Star. — London, England, 1812-02-18 00:00:00

!. ), d i t ilk n. 11- sit. enot rabill that le to ba it tt was, in his opinioh, idle and nttatort to? P__ ig gh a law, as it would b e im p ossible any good PM, cou ld be answered by it. With regard to the rr_,_ 6 of extending the punishment of death, he 6- t h e House to recollect, that this was only in oe a temporary Measure, to meet a pressing evil • ' and that the hope was, the terror of rY , I:light put a speedy end to the present unlaw. proceedings in Nottingham, and O god lighalarming ul'" bo ring counties. He felt very highly gra. • OP what had been said by an lion. Gentleman o p positeOn side of the House (Mr. J. Smith), ,;,, ;bat Ministers had acted with promptness, and Leery step in their power, both by the civil and soey authority, to put an early period to the dis. aiios. He (Mr. Ryder) *as convinced, also, - e c onduct of the Magistrates in that county been exemplary, and those of the town of Not. in particular: but this is a mischief which fig be put down, and that immediately. It was a p oi which not only concerns the manufacturing p l eas of that district, but those of the whole kiag iot. It had been asked, whether this bill would fa ggot the detection of offenders. He (Mr. Ryder) pot know that it would actually give such faci igs but if it only gave a chance of so desirable an pit, the House would do a service to the country ii e song the bill. He thought there was a very otchance of it : while that chance existed, the , i ort ought to be adopted ; and if it were defer , he was convinced the House would have cause repent it. Mr. BASTARD said, that after the outrages h had been committed, he would vote for the lal going to a Committee ; but when it had passed, le should be glad to know what security there would t e lot its being enforced ? Why was the law already inexistence suffered to slumber, without making any tial of its efficacy ? Why had Ministers suffered bee riots to go on for two or three months ? He )aped the House would institute some enquirylnto Ote proceedings of the Secretary of State's Office, and ;rake some measures to invigorate them.—(4 laugh.) Mr. WHITBREAD acquitted the Secretary of (fate for the Home Department of any want of vi rut; as it had been allowed on all hands, that he had done every thing that could be done by an early interposition both of the civil and military power.— Be must, however, object to the Bill, because it ettended the long list of our capital punishments i...1n his opinion, the great defect of the Legisla. tare of this country for the last century had been, 'that when they found the people prone to the corn tission of crimes, they, in order to put a stop to them, enacted the penalty of death ; by which of fenders had escaped punishment almost as much as if no law had been enacted at all. He was par ticularly averse from going forward with the pre int Bill without enquiry, because the present Ira a period of tranquillity in Nottingham ; and Wre was, in consequence, no cause for haste. The itatte Book teemed with sentences inflicting the pe 'thy of death ; and he thought it was a subject the tension of which would well become the policy as vell as the humanity of the House. It had been kought forward about forty years ago, as a serious fievance and disgrace to the count ry ; and on that ncasion Sir W. Meredith, in 1772, gave notice of kinging the subject before the House, as, in conse. fiance of some disturbances which arose from the iiir?ngement of rights of common by inclosure bills, it had been proposed to extend the penalty of death to 'such trifling commotions. Mr. Whitbread inti- Weed, that before the close of the present Session he believed he should bring the matter under the c onsi &ration of the House. He thought, if the Commit tee which his Honourable Friend had asked for had been granted, they might in the present case have found out a remedy, without having recourse to the penalty of death. Mr. FRANKIAND spoke in favour of the Bill. A division then took place on the second reading Of the Bill.—For it 94—Against it 17. When we re-entered the Gallery, a motion was put, that the Bill be committed to-morrow, to which Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY moved as an amend ment, that it should be committed on Wednesday ; and (heaved, that he took this opportunity of rectifying some misrepresentations of his former statements. &mks had been made, as if he (Sir S. Romilly) had considered' the subject as one of slight impor tete; on the contrary, he thought and had stated the mil to be of enormous magnitude, and one which re quired a strong remedy. He had merely objected to Proposed method of furnishing a remedy. He ob *Ted, that the time allowed before the reference to a Committee was so short, that he should not be able, if inclined, to fra me a clause for insertion in the Bill ; aud asked what excuse the Right Hon. Secretary conld give to the House and the public for not sup tag some previous noti c e o f th e con te n t s o f his Ida The present, he must also observe, was not a 114. 1ftt into which paradoxes and subtlety of reason- Roeght to be introduced ; nor could there be a time 441 1 such observations as an Hon. Friend had made !did taelie g humanity were more entirely misplaced. freed—the whole House agreed—that some Ptierful remedy was demanded under the presenteir uidustances—tbat blood should be shed to prevent a Met effusion of blood. _gr. BATHURST disclaimed all idea of imputing ZS: Samuel Romilly, any wish to under-rate the of the transactions alluded to ; but corn that the Learned Member had manifested r e _!nconsistency in stating, at the same time, that dill would be a dead letter, and would also cause Illtpeat a sacrifice of lives. „Et SAMUEL ROMILLY, in explanation, said, !_The Member who spoke last had misrepresented 7, 11 Would not say had misstated—his positions. ; °ll6 erration had been, that as f ar as .r egar ded ,791 e of consp i racy, the act would be a dead let tcr though this was the case where it was intended t ".PPIy , • wh ile it would operate severely against in "Qak, a case not meant b y t h e B i ll. r FRANKLAND sa id, t h at h e s h ou ld w i s h tL ai Ztime to be en l arge d , except the subject was one inco frequently had come before the Legislative Statutes already exist e d on t h e woo ll en , the T and cotton manufactures, and none on this n ° ranch of craft. I t was a l so i mportant that i t shou ld and dec isive out to the publi c , t h at t h e H ouse was not c l ear 4 decisive in its intentions on this subject. The House then divided on the amendment -0.44; 80 --For it,ls—Majori ty,65. —Ad j ourae d. , .* THt tVENIgG'STAn. LONDON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCk S per Ct. Reduced 623f-4 per Cent. 781 S per Ct. Cons, for money 614—Da. for ace. 62 5 per Ct. 9211—Bonds 161. —s. pr.—Omnium Exch. Bills 4s. 6s. pre.—Long Anns. 16 3-16ths Minister sent down this morning to the Bank, to Inform them that the Exchequer Bills are to be taken in from the 22d to the 29th inclusive. The restrictions on the PRINCE REGENT having terminated last night, an unusual degree of anxiety pervades the public mind respecting the measures that may be adopted for the government of the coun try. To this anxiety must be ascribed the strange and contradictory statements that fill the columns of the daily news-papers—statements incorrect in almost every particular as to the communication made by command of the PRINCE REGENT to Lords GREN VILLE and GREY ; and equally so, in most of the papers, as to the answer of these Noblemen. The following particulars, it may be relied upon, are more correct than any statement that has been yet laid be fore the public : The PRINCE sent a letter to the Duke of YORK, stating that the time had arrived, when he - should de clare his real sentiments with respect to the measures of Government. He was happy to say, that during the time he had been Regent, the dominions of his father had not been impaired, but extended ; that the measures pursued by the Ministers of his father's ap pointment, with respect to the war in the Peninsula, had proved so successful, that he conceived himself bound both by this result and in honour of his MA JESTY'S Allies, not to make any change in the Go. vernment which might have the effect of indu:ing the Spaniards and Portuguese to suppose that their cause would not be as heartily supported as ever : at the same time he was desirous of strengthening his Government by the aid of some of his old political friends. And he, therefore, wished his Royal High-, ness to communicate the contents of this lettter to Lords GREY and GRENVILLE, and particularly to enquire of these Noblemen, whether they felt them selves at liberty to relinquish, for the present, all idea of publicly discussing the Catholic question? The Duke of YORK, immediately on receiving the letter, proceeded to Lord GREY'S house, in Portman square, and mentioned what he had been command ed to communicate. Lord GREY answered, that the former communications of the PRINCE REGENT, in' 1809, had been addressed particularly to Lord GREN VILLE and himself, and therefore he declined receiving any communication which the Duke had to make, until Lord GRENVILLE was present. They met accordingly, and sent for answer that they declined acting with the Members of the present Administration, adding, that they stood pledged on the Catholic question, to their friends and to the country. In this answer, we know that some of their friends think that they acted under a miscon ception of the PRINCE'S communication. They thought that they were in some respects to be officially subor dinate to the present Ministers ; but the PRINCE'S idea was, that a new Administration, embracing both parties, should be formed. The communication was made, it is supposed, with out even the knowledge of Mr. PERCEVAL.—Mr. PER CEVA L ha:: submitted to the PRINCE REGENT the copy of such a letter as appeared to him proper to be sent ; but it was not acted upon. The rumours that are in circulation respecting changes in the different departments, are not to be depended on. ' That some new arrangements will take place, is certain ; but their extent is not yet known. Lord SIDMOUTH and his friends, however, are to be received into the Administration. On the partial changes that may take place, we shall not dwell, as a very short time must remove every un certainty respecting them. An Anil°lt Mail arrived this morning with intel ligence of rather an important complexion. The French have not confined their operations in Pome rania to the occupation of Stralsund ; they have now seized upon the Island of Rugen, a station which must enable them to annoy Sweden in a most formi dable manner. Bernadotte, however, has held out no explicit threat of resistance, but his conduct is still presumed to proceed from extreme caution and not from disaffection to the interests of his adopted coun try. The negotiations between Russia and Turkey are not yet concluded. War between Russia and France seems now to be inevitable : the rumours on this subject increase in number every day, as our readers will perceive from the following extracts : A Proclamation has been published, signed CHARLES JEAN, dated Stockholm, 4th Jan. 1812, addressed to the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Scania, in which, after condemning their rebellion, it states, they had been imposed upon by ill-disposed persons, who told them that the army was recruiting for the support of a cause foreign to Sweden, when in reality they were called under the flags of their Country only to assure its independence, and that Swedish blood should never be spilt for foreign inte rests. " COPENHAGEN, JAN. 21. e , The coasts of Jutland are still infested by the ene• my's privateers. The hull of the Defence is still to be seen, it rises above the sea like a kind of tower. — The tempest has rendered all attempts to save the -- Vvrecks of the shipsmcked vessels abortive. Admi ral Reynold's Secretary did not long survive the hap piness of reaching shore; he expired a short time after. He had 99 guineas and some other pieces in a purse attached to the chain of his watch. He h also about his rerson a port•fulio, in which were some bank-notes and a picture of his vNfe. 'There were two sailors' wives on board the Admiral's ship, and one officer's wife in the Defence." " CARLSI2IIHE, JAN. 17. " The troops forming the garrison of Frankfort, on the 12th instant, received orders to proceed to Dant zic, and are to march on the Ist of next month. The battalion in Fulde is also to march." "VIENNA, JAN. It " rt appears the Grand Vizier does not press the negociations with much activity, and that he is occu pied in forming new armies. Tranquility prevails in Servia, and it is pretended that at most there are not above 10,000 insurgents at the present moment under arms: they occupy the redoubts and strong places in the provinces of Bosnia and Bulgaria." " ANHOLT, FEBRUARY /. " Further acoounts from Pomerania state, that previous to the French entering Stralsund, a vessel was sent with information to seven or eight ships laden with colonial produce, bound there, under con voy of a Swedish ship of war, which fortunately ena bled them all to return to Carlsham, except one, which, being leaky, was obliged to proceed. " The French have taken possession of the island of Rugen, and have seized upon, and numbered and registered all the vessels which were lying there. War between Russia and France is spoken of as an Affair determined upon. The Prussian army is situated in such a position, that it is supposed it must be compelled to join the French. General Blucher, who commanded the troops at Colberg, is said to have resigned in disgust. "At Hamburg, all kinds of grain have been taken possession of, on account of the French Government." The AQUILON frigate has arrived at Yarmouth, with a confirmation of the 1 oss of the MANILLA fri gate, on the Dutch coast. The AQUILON received the information from a flag of truce which came out of the Texel, and informed them that the frigate was lost on the 28th ultimo, and that all the crew were saved except six cr eight men. The following is an extract from a communication which reached us by the vessel from Americo, the arrival of which we noticed yesterday. The writer of the letter is a gentleman of acknowledged talent and political information, and his sentiments are of course entitled to great respect : " BOSTON, JANUARY 19. " You will perceive by the papers by the Sally Anne, that out Government professes the intention to assume a very warlike attitude, and that the sentiment of indiinauon throughout the country, at the continuance of the Orders in Council, is load and universal from both parties. The modves which induce your Government to continue them, are quite incomprehensible to the best friend of Great Britain in this country ; and the t fleet will be, to make every man odious who dares to express a wish for your succes' and proiperity—a sentiment still common to our best men, but which an adherence to this system will impair and destroy. It is too true that the repeal oldie Berlin and Milan De• creel are merely nominal, and that our Administration have be come willingly dupes to the insidious policy of Miro Lao N. But why should your Cabinet mind that, why should they not em brace any pretence for restoring harmony between our countries, especially as it will, of cosurgvener,ile followd iy !validity wilts part Frei:re. NAPOLZON Will renew his outrages the moment we are friends, and the natural ties which connect Great Britain and America would be drawn closer. On the contrary. the scrupulous adherence of your Cabinet to an empty punctilio, will too pro bably unite the whole country in apposition to your nation, and sever . for generations, perhaps for ever, interests which have the most natural ties of affinity, and men who ought to feel and love like brethren." The following is an extract of a letter, Written by a Gentleman who left Paris on the 30th January. When I left Paris (says the Gentleman) it was expected that 'the Emezaoa would set off in fifteen or twenty days for the North. It is impossible to speak with any kind of precison on such matters, but some grand stroke is in contemplation : troops have been marching in large bodies, for months put, for the North. NAPOLEON'. favourite Generals, &mita M'DONALD, NET DAVOUST, and OUDINO r, it was said, had joined, or were about to join the army. The Russian Ambassa dor, however, still remained at Paris. I saw him at the Opera a few evenings before I left ft. It is said there Is to be a meeting of the three Emperors, NAPOLEON, ALEXANDLR, and FRANCIS; and that, if Russia dues not effectually and strictly adhere to the Continental System, then war takes place, and Austria supplies 160,000 men to his son-in-law. Possibly a branch of the BUNA PARTL family may mount the throne of the FRILDRRICRS —I suppose BONAPARTE bas not less than 5 to 600,000 troops in the North : in short, the North is to be the theatre ; and Spain may even, for a time, be abandoned in some parts." A letter from Glasgow, dated February 13, says: —We have abundance of military here, and abun dance of quietness. We have not the least idea of any rioting. The labouring people here have been taught to read, and a great number of them also think a good deal ; hence there is the less risk of excesses. It is wonderful the talents displayed by the delegates of the operative weavers, in their conferences with the Magistrates, being perfectly conversant in the leading principles of political economy. The actions brought in the Common Pleas in Dub lin by the Catholic Delegates against the Chief Jus tice of the King's Bench, for illegal arrests, &c. are not likely to be decided till November next. The Irish Court of King's Bench have, after a hearing of Counsel, for Mr. HAnvxv, Proprietor of The Freeman': Journal, decided for the attachment against him, construing a libel into a contempt; and' a warrant was issued out against him accordingly. Yesterday morning, the LORD CliaNceu.on and the Duke of Yoftx had audiences of the PRINCZ RR. MINT. Bar eo.—This day there being no Court of Aldermen, the Lord Mayor, after inspecting the Returns, ordered it to &drum Id. per Peck:Loaf. ?34! ARMY. • Tyro companies of the 89th Foot hate embarked at Calcutta, on board the 13vasPirm.t:s frigates Six months half-pay, due the 25th December, Will he issued to reduced Officers, at the Horsc Guards, on Thursday next. Lieutenant-General Lord Fotiam, ComMandet of the tro op s in Dublin Garrison, in the room of Lieu tenant-General Sir CHARLES Asomt., ha.l arrived id that city. Captain tiaairrma - te, of the 4.5 th, who gloriously fell while the British army were storming die city of Ciudad Rodrigo, was an Officer of great promise, a native of Loughrea, in Galway. Tuesday, the East York Militia, qitartered at Queensberry-house Barracks Edinburgh, began their march for Glasgow. They were followed in the af ternoon by a squadron of the fith Dragoon Guards, and a detachment of artillery. The Royal Perth shire Militia arrived at Edinburgh from Haddington, on Tuesday ev-...ning and Wednesday morning. They marched next day into the Castle, in the room of tht Berwickshire, who that morning took up their quar ters in Queensberry-house Barracks. N.elYill, INTELLIGENCE. CORK, FEBRUARY 13. A Considerable agitation WAS experienced in this city this morning in consequence of a letter trans mitted by the Sovereign of Kinsale to the Mayor, of which the following is a Copy : " Kinsale, half-past 7 o'clock, r. rebruary 13, 1812. a SIR—I have the honour to acquaint you fiat I have just now received a ceutmunication from Major General the Honourable Timm A 5 MA 8054 commanding this District,by his Brigade Mr jor, that he hid thi4 evening received an expreu from the Officer in charge*/ the signal station, at the Old Head of K nsale. repor• ting that a signal bad been madc at the Seven Heads Signal. Tower (to the Westward) intimating that an enemy's amid cruiser was of, which was shortly after followed by another, sig. pitying that an enemy's lktt of line of battle ships was in sight. 1 feel it my duty to give you the earliest information on the subject. " And have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most oh diem Servant, " WM. NEWMAN, " The Mayor of Cork.' 4 Sovereign of Eirsalt. From the torserproinst of the 15th, the following letters are taken : " Kinsale, February is. " It is reported that a French Beet are off the South-West put of the coast. Telegraphic signals were made yesterday at two o'clock from the head-lands on this side of Bantry, for a *troop fleet being in sight which did not answer signals. ANOTHiIt LETTNR-PANE DAM " An express arrived to the General here hot night, front Cork, stating, that a small crttizer had appeared off thetild Hoed. which did not answer signals, and soon after a strange fleet of nine sail of the line of battle ships made their appearance--thep are supposed to be the Scheldt fl-et going to America." FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY ts. Nine o'clock, P.M.—The wind has been all da from the W. to the W.N.W. and since three o'clock it has blown a heavy gale. No arrivals or sailing's. The packets that sailed on Thursday cannot have got to the westward of Scilly. The chipping in the toads appear to ride easy. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 16. The FOXHOUND, of 18 guns, and Deptford tenders are under weigh, for Portsmouth ; also the trade bound thither under converof the above. The Fox. HouN D has on board those men saved from the LAvitßl.. The AMAZON and MELAMPUS frigates were put out of commission yesterday. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 17. Arrived the ships ZE.PHYR, THEBAN, PARTRIDGE. FOXHOUND, NORTH STAR, and GOSHAWK, from a cruize.—Wind W.S.W. and blows a gale. DEAL, FEBRUARY 17. Arrived the Atlantic and another ship from Charles. ton ; particulars not known :—also arrived his Ma. jesty's cutter DECOY, from a cruize.—Came down from the River three ships for Gibraltaf. Five o'clock.—The shipping in the Downs appear to ride all well.—Wind W.S.W. blows hard. YARMOUTH, FEB. 17. Arrived this morning from a cruise, the Actuttott frigate and KING GRORGRcutter. Sailed the Pitmen OF 'WALEs in pursuit of an enemy's cruiser. During the cruise of the Vixsti, Lieut. WRIGHT, which ar rived here yesterday, she, on the 13th inst. fell is with, off Flambro' Head, the Betsey, of and from Shields, with the loss of her bowsprit and foremast, by a ship running on board her, and was drifting from land when the VIXEN took her in tow to the mouth of the Humber, where she left her safe at anchor. The Industry, of and from Boston, (in England) JOHR GARNER master, with wheat and oats, bound to Lon don, having received some damage, the crew deserted her off Lowestoft; she has since been picked up by a Lowestoft pilot-boat, and brought into this port, were the crew have arrived.—Wind S.W. The Arcadia, SMzx.uz, from Nova Scotia to the Clyde, (mentioned yesterday to have been captured by' the French privateer Gazelle, of 14 guns,) has been retaken by his Majesty's slip PERSIAN, and is arrived at Dartmouth. The Countess of Harcourt ship, recently from Ba. Livia, brings intelligence from thence of rather an unpleasant nature. l'he people, it is said, have had several disputes with oar troops, and blood has been spilt on both sides. We are sorry to state, that it has been found necessary to cause several persons to bs executed. All the British troops bad left Batavia, for India, except about 5000. By a private ship which has arrived at Leith we learn that the Danes are all activity on the coast of Jutland ; and after ineffectual endeavours to conceal their purpose, it is now fully disclosed. About fifty gun boats and other vessels are already completely armed and equipped, to convey a considerable force for the recapture of Anholt. It is the most favburable interval for their purpose, on account of the necessary absence of the British navy from the Cattegat ; but we trust in the valour of the garrison, which was on la former occasion so eminently displayed.