convoy of his Majefly's (kip POLYPHIMUI, 64 guns, Rear Admiral G. Minstar, and parted from them five days after, in a gale on the tBth November; in lat. go. N. long. 37. W. raw a Aeet (landing to the Eaftward. The brig Nancy, HOWARD, which filed from hence fcven days fince, under convoy of the Morriftoun armed brig, with copper ore, foe Swanfea, was brought in here yefterday by the Adrian cotter, having loft her main boom, fplit her fails, &c. in a gale on the toth inftaat i about to leagues N.N.E. of the Lizard ; alfo A galliot (Kniphaufen) from Spain, with a cargo of nuts, for London, detained by the Alban cutter. Lieut. Wets ; the American brig Newton, Darcy, from Baltimore for Amflerdam, warned by his Ma jefly's.thip Virginia. Sailed the Morrifton armed trig, with a fleet of co a fters under convoy, for Wales.—. Wind NeT,MOUTH. DIC.; cl. . Came in the i'orenwe, of 4o guns, from the Welt ward ; Novas, of 36 . guns. front é cruse ; John and Thomas, Captain Multaom, from Newfoundland, for Poo!e, with &h. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER a. Sailed his Majefty', (hip Asreta, with the Me t under convoy fur the Weft Indies.:-.Wind N. E. • DEAL, DECIMBAIt 18. Arrived and failed for the River the Corn Planter, GILLS. fromPhiLadelphia. Sailed the bits: gins' brig with_ the refk of the outward bound, Ste. ander convok to the wellward. The — Rotae t si H oo p of war has detain ed and fent into *Downs the Atne: rieen : fkiiinaisvissmd tke.tisiook(issan Itoittor4ans foe the Baltic. Wind E. S. k. -1 4 -•••••' •• • LA.OYD,'S OR AVIS [lO, Dtc. 18 —Pa% thy.. Use De*. Stadirell, Erma Zantee Charles, Willkarn Kkby ; Ws, Ilessett.; Ltedy, Bade Travdkr, Utt;ing ; and Margaret, 'Skenlow, huna the Baltic. GREENOCK, DECEMW 16. The Dunlop, M'Ewimo, arrived here yellerdap from Qsebec, in 3s days. On the lath ult. about 460 miles from Qebec, in the river St. Lawrence; fell in with a fleet of sa fail, under convoy of the HALIFAX mop of war, for Britain. On the zsth, it came on to blow bard, when (be loft fight of them ; 16th, only ten fail in fight 1 !Bth, none in fight ; t 2th fpoke the flip James, of Liverpool, off Infter. hull, when the Captain informed them of his having !poke the Halifax, on the 23d, with only five fail is company. The Antfv-cr„ Scats*, was expelled in l ei& days, and the Paragon, Mlttsa, in ten, for this port. Arrived at Port Glafgow, the zath inft. the (hip Alexander, Scnrr, from Pi Sou ; failed thence the 9th ult. Left the following dips there for Clyde, viz. Glafgow, URE, and William, SCLANDIIRS, for Port. Glafgow, and to fail in three weeks ; the Alexander, Burtes, and Fielding, MACIAT, for this port, the former loading, and to fag in 12 days, the latter had not begun to load. On the 9th jail. faw a Chip come ing in North Channel, which he took to be the John, of this port, from Mirrimachi, bound to Stronraet, as the was to fail from thence the day after his Wive ing Piftou. Previous to Captain Scores failing, the mailer of a veffel came down from Mirrimachi to Pittou, and reported that the (hip Dunrobin Cattle, Coorta, bound thither from this port, had got atbore upona fond banklgoing in, where the lay wall all her malls gone—crew faved.—The Margaiet, M.K.L. CAR, from this port f , r Newfoundland, was (poke with by the Royal, Charlotte, arrived at St. John's, on the ;sth Odober, lat. 49. 30. long. 35. 30. WKS two days in fight ; light winds.—.. There are five or fix veffels reported to be 101 l at Newfoundland, be tween Cape Broyle and Cape Rau—crews perithed, except the crew of one Weft India (hip raved. The Frederica, Richards, failed from BIN"lol to Philadelphia on the 4 th o f biarch,'and has not fisce bees beard of. The 'Friedland, French priva►eer, 0114. guns, and 7o men, is captured by his Mayfly's Chip Alacrity, and carried into Yarmouth. 'The Hunter, Walker ; and the Linenhall, from Petetfburgh ; silo a veffel belonging to Brid lington, are captured in the Baltic. The Howick, of Hull, is 101 l in Coilslaud. The infolent, which brought difpatchei from Pa lermo, Rates, that Lord COLLIWOWOCID was off Too. ion with eight fail of the line. Admiral Tooawso• 'moon was gone to Tripoli for provificins. The Windfor Cattle and the Q.,leen, of 98 guns each, are gone to Gibraltar to refit. General Moms has left Sicily with about 9 or ro,ooo troops. Further difpatches were received yellerday from the Mediterranean, brought by the Arrow (loop, which arrived at Plymouth lemon Wedaefday evening. Admiral Mgawev's fqnadron,frons Mcnte Video, has been ken lathe chops of the Channel, all well. r 4