Star. — London, England, 1808-02-17 00:00:00

~ •.' if a by ey were at liberto withod thom• 6 a nc w hich their co duct t h was to be l tried. e d The ' nen Hon. Gentleman had talked of the double di p~nacy of XV. of which Louis XVI. as one ts of his reign, destroyed all records. °f th i e f first Maciesty's Ministers were to be at liberty B on Ap l e lis their j o ffi cial correspondence with their Am tf,,,--a at Foreign Courts, so as to make their corn. 9.'-o,oo°6llns e ither the subject of private letters or la ic dispatches, just as it happened to suit their 'n , it would be a much worse system than e (41) , 1 13 , 111.1*?e ;, 12 . sth d ou ble diplomacy of Louis XV. and 'clp-racetheconduct.of the Ministers of the Crown w oe controol of Parliament. sir THOMAS TURTON spoke against the mo. ,;„„ he said, he should cheerfully vote for the COM. ;-au'cation of all such documents as his Majesty's w e Ministers could derive for the vindication of their Nos conduct. But he should be decidedly against ng e xposures to Parliament and the public, .socigkih'would have the effect of excluding our Mini from all confidential conversation at Foreign The question being loudly called for, C°618. ?„1, WHITBREAD rose. He observed, that the Right gonourable Gentleman over-against him (Mr. r )adopted rather a curious line of conduct. '11e."...1t--EStawished to debate the subject of those Mo ther and had called his Right Honourable aces e r k s al a ta g( r. Po ' nsonby) to order, for appearing to do •"-- • ; and yet, no sooner was a question put, separate Motion, than he took the opportunity n o r to make a second speech upon the subject ; s ccou r .osied with all that flourishing display of pan .. ---- to mimit gesture of which he was so eminently a mas- Th e aft H onourable Gentleman expressed a wish to cons ter. the question as wholly distinct from L or d Hutchinson : this might very well suit his own Pur but he, (Mr. Whitbread) chose t o consider P °64 rate connected with the character of the Noble Lord, ibuter suited to the objects of Parliament and the co dsr. Tbat Noble Lord had been the accredited ,mister of the British Court at the Court of Prussia ; 'asd although removed by circumstances from that situation, when he followed the Emperor of Russia to Petersburgh, it was not to be supposed that he had kst with his Imperial Majesty all the confidence and fora due to his private character, as well as to a ran recently filling a high confidential office as the re presentative of his Majesty. It was not to be sup posed that the Noble Lord could be considered as a person nth interested in the welfare of his country, who had advanced from his own private purse a sum o f 00,000, to expedite the march of the Russia* amy at cased the most important moments of the cam. tit; and he was happy to find that his Majestys Knitters had' thought proper to refund this sum, MA since all relations of peace had ceased to exist *den Russia and this country. The Right Ho muillble Gentleman pleaded that the Noble Lord was leer accredited at the Court of Russia, and would s oli be viewed there in the light of an ordinary tra idler. It was unfortunate for the welfare of this country, and the peace of Europe, that the Noble Lord vu not so accredited. But he would ask the Right Honourable Gentleman, whether he would give the Noble Lord credit for his communications from the Court of Russia ? or whether he supposed him less ac tuated by a zeal for the. welfare of his country, by his salasequeet conduct at the Court of Russia ? He ruled to know from the Right Honourable Gentle men, whether he would not feel himself warranted to act upon the communications of that Noble Lord, of which the accredited Minister at that Court did not hesitate to aril himself. If he would hesitate to act, he did not deserve to be a Minister. It was said the Emperor of Russia was compelled by France to sign the treaty of Tilsit ; but the Emperor of Russia de niedthe fact. He said, he was not compelled to sign the peace of Tilsit ; but that, contemplating the situ road Turope, he had been induced to sign it, and :nerved to himself the power of mediating upon ho nerable terms for this country. The Right Hon. Gentleman and his Friend were pleased to say, they use ready to grant any documents for the necessary iiiirmation of Parliament;' btit nothing for the pur pose of party. But in the motion he had the honcur te submit to the House, lie sought nothing from mo tives of party, bet merely for the purpose of ena bling the Heuse to judge whether or not his Majesty's Ministers had misrepresented the conduct of Russia, et other to excuse themselves for rejecting the oppor tunity his proffered mediation afforded them, of con elacliag peace upon term's honourable to this country; and whether, in rejecting the suggestions of Lord Hatchieson, they had not given a deadly blow to the • 'Riau of the British nation. He concluded by ex •-tressing a wish to hear from the Noble Lord who had been the accredited British Minister to Russia, some uplanations respecting those dispatches, purporting the from his Lordship, laid before that House, and thither the originals bore the dates affixed to them, ct whether, as in some cases, those dates were not eron in the printing. Lod LEVESON GOWER rose and explained— thattertainly several of those dispatches laid before the } fr'usei and which appeared by the dates to have keen written two, and sometimes three on the same )47 ' "re all written on different days, although . 4 vtd by his Secretary on the day Upon which they vie !tit off. His Lordship then adverted to the de 4ratien made to himself by the Emperor of Russia, "'ht 28th of June, iinmediately before Are battle of ruilland ; in which, he said, his Imperial Majesty talt him the most positive assurancesf•that no event. venld induce him to separate himself from the in -1 °" 3 of England, nor to conclude any treaty to ; 1. 4(11 s h e was not a party. ]he question was then put upon the second m0..1 , respecting the communications of Lord Hutch 'n, and rejected without a division ; the third mo -7reilci.ting the dispatch of M. Alopeus , wa s "drawn. Tie fourth, respecting the Declaration of the Em ?err of Russia, on the 18th of June, was negatived, the iither . motions passed in the atiirniatis e. sitsrea.i.es:Eous. Sir JOHN NEW PORT gave notice, that he on Friday, move for certain Papers respecting t-I:ltndlc`ii in retitin vested in the Lord I.ieutenant and Pri v y t Ireland, relative to the bon:in.:4 for en ec'urarng halloo e d militiamen tai volunteer into the line. The CHANCI•II.IOK of the EXCHEQUER Rare notice of a math Al on Friday for imposing some -4'lli°n eaPertation of Salt and Cotton. Yd Tea Le s a t ur t u h : e ll Tie H o .1 to Thursday, • to which day Ord:trs in Council was avterreci. ib " " !! id-- of. - - of ad rh or • :a -' rn- na ny yes of ant i it ide lad , ani Lion. atch ;ll re er in had • :onl3 .some made• 'riend t THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. GiNERAL PAST DAY.— . —No business one at any of the Public Offices. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stack 293 India Stock, 1701 171 3 per Ct. Red. 641 India Bons, 21. a 3s. dis. 9 per Ct. Cons. Ann. 6341 Imperial Anitities 7 11-16 4 per Ct. 84i Ea. Bills, es. dis. a par 5 per Cent. Navy %Hi I English Tickets, 211. Lone Ann. 18 3-16! Cons. for 25th acc.43311 By letters from Madeira, dated the 14th ultimo, we are informed, that the troops under General Beare- FORD had been a month encamped, and had suffered in some degree from that cause, there being no build ings there to accommodate them. At the application of the General, however, the Portuguese Governor has appropriated two of the principal convents for the accommodation of the troops ; and it was intend ed to unite some of the poor order of convents, for the benefit of the friars, and with a view the better to make room for the troops in their buildings. The island was crowded with emigrants from Lis. bon, so that not a house was to be procured for lodg ings. We regret to find that the troops have suffered in their health, from intemperance in the use of wine,' which is procured at the most trifling expence, and has already produced several deaths. The convents were much out of repair, an old nun, of nearly a century standing, had been turned out, to make room for the troops.—There appears to be a perfect harmony between the British and Portuguese, to preserve which, the General adopts the most pru dent measures. Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived this morning, but they prosent but little novelty. They repeat what we have more than once had occasion to state, the preparations making by Russia to compel Sweden to take an active part against this country.—A Dutch paper has also been received, in which the following article on the same subject is given, dated Copen_ hagen, Jan. 3 The Russian Captain DODT, who arrived here lately, has, it is said, brought a De claration, which the Court of Russia has addressed to Sweden, in which the latter is summoned to join, before the 16th instant, the Grand Confederacy against England ; in case of refusal, a Russian army of 60.600 men will enter Finland.—Count de MOLTKE, the Danish Minister, is gone to Stockholm for the same object. It is said that the King of Sweden is determined to go in person to Petersburgh." GOTrENBURGH, JAN. 15. Yesterday arrived here his Britannic Majesty's new Minister, Mr. Thornton, to the Court of Stock holm. The Quebec frigate, in which he came out, has not yet reached this port, she having been obliged to land him many miles to the Northward, but she is hourly expected. Two couriers arrived here this morning, the one from Helsinburg, the other from Mittaw and Stockholm, both with dispatches for London. Report says, that a large body of Russian troops have marched to Finland. ' The Constant, the Kite, and another gun-brig, are in this harbour, and a convoy for England. JAN. 18.—The Quebec frigate, the . Honourable Captain Paulett, which brought over the English Minister, Mr. Thornton, came into harbour to-day. The last accounts from Helsinburg state, that the Danish line of battle ship (a 64.) which remained in the Sound, had sailed, steering her course for the Skaw, and the Prince Christian, of 80 guns, for Norway, the lights of which are up at present, for the purpose of assisting their own Danish cruizers. The King of Sweden, and Court, remain at Grips holm. We have had a severe frost for a few days, but have now again Westerly winds, and open weather; no news to-day. _ _ JAN. 20.—This morning arrived in this port, his Britannic Majesty's ships, Stately and Nassau, of 64 guns each; also the Lynx schooner, of 18 guns. Great preparations are making here for opening the Statue of Gustavus 111. which is expected to take place on the 23d inst. The King, and all the Court, will, it is said, assist at the ceremony. 1111.DESHEIM, DEC. 31. General Oudinot, now at Dantzic, has had the misfortune to break his leg by a fall from his horse. NAPLES, DEC. A. Yesterday twenty-three merchant vessels, from Sardinia, Marseilles, Leghorn, Civita Vecchia, arrived here. English frigates now very seldom nvrke their appearance off this port. VERONA, DEC. 20. The Senator Lucien Bonaparte has returned to Rome. The retinue which attended the late Queen of Etruria, on her journey into Spain, filled forty seven carriages, several of which were drawn by six horses. I.F.C.HORN, DEC. 1 1. Since the Rth inst. the French arms have been dis played at our gates, and the flag has been flying on our turrets. Whether we shall be incor porated with the Empire of France, or be placed under the Government of a French Prince, is'as yet unknown. PFTFRSBURGH, DEC. 21. By an Imperial rescript, addressed to Count Alizeis Gregorienwitsch, who, in the first Turkish war, in the reign of Catharine IL burned the Turkish fleet in the port of Ischisme, and was in the last war ap pointed Commander in Chief of the Russian Militia, k is enacted, that the gold anti Silver Medals, the distribufion of which was before confined to that part of the militia which was under the Coimt ()Row, shall be' distributed among the whole of the militia, who hive also received permission to Wear the uniforms of their resp,•et;ve districts. ELSINEUR, lAN. 7. From the 4th to the 7th instant, seven vessels only have been cleared at the Custom House.. The house of Lund and Chapman have received intelligence that the English ship Sally, John Jacksdn master, has been taken by a Danish privateer, and carried into Born holm. The Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin, daughter of the late Duke of Saxe Gotha, died on the Ist instant. According to the last returns made by the Russia* Ministry, the Russian navy consists at present of 43 sail of the line, 34 frigates, 59 cutters, brigs, &c. and 226 smaller vessels. Of this force 20 ships of the line and four frigates were in the Black Sea ; and be sides them, 11 line of battle ships in other seas. According to the last accounts from Batavia of the 11th April, Admiral Hartsinck's squadron has been dismantled for want of hands. Letters from Madrid state, that according to re ports cidkent in shaLcity, the King of Spain is to cede Navarre and Catalonia to France for part of Portu gal, and that the Queen of Etruria is to have the re mainder of the latter kingdom. After this Paper had been at Press for some time three more of the Gottenburgh Mails . arrived ; from which we make the following Extract : GOTTENBURGII, L. 23.—The English men of I war, the Stately and Nassau, of 64. guns each, which arrived here last week, have brought the sum of one hundred thousand pounds for the King 4 1 Sweden, which is now landing. These ships are. to remain in these seas through the winter, if the weather will permit. It is said that one of their first operations will be to relieve the twelve sail of Englishl merchant vessels now lying in Carlsham, such can not come out ;Ur fear of the Danish men of war, gun boats, &c. which are in that quarter. A RMY, THE ARMY OF NORTH AMERICA. We have already stated, that on Saturday fore noon, Lieutenant General Sir GEORGE PREVOST, Bart. Commander in Chief in Nova Scotia, attended by Admiral Sir ISAAC COFFIN, Bart. Generals EVE LEIGH and PORTER, and the Staff of the garrison of Portsmouth, embarked on board the Penelope frigate, Captain DICK. The Staff of this army consists of lieutenant General Sir GEORG/. Pltrvos r, 60th Regiment. Major General lint ur to, New Brunswick Fencibles. - Brigadier General DANIEL HOUGHTON, Bth Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel BOWYER; Deputy Adjutant General. Lieutenant Colonel TIST.INC, Deputy Quarter Master General. Captain PREVOST, 60th Regiment C O W E R, 16th Aids-du-Camp. WAT•ts, 34 Dragoon Guards Major LIGRRTWOOD,Rth Veteran Battalion, Public Secretary. WM. GIORGI!, Esq. Private Secretary. The corps composing Sir GEORGE PREVOST'S arrny, some of which are out, are— A detachment of the Royal Staff Corps. Engineers. A large detachment of Artillery. 7th Foot., or Royal Fusileers, Hon. Lieut. Col. PAKENHAM. Bth --Kings+• Regiment, MajorMAxwr. Ll.. • 13th 23d Welch Fusileers, Lieut. Colonel JON rs. . • • 60th ---- Rifle Battalion, Baron RarreNsußCN. 98th Lieutenant Colonel DOUGLAS. 101 St POLLOCK. Making 7000 effective men ; but it is supposed that that distinguished corps, the 13th, will be left at Ber muda, and the 98th taken up there. Tht whole o.! Sir GEORGE PREVOST'S army .goes in the first instance to Bermuda, and will remain there till the river St. Lawrence is open to them. General Sir JAMES CRAIG, the Governor General and Commander in Chief of all British America, has with him in Canada— A detachment of Artillery. The 41st Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel PROCTOR. 49th VINCEN I. 180tk MURRAY. 10th Veteran Battalion, Lt. Col. ZOUCH. Sir GEORGE PnEyost goes on immediately to Ame rica, leaving the command of the army at Bernindatk General HOUGHTO23. _ . • Whether for North America, La Plata, or the Bra. zils, we know not; but many corps are said to have received orders to be in readiness. Among them scum cavalry. We already mentioned the 38th, 40th, 51st, 891.1 i. second battalion ; and we now hear the Ist battalion 88th, or Connaught Rangers, is ordered. The 51st an 44944 pre. 9nsthe march to Portsmouth. • The country, as well as the army, will be glad te heat 4 ,:-whateverthe destination of the large army ma) be, Sir JOttli MOORE is to command, with many able young officers wider him ; among these, it is said, the gallant Colonel . DORRIEN. The order which was issued for changing the name. of the Danish ships has since been rescinded ; they ai e now to bear their original Danish names on the l'st of the navy, and are to.be prepared for service. This being , the day appointed for a General Fas• and Humiliation, the House of Lords attended di vine service in Westminster Abbey, and the Sr ealcir and Members of the House of Commons attended Lo the.sa.me purpose at Si. Margaret's Church. SECOND EDITION. STAR OFFICE, IiALF PAST THRFE O'CLOCK. tre stop the press to state, that Dispatches are this instant arrived at the Admiralty from Sir SA MUEL Hoop, who, (on his return home from the Madeiras in his own ship), passed through the Roch fort Squadron on the 23d Ultimo. Next day Sir SAMUEL fell in with Adm. DUCKWORTH'S Squadron, in chase, in latitude 33. 15. not far from the Madci• ras. As Sir &travel. Hoon gave all necessary infor mation to Admiral DvatWORTII, respecting the eourse of the French squadron, we entertain the most flat tering hopes that the gallant Admiral will be able to give a good account of them. The above accounts were brought to Admiralty by ' Captain NAsit, who was sent home by Sir SAMUEL IHoot) for the express purpose. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, FEB. 14. His Majesty's ship Amphion, with the _fleet for the Mediterranean, passed this port this day.—Wind • TORBAY, FEB. 15. Put in here a fleet of about 44) transports, from the Eastward.—Wind N. W. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16. Arrived the fallowing outward-bound vessels, from the Downs, viz.--the Harriett, BORROWDAILE ; Cham pion, MACKEY' ; Antelope, Dartmouth, LIT SON L . .Kingston, AXYINSON Cygnett, SMITH ; Duke of York, Julius, AUTHERN ; Alfred, ; Parish, DAVID ; Shaw, BURNETT ; Trafalgar, LOWES ; and the Harmony, WILSON : the three latter with the losi of anchors and cables.—Wind N. W. DOVER, FEBRUARY 15. Sailed. this morning the ship Mark and Abigail, Captain . t.i.LiorT, from Charleston, with cotton and rice, for. London, being prevented from proceeding to her original deitination (Rotterdam) in consequence of the late Decrees of the French Government. — M. ALOtEUS the Russian Ambassador and suite came down from London this afternoon, and will embtrk for Calais to-morrow morning, if the weather permits. —The Pandora and Royalist sloops sailed from our ' Roads this day, for the Downs, to procure anchors and cables, to replace those they lost in the late gale. —Wind West, and moderate, with snow. • YARMOUTH, FEB. 14. The ships on shore on this beach are t h :' Marys, of Blyth, in ballast, not damaged ! . the Elizabeth, of Plymouth, J. PROUTAY master, laden with fish, is a total wreck, cargo washed out; Martha, of Wake field, • Port Hull,- cargo of bones, ship damaged, but expected will be got off, cargo washed out ; Swift Montrose, GEORGE SUTIIERAN master—timber, ship and cargo will be saved; Lord Melville. of Aber deen,%Tuns MORISON master, in ballast, not damaged. On Saturday morning a ship was discovered on these sands, but in the afternoon she disappeared, having gradually sunk into the sands. It is reported that the crew are. saved, but cannot learn particulars.— Arrived the Musquito sloop of war, and Urgent gun brig, and remain with the ships as per last. The Flora:frigate, of 36 guns, Captain BLAND, is wrecked on the coast of Holland—crew saved. Owing to the great falls of snow, we have had no arrival of mails from London since Thursday, till this morning : the Guard arrived on horseback with two mails at two o'clock. F. 15.—Ships on shore and damaged in the 1 : gale : Jenny, JOHN RIPPON, from London, in ball is' to Newcastle, on shore on Kirkley Beach, crew savel, ,hip very little damaged ; on Gunton Beach, slop Union, JOHN FINLEY, of Dunbar, with goods, crew saved ; brig Champtori t ROBERT OLIVER master, of Wells, in ballast, crew saved ; Rochdale, W. Oils . TER, of and from Hull to. London, with goods, crew saved, except one man, who died before am ship beached ; brig Elizabeth, Wm. JRFERIES MaSLCP, of Shields, crew saved ; sloop Griffin, Timm , ts GLADDEN master, of and from Ipswich to Lynn, with malt, crew saved ; schooner Buser , JOHN Monist" master, of Aberdeen, from Sunderland to Loudon, crew saved ; brig Duro,. WILLIAM STEPHENSON, of and from Hull to Surinam, in ballast, crew saved. MISS WEIPPERT, daughter of the celebrated Harp player, is to have a Benefit Concert, at the Free Masons' Tavern to-morrow night ; and we have no doubt, from the encouragement due to rising merit, that the assemblage on t) occasion will be crowded and fashionable. There is to be a ball after the con cert. • Lady EDWARD FITZGERALD, once so famous as Pamela, the reputed daughter of the late Duke of ORLEANS, and the dive of Madame Gnats, left this country last week in company with Prince ESTE/MAZY. It appears that she was narrowly sought after both at Dover and on board the vessel, by Sheriff's Officers, who had warrants against her on civil actions. She was concealed in the Prince's carriage among his baggage, and so successfully, that though the carriage itself was searched, she remained undiscovered. She had previously escaped from shore to the vessel, in the dress of a sailor. THE Ronvs.—The Mails from Norwich, Cam bridge, Holyhead, 'and Yarmouth, were not arrived yesterday evening. Those from Leeds and Manches :er did not arrive till half-past four. The following are among the accidents in and about the metropolis, occasioned by the inclement weather, ;ince Friday last. A person was found dead on Satur. lay morning, ft-6m the intense cold, near Bayswater. Mrs. Samr el, therife of a broker in Westminster, and young lady in Soho-square, each broke an arm, a: en o'clock on Sunday. A stack of chimneys blew sown in the Hampstead-road on Friday night, and killed a butcher's boy of the. name of Groves, on shorn an inquisition was taken yesterday, as also on :he body of Mr. Hartland, of Gower -street, who was ' killed by the fallin g of his horse, on Sunday *ming, irk (axford-street. t ; I