Star. — London, England, 1811-02-15 00:00:00

. - Kingdom been realited, by steseng m your Royal Highness the hill powers of the executive authority, we should have bad just cause for congratulation, confident as we feel that those powers would have beef wisely and beneficially exercisedi to enable us to meet the extraordinary exigencies of se perilous a crisis. Deeply impressed with a sense of the many and great difficulties, which, with powers so limited, your Royal Highness must have to encounter itothe discharge of duties so arduous, and feeling towards your Royal Highness the fullness of that loyal affec tion, which, in deeds as well as in words, we have so long demonstrated towards your Royal Father and Family, we would fain have forborne to cloud the dawn of our intercourse with your Royal Highness by even a glance at our grievances, manifold and weighty as they are, but duty to our Sovereign, duty to our Country, the example of our Forefathers, jus tice to Posterity, the fame ind the safety of the King dom, all, with voice imperious, forbid us to disguise our thoughts, or to smother our feelings. " Far be it from us, insulted as the Corporation of this ancient (and, at all former times, respected) City has recently been by the Servants of the Crown, far be it from us to indulge in complaints of grievan ces peculiar to ourselves, ready and willing as we are, to share in all the necessary burdens and all the dan gers of our country. It is of general grievances, grie vances sorely felt in all ranks of life; of accumulated and ever.accumulating taxatien, rendered doubly gries low by the oppressive mode of exaction, and of the in creased and increasing distress and misery therefrom arising; of the improvident expenditure of the im mem* sums thus wrung from industry and labour • of the waste of life, and of treasure , in ill-contrived and ill-conducted expeditions ; of the attempts which, fot many years past, and- especially within the last three years, have been made, and with but tlso much success, to crush public liberty in all its branches, and especially the liberty of freely discussing the conduct of public men, and the nature and tendency of public measures. " Can we refrain from humbly expressing our com plaints, when we have seen those Ministers who have" so long usurped the Royal Authority, and who, it is now discovered, have, by practising the most criminal deception upon the Parliament and the People, carried on the Government during his Majesty's former in capacity, exerting their influence to degrade the kingly o ffi ce ; —when we have seen measures adopted, evinc- . ing the most unfounded jealousy and mistrust of your Royal Highness—when we have seen the Prerogatives of the Crown curtailed and withheld—when we have seen a new Estate established in the realm, highly dangerods and unconstitutional—when we have seen poster, influence, and emolument, thus set apart to controls! and embarrass the Executive Government, at a time of such unprecedented difficnlty—when all the energies of the State are necessary to enable us to, surmount the dangers with which we are threatened, ! both at home and abroad—we confess that, feeling as we do the most unbounded gratitude to your Royal Highness, fot undertaking these arduous duties at a moment of such peril, and under such circumstances, we can discover no cause for congratulation ;—on the contrary, we should be filled with dismay and the most alarmirg apprehensions, were it not for the known patriotism and amiable qualities, which your Royal Highness possesses, and the resources which we trust your Royal Highness will find, in the zeal, ardour, affection and loyalty of a free and united People. " Numerous other grievances we forbear even to mention ; but there is one so prominent in the odi ousness of its nature, as well as in the magnitude of its mischievous consequences, that we are unable to refrain from marking it out as a particular object of our complaint and of your Royal Highness's virtuous abhorrence—the present Representation in the Com mons House of Parliament, a ready instrument in the hands of the Minister for the time being, whether for the purposes of nullifying the just prerogatives of the Crown, or of insulting and oppressing . the People, and a Reform in which. Representation is, therefore, absolutely necessary for the safety of the Crown, the happiness of the People, and the peace and indepen dence of the country. " Reposing the fullest confidence in your Royal Highness's beneficent views and intentions, we can only deplore the present unfortunate state of things, fully relying, that under circumstances so novel and embarrasing,every measure which depends personally upon your Royal Highness will be adopted towards extricating us from our present difficulties, and for promoting the peace, happiness, and security of the country. " Thus to mingle our expressions of confidence and affection with the voice of complaint is grievous to our hearts ; but, placing as we do, implicit reliance on the constitutional pnnciples of your Royal High ness. we are cheesed with the hope, that such a change of system will take place, as will henceforward, for a long series of happy years, prevent your Royal Highness from being greeted by the faithful and loyal City of London in any voice, but that of content and of gratitude. bit Signed by Order of Court, H.RirwooDTiißre4ED 7O WHICB ESa Hitt ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS TO RETURN THE FOLLOWING MOST GRACIOUS ANSWER: " I thank you for the assurances of your attach ment, and of your confidence in the sincerity of my endeavours to promoteahe welfare and security of his Majesty's dominions, by the faithful Administration of those powers with which I am entrusted during the lamented indisposition of the King. " In the arduous situation in which I am placed, I can assure you that it will be the happiest moment of my life, when, by the blessing of PROVIDENCE, I shall be called upon to resign the powers now dele gated to me into the hands of my beloved and revered lather and Sovereign. " My own disposition, no less than the example of my Royal Father, will make me at all times ready to listen to the complaints of those who may think them selves aggrieved ; and will determine me on all oc casions to regulate my conduct upon the established principles of that antient and excellent Constitution, under which the people of this country have hitherto enjoyed a state of unrivalled prosperity and happiness." The Lord Mayor and Citizens had afterwards the honour to kiss his Royal Highness's hand. His Royal Highness afterwards held a Privy Coun cil, which was attended by— The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis Wellesley, earls Camden, Westmoreland, Harrowby • Wincladl- sea. inii tivepsol, Lents MOON* aid Ellenttaroutb, S 1 I. 1 THE A MAY. . Duedas, Mash Perorrid, Yorke, Dykes, and M. Sanaa. The public business before die Court it was prick , • lg. e ~ m eet with the troops for Lisbon got limier way ing the Sheriff for the County of Nottingham, which from Torbay on Tuesday' with a fresh breeze from was postponed at a former Council. After the Council, his Royal Highness gave atidi. the north-west, btu tilsich soon got round again to the ences to Mr. PERCIVAL and Sir DAVID DUNDAS---• S. W. and id the tnurse of that night and of Wed the latter took his Royal Highness's commands upon nesday morning blew very hard, which obliged the some military arrangements. whole of them, with the exception of the CALEDONIA His Royal Highness then held a Council to receive and MARLBOROUGH, to return again. the Recorder's report of the following convicts, capi tally convicted In July and September Sessions last : By the mail of yesterdayfwe received thf following J. Williams and It. Poons, for returning front transportation. Letter from our correspondent in*Lord WKl.Lnurrwes Jane Stinson an rah Jones, for coining. Mary Hurley, Aker, Elizabeth Wil lams (alias Symmons), arm y : J. Turner, T. Hal , W. Harrison, A. Hinton, and G. Garrett, for privately stealing in dwelling-houses. G. Freeman, W. North, J. Day, and T. Toomey, for house.* breaking. Esther Gamble and Bridget Kelly (alias Ward), for privately stealing in shops. J. Manofle and W. Plummer, for highway robberies. W. Byron and J. Wheeler, for horse-stealing. W Quelch, for stealing goods on the River Thames. G. Towers, for a burglary in the house of Mr. Bryant of Man chester-street, with whom he had lived as servant : this robbery was attended with circumstances of peculiar aggravation. And W. Cane, for repeatedly extorting money from a gentle man, under a threat of charging him with an unnatural crime. When G. Towers and W. Cane were ordered for execution on Wednesday next. The others were all respited. The case of a girl of the name of Ifinchelff, for at• tempting to poison her mistress, was not reported. After the Council, his Royal Highness gave an audience to Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, the Judge-Advo ' care, who laid before his Royal Highness the proceed ings, and took his commands on some Courts Martial. Nothing could be more dignified and gracious than the manner in which his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT yesterday received the Corporation of Lou don. It was the most numerous attendance ever re membered. His Royal Highness gave his most fixed attention to the Address, while it was read by the RECORDER, and delivered his Answer in the most impressive manner. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOOL. 3 per Cent. tons. money, 661--ace. 6611. Reduced 6611--4 per Cent. 831. S per Cent. Navy 98 1 4—Exc6. Bills 4s. 6s. prem. Bonds, 255. 28s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Red. 6 , 6 14 lEnadiar. Bills,Bn d54296.6..27p5.retrie. I per Cent. Cons. 6 1 4 per Cenr. 8!j/ Lottery 'ickets X2l. 15s. S per Cent. Navy 67196{ Omnium Long Ann. 17 13.161 Cons. for ace. 613 66 " WINDSOR-CASTLE, FEBRUARY 14. " His MAJESTY remains as well to-day as he was yesterday." (Signed as usual.) " WINDSOR CASTLE, FEBRUARY 15. 4' There is little difference in his MAJESTY'S state since yesterday. (Signed) " 24. BAILLIE, R. WILLIS." We yesterday announced the arrival of the gallant Captain ROWLEY, with the original dispatches from Admiral BERTIE, relative to the Capture of the Isle of France. He was accompanied by Captain HEWITT, of the Army, with the details of the military opera ratibus as given by Major-General ABERCROMEY, and and which were published in an Extraordinary Ga zette this morning. These details are given in other columns. The following article, from a Madras Paper, re lates to a part of the force which composed the Ex- pedition : " MADRAS, SEPTEMBER 22. 66 Sailed his Majesty's ships Cornwallis, 38 guns, and Psyche, 38 ; the William Pitt, Alexander, Sir Stephen Lushington, Preston, and Phceniz, Honour able Company's ships ; Lady Barlow, Resource, and Europa, country ships ; with his Majesty's 12th re giment, Colonel PICTON ; 59th ditto, Colonel Goss ; 300 men of the twiels regiment, Major BUTLER ; one troop of his Majesty's 25th Dragoons ; the Honour-1 able Company's volunteer battalion, and some artil lery, for the Mauritius—and wete to be followed next day by his Majesty's ship Russell, 74 guns, Admiral DRI:RY ; Phocion 38, Clorinda 96, Bucephalus 32, Hecate 14, Hesper 18, Dasher 18, and the Hon. Company's ships Euphrates and City of London ; country ships Bermuda and Cornwallis ; to take the 14th and 22d regiments, and some artillery, from Bengal, in eompany with the Sovereign. The latter had 50 men killed and wounded in an engagement with three French frigates. Captain Hay severely wounded, but nearly recovered." • The private letters from Lisbon, received by the mail of yesterday, come down to the 4th instant, and mention some occurrences not noticed in the printed journals. The following are extracts : " LISBON, FEB. 3. The army was left quiet this morning. 4 , One of the bridges built by the French across the Zezerc, has been carried down by the force of the tide• The others are not very secure, and the enemy is en gaged in rehuilding that which is down and strength ening the others. 44 There is a a rumour that a French General has died of a fever. -About-Badajos the French are col lecting in large numbers, and are evidently preparing to besiege it and Elves, where the Spaniards have by this time arrived. 4 , The Portuguese Generals in the North have not transmitted any news of importance ; they continue to harass the French ; and Silveira, who experienced a check at Trancosa, has rallied and annoys them ter ribly. Colonel Trant has been reinforced from Oporto by '2500 volunteers. 44 Upon' the whole, affairs do not wear so bad an appearance as I was inclined to think they would,', when I last wrote. Our force is 90,000, while the enemy has little more than 60,000 effective, and about 7000 are in the hOspitals at Santarem, greatly distress ed:%for want of medicines. 4 , If I were to say that we had 2000 sick, I should I think, overstate it, and all our men, as well indeed as the Portuguese, are warm in the cause, and will not fear to meet the enemy, should he be strengthened by 40,000 men." ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. ec We have nothing important to communicate re lative to the armies. Daily accounts are received' from the head-quarters, which mention that there is no alteration in the positions ; but, as the spring it now rapidly approaching, active operations will, no doubt, soon be resumed. Deserters from the enemy mention, that they are to receive large reia• forcements early in this month, in addition to those already arrived ; and that after their arrival a grand. attack is to be made on us. How far this is correct, we shall soon :bow,' but await the appointed period with perfect conk dence. The death of the Marquis de Romana is greatly to be lamented, as is the fall of Olivenza and Tortosa. The enemy is nowbesieging Badajox ; should they carry this place, it is probable they will enter Por tugal through Aleatejo. The lines to the south of the Tagus are daily strengthening, and we trust they will be the means of preventing the enemy from coming so far as the opposite side of the city. The last line of General Beresford's works, and the only one unfi ! nished, extends a league in length." We have received advice: from Curaeoa to the Bth ; 1 We have seen other lette rs, of equal credit with the of December, of which the following is an extr ac t ; I preceding, which assert, that a day or two previous to CURACOA, DEC. 7. the sailing of the Fervent gun brig, Maisena sent 4, I have now to inform you, that the Caraccas is a General Regnier with a flag of truce to the British scene of warfare and bloodshed. Porto Rico, Meruaba, head-quarters, where he had an interview with Lord St. Marthe, St. Domingo, and Coro, have declared Wellington, which lasted three hours. Of the subject for the Regency of Cadiz : but Caraccas, Laguira, of the ,meeting not a word has trancpiied ; but the Porto Cavallo, Cormona, Barcelona , &c. are for inde- array was impressed with the Belief , that General pendence. The allies have four privateers , t wo brigs, Stewart's coming home had a reference to it. A youth, the son of an eminent civili in of Doctors' and two sloops, belonging to the Junta of Caraccas ; Commons, was lately reconnoitring in the neighbour they have also proceeded with a land force, amount. hood of the Tagus, accompanied by six Dragoons, ing to 17,000 men, to attack Coro by sea an d land, when he discovered 20 of the enemy's horse, who ap but were completely defeated, with the loss of 560 peared rather shy of approaching him. He instantly men, and several o ffi cers, by the Corians. Many pri_ took advantage of their timidity, dashed up to them, killed several, and took six (1 them prsin. rs ; the rest vateers are also out, which occasion our de to Le Pi % escaped by a precipitate and disgraceful flight greatly annoyed. CAPTURE OF THE ISLAND OF BANDA. 1 In addition to the success of our arms against the Isle of France, we understand that private letters, I received in Town this morning, state the capture of Banda, one of the most valuable Spice Islands in the Indian Seas, belonging to the Dutch. 7 FI M , • . The tndiamen and Mediterranean fleet still roma at Torbay. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY Is. Arrived the•Foxitoutro brig of war, from a &die; the Rasournow gun-brig, (which sailed on Saturday with the Cork convoy) ; the Itaratnicent gun-brig; from a cruize; the American ship Sally, retaken front the Napoleon French privateer by his Majesty's .• p Actzota, Capt. CATER; and the Gomez sloop of 'vat; from Portstnouth.--4ailed the Twaraatts, 18 get for Falmouth; Chtrles with the Post-office packets, " CARTAXO, FEBRUARY hired armed brig, with 50 sail of merchantmen and 44 We have long been looking out for fighting, and if the reinforcements which we have been for some transports under convoy, for the Downs ; and tho time expecting from England, Ireland, Sicily, and Fame extra East Indianian. Also sailed the foil iv- Cadiz, had arrived, a decisive blow would have been ing packets, with mails :—Doke of Marlborough, for struck before this time. The longer an engagement Lisbon ; Lord Hobart, for Surinam ; the Princess is delayed the worse for us, because the enemy is daily ! Mary, for the Mediterranean ; and the Swallow, for receiving reinforcements, which we cannot expect the Brazils.—Went out of harbour to the Sound tl.e that ours will equal, if much longer delay takes place. UNWORN frigate. The enemy expect the whole of their reinforcements I PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY tsi in about six weeks, and then they are determined to I Arrived the DAPPER from a cruize, Ellen transport fl'om Cork, and Lord Coiling wood ditto from Lisbon move forward with an overwhelming force on both sides of the river, and they have orders to force our • with the loss of her main-mast.—Wind works, be our force whatever it may'. DEAL, FEBRUARY 14. 4 ‘ A few days ago they advanced a strong re - ! Came down from the River, the Castle Eden and ten noitring party to a place called Rio Mion, and in Metc alf East- Ind iamen, for Madras and I Bengal.— e skirmish which took place between them and cur I, Five o'clock. The whole of the outward-bound are Il okivalry, it is said that General JUNOT was killed ; it . getting under weigh.---r Wind N.W. YARMOUTH, FEB, 14. is certain that he was wounded when our troops were I Arrived and sailed for Sheerness, theem.strso sloop quitting the village of Rio-Mion. He imprudently .of war, Captain Wain, and the ATTACK gun-brig-- rode boldly into the place in front of the French ci and for her station at Harwich, the Lord Nelsoa • valry, and a private of the 13th Light Dragoons per- packet,Captain DEANS.—In the Roads, Roebuck and ceiving his star upon his coat, galloped up to him, Horatio frigates.—ln the Harbour as per last. within pistol-shot, and fired ; upon which he was seen - SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY 14. to fall. Two French deserters, besides some prisod Sailed the TICKLER, to th e Westward. nets, which have since been taken, agree in saying , GREENOCK, FEBRUARY it. that the Duke of ABRANTIS was badly wounded in Arrived here on Saturday, the Reward, Huse, from . New Orleans, in 64 days ; left the Elizabeth, B4ird ; the face in this affair, and died soon after. There is hlereus,Sangster; and another ship, loading far Clyd e . burnt, t f , ro a m fter St a . a subscription going forward to reward the gallant —The michae I C ,s l , yd w e i , th N f o r rr ni i t s : w of as an ta d ke fo n r a th n i d s conduct of the private of the 13th Light Dragoons. ‘‘ To the infinite regret of the whole army , Spa - chase of 14 hours, on the Bth Jan. hut, in lat. 47. N. nish, Portuguese, and English, the gallant Marquis long . 17. 20. W. b y the Fre n ch p riv ateer Invincible F es tiday, before thfeal Concor d, ling in i t tk he . de la ROMANA died a week ago at Lord WELLING- Napoleon, of 18 guns and 174 men, and eight days TON'S quarters. No individual could be more lamented from Bayonne, on a three months cruize ; the priva. tees had madetwhoere on captures of any nation--even the enemy now praise his pa- Clyde.—Arrived triotism and his virtues, and no doubt a monument Row, from New York, in 40 days ; spoke on the 24th will be erected to his memory by the Combined ult. in lat. 55. 30. long. 16. W. the American brig Army." Orion, Seaver, from this port for Boston, out 18 days, all John, *Lachlan, from this port _sloop. to Stornoway, with merchant goods, was driven on shore at the Cairn Point, Lochryan, on the Ist in4t. —The D iviQia, Bogg, from Alicant, is ordered for Quarantine. —The ti Yndio, (Sp.) is released front the Quarantine Station, Holy Loch, and is expected up to-day. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. DEC. S. The &nen, on her passage to this place from the Isle of Bourbon, fell in with a dangerous shoal in lat. 33. 56 S. long. 36 E. by observation taken the day previous to falling in with it; it was supposed to be very extensive, and no part seen above the water. •. • • Yesterday being VALENTINVS DAY, the Gener a l Two-penny Post-Ofce was under the necessity of employing nearly 100 more sorters, the day before, in order to circulate, with due expedition, the Amatory Poesy, and emblematical scissor-cut heart: and dart:, which the love•stricken of both sexes thought fit to send to the respective objects of their passion; the I amount of revenue on that day alone being £1,500. It is calculated that there eanuot have been less than 300,000 of .these inflammatory pacquets go through the Post-OlAce, within forty-eight hours. Lieutenant CATUR is promoted to the rank of Com m ander. ---------- The Earl of UPPER OSS . ORE lies dangerously ill at his estate of Ampthill. His illness proceeds irons a neglected. because seemingly trifling, wound on the • shin ; but which now threatens a moi tification. The Duke of SnMERSET has purchased that beauti. ful estate, Bulstrode, belonging to the Duke of PORT• LAND, for which he has given nearly £lOO,OOO His Grace has also purchased of WARREN HASTINGS, Esq. his elegant mansion in Park-lane, which is immediately to undergo great improvements and alterations, pre. riots to the family removing from Piccadilly. Accounts from .Alicant, of the 26th ult. state, that the fever had completely disappeared at Carthagena, and that the trade with that port was resumed. The Mole, saysa New York paper, has surrendered to Christophe, and be is taking measures for besieg ing Port-au.Prince. Accounts were yesterday received from Teneriff to the Bth ult. by which it appears that the fever had made dreadful ravages at Santa Cruz, upwards of 1200 person having died. About the middle of De. cember its virulence began to decrease, and continued to do so progressively to the departure of the last ac counts. The fever had not appeared in any other part of the Island of Tenerlffe. FlRE.—Yesterday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. Craven and Bowman, suger-ba. kers, in Church-lane, \Viiitechapel, wh:ch destroyed the same; together with the valuable stock. 4 but by the exertions of the firemen it was prevented spread. ing to the contiguous buildings. MARE-LA.NE, Fre. 15.—T0-day there are few fresh arrivals of Wheat, not much on hand and sales at little variation; there are several arrivals of Bar ley, and sales thereof rather lower; Malt nod White Peas nearly at last prices ; new Tick Beans lower, SU. to 40.4 Old.as under; the supplies of Oats are again very short and waitidg the expected arrivals, few s des, are made and those at onr- last quoted is advance ; Flour continues at late prices. OttitAAL CUIIINCT AS ONI Wheat 681. Ft% 925. Beaus, 4114. 544. Flue ditto, 965. tOO% Tick ditto, 445. SOW Ro (new) 3so. 405. Oats, 244. 265. 304. p ar ley, 241. 416 Poland ditto, 3es.SSi. Malt, 6lta. 745, Potatoe ditto, STs. While Yeas (Boilers) 4114. 54% Rape Seel 444 450 • nu. Flour, Ws. to 8540.-Secoods, 75$ to 80s.