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a. - COLONEL WARDLg AND LORD ELLENBOROUOfL This day was published,by C. Chapple, AN EXAMINATION and COMPLETE RE FUTATION of the OBSERVATIOM contained in Colonel WARDLE's LETTER to Lord ELLENBOROUGH, on his charge to the Jury in the case of Wardle against Mrs. Clarke and the Wrights, price 2s. By ERINACEUS, Author of the PopisliOlvan. Also, A Little Justice of Colonel Wardle,. antis reconciliation of the Parados that Wright is Wrong, price"ls. 6d. And, an Heroic Episle to Colonel Wardid'on the charges pre ferred by him against his Royal Highneii The Duke of York, price 2s. 6d. t.., This day were published,in S vols. royaf'St.o. illustrated by nume rous Engravings, many of them accurately coloured from na ture, price 211 its. in.boards, *THE PRINCIPLES of SIMGERY, Volume the -11- First ; as they relate to Wounds; Utcers, and Fistulas, Aneu risms and Wounded Arteries, Fractures of the Limbs, aad the Duties of the Military and Hospital Surgeon. By JOHN BELL, Surgeon. Volume the Second ; containing the Operations of Sur gery, as they relate to the Anatomy and Diseases of the Urethra and Bladder, and the Anatomy and Diseases of the Scull and Brain. In Two Parts. Volume the Third; being consultations and operatics& On the most important and Sargical diseases ; containing a series 4 of cases calculated to illustrate chiefly the doctrine of Tumours and other irregular parts of Surgery, and to instruct the young Surgeon how to form his prognostics, and to plan his operations. Printed for Longman, flurst, Rees, and Orme, Pasernoster-row. Each volume may he had separate; vol. l. price iC4 45.; vol. 2. £5 55.; vol. S. £2 2s. This day vas published, in two thick volumes 4to. price £5. ss. boards, A TOPOGRAP#IICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND: Exhibiting the various Subdivisions of each County into Hun dreds, Lathes, Wapentakes, acc. The Valuations in the King's Boons; the Patrons of the Ecclesiastical Benefices; and the Tu telary Saint of each Church. The Distance and Bearing of every Parish or Hamlet, from the nearest gost-Office Town. Markets. Fairs. Corporations. Free Schools. The Situation and Descrip tion of Monasteries, and other Religious Houses. Members of Parliament. Assizes and Petty Sessions,—Collected from the most authentic Documents, and arranged in alphabetical order. By NICHOLAS CARLISLE, Fellow and Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of London. printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-row. " If ever there was a book indispensable for reference to a vast ♦ariety of persons, it is this, which bears at the same time every mark of the utmost accuracy, that the nature of the matter. con tained will allow us to expect." British Critic, Oct. 1808. " We embrace the first opportunity of congraNlating the pub lic on the acquisition of this useful performance, and of offering Mr. Carlisle that commendation to which his diligence and inde fatigable industry are eminently entitled. A Compilation of this kind, executed with patience and fidelity, has long been a desi deratum ; and the task of filling pp this Watt!. in our libraries bold not bait fallen into better hand." Motithly Review, August 1808. Speedily will be publigbed, Number I. (to be continued Quarterly,) of i t k CLASSICAL JOURNAL. Consisting of 1. Critical Observations on Classical Authors. 2. Criticisms on new Editions of the Classics, and on Publica tions relating to Greek, Latin and Origntal Literature. 3. Disquisitions on Classkal Subjects. 4. Philological and Literar: Anecdotes. - Iftical Classical and Oriental Antiquities. Critkiuns and Dissertations. ..a. ;. matical and etymological Researches. . Ditilographical Intelligence. • 9. CoMilani of Greek and Latin MRS. 1 19. Prim Poems, mad whirr Aslnimical Exercise,. 11. Greek and Latin aTiginal Poetry. 1 blications of gcaree and valuable Tracts on Critical se d Subjects, and of Important Articles in Conti:um til 'Onrush. This Work will combine the Objects of the Balist4ea Critics, Arta Erstiiterunt,Censtentarii Phiktegiti,and other Classical, Philo logical and Antiquarian Publications on the Continent. It will be conducted by Members of the Universities, and printed by a Graduate of OxfoCd. Communications are solicited from every part of the World, in the English, Latin and French languages ; and will be received by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster row ; Mr. J. Richardson, Royal Exchange; Mr. Lunn or Mr. Dulau, Soho-square, London, where Subscribers are requested to send their names. It is impossible at present to fix the Price, which probably will not eurced Five Shillings each Number. AMERICA. IEM' YORK, NOVEMBER At Cuxhaven four owe pemons have been accused before the Commissioners, and found guilty of assiit sipg in the contraband trade of Great Britaia, and hive been condemned to die, but two of them bale been respited. No Colonial produce whatever, or other English goods is allowed to enter, or be con sumed in this city under the severest penalties. About the 20th inst. a garrison is expected to arrive Isere, consisting of three regiments, amounting to up wards of 5000 men, a considerable body of which his already reached Lawenburg. They are princi pally Poles, Danes, and Swiss. • The French are retiring as fast as possibleirom the interior of Germany, on their way to Spain, but we have lately heard that a large body has been directed to proceed immediately to the East to act against the forces of the Porte. This news is generally believed, as well as a report circulated that the Russians have rapidly advanced," and are now posted much to the South of Silistria, after having fought a great battle with the troops under the Grand Vizier. The accounts are said to be dated the end of October. Holland is to be made a province of France under 7'lionaparte as its head, and King Louis is expected to resign his crown. - . Yesterday arrived at this port the United States' sloop of war Wasp, Lieutenant Lawrence,. 32 days from L'Orient, with dispatches from General 'Arm strong to our Government. Lieutenant Ilaswell, the bearer of the dispatches, proceeded to Washing ton yesterday morning. We have not been able to learn that any material change has taken place in .our relations with France ; and it was rumoured, on the authority of letters, that no changi. , was likely to occur until the return of the Emperor Napoleon. We further learn, that the dispatches which went out in the Wasp had not as late as the 20th Septem ber been sent to Bonaparte at Vienna, rs (it was ob. served by Mr. Armstrong) 'it was useless to trouble him on the subject while ;If. was engaged or. the Con tinent. • Mr. Armstrong intended some time since to have left France for the United States, but was prevented by repeated requests from the French Minister to re main, as something deciSive from the Emperor might be expected ; but as nothing had been received, and Mr. 'Armstrong despaired of any success, he intend ed, as soon as possible, to sail for America. He would have'detairicd the wasp for the purpose, if ;Its ratify could have been accommodated in her. It is true the Prize Courts in France have Nu s pen - ded tile condemnation of American property ; but this is supposed to be done to answer some particular purpoie.• • Notie'of the immense property under se questration had, as wecan learn, been . restored. General Armstrong told one of the passengers of the Wasp, on the 19th of Set , tember, that be had at last procured the relea se o f the American seamen who had been so I,,ng imprisoned at Arras, and that they would sail abort the lath October from Dieppe, in an Americ in brig winch he had purchased to bring thorn home. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. • SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK s 3 per Cent. Cons. for January 701 71. 3 per C. Red. 694 —Exch. Mils ss. to 9s. pr.—Ontn. had stated, that the dispatch . from Mr. Mr. Erskine, of the 23c1 of January, dispatch by which the conditions were Mr. Erskine, for the conclusion of an with this country, on the matter to which " That Mr. Smith, in his reply had assured Mr. Jackson that no such declaration had ever before been made to the Government—and added, that if that dispatch had been communicated at the time of the arrangement, or if it had been kngwn that the propo sitions contained in. it were the only ones on which he was authorised to make an arrangement, the arrange ment would not have been made. " That, notwithstanding this assurance, Mr. Jack son, indecorously, used a language implying that Mr. Erskine's instructions were at the time made known to this Government. " That in Mr. Smith's answer an intimation was distinctly given to him that such an insinuation was inadmissible, and especially after the explicit asrve ration of this Government, that they had no such, knowledge, and that with such knowledge such an arranFement would not have been made. " That in Mr. Jackson's next letter, the same gross insinuation having been reiterated, and even aggra. vated, it only remained, in order to preclude oppor tunities, which had been thus abused, to inform Mr. Jackson, as Mr. Smith did, that no further commu nications would be received from him, and that the necessity of this determination would, without delay, be made known to his Government, with an assur ance to it, at the same time, that a ready attention would be given to any communications affecting the interests of the two nations, through any other lune tiona:y that may be substituted." By the Ytailaltlvhia Stage, which arrived at eight last night, we obtain the follow!, o inipurrant information: " The Negotia. tions between c.:: Government and the British Minister, (Mr. Jackw.), a..e entirely broken off." . At first, sight it is difficult to see what business Mr. ERSKINE'S instructions had to do w ith the new negotiations intrusted to . Mr. JACKSON ; but we can conceive it possible, that in the intercourse between Mr. Solana and Mr. JACKSON, the former might ex press some surprise at new negociations being neces sary after a treaty had been concluded with Mr... ERSKINE. If sn, nothing could be more natural than for Mr. JACKSON to say, ,4 You yourselves knew that the engagements entered into by Mr. ERSKINE were inconsistent with the instructions given to that Gen tleman."-7MOch will, therefore, depend upon the in fallibility of Mr. JACKSON'S information on this point. There is no truth in the paragraph which appeared in several pf the • London papers of Monday last,, copied from the Span 4 papers, stating that Lord CoLmsawoon had fallen in with and defeated another division of the Toulon fleet. Letters have been - te ceived from several officers belonging to our Medi terranean squadron, brought by a vessel arrived at Portsmouth,and make no inentiou of any circumstance It is worthy of remark, that the Wasp has been gone from this port o n ly 73 days. She sailed from t he Hook on the 13th August, and reached L'Orient in 19 days ; the dispatches by her ‘yere in the hands of Mr. Armstrong, at Piiris, in 2.1- Jays after sailing from this port ; and he answered the communica tion by the Wasp the second d.ty after receiving t h em ; and we presume to"say, that what he has said to our Government in reply, is concise 'and un;Y tisfackory. of the kind ; nor was there the least probability that the enemy would (at the date of these lett ers, the 27th ult.) speedily furnish our brave tars whit 411 opporur nit,' of again Signalizing themselves. 1-1.411IBURGB; DECEMBER 11. THE ARMY. Tree itundred men belonging to the 11 th Foot, anwespeeted to march into Portsmouth next week, to eiolorkto join their regiment in Portugal; and the 79th Regiment, 1000 strong, march in at the same• time, and embark for the same place. Lord CLINTON, of the 16th Light Dragoons, is at Portsmouth, attending the embarkation of the hones for Portugal. He will sail in the fleet for that country, as soon as the wind gets round, Major-General the lion. W. STRWART is removed froti the Staff of the Kent district ; and goes out in command of the reinforcements destined. for Portugal. P k till twelve o'clock and then returned to the Pa- Yesterday morning, his MAJESTY and Princesses tuousra and SOPHIA. accompanied by Lady CRAM , Generals SPENCER and FITZROY, and Colonel YLOR, took their usual airing in Windsor Great ht e. At three o'clock ' his MAJESTY and Princesses 1i v ted Princess AMELIA in St. Alban's-street ; who, vie are happy to say, is in a fair way of rtleovcry. • The Princess AmELIA is so much recovered within these few days, that her Royal Highness has been %enabled to walk in the suit of rooms in tlw house where she is confined. Yesterday morning, Mrs. 'CHRISTOPHER, of Cam berwell Grove, was safely delivered of a ion. 1 Owing to the long continuance of adverse weathei,', ;12 mills from Pertpatrick became due at Donagha. dee on Sunday morning. ' By the Treaty between France and Sweden, Po rania has been restored to the latter power. The t , ee rmission to import colonial produce was indispen ble to the Swedes, with whom sugar is as universal and essential an article of culinary use as salt. llt is with great satisfaction that we communicate , to the public any measure that tends to mitigate the We mentioned yesterday the rupture of the nego- evils and calamities incident to a state of warfare. ciation with the American States. We are now Our Readers will recollect, that the crews of some British privateers landed a few months ago iT3 Ice enabled to lay before our Readers the particulars pub- ' I land, and, under the pretext of trading in peace with lisped in America respecting this affair. We copy / the !leo - r but hospitable Icelanders, took possession them from a New York Paper of the 16th November, : of the Island. A Count TRAMP, to whom the Danish which gives them on the authority of " The Nationapiilovereign had recently confided the Government of Intelugetwer" of the Monday preceding. The paperj that Island, camp to this country, in order to submit er—in just named, is the American Government Pap this !mention to the consideration of his Majesty's Ministers. It gives us pleasure to be able to state, other words, the following.statement is 1 that the subject has been considered with that at- OFFICIAL.. , the interests of humanity, the exertise of " In the course of the correspondcr( will prove extremely beneficial to the poor in seems, has taken place between the Secretary ' of those frozen regions, and reflect no small , end Mr. Jackson, we understand that the benevolent character of this country. Gazette of to-night will probably contain Proclamation, which extends our friendly Protection the natives of Iceland, and to the inhabitants ' settlers in the islands of Faroe, and certain pos- , -on the coast of Greenland. Fcrithe protec - or their trade" the vessels employed in it are to be distinguished by a Ted lion on .she frhe relation's existing' between them and this country are to be re-established, on thefooting upon which they stood previously to the commencement of hostilities with Denmark. When any of the inhabitants of these places arrive in tL's country, they. are on no account to be treated as enemies ; but are to be considered with the same regard which is shewn to the subjects of these states with which we are in amity. We have some further informat'on regarding the ate of the - of La since it has rallied state army Mancha, within the boundaries of th4t district. It appears that about 42,000 men have reassembled ; but it is not stated whether the detachment of 8 or 10,000 men which marched from Seville under the corn. mand of the Marquis DE LA RosimaA be included in this calculation. Of the artillery, two-thirds }ravel been secured since the defeat, and a minute accoont, has been communicated of the number of pieces and i the calibres. The folluwing is a Proclamation issued by General KELLERMAN. It is a most atrocious instance of mili tary violence. OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION. " Considering the necessity of multiplying the resources of the army of his Imperial Majesty, and of depriving the rebels I and traitors of the means of procuring animals to accomplish Itheir atrocious designs, it is hereby declared, that all the horses and mares belonging to the provinces in Upper Spain, viz. In the I districts of Salamanca Zamoras, 'Coro, Leon, Placentia, Bur gin i , fiu;puscoa and kava, of the height of four feet four inches or Ave feet and half an inch of the measure of Spain, and from ; thence upward, are in requisition for the service of the armies of I Fsance, and are tp be conducted to the capital of the respective ! Gnvernments, where they are to be received and maintained by the Governors, until the returns made to me shall enable me to i give directions for the disposal of them. I " All the horses of less than four feet four Inches, or five feet i' half an inch, Spanish measure, also mares pregnant for more than three months, and horses and mares that art not SO months old, and less than the height mentioned, are to have the left eye put I out, and are to be rendered by other proper mean. unfit 'for nil ) litary service by the proprietors themselves. Those Who pre sume to disobey this command are to be mulcted in four times the Lvalue of the animals. . " The ern:calm of this order is to bee committed to the Go -1 vernors, Controandants of Anne, t.nd to the Commandants of i Detachments and Plying Columns. (Signed) " KELLERMAN, !nth Oct. 1809. Gen. of Division, and Governor General of Upper Spain." By a Proclamation issued by Sir GEOItOE PREVOST, ' for apprehending tiae offenders, it appears that, on the 13th day of September last, John Kelly, mate of the schooner Three Sisters, belonging to the province of Nova Scotia, together with one Edward Jordan , who, with his family, were passengers on board the said vessel, bound from the Bay of Chaleur to Hall ' fax, mutinied, and rose on John Stairs, the master of ' the vessel, being then in the prosecution of his voyage ; and having piratically got possession of the . vessel, ran away with her, together with a in luable • cargo of fish on board, haying previously, with the assistance of the wife of Edward Jordan, murdered, in a most cruel and barbarous manner, Thom* Heath and Benjamin Matthews, the .remaining part of the crew ; and = t ile every exertion to murder, in . like manner, John Stairs, who escaped from them by jumping overboard, and preserved his life in a wonderful manner by floating on one of the hatches of the vessel which he carried overboard with him, and was providentially picked up by an Amswiclas vessel. i A pheasant was shot, a few days asp, at ktonfiall, i near Whitehaven, which weittir l d Mi ounate, I and sileasured from the end orate • to Op extremity r' i the tail, 'one yard five ndbet . • - i. I tentipa to Ice whick g b which will .- *mums •etary of &Abe t I c n redit on Mr. Jackgr I.—The G r. Canoissee i a Proclam was' thilQll7' `to Ll th seettnlea i arrao l Prescri f ed to :es " sessions of ch it temlit t i on o f t h 1 eeTatea7 tn h.. a:tti, PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. per Cent. Red. 69}}# 3 per Cert. Cons. shut 4 per Cent. 84i 84 3 per Cent. Navy shut Long Ann. 18 9-161 Indk !kW., 2M• 19s. 99K. *I Exeltet Bills, 6s. 9s. pre. Ontniatn, State Lottery Tickets E 22. Consuls for ace. 70i COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. We were entertained yesterday evening, at ti.:; Theatre, with a revival of SHAKESPEARE'S Tragedy of King Lear. Of Mr. Kvau.r.'s representation of Lear, we do nlt think so highly, as of some other leading portraits by SHA KISPRAK4 that we have seen him personate. It appeared to us, generally, as an attempt that w as , in its nature, contradictory to his physical ability, which rather squares and assimilates wih what i ; grand, or stern, or terrific, than with what is trurlad pre-eminently with tenderness. We do not me::a by this remark to convey an impeachment on Ins it:dp. ment, so much as upon the tendencies of his or,:; zation. He has not the power to assume an intw tion that would be in perfect accordance witia an e•- pression of. Lear's deepest miseries. In his delivery of the celebrated curse stn,.:, daughter, we could not approve of the monotonou; manner with whichhe addressed himself to HEsvEN, It was urged to us in his defence. in the Theatre, a wounded parent, when speaking in the paroxysm .; a sublime rage, would not, or could not, <mem". Lo the &vision of sounds. We have seen and heard Si r GARRICK in this scene, when, by the magical COIT-Li nation of his varying voice and matchless eyes, Le touched every string that vibrates near the heart, the oppressive throbs of sensibility in the audicisce were lightened by a common flood of tears. When there was necessity for a recurrence to L . ,. fading dignity of the Monarch, Mr. KEmeLE more happy in his ezertioi4. When he reprove: , . .7.12. daughter Generill, in the second act, he deii - :ered following lines with a pathos, mingled with the flas z: of a king's and a father's anger : mist upon thee, Th' Patented woundings of a father's curse Pierce every sense about thee. Old fond eyes, lament this cause again ; I'll pluck ye out, pd cast ye With The waters that ye lose to temper clay. No, gorgon, thou shalt find, thit I'll Resume fife shape, *hick thou dust think I have thrown off for ever." That our objections to Mr. KEMBLR I S manner, in Lear, may not appear as exclusively directed, we must obserie, , that neither Mr. HENDE4SON I Mr. Dicom, Mr. Coolf.s, ncr Mr. POPE, ever gave us a true idea of the part. Mr. • gARRICK was the only Actor vyho embraced and communicated all its beau ties, and even Mr. BARRY may be said to have only approached to that species of perfection. Mr. C. IFSIBLE was infected with the usual fault of all the Pelseirs that we have seen, for the last 20 years ; namely, that of fixing the greater part of his attention on the assume d lunacy of the character! Mr. RgDDISR was the only person who properly gave due attention to each disposition of Edgar ; foralsliough he was wild and fantastic as Mad tom, yet on the msunption of his genuine demeanor, he wai not less spirited as a gentle ! man. CRESSWELL the substitutefot Coors in Kent. We know not the cause of this alteration, and only know that the public gain nothing hy the change i though the present possessor of the part exerted him l self in a very respectable manner. .4dennrni was ably sustained by Mr. i3atrwrow ; and the three Dukes of Cornwall, and Basgsniely, by Messrs. CLaiis worn, J2FFERIES ) and Finn, with as noble airs as any in all the nese French Calendar.—Mrs. Hum mann played Goaere ; Mrs. St. LEGRR, Began and Miss Bluerow t Cordelia, in a very satisfactory manner ; the latter looked beautiful, and the former two put as much of the tg devil's daughters" int , ) their countenances as their handsome features would permit. The Play was, throughout, - received with 1 great applause; and during the night not a vlstize of the late disturbances appeared. 0. P. has ins , solved, like the baseless fabric of a vision, atid lac not a wreck, except poor BRANp(DF, behind. The dresses were new and superb, and the scenery was appropriate and well executed. The direction of the Storm, m the third act, was the best ordered that we have ever witnessed, either abroad*or at home. It was not confined to the mere rumbling of thunder, and rosin coruscations, but had a major and - a minor character, that were well adapted to the gloozr And horror of the sceae ! ' The Farce of Th! Waterman concluded the delight-, ful entertainments of this evening, and Itict.moil charmed us with The Bay of &way 0 ! in which he was rapturously encored. Mrs. DAVENNRT, Miss Bovrote, BLANCHARD, and Lis,toN, were very happy in their exertions to please, and, while bursts of laughter proved their cc:laic powers, the watt:lest plaudits rewarded them. East-Grinstead Fair,* on Monday, (which is the last, and one of the largest Sussex Uirs in the year,) was exceedingly well supplied with I s iVelch and Scots runts, with country beasts, horses, and hogs. The beasts, generally, met a brisk sale at goOd prices ; but the horses, excepting very fine ones, were little in de mand. The town never experienced a greater want of beds, even when the Assizes were held there, than on the night preceding the fair, when many were dri ! yen to the necessity of quitting the town, to seek beds • at other places. It impossible to present to the Juvenile mind a more refined treat than by visiting the celebra:ed Museum, just opened, in the Great R.Poni, No. 22, Piccadilly, a collection which excites the admiration of every visitor. It was this day honoured by !:er Royal Highness the Princess Ciimmorre of WALF.S,, accompanied by Lady DECLIFFORDi and the Bishop t. 4 SaLisaunir, who spent a considerable time in ing this splendid Exhibition. Several of the Nubility have, we understand, presented Articles of Vint:, tq the proprietor, among which Sir Josses BaNKs just contributed some extremely valuable curiosii.; l SPowritio--.The Cottesmore hounds h a d a hard ruts on Fri daylast. They unkenneled a fox at Woodlehead, Lincolnshire, and run him for two hours and fitty minutes, with scarcely a check ; indeed, the only one they received was through Reynard's taking shelter (as he thought) in a drain near Ashwall, but he wa. immediately followed by an excellent terrier, who burst him out at the other end of the drain, whey the homuis • were ready to receive him ; but, strange as it may appear, he leaped upon the backs of the bounds, escaped thenrcompletely, and ran into groini4 tie4tr Belvcar Castle. At this momoit 'ambert, the huntsraan,- and one of thewhippers-in, were the only 011011 S present. Many excellent horses wsre4em- Pletelr done up long before that time : a Waluable. Ono died the mount the servant pulled the saddle off in 4 stable, at obi George inn, Stivaprd. • a BIM .SChir dart. S}Air Gibs' with' Qua iieet brig, Pi Arri Sage Wm M A late Am (see does port tnaii baci fine tT2I Re IYP frer the i 1 .1 the Ag i I. 1 4 . Se an Tll WI e. 11 ,4 . I N 1 v .; ,