Star. — London, England, 1815-02-27 00:00:00

. 1 / 4 ni It h :1 •e 1, • 1 ' h . •••• 1 U !i 5 FRENCH 114,111,f. VIENNA, nu VARY is. 81.Averanon.—Tho discussions on thetlatietratie l have been very warm at the Congress. LOW Cud.- r eagh was extreme!y anxious to take with hint Its abo lition, but he met with opponents worthy of hint. It was in vain that he made a pompous display of phi., lanthropy ; it was thought to be visible that he was more occupied by the interest of his owa country, t blb by the love of humanity. The discussions on the subject drierve to be recorded. There had been previously a question on different occasions, among the principal Ministers. about for ming a Committee to decide of the fate of the negroes, an object which an article of the Treaty of Paris re. fared to the Congress. Though France, Spain, and y ortuz il insisted that the Minasterrof powers without : . , 10,11vi or slaves had no claim to deliberate on the ;:a bject, Lord Castlereagh constantly returned to the ,:mge, and at last triumphed over the opposition of l is opponents, who objected that a Congress was not philanthropic institution, otherwise it would be its iustness to deliberate also on the improvement of any. instruments, vaccination, the means of preset '•in,g shipwrecked mariners, *c. At last a Committee was appointed, consisting of ralleyrand, Metternich, Nesselrode, Humboldt,l.a. gador, Castlereagh, Loweabielin, and Palmella. On :he first conference, which took place on the 14th of lanuary, France, Spain and Portugal declared that hey acknowledged the principle of the abolition, but -hat the interest of their subjects, who had estates in Ae Monies, obliged them to proceed with much loon, lest by benefiting the blacks they should ruin he whites. On the 20th Lord Castlereagh attempted to th in an immmediate abolition ; but he found a strong pposition to the measure on the part of Spain and gortugal. M. Labrador declared, that Spain had en. ;aged, by the Treaty of July 8, 1814, only to take nto consideration, the means of abolishing the trade; hat the Court of Spain had, however, in come luence of the application of the English Ambassa :or, fixed the definitive abolition at the end of eight ears, and in the mean dime had confined the trade the coasts of Africa situated between the Eq uator ud the tenth degree of North latitude; that that his was all that could be granted, considering the :nation of the colonies of Cuba and Porto Rico. M. Palmclla Souza, the Portuguese Envoy, üb. •erved, that Portugal, by the Treaty of the 19th of February, 1410, had promised only a gradual abo -11011 of the trade; that the Prince Regent of Brazil sd already confined 'it to his possessions in Africa, ,nd had ordered such regulations to be made as qould tend to preserve the health of the negroes. lie complained that the English cruisers, disregard. ag the treaty of commerce, has in time of peace iken away from his subjects 10 or 12,000 oegroes, 'h.e value of which amounted to three millions of :laitres ; and that these negroes, if they bad arrived it Brazil, would have accelerated the period of the abolition. Portugal, however, agrees to abolish the Slave Trade at the expiration of eight years, on condition :Ist England will renounce several oppressve clauses 1 the Treaty of 1810. Lord Castlereagh applied to :ardinal Gonsalvi to obtain from him a declaration idle immorality and wickedness of the trade ; but ere are assured that the Cardinal soak - that opportn. ty of complaining that England tolerates, in some cr,se, the barbarians that at this time infest the toasts of Italy. At the fourth sitting, held on the Sd of February, :,.,ard Castlereagh proposed that a Committee of Am lissadors should be appointed at Paris or London, to !dictintend the execution of the arrangements that 'night be adopted. This proposal was rejected. On ihe 7th of February, the Negotiators at last agreed .o draw ap a Convention foe the gradual abolition of be trade. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1815. TitE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Re :need 61ii--4 per Cu sqi—s per Ct. Navy 941 Lot 0:. 64(1—for Lank Long Anns. 16 5-l6lbs —monde 7s. M. pre. Esc4tquer Bills Is. (Its. Si. prem. Since Saturday we have received the Paris Papers i Ilursday, the 24th. They repeat that the affairs Saxony are settled, but they are unable to furnish with any document on the subject. We suspect Sat the eagerness of the French Journalists to an +ounce the triumphs of the new Preach Politics" 44 led them into an anticipation of the decision of .ongress in this respect. We have ens-acted an .nicle on the subject of the Slave Trade, in which '‘e humane excrticns of the English to abolish this .famous traffic are treated with all the insoleuce of Philesethia of &NAVA ItTa i ll school. A Hamburgh Mail with German Papers, and a batch Mail with Brussels and Frankfort Papers, arrived this morning. They have brought us no in- Elligcnce of a novel or striking kind. The fate of Ilelgium is decided by Congress; and the event, &c -ording to the Brussels Papers, when it was officially made known, excited a burst of universal joy through it the Netherlands : Belgium is, of course, annexed .:sv uc ably to Holland- It is conaJently asse:ted by well informed persons, 4 t Government have received positive intelligence f the final and happy decision of the grand . questions tl:s Coogrca. The CLI'AISR, Captain 'Eta.Lime, arrived at Ports ...3oth rom Halifat, brought dispatches from Admiral • 4 311111 and Sir J. COAPt SUER/11MR'. COMIIIO - OWES and Major-General Sir GEOROR MURRAY Erived at Halifax, in the Ntoax, Cassia Ductos r on the 26th ultimo, in 58 days from Spitbead. The nen was seven days beating about upon the coast, amidst the. ite, ere she one obtain an anetserage Halifax Harbour. Fourteen of her men wets frost bitten, in the ieverity of use weather. Captain PATIO'. Hof the 'Commodore's ship, set of froii Halifax (over.' tad) for Quebec, on the Ist instant. The Cow modore and Sir GEOIIOI MURRAY intended to follow in a day or two. Lieutenant-Colonel Animas, 100th regiment, Major Jones,. Lieutenants GRANT * Toa :daub, and Gatremi, Assistant.l3urgeon BLOXIIAM, and ISO non•commissioned officers and privates, and 140 amuses for the ships on the Lakes, Igloo also went out in the Nzoar, bad landed safe. The dispatches by the CUNKER. we understand, do not cosumunicate any intelligence of great importance to Government. Indeed, the Halifax Papers state, that the severity of the weather—frost, snow, and fogs—bad shut out all intelligence from the port. It was only with the as. sistance of a strong breeze, and many boats breaking away the ice, that the Custom was extricated from that hermetically sealed state in the harbour, in which the elements bad placed her, to bring home the mails. The CMITUIRION, ESCORT. Suaursitoovaa, and Do. Numb were left at Halifax. We make the follow. ing extracts from the Halifax Papers* which we have now received to the 17th January ; HALIFAX, JANWARY IS. The mail from Canada, which mind dug • left Quebec the 7th of December. • A Boston Paper of December SO, states accounts from Phttaburgh to the 43d of that Month when the British troops from the Upper Country, dec. were said to be collecting at Montreal, from which they were led to expect that another attack cn Platsburgh, or t'be American fleet upon Lake Champlain, was contemplated ; but we observe nothing to support that conjecture, either from Montreal or Quebec. HALIFAX, JANUARY 311. Tuesday, arrived the brig Freetown, Archibald; from Jamaica, in 24 days. Wednesday, arrived his M jesty's ship Cossack, the Hen. Captain Rodney, from Bermuda ; the brig Duke of lent. O'Brien, from St. Domingo, in 22 days; and the American privateer Guenisee, prize to the Junon. . _ Thursday, arrived the schooner Eliza-Ann, Vent, from the West Indies ; and the schooner Franklin, with a flag of truce, from Nantucret, in four days. We have been favoured with Boston Papers to the 31st December, and New Bedford to the 6th instant, received by the Franklin. They mention the arrival of a large British Naval and Military force at the Da lize (mouth of the Mississippi), and, in consequence, *express much anxiety for the safety of New Orleans. The New Bedford Paper of the 6th, speaking of New Orleans, says—a We are induced to fear that it will fall—and if it does, we have no hopes of being able to wrest it from the enemy. This would lead to consequences of a most serious nature. New Orleans, is the Key of the West; and we apprehend, that the power which holds it, cannot long want means to in fluence and controul the country west of the Alle ghanies." The Conscription Bill, at the last accounts, had not passed Congress. MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 24. It is rumoured, we know not upon what authority, that in the late expedition of General 141 , Arthur to Long Point, on Lake Erie, he fell in with an tan. armed detachment of the 41st Regiment which had been just exchanged; those brave, but unfortunate med were inhumanly fired upon ; several are said to have been killed, and many made prisoners and car. ried off. 144Arthnr's corps committed the most dreadful ravages at Long Point, by burning every kind of property and actually murdered some indivi duals, usefoursig citisesu. EXTRACT FROBI DISTRICT GENERAL ORDER. " Kingston, 10th November, 1814. " Lieutenant-General Drummond parts with his old Friends, the 41st Regiment, with much regret, and wiU be happy to see them again under his command, when the season of active opera tions returns, should it suit the arrangements of his Excellency the Commander of the Forces. (Signed) " J. Hosvgv, Lieut. Col. and Dep. Adj. Gen." Our harbour presents a scene that was never before witnessed at this season— t upsaards of seventy vessels, of different sizes, are low unlading their cargoes, composed chiefly of British manufactures; and all the activity incident to a crowded port in the summer is seen at a period when formerly the navigation was considered as closed, or a solitary fishing craTt re mained to terminate it. What a contrast the war has brought in the relative situation of this province' and the United States ! In the one, commerce is more than treble; in the latter, it has given place to the despicable supply of foreign commodities through die infamous system of robbery on the ocean—and the nation which was once second is the commercial world, is now reduced to a dependence on privateer. ing, or the agency of those British provinces, which she vainly boasted three years ago, she would cap. tune in three months. To a calculatiag people this most be a most intolerable disappointment. Dscasszza 3.—The Psyche, one of the frigates that came out in frame from England, has bees thrown out and lengthened to carry fifty-six gasp long 24's and S2.pounders. She will be lannelsed on the 15th instant. A new 74, the Ontario, has also been laid down at Kingstoo. She will be fitted to carry seventeen 52-pounders on earl deck, end will be ready by the Middle of March. A number of transport boats for the service of the different posts on tit Lakes, arc also constructing. ivitPA iPitsit.icsmok Information wal this diy, ieteiired at the India- Clouse, stating. 'that the ships Manemoms, of Ety And LADY CARRINGTON, sailed from the tile or France fot Bengal, the $d Novenibtr. FALMOUTH, lEdP4UARY 24. Arrived the Saheat, STAwbuttv, from Cork. Satied yesterday his Majesty's ship &Treats for Liverpool, GOLD/INCH on a cruise / and several vessels coastways. Sailed to-day his Majesty's ships GLASGOW and Nrst- MIN on a cruize. Put back yesterday the Plymouth, KIDD master, with loss of fore-topmast. The folio*. ing Packets are now in the RoAds, detained by con trary winds—Princess Elizabeth * Lady Arabella, and Duke of Kent, for Lisbon; Express, for Gibraltar and Malta; Mary, for West Indies; Windsor Castle, for Halifax ; Fox, for Surinam ; and the Queen Charlotte, for the Brazils.—Wind TORBAY, FEBRUARY s 4. Sailed his Majesty's ship CoRDELIA on a cruize, LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY W. The Susannah, RICHARDSON, from Whitehaven for Liverpool, with oatmeal, flour, and bale goods, went to pieces, on the evening of the 22d instant, near the Pile of Fondry—crew and passengers, 25 in number, saved in the boat. Put back the Royal Edward, bound to Bermuda, having been on shore near We:. ford, and received much damage. PORTSMOUTH. FEBRUARY 28. Arrived the Hero, ATKINSON. from Sunderland; and the Nancy, from Jersey. The convoys assem bled are his Majesty's ships WARRIOR, for Madeira, and the West Indies; MONTAGUE, Bermuda, and the Bahama Islands; ACBAR, East Indies, Cape, &c. ; DESIREE, Brazils and South Seas; Levert, New foundland, Quebec, Sic.; and PIKENIX. Spain, Portu gal, and the Mediterranean.—Wind N. W. DEAL. FEBRUARY 26. Came down from the River the John and Thomas (or Madeira; James, for Bourdeauz ; Zelia, for St. Michael's ; and the Eliza and the Hope, tor Bermuda, &c. and remain in the Downs with the outward bound East India fleet and a large fleet of merchant men. Sailed the GRIPER gun-brig, fur Sheetness. `GRAVESEND, Ek:BRUARY 26. Arrived the Providence, Biyley, from Cork ; help Gergaina, Blikker, from Delfsil ; Keimington, Wilmot, from Calais; Mer cury, Curtis, from Palermo; and Hope, Oidman, from Ostend. Sailed the Robert, Straffen, for Bremen, Re. ' • I i•be, Wells, for Mosadore; Uspeck, Sticteney, for Amelia Wand; hatpins, fans, for Whoa; and Vrow Cackarina, Wyckmeyer, for Rot terdam. The following extract of a letter has been posted at LLOYD'S, which may possibly have occasioned the report of fresh captures being made by the Barbary corsairs : " Palermo, February 11. " We now learn there are two or three American privateers In this quarter, and that they carry their prises to Tunis. Two brigs of war have sailed from Maks in quest of them; also the Grasshopper, from this port. The line of battle shift Rivoti has WWI foe Tunis, to ask an explanation Iran the Bey, for permit ting American privateers to carry and sell their prizes in that Extract from a Letter received from an Officer of lit Majesty's ship LACEDINONIAN, dated " Providence (Bahamas), December 17, 1814. We anchored here on Thurday night, and are now com plete in provisions and water, being under orders to sail imme diately against (it is said) Savannah. But, notwithstanding our fatigues (not ke y ing closed my eyes days a nd nights), we are all In high spirits. Reward, you know, sweetens labour; and we have brought in a hatch of 'small pr ises, containin? nOO bales of cotton, besides flour, rice, &c. The valuable ship detained by us in lune last has been condemned, with her cargo, and sold for 136,000 sterling. Oar boats have been continu ally at work, cutting out vessels, and they have invariably proved successfuL" The expedition above noticed, we further learn, was directed against Amelia Island and Savannah, under the command of Admiral CocasuaN and Commodore BARRIE. They are both places of con siderable trade, and promise to reward the gallant efforts of our countrymen. The LORD CHANCULOR had an audience of the Panics Renew' yesterday morning at Carlton House. Yesterday Divine Service was performed at Carlton House, by the Rev. F. W. BLOMIIRRO and the Rev. J. S. CLanes. There is every reason to think that the proposed Tax on Newspapers will be abandoned. The CRAW. CRLLOR of the EXCHZQUiII having made the inquiries, finds that it would not answer. The words, " No Corn Bill," are now conspicu ously chalked upon the walls in various parts of the town. Mr. W. BRADFORD, coach proprietor, of Brighton, has, within these few days, purchased 200 quarters of French oats, of the primest quality, at 18s. per quarter. The candour of Commodore DicAvon on the oc casion of his capture is most creditable to him. We are assured that on his capture he said to Captain Hon, " Sir, you have out-sailed, out-manoeuvred, and fairly beaten me." Such an admission could be made only by a dignified mind, and is therefore alike honourable to the victor and to the vanquished. . SMITHSON TRYNAXTp Eso.—lt is with much con cern that we announce the death of Simmons g rEtl• KART. Esq. F.R.S. and Professor of Chemistry in the University of Cambridge. lie was returning from France, where he bad been several months, and was waiting at Boulogne for a favourable wind. He had actually embarked on Wednesday the 22d, but the vessel was obliged to put back, and it was deter. mined, if the weather should be tolerable, to make another trial in the evening. During the interval Mr. T. proposed to a German Officer of distinction, whom he had accidentally joined on the road ane who was also going to England, to ride with him to Bo naparte's Pillar, near Boulogne. In returning they deviated a little to look at a fortification near the road. But as they were attempting to pass a draw. bridge which, owing , to some neg lec t, was not pro perly secured, the bridge gave way, and they were precipitated into the trench. The Officer fortunately escaped without any serious hurt, but Mr. TRNNANT was found fallen under his horse, and was taken up, =less, his skull and one of his arms being con bly fractured. He was conveyed, with diffi culty, to the hospital at Boulogne, as the nearest and .most convenient place to receive Ind expired in = limit hour. His remains were in terred at Boulogne. alhaitYlka hiriritiof 001, • . HUNTING'. The Qdorndiks ifouEdS met thiS day It titeietant; they !nett it Normantoo Wows , on Wednesday ; at Six hills, on Thursday. The Bah* Hounds this day at Blorham; at Aswirdit Hall to-marrow; it diest Gunnersby, on Thursday; at Denton H• 111; on Friday.—The C l attesistere Hounds this day at Kennel ; at Outtoa Wood to-mantle; it Pickworth Wood, iiri Thursday. —Lard Yarboroagli's this day at Redbourn Hall; at Croiton loog Close, on Wednesday; at Kingerhy Wood . , out Lord Fftxwdliam's this day at Ashton Wohi; at Norwood, on Wednesday; at Titchmarak, on Friday,;—Lord Foiey's I iounds met this day at Badger; Wednesday, March 1, at 1 lagley ; Friday, S, at Homo Hills, at MY-past ten o'clock each Morning. —The Derbyshire Fox Hounds met at Gratwich Wood this day; and meet at Bradley Wood, on Thursday, We :Al of March, each shorans at half past tea o'clock. ROYAL HunT.—The Royal Hunt took place on Friday, and the hounds had the be , t nut that his been followed this season. They tret near Slou„.,h, and a numerous field of horse arid root spot i s attended, to enjoy the delights of the da)'s Tort. The deer-cart was taken into a small cover at Vex. ham, where a fine deer was turned nut for the day's diversion ; but the numerous assemblage of foot sportsmen caused the deer to nu-Whack in the same direction, contrary to expectation. The hounds were then laid to, but from the ndmber of foat spectator s, and the circumstance of a shepherd's dog having coursed him, the hounds did not settle to the scent till they came to Ditton Park, where the deer ran with great swiftness towards Morton, taking to the left by Colnbrook, where they made a little halt to bring up the tail hounds, and the deer ran with great speed towards Denham and Hillingdon-heath, from that country across the inclosures to Harrow on the Hill, where he was taken, after a chace of two hours and a half. The line of sportsmen, when the deer was taken, reached near five miles. ASHDOWN COURSING MEETING. FURST DAT. For the Cup and Couples. broektnorton's Gelart beat Mr. Pellatt's PoU. Sir John Mr. Coz's Champion beat Mr. E. Cripp's Calypso. Captain Clayton's 'Lelia brat Mr. Northey's Nimrod. Mr. Loveden's Leader beat Mr. Davenport's Dowell, by a Toll. Mr. Goodlake's Guinea-pig beat Mr. Cripp's Cream. Mr. Isherwood's Inquest beat Lord Rivers 's Richard. Winners matched. Mr. Coze's Champion beat Sir J. Throckmorton's Celart. Mr. Loveden's Leader beat Captain Clayton's Zella. Mr. Goodlake's Guinea pig beat Mr. Isbenvood's Inquest. r. 1 COND DAT. The three Winnere started: Mr. Goodlake's Guinea-pig won the Cup. Mr. Cox's Champion won the Couples. Pant Li sas.--Gregson, who fought Gully, has challenged Shaw, who is open to all the world, to fight in June fur' 100 guinea', which challenge has been accepted.— Ile match het Wren li. Hu. suer and Shelton, the navigator, for 101 guineas, will be ratified on Wednesday.—A grand battle will be fought in a forttigh: in Scotland between Matins''s, the Black, and Cooper, who last beat Jay, fat 100 guineas. Oliver has been retained to •ccond Cooper; Richmond and Joe Ward are preparing to start fur Edinburgh, near which the battle will take place. KING'S THIATRE.—The very beautiful Bal!et of Ler Troubadour:, was performed, far the sucond time, on Saturday night. The Theatre was most btiiliant, and the Ballet was received wits bursts of act.lama. tion. It is a most finished performance; and on M. turday it received new charms by its compression. MORT LANs THZATItSe.-wLau Saturday night a new Farce was produced, called Poor lerlatinu. It was frequently interrupted, and finally contemned. After the curtain fell, there was a cry of 44 Manager." Mt. MUNDIN came forward, and stated, 4 , that the Farce not having met theypublic approbation, should be withdrawn." COVIIINT GARD/N.—The Stranger again attracted a crowded and fashionable audience on Saturd.ty night. In Mr:. Haller, Miss O'NEILL unites all opinions, tastes and wishes.—The Farce of Love Lasaglie at Lochemiths, followed, and went of with eclat. Mr. Joon, in Captain Beldam, and Messrs'. BLANCHARD, EMMY, and Mornaws excited peals of applause. ANTICIPATION. A Gentleman applied to his broker to buy for him £50,000, 3 per Cent. Consols. for the .sth of April, as he expected to receive suffi cient on that day to pay for them ; the broker, being lof an inquisitive disposition, expressed his surprise, never having received so large a commission txtore, and rather importunely desired to know from what source he was to receive the money, when the gentle man produced a Lottery Ticket, which he had bought in consequence of a dream, expressing his confidence it would be one of the Three 430,000 Prizes in the Lottery that begins the sth of April, and it is hardly necessary to add, they may all be drawn on that day. Monday, JAN Manisa was tried before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, for the murder and rubbery of James Murdoch, grocer, near Whitburn, on the 114th of January last. It appeared that the prisoner was a soldier, discharged from tbe artillery, and had on his return to Scotland introduced himself to the deceased, a most respectable and worthy man, as a namesake and relation. Having been invited to pass the night in the house of the deceased, who lived by himself, the prisoner at midnight, as is supposed, committed the horrid deed. He was apprehended while making his escape next morning, and the greater pan of the property of the deceased was found upon him. The head and body of the deceased were mangled in a most dreadful manner with an adze. The prisoner was found Guilty, and ordered for execution on the 119th of March next. He seemed quite unaf fected at his awful situation. He was no relation whatever to the deceased. SMITHFIIILD MARKET, FEBRUARY 27. Beef 51 Od to 6s Od Veal 7s Od to Is 00 Mutton lOdto 61 6d Park 61 Od to 7. Od Beasts 1880—Sheep and Lambs 12,590—Calves 1 IA —Pigs 350 HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Meadow Hay 41 to 51 Os I Clover 51 Os to 61 tis Straw E 1 its. to Li 169. AVERAGE PRICE of CORN In ENGLAND and WALES from the returns ending the lath of February, B'3. Wheat. Rye Barley. Oars. Beans. Pease. S. 4. la. 4. a. 4. 8. 4. 1e.d.1 8 . d. 44 3 137 144 7144 0 37 1141 1 CORN EXCHANGE, MARL LANE, FEB. 27. Our tnatbt was well supplied with Wheat this morning, front Rent, Bases, sad Suffolk, the sale of which was very heavy at a reduction of fell Is. per quarter, and a considerable quantity re. maths undimmed of.—barley is 25. per quarter cheaper, having but little deseed foe that article, the consumers being very much stocked, awl tke supply large—Oats are full is. per quarter lower—The supply of Beans is very abundant, and having but few buyers, the sales were very dell, at a decline of Si: per. quarter—hi Peas, and other articles, there is little or no alteration Kau and Eno, 44s 745765. Grey Peas, 345. Hs. Wheat, :info*, 445. 705 71'. Small Buns, 945. 40s. Ditto, Norfolk, 4de,l6s. Tick Ditto, 465. 365. Rye, 345. 345. Oats, Potato., we. 995. • Reeley, 455. 30s. Ditto, Poland, tos. Malt, 545. 701. I Rapeseed, 2E33. 436. per last. White Pees, Hs. Os. boilers, Oats, Feed, lee. 945. 415. 445. Flour, 60s. GU per sack. ON. Barley, We. 495. Oats, Peed, aos. we. Ditto, Draw, a 4s. 495. Whits Pew, 445. Us. Grey Pals, 365. sios. Small Beam, Sas. a; s. Wheat, Dantsie, 64,. 74,. Ditto, Bads Rod, Sae. 645. Ditto, Hasbro' or Inman, 445. ass. Ditto, Brabant atii, 44a. 416. Rye, M. 141. 1 IP"'" -