Star. — London, England, 1807-05-29 00:00:00

rICTUALLING OFFICB, May aB, *Soy. THE OOMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING HIS 327.473577* S NAVY, sis 114•44, *dies, That on Thurfday, the i!th uf, June nest, they will be ready to recetve Tenders in writing (realed up) and treat for THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLON'S of WEST INDIA RU tot or of FOREIGN BRANDY ; to be delivered, one half in the fpaee of one month, snd the remainder in one month afterwards, into his Msjttty's Vidualliug Stores at Deptford, Portfmouth, and Plymouth, in the following proportions, via. _ pEPTFORD soopoo Gallons PORTSMOUTH 4opoo PLY MOI.ITH Sopa" 3co 000 and to be paid for by Bills payaLle with intereft ninety days after date. The Conditions of the Contract may be few at the Seere• tary's Office. N. B. No Tender will be acceFted, uulefs the quantity of Rum and of Brandy, together with the price thereof, (hall be feparately and diftinetly Rated, nor will any Tender be admitted for a Id. quantity than Ten Thoufand Gallons of either article. • No regard will k bad to airy Tender is tobicb the trke jball sot k iafirted is words at leark or that jball mot le delivered to the Board before oar o'cloc4 os the Aid Tburflay tie deb eyrie sew, oror waif, the peplos who wakes the Trader, or fosse peon os his behalf aka& to gallovr lobos called for. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, X12:0 CUARLES'S RESTORATION PRICII OF STOC 3 p. Ct. Red. Ann. 611-1 3 per C. Conf. 631 4 per Cent. 81; 8t Long. Ann. I 7 13•161 India Stock 187 MAY 29. I.—Holiday at the Public Officcs. !KS YESTERDAY ; Imp. Ann. 7 9 t6f Exch. Bills. 3s. ss. prem. lOrnnium prcm. Engldh fickrts ios. r6s. Consols fur ace. 64114- The recall of the Swedifh Minifler Baron de Rs• HAtISEN, caufed a (mall degree of alarm in the City yelterday, and flocks, for a little time, were affected by rumours of an approaching rupture with Sweden. It is true his Excellency returns to Sweden, but it is equally true that he will not leave this country before the arrival of M. d'ADLELBERC, who is appointed his fuccelor. The Baron, we believe, returns to Sweden on his own private bufinefs. Government, we underhand, have received ac• counts, that Dantzic held out on the 13th inflant.— It is Paid, that on the 7th, the enemy were driven from a lodgment they had made in the covered way, with great Roughly. The place is furpofA to be in a condition to allow the Allied Army fufficient time for its relief, without difconcerting the great combinations which the leaders of it had formed ft ,r the condud of the campaign. COLONEL CRAWFURD's EXPEDITION. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED " Cape Town, March 16, tSo7. " We arrived at the Cape on the aoth March, af ter a long paffage from St. Jago. We fuffeted in credible hardfbips, on account of the unexpeCted length of the voyage, which we were told at failing was to Barbadoes. MoR of the fhips were in no bet ter condition than ourfelves, and many were in the molt deplorable Rate, for want of frdh provifions. In particular the carabineers, who had never, fince the reign of Qtyen Bets, bceu out of frefh water, com plained bi.terly. They were living on fah junk and grog, for a month before their arrival here. Several of the other corps were as badly off. Many do not hefitate to blame the General for not informing them at Falmouth of the probable length of the voyage, in order that they might provide frock accordingly.— They alledge that it is the duty of every General having the command of an expedition, to Rudy the comfort of all the troops under his command, when it isfo cattily in his power, without prejudice to the fer vice in which he is employed. The General, howe ver, is very defirous of inpularity among his army. I hear he has already propofed giving a fplendid ball and entertainment to the whole of the Officers of his expedition, as well as to a large prop' r Lion of the garrifon here. It is fufficient to fay that he is as much adored by his army, as he was in his former Regiment, the 75th, of %Lich he had the command for a long period, with great honour to himfelf, and fatisfaetiun to every one ' , laced under his command. In the choice of his Staff, the General has !hewn much judgment and military talent : he has chofen none but men of great experience and obfetvation ; men who, in the time of aelion, will Enanifea the dif intercßednefs of the General. Since the mad of the expedition, many difagreeable difputes have arifen between tht Matters of Tranfports and the Officers of the Army, and feveral public inquiries have been made, which have invariably proved that the Maf. tens were the offenders. During our voyage, we were prohibited from vifiting at fea ; we fe't it a hardship, becaufe we were thereby prevented from ailing each other with provifions, &c. The tranf ports are bored through and through, to admit air to the troops. The Mailers growled a good deal, and made fifty objections, but they were all over ruled. The Regiments are to begin landing to mor row morning, for a few hours. Admiral Muiteav arrived in Table Bay, with the Polyphemus, Africa and Camel (lore fhip, about a week before ur. He was not a little allonithed at not finding us here be fore him. The General and Admiral have had fe veral clofet conferences (ince their arrival, and we imagine fome great decifion will be the refult. It is thought that the fubjeti is the arrival of fome dif patches Ly the Fly (loop of war, from England, a few Jays ago. We tremble for the event, left the (Ned of the expedition mould be diverted." FXTRACT FROM AN OFFICER QUARTERED AT THE CAPE, SAME DATE. " I embrace the opportunity of the Thefeus, which is ordered home, to give you the news of this place. Till lately, se have been rather dull. The 211 i Light Dragoons, 24th, 72d, and 93d Regiments are quar tered in Cape Town, together with the fourth batta lion of the 6oth. The 83d are at Simon's Town. — The arrival of General CRAWFURD'a force here has made a good deal of bugle. Many of the Officers of this expedition, who had been at this place before, were aftonifhed at the great improvements which the Dutch had been making, and which are now carry ing on with great fpirit. The appearance of the town is now really grand ; every thing is beauty and re— ;privity. We have abundance of all provifions and liquors, and there is a moll excellent and well go verned police. The Dutch teem happy under obi. Government, and copy all our manners aad drefs.— Nothing can thew the greater partiality which tlle Dutch feel for the Englifh, in comparifon with the French, than the following fall: Before the ar rival of General Basin's force, an offer of alEflance was made to Istassus, the Dutch Governor, by M. De CAIN, the Governor of the Mauritius, who pro puled fending three thoufand French foldiers to the Cape, to 201 in repelling the Englifh. The offer was rtjeaed, no doubt from the a ; •prehenfton that this Colony would loon have been in the deplorable (late of Holland at this moment. We have a paper publithed weekly, in Englifh and Dutch. We have not yet efiablithed any regular public amufements, but we intend loon eftablithing a theatre. We are to have races in a few weeks, and balls of courfe. We were i much affeaed at the change of Government which' lately took place here. General BAIRD pottered the efteem of every r fficer and man of the army, and his removal has excited a great deal of obfervation.— Much to the credit, however, of his fuccettor, the Hun. Major General Gaklf, a brother of Lord How- ICK, all the appointments made during the Govern ment of Sir Devro,havebeen permanently confirmed. General Gary is well liked; he is by no means fo ri,,id a difciplinatian as Sir Davin, who carried his fyftem to a great length in this let lement. But Sir Devil) was adored, hecaufe he could condefcend to be polite. No man c•ruld be more generous and hofpi table at his table. We have got our firti disifion of pri•re money for the capture of this place : Sir DAVID, it is thought, will have altogether about 40,0001. — Field Officers have already received 5401 Captains, 751. and the Subalterns 451. each. This difiribution, I believe, was entirely made by the General himfelf, and the next divitions, I believe, are to be made ac cording to the fame proportions. It is thought that Field Officers will have in all near ly 30001. Captains 4501. and Subalterns 25:.1. each, when the unfold Flores; &c. have been difpr•ftd of. " The Fly (loop of war arrived here a few days ago, from Et:gland, with difpatches for Admiral MURRAY. No communication has been yet allowed between her and the rime, and we are afraid The has brought Come unpleafant intelligence from home, particularly as her difpatches are now in agitation. An order has been ifrued here, prohibiting Officers from intermarrying with the Dutch. We are afraid that the confequence of this prohibition will be a more rellrained fsKiety with the Dutth fair ones,who are very partial to Engin Officers. We have not, however, yet felt the bad areas of it, as their honfes are Rill open to us. A fatal duel took place here a few weeks ago, between two Officers of the 93d, in which a young man of the name of M'Ketrers was unfortunately killed." ANOTHER I.ETrER, SAME DATE. 6 6 We failed from Port Freya Br;, January tl, under convoy of the Spencer, Thefeus, Pauline, and Haughty, croffed the line on the agth, and arrived at Simon's Bay on the zoth inflant. At St. Jago it was generally believed that we were going to Mexico, and when the•lignal was made to fleer due Sonth, nothing could equal our allnnifhment. We then fuppofed Cape Horn was the next land we ihnuld fee : in a few days afterwards, however, we learned that our ren dezvous was to he at the Cape. We had, on the whole, a very pleafant paffige : we loft one tranfport, the Campion, a very bad railer, and, to our furprife, found that fire bad arrived here almoll a week before us. We came round to this Bay on the 24th, for the convenience of getting water and provilions for the troops. We found Admiral MURRAY here, with the Polyphemus, Africa, and Camel (tore (hip. The Governor wilhed to lay an embargo on all veffels here, in order to keep this expedition as ferret as pot. fible ; but the Admiral told him there was no occa. lion, as he was certain no one knew any thing of our deflination but hienfelf and one other individual. 66 The Nereide frigate, which left our fleet at St. Jago, to convoy the gth Dragoons to Buenos Ayres, arrived here the day before us, and brought the ac counts of the taking of Monte Video. 46 The Fly hoop of war came in here a few days ago, with difpatches for the Arratten. and General Casa/rutty, and they fay, that the General appeared much concerned on reading them. We fear, that the Fly has brought bad news, as the is not al. lowed to have any communication with the Illore.- = The general opiaion is, that our expedition will, for the prattle, be abandoned, and that Tome of our force will be dent to refit foyce the my is Buenos Ape.." SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. One of the Madrid Gazettes received by the Mails from Gibraltar, contains a long Official Article, in which it inveighs againft the unnatural condua of Portugal, in encouraging the fettlement of Heretic on the coatis of La Plata. We give the following paragraph as a fpecimen of the fide of the article:— " Thar happy extreme of the world, where the Catholic Faith has hitherto Rot:tithed pure and un. fullied. The Englifh have now got footing in South America. Henceforward the happinefs of the Natives is gone. They mull become pirates under their New Mailers. What does Pf•rtu t ; al intend by loch policy ? . I Will Brazil remain a Portuguefe Colony when Ch ili and Paraguay (hall be torn from Spain ? Will the feeble, the tottering Regency of Portugal, command refpeet from a nation which tramples on its neigh bours in proportion to their weaknefs ? No—Brazil will loon follow the fate of La Plata : and like other unfortunate nations, Portugal will become wife when fhe has reached the Orals of her folly. The naval predominance of England mutt be fubdued, or there will be no fafety for nations. England—impotent by land, is all powerful by lea. Is Portugal blind, that file cannot fee thole topmalls which look down upon the Bay of Lam:, and from which England at ouce defies and intuits the world ?" GL•vernment received difpatches from Lord Cot.- LINGWOOD by the fame conveyance as that by which the above Mails were received. Thefe Difpatches are dated the t sth ult. at which time his Lordthip had learned nothing of the capture of the SEAHORSF % as fpnken of in the Moniteur. The SZAHORSB had failed from Gibraltar on the 4th, but there was no reafon on board the fleet to fuppofe that the had been captured by the enemy. MUTINY AT MALTA. VALETTF, (MALTA) APRIL t 6, tBo7. " On Saturday the 4th of April, at three o'clock in the afternoon, this city was alarmed by a molt daring motiny in the Regiment of Froberg, confill ing of foreigners of every defcription, quartered in the fortreff s on the oppori.e fide of the harbour of Valette, called the Ricafoli Th- Adjutant lawart-c, on llc'ag advifed of the interded mutiny, ' -no, with other officers, de ro quell it n 1 I:s tJancy, but did not fuc ceed ; hinlfelf aid Capt,.in Whitifield fell viElims in the attempt—the M.vjor and others were wounded. " In the forrcfs, on duty, was a party of the Royal &kith At tiller y, commanded by Capt. Fade, who were immediately difarmed, and remained under the control!l of the mutineers, and compelled by them to load the cannon and mortars, and point them to wards this city of 1.3 Valette, or wherev-r otherwife they thought proper to order them. The foldiers of the regiment who were not of the number of the mu tineers, embraced the opportunity that offered, to effect their efcape, and a great number aceomplifhed it, though many of them were Shot at by the muti neers, in making the attempt : feveral of thefe un unfortunate men were wounded, and others fhot dead. The ringleaders, on the third day, poffibly with a view to get fupplies of provifion , , ripened the great gates of the fort, placing fentinels in the ufual order, of which opportunity, on the sth day, about soo availed themfelves, taking with them the Major 'of the Regiment wounded, in a litter, and all the Of. fleets, together with Captain Fade and the artillery men, and all the Engin women with their children. The two centinels attempted to oppore this party, who were immediately (hot dead by them. ' In this fortrefs was a large powder magazine, containing about Soo barrels it gunpowder, at which an a••illerym in wa. plated centinel, from whom the mutineers demanded entrance into the magazine, which he belily refufed, at the expellee of his life, as they intlaraiy put him to death. The no rr..iers of the mutineers in the fort, in confe.quence continual defertions, was reduced to a very for , -; and on Friday the loth intl. at 6 o'clock in tl,e afternoon, they fired two bombs at this city, which happily did no injury. It was rebind to form the place at day-break the next morning, and take them by furprife, ere they could have time to put in execution their threatened purpofe of blowing up the powder magazine. The walls were fcaled, but a dog giving the alarm, fruarated the plan. Six of the eight remain. ing, retired to the magazine, the other two were cut off from the magazine. They, however, fired two bombs towards the city, which providentially did no injury. " On Sunday evening, at ten o'clock, the fix refol ved to blow up the magazine, in order to make their efcape, which they effeeted. " In the magazine were from 4to Soo barrels f gunpowder, which made a moft tremendous explo. lion; fortunately, the plan was fnfpeited, and only fmall number of troops were therefore placed in the fort to watch their motions and prevent their efcape, and to furprize them if an opportunity offered: hap. pily, therefore, only three foldiers became their vic tims, and two or three wounded. " The (hock of the explofion did infinite damage to the windows, and one of the (hells bull in palling over my heufe. " The mutineers fled into the interior of the ifland, and tut fine taken. The laft of them (a black) was taken this morning, difguifed in woman's clothes, on whom fell the lot to blow up the magazine. 4' On Monday laft a Court-martial was held at Cie Town honk, on z 5 of the mutineers, fuppefed to be ringleaders, one of whom at the g ►flows was refpited, the others executed --go hanged, and r 4 (hot." MONTE VIDEO. On the zad inflant, in the evening, the Drousnt, of so guns, arrived at Limerick, from Monte Video, which place the left on the 23d of March. She made her paff.sge to Ireland, without falling in with a Eagle velTel on her voyage. She has feveral paffengers on board. General BERISFORD who came home in her, landed at Limerick on the 23d, and immediately fet off for London. BUENOS AYRES Was fill in the poireffion of the Spaniards when the Dimit EDI failed, but every preparation had been made on the part of our army to attack the place, and no doubt was entertained that it would fonn be carried by florm, if not furrendered by capitulation, as all communication was cut off. MARK-LANE. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 29. There are few arrivals of Wheat to day, which is in middling fupply ; fine is at (mall variation, fecnnd and inferior famples are very dull file, and a trifle cheaper—There is but little Barley, which is in (mall demand—White Peas likewife--The two forts of Beans go off heavily—There are feveral mare arri. vals of foreign Oats, and this trade hardly fupports lali currency—flour at lail prices. CEINFRAL CURRRNCY ASUNDER. Wheat, djs 6os 728 per. qr. Grey Peafe dos dds Fine Dittu, 76s 78s Beans, (uld) dos 46$ od Rye, 36. 425 Tick Ditto, 34s dos oil Barley, 3os 3 ss 6d ORS, 21$ 245 28$ Malt, 6:3 66s od Poland ditto los 315 bd White Peas. (boilers) 74s 82s Rape Seed 271 3 - 1. Fine Flour iss 6os to 63s—Seconds jos toss. Mr. Tticutturom, brother of his Majelly's Minifler in Savory, fet off rather late 'all night from the Foreign Office for the Continent. It is fuppofed that he is charged with fame million relative to Twisty, plc paratory to the embaffy of Sir A. PAGET. The PRINCE of WALES paid a vifit of condolence to his Serene Highnefs the Duke of ORLEANS, on Weditefday, at his villa at Twickenham; whom he found incnnfolable for the lofb of his livourite brother the Duke Da MONTPEN SI ER. The Marquis CORNWALLIS has taken poircfrinn of the Duke of fercureoanis houfe in Privy Gardens, which he is to polrefs during his Grace's Ray in Ire. land. Sir Joint Sutt.csy recei►ed, wi►h the fair hand of Miff Wise'. sv, of Lancalhire, a fortune of !0p,030!. The Marchionefs of Bucermonara's actfruchel ff ent i l which is daily looked for, will make the interval be• tweea the birth of her eldeft child (Tord Ts t4P1.1.) and that which is now expected, thirty.nne years; it is nineteen years &tee the Matchiunels was delivered of her laft fbn, Lord GEORGE. On Tuefday the Archbithop of CANTERBURY rave a fumptuous dinner, at Lambeth Palace, to the Psi ►ce rf Watss, and the Dukes of K s pry and CA P 4 BRIDG 11, GLOUCLSTER and Noes. , LK, Lord ERSKINE, the Bithop of KILDARE, the Lord MAYOR, the CHAM. BERLAIN of Lonnon, the ltscottoaa, Alderman Aa. NESLEY, &C. &C. Commiffinners aVpnintcd by his MAIRITY for exe. cluing the office of Treaforer of the Exchequer is Ireland, viz Earl of Rosso (late Sir L. Pattsous)l Right Hon. J. Fosro a, A. I.VELLEsLoy, Hon. T. H. FOSTER, Str G. FITZGERALD HILL, JOHN B•RRT Y and CHARLES VEREKER, Efq. Yeflerday we announced the arrival of the Exp. riment, Captain NORMAND, from Bombay. The t i ,l• lowing is a tilt of her paffeng.ers Wirt. Wilton, Mrs. Garda, and Ws Dick. Colonel Sprye, of his Majedy's 77th Regiment. Captain Storey, of the 6sth Regiment. Lieutenant Aycling, •f the 77th Regiment. 1 kutenants Maw, Macdonald, and Campbell. Enfign Could, Mr. Weeding. Monf. Francii Jermain: Mrs Harris, Macs Wilton and Harris, and James Kenlock, Efq. An American chip had arrived at St. Helena from Bengal previous to the departure of the Experiment, the pallingers by which reported, that all was trap• qua at the Prelidencies and in the Upper Provinces on their departure from Bengal, which was on the 111 January lift. The Commander in Chief (Lord Lax!) had at• rived at Calcutta, where it was expefled he would refide for Conte months. The troops tent nut by the China (hips, to It landed at Prince of Wales Bland till (hips could be had to convey them to Bengal, had arrived tale at Bengal previous to the American's departure from thence. Left Sunday week, the following awful inflamed fudden diffolution occurred at Gravefcnd. Mrr Lightfoot, of that place, had invited a party of her friends to dinner, atter partaking of which with go health and appetite, the retired to her apartme: (lairs, and was heard loon afterwards to exclaim, by tome perfon in the next roam—" Lord Lave mercy upon me !" An alarm was given, and on entering the room the was found to be quite dead. A moll fingular coincidence in two awful evenli as it refpetts names, time, and effeets, occurred in the parifh of St. John, Margate, on Monday evenin lad The firft, William Muth, a ycung man, fun of fa ir ' Mattis, fhoe.maker, having been indifp , fed fork' time, after taking tea as ufual, walked into his go• den ; where being taken with a cough, he bonded a blood veffel, immediately dropped and expired !-"! The other, William Marfh, a fine lad of fi;tecn yeas of age, fon of Mr. William Marfh, cabinetmaker , in High-ftreet, an apprentice to Mr, Adams, painter, in Bridge-Itreet, undertook for a (mall wager, to run a Ibort diflance in a given tittle, on the Canterbury road; before he had proceeded forty rods, he dropped down and immediately expired ! Medical an" was irmedistely prccured, but in vain. I' •