Star. — London, England, 1815-01-04 00:00:00

I EVE,NIN(i LO N DON. VabblESpAt 3ANU4RY OF STOCKS 1111i1 PAT AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: iwi lice d est .o . 44lt—sist 4;51104,112.1-5 per Cent. .shut etmsot, abut.—for &worn, 17417 401.. , •Ohinium sink Long Anns.lBll.lllols 4-110Iids Ws. pre. Excbt.quer Bills Is. 44. pint We stated yesterday that the accounts received by Jamaica Mail, repeated the report of St. Domingo Living once more placed itself under the protection , 1 Prance. This is not correct. It is true that M. LAVATE, a French Commissary, who had ureviously arrived from France, sailed from Jamaica Port au Prince about the middle of October last, btit we do not learn, that at the date of •the last ad• aces, he had proceeded any further in his mission that merely transmitting a letter i to the President PErrots, which, according to report, was couched in obscure and mysterious language. Sortie turtiter citations would probably have taked place. inst.fue the circumstances of M. LAVAVE having bon MN; ill on the day of his landing, which was thteilisti* October. . • On the Ist of November, the date of than*" ad.: vices, he was still unable to hold any communication with the President PKTION. In the mean thise the lat ter issued a Decree, which will be found in another part of our Paper, and by which he conveys to the English nation a marked testimony of his respect and uteern. He gratuitously concedes to . the British Ntrchant a commercial benefit of the highest im portance : he reduces the import duty on British ' goods from I 0 to 5 per cent. and continues the higher duty on importations from all other countries.— .The British Merchant will thus have a most de cided advantage in trading with St. Domingo t if this act of generosity on the part of Pirrioit is in tended to conciliate the favour of Great Britain, in t!:e event of any struggle with France, it is sound policy, and this example will doubtless be followed 14y CHRISTOPtit. l'roin the known character of Louts XVIII. we eminot suppose for au instant that it ever mitered inzo his Royal contemplation to subjugate St. Do' unit() by force of arms : indeed, we sec no symptoms wilacver of any preparations in France for such a t.itbarous and impolitic measure. It is impossible, we think, for any man in his senses to recur to the history of St. DomingO, without im ':Aing a conviction that the; miseries inflicted upon tilt. inhabitants of that island by the French will never tt obliterated. They have, in fact, conceived an equal degree of abhorrence against the French chai Deter with the natives of Old Spain ; and this is one Li the many dreadful results of BozarAurz'e Go. vernment...Cveaeral Mosasg most emphatically ob seNed, 'a few days previous to seething his meets) wuuncl i that the whole tenor of BONAPARTE'S conduct vas to reader the French name execrated throughout t;.e civilized world for ages to come. In illustration et this opinion, we know it to be a fact, that there are hendseds, nay thousaads, of BONAPARTR'S favourite Officers, from the Marshal to the Sous-Lieutenant, who consider themselves as prisoners at large in Paris and its vicinity; so fearful are they of exposing them. selves to popular indignation, even in the Depart ments of France. But to return to the subject of St. Domingo : such ci our Readers as will take the trouble to peruse the lie of TOUSSAINT LOUVEKTUREp the lamented hero ci that island, as re-published in the Number of that excellent and useful repository of tracts, wbich would rtherwise unfairly and prematurely be lost, The Pam t'sleteer for November last. The public will there rind a most heart-rending picture of the too suc cessful results of the French. policy and arms in the affairs of St. Domingo; and they will thus be ena bkd to decide upon the probability of France ever regaining an ascendancy there. As well n:ay her rulers renew the mad attempt of subjugating Slain or R us4ia. The French papers contain an account of the pro rogation of both ChaMbers, those of the Peers and of the Deputies, until the 15th of May. The former, however, did not break up without again testifying their wish that the Government should take speedy. measures to procure the information necessary to the carrying into effect the.benourable propositio.is of Mar shal MACDONALD relative to the confiscated estates of the Nobility, and to the !akar y Pensions. M. LAME closed the Session of the Deputies with a very nut review of their past labours; and alter having enu merated the public benefits to which those labours, together with the paternal solicitude of the MONARCH. nl.4c contributed, he thus impressively concluded his ;....ccis•-.46 Let us return to our Provinces in security. We leave in this Capital, surrounded with the love ;Jt his people, and the devotedness of the army, a lilxo whom we consider as the first guardian of the public liberty." Sunday being New Year's Day, the Duke and Duchess of YORK had a party at Oatlands. Monday .le DUKE arrived at York House from thence. Yes terday his ROYAL HIGHNESS held A Levee at his 01- Ice in the Horse Guards, which was attended by i;rigadier-General HENRY Fox, on his return from 11,e Bombay Establishment; Major-General Molest. GoaDoN; Lieutenant-General sir GEORG& BRCRWITU; Lieutenant-General Ste :J.peu i ßrigatticr-Gencral iiitowxiuGu a Scc. >itG. , eiflß a bAiio # A Priay Council met yesterday at tweltv (Mod, in the Cock-pit, Whitehall, to tile Into ionsideration the appeal of the,Fkench Admilal •Barito against a warrant issued by Let(. Strisiorrn, order ing him out of the kingdom, unclor the custody of a King's Messenger, and backed by an Order under the sign manual of PRINCE Racism—Present, Lords ELDON, BATHURST, MELVILLE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ELLRNISOROUtiI • SIDMOUTII, Sir WILLIAM GRANT, Sir THOMAS PLUNIEN, Sir SAMUEL SHEPHERD, Sir VICARY GIBBS, BATOR THOMPSON and the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER. Baron "'lunar was atten ded by Monsieur MONEY, his nephew, an interesting young Gentleman, about twenty, and by Mr. DIL LON and Mr. Bnouoitast, his legal advisers, the latter having arr;ved post from Lord Mammas% country seat, in liertl: , rtishire, besides some private friends. The B iron wi.re a full French naval uniform, deco. rated with tieurs de Es, a white cockade, and dress sword.--Being called in, the Baron -- ad d ressed their Lordships in French. He reproached my Lord Stn. MOUTH with his proceedings, which he ascribed to the prsnn commissioned by the Treasury to settle the Toulonese claims, and whose unwillingness and tar diness was visited by the Baron's anger. He con cluded by demanding •to be beard . by his Counsel, Mr. BROUGHAM, which wall granted, and ked for Friday next. r' .r The infamous paragraphs which have appeared inl some of the Papers, and particularly in a Morning Paper of yesterday, in which .the name of the Vis tountess DEERHURST is mentioned as having been the Lily D. who lately exhibited Articles of the Peace against her husband, cannot be too severely repro. bitted. The wanton insertion of the respected names of Lord and Lady DEERHURST to supply the blank is a scandalous outrage en the feelings of an amiable and truly happy couple, whose domestic felicity, as witnessed by all alio have the honour of their ac. quaintance, cannot be surpassed. Open house is kept at Cashiobury Park, the seat of the Marquis of EXETER : the most splendid hospita lities prevailed there on Christmas eve and day.— Among the attractions were the celebrated Old Toot, an immensely.large barrel of ale, supposed to contain forry.fOur hogsheads. In addition to the latter were exhibited about forty other butts, fi lled with home. brewed, some of which are not: f a later date than 1811. Sir GEORGE and Lady CORNWALL, their daugh. ters, and a part of the CAPEL family dined there on Christmas Day. • The Earl and Curntess of Jimmy gave an elegant entertainment on New Year's Day, to a large party of distinguished fashionables, at their seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire. A compromise has, we understand, been entered into between the lodia-house and the General Post office, and letters may, according to the new arrange. ment, be forwarded from the India-house by the ships about to be dispatched for Bombay and China, on being previously taxed Is. 2d. per single letter, at the Ship Letter-office ; but letters for Bengal, Madras, Ceylon, Isle of France, Cape, Ste. must be forwarded thioui the medium of the Post-office ' which will dispatch them by the Cornwallis; and the licenced ships, at the , regular charge. The Cornwallis is ex pected to s.iil with the trade for India on or about the 10:h instant. A letter from St. John's, Newfoundland ? • NoveMber 16, says—" A melancholy accident hap pened last night to the ship Five Sisters, from Hali fax ; she arrived two days since in the Narrows, had two anchors and a good hawser fastened to the outer buoy : late last night the wind shifted from the West to the North East, and blew a gale—one of her cables parted ; she swung round upon the southern head, beat in her stern, and soon went down—no lives were lost. The schooner Bird, of and from hence for the West Indies, was captured Nov. 14, by die American privateer Grand Turk." By the arrival at Liverpool on Sunday of two ships from Pensacola, we are enabled' to explain the repot t of successes by the American General JACKSON, in which it was said 4.00 British were lost. Some time ago, the Spaniards invited the British to take pos ' session of Pensacola, the capital of West Florida, and to protect it against the Americans. The American General JAcKsos then issued a proclamation, saying, unless the British retired, he would attack the place. When the British failed in their attack on the Mobile they retired to Pensacola. General JACKSON followed them, having collected S,OOO men for that purpose. I In consequence of the approach of this force, the Sala :mite frigate, with four sloops of war, left Pensacola with the British troops early in November. The ships arrived at Liverpool left Pensacola in haste, with im• perfect cargoes of cotton. They bring no account of any fighting, though it is probable some skirmishing took place as the British retired, and the loss of a few lives may have been exaggerated. The Americans, it is supposed, will seize upon West Florida, unless they should dread a war with Spain. New Orleans is said to be well fortified, and defended by 5,000 Americans. The English force destined against it is said to amount to 8000. • It was not (as a paragraph in our Paper of the 2d instant asserts) a publican, but a cooper, who was so fortunate to obtain a Prize of £2U,UI►U in the Lot tery, in the year 1765. The ticket was bought of Barnes and Golightly, in Pope's Head-alley, and the purchase of it confided to the Abingdon coach man, to whom the generous cooper gave a new stage coach,and four f►ue young hates; to the•person who sent the intelligence from the Office, he gave a hue.. dred pounds. his other acts of liberality and benevo lence are too numerous for insertion. SMOCKING ACCIDENT.—A most melancholy occur. rence happened in Bandon, on Sunday se'nnight. It being Christmas Day, the Roman . Catholic Chapel was unusually crowded with persons at early service, when an alai m •was given that the Gallery was giv. ing way. The greatest consternation and confusion ensued; numbers were seen leaping from the gallery into the aisle, and from the windows into the street, by which many were severely injured and braised ; and in the crush in coming out of the house, six per sons were unfortunately killed, and upwards of thirty desperately hurt. What renders this citcumstancs most melancholy is, there being no cause for the alarm ,but the falling_ of one of the gallery-forms. The Chapel suffered material injury by the breaking of windows, doors, railings, itc..esriPapt. .Ard'lsta iNrELYGOVE. ADMIIALTY-07FICE, •LotiitiAitY; 4 e .011t.,, Captain BALDWIN b of his Majesty'. sloop Ttntast o has repotted to the Lords Commissioners of the Ad thirisky l , that the Longships Liglit•house has been washed down. (gigged) z. w. (some. limitary Ann; Cooper, (rani Lintetiet to London. put ism? Art Dm Bay, near Galway, Mt the 23d, with damage, baying expaieneed bad weather. The George and James, Lovie, from London to St. Miehaeh, was roused into St. Ives on Friday, with considetable damage. having etperteueed vioknt gores. She sailed (rum Falmouth on the 25th ultimo, with the West India convoy. The Louisa, Charlton, from Swansea to London, is put back to Swansea with loss of main mast. The Two 81gars, Eagle, from Waterford to Portsmouth, put into Carle Townsend on the end ultimo, with loss of all her nib, ate. The Charlotte, Lhtdt, from Pillau to Lon Jon, was lost sear Danialc, between the ith and :.ti ukinuti The Flora, Holm, from Copenhagen to St. Thomas, is on shore net - . The Trite,. Steingardt. from Newcastle to Konipborg, la lost near Marstrand. - - The VrOvr Tomniegina, Tiktall, from Elbing to Haire, wia stranded during the late gales on the Island of %%eland. The Clifton, Union, from Baum& to Bristol, is lost on the Holmes. Tie Arinas Marinas, Langeweld,from Rotterdam to Batavia, was stranded •n Goree Beach on Thursday last; had ekven feet water In her hold—part of her cargo and ►wre will be saved. The Ocean, Scott, from Quebec to Portsmouth, is totally lost on Byron Wand—crew saved. The Frknds, Broad, from Plymouth to Liverpool, was totally wrecked on (Alcamo= Bar eu Saturday last—crew and most of tho cargo a saved. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 2. Arrived the Dutch frigate Daageraad, bound to the Mediterranean, much damaged; and the Dutch frigate Ysel, bound to ditto, distilasted ; also arrived the TEHIAN sloop of war, front ofF the Land's End, and brings an account chat the L',ngships Light-house has been washed away in_the late gales. Sailed the BRAZES, Etym./num and INSOLENT sloops of war to the Westward. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 3. Yesterday after post arrived from the Downs the Ibbetsons, Kirror, for Rio and Buenos Ayres.— Arrived today the CORACOA from the idediferranean, and put under quarantine at the Mother Bank. Also arrived the Neath Castle and Prince of Wales, Lon. don coasters. Sailed a fleet of transports for Cork, under his Majesty's ship Hope; ,the CORDKI.IA for Plymouth;' CLORINDE, BUStARD and LEVERS; with a small fleet, for Spain, PortugAl, and the Mediter ranean ; Sally, Rooms, for Dublin; and Loyalist, PARKIN, to join convoy for the Westlndies. Went out of harbour, the MALABAR. " ADMIRAL'S OFFICE, JANUARY 3. " Mestortismust.—The 1-hvoc will proceed im mediately to Cork with the vessels bound to Bermuda and the Bahama Islands that have received instruc tions from the MONTAGUR to enable them to join the convoy under his Majesty's ship LroNinAs." The HAVOC will sail to-morrow at day-light. DEAL, JANUARY S. 44 „, Caine down from the River and sailed the Sylph, PARRAU, for Gibraltar ; and Mulgrave Castle, RALPH, for Cork and Jamaica.— Remain his Majesty's ship Bombay, etc.—Wind N. E. ' • CHATHAM, JANUARY I. The Howe, of 74 gdns, was taken into dock on Thursday last, for a slight repair. The quarterly payment (the last that will ever occur) will take place in the ensuing week ; the money tin the pur pose has been sent some days since. GRAVESEND. JANUARY S. Arrived the David, Coburn. from. Memel ; Mentor, Stephen- 1 eon; and Ann, Brown, from Pirersburgh; Orspech, from Rip; Spring owe, from Quebec ; Sarah, Lucas, from Sevilk ; Louisa. leadriga, from Bahia; Julio, Reynderu, from Hamburg\ ; and Three Brothers, Spantiensan, from Caen.— Sailed the Providenee,Smich; and Harmonic, Potter, for Ant werp ; and Cup'.do, Botteben, for Trieste. HALIFAX, NOVEMBER se.. Several privateers have shewn themselves off our cost forfora few days past; the schooner Post Boy was shared by one on Thursday last. His Majesty's brig Musquito chased a brigantine ;,rivateer on Friday. The Surprise privateer, of 10 guns and 116 men, was off Lahave on Thursday last : she burnt the schooner Hazard, from hence, bound to Annapolis, and took two fishing vessels belonging to Lahave, oue she burnt, and the other she gave up to the prisoners, 21 in number, and treated son.: of them well because they were Freemasons. The smiths and some other artificers in Chatham Dock-yard, are ordered to work esti a hours in order "to prepare stores and furniture for two 61-gun-ships building at Kingston, in North America, and some were employed on Sunday last on the service. A letter from fortsmouth, dated January 2, says, ..Arrived the CIMODILE, Captain Eutorr, from Lisbon, having in company with the CYANE,Itain FALCON, saix.l fur that port from St. John's, New foundland, with a convoy of SO sail, on the sth ult. A most melancholy occurrence took place on the third day of their sailing from St. John's. During a violent and continued storm, and a severe fall of snow, the CYANE ran down one of the convoy ; the vessel im. mediately divided and sunk, and all perished.— The whole of the convoy separated doting the tem pestuous weather which they encuunure.l on that day. The Caoconst.a and CYANE were unable afterwards to collect more than twelve sail, with which they arrived off Lisbon on the 19th ultimo. The CYANE had pro ceeded to Gibraltar. The Cum:nowt . spoke the BRAM BLE schooner, which sailed last week from Plymouth, with dispatches fur the Ametican Government, in long. 10. The BRAMBLE hid been chased by an American brig. Edinburgh is in hoe slater respecting the Union Canal, and it is probable that no mitalCompany was ever more divided CORN EXCHANGE, MARt•LANE, JAN. 4. We bad a good supply of Wheat frusta in this morning, which; in addkion to a considerable quantity left over from last market day, made a great appearance of samples, and having no de-' mod - trade was etteewlingly heavy, and prices were merely oeuhil, Having a large miles) of Bari , upon the back of Mireeirs great simply, caused& farther reatreeies in oar prices 1 d g‘pe quarter. Oats are u. per "Utter lower. lo Aber aulderthere is no elterothu—When but few perms were left apes the market, as helfieet two o'clock on Monday, the Meal meta ogroal to reduce the price eI Flour So. per sack, PICTURE OF MA,Tetith. iv ?LIM &Walt, bAItD I VIMARit My DRAit am, thank Goo, once more in 'Old Engtand, and, agreeably to your request. I scrifible yriir a few hasty lines ; but to attearrpt to de-, scribe the sights of Paris would be literally to com mence the unprofitable trade of author. This place may be safely termed the capital of the world for the ,raishing studies of the Architect, the Sculptor, the Painter, the Poet, the Naturalist, aid the mail of Taste, as Well as the grand depot to satisfy the gene ral curiosity of the virtuoso. But when you have said this, you have said all; the filth and stink of the street& and private houses s the misery and vulgarity ot the people ; and the blackguard style of all the dissipation, render Paris, as a residence, more a lounge for a man from Nen-gate or St. Gil..s's, than, for any one who has three ideas ot a Gentleman. Notwithstanding the degrading inferiority and the unconscious ignorance of this, the pride and obstinacy of the people make them very ridiculous, and from their national eagerness to speak they completely lose their consequence, as well as the art at commanding attention or respect. That you may judge for your self of their cleanliness, I have only to inform you, that the Lam of quality here go in dirty morning dresses to the Opera, and the nights on which we were there, smelt so f garlic that had it not been for repeated applications of bureau (snuff) we should have been obliged to retreat. The principal Palaces which you must see in Paris are the Louvre, the Tnuilleries, the Luxembourg, and the Dyne des Bourbons : in the environs, those of St. Cloud, Versailles, and the two Trianons. Tier magnificentAr.chiteeture of this, ant indeed all me public buildings, is only to be equaled by the value of the sculpture, paintings, and treasures wan which they are.filled. The MOSCUMS are innumerable- ; sae were the most struck however with those in the Gar den of Plants, where, in a word, you wilt see the whole creation ; and the Petit Augustin. containing sculpture froM the 13th to the 17th s:ccle. Among Institutions innumerable, we were much gratified by seeing the Invalids : you should at least bestow a day on the National Library. The M anufactories are too numerous to mention, but I must meution that of Gobelin's tapestry as being by far the first in the world. The Theatres are - fitleeit in number, besides Specaaelar in the Boulevards, to see which the lower order of company, who frequent them, have only to call for refreshment at the tables, which are placed all over the house instead of forms. The four prin cipal theatres are the Grand Opera, the Odeon (or Italian Opera), Theatre Cornique, and Theatre Francois. The decorations and scenery surpass any thing I ever saw, and are managed with infinitely more regularity than those in London. Atter tke Opera the 'minim are admirably will arranged by the police guards ; instead of allowing Mrs. Such-a- one's carriage to stop the way, no equipage is suffered to remain at the door further than to take up and proceed. This, however, is all the praise I Can be stow on and concerning their Theatres. Their dancing is fair, but has by ao means that superiority which we had been led to expect.—: Their orchestras are tolerably good ; that at the Opera is too strong, the one at the Odeon is the best, and there you will always hear the finest music ; their singers are the worst set I ever heard in my FL. with the exception of Crevelli at the Odeon, and Martin' at the. Opera Comique. who is most excellent. and by far too good to perform in such a place as Paris. Although the French are one hundred years behind us in many things, yet they have as much the advan-* tage in others ; and I may name as one of their chef d'avvra the art of imporition ; to guard against this, let me advise you to be cautious who yuu deal with, and make a previous agreement for every thing: TheFws people are now not only in such a state ot po verty that a trifle is an object, but they make a merit of cheating the English, as the only revenge they can have on so independent and greet a nation I it you wish for economy, dine at the Table d'Hote ; it you want luxury, go to Very's in the Palais Royal, which is the most respectable and best house in Paris, and where (from a. printed bill of fare as large as the half of a newspaper) you may select a magnificent dinner. for about Bs. While in Paris, I advise you to hire an equipage and footman, all of which yoU wit get in the best style for 3u francs a day, and by having which you will save consideralaly, by beiiig able to see Paris, and consequently to leave it in one third of the time required for going on foot to the different spectacles. In traveliing, if you go post, you will often have to wait while horsei are taken ft am a plough, or sent for at a league's distance ; but it you go by the Diligence you will meet with no impedi ments, and travel .with the greatest conifte-t, and al ways meet with civility : (ase revert, frog Eviond) all the good • thinv are kept tor the table of the coat:), while those• who travel in their cwii carriageN, hill get nothing but the leavings of the pass.:ngt: In stead of a dirty stage coach dinner, with the worst room and the suljciest waiter that can be selected, you partake of a dinner that would do credit to any noble man's table, and for with a pint ot wine, you seldom pay more than three francs. The expence of the Diligence from Calais to Paris (193 English miles) is 40 francs for conveyance and 10 francs for the Coaducteur, a respectable inn %Om superintends all, and who, out of this pays alte postilion of cacti stage two sous. You Laieito doubt. heard how these coaches are driven ; the postilion (in a round tarok, club tail nighly powdered, and with a pair of boots about the size of butter churns, is mounted on the near wheeler; from this he drives the other ; and the three leaders abreast. From Calais to Paris you will go four Miles an hour ; from Havre de Grace (150 miles) sight miles an hour. the coaches being so very far superior on the latter road. With regard to the passage. avoid it in winter if possible, and it you have no objection to one hundred miles (instead of twenty-six and a half) you will do better to go by way of Southampton and Havre de Grace, and will be in one respect safer, and you will have a pro. per manned vessel fit to encounter a gale, instead of a dangerous and miserable little craft, that puts to sea entirely misting to the shortness of the passage. If I do not see you before you go you will, I flat. .ter myself, find these few hints of great use, and take my word. that when you have seen every thing abroad, you will then, and perhaps not till then, know the value, the independence, and the comfort of the land we live in. TOWS' etc. R. G.