Star. — London, England, 1809-12-20 00:00:00

Ay among the British troops at *bent iee carried off bribe epidemical fever ! " CADIZ, tic:oi% 29. 'he new government is extremely active. The iastical President, (the Bishop in frartibus of :ea), Opears to be a than exactly fit to govern luring the present state of affairs - . .adiz has a new Commandant. :eneral Venegas was sent purposely by the :o put these people upon their mettle. Before ived here, this place was full of officers, who !ft their regiinents, and were displaying their ig uniforms in the public walks: His first care co order these gentlemen immediately to join !spective corps ; his next was, to establish a td send from hence, to the artny, idle inhabitants iiho could give no rational it of themselves; and last Slight he issued an stet for every Spahiata in Cadiz, *hether merchant Or tradesman, or of whatever description, if between and 60 years of age, to enrol themselves as vo !unteet s." CADIZ, NOVEMBER no. If the affairs iti the North bear so unfavourable an aspect, they are no less melancholy on this side. We hare teceivcd the most distressing accounts from our army in La hiancha, tinder the command of AeruzaoA, by which it appears, that ott the 19th in stant they sustained a general attack in the neighbour-, hood of Ocana, and the consequences have been very fatal to our army. Oul loss has been very consider able both in officers add men, artillery, ammunition, P rov'sions, &c. all appear to have been abandoned by our t r oops, Such wes the -panic, that whole batta lions threw away their arms, to avoid by a precipitate flight the destruction which. evidently was suspended on their heads. It is impossible, at this moment of general consternation, to say exactly what our loss may be ; but of the rapid flight wt have a most dis tressing proof, several parties having already arrived in the vicinity of Cordova and Jaen. In consequence of this unpleasant intelligence, the most severe mea sures are about to take plate in the rising of the people est mane. All persons from . 16 to 60, capable of bearing arms, will immediately be called into action, and this measure will extend to the convents without distinction. In fine, our situation becomes daily more critical, and we must piepare ourselves for great sacrifices; but, alas what will become of us, now that the Usurpet has humbled the Emperor of Aus- Tata ?" The Gazette of last night contains dispatches from thnhing, to which we refer our Readers; announc ing that all the troops have been embarked, and all the enemy's works destroyed. Much speculaiion, and many grohnctled *ports have been circulated respecting the dispatches brought by M. MatNrz, the Austrian Courier, and the sit tings of the Cabinet that have taken place since his arrival. We have already stated that so far as his dispatches concerned this cotintry, they related only to an exchange rf prisoners. We must again repeat this, and add, that they did not contain any pacift otortnres—whatever they may lead to. The French prisoners hi this tomitry are little more than 40,000—the British prisoners in France are about +, - e) ! but the French we understand, in a debtor cr:!ditor account of prisoners of different descrip- Veils released on parole, contrive to make a balance it,:e to them, when all the above shall be liberated, cf 1,900 men. Whether. they include as pri= er t!le Hanoverian troops, as we know was at-1 • on a former occasion, we have not learnt : :1. r we yet know whether those British residents t}.c, v-..re detained in France at the breaking out of :ea: are to receive release from the present negos. '1 .1 .1:.r case is eicessively severe and afflict and ou:4;it certainly to receive the attention Of Governmtnt. If the question of recognising the of such detention did not affect the liberty and Teliare of free brim Britons, plausible arguments ht be adduced for resisting it ; but as well we cvntend that no State should redeem I.;;;ects from slavery when cgptured on the • ❑ seas by Algerine pirate, as .pretend to jus. • the state of cruel neglect in Which our coiratry •. have been suffered to languish for years in .Fresch • , because, fOrsooth, they were not taken with aryls in their' hands with Mich cold-blooded - 9 , phistiy! If your enemy has acted contrail to the •' .f ;to acknowledged maxims of warfare, do nut . for that reason, stifle the dictate‘d , humanity, .I.crifice the just claims of your countrymen to piinctilies, at which NA POI. MN laughs,- *Mk Lre.thren continue to be the innocent victims' Of attachment to forms which he has 201 - 7,gatf : J. 1.7 1::le lite election for Chancellor of iite 'University cf Oxf,:rd. the Bishop of CARLISLE voted for the L of BEAuronr ; the Archbishop of 'Yam( ' and tne bi.:inps of LONDQN and Sr, AsAi'u, for Lord Not one Bishop voted for Lord &Dos. Lrnoog Lord GRENVILLE'S voters was one from the iy of Down, and one from Aberdeen, C I!' 1 here was a great fall of snow on the mountains Lublin, last week, though there WAS none in the 'A'y, or within two miles. Saturday the Reading coach ran over the Maiden !:t Ld waggoner, ocismallberry-green, and broke his in m ) shocking a,manner, that it is thought am .....tation must take place. ~.";.;,!: -1, •;.. THE ARMt. The 94 ahei Kinedelitiati ipectcd last week by Brigadier -General BOLTON, am, it is expected that pail of both will be seat abroad, the Sat of these corps Still has a great many sick and reconvalescents. Th . c sick in Ipswich and Wobdbridge barracks, who were sent from Walcheren, are recovering very fast, but generally there remains a weakness after the fever, which is difficult to overcome it lasts some times five or six months. Saturday last the Ballot for the Local Militia, for the division of Bearsted, Kent, took place, when the number wanted for the town of Maidstone appeared to be 230 there were only 20 Volunteers offered and accepted, and the remainder 210 were ballotted for to make up the 230. The 23d Regiment was still at Lisbon when the last accounts came away, not having then embarked. The alterations which Government are now making in the barracks at Ashford, are expected to prove very conducive to the health and comfort of the soldiery. The plan of the barracks in their old state must be allowed to haVe had an opposite tendency, on account of the great numbers apportioned to each room, which, though only four in number, had yet accom modations for 2000 men. By the alterations now in progress, it is intended by partition walls quite through the building, to make different sized rooms to contain from 24 to 48 men, with fire places in each, with a gallery extending along the front, for a communica tion to each room on the upper storey. The whole to be completed by January, and the barracks will then contain 1500 men. NAYAL INTELLIGENCE. TORBAY, DEC. 18. Sailed his Majesty's ship DAPHNE, Captain PIPON, for Plymouth, being the third attempt since he cam( here, but was obliged to put back again by contrary wind ; also his Majesty's ship DRUID, Sir WILLIAM Bovrox, to the westward ; and his Majesty's shit THAMES, Hon. Captain WALDEGRAVE, for Falmouth. —Remains his Majesty's sloop PERSIAN, with tlu transports bound to Lisbon, but the wind being now inclined to the North, it is expected they will get un der way this evening......lt has blown quite a hurricane from the South and West the whole of the last week, but no accident whatever has happened to the ship ping, except a brig laden with timber got on sham between Torquay and Torabbey in working into the Bay on Friday night last, and I understand will g', to pieces. weekly! T 1 Ecclesu thcin di Ge :anta t 1 • he arriv h a d lef dazzlinj wa s, to • their re! • Ngular r,ll the i account PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, DEC. Is. Yesterday arrived the brig Valiant, EVAN EVANS master, from Cnrfr ladea-with provisions, bound. tr London, put in here in consequence of a very heavy gale : she sailed on the 15th inst. in company with the brigs Saltcoats ; and Fanny, Capt. BEALE, both bound to London, the former laden with provisions, the latter with oats ; on the 16th inst. the wind blow ing a gale, the Fanny was observed in great distress ;! Bart of the crew were, busily employed at the pumps, and the r'•r throwing the cargo overboard ; on the Valiant nearing the Fanny, the latter hailed her, and told Capt. EvANs to keep company, as she was in a very leaky state, and expected to founder, he in consequence paid as much attention to her as the state of the weather . would permit, the Saltcoats was then some distance from both the ships ; about 7 P. M. a most tremendous squall came on, which separated them both. The Fanny has not since been beard of 3 and from the state of the ship, it is feared she foundered. A general movement will take place among the shipping to-morrow.--The ToNNAtli' will go down the harbour to-morrow; for the Bay ; the FORM/DA- IlLE; TEMERAIRE and IMPLACABLE, are coming up. the harbour to repair and refit.—Last night a sea man, named Barber, belonging to one of the ships in ordinary, was drowned in the harbour : he had been drinking at Dock, and in getting up the side of the ship, missed his hold, and fell into the water, where he instantly sunk. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 19. Nothing arrived.—Sailed from Cowes the Corn wallis transport, R• StoreEv, under convoy of* Surly cutter, for Guernsey.—Wind DEAL, DE CE MBER 19. Came down from tile River his Majesty's slip A GINCOURT, and remains.—Sailed the Atalanta, SWINZY, to Gravesend, to repair damages whkh bhe sastained in the late•gales..-Wind W.N.W. CHATHAM, DEC. 17. The VENERABLE will be put out of Dock.neiiit Fri day ; the CRANE will also be put out in the tootle of the week.—So great a supply of hemp has been ob tained by Government, that every storehouse in this Dock-yard, that can possibly be spared, is to be pre pared for its reception ; some thousand topi will shortly arrive here. YARMOU'T'H, DECEMBER 19. 'The vessel mentioned under-jury-masts yesterday is from Vlusbing, and was building by the French when we toot possession of the island : she is called la Fh. delle, pierced for 36 guns, and is nearly finished, bat ) must be taken into dock on her arrifal at the Nay; she is commanded by Captain EDMUND KITTOE, and left Flushing on Friday List, of came she his brought nothing new.—Arrived from Gottenburgh the Prince of Wales and Hero cutters, the former took a 441 e Schaw, bni int being *irk pA , taitaitied -of het in,feq.—Sail on eerciee Mr the Tnel; the redid ; WW I . tra de Neligoladdi -the Dttittiesce and CUR kin., for The Nore I and theCtanneutint,dtt a &diet. —Rnulin the Edger, Belletophots; ind Satiirn, of 74 gtins s titch; Rttbuck, Aletandria, and islrrnphen, frigetes ; Drake, Onyx, I-reatti, and Viken, gun brigs ; with three tuttersr.Witid N. W. ititully. Two P.M.—Sailed the AfaixotnitiA, and la Fidelle FrenCh frigate. Tbe -13.w.gebris4er and SATuas, of 74 guns, will sail for the Downs to.morrow morning; GREENOCk; liitalf4l3Ell. 13: The Mars, Capt. HARVLY, arrived here yesterday from Que bec, and has experienced, since the 3d initant, the moss severe weather. To preserve the ship a considerable part of the cargo was thrown overboard. Capt. HA IVirtY speaks of the exertions of nme gentlemen, his passengers, with the utmost gratitude. He himself was washed overboard, and by the greatest exc mons only was saved. • 6011111 T tiAntoni;--bist night, SUAKUPEAR'S Co: medy of the MereAaat of veraceivai pertnnned to ,a most crowded and brilliant audience, Mr. Coats's .h ad is above praise. Never did tills excellent and , judleieut performer appear to more advantage, or give a more just delineation of the hard-hearted 1331 feeling creditor : it was rich in every, point --The Poisia of Miss NORTON is 'well conceived, and as well executed as her powert will admit.—Mr. Et.faitY and Mr. Mnxnan, in the two Gold , o's were truly comic.— Mr. C. Ka.sraLz's Beuraoio possessed ease and feeling; and the whole performance received much applause. —The Farce of the Poor Soldier followed, and 'war also very well received.—ln the interval between the Play and Farce, a Gentleman in the Pit hoisted a piat card, on which were the words, • Let et forgive Brats= don ! This was read with general satisfaction ; and the_ person who held it expressed his hope that the libirality of a British public would induce them to accede to the restoration of Mr. BRANDON to his office of Box-keePei which he had for so many years held with credit to himself, and satisfaction to the frequenters go . Theatre. Another Gentleman in one of the Olt Boxes addressed the House also, and apologized foe the late Box-keeper, by saying that Mr. BRANDON was not in fault, as he had only acted according to , his instructions. He trusted, therefore, that the justice and generosity of the public would not he tatisfied till he was reinstated in his employment: This address was received with applause. These were die only at tempts made during the whole evening to divert the attention of the audience out of the usual cbuise; on the final fall of the curtain, a general burit of ap plause signified the complete departure of all discord. MN. BRANDON'S DISCRARGZ.-•-k if not easy to decide which is the more unjust, the public clamour that was raised against Mr. Brandon, or the pliancy with which, as a sacrifice to that clamour, he has been surrendered by his employers. Had the Proprietors, in answer to the wild demand of Brandon's discharge, at oncede cared themettla the authors ni adders of those measures which they now profemd to contemplate with regret, they would not only have protected and exonerated from blame an old and faith. ful servant, but gained in the public mind an important and spew taneous tribute of esteem, respect, and applause, for their frank. ness and magnanimity. It might be well if they had known or recollected the c::oduct of Admiral Duncan, during the fury of the memorable Naval Mutiny. At this period, when all established and legitimate command was superseded and reversed, the Captain of the Supreme Aug ,hip, who by some means had been peculiarly odious to the crew, was hauled from his cabin to the main deck for execution, and with the rope actually round his neck. Just at this moment, the Admiral rushed fords, and, pulling off his neck-cloth, declared aloud that he alone was answerable for the acts complained of, and if those could be atoned in no other way than that, the rope ought in justice to be put about hi, throat. The effect of this ad dress on British sailors will at once be anticipated by all Britons. The Captain was. instantly released, and pardoned, and the Ad. tuiral's heroism resounded from stern to item throughout the whole even of this insurgent Beet. LYCEUM.—Last night a Comedy, the avowed pro duction of Mr. Cons, a Gentleman not altogether un known in the Dramatic World, WAS produced for the first ‘itne at this Theatre, entitled Sudden Arrivals ; or no Puts( ate liajf. 7 —The principal clearacters and story, were as follow : Transient . - Mr. D•WTON George Transient - Mr. Mi. Tlt t lee Major l'orringhans - Mr. R AYMOND Captain Alford - Mr. Wit 01/Gil row Henry Torringham - Mr. Watson Ballimony - Mr. JO UNSTON Countess de Rostlba - Mrs. EDWIN Amelia Torringham - Miss RAT. Captain Alford, du visiting the Continent, bad unexpectedly met his old friend, Major Torringharn, at Hamburgh. They dined together, drank freely, quarrelled, fought, and Torringham fell. Alford, distracted with remorse at the fatal event, endea vours to dissipate his mind by travelling ; having first written to Transient, who manages all bis concerns in England, to educate the son and daughter of Major Torringhans at his expense, but to conceal from them all knowledge of their benefactor. Transient is a complete rogue, but with nerves so weak, that hit fulastery is a painful effort. He has misapplied the funds intended for the two orphans, and hearing of Alford's sudden arrival in England, his objt•ct is to prevent the meeting of the young persons with their benefactor. But his endeavours fail Alford is rescued from robbers by the interference of Henry Torringham. The villainy of old Transient is unmasked, and in despair he prepares to make his escape from London. The Countess de Rosalba, who loves, and is beloved by, Henry Torringbam, Is, however, enabled, by means of a letter falling into her hands by mistake, to prevent Transient's escape. At this Mciment Major Torring hun, who was supposed to have lost his life in the duel, arrives in London. This inveterate duellist, has followed Alford on the Continent, resolved that death alone shall decide the difference. An interesting meeting between the combatants occurs in at presence of the Countess, who exposes the fallacy of false honour; and Torringham bows to the protector of his children, awed a nd humbled by his • u2erior virtues. w vos• VW.lva,r - 4. The comic effects of the Piece result principally from the character of George Transient, a good natur. ed, thoughtless, absent man, who is tormented with the wish of becoming a man of business ; and who, as " Too Busy by Half," disappoints all the cha racters in the Piece by falling asleep at the very hour when he had engaged to arrange every thing in which they are most interested. Among a variety of inci dents in the circumstances of Gawp Transient writing letters to the principal Characters in the Comedy ; all which letters are wrongly directed, and all lead to discoveries which place the several parties in ridscn lous situations. The business of the Play rein • from this mistake is so tediously managed thro two whole Acts, and ' :h iznistobta lities, as to have prod from audience ; and, indeed, of iti being given out The conduct of the whole, considerable commendat. ingenuity manifested The dialogue of the servations respecting pointed. The comic _ into extravagant caricature, sages are very frequent performers all exerted particularly DOWTON, STONE, and Mrs. Eciwrg sprightly Epilogue, as With some curtailment dered acceptable for ; sufficiently sterling merit —A very fashionable 'cation last night. • • being enive4ll6 somedoibii • filieffitillir.r! *lg.-4444.46i Q*o6 • . e Teed; the Age** tritla . nary dAR e*--Ligt • night, SUARISPEAS'S CO: it _the IDiItitAINICS anti CUR - medy of the Afereolaot pf Versiceivai perOormed to AL CrUize. Most Crowded and b ri lliant audience, Mr. Costa's Beneicoion; id satom►, of : Need is above praise. Never did this excellent and Alexandria; and Nymphen, ju . dio, us peiforme r a pp e a r t o m ore advant!ige, or Rive more just delin e ation o f th e h ar d-h ea ited 1 • I-reattir i and Viken, gun- f eeling creditor :it was rich in every point —The N. W. itpully. Portia of Miss NORTON is 'well conceived, and as well • ALtiXANDittA, and la Fidelle executed as her powert will admit.—Mr. EMMY and LLEK . ornox and sATuns _ Of . Mi. Mvxmor, in the two Gold , o's were truly comic.-- : Mr. C. Kg.ssaLa's Beuraoio possessed ease and feelin g; Downs to.morroW morning, and the whole performance received much apPlause gIiCEMBEIt. 53... —The Farce of the Poor Soldier followed, and *Wall C-- A •I_ 11 • 1 or f • . . . kcts, and is so perplexed with im '- have produced much opposition m the tad, indeed, was almost fatal at the time given out for a second representation.— :t of the whole, however, is deserving of commendation; thoug h there is no great tanifested in the structure of the plot.— ue J-1 of the Piece is animated, and some ob- especting duelling are severely but justly the comic delineations, however, ran out tgant caricature, and the sent mental pas- e ery frequently rather common place. The r. all exerted themselves with great effect, F.- DOWTON, MATHEWS, WROUGHTONtionx- I , 1 Mrs. Eowtx. The latter delivered a very I :pilogue, as EYRE did as heavy a Prologue. curtailments, this Comedy may be ren- ptable for a short period, but it bas not • sterling merit to obtain lasting celebrity. fashionable audience attended its repreaen- night. aft, ABERDEEN, DEC. 16. Early yesterday morning, a tremendous gale came on from S. to S. E. which continued the greatest part of the day with the ut most violence—and we are concerned to state, has been attended with much loss and damage of shipping. The sloop Jane, of Grangemouth, A. Slat PSON, from London to Glasgow, with a cargo of horse-beans and hoops, was, about nine o'clock in the morning, driven ashore at tikaterow ; the crew saved, and the cargo expected to be got out, if the weather soon becomes moderate. About the same hour, the sloop Providence, of and har . Montrose, with coals and cinders, was put ashore on sands of Cowie; crew saved. The brig Hawke, Gamut ' of and for this place, with coals, from Shield!, was driven ashore near Btrvie ; crew saved—and a vessel, it k strongly reported, was seen to founder about noon off Portlethen. A number of vessels Were known to be on the coast, for whose safety considerable apprehension is entertained. About one o'clock, P. M. a brig was observed with her main mast gone, and being in t his disabled state unable tocicar the land, was *bon after driven ashore at the mouth of the Don. 'Flue Life boat was immediately conveyed along the sands, and being launch ed into the 1)on, was pulled across the river and through the breakers, to the vessel, from which thy crew were brought in safety, with the exception of the Niate, who was unfortunately washed overboard and drowned, befofe -he vessel struck. The vessel proved to be the Fortune, MACKIE, which sailed the pre ceding day for Sunderland, in ballast. The sloop Active, Pnie&i', got into Stonelaven in the after noon, as did the Dart, HAD!) N, about tel o'clock in the evening, before the sale. The Dart, about an hone before, parted with the Nelly, of Dundee, bound fur this place with wheat. D I wino N OF PRIZE :MONEY. The Unite, for the Etoile de Bonaparte Ftench nationd ship of war, captured March is, 1808, wilt be paid on board, on her arrival at Portsmouth. The same, for three Bales of Silk, anti Packages of Flax, taken July 24, 1808, in a boat, will be paid as above. The Endymion, for the recapture of the ship Ross, will be paid on board, on her arrival in port ; and the sham not then paid will be recalled at Mr. March's Office Gosport. The Goshawk, toe the Wilhelm Giotavi, recaptured August 25, 1809, will be paid on board, on her arrival at Portsmouth. The Snake, for the Carl Frederick, recaptured August 17,1809, will be paid on board, at Leith, the 30th inst. if then in port, and recalled at No. 14, Clement's bin. '1 he Che. ace, for l'Union, captured March 2, and fur la Jeune Emma, ear urcd March 7, 1809, will be paid on board, on Fri th), ; and recalled at No. 23, Norfolk-s:ret r, Strand, on 'Tuesdays anstFridays, for three months. Extract of a Letter from a young Officer, who suf fered shipwreck in the HARLEQUIN hired armed ship, on Thursday the 7th inst. off Seaford : " No doubt you have before this time heard of our misfor tunes, and wondered at not hearing from me. We were all in a wretched condition, and should have been much worse, had it not bep for the activity and generosity of the officers of the 81st Regimelot, whine conduct I shill always remember with grad.' rode. We sailed, as you know, from Plymouth Sound on Tues day afternoon, with a fair wind,itaving a convoy of 27 sail under our care. W continued with a fair wind all the way, not hav ing more of it than we could wish for.-1 have seen the Papers, which give a very incorrect statement of the melancholy affair. We struck about four o'clock on Thursday morning. when mast of us were in our hammocks; but we were very soon upon deck, and cut away the masts, thinking we might get off; but the tide flowing in, our efforts for that purpose were unavailing. Little did we think, at the time, we were so near the shore ' all of us thought we had struck on a rock ; and we iinmediatfly fired our guns and burnt blue lights till all were expended; ytt still the convoy continued to follow us, and six of them struck ; the rest hauled their wind and got safe off: those on shore soon went to pleas. Ours being the first vessel that struck, and nearest the shore, we lost only two lives ; but many poor fellows belonging to the other vessels peridied, amounting in the whole to 40. — Such a wreck i 3 'scarcely to be remembered. " I was washed off three times; once with a child in my arms, whom a Lieutenant had left on board with its mother, both of whom, however, I ultimately succeeded in getting sate to the shore, though with much difficulty, as we were the last on the wreck. I need not enter more into the .detail of this melancholy affair, the London papers having already furnished you with the particulars." A Swedish ship, with all her licences and papers perfectly regular, was detained by a King's ship ; and in one of the late gales was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. The owners are to bring an action against the Captain of the King's ship for the amount of the loss, which is estimated at -el 60,000. A ship has arrived from Memel and Cailscrona. She left the former on the 28th October, and the lat ter on 6th ultimo. From Carlscrona she sailed with the convoy, consisting of about 150 vessels, 25 of which had been driven, by stress of weather, into the Swedish and DAnish harbours; and it is remarkable that only eight have reached the ports of their desti nation in this country. We learn by a letter of the 4th inst. fx9m Ham- *ugh, that the restrictions on maritime commerce are enforced with a rigour exceeding any that has. been practised Owe the adoption of that system. No thing of Colonial or American produce is permitted to be imported or exported. Measures, equally ri gorous, have been adopted in the neighbouring dis tricts. In Holstein, a provisional sequestration has ' been 1 yid on all goods, in order to re-investigate their importation, and to confiscate whatever may have been found to come from England. A similar se questration has taken place in Brunswick, Olden burg, Colberg, &c. Yesterday die LORD Mavon ordered the price of bread to be continued at Is. 4d. the quartern-loaf of wheaten, and Is. Ad. household. COIN MARKET,, MARK-1 ANC, DEC. 20.—The Market to-day lias but few arrivals of Wheat, but tolerable remaining quantities on band, mostly foreign, again waiting the expected supplie, few sales are effected, and those at little variation. Barley' and Malt in abort sapply, and full as dear. New Tick Beans 40s. to 465. per quarter. White Peas rather lower. The trade for Oats at little Maculation. Flour at late prices, and fine American, whole sale, 58s. to 635. per barrel. GENERAL CURRENCY AS VNDER • Wheat_, 7 6s. 904 , 10?.1. Beans, 60s. 665. Fine litto, is ;s. 110 s. Tick ditto, 505.-555. Rye 50s. 54.. Oats 265. SOs. 34 1 . Barley, 50$. 56*. Cd. Poland ditto, 871.405. 0. Malt 80s.85; Potatoe ditto, 41s. 00,. od. White Peas (boilers), 765. 86s. Rape Seed, 461. 521. Grey sett*, 535. 60s. • Pine floor, 90..951. Seconds 55.. 50.. • 00 • • ,AlMs'. - § •