Star. — London, England, 1809-02-07 00:00:00

I : .ti esi as Mr. HERBERT (of Kerry) recommended the flo Li o y of raising future Militia Men to serve in the Voiced Kingdom. Af t er some observations from Lord Castlereagh, t h e House itself into the Committee, when t h e s everal were agreed to, and the Report was or dered to be brought up on. Thursday. CORN DISTIU,UIY BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the second reading of the Corn Distillery Bill. Si r JAMES HALL could not allow this Bill to w i t h o ut stating his objections to it in every stage. rj was calculated to create injury by discouraging agr iculture , or by a tem p orar y g lut in the market, to, , ve enc ouragement to an exuberant population, which t or dinary =CS the produce of the country could nirt. t • BBERT conceived that the proposed ex clusion of Ireland from the regulations of the Bill, wou ld be unfair to the kingdom at large. Mr. FORSTER contended, that the measure had h a d a fair trial in Ireland, and the effect was that more gr ain bad been clandestinely used in the last six mont h s in distillation in Ireland, than the legal distil lation would have Onsumell; while at the same time, not an our ee of sugar had been td intbe distilleries in that country. Mr. EDEN took occasion to noti?e'tise want of our us ol supply of grain from America, which in the last teat of our intercourse with that country amounted ' to ,E 900,000. It was in the power of Ministers, if they bad chosen, to reconcile our misunderstanding with that country ; but, probably, they were too much ern oora building castles in Spain to think of the hum ble measure of the supply of the country. They pro bably t hought that the smart epigrams-of the Foreign Secretary would satisfy the people, though, as the price of them, they should have to pay 15 pence for t h e quartem loaf. Mr.MARRYATT asked if the Right Honourable Gentleman thought the prevalence of illegal distilla tion a sufficient reason for the Government giving up aßfil of the kind ? On the contrary, would it not be more becoming to endeavour to check so powerful an evil ? The barley in this country was so much better than that in Ireland, that he should not be sur prised if the Irish came to this country to purchase holey for their distillation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opported the Bill. It was his intention to propose a Committee, during the suspension of the intercourse between the two kingdoms, which should adjust regu lations on which that iatercourse should afterwards be renewed. - Sir JAWS, HALL 'and Mr. HIBBERT ex. plained. - • Mr. BARHAM thought the limitation of the measure highly improper and unfair to this part of the kingdom.. 1 11 ii• Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Foster)" along been hostile to the measure so far as Ireland was concerned ; he had prophesied it would not succeed, and helad realized that predic tion. One reason, however, was to be found for this failure. The Right Honourlble Gentleman had him self put a ipoke into the wheel, which had the effect of preventing it from. moving., Mr. FOSTER assegifd &elle had done his duty. Mr. BARHAM' vaplaiiedithat he had ns inten tion of Miintrasing other/ rise. ' Mr. 11I.RESFOIED • insisted that the measure had completely failed In Ireland. ~ That at the passing of the last Act the whole spirits in Ireland was not equal to six months consumption:- Eight months bad now elapsed, and sag . rest had been the clandes tine distillation, that the lull half of the six months stock still remained,, although the consumption had been by no means diminished. Mr. DAVIES GIDDY approved of the Bill. Mr. ELLIS thought the measure had not got a fair trial in Ireland, and as the necessity of it had in creased rather thai diminished, that it dught still to extend to Ireland. Mr. HUSKISSON said a few words in favour of the Bill. He thoiight that as the consumption in Ireland of grain was by•no means in proportion to a similar one in this country. that it would not be fair to preclude the Irish frit& the best means of disposing of fink grain and encouraging their agricutture, which the prokulitios, if persevered in, would be found to do. Mr. THORNTON supported the Bill. Mr. MALLEtID wished that the repeal of the prohibition would be extended to the Highlands of Scotland also: The Bill was their ssad a second time, and corn- Rd for Thnridayo—Adjourned at half-past eleven THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Viola, fox money, 66i 117--for Feb.67}-4.111 1 138. pr. Omnium pre. PRICE OF SfOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 Per Cent. Rcd.enit India Bonds 10s. 12s. prcm. Per Cent. 664 Excheq. Bills, iYs . 15s. pr. 4 per Cent. 82183 Lottery Tickos 211. s Per Cott. Navy 91 9S Consols, for :sec. ti7i tostAnn. 18 "10 Ontniutn pre. WEST INDIES. We have more than once stated that the French had been successful in throwing reinforcements into Martinique previous to the arrival of Sir GEORGE PEZ.VOST% armament in that quarter. The following particulars on the subject have reached us through 'he medium of letters and papers from Balbadoes Three French frigates, viz. the Juno, the Venus, and the Amphitrite, sailed in company from Cher bwrg, on the 13th of November, with troops and provisions on board. On the Sd of December, in lat. 22, the 'Amphitrite, having previously separated from her Lemons, fell in with the Lord Cranstoun and Lydia, of and from Liverpool, bound to St. Kitt's 41d St. Croix. The Lydia was imtnediately cap tured, as was the Cranstoun, after mal tin g a spirited resistance. Th e L y di a was b ur nt ; and her ere!, with some other prisoner:, were put on board wA American brig, and sent to England. th mean time the Lord Cranston in company with her taptors. Her subsequent tory, as well as that of the three frigates, is related in ' _the Barbadee: Mercury of the 24th December, from which we have extracted the following account : The officers, who took charge of the Lord Cranstoun, were instructed to repair to Martinique ; or, if that should become dangerous, to Guadaloupe, or even to St. Domingo, where she was to be put under the care of the Provisional Government. However, in spite of all precautions, the Lord Cranstoun parted in a squall on the 17th December, and on the 20th was recaptured off Trinity by the Pomrix and Pim:. I and taken into Barbadoes. The Amphitrite was more fortunate, and arrived safely at Port Royal. " She fell in," says the Barbados Mercury, "with the ETHALION frigate, the &ran sloop of war, and EXPRESS brig. Aboutmidwatch she passed, unesupected, and uninterrupted, close within hail of the ETLIALION . ; and soon after, with equal impunity, within pistol-shot of the STAR, which as little suspected such temerity from an enemy—both of them taking her for one of our squadron. At day-light, however, ( . the enemy having kept under easy sail). the cheat was discovered, and every effort used to retrieve the .ca sualty by which she escaped in the night t all was un availing,. and the enemy safely reached his desired port. The Amphitrite mounts 44 guns, and had on board 200 troops and '2200 barrels of provisions (viz., 1400 of flour, and 800 of beef) for the succour and reinforcement of the garrison of Martinique." A letter from Barbadoes, dated' he 514th of Decem ber, after stating the above affair in the same manner, proceeds Two brigs and two schooners, which. also arrived from France, bound to Martinique, have escaped our cruisers, though there are upwards of a dozen round that island since it was put into a state of blockade. As General VILLARET is so much reii. forced, I fear it will cost us many a weary day's Work, and many valuable lives, to get possession of Fort Bourbon." • Yesterday about oneo'clock his MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. His MAJEsTY was not able to travel by the regular roads, on account of the flooded state of them, but went over Su/entry Common to Twickenham, where he changed hors, andprocccded through Ric h mond , es mond, Putney, th e King's Road, and Pimlico, to the Queen's Palace, where ne was received by .the Dukes of. Yoax, KENT, Comma- LAND, and CAMBRIDGE. - . • At two o'clock his MAJZSTv held a pnvate s Levee,' at which the following had the honoun gt being pre 7 seated : , Admiral Dr Cooler. upon hicrettittliveisesiviee. Sir J. hire mots, upon his being appointed Judge of the Court of Arches, in the room of sir W. Wynne, rearm* by Sir W. Scott. Dr.estsusiOruta ROBINSON upon his being appointed the King's Advocate, by Sir Wm. Sc ott. Sir Saxon. Hama, upon his return from service off the coast of Spain. Lord CALTitoars,upon his corning of age. • tiateriant-Colonel MIMILAT the Honourable Captain A. Goanos, and Lieutenant-General Hort, upon their return from Spain--all three by Viscount Melville. Admiral ISLITIe, upon his promotion, and return iron . ? the Baltic. Vice-Admiral Sir J. SAusitAatt; on hii return from thelaltic. " Lientenant-General MAentsa it FRA2 SI, upon his promotion and return from Spain. General BtRISSPOSD, upon his promotion, and return [from Spain. Cap . sin Assoystracer, upon his return from Spain. fMajar4e.leral Ftlousoot, upon his being appointed to com mand the Sicilian Regiment. The Dean of Etar a, upon his being• promoted to the Deanery of Salisbury, by Lord Charles Somerset. General ACKL ANA, upon 1114 return from Portugal. Monti CAets, upon his being appointed a Groom of his Ma jesty's Bed-chamber, by the Bari of Wincheisea. ' Mr. Asoarw SNAPS DOUGLAS, upon his being appointed his Majesty's Secretary of Legation to the Court of ids Sicilian Ma jesty, by Lord Amherst. Brigadier-General GLADE, upon his return from Spain. Captain WA - rests, and Captain DAsswoon, Aid-du-Camps to Brigadier-General the Hon. Charles Stewart, upon their re- turn from Spain. . Captain Pr Litt LT, Aid-du-Camp to the late Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir John Moore, upon his return from Spain. lieutenant-Colonel Hitt, of the 10th Regiment of Foot, upon his return from the Mediterranean. Captain La./Less, Royal Navy, upon his promotion. Captain Pay TON, upon ds promotion, by Lord Mulgrave. Mr. Moosa, to restore - the Ribbon of the Order of the Bath , which belonged to the kis Sir John Moore. Brigadier-General Fitts, stiPon his return from Portugal and Spain, by the Earl of Westmorland. Rear-Admiral sir EDWAlD,Atritta, on his beitg created a Baronet. Brigadier-General Stawriiti',ll.o4ishaSipointment of Gover nor of Fort Charles, in Janialea. . Captain WARKE OE the 21d vsf Light Dragoons, Aide-de-Camp to ilajor-Gcnerailatrison, upon his return from Spain. Sir SASenEL Ben TltAll, upon his being appointed a POMMie. gorier of the Navy, by Lord Mulgrave. His MAJESTY gave private audiences to the Duke of PORTLAND and the other Cabinet Ministers, who were all present, except the Earl of CHATHAM and Earl BATIIWKST. His MA.JESTY held a Privy Council, at which Sir Jonu Iklictstits was introduced, and swortt in a Mem- ber, and took liis scat at the Honourable Board ac cordingly. His — MAJESTY proceeded to prick for the She for the year ensuing. The Court did not break up till about seven o'clock, after which his Mailers set off on his return toWind. sor. It was more numerously attended than any Court that lras been held at the Queen's Palace. It is not the second son of Lord SIDMOUTIIt but of , Mr. }Li= ADDINOTONI who is going to Sicily vrith. I Lord AMUZIIST. Lord Mar.vILLI arrived yesterday at his house in Arlington-street, from his seat at Wimbledon. The Committee to try the Wexford County Petition will be re.assembled on Thursday next, in order to receive the large body of evidence taken by Commis sion at the town of Wexford during the Prorogation. This will probably occupy several days in reading, as on this evidence the Committee are to form their de cision upon this new and extraordinary case. When twenty millions of public money were to be 'voted to Ministers for the carrying on of war, scarcely forty Members could be found to authorize the vote ; - but when Mrs. CLARKII was to be examined at the Bar, there were above 600 Members in their places ! J THE ARMY. Sunday Gmeral BROWN/V[ooEl the Quarter -Waster. General; General WHITHAMI the Lieutenant-Go vernor of Portsmouth General PORTER, who dam mands at Gosport ; Commissioner Bowen; of the Transport Board, and Mr. 1(N - tour, a Member of the Army Medical Board, with a long retinue of Military Officers, paid a visit to Haslar Hospital, where 1400 of our brave sick and wounded officers and soldiers from Spain are lOdged. Captain CuAvo, R. N. the Goiernor of the Hospital, with the other officers of the establishment, received General BROWNRIGOE and the other Officers, and shewed them every part of this noble building, and all appeared most highly gratified to see the very comfortable manner in which our brave fellows are taken care of. Dr. HOOO, the Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, who has made the arrange ments here, got the greatest credit, as did all the me dical officers. We are extremely sorry to hear that Sir DAVID BAIRD has lately had a fever. The Deputy Store-Keeper-General is, with the other heads of departments, at Portsmouth, The Inspector-General is stillat Portsmouth ,making arrangements for the reception of our sick and wounded soldiers. Monday se'nnight the Westmoreland and West minster Regiments marched through Ipswich from Colchester, on their route to Woodbridge, and on Tuesday and Wednesday last the 19th Light Dra goons marched for the same place. The whole of the Militia Regiments have left Colchester to make room for the troops from'Spain. The 84th Regiment marched into Ipswich Bar racks on Wednesday and Thursday last ; and the Ist, 2d, and 3d Divisions of the sth Regiment of Dra goon Guards on Friday, Saturday, yesterday, and this day : the remainder to-morrow. Died at Haslar Hospital, C-ci:Tort, on the SOth ult. Lieutenant Joseeii NU N, of the `.'.6.h (or Cameroniaii) Regiment, in consequence of the wound which he received in the battle of Cot'hnna. It must be a con solation to his friends to reflect, that his conduct was highly exemplary, and that his loss was universally lamented by his brother Officers. A letter from Chichester, dated Jar. 91, says " A circumstance has occurred this morning which I think should be known. Two of the French Imperial Eagles which w ere taken in the battle of Corunna, were sold .yesterday at Barker's, the Silversmith, in this town ; they are of silver, and weigh about 15 ounces. The man, who said he bayonetted the Frenchman, was a Highlander of the 92d, or Gordon's." NAVAL INTELLICENCR. ELYMottrli, FEBRUARY a. Arrived the ALERT sloop, of 16 guns Captain WituAsts, from the Mediterranean. Sailed . the Or.P.sTrs, of 16 guns, Captain Lew zeTlEitE, and the Hinaostan store-ship, Captain PASQOI4 with about 10 sail of transports under convoy for Portsmouth, with troops on board-detachments of the resp , !, L've corps lately landed from Spain and Portugal. A considerable numbetmore are preparing to start from Cat%vater as soon as the wind shifts. Five P. M.—The IMPLACABLE and ELIZABETH are now getting under weigh, to accompany the trans ports to the Eastward. PORTSMOUTH, FIB. 6. Arrived his Majesty's ship ACIIATIS, from the West Indies. —Put back tke Amphitrite transport, Captain RAIT, one of the PRIMROSE'S convoy, last from Falmouth. Wind DEAL, FEBRUARY 6. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Ply, OTTa WAY, from St. Lucar's t and the Harriet, Las-rows from New Brunswick. Sailed the Dispatch, Deal pilot sloop, for Ramsgate harbour, with her main sail split, and bowsprit sprung. Arrived his Majes ty's ship ILLustatous, from Portsmouth, and remain in the Downs with the rest of the ships as per last.— Wind W.S.W. oREENOCK, FEIIitITARY s. Arrived on Wednesday the Pomona, MNAuctfr, from Grenada ; she sailed on the 23d of' December ;. the packet for England sailed three days before. The outward-bour.d Jamaica fleet from Cork passed Gre. nada on the 19th of December. On the 16th ult. the Pomona spoke the Column, a sloop of war, on her return to Bermuda, having accompanied the expedi. don under Sir GEORGE Pervosr, consisting of 3,500 men, from Halifax, and parted with them on the 29th of December., to windward of Barbadoes. Previous to the sailing of the Pomona, General MAITLAND, with the 15th regiment, from Grenada, sailed to join in the attack. Fitenkit LLOYD'S LIST. • GRAVZ32I4I3, Fes. 6.—Sailed the Aguilar, Robertson, for Ma. deira, and the Two Patriots, Romell, fur Cork. On the 2gth ult. only ten sail of the fleet for the West.lndies, which left Cork on the 22d, were in company with the FYLLA (the Commodore) then in lat. 49. 19. long. 10. The following vessels of the fleet have put back to Cork, viz.— The Chard, Phillips, for St. Croix ; Ann, Woodberry, for To bago; Duncan, Marshal, for Demerara; Halcyon, Bragg, for 'Trinidad; Sussex, Wihop, and the Lucretia, M'Gregor, tor St. Vincent's • the Graces, Sibson, from Dublin for Barbad o e s; B o l• ton, Fairis h, from Whitehaven fur Grenada ; Fame, Slater, from Whitehaven; Nelson, Thomas, from Bristol; Fortune, Wilson, from Greenock ; Friendly Emma, for St. Mary's ; Planter, Jones; Eliza, —, and the Jane, Sleigh, for Jamaica. The Two Sisters, laden with salt, 'was captured off the South Foreland, on Saturday last ' retaken and sent into Ramsgate. The Betsey, Hatterick, from Jamaica, for thc Clyde, was de• serted by the crew on the 29th ult. being in great distress. The Eagle's Biel, Courtney, from Padstow, for London, is captured by a French privateer. The Union, Rider; Ann and Francis, and the Neptune, For rester, from New-York, with cotton, are arrived at Liverpool, having broke tbe Embarzo. Directions have been given for the blockade of the ports of Corunna and Ferrol, by the NORGE, ELIZA BETH, ZEALAND, and IMPLACABLE, each of 74 guns. The ALFRED man of war is arrived at Plymouth with part of the troops from Vigo ; and two more of the dispersed transports, belonging to the expedition We have received Bahama Papers to the Sd of Dee undertheorders of General SitEßanooKE, have reached cember inclusive ; but they contain nO news. Govere Cork. nor CAMERON embarked for England on the 9th of •It has been stated in some Newspapers that Govern- November, in consequence of which the Government roent had issued orders to the Transport Board, who devolved upon Mr. MUNNINGS. bad given notice accordingly, to discharge the greater TowroLA, Dec. 27.—1 t is with great concern we part of the transports returned from Spain.—That have to state the death of Captain Wm. CoomEE, .of the number of transports recently contracted for his Majesty's ship HeunEux, who fell gloriously on may make a further supply unnecessary, is readily the 29th ult. while conducting a well-concerted at granted ; and that those of inferior classes, calcu- I tack on the forts and vessels at Bay Mahaut, Guada. tated only for a very short service, may be dis- loupe. The HEUREUE succeeded in her attack upon charged as soon as the contract-term expires, is else, i two of the forts, the guns of which they spiked, under very probable ; but admitting all this, Government the musketry of eight to ten armed vessels, two of has at this moment a sufficient number of transports which they boarded and were bringing out, when they under contract for the accommodation of 70,000 I unfortunately struck upon a shoal. This accident trcops. Where then is the necessity of hiring others? gave the enemy time to bring some field-pieces to We can, however, assure the public, that no such bear upon them from an outer point of land, and notice as that stated had been given by the Transport compelled the HEUREVX to abandon them. Whilst Board. giving orders for that purpose, Captain Coomna re ev.•ral passengers from Lisbon, by the brig Fer ceived a round-shot in the body, and almost imme. diately expired, exclaiming" I die contented—l dinand the Vllth, arrived in town yesterday. Ano ther emigration to the Brazils is in contemplation in I die for my country 1" The following promotions have taken place in th e the event of the French occupying Portugal—preps. rations were accordingly making for the departure of • West Indies : the Members of the Government. cape NSLLY, of his Majesty's ship Captain, to be Commis. stoner of the Navy at Jamaica. DRURY-LANE.—Mr. WRIGHT, who made his first Capt. Di Liens, o f the Hazard sloop, to the command of the appearnce on Wednesday last, repeated his perform- Neptune, Admiral Cochrat T 's ship. ance of Cato last night. There VMS more ease in his c c a a p p t t: E T A a c L e t e , o f itßAthNee, Etha ol the J on asiogantefri to gate, th e to ge th " e ei E si t e .halks of 74, action than on the first night, and he appeared to have C apt . MAlnt, of the Ulysses, to the Jason. n. more completely the management of his voice. His i Capt. E. WOOLCOMSZ, of the Belleisle, to the Ulysses. representation of the character was upon the whole Capt. c p WOOD, of f t th h e L e a atona t fri t s h ate, to the Cap t ain, of 7+. very impressive, and he received great applause from c a e r T. Co i rt.aa, of the Star ree doop o e , to a: a- Circe friga t e. t an he d s th e e Demerara. a crowded audience. Blue Bean: followed, and de- C a p P t. D ATERSON, of the Hawke, to the Star. tamed the younger part of the audience to the last. Capt. Bovacniaa, of the Demerara, to the Hawke. MRS. Cteaxe.—The public have been lately Neptune,..ieu t t. s D .r o u vi a r r s, a of th th o e pod. p to he, to Li Ca :ut. KaNNLDY, of the Pompee ag , to command the Port d'Es. amused with a vari.ty of falsehoods on the subject of this Lady's History. The following, however, are ' pagne. the only particulars which can be relied upon. She Capt. Purr°, of the Dart, to the Achates. is the daughter of a person of the name of FARQUH Capt. CA tataoN, of the Achates, to the Hazatd.Aß, , Mr. MtMictun, Midshipman of the Neptune, to be a Lieu& a native Qf Aberdeen, and who wrought as a printer, nant of the Pompee. for some time, in the Office of this p a p er . He after- , MeSlll. ODGER and Srscu, Midshipmen of the Neptiane, to wards entered into the printing office of Mr. Hectic, be Lieutenants of the Belleisle. where he was employed as a Corrector of the Press, ' CITY BusteEss.—Yesterday a Court of Common and had a daughter (Mrs. C L ARKE) then a sprightly Council was held at Guildhall, which was numerously girl, about 12 years of age, who used to read the attended. The Committee for General Purposes re proofs to him. Her beauty and lively di'positions ported relative to the expiration of the Act for laying weracted the notice of the son of a Mr. DAY, who a Toll upon Horses and Carriages, passing on a Sun conducted Mr. HUMS'S business. This young Gen- day along Bl:4ckfriars-bridge, which was read, and the tleman took such an interest in her welfare, that he Court agreed to a Petition to the House of Commons, defrayed the ex pe ll ees o f h er e d uc ation for two years, for a continuance of the said Act ; which was ordered with an intention of marrying he r ; a bout th e age to b e fairly transcribed, and signed by the ,Town of fourteen, however, she became acquainted with Clerk, and presented forthwith by the Sheriffs, et her present husband, the son of a builder, to whom traded by the Remembrancer • and also a Petiti on she was subsequently martied. I t i s bu t j ustice for leave to bring in a Bill for the removal of Smith. to her to say, that there is no g round w h atever for field Market. The Irish Society was appointed for suspecting the truth of her statement with respect to t h e ensu i ng y ear , o f w hi c h H. C . Combe, Esq. Al her husband, or the early part of her life. It is true derman, was elected the Governor, and R. Knight, that he is of no profession ; for , though bred a stone - Esq. Deputy-Governor.—Mr. E. Cl ar k e was appo i nt ' mason, he utterly neglected his business, and sunk ed a Governor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the into indigence and misery. She was thus, at an room of Mr. G. Eades, not in Com Mon Council.— early period, flung upon the world, with an infant fa- The Committee reported relative to Christ's Hospital; mily. Her husband , we believe , i s at this moment a which was unanimously agreed to. burden upon his owe relations , at Kettering , in BREAD.— There was no Court of Ald ermen h e l d Northamptonshire. It is also true , that the elderly thi s day : the LORD MAYOR, afte r i ns p ect i ng t h e re female who lives with her is really her mother. turns, ordered it to coatiame at its presen t pee. _ . • • ~ ~ e 4 S