Star. — London, England, 1813-06-25 00:00:00

Itimiuß6ll, Mitt L DECREE 01 1 THE PRINCE OP kcitmUm. gl We, Marshd the Pnnbe of Eckshilhl, Govdrnot. General of the 32d Military Division ; by virtue of the order of his M.tjestt the Emperor and King, and' of the poivers conferred upon us by the Decree of! the 10th of April, relative to the Hanseatic Depart. m oots, have decreed, and do deereei as follows: a I. There shall be !ivied on the Town oP gasiburgh, by wa y of punishment, an eittraortlinary coutrabution of forty-eight a:Anions of franks. " 2. The whole of this contribittion shall be paid In the space GI one month from the 12th instant . " The payments are to be made in s i parts the first sixth on the 12th June—second ditto, on the 20th dittb—tbird ditto, on the 25th ditt6--folrth ditto, on the 30th ditto—fifth ditto, on the fifth of July—sixth ditto, on the 12th ditto. " S. These periods of payment are to be strictly attended to. The three first sixths must be paid in specie; the three last may In paid in bills on Paris, at three months' date. 4. Repirtitinning Commissioners shall be named by us, on the joint representation of the Counsellor of State, the Intendant General of the Finances, the Prefect, and the Director. General of the Police. " 5. These Commissioners shall make the imposition press wore particularly upon those who, by voluntary contributions or ether proceedings, took part in the acts of revolt that hare oc curred bioct the 24th of February, 1813. " 6. In case of non-payment, the property, moveable and im' moveable of whatever description, shall be sequestrated, and made responsible for the totality of the sums imposed, and this without prejudice to personal process. " 7. Journeymen mec!,arics and workmen shall be exempted from this imposition, as well as master artisans and workmen paying only 24 francs, or under, for their licences, unless their conduct, or their fortune, reader the tax applicable to them." [There are seven other articles, which merely regulate the mode of reparation, and other details, for carrying the decree into effect.] Another Decree, of the same (bite, appoints as Com missioners M. Chapeaurouge, Peter Godefruy, Oppen heimer, Schroder, Faber, resident at Junaternstieg ; A ilderson, Conservator of Mortgages; and Rentzel, in Admiralty-street. D4N1611 ViNDICATIOAr. 1 , His Danish Majesty thought fit to send Count Bernstorff to England, with proposals for the restora tion of peace, but the good intentions of th e King were Wholly disregarded, because there was an agreement before formed between the Courts of Si. Pettis burgh Aid Stockholm, not to enter into any negociation in London, but if negociation were resorted to, to con duct the business in some place under the d.rect in. flo...nce of Sweden. Yet whatever situation might be assigned for the Treaty, it was signed between these two Powers, as a preliminary article, which must be the precursor to any arrangement, that the kingdom of Wrway should be alienated to Sweden, which was precisely the same as to say in expres , , term:, O We will have no peace with you." for it trust have been known to these parties that Denmark c - uld never 'Omit to so unjust and humiliating c _ _ " Denmark is not at war with Sweden or with kussia ; she .d.iresses herself, therefore, not to them, but to that power with which she has to treat for the re-establishment of peace. London, therefore, or Copenhagen, are the proper plates where such a ne gociation should be undertaken. But En g l an d, i n order to conform to her own eccentric views, aban dons the independence and dignity of her character, and will rather condescend to use the medium of a third power, than in a noble and honourable iiidtiner accept the offered hand of conciliation from old friend, whom she herself, by her own aggression, forced to become her enemy. " The D.inish Ministe-, arrived in London, did not feel himself at libi rty to accede to that clugt preliminary, and he therefore recitv'sted to send a courier to his Court tor further instructions. To this application he received for answer, that he himself could not be permitted to remain ; for it he were to continue in London, even as a private individual, it would excite that distrust in the Swedish Court whch would be extremely inconvenient, and it was iotiehated to him, that a packet was ready to convey him home. "To excuse so injurious and unusual-a proceed ing, the English Ministry declared in Parliament, that the pretensions of Denmark were so extravagant, so inadmissible, and of so humbling a nature, that negotiation was impossible, and they order their Gazette writer to insert five articles in his publica. tion, which they represent to be the propositions of Denmark with regard to the treaty of peace. " In the Danish State Gazette, we assert, that the preliminary article required by England is'altogether inadmissible, and that this ultimatum demanded, was the cause of our rejection of the overtures for tran quillity. We add further, that the five propositions alleged could not have been made on the part of Denmark, neither verbally, nor in the ordinary di plomatic form, because the preliminary required pre cluded all subsequent discussion. " Had any discussion taken place, there are three points of difference which would naturally have been submitted to the consideration of England :—l. A Guarantee for the integrity of all the component parts of the Danish Monarchy. 2. The surrender of her Colonies. 3. The remuneration for her fleet, and for the loss sustained in t:le attack upon Zealand.— These would have been her demands in the first in stance, and she would, more or less, have departed from them, however just in the principle, as circum stances might have rendered expedient. On such oc casions, more is always asked than is expected to be obtained ; but what regards the , loth and .sth articles, invented for the English Gazette, touching the Hanse Towns, and subsidies to enable Denmark to take possession of them, these, we may with certainty aftrm, are only added, icy order to irritate the Parlia• rnent and the People against Denmark, and to gloss ever the unjust attack upon the integrity of this kingdom. `rThe preceding remarks will sufficiently expose I the mpolicy and immorality of the conduct of Great Britain.* STAR 4 A - IV • LONDON. fRiDAV, JUNE 241 1813. PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CL-ta: Lied. Sdfil—Cont. for ace. 571g-4 Per Ct. 7!* Bonds 4s. 6.. di.—Esch. Bill. 2.. dIL le pre. thunitun I 4 pr.-Biurk Long Anias.l4f 3-16ths. - 1• We are happy to announte the safe arrival of the homeward-kound Leeward Island Fleet in sounding ; they were left on the 21st instant in the Chops of the Channels under convoy of the CUMBERLAND man bf war, all well—in number Upwards of 200 saiL In the preceding column will be found the Decree, by which DaVourr, Prince of ECkmuhl, levies the contribution upon the inhabitants of Hamburgh. The terms of this instrument of extortion were already known in this country, but, (as we guessed at the time of noticing them) the inhabitants have declared their inability to comply. Forty-eight millions of francs were to be furnished within one month, by six instalments, but the Commissioners appointed have thrown up their ungracious appointments. A mili tary commission will, no doubt, be ordered, to put the Decree in force. In the adjoining cdhimn will also be seen a kind of Exposé issued by Denmark to justify her adherence to the cause of France. It is evidently the composi tion of Monsieur ALQOIER, the French Minister at Copenhagen, for it breathes the spirit neither of an " Antique Roman nor a Dane," but exhibits all the inflexions and all the tacarie of a French diplotriatist. The various Overtures made to Denmark by the Northern Powers during two long years, as proved by the debate in the House Commons on the Swedish Treaty, have been studiously concealed, and the document now before us opens with the last act of the Drama, for Count BERNSTORFF is the first personage who appears upon the Stage.—" This Nobleman was not listened to" —true, he was told, and we may venture to add, in a most correct and statesman-like manner, that Denmark having re jected all former overtures, and having but recently declared that '6 she would stand or fall with France," England had allied herself with other Powers ; and justly considering herself ai bound by no covenant to regard the interests of an inveterate enemy, her Mi nisters had stipulated that they would enter into no negotiation which had not for its basis the interests of Russia and Sweden, her new Allies. Count BERNSTORtF was, therefore, directed to make his pro posals to the Ministers of these Powers in the first instance. But says M. ALQUIER— " Denmark is not at war with Sweden or with Russia ln Has not Denmark been fighting by tiv side of France for these many years ? But let us i.ot waste words in confuting such flimsy assertions—the essence of the dispute, and the cause of BEaNsrorxr's abrupt departure is subsequently admitted. The three demands, " which would naturally have been submitted to the consideration of England," are such as would have justly forfeited the heads of any Brit•sh Ministers who would have acceded to them. What ! guarantee the integrity of the Danish Mo narchy against all the world I Would this demand have been made by Denmark, if her Ministers had Not been conscious that their conduct bad been such as to render the dismemberment of their monarchy a sine qua non, if not to the repose of• the North of Eu rope, at least to the ultimate success of the common cause ? We are prepared to prove, in spite of the jesemical assertion of the Danish justification, that De•nm:trk has been too long, for the peace of Europe, at war with Sweden and Russia, and that she has given these Powers most ample provocation to strip her of the means of doing them farther mischief by her base and servile alliance with France. To check • this dismemberment Great Britain would have had no right to ineerfere, even if she had been bound by no treaty with Sweden and Russia, to support these Powers in the arrangements which they have made upon the Continent to effect objects purely Conti nental. The demand for the restitution of the Danish Co lonies would probably have been listened to—•at least we have no evidence that the dispositions of the Bri tish Ministers were adverse to conciliation upon such terms. But the last article in these demands proves more strongly than any other part of the conduct of Den mark, that she is not sincere in her wish to make peace with this country. A demand is made of "re muneration for the Danish Fleet, and the loss sustain ed by the attack upon Zealand." Well ipay her Statesmen add, to cover the absurdity of this propo sal, that on such occasions " more is asked than is expected to be obtained." They must have a con temptible opinion inideed of British Statesmen, and cf the British Nation, if they flattered themselves that such proposals would be listened to in London. The whole of the Document in question is, in short, an humble attempt, on the part of Denmark, to cover England with obloquy in the eyes of Europe. All that the British Ministers did was to desire Count BERNSTORFF to shake his proposals at St. Petersburgh or Copenhagen. But it was evidently the policy of the Danish Government, or rather of their French advisers, to make the attempt at negotiation in Lon don, where they knew it could not be encouraged. - AitkitiCA. ti is stated by a Geritlenian arrived in tositi this !Admit*, Elora th 6 United States, as the general bpi: nion When he leftl that the first measure of the nelir Congress would de to repeal the Non4inpartation Act, in ietutn for our resdading the Orders inCoun cil.--Th4 friends of is peace and comma ce" consider this meiuuiv, if carried, as the prelude to negociation. THE ARMY. EitiGAbE ORDER: " Plymouth-Dock, lune !2, IRIS. " Previous to the departure of the Edinburgh Regiment of Mi litia from Plymouth, Major-General BROWN is happy in beirlisg testimony to the very Orderly and Soldier-like detheanour of the whole Corps, whilst under his command. He feels much obliged at the assistance afforded to the other Corr in Garrison, whose improvement in marching is evident, since they have followed the system in which the Edinburgh Regiment so eminently excels. IL The Corps lately arrived nom Ireland will send their Adju tants, and the best of their Non-commissioned Officers, to receive all the instructions they can from the Edinburgh, until the mo ment of their embarkation." The 2d Battalion of the 9th Foot, about ISO rank and fie, are to join the depot of that regiment, at Canterbury, en Thursday next. The East Kent Militia daily expects its route to embark at Cork for England. The OxfOrdshire Regiment of Militi.i, at Ports mouth, are under orders to march on the '2Bth inst. to London, to do duty at the Tower. Orders have been received for the detachments of the following regiments, belonging to the heavy ca valry depot in Canterbury to hold themselves in rea diness for immediate embarkat:on for the Peninsula : 3d and sth Dragoon Guards, Ist (Royal) Dragoons. 8d (King's Own) ditto, 4th (Queen's Own) ditto.— Total, 117 men and 241 horses. Saturday, the76th Regiment marched into the new barracks, in Limerick Garrison, from Kilkenny, and replaced the East Norfolk Regiment, who are em barked at Cork. The Sligo Regiment, lately landed at Waterford, are to occupy the quarters of the 72d Regiment, in the Castle Barracks, Limerick, who are ordered for Kinsale. Thursday se'nnight, the Shropshire Regiment ar rived in Limerick from Cork, to replace the North Cork Regiment, which have marched for Waterford. The East Norfolk and the South Cork Regiments of Militia have disembarked at Plymouth. The Edinburgh Militia, now in Frankfort barracks, have received orders to embark for Cork. The South Devon and Kildare Militias arrived on the 22d inst. at Portsmouth from Cork. The increased allowance to innkeepers and others, of 2d. per day, for the subsistence of non-commis. slotted officers and soldiers, took place yesterday. The Duke of BRUNSWICK, whom the last accounts from Gottenburgh left at Stralsund, arrived in t , ,wn yesterday. He came in the CHANTICLEER, which reached Yarmouth on Wednesday. We have heard no reason assigned for his Royal Highness's return, which was unexpected. Yesterday being Midsummer Day, a Common Hall was held at Guildhall, for the election of Sheriffs, and some other annual officers. The RECORDER opened the purpose of the Meeting, after which the LO*D MAYOR and Aldermen retired, and the Livery proce.Aed to their election. A great number of persons were put in nominatir'n, but the greatest shew of hands was in favour of T. COXIIEAD MARSH, Esq. Citizen and goldsmith ; and nest to him the names of Mr. Alderman MAGSAY, stationer, and GEORGE BRIDGES, Esq. wheelwright, were received with the greatest approbation. It being doubtful which of these two latter Gentlemen had most electors, they were put up a second time, when the choice of the Livery was declared to fall upon Alderman MAGNAY. J. C. Mutsu, Esq. and Alderman tfauxav, were then reported as the chosen Sheriffs to the Court of Aldermen : the LORD MAYOR then returned to the Hall, and the RECORDER declared the two before mentioned Gentlemen to be the Sheriffs for the en suing year. RICHARD CLARK, Esq. was re-elected Chamber lain ; Messrs. GAL ABIN and YBOWARD were re-elected Bridge -masters; and Messrs. SINIMONS, WEST, PEAR SON, and HOLT, were elected Ale-conners. Messrs. MARRIOTT, NEWHALL, HOARE, and TANSLEY, were elected Auditors of the City Accounts. After which a Court of Aldermen was held to swear in the Chamberlain, Bridge -masters, and the Rulers of the Watermen and Lightermen's Com pany for the year ensuing. A quantity of gold was sworn to as foreign, pre •ious to its being exported. The Report of the Committee of the Commons on Acts relating to Copyright of Books, has been printed. It recommends, that the substance of the existing laws should be retained, and in particular that continuing the delivery of all new works, and in certain cases of subsequent editions to the Libraries now entitled to receive them ; but that some of the existing provisions should be modified as to the paper, which may be reduced from the largest size, and finest sort, to that used in the greater part of the edition ; substituting a delivery on notice, instead of a distribution in the first instance ; and an alternative with respect to subsequent editions in cer tain cases. These rules not to extend to the British Museum, which ought to be furnished with every pub lication that issues from the press, in its most splen did form. The obligations to be enforced by suitab!e penalties, and perhaps, in some cases, by adding the forfeiture of copyright. With regard to the statute of Queen Anne, the Report mgr. sts whether all re trospective effect should not be taken away, and con cludes with stating, that 4 1 the Committee have taken into their consideration the subject of Copyright, which extends at present to 14 years certain, and then to a second period of equal duration, provided the author happens to survive the first. They are in clined to think, that no adequate reason can be given for this contingent reversion, and that a fixed term should be assigned bepond the existing period of 14 years.", , ittO.AL htii*Litarket JUNE A. ArrVired M the Chg. nel the S. Niineent, %i t* from St. Vit.cent'b ; and the Skverii, Mew, from Nev.ii They left the Leeward Island nett con sisting of upwards of VIO s id, in s .uoJings; 2I st inst; under convoy of thE CUMBEPLANO mart dl war. FALMoU JUNE 22. Nothing arrived or sailtd to-day bdt half a dozeil coasters, from and to Wales. ELEVEN O g CLnClt; P. r4l.—A brig hove in sight of the Manacles, just Wore dark : it is sttppnsed to be the Tdttntend packet, Capta;n Cott, front the Medi= terranean.—Wind N.N.E. fine bret.r.es. PLY MOU I H, JUNE ,s. Th. TIAZER gun-brig takes convoy to Cork, anA will sail on Thursday morning next.—Arrived the Sampson, PARKER, from Chepstow, with tirhber ; Betsey, Laws, from Portsthouth ; the Chalhain, naval transpor', Captain Cow, from London ; the Har. mony, ; and Hope, Wlrent, from Wales DOIOIIII, BLANDF 'no. ftom Ipswich ; Provid nee, BE.BeLL, from Bridgwater; Catherine, EvA'.s, front London ; Argo, TAnott, trona . Estter ; Providence, HAYES, from Palmou h ; and the Jeanie, NAtt.on, from Hull.—Sailtd the American schoOner cartel Hope, for America, with passengers; and the TAL. Bar sloop of war, for Torl.ay, to collect convoy for Newfoundland and Not tit America. PORTSMuIT! H, JUNE '24. Arrived his Majesty's ship lJsicoltsr, of n 9. gins, Captain SALT, from Plymouth, and ai.otit 2O sAil of colliers from the Eastward.—Sailo/ the ALPHEA, 10 guns, Lieutenant M‘DONALD, convoy for Gtrern. sey. Went out of harbour the MENELAUS frigate, of 38 guns, Captain Sir PETER PARKER.—Wind DEAL, JUNE 24. Sailed again this morning, the ah,,le of the trans• ports for the Baltic, with the wind at N. W. and pits. ceeded, some of them, as far as the With Sand Head, when the wind suddenly shifted to the N.E. and forced them back to their anchorage in the Downs. —Came down from the River, his Maj. sty's ship Nsttr►►EN, and sailed for Purt.smoutli ; the Diana, CANNEL, for the South Seas, and sailed Also tot Ports. mouth, under convoy of the FoutszoNe.—Witid EN.E. • YARMOUTH, JUNE 24. Arrived the ROSARIO, from Gottenburgh, and the HOLLY, from the Downs. GREENOCK, JUNE 21. The Diana, CURRIE, of this port, sailed from ()pone for Newfoundland on the 31st of May, and on the following day was captured and burnt by the Lion French privateer. The master a nd crew of the ll.ana have since arrived at Oporto in a sloop which was given to them by the Captain of the Lion.-- When Capt.tin CURRIE left the privateer there were two vessels in sight, which, he had no doubt, would be also captured.—The Cerberus, THOMPSON mater, arrived at Halifax, from tbis port, on the nci ultimo, after a passage of 27 days—parted from. the convoy on the Banks of Ne wfoundiand 16th ult. is a fog. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The Hon. Captain Proby, to.the Laurel; Capraln Peter Rai nier, to the Niger ; Captaio H. Prescot, to the Eiiilanus, a new frigate at Charham ; Lieutenants H. Mairgy, James Bance, anti Robert Holman, to the Jiro:anus; Lieutenant Sea i ;rooe, to the Menet.u,; Lieut. Purkas, to the Niger; Lleui. Purchase, to the Challt nger; Lieu , . Dlton, to the Grasshopper; Mr. oho M'Fee, to be Master of the Eridanus; Mr. Creagb; Surgeon, to the Nan Antonio. Mmsrs. Peake, Jame,, and Hanwell, have been discharged front the Royal Nay.il College this week, they having finiskedl their plan of education. The following is an estract of a letter from Mesas. Patten, Smyth, and Patten, Agents to Lloyd's, at Westport, dated I 9th instant : " The Fox American privateer stood into our Bay on Than. day, close to the beach u!: the North shore, and got a supply of water and provisions from the country people. '1 hero are wee.. ral laden ships in our harbour, which we prsvent sail ng until tho coast is scoured by some of our cruiz ra, which we trust will b• soon, as we sent two days since the intelligence of the Fox being in this quarter, to the Admiral at Cork, and the Commanding Officer at Loughswilly. Captain JOHN WATERS, master of a sloop, of Gains. borough, met with a premature death on his passage from Hull to the former place, while steering the vessel, by the boom suddenly giving way, which knocked him overboard, and he was drowned.—The unfortunate man was to have been mauled on his arrival at Gainsborough. A letter from Londonderry, dated June 15, says—• a A serious affray took place on our quays on Sa turday night last, in which several persons were stab bed by a parcel of Portuguese seamen, who were the principal rioters, and have created considerable alarm amongst the inhabitants of that part of the town." The hay harvest bas commenced in the neighbour-, hood of Boston, and proinises to yield well. A slight hoar frost was perce7tible, during two, or three mornings of the last week. The Wheat, however, remains untouched, as far as we have heard, in every part of the count: y. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, JUNE 25. Our market continues abundzwly 4ui ph:l Sri h Wher, and baying but little demand, the aisles were exceedingly h. avy, and where for,:ed, met h lower prlFenre - submi•ted to, parric , darly for the tadia:ary qualities. '1 he prices of Barley are nominal, :tatting none of fine quality at market. Oats go off very s owly, at a de-w clue of 2s. per quarter, c wing to large at rivals amid having but. few buyers. ?cal, Beans, and other articles remcn at Aluuday% quotation. English. Si'beat, Kent and 1.56eX, 115 s 1282. per parte . atto, :_uflolk, 954.1205. Ditto, Norfolk, 1041. MI. Rye GO.. G 32. Barley 455. .561. Fins —s. %tali, 804. Ws. White Peas, 902. 955. boilers, Foreign. Wheat; American Os. Os. 1 per titiarter. Ditto. Datttzie 120 a. 1355. BaIOC Red ioos. I Ditto, Hamby?' or Bremen, I'oo% 115 s. Ditto, Brabaut . Resi 1001. 114. Rye, 60$. 655. • B irley, 456.485. o..ts, Brew, Oats, Feed, White Peas, 955. 1054, Grey Ditto, 80s. 88a. ?neap Beans, Tick Beans, Avacricap flow, 70e. :Icilie 1053. 110 s. Grey, ditto, G. 725. Sniall Beans, 84a. 1i63. 'Fick do, 763. 82'. Fine 0111.00 e. Oats, Putroe, 4;3. 445. Dit , o, Poland, 40s, 453. Ditto, Feed, SOs. Flour, lu;o. 1109. per 6ailt! ~,f ii