Star. — London, England, 1811-04-29 00:00:00

P. lo .'""' - ' er the authors rewards of a quite different descriPars from those they seek. There would be some excuse for this practice. if the articles had the least foundation in truth; but what are we to think of persons so ill-informed as to deceive their readers with accountsof bankruptciek at Altona and Hamburgh, at the very moment that they are drawing the most flattering picture of the prosperity of England, when the daily London lists of failures till ..vith apprehensions the hearts of those merchants who have entrusted their fortunes to the speculators on the 'Thames. It is in consequence of this fatal blindness that the Editor of the Baireutli Gazette supposes he is en tertaining his readers, by laying before them a list of the numerous consumers of articles of English manu facture, which compensate for the very trifling con stimption which France and the confederated territo oes af,rded to such articles. According to his calculation there are in India 61 millions of consumers. There are 16 in the three kingdoms ; what more is wanting ? o We shall expect one day to hear from this scrib bler that two or three millions of these vassals of Eng land are coming to establish their power on the Con tinent of Europe. o But in the mean time we fear for the author, who belongs to the Confederation of the Rhine, that after having exhausted pity and contempt, he will finish his career by bringing down upon himself some marks of resentment on the part of his Govsrnment." FROM ME GERMAN PAPERS. BERLIN, APRIL 4. Our Court Gazette of this day contains a Procla mation forbidding any Englishman, (4r indeed any foreigner, to enter any part of our territories without a passport. It is believed that political reasons have induced eur Sovereign to abandon his design of giving a meet ing to the Emperor Alexander. The organization of the national guards proceeds with much activity ; the citizens view it with regret, as indications of tranquillity being interrupted. CASSEL, APRIL 10. A cordon of troops is forming along the whole ex tent of our coast, to guard against any insult of the English cruizers. A decree is expected to be issued in a few days, forbidding any person, not a native of Westphalia (Frenchmen excepted) to recide withia a certain dis tance of the coast in isolated spots. SHORES OF ['HE ELBE, APRIL is. M. Kenenberg, Governor of the Duchy of Olden burgh, has issued an order, directing the inhabitants to give up their arms, and instituting domiciliary visits to search for them. I E V,VEN LNG STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, APRIL 29. PRICE OF STOCKS 'I I-lIS DAY AT ONE crcLectc. Coil. mosey 641—for account, 6441—Red ucci 61 4 per Cent. 791}-5 per Cent. Navy 96i1. Excbeq. 34. to 6s. prem.—Bonds 255. 265. rem. Since our last a mail has arrived from Cadiz with printed journals to the 13th instant. The Rogeney Gazelle of the 9th of April contains a long account of the operations of the allied army under General LAMA and GRAIIAM, from its landing at Algesi. vas to the battle of Barrosa ; it concludes as follows : " Such have been, the memorable expedition and battle of the sth of March, in which the British troops have again shewn their discipline, their in comparable firmness, and extraordinary valour; main taining their reputation of being superior to the Trench, which they have proved on every occasion when they have contended against them. " The Spanish troops, with unbounded bravery, And an heroic enthusiasm, gloriously fought, and in the most brilliant manner overcame their oppres sors without the dispersion of a single soldier ! ! The allied army has covered itself with glory, and merits the eternal gratitude of Spaniards, and the admiration of Europe." At Madrid it is supposed that King burn is pre paring to take his departure, disgusted with the state of affairs, and perhaps impelled by a sense of per sonal danger. We are told, that he and his Coun cil, instead of increasing their activity and attention in proportion to the disasters, transact no business at all. Some alarm is excited at Salamanca. General GM/RAYNE has left that city, with a detachment for France, ..o , d many persons, who are doubtful of the rezult of the present conflict, have availed them vcs of this opportunity to leave Spain. A Au:. from Cadiz of the 13th mentions a report which we hOpe will prove unfounded. It states that POOO Spanish troops having proceeded to Ayamonte, about one halt of them disembarked and suffered them. !elves to be defeated and driven back, with the loss of 250 prisoners, by a piquet of the. enemy not ex eecting 5t men ! By the INTELLIGENT gun-brig we have received at t( t.nts from Lisbon to the evening of the 19th inst. /.t that date no account of the fall of either Badajos sr Oiivenca had been received. Lord WELLINGTON was hourly expected at Lisbon. The aLied army, it was supposed, would take up aline of positions on the front;er, with their advanced posts pushed to a short distance in Spain. Exiract of a letter from an officer, dated Villa For mosa, April 9:—" A squadron of our hussars, that lid gone round to the right, outflanked the enemy, and took the whole of their baggage (with the cook, &c. of General Lotsow), which was for them a very rch pr;ze, and was sold by auction at a very high pi:re a lew days ago. The French General's dress- inpease alone sold for 41.5 ; you may therefore judge of the value of their baggage, when I tell you that 14 mules were very heavily Wen." We have also received accounts from Oporto to the 17th inst. from which we select the following letter : " OPORTO, APRIL 16. 44 Nothing particular has latterly occurred. Fre quent skirmishes have taken place on the frontiers. Almeida was still occupied by the French on the 10th instant. Brennier commands in it; he has only 800 men, but plenty of provisions. The last accounts state that place to be completely blockaded. " The militia under General Stuvrana. have re turned to their homes, and the division of Porto, un der General TRANT, are expected here in a few days. " The French have raised a corps of 2000 Portu guese, chiefly composed of boys from 11 to 14 years of age." A Spanish schooner, which has arrived at Plymouth from Corunna, with wool, has brought accounts from thence to the 17th instaut. An Irish Gentleman, a passenger by this vessel, who has resided there and in other parts of Spain, since the commencement of the Revolution, states, that prior to his sailing, intel ligence had arrived that a large body of the enemy had suffered a signal defeat in the vicinity of Gijon, and that they had been completely routed from that neighbourhood. General CAsTANos had arrived at Corunna, and a considerable force had assembled finder his orders, whose operations are to be directed to the driving the enemy out of the Province of Gal llicia. The news of the retreat of the enemy from Portugal had been hailed with the greatest joy at Co ; runna, and bad been the means of considerably aug menting the Spanish army with volunteers. A Spanish Officer, who last we2k arrived at Ply mouth in the Rom frigate, is stated to have come over to solicit an additional large supply of arms and ammunition. We have received Letters from our squadron at Cadiz, dated so 14te as the 12th instant. They repre sent the scene there as very inactive : nothing tram. spiting, except a few shells being sometimes thrown from Pontales to Matagorda, whenever the enemy is seen repairing or strengthening his works. The shore of Cadiz presented a very dreadful appearance, from the great number of small vessels that were wrecked on the nights of the 27th and 28th of March. The HOTSPUR, Hon. Captain PERCY, passed by for Gibraltar on the Bth instant ; she was to proceed to Malta, and, after seeing her convoy safe in, go to Palermo, and den return to England. Eight vessels of her convoy went into Cadiz, chiefly laden on Go vernment account. The Hound, Thunder, and De vacation, bombs, are lying within about 400 yards of Fort Catalina, separated about two cables' length from each other. They seldom throw any shells into that fort, unless when it fires at vessels going into the harbour of Cadiz ; for, owing to the shoals off the Isle of Leon, they are forced to keep well over to wards the shore occupied by the French, before they can haul up into the anchorage. The sEtna bomb, having both her mortars damaged, is lying close to the town. There are four mortar-brigs attached to the squa dron—the Rebuff, Desperate, Charger and Fearless; but, owing to their carrying so small a mortar, it appears they are incompetent to cope with the heavy ordnance on the enemy's batteries. They are useful in scouring a beach that is unprotected by guns, when their small draught of water enables them to get within range, which is, from the eight-inch mor tars, not above 2000 yards. The other ships in Cadiz bay are—Milford, Sir RICHARD KEATS, Al fred, Implacable, St. Albans, Standard and Stately, of the line, with smaller vessels. The Whiting schooner had arrived, in ten days, from Plymouth, with dispatches. We have given, from the Paris papers, VICTOR'S account of the battle of Barrosa. This is the third time that the French Government have thought it necessary to allude to that brilliant affair, the lustre of which all their misrepresentations and suppressions can never dim or conceal. They in vain endeavour to prove that they were not defeated, and defeated by an inferior force. VICTOR'S account of the operations previous to the action on the .sth of March appears to be tolerably correct, but his statement of the oc currences on that memorable day is full .•f falsehood and exaggeration. He represents the whole of the allied army, which he magnifies to 22,000 men, of which 8000 were British, as engaged at the same time. The enemy have been more frank in confess ing the amount of their loss than we expected. They acknowledge to have had 1700 killed and wounded. It was nearly twice as many. There is a very strong, and, as it would seem, well-founded accusation against SEBASTIAN! in this report. A Gentleman who left Dunkirk on Wednesday last, states, that about 4000 Dutch troops quartered there, were, on the first intelligence of an insurrec tion in their native country, marched to Boulogne. .and French troops put in motion for Holland. lie computes, that in the course of 36 hours, the Go vernment would assemble from various points an armed force of 40,000 men—a force sufficient to overpower all resistance. Captain HORNDEN, of the Royal Cornwall militia, was thrown from his horse on Friday, and received so severe a contusion on his head, th..tt he lies at Ply ' mouth in a very dangerous state. • • NAVAL INTILLIOENCE. PLYMOUTH, APRIL *7. The INTELLIGENT gun brig, stated in my last, by mistake, to have come from Liverpool, came from Lisbon. It will be recollected that she sailed from this port a short time ago, with a number of trans ports under convoy for Lisbon, having Capt. RAINS. FORD'S company of artillery and other reinforcements on board. These all arrived safe out, and the IN TELLI6ENT left the Tagus for this port on the evening of the 19th inst. five days after the Duke of Kent packet. The Astrea, Nereide, Iphigenia, Bellona, Minerva, and Victor frigates, captured at the Isle of France, are ordered round here from Portsmouth, to be docked and repaired. Several straggling trans. ports continue to arrive from the Tagus, some with a few sick and wounded on board—others w iih French prisoners and deserters. The THOULEN, BOSTON, and Annus frigates have been broken up at this port ; and the Czsam, of 80 guns, lately returned from Lisbon, has been declared unfit for service, and is ready to be paid off, and laid up in ordinary. Yes terday arrived the DIANA frigate, and PnovimscE hired brig from the Eastward; and ENTREPRENANTE French national brig, 16 guns, from the Isle of France; she brings no news, as she left at the same time as the six friates, which arrived at Portsmouth last week.— The GIBRALTAR, of SO guns, went into Cawsand-bay, after refitting in Barnpool ; and the PIERCE:: gun brig for the Rochefort station.. Lieutenant KI:LLS LAW has taken command of the PIERCILIt gun brig, vice SIBI:ELL. No arrivals this day. Sailed the FANCY hired cutter for the Rochefort station. The FAVOURITE sloop has the signitl flying for convoy to Lisbon ; she will take the cavalry transpor;.s under her protection. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 27. Arrived the FAWN with convoy from Oporto.— S2iled the SARPEDON and Imicett::k.—Wind S.S.E. APRIL 28.—N0 letter. DEAL, APRIL 28. Sailed the VICTORY, DAPHNE, COQUETTE, and TRE MENDOUS for the Baltic ; and the CRETAN for off Flushing. Passed through the Downs on Saturday the Dover Castle, Retreat, Lord Castlereagh, and David Scott East indiamen. Arrived from the River and remains the Walthamstow ditto.—Wind S. E. YARMOU TH, APRIL 28. Sailed the FLY sloop, and WattNctaca brig, for the Baltic; the BRUISER gun-brig, with convoy for Heli- goland; and CHEERFUL cutter, for the fleet off Flush ing. Arrived the QUEBEC frigate Captain HAwTA YNE, from a cruise off the Dutch coast, she brings no news from that quarter; and the LEvEurr from the har bour. Remain in the Roads—Roebuck, Hearty, Snipe, Ems, Jande, and Patriot.—Wind S.E. The following naval appointments are to take place:—Sir RICHARD KING to be first Captain of the Channel Fleet ; Captain GRIFFITHS to be first Car. rain to the fleet under the orders of Admiral YOUNG ; Captain W. KING to the HANNIBAE, bearing the flag of Admiral DURHAM ; Captain bl.KEszia, to the CHRISTIAN VII. and Captain MACKINLAY to the SAN JosEF. An American Paper observes, that there is an error in the European charts, relative to Cape Frir —it is laid down as being in the latitude of 22. 34. but it is in fact 23. This error ought to be rectified, for, by those charts most vessels will be embayed, it being necessary to make Cape Frio before they can get up to Rio de Janeiro. The City of Dublin Regiment is to march from Strabane, to replace the Donegal Regiment,atTuam. The North Down Regiment is on its march from Dundalk for Cashel. LORD NJL7ox.—The statue erected in Guildhall to this distinguished Commander was exposed on Satur day, for the first time, to public view. The following inscription appears on the tablet ; it is from the pen of Mr. SHERIDAN : To HORATIO VISCOUNT AND BARON NELSON, Vice-Admiral of the White, and Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. A Man amongst the few who appear At different periods to have been created To promote the grandeur and add to the security of Nations Inciting by their high example their fellow-mortals Tkrough all succeeding times, to pursue the course That leads to the exaltation f our imperfect nature. PROVIDENCE, That implanted in Ntesol4h breast an ardent passion for renown, As bounteously endowed him with the transsendanc talents Necessary to the great purposes He was destined to accomplish. At an early period of life He entered into the naval service of his country; And early were the instances which marked The fearless nature and euterprize of his character; Uniting to the loftiest spirit and the justest title to sell-confident A strict and humble obedience to The sovereign rule of discipline and subordination. Rising by due gradation to command, • He it:fused into the bosoms of those he led 'lhe valorous ardour and enthusiastic zeal For the service of his King and Country Which aniniated his own ; And while hr acq u ired the love of all By the sweetness and moderation of his temper, He inspired a universal confidence In the never•failing resources of his capacious mind. It will be fur history• to relate The many great exploits through which, Solicitous of peril, and regardle.* of wound., lie bleante the glory et his prat salon ! Bat it belongs to this brief record of his illustrious career 'To say that he commanded and c..ntiu.red At the Battles of the NILE and COPF.NHAGEN, Victories never before equaled, Yet afterwards surpassed by his own last atlievement, The Battle of I'RAI 2 ALGAR ! Fought on the 21st of October, in the year 1805. On that day,before the conclusion of the action, He feh mortally wounded; But the sources of life and sense Laded trot until it was known to him that the destruction of the enemy being completed, The glory of his country and his own has attained their suninlit. 'en laying his ItEld on his brave h.-a: r, With a look of exalted reoiynatiGn to the ....ill Of the Se raxia DlSPaa s a of the rate of Man and Nat;ons, He expire.. The Lord Mayor, Aldermt;;•, and Common Council of the City of Londo.i Have caused this Monument to be erected, Nut in the presumptuous hope of muitainanz The departed Ileru's nieteoty, 'But to manifest their estimation of the Man, And their admiration of his deeds. This Testimony of their Gratitude, they trust, Will rgmaln a' long as their own renowned City shall exist. The period to NELSON's FAME Can only be THE END 01 . srINIE! THE KING. The following Bulletin was shewn yesterday at St. Janes? Pal ace : WINEEOtt CASTLE, APRIL 27- 4 , The King is going on well. (Signed) "U. IiALFORD, 1,1. BMW& "W. HLBERDEN, R. WILL:s." Yesterday Lord ST. HELEN'S and M. VERNEY came into waiting at St. James's Palace, Ab the Lord and Grhom of his MAJESTY'S Bedchamber for the week. At the entertainment given on 'Tuesday' by the Bi shop of WINCHESTER to the Knights of the Garter, at his house at Chelsea, as Prelate of . the Order, his Royal Highness the PluNot It FOEST sitgges:ed that the next entertainment of the Order snoula be :riven by the ju nior Knight. The Marqu's Wert.sst.tiv, bring t' , e littnior, rose :Ind said, he sleaald ke proud and gra tified in adopting the proposal of his R.iyal Higlincse, i and fixed the 7M of May, whim he ..% cold en:et - Lin the Members of the Order. 1 Saturday, her kilijesty's Council rivt at the Castle according to appointment o ! the Our.cs's return from Frogmore, at tuo o'clock. The Members present were the Arzhbiships ul CANTEnat ay and YORK, the Lotto CIIANCELLOA, 1::e Duke of ltio:,;rttost:, F. talc of WIN- Cilll.SEA and Avi.EsFottu, Lord Ei..t.e.Nnoitucoo, and Sir W. G:tANT ; t.cy exam:nad the physicians as to the state of his t% I4je ~ t y'b, hea;th. • His Royal Hig:mess the Pm c:t RvcrNr, arrived yesterday moriiing, on a VisA, to her MAJ&SI*I. His Nlai.,:iry w.ilked on tl.c Te:race, from tseclee till one, accompanied by the Y.,:i of WINC:NLS%-5. and Dr. WiLus. The Earl tr! . Wixcity.sEA then t,olc ! ieave of his MAJcsrv, and set off for LotAe.:. His MAJESTt %%'.llked again from two tin four, accomr.t- Med by the Duke of CUMEntatLAND and Gen.. G w'iNNS. Tloce hundred of the 11th L:g!it Dragoons em. barked at Plymouth last week l'or Portugal the re. minder of the regiment, together with the 9th, %, ill embark as fast as the transports can be got ready for them. Monday last, the RiPare Regiment of quartered in Sligo. marched for Boyle, Strokestnwo, Carrick•on.Shannon, &c. They arc to be replaced by three companies of the Tipperary Militia, from Cal. way, the first division of which ate arrived. The South Mayo Regiment have marched from Mullingar for Strabane. LYCLUM.—Saturday night a new Comic .Opera was performed at this Theatre, entitled The .elmerkans. DRAMATIS PERSON T. AMILIIICAN INDIANS. Ftiresen (a Chief) - t - - Mr. Tina'. WntriOn—IVICSSIT. CitATTERL:..Y, Hen, Vt . ' E LLS, &c. Rya° Lodina Mrs. bI(2N rAis. , Chittibaw L:rs. ELAND. Mr. BRAHANI. Mr. Joe NS rasa. Mr. NIA-yrutws. Miss KELLY. Mr. DowroN. Mr. KNJCUI. BRITISH. Wilinot (a Na•al Odcer) - Erasmus (an Irish Author) - nobble - . - - Louisa (Ward to Paul Tyrol(1) AMIEtICANS. Paul Tyroltl - Matta Slow ATRICANS. Zedekiah (a Slave) . - Mr. Oviriter. Slaves--Messrs. GOODMAN, GIV WO, VIA 1.1., &C. Scene—The Environs of PhiLidelpilia. Pan! Tyrold, a hypocritical Quaker, is left the guardian of Louisa, who is betrothed to Wilmot, a t:aval Officer. t role, allured by her fortune, solicits Louisa 's hard, Mii;dl rejecs. Tyrold, at the same time, conceives a passion for Lodina, wits loves and is beloved by Kelko, a young Indian. Wilmois VC49rl arrives at Philadelphia, the resideoce of Tyrol,' and Louisa, to solemoize their marriage. Wilmot having been apprized of l'yrold's aversion to their onion, informs LotillA of his arrival, and salieits the aid of Erasmus, to deliver a letter, and a Otto is Lid for Louisa's escape, in the disguise of a sailor. Tyroid learn ing the arrival of Wilmot, determines to secure hi- ward, and employs Martin Slow, (his overseer) and Zetirkialt (a altar) to bear her away, and to accuse Wilmot of being the perpetrator of the crime to Foreseo (a savage chiet,) who iii revenge may sacri fice him to his resentment, and thus rid Tyrold of his rival, and give him possession of the two females. Martin Slow under takes this business, but with a secret intention of frustratin it. Furesco vows reveve on Wilmot. Louisa escapes Isom her guardian, who Furesco mistaking for Wilmot, she is born off to the secret casters of the Natives; Kelko, in gratitude to Wilmot, guides him to the place of Louisa's concealment ; they meet, aid are about to escape, when Furesco and others arrive to sacrifice him. Wilmot MOUitai Furesco, and e,capes with Louisa, but is again seized by the Indians, who are 'bout to'ilestioy him, when Kelko proclaims hts innocence ; and as a proof pails Martin Slow and Zedekiah, who bring on Lodina, whom Tyreld had seized, and accuses hint of the vill tiny—lie is disgraced. lime natives, satisfied of Wilmot's innocence, Kelko and Ludid:, and Wilmot and Louisa are united. This Opera is said to be the production of Mr. ARNOLD. The writer judged very ill in selecting his hero in iniquity from the Quaker settlers in Philadel phia, a lace of men who, with signal and almost un exampled success, have spread the influence of civi lized habits and manners over a vast extent of terri tory, peopled by stein and unducile tribes, whose home was the forest, and whose only occupation was war. Men who have done these things ought not to lie sported with, even by an accomplished dramatist. The whole strength of the House was called forth, and in vain, on this occasion. JOHNSTONE was, as usual, an Irishma•t ; and an ;fish author, who, from want of encouragement at home, carries his talents over the Atlantic in.hopes of better fortune, and when landed on the optala arena commences by reading his epic effusions to every stranger he meets, not ex cepting the savage be • ities of the woods. MAT THEWS contrived to intuse into his part all his own original humour, although its wit was stolen from JOE MILLER, and its eccentricities from every farce that has appeared these last twenty years. The music was gay and pleasing ; mid never, perhaps, were BRAIIAM'S exertions heard with greater pleasure. MATTUEW3 came forward after the curtain dropped-to announce the repetition, lint the disapprobation appeared so ge neral, that he immediately withdrew. The rousicof the piece is good. The chefill'afivre of the evening was a song on the Death of •Nelson, which presented us with a splendid counterpart to 15nAuAm's Datil, of YEererorr:! ie. The burthen, " Erz:and expe , o; t!tat vvery man • " '111!S (!ay w,t eo Lis dal.. which wai vatied is :ruse in the other verses, would have ensured success and popularity to a much worse 'composition. MARK L :ay the fresh arrivals of - Wheat make but .1 supply, and the trade is rather brisk in sales, at an in::ease in price of about Cs. per qu irter.—Barley -in good supply, and somewhat lower.—Malt and White peas vary but little.—Beans of the two descriptions likewise.—There are also hut shout supplies of Oats, very few fine samples, and sales quoted abut Is. and Cs. dean..—Flour At late prices. •