Star. — London, England, 1802-04-08 00:00:00

It was only within the lak thirty years that the Ckrgymen of the church of Scotland, for wlwrn be felt every fort of refpeet, had begun to take any contiderable (hare in the literary occupations ut rti rope. True it was that lune that time they had eiittingJilhed themfelves by their full (hare in the improvements of literature and philofophy ; hut it was after the eflabliihment for the parochial clergy was rendered more full and independent, and after t;;. cle!;7y were able to tiipport the felves in eater cafe and indepeneknee, and had the means, w,:ll as the with, of direeling a greater portion t! , er time to liberal purfuits. Now he begged i.:e Houfe to confider, could the refidence of the ci :7y he enforced with any thing like jußice, when i: v. as a fa& at this moment that there were in Eng• ;.:rtl upwards of 3000 of the parochial clergy whoie incomes were not greater than what he was fure many Gentlemen in the Houfe allowed to their up per fervants?—Having gone through the review of the circumftances which, in his opinion, rendered' a review of the Aft necetfary, he came next to the means to be employed for the removal of the evils vvhicii formed the ground of complaint. The firft principle in applying the remedy, which he never wifhed to be loft tight of, was to keep as clofe as Fable to ancient foundations—make ufe of the means of improvement which the conllitution had provided—to corred what was infufficient—to firengthen what was weak. The next °Ned was to enforce the fubßantial rctidence of the Clergy, and to fe-mr.: the fubftantial performance of the duties of their facred funitions. In endeavouring to ac compli n: this moil defirahle end, it was of the laft importance that it (honk' be effeEted in a manner as little vexatious as poffible, as little calculated to wound the feelings, accompanied with the least :rouble and the fmallek inconvenience. The Clergy were a body of men deferving every de pee of refpeft and fupport. They had at all times flood firmly by the (late, but at no time mere tealoufly than during the whole of the late great conteft. They were in general men of edu cation, min who had contributed much to the im provement of every fpecies of polite and elegant literature. They were to be commended with all the liberality which the objed would admit. He concluded by moving,. That the Chairman do more for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and rzn; der more effeEtual the Paid Aft. Mr. Dietmon expreffed his fat'sfadlioa that the bufmefs had fallen into fueh able hands, and had no ckubt that by the afilflance of the Houfe it would LI brought to a fatisfatory conclurion. Mr. Sinews laid a few words on the fame fide. The Houfc then refumed, and leave was, on the motion of Mr. Alexander, given to bring in the BIIL I.O.NDON. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We muff °bird to the Ode of J. W. R.; In this part of Britain the word frgaility is accented in a different manner from - *et In which he Iles it. Purist's fentimerts on the deat'll of the Duke of BCDPORD we admire; but our poetical readers will not admire the rhymes Grey and THURSDAY, APRIL S. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK I 3 per C. Cone money. 751 76-1..-for aecount. 7 6 1 4 per Cent. 9: - .;,—New 5 per C. rev 1 ex. &v.—Reduced 75%-- Omnium 3i prelA - The lad; -Day Dividends began to be paid this day to the Banker:, any to-MIIITOW will begin to be paid to the Public. PRICK OF STOCKS YESTERDAY Bark Stock too 5 per Cert. Red. 7 6{ 7311 3 per C. Conf. 771 76i 4 i 4 Fr Cent. Ann. 91 9 0 1 3 pc: C. Atm tat tcs S ptl C. 1797105 106 Lo,ig Ann. 241 9-16 India Stock 23 z Imp. 3 per Cent 75 741 7S Imp. Anna. 13 t-16 13 Irifh 5 Cents. Log tol Conf. for Ace. 77t 76tt 764 COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Arnterdam, to t 6 aU. Cadiz 3.,} dfeet. Ditto, at fight to x t Madrid 334 paper itotterdarn, to 17 2U. Ditto 38 rife& Hamburgh 32 to 2$ U. Bilboa 38 elle& Aitolla 32 II a , U. Leghorn 311 Cadiz 33} in paper Naples 4S Paria,t day's date,noth. done—Wto z UL 24 liv. Genoa 48 LI&on 7t Oporto 70 Palermo 90 roma of. Dublin 13 Lag night a Mail arrived from Hamburgh, and this morning fome Paris newfpapers, which, how ever, bring hardly any news of importance. The Qcen of SARDINIA died at Naples, on the 7e.: of March, of a putrid fever. This Printers WAi born on the 33d of September, t?S9• PARI3, APRIL 4. — According to a letter from Bcurdeaux, dated March 3oth, a vefrel belonging to the boufe of Grammont, Chegaray, and Co. arrived there on the a9tb, from Guadaloupe, after pl'r ze of 45 days, and abfolntely contradicts the report circulated in England refpeaing the riafracre of the whites. The politicians of Vienna alfert. that C. CHAM PAGN♦ is to go as Ambairador to Conaantinople, sind that he swill be fucceeded at Vienna by C. JOSEPH BONAPARTE. We are allured that the Concordat will loon be mule public, and that it is the firft all which the :,ovrnment will prefent to the Legiflative Body. CONSTANTINOPLI, FEll. 25.—The late Reis Ef- Lndi, JASill EFFENDI, has received orders from the Porte to repair to Egypt, together with the Swath Captain RHODE, to infpeft the repairs and improvements intended to be made in the fortifi cations on the coatis of that country. There two Comma:l6es will fail in a few days on board a Turlifit frigate- The Porte feems to have Arne Lars, that the proteßion which the Englilh have aWorcled to the Beys in Egypt will enable them to raife obilacles to the new adminifiration which the Turkifh Government pmpofes to introduce there. On the zoth loft. the French Charzt d'Affaires at Coutiantinople, Citizen RUFFIN, receivcd a cou tier from Paris, wl,rfe dirpatches, it is raid, are of very conaderable importance. An Auftrian Courier, who arrived h-re yeller day from Vienna, was plun.leted by robbers in European Turkey,and c Inn without his cl!fpatches. The Englifh Ambaffacler, Lord ELGIN, is Rill dangeroufly ill. VIENNA, MARCH 20.—0 n the 16th inlbnt, his IMPERIAL MAJESTY appointed the CoUnfellor of State, M. VoN STURMER, Private Secretary to the Court and State-Chancery, who held the Ori ental department, to be his Internuncio at Con aantinople, in the room of the late Eaton HER aczr, as M. VoN TESTO, the prefent Chargi d'nyjlitei at Conftantinople, is wanted in the State Chancery. The new Internuncio will immediately fet out, and go down the Danube to Rufchzuk in Wallachia, where he will again embark for Varna, in cafe tile road from Siliftria to Conftantinople fhould be rendered unfafe by banditti. The Queen of NAPLES is very ill, and for Tome days hag not left her chamber. The Auftrlan Envoy to Switzerland, M. VoN CautartrEtt, will fet out for the place of his der tination the latter end of next month. There are now 360 pieces of cannon mounted on the walls of Belgrade, to refill the attack of the Turkifh troops. The infurgent Janiffaries have burned the town cf Jagcciin. The Greek Merchants give a melancholy pic ture cf the prelent (tate of the Ttakith Empire: in all the Otovinces the greateft difturbances pre vail; all the bands of civil union teem to be loofen ed ; one Commander contends again( another ; and, in all the highways, hordes of robbers render trade infecure. A Ruffian Courier was not long ago quite !tripped. All Polifh regiments are for the future to confift only of Poles, and German regiments only of Cies. man foldicrs, and thus the military of the different nations will be diftinguifhed from each other, and divided into diftina National Regiments. At firft it was alio part of the plan, to remove the Polifh regiments exclufively to Poland, which, however, is now abandoned. The Seminary for the fecular Clergy, Whined under the Emperor Josarn 11". is to be refiored with Come modifications. Svatt.t. MARCH 22.-41 e celebrated M. de CLELY, Knight of the Order of St. Louis, who was the Valet of Louis XVI. when confined in the Temple, has received permiffion to go from Vienna to Paris for Tome months. ' FLANK FORT, MARCH 22.— Private Letters from Paris allure us that the integrity, neutrality, and independence of Switzerland are fecured by the Treaty of Amiens, and that the French troops will very foon withdraw from that country. Yeße7day her Wpm , and the PRINCESSES paid a to Vifeountefs &co RAVE) at Grofvenor Houfe, Milbank. Yellerday the KING held a Levee at St. James's Palace, at which were prefent their Royal High neires the Dukes of KENT and Cu stisERLAN!), the Archbifhops of Canterbury and Cafhel, the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Foreign Mini(lets, and a numerous affemblage of the Nobility and Gentry, among whom were— Dukes—Portland, Somerfet, Beaufort, St. Alban's, and Leeds. Marquifiks...Cornwallis, De Circcllo, Tweedale, Thomond, Blandford. and Saldbury. Earl.—.Eglington, Loftin, Harrington, Ckencrfieldi Kinnoui, Warwick, Moira, Pomfret, Chatham, Rofeberry, Breadalbane, Weltmorcland, Carnarvnn, Fitz william, Sandwich, Darnley, Dyfart, Spencer, and Morton. Vikonnts—.Brome Howe, and Wentworth. Lords—Bruce, Wbltwortb, Newark, Somers, Hobart, Fitz. gcrald, Bayning, Stopford, Carysfort, Pelham, AuckLtnd, Bol ton, Hawkefbury, Grey, and C. Somerfrt. Biffsops of Lonion, Llandaff, Lincoln, and Durham. The NI4 :ler of the Rolls. The Lcrd Mayor of Londen. Sirt—R. Anne/ley, C. Willoughby, J Crawford, S. Smith, H. Strielityi 7. B. Warren, C. Morgan, C. Bithop, J. Ord, W. Pitt, H. In Xs, and I. Heard. Gen, Croiby, Dundas, rd Eufl an. Colon 1 , --Jones, Forbes, Foley, Croibie, Thornton, How ard, and Earn& Captams...-Hood, Harvey, and &restore!. • Meffiv.—O. Maley, Ftnwiclt, Portman, Herbert, Keene, H. Major, Bentinck, Valley., Hume, Lefevre, Egerton. Vincent, Brampton, Hodges, Leigh, Adams, Pcun, Donau, Fuller, Ne ran. See. &c. The Prefentgtions to his MAJ ESTY were— His Estelimey the Marquis CORNWALLIS, on his return from his Embary to France ; and his ton, Lord ViCcount Blom:. The Duke of Ataxia's, on the death of his father. Lord Chief Jultke OAR IL, by the Dike 01 Portland. His Grace the Duke of Leto% Sir Jamas CILAUVURD, appointed Anibaffador to Copen halen. Hon. Hrvals Pitaarrotwr. C,Aouel Jo le s, by Earl Loftus. Captain Blanes, by Lord Pelham. Dr. VAUGUA N, on his marriage. Colonel B , by Mr. Lefevre. Lieutenant Holum's, by the Earl of Carlifle. Mr. Feswicit, Conrail to the Court of Denmark. Baron NICOLA!, Charge d'Affaires of the Ruffian Court, was tr.troduced by Sir S. Cottrell; as was his Excellency the late hlinilter, Count WORONZO, the Ambaffador to his Bri tannic Majefty, who took leave. M. Do Bee and M.DeCultT, the Deputies of Mratinico,by Lord Hobart, being charged to cxprcfs to his Mai rare, the fen:iments of gratitude entertained by the Inhabitants of that iiitercfting Colony, for the prottelion which had been fo ge fit.roufly afforded" them by his Majefty'apovernment during the late war. After the Levee a Privy Council was held, at which his Grace the Duke of LEEDS was fworn in Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of York (hire ; his MAJESTY then gave anclinces to the Cabinet Mini:lets, and at five o'clock 'returned to the(z2cen's lioufe. ,` iu.ltivi £lf!L"i. On It:.•:1113; a moll iittet:ling reces was dir. played at anniverfary of th: Society, at the London Tavern, the Right lIOn. the Lo t t!) MAYOR in the Chair. Although the nicetiog of the Willi; OA was (tippled to thin the ranks, upwards of .too Gentlemen fit down to an ewer. tainment, which was dignified and enlivened by the elegant tnanners and engaging. at er,tiott m ate Loin Nlxv.wt, Mr. Alderman lit tturicr, HAWKINS liao'v The.healths of the Chair man, of the Preacher, or the Treafurer, of the Vice-PreUctits,&c.proittccd appropriate fpc...cl):s. At fix o'clock a folemn and affeCling procetlion took place, with fuitable mutic, of a lung train of men, women, and children, whole lockc of tnde expreiTed their feelings on the recuileetien of the danger from which they had been refore3 by the ficilful exertions of the fociety. The .nlive and benevolent Dr. HAWES, to whom humanity is to much indebted, read a report, which was truly gratifying to the company, in the information that the fimds were increafing. A legacy of fool. by the late Mr. BOND HOPKINS, was annulled by the ftridl letter of the law ; but three out of four of the executors had gencroufly given their (hare of the rum, with intereft, amounting to 48a1. Se veral liberal and unfolicited fubfcriptions were made. Meffrs. ABRAHAM and BENJAMIN GOLD SMID gave fo guineas each: in confequence of which the LORD MAYOR gave the following toaft, which was drank with entbufiafm :—" Than& to Mjrs. GOLDSMID, and may their example unite all re ligion: in one family of benfficence !" Confderable be nefaaions were iikewife made by the Lox o MAYOR, Alderman HIBBERT, Dr. LETTSOM, Lord VA LENTIA, and feveral other benevolent charaaers. By the Treafurer's report, it appeared that Dr. VALPY'S fermon, at Grcfvenor Chapel, produced 1181. Ss. and that feveral hundred perfons, who were likely to be liberal contributors, had been unable to gain admittance. Several rungs were fitng with great applaufe by Gentlemen of great powers of vocal melody, with MeirrS. DIGNIIM, TOWNSENEN &C. It is now fired with confi&nce that Sir to WARD LAW is to be appointed to the high fitoation of Chief Jutlice of the King's Bench. Captain GRAN r, of the 86th tegimcn., with de tachmcnts of the 75th, 77th, 84th, and 86th regi- ments, embarked, Taft Wednefday, from the Army Depot, in the He of Wight, on board the EARL ST. VINCENT, Eaft India (hip, at Spithead. The gallant 4zd regiment is to rcriftt Caledo nia—they will garrifori Edinburgh Callle in May. The 45th Regiment embarked yefterday morn ing at Portfmouth, for Ireland, on board the RE• VOLUTIONAIRE and RESISTANCE frigates; alto a detachment of the 67th Regiment, for the purport of receiving volunteers from the Irith Militia.. The remaining part of the 3oth Regiment came up to Spithead, late on Tuellay night, and a detach ment of the Queen's German Regiment in the St. Mary's Planter tranfport, from the Mediterranean, they were put underquarantine at the Motherbank. M. OTTO ha: written a letter to the French pri inners, congratulating them on the conclufion of the Definitive Treaty, which prefents the profpeCl of their fpeedy releafc from captivity. The following names have been pi-canted to the French National Inftitnte as candidates for the appointment of foreign affociate. In the physical and mathematical fcicnces, M. M. PRI Erri, EY, PA L. Las, and HERSCHEL. In moral and poLtical fcicnce, M. M. NIEBUHR, MULLER, and JEREMY IiEoNTHAM. In literature and the fine arts, M. M. CANOUA, CALDERA RI, and KLOPSTOK. The I)uchefs of CORDON gave Tact day one of thofe elegant and talleful dinners for which her Grace is fo confpicunus in the world of fathion. The Company were feted, confilling of the Duch efs's molt intimate Friends, among whom were Lord SOMERVILLE, General LENOZ , _ Sir FRANK STANDISH, Sir STEPHEN GLYNN, Lord BROPIE, Sir JOH N SHELLEY, &c. who were fo highly de lighted with the pleafures of the feilive board, and they did. not feparate till late in the evening. The Marchionefs of SALISBURY'S rout on Mon day evening was attended by all the fa(hion in town. Among the company were the Prince of WALES, Dukes of Commis -ANN SOMERSET, and ATHOL ; EItIChefTCS of SOMEP.SPT, ATHOL, MONTROSE, BEAUFORT, BUCCLEUGH, LEEDS, MANCHESTER, CH ANDOS, DORSET. Mrs. BROADORAD had a very large party of fa fhionables on Thurfday night in Portland Place, that being her firs rout for many years.' The Dowager Lady Gt.vw had a large party a few evenings truce in Hill : flreet. Mrs. HAN ',lSt WATSON'S rout in Grofvenor- Ilreet on Monday evening, was attended by a nu. merous party of Whionables, amongfl whom were the Duthefs of CHANDOS, Mrs. HARCOURT, Mrs. and Mifs SMITH, &C. _ _ _ _ _ Laft night the Oratorio of the Redemption was performed at Druiy-Lane Theatre, the com mencement of tbefe entertainmentsthere being long delayed by unavoidable caufes. In this rival com pany dyne arc certainly fome eminent performers, Madame MARA takes the lead, and in feveral of her parts, particularly Pima Orgiet, the was en cored. Mrs. MOUNTAIN, Mrs. BLAND, Mr. DIG• NUM, &c. deferved and obtained the applaufe of the audience. The band was molt complete, well led by SHAW ; and the fcene extremely beautiful and appropriate. It was a feetion of the interior of a Gothic Temple, finely defigned, znd chaftely painted. The perfpedive of the arches on each fide is particularly entitled to praife for its juftnefs. At the upper end was a magnificent organ, fur. mounted with the Royal Arms, and it was lighted po principally with thr.e large lultres. The coy, d'ail was fublime and beautiful. The houfe was full of elegant company. The entertainment at Covent-Garden confifted of a Grand'Seleifticn, the firft part of which corn• prifed the firft part of Creation, by HAYDN. In the fecond part BRAHAM was loudly encored in Gentle Are, which he gave in a molt fuperlative Mrs. Biccincrom enraptured her auditors in Mad Befs. The whole of the entertainment afforded a rich treat to a very full and genteel audience. INTELLICENCF. • FM411.3 "FIIIS ai.Y.—WIND s.::. W. ARIL: sot o 1)t:b!:n, o 1 H.til;'our t. ;!i, o F., nch, O Datat, Thia moriiing arrived a hfail from the 1.-c•card I^a• brought to Fa!moutli by the Lady Hobart pacLet, it .; t ft. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7. Came up the RANGER tranfport, frf,m laft from Malta : Lieutenants HILL and GeßT su's, greatett part of the Both - Regiment f Fort, vel,o lo gallantly fignaiized thendiAves at the ta!:ing of the Invincible StaAat LI, are come up in h,r. Sailed .he STORK (loop of war, with difpatches to the Weil Indies, fuppofed to contain orders for the Commanders on the Leew:ad Jihad itntiun, to return home. Arrivcd•the VESTAL, 0128 guns, armzd en flute, Captain COLLARD ; and SANTA DOROTHEA, Capt. DOWN MAN, from the Mediterranean: they were immediately put under quarantine at tilt: Mother bank. Came into harbour to be paid off, the Aa E. THUSA, Captain WOOLLEY ; SUCCESS, Captain BURLTON ; Dino, Captain Coutv ; and WOLVE RINE, Captain WIGHT. The PRINCESS ROYAL, Of siS guns, Captain AvioNs ; AJAX, of 74 guns, Captain BRADLEY, (at prefent the Admiral's flag !hip at Spithead) ; and TERROR gun veffel, are alfo to be paid Off at this port. The CAMBRIAN, of 4o guns, Captain Towar, takes Admiral MILBANK'S flag in lieu of the above. Arrived the Peggy, Rover, St. Mary's Planter, Orpheus, and Polly tranfports, from the Medi terranean: they have on board a part of the - 2.}th Regiment; Nemefis, and Apollo, AUBONE, from St. Maloes; Thorn, SCARVELL, from Bridgwater; .tnd Fortitude, SNOOK, from Sunderland. Sailed the CONCORDE, of 40 guns, Captain BAR ro:i ; ' and RESISTANCE, Captain Dion r ; the for mer fur Torbay, and the latter for Cork; and Union, DAVISON, for Ncath. SHEERNESS, APRIL 7. Arrived his Majcity's fill;pS RUBY, STANDARD, am" TexEL, of 64. guns each; and the INCON STANT, and AS TREA fr:gays, from the Down• : they have come into harbour, and will fail as foon as the wind permits for Chatham, to be paid off. Came down from the River the ALARM frigate, and remain at the Nore as per laft. Orders have been received for the following (hips to be paid off, viz. the Hermes {loop; Blazer, Sparkler, Swinger, Griper, Acute, Courfer, Defender, Safeguard, Cracker, Haughty, Tearer, Hasty, Pounctr, Fu. rious, Gallant, Attack, Manley, and Eclipfc, gun brigs ; and the Wolfe and Scourge, Dutch hogs. FROM LLOYD's LIST. DEAL,APRIL 7.—Sailed the ULYSSES and PAL. LAS frigates, and PIERCE gun.vetrel, Sheernefs. GRAVESEND, APRIL 7.—Paired by the Triton, Hicoiris, and Bafetta, GEDDES, from Saint Mi chaels ; Minerva, GORGE, from Norway ; Jonge Cornelius, B 1; ROWS, from Havre ; Friendthip, YOUNG, and Jii!nis, LEER, from Rotterdam.— Sailed the Antelope,—,for Bay-Chaleur ; Fame, SARMAN, for Montreal ; Brenthall, DALE', for Su rinam ; Cleopatra, ROBINSON, for Savannah ; Retrieve, CHATER, and Commerce, C..ose, for Petcr:burgh ; Euretta, PATI ERSON, for Qpebee ; Vrow Trentzc, —, for Arnflerdarn ; and the Fortunie, COOP, for Nantz. A wonderful change has taken place in the amount of people's income. Several who culled a few days ago to only a few &wird.; a year, now boat their iboff,ciltdr. Nature is now putting on a rich clnathng. Our fafbionable wicks have taken the hint, and wear velvets, muffs, and tippets. ' Why does not Mr. Sit r Una N, to whu•m the new Novel of Splendid Miliry is dedicated, call into h ie the talents of its Author. Fi urn the dramatic firufture of Splendid Wry, its Ac:;:itir and ncrvon-. language, and the originality of its riot and chi• rafters, there is no doubt of the genius thor, or its peculiar dirdtion. Fox CHACE.—A Bag Fox was turned out on the Downs near Bair Lake, on Wednefday, beim c the Buckingham hounds, belonging to H. Bo 1 DC. E K, Efq. The morning was extremely clear and fine. and Reynard went off in a capital flyle, crotr i n g White Lot Bottom, and then away towards Beden Chalk Pits, where the deep toned pack hei , ly hard at his-brufh, he boldly took to the t iyer, ripe 1u une purfuing him through the water in the moll hand• fome manner. The horfemen, who were numer ous and refpeflable, now divided, and croffel the Ader by the bridges of Old Shoreham and Bcd;.:1. Reynard by this time, preffed hard by the had reached Applefom, and was ttirt:i.lg oft' tor the furze fields, which he loon after on'.- ing frequent attempts to earth ; but the holes hav ing been previoufly flopped, his attempts wc; fluitlefs. Baffled in his defigns, he feemed to ac quire frefh vigour, and made brifkly for Bank ; but, being headed by a fhepherd, he air ,- ed off, and inclined towardsChankbui y Ring, :/:J from thence to Steyning Holt, where being again headed, he pilled for Bramber Carrie; bat llrength failing, he could not accompljii his pm pole. The dogs ran in upon him, after an un commonly fevere Chace of three bouts, and had nearly devoured him, " life Hill panting in each churned mouthful," ere H. BRIDGER, Efq. could polies himfelf of the honour of the brufh, who, with Mr. JOHN ATTLEE, were he only petfons at, the death. in in a - - et