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I rof BAST INDIA HOUSE, Deceother VI, Wt. ' I'HE COURT DIRECTORS of the UNITED Co.2l(l 4 Aivr g r MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, balks; t, ti.. EAST INDIES, do hereby give Relict, I • I That a General Court of the said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhail-street, on Tuesday the 16th of January, 1810, from nine o'clock in the morning until six in the evening, for the Election of a Director of the said Company, in the room •f .1r BisSLEY, Bart. deceased. WILL.T4M RAMSAr, Secretory. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND CENTLESIEN, BEING convinced frOrn the ability, knowledge and uptightneas whi,:h Mr. RICHARD TWINING has in a long course of years displayed in the many Important discussions of the Company'. Aft'an-s which have taken place in your Gene ral Courts, that his talents arid experience would be an acquisi tion to the Direction for the vacant seat in which he is now a Candidate. We, from a sense of duty, take the liberty earnestly to recommend him to your favour and support. We have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Roar most obedient humble Servants, Campbell Marjoribanks, Charles Grant, Thos. Theophilus Metcalfe, ♦William Astell, Charles Mills. Francis Baring, George Milieu,' John Bell, James Patterson, James Danitll, Rich. Chicheley Plowden, Wm. Fullarton Elphinstonn, Abraham Robarts, John Hudlestop, G. Abercrombie Robinson, I high Inglis, George Smith, John Inglis, Sweeny Toone, John Jackson. East-India House, Dec. 27, 1809. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PETERSBURGH, NOV. 12. We have received accounts that our army in Mol davia has defeated the Turks in the environs of Sibs tria, and taken from the enemy 16 pieces of cannon and 12 standards. WARSAW, NOV. 27. Commissioners have been appointed for the demar cation of the frOntiers between Austria and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. On the 13th of this month, a party of our troops took possession of Wieluzka, where the famous salt-mines of Cracow are. The inhabitants received our brave men with enthusiasm : the °dicers were invited to a very splendid ball. SEMLIN, NOVEMBER 2. The revolt which has broken out in Bosnia is ap peased, and tranquillity is reestablished in that Turkish province. It appears, even, that a stop has been put to the informations against the Greeks, who are charged with having taken part in the insur rection. The Turkish troops are considerably augmented in Bosnia, and are advancing towards the frontiers of Servia. NOVEMBER 3. —All the Pachas who were with their troops in the environs of Sophia, have received orders to proceed in all haste tawaTds Silistria. It is be lieved that the Russian army will soon come to an engagement with that of the Grand Vizier. According to accounts we have received from Bos nia, the Turks impale a great number of Greeks, for having taken p:trt in the late conspiracy; the Papas, in particular, are treated with great cruelty. • lIAMBURGH, DEC. 1. We have here a Westphalian garrison, who are preparing to celebrate, in a splendid manner, the anniversary of the Coronation of his Majesty the Em peror Napoleon. Our Magistrates and the body of the Citizens will take part in this brilliant ceremony. STARGARD, NOV. 20. His Majesty the King of Prussia having ordered the confiscation of all the goods and effects of the famous Major Schill, an Ordnance has this day been Published in this city, on the pat t of the Governor- General of Prussian Pomerania, summoning all per sons who may be in possession of such goods and effects to declare the same, and pay in the value be fore the 10th of January, 1310, under pain of severe punishment. FRENCH EXPOSE. (C,:nc!ad-d fo , )7n . yesterday's PUULIC WORKS. 6' The stay which his Majesty then made at Paris was distinguished by the care which he took to rega late all the parts of the vast Administration of his Empire. He gave a new activity to the immense la bours which no period of peace ever saw undertaken in such great numbers, nor followed with so much ardour. Prisoners of war, from different nations, sent by victory, have finished the canal of St. Quon tin ; two leagues of an imposing subterraneous pas sage, open a communication between the rivers and seas of the South. Seven thousand workmen have not ceased to labour on the canal of the North, and nearly eight leagues of this new way opened to the Rhine and the Meuse, to bring their conjoined waters to Antwerp without quitting for a moment the soil of France, have been executed. This canal, so important to commerce, will not be a less benefit to agriculture. Lanu*.s equal in suoerficies to several de partments will be peopled and fertilized. The peace able conquest of agriculture will soon augment both our riches and our prosperity. '‘ Two millions have been usefully expended in 1809, on the canal of Napoleon, which will unite the Rhone to the Rhine. Marseilles, Cologn, and Ant werp, will soon be bathed by the same waters—this canal will be made to communicate wth the Seine' by that of Burgundy, the worts,of which, abandoned by the old Ocrenithent, • have received anew the greatest impulse—already the navigation is complete from Dole to Dijon ; they are at present working between Dijon and the bridge of Papy, between the Yonne and St. Florentin--several imputtant locks upon the Seine, the Aube, and the Somme, have been finished in 1809. Every where the plans which tended to improve former navigations, to extend them or to create new ones, have been undertaken, or con tinued with activity . , ' • I • u The maritime works have made the greatest pro gress--those of Cherburgh already present to the astonished eye an immense port, hollowed Ont of the rock. Its depth has been this year carried to thirty feet below the level of high water. It is defended by a pier, the execution of which has been as perfect as the idea ha& been bold. Facings •of granite, give quays the most imposing chaeac to the port and its „ - . REM i a ter of grandeur and duration; the eanavathan will de scend l 6 feet lower ' ;0 that there Will rennin in th e port of Cherburgh 2 6 feet water at low water. 44 The sluice of • Havre is nary finished i it will secure, from the middle of the next campaign), the constant entrance of vessels into the channel. At Dpn kirk, art octagon sluice, which will drain y4luable lands, and secure an easy navigation, his been fur nished this year- " The basin at Antwerp, is excavated in all the anterior parr and the sluice f of the sea is raised above its foundation. The port of Alto has been deepened, The part of Marseilles offers a more easy anchor age than ever. The roads of Mount Cenis, of the Simplon, those which traverse the Alps, the Appenines, in every di rection, and thg Pyrenees, have received a new degree of advancement, or are completed. Roads, equally beautiful and easy, lead from Alexandria to Savona, from the banks of the Tana r o a nd the Po to the nearest shore 'of the Mediterranean. The grand drainings of Bourgain, of Cotentin, of Rochefort, have already changed sterile marshes into fertile lands, and their results, draw upon the government the blessings of the people, astonished at not having suffered any of the evils, however transi tory, which they had been made tp dread, WORKS OF PARIS. " Paris becomes every day by its works, more wor thy of being the metropolis of one of those empires, around which are grouped, in the history of times, all that is contemporaneoui. In its vicinity the bridges cif Bezons, Choisy, and Scires luve been begun; thit of Chalenton has been re-established, that of St. Cloud restored. • 4' The beautiful bridge of Jena has been conducted to the raising of the arches ; that of St. Michael has been freed from the houses that obstructed it—the Quais Napoleon and the Louvre have been finished ; that of Jena has been carried beyond the esplanade of the Invalids ; the part of the Rape has been executed on a great and a beautiful plan. 4 , Plentiful granaries have been founded. K Every disposition for the construction of an im mense abattier has been made near the barrier of Ro cheehouard, the ground is levelled and the founda ' tion prepared. A provisory establishment for an exchange, till the time when the magnificent edifice intended for the puCcose, and which is already begun, shall be finish ed.—The Temple of Glory occupies a great number of workmen ; it will be worthy of its noble destina tion. Four massy pillars, faced With a stone equal in hardness and grain to the finest marble, intended to support the triumphal arch of l'Etoile, are nearly completed. ~ The column of Austerlitz is adorned, for half its height, with bronzes, which will eternize the great achievements of our warriors. •' The arch of the Carousals, which is finished, unites taste and magnificence. '6 The façade of the building in which you meet is finished. The Louvre displays new beauties in the rapid progress of its restoration ; the Gallery which will complete its junction with the Thuilleries, astonishes, by its progress, the inhabitants even of this city. 46 Already the capital enjoys a part of the waters which will be brought to it by the canal of Oureg, while the basin of La Villette, and the fountain of Innocents, present to it works as_beautiful as they are useful. " In this long communication, I am only able to point out the least parts of the works completed or continued in the course of this year, but each of you is witness to their developement, since there is not a part of France to which they do not extend.— Among these grand cons:ructlons there are some more particularly consecrated to public order and be nevolence. ESTABLISHMENTS OF BENEVOLENCE. " The Emperor has ordered the establishment of 42 depots of mendicity, and secured to them the ne cessary funds for their maintenance; thus will be healed the most hideous wounds of political states ; thus the public manners and industry will profit by a regula tion which will snatch from misery and depravity a number of beings who seemed condemned to them without resource. • Several of these establishments have already been completed. • His Majesty has bestowed immense benefits on those of his subjects who have suffered great calami• ties. The banks of the Rhine had been ravaged by inundations ; the inhabitants have received nearly a million, either for indemnities, or •to be employed in reparations and useful labours. The countries which have suffered by storms or fire have received succours. His paternal care has furnished a great number of cities with supplies of bark, which they have punctually received. , 4 Depots for vaccination have been established. They secure to families the certain means of never wanting an invaluable preservation, which, useful and true friends of humanity have made known to all the classes of our numerous population. se Among those of the wants of the French, which had fixed the attention of the Sovereign, the cultiva tion of the moral qualities, that of the mind, that of the arts of imagination, have continued to hold one of the first ranks: PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. '6 The Imperial University has entered on its func tions. It has collected information concerning all the houses of education in the Empire. Academies are forming, the faculties establishing. The Lyceums continue to furnish numerous pupils to the Polytech nic School, and that of St. Cyr. The former has always been the nursery of persons distinguished by their knowledge and their conduct ; at St. Cyr is per petually renewed that hardy race of youth, equally well exercised, courageous and zealous, who, when they arrive under their standards, will shew themselves worthy to march with our ancient heroes. SCIENCES, LITERATURE, AND ARTS. " Every species of encouragement is given to the Sciences, to Literature, and to the Arts; honours, rewards, useful employments, confided to Artists that distinguish themselves ; nothing is neglected,. But the first of those memorable epochs, formed to exalt the noblest emulation, is arrived • the decennial prizes are about to b e di str ib ute d by the hand of him who is the fountain of all true glory. They *mild have been distributed this day, could the jury have " • elompletas, tbeir labriSaa, His Majesty wished no spo ,eies of wit, whetheeliterary or belonging to the Sciences and am, to be trnrewardeci. The decree of the Stith Fructi4or, of the year 12 v has been regarded by the Emperor merely as an expression of a gene. ral sentiment ; that sentiment leas just received a full developernem, by a late decree augmenting the num. : ber of prizes. New examinations, new adjudications are become necessary. The Emperor wishes to be certain That they shall express the sentiments of .an enlightened public opinion ; and to acquire this cer tainty, he has ordered that the works honoured by these adjudications, be subjected to a solemn discul sion—a distinction highly flattering to those whose works are judged worthy of the prizes. The Museum of Natural History has been in creased ; that of the Arts has received new riches by the requisitions of the Chef: d'Oevera of the Borghese Gallery. AGRICULTURE. The propagation of the culture of improved wool has made new advances, arising in a great measure from the importation of Spanish and Ger man flocks. " Twenty thousand choice mares have been pre sented to the twelve hundred stallions collected in our studs and depots. Premiums have been distributed to the proprietors of the finest breeds. The cultiva. tion of cotton in our Southern Provinces has hitherto afforded nothing but hopes ; these have not been de stroyed by the two extraordinary seasons of 1808 and 1809, and that is a great point gained. Attempts have been made to naturalize indigo. 44 France produces vain and wine far beyond her consumption ; as to wine of the first quality, this has been a well known fact ; but our dependence on fo reign countries for grain has always been considered as an established truth. How valuable thentthe ex periment now making ! " Some Dietrich, indeed, fend it imliossilk to :ell their corn. Thif is a momentary misfortune, but will be a source of security for the future. The scarcities, most frequently, depended merely on opinion ; it was only requisite to enlighten this ; and France, hence , forth secure of producing an increase beyond her con. sumption, can no longer be in fear of want. " The Emperor has, however, devoted all his soli citude to the present circumstances; exportation of corn is permitted from a great numbr of points of our frontiers, both maritime and terrestrial, provided 'always that the price exceed not certain rates in the neighbouring markets. MANUFACTURES 4ND INDUSTRY. " industry increases the value of their materials by manual labour, and frequently in proportions that may be termed infinite ; it has constantly occupied the attention of Government ; but the effect of autho rity cannot be by a direct influence, encouragements granted, modifications introduced into the tariffs of the custom-houses, whether national or foreign, such are its meaning, and such are its measures. It has further watched with redoubled care over the School of Arts and Trades at Chalons, of which the good effects continue to be felt. M. Richard, Messrs. Ternaux, M. Obahampt, M. de Neustize, and many others, have continued in their valuable establishments a degree,of activity, an organization, and means of improvement, which, under them, are worthy to be cited. They do honour to the nation, and contribute to its prosperity. MINES. " The Mines conceal riches, which, without indus try, would remain buried in the earth. A regulation for the mines, positive and clear, will be completed in the course of your session. Means for deriving from it the earliest benefits are prepared. France possesses a great number of valuable coal mines which secure us from all fear of ever wanting fuel. " Mines of copper, lead, and silver are now work ing, others are objects of search and eneriment. CObl El SRC& " Commerce is employed generally- in deriving the greatest possible advantage from the products of agriculture and labour. Ours undoubtedly suffers from the extraordinary state of affairs, which form ing, as it •Rere, two masters, one of the Continent of Europe, the other of the seas, and the countries from which the seas divide us, leaves them without any permitted communication. Nevertheless, the home consumption, in which a much larger number of in-I dividuals participate, since plenty (Paisance) is known to classes hitherto strangers to it, and our connexions with our neighbours maintain a great activity in a, trade of barter. Our connexions with the United StAs of America are suspended ; but, formed by mutual wants, they will soon resume their course.—' Lyons beholds the prosperity of her manufactures re vive, and receives the orders of Germany, Russia, and the interior. Naples furnishes us cotton, which her soil daily produces with increltsed abundance, and which diminish the more distant importations. lINANCIS. a r: i . 4 4 The connexion of commerce with public credit will naturally lead your attention to a phenomenon which strikes us less at present because each year re proaches it—the exactness of all payments, without new contributions, without loans, without anticipa tions, and in the midst of a war for which, at any other time, the most extraordinary efforts would have appeared below what such enterprizes required ; the admirable effect of the simplicity of springs and movements of a vigorous order, and the exactness of calculations into which his Majesty has not disdained to enter himself. " The register of landed property is continued ; its advantages are found in the sub-partition of a great number of cantons and communes ; we shall soon derive from it the general amelioration of .the land tax, and the just proportion of the contribution to the products. ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERIOR AND JUSTICE. The administration of the interior in 1809, has followed the same progress as in the preceding years.. Order and tranquillity have been maintained, justice has been promptly and equitably administered, the name of the Emperor has been blessed in the bosoms of families, rendered happy by interior peace. The Departments of Tuscany have received the benefits of general organization. asuosous WORSHIP. " The Government, in its respect for consciences, hasatot deviated from ;he line which it had traced mit to itself. Its ;Principles ' with, respect to religion have had their apPlkadoii . thlirar, as in the preceding. • Tug EVENING STAR. ONDON. • FRIDAY, DEC4MBE I R 29. PRICE OF STOCKS THfS DAy AT ONE O'CLOCK. plr cast. Coo!. for copfp per C fi l o t u el. 64--o rm. 2 1 . Cb+Ruts 7s, tq 11.3. s 225. pre. l i etters from Toningen to the 24, from ilamhurgh to the 21st, from Heligoland t., the 24th, and frirr, Holland to the 21st instant, have arrived, and have furnished some continental articles given in a pre ceding column, We fear the Turks have sustained a severe defeat pn the 4anube. From the numher of standards an cannot} they have lost, we should suppose that it te a; the ,army► of the Vratiut that was defeated. There is no end to the humiliations to which h', Prussian Ma.rEsTv appears to be condemned. H e h as beep compelled to order the con4scatign cf all property and effects belonging to SCHILL, and his p a . triotic followers ! Among the latter are m a ny persons of the first families in Prussia. The Dutch appear not to be agreed in their opini* of the injury or benefit to be derived from their corporation with France. Some expect that in return for the annihilation of their independence, they will at least be put upon a footing with other French subjects ; but the majority is persuaded that they ow the change to the implacable enmity entertained by the EMPEROR against th's country, and they rightly judge that the interests of Holland Vll be sacrificed entirely to the gratification of this Ims,iou. One letter of the 20th will be sufficiently intelligible to our Dutch Merchants, it is as follows : 44 , 401TER.RAM, DEC. 20. " There are a great many ships here loaded with grain, but they are Feather homed from the severe gales and foul winds fres; the eolith wett The late political revolution in Holland, has pro ! duced an alteration in the policy recently adopted by the Board of Trade ! L ic ences were yesterday, after cessation of two months, granted to ships proceeding in ballast to France, and returning with grain, flour, and burr stones. Licences were also delivered for the use of such foreign vessels as h4d befOre brought these commodities, perrnitting them to load with Bri. tish manufactures, and British or foreign colonial pro ! duce, and to depart with such cargoes to Fiance •a~. Holland. The refusal to allow Mr. Pow= to land at Calais / ' was, we understand, qualified with an intimation that Morlaix was the only port open for communications between the respective Ministers of tie U nited Statet at the Courts of London and Paris. We have this day given that ran of the Frencl Load which want of room, and a desire to give without abridgement, obliged us to defer yesterday. Every artifice has been used to enflame the people of America against this country. The Government papers are constantly cryigg out for war, and depre cating all nesociation pith us. One of them says. : “ if a treaty is formed with Great Britain, what pledge will she give us of its faithful observance ? Will she deliver us up the island of Jamaica and Canada as 4 pledge of her faithful intentions? Will she give up to us fifty sail of the line for safe keeping for its due performance, or will she reduce her navy to iis pristine insignificance ? No ; she will not- rz raEN SHOULD WE TREAT ?" Weextract the following specimeg ofA mericqn man ners, from the New-rorA Evens,: Pint of the 80th " We are grieved to relate that, yesterday, in the Capitol, Capt. Cotes, the President's SeCretary, Corp : ceiving himself greatly, and unjustly, an 4 unnecessa ! rily, abused by Mr. Rooait N1110:44f a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, in a late trial in which Captain Cot= was a party, and Mr. Mum; advocate for the opposite party, called on him for some explanation, which was refttsed ; and contempt offered, instead of reparation, or even dis cussion ; on which CoLes gave said NZLSON with 4 1 horse-whip, what he deemed a proper chastisement. The intervention of a Senator, and other Gentlemen standing near, prevented any excess of castigation. • This is General NeLsoN, from the &ate of Maryland, the man of stentorian lungs, who, in one of his speeches the last Set! slon of Congress, very manfully advised the Citizen, in cases the country should be invaded, to See to the mountains."—ED. The Betsey, Commerce, and Native, American vessels, seized at Tonningen, have been released, in consequence of it appearing, on investigation, that their papers were correct. On Christmas Day the prisoners in the several gaols of the City of London, amounting to about 600 in number, were provided with a quantity of bread, meat, and porter, sent to them by the .Loan.Mayon ; ten chaldrons of coals were also previously distributed among them by order of his Lordship. • Wednesday about 150 Gentlemen dined together at the City of London Tavern, to hear the report o • the London Society, for the Conversion of the Jews. Lord CRAWFOAD took the Chair. After dinner wall over, and the usual toasts were given, the Report of the Committee was read, by which it appeared, that there are now in the school eighteen bofs and!** girls, descendants from Jewish parents, and who are now educated in the Christian Religion. Several en addressed the -.company ; and the Rev. fil i r e .Wl n ' Lcox in a very animated manner, described the hopes which were now to be entertained of the conversion of the Jews, of which he conceived this to be the appointed season. The children were after wards brought into the room, and the eldest boy de livered an address to the company in behalf of the Charity. Several Clergymen spoke after Mr. Wit cox, and.a very liberal snbscription was entered into- Among the subscriptiOas which were read were many from Hull and York. Whatever may be the effect Of this Society with respe.ct tp•the conversion of the Jews, it cannot be d en i e d 414' the 'maintaining an educating destitute children of Jewisk parents is charity dfterving encouragement. '