Star. — London, England, 1809-12-22 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : S per Cent. Cons. for January 70i 71. S per C. Red. 4911—Excb. Bills 6s. to 14s. pr.--Onsa. Si S. Mr. 111AINTZ, the Austrian messenger, left London yesterday morning on his return to France. He pas. sec.! through Canterbury in the afternoon on his way to Dover, where a Flag of Truce had been for some time in readiness to carry him over.—lt is thought possible that he may return to this country in about ten days: if not, it is expected that the Secretary to the Austrian Embassy, now here, will proceed to Paris. The Secretary to the American Minister also left town yesterday for Dover. Orders reached that port yesterday morning to have a vessel in readiness to cl'.rry him to Calais or Boulogne. Ey an American vessel, the HARDWARE, arrived : , t Liverpool, New York Papers to the 17th ultimo have been received; from which it would appear, that the Negotiation between Mr. JACKSON and the American Government has received some interrup tion, or been entirely broken off.—On this subject, a New York Paper of the 16th says : 44 By the Philadelphia Stage, which arrived at tight last night, we obtain the following important information :—The Negotia tions between our Government and the British * Minister, (Mr. lackiun), are entirely broken off." The correspondence which led to this unfortunate result is not given in the Newspaper alluded to, but th. Editor expected to receive it next day. Letters from Liverpool state, that Mr. MADISON having, in the course of an interview with Mr. JACK sex, made use of some expressions, conceived by the l:qter to be derogatory to the character and honour el this country, he retorted, and required an expla. nation ; a-nd that the President refused this satisfac t;on, and in tlle conclusion told the British Minister, that if he ‘VOre disgusted at what had passed, he was at liberty to take his departure from the Republican territories ; t) which proposal a ready consent wits ven by Mr. JACKSON. Letters from New-Vark give the story a different complexion. According to them the British Mini ster, in a conference with the American Secretary, had remarked that the latter, though !tetrad seen the instructions of Mr. ERSKINE, had made an arrange ment with that Gentleman inconsistent with the , orders received from his Court, Mr. Surru's reply evaded any answer to the allegation; that the instruc tions and the arrangement were contradictory; he simply remarked, that he had not seen, and in the ordinary course of his diplomatic duties could not ye seen the m4ndate under which Mr. TusioNa: Thus the Matter was pissed by for some • time, until the slibjeet was again resumed, when Mr. JactcsoN repeated his assertion, that Mr. SMITH had been apprized of the instructions to his predecessor. The renovation of this offensive business led to a con sultation in the American Cabinet, which terminated in the notice to the British Minister, that if his So vereign were desirous of any conciliatory negociation with the United States, it must be proposed by same other person less obnoxious. Such are the rumours. They produced a consi derable effect at Liverpool, where large purchases of cotton were made. Letters from Tarragona of the 15th ult. from Car- I thagena of the 25th, and from Gibraltar of the 6 th inst. arrived yesterday. They all speak of the con sternation and dismay produced throughout Spain by the unlooked-for submission of Austria. The accounts from Murcia describe the inhabitants of that Province to be in such a state of alarm, in consequence of the discomfiture of the Spaniards, on the Plains of Ocana, that all business was sus pended, from this cause, at the port from which the letters ate dated. The Supreme Junta was very un. popular in that part of the country. The accounts from Gibraltar state, that the residents in that for. tress were consoling themselves with hopes that the army of La Mancha would again re-assemble be neath the frowning summit of the Morena, and afford protection to the Southern division of the Peninsula, A Spanish paper, speaking of the peace with Austria, says Spaniards, abandoned by all the earth, can securely depend upon the exertion of their own valour. Let them die (say they) a thousand deaths—let them expose their country to become one vast desart, rather than consent to be the slaves of the most detestable tyrant that PROVIDENCE has permitted to thin the ranks, and destroy the happiness of mankind !" A Gottenburgh Mail, which arrived this morning, brings the following intelligence : ST. PETERSBURGH, NOV. 22. In the night between the Ist and 2d instant (old style), the bridge over the Neva was carried away by the floating ice ; the communica4ion was broken off till the 7th, since when the ice has become filed, and can be passed without danger. At Cronstadt there are upwards of 140 merchant vessels, bound to different neutral ports, frozen in. It is not yet known whether it will be possible to remove them through the ice into the open sea, some worsts beyond Cronstadt. The troops who return from Finland are successively arriving. No recent accounts from our army in Moldavia have been published. SCHAFHAUSEN, WOV. C 7. The marching of the division of La Grange into this city and district has, as may easily he conceived, excited a strong sensation. Another corps of troops is spoken of which will enter the Lesser Cantons. ELSINEUR, NOV. so. A ship laden with coffee, sugar, and other Colonial produce, which had been sent" to Wismar by a foreign vessel, was lately confiscated in that place, because it was ascertained that the pretended Danish ship's papers, produced by the master, were 1141se, and had been fabricated in England. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AVacancy having occurred in the East India Direction, I respectfully solicit the favour of your Votes and Interest, that I may be appointed to the honour of filling it. When I first declared my intention of offering myself to your notice, as a Candidate for the Direction, my hopes were founded, solely, upon the experience which you have had of my conduct, as a Proprietor. I should not, however, do justice to the un siomMonly kind and flattering reception which I have met with, if I did not, now, feel confident that, by a ccutinsation of such kindness, I shall be placed in the honourable situation to which I aspire. I am still impressed with the importance of that situation, even in common times. But at tins time, with our Charter nearly ex piring, the Trust is of much more than usual magnitude. lithe part, which I have publicly taken in the Court of Proprietors, should induce you to believe, that lam qualified to discharge the peculiarly important duties of a Director, I request the honour of your support. I cannot conclude this Address without expressing my sincere concern at the loss which we have all sustaine d, by the deathof Sir William Bensley. 1 have long known and valued him ; and, upon many occasions, I have experienced his friendly disposition to, wards me. If, by your favour, 1 shall be appointed to fill the vacancy wilich his death has occasioned, i shall bear io mind and endeavour to imitate his many excellent qualities, and, partione larly, his inflexible integrity. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, with much respect, Your most obedient, and very humble Servant, Strand, Dec. 19, MI. RICHARD TWINING. EAST-INDIA ROUSE, Dumber 20, 1809. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS f ENGLAND, trading to Me EAST INDIES, do lierehy give notice, That they will be ready to receive Proposals, in writing, on or before Wednesday tho 10th of January next, from any persons who may be willing to let on freight good Copper-bottomed Ships, of the burthen of from 400 to 700 Tons, builder's measurement, for the ssid Company's service, for otts voyage only. The Tenders, with the words " Ship Tender" on the cover, to be severally sealed up, and left with the Secretary at or before twelve o'clock at noon, on the said 10th of January next, be yond which hour no Tender will be received. WILLIAM See. The particulars of the terms and conditions upon which the above Ships will he enga i led in the Conapany's service, may be had, upon application to Mr. John Morice, Clerk to the Corn. rnittee of Shipping, on or after Saturday next the 23d instant. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIEs AND GENTLEMEN ' ' THE delth of Sir WILLIAM BENSLEY, Bart. having occasioned a Vacancy in the Direction, I beg most respectfully to renew the offer of my services. Engaged in no pursuit that can divert me from an unremitting attention to the duties of the honourable Office to which I aspire, and being re solved to devote my time and experience to the Ivancement of your Interests, I trust I shall be able to discharge those Duties, in a manner suitable to the very flattering reception with which the tender of nty services has been received by the Proprietors at large. To thme numerous Friends,who have promised me their Votes and Interest, 1 again return Any sincere thankti, assuring the:n, if , through their support, my present sanguine hopes should be crowned with success, it will ever be my study to evince the gratitude with which—l must always remain, Ladier and Gentlemen. You: obliged and faithful humble Servant, JOHN BLADEN TAYLOR, Late of the Madras Establishment. No. 40, Deyonshirc-Place, Dcc. 18, 1809. 'Colonel Taylor's Committee meet daily at the City of London Tavern, where any friendly communication will be thankfully received. THE ARMY_ Wednesday, the GAXIBIER cutter arrived in the Downs from Flushing, from which place she sailed on the 16th instant, with 26 sail of transports, and left them all well in the King's Channel, above the buoy of the Gun-fleet. Th.: following corps of Artillery have received or ders to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation for Lisbon : one troop of Horse Artillery, under the command of Capt. LEFEBVRE, from the Ken tish district, and two brigades of Foot Artillery, under Captains HUGHES and HORN ; the former, which is at present at Canterbury, is to he embarked at Rams gate as soon as the transports are arrived there for its reception ; of the latter, one brigade which is at Battle, and the other at Portsmouth, are to be em barked at the latter place ; and Captain BEAN'S Com pany of Foot Artillery is in consequence ordered from Canterbury to Battle, as well to supply the place of those removed from thence, as to make room for Captain Or ivry't Company of Artillery, daily expected from Walcheren. The following corps are now in garrison at Ply mouth-Dock troop of the 9th Light Dragoons ; detachments of the Royal Artillery, Engineers, and Gunner-Drivers; the Lancashire, Cheshire,West-York, Dorset, West-Essex, North and East Devon, and So merset Regiments of Militia. Captain Du FAY, of the 2d Light Battalion, King's German Legion, having been severely woun ded in the thigh, in the late attack on Flushing, re turned to the depot at Porchester, where he continued some months in a favourable state of recovery—but lately a fever coming on, his life was despaired of. We are now, however, happy to announce to the friends of this gallant officer, that his health has every prospect of being re-established. O:i Thursday se'nnight a violent gale, accompanied by a very heavy rain, was experienced in Gloucester. At the Bishop' spalace a large chimney Wa blown down, and forced its way across a strong roof into a sitting room beneath, the . floor of which with apparent diffi culty sustained the crash of the falling ruins.' One barn, at the end of Barton-street, and another at Barnwood, were blown down ; ivnd a small hot house, belonging to Robert Morris, Esq. at the latter place, was nearly despoiled of all its glass. The windows of the Infirmary, and the roofs of a number of other buildings sustained considerable damage. COVENTtGARDEY 111Z4TRA. t 'tight the Comedy of the Masi-of the World was performed at this Theatre. . Mr. Come was, as usual, very excellent in the part of Sir Pertitease Mactrophant—he gave all the hypo crisy and subtlety of this time-serving Uaronet, with wonderful force. Every point told, and in every look and gesture he enriched the excellently-drawn perr trait of MACKLIN. The political allusions, with which this play, more than any other, abounds, were particularly remarked, and called forth fre quent plaudits. The passages most emphatically marked were, those where he says—" The 4:aurae ter of patriot and reformer is now so well known, even to the vulgar, that they are looked upon like quack-doctors, conjurers, or other cheats In so ciety ;" and, expressing his design of making his son Prime Minister -4 , there never was a better tune; for all the old political post-horses are worn out, foun dered and broken-winded, and the young ones wrapt in luxury." These drew thunders of applause, which lasted for several minutes. Mrs. H. JouNsrox played Lady Rodolitha with much naked, and Mr. C. NJINI• 4 BLE was an impressive Egerton. The farce of Log Stork: followed, and MUND&N, LISTON, FAWCETT, and FABLEY, kept the house in a laughing mood, which was only interrupted by the simple melody of Miss BOLTON'S pipe, and of Mrs. Lirrou's sNCet ballad, 4 , He': coekonu to the Bell." At the termination of the Comedy, several placards were exhibited in various parts of tke Theatre, but they were all of one tendency, operating to the resto ration of Mr. BRANDON to his official station in the Theatre.—The words were as follow : " Candour and liberality demand that Brandon be restored." They were generally well received, but some op position was manifested to their exhibition, owing perhaps to a disinclination to have the Theatre made any more the scene of adjusting disputed points.— Whatever was the cause, the opposition, if it was op position, was instantly drowned by an acclamation in Mr. BRANDON'S behalf, which clearly proved that the mass of the public thought that popular resent ment had gone far enough, and that it was no longer necessary to make the faithful servant of the establishment wholly responsible for the past errors of those who had been themselves admitted within the pale of charity. LYCEUNG—Cones new Comedy was repeated last night. Some improvements have been made, and the audience seem, on the whole, to be better pleased with the performance. Yesterday were safely landed in the Tower, alion and a lioness, from Senegal. Monday night a Frenchman was detected at Dover in b•'tting into a boat, and endeavouring to escape ; but being fired at by the sentry on guard, he ran ate boat on shore, and endeavoured to make his escape, but was taken by the picket. He proves to be a Lieu tenant of a privateer, and has been in England five or six years, and made his escape from Plymouth.— He was taken to the guard-house. A Frenchman was taken at Dover on Tuesday night, in attempting to make his escape in a boat ; and on Wednesday night, another one was taken in a similar way. The seven French Officers taken into custody, at Egypt, after having broken their parole at Wantage, were on Thursday, by an order from the Transport Beard, pat under an escort of the South Gloucester Militia, to be marched, for confinement, on board a prison ship at Portsmouth. A Dutch marine, one of those enlisted in our ser vice at Walcheren, has been committed to Exeter prison, for breaking into the shop of Mr. BEER, of Plymouth, and stealing six gold and silver watches. CITY ELECTlONS.—Yesterday, being St. Thomas's Day, Wardmotes were held in the several City Pie cincts, for the election of Common Councilmen and subordinate Officers for the year ensuing. The fol lowing Wards were contested : Mr. King Turner Betts Fisher Aldridge ALDIERSOATE WARD. - 48 Mr. Paxton - 44 Thomas - 41 IlLoveland - 41 ¶Rowlatt - 41 tOH embt rt. BROAD-STREET WARD. 'Mr:Thomas Clarke 21 Thomas Marriott 19 Thomas Crockatt I S Henry Blaxland 17 John Patterson 15 lames Arthur 13 11131101 33 30 30 29 27 25 24 24 21 Mr. George Sharpe 11 Joseph Hearn I I Robert Chapman 10 °Nathaniel At cheson 9 Richard Cs uston 8 William Cotterel 1 'SGATE. •Mr.Tilford - 20 Windus - 20 'Blundell - 19 °Anis - 18 Gould - 16 Ron . 13 Poynder . 11 Knight . 10 Gough • 9 .YNARD. Mr. Bin - 22 Howell • 22 Hurlocke a 22 Pearson - 17 Welch . 15 Sir W. Rawlins - Mr. Nash Clode Trick& r - •Marsh - •Judkins - Clarke Greenaway - CASTLEBA.' 29 28 1111 11 IS 114 Mr. Griffiths - Treacher - Pownall - Fenton - Hurcombe - Slade - Mr. Cummings . 21 --- -Hall - 21 Loxley - 90 Cheesewright 19 Wright - 19 Mawman - 19 *Smith - 19 CRIPPLEGN *Mr. Heygate - 38 Delver - 31 'Waterhouse 28 Kerl 98 • Habberten - 27 Hardy -2; Mr. Wigan . Williams , Swift - Fournier - 'Farr . Tullman • E WITHIX. •Mr.Docksey Birt •Palmer Higden White Valiance •Nightingale - 24 FA RRINGDO a•I V;ITHOUT. Mr. Crook - 36 •M r .Q u i n - 26 Waithman - 35 • Pontifer - 26 Griffith - 33 Reeves r 26 Dawson - 33 Herring - - 20 Young - 32 T. Reeve 26 Miller - 3e Murrell - 22 Brewer - 31 Nicholls - 19 Herring - 26 Harper - 11 In the Ward of Farringdon Within, Mr. Pearce was chosen in the room of Mr. Metcalf. PORTSOEZN WARD. Mr. Colobate"' - SI Mr. Rea e 97 1 - loppe - 49 'Briscoe , 42 Atkin.** - 47 Hewsor - 19 •Cartec 0 42 • New Candidates. 17 . 17 16 16 10 L 4 ;11 IN7ELLICENCE. COURT OP KING'S BENCH, DicEMB: ERIANT v. BROWNE. This was an action brought against a c1..,!e,e-rr.' chant residing at Bristol, to recover tl:e value of • tons of cheese, transmitted to him from Gr.:E.; Wharf, London, per the Swift, Bristol trader. • It appeared that the defendant had contracted pathase from the plaintiff 15 tons of new Dutch a other cheeses, of <4 good and merchantable qu a ß, that fi ve tons were sent by the Phenix, which a m ', safe, and were not objected to ; the t tons went by the Swift, but were detained CI siderable time In the Thames, after the shipment 4 made, and also had a remarkable tedious vOyagt Bristol; that the defendant's agent (Powell) ins , the cheeses upon their shipment, and did not e,bl, to them on account of not being. good qr of a o " , chantable quality. Qn the part of the defendant, a crowd of witnes , from Bristol, the Captain of the Swift, and other r, sons, proved most clearly, that the greater part of t 0 10 tons were not new, but of different years make, r; rotten, not good, and not of a merchantable quaiit ) Lord ELLENBOROUGII observed, that the wads the contract were gi _ new and good cheese, of n it chantable quality ;" but from the evidence it apr. e al quite the contrary, and therefore the not fulfilled that contract on his part, and lc., n entitled to recover.—Verdict for the defend:mt. T'l • G Ja HAYMAN NEAL". This was an action brought by the plaintiff, compel the defendant to fulfil his contract, by cepting of ed 50 tons of It' ga Rhine hemp, of a go and merchantable Quality, amounting in value £4286. 4s, 9d. The Arroaxsy-Grszyset,, for the plaintiff, state that, according to the contraet, the plaintiff WA s land the hemp at Watson's Wharf, but when it rued there, it was true, the defendant had engag, storeago for that queasily of hemp, but it was to co; from another vessel. The plaintiff, however, aire4 to land it any where, and by the defendant's &sir landed it at Davis's Wharf ; however, when he can to demand the bills, *kith were to be given for th hemp, the defendant upon the grounds th: be (the plaintiff) had not fulfiged his contract, by nc landing the hemp at Watson's Wharf. The plaintiff had into some evidence of It case, "ken it ap he was not prepared to prow ' daubs hemp was « Riga Rhine hemp, of a goof and iserelsantahle quality,' which, by the contrac and the allegations in the declaration, he was bon tado.—The Plaintiff was accordingly Nonsuited, b the MTORNICY Oftsseet. intimated it to be his irate: don to *ring on the cause again, when dm nee evidence would be adduced, /MINOT v. 11EN 4lNall This was an action to compel thedefbndant to or 35 tons of Riga Rhine hemp, according to contr. and the defence was, that the hemp wasmovaccordi: to contract, but of a very inferior valley, Itzpe , however, by a letter of the defandstitt's, dente, that he had greed to abide by the judg,.. and decision of Mr. Forrester, Ilstoker, Who, npoa speedos), declared the hemp tobeaceerdlner to contract Lord Eu.sltaoaouots held, that this was sufficiosA binding upon the party ; and, iwitnother sort of action, would be conclusive against him. But as there wa; some little doubt as to the identilyof the hemp•rtamine4 by Mr. Forrester, the Jury found a verdlctfor the Plaini tiff, subject to that Gentleman's certificate upou a nil spection of the article. 36 36 23 19 in evil 1 1 /1 Tit 1111 p Z COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DECEMBER 21. OSWALD b. GARDINER. Mr. Serjcant SHEPPARD, for the plaintiff, state. that this action was brought to recover £441 Os 8. from the Sun.fire.office, the value of a quantity 0 leather, consumed in the shop of the plaintiff; a cur rier, in Kill's-court, in the Borough. Several witnesses proved that a fire broke out o the sth of February last, which consumed a quantit of leather, and ontiof them swore he had sold him few days before che fire, between RI and £5OO worth the quantity said to be : consumed was one ton u,4;. cwt. W. Jennett was called by Mr. Serjennt La s, fo the defendant, who, stated, that he lived next doo to the plaintiff, and on the morning in question 11- was awakened by a running up and down the plain tiff's stairs, and, on looking out of his window, th watchman called to him to come down, for they wer• all on fire. He did so, and accompanied by a lodger of his, named Poole, went and looked into the plain tiff's workshop through the key-hole, where he per ceived a very great blaze. He then crossed the court to alarm a neighbour, named Shipton, and, on iris return, saw the plaintiff standing at his door. 'fit ness asked him to let him in, and, after some ohjecl tion, the plaintiff desired him to follow him. Plaintiff was dressed completely, and had boots on when wit ness saw him first. Witness, and his lodger, Poole, found the cask on fire, and as it burnt down, the oil run over, but was not on fire. He and Poole extin guished it in less than 20 minutes. Saw no leather burnt whatever, but a tew pieces of parings ; did not see the plaintiff there, to his recollection, ui.til the fire was completely extinguished. There was a hole about eighteen inches square burnt in the ceiling above, but found no leather burnt there. Cross.exa mined, he did not bear any towards the plain tiff, becaused he wished to take witness's house over his head, although he had said it was a shabby thing of a neighbour to do so. E. Roberts, foreman in the employ of Messrs. Clay and Co. leather curriers, produced samples o the various sorts of leather said to have been con. sumed, viz. tole pieces, offals, dressed skins, 4c.;— and it was the opinio n of the witn e s s that the p l ace could not have contained such a quantity of loathe: as had been stated ; neither, in his opinion, coal such a fire have consumed it. Mr. Sherwood, a respectable leather seller, was ci the same opinion with the last witness. . . Here Mr. Serjeant StiIiPPARD stated that they-baj not been prepared to rebut any evidence .of this: mt. ture, as they had unde rs to o d that np. imp 'nation of fraud was to have been brought against his dent; — but he was authorized to deny any. charge-of th"' kind. His client, however, had certainly been tll advised by some ignorant or wicked PI, to, lay his damages at a higher rate than was x and in consequence of that he consented to te Non' suited. C .~