Star. — London, England, 1812-03-12 00:00:00

I a a. 4 C.. :y [o• .ld • es :re ie. xis Lo ied t SO :ers , he r of pltll v sn nea- esire •tart they be )nly, ught ld be pre. ht to at•cf, ar,•-•• ed to ,ed to s RIP siima man stand. y had coup' se to atIT O t :ion coal' be .at• it gap e ,rmmg• it firm torinca. net and alsel/ a Ast CO'' Ltd to:1 THE 'eft spina them, but they should i have his esteem ac cording to their beha viour, as f no such thing had eem h a ppened. These men, he was assured, all be. b are d well, and afforded his friend great satisfaction. With respect to thb hulks, he admitted it was de sirable that the offenders should be separated as much at possible, but was afraid that mixing the old and youn g could not be complete ly . avoided, as there were i m perfections and inconveencies, more or less, at tending every institution. When sent to the army t h e y were placed in . a state of greater discipline than life,. which might also facilitate their re in common lam . With respect' to entire regiments being formed a this description of men, he was not prepared to coo k w i t h any confidence. Mr. RYDER, in explanation, stated, that the con victs enlisted were such generally as were recom wended by the Captains ef the hulks for their proper b e haviour. G ener al TARLETON approved of recruiting di sta nt or condemned regiments from the hulks, as a invasive that, in our extended service, might contri. Bute to the public good ; but he deprecated the prac tice of sending such men into our regular army,\as it would form a great objection to people entering the s ervice. He g reat how much our army had im proved within these few years, from the practice of t lrsughting from the Militia. Mr. ABERCROMBIE, in rising to reply, found k necessary to say very little, as no satisfactory an swer had been given to what he had formerly stated. His object was, that in sending men of this descrip tion to the army, some degree of secrecy should be observed, and that kw only should be sent at a time, and not in Such numbers as one hundred and twenty eve, that bad been in one instance sent to a regiment. lie declined withdrawing his motion, as he was not in the habit of making any motion that he did not think had the public good for its object. On the question being put, the motion was nega. tired without a division. COLONEL PALMER'S EXPLANATION. Colonel PALMER stated his anxiety to correct a tnisrepresentatioa he was sorry to have seen in the , Papers, of what he was reported to have stated, in answer to the assertion that an order had been issued to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent's regiment to exclude the admission of Irishmen. Being aware that there were some grounds for such statement, hel did not at the time take on himself to contradict fully, but that he was now enabled to state from the highest authority, that no order of the kind had ever been lied. He admitted that the Recruiting Officers had teceived instructions from the Commanding Officer, Colonel Quinton, to enlist. Englishmen in preference m Irish; and if any blame was to be attached to him for this, he begged, as far as his own opinion seed the propriety, to take his share: That he had! Imitated, as reported, that his objection had been on acme of the Irish deserting to the enemy; on the con trary,to one vras more convinced than himself, in com mon, he believed, with every other British Officer, of the loyalty, courage, and fidelity of the Irish. What , kdid state was, that the description of Irish they met with in this country were liable to desert, which was treason for objecting to them; and to prove that his regiment entertained no national prejudice, they ob. jetted, in the same manner, to various classes of the own countrymen, to all Londoners, and in.l ileums of manufacturing towns, and confined the recruits to that class at persons brought up to agricultural pursuits ; for they found that Irishmen, and those of their own country who were not in early Isre accustomed to the care of horses, made bad grooms, sari, though the best infantry, were objectionable as' cavalry: He therefore trusted these reasons would clear his regiment of all suspicion of the motive which badbeen attributed to it ; and he would add, that thissystem was not confined (as had been stated) to his own regiment and the 15th, but that it was pur sued by every English cavalry regiment in the ser vice. He would only add, to prove that he never ob jected to Irishmen (who were welt recommended) and still less that he preferred foreigners, that the number of Irish then in the regiment exceeded that of foreigners ; and that the amount of the latter did not exceed thirty, out of a compleinent of nearly 900. He concluded by observing that it was an unpleasant subject, and that he should not have taken a part in the debate of last night, had he not felt called upon to do justi ce to a brother officer, thad whom he be . ed, there was not a more deserving in the service, and to whom tha; credit for its appearance and dis cipline, which, he trusted, was not unworthily be.' stowed LONDON. THURSDAY, MARCH 12. - ?Rao, STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 1w Ct. C4n for money 601}—Do. for acc. 60{ 61 ,MCL9II--S ptr Ct. Scrip Is, pm—Bonds 12i. pre. "4 6 1A1s Is. to 5,1. pre.--Ditto (31d.) -- pre. A " Hel igoland Mail arrived this morning, %%WI the fotowil intagence " HELIGOLAND, MARCH S. " By Persons arrived f rom the opposite coasts, we have various reports respecting Continental affairs. tuentioll that it was currently report e d a t Ham hurgbi that the French Empress had left Bonaparte, a nd red/rued to Vienna, after having received a cor. duatisement from her husband en the 15th ult. " We have heard so Much about a Northern war, . 6a t t.. lt play be th oug h t a sta l e repet i t i on to state, every report from t h e coast agrees i n ment i on i ng ti at an event de:ermined upon. Atre must undoubtedly be some grounds for 114 P et alen:e of this general opinion : the most ob. '6 6 ! 141 1 the whole of the French troops having Ilarthed from the coast, of there being a nu -1316:48 French army concentrated on the frontiers of P9141 d, and the probability that Bonaparte, after w ' 4 'lltised upon Swedish Pomerania, will stretch Insp to get the o t h er ports o f t h e B a l t i c under R .'mediate c ontrou l , and that the Emperor of a make an effort to oppose so enormous an illtression. " T hursday the 2 1 7th ult. was to be observed as a holiday throughout all Saxony, and orders were given to put up prayers in 411 the churches for the success of the Fvnich arms on the eve of an ap• poaching battle, which it was supposed alluded to some expected engagement with the Russians. " The Danes have fitted out a number of priva• teen, in the Elbe and Eyder : they are klso said to be forming e large camp in the neighbourhood of Rensburg, with a view to make their neutrality re. spected, in case of a rupture." French Papers to the Ist instant have been received. They contain SUCIIETPS official account of the sur render of Peniscola, a fact with which we were al ready acquainted ; but we are sorry to find that the Governor's treachery hastened the fall of the place. Alicant still holds out. We yesterday informed our Readers that the King of DENMARK has given permistion to the French troops to pass through the Danish territories, on their way to the North :—a permission that could only have been extorted by fear. According to other letters by the Anbolt Mail of yesterday, it also appears that French troops are ad vancing in great force into the Prussian States, to carry into effect a convention between Faxnenic WILLIAM and BONAPARTE, under which all the ports of Prussia are to be occupied by the forces of the latter. Anclam, in Prussian Pomerania, and Swinne. monde, the port dependent upon Stettin, were, at the date of the above letter, actually garrisoned by the French. The King of Pausst A has published in edict under which all colonial produce is declared to be contra band and inadmissible into his territories, and any person presuming to contravene this mandate, is sub jected to severe penalties. Another circumstance mentioned in these letters is deserving of particular attention, inasmuch as it shews that NAPOLEON iS much dissatisfied with BERNADOTTE; for upon no other principle can we account for the KING of PousslA issuing an Order " prohibiting all communication between his dominions and Sweden." With the foregoing, compare the subjoined letters: " GOTTENBURGH, MARCH & " We have great talk here of war—Russia and Sweden against France. The letters from Peteraburgh mention, that immense preparations are making on their frontiers. There was a repors of BoNAPARTE having obtained permission to march 20,000 men into Zealand, in four divisions of 5000 each. " A hew Tarif has appeared in Russia. The only alterations are an augmehtation of the duty on sugar to lORs. and the admis sion of hides, which were prohibited. " French troops are to be incorporated with the Prussians wherever they are.* " A Danish frigate bas passed down the Cattegat, and has pro bably arrived safe in Norway." " GO TrENBURGH, MARCH a. " Matters are fast accommodating between Sweden and Eng. land. It is said that Russia is to join in the Treaty, as France is making vigorous preparations againstler. Nn •caux is marching troops in large bodies northward' through Holstein, and has already a very considerable army likewise close upon Colberg. He will occupy, by next season, almost every port of the Baltic.• " On board the Lord Nelson, at Sea, March 9. " I left Gottenburgh on the 7th instant. From the best an thority I heard that BERNADOTTE had so far committed himself with BONAPARTE, bad so Inflamed hint by a recent manifesto, that all possibility of compromise was past. An order had just been issued by BERNADOTTE to prohibit Frenchmen, of any de nomination or description, passing the frontier into Sweden; her army Is organized and improved, and (30,000 men are ready to act at a moment. BERNADOTTE was hourly expected at Gotten burgh. Tile English interest there was in great spirits ; the throw ing open Swedish ports to England, and the arrival of a British Minister; a decriration on the part of Russia against France, and a combined attack of Swedes and English on Zealand, were the themes of sanguine andelpation. " I left Anholt on the 241 Inst. The arrival of Captain DASH.. • WOOD'S squadron has dissipated every idea of another attack. I am sorry to announce the loss of the FLY sloop of war on the Nobbin Reef, off Anholt. Exertions highly creditable to Cap tain HIGMAN and her Officers, got her off the shoal; but she could not be kept afloat, and having all her men taken out, she was burnt." Other letters mention that the Swedes were in daily expectation of the arrival of a Minister from London. This we believe to be a well-founded ex pectation, for, we know that Mr.THouNToN, who left 'rowri on Sunday, goes on a Mission to the Baltic.— A Swedish Messenger arrived with the packet that brought the Mail of yesterday. The letters from Petersburgh, which are to the 21st January, say very little respecting political sub jects, but some of them are evidently written under feelings of alarm. The computation of the force of NAPOLEON on the Elbe, the Oder, the Vistula, and the Danube, all in a situation to bear upon the Powers of the North, is stated as high as 300,000 men. The subsequent letter also came to our hands by the Mails: _ g , HAMBURGH, FEBRUARY es. " One of oar first houses, which had accepted drafts to the - amount of 100,(.00 marks, from England, wail obliged to pay the same sum over again to the Police. One of the Partners is gone to Paris, to make representations, but which will probably have no effect." The Notice given by Lord BORINGDON, last night, in the House of Lords, of a motion intended for next Thdrsday, is highly calculated to excite public atten tion. His Lordship having first ascertained by en quiry the authenticity of the letters which passed be. tween the PRINCE an:! Lords GREY and GRENVILLE, then intimated that he should propose an Address, the object of which seems to be to procure that united' Administration towardi the production of which his Royal 'Highness's letter failed of success.— We sincerely believe that in the mind of the sincere friends of Britain but one desire prevails on the sub ject of the intended motion —namely, that a vigorous, efficient, and harmonious Administration may be. formed, embracing men of the first talents without any regard whatever to former distinctions of party. —How is this important object to be attained t Not by fostering party • feelings ! Not by struggles for the emoluments of office ! Not by idle contentions 'about precedents I—The conduct of Statesmen should in every case be guided by circumstances, and those of the times in which we live are not of a common com plexion. However much individuals may differ in the opinions they have formed on the letters that gave rise to - the Notice : however much the public may ap prove or condemn the conduct of the parties directly concerned : all must approve of the desire expressed by the PRINCE REGENT to form an efficient Admi nistration on a broad basis. Is it too much to expect that Statesmen will exa mine the 'changes that have taken place in the cir cumstances of the Roman Catholics, before they re solve never to change any of their own views respect. ing the policy that should guide their conduct towards that body ? A union of Statesmen is not all that is re. quired for the welfare of the country.—Unite every heart and hand among the people. Make us all one family. Then, and not till then shall the Government be able to call into full effect the moral and physical energies of a great people ! Then, and not till then, may we laugh at the threats of our enemies 1 Their efforts will be vain—their malice fruitless, when Bri tons shall join heart and hand for the common safety. Yesterday his Royal Highness the PaiNcE REGENT held a Court at Carlton-Home. About two o'clock the Prince entered the state apartments. The Court was attended by— The Lord President of the Council, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master-General of the prdnmce, the three Secretaries of State, the President of the Board of Controul, the Groom cf the Stole, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lnrd Steward of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Judge of the Admiralty, and tie Recorder of London. • Mr. PERCEVAL, Earl CAMDEN, and Mr. YORKE, had private audiences of the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday the Marquisses of WINCHESTER and HERTFORD, Earl CHOLMONDELEV, and the Earl of YARMOUTH, were sworn into their respective offices. Yesterday Lord MuLouAvg had a grand dinner party, at his house in Harley•street: Yesterday the Marquis of LANSDOWN ave a grand dinner to the Marquis of S TAFFORD , Lords GREY, GRENVILLE, HOLLAND, and a large party of Opposi tion Noblemen and Gentlemen, at his house in Berkeley-square. Yesterday the Archbishop of YORK gave a grand dinner to his Royal Highness . the PRINCE REGENT, their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, CUM BERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, and the Directors of the Ancient Music, at his house in Grosvenor-square. 'The Duchess of BRUNSWICK and the Princes of WALES are frequent in their attendance at Green. wich Church. They heard divine service on Sunday last and on that day se'nnight. The Duchess of Gonoom still continues in a doubt ful state. Her Grace is constantly attended by the Duchess of RICHMOND, since her arrival from Ireland. ORATORIO.—The performance of last night was admirable. The Selection was most tasteful, and the Performers were all uncommonly happy and effective in the airs respectively allotted to them. A tax upon whiskers, according to their dimensions, would be very productive and very popular, notwith standing it would not come under the denomination of a tax upon luxuries. In former times beards were emblematical of the zrav;iy and wisdom of their possessors, but the surest way at present to take the estimate of a man's folly is to measure the length and bushiness of his whiskers. It appears, that since the commencement of the Luddite system, in the neighbourhood of Nottingham, 42 lace-frames, and 544 plain silk and cotton stock ing-frames have been destroyed ; the value of the former, when new, is, upon the average, about As6o each ; and that of the latter from 818 to 820 each. We regret to hear that another breach of trust, greater in its extent than that committed by Mr. Walsh, has taken place within these few days. A Mr. of the Stock Exchange, has absconded with pro perty to the amount of £20,000 and upwardt. Pre vious to his leaving town, he told his friends that he was going to Bath for a f e w d a y s , a c i rcumstance which occasioned no suspicion. The confidence placed in his integrity and responsibility was such, that although he was absent from business upwards of a week, it created not the smallest uneasiness. The first alarm excited among persons who had property in his hands, was, the intelligence that he had taken his departure from Liverppol to America, can ying with him two of his children. He has left behind his wife and another child, who it is supposed are to fol low him.—The above Stock jobber. whose name we refrain from mentioning, to avoid any mistake, was one of the principal persons concerned in the seafing symem of a late ammeter. On the investigation of that business, it appeared that B. and S. had, by his ad vice, lent a large sum towards carrying on the plan which fortunueiy for many was detected; those gentle men( whohatl a good opinion of the present delinquent) luckily recovered most of their money, and it is said continued their friendship for him to the last. Vari ous are the reports of the sum now embezzled—some say the produce of 49.0,000 heavy omnium, others a ' larger sum ; that £5OOO of India bonds were found, , on searching his house; that £lO,OOO is likely to be recovered, being invested in the Navy 5 per cents. in ; trust, the irktet4t tribe paid for the support Lillis wife, &c. &c. lAtea have been received from him since he sailed, and it *rather extraordinary that, I;ke h:s friend, he has takei-Anefitan stock with him. RICH TREASON. Mans Clark, alias lifidiam amnell, and AA" Swish, Iwo of the seamen,' who were tried a few days ag at the Special Session held in Horsemonger-lane, on a charge of High Treason at the Isle of France and found Guilty, were yesterday ordered for. execution on Monday next. Macfarlane, Qu gley, Armstr ng, Parker, and Tweddell, who, for the like offence, were tried at the same time,and also found guilty, have beea respited during pleasure. THE ARMY. Captain CHARLES Wasivas, of the rue;leers, who was wounded at the battle of Talavera, is appi:nt d to take charge of the volunteers from the militia, for that regiment. Captain FLUKER, late of the Ssth regiment, and recently appointed Aid-de-Camp to General Wns. THAN, is promoted to a Majority in the Regiment de Bourbon. A detachment of the 26th Foot, consisting of 60 men, and a detachment of ths79th Foot, consisting 1 of 100 men, will arrive at Portsmouth on the 16th instant, and embark for Portugal. A detachment of the 92d will arrive at Gosport on the 17th, and embark for Portugal, as sill also about 100 men of the 23d regiment. Swzuaa HIGGINS, Esq. the Medical Gentleman, who volunteered to remain with the Britith sick and wounded after the battle of Talavera, is appointed Surgeon to the Ophthalmic Depot at Seises. in the place of Doctor VEITCII I who is appointed Physician , to the Forces. Thursday, the two remaining Companies of the 38th, r r Ayrshire Regiment of Militia, marched from Ayr Barracks, for Paisley. They are to be succeed ed at Ayr by the Berwickshire Militia, commanded by the Earl of HOME. Monday a Company of the Fifeshire regiment of Militia marched from Aberdeen for Dundee, and a route is expected soon for the remaining part of .the regiment for Perth ; when it is supposed they wilt be replaced by the 21st regiment from Dundee. According to the return made to the House of Conimnns, the number of the whole Local Militia force enrolled and serving at the late period of train ing and exercise, were 10,189 set jeants, 9,959 corpo rals, 5,237 drummers, and 202,983 privates. The d'serters from the French army which arrived at Brighton some rime ago, thirty.one of which had been incorporated with the 10th Royal Hussars, have all, by royal mandatt, been. since discharged from that gallant corps an.l it is understood, though we cannot vouch frr the truth of it, their services are transferred to his Majesty's German Legion ; this measure appears to have afforded very general satis faction. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH. MARCH P. Arrived off this port his Majesty's ship HyAcorrit, to take out the convoy lying here for Portugal, &c. , —among them are the Matilda, Regent, And Sea I Nymph transports. The Duke of Kent picket, for the West Indies, has gone into the Roads. Wind N.E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH it). - ( Arrived the Reautvs, 44 guns, from Portsmouth, ; bound to Bot Any Bay; and the Muaos, 10guns, also from Portsmouth. Sailed the TONNANT, 80 guns, on a cruize off Brest. Put back the Hauc:ou and SWIFT, with their convoy, bound to the Downs.— I Came up harbour, to refit, the DRYAD, 38 guns.— ; Wind E N.E. PORTSMpUTH, MARCH 11. The BRISTOL takes the convoy to Portugal, and is expected to sail to-morrow. Arrived his Majesty's ship SoPtittfrom a cruize. Hi s MAjesty's ships Royal. OAK, CUMBERLAND, MARE, and ELIZABETH, have dropt down to St. Helen's.—Wind Easterly. DEAL, MARCH IL Sailed the PHIPPS schooner, with the Seringapatant (South. seaman), for • Pottsmo,uth. Also sailed the BEAGLE sloop of war with a tawny for Portsmouth. —Remain in the Downs, his Majesty's ships as per last.—Wind N.E. LEITH, MARCH O. Arrived two small Danish sloops, prizes to the STREN UOus gun-brig. Sailed the FonwA RD gun-brig. and the EQERIA sloop of oar will sail to•morrow, both on a cruize. A frigate is in sight, comi ng i nto the Roads, supposed the ALEXANDRIA, from a cruize. The GALLANT gun-brig hove all her guns overboard. in a gale, last cruize. Autatven—At Liverpool, the Arm, 1 0 44 . 1Cenzie, from Virginia. At Oporto, the Volante, Da Silva, from Liverpool. At Cadiz, the Endeavour, French, from NerioundlanO. la :be River, the Britannia, Bennett, from Liverpool, and the Resolution, Parry, from Chester. The Garthland,WAtivow, from London to Ismaica t run on shore, yesterday, on Ryde SAnd. The Eliza, MACGUNUN, from Sligo and Lisbon, bound to Philadelphia, put into Bermuda in distress, about the 25th of January. The St. Cuthbert, Isaac, from Belfast to New York, which put into Lisbon with damage, is con. demned and sold. The Mediterranean Packet, BALDWIN, which was on shore in the River Plate, is condemned and sold. The Duke-of Bronte, from Portsmouth to Hal•fax, put into Bermuda, on the 15th January. FUNSRAL OF ADMIRAL COTTON.—We have already noticed the Fueeral Procession which attended Ad miral Sir CHARIRS COTTOII 9 / 1 Remains at Plymouth. The Prusaus has since arrived at Southend with the body, which was conveyed on shore at an early hour yesterday morning with military honours—ell the ships at the Great and Little Nore with ensigns half. statf down, and each firing minute guns.—The under. mentioned Captains assembled on board the Prtantus, and from thence went in procession in their respective ship's boats : .Nannir's Boat, with the BODY—Flag half-staff down. Pelotas's Boat, chief Mourner the Honourable Captain Ma u d e , Captains Weir, Smith, Rowley, SimmOnds, Watts, Spears, Gifford, New, Acklent, Burton, Austen, Heywood, Quilliam, Sorrel, Williams, Boys. Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Williams. •011.