Star. — London, England, 1805-01-14 00:00:00

LONDON. The Author d the ODE ON Inc Was. will ohterve, oar a feelmad perofal, that the following are act rhyriet St;...aaad flasew; in:* and brri,R ; and L. , jr MONDAY, JANUARY If. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCKt Coat for money 63—rcliuo, for account, 63i. Omw.:ro PRICE OF STOCKS ON 6.11 UtIDAY Bit4t Stock 172 . :short Ann. 3p.C. R. Aug. 6067•} 6^4 .. 1-cli4 imoull, Is. 21 da. 3 Per Colt. Conf. 591; 6o it i fil 5 per Cent. 8 4 Per Cent. 731 761 El ch.l. Bills, is. as.dif. 5 Pere. NarT , 9 0 4t1 gnu:lm 211 5 Per Cent. 1797, tc , il En.:;10, Ticker. 191. nr. Long A. 174 7.164 I Cunt. for acc. toil,. 601 6s .;i DUILI/1, Jaatomt• 9.-5 per Cent. Goa. Deb. 850. Ercbange.—Dublin no London, A. An alarm has taken place in the Weft of England M a repot.; that an enemy's fleet from Havre-de- Grace was at fea. This country can have nothing to apprehend from a force from that quarter. A diverfton indeed ns;ght be attempted on jerfcy or Guernfey. The Gazette of Saturday night contains an Order in Council granting general reprifals and letters of marque againa Spain. This being the anal form of declaring war, forte of our'contemporaries enter tained an expeaation that it would be accompanied with a fpecification of all the reafons. The Order in Council contains one that is as good as ten thoufand! it Rates, that Spain has declared war againa us— Among the fignatures to this Order is that of Vif count &piano -at. This is the 6rR public aft of his Lordihip in his new capacity. Without pretending to vouch for the authenticity of the raft it aliens, we infest, literally, the follow lag letter received this morning from Dover : u Dover, January 13, ally. 04 Ste—The Frenchman who was taken up and put on board the Umee HT in the Downs, was certainly, however you may doubt it, the bearer of difpatches from France I he is as certainly fent back without f pny anfwer to what he brought.—This you may rely i APM" Whatever was the objea of his million, the French Mellinger is returned to France in the ItitagoareLl TE. NEGOCIATION.—Some of our Brother-Journalifls alien, that a Negotiation is really on the carpet.— Tor the fake of argument is e will take it for granted; and nothing at this folemn milts of the Meeting of Parliament can be more important than a confide ratios of the views of the French Emperor :—call him Emperor we may, if the French people will have it fo, and if nothing elle elands in the way of a fe cure peace : the Athenians permitted PHILIP of Ma cedon to be called a God, if he pleated.— We null that our Rulers will not imitate the inhu man and deftruetive policy which in iSco refuted to Men to any coverlures of Peace. We had then BONA POTS in our power ; our refttfal made him what he is. Hear with gravity and attention his propofals : the very found of Peace pours balm into the heart of Humanity. But to hear, and to accept, ptoporals are very dillina and feparate things. The intereils of BoassasTs and of the Britifh giniftry arc at prehnt not eafily to be reconciled. His intcreit is clarly to offer Peace to this country on what he may reprefcnt as very liberal terms. He may agree to reitore Hanover, to refpea the neutra lity of the German States, and to guarantee Malta to this country. He may go farther : he may fell us all his gun-boats and velrels deftined for invafion; and permit us to retain Tobago. This he may do in perfea faFety, and without abandoning his defigns againft the (hipping, the commerce, the exidence of this country: abandon, did we fay—he will make them more certain of fuccefs than by the prolonga tion of war. Such a Peace as this would be hailed by the good natured part of this country, who are ready to applaud every meafure of Goveinment. It would be called fatisfaaory, glorious and honourable. Lord Aasavrt.r.s indeed, Mr. WINDHAM, and Mr. eossarr would fee in fuch a Peace, the f iurce of our downfall ; but they would be left in a Minority, tnd the country in general would fit down in a (late I of fancied fecurity. What would be the conic cluence? We fhould reduce our army, difmantle our fleets, and fell our ttores. BONAPAILTII would, on the contrary, by the fame means which lie adopted in 1802, more Mently perhaps and more impercepti bly, but as fuceefsfully, increafe his foreign trade, taife an immenfc number of tailors, build 150 fail of the line;—in a word, avail himfelf of the prodigious and incalculable refources thrown into his hand by the potreffion of Flanders,Holland, and Italy; and by his irrefillibla influence over Spain, Portugal, &c. till at the end of five years, he would burl upon this country and its dependencies like a hurricane of devaßation, and pour the fury of his conqueft over the world. 'The Britifh Miniltry have been taught experience by the confequences of the laft Peace. We are not securing them : they made the experiment, and they had the good fink to confefs its failure. Mr. PITT and Mr. ADDINGTON were united in the Peace.— Lord SIDNOUTH ar.d Mr. Pirr are now, we believe, convinced of the double ruin and accumulated dellruc (ion, which would inevitably follow a fimilar treaty. Arc we then never to make Peace ? Never : unlefson prlnciples. of mum 44 , 1111411ffe, tm¢Mita tt 1q , As fooP inisht we gaped to fee the Ihitiff; Channel refute. and the fummit of the Alps afford a paffage to our thips, as to remain in fafety as a commercial nation, and an independent Elate, while France re. mains poffeffed of the coaft from the Zuyder Zee to the Adriatic, with the exception of the Straights of Gibraltar Until her new polfeffions are refcued from her grafp, and fixed on the fecure bafis of 'ail ing independence, Psacs WITH FRANCE IS SUBMIS SION To FRANCE! She will continue to threaten in vafion from her furrounding harbours, until the has accomplilbed it. To inftance cnly one, but the moll formidable of her new polfeffions, how is the to be forced from Holland ? By negotiation with Pruffia. Our Rea- 1 ders may recollect that about eight years ago we de clared our opinion that to fecure the independence of Holland, it ought to be guaranteed to Pruffia. Have fnbfequent events proved the futility of that opinion? They have proved that Holland alone cannot refill the impetuofity of the torrent of French Conqueft, and that the reftoration of our ancient and faithful ally, the Prince of Orange, would be a moll una vailing expedient. Praia, poffieffed of Holland, would form a naval and continental Power fufficient, with the alliance of this country, to check and con troul the defigns of France; nor would it be difficult to point out the means by which the two other rival Rates, Rullia and Auftria, would be brought to con cern to the meafure we propnfe. This morning we received Meniteurs to the 6th, of which we give a copious extra& The Menueur of the tft contains a large view of the intermit and external politics of France, which con tains Come interelling points. It will be obferved with what caution it fpeiiks of Ruffia and Auftria ; of Sweden not a word is Paid. The remarks on England prove the propriety of our remarks on the late reports of a propofition for peace. Had there been any truth in them, BONATAITII would not commit himfelf as he does, by Paying openly that he will accept of no other terms but thofe of the peace of Amiens. The Monitorr of the 3d contains an Addrefi of the Legiflative Body to the Emperor ; but it throws no light on the fituation of Europe, or the queflion of war or peace. The fame journal gives the Addrefs of the Tri bunate to his Imperial Majetly, which is conceived nearly in fimilar terms. A few pottage' from the anfwers of the Emperor are given, but they contain nothing worthy of parti cular notice. On the ill of January mafs was performed in the chapel of theThuilleries, after which the Emperor gave audience to the conflituted authorities, and feveral perfons of diflindicaiwere then prefented, among whom were Count Cosawrz Rh, Ambalrador from the Em peror of Auflria, General de BILLIGARDS and Ge neral GRAMMA, AmbaffaJor of his Catholic Majefty, and Miniller Plenipotentiary of her Majefty the Queen of Etruria. LEGISLATIVE BODY. PRESIDENCY OF M. FONTANES.--.SITTING OF RIME 10TH, 11110EM1Itt 31, 1804. The Prefident read the following Me Page : At the Palace of the ThaiEerie', Nivofc to, year 13. Nero, sou, Emperor of the French. We bare nominated, and hereby nominat(McWri. Champagny. Minifter of the Interior ; Regnaud and Lacuce, Counfellors of State, to repair to the Legiflative Body this day, Nivofe zo, and there to give a Report on the State of the Empire. By the Emperor, (Signed) NAPOLEON. The Sccreury of State, (Signed) H. B. MACCT. M. CHAN PACS T--- 46 In confequence of the nomi nation jult announced to you, I am about to have the honour of giving you an account of the prefent Gate of the French Empire : The internal fituation of France," Paid the Orator; " is at prefent what it was in the mon peaceful times; there is no movement that can alarm the public tranquillity ; no crime conneaed with the remembrance of the Revolution; every where ufeful enterprifes ; every where an amelioration of public and private property atten the progrefs of confidence and fecurity." After alluding to the new Emperor being acknow ledged in the different Departments; by the Armies, Tribunals, &c. and the arrival of his Hofinefs in France, the Orator fpeaks" of a plot hatched by an implacable enemy, which was about to plunge France again into an abyfs of civil war. On the difcovcry of this horrible plot, all France was thrown into com motion ; inquietudes fcarccly allayed, were awaken. ed ; and in all minds were found at the fame time, principles which have been thofe of all wife men, and which were conftantly ours before the pub lic mind had been alienated by error and weaknefs, and opinions had been milled by criminal intrigues." —The orator then proceeds to Rate, that it had been found that the chief power divided had been without unanimity and force ; the Senate, as it ought to be, was the organ of the common uneafinefs, and a with for an hereditary government was loon expreffed. It was proclaimed by the Eleftoral Colleges, by the Armies : the Council of State, the Magittrates, and the mon enlightened men were confulted, and their anfwer was unanimous. The neceffity of hereditary power. in a Rate fo large as France, had long been perceived by the Fitt Conful. In vain had he re fined the force of principles—in vain had he endea voured to eftabliffi a fy Rem of elation which might Ipopetnate the fupreme autliorlif, and tranfmit it mithout bagel and wit,imut trpuble. Reafon, fen- ' timent, and experience—all faid to the French that there could be no certain tranfmhllon of power, but that effeCled without any interval; that there could be no tranquil fuccedion but that regulated by the laws of nature. When willies fo ardent were fup ported by fuch motives, the determiLation of the Firfk Conful could not be doubtful. He re- Need then to accept for himfelf, and for two of his, brothers after him, the burden impofed on him by the neceffity of circumftances." Here the Orator enumerates the feries of difpofitions which have fixed the hereditary fucceflion of the Imperial Throne, and expatiates on the confequences which have refulted from it, in regard to the interior date of France.— He then proceeds to the external fituation of France; (peaks of St. Domingo being Rill preferved, by the courage of Frenchmen, feconded by the fidelity of the Spaniards. Martinique braves the menaces of the enemy ; Guadaloupe has enriched itfelf with the (poils of the Britifh commerce, and Gui• and Rill profpers under an alive and vigorous Adminiftration. The Ides of France and Reunion would at prefent have been the depot of the riches of Afia; and London would have been convulied and in a date of difafter, had not weaknefi or inexperience defeated a project concerted with the otmoft ability*. Thefe Wands, however, arc Rill fupported by prizes taken from the enemy. 4 , Our armies are Rill worthy of their reputation ; our foldiers and officers are learning to fuhdue that element, which feparates us from that Hind, the ob jeCt of all their refentmeot ; our boldnefs and addrefs aftonifhes the oldeft and moll experienced feamen ; our fleets are continually tnanceuvring, as a prelude to battle, and, while thofe of our enemies are worn out by the winds and tempefts, oursarelearning,without being dedroyed,to druggle againft them. In a word, fence the war, we have got poi:fed - ion of Hanover, and we are more in a date than ever to aim decifive blows at our enemies." After a few words on the Rate of the finances and revenues, the Orator takes a view of the politi cal fituation of the different Powers of Europe. — " Spain," fays he, " repofed in a neutrality, to which France had confented, and which the Britifh Cabinet had acknowledged. All of a fudden its (hips were attacked, and the Treaty of Amiens was vio lated in regard to it, as it had been in regard to France. His Catholic Majefty has adopted that courfe commanded by the dignity of his throne, vio lated faith, and the honour of that generous nation, the defliny of which he dire as. " The Emperor of Auftria devotes to the redora tion of his finances, the ptofperity of bis provinces, and the progrefs of their commerce, that repofe which is fuggefted to him by the loyalty of his cha railer, and the inteteft of his fubjefts. 44 The Italian Republic, adminiftered and govern ed by the fame principles as France, demands, like it, a definitive organization, which may fecure to the prefent generation, and to future generations, all the advantages of the focial compaa. " Helvetia enjoys in peace all thofe advantages, which arife from its Conffitution, the wildom of its Citizens, and from our alliance. " Batavia fill groans under an oligarchical govern ment, without union and without views, without patriotifm and without vigour. Its co►onies have been fold a fecond time, and delivered up to England without firing a ihot ; but that nation has energy, morals, and ceconomy—it wants only a firm, patriotic and enlightened Government. "The King of Pr ulna, on every occafion, has 'hewn himfelf the friend of France, and the Emperor has embraced every opportunity of confolidating this happy harmony. 4 , The Eleaors and all the Members of the Germa• nic Body, faithfully maintain the relations of friend !kip and amity, which unite them to France. 66 Denmark follows the counfels of a policy always fage, moderate, and judicious. 6 6 The fpirit of CATHERINE the Great will watch over the councils of ALEXANDER I. he will remem ber that the friendfhip of France is for him a coun terpoife nece ff ary in the balance of Europe ; that placed at a diflance from it, he can neither attack vor trouble its repofe, and that his great intereft is to find in his relations with it, a channel neceffary for difpofing of the produaions of his Empire. 66 Turkey is wavering in its politics ; it follows through fear a fyftem which its interea difavow;.-- May it not learn, at the expellee of its own exilleuce, that fear and uncertainty accelerate the fall of em pires, more fatal a thOufand times than the dangers and loffes of an unfortunate war ! " Whatever may be the movements of England, the deninies of France are fixed ; thong by its union ; flrong by its riches and the courage of its defenders, it will faithfully cultivate the alliance of friendly nations, and will ad in fuch a manner as neither to merit enemies, nor to fear them. " When England filar be convinced of the imbe cility of its efforts to agitate the continent ; when it than be fenfible that it can only lofe in a war under taken without motive and without objeia ; when it (ball be convinced that France will never accept other conditions than thofe of Amiens, and will never con• fent to allow it the right to break treaties at pleafure, by appropriating to Well Malta ; England will then • The Orator, no doubt, here allude• to the defeat of Linoifs (quadrat by Commodore Pay. arrive at pacific antimeris ; hatred and envy prcvaii only fur a time." When tile report was read, the Preflcknt, ad,!, (- flog himfelf to the Idinifler of the Interior, and cue Counfellors of grate, Paid, " The LegiCative Lc dy is about to form a general committee; to take into confideration this report, and will enter into a deli_ beration worthy of it, and of the Government b 7 which you have been fent." MARK-LANE. COP.N EXCHANGE, .IAII. 14. Wheat has arrived to-day in middling fupply, and this trade remains in the late (late, at prefent prices ; to•day faks are dull, and it goes off at a fmall n. duelion—Barley in good quantity, the preterit tic mand creates a further fmall advance on t::is article —Malt, Peas, and Beans, of each kind, are in plent7, and vary but little in price —the fame is oblerved in the trade for Oats—Flour comes bill very plentiful. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER. What, VS?. 88s. 98s per v. erty 435. to 48s. Fine Ditto, zoos. Toss. od. Beans, Sts 575. od. Rye, s Zi. 576. od. Tick Ditto 4Ss. 54, od Barley, 465. 511. ofl. Oata, 284. 3z .;.333. Malt, 741. Bos. od. Poland ditto, 34 , 35b. 6 d. Wbite Peafc, S4s. od. Rape Seed„ al. al. to 461. per la ft PRICE OF FLOUR. Fine Flour Bss. co 88s. Seconds 8. s. to Bss. y.r tack. The Gazette of Saturday lath Rates, that the Kicc has been pleated to grant the Dignity of a Vikomit of the Untied Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 'lnto the Right Honourable HENRY ADDINGTON, and the heirs male of his body lawfuily begotten, by the name. flyle, and title of Vilcount SiJrnouth, of Sid. mouth, in the County of Devon. Yefterday morning the Royal Family attended Diyine Service at St. George's Chapel, and heard an excellent Sermon, preached by the ite'. Dr.fisaxn; Canon in Reficlence, from the 6th chaptzr of Ro mans, and the 12th verfe— " Lct not fin therefore reign in your mortal body, flan ye mould obey it in the lofts thereof." After Divine Service, the Royal Family took an airing to Frogmore. This day the Royal Family came to town for the feafon. To morrow his MAJESTY will go ir. flare to the Houfe of Peers, to open the Seffions of Parliament, with a Speech from the Throne. On Wedr,eftlay his MA ESTY will hold a Levee at St. James'•; PdhFe, and receive the Addrers from the Houle of Lords. On Thurfday his MAJESTY Will receive the Addrefs from the Houle of Commons, and hold a Chapter of the Order of the Garter, fts.r the purple of dilpti ling of the blue Ribband, vacant by the death of the Duke of ROXBURGH. E.III CUESTERFIELD, it if expected, will he honoured with it: Friday her Majisry wi.l hold a drawing-room al St. James's Palace, to celebrate her b;rth•day. In the evening her tlairsry will hay. a concert and party at Buckingham-Honfe. A Ce.uncil was yellerday afternoon l'eld at the puke of PORTLAND'S, in Piccadilly, at which were prefent Mr. PITT, VIIGOUCE SIDMOUTH, Vilcount Lord CANTLLREACH, and Lord MUL GRAVE. A Council was alto held at his Grace': Hnufe on Saturday. _ _ The necefrairy preparat inns for his Mai EaTY going in State to the Houle c t Peers to-morrow, have ~een ordered. The KING'S Speech was read to the Nit-mints the Howe of Peers thischtv, at Lord HAWK r ua in St. James',-fcinarc, and in the after no , n At the II CHANCE L Lot; of the Ere /4 rs,y Downqig-ltreet• The Earl and Counter's of NloritA arrived in town yellerday evening. The valuable (Zee of Receiver General for Scot land, vacan! by the death of Mr HAMILTON, we un derhand, is given Mr. Gr. 3KGE ALI,KCROoIItIE, the fon in-law ot Lord 'ME T.V IL. r.F. JOHN FORBES, Efq. ha; been appointed Keeper of the Records in the G o vern Oihee, At Cal cutta, in the room of C. I ;'O'i LEY, The 96th Regimen of foot embarked at Co t : o n the 4th inft. as did the 56. h on the day ro:iowing.— The latter regiment is under orders for ' , pail. '' he igth and 9oth regiments, quartered m:ar Cork (at Middleton, &c.) are ready tor einhatka:ion, and its hourly expeEtation of orders to that effect. Yefterday mgrning a fire broke out at Mr. Dowding's Cooperage, Wapping Wall, which totally confumed thole exteufive premises, together with the immenfe flock in trade. The hotife of Mi. E Tina. ton, wine-merchant, in Spring-fireet, was pattly confumed, and his warehonfe and flock totally de firoyed. Four houfes in Sconce's-alley were astir detltoyed, and five or fix in Purdeu's-court, all Of which were inhabited by poor people, moll of whom 101 l ail their property, and fcarcely any of them were infitred. Providentially the wind was in a di retlion from the River, or the cenfequence to the fhipping mug have been dreadful.—The Shadwell and Wapping Volunteer:. were extremely alert on the occafion. NECK OR Novi ING !—The long depending match between Melfrs. ROBERTS and Co's. of the White Horfe, Fetter lane, coach Telegraph, and Mr. Wit sox's, of Lad.lane, coach Defiance, was detertnint.l on Saturday. The bet was for woo guineas a-fide, both coaches to flart at the fame fate from Manchefter, and that I which first palled the Peacock at Iflington to be de• dared the winner. Accordingly, on Friday even,...-, at 7 o'clock, the two coaches, each ram ing infide paffengers, a coachman and guar.!, at; awn by four horses, Ratted from Maticli , fiet-; the: got forward on the road, changing horfes at the ufual Rages, with various fuceefs, till they changed coaci.::s at Leicefler, when the Des:.thee was a-head, whizii is kept, though not at quite ,;reat a lead, .t where the Telegraph was diitanced. Thelfeliance flit ran on and came up to the Peacock, at Ifli•igton, at to minutes pall three en Saturday after - lino-1, havieg perfornled the journey at the rate of nearly ten miles and a halt in an hour, iloppages inclu. Very eon fiderable bets were depending, as well agai:ot time as on the event, which came in first. F , I 1 I.