Star. — London, England, 1807-12-12 00:00:00

SOCIETY OP SCHOOLMASTERS. MBE SOCIETY of SCHOOLMASTERS bold their Annual Meeting, en Tuefday the asoth initant, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand. PRESIDENT, The Right Reverend (;FOR GI ISAAC HUNTINGFORD. Lord 111 bop of Glouceiter. VICE nt,LISIDENTI, The Rev. WILLIAM VINCENT, 1.). D. bean of Weftmhifier. The Rev. SAMUEL PARR, D. D. Prebendary of St. Paul's. COSIMITTRE FOR 1807. Rev CHARI.F.‘i BURNEY, L. L. D. & F. IL S Chairman. Rev MATTHEW RAIN% D.D. & F. R. S. Deputy Chairman. Rev A. Cromble, L. L. D. Rev J. Liodfay, D. D. Rev 0. Gibfon, A M. Mr Lord Rev A. Greenlaw, D 1) Rev W. Shaw, A. M. Rev J. Hewlett, B D. John Wuhan, L. L. D. Mr Kelly. Secretary to the Committee. Rev G. OlaloN. Secretary to the Society, and Treafury, Mr Ketiv. Aleuts for their relpetlive Difirida. William Burney, L. L. D. Gofport —Rev T. S. Sullen, A. M. Oundle-..Rev Dr. Moore, Cir.nceßcr—Rcv W. Role, A. M. Uctfield—Rev Dr. Wool!, Rugby. AUDITORS. Rev Dr. Crombie, Rev J. Hewlett, Rev Dr. Rainy. TRUSTERS TO TOR FONDS. Rev Dr. Barrow, Rev Dr. Charles Burney, and Mr Kelly. STIWARDS TOR Flia ♦NNDTRRJART 07 1007. Rev W. J. French, A. M. Rev G. Scobel, A. M. W. H. Lanphier, L. L. D. Mr Stone Rev E. Pattifun, A. M. Mr Warms. The objcdt of this Society is to eitablids a fund for the widows and orphans of fehoolmaftcrs ; and alfo for the relief of fuch fchool wafters and others as may become neetffitous through age, infir mity or iniourtune. Tickets for the dinner may be had at the bar of the Tavern; and silo hoofss of the Inftitution. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER ts. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Confols, rout—far Jan. account 64. Reduced 63-omnium prem.--Exebeq. Bills, 3s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. 62111 Imp. 3 per Cent. 6s s per C. Conf Ann. tout Eacheq. BiUs, rs. O. 35. pr. 4 per Cent. 8441 Omnium r prem. 3 per Cent. Navy Phut City Lot.Tiekets yl 145. Long Ann. t7} r3•i6ths Coot for acc. 6aif India Bonds, par to as dif. Some days ago propofala ware iffued by the Vic- , tualling Office for fupplying our fleets, &c. on the Weft India Station with freth provifione. A number of perfons fent in terms, and they waited yellerday on the Viltualling Board, far the purpofe of doling their contraas. But they were furptifed by a very unexpetted queftion from the Cosmr.iflioners, to the following effea—ig From whence do you propofe to draw fupplies for the execution of your contraas, in the event of an American War ?"—Tbe Contractors being wholly unprepared for Inch a queflion, and ilruck by hs tendency, required time to anfwcr, and reconfider their propufals. In confequence of this very pregnant interrogatory, any farther convert - a tion upon the fubjea which gave rife to it has been paponed until Wednefday next. It is Paid that a fufficient quantity of freflt provi. lions, fur the purpofe to which the foregoing pa ragraph alludes, may be obtained from St. Do. n:ingo—but this we are not difpofed to believe, particularly in the Date io which that Wand is at prtfent, and in which it is likely :o continue La lonic Ont. PAM) , the quellion we have flared may be the mere refult of a natural and reafonable cur infity on the part of Minifters to afcertain the con feeptences of an American war, with regard in particular to the (ripply of our Weft India Ifl.nds. Ti.e Contraltors will, of courfe, endeavour, by WednefiLly, to coiled 'be information required. No inference can be drawn from this condua of the Victualling Board, as to the probability of war with America. Without any ferious apprehention on their parts of a rupture, it is prudent and jolt that they thould put the Contractors cm their guard, whd may have given in prices at which they could only fulfil their contraBc, by getting the fupplies at the American market, the failure of which night expote the Weft India force to moll ferious inconvenience. It is better that the pike timid cover the extra charge for a fupply from the United Kingdom, and that there should be a fpccial provifion fur fuch an emergency. GOTTENBURGH NAIL. At a late hour laft night a antenburgh mail at. rived at the Poft Office. By this conveyance we have received private letters which, however, con• taro but little intelligence. They mention that the conduit of the Crown Prince, in refuting to ratify the capitulation of Copenhagen, had excited great fur prife, and no little degree of mut muting among the people, who feared that in confecpence, the Englith would have contidered themfelves ju(lified in treat ing the place as one captured whhoat terms. — They feared that not only the goods in the ware toufes of the Eaft India Company, to the value of fiveral minions Reding, would have been feized, but that the captors would retain poffcMon of the place, or, at any rate, deftroy all the works before their 'de. patture. The removal of the Britifh had removed their fears, and notwithftanding the national feeling a t t h e lots of their fleet and arfcnals, had left a fa yourable impteffiJn on the minds of the Danes. The French they fay, would not have ad:t e d i n th e f ame manner. • Th e klurna)s talk of preparations for the invafion of this country. On this topic we may exiled a good deal to a ppear during the winter months. ~pO TTENBUR9H, DECEMBER s. y e it e o a y an Englifti courier arrived berc front St. r ete liburgi), who )eft it at the fame tine with the Enislifhistinicter,Loxd ItIVISON GOVilit. His Lord• 'hip and fuite are eapeeled here in ;. day or two.— The embargo was laid in all the Ruill.4ll ports on the loth ult. Only four (hips were in Cronfladt when it took place, one of which failed• with Lord Gowsa's baggage; the -reit were detained—very few Englith (hips were in the other ports. On the t ith ult, feals were put on all the ma gazines in St. Peterfburgh, fuppofed to contain Englith property, but, it is Paid, very little was in them : This was done under the direition of the French General Savary, who reports that he will shortly leave Peterfburgh to take the command of the army destined to invade England. A great number of Englifh merchants and their families were prepar ing toleave Peterfburgh when the courier came away, and the people there ezpreffed their diflike to the tneafures of the Government in very thong and une quivocal terms. The poll for England, which ar rived here from St. Peterfburgh the day before yelerday, will, it is laid, be the laft we than receive for the prefent from thence. Lord Ilutchinfon and Colonel Etalace arrived here from Stockholm the day before yeflerday. Two Hamburg!) mails are due here. In the year 11305 his Royal Highnefs the Crown Prince received an Englifh built frigate, as a prefent from his Majtffy the King of England. When the Englifh carried away the Danith navy, and plundered the arftnal, they left this frigate. His Royal High, nefs, therefore, on his return to Copenhagen, ordered that this frigate should be manned with t 6 English Tailors, who had been made prifoners, furnifbed with the neceffary provifions, and fent back to England. The following is a copy of the pars with which the Captain, William Pater fon, was turnithed, written in the Danifh, French, and Englith languages : " The Deputies of the Boar•] of Admiralty, and ConuriMoners of the Navy of his Royal Majcfly the King of Denmark and Nor way, at Copenhagen, make Lmoevn, that William Paterfon, Mailer of an Englifb veffel, fent from hence with an Engin built frigate to England, for delivering her to the Royal Englifh Admiralty, has been permitted to paf. the Boom. at the Toll-houre, and further to fail, but without returning from the Road of Copenhagen in Paid frigate, whole crew is compofed of one mate and Giteen failors, all liberated Englifh prifoners of war, agreeably to the lift delivered to the Paid Mailer, requefling all whom it may concern to let the Mailer of this frigate, together with his laid crew, pals free and unmolefled, as well out of the harbour u at ha, on his prefent voyage. " The Board of Admiralty and Commiflioners of the Navy. " NOV. 21, 1807. (Signed) " KNUSIT, BILLS, 13110Vit, N. PERBOLL:' The above fhip left Copenhagen, and failed for the North Sea on the 23d November, The privateers the Pearl, C. F. Kittle ; and the Flying Fifh, Janfen, took, on the 19th November, a richly laden Englith brig ; but being chaced by an armed ship, cruizing there, were obliged to abandon their prize. Extra& of a letter from Peterfburgh, dated it, 1807 r—t. The Elbe, C RLF.S ; Bctiey, DCYDEM ; Apollo, Goo Rev ; and the Mary, Vv o`n ; are em bargoed here. Our warehoufer are leaLd." The Auckland packet. Capt. BRIDGE, with a flag of titre ard the Dana Chat ge d'xkffairet on board, put into lieli,oland, and from thence proceeded to Cuxhaven. Ni Me was permitted to land on the HoMein or Slefwick coati. Up:A her arrival at Cuxhaven on the 25th November, the French Ct m mandant would neither let the paffengers nor the parlt.t proceed, with , ut orders from the Prince of F. wry CORVO. Thefe arrived on the 29th, when the packet was allowed to return, and the palrengers 'to continue their journey. They were mated with the grcatea civility at.Cuxhaven. An American veffal, which failed from Amßerdam on the 7th inflant put into ltamfgate on Wednefday, where the landed fame pat angers. By this veffel a few letters have been received from the Continent. According to one of tkefe letters, which we have feen, feveral of the vetch detained in Holland, in confequence of the decree of September latl, have been releafed, afer an invetligat ion of their cafe by the tribunals appointed by KING Lcuis, under that de tree. In this letter King Louis is mitch panegyrifed for his averfion to rigour, and his difpofition to con. ciliate the popular feeling. It alto mentions the great flagnation -of trade, and the extreme fcarcity of col°. vial produce. A Captain of an American Chip, after &feting a four years' captivity at Verdun, under fofpicion of bang an Englith fubjeet, has at length obtained his liberty. He arrived in town yefterday, on his way to America. He came by the above vette], which is Ibuund for the Savannah. She failed in company with five American flips, viz. the Hardware, Pallas, I Sally, Lucy, and Phcebe. No embargo teems, therefore, to have been yet laid on American veftels in Holland i and we may infer, confequently, that nothing of the kind has yet taken place in France. If fo, the late rneffage of Mr. Jill ERSON will be fuflicient to prevent any mea• Pure of the kind from being adopted• _ . The Captain reports, that an American •cut was loft at the Helder rn Sunday The Court• Martial which is to fit en General WHITILOCRE I S trial has been appointed. Sir Wit. LIAM MEADOWS will be the Prelident. Lord LAKE is on the Court Martial. None are to fit on it except Officers of the fame rank, and who have laved *as Wag as the General himfelf.—There are four capita and fome minor charges. The trial vri3 commenc as boa as the witnalits return from"Bucnos Aytcs. SIR SIDNEY SMITH's SQUADRON. It bas been pretty generally undertipod that this fqaadron was deflined for the Taps. We learn, however, from a refpeaable quarter, that its objea is to take Ceuta from the Spaniards. This important place is fituated on the African castfi, oppofite to Gibraltar, and, occupied by us, if we can maintain; good under (landing with the Emperor of Morocco, will enable Gibraltar to be regularly fupplied with frefh provifions. Our Readers may recollea fome late billing and cooing between Narot.aom and the Moorifh Emperor, when horfes, shawls, &c. were exchanged, with mutual profeffions of friendfhip, and that on that occafion the French papers boatted that England was to have the Barbary Pirates added to the number of her enemies. They did not mention, however, fait, of which information has been re. ceived here, that NAPOLEON had promifed to the Emperor of Morocco, as a bonus for his friendfltip, the renoration of Ceuta, which has been for a confi derable time in the occupation of Spain. It is row hoped that bis Moerifit Majefiy will loon have to treat with others, to gain the objet of his wilbes, and it is believed that the poffeffion of Ceuta will be promifed to him at the termination of the contell in which we are now engaged, on condition that he re linguini all friendly intercourfe with France: ROYAL Acasrmy.—Thorfday evening a Bnard was held of the Prefident and Royal Academici.•ns in the Council Room, Somerfet Houle, for the dif- ribution of Prizes. At nine o'clock the ballot for the adjudication of premiums was doled, and the (Indents were called in. The Prefident prefented to Mr. LASCE;.I.Fs a gold medal for his judgment of a (down, which was decided to be the bell dray in Hillorical Paining. A gold medal was then prefented to Mr. C. A. Bossy, for hit prodation in Arehiteaural Dcfgn. Several other premiums were voted for Lanai ape and Academic Fipers. After the prefentation of the different rewards of met it, the Prefident, addreffing himfelf to the Gentle men Students, declared briefly that he felt the stmoik pleafure in obferving the progrefs which was daily making in the Englith School of Arts; and he was particularly happy to oblerve, that, en the prefent occafion, fo many youthful candidates had been ad judged worthy of the prizes indifferent departments. He had intended to deliver a formal difcourfe this evening ; but, on acconnt of the eledions for officers, and other hafinefs, which at prefent occupied a con fiderable portion of time, and created a good deal of anxiety, he would poftpone the delivery of his dif comfe until Come future period, when it could he done with a greater degree of convenience. He offered, however, a few juft and pertinent remarks on the value of charafter in all productions of at t ; the neceffity of underllanding the proportions of the human figure ; and the belt means of acquiring that knowledge. BRITISH INSTITUTION.—The School opened on the 12th of Augnit, and one hundred and fix ltudents were admitted. Of thefe about feventy gave their perfunal attendance. Among thofe, as will be teen by tilde names af. fixed to their works a-c—Drummond, Garrard, the junior Reinagle, Dawe, Milton, Green, Walker, Irvine, Sharp, Agar, Dewint, Pogh, Arnald : with the Junior Clafs, ct, lilting of Pcrrigal, Collins, At.. cher, Mulready, and Linnell Bnt the excellence of this difplay of Thitifh talents is not confined to the male Artifi, as many of our fair country women have difplayed very great abilities; aT:d we may fairly fay, that the female Rodents, of whom twelve were admitted, have no reafon to fear a comparilon with the produelions of the other fez Among there fair candidates for fame in the arts, the following are particularly entitled to diftinflion -and applaule. viz. the two Mils REINAGLIS, Mrr. GREEN, mia Jacasoa, (an amateur surtifl ), mirs Hay, and the Mutes SSIITH 4 who have given ample proof of how much importance it is to the true im prov ement of genius to have =els to the higher fourccs cf excellence, in order to f .rm their (ludic, upon the belt principles and pradice of the arts—an advantage the Britt& attifts bad never before at tained. To this interefting affemblage of honourable exer tions are added the pictures of the vat iuusCandidates for the premiums offered by the inilitution ' for the belt Companion Pidures to thofe of the old Mailers. as related by the Committee of Dire6lors, of which fix were chofen for that porpole. of the following Mailers, via. Guido, Salva:nr Rola, Vandyke, Te• niers, and two by Rubens. SL venteen pictures are fent in by Rodents of the former feafon, as claims for the premiums offered, which are three in number, viz. tool. 601. and 401. which will be awarded to the three belt performances, and difitibuted accor ding to the feveral degrees of merit. Comsr.—On Sunday evening, the 6th infl. at fix o'clock, the Comet was plainly Peen by the naked eye, notwithßanding the moonlight: about z degrees florin the Rat Delta of the Swan, nearly under it, but a little more eafierly. On Thu: fday evening, loth intl. it had got above Delta, and was nearly in the line patting through Delta and Gamma of the Swan ; dittant from the former about two degrees. It was not then vifible to the naked eye, on account uf the brighter moanlight ; but it was readily found by one of DOL.• LONG'S fmalleft Military Pccket Telefcopes. Died, on Saturday hall, at Apfley, near Woburn. Bedfordlhire, after a lingering illnefs, which he en dured with more than common Chriflian fortitude, Mr. WI c LI AM WRIGHT, fur many years Mailer of the well known School there, which he concluded with unfallied integrity, with confiderable ability, with intenfe application, with the utmoil liberali T, and with fuch dillinguifhed fuccefs, as to have raifed that, which he found a private, almolt to the rank and confederation of a public fchool. Mr. WRIGHT has left a widow and (even children, and has died fineerely lamented by his family, his friends, and by thole whom he indeed always confidered his friends, his fcholars. We underfland that the 'bufinefs of the fchool will be continued, and that advertifements are preparing, in which its arrangements Will be detailed. THE ARMY. • General SPENCit has arrived at Portfmouth to take the command of the Expedition, which however tannqt fail before a fortnight yet. A foperior Officer it is Paid, is to command, Come mention Sir ARTHUR WILLISLIT, and fume Sir DAVID BAIRD. 1 Friday fe'nnight, the Eaftern Regiment of Ren. frewfhire Volunteers, commanded by Lieutenant 1 Colonel BROWN, then Rationed on duty at Pollock• thaws, was infpefted by Colonel Scour, Infpefting Field Officer of the dial ift, and IV' Lct a Is 141 4 Dowa Ls , Efq. of Garthland, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Renfrew ; when the corps performed the manual and platoon exercifes, and went through the evolu• tiona, to the entire fatibfaftion of theft officers,' who were pleated to exyrefs th.:ir complete approbation o 1 the appearance and difcipline of the regiment. f MILITIA.—The following information will no doubt be acceptable to perfons who are liable to the ballot for militiamen : Tea pounds are admitted to be half the price cf a Subilitute. If any man who is not worth pool. fhall be drawn and ferve erfonally, he will be entitled to ten pounds from the parith.—lf he provides a fubllitute, he will be eq Ally entitled to ten pounds towards paying for a fuhl:tute.—lf he neither ferves perfonally, n^► by fuhtlitute, he is not entitled to any thing from the parith—he forfeits twenty pounds, and is liable to be balloted for again at the end of fivr years.—lf he pays twenty. five pounds for a fubilitute, he will re • ceive ten pounds from the pariih, and pay fifteen I only out of his pocket, which is five pounds lefs than the penalty, and he will be cleared from future ballot.—lf he pays even thirty pounds for a fubfii. tote, he will pay no more out of his own pocket., than the man who pays the fine of twenty pounds, and will have the advarrage of being clear of future ballot. It is therefore the interefi of every man who is drawn to endeavour to find R fubliitute, seen if the price &mild be as high as thi p y.pounds. It is alto the jawed of the pat& to give every en. conragernent and affiflance, to induce the balloted men to Terre perfonally, or find Itthftitates, other. wife, ultimately the parith will be liable to a penalty of fiat) , pounds for each man deficient. A Correfpondent complains pf the bard/hips fa+ feted by our Military in being landed from tranfports. and marched to great diflances crofs the Ifland to ports to which, he thinks, they ought to have been carried on thip.board. We cannot agree with our correfpondent in this. Troops, we think, fhonld always be landed at the &it Britills port they can reach. The late lois of a number of our brave men by attempting to carry them through the Downs, on (hip board, and who might n)w have been laved to t'teir relatives and their country, had they been landed on the Ead coati, is a lamentable proof of the bad policy of carrying turn; s by fea when they can be marched over land. The hardships of even a long march is nothing compared to the inconvenience and danger of a coalling voyage at certain (Caroni. The farnc Coarefpondent offers another fuggelliow which deferves adoption. The Waggon Train, a very expentive corps, andoften doing nothingwhatever, might be profitably ernrloyed in conveying foldiers and baggage from one place to another.—The preff ing of Farmers waggons, efpecially in Spring and Autumn, often retards the agricultural labours of the country. • Brigadier General Bsrurnast has taken the flota tion at Somata Houfe appointed him by the Bard of ftevifion: I,e is now placed between Sir W!LLIAM Rui.a and Mr. Pearce, the Surveyors of the Navy, at an income of t4ool. per annum, as Surveyor of Civil Architalure in the Navy. Teta TN BATR as.—The Inewijant was performed laft night, at Drury lane, and Mrs papas; played Byerre with exquitLe effect. All the other charaders were excellently fupparted. An apology was made for Mils Boyce, who was to have played Oriana, but was abfent from indifpofition, and her part was very well filled by Mifs RAY.—In the Drama of Tekeli, which followed, there was alfo a change ' • Mrs. BLAND hay • ing been f'iddenly taken ill, Mifs KELLY was fubfli tuted for her in the chatader of Uhrilline. Thus were I there two apologies on the fame night. COVINT GARDEN.—On account of Mrs. SIDDONS'S performing yellerday evening, for the lag time, until after Bader, the houfe was crowded at an early hour. The play of 7be Winter's 'Tale, gave ample (cope for the difplay of her majeltic powers, and that exalted dignity which attends her aging—in the Havre fcene the was enthufiallically applauded. Mr. KEMILL'S Leontee was a maßer•piece of graceful alion, and the judgment of the ator was never to confpicuous in thole nice touches of nature, with which this character is replete ; his performance at the doting fcene, evinced the tendered feelings of (inability, gradually expanding into tumultuous joy, as he difcovers that Mermione is really living. Th 4 1 Melo Drama of 7he Blind Boy followed, and Teem s to excite new intereft, as its fuccefs encreafes. Mifs NORTON'S Cakinating rept efentation of tiviaa, excited , I continued marks of applaufe. Mrs. C. KIMBLE, 1 FAWCZT, and the relt of the pertinmcis, were all well received in their refpative parts. GulLDHALL—Thurfday an warn tunate female was charged with uttering a forged al. Bank of England note, at the (hop of Mr. Johnfon, in Saiiibury.coutt, Fleet -greet. The prifoner in her defence faid, that a gentleman had accompanied her to her lodgings, and on his leaving her in the morning, had given it to her—the was completely ignorant of its being a forgery, nor did the know any thing of the perton who gavd it her, the having accidentally met with him in Fleet ltreet. Mr. J.,linion did not With t o profecute the prifoner, as he really believed her ltatement to be corral ; and the Magiftrat e, atter invetligating minutely every circumnance that coul d in the lead attach criminality, and examining (nine perfons who came forward is her beholf, (Wining' the prifccer, after a frtious adimmiti9n.