Star. — London, England, 1809-05-11 00:00:00

• , Th ,b irch AZIS:r t 1:1-1/11 na:cl e - Lel lays 5'3011e1 its de bzen FRANKFORT, APRIL 2S. Emperi,r of Russia arrived on the sth at. St. ~!) , I n 2)1, after haring received at Abo the oath ,3_,; t v from the Members of the Finland Diet. learn from Mergentheim, that the King of has taken military possession of that ~:~:,~. k !: ) . before yesterday some Austrian prisoners hee•eght in from the frontiers of Franconia.-- • will be transported to Mayence. As Franconia posed to the incursions of a rapid enemy, the ma :es which were at Wurzhurg have been trans hither, where they arrived yesterday. •r, 28.—A considerable number of wounded Ave arrived here. . • ~.ierny defended himself at Ratisbon with an •Acv lamentable for the city, a part of which was ;. Thq fought even within the houses. The rians were obiiged to yield, but even when they ated they discharged grape-shot and howitzers. the 15th of April the Archduke Ferdinand mereed hostilities on the frontiers of the Duchy of .saw. The Polish troops have marched to meet 1 . This Prince has issued General Orders, in be declared that 12,000 Russians are on their :h to loin Ins standard ; and that this is not the assistance which Austria has to expect from Ti:e Chargé d'ArTai! es of Russia at Vienna, heard of these General Orders, went instantly 1. de Stadion, expressing his indignation at this ~,se of his master's name. Dl. de Stadion had the iffyyudence to answer that these General Orders were r 7:ed. Nevertheless, they were printed at Vienna. . are the arts of impotnre employed by Austria. ROI7I:RDAM, MAY 6. Letters froth Vienna contain the following particu. lars rel.6ve to the Congress of Yassay, which was no s , ;oner opened than an immediate period was put to its deliberations. After the respective powers had been ratified and exchanged, the Russian Commis. sinners endeavoured to prove, that the two Empires could nra enjoy the blessings of peace until the fron tiers should have been defined in the manner pointed out by the natt:re of the ground. They represented to the Torks, that the neighbouring provinces situated on the left hank of the Danube, would prove a continual cause of hatred and discord, and render it indispensably necessary that the country, which fOr three year; past had been in the possession of Russia, where she had constructed fortresses, and from whence she could not be expelled but by a superior force, should be ceded to her. They therefore proposed the cession of that country as the first preliminary article ofnegociatirh ; and declared at the same time, that it would be unnecessary to continue the negociation I:7*!i,` , the Porte should accede to the said article. Tire Ministers of the Porte answered, that such a for was not by any means to he reconciled with • e. instructions which they had received, but that on :e contrary they were strictly charged not to agree 71 any such terms. It is added, that in the first sit , 6 -- the Congress, the Russian Commissioner s de that . the English Minister should be iinme. -ent away from Constantinople, and that all property should be attached and sequestrated the Ottoman Empire. ddys after the Turkish Ministers wished to tike their departure for Coatantinaple, but they were 7.reveated from %o doing. It is supposed that Prince i'r , :sorowsky lins sent two officers to Constantinople the ultimatum, representing the destructive con !,.7ttences with which the refusal of the above article mid be attended for the Porte, and that the Russians did not choose to suffer the Commissioners to depart, -ail the above two officers should have returned. After the Congress had broken up, a number of couriers have been dispatched with instructions for the ossian Generals, who command on the Danube.— fl , feral regiments have put themselves in motion, and ":ery thing seems to announce the immediate renewal of hostilities. PARLIAM.EN7:-. 1 1?r PROCE.EDIA'GS. HOUSE. OF LORDS, MAY 10. In an Appeal from the Court of Sessich in Scotland, F;-ank v. Fiank, Mr. Adam was heard. for the Appellant. Further hear a; on .Friday. The Admiralty Drolts Prizes Bill was read a third time and Fasted. - The Irish Commissioners Fees Bill passed through a Commit ec., und was reported. 'I he L'6,000,000 Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Newspaper Bill, we're read a second time and committed for Friday. 7 he &starch , Bill was, read a second time, 'and committed for se'dnight.__ Irish Friendly Societies Bill, and several private Pills, were up from tbe Commons by Wr. WHAF4TON, Lord AL- Sir.EDWARL4 KNATCHISCLI., Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS, o Nut rz , Lord Tc ?LE , Mr. SYMONIU, Sir JAMES , • - •5;.:4, Sir Oswiiip Moseity, and other Members, and read • tny.e.. MILITIA. p. Committee on the Militia Completion 11. e Earl of LIVERPOOL moved an amendment, restricting - ee:;.i:ing to the County for wLlch the Militia was to serve, ?ejaccnt Counties: - i),:ke of NORFOLK adverted to the mention made i.. 11! of the-I.Tat Militia ;—re.pectlng which 7 I:1r! of LIVERPOOL .oidlfc world iniinire previous to aqg t: t• Report.. •r _: j ;!~~ a ,!sort ilov-N-satialt between .EarI.BERN.ELE7 and le * tse House resumed, and the report w:.s dto be . - e“. Peed on Fri& y. • SCOTS J:.:DICATI'R.E. r)r•Z T 3 CI lANCELLOR said he found it would be im• • accotint of 'the proceedings of the Commissioners • ''r Scots Judicature Ac: to be laid before the House •hnrefore arshould trove on that day to postpone •:.t nt of :he Bill relative to these Commissioners, • • ..nt of tht ir proceedings could be laid before the - tl till Friday. r. , ~ ITOUSF. OF COMMONS.' • was read a veond time, the Land - . wa, comnante.l for Monday. • • •—•• ~ lilitia vt ai read a third time, passed, • : ..) .r I•( , rds. :A i! 1) pc,%tponecl his motion respecting the Distil •. , ;if 11:::11.•1. •. C. , ,kr Duty 11111 was read a second time and cminitted • ,-L! C ,, nit , ift•P of Supply was postponed till Friday. v!r, intimated his intention of submitting to the smu• !tiotio in the next Sessions, respecting the Su ;•.!a!::.ttatee! Pe:!oni in the . rtceipt of Pensions im Ireland, and 4 •..n,...qmg , tiie dteiel of Offic,:s by Deputy :.ir J. NiNil'ORT gave notice of a motion respecting the al "sant::7 to superannuated persons in Ireland. Sf! L i oil VkIST11:0 IN • JIIS 11AJESTY CERTAIN PARTS CF WINDSOR FORFST. STTTP.GES R NE brought up a Bill for vesting in his • :0- - -tr:t rtaM parts of Windsor Forest situated in the County itt.id a first time, arid ordered to be read a second time `Sr. C. DUNDAS presentd a Petition agaiilst the said '.sed ite oo tsble. THE EVENING LONDON THURSDAY, MAY 11. Ascts:stos—licitv Tiionso.tv.—Holiday at the Bank, E,'• chequer, and Stamp-Office. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. • Bank Stock 245 i Imperial 3 per Cent. 65111 3-per Cent. Red. 66i 67 Imp. Ann. 7 3-164 S per Cent. Cons. 6711 Irish 5 per Cent. 9411 4 per Cent. 823- 82 India Bonds 13s. 14s. prem. 5 per Cent. Navy 911.11 I Excheq. Bills, Bs. 1.. s prem. We this day ;nsert Extracts from Paris Papers to the sth, and Dutch to the 7th. According to the latter, the army of the Archduke JOHN, which had invaded the T) rol, has been cut off, and compelled to surrender. This circumstance, if it be correct, will greatly add to the distress of the Austrian fugi tives. Could the Tyrol, with its hardy race of moun taineers, who are enthusiastically attached to the House of Austria, have been regained by the Arch duke, it would have been a Strong position for the Austrian forces, difficult to attack, and at the same time affording to the possessor the means of directing his assaults against Italy or Bavaria. From the French Papers we have given, with some other articles, the Address of the Conservative Senate, and a full copy of the two first French Bulletins. The Address of the Conservative Senate t., BoNA- I ' , Aim is a striking monument of servility and base ness. It affects to lay more to the charge of Austria than the Minister for Foreign Affairs has done ; and the cunning is very palpable, with which the attempt is made to represent the Austrian, as well as the Spa nish hostility to France, as the result of British gold. For this, however, England is to be conquered on the territory of Austria ;" and Mir fresh conquest is at length to secure the maritime peace 1 The Bulletins account for a circumstance for which the abridged copy furnished no explanation. The French forces were probably less numerous than the Austrian, 1 and yet obtained the victory. The fact is simply this : NAPOLEON succeeded by the same manoeuvre which in so many former instances has led to similar results. I-le attacked one corps after another of the Austrian army with the same troops, bringing a superiority of num bers always to bear against those opposed to him, thus, with a force perhaps inferior upon the whole, reaping all the advantage by means of tactics of the most decided pre-eminence in point of strength. In Spain he beat the army of BLAKE in Biscay, of Es- tramadura, at Burgos, and of CASTANQS, at Tudcla, with the 'same force, merely by rapidity of movement. And now in Bavaria he began with destroying his adversary's left wing, under the Archduke Louts, and afterwards defeated the centre under the Arch duke CHA RLES, with the same troops. It would seem that there has been a great want of concert between the different members of the Austrian army,otherwise this would not have been practicable,or certainly could not have been so easily accomplished. The Archduke Louts appears to have received no support from the Archduke CHARLES—in consequence of the de feat of the latter, the left wing of the former was left exposed, and meditating an attack, its Commandc4 was forced upon his defence, in circumstances wherehewas deprived of dole co-operation of one whole corps of his army, that of BELLIGARDE, which passed Ratisbon after the battle. If we can trust the enemy's account (which by the by there is every reason to believe to be true in sub stance), the Archduke CIiAR LES after the battle of the 22d, committed a great fault in leaving six regiments by way of garrison in Ratisbon, which though sur rounded by an old wall and ditch, must in every mi litary view be considered as an open town. This was bad in two ways. Ratisbon was taken by assault, and these six regiments were sacrificed, though they had not even taken the precaution of destroying the bridge ; and great calamity was thus necessarily brought upon the inhabitants, without being of the smallest service to the party el - posing them to it. The arrival of Prince STAHRFNTBELG yesterday, as Ambassador from the Court of Vienna, gave rise to various rumours, which had considerable currency during the afternoon, His Excellency, after a pe rilous journey incog. through Holland, quitted that country in a fishing boat, and was picked up at sea by one of our cruizers. Had his Excellency arrived before the. receipt of the French Bulletins, the details of preparations, pa triotism, and military mckvements of the Austrians, which he had power to communicate to our Govern ment, would, no doubt, have diffused a very general satisfaction. Even with the Bulletins in our pos session, we are assured that he brings accounts of the losses sustained by the French in the several actions described in the enemy's Bulletins, being quite as great as those of the Austrians; that the Archduke CHARLLS had improved the disposition of his army, and that so late as the 28th ult. the French were unable to advance, having suffered so severely in the different conflicts that had taken place. But we must add, that consider ing the way in which the Prince pursued his journey to this country, it is not credible that he can have brought accounts of so late a date as has been stated. Immediately after his arrival, Prince STAHREMBERG had an interview with Mr. CANNING ; and we under stand that Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK will set out in a few days for Vienna, as Ambassador Extraordinary from his Britannic Majesty to the Emperor of Austria. Yesterday about twelve o'clock his MAJESTY ar rived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor. Soon after two his MAJESTY held a Private Levee. The following had the honour of being presented : Sir CHARLES HOAR HARLAND, upon his being created a Baronet. Mr. CURZON, upon his marriage. Major E. PARKER, of the 19th Light Dragoons, upon his pro motion. ' Mr. AaavritNoT, upon his being appointed Secretary to the 'Treasury. The 1 : ion. Capt. CAnocAN, upon his promotion. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave au diences to the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of PORT .LAND, and the rest of the Cabinet Ministers present ; Sir DAVID DIJNDAS, and Mr. RYDER, who laid be fore his MAJESTY the proceedings of several Courts Martial. The LORD CHANCELLOR of Ireland has removed the several Magistrates from the Commission of the Peace for the county of Wexford, who were indiscreet spectators of the late unfortunate duel between Mr. Ar.coot and Mr. Cocccoucir. Last week the leaden statue of King CHARLES the Second, which stood at the Castle of Glammis, was thrown down, and the head and arm cut off and carried away. By a Gentleman, recently from France, we learn, that the quantities of corn, wine, and other produce upon hand is incredible—and the prices so low that the landholders are rendered totally unable to pay their taxes. A representation of this state of the country was made to the Emperor by three of his Ministers ; and NAPOLEON said that he would attend to it. From this it was immediately stated, that a Dec! ee would pass permitting the exportation of corn, flour, wine, brandy, &c. and annulling the im port of certain enumerated articles.. A second express was sent by Mr. Armstrong, to overtake the Mes senger appointed to carry out dispatches to America; and it is believed that this contains the notice of some Decree of this kind. Letters from Gibraltar, of the 7th ult. state, that the Spaniards in La Mancha we re flyi ng i n all direc tions before the French, who were only half their numbers. Great hopes were entertained, however, of the ultimate success of the patriotic cause, if the efforts 6f the Spariish.peasants were properly directed, and seconded by their superiors. NAVAL MITELLIGENC.E. FALMOUTH, MAY R. • Arrived • the MORRIhTOWN :wined brig, frorrl Ply mouth, with a convoy for Walec ; and 'the HIND cutter, from a cruize.— -Sailed the American ship Pacific; Captain STANTON, with dispatches for New York and the Pelican, Norm's, for Malta. __— PLYMOUTH, AND PLYMOUTH -DOCK, MAY 9. Came in the Joseph, Captain CLERK. front Cork, with provisions for this port; Glurictadt, of 18 guns, from Portsmouth ; Harlequin hired attned sh . p, from Dartmouth. Arrived the Eyderen, of 18 guns, from tilt. Downs, after convoying a fleet of rnerchAii:mcn from this port ; a new lighter from Dartmouth, built for the service of our dockyard ; the Tyger Revenue'cutter, from a cruize. Sailed the Louisa tender for Cork, to bring round impressed seamen and volunteers for the navy ; and the Leviathan brig, for Bar badoes. - PORTSMOUTH, MAY W. Sailed yesterday evening his Majesty's ship SARA. CEN, with a fleet under convey, for the West-Indies. Arrived this day the Douro, BeowN, from Londrn for Demarara, and sailed on her destination. His Majesty's ship FOXHOUND, with the fleet fel. Quebec, &c. is expected to sail this evening.—Wind Easterly. DEAL, MAY 10. Arrived the RINALDO sloop, from a cruize.—Sailed this morning the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir RICHARD STRACUAN consisting of his Majesty's ships— Venerable, Mars, Audacious, Saturn, Dannemark, Defence, and Blake, of 74 guns each; and l'Aimable and Active frigates— on a cruise off Flushing. • Sailed the TROMPEUSE sloop, on a cruize off Bou logne. Arrived the ORION, 74 guns, from the Baltic, and passed through the Downs. HARWICH, MAY 10. Arrived last night the Prince of Wales packet, Capt. T. C. MASON, with mails and passengers from Gottenburgh. Captain M. landed at Aldborough Lieutenant R. T. DOUGLAS, of the Navy, who came passenger from Gottenburgh ; he had been kept a prisoner in France since December 1803 ; left the Depot at Verdun in March last, and was released through the intervention of a great personage in Russia. A convoy sailed from Gottenburgh for Eng. land with the above packet, under convoy of the MINx. Arrived . also last night the Freeling smack, Capt. HART, from Heligoland, with dispatches and passengers. The King George, Captain SANDERS, with the mail of to-day, for Gottenburgh, is detained by contrary winds. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAYESLND, MAY lO.—Sailed the - Frederick, Minston and the Palafox, Fcll, for Heligoland; Cato, Eury, and Two Sisters, Hallahan, for Prince Edward Island. The Mary, —, from St. Domiego, in 40 days, with coffee, is arrived at Port Glasgow. The Fingal, Henning, for London, was to sail froth Rie Ja neiro about the 24th of February, in company with a pac:tet. Extract of a letter from Helsinburgh, deed April 24 —" This day a very large American vessel was captured. and cart is d into Elsineur (supposed to be las: from Gottenburgh.) '1 he Sound pr is at this time full ( f l-b .rs and privateer s , an d t h e C hannel into the Baltic, off Copenhagen, is very unsafe, as the armaments of the enemy arc very great." ARRIVED—In the River, the Sceptre, Davidson, from Lisbon ; William and Thomas, Evans ; and Severn, Gunhouse. from Wa terford. At Bristol, the Venus, Easthorpe, from Tobago. in the Clyde, the Favourite, Gibson, from Berbice. Off Bridlingtcn, the Venus, Segga, and Equity, Haywood, from Heligoland. At Belfast, the Lady Emily, Berkeley, from Jamaica; and Factor, IWNice, from London. The Albion, KID, belonging to Dundee, sailed on Sunday last for Quebec, having'on board upwards of 60 or 70 emigrants from various parts of Perthshire. Among the several articles they have found it neces s.try to convey with them to the New World are about twenty pairs of bagpipes, and nearly as many fiddles and a base. POOR LAWS, AND ISMICATIODI OP THE POOR. Mr. WILBRAHAM 80011,13 moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Act of the 35th of gis preient . Ma jesty, so tar as relates to the removal of Paupers. Alsu for amend iog the Act of William and Mary relating to Badges to be worn by poor persons. Mr. WHITBREAD, in seconding the motion, took occasion t- state, that though he had been silent now for two years on the subject of the Poor Laws, yet that he had not abandoned his reso lution, though he might not be able to produce the beneficial con sequ-aces, he wished to endeavour to ameliorate the condition of the poor so tar as he could accomplish it. He trusted, if be lived, it should not be many months, namely, in the course of the next Session of Parliament, when he should agaitt, with the additional knowledge lie had acquired on the subject, introduce a Bill for the more general diffusion of Education among the Poor. I .eave was given to bring in the Bill, which was brought up and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday, and to be printed. WAR OFFICE. Mr. WARDLE rose to move, pursuant to notice, that certain Papers from the Accrimptant's department of the War Office be laid'before the House. He said, that since 1797 the number of Clerks had increased in that Office, in order to expedite the passing of regimental accounts ; but if he was allowed the means, he was prepared to shew that instead of being expedited they were mere delayed than formerly; that the greatest confusion prevails in the whole of their accounts; that every change in that department since 1797 has been for the worse, and not for the better : and that the yearly expence of the War Office is £54,000, when it might he much better done for £24,000. All this, if allowed the proper documents, he would prove, at the hazard of his seat. To his knowledge many Paymasters have been kept for years without any settlement in their accounts. But he did not wish to he understood as blaming the present Secretary at War more than his predecessors in that office ; he merely wished to war against the present system used in that Office. He could not see why the War Office accounts should not be as regularly kept as those of any large mercantile house in the City, whose accounts are as intricate and as extensive. If there is any diffi culty made in producing these papers, he would conclude it must proceed from the great confusion of the accounts. Of late years, too, there has been another War Office set on Font in George street, where the Clerks live like gentlemen, have their town and country houses. For what ? Why, for keeping the accounts be longing to the Volunteer service. He then moved for a return of an the annual regimental accounts, specifying those that are settled from those that are not, and when they were settlA ; and also those accounts that have been carried into was rant from 1797 to ImoB. Mr. WHITBREAD and Mr. MOORE both rose to second the motion. The SECRETARY at WAR did not rise to ibject to the mo tion. It could do no injury, but it could do little good. The Commission was now sitting on the subject cf thes,i accounts. — He agreed there must be a radical change in the system. Some progress was already made in it ; it was a subject fit only for the Executive Government, and he could not see any use in the mo tion. The delay in passing these Accounts, he was extremely happy in thinking, proceeded from the extreme accuracy of the Gentlemen by whom they were examined. Mr. LONG also attributed the delay to the great variety of the Accounts, every soldier, on account of deductions fur meat, bread, &c. having a separate account for himself. • Mr. WINDHAM did not think that necessary. It was to him no matter of surprise that, as the Army increased, so should the number of the Clerks in the War Office; nor could that con • fusion, in the accounts complained of, be corrected by any thing but ni:::tiplyit•.g the number of hands; and as the Clerks are in creaed, the old Office not being able to hold them, they must, some of t hem, go to the new. Mr. WHITBREAD approved of the motion of his Honoura ble Friend, and complained of the system of recruiting from French prisoners for the English service. He took that opportuity of giv ing notice, that he would, upon a future day, move for a Return of the 'foreign Officers employed in the British Service, with the Description of their respective Services, Including the ?laces where they serve, and the Amounts of their Pay. It had been stated, that Charmilly had made a regular and exact account of the mo nies entrusted to him for foreign service,. He (Mr. Whitbread) declared himself anxious to see that account. After a short conversation between Messrs. Thornton, Ba thurst, Huskisson, and Peter Moore, the motion was agreed to. MR. FRERE. Mr WHITBREAD said, that as he perceived, by last night's Gazette, that Mr. Adair was appointed Ambassador Extraordi nary to Constantinople, and as, of course, Mr. Frere could not be appointed to that situation ; and as he was also aware that Lord Wellesley was to supply that Gentleman's place in Spain, it would be unnecessary for him to make the mutton respecting Mr.. Adair, of which he had given notice. CHELSEA HOSPITAL. Mr. HI/MUSSON moved for, and afterwards (the motion being agreed to) brought up a Copy of the Letter of the Bth of May, from the Surveyor .General of Crown Lands, to the Lords of the Treasury, respecting the scite of Colour), Cordon's huuse at Chelsea. IRISH GAOLS. Mr. PETER MOORE put a question to Mr. Dundas, whe ther the Report of the Commission appointed to inzpect in:o the state of Prisons in Ireland, had yet been brought over? Mr. IgUNDAS replied, that it was evected soon, and that it would, when it came, be laid before the House. SMALL LIVINUS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a Bill for making farther provisions for the exemption of small Livings and Charitable Institutions from the payment of the Land Tax.—Adjourned. LAW iATELLIGRATE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 10. THE KING V. COLONEL DRAPER The defendant, who was convicted long since of a libel upon the late Colonel Fullarton, by charging him with making false returns from his regiment, was this day brought up for final judgment. The affidavits filed in the cause were then read, which occupied near two hours. Amongst these was the affidavit of Lord Carhampton, touching the truth of some of the facts asserted by the defendant. Messrs. GARROW and NOLAN were then heard for the prosecution, and pressed the Court for a severe judgment. The libel, they said, was the more inju rious as it came from no ordinary person, and Was a studied production. They added, that Mrs. Fullar ton was very anxious to clear the memory of her de ceased husband from the aspersions cast upon him. Mr. Serjeant BEsT having, in the outset, made an unsuccessful appeal to the Court, to have the affidavits of Sir Samuel Hood and Mr. Oswald read, in justifi cation of the defendant's assertions, he again proceed ed formally to discuss the propriety of receiving such affidavits ; and was succeeded by Messrs. DAUNCEY, MARRYATT, and GURNEY, on the same side. After some time spent in argument, the Court ob-' served, that there had been enough of irritation al ready, and a severe punishment upon the defendant was.calculated to encrease rather than allay it. Their Lordships therefore suggested, that fhe defendant should enter into a recognizance with suteties, to come up when called upon by the Court. Mr. Serjeant BEST said, that Colonel Draper .had instructed him to say nothing that could wound the feelings of the widow, and that all animosity had ceased since the death of Colonel Fullarton. Colonel Draper then entered into sureties, himself in £lOOO, and two in 4500 each, to come lip when called on for judgment. This was accordingly done. The sureties were, the Earl of Banbury (Major Ge neral Knollys), and another General Officer. Nothing further occurred, and the Court rose at two o'clock. Yesterday a Ballot was taken at the East-India House for the Election of a Director for four years, in the room of JOHN MANSHIP, Esq. resigned. At six o'clock the slasses Were finxlly ch.sed and delivered to the Scrutineers, who at nine o'clock re. ported the numbers to be, for— • WILLIMCWIOtAIt, Esq. JAMES DANIILL, E5q...... . .. 459 Eircts ItwlN , E.q. ANTHONY CHAMItiI, Esq. Whereupon WIORAId t Esq. was decla r ed d u ly elected. I i