Star. — London, England, 1802-12-22 00:00:00

. • foref.lw and had provided tor fneh ,rocs contended, that being detained for ys by contrary winds, was no adequate no t complying with the Order of the Nor did the Petitioner reit his prayer ground alone ; but rather on his igno- Standing Order of the Houfep an order lot new, but which had been in force flute 7 89, When a Gentleman aipired to a Honfe, he mould at lean inform him. Sur its Rules and Orders, as far as they t he Taws and regulations for elei2ions..— Dot, therefore, upon fuch grounds, of receiving of Ilse Petitimu Aiost for receiving it wai then put and IRV/ next gave notice of his intention to leave to bring in a Bill shortly after the objeB of which would. be to give to the 'editor in Ireland a fecurity as folid and able to doubt as that enjoyed by the :ditor in England. He likewire wifhed / his motion for rendering peimanent tits retpeeing the Revenue, which were annually by the Irifh Parliament ; and, if were to be permanent, he conceived that powers for carrying them into effea fhould be it alto. In that view it was his intention for leave to bring in Bills for regulating Ileaion of the Revenue in Ireland and, others, one for i - confolidation of all the to one tchedule. That fchedule would introduced Taft feffion, but the then Rate affairs made it advifable to defer it. He expedient to affimilate the regulations of the two countries, and to employ every facilitate their commercial intercourfe. prole& he was encouraged to proceed by and approbation of the Right Hon. the ior of the Exchequer. of the ExcHstania obferved, • Confequence of what had been alluded to `fight Hob. Friend ( Mr. Corry), he thought give wider, ! that early after the recefs fubmit a propofition to the Houk, for coafolidating the Duties of Cuttoms. That pro - • would not only embrace the plan adopted year z7s7, but would alto include feveral articles to which that plan did not apply. alto, &only after the reeds, fubmit a the Houk upon a fubjeft retpeding fome erroneous notions had pretty gene entertained. What he alluded to .was, extending the Plasm of bonding and touring to a number of articles, to whirl the cutting did not apply. He winged it to pattieularly underflood, that it was by no contemplation to adopt any thing like a tyftera of free ports, but merely a partial of the pretest regulation. To that sled alteration would be veiled in fuel hands as the . of Parliament fhould think fit, for grant licences to / port-towns, enabling them to par in the 'advantages of the intended regula- That &ante could only be obtained upon certain cunditions a Ws. that perfe& fecnrity &mild be given for the articles bonded, &c. &e. that ample accommodation fhould be provided for wareboufing them ; and that the ports foliciting filch licences &odd, for a ein period previous to the adoption of fuch rigt -wa ions, have carried on an extenfive trade in the articles to which • the regulation was intended to apply. The CHANCILLOR of the Excrteopea alto re newed a notice he had given in the ha Parlia ment, of his intention to bring in a Bill at an early period after tie meta, for appointing Com miffioners to inveftigate the joint accounts between Great Britain and Ireland. He alto obferved, that be should not introduce his propofition for extending the bonding and wawhoufing fyftem until after his Bill for eonfolidating the Cuftoms fliould have received the approbation of the Houle. On the motion of the CliAilleiLLOß of the Ex easvta,the Haute then adjourned toiriday next. • LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER *J. • IPEICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE CYCLOCE 3 Per Cent. Cog. for dn. 731 741 ICCost Rel 7/1411t Arrant, Annn 4 per Caw Coniple 16. . la oainitnn 4f a A mail arrived from ifolland this morning. ft brings hardly any dui:Mind news ; but the AA lowing letter has be asteload at Ataftetdans Wit South America I Cussafty Avoust,itA i disoir we eiPeri. need bete a tiolent it dia cant quake. The whole country was iticasod, 1 Ise. the lea, fo that the inhabitants &dEros their bilitfes in tetror, and ran.out into the open fields, whips • they fell down on their knees to hnplore in this cafe of ge neral need the protection of liiaume. The bed of the river Oronoko role to fnc.b a prodigious height. that a flat boat, which was lying on it, was toted vith fuch violence, as to break the rudder entirely to pieces. On the whole right fide of the River new land bas appeared, while in another place a piece of land fort, feet in breadth, formerly maid rated, has been changed into a pool of water. Se veral bourn have been dearoyed, and trees torn up by the root. At twelve o'clock a fecond Chock was felt more violent than the lira, by which the honks Rill left handing were Making like a !hip during a norm, fo that the people every moment *gaited that the earth would open and (wallow than up. At eight in the evening a third !hock was felt, but the kik was not fo violent as their* two, ant little damage was done. The devalla however, few hooks Uwe- I .~' _r' the Dana Wei India Maas has been uneeni.i monly abundant this year. St. Croix alone is raid to have exported 30,000 hogfheads. ' 4.,--4Sy the 1211 letters from Norway it ap pears that of eight cargoes of wheat which ,fence the month of September were difpatched toDron theim, not a tingle one has reached the place of ita defination , fo that the price of corn, already very high, his been, by this means, rendered Rill higher. Dee► 7.—By a Royal Decree of the 24th ult. refpeding the maintenance of the Lighthoufes on the Danifh coaft, a general duty is laid on all Da nifh as well as foreign (hips, and is determined by their burthen, and by the length of their voyage. At tie end of the year tBOO, the kingdom of Denmark had 694 merchant flips and (mall ve iPelti manned with 4928 men.—Norway, 837 flips and 6334 men.—Slefwig, 427 (hips with 1239 men.— And HoMein, 245 (hips with 3077 men. A peafant ploughing in the neighbourhood of Rotfchild, lately turned up a human bone, the . hollow of which was entirely filled with ancient coins, which were immediately fent to the Royal Chamber. STOCICHOLIII, Nov. a6.—A Commiffion is ap pointed to examine into the caufes of the late fire, and to deliberate on the means of repairing the damage done by it. The fire began in the morn.: ing after the heating of 25 Roves in the old Caftle. The man who heated them then perceiving that there was fire fomewhere, ran for water, but the flames fpreading he was frightened, and fainted away; he, however, recovered in a fhort time, and gave the alarm. Nov. 30.—1 n confequence of the Peace with the Barbary States, our frigates in the Mediterranean, being no longer wanted for con►oys, will foon return home. By a Royal Decree of the 13th inft. it is deter mined, in ianfequence of the approaching liqui dation, that there than be eftablifhed an office at Gothenburg for the difcount of Bank fpecie for the term of fifteen years. The funds are to be aoo,ooo dollars, in (hares of 5o dollars. The fubfcription opens at Gothenburg and Stockholm on the 9th 'of May neat, and will be doted in a fortnight. Ten per cent. of the fum fubfcribed mutt be paid down immediately as fecurity for the performance of the terms of the fabfcription. Difpatches from Egypt, brought by Captain Forme's, of the 28th Regiment of Foot, and Mr. Rano, were yefterday received by Government. On the departure of there Gentlemen from Egypt, the stab of Odober, Alexandria was Rill occupied by our troops. The Beys had in every engage ment defeated the Ottoman Army, and were com plete wafters of the open country. On their pot tage they !lopped for a few days at Malta, from which Mond they were alto charged with difpatches for Government. PessrollTito FRANcs. —A notice was yefterday fltewn at General ANDRIOSSIIS, whereby it is re quired that all perfons who apply for palfports should bring a teflimonial of their good charader and morals, to be figned by, two houfekcepers or one magiarate. The CuaticaLtma of the ExcHsopaa laft night in the Houfe of Commons gave notice, that foon after the Reeds he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for confolidating the Duties of the Cur toms. This meafure, would refemble that of the year 1787, with this difference, that an entirely New Tariff would be adopted, including thofe ar ticles which had been omitted. He then noticed another intended Regulation of valt importance to the Trade and Commerce of this Country. It was his intention to propofe a Bill for extendin the Syllerti of Bonding and Warehou fi ng to Ports which do not at prefent enjoy that advantage. — He affo took that opportunity of contradietng a report which had been pxevalent—ty WAS iv so HITS/lUD TO MARS A NUI4IIIII OF FM FORTS. Mr. Duanss, it will be teen by the Gazetk of laft night, has been advanced to the Peerage, by the ticks of Baron Du wI a* and Vikount MI r.v 1 LLB. Report Pays, that be is shortly to fucceed Lord Pa L ugo', as Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment. The new Hifhop, in confequence of Dr. Buz- LZIL t S death, will, it is raid, be the Hon. and Rev. giotos ?SLIMS, Vicar of Hellingly and Bexhill, in the County of Seer, or Dr. Goonziovo n. PETER WILLIAM BAR SR, Bk. of Raufton, in thz 'County of Dorfet, was on Saturday laft returned Member for Wooton Baftett, in the room of Gene ran ST. jolts, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. MAINWARING has entered into the ufual re cognizance to profecute his pretenfions again& the return of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT for the County of Middlefex. His fecurities arc, Mr. JUAN of Broad ftreet, and Mr. CHARTRIS. his Partner. Sunday night about half part ten o'clock a fire broke out in a warehoufe behind Come houfes in Sir Thomas's Buildings, Liverpool, where cotton was lodged, but by the aillftance of a number of Gen tlemen and of the engines and firemen, it was loon got under, without doing much damage. Laft Sunday morning, about four o'clock, a fire was ditcovered in the cellar of a houfe in Baling lane, Bread-freer, Cheapfide, which is Paid to have been occafioned by Come hot cinders thrown into the duft•bin, together with fume wage paper, but was almoft immediately extinguifted. ifA terrible fire broke out at Hamburgh in the night between the sdand A inft. which costumed everal houfes, and in wigch eight painted, ate of whom, M. Ls Swift confiders ble talent s as a painter. Th e moose netarioned ,- CORN MARIE?. MARE-LAX/4 122C121111/1 12. We have a dull rale this day at the prices men • tioned in this Paper of Monday laft. Yeaerday the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to be continued the fame as latt week. The Dutch Ambaffador gave a grand dinner yefterday to a large party of Foreigners. Lord CLEabtoNv gave a grand dinner yefterday to a large party of Friends. The banns of marriage between Lord Annoy E R and the Hon. Mifs Durrom ' were publifhed for the &ft time laft Sunday, at St. George's, Hano ver•fquare, and Mary-la-bonne Churches. The Ira Chancellor has difpofed of his elegant villa at Streatham to the Hon. Mr. POLE. The Prince of °RAMOS, fince his affumption of the See of Fulda, has abolifhed eight Provafhips, three Collegiate Foundations, and fix Cloifters, which adds an increafe of upwards of 600,000 florins to his revenue. ' DIMLY 'LANS THsems.—Lail night the Win ter': Tale was aged to a houfe thin at firl, but toler ably filled at half play. The abfence of Mrs. Sin- DONS was never more fenfibly felt than on this oc casion. Mrs. ANSSLL does indeed endeavour to give a taße of that great Adrefs's vocal quality, but it is like a Meteor compared to the Sun. Mrs. PowELL's acting was, particularly in the trial fcene, an infilfferable drawl. The comical parts ,were well done. &SHIMS was very happy in Altio&eur. Indeed this houfe has 101 l its pre-eminence in Tragedy. Pots would have done juftice to Leon ia, had he not whined quite fo much : while BARRYSIOSIPS motion appears to be managed by fprings, he can never tread the Rage. We would recommend to the Committe to relax fomething of their :mum in the management of the fcenes. _ _ _ _ Colonel GerviLLl has at length fixed his plan of Pk Nic for the prefent feafon. The Hanover fquare Rooms are engaged at 7001. a-year for mufic and dancing only. There are to be balls and concerts there; and plays at the Tottenham beet Rooms. The fubfcription is to be ten guineas for Gentlemen, and fix guineas for Ladies. The entertainments to be under the management of a Monfieur Escunnia. _ _ Mr. WOODS, the Comedian, whore death we announced yefterday, was originally bred a printer with Mr. SAMPSON WOODFALL, but his love of the Drama induced him to embark in that generally precarious life, which to him, however, was a fource of profit as well as pleafure. About the year 1768 or 1769, he joined an itinerant com pany at Sotthatnpton, where his abilities, though very young, foon commanded refptd. In the pat 1771, be made his entri on the London boards (Hay Market), in the difficult, and, what in the theatrical phrafeology is termed, se uphill part" of Mahood. Soon.afterwards he went to Edinburgh. where he has ever fince remained, excepting one feafon, when he was at York. In fentimental co. medy his merit was of the firft rate.—He was a capital tragedian, in many charaCters of whichhe never had an equal at Edinburgh, and vie believe few any where elle , particularly Igo, Glenalvon, Ahmed; Valefquez,Edmund, Beverly, &lotto, Ta merlane, Dumont, Siffreeli, Semproniut, Clytur, the Gimi in Hamlet, &c. He was a good fcholar—his ideas of every character he underflood were juft, and his application was known to be unwearied. In private life he was a Gentleman, a true friend, ‘Bl cheerful companion, and an affectionate hufband, with Rill 44 a tear for pity, and an hand open as day for melting charity." ELICTION OF COMMON COVNCIL.—At a Ward. mote held yefterday for the eleCtion of Common Council for the year enfuing, for the Ward of Farringdon Within, the following Gentlemen, ex. cepting Mr. MIITCALT, were returned, he, how. ever, having demanded a poll, it clofed for the day as follows: Mr. Crowder et Mr. Horton • Mr. Cadwell 40 Mr. Thomas Smith 29 s 37 Mr. Roberts 36 Mr. Stokes 28 28 26 23 23 . • ey f days tru:t la.l4 4 : 4: : p. i atanoco i tcia:iwjlewrinr ctet.oh to N aii at gi y not the year t 7J l e s t ,n that re garded th He could n lent to the The mot Mr. Coai rose for le recc f„ th e publ:te ha l c i cred as little public cred to renew thole Ads Toted annu the Ms W the powers permanent to move fo the con`e among th Duties into have been of public a felt is expe trade for if l meane to a' the there pr eafrcnta Chancellor slat is 6'n by his Rie be to coofolidatit pat= 1" i n the Tear additional He 'fits3uld mOtian which fom hilkbeen a for vershc4" Bel new s' be Parti" anus in c ni fpi urrron c a dif craioi fdons of iwinit nom" ticmate in don' 111 certain Cbi dm dm however, is ssiseral, and . psi misismatSsase dosage. Mr. Powell Mr. Hufon Mr. Metcalf - 34 Mr. .Aihby Mr. Leigh 33 Mr. Haydon Mr. Wioftanley - 3z Mr. James Smith Mr. John Smith - 3o Mr. Breach Mr. Williston - ap For Farringdon Without, the old Members were all returned, with the exception of Mr. Maw sun, (fon of the late Alderman) in place of Dr. Honsow. - - . . PORTLAND PLACI BAN e.--Yefterday the laft Meeting on the Commiffion of Mr. Joint Kt*o took place ; notwithtlanding the reports that have been diffeminated of this Bankruptcy, only 2501. more were proved. An attempt was made to prove a debt of 7001. by the Affignees of a Bank. rupt, but as their Attorney had, by his own ac knowledgment, !truck a docket fome time ago againft Mr. KING for the purpoi t e of effeaing a fettlement,and had aEtually obtained tool. towards the debt, and 301. as a douceur for himfelf, to compromife it, and withdraw the Docket inflantly ' after, the Debt on this account became forfeit, and the Attorney is fubjeft to the difcretion of the CHANCELLOR. This was a Verdi& given by Lord_, KINTON a little before he was taken ill, of which ' Mr. Km, has grievouily complained. They afterwards adjourned to the Fleet, where nothing extraordinary occurred; the Commiffioners called on Mr. Bum for his Accounts, on which it appeared, that go,oool. fecurities were to be de livered up, •and the debts againft him were only rod. the Commiffioners lathed if the account he produced Rated what he owed, as well as what was owing to him. Mr. ICING anfwered the proofs on his Commiffion, chewed what he owed, and therefore it was only neceffary to Rate what was owing to him, and to give up the fecurities fpeci fied in the fthedule, on which Mr. PIIMIRRTON, Counfel for Mr. Kira, faid, that the lift of Com miffionets to which he belonged required the ac count in the manner in which Mr. limo had made it out, but the Commiffioners thought that their NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, DECEMIIER 19. Sailed this evening the Prince Ado!pintos packet, JONES, with the mail of the til.th inft. for Lifbon ; the Lord Charles Spencer ditto, COATESWORTH, with mails of the t gth intl. for the Leeward Viands ; • the Queen Charlotte ditto, MuncE, with the mail of the tft lull. for New York ; alfo failed his Ma jelly's brig GANNET, of 18 guns, Capt. BASS ; the Nimble cutter, COGHLAN ; the Hind, ALLAN, and the Cormorant cutters, HEARLE, on a cruife ; the brig Totnefs, CoLE, for Totnefs ; the hoop Pen ryn, Bourrax, with fruit, for London; the brig- Harmony, JAcQ,yss, with wheat, for Leghorn; the brig Orion, EVANS, with candles, flax, &c. for Cork ; the fchooner Mary Ann, PAscox, for Milford ; and the brig Lady Bruce, HUNTEL, for South Shields. Arrived the chip Sufanna, SKELTON, from Lon don, bound to St. Kitts; the Unity, BROKE NSHA, from Cowes, with flour; the Trip, Woon,, and the St. Peter, THORTON, froth Plymouth. On Tuefday laft appeared off, and proceeded on for London, the American flip Brutus, Captain BouNcs, from Alexandria, with tobacco and Raves ; 39 days paffage. The Prince of Wales packet, with the mail front' • Lifbon, is hourly expeeed. P. S. Appeared off and will proceed for Leg horn and Smyrna, the brig Gertrude, Capt.Ctin Dv, from Truro, with bale-goods, tin, &c. • aii•ommi TORBAY, DEC a. Yefterday morning, very early, in a heavy gale of wind from the N. E. accompanied with a Chock• ing fea, the brig Providence, of Hull, Captain FRANCIS FIIRRSPOINT, from Shields to Bout. deaux, with coals (then lying in the Bay,) being deeply laden, rode forecaftle in fea, and at inter• gals all under, as did the (loop William and Henry s of Chichefter, Capt. THOMAS HILT., from Chi. chefter for Falmouth, laden with flour ; the people from the fhore expeeed every moment they would founder at their anchors, but juft on high water s our Pilots ventured off to their affiftance‘ LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 20. Arrived—The Active, Williams, from Africa and Bahamas, at Havannah; Catharine, Simcock, from hence at Genoa in 29 days ; Ocean, —, from ditto at ditto; Juno, Miller, front hence at Charlefton; Clyde, —, fromditto at ditto, dif. matted and other damage; Live Oak, —; Clermont, ; and Caftor, Paul, from ditto at ditto; Mitfiffippi, Callahan, from ditto, at Savannah ; Hope, Bulley, from ditto, at Lifbon; Eve, Church, from ditto, at Naples; United States, Spence, from hence at Bourdeauz • Hercules, Nuremberg, from Lints don, at Stettin; Maria, lantzeU, from Rouen for Arnfters dam, a the Tezel; Lady Frances, Adams, from Africa, at Trinidad: Eliza, Harvey, from ditto, at Barbadoes; Rofalind, Cuite, from hence, at Old Calabar; Robert. Derbyfhire, ,and HaWk, front hence, at Jamaica; Sufan, Pitts, and Nancy, Fsfrnivell, from hence, at Lifisun; Flanders, Mitchell, from hence, at Oporto; Sugnall, Scallion, from hence at Dtlb. lin ; Gcfchwindingkeit, Sagert, from &ace, at Dantzig ; and Fliza, Butcher, from hence, at Hull. Extradt of a letter from SAMUEL GILABURT, Captain of the Jane and Agnes, of Charlefton bound to Liverpool, to a mer cantile houfe iGlafgow, dated Sheeps-Haven; near Loch. Swilly, north of Ireland, 3d December, i8oa:-ft-' 4 I am lorry to inform you that the Jane and Agnes, was left bight driven en !bore on this bar in a very heavy gale of wind, and without doubt will loon be in pieces. lam endeavouring to Cave what is in my power for all concerned. Our cargo is chiefly cotton. You will lofe no time in letting me hear from you, as I am in as much diftrefs as a man can be. We put in here Tait Sunday after a paffage of 66 days, and my people were worn out at the pumps, and nothing to eat; and it was impof4ble for as to Ray oat one day more." The William Pitt, News, from hence for Que bec, is on fhore on Hare Bland, and it is feared will be loft. The Sally, CURTIN, from Lifbon for this port, (laden with cotton) is Branded at Parkgate. On Friday fe'nnight, in a violent gale of wind, a quantity of butter was wathed on fhore in Wale lacy Pool, between the Rock Petch and Hoylake, and from the marks and numbers, it Is fuppofed to be a fmall veffel, called the Mary Ann, from Limerick for this port : from this circumftance it it feared the crew have perifhed. On Friday fe'nnight, the Catharine, of Wigton, ALEX. *Gower; wafter, from the Bay of Luce for this port, laden with grain, fprung a leak at tea. Vet Tel and cargo totally loft, crew Paved. Captain GRIFFIN, of the Friendfhip, from giree bec, fpoke on the isth ult. on the Banks of New foundland, the fhip Jane, MILLER, of and from Glafgow to St. John's ; had loft her bowfprit.— On the 7th inftant, 6o leagues to the weftward of Ireland, the brig George Frederick, of Saltcoats, MALcosis, from F'iaou for Saltcoats, had broke her rudder, left her off Kinfale on the loth. .' FROM LLOYD', LIST. DEAL, DEC.l2.—..Remain in the Downs his Majefty's (hips as per laft, and thelTrufty, Neale, from Africar.Wird N. N.W. GIL/alarm, DEC. aI.—PAW by the Goode Vrow Johannes, from Middleburgh.—.Salled the San Jofeph, Ma reada, for Bilboa ; Aurora, —, for Nantz ; Cove, Wyatt, for Dunkirk; Juno, Rofe; Hermes, Grant, and Rebecca, Sow den, for Jamaica. ARRIVED. • At Liverpool—Barton, Cro(by, from Barbadoes • Crcfcent, Tucker, from Bahamas; and Henry, —, from L imerick. At Hull—Meanwell, —, from Bourdeaux. At Kinfale--George and Frederick, Malcolm, from Nova Scotia. At Dartmouth—Swallow, Richards, and Ann, Wilton, from Newfoundland. At Dublin—Bloman, Holan, from Stockholm. At Cuxhaven—Amity, Jackfon ; Levant, Dryden; Polly, Q2artin ; and Argo, Williams, from London. At Hamburgh—.Venus, Nicholfon, from London and Canton, Miner, from Charlefton. Off Dom.... Anna, Scott, from Bombay. At Oporto—Flanders, Mitchell, from Liverpool; and Cor nac Packet, from Hull. Yefferday the difpatches for St. Helena, Ben. coolen, and China, by the Royal George, were finally clofed at the Eaft India,ol-laufe i and deli vered to the Purfer . Rosier'. `` 4 and his Family take their pairagstopfl o t na in this lhip. t. - . • The Roman Vara'nick for [Grangemouth. is balk oti ers nstrt • • S t t