Star. — London, England, 1812-05-01 00:00:00

the present motion, at tescling to give information to the enemy which would be most mischievous to the in. terests of British commerce. • Mr. BARING, although he thought the 'inforrna Lion important, as it would contradict some of the commercial statements and deductions of the Right Pon Gentleman ; yet, as there might be ,d4oger f ro m the intelligence the accounts would afford to the en emy relative to our trade, he would not pstss the motion. It might, however, be modified so as to be innoxious. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, the information would be important, though not to contradict, but to confirm the statements of his Right Hon. Friend,— $ e a l so agre ed with him on the danger that would arise from their production, to enable the enemy to ascertain the whole course our trade had taken during doe last ten years, and how it had found its way from we port to another in spite of his - decrees. Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. ROSE severally ex plained ; after which the motion was agreed to in a modified shape, excluding the particular exports to Sicily, &c. and confining the distinction to Spain and Portugal only. _ OttRICA.:. burgh, the 'object of which was to assassinate the EMPEROR, The ringleaders have been arrested but we are not acquainted with an., further particulars. Orders have been. sent to Carlscrcma to equip the whole of the Swedish fleet, but for what enterpriae we know not. There appears however to be a friendly disposition to this country on the part of the Swede).. Every possible attention is paid to British ships in distress, or otherwise ; and on the other hand, the Swedish cruizers have recently captured six French privateers, and sent them into Carlsham. The following is the Speech, at the opening of the Swedish Diet : " Good Gentlemen and Swedish men—The great concerns of our native country have again called me to apply for your counsel, before the time fixed by the forms of Government for your usual meeting, is expired. " Since I last saw you assembled before my Throne, several of the Acts by you passed, and whereon the safety and welfare of the kingdom were indubitably dependant, have been put to the proof, and their value proved by the lessons of . experience. If it is the lot of humanity to joist with a warm desire for what is right the possibility of erring in the choice of the means to effect it, it must be highly satisfactory both to you and myself, to be enabled timely to prevent such misfortunes which the pressure of the times have brought forth, and which alone, by a longer continuance, might possibly have brought with them deplorable circumstances for the interior Government of the country. " In the propositions for amendment, which will now be laid before you, I am convinced, good Gen tlemen and Swedish men, that you. will perceive I have always acknowledged that secure reliance which I ever have and always shall remember of your sentiments towards me and the kingdom. " I have called you together, at di moment when great and important occurrences out of our native country, seem to threaten Europe with new misfor. tunes. Guarded by her situation from the forced ob ligation of paying obedience to foreign sway, which possibly might not accord with her own interest. Sweden has every thing to hope from unity, valour, and conduct—every thing to lose if she gives herself up to intestine divisions, and unwise fear. Mr. WHITBREAD wished to be informed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, if it was the inten tion of his Majesty's advisers to resist the motion of which he had given notice for to-morrow, relative to the production of the Correspondence on the Mission of Mr. Henry t The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, fa reply; stated, that he was not aware of their being tiny intention tooppose their production. COMMITTEE ON THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL. The House then resolved itself into a Committee bn the Orders in Council, Mr. BABINGTON in the Chair. . Mr. Pour, a merchant, from Birmingham, was celled in and examined as to the state of the trade in that tovin and its vicinity. His evidence went to the fact of a great decay in the nail trade—the decrease of workmens wages, although they wrought 16 hours • per day instead of 12 or 14, as before ; the general ialling off of the other branches of Manufacture—the throwing out of employment of a number of hands,' and in fine the whole minutia of the commercial distress already so often before the public. Mr Jortish Shore, also a Birmingham merchant, *as examined by Mr. BROUGHAM, the CH LL the EXCHEQUER, M r . RO S E, M r . iVILBERFORCE, Mr. STEPHEN, Mr. TIERNBY, and Mr. CHARLES ADAMS. On this witness being asked several questions by Mr. C. ADAMS, relative to the general policy of the Or:. ders in Council, Mr. DARING objected to it, as tend ing to drown the only information at present sought forest) the state of Birmingham.---The witness was then ordered to withdraw ; and after a desultory con versation, the questions were dropped, and the witness The witness was further examined by Mr. PATTI iBB, •Lord MILTON,' Mr• STEPHEN, Mr. C. ADAMS, end Mr. BARING. 'The next witness was Mr. Jame: Ryland, coach huness and saddle manufacturer, in Birmingham, who was examined in the first instance by Mr. BIOUGHAII t and subsequently by Mr. STEPHEN, Mr. _ _ _ _ " It is by the bond of unity between me and you, byiny son's sword, rich in honour, by the valour of our youth in arms, by the powerful will of the Swe ! dist people, that the prosperity of your laws and the .honour of your liberties are secured. It is by the high and valuable example of an undisturbed confidence between the King and subjects; by firm and manly decisions in the midst of tempestuous times, that the Powers of Europe should be convinced that the inde pendence of Sweden is not solely defended by the seas which surround her coasts at such a decisive mo ment, for proving the general sentiments ; when it may be probable that foreign calculations have been made, with intent to destroy my exertions and yours. ge I ought to endeavour to shake off every thing that might have effect on the freedom of your deli berations. Different causes of great moment con firmed me in the resolution of transferring the ex traordinary meeting of the Diet, which was to have been holden at Stockholm, to this place. If the s;tua tion of doubt and suspense, which about two years since was the chief occasion of taking a similir step on my side, has now given a greater space for steady order, and that the loyalty and attachment which the respectable citizens of Stockholm have at all times, as well as on the before-mentioned occasions, shewn for their King and laws; an attachment which, with equal pleasure and truth, I find myself obliged 1 to give the inhabitants of my capital." C. ADAMS, Mr. A. BARING, and Mr. MARRYATT. Mr. Richard Sjsooner, banker and nail manufacturer, ti Birmingham, was then called in and examined for: • .~boot an hoar. Mr Mann Clayton, lamp manufacturer, was the last witness examined, who having withdrawn, Mr. BROUGHAM said,. that the number of wit. levee ordered to be in attendance this night had been *Sated by the time occupied in examination of the We witnesses who had been examined last night. A inch shorter period, however, having been con. *tamed in the examination this night than was calcu lated tn, the consequence was, that there were no more witnesses in attendance. He therefore moved, *That .he Chairman do 'report progress, and ask leave to sit again." This motion being agreed to, the House resumed, the minutes of evidence were brought up and ordered to be printed, a f ter w hi c h the House immediately Adjourned at half -past Ten o'clock,. THE EVENING STA. LONDON. ?RIDAY, MAY 1. Sr. Num—Holiday at the Stock Exchafige. CAPTURE OF SEVILLE BY GENERAL BALLASTER OS. The gratifying intelligence V . /filch we oommunica ted to otr Readers exclusively in our Second Edition of Saturday last is fully confirmed by the arrivals of this Morning. The Marian, Captain CONDER, has !rived at Falmouth, in l 8 days, from Cadiz. The esenirs lines were partly broken.up preparatory to the anal raising of the siege ; and the French troops was making the best of their way to France, where we trust they will never be permitted to arrive.— r, after hearing of the fall of Badajoz, instantly eh Seville, and proceeded northwards with the whole of hts force• BALLASTEROS with his army is, as we I lrea.dY stated, now in full possession of Seville; and may expect soon to hoar of his disturbing the re lic* of the French in Madrid. Corunna Papers to the 12th ult. have been received. Their contents are unimportant. General PORLIEB, in a letter of the 28th of March, details a skirmish which he 44:1 with a French force under General Du nerrox, in the vicinity of Torrelavega. PORLIZR states the loss of the enemy at 120 killed and woun ded ; while his own loss did not exceed 50 ; and he continued to maintain his position. " CORUNNA, APLIL 1. a Accounts have been received from Hernani, on the confines of France, stating, that General Bonnet, with 3500 men, and the whole Imperial Guard, had passed through that place. It is estimated that about 45,000 men have lately returned to France by that and other routes.". We stated yesterday that JOEL BAnLow, the Ame rican Minister at Paris, had been treated with great coldness of late by BONAPARTE and his minions. On a recent occasion, when Mr. BARLOW obsequiously repeated his assurances at the Levee that America wished to stand well with France, the despot ab ruptly turned upon his heel and said, put cda taut riea—il 'me fast la guerre—la guerre ! ANHOLT MAIL. M Ashok Mail arrived this morning with intelli- Cs of a most interesting description. The Speech of the King to the Diet assembled at Orebro does sot distinctly inform us what line of conduct he roeans to pursue : indeed; the Swedish Government cannot but be much perplexed : they are evidently between Scylla and Charybdis. A letter from Gottenburgh of the 24th Ult. states that the Russian declaration of hostilities against Trance had not yet been made public there, although t Was known that it was issued. BONAPARTE was expected to join the army in the North in a few days. It is not likely that any movement of consequence would be made by the troops until his arrival. A conspiracy has been discovered at St. Peters- By an American gentleman who was conveyed from France to the Isle of Wight, by the Hornet, we are informed that Captain HENRY took his passage in the Galen, from the United States, and has reached Paris. We believe he obtained his card of residence from the Police Department on the day the gentle man we allude to left the French capital. The young German gentleman, of the name oft Rowrozw, Who left England about a twelvemonth since for Africa, in order to prosecute discoveries in the interior of that country, has, we are sorry to learn, k been murdered by the Arabs, before he had proceeded anj great distance from Mogadore, where he spent some time perfecting himself m the Arabic language. - • • THE ARMY. :PORTING INTELLICRNCI. . • —.....--- Fourteen transports, with the reiaforalnente for NEWKARicsi' SECOND sPRING MEETING; 1111 e. the 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Light Dm- THURSDAY, APRIL 30. goons, sailed froth Plymouth for Portugal on Wed. Fifty Pounds for S.yr. olds, - carrying 6v. Sib. ; 4- , yr. olds, Set.; nesday, under convo y o f t h e M anstrroma f ri 5-yr. olds, Sif. 71b.; &yrs. aid aged, • .t. 1 /lb. T. M. M. DI C. S ate, and Mr. Notthey's b. f. by Gunenut, syn. • • • 1 HELICON, 10 guns , wi t h a f a i r w i n d. D. of Rutland ' s be. It. Salvator, 6yrs. - • . . •By the ship Marianne, from Cadiz, accounts hard Mr. R. Goodleon'a gr. b. Bustler, Syr& .. • a been receiv e d, t h at t h e 47 t h and 67th Regiments had to four a g st • S a l vator — Four to one opt. Bustler. .be ordered ordered to join the E ar l of WELLINGTON. mars. The cavalry transports at Portsmouth were etpeeto .. ed to sail a this day, unde r convo y of the Tama. ' We have great satisfaction in giving a place in our Another convey; consisting of transports and other columns to the wbj fined letter; and we heartily wish store vessels, with cloathiug, ste for a large Spanish. that all the classes of workmen in the m totatacturing force, is also about to sail from Portsmouth for Cadie.. districts were as much alive to the disgrace' that. at -Mr. Titorren, the Storekeeper-General, who hag taches to acts of violence and outrego as the writers superintended the embarkation of the stores, is to of the letter. They may rvst assured that in flu. .tni. accompany them to their destination. ' : madversions on these dts e , , • '• r t -efui procee.lin A s w•-• have The death of Majo r Tut:ol4Bos, of the 88th, _ Ito wish so implicat e t h e i n ~'cent We bci ev.. that 1 tioned in the STAR of Tuesday last, although not their statement is quite correct--the m -ntion if the. noticed in the Gazette, is confirmed by ptivate letters canico printers must have been a mere mistake of from the Peninsula. Major THONISON was killed in - our correspondent in the hurry of writing : the lines before Badajoa, a few days before its sir. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. " Llanct , o•ter Aprl 25. render to the Earl of WELLINGTON. He had but very so Sta-1n coftenizenee of a p eadraph in y. ur Pu t ; . 1 the sod lately purchased his Majority at the price of eleven tut. asscrui l that ti e outrage - eeniruitted wi ;,,e octet s' s°, Men-re• hundred guineas, which is a great loss to his sur- Burton and son, on the uo 11 in-t. at Mlddletor,was t o:pa-trued viving family. by the journeymen eallico printers, we ieel ourtelve. irredetably We arc at a low t ) conCt ie r throug h tospelled to take th e fir.` ova. uni.y to r e 'tie io Cate and on ; One hundred and fifty F renc h . Officers, prisoners fou n d e d an accusat i on of war, who were on parole at Airesford and that what channel such informs tun toted b. irceivett ; at it is welt neighbourhood, have been marched to Portsmouth, known that it WA. the weaving fact •ry, and no the pnutini worts, as is errone ou . ly stated , tl . at WS, attack. d on that en for embarkation for S c otl an d. happy day. We be g you to be a.sured, Str, that we had not the The East Devon regiment of militia from Win. least participation in any of those ttensaetlons .on ..ltude to and chester, and the Wilts militia from Gosport, have h°Pe f -to Will dp us the justice to coniradict the as ; :ersion as soot% been ordered to proceed with all possible dispatch in 7.Ph7sr s tb e le o t r — t for a hin n t a a t u t r i t t . n as e of such t p ed ub t , o tc l att jv it e a t t l o :n7o t A Ne i reies tM " waggons and 9titer carriages, the former for chi in- di em . y ours , i n b ehalf of the bum me ., ( w hen Pr „ ir i s . land district, and the l atter to Warrington, in Lan- 4 THOMAS CARMaIIOK• I a cashire. - es SUCHARD nit TOM* " ! . The LEOPARD troop ship, with f our tr a n s p o r ts ,. a re " MANCHES I'ER, APRIL IL ordered to proceed to Co r k, to ta k e i n troops f or "Every thing is now tranquil in this town, though '.Portugal. we hear of various p tty depredations in different quarters. The rioters, however, are becoming mere The Leitrim militia marched from Ramsgate yes marauders. Our Local Milit;a assembled here this I terday morning, on their rout to Sheerness : they are da • and the public mind is now more at eAse, tor replaced for the present by two companies of the y ' Westmeath, from Dover. tee scanty force we had b e fo re wou ld have been .in adequate tiYany thing like a serious disturbance. The troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards, lately eta- "I am grieved to be obliged to add, that we have tioned at Ramsgate, marched on Wednesday morn* just heard cf a Mr. Horsetail, going from our mar- ing for Canterbury : they are expected to be succeeded ket; yesterday, having been shot last night by some by a troop of the 3d Light Dragoons of the King's ' iassassins near Huddersfield, in Yorkshire." German Legion. . Sunday, the Danube transport, No. 113, arrived at Ramsgate, to take in baggage for the Sd Dragoon Guards, now in Portugal. She sailed again yesterday. The 2d Lancashire regiment of militia was re. viewed on Wednesday, at Plymouth, by General, THOMAS. It is in fine condition. . . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, APRIL so. Arrived the EAGLE cutter, from a cruise, and sail ed again on ditto. She yesterday fell in with off Plymouth an American ship and a brig, from Gib. ultar, prizes to the French privateer mentioned in our last, but retaken by his Majesty's ship Hattootr, which ,vessel was left in pursuit of the privateer, who hid succeeded in carrying off another brig and a sloop. Arrived the Charles, STANBURY, Mint Messina and' Gibraltar-13 days from the Later place. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 29. Sailed with a fine breeze at East, the reinforcement of Cavalry for Lord WELLINGTON, under convoy of the MAIDSTONE frigate, and HELICON 10 guns AL. BION cutter, for the Rochefort station. Arrived the TIGRE 74 guns, from Basque-roads ; and the Foz- HOUND 18 guns, from an unsuccessful cruize after the privateer that appeared off the Deadman on Sunday. The TALBOT, lb guns, came from the Sound to Ha mane. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The Seed process has gone on heavily upon strong and rough lands, from their parched and clodded sur face, the consequence of some weeks drought ; there is yet much to do, nor will it be performed in that style of good husbandry for which a more geniilseasoct is required : the present, in course, will be bite. Ail the Spring Corn and pulse above ground it in a very backward state, parched by the - cold, dry, nor: therly and easterly winds, and much in want of showers. Nothing done yet upon the follows. The crops of Wheat which originally planted well are 5i venally in a flourishing state, that cfup seldom being injured by dry weather in the spring; but those upon poor, ill-cultured, and undrained sails, the early ap pearance of which was unthrifty, :hew at pres:nt very thin, and of a yellow unhealthy colour. The stag. ' nant internal damps of such soils are not the kind of moisture required for the nourishment of plants. Reports of the fertility of the newly-inclosed lands, general, and the mode of breaking them up in all im proved districts, that of paring and burning. all the old objections to which are proved futile and ground less, where subsequent good culture is persevered in : nlimely, working the eradication of heeds, and a fair portion of manure. Both tat and lean Cattle cheaper, from the scarcity and enhanced price of food. Pigs somewhat dearer. Nothing new respecting Sheep and Lambs. A fair stock of Hay upon hand ; Straw proportionably de. &rent. Tire stock of Turnips finished, excepting with those provident farmers who drew and stacked their roots for spring use, and such, as usual, were very few. The few crops of lucerne very backwaid, nor can Grass be expected but with rain and warm wea ther. Stock of Oil Cake short, and no feeding with sugar, but on the scum of distiller's wash. The stock of Wheat oa hand, in the most produc tive eastern counties, alarmingly deficient, according to the best accounts which can be obtained, and the general opinion there, that very considerable foreign supplies will be needed, duripg the summer, to ea'rr out the residue until the new corn shall be fit for use. Let the temerarious opposers of a general inclosure' bill connect this account with the natural and almost miraculous uncertainty of a wheat crop, and the too probable continuance of war, that dire fiend of waste and consumption, and pestilent enemy to the culti vation of the earth. CORK MAIllItT i NB, MAT I.—This day there TM very few arrivals of Wheat, but tolerable remaining supplies, mmdy of the late arrivals from the North Country ; last prices are in fully supported. Barley, together with Malt and Whit* • rem, likawfre, beans of each sort dearer. Oats continue to ar rive in eattinse short supply, and this ankle is again quoted at a farther advance. fluur at late prices. OQIRINT tillZes AS ONDIIIB Wheat, 100 s. 128 s. 140 s. Beans 70s. 7611 Fine ditto, 1424.1465. Tick ditto (new) 668.72 t. Rye, 78 824. • Ditto (fine Old) 735. 745. Barley, 681. 761. Od. Oats 444 50... 541. Malt, 98s . 105 s. Poland ditto, 555. 565. White Peas. (Boilers) Sts. pts. Potatoe ditto, Si.. sas. Od. Grey ditto, 714.785. Rape Seed, £7Q..'76. Fine Flour, 1051.110ap—Seconds, 100 s. to 105 s. " Advt.:et have been received from the Baltic that several vej. sels arc oh their tray to England, laden with Wheat : apd we may also expect considelable suppbes of Oars from Holland 4 there being a great quantity in that country, and numerous li cences have bees granted to import trona thence. We hop., therefore, soon to bear of a reduction in the pi esent high prices. SMITHFIELD—May 1. - Beef Ss 2d to 61 4.1 I Veal 7s 01 to 8s 44 Mutton 5. 41 to 6s 6d Pork • Os Od to is Od Lamb .7s. Id. to Bs. 6d. PRICE OF HAY ANQ SI RAW IN SMITHFIELD. Hay sl Os to 61 61 New °lover 61 Os to 71 7 A ar . New Hay 01 as wOl Os Straw 21 Ws to sl 36. T Another Prize of £20,000.—N0. 1205, (divided" into One Half and Eight Siwentlis), in the Lottiry drawn Yesterday, was sold by PIDDIN:: and 4. No. 1, Cornhill ; where the last Prize of .*.x2(4000 was also sold, and where the celebrated Mr. Guy, who built the Hospital in the Borough, realized about 4400,000 by Prizes. It wilt 'low be said, t4at Paints° and Co.'s O f f i ce is not only the 'etiurr in ICornhill, but foe extraordinary Great Luck the suesr in England. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL W. No arrivals. Sailed his Majesty's'ships ACTION, STEADY, and THRACIAN, on a cruize.—Wind S. DEAL, APRIL 30. Came down from the River, the Juliana, RAwEs, for India. Sailed the ItssoLtirm cutter, with dis patches for off Flushing; and the COUNTIMS of Etotsi cutter, for Portsmouth, with convoy.—Wind N.E. RAMSGATE, APRIL 30. Arrived the Egbert transport (0. U.) of New castle, with coals for the ships of war hi . the Downs ; also the brig Active, Captain ELLIOT, of Weymouth, with the loss of her maintopmast ; the brig Betsey, with stone for the use of this harbour ; the cutter Mary, of Hastings ; and the sloop Venus, G. AN SELL, with stone, for this harbour, which she dis charged, and is sailed again. BRITISH. NAVY. The following is the Amount of the British Naval Force up to this day :—At Sea, 86 ships of-the line, 11 from 50 to 44 guns ; 126 frigates, 105 sloops and yachts, 9 bombs and fire-ships, 112 brigs, 37 cutters, 50 schooners, gun vessels, luggers, &c.—Total 536. In Port and fitting, 31 of the line, 3 of 44 guns, 33 frigates, 32 sloops,•&c. 2 bombs, 31 brigs, 7 cutters; 16 schooners, &c.—Total 155. Guard-ships, sof the line, 1 of 50 guns, 5 frigates, 5 sloops, dm.— Total 16. Hospital-ships, prison-ships. &c. 37 of the line, 4of 50 guns, 3 frigates.—Total 44. Ordinary and repairing for service, 70 of the line, 12 from 50 to 44 guns , 66 frigates, 37 sloops, &c. 4 bomb s , & c . 12 brigs, 4 schooners, &c.—:Total 205. Building, 35 of the line, 4of 44 guns, 12 frigates, 7 sloops, &c. 10 brigs.—Total 68.—. Grand Total 1024. Fears are entertained for the safety of the Payschz frigate, homeward bound from th• East Indies ; she parted company from the Schwyz in the chops of the Channel, on the 11th inst. intending to bear up for Plymouth, but has not yet arrived at any of the ports. Yesterday the LOTTERY began and finished draw ing, when the following Capital Prizes were scold in Shares, by Bum, at 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross; where the Fortunate Share Holders may receivelthetr Money on demand, on exchange for Tickets and Shares in the Lottery to be Drawn on the King's Birth Day, the 4th of June. 5433 a Prize 0f.......C4000 3860 ........... IWO 97 . SOO 11558 'soo 1,1369 9009 3OO, &c. Bcc. The Countess of DALHOUSIE was safely delivered of a Son on 22d ult. at Dalhousie Castle.