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I= MI I . "7" -- .•~ '.,. _~, ~~' ~ . _ ,~.: ~' . ~..,.17172r;7" • This day were published, In Two Vols. Soo. price #l. 4s. in beards, MEMOIRS OF JOHN HORNE TOOKE, interspersed whk Original Documents. • • By ALEXANDER STEPHENS, Of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. . _Natal for J. Johnson and Co. St. Paul's Church-yard. - This day was published, in fivo. price 9s. boards, A • SKETCH of MODERN and ANTIENT GEOGRAPHY, for the Use of Schools. By SAMUEL BUTLER, D. D. Head Master of the Royal Free Grammar School of Shrewsbury. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Pater noster-row, and R. H. Evans Pail-Mall, London : sold also by Deighton and Sons, Camb r id ge; and Parker and Cooke, Oxford. This day was published. Handsomely pruned in Bvo. price Half a Guinea, THE YEAR. A Poem.—By the Rev. JOHN BIDLAE:F., D.D. of Christ Church, Oxford, Chaplain to their Royal Highnesses the Prince Regent, and the Duke of Clareoee, and Author of the " Bampton Lecture" preached in 1811; " sermons on Various Subjects," three vol,. 8vo.; " Poems," one vol. Bvo. &t. &c. Printed for Richard Rees, 62, Pall-Mall; W. , Curtis, Ply= mouth ; and J. Parker, Oxford. This day were published, in 4 2 Vols. nvo. price 245. his. mEmoißs of the PRIVATE and PUBLIC LIFE of WILLIAM PENN. By THOMAS CLARKSON, M.A. : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and 9, Paternoster-row; and at the British Gallery, 54, New Bo%ki-street. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, 1. The History of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 2 Vol.. Syn. XI. 44. boards. 2. A Portraiture of Quakerism, 3 Vols. Bvo. XI. 7s. boards. This day was published, Part IL price Is. BIBLIOTHECA CURTOSA. A CATA LOGUE of RARE, CURIOUS, and VALUABLE BOOKS, many of them in splendid Bindings, among which are the following : viz. PENNANT'S LONDON, large Paper, illustrated, 7 vole. folio, Russia. DANIELL'S ORIENTAL SCENERY, 6 volt imperial folio. Prcsa - r's RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES, large Paper, 7 vols. folio. &ors art LLD'S N o arts tat, 11 vols. imperial 4to. on drawing Paper. Only Two Copies were printed. MUSLUM FLORENTINUM, 15 vols. folio, Russia. FROISSART'S and NIONSTRELLT'S CHRONICLES, 9 vols. 4to. with colonic,' and plain Plates, Russia. Now on Sa'c by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 39, Paternoster-row; Catalogues may be had at the British Gallery, S 4, New liond-strett—Where may be had. Part I. also. This day was pub'ashed, price 12s. in boards, A new and much-improved Edition of ACOMPLETE SYSTEM of COOKERY, on a Plan entirely new : consisting of every thine requisite for Cooks to know in their L)epartntents; likewise Confectionary and Pickliert, proper tor Housekeepers to have a knowledge of ; - containing Bills of Fares for every Day of the Year, and Direc tions bow to Dress each Dish: being one year's Work at the late Moat Noble the Marquis of Buaingham's„ from the Ist of Janu ary to the 51st of Lectmber, 1405; including the Dinners and Entertainments given to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales during a wee:c at Stow, and to Louis XVIII. and the French Princes at Gosfiell By JOHN SIMPSON, then Cook to the late Marqn;• of Blic'aii.gbani. Being the third Felinou, correc ted and enlarged, with the addition of Pickling, &c. London : Printed fur W. Stewart, 194, omiosi;e Albany, Pic and'sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen in the King dom. C;ARDEIVFR.. 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The Sub+cription Assemblies are every Friday. ir,OWE'S PATENT BRITISH SHIRTING CLOT . 1-i—the only Manufacture of the Kind in the United Kingdom, Established 1808. This fabric from its commencement has been manufactured with a view for sale to private Families and home Trade, and is now brought to a degree of excellence and perfection unequalled, and sold at about half the price of Irish Linen. It is peculiarly adapted for all seasons and climates by its free dom from the effect, incident . to the changes of the atmosphere, to which every other description of Shirting Cloth is liable. • Its durability and beautiful whiteness after five years trial, stands unrivalled, and the Proprietor pledges himself to reim burse any purchaser who may experience any deficiency In the qualities for which it is recommended. Sold at the Patentees Original Warehouse, No. 151, Cheap- Side s near Si. ; Harding, Howell, and Co. 89, Pall Mall, and no other house in London. FAMILY BREWING. NEEDHAM, RAWLINS, and Co. Patentees of the PORTABLE FAMILY BREWING MACHINE,' respectfully inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that in consequence of the Fire in Skinner-street, they have removed to their premises, No 225, (bear the Hay-market) Piccadilly; where they line to be honoured with a continuance of that IN beral patronage they have hitherto experienced. This Machine combines the Fire-place, Coppers, Marsh Tun, Under Back, Hop Back, and Working Tun, in one Utensil; which is compact, durable, and convenient, and worked by a method simple and certain in its operation. 1 The Mzc •:ne is made of various dimensions, suitable to small Sarnilies, or the most extensive establishments. N. R. and Co. have the pleasure of saying, they have most re spectable testimonials, and can give references to Gentlemen in Town and Country, who have had • experience of the utility of the invention. Sold by Cie Patentees, No. 425, Piccadilly, London; and No. 10 K'ine-street, Bristol ; also by the principal Furnishing Ironmongers in the United Kingdom. R and Co brew in the Machine for public inspection, every"l uesdai, in London and Bristol. AROMATIC SPIRIT of VINEGAR, (the mi. gkat Invention of Mr. tIENII.Y, and brought by his eineesstve Improvements to the highest perfection) continues to be prepared and sold by Messn. Ht Nee, Manufacturing Chr junta, Manchester. Tir $ agreeable perfumed Liquor which is composed of highly concentrated Vinegar, joined with the most pleuant Aromatics afad efficacious Antiseptics, may be kept uni npaired in any Climate and for any length of time. its pung-tr. (*)ur adapts it for afft•rdit g relief in Headache, Paintings, ; and renders It pecoitarly grateful and refreshing in crowtkd ttiorap, in p 1 ices of public resort, and in the apartments of the sick. It counter acts, Asa, the lotection of Contagious Diseases. As many spurious trod inferior preparations are sold under the same and sin lar names, the public :re requested to observe, as the only proof of its bring genuine, that the eam s of Messrs. Henry, Manchester, are engraved on the stamp. The Aromatic SOH} of Vinegar in bottles ' price 2c. 94. each, stamp included, is sold wholesale and retail by Bayley and Blew, Cockspur-street, (the only Agents in London authorised by the Proprietors;) 'when may be had, Sponge Boxes of Gold, Sliver, Carnelian, Crystal, &c. 1 1 60 11SURT'S CALCINED MAGNESIA, in b•-•tkt a t 2s. ltd. and larger with glass stop s en s at 4s. id. cash; their 'wines bring so the stamps. AMERICAN PAPERS. BALTIMORE, APRIL IS. We are happy to have it in our power to state, that by arrangements made by Major-General Smith, the General will be enabled to render his system of defence commensurate with the public zeal, activity, and patriotism. RICHMOND, APRIL Is. On Friday, more troops were under arms, than Richmond has seen since the war of the revolution. A large detachment is on its way to Norfolk. WASHINGTON, APRIL. 17. By letters from Norfolk of the 12th inst. we learn, that the day before, a pretty severe gale having blown from the east, the Baltimore schooner Flight, Cap tain Kelly, 35 drys front Bourcleaux, with a valuable cargo, passed the British squadron about four o'clock in the morning. One of the 74's dispatched four boats after her, three with a Lieutenant and 30 men each, one with a Midshipmen and 14 men. The pilot ran the vessel on the Horse-shoe, where she went to pieces. They got out the crew and passengers, con sisting of 35 persons. The gale had increased so much, that the boats could not get back to the ship, and were obliged to put before the wind. The smaller boat came up to the frigate Constellation, the crew almost perished. The revenue cutter of Norfolk took the other three barges, and seat the prisoners to Hampton. One of the British tenders sunk the other day off Willoughby's Point, on the Ripraps. -THE EVENING STAR I LONDON. TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1813. Warr TUE.: MT. — Holiday at the Stock Exchange. At the present crisis, when the re-occupation of Hamburgh by the French has excited in the minds of many very great apprehensions as to the consequences, we are persuaded we shall render the public a real service, by exhibiting a brief view of the advantages which Great Britain has derived from the Continen tal System of BOXAPARTE. It is now generally admitted, that the singular sys tem projected by the French Emperor, for the pur pose of gradually undermining the financial resources of Gteat Britain, ha 7. been frustrated ; we may, therefore, without affecting to state any theoretical notion fur believing that that system was founded on erroneous conceptions of the nature of our national strength, and the true basis of our finan cial stability, call the attention of our Readers to matters of historical fact, in order to prove that this country, instead of suffering injury, has derived essential advantages from the scheme. The Continental System had a twofold direction : it was intended to subvert, in the first place, the pros pet4ty of our internal manufactures, and, in the se cond, our Colonial wealth. 13y its operation against the manufactures, it was calculated that it would produce such a stagnation at least, if not a frustra tion of all that vast fund of re .enue arising from the export of commodities on which other countries de pended, as would deprive the Government of the means of supporting the Navy and Army actually existing ; and by its operation against our Colonial prosperity, it was calculated that it would occasion such a diminution in the demand for Colonial pro duce, that the number of ships employed, on acconnt of the trade of the Colonies, would no longer be able to furnish such a supply of sailors, as was necess , ry to keep the Navy at that maximum which it had at tained. It will he remembered, that on the very :3n ) on which the battle of Trafalgar was fought, BON PA ttTE declared, as he surveyed the garrison of Ulm, de filing as prisoners before him, that it was , 6 ships, colonies, and commerce" that he wanted. It may therefore be said, that on that day the Continental System was first distinctly promulgated—at least, this is certain, that the effect of that system was ex pected to be destructive to the ships, commerce, and colonies of Great Britain, and thereby to facilitate the acquisition of them to France. We have, there fore, to consider the effect of this famous system, both as it has affected our internal state and our co lonial dependencies ; and here it is necessary to keep in view what was the general political appearance (if we may use the expression) which Great Britain exhibited at the zra alluded to. At thit time the Naval force of this country was every thing and com plete, affording to the world the most perfect exam ple of organised discipline, spirit, and science ; but the military force of the country exhibited something very different. The elements of discipline, spirit, and science existed in it, but were not so organised as to act simultaneously. The consequence of this was, that the pride and rancour of the enemy, exasperated by the achievements of the British Navy, overlooked, in his calculations for reducing this branch of our power, the advantages that would accrue to the Bri tish army from his endeavours to destroy the corn merce whi , :li he considered to be the element and sub sistence of the maritime power of England. But mark the effect of his measures against our commer cial prosperity. While it lessened the demand for our manirfactures, it reduced the demand for la bourers, and the men, who, were thrown idle in tits manufacturing towns, by the operation of the Berlin and Milan Decrees, augmented the ranks of the army to such a degree as to enable the country to send abroad a greater force than she had ever before done, and to practice operations of war on la• nd. in the Pe ninsuli," on a scale, and with a degree of success, thit t Was not supposed any longer' obp in herpower. The very artisans and manufacturers who were expected to starve by the effect of the Continental System, have, individually andpersonally, punished the agents and instruments of that system at Salamanca, and those other theatres in which the ancient military superiority of England over France has been again so splendidly exhibited. The history of mankind does not afford so striking an example of Providen tial retributioih in giving to the remote and des pised victims of a distant tyranny, by a turn in the current of human affairs, the power of directly aveng ing their own wrongs. To the Continental System then we owe the restoration of our military character, and as this character is essential, not only to the dig nity but to the preservation of the country, we think that our Readers (taking into consideration that but for the want of employment experienced by the ar tisans, the army abroad in the Peninsula and Sicily, could not have been maintained so numerous) will allow that see owe the restoration of our military character to the Continental System. It is not to be denied, that before this result came to effect, much individual suffering was endured ; but all political changes involve domestic calamity, and perhaps no change of the same importance to any country was ever effected with less. In this short view, it is, therefore, unnecessary to consider the moral part of the subject : it is altogether a political question and must be judged by its political effects. Intended to destroy our ships, colonies, and com merce, the Continental System has raised, consoli dated, and rendered efficient our Army. But it may be alleged, that in doing this, it did not fail, in a great degree, to produce those difficulties in our finan cial opulence which it was calculated it would do. But, eveti in this respect, if it did not entirely fail, it fell far short of the expectations of its projectors ; for it enabled us to ascertain, that our greatness was not so dependent on our commerce with the Continent as was supposed : indeed, it became a very common and popular opinion, that, so far from being dependent on trade, Britain was independent of commerce. The effect which the Continental System had on our finances was scarcely more than to induce the Go vernment only to think of practising that frugality in the public expenditure which had been so long and so loudly called for. It is worthy of observation, that since the retreat of the French from Moscow, and during the whole of the present Session of Par liament, not one motion bas even been made for the purpose of obtaining a reduction in the profuse ex penditure of the State. While the pressure of the Continental System was felt, plans for reducing the public disbursements were every where proposed : now that the weight has ceased to oppress, we hear of no such things, although the wisdom of economiz ing is as absolute as ever.—We may, however, infer, that, in this point of view, it has not been without advantage ; inasmuch as it has warned our statesmen ,that there does exist a possibility in political chances that they may not be able to obtain such an affluence of revenue as to justify improvident extravagance. But the most decided advantage which we have obtained from the Continental System has arisen in our Colonial Department—that very branch of our opulence against which the enmity of the enemy was principally directed. It is not easy to understand the full value of this advantage, unless we can form an idea of what was the state of our colonies and colo nial trade previous to the battle of Trafalgar and the surrender of Ulm. Before that zra, such had been the demand for colonial produce, that the proprietors of the plantations found it more profitable to import into the colonies provisions for their negroes, than to raise them on their own estates. The effect of this was, that the colonies were almost entirely dependent upon America And the mother country for their sus tenance ; such, indeed, was their degree of depen dence, that, could it have been possible for the Con tinent to have become shut to us, and the American war to have been declared at the same instant, the colonies must have been reduced to a degree of dis tress, for the mere necessaries of life to their inhabi tants, of which we can form no idea, nor of the con sequences that might have followed. But the requi site time for maturing the Continental System affor ded leisure, in a great degree, for the colonies to prepare ; so that when its final effort was accom plished in rendering the Americans the last tool for its completion, the colonies had become, in a consi derable measure, ready to meet the event; and the American war could not have happened for them at any period so little mischievous as at the time when it took place. At the period of the American decla ration of war against this country, the colonies, long expecting the event, had so far rendered themselves independent of supplies from America, that the effect of the declaration was only to raise the price of pro visions; and not, as would have been the case at an earlier period, to fill the minds of the colonists with apprehension of actual starvation. At no time before the present, since the first planting of the colonies, have they been in the practice of raising adequate supplies for their own support within themselves.— The effect, therefore, of the Continental System has been, to induce our colonists to appropriate a part of those means which were formerly employed in raising those articles which are described under the general name of Colonial Produce, to the providing of the necessaries of life within themselves. This they were enabled to do by finding a diminished demand for colonial produce in Europe. It was no linger p t . l . fitable for the planters to cultivate their estate: 03 speculation. They found that the quantity of cold, vial produce already raised was fully equal t o demand that would have existed bad the Confine: 1 System not been promulgated ; and, consequet:,, that it was too great for the demand of a diroi l i s t 44 market. It was therefore their interest, instead u raising articles which they could not sell, to ray those articles which they were previously obt o to buy. Besides this immediate advantage to our Colnni i system in rendering them so much independer.t, other has been obtained, which eements, if we ta , use the expression, their connexion with the moth, country more closely and firmly than it was Prior to the estAblishment of the Continental Si our Colnties were so little, we may say, upon consumption of their . r• • ` , ..Ar was so small, compared with that of the Confin e% of Europe and America, that many in the Col*, thought that it would be as much for their advatu agi to be connected with my other country as si: Great Britain, and many Among ourselves were i s of opinion that the Colonies were rather an imago. 1 1 brance than a resource to the mother country. sub notions now can no longer have any existence ;IL:L T rAtional mind. To counteract the diminished de. mand which the shutting of the Continent had pro. duced, Government wisely encouraged, by the reda t . tion of duties and other means, an extra consurogri c i a of Colonial produce at hoine : and such has been th e effect, that the consumption now of this country of rum, sugar, and coffee, is much greater than that . all Europe besides. Thus has it become moreteces, sary for the Colonies to cherish, foster, and endear their connexion with us, than ever it was before; and the effect also is, that by this increased consumptica of Colonial produce, both as articles of food and as ingredients for the distiller, it has 'awned our de. pendence on foreign countries for supplies of grail, and also reduced the necessity that we should other. wise have had of drawing from China an undirni. niched quantity of tea, for which, instead of paying in our own ma n ufactures , as we do the colonists, we must have greatly added to the distress that has bees so generally felt of the want of the precious metals, by transporting them directly to Canton. This pleasing, antigallican subject we shall speedily resume, because we perceive that there is an intention on the part of the enemy to re-establish the Conti. nental System in a new form by the fruits expected to be produced by that mass of diplomatic corrup. tion commonly known by the name of a Congreu ! and our Readers may see that, happen what may, and what we expect, it will not be any thing very dreadful or very dangerous. We shall be no worse than we have been, and the worst of our state hi. therto, we see, was fruitful in general advantages. Natitmal Inte!Firearm and Haying Jearnah to tbt 11th May, with private letters from Philadelpla:2, reached town yesterday. The letters mention, that the remainder of the American loan unsubscribed for, to the amount, it is supposed, of about 11 millions a` dollars, had been taken by three opulent individuals; STEPHEN GIRARD, Mr. DAVID PARISH, and Mr. JOHN JACOB Arrorr,lat with an alteration in the cas ditions of the loan, making the interest nearly 7 per cent. From the Letters and Papers recei►ed by the Lisbon Mail on Saturday, we have been enabled to collect more interesting matter than from the Corunna Mail of yesterday. All the letters from the Army concur in the active commencement of the campaign. Four divisions of the Army had already crossed the Douro in the direction of Braganza, with the ►iew of turning the enemy's rights while the line of the enemy's position upon that river was to be mo►ed upon by the Spanish Army and the remaining di.i• sions of the English, under the immediate command of Lord WitLLINOTON. Sir THOMAS GRAHAM was to proceed immediately from head-quarters, to take the command of the northern divisions above alluded to ; and his ulterior movements were to be in the line of Benevente to Burgos, for the reduction of which fortress, and for passing the army over the different rivers, the weather has been extremely favourable for the bringing up of the necessary trains We cannot learn that any separate command has been yet assigned to General HILL; and we are ia dined to believe, that the Commander in Chief in• tends profiting of the skill and experience of this gal. lant Officer, by keeping him near his own person — Lord WSLLINGTON reserving to himself the most i! portant command, " The first in danger, as the first in fame !" The PRINCE REGENT gave audience to several c' the Cabinet Ministers yesterday. The Princess Cssasmort k: of Watts rode to Brorr ton in her carriage. Yesterday the Dnke of ATIVIL had an aud'ence ci the ratscs REGENT at Carlton House. Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted miiitry business with the Pittxcr. REGENT. Yesterday the Duke of CAMBRIDGE vi.;:ted the PRINCE Rrctsr. Mr. WHITBREAD has benevolently resented a Hun. dred Pound Share of Drury-lane Theatre to O.c ea s suing Benefit Night for the Theatrical Fund ; all- Miss Mrtr.ox, never behindhand is acts of lie;a4. send, has subscribed her Fifty Guineas ou the ra:ag laudable occasion. ~..._