Star. — London, England, 1811-01-09 00:00:00

PARIS, DECEMBER It CONSERVATIVE SEWATE. Kuala CONICIIPTIOPI. The Counsellor of State, Count Caffarelilt -pre tented the following Expaais . t— " Smt.roas—We are commissioned by his Ma jesty to present to you the project of a Senatsu Con sultant, in which you will take pleasure in remarking the character of public utility, of energy, and of fore sight, which belongs to the vast conceptions of his Majesty. " The empire enjoys the most profound peace; the nations which surronnd it, deeply convinced that the surest plesige of their repose will con st an t ly b e f oun d in their alliance with the French people, every day draw closer the ties which unite them to it, and ap pear to constitute only one and the same great fami ly, by their sentiments towards the august Chief of }lance. " And if the horrors of war still desolate the extre mities of Europe. if the miled portion of a neigh bouring nation, agitated by factions, still mistake its true interests, you know, Gentlemen, that the cause 'joust be sought for in the perfidious machinations of ;that Government, the enemy of Europe, which, re- felled and menaced on all sides, has no longer any ,thing but a single corner, where it is still able to fan ;the flame of discord and of civil dissentious. 0 England blockades the ports of Europe ; she parades upon the seas her ships, every where the• oh lieet of reprobation ; she seeks openings for the pro duce of her manufactures, piled up in the warehouses l of her dismayed inhabitants. Her criminal system is 'recognised ; her snares have lost their effect ; the ne. lions at last know how to appreciate both her fatal ,alliance and and her disastrous services. 44 Amidst the calm which his Majesty has re-esta• Wished in the Empire and in Europe, lie is occupied jwith the amelioration of his marine ; and his genius jsuggests to him efficacious means for opposing to his !enemies upon the seas, numerous fleets, animated, like his veteran and formidable phalanxes, with a de sire at last to conquer an universal peace. The will iot his Majes.y shall be always that of destiny; for power and genius never will in vain. Already, Gentlemen, at the ,voice of his Ma jesty, maritime establishments are created; our coasts, the extent of which is augmented, are every where deleidcdsby courage, and fortified by art ; the arsC mals are provided with necessary materials; ships are 'rising in our ports, and our fleets will one day try their strength with those of the enemy, and reign lupon the seas, '4 But to arm these vessels, to . equip them, his Ma- Sat he stood in need of seamen. Those man his squadrons would no; be suf. greatness of his plans ; new means are new views. t, and the fisheries, which Were wont to for the State, are at present too incon new system must be firiliwith resor lying the wants of the country. of his Majosty, there issues from the :meats a crowd of. young meth who, sailors and soldiers, will shew them.' vats of those who have raised so high !arms of the empire. • now unfold to you, Gentlemen, the institution from which his Majesty ex :a.d,vantagePtis resalts. l'he Emperor has perceived • that the mode. of inscription can alone procure for the marine the/4 r esouices in men which it rquires.; but he has felt plat this mode 'could; not be4itent.led' through the whole of our territory, for the inclinations of men are renerally the fruit of their habits. , Thns, the inhale Itant of the towns of the Interior never sees the •sca r seamen ; a stranger to that element. to that mode f life, fie forms to hir.selt only 4 monstrous idea of : prefers the litici-serviee, for which the him -me victories"( our armies have already excited , . . . Its early euthusiasto. • • 4e - The inhabitant of the votst, on the contrary, from earliest years, is hearing the sea-service talked of ; : end him every thing presents the image of it ; hile yet a child he gambols io that element, upon bleb he will one day brave the storm and the hat : . e. Born on coasts adjacent to those Of,the enemy,' e.feels the necessity of defending them, because he as to protect.l.is family andllii property. He is ac. a more than any other , with.the feeling of resist ice to aggression f he is et once a man and asitizen. •• It is from the maritime departments, then, that ,e marine must be recruited; it is from the line of )acts that must be made the selection of men tics.. Red to serve en the sea. .. 4 But the profettion Of the seaman is liable to se laity vicissitudes and dangers, that it is necessary to I, =menet it from the most tender age, when the or. I us are docile o .the body flexible, and habits are con- - ; l without difficulty. It is nicestAry that the I ' 'should be early ascu*toioad -10, Peril ' 44 1 .1 to face it with a smile. : 4 •• Young sailors shall therefore be selected at the of from 13 to 1F; if .younger, die State would Hit too long before it enjoyed their servkes ; if older, i to physic 4 constitution of man could only be heat 1 ith difficulty - 10 all the toils of seamanship. . I 4 , Here, it is our duty ro communicate one of these ; re tho'ughts of the Entperor—that of initiating friml le present moment, these young conscripts, in OW treer which they are destined to run. 1 ~ Hi s - majesty has formed crews fir Op t and tws.for flotillas. The former, composed of exec. aced mariners, will mail the ships ; lot the latter, Maier . ;s fitting out in his ports small vessels, skilful officers ; on board whit!. will manceuvres, io steering, in the use of 'gong seamen, whom the Senattix . Con-, we present, sotnmons to the honour' country. Gentlemen, the experience which in the navigation of the coasts and will not be so great asithat coinnotai expeditions ; but they will thus. Le th their state, they will see and will icolties ; they will acquire a taste for way, that it will present to them 06. they will have to surmount; and in a will be fit to serve In a more useful 1 the ships of his Majesty. Anse time that his Majesty projected training to himself seamen, he has ordered IrPut. bated _ ate necessary Measures for fortnins the officers who are to command them. Every thing is connected ii his conceptions; their whole always bears the impres sion of the. genius who presides over the prpsperity 01 the Empire. PROJET OF THE SENATOR CONSULTUM. ART. I. The coast-districts of the thirty depart ments hereafter named shall cease to contribute to the conscription for the land-army, and shall be reserved for the conscription of the sea-service. IL The following areithe thirty departments in which the maritime districts shall be reserved ; Maritime Alps, Appennines, Aude, Mfritlis of the' Rhone, Calvados, Lower Charente, Coasts of the North, Dyle, the Scheldt, Fiaisterre, Gard, Genoa, Gironde, Heranit, Ile and Vilaine, Landes, Lower Loire, Lys, Manche, Mentenotte, Morbillan, Two Nethers, Nord, Par de Calais, Lower Pyierinees, Eas ' tern Pyrennees, Lower Seine,Somme,Var, Vendee. ' 111. Ten thousand conscripts of each of the class.s of 1813, 1814, 1815, and 1816, shall be immediately placed at the disposal of the Minister of Marine. IV. The present Senatus Consultur4 shall be trans mitted in a message to his :Nlajesty the Emperor and King. !VIP TriRY CONSCRIPTION. The Minister of State, Count Repoli(' de St. Jean d'Angely, read the following Repot : IMPORT OP THE WAR MINISTER TO HIS IMPERIAL AND FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS. DECEMBER L••• 4•4 fa& ijesty has felt this 'who at present ficient for the gi pessary for nel Commerce, furnish seamen fi siderable, and•a ted to for suppl, ' "At the voice maritime depaiti Wing at once so Ives worthy rii the glory of the " We' shall n sasis of that ins ects the most a: acrd &er is Majesty is titt onananded by ok ezercited ii 4 ms ;ries, those yr,uni ultura, which wi f 1 serving their cc 4 , tlouhtlets, . ey will acquire n the roads, tail :ated by distant . ..Initialised with 'anguish its dithc t; even in this u tacles which the ew yeirs they w Danner on board ~ At the same Seam for *finial ROYAL NI UESTY. • "„PARIS, DECEMBERS, isio. SIRE--According to the laws of our military 0r. , " garrization, the conscription slrbuld be raised on the Ist of January, 1811. I therefore submit to yOur Majesty the projet of a Senatus Consultum. " I have not distinguished the conscription of this year into active and reserve contingents, because it fff appeared to. me, that the intention of your Majesty' was only to make levies progressively, and in the course of the year. " In proportion as the new conscripts arrive under their colours, an equal nuber Of old soldiers'must be sent back to their homes. A great many have al ready re-entered them, and your Majesty will take into your consideration the circumstances of .the war in Spain and Portugal, in order •to authorise me to grant more or less definitive discharges. " The conscription is the basis of the prosperity of France ; it,is that which, for so many years, has re moved far from our territory the scourges of war. " When your Majesty shall have concluded a ma ritime peace, and shall be able to dis Sand your ar mies, it will be equally necessary to raise, every year, a part of the conscription, for the purpose of main taining the forces of your Mojesty on a footing which is suitable to your empir e ; bat Ido not reckon that there will then be any necessity for more than a third of the conscription which I propose to raise at present, which will form at the most only 1-9th of the males liable to be called on as conscripts. It is obvious, then, how much that contribution will be lightened—the first in importance of those which the F rench' owe to their country. The militia. which appeared a mode rated institution, but which was aggravated by a multitude of exemptions, wbighed heavily on the na tion after the wars of Louis XIV. and even the wars of Flanders and Bohemia. " The conscription of 1811 will occasion extraor dinary expellees for the fast clothing:and equipment, for the expences of the match, &c. of so considerable a number of. open. I have brought them to the budget of the year, and they are compiehended in the general arrangements which your Majesty leis made for the finances of that service, without that augmentation of expence necessary any augmentation of taxes. My &pal tuient feels the effects of the pros'. perous state of your MajeNty's finances. Scarcely do a few contested accounts, and which require exami nation, remain to be paid ; no part or the service languishes, and all my expences, formerly so much in arrear, are brought'up to the present day. "I am with reslect, &c. (Signed) "The Duke of FELTItE, Minister atWar." The Report beirg read, Count Regnaud de Saint Jean D'Angely spoke as follows : " Ses:srons—When his n.jesty summoned finder his Eagles the conscriptions of 1809 i4d 1810Aefore the ordinary period, he announced victory arid peace a; the rewatd of the devotitin of his young soldiers. "'The Emperor kept his word ; he vanquished and pacified, without having any need to anticipate again the period when it is the &sty of Frenchmen subject . to the conscription to pay the debt to their country. " Time has brought round the return of the perio dic term, when a call must take place. ' I " 'At the commencement of 1811, the conscripts of I that year must prepare themselves to enter succer-.4 sively the ranks, in order to replace either those brave men who have fallen in battle, or the veterans who repair to the bosom of their tarnilies, carrying with them their glory, and seeking reuse. " The number raised on zl.e =mint- conscriptions has been 120,000 men ; but the call has only. been made to you succebsivele, and with the distinction of immediate destination and that of reserve. Eiten though ti.e whsle of a levy equal tothat of preceding conscriptions may not "be necessary at present, yet his Majesty has thought that it was better to place at the disposal of his War Minister the num ber of conscripts employed in preceding years. " They shall not be forthwith called upon,but sue cessively, in virtue of decrees of his Majesty, and as often•as they shall be wanted. • No augmentation of revenue will he necessary; and • the funds assigned by the budget of 1810 for that ser vice, or disposable for that of 1811, will stilfice for the expences of these two years, and for all the branches of the service. • " To maintain herself in an honourable attitude, to shew her if protecting or threatening in the eyes of her friends or her enemies, France has no need, Gentlemen, of any new effort, of any extraordinary sacrifice. •' For it is not thus that we are ever to designate the levy of the conscription—a personal tribute, a pledge of the independence of the sower and of the' glory of the empire, and which must, in time of peace a.. in time of • war, be paid every year either in a greater or a less proportion. " And the mirth:own of that proportion must always be given in peace, in a component ratio, first of the result of, the ordinary mortality, and secondly, of the number of discharges that are given. " The number of discharges will, then be that of a fifth of the army, if it should not happen that a great number of Frencluttep 0,14 the , *l44rY life ! itirslot, . . • _ _ • • ••••1-• chances, and its bosettrable dawn. le u . a labour of which they have got out of the hatn., 4 , These brave men thus voluntarily, and for a time which often embraces the duration of their lives, pay the debt of a part of their fellrn►-citizens, at the same time that they form'in all the corps of the army that inexhaustible reserve, that stock of fold warriors, upon whose example the new levies are formed, and who ensure victory. 66 When reflecting on the extent of their devotion, on the duration of their services, what Frenchman can hesitate to join them, when he hears the voice of the country which calls him, of the law which commands him, and of the glory which awaits him." . THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. II WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9. PRICE or STOCKS THIS DAY AI ONE O'CLOCK. a per Cont. Cons. for money and account, 66 et. dlv. Reduced eeif--4 per Coot. 821.-5 per Cent. 98ft ex. die. La. Bells, 9s. to 12s. pr.—Bonle, 11s, pr —Omo. 4t dis. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERIJAY. S per Ct. Red. 66fif Loos Ann: 17 11-16 f 3 per Cent. Cons. 464 64 66 Excheq. Bills 6s. 6s. press. 4 per Cent. eV,. Lottery Tickets xvi. Its. 5 per Cent. Navy ellfif Cons. for ace. 67f THE KING. The. favour able reports of the Physicians, within these few days, have diffused a considerable degree of hope that His MAJESTY'S disorder has once more taken a favourable turn. We are also happy to have it in our power to state, that private accol , -..t; f: "m Windsor give additional weight to the a‘reeable pre. • sages that have been formed. la WINDSOR CASTLE, JANUARY 8,1811. " His Maiterr has passed a good night, and is still rather better." (sirted as usual.) " WINS/lOU CASTLE, JANUARY 9, 1811- " His MAJIISTY has passed a good night, aid re mains as well as he was yesterday. (Signed) " H. It. REYNOLDS. W. HESE/LIMN. " SI BMW& R. WILLIS." The Adiress'of CAFPARPLLI, the French Counsel lor of State, to the Conservative Senate, given in an other part of our Paper, is a curious composition. The Minis:er assures the Senate that France enjoys a profound/mace, yet the very Moniteur in which this is published contains the Seneur Cantuhum for raising 120,000 fresh soldiers, and placing them at the dis, posal of the War Minirt:r. But the principal object of the Address is to make known Ig/seinen:es vast project for raising a marine—by seizing children be tween the ages of IS and 16— to be trained to evolu tions and manoeuvres on flotillas in the roadsteads of France d Will the hardy Sons of Britain trained on the bosom of the element submitted to their rule, be, ever backward to Lice the sailors of this new school The pictures of French prosperity detailed in the French Papers are very different fromthe statements of any who have personally visited France. In Paris, I t the failures of the richest houses, and the exactions of ' the Government, have nearly annihilated public cre dit and commercial enterprise ; and almost every fa ; roily is saddened by the loss of some of its members Islain in the Peninsula, and the apprehension that new land itnmense levies will soon be called fer to carry on .a new war in the North of Ettrope. • A Gentleman who left Petersburgh on the 16th ultimo, a week later than the letters from that city' brought by the Anholt Mail, brings intelligence that I A LNYANDER has at last acceded to the Continental System. CAULENCOURT presented at the Palace the de mands of his master on this subject, and allow ed ALEX ANDER only 12 days to signify his determination regard ing it, which was that which we have stated. The ac- counts from Memel and from Hamburgh,the latter da ted the27th ult. corroborate these particulars; and the important fact of the condescension of the Russian Court to the purposes of BONAPARTE would be placed beyond the possibility of doubt with the most scepti cal. if it were not the case, that the Swedish letters dis countenance such a statement, for although they do not expressly contradict it, yet the conclusion that would be drawn from the advices from that quarter, would be (Toned to it. A letter from Corwift,' dated the end of No vember, intloses the following statement of French Troops' sent into Spain by the road of Bayonne, between the eud of October, 1807, and the close of :2 1 74 1 . 810, The computation is confirmed by r letter from Cadiz, and it is as follows 4 1807 - - Infantry 47,500 Cara!ry 7,1 w • 1408 • - 209,300 - 38,800 1809 - 55,400 8080 . 1810 • - ••• 80,900 •-- 14.400 401,100 66,000 The above applies only to the recrnits sent by the way of Bayonne. It is presamed that the numbers which have marched by the way of Catalonia exceed iso,cipo, comprising in the wlic,le a force of 519,000. Of these prObably 250,000 have not survived. The progressive supply in the last year is given in the subsequent monthly arrangement :- 1810 January, infantry 22,700 Cavalry 7,100 t übriiary, 3,7(.,4) March, 14,700 10:00 -- 6,700 -- 11,4C0 May, -- 4,700 'l,OOO June, 6,000 -- 800 July, -- 7,400 200 Augaaf f , 10,400 • 88,900 18,400 MAnK LAN .--The market this day is in , the same itate as our report of Monday, and very few Factors or Buyers attended, and few samples were 'beim— No fresh pricei can be quoted, excepting for Flour, whi4 Topeka at Monday's advance of about 55.. per sack. . • Barte.El d resterdair there being no Court of Al ftermett; USD 14.0?1t, 'atter inspecting the Re. it . N cooture >iS royal link _ . pditzumsmrisr MUSS OS 1.0/LDS, JANUARY s. _ CONIPIMANCifi Waft TUS CJ (MONK,, Immediately after prayers were read— Lord Clive, accompanied by several Members, brought up a message from the Commons, acquaint. inn their Lordships that the Commons had agreed to the amendment made by their Lordships to the second of their Resolutions, returued to the Commons at a conference on Saturday last. Shortly alter Lord Csave asd several Members of the House of Commons again appeared at the Bar, and requested, on the part of that House, a conference on the subject of certain late conferences held wits their Lordships. The LORD CHANCELLOR, by command of the House, informed the messengers that their Lord ships agreed to hold the desired conference, and de sired that the same may be held presently in the Painted Chamber. The messengers having retired from the Bar, a de. pttration was appointed to manage the conference t the part of their Lordships, censisting of the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, Marquis Wellesley, Earls (frahan► (Duke of-Montrose), Harcourt, and f.iverpool, the Bishop of Killala, and Lords Napier and Walsingham. On their I.ordaflips return from the Painted Chun, ber, the Lord President (Earl Camden) reported that the conference, which was managed on the part of the Commons by Lord Clive and otherMernbers, had been held ; when the Commons communicated two Resolutions agreed to by that House, to which they desired tie concurrence of their Lordships, and which the Noble Earl moved be now read by the Clerk, which was ordered. The Resolutions were to the lowing purport : First, That a Committee be appointed to wait upon his Roya l Higtinew the l'rince of Wales, to acquaint him with the Rese, lutions which have new passed both Houses of Parliament, and. to Perron their hope at the same time, that his Royal High. news will be pleased to take upon him the Administration of the Government of the Realm, iu the name of the King, agreeably to the said Resolutions, as soon as an Act shall be passed for the pure pose of enabling him so to do. Second, That the Resolutions voted by both ifousg.s of Parlia ment, respecting the superintendanee of a certain portion of hie . Majesty's Household, and the care of his Majesty's sacred person, be laid before her Majesty the Queen, and that her Majesty 14 humbly requested, at the same time r that her Majesty would be plead to take upon her the important trusts therein Mentioned, and that due Provision shall be made for carrying the said Retains" tions into effect. ' The Resolutions being read, the House, on the mo tinn of the Ltd of LIVERPOOL, agreed to al Lime sm. aid ordered that the blanks be filed up in each Resolution, v►ith the words «Lords Spi. ritual and Temporal," and as indicative of the con. currence of their Lordships in the same, as joint Re solutions and Addresses of both Houses of Parliament. It was then ordered, that the concurrence of their Lordships in the Resolutions communicated this day by the Commons, should be communicated to th a t House forthwith at a second conference, to be held presently in the Painted Chamber, and that a message ' be sent to the Commons to - desire the said conference, —Ordered. On the return of thewsessengers, their Lordships were informed that the Commons had agreed to the desired conference, and accordingly the above-men. tioned Peers were appointed to manage the same on the part of their Lordships ; they accordingly re paired to the Painted Chamber, where the deputation from the Commons were waiting; and on their return the Lard President informed the House, that the communication had been duly made. JOl NT ADDRGSGS. The Earl of LIVE RPOOLosoved, that the Lord President and the Lord Pi ivy Seal be des red to wait on his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on the part of that House, touching the subject of the Re solution concurred in, that day, by their Lordships. —Ordered. The eloble Secretary then moved, that the Earl of Harcourt and Lord Douglug of Lochlevin (Earl of Morton) he desired, in like manner, to attend her Majesty, on the part of their Lorriships ; which was ordered accordingly. . QUESTION, Or PROXIll& The LORD CHANCELLOR, in pursuance of the notice he had given, made a few observations on this topic. He said that the question of Proxies, was one of peculiar importance, and (tom what had re cently transpired on the subject, required the serious attention pf their Lordships, and that some decision should be made upon it. Great stress had been laid naturally on the ciicumstancesunderwhich theirLord shipi had assembled ; and much stress was also laid upon the circular letter written by the Chancellor to the Lords, by desire of the House, the better to in duce a full attendance. He was desirous of a full consideration of this subject, and with that view he would now move, “ That the Report of the Com mittee appointed to search for precedents, with respect to Proxies, be taken into consideration on Friday next ; Red also, that a copy of the said circular letter of the Chancellor to the Lords, dated ; ct of Novem ber, 1810, sho be laid before the House, unless it should appe letter be already entered upon the Journals." Noble and Learned Lord then adverted to the pt °positions, which he now termally gave notice lie should submit to the House on Friday next. They consisted of fin Resolutions, chiefly re ferring to points of order, respecting the admission and eligibility of Proxies in certain case*. His Lord ship then read the Resolutions. A short conversation eaeued, principally touching the preferehk mode of proceeding with respect to the proposed discussion, between Earl STANIIOIg, his Grace of Noneoee, Lord REDiSDALE, ai;d the Noble Lord on the 'Woolsack. The result was, that the Lord Chancellor intimated his intention (in conse quence of an opinion expressed by Earl Stanhope) of submitting the whole of his propositions to the House, before he should urge , the decision upon the first p— that the circular letter, written by the Lord Chancel lor was already upon the Joursrals ; a wish appeared to be entertained that the document in question should be printed for the use of the House ; and that the House was ordered to be summoned for Friday next. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved t tbat the House should adjourn (especially) till teseteelnek on Thursday. Earl STAKIOPE expressed hit wish to know the -