Star. — London, England, 1807-02-04 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. In the STAR of Monday lel, for Paris Journals to the loth, read to the loth ult. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 6'CLOCK. Confab, money. 6 iii—for account 6r31-omniunt 6ii prem. Reduced e 2 to 64-4 per CLIItt• per Ceuti. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. p l ek Stock 2171 3 p. Ct. Red. Ann. 62 64 62i 3 per Cent. Conf. An. 6x 4 per Cent. 8.4 801 5 per Cent. Navy, 9 5 I,ong Ann 17i zi-16 ; : : India Bonds, 33.45. prem. Imp. Ann. 8 kith 5 per Cent. 9ti Exch. Bills, par 2s. diE Omnium 6 prem. Englilh rickets 211 161. Cool for acc. 62i Of 63 No farther official accounts have been received f r om the theatre of war ;—but they are expeEted hourly. They are looked for with confiderable anxiety, as the accounts hitherto received of the movements on the 26th December are found, when all the circumflances arc compared, very deficient in many particulars. For inftince, it is difficult to un derftand what is meant by General KAMINSKOY leav ing the army, and going to Ofirolenfka, as Rated by General BINNINGSEN, when almoß the whole French army, or at leaß five capital c..rps of it, was, on the 36th of December, within the circuit of a few leaguer; and dole on the Ruffian polib ? What could Ka- VENSKOT leave the army for ? Did he go to bring up reinforcements, or to meet an attack made in ano ther quarter ? The 46. h Bulletin fays, that on the evening of the 25th, Marfhals BERNADOTTE, NEY, and Bess:sass, were on the road to Grodno. Thele corps were not in the aElions, either with BaNNINGSIN or Buxwovnsw, and therefore it is pi Bible there may have been another ateti6n, in which General Ka. sesssitoy himfelf was engaged, and of which we bave not yet heard the refult. We underftand that acoounts were yenerdaY, or the evening before, received by Government, which come down to the 29th December ; but not being official, it has been judged prudent not to give them any official publicity. From what we have been able to learn, they are In far fatislaftory that at that time the French had gained no advantage over our Ally. underftand that after the a&ion or aaions on the 26th, NAPOLEON affembled a Council of War, in Which it was refolved to renew the battle as quickly aspoffible, and, to animate the men for conteft, a double portion cf brandy was immediately ordered to be given to each foldier. Whether the men were already exhaufled beyond the power of loch an auxilliary to recruit their (lrength without the aid of natural reft, or whether the !Emulating power of the brandy was fpent before the necelTaty or ders foi aft ion could be given, is no' . known— but when they were made known to the troops, in. {lead of being obeyed, they caufed fuel) univerfal murmuring, that it was judged pendent to change the order into a command to retreat, rather than hazard the ri(k of an ablaut:: mutiny among the army. This is the real caufe of the change in NA.. oLFotes fyflem, which led to the flaternent in the !aft French bulletins, that the campaign was now terminated, and the troops ordered into quarters. It is reported that Earl Sr. ViuccriT will foon proceed to the EaII Indies, to take upon him the command of his Majell)'s thips in that quarter. Yefterdiy the Marquis of WArsarogn and Lord ictricsroN tranfafted bufmefs with the Duke of YORK at bis office. Yefierday the Cabinet Minißers dined with Vit . - count Sum:a! VH . The Officers of the Firft Regiment of Guards en tertained the Duke of YORK with a fumptuons dinner yetterday, at Willis% rooms. The band of the regi went attended. On Thurfday evening there was a numerous and brilliant affemblage of fafbionables at the Countefs of MAN3FIE La's Rout, in Great Cumberland ilreet. The Doichefs of MoNrp.osE was on Monday ha Eddy delivered of a fon, in Gi clvenor•fquare, LI the great juy cf the whole family. The heir of the prefent Earl NELSON has affumed the title of Viknunt Trafalgar, in preference to that Vifcount Merton, which he has hitherto ufed. On \Vednefday laft were lodged in the Tower a fine young lion and lionels, fent by the Emperor of Morocco, as a prefent to his Majelly. A few days ago, as the Marquis of STAFFORD and family were going out to dine with the Earl of CAR- Lista, inGioNennr-place, Pimlico, the carriage broke down in the Stable Yard, but molt providentially not one of the Noble perfons received the (lighten injury. Earl SP ENCIER has been confined with a cold and fever ever fence Thurfiay. Sir WALTER FARO HAR attends him. WHIG CLU E.—Ytflertlay a very numerous meet tu. g (being the fii.ll this fealon) of the Members of this Society, took place at the Crown and Anchor 'Cavern, his Grace the Duke of NOR FOLK in the chair. One hundred and fifty tat down to dinner, which Wu molt excellent. Mr. WHI TER EAD fat next the Duke of NORFOLK. After the ufual wafts of the King, glieLn, &c. the hcalths cf feveralabfent Mem bers were drank with great applaule. There were feveral good longs ; and the evening paired with the greateß conviviality. The Meeting bake up at a late hour, perfellly fatisfied with their entertainment. GEORGE GAINER, Erg. Clerk 31 the Cheque, at Sheernefs, is appointed to till the fame &nation at Port fmonth lat d. t'ffic new Play, entitled The Curfew, which is to be brought forward in the enfuing Week, at Drury-lane Theatre, bas„ been feldled for thr excellence of the writing and the originality of its plan, from among the pefthumoub t:Atnab of the Author of 7ls - NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH. FEB. t. Sailed this day his Majetty's brig GRASS. PEER, of 18 guns, Captain SERLE, with the following vtffels under convoy, for Litbon and Oporto : Choice, DUNN ; John, WRIC:HT ; and FCX, Lk.GGAT, for Ltibun ; and three vetfels for Oporto. Arrived the ALPHEA cuttcr with difpatchcs for the GRASSHOP• PER from Plymouth. PLY MOU PH, FEB. s. Arrived the Moil!), (hip Anna Maria, P. 13. CLAW. sort mailer, from Alcorn+, laden with linen, detained by the Czfar privateer, of this 'itt ; alio the brig Ametica, from Alicant, J. GREss mailer, laden with barilla, wine, and cane.reeds, bound to Belfall and Drogheda, detained by his Majelly's (hip ACASTA ; Chip Alicia, of Poole, FITZ GRIt ALD mailer, from Newfoundland, laden with fi(h, taken by a Sparta privateer, and retaken by his Majelly's (hip AMAZON; and the brig Ca9illia, ARMSTRONG mailer, from Memel, laden with Memel, laden with timber and for Plymouth. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 3. Arrived the Fortune, CRAWLEY, from London, bound to Madeira ; and the Henry Addington out ward bound Ead Indiaman, from the Downs ; Ellen, Anger, Sally, and a fleet of ttanfports, from Guern fey. Sailed his Majeay's chip HUMBER, with a ccn• voy for the Downs ; DEVASTATION and HARDY, on a cruize. Wind N. W. DEM., FEB. 3. Arrived the KANGAROO (loop or war, and brought in with her the Brothers, loaded collier, which was captured by the Napoleon lugger, belonging to Bon lcgne, manned with 98 men, and armed with r 8 carriage guns, which the Tioasss gun brig chaced, but could not come up with her ; (he had the misfor tune to fee her fafe into Boulogne ; the'crew of the collier were taken out by the privateeer, and eleven Frenchmen put on board, who, upon the approach of the KANGAROO, made off in the boat, and were taken by her boats. This morning the brig Perie verance from Chepflow, for London, with a cargo of iron, got on 'bore near Walmer Cattle, but was got off again by a boat's crew of this town, and car tied to Ramfgate Pier. An outward bound Well India thip, the Enterprize, WILKINSON, from Lon don to Jamaica, was brought into the Downs this morning, having been recaptured by the 0 rTsa (loop. Arrived the TROVIPRUSR, and LEVERET tloops ; BK 1.7! Z ER, WRANGLER, and TIGRS:S gun brigs from a cruize. Came down from the River the Remit tance, LAW, for New York ; and the Smallbridge, lino nes, for Plymouth, and remain in the Downs wits his Majefly's fltivs as per lan. Wind W. N. W. MARY MARTON. A BALLAD. IY JOHN MAYNt. Poor WILLIAM was landed at bonny DUmbarton. Where the ftrrit., rE2l4ocltlontond ran Into the fea : At home, in fweet Ireia 1: he left MARY MAR ru With a child at ber foot, and a babe on her knee. The Regiment march'd off when the paff.:7t wa. over; The route was for England, by lgnd all the w ty ; No, never to halt; but, at Ramfgate,or Dover, Embark in the vefftis that were in the Eq. Fond MART, the while, in her fpirit quit broken, Difturb'd in her fleep, and perpleed in her mind, No letter from WILLIAM, no tidings, no token, Refolv'd, at all hazards, her Heto to find. 0 ! what, in this world, can deter a true Lover It is not long journies by land or by fea 'Tween hope and defpair, in a boat without cover, She crofed to Port Patrick from Donrghadee ! The Ira arc true to Humanity's claims, And the Scots and the Englilh arc never unkind; Poor MARV found friends from the Boyne to the Thames, As fhe trudc'd with her babes in a wallet behind ! Arriv'd at the Coaft—by h.r forrowful tale, She foften'd the Captain to let her on board; And never, O! never, did Mariner fail With a couple like Wrztrast to MART reitoed! IV. When be prrfed to his bofom his Infants and wife, The Sailors gyve way to a tear, and no more ; The Soldiers danc'd round to the drum and the fife, And plaudits wet-- heard from the people on fhore : Then away went the fleet—and, failing with glee, May Glory, in battle, be ever at haat; ; May Britons live happy, united, and free, Supreme on the Ocean, uncompieril by Land ! As a proof of the flourifhing Rate of the funds for fupporting the Proteftant Schools in Ireland, it may be mentioned, that the balance in favour of the In. Ilitution, as appears from the lift year's account laid on the table of the Houfe of Commons, amounts to 10,4071. t6s. The VIRAGO gun brig arrived at Cot k on the 28th ult. from a cruize ; on the 25th nit. the fell in with a very large French fchooner privateer from Bony deaux, which the engaged for 25 thinutes, but owing to fuperior failing the privateer got off. Lieutenant H AN C H ET T,CollllllaElder Of theVIR AGO, was wounded. Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES COTTON, Bart. arrived on Monday morning at Portfmouth, in his Majefty's (hip Spartan, Capt. ASTI.E, from the Channel Fleet, having been fucceeded, as the fecond in command of that fleet, by Vice Admiral Sir J SAVMARFZ, who has hoisted his flag on board the San Jolef, 112 guns, Capt. CONN. Sit CHARLES will haul down his flag till the Newfoundland feafon, when he Mills it on board the Ills, 50 guns, Captain NEAL , " E, as Commar.. der in Chief on that Illation for the next three years. The BLANCHE frigate arrived on Mor.day at Port/ month from Commodore KkaTE's fquadron off Roche. fort, which the left on the tph ult. on which day (he captured a French tranfport under Amur icon colours, having on board the Officers and men of the French frigate la Valcureufe, which •was condemned at Phi ladelphia. The capture of the Geet Wafhington tranfport by the BLANCHE frigati,"Onuminded by Captain Sir THOMAS LAVIE, occupied yeflerday a cordiderable portion of attention. The Worhington, as vt ill appear by the following estrad of a letter, was commanded and manned by Frenchmen : EXTRACT OF A LE mut FROM AR OFFICER OF HIS MA JESIYPS SHIP BLABCHE, DATED PORTSMuUTH, FEB. 2, ISO 7. _ _ " In confequence of information tranfraitteel from Lloyd's to the Admiralty, and orders fent in confequence to ourfelves and the different cruizers ou the coaft of France, we fortunately fell in, off Rochefort, on the isth ult. with the copper bottomed lip George Wathingum (f MI to be American, but is French bu , h), of about Soo tons burden, having on board Captain Cargareau, and the officers and crew, amounting to.,ettier to 300, and we expea alto the ftores of the Vzleureufe French frigate, one of Jerome Bona parte's fquadron which put into the Delaware, and was condemn ed there. The French Captain fays he chartered the vcal, but we have no doubt of her being a French concern, and will prove a good prize." Saturday morning arrived in Leith Roads the Nor folk armed thip, from a cruize, with a lugger priva feu., of 14 guns and 5o men, which !he captured near Flamborough Head. The privateer is fated to be. long to Dunkirk, and to have captured the Leith packet, from Tonningen, bound for London. There were eight pallingers on board the Leith packet, five of whom were recaptured in the privateer. The Alida, Fitzgerald, from Newfoundland, for Lifbon, has been captured by a Spani(h privateer, re taken by the Amazon, and is arrived at Plymouth. The Charles, Priddis, from Newfoundland for Dartmouth was captured on the Bth intlant, by a Spanifh privateer. The Seringapatam, CLARKE, from London to the South Seas, was well at Rio Janeiro 28th September. Captain CLARKE writes that the Cretcent, Hr , PPER, and the Lucia, NICHOL, were well on the coati of Peru about two months before. The Procris floop arrived at Chatham on Friday !aft; from which place the Pandora failed on the 20th, and the Wanderer on the 3 tli ult. DOCTORS CommoNs.—Yenerday the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT proceeded to the adjudication of the following cafes: Vrow Margaretha, Rodlofs mafter.—ln this cafe the report of the Regiltrar and Merchants as to freight was confirmed. Robert Murray, Swinton mafter.—This vac!, under American colours, laden with a cargo of fugar, cotton, and Ingwond, on a voyage from New Orleans to Bourdeaux, was captured by the private (hip of war, Lord fiction, James Le Lacheur commander, and brought to Ouemfey. The quettlons before the Court were c olts and damages, and captors' capences, the thip and cargo bay i•ig been already rearmed. The Court allowed t►e claimants three syseks demurrage in this cafe. Wohltarth Stadt Altona, Koon maltPr.--Several parctk of goods weic reftored io this cafe u claimed. SHEERNESS, FEB. 3. The !hip Eleanor, Baoww, from Dantzig, with timber, failed this day for Portfmouth-dock yard.— As an attempt towards the improvement of Naval ArchiteCture, we have lately had a vcifel here of a peculiar conftruCtiGn ; the was iutended for a bomb veal, and had a rudder and h rwfprit at each end, which Were to have precluded the neceffity of her putting about—the had three malts ; the two outer moll of which were alternately the fore.malt the bombs were fixed in beds, which certainly had the effera of keeping the (hock from the veld, but re ceived fo much of it themfelves that a few times firing have .fplit them. After repeated trials, this new invented man of war has been found by feveral Officers of ditliation to be entirely inefficient to the purpofes intended, and fhe has therefore been fent up the River Thames to be paid off. She is called the ProjeCt.—The crew of his Majelly's fhip Sulcbay were this day paid wages. Wind N. W. HULL, JANUARY 30. The brig Got d Intent, of 150 tons, laden with coals, and the Henry and Mary, of 237 tons, of this port, laden with planks, tar, iron, &c. have been cap tured by a French privateer, and both cartied into Calais on the sth intlant. The Dove, WEBSTER, of Bridlington, from Peterfburgh to London, is cap tuned, and carried into the Texel on the 1 ith of De cember. The brig Jupiter, Oxtaby, of 150 tons, laden with various merchandize, carried into Dun. kirk r3th December. The Amphitrite, STICKN Ey, of iso tons, laden with dye wood, &c. carried into Dunkirk 2oth December. The Elizabeth and Mar garet, of iSo tons, mounting three guns, laden with coals, carried into Dieppe 26:11 December. The Centurion, GRAY, of Whitby, from the Baltic, bound to Lirttpool, was forced from her anchorage on Chriilmas day, and driven on fhore upon the ifland of Flotta, in the Orkneys, where it is feared the will be wrecked. The Magnet, RANDALL, from Leith to London, with bottles, was captured on Saturday off Uimlington, by a privateer, which took out the hands, and was ken (leering away from her by fome of the pilots belonging to this port. On the latter coming up, they found the mall carried away, lying alonsfide of her, which is fuppofed to have been oe cationed by the crew cutting the rigging when they found themfelves about to be captured, in order to prevent the enemy from carrying her away. She has fince been brought to this port. A privateer, carrying fixteen guns, ftippnfed to be the fame, boarded a foreign velrel yetterday fe'nnight, between Flarnbrough Head and the Spurn. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, Fsa. 3.—Sailed the Eailing Grove, Sime, for St. Vincent's; Severn, 1e11; for Cork; Hope, Lang, for Newry; and the Draper, IVl'Llawild, for Beira% MIRK-LANE. CORN-EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 4. Wheat is here in tolerable fupply, with few frefh arrivals—Sales in this trade are very heavy, and . hardly maintain laft prices —Scarce any Ryc, which is dearer— Barley and Malt are in great abundance, and almoft without buyers—ln Peas and Beans o( both forts but little variation—Before the elide of Monday's Market there were many trent arrivals of Oats, and this trade was cheaper and this day fome. what lower—Flour in great plenty and dull fide— Fine American 4.55. to sos. per barrel. GINERAL CUItRENCY AS UNDER: Wheat, jcs 66. 78s per qr. Grey Prate 424 47s od Fine Ditto. Bos 83s od Beans, (old) 42s 485 od Rye, 425 485 od Tick Ditto 343 405 od Barley, 335 395 Oats, 221 251 298 \lalt, 645 7os Polurd gift° 29s 3 t sod White Peale, (43oilers) SA 4: Rape Seed, 251 291 oos Fine Flour 6s s to 7c5. Seconds 6os to 655. All the Officers, Nnn-commillioned Officers, and Privates, of the 1(t Somerfet Regiment of Militia, have volunteered to extend their fervices to Ireland, and have regoelled Major Sir CHARLES BAMPFYLDE, who now commands them, to it-anti:sit their offers to his Royal Highnef the Commander in Chief. Th: following is an Abllrad of the effeaive Rrength of the Volunteers in Great Britain; diftin guifhing Infantry, Ctyalry, and Artillery; according to the Weft Returns, dated the iti of December, 1806 : CAVALRY—FicId Ofßzers 16:—Captains493—Subaktrns1031, —Staff Offici.ri 74;--Sei.kants 1556; Trumpeters and DATUM - mirs Rank and File zi,i SJ. INFANTRT--Field Officers 1238—Captains 3Es4—Subalterns 7436—Staff Officers t7B.:—Serjennts 13 Ba6—Trumpeters and Drutrumert 6791—Rank and File 239,301. - - ARTIL Liar —Fi,:d Officers 29—Captains t sz—FuSalterns 309 —Staff Officcrs ts—Scrjeaots 55+—Trumpeters and Drummcrs 123—Rank and File 10,482. To T A OffiZer 3 1427—Captains 4438—Subalterns 2797 —St4ll Officers 2386—Serjeants 15986-T runiptters and Drum. mers 7sos—Rank and Fdc 293,163. Jan. 27, 1207. (Signed) J. BECKETT. COURTS MA It TI A z..—Saturday the Court Mar tial at Plymouth ended on Captain Colquitt, of the Princefs frigate, on ten charges, preferred again& him by Lieutenant• Pratte, of- the fame (hip ; when the Cow t unanimoufly found eight charges to be gtofs falfehoods, and founded in malice ; one charge was found gaialt Captain Colquitt, but no culpability attached to it ; and one was partly proved, for which Capt. Colquitt was admonifhed. - - 7be Znniverfaries of frveral public Chorine:, of late years, have much interfered with each other, fo as to be injurious to their beneficent exertions; it is there fore evidently an ad of kiadnefs to inform the alive friends, when the day, &c. of each billitution fixed upon.—Our Currefpondent affures the Publi c , t h at on the 12th Aptil, the ANNUAL SERMON Of the HUMANE SOCIETY will be preached, by the Rev. RICHARD YATES, F.A.S. at St. Ann's Church, Suho; and the ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be celebrated on the 15th of the fame month, at the London Ta. vern. Como c—The valuable Hand of Curacoas though fmall, is of very great importance on account of its fituatiun, and the fafe, ltrong►, and capacious harbour which it contains ; the belt, without excel). tion, in the whole Welt Indies. A very extenfive track of the Spann coal}, from the city of the Ca raccas to the I ithrngs of Panama, lies under the reach of this ifland, which has, moreover, this advantage, that it is out of the range of the hurricanes. The exports from Holland to it, previous to the fira of the late revolutions in the Mother Country, amount ed, c9inmuniLus annit, to half a million tierling. Curacoa has always been of great importance to the Dutch, who have been very zealous to preferve it, and to extend its commerce ; many years ago the Dutch Welt India Company refuted to exchange it for the Spanith bland of Porto Rico. The fituatiun of this ifland is of great importance ; notwithaanditig it lies to the leeward of the Wen India iflands, a good failing vet Tel may beat up to St. Thomas's, or any of the adjacent Wands cn the other fide. It commands the iflands to leeward of it, or fuch as may be teached with a fide wind, viz. Porto Rico, Cuba, St. Domingo, and Jamaica. This fmall fpot is, in every refped, a perfelt military fituatiun. The commerce formerly took up yearly about so large (hips, each, on an average 300 tons, and the annual quantity (hipped from Holland amounted yearly to near 500,0031. the returns nearly don:)le that film. The exports from Holland confined of German and Dutch linens and checks, Ealt India goods, woollen and cotton tnanufaetures, fpices, iron• tnongery, building materials, &c. and many other ar ticles for the cafe and luxury of the inhabitants and Spaniards. The imports to Europe are indigo, coffee, fuga!, hides, cotton, dye•wood, tortoifethell, verinas, and Porto itico tobacco, and fometime cochined ; all articles of neceffity and value. This Bland contains a population of about 8000 Whites and io,ooo Blacks and Mulattoes, a popula tion not to be found in any of the other Welt India Muds. The following (hocking cataßrophe happened on Mi;nday night : —Mrs. &mum', the wife of an At torney, in Poland-tireet, Oxford-Rreet, was fitting al..ne in the kitchen of her houfe, waiting the arrival of her h !band, after the reit of the family had 'me to bed. itb..ut o'clock, a Gentleman who lodged in the hook, was alarmed by a fmell of burning, which induced him to go down Hairs : on opening the kitchen door, he difcovercd Mrs. S. lying by the fire place, with her clothes completely burned. She remained alive until five o'clock yelterday morning, in extreme agony; during which tim e th e was f en fi bl e and took le a ve of h er family. She was above forty years of age, and has left a fon and four daughters. THIRTY THOUSAND POUND Plum—The Ticket No. 12,283, as Ftrtt-drawn this morning, entitled to Thirty Thoufand Pounds, vas fold at Millis. HA ZARD, BURNS, and Co.'s Office, Royal Exchange, in otie Half and eight Sixteenths, where every Ca pital Prize in the prefent Lottery, except one to,oool. No. 21,295, has been fold in Shares, viz. r 2,283 - £.30,e00 14.493 • • zoom 23,81; . to.oco 846 - - 5,000