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SAINT MARY, ISLINGTON, OCTOBER 17, 1809. A ra ME E TING of the INHABITANTS of this Parish, held this day, Mr. Churchwarden CROSS, in the Chair, It was Resolved unanimously, That the Inhabitants of this Parish, in centimon with all his Majesty's Loyal Subjects through • out the Kingdom, deeply and gratefully impressed with a sense of the Blessings enjoyed under his long, mild, and paternal Reign, while many neighbouring Nations Lave experienced Convulsions and Overthrow, are anxious to testify their Duty and Affection to the best of Kings, on the ensuing Festival, in commemoration of his then entering the Fiftieth Year of his Accession to the Throne. Res ilv I unanimously. That the most suitable and acceptable manner of doing this will be to unite in thr appropriate Devotions of that Day at Church. - Re-calved unarimously, That it will be proper to solicit a Con tribution throughout the Parisi}, to raise a Fund for enabling the poorer inhabitants to join in the general sober Festivity of the Day; the funds thus raised, to be vested in a Committee to he hereafter named. Should a surplus be in the hands of that Com mittee, it is there to remain, to be applied in such a manner as shall be directed by a General Meeting of the Subscribers. Resolved, That a Book he also opened to receive Subscriptions for the relieving Debtors who may he imprisoned in any of hie Majesty's plots, who have been formerly Inhabitants of this Parish; - bo be managed by the same Committee. _ Resolved unanimously, That this Vestry hear with much sa tisfaction, that the Trustees of Islington Poor intend giving to those under their care, at the Workhouse, on the 25th instant, Roast Beef and Plumb Pudding, together with a proper quan tity or Porter, to drink many happy returns of that day to their beloved Sovereiga. • R,•olvrd unanimously, That a Dinner he provided for the Charity Children belonging to this Parish, out of the Monies to bz raised by the Subscriptions, under the direction of the Coin writteo. Resolve-I unlmimously, That a Committee be now formed to carry the above Resolutions into effect, consisting of the Vicar, Churchwardens, and Overseers, together with the following Gentlemen : Messrs. Wiz, WooD, FLOWER, INNES, NICHOLLS, DERRICK, TILLOCH, GIBBON, BANNER, GREY, DOWLING, THOMPSON, WHEELWRIGHT, FARRAR, FISH, MILLER, DIXON, and SMITH, Resolved unanimously, That Messrs. WICKINGS and &Acts be added to the said Committee. Resolved unanimously, That attendance be given at the Vestry Room of this Parish, from Eight to Ten in the Morning, and from Six to Light in the Evening, every Day, till Monday, the *3d Instant, to receive Subscriptions of those Inhabitants who are willing to promote the wishes of this Vestry; and that the Com mittee be requested to wait personally on every Inhabitant. Resolved, That this Vestry do recommend to the Inhabitants of this Parish not to Illuminate on the Evening of the 25th inst. Resolved unanimously, That these Resolutions be printed, and Hot round to every Inhabitant. The Churchwarden having quitted the Chair: Resolved unanimously, That the 1 hanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman for his readiness in calling and presiding at the Meeting. (By Order,) R. OLDERSHAW, Vestry Clerk. DUTCH AND HAMBURGH PAPERS. PARIS, OCTOBER A. The latest advice,. from Vienna considerably aug mart our hopes of a speedy peace, which, according to reports, is expected to be followed by political and matrimonial alliances between the three Courts.— some persons a s sert, that the peace with Austria, (or as others say, the truce for 20 years) is actually sign ed. It is further said, that we may expect the speedy return of his Majesty to this capital. A Court Martial at Presburgh has passed sentence cif death on an armourer and merchant, convicted of concealing arms for the behoof of the Austrian Go vernment. ..... Letters from Madrid, of the 24th of September, mention, that every thing was then very quiet there. Numerous detachments of English prisoners passed through, who had been necessarily left behind at Ta lavera, in consequence of their being dangerously wounded. They were treated with the greatest care. His Majesty had issued strict orders for all Generals and inferior officers who had left Spain without spe cial leave, to rejoin their respective corps with the least possible delay. The Madrid Gazette contains some remarks on the late military operations, among which occurs the fol lowing passage : " 7 so,r,no Spaniards, the most numerous army that the still insubdued prwinzes have yet been able to bring into the field, have, notwi.hstancling their advantageous positions, been beaten by 40,060 Frenchmen. At this moment 80,000 of the best troops cf France are assembled on the most favourable ground, and ready to support each other, should there still be among the re bels a leader absurd enough to hazard fresh enterprizes." The same Journal observes— " Austria had experienced Generals and troops accustomed, during continual warfare, to the use of arms. Her provinces were raised, and the inhabitants armed and trained : fortresses • and deep river, seemed an abundant protection for the monar chy. A campaign of three months sufficed to destroy the prepa rations which had been making for three years. What then can Spain expect, when now no longer protected by strong frontier fortresses, or the barrier of the Pyrenees—when a great part of her provinces are occupied by the enemy, and the greatest of he roes can at any time over-run this kingdom with his invincible legions What blind obstinacy! In vain shall a false pride any longer persuade men to wield the : upotent weapons. To per sist in hopeless warfare is the crime and folly of ambitious iadi• visuals, who have no other resource left to them." • LEYDEN, OCTOBER il. THE EVENINI The German papers speak of an important confer ence which is to be held at Koningsburg. HAARLEM, OCTOBER 12. On the 6th arrived at Terschelling the Fox, of London, J. Wefck master, prize to the French Itillger le Prospere. . 6; 7. On the 4th arrived at Westerschelling the Walvis, J. Jansen, from London, prize to the French priva teer le Hebe. On the 4th inst. the Kwartier-Drost of Schouwen notified to the inhabitants, that all persons going to Walcheren without passports from the proper Civil and Military Authority, should, on their return, be apprehended as spies, and sent to Bergen-op-Zoom for trial before a Court Martial. NAPLES, SEPT. 24. According to letters from Malta of the Ist inst. the commerce of that island has suffered severely since the occupation of Trieste by the French, and the ex clusion of the English from that port. The insur ance companies have been seriously injured by that event. The warehouses are filled with colonial pro duce, which having no longer any vent, have fallen to the very lowest prices. The finest shirt, ready-made, cost at Malta only eight francs. On the other hand, goods of French manufacture sold extremely dear.— there was no thread of flax to be had, and cotton yarn was substituted for sewing with. A hat cost 80 f. a pair of shoes 2.5, boots 100 ; money, however, was plentiful. House -rents, formerly not exceeding 500 f. have now amounted to 3000. ,with that Power. LONDON. STAR. MONDAY, OCTOBER 23. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS bAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Cacaols, for money, 695 --for ace. 6*—Redueed x- Omnium If II prem. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Bank Stock 2675 Long Ann. 185 3-16 3 per Cent. Red. 685 India Stock 1931 194 S per Cent. Cons. 69{ India Bonds, 265. pry. 4 per Cent. 83i1 Exch. Bath, 12s. 171. pre. S per Cent. Navy 10051 Cons. for sec.+69l TREATY WITH PERSIA. In the STAR of Friday last we mentioned the arri val of Mr. MORIER with dispatches from Si HARFORD JONES, the British Envoy to the Court of Persia, an nouncing the complete overthrow of the French in fluence in that quarter, and the conclusion of a treaty This Treaty was concluded on the 15th of March, and it appears, that, in the execution of this important mission, Sir HARFORD brow acquitted himself with great ability ; but, that Lord MINTO, the Governor- General in India, has divested him of his public functions, and apprised the Persian Court that he is only to be considered as a private person. This con duct of Lord MINro is supposed to have risen from the circumstance of General MALCOLM, who had been sent as Ambassador by the Indian Government, hav ing been refused admittance in that character at the Persian Court. The KING of PERSIA has declared his determina tion to adhere to the treaty, and has detained Sir HAR* FORD JONES until he receives intelligence from the Court of St. James, to which he has sent a Charge d'Affaires, with a formal complaint against the con- duct of the Government of India in the business. This person has accompanied Mr. MORIER to England. If the Treaty itself be unexceptionable, of which the public may form an idea from the subjoined letter, we cannot conceive what justification can be offered for endangering the loss of a solid advantage on the score of mere etiquette.—ls any man's meal the worse for being served up to him in another man's platter ? 'Would NAPOLEON suffer his servants to boggle in this manner ? No—he has more sense. If he can gain his point, he will never quarrel with the instrument : EXTRACT FROM A LETTER, DATED T/EHRAN, MAY 1. " Mr. MORIER, Private Secretary to Sir HARFORD JONES, British Minister at this Court, will set out, in a few days, for England, with a copy of a Preliminary Treaty, concluded on the 15th March, between Eng land and Persia. We have nothing more now to fear from French influence ; and notwithstanding the un favourable aspect of affairs upon our first arrival in Persia, every thing has been achieved that could have been expected under the most favourable circum stances. In April, 1808, Sir H. JONES arrived at Bombay, charged with a mission from his own to this Court. The Governor-General of India, Lord Morro, had previously deputed General MALCOLM, up the Gulf of Persia, for the same purpose. The General sailed from Bombay after he received intelligence of the arrival of the King's Ambassador in India, and three days previous to the arrival of the latter at Bombay. There, from motives of delicacy, Sir HAlt- FORD JONES awaited himself the issue of Gen. MAL COLNI'S mission, unwilling to clash authorities, and with the perfect approbation of the Governor General, who, however, told him he had no controul over his departure. " On the 12th of Au, :est Sir H. JoN] received a igi rES letter from Lord MINTO, pointing out the erroneous system of measures pursued by General MALCOLM, his conviction that the latter would be obliged to leave Persia, and begging Sir H. JONES to follow the dictates of his own discretion. Accordingly, on the 12th of September, Sir H. JONES sailed from Bombay and arrived at Bushire on the 12th of the following month. He immediately notified his arrival as his Majesty's Envoy, to the Persian Ministry. While waiting for the answer, he received a. letter from the Governor-General, directed to him at Bombay, re questing him to suspend his departure. When he received this letter, he had not only sailed from India, bat had actually commenced his negotiation in Per sia. It was therefore impossible for him to obey, in any shape, Lord MINTOIS letter. " On the 17th of December, Sir H. JONES set off from Bushire, for the capital, a journey of 700 miles. Nothing could equal the distinguished honour and respect with which he was treated. On the road he received a letter from the King of Persia, declaring his Majesty's desire to see him immediately, and re questing him to expedite his journey to the capital. On the eve of his departure from Schyraz, Sir H. JONES received a second letter from Lord MINIO, dated 29th October, by which he suffered a period of 36 days to elapse, without giving Sir H. any instruc tions whatever. 46 This dispatch required that Sir HARFORD, in whatever situation the letter should find him, should immediately retire from the Persian territories. It likewise informed him, that General MALCOLM was coming up the Gulf with a body of troops, to take forcible possession of the Island of Karack, Unfor tunately, this latter intelligence reached Schyras six and-thirty hours before the receipt of Lord MINTO'S letter. The dismay and confusion occasioned by this report, it is impossible to describe. While the Per sian Ministry were utterly at a loss to reconcile the actual appearance of the King's Envoy in Persia, ie paciAc character, with the hostile promdings of it must be confessed that it required some exertion to get our Envoy out of the scrape. Sir HARFORD, however, oyetkame all difficui ties, and be set off for Ispahan. ere fresh repot ; were succeeded by letters from General MALCOLM him self, specifying the day he would actually leave Don:_ bay. Sir H. JONES had win to go through sce , ..c:, similar to those-which took place at Schyras, and iri. deed itel had almost insamonntahle difficulties to contend with. General GARDANNE, the Trench Ain. bassador, was still at Tahran, making every possible exertion to prevent Sir HARFOItD Joxt:s's approach. Messengers were hourly expected from France, with intelligence, that all the King of Persia's proposals j 4 the government had been complied with. Gen e s it MALCOLM, if not actually arrived, might I t.. within sight of the coast, and F.ir IiARFORD Jam fou. c l him, self at a distance of 21 ~, 0 miles from the se at of c .. vernment, surrounded by a set of men, wlin cold delay his departure for Ispahan as long as they pleased, and who were not only able, but willing, to take any advantage cf the awkward predicament i 3 Which he stood. A second tiny.: :ie removed all a ficulties, and recommenced hi journey to the capital He arrived there in seven days, and General GAR. DONNE left Txhran the day before he entered it. Os the 17th February, three clays after our arrival, he was presented to the King, who received the Envoy most graciously, and, on the 15th March, the Prci.. urinary Treaty was signed, sealed, and 'exchanged. The non-departure of the French Charge d'iljniresoic. casioned some delay in the transmission of gence to India. However, on the 15th of April, every thing being settled, and that crentleman.on the eve of his departure, copies of the treaty were sent to India. All was now settled. General GaRDANNE had left the country ; his Charge d'Afaires had seat off his baggage, after having actually solicited the interfe rence of the English Ambassador, in some pecuniary matters, respecting him and this Government; in short, all that could be wished for, or hoped for, was done, when, on the 2 1 2 d ult. a dispatch arrived from Lord Mnrro, dated the 30th of January, positively commanding the Envoy to quit the Persian territo. ries without a moment's delay. Lord MINTO, by the same dispatch, divests Sir HARFORD JONES of his func. tion (his power to do which must be supposed very questionable), and informed him, that his bill s vill be refused in India, and those already - paid charged to his personal debit. " A letter was also transmitted to the Resident, at Bushire, disavowing Sir HARFORD JoNns's pubic character, with strict orders that it. sheuld oe diately forwarded to the King of Persia. Hadhe any option left, Sir HARFORD would have thought him. self bound in duty to withhold this dispatch from the .Persian Ministry ; but Lord M.'s measure of refusing payment to his bills left him no choice. Nc therefore, was lost in communicating the intelligenc? to the King ; and, had the latter consented to t;:e Ambassador withdrawing himself, the French inEr.l ence had been again establi3hed in Persia. Fcr , .c• nately the King saw it in the light cf an insult to himself, as well as to the King of England, and wo.:!o. not hear of Sir HARFORD'S departure, but told hint his treasuty was at his service, and that he.was de. termined to abide by the treaty. He has in the mutt time sent to England MEERZA ABDUL HASSAN, Vakeel, or Charge d'ilfz;ra, with a formal corripl, against the India Government, and gr. MeEiER accompanied by that Persian Gentleman. I.l.itmrs, ! , must remain as they are at present, uu;.il the rezurr. of the Vakeel and Mr. MORIER." Since our last a variety of information has been re ceived from different quarters. Some extracts from Foreign Journals are given in the preceding columns. Letters from Cadiz of Lhe 27th ult. and from Malaga of the 4th inst. speak of the success and valour of the Spaniards in the same strain of blind confidence which we so often had cause to lament. A letter from Sicily, dated the 16th September, ex. presses apprehensions that the French were prepar:ng for an invasion of that island. The peace in Germany had spread a general gloom over the Sicilian Court, and it is added, that Sir Joi*w STUART had written home for a reinforcement of troops, under an impres sion that the foroe at present under his orders is in competent to the defence of the island. On the af, fairs of Sicily we have also farther particulars to communicate, as soon as we can find room in our co , lumns. An articlefrom Frankfort, inserted in our last, men• tioned that the Viceroy of Italy (Eucrx 130NAPARTE) was about to receive a more elevated rank and title. Probably he is destined by NAPOLZON to reign over the provinces, the cession of which has, by the treaty of Altenburgh, been extorted from the Emperor of Avsrxre. The same papers mention, that so far bacg as the middle of September several regiments were marched from the Danube towards Spain'-'4 ta ct which, if correctly stated, serves to show the early confidence which BONAPA R TZ had in the pacific Ie• suit of the ittgociations with Austria. Our letters from Walcheren throw some light ea the principles on which our commerce through tha t channel is in future to be regulated. The duties on importation and exportation are so trifling that they will do little more than defray the expences of thc Custom-houseastablishment. This is highly judicious. We are sorry to add, thy our information respecting _ the health of the troops iA that quarteris by porno.: VIENNA, SEPT. 28. Yesterday arrived here Field Marshal Prince Lich- ! tenstein, Count Bubna, Baron Meyer, and Lieute nant-Colonel Prince W. Lichtenstein, with a nume rous retinue from the Austrian head-quarters. They were greeted by the inhabitants with a burst of j. y ful acclamations, as the supposed harbingers of peace. Prince Lichtenstein is said to be invested with unli mited powers to sign it. Sart.. 30.—The Duke of Cadore, the French Mini ster for Foreign Affairs. had an audience of the Em peror immediately on his arrival•from Altenburgh. The deputation frmn the counties of Hungary have had an audience with the Emperor of Austria. They' urged him to make a speedy peace. The Archduke Ferdinand set off from Prigue on the 17th, to join the Austrian army. Among the reinforcements which the French army continues to receive, we observe a great body of horse artillery. • All the Danish chips on which an embargo had been HANOVER, OCT. & I laid in the Spanish ports, have been sold, and have Yesterday 500 men cf the 4th regiment of Light • fetched very high prices indeed ; much higher than Infantry of the Portug uese Legion arr i ve d h ere f rom could be expected. The money produced from them Wesel : the Comma nder, Colonel Cou n t d e S t . Mi- has been deposited in the coffers of Government. guel, had arrived here a short time before. The 65th Success against the French seems no longer doubt regiment of the line, taken prisoners near Ratisbon, at ful. They cannot maintain their ground against the the beginning of the war, are arrived here this day intrepid Spaniards. Every day we hear fresh ac trom Hungary. The regiments in Vienna were re- counts of small parties of armed peasants and others viewed by die .V.mperor s and ::::..citre4 arms inthat having cut off the supplies of the enemy, and sonic : times eves colsiderabk bodies of men. '. _~ FRANKFORT. SEPT. 27. A great deal of business continues to be transacted at our fair. The armistice, with the rumours of a speedy peace, encourage a number of speculations whieh would not be ventured upon under other cir cumstances. Above all, the Emperor Napoleon's measures against English commerce have been most favourable to the Continent. The sale of German manufactures has been increased, in consequence of there being no British manufactures exhibited ; and those who are most partial to them can no longer procure them, since the erection ofcustom-houses along the line of the rand duchy of Berg, the duchy of Ol denburg, the kingdom of Westphalia, and the neigh bouring States. IVALCHEREN. MIDDLEBURGH, OCTOBER 17. The duties imposed upon articles imported into Walcheren arc as follow : On Spanish wines per tun of 2 pipes-6 florins on importation, and two florins on exportation. On brandies per puncheoa-3 florins on importation; expor ta•ion flee. Rums per puncheon-3 stivcrs on importation ; export free. Tobacco in leave% per cwt.-1 florin on importation, a nd, 1 stiver on exportation. Tobacco manufactured in rolls, in value of leo florins-2 flo rins on importation, 1 florin on exportation. Coals from England per chaldron of 18 sacks-1 florin on im portation, 4 slivers or. exportation. These duties have been imposed by order or Sir Eyre Coote ; others are upon the point of being in troduced upon various articles, of which I shall send you information. OCTOBER 18.—We are yet in a state of complete uncertainty who is to be made the Governor of this island ; it is now under the temporary orders of Sir Eyre Conte. He is a very good and brave officer, and is highly esteemed ; nothing could please the gar rison and inhabitants better than to have him conti nued in that situation. Duties have been imposed in this island both on imports and exports, but what they are I do not know. They are, however, I hear, very light. There are plenty of goods, in fact, the island is nearly full.— The communication with Holland at this moment is very inconsiderable, but doubtless as soon as the dread of the late order has subsided, it will by degrees in crease. SPANISH PAPERS. TARRAGONA, SEPTEMBER 5. Duhesme, who left Barcelona and marched to Martorell, with almost the whole garrison of the for mer place, to succour the army besieging Gerona, was obliged to retreat precipitately to Barcelona, with considerable loss, and hotly pursued by Senor Arnan. da, who, according to various advices, took from him one piece of cannon and several other effects. SEPT. 6.—A courier who arrived last night from Sant t Colo= de Farns, in the neighbourhood of Gerona, has brought us the agreeable news that Ge neral Loggorri and Don Jayme Garcia Conde at tacked with such spirit the enemy, who were besieg ing that admirable place, that a fter !raving made them suffer considerable loss, they took from them three batteries, mounting 1 8 cannons, howitzers, and other utensils of war ; :It the same time, that with no less valour and good fort.une, Doctor Rovira defeated a'division of the enemy, consisting of 3000 men, of whom very few made their escape. We ex pect more detailed accounts of these glorious actions. VALENCIA, SEPTEMBER IL The advantages gained by the army which went to the assistance of Gerona, are of such acknowledged 1 iinpottance, that were we to attempt to extol them, we should only diminish. The enemy is disgraced and humbled, and the heroism of the immortal pa triots crowned with never-fading laurels. All eyes are fixed on that immortal man, who, with a feeble garrison, which never exceeded 2500 men, has effec ted such prodigies, and given anew aspect to the cause of liberty. The name alone of the illu s trious hero, Alvarez, will in all future times do honour both to Gerona and to the whole Spanish nation. MALAGA, OCTOBER 4.