Star. — London, England, 1808-05-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PRIVATE LETTER. " ROTTIRDAIII, APRIL 24. 1581. gg Circumstances are now more dangerous there Ever. A Captain, who has only been suspected or visiting England, has been arrested, and marched to the state prison at the Hague, with the whole of his passengers. The same has happened to another Cap. tarn and his passengers. Who have arrived at Noord -1 vryck. `The superintendents of *the sea pilots at the Brille have all sb,red the same- fate, on suspicion of having neglected their duty. The strictest search is making for the exporters 'of our. goods, and importers of manufactures. Other Captains, implicated; take care. to conceal themselves. As to —, who is arrived, it is not likely , he will escape arrest. Orders have just been issued to send back all vessels with passengers, even without making any communication of their ar rival, or report to Government. For God's sake, do advise your friends not to 'embark for our side ; they will, by. so doing, plails. themselves in -imminent danger. You cannot pool* itoogine our wretched situation, nor can you have the 'least idea of the mists., ries we endure." .. ..„.. • .--- " A pail 25...--;Cat,eincifAaa not been liberated, ner F. nor their' pp ' l- s."fresh arrival has tater Sere, and thetaptain and crew are ally int)ected ofleArlifig fit# 7,ngland, Shey have iheen thrown - their Argo AN aliment g landikig, and sent tizihe King's , Warehouses.. We now daily expect new arrests, pareicolirly sin Friesland; where butter and oets have been tejScer s ee The Captains who are implicated in these transactions , Will do well not to, make their eppearance,. if they _wish. to escape the severest punishment From all this you must be convinced that nothing can be done in the way of trade... Upwards of 2,000 letters, which are 'supposed to have lately found their way from England, are in the hands of Government; and all mercantile men are afraid of being involved in their communication. lam surprised that people on your side of the water will persist in attempting to trade with us, when we are even unable to keep open an innocent correspondence. For once and all, advise all passengers not to undertake a voyage to Holland, far we are positively convinced, that no favour tan or will be shewn, but that even corporal punishment must be the consequence." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MAY 2. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 66f—for account, 66W—Reduced 6544-- PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. per Cent Red. 654 Ihdla Bonds, Is. Ss. pre. 3 per Cent. Cons. 66 iii English Tickets, 1101. 19s. 4 per Cent. 89 a SS Exehe. Bills 6s. to Is. prem. 5 per Cent. 98 Caw for acc. aem Long Ann.lBl 5-16th4 of theinvolution,iftne at once salves** that all had been' abmsped and arranged by Belkutasvrit.— nit suppoitielca is bot, Improbable, but it is .._by no mla iecessbrr.:The Emperor of Dun% could de , !without plaits. It was enough that he stripped Spain Df her militaiy ; he generously allowed her to occupy Hanover as an indemnification !—while as a pretence for sending his troops into the country, he had the conquest. of -Portngal, and the siege of Gibraltar to undertake. Then he ordered his armies to the frontier of Spain, and announced his own journey. He had nothing more to do; the•rest he well knew would be done for him. The King, and the heir to the Crown, the Nobles and the Minister, were all hostile to each other', and the people without knowledge, and without public spirit, were the victims of reli gious superstition and political despotism. His ap proach, his very name was enough to destroy the Go vernment. We hear, therefore, of nothing that-has, been done by him, for every thing was done for hie. He will arrange with perfect ease the future Govern ment. There may be transient insurrections ; some re mlins of ancient spirit may shew itself onthepart of the. people ; but there will be no effectual resistance. What his precise measures will be, we cannot guess. Per haps he kriows not himself. He will make his terms . either with the late or present King, as suits his pur poses. Dismemberment is therefore very probable. Alliance with his own family is indispensable, •• and the weaker and more unamiable the candidate foi.the: Crown, the more likely he will be to succeed. :; • It would be folly to speculate on the possible events that must result from this change, but certainly our Government should not lose sight of South America —not as an object of conquest—we hare had more than enough of that folly. But certainly such means as prudence may dictate as most likely to establish the independence of the South American Colonies, should be immediately pursued. Since %; riting the above, and after this paper was at press, French Papers to the 9th ult. were received in town this afternoon, from which it appears, beyond all possibility of doubt, that the revolution in Spain was efected under the auspices, and even under the direction of the French. Barbadoes Papers of the 22d of March have also been received, by which it appears that the Duke of MANCHESTER, on his way to Jamaica, arrived in Car lisle Bay on Friday the 18th of Marth, in the Guerrier frigate, Captain SKENE. 34 days days from Fal mouth, and 20 from Madeira. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY and the Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, AMELIA, and MARY, attended di vine service at St. George's chapel, Windsor. The QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH heard divin! service in the Palace. Yesterday the Rev. Dr. GOODALL, the Master of Eton School, read himself in one of the canons of, the cathedral chapel of St. George, Windsor. A great mortality has taken place among the re cruits of the North Gloucester, stationed at Worthing, no less than 16 having died within these few weeks. D Saturday the Duke ANGOULEME and retinue em barked on board the EURYALUS frigate, at Yarmouth. His Royal Highness was received on board by a sa lute of 19 guns, and sailed in the afternoon: Dispatches were received yesterday at the Admi ralty, from Rear-Admiral Sir SIDNEY SMITH, dated on board the FOtDROYANT, of 80 guns, off Madeira, the 28th of March, at which time the squadron, con sisting of the FOVDROYANT, LONDON, AGAMEMNON, &c. were all well. The squadron were on their way to the Brazils. Dispatches were sent off from the Admiralty, addressed to Sir SIDNEY Spam, at Rio Janeiro. REPORTED REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA. ~' bir In addition to the intelligence we laid before our Readers on Saturday, as having been received through the medium of his Majesty's sloop of war SNAKE, which left Gottenburgh Roads on the 23c1 ult. and arrived in Leith Roads on the 27th, we have to state the arrival of the SNIPE gun brig in the same anchorage. The SNIPE left Gottenburgh three days previous to the SNAKE, viz. on the 20th ult. when a report was prevalent in Sweden, and currently believed, that ALEXANDER had been put to death on the 2d of April. The private letters received from Leith on this sub ject add, that the Emperor's own body guards were the perpetrators of his murder, and that his brother CONSTANTINE shared the same fate. Whatever reality there may be in these reports, they have not failed to make an impression on the 1 , markets for Russian produce ; hemp, flax, and tal- , low, are lower, in the expectation of a change in our, commercial relations with that country ; and a po licy was on Saturday opened at Lloyd's, by which it was agreed to pay 15 guineas, to receive £lOO, if peace took place between Britain and Russia by the -Ist of June. A letter from the squadron off Cadiz, dated the 6th of April, says, BONAPARTE arrived at Madrid on the 27th ult.—Various are the conjectures since he arrived. We have hopes that the enemy's fleet in Cadiz will be ordered to sea. The MAGNIFICENT and FAME are at Gibraltar; when they join, we shall be 12 sail of the line. The ILLustmous and ENDYMION sail with the convoy for England. The ZEALOUS has orders to proceed to England to be docked." Letters recived at Hull last week from Carlsham, dated the 15th ult. say, that the Englsh ships de tained there during the winter, were all ready for sea, and anxiously waiting the arrival of a convoy to bring them home ; but none had appeared at the above date. On Saturday the dispatches were finally closed at the East-India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the undermentioned ships, viz.— lane Duchess of Gordon, Captain Cameron ; Bengal, Sharp— A sufficient number of facts have not yet transpired Ceylon and (1 a: Be ngal. s za Vincent, Captain Samson; Huddart, Nesbitt—Bons to enable any one to form a correct opinion of the bay Revolution in Spain. But whatever were the move- 44, c ei a t ptain Eckford ; Streatham, Dale; * - rie l t - : a L d y Jan ! I D : g cl . as dras sad Bengal ments that more immediately brought on the •:ata. , Large bodies of 7 Aradsers , have attacked the houses strophe, the real eause must be sought for in the vices of numerous persons in and about Ballynamore, and and decrepitude of the late Government. The ma- ' compelled the male inhabitants to take oaths of Ole. chine was worn out, and it needed only the slightest giance to Captain Thrarher, under penalty of being shock to make it fall in pieces. Spain had long been carded with a machine used in carding wool. A letter from Galway, dated April 21, says— governed by a Minister, who had no other aim than " Thi s d ay , in consequence of the shipment of 70 to secure to himself the retention of his power : well tons of meal on board the Anne for Londonderry, knowing that a state of war, by producing immediate the populace rose to prevent its sailing, and actu all y inconvenience and distress, was likely to endanger his stripped her of her sails." political existence, he made peace with the French Several bankers in the City have lately had forgedcheeks presented, and the imitations executed in so Republic, and received the title, of seeming promise, masterly a manner, that they have been paid without but of ill omen, PRINCE or Pascr.. Being become hesitation. On Friday one was presented at the house the ally of France, he was involved in the vortex of of Down and Co. for £5OO, by a ticket porter, purport the largtr body ; he became, of necessity, the tool of ing to be drawn by Baron Wolfe, but which fortu n :tely was discovered. The man has been detained for France. further examination. Amongst the houses who have The Government of St. Cloud was too wise not already suffered by these frauds are those of Paasoorr to foresee the advantages to itself from the dissentions and Co. to the amount of seso ; Smrrn, PAYNE and of the Spanish Court and people ; and when the an- Co. £ 6OO ; MASTERMAN and Co. :E250; Bouzzao and Co. 8200 ; Stags and, £4OO ; of which cient Nobility of Spain gained the Prince of Arru- sums wire paid in single checks, purporting to be st ‘s fee a leader, France was looked up to as umpire. from parsons who kept cash at their houses, and all WI en the first imperfect accounts were known here within the last ten days. General Amor has published at Lisbon what he calls an Historical Account of the Actual State of England in the year 1808. The object of this pub lication is to make the oppressed inhabitants of Por tugal believe that their sufferings must soon terminate by the submission of England, now rendered inevit able by the distressed and ruinous situation to which she is reduced. He draws his inferences chiefly from , arguments and statements made use of by cur Par liamentary orators ! THE EXPEDITION. .4N MOORE le el Saturday morning at o'cliick from his hos* in York-street, St.Jamea's square, for Ramsgate, to take the command of, the Northern Expedition. Mr. IC.sanowy, the Commissary-General, Jet . off the same day. Dr. FRANKS gOes out as Inspector of Hospitals. Mr. FERGUSSON, Deputy Inspector, left town on Friday evening for Gravesend, there to em :bark on board the ()swarm transport with the whole Medical Staff. The Expedition is expected to sail " HARWICH, MAY I. 44 No further embarkation has taken place since my last. The transports still =main here, though ther wind is very fair ;.however as a frigate is now in sighs. should suppose she is coming to take charge of them. 4 , Generals CLINTON and FRASER, and suite, em. bark here." NAUTICAL ATELLIGENCL ',East-India House, that the following ships, outward bound, were off the Cape de Verd Islands the 7th of “ DEAL, APRIL 30. “ Five hundred German Infantry, which arrived here yesterday, have this morning marched for Rams gate, to embark. Sailed the RANGER sloop of war, having on board two flat-bottom boats, for Harwich. 14 MAY I.—Several transports have taken on board from the Naval Stores here flat-bottom boats ; the skips of war have likewise taken some in a very great hurry ; it'd it is expected the fleet will sail early to. 1 morrow morning. General Sir JOHN MOORE and his suite are going to embark this afternoon, on board his Majesty's, ship AUDACIOUS. Sailed the Edward transport, I. E. for the Downs, having got in another bowsprit. " Remain in the Downs the Trusty, Viee-Admiral Campbell ; Mars, Rear-Admiral Keats; Tigre SO guns, Audacious, Edgar, Triumph, Minotaur, and Polyphemus 74 guns, Skylark, Ranger, and Speedy sloops, Proselyte and Hound bombs, Piercer, Flamer, and Tigress gunbrip, Pigeon schooner, and a number of trans ports with troops.—Wind S.S. W. moderr.te." THE LATE FATAL DUEL. The remains of Captain GRANT, boned in the STAR of Friday last, as having been killed in a duel with Lieutenant LArrow, have been removed from Dover•court to Colchester, where part of his regiment (the 95th) are in garrison, to be in terred.—An Inquest sat on the body, and the Jury brought in their verdict--Magrlaughter. An account has been received this morning at the 1 men- March last, all well, via. ELPHDISTONE., WlNClinut WAMSIIIt Cutts, PiKLNIX, and Ezsx; A letter from Barbadoes, dated 21st of March, re ceived this morning, says His Majesty's brig JULIA brings an account that five large ships have been seen going into Fort Royal, Martinique. Th e Admiral is off there before this time, as he was at Dominica when the news reached him." The Lancashire Witch, SICTARATT, is arrived at Liverpool, from Barbadoes, which place she l e f t on the 26th March, in company with the Sarah priva. teen, of London, and parted from her three days after passing Tortola. The Venerable, Lawns, f rom Liverpool, had arrived at Barbadoes, and expect e d to sail from thence about the 10th April, in company with the Thetis, CHRISTIE, and icingsraill, WAD). A neutral vessel arrived at Barbadoes the day bef ore the Lancashire Witch sailed, and reported that a Guineaman, with 300 slaves on board, was captimcd and carried into Martinique, (name unknown) sup. posed to be the Francis, Wausau, of Liverpool.. The vessels at Barbadoes were to sail on the 16th of. 1 April, to join the homeward-bound convoy at Tortola. • CORK, APRIL 25. Yesterday-morning the W est India fleet, consisting of upwards of twenty sail, under convoy of his Ma. jesty's ship AURORA, Captain MUIRE ; and Litman gun brig, Lieutenant Coon I and his Majesty's ship PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, Captain Toms, as far as Ma. dein, sailed from Cove for their destination. An affair of honour took place on Saturday mor ning in the fields at the back of the Cock, at Kilburn, between Mr. S—, a gentleman who was recently on the Staff of the Guards, and W —n, Esq. a Mer chant. The parties disagreed at the Opera Concert, and they had met on Friday morning, but the com bat was deferred from a supposed interruption. The combatants had three fires each, and in the last fire Mr. S. was severely wounded in the cheek, the ball having taken a slanting course, and his adversary dangerously in the left arm. Captain P. and a Mr. Rogers were the seconds. • A coroner's inquest was, on the 28th ult.. held at Maldon, on the body of Lieut. DUNDAS, of . the -4.1 d regiment, lying in the barracks in that town, when it appeared from the evidence before the Jury, that. the deceased, accompanied by Captain Ltoirn, Lieute nant Hopancs, of the same regiment, and Lieutenant WILLIAMS, of the 10th Dragoons, set off from the mess-room about two o'clock in the morning, with a candle and lan thorn, for the purpose of bathing in the salt water, when Lieutenant DUNDAS was unhappily drowned. The Jury, after three hours deliberation, returned a verdict—Accidental Death. The following are among the fashionable arrange. menu for the week : Tall' Byte:No—The Duke of St. Alban's Grand Dinner, Stratford-place ; Duchess of St. Alban's Party ; Mrs. Benyon's Rout, Grosvenor-square. To ISDAT—Mrs. Benyon's party. Grosvenor-square; the Bishop of Bath and Wells' dinner, Wimpole-street; the Whig Club (rui ner, Crown and Anchor Tavern. WiZINISDAT—The Marchioness of Buckingham's Rout, Pall Mall : Lady Elliot's Rout, St. latueie-square • Lady Hyde Par her's Rout, Cumberland-place ; Mrs. Bowie's Party, King street, Portman-square. TiIURIDAY—The Marchioness of Lansdowne's Rout, Berke ierstPlare• n of Essex'. Rout, Berkeley-square • Lady Huise's Rout, Mansfield - street; Harrissn's Annual Grand Cour art, Opera House. SATVILDAT—Duke of Portland's Grand Dinner. MAY DAY, which animates the creation, and inspires us with love and jey, invited thousands of equestrians and pedestrians yesterday to visit the rides and walks in the vicity of the metropolis. The Parks and Ken sington Gardens never displayed a more crowded or brilliant company. The carriages formed a triple line from Hyde Park Corner to the gate of Kensing ton• Gardens. The ride, promenade, and banks of the Serpentine River, displayed the, gayest and most diversified scene. The carriages, from the fineness of the day, were almost all open, and the fair inhabi tants elegantly dressed ; small caps to match their pelisses, with lace quilling to the face ; a lace half handkerchief or veil, carelessly thrown over, was very 'general. Violet, lilac, jonquil, and azure blue, are the prevailing colours • the silks were mostly figured. But it was the fair pedestrians who displayed variety of costume ; pelisses, long and short spencers, scarfs, mantles, the fierce helmet, the simple gipsey, and the shell poke, were equally prevalent ; but every Lady sported her ruicile. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES, in a curricle and pair, with two outriders, was in the ride. Her Royal Highness was dressed in blue silk, with a ' gipsey hat. Her Royal Highness the Princess CHAR• LOTTE of Wales was also in the ride, in her landeau, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Da CLIFFORD. Amongst the other persons of distinction who went in the ride were The Dachau of St Albans; Duke of Argyle; the Marquisses iof Htadfort and Wellesley ; Earls Westmoreland, Stair, Jersey, Sefton, Mountnorris, and Wilton. Amongst the carriages, we noticed those of the Duchesses of Leeds, Bolton, Beaufort, Gor don, and Dorset; the Marchionesses of Townshend, Salisbury, Wellesley, Downshire, Bath, and Buckingham. Earl Gm drove four in hand. The Marquis and Marchioness of WATERFORD were in a curricle and. pair. Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES left the Past at half pasf3 o'clock. I • PLYMOUTH, APRIL sO. Came in the JOSEPH cutter, from a cruize ; CAN ERIAN, of 40 guns, from the westward ; Lavinia, Captain liarrcuixsou, Unity, Captain De JEW, and Jane, Captain GRAHAM, from Madeira, all bound to London with wine.—Sailed the ENDEAVOUR, of 1 guns, with a fleet to the westward, under convoy.— The Portuguese emigrants that were landed here ftom the men of war and other vessels, are embark ing on board two transports for the Brazils. Came in the ENCOUNTER gun-brig, from a cruize. The squadron in Cawsand Bay, under the command of Admiral Drcouacsr, will be ready for sea by Mon day ; and it is csperted they will then sail, as a squadron of observations. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 1. Nothing arrived or sailed this day; The N?Grn frigate is ordered to be fitted up for the reception a the Portuguese emigrants, who may come here from Lisbon, until there is an opportunity for them to go to the Brazils. Lieut. Buw is appointed to command her. The Isis, of SO guns, Capt. LAUGnARNE, passed, by this port last night for the Downs, with several ships under convoy from Madeira. The Christian the Vllth is taken out of Dock, and the Norge, 74 guns, is taken in.—Mr. JAMES COLLINS, Clerk of the Vic: walling Department, is appointed Store•keeper of the Ildefonso Victualiing Depot. —Wind N. E. DOVER, APRIL, 30. Sailed the Comarrturn gun brig, for Plymouth ; BIAOLE and SPARROWHAWKE sloops, on a cruise. DEAL, MAY 1. _ _ Sailed tyre gunbrig, for the Note. The INDIG NANT gunbrig has detained and sent into the Downs the Elizabeth Hannah, Mrszr, and the Columbus, WEOTING, from Plymouth, laden with salt, from Pty. mouth for Amsterdam. HARWICH. MAY 1. Sailed last night the ACCIGLAND, Capt.DEANY, and the I.llAxik, Capt. bil , limforon, with mails,• for Got tenburgh ; and this day the Auckland, Capt. Sumo., with a Mail, for Heligoland. YARMOUTH, MAY 1. _ . The VICTORY, Admiral SAUMAREZ, passed this port yesterday evening. Sailed the ROSAMOND sloop of wart PINCHER and Ancuza gun brigs. Arrived the Swt►xavwan sloop of war; and I-Lsvoc gun brig, from a :mice, and remain in the Roads with the Majestic, Roebuck, Forrester, and Zenobia sloops. SHEERNESS, MAY 1. A convoy for Gottenburgh sailed from the Nure this morning.—Wind N.E. GREENOCK, APRIL 29. A ship, supposed to be the Hero, CARNOCHAN, from Demarara, and a brig, (name unknown) were seen yesterday afternoon within the Cumbray Heads. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GIATI6III4ID, MAT 1.--Passed by the Emelina, Waterman, from Mogadore ; Eleanore, Wilkinson ; and Emanuel, Ander son (prizes) from Sheerness. Sailed the Trafficker, Bell. for Cork ; Two Frknds, Sawny, for Madeira ; Kingston, Creighton, for Is: mica ; Wonder, Deane, for St. Nlicharts ; Anna Marg.iret.a, Lynch, for Savannah ; Newry, Reilly, for Newry ; and Hope. Peterson, for Gouenburgh. Captain Calm is appointed to the LITTLE BELT frigate, and Captain WINTER; to the Capuus, a new sloop. Captain SEARLE, of Portsea, is promoted to the rank of Post Captain, for his zeal, bravery, and enterprize, in capturing and destroying several of the enemy's s hips in the Mediterranean. Sir Josreu SYDNEY YOH= is appointed to the CHRISTIAN THE SEVENTH .; Captain J. JGHNSTONE, to the LzorARD, Rear-Admiral BUTSE'S flag-ship ; and Captain MARLLAND, to the BUSTARD, at Portsmouth. Mr. WuLaroan, Foreman of the Dock-yard at Ports mouth, is appointed Assistant of the Dock-yard at Sheerness, ewe &Ass, removed to Chatham. The Belfa4t t Euclusu, from London for Virginia, has fiamderf.4 4t sea. Crew saved. • G I 3 I I~ •) 1 1 1 1 i j II "~''' '