Star. — London, England, 1807-12-23 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. • LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21. PRICE OF S FUCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Cupfuls, for Jan. 641—Re.Iuced 62 63—Onanium prem. Exchequer Bills par. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 22 4 ii Omnium a 1 prcm 3 per Cent. Red 631 i 63 62j India Bonds, par as dif. 4 pa. Cent, 81i Bi.it Excheq. Bills, as ail, 2 pr. Long Ann. t 7 15.16th5t3-16ths I Conf. lot ()pg. 64i it His Majeny's flips POLYP Ha m s, (Rear-Admiral MURRAY) AFRICA, DAPHNR, and FLYING Fl3/1, with the Fleet under convoy, are arrived at Cork from Monte Video. This morning arrived a mail from the Leeward Elands, brought to Falmouth by the Windfor Caine packet. The Princefs Amelia packet. with mails from Falmouth; and the THAIS fire Osip, from Ply mouth, had arrived at Barbadoes. The expatriation of the Portuguefe Court is the fubjed of general exultation, and in truth it may be confidered as a matter of real triumph. The Houfe of Braganza, threatened with annihilation as a Sove reign Power, transfers the feat of empire to a new region, beyond the reach of that power which fought its deftruEtion. The Court of Portugal had committed an unpardonable aft in refuting, at the mandate Naromion, to commit an a4l 'of injuflice and robbery, by feizing on the perfons and properties of Britifh fubjeas. The malignity, in the firft inftance, was levelled againft Britifh induftry and profperity. —ln this his aim has been difappointed, and the eftablifhment of a new empire in the Weßern World will eventually, if a proper ufe be msde of the event, give to this country the whole of South America as a market for our manufaeures. We augur this not merely from the facilities which the eßablifhment of a Royal Ally in that quarter will give to the confumption of Britifh commodities. Other circumflances, alto riling nut of the infatiable ambition of NAPOLEON, point the fame way, though the fartheß thing from his wifhes. It feems pretty obvious, from the accounts we yefterday laid before our Readers from Gibraltar, and other letters from the fame place,given in the fubfequent column of this Paper, that Spain herfelf is about to undergo force great political change. The pretence of fo many French foldiers in Spain is not without its objet. The liege of Gibraltar, it is true, is the oflenfible caufe ; but NAPOLEON has never been without a pre- text for marching an army when he had any thing to etre& by it. The Spaniards know this, and there- fore give no credit to the avowed pretext—hence the difpofition to infurreetion, and the diflike (hewn to French fraternity. We mention this difpofition, not as being likely to change or affeA the views or fchemes of NAPOLEON, fo far as they relate to Spain itfelf, but if filch be the feeling of the mother country, we may infrr the exiftence of fimilar fentiments in South America.— There the French can have no controul, and the occurrence of Inch events in Europe as may with reafon be expected from the prefent movements, will be the fignal for a new order of things in South America. It is indeed moft fingular that the enflaving of Europe fhould be the Cigna! for the emancipation of another continent ; but events teem to point that way, and vie fincerely with that no injudicious inter. ference of this country may ever attempt to give them a different direition. Letters, whore contents are of a very fingnlar nature, have been received from Holland. It is faid in them, that Boma Pam has agreed to an amicable re paration from his wife; that the kingdom of Italy is to be fettled upon her, as force confolation for the lofs of her Imperial Confort ; that his journey thither riled with this arrangement ; and, finally, that he himrelf, after Madame BONAPAR TR is dif pored of, is to take a Ruffian Princefs as his (ponce, with a view, no doubt, to the preferva tion of the BONAPARTE dynafty on the throne of France. Reports of this kind have been frequently circulated—we know not whether there is any more liable foundation for them now, than at any former period. As to the journey into Italy, however, there are fufficient carafes for that, without having tecourfe to this matrimonial motive. Yefierday a Cabinet Council affembled at two o'clock, and continued their deliberations until nearly five. Six of the Members were preterit. A meeting was yefterday held at the houfe of the SPEAKER, of the Trullees for the purchaff of a Na tional Ellate for the Heirs of Earl NELtow, at which the Duke of PORTLAND, the CHANCELLOR of the Excutqyza, Earl MuLcaava, and Earl Miaow attended. We have not yet heard what place they have fixed on. It is laid, that there is at this moment actually cut down in the Brazils, timber fufficient for the con firueion of 20 fail of the line. Our Well India iflands can be amply fupplicd from the Brazils with provifions, lumber, and every article of neceffity. The Lords of the Treaftsry have appointed ED. WARP EARL, Efq. formeily of the Clifton's at Pouf mouth, and late of London, to be Chairman of the Board of Cuftoms, in Scotland, with a coafiderable Addition of falary. Sir WILLIAM Twyani", of Roydon Hall, in the ppnty of Rent, is appointed Receiver Commal for th* GIBRATAR, NOVEMBER 22. Manuelle Parquale, Mate and Clet kof the Ruf flan fhip Agamemnon, Georgio Demetrio, Matter, left Algefiras lift night, and Malaga three days ago, Rates, that previous to his departure from Malaga, authentic advices had been received of the entrance of eleven thoufand French troops into Madrid. That on their arrival, about twelve days ago, the people, ignorant of the party which theft French troops came to fupport, immediately rote upon them ; but being unprepared, and not fufficiently armed, they were obliged to give way. The French at Malaga, l Rating the lufs on the fide of the Spaniards at three thoufand, their own at thirty-fix only. The Spa niards Rated the lots to have been confiderable on both fides, but confefs that the French had got the better ; but on explaining that it was his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Muria: they went to fupport, tranquillity was reftored. That the Prince of Peace was naturally waled to fall. That the number of French troops in Spain amounted to ninety thou fand. That fix thoufand were expected at Malaga ;( and French troops were to garrifon all the Spanifh ports, while the Spanifh troops were fent to - garrifon Purtoguefe ports. That on his arrival at Algefiras, he had heard tbofe accounts nearly confirmed. That there were feveral reports about the fate of the Prince of Peace, all contradictory. That wheat has been fold at 95 rs. vu. per fanegue, at Algefiras ; that it was very fcarce in all the provinces. That having applied for permiffion to come to Gibraltar by land or water, he was refufed. That being feat to folicit a protection for his veffel, which he left at Malaga, where they fold their cargo of wheat, and having or ders to come to this port (from whence their veffel failed Come months ago for Sicily), in order to put-- chafe cochineal, indigo, coffee, &c. he went on board one of the veffels in the Bay of Algefiras, and in her boat came over. That it was publicly men tioned in Spain, that the French were coming to attack Gibraltar, and that the afiertion received cre dit, from the French having entered Madrid, which they laid was not the road to Portugal. That, independent of every letter from Madrid which he had heard read, mentioning the entrance of the French troops,he had teen one of his countrymen, who had left Madrid after their arrival, in confequence of the diflurbance, at which he was prefent. That there are 1200 priforers and malefactors at Malaga, who were making rejoicings at the expected approach of the French troops; that they all expelled to be let at liberty. ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. By a fmuggler who came in this morning from Algefiras, I am informed of the following circum• fiances, the particulars of which he picked up in his journey from a fmall town on the other fide of the Sierra Morena. After the Prince of Aflurias had been let at liberty, the Pr Ince of Peace called on Lis Royal Highnefs to make his apology for not having paid his refpeas on the Pr ince% Saint's day (the fame as birthday with us); he was verycnldly received by the Prince, who fcarcely returned his falute ; and a Lord in waiting, who, it feems, was a Grandee of Spain, on Godny's expref. ling fomething Lk: diffatisfaaion thereat, called him a hypocritical fcoundrel ; afked him, how be could dare to prefent himfelf before the Prince of Spain, after the infamous part he had aged, in con/raying the papers which were the caufe of his Royal High nefs's arreft into his clofet ; accufed him cf ingrati tude to the Royal Family, which had railed him from the dull, in return for which he was aiming at de throning his Sovereign—as a preliminary flep towards it, he was endeavouring to divide the family by dif fentions; Paid he was a traitor to his country, a villain unfit to live—that to rid the world of loch a =miter were a meritorious aaion ; whereupon he drew his (word, affaulted the Prince of Peace, and wounded him twice, before the guard could get in to prevent his being difpatched. The day following this advernitne, the Prince' of Peace was arrefied, and a Comniiffion iffued to ;nod • tigate the circumfiances here detailed ; and it was publicly laid at Madrid, that in cafe the at of con• veying the papers into the Prince's clofct thould be proved againft Godoy, he would be treated with the greateß rigour. The Prince of Afturias is declared Generaliffimo of the Spanith forces, and a French guard of to,ooo men had entered Madrid to defend his perfon. A general infurreition is expetted, and the forces which were nn their march from Catalonia, and our neigh. bourhood, to the frontiers of Portugal, have received orders to proceed by forced marches to Madrid : their number is fuppofed tg,ooo men. The man who furniihed me with this information, appears to be a very intelligent perfon; and he ac counts very fatisfaftorily for his being fo minute, by Paying, that fome Madrid carriers, his countrymen, with whom he travelled feven days, ufed to be con- Randy talking over the Madrid news, and forming their conjectures as to the refult of the exifting dif ferences between the heads. He farther Rates, that it was whifpered about Madrid, that the French Mininer had been heard to fay, the King was not equal to govern his people, and that a more capable perfon muft be found. From Almeria to this place, there was not a tingle foldier on the coati, excepting in the forts, one regi ment at Malaga, and a few veteran troops in the neighbourhood. A circumftanet, apparently trifiing in itfelf, ferves to 'lamp this man's relation wit every appearance of truth. General Rentac, who commands at Malaga, fuddenly changed his mea• lures with regard to the fmugglers ; he relcafed veral who were under confinement, and affected to treat them with kindnefs, as well as the people of Malaga. The General has hitherto been a (Launch partizan of the PRINCE of PEACE, and from his prefent line of conduit (which I learn from another channel), I am much inclined to think that he is endeavouring to make Limfelf a patron in the oppufite faaion. PROCLAMATION. " Cibraltar, Otttober 12, 1807. “ In future, all letters which are intended to be fent from this garrifon to Spain, either by land or water, are to be firft brought to the Secretary's Office, for examination, during office hours ; and any perfon who mall, after this warning, be detedted in at• tempting to fend, or convey, any letter to Spain, that mail not have been previoufly brought to the Secretary's Office, will be con fidered as a fpy, who is holing carrefpondence with the enemy, and punifhed accordingly. " All letters alfo that are brought to the garrifon from Spain, either by land or water, are to be fent to the Secretary's Office for examination, previous to their being delivered ; and the Pratique Mailer is hereby directed to warn the patrons and crews of all ♦effete or boats, that may arrive here from any port of Spain, that if they shall attempt to deliver any letters they may bring for this garrifon, without their being firft fent to the Secretary's Once for examination, they will be conlidered as (pies, and treated accor dingly. All letters intended to be fent to Tetuan, or Tangiers, or any part of Barbary, or that may be brought from thence, are in like manner to be brought to the Secretary's Office for examination. By command, R. WRIGHT, A. Sec." THE ARMY. As - mentioned in Monday's STAR, the Expedition under General SPENCER failed from Spithead on Sunday. The following is a lift of the Corps corn poling it : Royal Artillery, Major theft ENSOM 29th Regiment, Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel LAur gad, Lieutenant-Colonel HI UDE 50th, lieutenant-Colonel Wm it ea 133 d, Major M•DoNNELL 4 Battalions of thc King's German Legion, making altogether a force of B,coo men. The Staff is as follows: Major General Sec Ncr (formerly of the 40th) Commander Brigadier General MACFARLANE, (72d Highlanders) Second in Command Sir GEORCIR SMITH (82d) Deputy Adjutant General Lieut Colonel Tuckee (soth Reg ) Captain Ba ADTo it o (Foot Guards) Atha= ditto Captain Doci.e (57th Regt ) —Captain Cooke (Foot Guards) Deputy Cttarter Matter General Lieut. WOW, BATHORT (bath Relit) Affiftant ditto Major RAINEY (Sad Reg.) Captain HARDING& (Foot Guards) Infpedor of Hnipitali Dr. SIIAPTCI Deputy ditto Dr. WEBBER rhylicians Dr. DEAN II and MRIISRR Purveyor Brasaatoot, Efq. Der.HICS MAPPOTULE and ArINCHKI Staff Surgeons NICOLAY, BRAND'S, WOESA, and KIDD Apothecary NEWTON Brigade Majors PRESTON, KRONENfaLDT, DILIIIILS, and BALYOUR No Commiffariat Staff appointed. From the high charaOers of the General and Staff Officers, the country may exped much, but they mutt probably gn to join another force-9000 men under that popular leader, Lieut. General Sir JOHN MOORE. There is little doubt of the Mediterranean being the fcene of the operati"n of this very fine force The fleet for the Welt Indies, as well as that for Cork, (ailed on Sunday with General SPENCER'S ez• pedition —With the Cork fleet went the ad battalion of the 14th, 38th, and Both Regiments, under convoy of Captain GORDON, of the Mcssitt es. Arrived at Portfmouth a detachment of the 78th regiment, confifting of three hundred men, princi pally Highlanders, from the Scots Militia regiments, commanded by Captain FORBES, to whom much praife is due on account of his ad ivity in embarking his men. They proceed from Portfmouth to the Ills of Wight, and from thence to India. Theyare among the flower of our troops. A very hot prefs took place upon the River below Bridge on Sunday night, when leveret feamen were picked up by the gangs, and Cent on board the Ten der. A great number were likewife taken out of different houfes along fhlre,pn both fides of the water. Monday, the DaniCli prifoners on puole at Read. ing left that town, on their return to Denmark, being included in the capitulation of General PITMAN, which provided that the prifoners on each fide, made before that time, thould be reftored. A araturn of lea fhells, among which were many fifhes bones and unopened oyflers, in their.complete Rate, were laft week found by the workmen employed in linking a well in Fifher-row, Reading. Befides the well known 'trate found at Katefgrove brick. kiln, there antediluvian relics are frequently found under fimilar eircumflances. As Se: jeant Young, of the Artillery, and his wife, were on Saturday night going from Dover to St. Margaret's, owing to the extreme darknefs, the fell over the Cliff, and was found the next morning, dead on the beach ; and, on Friday, Pym, a blackfmith, on his return from Folkftone, raiftook the road, and walked over the Cliff. His fall was in tersupted by a projetting point, cn which he remain ed a confiderable time, and was at length extricated without material 'juju:) , One of the bells in the fleeple of the town church, in St. Andrew's, having been lately accidentally brokin, wax taken down ; and from an infeription on it, appears to have hung there for 800 years. NAUTICAL INTEL L IGENCE. MILFORD, DECF.NISER r 9. T The Camden packet, arrived from Waterford, fell in with, )4/terrify.. settiree malted privateer, which chaced hertill a large (hip (merchantman) hove i n tight, which fire chaced and captured. The privateer is fchooner rigged occafi,mally. HALF PAST FOUR.—A brig juft arrived faw the privateer near the coati this morning. The Refolute gun brig is unmoorlng. The Confiance !loop will go out, if her rigging (which is overhauling), can be got ready. For the fatisfanion of the Underwriters we will nate the names of all (we know of) the vcf fels which were expeaed to have failed yefteiday and to day, if the wind had continued fair ;—Adamant, DUNCAN, for London ; Diligent, DAVIDSON, for C )rk ; Union, GRIFFITHS, for Dublin ;—Sophia, Wit.t.rems, for Briftol ; Union, Hunter, St. Patrick, and another, for Belfaft ; Thorn, CALL, for Chatham, DEAL, DECEMBER as. Came down from the River the Fanny, BOSWELL, for a cruize ; and the Hugh Johnflon, SEWARD, for Bolton. His Majefly's brig WRANGLER has detained and tent into the Downs the American flip Paragon, Captain HAGUE, from Amfterdam, laden with Ge• neva, glaf, and cheefe, bound to Cowes for orders, and remains in the Downs with his fk.Ljefty's &c. as per laft. Wind W. and foggy. WEYMOUTH, DECEMBER 21. The (loop Alderney of this port, has been captured between Portland and Guernfey by a French priva teer, and retaken by a boat belonging to the Tiger revenue cutter, and carried into Guernfey. The crew of the Paid veifel were taken cn board the privateer and carried to a French prifon. Arrived his Majefly's brig Loctisr, Lieutenant GEDGE, from a cruize ; Rover packet, THOMAS Q I IIRK, from Guernfey aad Jerfey with mails and pairengers; Sappho privateer E. SMITH, to land her pilot, and proceeded down Channel with a thong gale at eatt ; Elizabeth, JOHN WINTER ; and Eliza, THOMAS Boar, from Arundal with corn ; Tryal, RICHARD LUKE ; and Five Bro thers, J. ARLES, from Southampton with timber; — Good Intent, R. THATCH ELL, frcm Poole with cor dage. Sailed his Majelly's (hip PLuro on a cruize ; General Doyle packet, Captain PRPON, for Guernfey sad Jerfey ; Alert, (extra packer), D. Poraon, with pafl'engers ; Brilliant, WM. COURT ; and Integrity, HENRY Bucx,with cattle for the troops at Guernfey; Profperity, bye boat; for Alderney, with fundry goods and paffengers. Thurfday evening, the paper mill at Snoclland, occupied by Mr. Wenman, accidentally took fire, and was entirely confumed. Friday evening, about five o'clock, a fire was dif. covered in the manufaliuring room in the poor hone of Chatham, which, by timely alliliance, was ex tinguithed in a wort time, without doing any mate• rial damage. Sunday an infant child of Mr. Button, of Pater noller Row, was burnt to death by her clothes taking fire. On Monday night a fire broke out at the houfe of Mrs. M'Cov, in White Hart•lane, Tottenham, which was attended by very affating circuneflances. Mrs. M'Coy kept a feminary for young ladies, and had gone to town for the purpofe of accompanying fome of them to their parents till after tlie holidays. The fervants, aware of her intention to (top in town all night, availed themfelves of her abfince to have a party of friends The nurfery maid put to bed, as ufual, Mrs. M'Cov's two children (one about five, and the other (even years of age) ; and, in her hurry to join her party below liairs,the left burning by their bedfide a candle, which (non fee fire to the bed cur tains. When the cries of the fuffering children were heard, it was too late to afford them any relief, and they petifhed. The houfe and premifes adjoining were burnt to the gre•und.—Mrs. M'Cor's life, for fome years pall, has been one continued fceire of misfortune and ditirefs : a few years ago her hufband failed in bufinefs as a merchant ; and with a view to recover his fortune, went abroad, attd took with him his two elder Eons. The (hip in which they took their paftige foundered, and they, with many others, met an untimely death. Mr. M'Cov's creditors, affeded by the circumliance, prefented the widow with the freehold houfe in whish the lived at Tottenham. She immediately converted it into a teminary, in order to (upport her two remaining infants, and had begun to feel Come abatement of her afflidlion, when this new and heavy calamity befel her. Donis!, Dsc. tg.—Between five and fix o'clock, yeflerday morning, a fire was perceived by one of the fentinels of George's Street Barrack iffuing from the kitchen of Mr. Martin, broth maker. The alarm drum was immediately beat, and on this and other military fignals of alarm, the regiment in George's Street, a guard from the Carlle, with a fquadron of horfe, headed by their Officers, were quickly affem• bled, and fo judicioufly and numeroufly arranged by General Ascii.t. and fome others of the &ft military rank, as to prevent depredation and facilitate the ope rations of thole employed at the engines, which foon made their appearance. Some time elapfed before water could be obtained from the adjacent pipes, but a tolerable fupply was procured from the neighbcuring mules; however, by opening the main of Dame ltreet, and Rationing one of the Fire Companies Engines (which was ad mirably appointed in all its appurtenances) in that Rreet, an abundant fupply was forced from thence through a lengthened tube to a refervoir opened ill George's-greet by the regimental pioneers, and by the unremitting and laborious exertions of the inha bitants and foldiers, under PROVIDENCE, the whole neighbourhood was refcued from utter defirtglion, the fire being limited in its ravage to the houfe in which it originated, and that of Mr. M'Donnough, another bruth maker adjoining. The former prefents a mere &ell, and the latter is nearly reduced to a fimilar condition.