Star. — London, England, 1801-12-19 00:00:00

-5 ~S►ATRE. COPENT:CARDEM tocr: No, ex elation be their of war, efinitil yr mil °pip): the ms fp on giv e a Frani true dei ived oh een derltoc rel reaty that la ifiable : Frendi into on quittial iftes; credit tech I been inilb I of d won well oat f ye mino 'on It vay. I and t'f, J ri,4! Ar. It Iv' I fay(); xasill 1 VI night their MAJESTIES and the aye Pi t a_ i'aiss honoured this Theatre with their pretence. • •b e y a ppeared about half after fix, and found the Jo s e c rowded to the cieliug with loyal fulkjetts to eg et their entry. This is the firft time that our ' • s Sovereign has been feen in a place of e ntertainment in the metropolis fence his r indicp.fiiion; and the Anthem of " God fisve s ear e was Tung with the liveliefi enthufiafm. more who espeited to find the ROYAL FAMILY ill t heir ufual place, were at firft difappointed and t i srm ed, The Ktwo's Box was completely empty, vi d i a the whole of that circle there was nothing to holeate the pretence of the auguft vilitors.— The three or four boxes next the ft on the fe cold circle had been fitted up for their reception, sl yj they occupied the places ufually filled by the T art of the audience leaft worthy of notice. This Box is decorated with great tafte and fplsadour ; annexed to it is a fuite of three apart meats, with a faloon, furnifhed in . an elegant and 1 convenient ilyle, for the accommodation of the Rolm. Faulty. The plan, which was; we un. l derftand, firll fuggefted by Mr. HARRIS, was im gediattly honoured with his Mat arrv's approba tion. As the Box formerly appropriated to the - ?steer Of WALES is no w neceltarily included in tfie co w arrangement, another is in a !late of prepara tion fox kis ROYAL Htooissss fhotild he vi fi t the o c atre on the fame night with their MA11137118. We' were glad to find that the Royal party feemed highly pleated with their new quarters.— F o ffy As It Flies was the play, and they all gave parks of being highly amuted with it. The Kama Ras particularly pleated with the duel fcene be . tw een Cuefitor and Pe O. When he heard the coecluding fpeeches e m fiee.--1 do not like, tho', that you Mould have the !left *OW yy ceit--Oh ! in hit you, Sir, I will make soy apology. }Fn laAj E STY laid aficle his optra ears, and laugh ed outright. ' • The players all exerted themfelves to the utmoft, et the piece sewer went. off with great edit. After the Play, Rule Britannia was fens by the 4ferformers amid reiterated plaudits. The Boxes were graced by the molt Fathionable tompany that has been at the Theatre this feafon. * Anion them were the Duke of KENT , the Coun tellis of CHATHAM, Ati.ssauer, and Howe; La. disk CATHCART, BOSTON, ALYANLEY CRANLIY, M. Orr°, the French Ambaffador a d interim, and feveral other Foreign Minifters. His Royal High lith the Duke of Camaaincs fat in the tide-box oppnfite his Royal Parents. His MAJESTY appea.e.l in petted health, and the QUILLS feemed completely recovered from her in• diTpcfition. The Rov A e FAMILY were attended by the Earl of MACCLFSTIELE), as Lord of the Bed chamber, the Countefs of ELY, Viicountefs Sin esti and Lady ALBINA CUMBERLAND. Hu %Jerry was drelrecl in regimentals, and Innktd ert re mely well. The Qy EleN wore a white Loin gown, betpangled with gold, and an elegant batd•drefs, richly ornamented with diamonds. The PRINCESSES had white feathers, and gowns swirly the fame as their Royal Mother's, except the Princes ELIZABETH , who was in a dar k drels, and whole feathers were partly black, and partly sed. This was among the firft appearances of the Princefs ANIMA in public. :she I•.oked charm ingly, and feemed to take a very lively interdll in what was going forward. There was yefterday a grand Brealcfaft at the Qoeen's.Henfe. at which the Princess of Was.►s, with several branches of the Royal Family, and the Princefs of Oa axe e,were prefent. The Passe' Continues at Brightcn. - • The Countefsof Marc tsars stewas introduced to the (ly . atm on Thinday, and had the honour to kifs h er Majefty's hand, on being appointed one of the Ladies of the Bed chamber. in the room of the late Countefs of HOLDIRNESSZ ; as were alfo Lord and Lady HOBART, on his Lordthip's being appointed Secretary of State for the Co lames ; Lord CRAHLIY was alto introduced by his Fa ther, Earl ONfLOW, on coming to his title ; Mr. Osoooo, on his arriving from Canada; and Mifs Parrs, daughter of Sir L PE rvs. M. Orro has received a prefent from the Ma aufaeurers of the city of Lyons, of an embroider ed drefs of filk, of the fame pattern as that which was lately prefented to the Cuter Con so t. This drefs M. OTTO wore, on being prefented on Thurf day to the (Z E E EN. Mts. BILLIVGTON if to much indifporcd with a cold, that the is unable to appear to-night at Co vent-Garden Theatre, as was announced. PA at st LS FA M lON s.—Though CV: of (slyer are no longer tiled, the full head-drels is Rill very tailliant. Sometimes the whole is formed of a piece of Ruff ditched with gold or flyer. When the Bair itfelf is done up into a drefe, a high diadem is placed in front, with a fillet with gold fpanglcs, terves as a bandeau. A new piece of or sament, which has a fplendid effeet, is an arrow of diamonds or gold placed era, ways upon a pin. For ordinary head drefs, role and Ikv blue are the favourite colours. The long !hauls of caili mere aill prevail. Sometimes they are of wrought silk. Avery fenfible change has taken place in the %ape t,f gentlemen's coats. Nor only t h e waif} is higher, but the fkirts lets cut away, drop Anna rquare, and on each tide come fi,n%ard to the nut -11,!: feam of the breeches. The lappels, which are ahnoll always kept buttoned, ant! fold h,.tare over . the waiaeoat, which they almoll in' irely conceal. There are eight buttons on each lappet, and four above the flap of each pocket. The buttons arc Yelkly, round, either railed or hollow. The breeches are very Illort at the knee, with only three buttons and a fmaU buckle. The waiucoata arc .itched wi t h co l oure d films. Coats chiefly dark t.. , .te, and black pantaloons of ftriptd velvet. Great , ats of mixture. re much ifig2nr a po;rait fold on a fe 4 NDEn I. dy. f flaw, France, aanufac. les were • 1 9 9-161. one day check. ench Pa. at the ugh this one who politkal in dso ry thing rages, or a found üblic iti CONTINENTAL COMMERCE. Yefterday there was a meeting at the London Tavern of the Merchants interefted in the trade tc the Continent, and particularly of the Members of the " Society of Merchants trading to the Con tinent," to take into confederation the intended increafe at the Poll-office on continental Corre fpondence. The meeting was by no means fo fully attended as might have been expeded from the nature of the fiibjeet, and the great number of per. fns interefted in it. A long converfation (Mr. HAN K s v in the Chair) then ratted, upon the great hardfhip and inconvenience to trade from the in creafed expence, particularly in the tranfmiffion of bills of exchange. The refult was the appointment of a Commit. tee, with inftrudions to make a reprefentation to the Directors of the Poll-office on the fubjed, and, in cafe of a faihire of redrefs, to remonllrate with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and reqoeft fame new regulation might be adopted to reduce fo heavy a burthen upon mercantile inured. Mr. CHAP4IIIILS obferved, that the Ad of Par liament taking off the reftraint upon foreign car refpnndenee commenced that day ; but the - liberty which it granted was a barren one, if it was con fined only to a mere epiltalary corr.( fpondence;and did not permit the drawing of bills of exchange and the remittance of money. The CHAIRM•N, in anfwer, laid, that the trai torous correfpondeoce impaling the reftric- Hon, was only to be in force during the war. If then, by the figning of the Preliminaries, and the King's Proclamation, the war was at an end, the reftridion of courfe fell to the ground. He owned, however, that a doubt might be entertained whe ther the war was to be confidered as aetually at an end until the figning of thz definitive Treaty ? and therefore he fuggeded that an explanation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this point alto lhould form part of the inftrudions to the Committee. A Gentleman fuggeled, that as the point turned upon the conitrutlion of an Ad of Parlia ment, the Chancellor of the Exchequer could do no more in it than any other individual. This ob fervation being acqinefced in, it WAS agreed to take the Attorney General's opinion upon the pint. Some other queftions were then flatted, which being confidered irrelevant, and likely to pro voke a long and unprofitable dikullion, the meet ing was diffolved. The Marquis of SALU BURY proceeded yerterday morning to Stilton, whence he will march his re giment, the Hertfordlhire Militia, to the towt of Hertford. Lord Hurc HINSON, of Alexandria, is the fixth Peer in the Imperial Peerage; who take their titles nominally from thofe pla:es where they atchieved glorious or memorable aftions ; the others are, Lords AMHERST of Montreal HEATNTUILD of Gibraltar ; DUNCAN of Camperdown ; NaLsori of the Nile ; and ABIRCILMANY of Aboukir. The beauty of the weathe:, and the Rrength of the ice, attraEted a confiderable number of (kaisers to the Serpentine River, in Hyde Park, yefterday. The ice is bearing over the whole fheet of water, and no lzfs than three or four hundred perfons tbemfelves at a time. Among them, in the eaile part of the day, was a Dutch Lady , who ex..ra.irdinary (kill and grace. Should the w, other hotel. the cronds of beauty and fafhion will be great .o-morrow. The weather was colder on Thurfday night or Friday morning than at any time during the pre fent W ater.--One of FRAZER'S Stop Thermome ters. hut in a North afpeCt at Ifiington, has flood as folloa s curing the %reek : Berr. ten tea quads) , 'nett and M radar morning (even , ='Occk. a: 14 A 8 below the (regales point. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MATLS THIS DAY.—WIND W. S.W. ARRIVED. DU!. g Hamburg ll, o Dublin, 3 Waterford, PLYMOUTH, D&c. 17.—Arrived the Sevenab Haman, SODELSON, from Stockholm. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 18.—Arrived the Ate- NENE and NARCISSUS frigates, from the Downs; And INDkfAIIGABLE frigate, from Torbay.— Sailed feveral !hips for the Weft FROM LLOYD'S LIST. DEAL, DEC. iB.—Sailed the KANGAROO hoop for WoOlwich. Wind N. N. W. GRAVESEND, DEC. tB.—Paffed by the Birming ham, M , Caarnr, from Baltimpre • Daphne, —, from Dublin ; Nelly, BRISTOV.• ? from Gibraltar ; Alexander, llama, and Ruffia Company, Roma soa, from Riga ; Aquilon, • Commerce, —; Hazard, —; Memell, MANSON ; Sup ply, —; (Economy, PEALS ; Echoe, PIER; Union, ••••••••.; Lively, —; Adeona, STREET; Halcyon, Paalsota ; Robert and Jane, —; ; Haddock; HARRISON and Commerce, ALbtlt• SON, from Petertburgh.—Sailed the Lady Ann, M'Aertrua, for Grenada ; Baffeterre, SOPER, for Demerara ; Iroqiiois, for New Providence; Rotalie, SINCLAIR, for Berbice ; and Nieu Probe, for Lilhon. ARRIVED At Liverpool—The Samhfun, M'Lrod, from Nana; and Ifabclia, baron, from Gottcnburgh. At Duhlin—iavour:te, Wentworth, from Virginia ; and New Draw, from l'eterfburgh. At Bridlington—Ann, Beattie, from Peterfburgh. In Yarmouth Roads—George, Covadale, from Rica. Captain EDWARD BRACE, who commanded the KANGAROO, in the a6tion between Sir JOHN WAIL REM and a French fquadron, off Ireland, is ap pointed to the CAMILLA, of zo guns. The Commerce, Bo LLEY, from Norway to Ply mouth, is loft on the coaft of Holland. The Carolina, MEYCR, from Lifbon to Ham burgh, was loft on the Ifie of Bas, on the sth of November. Extra& of a letter from Linearler, dated Mon day, Dec. 14.—" Capt. Tow•sas had only 32 days pad:tge froth Liverpool to Surinam. he writes the following information for Ton to mention to the refpeetive owners, efpecially the Otway's : Martinique, OAR. t6,l3et. I left Liverpool in company with the (hips Alexander, Lead hlclfon, Eclipfe and Otway, the two forther I parted with in a few days, the Eelipfe on the 14th Sept. about lat. 40. and the being the wort tailor, was brought to by a fhip of the line, under Englifh colours. The Pitt, and the Otway kept company till the t ilth, in lat. 31. long. 23. all well.—On the 15th we law a ftil right a Itern, fleeting the fame tout fe, and no doubt it was the Otway.' a Captain ToVesas rays the Otway only failed fomewhat falter than the Pitt." Extra& of a letter from Capt. CORRIGiILI., of the flip Henry, to his Owners in Liverpool, dated Kitignon, Jamaica, t ith Oftber, tic) t.—. 4 On the loth we were attacked by a Spanilh felucca pri vateer, completely manned, with one R•pounder and (mall arms. ‘Vc immediately prepared for action, and at feven in the morning the anion com menced; during which he kept lip a conflant fire with his great gun, and in fuel) a fituation that prevented three of our quarter-deck guns from hear ing upon him. After half an hour's engagement he !mined hisflag, and fcenied refolved to carry us by boarding; we were, however, determined todefend our velfa to the lan,and therefore immediately load ed our Rem guns with round and grape 'hot. As he approached our veffel (within so yards) we fired upon him, and mull have killed and wounded many of his crew; neverthelefshe came clofe alongourlar board quarter, and, after difcharging fever'sl of his (mall arms, attempted to board vs. Tile fiat man that approached our veffcl received a boarding pike in his belly, and went to the bottom. This very much aided in railing the fpirits of our people, who fired upon the enemy with fuch enterpriting refo lution, that the Spanifh privateer had his foreman carried away, and immediately made off. We ha i none either killed or wounded, except a flight wound which I received in the mouth, and a cut in the hand by a curlafs, Melt has fince Our rigging, however, was very much damaged : and the ftern of our veffel and a (mall boat was very much flattered; but we have got all repair ed. The crew of the Henry confined only of nice men, four boys, and three negroes." Belvieu} Monday night and Tuefday morning, at 23. Between Tuefday night and Wc.incfday morning, 28. Between Wedncfday night and Thurfday twining, 23. Between Thurfday nlg'a and Friday morning, 28. A5T10N014Y.....M. BODE was the firft who con jeftnred that there was an intermediate planet be tween Mats and Jupiter. The following are the data on which he founded this opinion, which is now about to be verified. Let the dlitnnee from Saturn to the Sun be i Mercury will be dillaut from the Son - 4 of there parts 4 2 Venus . - 4 and 3 - 7 3 The Earth - - 4 and 6 - so 4 Man - - 4 and 12 - s 6 ~„, , 15 ',•oe Intermediate Planet - 4 and 24 - 28 6 _Jupiter • 4 and 48 - 52 7 Saturn - - 4 and •9 6 - 100 8 Uranus or the Georgium Sidus 4 and 192 - 196 —lt is not probable that there fhould be an inter- ruption in to regular a feries. It msy alfo be ob- Amonr;ft the numerous feats of activity and ferved, that as the (quark of the periods of the re exsaion, none have exceeded the performances of F volutions of two planets are as the cubes of their Lord SACKVILLE and Mr. Ross, the Meirenger ; dill:sixes from the Sun, the planet knitted between the former of whom rode up from Oxford, on five Mars and Jupiter will perform its revolution in different horfes,to the New Hummtims,hcing fifty. I four years and a ha f. (even miles and a half, in three hours ; And the At a Special Court of Aldermen held yetterday latter rode to Edinburgh, aco miles, is forty-eight at Guildhall, the following gentlemen were (worn hours,and returned in forty-fevers hours and a-half. into office : iii.NRY WOODTHnItrA, Efq. as Town A few days fence the body of Don ild Brown, a IClerk; Thostas Stir LTON, Efq. as Clerk of the jobber, was found drowned in the cab harbour of Peace for I.( n lon and Southwark, and Register Glafgow. of the Mayor's Court ; and Mars. HARPIR and Policies have been done in the City upon the . _Licit:, as Coal-meters in truß for the City. A footing of taking 25 guineas to pay too if .he De quantity of Foreign Gold was fwnrn to for expos'. finitive Treaty be concludecron ur before the tit of tation. !:everal 13:okcrs were allowed. March next. The next court k appointed for filling up the One day left week a Gentleman of Chancery. vacancies in Rogers's Alms-houfes. lane received as a prefent from a fi ;cod, near Mr. Cow es ir at the WI Commnn Council, moved Aylefbury, a brace of partridges, a couple of That the annual gift to Martha Middleton (of foals, a hare, and a quart bottle of wile, all of twenty pound , ), a lineal defeendant of Sir Hugh o hich were completely fhut no in a hollow turnip, Middleton, be increaled to Sol. per annum. Mr. which, before it was made hollow, had weighed Cowxxv then read an Alin& from Stow, where- albs. and when fcooped contained so quarts. in it was (fated, " That Sir Hugh Middleton was Yefierday as two lads were going along Union. a public -fpirited matt, and had rendered great f a r- street, in the Borough, having tome words, ore vices to the City of London, particularly by bring - If them put a quantity of filk handkerchiefs into ing the New River to London, and thereby ex his breeches, which being obferved by a tolifiabie, pending his svhole fortune, wliich was the caufe of he fazed them both,and took eleven handkerchiefs the prerent Petitioner being an want." . I from them, by which it was diferivered they had Mr. Box uppofed the motion ;and Mr. Dixon I rob bed a Shopkeeper in Gracechurch4treet, the and Mr. WAIT/IMAM were for increafing the an nuity ; which was at length voted. I fame morning. :co . . LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF IE:NO'S BENCH, DEC, :8• DOBKIN, ESCP, De THE LIST INDIA CONTANT. The ATTORNZY GIMERAL fluted, that •this was on Aaion by the Owner of a (hip which had been chancre , ' EMI India Company, to recover Compeniotion in Damages for the ufe and hire of that Chip ; the was chartered to the EAU Irish 'Company in the year 1796. By this Aftion the Plaintiff contended, that he was intitled to remuneration for the wear and t::r of his fhip, beyond that which was covenanted in the Charter-party between'him and the Eall India Company. She was to be employed in the fervice of the EaR India Company in trade and war, &e. but he contended, that the was afterwards employ ed in a manner which the Charter-party did not warrant, being fitted out for Manilla, and made to carry 36 guns intlead of 26, which was her com plement, and that in various refpeas, the had been fo ured as to become of las value to the Plaintiff, &c. Some of the particulars of which he :hued, and the ruSdance of the cafe was this—That the Defendants had comnitted an ends of the power given by the Charter-party, that the whole equip. ment of the Chip was altered; that thereby the Charter-party was abandoned, and that on accornt of it, the Company had became TrapalTers on, the property of the Plaintiff in this Ihip,and that be, by this Adlion, did reek compenfation for inch ex 'eels. That by the Charter-party in this cafe, the Company had not power to let the !hip out fur wat, in the manner thy had done. Lord KENYON raid, he did not know what the merits of this cafe might be, hut he did not fee how any mifconduft (fu poling there was any), of the Company, could fall under the head of tins :idiom This we, an adion on the Charter-party, which it. fet forth ; and therefore it was a complaint for an injury arifing at coatradr. The excefs of the power of the Company, as here Elated, created an injury . (if any) ex de3Jo; and therefore his Lord fhip maned very much to think that the Plaintiff had no remedy, at leaft, by this form of adion.— By thisadion the Plaintiff complained of an injury arifing out of the Contrail, and the fubflance of that which was alledged in fupport of that com plaint, was a miliondua which could not be ranged under thii anion. So that the adion did not ap pear to him, at prefent, to be adapted to the caret Nor had his.Lordthip, at prefent, any great doubt even upon the Charter-party. He could not con e:ive any words that were more comprehenfive, a Id which could give more controul over a Veffel than thofe employed in page 59 of the Chartcr p irty. By which it was provided, that the C. m panyfhould employ the chip for all purports what foever, in trade or in warfare. Now, had the De fendants been defired to ufe the molt forcible words poffible to give themfelves an abfol: t: do minion over the (hip, the probability eras ' that they would ufe thefe very words, at leaft, his Lend fhip Paid, he knew of none that were ftronger. '1 h ATTORNEY GENERAL bid, the parties muft fubmit to his Lordfhip's judgment. Lord KENYON Paid, he liked to fare there very large and important points for the opinion of the Court, whenever that was clerked, and indeed it was innre fat isfadory to him that the Court fhould decide them, than that they fhoold have only his authority for the decifion. But he meant at the fame time to fay, that there was in his mind, at prefent, very little difficulty in the cafe. " In trade or warfare, or otherwife howfoever,:and for all purpofes vtatfoever," appeared to him to be words that would amount to an abfolute dominion over the (hip. Here the Plaintiff profered to go on an implied contrad , and yet imputed to the Defendants a breach of all contrad, by milion dna. That would not do—although he raid this, yet the Ealt India Company being a large and powerful body (Amen, would eventually he guit'ed by liberal confiderations of the cafe, and if there were any real merits in the Plaintiff's care, they would not let him fuffer. Mr. EasKlNi laid, the Company conld not ob. je,Ft to putting this in a way to be decided by the Cant, for if this cafe was to be given up on the pact of the Company, it became a common eaufe againti the Company, for many other Ships sere in the fame fit nation. Ml. Rous laid, that all the fitting-out in this cafe, for the purpofc here complained of by the Plaintiff, was at the expence of the Compay. Mr. ERSICIVF laid, that the Charter party pave power to the Company to do as they pleated ss ith the (hip. It was WhiMfleill to complain of the equipment of the (hip, efpecially as the Dcf-ndants tkfrayed it. Suppofe he 112.1 hired a fervent go on a jonrncy, and he had only (hoes ard flock ;!;gs an, would it he matter of complaint against hint for giving him boots and fpurs ? Mr. Rous faid, that the warfare of the Comrany was and-r the power of the Crlwn, that the: were united And blat•• - 1 warfare. Lori! Krtirosi Itid, that if this was a quellion inrnlving only the amount of 51. he doubted very much, whether any body would h Ave . a doubt upon it. He could only fay, upon the general point, 1:e had, at prefent, no doubt. The words of the Charter patty appeared to him to give to the Como patty the ahlAute enntroul of the Veil. He knew f nothing to refrain it. There was nothing in Chartet•par y 'hit militated cgainit pnblic convenience ; nor was there any tither circion. Rance which required that thefe gercr.d. comply henfive words, (hould be narrowed in their con- Oration. However, 11:1 Lotdfhip (Aid. h: fhould refcrve the point, and, if either fide fhould deGre it, the cafe might be turned into 6pecial Vc►di[t I hut his Lordfhip raid be could not Lting his mind to doubt upon it. Verdi't for the Plaintiff, fubjeet to the opistica of the Court, upon a cafe to be liatel