Star. — London, England, 1807-01-19 00:00:00

I THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. pounds ; but Mr. Davitc,n having obtained, from the Barrack Mailer General, acceptances for fifty•rfne thoufand pounds, (,n the loth of July, the balance againft him, on the 24th December, was twenty four thoufand two hundred pounds ; and that ran the 28 h November preceding, be had got a further iffue acceptance: to the amount of forty four thoufand pounds. It refulted from there iffuer, that. in June, 18oz, he was indebted to the Barrack Office (ivy eight thoufand feven hundred pounds ; and this balance, it appears from the flatement, was not exhaniled until the renewal of hu fi ilities, in the fpring of 1803, afforded means for its employment. We have particularly examined Mr. Davifon and Mr. Stanbat.k relative to fume of the conchifions we had cAleEted from there half yearly accounts. Their explanations are given in the Appendix, and are de. ferving, in our opinion, of much attention. This view, therefore, of the money tranfaelions be tween the late Barrack Mailer General and Mr. Davifon, thews, we think, moil diilinetly, that Mr. Davifon had often very confiderable balances of cafh, belonging to the Office, in his hands; and in addition, except in nne or two inflances, the Barrack Mailer General's negociable acceptances alfcs to a very large amount. He'was not entitled, however, to loch advantages, either according to the nature of the agreement be -1 tween him and the late Barrack Mailer General, or according to the ufual courfe of Wind's when articles are furnithed on commiffion ; and therefore we think that he ought to be accountable to the public for whatever benefit he may have derived from the caCh balances in his hands ; and that he fhould be called upon to Ilate a cath account with the Barrack Office. In this he fhould lake credit for all payments for ftnres, at the periods only when they were actually made, and allow fuch credit on the coals fold by him, as is the practice with the whole dealers, when felling - 1 to inhabitants ; and we think that, upon the face or fuch an account, intereft fhould be charged on both fides.—(To be eontinuerl.) MONDAY, JANUARY 79. HER MAJCSIT'S BIRTH DAT IMPT.—Holiday. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3 p. Ct. Red. Ann. 79ii Imp 3 per Cent. 580 3 per Cent. Conf. Ann. 59i I Imp. Ano. 7 13-161 4 per Cent. 18f Exch. Bills. 2s. / 418.1 3s. prem. 5 per Cent. Navy, 93iii I Englifh Tickets 19 1 Long Ann. 17 z • 16 Conf. for acc. 6oit • BUENOS AYRES. On Saturday afternoon, in confequence of a Teled graphic Difpatch from Plymouth, the following Note was fent to the LORD MAYOR, for the purpofe of snaking it known in the City : " ADMIRALTY OFFICE, JAN. 17, 18e7. "'MT LORD—T have the honour to inclofe to your Lordfhip, a tilefrage juft arrived at :he Admiralty, by Telegraph, from Fly mouth.—l have the honcur to be, &e. &e. (Signed) " THOMAS nnstorittc." TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. (copy.) " Bnenos Ayres taken, and the Aimy prifoners.—Anguft 12." When the above reached the Manfion Houle, the LORD Mayoa was attending the Sefflons at the Old Bailey, to which place it was fent to him. His Lordthip obferving the date of the reported recap ture, could hardly believe the Notice genuine, and therefore helitated to make it public. To afcertain its truth, he fent his Secretary to Mr. GRENVILLE, at the Admiralty, of whom he had an audience ; and, after his return, the Notice was made public ; but, owing to thefe delays, not till a late hour. The circuinflances that followed, fully juflified the LORD MAYOR'S caution. Yeflerday morning, the difpatches, upon which the above notification was grounded, arrived at the Admiralty, and were found to diminifh the autho rity of the previous communication. In conic. quence, a fecond note was, in the afternoon, tranf mitted to the LORD MAYOR, but the contents were not made known to the Public. The anfwer to all enquiries on the fubjeft at the Manfion•Houfe was, that the official information was not to be commu- nicated till this morning, and that the former an count received by his Lordfhip was not true. In (.10, the news now received, is the fame that had been obtained from the Spanifh packet captured about a fortnight ago ; ana, though the intelligence may ultimately prove to be correct, it does not, as yet, refit on any official information. This morning the Loan MAYOR fent to Lloyd's the communication which was yefierday forwarded to him from the Admiralty, of which the following is a copy : ', ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JAN.IB, 1807. 4 ' MY LORD, ig I have the honour to tranfmit to your Lordfhip 44 an extras of a letter received this morning from 44 Lord Cowacwoor, ; and alio an extras of a let* 46 ter from Captain MUDGE, from Portfmouth, de " fcribing the information giving to him by the Md. " ter of the Spaniih fchouner El Cupido, captured by 44 the COLPOYS fchooner, on the 27th ult. " I have the honour to be. icc. dre. (Signed) THOS. GRENYILLIE." *XTRACT OT A LETTER FROM VIOE•ADM IRA L LORD COLLINGWOOD, DATED THE OCEAN, 01F CADIZ, JANUARY 1, 1807 •6 By the Plincefs Elizabeth, Malta Packet, 44 I beg you will be pleafed to inform my Lords Commiffloncrs of the Admiralty, that the Bsect.t 44 has juft joined with a Spann fchooner fhe cap• " cured yellerday from Monto Video, which the left 46 on the t 7th September. I am bony to inform, their " Lordthips, the brings the account of Buenos Ayres " being recaptured on the 12th Auguft, and that 44 General Bkarsroio and the whole of the troops, " amounting to about we, were made prifoners of " war, and marched into the interior." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN MUDGE, OP HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP rHOIMIX, TO WEE. MA/ISDEN, SUL DATED SPITHEAD, JAN. 12, 1807. " The El Cupido, a fmall merchant veffel, taken by " the Cotpors, failed from Monte Video 13th Sep " umber lA, bound to St. Sebaftian's, (in old Spain) " but loft her miten•maft about ten days after : the ,6 put into Rio Janeiro, where they faw the Matter " of a veffel, that reported that Buenos Ayres 64 to have been retaken on the 12th Augull—one " month prior to his failing ; but, as the dißance " from Buenos Ayres to Monte Video is only 107 " miles ; and not having heard any thing on the " fuhje&, he (the mailer of the vetel) slid not credit 6 6 the report." To the above we have to add the fubjoiced letter from Lord Cottmowoon to the Commander of the PRINCESS ELIZABETH packet arrived at Falmouth in fifteen days from Gibraltar, and which the packet received on the sd inilant, on which day the (poke Lord COLLINGWOOD'S fleet all well. (COPY) " Ocean, off Cadiz, Ift Jan. z Bc7. " Sir—His %jelly's brig the BEACLB, yeflerday 11 captured a Spanifh khnoner from Monte Video in " the Rio Plata, by which intelligence was received 11 that the Spaniards, on the 12th Auguft, recap. 11 tured Buenos Ayres, making General RERESFORD 11 and his army prifoners of war. ' " I have to defire you will pleafe to give this in. " foßnation to every man of war you may be fpAen " by on your pairage to England, and alfo to fuch " Englifh merchant (hips as you may have any con,- " munication with. I am, &c. (Signed) " COLLTNGWOOD." The following was received by Poft this morning . : 'I PORTSMOUTH, JAN.I7. _ " Reports of the recapture of Buenos. Ayres have 44 much occupied the attention of the London Plinio 44 lately. Falk information has been fent to them, "‘ upon which they have reafoned and (peculated. " That communicated by the Captain of the El Cupido, has never been diftinftly Rated. It is " limply thus :—On the 13th of September (he failed " from Monte Video. On the 19th (he carried away " her mainmaft, which obliged her to go to Rio 44 Janeiro, where it was reported that Buenos Ayres 44 had been recaptured on the 12th of Augu(. Now, " as the diQance between Buenos Ayres and Monte s' Video is only 107 miles, if the report had been 44 true, could (he have been at Monte Video a month " without hearing of it ? The fad is, there arc no " grounds at all for believing the report." FURTHER PARTICULARS. The following are Extraes from American Pa. pets, which have juft reached us up to the sift ult. FROM THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND AND DAILY ADVERTISER. NNW YORK, DEC. 20. IMPORTANT. Buenos Ayres retaken—Mr. Hall, a paffenger in the brig Adeline, Capt. WIcIHAM, 28 days from Havanna, has - fent us from Gravefend Bay the fol lowing important intelligence : "Two or three days previous to the failing of the Adeline, news were received Om Panama, Elating that accounts hal kirk been received there (the 20th of Oetober) of the recapture of Buenos Ayres on the Bth of Augull by a Naval Commander named Don Sr. JACO LE NAIR, at the head of t;oo troops, and 3 or4oo volunteers ; that they had killed about 500, and taken 1000 Englifh prifoners, including in the latter, the Commander KIURLEY, and a number of officers. The Spanifh troops were from Monte Video, were carried up the river about 24 miles N.W. of Buenos Ayres, to the river Conches, in launcbes and (mall veirels. It appeared to have been an en terprize of Le NAIR and his followers, unknown to the Spanifh Government.—P. S. The accounts re ceived at the Havannah make no mention of the Englifh fhipping."—Evening, pg. REMARKS BY THE NEW YORK EDITOR. This report would appear to be rather extrava gant, in the firft place, as to the very circuitous manner in which the news has come. It comes from Panama to Havanna—from Havanna to New York. Buenos Ayres lies in lat. 34. 35. S. long. 58. 26. W. Panama, which is on the other fide of the Con tinent, and which lies on the Pacific Ocean, in lat. 8. 48. N. long. 80. 15. W. Suppofing a (trait line to be ftruck, and not calculating for w(/in:, the diftance from Buenos Ayres to Panama would be 2598 miles ! Then from Panama to Hsvannah the diftance i. at leaft moo miles more in a Omit line. The news mutt have gone from Buenos Ayres to Panama, by land, and mutt have taken at leatt a month, for every body knows the inconvenience of travelling in that country. Then from Panama to Havannah, and then from the Havannah to this place. Several veffels from Buenos Ayres have been fpoken at yea within eight weeks pall, but did not relate any thing of this extraordinary intelligence. The battle is faid to have taken place on the Bth of Auguft, which is more than four months ago, and 1900 of the Spaniards are (aid to have killed and taken prifoners 1500 Britifb, a greater exploit than is recorded in the Annals of the Spanifh Hiftory. It is, however, a very ingenious report and was proba• bly fabricated by the municipality of Havannah, to check the flame of difaffedion and revolt. We won chi hnetr there brave Dons have dirporeti of the Eri• (hipping. • WASHINGTON, DEC. ro. It is confidently reported that Colonel .:aron Burr has arrived in this city. I cannot vouch for the ac curacy of the report, but am cnnfideut his pretence will not be agreeable to the Prcfidet►t. GENERAL MIRANDA. By the laR accounts from the American Papers, we learn that he was at Trinidad, anxinufly waiting for difpatches from London, in anfwer to thofe he had tranfmittcd by the PICKLE fchooner. The French had fucceeded in throv.ing in a reinforcement of soo foldiers into La Guira from their Weil India Hands. It was reported at Trinidad, that MIRANDA WeIS to ad in full concert and co-ope' ation with the expedi• tion lately fitted oat from England. FRENCH AND RUSSIANS. Reports of an aelion having taken place on the Vilittla, and !Tiling on accounts received through various channels, (till continue to be circulated, but fo contradiaory and defeflive in particulars. that we cannot afcertain the degree cf credit to which they are entitled. The following accounts have been re ceived this morning : " DOVER, JAN 17. " Reports of an action having taken place in Po land prevail in France as well as this country : the 'hip Diana, Captain Wm.! belonging to Bolton, paired by here this day, on her voyage from Chararite liound to Newcafile ; the left Rochefort only four days ago, and Captain NOBLE fays, that before he failed, intelligence was raid to be received that the French had obtained a vi&ory over the Ruffian', but fronts the manner in which the report was circulated, and from there being no public rejeicirgs, he is in clined to believe, ac were a great many people in Rochefort, that if an a6lion had been fought, the French had got no advantage. There are lying rutcly for tea, waiting for an opportunity to get out unob ferved by our lquadron cruizing off Rochefort, fcven fail of the line, one of which is a three decker—they have no troops on board, and their deftination is a fecret." " YARMOUTH, JAN. 'lg. " The CARatIER cutter has arrived here from a cruise : fhe reports, having fallen in with a Danith veffel which the boarded. The Captain informed him, that previous to his leaving Holland, news had been received that the French had been defeated by the Ruffians and Pruflians with great flauzbter." " CHATHAM, JAN. IS. it Several prifoners reached this nation yellerday, who left Flufhing on the 9th irritant, and report that rumours of a battle were circulated there, but that not any of the principal inhabitants were acquainted with the refult, which feemed to be feduloufly con- cealed. Notwithfianding reports to this effeet were generally afloat, and as generally believed, there had not been any illumination or demonflration of joy. Not a tingle foldier was left at that place or in the vicinity ; every one capable of bearing arms had been marched towards the feat of war." The 2d Battalion of the 7t ft Regiment which lately landed at Saltcoats from Newry, marched into Glafgow on Thurfday, under the command of Major CAMPBBLL. Saturday afternoon an American Gentleman ar. rived in town, from Cherbourgh, which place he left on the loth irritant, charged by Mr. ARMSTRONG, the American Minitler at Paris, with difpatches to Marrs. MoNstott and PINCKNEY, the American Ple nipotentiaries at this Court. Mr. ARMSTRONG has received official alTurances from the Fitt:eh Government, that American veffels coming direst from America, or returning from Eng land to the United States, will not be molefled by the French cruizers, and that the privateers fitted out frcm St Malnes, Cherbourgh, &c. had orders to go vern themlelves accordingly. The Gentleman jn goeflion did not hear of the re ported anion on the Vittula until his arrival in Lon don. Saturday three velTzls, the Mercury, Aurora, and Blayde, arrived in the river from the Baltic ; they failed, we believe, from Elfineur with the fleet. '1 hey bring force Bamberg, Frankfort, and other German papers of a later date than thole previoufly received. Thcßamberg paper mentions the receipt of advice, from Warfaw, to the 26th of December, at_which period two frnart aetions had been fought between the French and Ruffians, the fiat at Nawamaifto, in which about 120 C ,, ffacks were made prifoners ; the other at Cicchanna, which appears to have been warmly contelled, but in which the French are alto Rated to have prevailed. The Bamberg paper, on the authority of a letter from Auglburg, li4tes Breflaw to have capitulated, but the date and particularb are not mentioned. The patrage of troops through Frankfort, to join the army in Poland, was unremitting ; and various arti , les of dotes vcre forwarded from Mayence, &c. to the fame daination. The Ruffian divilion under General Tolfloy, which has joined the Pruffians, is Rated at 34,c00 men only. This army, it appears, has advanced to the Omulef, to (Whin the corps of General Benningfen ; and a Pruffian column has taken alirong pnl tion , cnnti derably in advance, at Suldau, which they are for tifying. The Ruffian force on the Narew is Hated to have exceeded 140,333 men, previoutly to the loth of De cember, on which day intelligence was received by the Englifh Con ful at Koeningfberg ; that. General Benningfen had been joined by General Roxhowden, at the head of 75 000 men. General Ben: ingfen's atmy was 70,003 thong. The report of the death of the (Z/cm of Fruffia ii unfounded. NAUTIC,IL INTS. LIGENCE. MAILS Tills DAY. AIR. DI.C• 2 t Gnitenbursla • i Malta • O Dublin wirer ford Litbon ARR. DU&. 0 5 I • MALTA, NOV. t 6. The convrof for England, under the command of Admiral Sir T. DUCKWORTH, arrived this moming, and the transports wi.lt troops are arrived lafe at Meffina. We lIANC had the fatilaCtion cf learning that mrre than too of the men wrecked in his Majer ty's flip the ATHENiIiNNE were raved in her boats and launches. FALMOUTH, JAN• Is. Arrived the Priocefs Elizabeth packet, Captain Fortassimcv, with mails, from Malta and Gibraltar, in 15 days from the latter place. Sailed the PrcKcs fcbooner, on a cruize. Arrived alto the fchooner, Commerce, from Cork. TORBAY, JAN.I7. Arrived his Majefty's (hips SAN JOSEF, BARFLEUR, PRINCE OF WALES, PRINCESS ROYAL, BELLEROPHON, MARS, CONEtpEROR, GIBRALTAR, MONARCH, and RUSE Cron') of war, from off Breit. PORTSMOUTH. JAN. a. .Arrived the PROSPERO bomb, with a convoy, from the Dawns. Palled by for the Downs Ia SFINs frigate, with about 44 fail of veffels under convoy, from the Weil Indies. Wind N. W. DOVER, JANUARY z 7. Paffed by, this day, the fhip Edinburgh, Captain Waws, from Limerick, bound to London ; alto the brig Elizabeth, of Flenfborg, Captain Vrrc-r, from Barcelona, bound to ditto.—Wind N. W. and moderate. DEAL, JANUARY iB. Arrived his Majefly'sfhips SA•Ace with a convn♦ from Waterford ; and ZEBRA, with a convoy front Portfmcuth, which are failed for the River. This morning the Duke of Montrofe, Admiral Gardner. and the Cattle Eden, Eall Indiamen, whit foreral other outward bound vefrcls, got under weigh and failed for Portfmouth. Wiud W. N. W. YARMOUTH, JAN Arrived the CRESCENT frigate, OBERON and ALIRT ,floops of war, and PRINCS 29 AUGUSTA cutter.. Ships ;n our Roads are, Majeftic, Roebuck, Admirals flag Chios ; Naff,m, DiSator, Agincourt, Stately, Ruby, Quebec, and Crcfcent frigatec ; Alert and Ohcrcn hoops ; Vixen brig, and feveral cutters.— Wind N.W.—This day the Royal Standard was hoitl• ed an board the Admit-41s Chips, and at one they fired 4 Royal fitlute, being her MajAy's birthday. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVEStND, JAN. IR.-Patied by the Mary Elizabeth. Stoke*, from Norway; Ann. (t . iinton, from Cork ; Shepherdeti, Cod we!! from A f - ica ; H ru,Thomu ; and the Cicero, Jones, from The Eagle, BOCKE, from Pillars for London, was taken on the 3d inttaot, near Yarmouth, and carried into Ostend. SPORTIAG INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY. Sweepflakes of zocgs.—Two year old Conde. Mr. Payne's Tudor, aft. 111 b. Lord F G. Ofborne's Norah, Bft. 61b. Mr. Wyndhant's c. by Scbedoni, aft. I z 3 Captain THRUSH has taken the command of the AVON (loop of war, in the room of that excellent Officer, Captain DE SrARCK, who is promoted. We have received letters and papers from Halifax, to the la December. Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, was to fail on the following day, in the Czfar, with the Topaze frigate, for the Chefapeak, to watch the re mains of the French fquadron there, but expected to return fhortly to England. He was to take with hint a nephew of Mr. GRATTAN, a Lieutenant in the 29th regiment, who had the mi►fortune to fraeture his &ult. Waco Paitt.—We have the unpleafant talk of again repeating this enterpriting traveller's death. He was killed at Sego, the refidence of the King of Bambarra, (in Africa) by the natives. Saturday, upwards of licty foreigners, who have enlitled into the fervice of this country, marched into Reading, in company with a party of the Pembroke Militia, on their route from Norman Crofs to Portf• mouth. The report' of a French privateer having been wrecked in Orkney on Chrittmas day is without foundation, as appears by letters from Stromnefs : the Ratement originated in an idle Rory told to the crew of a fmack, by a boatman from Flotta. Friday morning a Gentleman, belonging to the Stock Exchange, was bit by a mad dog in the leg, in Cornhlll, and, in as fhort a time after as pollible, underwent amputation. Two mad dogs were de firoyed on Thurfday in the Borough. About twenty dogs, chained together, all of whom had been bit ten, were brought down Craven•Rreet yctlerday, and drowned in the Thames. The Loan MAYOR on Sa turday iffued an order for all perfons within the City to confine their dogs. the fame precautions fhould be ohferved in Weßminfter. FlRE.—Thutfday morning, about feven o'clock, that part of the church of St. Andrew's, Dublin, in tended for a fietple, was difeovered to be oa fire.— The damage would have been confiderable, but for the ;relive exertions of the parithioners and their neighbours, whole condo& merits the higheft praife. CORN MARKET, MARK LAN', JAN. 19.—The hefts imports of Wheat to-day arc confiderable, and this trade is heavy in ales ; fine is at lefs than our Fri day's quotation ; and inferior about 31. and 41. per quarter lower—the arrivals of Barley are very, large, and this article is at a further declenfion in price— Malt likewife—but few Wkite Peas, which are dearer —Beans, of each kind, are a trifle lower—the Cup pulies of oats are very centiderable, and this trade is alfo quoted cheaper—Floor inclines lower. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDRRt Wheat, szs 66 , lles per CV. Grey Peale 43s 47sod Fine Ditto, 811 Bss od 13czt:s, (old) 42$ 48$ ad Rye, 4os 453 od Tick Ditto 36142+ od Barley, 34' 40s Oats, 223 155 3os Malt, 67s 731 vs Poland ditto 32s 331 od White Peale, (Boilers) 843 91$ kape Seed, 141 281 col Fine Flout' 7os to 7ss Seconds 651 to 7os per lack.