Star. — London, England, 1802-11-11 00:00:00

I . :4 GERMAN r. VIENNA, OCT. 26.—Prince ESTERMAZZT has received the Ruffian Order of ALEXANDERNEWSRIf, And the GRAND DVICE CONSTANTINE is to have a regiment of Auarian cavalry. His Royal High nefs arrived here yefterday evening It is known, that before the change in the Ruffian Mikifiry took place, a convention was concluded between Ruflia, France, and Pruffia, in which it was flipulated that if the EMPEROR of GERMANY did not evacuate Pallau in 6o days after the figning of the conven tion, force Ihould be ufed. M. DE Maexow, how ever, has not dared, fince the change, to fign the convention. The arrival of our illuflrious vifitor has deferred the Emperor's departure for Prefburgh, and the dole of the Diet, but the Archduke fet out yeller day for that city. Count SAURAt/ is expeEled here from Peterfburgh on the 6th of November, and it is laid he will be Minifler of the Cabinet. Every thing is fettled with refped to him, and he is again in as much favour as ever. HOLLAND. HAGUE, Nov. s.—Great difcontents prevail in Zealand, in confequence of the lofs to that pro vince of the Eaft India trade. The inhabitants of Middleburg lately prefented an addrefs to the De partmental Government of Zealand on the fubjed, which was conveyed by that Body to the Govern ment of State here, recapitulating their grievances, and the enormous fums they have from time to time advanced to keep the Company in exiftence, particularly about the time of the American war with England, whole captures, during that con tell, brought the Company to the eve of bank ruptcy. The fubftance of their prayer is, to be included in the new arrangements which are about to be made in that part of our trade. A ketch of the patent for the Company of the Whale Fithery at the Cape of Good Hope, has already been laid on the table of the Government of State ;' and it will loon be publifhed, together with the fandioned plan of participation. In the mean time the preparations making at Amfterdam to fit out veffels, as well as in the north quarter of the Texel, are carrying on with `the greateft alacrity, for expediting the need:tries required for this very important enterprise. It should teem that the late attempts to reconcile all parties in this divided country, were merely dilated to gain a name in the world for patience, forgivenefs, and refignation, and from no real with that the defired meafure thould take effe&.—As a proof of this, the late requeft of the old Naval Of ficers to Government to be reftored to their former nations, has been rejeded on the pre-advice of the Council of Marine, who fay, that great affairs mull never be fpoiled by fmaller confederations ! The fad is, raw and inexperienced youths have got hold of the command, and it is a great matter of doubt it they will have time enough to learn their duty before the commencement of a new war : fo that it appears to be an important rolflekration to expofe the country to dangers and shameful defects, and to prevent for ever that reanciliation which all parties fay is alone calculated to fave the nation from ultimate ruin ! The Dutch Government prefented a few days ago the budget for the approaching year. The debates have been fecret. This morning the Government propofed to the Legiflative Body, to continue the duty of three francs is fols upon each too pounds of butter ex ported, to the laft day of April, 1803. The pro poritio9 was referred to a Special CommiliGon. Rorrsznast, Nov. s.—The Commiffion which lately arrived here from the Hague to find a fet of perfons who would undertake the invelligation of certain loans, has, after great perfualion, found a Committee who are difpofed to undertake the bu finefs, at the head of which is a Notary of this city. From Helvoet they write, that a fmack (hip, laden with rye, from the Baltic for Schiedam, was wrecked on the sd inflant on the Buiten Vlakte. The crew were Caved by a (loop which put out to her aft fiance, but the cargo is entirely loft. The corps of troops of the Hereditary Prince of Otsuci, lately difbanded in the Ifle of Wight, is now again completing, and will be Rationed in the country of Fulda. LONDON. 1 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER it. 'PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. , 3 per Cent. Conf. 67, 7 —Ditto, for time 68— Old s per Cent. Ann. too,l—New 5 per Cent. sopi—. Omnium pi dif. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: 3 per C. Red. 6ti 68 67} Imp. Ann. i t 5-16 4 per Cent. SA Excheg. Nils 33.4t.prens. .5 per Cent. 3d. ditto, 14 Is.rem. 5 per Cent. r797 . 994} Omnium to i toi diL Long Ann. t99-16} tx-i6 EnglithrTickets t7L 171. Short Ann. 4} Cool. for Acc.6Bi Imp. 3 per Cent. 66 We have received Paris Journals to the 9th inft. Betides Come details relpeaing the tour of the FIRST Consul., they contain accounts from Switzerland, by which it appears the Diet of Schwitz flill holds out, and that the people of Come of the cantons are making Icrions preparations for maintaining their independence. But incalculable as the confequences generally are of the efforts of a people determined to be free, impolEbilities cannqt be expeeted from them. If France and Auflria have at la come to an underftanding on the fyftem of indemni ties, (the plunder of the weak and helplefs !) where are the Swifs to look for cooperation ? The change in the Cabinet of St. Peteriburgh was conneeted with theft new arrangements, or ra, and, in confecience, the threat held out vise %TA be nfed to compel them, was never attempted to be carried into execution. But, this hope re mains for the Swifs—our lall accounts from St. Peter (burgh announced, that a Mr. Fuss, of Bale, the fame who had interceded with the EMPEROR in favour of that people, had received from his MAJESTY a valuable brilliant ring ! Their cafe then we may hope is not forlorn : the new ar rangements refpeoing Germany may turn out to be only a preliminary Rep towards their Indepen dence, which, perhaps, may yet refult from the friendly interference of Ruflia and this country, with the co-operation of Auflria. HAVRE, Nov. 6.—The FIRST CONSUL fet out from Rouen on Friday, at fix in the morning.— Before he quitted that town he prefented to the Mayor a fnuff box, having on it, in a cypher, the words French People : and to the Archbifhop ano ther, with his portrait. He arrived at ten in the morning, at Caudebec, where he breakfafled. He flopped an hour at Ive tot, in a hall, where the manufaaurers of the neighbourhood had formed an exhibition. Twen ty-three very beautiful women, in the Norman drefs (c fume cauchois) prefented nofegays to the Fits? CONSUL and to Madame BONAPARTE. They beg ged the FIRST CONSUL to receive, in beautiful balkets, fpecimens of their manufaaures. He flopped half an hour at Bolbec, at the town houfe, where fpecimens of the indaftrial produc tions of the neighbourhood had been colleCted. A company of a hundred volunteers of Ivetot mount ed on horfeback, and diflinguifhedby white fafhes, bordered with red, came to meet him. There Citizens ferred him as a guard of honour, during the whole time of his pafrage through their terri tory. They were relieved by a company of Bolbec, and the latter in their turn by a company of the volunteers of Havre, dreffcd in red dolimans (a fort of Turkifh drefs.) Wherever the Ft Rsr CONSUL patted, mothers of families ran from the neighbouring villages, car rying their children in their arms ; at the entrance of all the parifh-churches, the Cures, furround ed by their clergy, under canopies, and clothed in their faccrdotal habits, addrefted to Hear EN longs of benediaion ; Magiftrates, old men, and young perfons, all hurried in crowds to meet the FIRST CONSUL, and exhibited the affeaing picture of the union of a great people—tweet reward of the au. gull Chief, who has nothing in view but the public felicity !—Eloquent fpeaacle, calculated to ftrike terror into the external enemies of the French people I On the arrival of the FIRST Column at Havre, the town was illuminated. The whole highway was lined on each fide, with yew trees, flan, &c. In the fquare was ereaed a column, on which was placed Fame bearing the cypher of the FIRST CONSUL. All the flips of the Republic, and merchant veirels, were alfo illuminated to the fummits of their mails. The FIRST CONSUL alighted at the Town-houfe, before which the Municipality caufed beautiful fire works to be exhibited.—Monitnir. BASLE, OCT. 30.—For Tome days part French troops, part of thofe which compofed the camp at Hunninguen,have been continually pafling through this city. General RAPP direEted their march. Great part of them are going to Zurich, where troubles and very great divifion between the inha bitants of the town and thofe of the country fill prevail. There has been lately, it is faid, Tome very bloody engagements in thefe countries. The two battalions of the 16th demi-brigade, which were in garrifon here, have alto begun their march: they have been replaced by the Both demi-brigade. The number of troops that are to enter Helvetia is eftimated at 40,000. The Petty Cantons Rill exhibit a warlike epee. More than 300 cannon, of different calibres, have been conveyed to that quarter, from different countries of Switzerland ; and the inhabitants be gin to throw up intrenchments in the mountains. The Diet dill holds out. There was no Levee yefierday at St. James's, nor will them be one until Artdnefday next, conk quently General ANDREOSS& cannot be prefented till that day. Numbers of people attended in the early part of yefierday at St. James's, in order to fee him, and were of courfe difappointed. On Monday, about four o'clock in the after noon, Lord WH tvwon it, the Ditchers of DORSET, her two daughters, &c. &c.arrived at Sittingbourne. They were received by a Captain's guard of the 4th Regiment of Foot, and the bells were fet a ringing, with every othe r d emon a r ation of joy. Lord ringing*,, was , then attended by his Pri vate Secretary and Chaplain, and his Lordfhip's brother Colonel WHITWORTH. His Lordfhip arrived at Dover on Tuefday between three and four in the afternoon. The Duchefs of Dotssr accompanied his Lord!hip. Colonel WH ITWORT 11, Mr. TA LEOT, and Mr. BEN. JAFIELD, Secretaries, and Wirrim and SCOTT, Melfengers, were in his Lordfhip's fuite. A fa lute of twenty.one guns was fired immediately on his getting out of his carriage. His Lordthip, and a very numerous :rain of attendants, embarked from Dover for Calais yefterday morning about half paft eight o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. A Gentleman, who lately rode from Glom(ler to London (103 miles) in eight hours and a half, being allowed ten hours, for boo guineas, is about to undertake riding it in eight hours, for iOOO guineas. Tuefday morning the King's hounds killed two hares, and a third was taken up alive, quite (pent, in a Gardener's ground, at Maidenhead. They had a great run with all of them. The races in Skipton Ings, on Thurfday 'ail, afforded excellent fport. The hack race was won with difficulty by the bay boric ; the match for toogs. was won by Mr. CH AMBERLAIN'S bay marc, by Crop. CUMBERLAND HUNT AND CARLISLE RACES. MONDAY, NOVEMBER I. The Earl of Darlington's b. h. Hap Hazard, walked over the courfe for the King's Hundred. TLIESDAY.-501. given by the Earl of Carlifle. Mr. Steikenfon's b. f. Cotillon (three plates) - Mr..Hutchinfon's b. h. Earby, sd heat drawn. Earl of Darlington's b. b. Hap Hazard, drawn. TH V It WA Y.—gol. given by JohnChriftianCurwen, and Walter Spencer Stanhope, Efqrs. Members for the City of Carlifle. Mr. Hutchinforeib. h. F.arby.—No Race. Mr. Danby's b. c. 3-yrs old, (2 plates.) . _ . SATURDAY.-501. given by the Members, &c. of the Cumberland Hunt. Mr Stephenfon's b. f. CotiUon, (3 plates) - r I Mr. Fletcher's b. h. Antelope - - 1 2 Mr. Danby's b. c. - - dis. The Hunting wastolerably good—but there was not much company. The Ulverflon Hunt Ball, on Wednefday la% was numeroufly and brilliantly attended. The fafhinnable fireets yeflerday were remark ably crowded with carriages of every defcription, beaux mounted and beaux difmounted, and charm• ing women, fome darting expreflive glances from the fnug retreat of a chariot, and others in the warm enfoldings of the !while courting the enli vening and Tefrefhing influence of a November Sun. The fcene was all buille and animation, till four o'clock fummoned the gay loungers of the morning to prepare for the more important avo• cations of the evening. The Choral Concert at the Millie Hall, in Leeds, on Thurfday, was but thinly attended; the Milcel• laneous Performance in the evening of that day,how ever, had a very brilliant and numerous auditory. A new entertainment is announced at Covent• Garden Theatre, entitled bleb Drama. The Creek word might perhaps be fairly enough tranflated, a hotch-potch drama. In Italy and France, wherever mufic without recitative is introduced to enforce paffion, it is called mdo drama, ai in the Pygmalion of Ronfreau, but the term is fill more common to dramas of a mixed kind, in which are frequent ly found tragedy, comedy, farce, and pantomime, finging, dancing, and combating. Such a fpecies of exhibition may be calculated for after-pieces, in which pleafure and entertainment are fought in defiance of rules. • The Man of the World is fo powerfully recom mended by Coos 's Sir Persinan M'Sycophant that though it is but a heavy play, it is rendered very attractive by his excellent performance of that cha rader. He drew a numerous audience tall night to Covent Garden Theatre, and received the moft flattering marks of general approbation. THEATRE, DR t/RY.LAN E.—Lan night the play of Ride a Wife and Bove a Wife was, upon the whole, tolerably well performed at this theatre. POPE'S Leon is a well foftained character, particu larly where the hufband affumes his domeftic authority ; in the previous fcenes we think him lefs happy—the humility of Leon is not that of farcical fheepifhnefs, but of a merely affeded fimplicity of manners, and apparently total igno rance of the habits f polifhed fociety. All the performers we have feen fince the days of HEN. DERSON here Teem to have miftaken the inten tions of the wtitcr, not excepting Mr. KEMBLE. Mrs. Joel:oases !Mania is a moft fafcinating per formance; and Mrs. Powst.L, in Margareua, is fufficiently voluptuous and haughty. Of the reft, not excepting the Copper Captain of BANNISTER, we have not much to fay in high commendation. Surres and GRIMALDI'S Old Woman and Maid are laughable, but rather too grofs ; as is alfo Dow- TON'S Cacafogo. When the good Dr. FRANKLIN was afked, why thofe who had acquired more wealth than was fufficient for all the purpofes of comfort, fhould defire to encreafe it ? he anfwered, that ava rice was the molt natural and common of all the human paffions,, and illuftrated his affertion by giving to a child, then in the room, a large apple. The moment it had taken it, he offered it another, which it alto received ; and before it could difpolu of either, he prefented a third : it vainly tried to hold it in its little hands, and at lail, in a paffion of tears, threw itfelf and the fruit on the floor.— Is not this child the frokical Baby who grafps at more than it can en , joy, and will find infatiable defire terminate in darappointment ? MATRIMONIAL ANECDOTE.—A few days ago, a fatter and a fiiilor, each with his favourite gill, ap• peared at a church in Whitehaven, to be refpec. tively united in the facred bond of wedlock. The ceremony being ended, the Clergyman, (as the parties were leaving the church) jocularly (Merv ed that he had now married two men of gallant pro tenons ; and he wondered which of them would have the firft chriyeaing ! "Which would you take ? (faid the foldier)—a grog a-piece, now, for the company."—The Clergyman, not a little furprited by this unexpe&ed reply, faid 44 I lhould take the foldier."--" You have lofi, Mr. Parton ;" exclaimed the other : " My ;friend, the failor, has more work for you : he brought you a child to chrillen ; and you have given him a wife to church!"-This was really the cafe. The honeft tar had been too for ward in one part of the bufinefs ; and the uncer tainties of a foreign voyage had canted him to be SONAPARTA TO THE KING. A report has prevailed for fame days, th at O lt FIRST CONSUL of France lately wrote a letter his sj ESTI', upon the general state of affairs, ar..; the dilcuffions between the two countries. It i s Paid that in this letter tome pretty feverc refleaiors were thrown out ag,ainlt Miniiters,a s being difpofed to war,difturbers c..f the tranquillity ofEurope, a n d guilty of employing money to excite revolt in zerland. Uponthe ‘vhole,however,notwitlia '• .t.ann g exprcflions highly infolcnt and indccorous,the,,ei;. ral tendency of thi. epi it le i s reprefented to be acific. We mutt obferve ind e ed, t h at we d o not pretend to know or to (late from any authority that fuch a letter ex it' s , Upon reading the manifetto of the Freud' official Journal in oar pa perof fuefday,itftruck however, that there was lome coincidence betweii its contents and what we had heard of the Confular epiftie. If it be tree, however, that the Co ;fist has brought the fobjek9 into difcuffion in die filana of a complaint, or, indeed, whether he has or finee his official diatribes have done it, he has traduced the topic very favourably for thole uh u oppofe him on that particular queltion. In fad;, what is his Tight to interfere in the affairs of Switzerland more than that of Aultria ? fl(ah, are pasties to the Treaty of Ltineville. Bat is his title more than that of England? If it de. pends upon pofitive treaty, it mull bethe T reaty Luneville, nothing tut the Treeny off' Lunrville. B u t 16 far from authoriling him to inteifere, that treaty exprefsly lays, that the Swifs (hall be cnin n i, te l y indepcnthnt, and have liberty to chufe fedi a Government as they may think proper. Aware of this, the Moniteur, with its ufual falfehood and mifreprefentation, changes the word, and lays, that it is the " exillence" of the Helvetic Republic that is acknowledged. It is, however, the inde. ptndance of the Helvetic Republic, with a fpecific reference to its power of eflablifbing a Contlitu tion for itfelf, that is recognized. The FIRST CON. sot., thereiore, violates the Treaty of Lunville.— On the other hand, even if it were true that this country had endeavoured to excite the people of Switzerland, by exhortation or money, to eftablifh a Government agreeable to themfelves, which by the way we do not believe Miniilers to have done, what right has the FIRST CONSUL to complain? The one party has juft as good a right to in. vice England, as the other has to invite France. Indeed the former is, on the face of things, the molt patriotic, becaule the interference of France mull of neceflity de(lroy their independence, by de. firoying even the appearance of free choice ; the influence of England might have been falutary, and never could have gone farther than was de. fired. This is a molt important confideration in any cafe where foreign aid is called in to fettle the internal affairs of a (fate, if indeed fuch aid can ever honeilly be reforted to. Neither Mr. I-11LE Y Aooi NG row, nor Alderman Corns, were at the Manfion Houk on Tuefday, as erroneously (Wed, both Gentlemen being in the count? y. Although General ANDREOSSI did not partake of the Civic Featl•, on Tnefday lafi, he had a full view of the procetlion through Cheapfide. His Excellency, M. OTTO, Mr. and Mrs. PORTALIS t together with four other French Gentlemen, had a luncheon at a houfe in Cheapfide.—They went early in the day, to avoid notice; part of the com pany walked, but the General and M. Orro rode in a plain yellow carriage. The Lady Mayorefs declares the Price of the State Bed is not to be complained of, and it muff be allowed fhe is the befi judge. Lord BARRYMORE arrived yeflerday in town, as did alfo Lady BOWYER from Wales. Lord YARBOROUGH arrived ye(lerday at his houfe in Arlington-fireet. He will fet out in a few days for Venice, to visit his fon, the Hon. Mr. PELHAM, who is dangeroully ill in that city. The Honourable Colonel BLIGH arrived yell yetterday at Lord DARN t. sy's, in Berkeley-fquare. Lord CARYSFORT and Lord PROSY refide at Lady WYNNES Upper Bi uok-Ilreet, until their own houfe is finifhed. Lnrd LOWTHER, eaclulive of the donation of 501. (lately mentioned) Las further patronifed the Whitchaven Difpenfary, by an annual fubfeription of ten guineas. His Lordfhip has alfo given, to the town, the premifes in Lowther ftreet, (lately rebuilt) commonly known by the name of the Reckoning Houfe ; which are intended to be rail ed another ftorey, and fitted up as a coffee room, library, and dancing room. There are at prefent thirty young Ruffian Gene tlemen in England, feleaed by the Emperor to receive their Naval Education in our fervice. It is hated in the Leeds Paper, that nearly 1500 perfons have, in that town and its immediate vici nity, caught within the lall eight months, the in feFlion of the preterit contagious fever. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning of the 3oth and 3t ft ult. the weather being very as:limy, a great many of the glaEs of the light houfe at the mouth of the Tay were broken, and the lights extinguithed. It appears that this had been done by a number of birds of different fpccies, fuch as woodcocks, martins, Ilarlings, &c. who had either been feduced by the light, or forced by the florm to fly againit it, as feveral of them were found within the lanthorn. The occurrence is tin gular, hut as it might have proved fatal to fhips by the lights being extinguithed, care tbould be taken to prevent the like in future by their outer trellaces, or other mode of defence. Yeflerdav morning, about four o'clock, a dread ful fire broke out in Blackman-tireet, Southwark, at a Cabinet-maker's, of the name of Malley, nearly oppolite St. George's Church. It happened very unfortunately that a Tallow Chandler's Ihop adjoined the premifes, the hack part of which ado took fire. The timely arrival of a number of en gines, and a plentiful lupply of water, prevented the flames from extending beyond the above pre miles. The damage is ftated to be confiderable,