Star. — London, England, 1808-03-28 00:00:00

PORTUGAL. LISBON, FEBRUARY 23. The Portuguese army is entirely disbanded, some of the officers have been shot, .by order of the French General, being stronglysuspected of disaffection to the mild laws laid down by our new Governors. And.last - -week nine men were shot at the Caldas; (about sixty miles from Lisbon); having been guilty of the high grime of concealing fire arms in thcir houses: :47.Gineral Junot has said, and the preparations made 4 .(s'illsdarilaking support the assertion, that Bonaparte has "'d'etermined to pay us a visit, and is actually on his way. The Marquis de Abrantes, (late Viceroy), Braneamp, one of our richest merchants, and several others, are ordered to proceed to Spain to meet him. The Regency is entirely abolished, and the Duke of Cardaval's brother, who remains in Lisbon, has a pension allowed him of ten thousand crusades per annum. The property of the Duke, his brother, who accompanied the Prince Regent to the Brazils, has all 'been confiscated. The contribution of forty millions of crusades is put in execution, and one instalment paid . ; and the plate from St. Roque has been' arrieil to the Mint. Junot receives five per cent. from the amount of all kinds of extorted property ; and it is supposed he has already accumulated,in this way, about fifteen mil lions of francs. A conscription of 40,000 men, be •.ween the ages of 18 and 95, is about to be carried into immediate effect. The convents are to be con verted into workhouses for the reception of the poor, who henceforward are to be employed in spinning cotton, and wool. The plan of confiscation here is precisely the same as was practised by the French at Naples, and in the North. They do not want goods, but money, and uniformly require, of persons possessing articles of British manufacture, that they should pay one-third of the amount in cash, and remain with the goods.— The Spanish troops have received orders to evacuate St. Übe's and Oporto. • The Cardinal Patriarch, Don Jose Francisco de gendoca, agcd ditd on the 11th instant, and was buried on the 13th in a very plain manner. Commodore GREW., and other English officers, who were on board the Russians s. hips in the Tagus, have left them. to proceed by land to St. Petersburgh. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, MARCH 28. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Cousols, money, 6444—ditto April 644-omnium es. prem. Excheq. Bills, 4s. pr.nu.—Na y 374 t PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. I per Cent. Red. Ann. shut lmp. 3 per Cen•. 64i t per Cent. Cont. 6414 Imp. Ann. 74 18-16ths 1 per Cent. sinli Z.Z. Bills, ss. Is. pr. ; uar CZTZ. 997 I English Tickets, 211. India Bonds, par 2s. a Is. dis. Cons. for ace. 644 We were incorrect in our statement on Saturday. respecting the command of the fleet going to the Baltic. Admiral Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ is to have the !ommand. He arrived in town on Saturday from Guernsey, by way of Weymouth, to receive his final instructions. Sir SAMUEL. HOOD is second in com mand : Admiral KEATE the third. Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ is succeeded in his command on the Guernsey station, by Sir EDMUND NAGLE. Admiral Soirrusy is to be employed in active ser vice ; and Admiral ROWLEY is gone to Portsmouth,. where he is to take his passage in the Melpomene, for Jamaica, in the room of Admiral DACRES on that station. Friday last the Cosmopolite, Captain THOMSON, arrived at Falmouth from Cadiz, which port she left on the 27th ult. When she sailed 6000 French troops were within two days march of that place-1400) troopilnore expected there in all. Eleven sail of tEe line and two frigates were ready for sea on 28th u't. Off Cape St. Vincent's she spoke a large convoy from 7 almouth, consisting of about 60 sail. On 15th inst. t lat. 43. long. 15. saw another convoy of about 14 ail ; the same day was boarded by two large Trench frigates, in lat. 46. long. 15. It is understood that Mr. RosE, whose powers only ,xtended to the affair of the Chesapeake, returns from America in the SrannA ; and that Mr. Nounse, who also to come to England, is first to proceed to ''rance. There is every reason to believe that this has been effected by Mr. JEFFERSON'S party, who seem -,xious to court a rupture with this country. NOtRcE ill be flattered, cajoled, and fed with promises and professions. Let the Americans, in the mean time, notice how their commerce is treated by France. The illowing may serve as a recent specimen : Friday evening,Jast the Susan, of New York, Cap- tin DILLANEY, from Belfast, bound to New Yo r k, . ballast, arrived at Pbmouth. Besides her crew, she ha&pn board eight Irish passengers going to America.'j.On the 10:h instant, in latitude 42, long. SBi, she waooarded and captured by l'ltalienne and Irene French frigates, which were returning from Martinique. (These are the same ships that some ime since escaped 4am St. Maloes, with troops, for the West-Indies.) These frigates, previous to the cap ture of the Susan, had taken the Sappho brig priva teLr, of London, Captain SMITif ; the Sarah King, Ater of marque, of London, Captain GARDNER, and the American schooner Windham, Captain PAYNE, , ho, with part of his crew, are detained on hoard ie French f-ig itcs. It appears that they did not ay at Martinique more than one day, having sembarked the troops, and sailed again immediately (or France. The Sarah King, saw them twice, on 'leir voyage out, and escaped, but unfortunately fell with them again the third time, and was captured. They burned the Windham, and the Sarah King, r stripping them, and taking out the people; and they were about to burn the Sappho, on ateotmiof her bad sailing ; and it appeared to be their deter mination to burn all American ships or vessels they might meet with, if it appeared that they had been previously boarded by any English ships of war. They intended to have burnt the Susan ; but to disin cumber the frigates of the prisoners, they made a cartel of her, and put on board the crew of the Sappho, Sarah King, and part of the crew of the Windham, 1. with a French Officer, with orders to make the best of her way to an English port. i Dispatches were received ,yesterday at the Admi ralty, from Sir 01km:a COTTON, dated off the Ta gus, the 13th inst. but we do not understand that they contain any news of importance. Lord and Lady KINNAIRD entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at their house in Grosvenor -street, among whom were, The Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Earl and Countess of Cowper, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord Erskine, Lord Grey, Mr. Tkrney, &c. The Committee appointed by the House of Com mons to try the merits of the Penrhyn Election, have declared Mr. LEMON duly elected, and the Petition frivolous and vexatious. The Report will be made to the House this day. The election for the Borough of Mahon, in the room of Lord HEADLEY, whose election was declared void, took place on Thursday. BRYAN COOKE, Esq. and Major BOWYER, were the candidates. At the final close of the poll, at four o'clock, the returns were, B. Cooke 919 Major Bowyer . - B. COOKE was returned accordingly. Saturday morning 47 sail of French fishing-boats were brought into Portsmouth by -the Boadicea, Captain MAITLAND, and Medusa, Honourable Cap tain BOUVERIE, taken off Havre. Their capture is said to be in retaliation of the French Prohibitory Decrees. • Yesterday Mr. Louis BOLOGNA, of the Theatre Royal, Co% ent Garden, died at his lodgings in Sloan street, where he had gone for the benefit of better air. He had been ill for some time, having caught a vio lent cold, from over exertion in his professional pur suits. . Four persons of a suspicious app:arance were obser ved on Saturday afternoon walking on Dover Pier- Heads, and taking notice of the boats. The Surveyor of the Customs, accompanied by one of his men, fol lowed these people to the City of London Inn in the evening, where they put up, and demanded to knew who they were ? But instead of getting an answer, they e ideavoured to make their escape ; and, after some resistance, they were secured and taken away to the guard house. They proved to be French prisoners, who had broke their parole, and would, in all prob.. hility, had they not been discovered, taken a boat and got over to the opposite shore. Two of them are,na tives of Calais. A vessel is arrived at Portsmouth, which sailed from off Lisbon, on Wednesday se'nnight, with a number of Portuguese refugees and others, who had escaped on board. Commissioner DUNCAN and his daughter are amongst the passengers, and are the latest from Lisbon. They state, that there was not above twenty days supply of corn at Lisbon when they came away. The Russian squadron was aware of its fate, if it left the Tagus, and was therefore re solved to stay in port. Many notes forged on the Bank of England having been circulated in and near the Borough of Great Yarmouth, some of the soldiers quartered in that town being suspected, it was thought expedient to commence an active search ; when a private in the Cambridge Militia was detected with many forged Notes in his possession. He has since acknowledged that he received the Notes, at a certain price, of a person who resides in Norwich, who has since been , apprehended and committed to the town gaol, to take his trial at the approaching sessions. It appears from accounts laid before Parliament, that the total expence of Government expresses to and from London and Holyhead, and between Holyhead and Dublin, for the last four years, was 25,0971. That the real value of all imports into Great Britain for the last three years was, for 1805, 53,582,1461. for 1806, 50,621,7071. and for 1807, 53,500,9901. That the real value of exports for the same three years was, for 1805,51,102,1091. for 1806,53,028,8811. and for 1807, .50,482,6611.—That the total real va lue 0* all imports from America was, for the year 1805, 4,076,8031. for 1806, 4,360,7431. and for 1807, 6,531,4101. ; and that the real value of exports from Great Britain to America for said three years was, for 1805, 11,446,0931. for 1806, 12,865,5511. and for 1807, 12,097,94.21. The patriotic contributions in Denmark for build ing another fleet continue ; but on the Ist inst. did not exceed 20,0001. sterling. The coronation of the King of WESTIMAIJA is to take place in May ; great preparations Rx e making for the occasion. PROMENADE.—Yesterday the Parks and Kensington Gardens displayed the usual throng of fashionables. The most prevailing articles of dress were scarlet gipsey cloaks, edged with pink ribbon, purple shot silk pelisses, and caps of the same, lined with fur.— The Countess of B. appeared on the promenade, dressed in a white satin pelisse, ornamented by gold twist and tassels ; her head-dress was a Mamaluke turban, adornel with jewels. The peculiarity and ele gance of her appearance excited general admiration. The Ridu exhibited several dashing horsemen ; and the carriagos in the ring contained nearly all the per sons of distinction in town. We noticed among the latter— The Duchess of St. Albans, the Countess of Barrymore, Lady Ellenborough, the nu%pis of Stafford, Lord Erskine, Sir John Lade, Mr. Buxton, and Colonel Hanger. CoveNT-Gnen—was on Saturday filled to an overflow, to witness Coors's personification of the unrelenting Jew, in SHAKESPEARE'S “ Afershaat of Venic, ; and the boohy Lovef Ili MACKLIN'S petite Comedie of 44 Love if.44lrode:'' in'' rth characters. he acquitted himself with more than . 1„s accustomed discrimination and merit'; which %Anion' was re peatedly acknowledgeaby loud and continued plaudits from one of the mast brilliant audiences of the sea of The I i George, fio:n Newfoundland,was on s hore near Long Island, on the 29th of January.. . THE ARMY. General Btartz, a very old and meritorious Officer, has got the 89th, which is valuable, having two bat talions, and having one of them to proCeed to India from the Cape. On Wedriesday 300 of the 20th Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel TAYLOR, embarked at Ports mouth, for Sicily, where the other part of that regi. ment is. They are about 600 strong. They will sail with the Mediterranean convoy. Major-General, Lord FORBES, and family, the Honourable Brigadier- General Lusrucv; and Captain A.Coustr, go out in the convoy for Malta. About SO sail of transports were, on Saturday, ordered, at Portsmouth, to sail immediately for the Downs. There are about 170 sail at Spithead, ready for service. Lord CAVAN, who succeeds General BERTIE in the 79th regiment, our military Readers know, was one of the distinguished heroes of Egypt. Lord CAVAN commanded a brigade on the day when the immorta' ABERCROMBIE fell. We believe that, now, every Leader in Egypt has got a regiment. 1 General GASCOYNE, it is said, will succeed to the chief command in the Southern District. The 20th Light Dragoons, commanded by Lieu tenant Colonel TAYLOI(, have been disembarked at Portsmouth, and marched to Chichester. It is supposed that the India fleet will sail about the middle of the week. A ;reat many troops arc going out to India, Ceylon, and the Cape ; among them the 39th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel PLEYDELL. Another volunteeriLg from the Militia is talked of. General WiterttAlai, Lieutenant Governor of Ports mouth arrived there on Thursday, and assumed the command of the garrison. Captain THORNTON, 15th Regiment, Brigade Major; and Captain NINON, Aid du camp, also arrived there. Major General MANNINGIIAM has commenced his inspection of the troops in his division of the Kentish District. The 2d Battalion 9th regiment, were re viewed on Saturday on Shorn Cliff; and met with the fullest approbation of the General, who declared he never witnessed so rapid an improvement in any corps. This battalion has been brought to its pie sent high state of perfection by the unwearied atten tion of Lieutenant Colonel CAMERON. The Ist battalion of this very excellent corps is now on its march from Mallow to Dublin, where it is to remain and do garrison duty. The review of the 43d, was fixed fer this day on Shorn Cliff ; that of the 21 rifle ccrps on Wednesday. The Worcester Militia have left Southampton, and are gone to Portsea, Portsmouth. The quarterly inspection of the different volunteer corps of Edinburgh began on Friday se'nnight, when the Ist regiment of Royal Edinburgh volunteers, and their artillery, were inspected. The next day the Royal Mid-Lothian dragoons ; and on Monday, the battalions, commanded by Lieut.-Colonels CRICIITON and JAMES HOPE, were also inspected. Tuesday, the battalion commanded by Lieut. Colonel INcus ; and on Wednesday, the Royal Mid-Lothian artillery, and Royal Highland Edinburgh volunteers, went through the same ceremony. All these corps mus tered very strong, and made a fine appearance.— Lieutenant-Colonel GILLON was the Inspecting Field Officer. The 71st regiment has marched into Cork, from Middletown, and the 45th regiment occupies their quarters at the latter place. The well-known Tom PAINE has presented a peti tion to the American Congress, claiming some remu neration for his former services. He States, that he was instrumental in procuring in the year 1781, from France, 6,000,000 of livres, as a present, and ten mil lions as a loan, which money was safely landed in America, and enabled the American troops to march to attack the British army. For this service he insi nuates he has not been adequately paid. He refers also to his political works, and alledges, that he has generously given away talents that would have math him a fortune. The petition, was presented to the House of Representatives on the 4th of February, and referred' to the Committee of claims. A few days since, as some workmen were digging a vault in a small court at the back of Mr. LAWRENCE'S house, No. 922, High-street, Cheltenham, they found, within 16 inches from the 'surface, a fresh looking brown earthen pot, containing between 14 and 1500 shillings, of the reigns of EDWARD VI. PHILIP and MARY, ELIZABETH, JAMES I. and CHARLES I. • The whole were in tolerable good condition, and the pot, except from its shape, which somewhat resembled a raisin jar, appeared as if but lately buried. From there being no coin, however, amongst them since these of CHARLIES I. it is probable that the owner concealed this little treasure during the dissentions that follow ed that reign, and, falling himself a victim, never re turned to reclaim it. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, MARCH 28. There is a tolerable supply of Wheat arrived to-day, and sales in this trade fully maintaka our kis quoted prices—Barley in short supply, and rather—higher— fineMalt likewise—Peas at small variation, and Beans of both sorts are rather dearer—Oats are also in shcrt supply, and this article is quoted somewhat higher-- in Flour co alteration. GRERRAL CURRENCY AS USIDIR: Wheat, 48s. 60s. Us. Beans (old) 545. 60m. Od. Fine ditto, 745. 775." Tick dine (old) Us. 575 ; ed. Rye, 465. 50.. ow, 33.. 38s. 40s. Barley, 401. 465. Od. Poland ditto, 41s. 425. Cd. Malt 68s. 761. Potato. ditto 00e, 445. Od. White Pees (boilers) 186 a. 168 s. Rape Seed, 901. 34;. Os. Grey ditto 525. 573. Pie now 555. 60i.8osmosle:50,. 450. Lien wild - -wee rnih trim ..:s :4 X ="ifen Bra oth4 1 of ( pen anti acct 'bee put plat Jun kin, • . Arc lion twe int( ven whc silk 1 SaTll in t and of I of t Thi St. Mei bur C wer left p Coi 3 pc S pc 4 pe 5 IN lndi rest Bat COTT Gui insti Thar S on vice whe Jam stati F arrii on ti 1 were trop] line Off 1 Faln in la sails friga It eaten Ame is als Fran has I anxic will 1 profe notice follm Fr mitt in bt she 1 Ame Siren Mart time the' ture tear, I lean the 1, who, I the F stay d sen for I their n wit They aft r • • N.s • NAUTICAL DTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 26. Arrived the Experiment, Ciptain PnnerE, f rom St. Luck. She sailed from thence on the 11th in company with the Pr nce of Asturias, for Dublin, and parted from her the 15th. The Barton, Form, sailed from Barbadoes for this place on the 7th The 'Francis Freeling packer, from Falmouth, had passes Barbadoes, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH t 7. Arrived his Majesty's ships Ant, from a crui ze; Inconstant, from Guernsey ; Racehorse and Avenger, from Plymouth ; Lord Castlereagh, Europe, N or . thumberland, Lord Keith, Alexander, and Soverei ri East.lndiamen, from the Downs.--Wind N.E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 26. Came in the Susan, of and for Nev York, fro m Belfast : she has en board eight passengers, and the crews of several vessels which were put on board he t on the 10th instant, in lat. 42. 0. long. 38.0. from the Italienne and la Sirene French frigates, whi c h escaped from St. Maloes some time since : they were on their return from Maninique, and have captured the Sappho privateer, of London, Captain Sutra ; Sarah King letter of marque, GARDNER ; a n d t h e American scboone: W adleam, Captain PAYME : the two latter they burnt, and were about to hum th e Sappho, she being a bad sailer. It appears they h a d determined to destroy all American vessels they full in win that had been previously boarded by English crnizers. Came in his Majesty's ship Mediator, from a cruize ; Concord, SMITH, from New Orleans to Nantz, detained by the Argo privateer ; and a ship detained by Admiral Corrom's squadron a fortnight since, in lat. 50. 45. long. 16. 0. She was boarded by two French privateers, who would have captured i her had they known she had been boarded by the I English. FALMOUTH, MARCH 25. Yesterday, passed this port the ships Simon Tay. for and Mentor, for London, from the West l'ndies ; left the fleet some time since in a gale, with the fu;. lowing vessels : Lydia, of Liverpool ; St. Anna, of Lancaster ; George, of Glasgow ; and Eliza, of London, from which the two above ships parted in lat. 42. 25. long. 32. in a gale. Arrived this day his Majesty's ship Thalia, of 36 guns, from Guernsey; Humber armed ship, and Active cutter, with the Alcmene privateer, from a cruize ; the ship Esser, Summossr, from Liverpool to wait convoy for the Brazils ; the Cosmopolite, THOSIPSCN, with wine, from Cadiz for London, and Cecilia tender, with a naval transport from Plymouth.—Sailed the Fame privateer on a cruize.—Wind S.E. irrr" TRURO, MARCH 26. An officer landed last Monday near Looe, and on Thursday last another, both charged with dispatches, which our informant believes to have been of impor tance, and anticipates good news as soon as their con. tents tranipire. We have received Jamaica Gazettes to the 30th January. A smart shock of an earth quake had been felt at Kingston ; but happily it did little damage. Our cruizers upon that station have captured several privateers and two Spanish packets. The Meleager frigate,which sailed from Portsmouth on the 17th November, with the Hazard 18, Sparrow, and Satellite brigs, with about 60 sail of vessels undtr convoy, arrived at Barbadoes with about 40 sail, on the 30th December, and at Jamaica with 33 for that island, on the 10th January ; the rest had separated soon after they left England. The Gipsey schooner of 10 guns, Lieutenant WATT, has captured the Spa nish privateer la Vengeance, after a desperate resis tance ; the Spaniard had 11 killed and 7 wounded— the Gipsey none. The whole of the town of Black River, in Jamaica, except only six. or seven houses, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 150,000 to 400,000 L a very small part only of which was insured. 1118 principal sufferers are Messrs. Robert Tait, C. Mac night, Tomlinson, Michael Hyams and Nephew. Benjamin Abrahams, Godfrey M. Burgell, John Levy, Solomon Lee, Cohens and Embden, Henry Cerf, Solomons, Girdwood, Joseph Jones, Nunes, Miller and Co. Daily, G. Channer, Betsey Duncan, and Doctors Thomas and Rose, and a quantity of property belonging to other inhabitants was lost in removing. DEAL, MARCH 47.. Arrived his Majesty's ships Centaur and Euryalus• from Plymouth, and remain.—Wind N.E. DOVER, MARCH 47. Two skips of the kin: and a frigate, supposed from Portsmouth, have beeriworking up from the westward , all day ; one of them is still, off h:re ; the other two got into the Downs about four o'clock this afternoon• Wind E. and blovis strong with snow.. GRANGEMOUTH, MARCH 23 Captain BaowN of the ship Favourite, just arrived from Gottenburgh, informs me, that she sailed on Sunday last,• the 20th instant, with about thirty.five sail under convoy of his Majesty's ship Kite, that all the British ships of war having been cut out of die ice, proceeded for the Sound en Saturday the 19th, and were seen beating up with a foul wind when the fleet sailed. The St. Francisco de Assiz, BERNAims from OPT to for Ireland, put into Lisbon in distresh where sbe has been seized aid condemned. The Margaret, Tina, from Africa ; and the Hui; ash Hills, Room, from Nora Sfotia, have been takell, rtuken, and . carried . into Jatpaita• V . , 1 • " p t d csiri SI .ii V vo tel ii PM de I