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LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21. Sr. T ROMA S'S DAY .—No bubiness done at the Stock Exchange. PRICE OF S I OCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 65 4 per Cent. 81 t. per Cent. Navy shut Bank Long Ann 16 Imp. S per Cent. 64 India Fonds, 45. 55. prem. Ex. Bills, tm .55. pre. Stare Lottcry Tickers, 221. 19a. Cons. for ACC. 6611 A vessel has arrived at Plymouth from Seville, bnt having had a passage of 13 days, has brought no late news from the theatre of the war ; nor have any ac counts more recent than those already before the public been received through any other channel. Ministers, we understand, were informed by the last dispatches that have been received, that Lord PAGET, with 1510 horse, had set out from Sir DAVID BAIRD'S army t endeavour, by forced marches, to make a junction with Sir Joux MOORE. This was determined on at the time when it was considered as loubtful, whether General HOPE could effect his junction ; and when all the three columns were separated, as to be each in danger of attack. If this detachment shall happily join Sir JOHN Moo/a, he will then be strong in c:.- valry, as it is now known, as we stated some days ago, that General HOPE had joined Sir Jonx„ at Sala manca. Thus reinforced, there is some probability tli:.t General MOORE will be able to make good his n•reat—it is even possible that he may be joined by the army of M. de ROMANA. The situation of our troops is however a hazardous one ; but as they must long before this sime have learn: what dependence they might place upon the Spanish armies, we may hope that they have not been negligent in providing for their own safety. By the Convention concluded between the Swedes and Russians, and which we yesterday laid before our Readers, the former may be considered as having completely given up Finland to the enemy. The Swedes retire beyond the river Kiemi, the utmost limit of that province. Will Russia be satisfied with this acquisition ? We fear nut. The Emperor ALEXAN DER seems to have identified himself with the interests of NAPOLEON, to leave any hope that he will put limits to his views against Sweden ; but in his future opera tions he may be expected, from the situation of the country, and thz means of defence possessed by his Swedish Majesty, to meet with difficulties not easily to be surmounted. Indeed, if we may credit the accounts from Stockholm, the people in Sweden are no way depressed by the loss of Finland. The fol lowing letter was received by the mail of yesterday. " STOCKHOLM, DEC. 6. " Since the last post, we haie re:cciv-d the news that the Swe dish army in Finland, find:ng it impo..rible to preserve its position at Ulvalsorg, has ern ?red into a Convention with the Russians to quit Finland entii cly. The Swedes retire to the west side of the river Kicmi, which you wal find near Sornea, with -.11 their ar., tillery, benne, ammunition, &e. they were allowed ter. days for evacuating the town of L'hatorg, and a farther suitable period to reach the river Kiemi ; and after the whole have arrived at the latter pseint,the boundary between Sweden and Finland, an armis tice for fourteen &rya is to exist. These terms are very honour able for the Swedes, for the latter Led, in effective men, nos above 7000 ; whereas the Russians orrosed to them were nearly cO,OOO strong. The les: of Finland, during this war, bas long been ex pected, and the above intellite nce has, therefor; not occasicncd the sensation here which might have been surposed. I beg you will not allow yourself, to be alarmed by any foolish reports, of the Russians penetrating farther into Sweden." The decree of Louis NAPOLEON, dated the 9.7 th ult. given in the STAR of yesterday, is intended to increase the difficulties which it has been the policy of NAPO LEON to throw in the way of British commerce.—But Britain is not the only country against which she levels her commercial regulations and restrictions. For some time he condescended to flatter the Ame: rican Government, and affected extraordinary ten derness towards her trading interests. With these professions let the Americans compare the subjoined letters, and learn to form an estimate of French Jibe= rality. Extract of a letter from Captain OWING, of the American brig President, from the Canary Islands, dated St. Valery, November 28, 1808 : - • . " It is with the utmost regret I inform you of my being captured on the 17th inst. close in with the Isle of Wight, and lent into this place, and have ever sincC been guarded at an inn, and am not allowed to go out of my room without some person to guard me, a thing that has never before been known in France ; but I impute it to there not being any neutral vessel brought in here before." Extract of another letter from Captain LEE, of the American vessel Mary, dated Boulogne Castle, De cember 6, 1808: • '44 I have the misfortune to acquaint you, that we were recaptured on the l)th ult:. by the French lug EAST INDIES. BOMBAY, JULY 10. In consequence of the urgent necessity of adopting the most prompt measures to counteract the intrigues of the French at the Court of Persia, General Mal colm had set out before Sir Harbord Jones, who had been sent from England with a view to the same ob ject, had arrived at this place. We have received accounts of the General having landed in safety at Bushire, and having sent on Mr. Pasley to announce his approach. Instead of 300 Frenchmen, as had been reported, it had been ascertained that there were only 30 at the Court of Persil THE EVENING STAR. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ger privateer le Grand Napoleon, of this port, and carried in here. The Mary was captured between this and• the English shore ; the cargo, consisting of 112 tuns of sweet oil, has been already discharged, and I am as well as my being kept as yet in irlson will permit, though I have reason to suppose we shall soon be released. I have not been able to ascertain the motives of this Government for capturing Ame rican vessels, and detaining the subjects of the Uniftd States as prisoners ; but time and patience will no doubt unfold their motives, and afford us redress." THE ARMY. Two regiments of infantry, the 87th (2tl battalion) COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. from Malden, and the 88th (Ist battalion) from CRIM. CON. Mr. P A R R e p rpAoo p l crated, aga in s t that the t h is dee nwoaasn who gate h o Weeley, are on their march from the Canterbury PARR .0. RE NEON. , by the plaintiff.who had been a respectat the shortest notice. The 88th is to arrive at Rams - district in order to be in readiness for embarkation at at gate and Margate on Thursday, Friday, and Satur- , of i ndependent fortune, who had, s i nce day next ; and the 87th at Canterb ur y , on Saturday, . his father, become possessed of an estat Monday, and Tuesday. The 2d Surrey and Anglesea ' wich-hall, for crirninat coeyersatica w Mar- • tiff's wife. The defendant had reside Militia, in consequence, move from Ramsgate to, Liverpool gate and Broad-stairs, that the barracks at Ramsgate ! during the time this co i and had bees the intimate friend of th e • - TUR KEY. may be left open for the reception of the troops. I circumstances of the case would be pros The late revolution in Turkey holds-out a very flat- It is also stated, that the embarkation of cavalry is i witnesses; and such damages would be. tering prospect, not only for this country, but for on ly se p en n e e, an d t h a t it will shortly be resumed— corded with the defendant's opulent cie Europe. BAIRACTLII, the chief actfir in it, is a bold, this, however, will probably depend on the futu re ; life, and the m easure of injur y which tin shrewd; enterprising man, equal to the times in which .I received. Toe plaintiff had several y. events. ev of e . ' he has appeared, and the situation which he has at- course Thursday Captain NEWALL and Captain Gnecie s i whom she deserted ; and was now Bunn; tained. It is supposed he has been chosen and ele- fendant, potwithstanding . he had hims vated by the great Religious Council, which in fact companies of the Ist Battalion of the Dumfriesshire family. As for the plaintiff, he had, possesses the power of the State, as a fit instrument in Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel DE Pus- upon the discovery of his wife's infie their hands to resist the plans of partition of t' e ; TER, who , with the rest of the Battalion, had trans - ' com p letel y deran g ed in his intellects, Turkish Empire,which have come to their knowledge, • moment in a lunatic asylum near f d their services to the Local Militia, were sworn . - and to defeat the ambitious designs of France, as well -o're. might he asked, why this action epe e as of Russia. BAIRACTER declares it to be his wish is the Colonel's parlour.—Such was the ardour steadof at the Lancaster Assizes ; and, to be at peace with all the world, and that his greatest of the town lads, and many young men from the appear upon the evidence, why so iii object is to preserve inviolate the integrity of the Em- neighbouring villages and country, to be enrolled in elapsed since the injury had been elect pire of the Ottomans. Hence Mr. ADAIR found an action vi as brought any where ?—., l e a the corps, that it would have been easy to have pro easy admission into Constantinople, where he has : w a s, that it was not until August hat del cured a battalion of one thousend strong. The vete- . been well received ; a fact which the M9niteur at first tiff's evidence could be distinctly collected denied, though now it admits it. About the 10th of ran Colonel was in extreme good health, and in high it was for the sake of expedition itself 0 October, Mr. ADAIR presented himself at the Dar- spirits—his condescension and Polite behaviour en- was now brought to trial here. dandles ;to which place a row-boat, of sixteen oars, cleared bite to the whole corps—He, in the hand- : The Rev. Mr. Smyth was the first came from Constantinople, to receive him with due • 'He proved the marriage of the plaint;; sourest manner, with his own hand, gave to each in- . form and respect. Arrived at Constantinople, he was Miss Mary Wood, in 17faS. surrounded by all the old English Dragomen, or in- dividual a • • glass of whisky, giving as a toast, " th e : Mr. Watkinson deposed, that he bilk terpreters, and the last accounts left him highly sa- King and Constitution, long life to his Majesty, may fidential clerk of Mr.. Parr for many tisfied with his situation, confident of succeeding in our country ever be defended by her brave and loyal lived at his house, and dined at his tai his mission. The -knowledge of the principles of tl e children, and her honour and independence always qnently he had frequent occasion to , new Government bad induced most of the English ,in the family. Mr. Parr bad five ci merchants to return to Smyrna R triumph over tyranny I" Rom Malta, and great i them, as well as his wife, lie was ev. quantities of goods had been sent thither. Be team:ft I tionate ; in short, the greatest harm, had even carried his system of neutrality so far, as to Nil UTIC4I. INTELLIGENCE. among them. The plaintiff was a order that English ships of war should not be molested friendly and convivial disposition, and in attacking French ships of war in any of the ports • PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 19. gentlemen's parties at his house (as if of the Archipelago :—This is equiv.dent to a declare- Came in the Mary, Captain REEVES, from Lisbon, tom at Liverpool), at which the defen. tion of war against France. He has beheaded the with fruit ; Apparencer, Captain KeItNIAN, from one of the number. Upon every eccasii Governor of the forts of the Dardanelles, notoriously S to ckh olm, with naval stores ; Indefatigable, Captain Mr. Benson was present, he used to s in the French interest, and has pat man y others to I COCK, from Seville, which place she left 13 days Parr, whom the witness represented to death whom he suspected of being inimical to his de- 1 young Lady, and he had noticed fain; signs. Such is his boldness, and the terror withreports in circulation that are said tobe since; the tween them. —W lien•r Parr retired which he is beheld, that he frequently seizes a chef brought by this vessel, are not worth attending to ; the defendant alway s s wa s. s the person Officer at the head of his troops, in !presence of whom Mary, Witte/nes, from Dublin, with provisions, for door, and in about half an hour aft( the Officer is instantly beheaded. He had summoned 1 • tits port; also the Threaten, armed ship, front the. (Mr. Benson) would also retire. a Grand Council of all the niches of the Empire Eastward. 1 Cresnexemined by Mr. Genttow. (Governors of the provinces), as well of Asia assof I said, that lie recollected in the year I Europe, to be held at Adrianople about the end of - PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER so, i was upon a visit in Staffordshire ; M 1 November. Against such as declined coming, with Arrived his Majesty's ships Tarns, ..A.auxmaNct ; i . with her—that the was absent on that their troops too, he was immediately to send a force Neptune, and Il • eery Addington, East Indiamen, fortn;ght, and the only pei son who erten to displace them. Before this Council he was to lay from the Downs. --Wind N. E. , , was the Defendant, and that they vie the facts of which he was possessed, respecting tl e i upon the road—that he (the witness) , dismemberment of the Turkish Empire, and to pre- DOVER, DECEMBER O. i at the table of Mr. Parr, and the belt pose the necessary measures for self-protection. Such. Arrived the Apollo, Cnrizr, of and for Yarmouth neraiiy they'—that the Defendant 'ale; as opposed him, it WAS believed he would put to death in ballast, from Heligoland, having been on shore [ Mrs. Parr, and appeared to be very at on the spot. The place of met ting marks his design on . the Goodwin Sands, and sustained much damage ; ; that when she retire i after dinner, int of resisting Russia. It was supposed some c f ie i Maria, MA KIP Anna , c ~ of and from London, with , , room, the Defendant would frequentli Northern Paellas, next the Russian territories, would I to write a note, or would make some ei decline appearing ; the consequence of which would King's stores, bound to Dublin, lost all her anchors L i and would go away, although he wal be, that all the others would . march against them.— and cables ; schooner Providence, TREAT, of and for v i a l person, and liked his glass a , well This statement of affairs gives B A totally dismasted ; •did ONAPRTE, no doubt, R ye , i n b a ll ast , f rom London, I • • also the Plaintiff, who was remarl uneasiness ; and hence the anxiety of the Illoniteur to Th omas and Mary, JAMES, of and for Sunderland, in I Sometimes the defendant would come supply us with Turkish news of its own manufacture. —Placed between Turkey and England, the Moniteur ballast, from Portsmouth ; c , a , a Advice, P it 'I: -EY of an d ter of an hour alter he had left the col ' occasions, and sometimes he would not hopes to blind the English Government respecting for Arhithy, from London, in ballast, both lost an ; Th ere i were never any ladies except the state of affairs at Constantinople ; but it is itself anchor and cable each ; ship Betsey, GREY, in the , her sister, a child, at the dinners wh' deceived. ) transport service, No. 383, with her main and mizen ; gave tg his friends, who were all mast gone, by being run on board of during the late • companions. Mr. GARROW.—Have you not heart TWADDLE, in the Downs ; and the schooner Twilight, b say ote efend, after lie hass TWADDLE, of and for London, with nuts, from Gijon Mts. t Par the Come ant Ralph, leave Ma b rv een (four weeks) with loss of sails, and leaky. The Duke, stay with us ?—A. I have heard that of Montrose East India ship sailed this morning for Mr. GARROW.—When the sons of the River. A large ship, supposed to. be an East 1 toping comp.tuy, were together at I and when of , hat de 1 . / India ship, was seen yesterday off Fairleigh, going i of Benson, one is he them gone said alread W y ? down Channel, with no anchors to her bows ; and , , say, , No, no, he is not gone, lie is another ship was seen by the DOVER armed cutter on ! —A. He would sometimes say so, tc Sunday morning early, about, four leagues off the, Mr. Cerrass, a merchant, in Live North Foreland dismasted : she is supposed to be a ' that he had been acquainted with the ,oe 18 ears. He rembered his ma ship laden with timber, from the Baltic.—Wind B. and he himself marrieo em about two and blows hard. ; i He had been pretty intimate with Pa DEAL, DECEMBER Co. 1 milics only interchanged calls. The Arrived the Euneeeus, ZENOBIA, FLAMER, BUST.- , Plaintiff towards his wife appeared LER, and BLAZER, gun-brigs, from off the coast of ' and attentive, and Mr. Parr was In • towards his children. The intercoi France.—Sailed the BRITOMART sloop, with a convoy ' annli f • • , es never scent further than le; for Portsmouther—The Duke-of Montrose, East India at each other's door. The witness . ship, arrivedin the Downs this afternoon, from Dover ' the Plaintiff's house, at Averton, Roads; a cable has been sent on bqard her by a Deal ' Benson, and had met him once at boat.—Wind E.N.E. fresh Breeze. he remembered that Mr. Benson s. but he did not remark any thing p: 1 tween them. Lieutenants LEACH and SIMMONDS are appointed i Mr. Dickson deposed, that he Agents for transports. I Plaintiff about eight years, and had 1 The Chief mate of the Walpole East Indiaman, ! him. He observed that the Plaintiff —Sutton, being at the wheel when the ship orcick, attentive and affectionate to his wife had his arm broken by the sudden shock.—Two of with them very often since their ma the crew, it is said, were hut-eat the same time, but seen Mr. Benson at the Plaintiff's we do not.hear of any lives being lost. twice, at dinner. Mr. Parr was a very The Trafalgar, FERGUSON, from Lisbon, is arrived He had been frequently at a place cal off POrtland. She passed through the outward-bound eight miles from Liverpool, the seat West India fleet on the 16th instant, off the Lizard. ; and remembered Mrs. Parr coming The Isabella, LAMBERT; from Calmar for Hull, has back, accompanied by Mr. Benson. put into Harwich in distress. for an hour and a half. They joined The Aurora, Heistrom, from Stockholm for Ports• : patty who were there, and walked - mouth, was taken off Dungeness, on the Bth instant, Mr. Parr came there upon the sam. and carried into Boulogne. accompanied by a Lady, but not all The HYDRA, with he convoy, from Portsmouth, l Mr. EdWard Parr, the brother of is arrived at Gibraltar. posed, that up to the election of a Mi • The Tarter, Mitchell, for the Brazils, is on slaore pool, the state of the plaintiff's licalt , near Liverpool. i riage, was extremely good. The '' Thee Rose, Grainger, with oats, for London, is on Averton, and th e Shore' near 'Whitby. - Ilived in Liverpool, where he pursi i • The Polly, Bateman, from St kl oc tolm for London, of an attorney ; they used to visit lit lost on Holy Island. he had always observed an affect The Thames, Evans, from Gottenburgh for Lon- subsisting between his brother and , don, was captured near Lessee on the 23d ult. ly ; indeed he never saw, as lie the The Trio, Ctosstwaith, from' Harrington • and couple , for they seemed extremely the Peggy , \Vested, from Whitehave n for they Dubin, titer, The Plaintiff had five children, -are en shore near Holyhead. was extremely indulgent ; he knew • The Eliza, Elfrod, frond London for Stockholm, father, when alive, to be one of the is lost on Yarmouth Beach. iin Liverpool. He had frequently The Fifty-two days for returning the writs to elect a Temporal Peer of Ireland, in the room of the late Lord CLANRICARDE, expired on Thursday, when the Earl of CLONCARTY was declarcd by the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper, duly elected. Fifty-one Peers only voted, of whom 50 were for Lcrd CLoNc..twrx, and one for the Earl of Mouxr The Right I-lon..;oriN OTWAY, Earl of Dysart, of tl:e kingdom of Ireland, in returned to serve in Par liament for the borough of Bossinney, in the room of Lord RENDLESHAM, deceased. HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.—A Meeting was on Mon day held at the Castle at Winchester, in pursuance of notice, to elect a proper person to succeed Sir H. ?Au- LET Sr. JOHN MILOMAY, Bart. &ceased, a Member. in Parliament. The Meeting was very numerothly attended. The candidates were—the Honour able WM. HERBERT, THOMAS FREFAAN HEATHCOTE, Esq. rind Sir JOHN POLLEN, Bart. of Rcdnnm, near Ando ver.—The Honourable Wm. HERBERT was proposed by Sir Tiros. MiLi.v.n, Bart. seconded by Sir CHAS. MILL, Bart. ; Mr. HEATIIC'OTE was proposed by Sir NAI HAMEL HOLLAND, Bart. seconded by Sir CHAS. RICH, Bart.—After the necessary forms were gone through, and the Sheriff had explained the purport of the Meeting, some old local topics were discussed,t when at length, on a shew of hats, it appeared that the majority was decidedly in favour of Mr. HEATH.. COTE, a poll was, however, demanded, which was to commence yesterday.—The Meeting then adjourned. Mrs. EDWIN, the late favourite on the Bath and Dublin boards, it at present performing in Edinburgh with great applause. Her characters are mostly in genteel comedy, brit she is also highly qualified to shine as a tragic performer. The Managers of Drury lane have engaged her for three years, at a liberal salary. HTDE PARK.—This place, yesterday, was, 2.5 on the preceding day, crowded with skaiting amateurs, who repaired to the banks of the Serpentine River, with intent 'to pass the day on the frozen element. They had provided themselves with sandwich-boxes, well stoied with beef, ham, &c. ; but they were dis appointed when they found constables stationed there to prevent any one from going on the ice, which was not considered strong enough to bear the great num ber of persons emulous to venture upon it. _ _ An Inquisition was yesterday taken at Bagnigre Wells, on the body of John Steetham, alias Cooke, who was found frozen on Sunday, in a ditch, near the Well.—Verdict Accidental Deaih. A poor woman, who sells sand in the streets of Norwich: with five other persons in circumstances equally indigent ] have had 50,0001. bequeathed among them by a distant relation. .. . at his 1 lein /S4 parr fl DEC. o at b to y ni D e nsor of *gel n action , .1410, ectabl e rn ovi r , who wa s a , and 14 ince the de a th ~ imPT °l state called L. Jun" wi th the p disposi !sided v ery is nece ection took L i b i t h e k the • Liven proved b o va '„ with 11 d 6; gi v as lc it I ry CiTCUTostan cts i . decide h the plai nr if t baug 1 young c hil, .„ o f inc ivin g w i t h t i aq., b a d b imself a wife tithe had, immedi a ., dDr nfidelity, l oot] ta, and wa s at dot tr Liverpm, wet] tpueared he re dao L nd, as dates we' much tim e I u fected, before turell 'Le answer tot},, andi ast that the pl a i n bons allected; and ti: jditsa ielt that the ca. . noir left 1 st witness e a 1 e 1p tb ,ntiff with his w i t a litt of 01 had been the coo deep Iny years, that , and table, that c‘,, week to see what p fad I children, and . f exceedingly aff., coral arructly pre va il e brain a man of a soon and tiequentlyb subj( is is much the . of A :fen dant used to Ja ccaAon upon . Mrs, to sit next to , tiros dtobe a bun'. his - amilarities pan,. he iced from the .atrse on to see ber m .fath terwards he If Pan atom otv.—This witn.. , then it 1 805, Mrs. P taw Mr. Parr w as n. wife that occasion for lout attended her tent ry weie two nig.. thin isl frequently di . sad liefeadant was ; • its always sat next . ry attentive to her , into ti.e dr-atr;ng ently say he want ne excuse for nsin: . was a. very cmi Tw o well as any body, bed larkably convivial • 'al me back iu a guar Th company on th= not d not return at • ' fell 'ept Mrs. Parr a. , gni which• the plain; •ad 11 convivial bo. , - of to heard the plain Pa ssbeen attending rex .Lary to-night, bit that to be sure. at of Bacchus, or col at Mr. Parr's ta , : the devil is b tal not Mr. ' is only with May de i, to be sure. itv; Liverpool, de• all h the plaintiff for I. s marriage, in l 7" N .•0 years afterwa/ T Pan, but their The conduct of.' a t .red to be very ' uncommonly ercourse of the n leaving their c .ss lived very Deg ' on. He knew • ' at Mrs. Pan's, "' 113 sat next Mrs ' in pat titular pus sb Fs he had kool." as lad frequentll tti :tiff was alwals v • wife. He had D • marriage. kie pt ill's house, ones C very convivial . h :e called Ince!' '' eat of a Mr#l. • tti niug there on an. They were ' oined the other ffa ed round the : ante day, in a t along with his cf the plaintiff, ' a Member for Li It health, from his 0' if 'he plaintiff lived `b his wife and faro. ursued the profe ss " isit one another, an fectionate intercou nd his wife and 134 '. 1 e thought, a haPP • a kelp fond of one ti hildren, to whom " new the Defends . ' h CT ! . tly intheefit i‘ first Dao chan 1