Star. — London, England, 1807-12-30 00:00:00

fr THE EVENING STAR• LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Couto% for ace: 64E64—Reduced 634163-omniam—p Exchequer Bills 311. prc. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 224U4 Imp. Ann. 7 4 s rer Cent. Red 63f Excheq. Bills, par as. dif. 4 p r Cent. Scii Omnium, India Bonds, Ir is dif. Englflb Tickets, 201:19s. Imp. 3 per Cent 624 Conf. for ace 64 FLAG OF TRUCE. Tie Mail of this morning from Dover, has brought us the following letter from our Correfponklent at that Pcirt : " DOVER, DECEMBER 29. " A French fchooner, with a Flag of Truce, paffed by here this afternoon, about four o'clock, " from Boulogne, for the Downs.—Wind S. S. W. " and bluws very hard." We are happy to (late, that by an arrival at Cork, accounts have been received from America, of a date fubfequent to Mr. RAN DOLP 11'S inflAmmatory fpeech. There letters concur in repeating the af finances of the total difappearance of any Wile • feelings againa this country. PORTUGAL. Letters have been received in town, from Litbon, of the 29th ult. the very day on which the Portuguefe fleet let fail for the Brazils ; they contain a variety of details relating to that interelling event: Prior to the departure of the Court, Come difturbances had taken place, iu confequence of the fcarcity of provifions. On the 251 h, the day after the embarka tion is hated in Sir SIDNEY SMITH'S firft difpatch to have taken place, a Proclamation was iffued,inviting the inhabitants to volunteer and form three regiments of national guards ; but not a tingle volunteer had offered on- the 29th. It war on the 57th that Lord Sraaworoan returned to Lilbon, when he found that the Portuguefe fleet had aftually embarked dnring his abfence. In fad, nothing could equal his alto. nithment, when, after he had got up the Tagus, he reforted to the Palace and found it empty, the whole Court having already quitted it, and gone on board before his arrival, and without his knowledge. The molt powerful operative cattle of the emigration was reiraer more ncr left than the deimociation uttered by NAPOLEON. Don Romero°, and Don JOHN D'Attastoa, were on board the Principe Real along with his Royal Highnefs: A gaup was on board the Minerva fri gate, but not, as reported, in difgrace : and the Por tupuefe atreit that he has done nothing to deferve it. The Prince 1. laid to have particularly defired, that Captain MOORE, the officer appointed to accom pany him, might take only four fail of the line, and not proceed beyond a certain latitude. It is farther hated, that only one Englifh land officer (General Foanes) has gone with the Prince, and not one of the many Brititls tea officers who were in the Por tuguefe fetvice. Perhaps his Royal Highnefs may have entertained fume apprehenlions as to the effea which the prefence of a Britifh force might have on his tranfmarine Catholic lubjeat, who have hitherto been moll religioufly withheld from all intercourfe with Proteflants. Don FSDRO:a Spanith Prince, nephew to the Prince of ASTURIAS, is likewife Paid to have quitted Portugal along with the Royal Family of that country. He is now about 18 years of age, and has been educated at the court of Lifbon from his in-. fancy. It is not furprifing that he fhould prefer sharing the fortunes of his earlieft friends and pro teaors, to returning to his native land, befet as it is with danger', and agitated by inteftine difcotds. On the very day on which the Court embarked, an Aidn-de Camp of Jumor's reached the capital, and brought intelligence of the arrival of 6000 French troops at Santarem, a place fituated at the diftance of about g 6 miles from Linton. This in formation being confirmed, the Pattres got every Thing ready f tr his departure by the 28th, and when on the eve of failing, the Aide de-Camp requeded an audience of the Palace on board his Chip. He was received by his Royal Highnefs with polite refs ; but nothing fuither is mentioned with refpea to the ohjea of the conference. As loon as it was generally known that the French were at hand, many of the failors expreffcd their diffatisfaaion at being taken away from them rooive land, when the Prince immediately Coffered t:.? malcontents to proceed cn fh - oe. It was fuppofed to have been the cbjea of the Aid de Camp to amufc his Royal Highnefs with . new offers, until his retreat fhonld be cut off by the French troops getting pcfrefficn of the forts St.Julien and Calcaes, which, it appears, they were ftrenu ottfly endeavouring to accompiifh. By this time they bad approached Within a few miles of the City ; but fearing to create a hidden alarm, and with a view, no doubt, to cover their real defigrs, inflead of pro ceeding diresftly to the capital, they took a circuitous route to Loires, from which place they intended to have marched towards Fort St. Julien and Cafcaes. The Prince, in the mean while, having dropped dosot the river, lay, with the fbips, at tingle anchor, till the following mornipg, the 29th, when theFrenclo ;flan was landed, and his Royal Highnefs having pitted Sit Stoat! Sattpt, took his Anal departure. There were only al that time one hundred French troops in Lilbon. .The main army WAS ilia at force diflance fromthe Capital, and confequently am fur ther removed from the poffibility of feeinethe junc tion of the two fleets. SPAIN. A veffel arrived in the River yeflerday, which left Cadiz on the tith intl. She had an unufually quick paffage, having made the Land's End in nine days. The Captain confirms the intelligence previoully re• ceived, that the fleet in that port is completely ready. for fea, and vieualled for fiz months. It will fail the moment that the wind is fair, and the blcckading fquadron is driven from off the port. One night, while the Captain was lying in the harbour, all the (hips of war weighed anchor and attempted to go to fea ; but from the extreme darknefs of the night, and the ecinfufion that prevailed amongif the fhipc, the projea was given up, and the %%fres returned again to their moorings. The Marquis of Salona, the Governor, bad left Cadiz for fume time for :.ladtid, to take a principal command in the army. No tidings of the arrival of French troops at Mach id had been received at Cadiz, at the period of the Captain's de parture ; nor had any thing tranfpired there relative to an engagement between the French and Spanifb troops, or the difgrace of the Prince of Peace, &c.— Indeed, with refpea to politics of every kind, the I people of Cadiz, as well as of other places in Spain, do not •enture to fpeak. Four refpatable Spanifk merchants of that city, according to the report of the Captain, were imprifoned at the commencement of the prefent month, for having dircuffed the condua of the Prince of Peace with too much freedom.— From this circumflance it was inferred, that the Prince was in power. There was hardly a Spartifh foldier at Cadiz. Every military perfon had quitted it for the grand army. It was believed that the French and Spania.ds hall tome important objea in view ; but every thing refpeaing it feemed involved in myllery. In the abfence of the foldiety, the people had become fenfible of their defencelefs Rate, and were apprehenfive of an attack from the Englith.— The Captain's veffel was boarded by one of our men of wAr, off Cadiz, and 1 - , was informed that prepara• Lions were making for bombarding the town. No veffel was permitted to leave Cadiz openly, and it was only by Reath that the ab:.ve P.1;13 WAS able to efcape in the night. ST. DOMINGO. Some important advices were yefierday received from this place, by the fhip Maly, Captain FREEMAN, arrived at Dover in 38 days, from Cape Fraucois. The war between the rival Chiefs CHBISTOTHB and Purrow may be confidered as terminated; and we are happy to °bier ve, that the event is de , med highly 1 aufpicions to the Britifh interelis, which the vi for CH itISTOP E is known particularly and afiliduoufly to favour. We expett to he able to lay behre our Readers to. morrow, the authentic particulars of the circunaftan ces which lc d to this intereUing refult. In the mean time, we are informed that the Poen dent CNRItTOTH E had twice beaten the party of his rival ; that the fecond anion, which took place on the zsth of OCtober, proved decifive in favour of the farmer, the troops of Parton having been totally de feated and difperfed ia the, woods of Montrouis ; and that CH RISTO? N a returned to the Cape on the 9th of November, where he was received with uni venial (bouts of joy." We are further informed, that many (hips had arrived from England with valuable cargoes, and that fuch was the abundance of coffee in the !Rand, that our (hips would all have full freights, without any lots of time. Several veffels were about to fail from the Cape and Gonaives, and are of cootie now daily expeded to arrive in our ports. JAMAICA. We this day prefent our readers the curious and important Report made by a Committee of the Houfe of A ffembly of the Hand of Jamaica, to whom the Ad paired in the left Seflion of the Imperial Parlia ment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, for' the Abolition of the Slave Trade, was referred.— Our Readers will obferve that there are various aflerifks in the text of this Report. Our Correfpon. dent at Spanifh Town informs us, that it was judged expedient to fupprefs feveral thong patfages, defcrip. live of the prefent temper, &cowl's, and defigns of the negroes, that they might not inflame them.— This paper will, no doubt, give rife to much diced fion, and may reduce tome intemperate perfons to chetifh the hope of bringing the fubjell of the Slave Trade again before Parliament. This quellion is however now pretty well underflood, and we have no doubt whatever that the eyes of many of the Plan ters themfelves are now open to the ruinous conic. quences of that Trade. It is a happy thing for mankind that great evils will often remedy them felves. This would have been the cafe with the Slave Trade, even. if the Legiflature had not interfered— with only this difference, that a much greater number of WA India Proprietors would have been involved in difficulties, and thefe difficulties been more beyond the reach of a.remedy than at prefent.—Why is Well India produce as fo low a price.as at. prefent ? Be. cattle more is railed than gorope can confume.— How comes this ? Becaufe a proper reffraint was not room put upon the impartation of labourers from Africa. Thosroduce:of the Weft Indiesims, if* be liEre, bedtime than doubled within the Taft rj yawl, and yet we find men fo blind as to attribute the increafe of the flock on band to limpos.som's decree againit importation ! His decree is but a ' thing of. yefierday, but the evil of which we now fpeak..bas been coming on for years, and will, we doubt not, have its due weight with our legifiatures. They know, if our planters are ignorant of the faa, that the evils of which the latter complain can only .be remedied by the overgrown capital now employed in that trade being direded into new channels ; or (which will in the end produce the fame effell) by the inevitable refult of competition for tale in a glut ted market, the lupins capital &all have been ab• forbed. ' • ' ' FRANCE AND AMERICA. A vela arrived yefterday from a French port, which it had quitted on the a t in& As far as we can learn, it brings no particular intelligence. Boma- PARTS'S attention, according to prevalent rumnur in France, is unceafingly occupied with the partition of Turkey, which in all probability will foon be carried into effed. Another veal, an American from Nantes, which has arrived at Plymouth, has brought with her a copy of NAPIIIIIOII% laR decree of xsth November' which, though dated fo long ar, was not kn..wn to the Americans in Paris on the t3th intl. When it tranfpired, it produced a ftrong fenfatinn among the fubjcas of the American States refident in France, who did not hcfitate to atlert that the Decree was arid dated for the -purpofe of entrapping their merchants; and cotififcating the property of Inch of them as had proceeded from this country to France, fubfequently to the rsth November. It was underftood that this decree would be rigidly enforced in every country to which the French in fluence extends. The decree is dated at Milan, and its enaaments confirm what we Rated a few days ago, on the authority of the Hamburgh Journals; A Deputation of the American Merchants waited open the Ciramccr.soa of the EXCHEIIyiR on Satur day, for the purpofe of obtaining information as to fume points conne&ed with the late orders of Council, and particularly to afcertain whether it was intended to impofe any tax on articles of Ames ican produce, on board fuch American (hips as thould, purfuant to their Orders, touch at Britifh ports ? The inquiry of the Deputation was principally direlted to the article of cotton, and the anfrer of Mr. PSLCSVAL was quite decifive, that Minifters do intend to propofe a duty upon that article. Upon acing, whether Inch American (hips as fhould nor, in consequence of the French Decree, feel it fafc to proceed to an enemy's port, after hating touched in this country, would be allowed a licence to fail in any other direllion ? the anfwer was, that no licence would be granted to any other Than the port of Inch (hip's original dellination. Feral. Dust..--A duel was lately fought at the Cove of Cork, between two Officers of the' Polyphe mus, of 6+ guns, which proved fatal to one of the parties, who died on Monday fe'nnight. The de ceaftd defired that his opponent might be forgiven. Wednefday and Thurfday latl, the Duke and Duchifs of MARLBOROUGH'S annual donation of bread and meat, was ditiributed among the poor of Wood (lock and its neighbourhood. The Marquis.of BLANDFOILD, laft week gave li:s annual benefaelion of a large quantity of beet to the poor in the neighbourhood of his refidence at White. knights. BRAAD.—Yefterday the Lotto MAYOR ordered the price of this article to be advanced Half an Affite ; the Qlartern Loaf will therefore tomorrow fell for id. --- THU LATIYORILeHIRB ELECTION.—It is a tingular faet that 'Mr. LASCELLES was not latt on the Poll in any of the three Ridings, fo that each of the Ridings taken feparately, would have returned him to Parlia ment. Lord Islitrort, on the contrary, was lall on the Poll in two Ridings ut of the three. THB THSAILTRES—•••The new Pantomimes were re. pealed laft night wi.h great improvements, and as this obfervation applies to both, we think it unnecef fary to notice them feparately. Thefe pleating and attraftive entertainments have been confiderably abridged, ptirticularly that of Drury lane, in, which curtailment was indifpenfably necelfary. The tricks in both were executed much more expertly, and ex. cited infinitely more pleafure than on the reprefen tations of the preceding night. Both houfes over flowed with holiday vifitants, and their laughter and plaudits were unbounded. Captain Jacxsos, the unfortunate lunatic, whom we ftated a few days ago to have efcaped from his keeper at Sandesfield, near Carlitle, was huid on L Wednefday laft drowned, and nearly covered with fand, in the Solway Filth, below Bu gh The New STEER LOTTERY SCHEME, ;UR Lunched, may be jullly compared to a firtt.rate chip that is jull off the Rocks—found in all its timbers, and which will bear the ftrieelt examination from Item to llern. That it will, in confequenee, faun have its full corn plement;of early and ardent adventurers, is not to be doubted by any who are capable of making dillinc dons. CORN MARKET, MARIE-S.Alliii 30.—Owing to the late blowing weather on that Coal., the ex peEled fupplies of Grain in general are not yet artived. The fupply of Wheat is very (port, and varies but little in price. Barley keeps its pace.— Malt heavy tale. Peas and Beans of the two kind. at fmall variation in prices. There is a middling fupply of Oats, and this week that trade is cheaper. Flour as our laft. Fine American; 38s. to vs. per barrel. 01111 MAL evaitaweitilis onset. Wheat, 485 6os 72$ per qr. Grey Peas,6os 66sod Fine Ditto, 76s .77s Od Beans, (old) sEs 633 od Rye, (new) 46s sal* Tick Ditto sae S7s od Barley, aos ass od • Oats,3ll 311. 42s • • Malt; (new) Tat 7is od Poland ditto 431 4.1 t od • White Feu, (Boilers) isos 16:a Petztoe ditto to 4st cd Rape Seed 22i a6l Fine Flog? sss 6cs..—Seconds sos sss NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. CORK, DECEMBER sa. The harbour at Cove exhibits a molt magnificent fpeaacle at prefent. The flips colleaed exceed in number what have been at any one time obferved there for many years. ''They are' co - mpofed of the ling. of battle Mips, frigates, and tranfports, from Monte Video, under the orders of Admiral MURRAY. The Wall.lndia outward bound fleet, vp suds of go fail, ready to proceed under convoy of the Hunan frigate, and a flanp of wars and a Newfoundland homeward bound fleet, which arrived on Saturday laft under convoy of the Ngstll6ll frigate, Theroarre betides thofe three fleets two Eaft tudiatnen, feferal frigates and (loops of war, and a number of traders, unconaeaed with the convoy. ( PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER at. Came in the Ocean, BAUER, from France to New York, with fah, detained by the Narciffus, of 3z guns ; Vrida Vriendfcab, with wool, detained by the Conteft gun brig ; Portuguefe chip Elogrife, from the Brazili, with hides, &c. fent in bylSir Stars>< Swim's fquadron; Meridian, Captain Haan, of .ind from Bolton, with fugar, coffee, and cotton ; Pamelia, CaptainTAYLOß, from France, with brandy, detained by the Tribune, of 4.0 guns ; Sampfon, Capt. Roc ea s, from New York, with &gar, cotton, and logwood Portuguefe Chip Conde de Pinuke, Captaii, V-. T. Faure', from St. Guira for Lifb.m, with indigo and cocoa, detained by a privateer belonging to Gizern fey, retaken , by a French privateer, and fince recip- L tured by the Scorpion, of IR guns, which vette' ,is arrived with her; Powhatan, Capt. Mimes:4, front Baltimore, with fugar, &c. detained by the Crefcent privateer; and Confiance, of 30 . guns, from the Eatlward. It blows a tremendous gale, and we are apprehenfive much damage will be done to'the (hip ping in Catwater. P. S. Half pat five.—A fignal gun of diltrets is jell fired from Plymouth ficonnd. • PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER sa: Arrived the Musa and Ucvssas with a convoy from the Straits; Msacuav frigate from Newfound. land ; LINNET and Resscrancs from a cruize. The wind has blown a gale all day from the fouthward ; feveral (hips have come into harbour, among them the Malta, ELLIOTT, with lofs of anchors, cables, Sec ; the American Chip Mary Ann is drove on chore on South Sea Beach, alfn the Sarah and Ann. DEAL, DECEMBER 29. Arrived the PANDORA !loop, from a cruize off the coaft of France. The French lugger privateer which came in the Downs yefterdry morning, was captured by the LION, of 6+ guns. The whole of this day it has blown very hard front the S.S.W. ; a number of • merchant veffels have parted from their anchors and cables, Tome of which have been taken to Ramfgate pier by the boatmen of this place. Three of the Eaft India fhips which came in yefterday under convoy the ',tom, viz.—Albion, Royal Charlotte, and Earl Spencer, parted from their anchors, and have pro ceeded through the Gulls for the River. One of the large boats, in attempting to get off to the affifiance of fuch vac's as were in dittrefs, unfortunately filled with the Turf and funk ; the crew would have certainly been drowned, had it not been for the very great alliduity of thofe that were prefent at the time, who hove ropes to the boat, and hauled the men on chore; one man, wafhed out of the boat, was with difficulty laved from a watery grave—the boats being feveral times fwamped before they were able to get off to his allittance. The boat, with all the materials, is en tirely loft, the colt of which is eftimated at 3001. which will be a confiderable lofs to thole poor men, fome having large families. SHEERNESS, DECEMBER 59. Arrived the Mercator, Faxisa, laden with fugar, coffee, indigo, &c. ; the Elizabeth, GIRDING, laden with coffee, fugar, &c. ; and the Circulation, Bitows, with fait all bound to Gottenburgh. Alfo the Pru(Ean (hip Uranus, RI EC Ka, with matt:and timber, from Riga for Portfmouth Yard.—Sailed the RYA. CHITH man of war to the Nore, and to-morrow will proceed to Portfmouth.—All the Danifh fhips that are detained here, are now unloaded ; and it is ex peaed they will very loon be condemned and On Chriftmas day a !hocking accident happened in • the Harbour, by a boat overfetting : four poor men loft their lives, and three others.that were in the boat were miraculcufly raved. 5 P. M.—As the wind now blows a very heavy gale, at S.W. we fear much damage will be done. P. S. Another convoy is collating at. the Nore for Gottenburgh, and is expated to fail in a few day& GRAVESEND, DECEMBER 29. Arrived Induary, KIRBY, from Qtybe: ; and thc • New Galen, HINCKLEY, from Botion. BRIGHTON, DEC. A moll daring attempt was made by a French privateer, to capture two loaded collier', lying to of Seaford, on Saturday laa. One having been soar. ded, taken poffeffion of, and fent off, the enemy we; proceeding to take a fimilar liberty with the fecond t which fortunately carried two or three fwivels, and was bravely commanded. Ac the privateer atteinp• ted to run alongfdeohe fwivels, well direfted, were difcharged, doing, it is fuppoled, confiderable execu tion, and canting tome conln lion among the afl'ailants. The Captain of the collier raking advantage of their contlernation, brought his veffel round, and literally ran the enemy under water, who look, never again to rifts. The privateer carried too men, sof whom only could be laved, notwithilanding - Britith huma nity was exercifed for their prefervation. the name of the privateer, the Captain of the collittv;',and the weird he commanded, I hope to be enabled to fend you in a day or two. . 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