Star. — London, England, 1809-03-27 00:00:00

, 1, •01 abandon as hopeless such a design. We have I:fore noticod the formation of an extraordinary tri the trial of some of the Swedish Nobility had ()nosed the purposes of . their Sovereign„— L bs r f }first rneasiires of the revo;utionists, on this was to dissolve that Court ; and it is pro the Nobles, who were the objects of prose . - ~; ti in, have been principally instrumental in accele 717ing those important events. Those NYho consider the ill success which has at. tended the Suit:dish arms in the unequal contest with Russia, and the great privations suffered by all ranks b r ing the war, will be little surprised at the event t hat has just taken place. These circumstances, how. ever, :lave only furnished the opportunity—the real 0 1,2 may be traced to a more recent event—the rev°. lan •n effected by GCSTAVUS in 1772, by which the N u bi es were deprived of a large portion of that power which they had acquired after the death of CHARLES XII. The first effect produced by the re. sent :neat of the Nobles was the conspiracy by which the King lost his life at a masquerade, in 1792. The French Revolution at length involved Sweden in its vortex, and produced those events which have enobled t he same party to hurl the King frown his throne. Our Commercial Readers will learn with pleasure, t hat the whole of the merchant vessels had been got ev of the harbour of Gottenburgh, in order to be out of :he reach of seizure. The KING of SWEDEN is confined in a palace in Queen's .Islard. The Insurgents arta said to be only 4.0 strong. tPAIN. The BLkCK Jos:, lugger has arrived at Plymouth with dispatches, in fiurteen, days from Cadiz. The accounts received by this . vessel do not confirm the news before received by the FEAcocK of the insurrec tion at Cadiz haying been accompanied with those sanguinary movements that were stated last week.— The letters by the BLACK JOKE stati,, generally, that there had been some disturbance and sonarnotion e.z citcd by the misconduct of some Po l ish prisoners, which, however, nppears to have been completely ap• ceased by the Proclamation of which we gave a copy on Saturday. In the, subjoined news from J,isbon, our Readers will find some farther particulars r,spec tin- this insur ec ion. The accounts by the BLACK JOKE state, that though the Spaniards had refused to all.ow the British troops to land at Cadiz, they had consented to allow our seamen to tit out the Spanish and French men of war, and to remove them to the outer harbour, that in the event of ;he enemy gaining some unlooked-for advan tage, he may as at Ferroi, obtain posses4ion of •heir Navy. PO RT UG:4L. A Mad from Lisbon arrive,-1 last night, with rapers and litters to the 18th inst. from Which we. give the f, - .l;owing extracts. • The rcperts with respect to the iiovements of the French troops are extremely contra dictory ; and there is no certain account of their hay entered Portugal. The excesses said to have been cmarii:td by the French troops in GalliCia, have rased the Spaniards to insurrection ; but their efforts Lye been as yet very fecble, LISBON, MARCH 6. • . On the 2d inst. arrived the. Duke of Matlborough Ind Princess Elizabeth (Todd), in eight days from Tait - mull!. They had been informed at sea, by a 1.-elonging to a ship of Admiral Duckworth's !creelron, that the Admiral was in pursuit of a French fleet of 15 sail of the line and twelve frigates.—The A!row fri,ei,ate had faile:i in with and had been chased by tl-.ern. Admiral Duckworth appeared off the bar on the 2d inst. and sent in dispatches to Admiral ?.2rlteley ; h^ had with him eleven sail of the line, and was joined by 'two ethers from hence. We are :trfieLl with various reports as 'usual, some of wlach the French continue to retreat since tL 'affair of I :„euniet ; ethers, which appear much more probable, say, they arc ccrt tinlv in Portugal, and arc only i:rc v,ated advanc;:tg by the distresi they experieni..e for V. Le; cf provisions, having been reduced to the ne ieeity of living on their horses and Mules for sonic tie:2 p.eit. It is said, the Portuguese are flying from end di iving the tattle, and hit the French fo ! parties, in revenge, murder their women and whenever they. happen to. come up with them. - saenv le.re is oldercd to Le ready to be under eic.rzent's notice. S the regiments • .. t:17:1 I,enLe t.) :.!) , !:t six miles off, re ,t a: c te follow immediately. . , • -t o g a rr i ve d Erie on Monday last from 1 . ...:(47 of the fleet had got safely from t of the Lively f-mate. The At lionu;.,leit ship, fr. 1..:.,0d0n to Oporto, 10 - ney, into Ferrol, ar.d was taken posses : by . ~.~• Tutsday morning, at one o'cliick, we had a ;,: an earthquake, it was Fret!) , strong., but • - ,1„1 7 a few sczonds. ASt ani;h Courier f7c.rn Lae: to England by this packet. 33.—: , :tftwecn3 :lad troops arrived ;t.7.lerday from Cork, under tine c,rnmand of I:;herlocke, an;! the :coops that went to Cadiz warned. Part Of our army is encamped here ; '") 7: - ench troops ale said to have entered Chaves. h Regiment i, um of those returmd from P .0. , :0 1 4.—Nutncious En3lis'a transports have arriyed in this port, tntetereOniroy of simile ship, of war, having.oil board above 2000:troops, .rnani t or whom landed in the coursq of yesterday. Many mere. British troops are expected, and every thing seems to* indicate that vigorous exertions will be made to assert the liberty of The Peninsula. , • • • The following letter hax been received here from our head-quarters in Gpatdq, written by a Gentle man who lately arrived r.here from the head-quarters of General Cuest4 dated the 12th of this month : " On the 25th February, I arrived at the head quarters of General Ctlesta at Jaracego, the .aavanced posts of whoseiarmy I found near the bridge of Al marez, which is broken down. His force consists of 5000 men, 2000 of whom occupy the port .of Mera vete .The, first division, which forms the van, is commanded by Major-General Enostroza ; his right is supported; by the mountains of. Guadaloupe, and joins the van of the Duke d'lnfantado, .composed of 10,000 men, under the orders of General Frias ; the -left stretches to the bridge of Cardeal, and in cludes some important posts. The whele army con sists .of 25,000 foot and SQOO horse—the troops are all in the best possible condition.. The corps of re serve is in Trusillo,,,te whic4 place all the reinforce ments are proceeding, which arrive from Anda lusia. The enemy's 3rmy ,is commanded by Gene- Victor, whose head-quarters are in Talavira de la Reyna. • " There has not been any engagement between the armies of General Cuesta and General Victor, except on the 20th February, when the French made an attack on Guadaloupe, with a view of robbing the church of that place, but they were repulsed with great 1055,." MARCII 17. Nothing has transpired.since .1 last wrote you. We consider ourselves perfectly secure for the present, and continue to expect large rein forcements from .England. I believe , our present British military force in this r e'ghbouThood, consists of 20,000 men. Transport boats have been sent up the river within these few days, with a month's provi sion for 20,000 men. • A convoy of merchant ships sails for England on Monday next. BADAJOZ,. MARCH 6. . . ROYAL ORDER COMMUNICATED TO OUR SUPREME JUNTA. , 4 Most Excellent Seignor—The . Supreme Junta of this Kingdom, with that precaution and bare - which ought to guide all measures, has thought proper to direct, that if the enemy should attempt to penetrate into this province,, your Excellency will take care to issue the most prompt orders for removing the cattle, provisions, and arms, and whatever may be valuable, especially in the churches, with all such effects as it may be wished to preserve. 46 May Got) preserve your Excellency many years. (Signed) 44 MARTIN DE GARY, Royal Alcazar of Seville. " To the Most Excellent Seignor the President of the Junta of the Prov:ace of Ectrarnadura. February 18, 18::9.' The insurrection at 'Cadiz was caused by some Spaniardsovho, in a Eoldier's dress, and being bribed by Bonaparte, introduced themselves into Cadiz, in order to excite anarchy. They availed themselves of the opportunity afforded th'm, by the Central Junta having ordered the regiment of roles and Germans which had des:.rtcd from the French, to Trotted to ;hat place--one of ti.e principal authors of the tumult was the well known Vicente, Director of the Bank of Discourt. They speedily expiated withl their lives, their atrocious crimes. The discovery of this treason, and the destruction of those implicated in it, is to be considered as one of the greatest victories gained over the enemy. . On the 2Gth ult. arriied at Cadiz, the Ambassador Plenipotentiary from the EMperor of Germany: He bad a long conference with the Deputy of the Su preme Junta, mho was there, and assured him that not only the Austrian armes were reply to engage the Fiench, but likewise the Russians would make common cause With them.—(This intelligence, though not of/Lid, de:eruct muck credit.—Note of the Portug , tese Edto.) Saturday a report was prevalent that JOSP.P7I BONA.. PA RTE had fallen into the hands of the Patriots. We Are sorry to say it does not appear entitled to credit. A duel was fought on Saturday, on Battersea Com mon, between Captain SIDLE IT, of the cavalry, and Mr. DAWNEY, a Gentleman in Nottingham -street, in crinsequence.of a dispute relative to the late discus- Parliailicnt. The Captain was seriously v..oulidcd in the small of the arm, in, the second' fire. Mary Ba:eman, the pretended sorceress, whose trial and cokViction at York, for murder, we mentioned a few days since, was executed on Thursday at York, pursuant to her sentence, and her body sent to the In firmary at Leeds for dissection. An immen s e crow d of Spectators witnesse.l the awful ceremony. CORN MARKET, MARK -LANE, MARCH 27.—The arrivals of Wheat today tnake but an inconsiderable supply, s:iles are Wry heavily made and hardly main tain last quotation Barley in tolerable supply, mostly ordinary, and those samples are cheaper—Malt rather so—Peas of thOwo kinds at little variation Beans of both sorts a tripe lower—Cats are in tolerable supply, an .1 this trade nearly at our last currency—The finest yer sack nominal. Ilour quoted at 85s. GENEkill eVaiENCY AS UNDERS Wheat, 60s. 755: 88s. , . Beans (new) 545. 60s. Tick ditto, 445. 495. lint. ditto, 90s. 925. Rye, 60s. ass. Barley, 425. Os. Id. Oats, 32a. S6s. 40s. Polandditto t +ls. 425. Tait, 781: 78s. Poutoe ditto,—P. 43b. Od. White Peas (boilers) 1110 s. 130 s. Rape Seed, 621. to 61. Grey ditto, SOs. 565. Fine Flour, SOL 83.14=Secon4ls, _ - -14xtrAE. • .. ~ k The . Phienix, a merchant vitSsei, arrived :at Ply mouth, reports that on the 3dinstant she saw:thirteen sail, supposed to be FrenChAhip's of war, in lat. 43. 10. long. 12. 28. steering S. W. and another fleet, sup posed to be British, steering Westward, in thick, hazy weather. This confirms the intelligence before received of a French squadron having put to sea. • ADMIRAL SIR T. DUCKWORTH. The ORESTES, OF 18 guns, has arrirod at Plymouth from Cadiz, last from . Lisbon. Oh the 13th'instant she spoke Sir T. Dcotcwourn's squadron, off Tra falgar. Admiral BEIIKELEY had sent the Nor and C9NQUEROR, of 74 guns each,' to reinforce Admiral DUCKWoRI•II.. The ELIZABETH, of 74 guns, had also joined, which made his force 13 sail of the' Hue, be sides frigates.• Some of the letters state, that it was the Admiral's intention to rreceed frk,m Trafalgar to Madeira— others that he meant to cruize between Trafalgar and Sparta], to arrest the progress of the united squadrons of Brest, L'Orient, and Rochefort, which he had reason to suppose might have formed a junction, to force a passage to their friends in Toulon ; and that the gal. lain Admiral entertained the most sanguine hopes of. meeting the enemy, having no apprehensions of l the ; result of the encounter. Another letter states, that Lady KING, daughter of Sir THOMAS Dm:imolai', leas received a letter from the Admiral, stating, that he intended imme diately to proceed to Oporto ; and thence, should he not fall in with the enemy, to proceed to Plymouth. ADMIRAL THORNBOROUGH. Late accounts from Port Mahon, state, that Vice- 1 Admiral THORN BOWL: Gli had, by unprecedented ex ertions,compl;tely repaired the disasters his squadron had experienced in ettecessive gales of more than two months ; that thirteen sail of the line, under his orders were ready fc.• sea, with six mouths service on board ; and the other ships, with Admiral Lord Courxowoon, at Malta, were in a state of similar equipment—that both would be shortly united, and resume their station to watch the enemy. LIVERY OF LOXDON.—On Friday a /deputation from the Livery waited on the LORD MAYOR; with a Re quisition for a Common Hall. The following is a copy of his Lordship's answer : • " MANSION-HOUSE, MARCH 25, 1809. • ' rota O'CLOCK, P.M. " The Loan MAYOR presents his compliments to Mr. Deputy • Geonalitalta, and in rtply to the Requisition„" to convene a Common-Hall upon an early day, to adopt such proceedings as , may be thought necessary, respecting the corrupt pr act i ces i which have so long prevailed n the disposal of Commissions and Promotions in his Majesty's Land Forces, and other public abuses, in which the honour and i nterest o f t h e country are so deeply involved,' has the honour to inform him, that k is of so general a nature, as in its Ares, t shape necessarily to preclude the LORD MAYOR from. complying with the wishes of the worthy Liverymen who have tigned it; but, if another Requisition be presented muse specific, and explanatery of the Resolution in tended to be Drought forward, the LORD MAYOR will take such Requisition into immediate consideratioa." CDRIsT's .1 - 10sPITA1..—A General Court or ti le Go vernors of t., is institution was held on Friday, when a Ileport was read respecting the child Of the Rev- DAwsos WARREN Vicar of Edthonton, and al s o a long letter from Mr. WARREN, wherein he stated his income at .C. 850 per annum, and also admitted that his lily was insured -for -1:3000 (as had been asserted by Mr. WArruNANy, besides some apectations. He insisied, however, that his son was a proper object of the charity. Mr. Dlnity KEMBLE stated, that he had before voted against an inquiry into this case, upon the state ment cf a worthy Alderman, and under an impres sion that M;. WARREN'S life was neither insured nor insurable ; but now he found that he was insured at the very office of which he (Mr. Kemble) was a Di rector, and that if Mr. WARREN lived till next Ja nuary, that inst!rance would be worth £4OOO. Mr. Kemble, therefore,. felt it his duty to move " that the child be expelled." The Earl of RADNOP. declared, that at the former meeting he was Liken by surprize, and had voted in favour of Mr. WARItEN ; but it had been upon his mind ever since, and he now discharged his conscience .17 voting for the expulsion, in feeling that Mr. WAI-- I,EN,eveik upon his own statement, had no claim, and that it was the bounden duty of the Governors to expel his son. The motion was ably supported by Messrs. SLADE ; BEESTON LONG, THORPE, ALDERMAN WOOD, and se veral Governors. Sir JAMES. GRAIIA.M, Mr. DENX, Mr.HawKiNs Bnor. - xE,Mr. FosTER, Alderman Buren and Alderman C. SMITH, opposed the motion. Most of them, however, admitted thi.t the child was an im-. proper object. Sir 341111.2 S GRAHAH contended, that as the Committee had admitted him, the expulsion would establish a dangerous precedent, because such a measure might lead to the expulsion of half the school, as no doubt there were others as improper as him, and several of the Aldermen, he believed, had put in their own relations. Alderman Nam &- dared the Corporation of London had no right to interfere ; and Alder Man C. SITITII made some un successful attempts to explain h s former statements. The Chairman declined the shew el hands to be for the expulsion ; hut upon a division, the question was lost by a majority of few', there being 41 for the expulsion, and 45 against it. Alderman PEINCEP voted against Mr. KE_MBLE'S motion. Thus it appears that considerable impression has made upon the minds of the Governors since Mr. IV-Arnim:lN first agitated this questiol ,; fix, upon a ifirrmer occasion, out of I'2o Governor , only seven voted for an enquiry,into this and other abuses. After the decision, a letter was read from the City So'icitor by direction of the Committee of Comm( n Council (who now ate proceeding to obtain a tefortn of these abuses), requesting permission to inspect se veral presentations, and also the rules and re'rulati rns of the Hospital. -This letter evidently threw . the ' meeting into much perplexity. It was at length agreed that k should for the present lie upon the table, and that au answer should he'retunied. THZ..ART.II%- . ; . A fresh expedition is piepariit with activi:y, con sisting chit.fiy of cavil: y. Two Briv;.ide; are wider orders for embark:atoll, tine of Lipht iragoons, to he commanded by General STEW., one of Heavy Horse, by Majilr Generai PA VN Tke 7th, 10th, and 15th regiments, we understand,. are to compose the former, and they are :o be 3;.p -plied with horses from t 1 : - e aria . two oth..ir re giments. The. 61 and ..t i Dragoon Guards, and p rt ef the Hanoverian Legion, go with General PA The men dismounted from the 13th and , ther re giments, to supply horses .to 11:e. 7th, 1001, aiid in place of those lost in Spain dur: - g the late pain, are to he sent to India, and win probably pa). eeed thither in the tieet to be dispathed in April. The 16th Light Dragoons are on their march from the Hampshire district tor Falmouth, where . seven large transports are Arived to rcc,2ive thcit, on hoard . ot which they willemhark immediately, sup posed for the south of Spain. ATTACK ON MARTINIQUE. The Sarah, from Barbadoe, is arrived at Liver pool—She sailed on the 17th of February, (being three days later than the last accounts), at which time Fort Bourbon was not known to have sun-en dered at Barbadoes, although it was hourly expectee. The following is a correct fist of the British Officers killed and wounded during the siege: Major Maxwell, of the King's, bled to death from a Wound in the arm. Captain Tayler, oft' e 7t b, Lahti. Cap: ail: St. Clair, of the 26. h, • Litlir.-Cfdonel Pac!•enbant wcuncied in the neck : doing well. Major Can:pbell, v. ounded severely. Captain Gleds=es, of the ad Wee:-:adia Regiment, wotta-d —doing well. NAVAL' INTELLIGENCE.' FALMOUfH, MAIICH't4. cd ,is Majesty's ship SYBELLE, of 38 guns, Capt. L L.os, from a uize. "1w Marlborough packet, 11u 4 .1., with mails from i. •on, to days pas. s tge ; c ..ss Elizabeth, its ALF, also from Lis:. .bo• , in Its days : the two pac...,.s f"-im Lisbon ars pu► under quarintine,h,—:,o , ll..d von: tnunic'ation with a vessel -from Cadi ~. His Majesty's brig PEACOOC, with dispatches for Englaiiu, Oil tile following da:. ; on the 14th in 'n lat. 44. 34. long. 15. the Princess Elizabeth spolsc the ship Diana, from Liverpooi, bound to New Providence ; on the 18th im.t. in lat. 50. 15. long. 10. 7. the Marlborough spoke the Iris galliot, from Gibraltar for • Falmouth sailed lions thence in company, with 50 sail undtr convoy ; his Majesty's ship la /%11 . 1tPnE, with a convoy of 37 sail ; his Majesty's ship Ac•rws, on the 20th inst. in lat. 51. 13. long. 5. 57. hound to - Cork from Lisbon ; Princess Mary, Pocoolc, with mails from the ward Islands, 37 days from St. Thomas's ; at St. Christopher, Capt. PoccicK heard of the. attempt on Martinique; and that the whole of the island, except Fort BoUrbOn, was in our rossession. His Majesty's ship CONQUEROR, 74, sailed from Lisbon on the Sd inst. .Yesterday arrived here 29 sal of transport, from Portsmouth.- - --Wind 6.w. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 25. Came in the French lugf er ]'Estienne, from Bay onne, with brandy and biscuit, ruptured by his 'Ma jesty's ship R&ISTANCE ; French National schooner la Mt,ucit, from Bayonne, of one gun, convoy to the above, with others, also captured by the REsisiANCt. Two others %vele taken and destroyed by the &MIST AN cif: and Auk:tilt:SA frigaWS, and their cargoes taken on board them., DEAL, MARCH c 6. Arrived his I'Vlaesty's sloop Reindeer from MliC L and Alexandria frigate from .Plymouth ; Penelop WHITE, from Cutacea ; Pau-ages, WtulAms, iio Bermuda.—Sailed the Euryalus frigate to .SlL:er..es and Clyde frigate on a cruize.—W ind S, • * YARMOUTH, hff...r.(:l-1. Y. •Friday es clung the Prince of p:,eket, Car- MASON, landed her Mails and a Messenge:. at Wi;•,;..1.- ton ; and this morning the pasNenzers were. 4an,Ed here.. By them we are informed that there hai been a Revolution in Sweden.-,-This morria.; arrived the Snipe gun-brig, Lieut. CuAsinoS, fromGotten - angii, with Mails, two Messengers, and the Captain. of the Proselyte.--Sailed the Censor gun-brig for Herg-,- land ; the Charles armed ship mfth convoy ; and ti.e Ant schooner on a cruize. NAVAL Arrot NT:sENis —Captain T. Harvey to the Majesti.-, in the room of Captain Watkins, who was distni%sed the con umosi, fat disobedience of orders, and contempt to Irivai-,'sdnin .J Wells —Captain Hones, (of Gosport,) to the Standard ; Capta:n Honeysnan, to the Ardent, fi• ting for the its!: ic ; Captain Sykes, to Vie - Frosty, fitting for Sir Edmund's Nagle's flag at ~Leith; and Captain W. Ferris, to the Nemesis. • Rear-Admiral Manly Dixon is appointed to succeed Rear-Ad miral Martin, in the Mediterranean ; Captain Barrett, to the Minotaur; Captain Nurbonre Thompson to t :e Pearlen • Capt. Bland to the Arica ; Captain Bin g h am to the sceptre ; 6apt an ButterEeld, :o contmarni the Sr. leacililea at Tra*.ee, vice Ferris. QuERr to the Contractors for the present Lottery. —Supposing a person was to purchase a Ticket in the present Lottery, and that Ticket were to entitle him to the 1000 Whole Tickets, and those Tickets shoal produce £lOO,OOO or upwards—would the holder of the original Ticket be compelled to pav the property tax the first year, not possessing the Prize until the I"th of April, the day the Lottery begins drawing? ECCLESLAS I'ICAL PROMOTIONS. The King has been pleased to grant to the Rev. George Gor den, B.D. the place and dignity of the Deanry of Exeter, the sane being void by the resignation of ti.e Rev. Ch,ries Tanwt. The King has also been pleas,:d to present the Rev. Joseph Mends, B.A. to the Rectory of Aller, S ome r sets h ire, and Diocese of Bath and Wells, the same king void by tl a promotion of Dr. 'Milker King to the See of Rochester. The King has also been pleased to nresent the Rev. Robert Holdsworth, M.A. to the vi:a-age of Bri :ham, in the county of P von and diocese of Exeter, t e same being vo.d by the death of Thomas Fownes., Clerk. Rev. George Jretton, D.T. to the Deagry of HerefOrd, void by the death of the Rev. Win. Leigh. Rei. John Cartwright to the Rectory of Great Whelnetham, SuSolk, void by the death of the late Rev. Robert Philips, Rev. T. G. Taylor, M.A. Lecturer o f Dtdham' .F.ssex. do the Vicarage of that place, vacant i t y th e res i gn t on of tie WY. R. Fletcher. • Rei. Mr. Wilford to the gectory o f St. Runwald's, Colobestp. Rev. C. R. Lando:), M.A. ip the living of Yaw, Essex. Rev. T. liewicke is appointed 'Master of the YteeOnsonssr. School at Bitugay, in Suffolk.