Star. — London, England, 1812-01-11 00:00:00

; . . BRISTOL, it Aim imr . . . . - . . . . 1, ;t was thought of importance by the Govern: them the country; and ought rather to communicate above ExpeXtions, the same fa b . ! signified to aiere 1 tof India, to wrest thE island of Java out of the freedom and commerce to the natives, for the roe by the Captains of the several ships—both of which 1 • il d s Of its new masters, as there was every proba- pose of renffetang them' independent of etaittneklairo- motions were can ied WM. earl. ~ • i t y that the French would endeavour to make it a peen power. • .., , , pu.... ACCOUNTS. • i Yesterday a meeting of the principal in'lab!timts in the independent intfrest took place, to con: ;der the I a n tral station for the annoyance or Indian commerce. . Mr. WHITBREAD declared, that he had :ten. Mr . FREEMANTLE, who referred leis itintion character of a proper pers:m to succeed Mr. Baieeti, t •,.d, i t w as well understood: that since the an- tively listed to all that had passed during the pre- releting to Public Accounts till this day, now made who his declared his intentien of a ithdrawing trona e e , , - -- oe o f Holland to France, the Island of Java sent discussion ; the effect of which upon his mind the framing motions, after some preliminary eeple. Parliament. Two Gentlemen Were propo.e !, Mr. had b ecome a possession of great interest to the was, that he regretted that Ministers had thought pro- nations from m the Chancellor of the Exchequer : . PaOTHERON and Sir SAIIII.M. ROXIILLY. 'l' I firmer ; Trenc h G o vernment ; that they were preparing to 'per to propose the present vote at all, bemuse he was tic For the amount of the Income and War Taxes fdr taro, has as deed the freemen of the city, that he eel 1, ter fall forth all its resources ; and had they been able very sorry to oppose it, and yet could, not give it his 1811, and 1812, ti:.t'nguis , king each quarter. ,ne objection to represent tl,em, bat th t lie Sri I mi ld. Amount of the surylus of Consolidated Fund applicable to tfinally to establish themselves there, our commerce support, The real question was, whetheit what Lordti er the tey, nor submit to any ex en , In_ canvass *. in the CliineSe Seas would have been greatly endan- Minus did, was a service of such a distinguiihed na- the service of the public. - I the election. This very honour ble prop sil was 3d. Amount of the Loans from Ireland, for t h.: urns period. . e yed. S o much rot the importance of the acquisi. ture, that the House of Commons should travel out n t h. A ccount o f t h e amount o f t h e Du t i es on S urat paid in I highly applau led; and the friends of Sir tIi.‘NIVFL itn: pon ; and he perfectly agreed with his Right Hon. of their usual road, to confer their thanks for a mere Great Britain, for the quarter ending 1811, and 12, atul fur Ibl 0, . MILLI', have declared their intention of su;*port rg his Friend, as to the mer it of Lord Minto in his p lans civil service, while th os e thanks w ere gener a l l y con- vaia th,za C hancrUor .fi of the Exchequer wished it, which Mr. Percy l election, without any expense to him. At pretest, for the capture bo th of the Mauritius and of Java. fined to naval or militar y achieve m ents ? It had been m F e d R h Ee d EM , ANT LE said, that he should be con it is thought that the high character of the latter will- I e nsure . his success. However this mly he, the event The plan adopted by his Lordship for the capture of often remarked of late years, that Parliament was tented with ilia last qua cf each year, if it would iis highly houourable to the City of Dri.tul. progress, when a plan become so lavish of its thanks, that their value had the former, was already in at all expedite the business. f or the same object was sent out from this country; very much diminished ; and this observation would TheACHANCELLOR of th e EXCHEQUER I and it was a singular c ircumstance that the two were acquire still gteater force, should the present vote i xac ey similar. He agreed with pass his Honourable ;—and their value would be still more di- replied, that the giving the last quarter would be most difficUlt and that it would be moi e sat i.f iciory to have F r ied opposite, that the conduct of Captain Row- minished than it had been supposed to have been , ley, ill regaining our naval superiority in those seas, heretofore. When even the late Chairman of the each quarter.—Agreed.—The House adjourned at a was such as could nut be -sufficiently extolled ; and India direction (Mr. Grant) spoke in a hesitating, q u i tter . past seven till Monday. the specimen ehich he then gave of courage and doubting manner, as to the value of the set vice, The following is a List of the M•nority on Mr. capacity, shewed that the country had evert. thing he (Mr. Whitbread) might surely be allowed to Cnegve's motion to consider of the various Pieces to hope from him in future. Among the n umero us suspend his judgment as to its importance. In order and Pensio ns held by Members of t..e House : ourable be.. excellent naval and military O ffi cers which we had, to lay su ff icient ground for this vote of thanks, it ought Mr. \ `'` i. :: t t i ( 7"°• I Hon Mr. La lanuurable Mr. t•o m n tre. i t might be safely said that we had none who ito have been shewn, that the acquisition itself Mr. K nigh% lion. Mr. C Hutchinson. were likely to surpass him. Yet, unless re n- , was of the utmost importance ; and also that the con- ; Mr. lien y Fracey. Lord folkuone. forcentent had been sent to that Officer, it migle he ' (pest could not h ive been achieved without the 'pre- ' Lord Francis G. O•bornes Mr. Brougham. sa f e l y sa id, that the naval superiority which he re- I since of the Noble Lord. There was also this re- Honourah , lF Mr. H rtert, 1 ellers, Mr sad Mr. Western. gained wculd not have enabled him to wrest the 1 markable circumstance, that Lord Minto had left the Mauritius from the ',sends of the French. The merit i possessions of the Company in India, of which he was of the plan therefore by which that was accomplished Governor, not for the purpose of acquiring new pos- _ was due to Lord Minto, who had anticipated the plan sessions to the Company, but to the Crown. Was that was seta out from this country ; and had nude it not likely, also, diet the same thing would have the necessary preparations wheal that plan arrived.— been done, even had Lord Minto not been the're ? The same observations were applicable to Java. The Where, besides, was the House to stop after such a Indian force was ready to sail, even at the moment precedent ? Might they nut, precisely on the same when instructions to that effect arrived from this grounds, be called upon for votes of thanks to the country. But the RS;ht Honourable Gentleman had Ministers loplanned any successful naval or mili asked, why did the overnor-General leave his duties tary expedition ? Had this ever been the practice of in Bengal, and go' in p e rson with t he expedition ? the House, and was not the present flit on therefore ' To this it might be replied, that our Indian posses- a most mischievous precedent ? It was even an act of e ons w ere so perfectly tranquil, that there was net f injustice to L-rd Minto himself, fur Ministers to pro ' -•-- ' -er from his absencea-a pcee this motion. Should he get the thanks, what from the nature of to- value could he set upon them, when he knew that deal would depend they were conferred not without opposition, and with die Governor-General, out being accompanied with any gratitude f, om the might ()Win, to enable India Company ? On all those grounds he must oppose cents might be necessary the motion, which he regretted had ever been male. of the neatest passible Mr. Secretary RYDER disclaimed any motives 1 the details of the civil which might arise out of political or private acquaint iere was also this to be ante with the Noble Lord who was the object of the sailing of the expedi- motion, in advocating the present vote of thanks. He ft w. ;Bence of the ini - ormetion would not go into any detail of the circumstances of which Lord Minto vial able to collect, that it sailed the achievement so ably narrated by his Right Hon. at all in the last season. It was assembled so hale, Friend, but would confine himself to the simple ques that Admiral Drury, a very meritorious officer, en- tion, which was, whither the result of this most im tertained considemble,doubts whether it could sail at pnrt.tnt campaign did not deserve the thanks of the all dining that Monsoon. In consequence, however, House ? The conquest of the Mauritius and the of the information which Lord Moa t s o bt a ined from Island of Java was by far the most important colonial a Mr. Oreig, aft execrienced navigator in those seas, 1 conquest mede in our East Indian history; not, per the fleet was enabled to sail by a new passage to the haps, so much on account of the territorial acquisition south.west of the island of Borneo, and arrive at its, thereby gained, but for the protection which our destination in toe proper season for actieet. On aW commerce in the Eastern seas will receive from this these grollads, he was induced, without any feelings station. It was also important, because it struck the ii party whatever, to support the present motion. last blow at the power of France in the Indies, and Sir H. MONTGOMERY opposed it. He added, because it deprived France of an island which Was that he bad received private intormation from Java, the depot of all her annoyances to us there, and the imputing great blame Co Lord Minto for setting free rendezvous of all her privateers. It was noi, - in his the Malay saves helonging to the Dutch in that set- mind—whatever the Right Honourable Gentleman tlement, who were the most blood-thirsty fellows in I (Mr. Sheridan) on the other side might imagine,— the world; and it was feared that the scenes of St. the least important feature in the merits of Lord Domingo would be renewed there. The Honourable i Minto, that he went out of his way to collect informs.. Member declared be bad this information from the I tion for the purposes of this conquest, and that he 1 test authority. . . superintended the arrangemeega immedetely prepara- General TARLETON contended, that no civil wry to it. Neither did he think that the praise of officer should ever accompany a military comman- . having laid such an admirable plan for so successful a I der, to superintend and thwart his proceedings.— ! conquest, could be done away by any extract of a General Auchmuty was not a man who had any oc- , private letter which the Honourable Baronet (Sir H. casion for a nurse ; and he did not believe that even Montgomery) thought proper to produce. To say the famous Walcheren expedition derived any benefit i that the information of that private letter was false, from the presence of a Worthy City Baronet. ' was an awkward expression ; hut what guarantee had Mr. GRANT observed, that as the question had he for its accuracy ? He thought Lord Minto emi teen agitated, he had no hesitation in giving his votg e -. neatly entitled to the distinguished honour of the for the motion. As to the distance of Java irom the thanks of that House. seat of Government, he would only say, that it was i Sir HENRY MONTGOMERY explained. the constant practice of the Governor-General of In- ( Mr. E LLTOT could not give a silent vote on this dia to be going from one place to anoihsr of our ex- : occasion, when he heard a Right Hon. Gentleman tensive possessions in the East ; and by his presence, : near him compare the conduct of his Noble Friend, undoubtedly, the civil affairs of Java were likely to Lord Minto, in accompanying the expedition to Java, be better arranged. For his part, he had not heard to the exercise of civil control which the deputies of any thing of what the Honourable Baronet asserted ! the French Convention exercised over the French with regard to the manumission of the Malay slaves; : Generals in the early period of the Revolution. He and would only observe, that first reports of that sort ' thought his Noble Friend most eminently merited the were generally very inaccurate and imperfect, and . Vote of Thanks proposed, as it was evident that his the repetition of them should not be lightly hazerded. ! ably-conceived and well-digested plan had wrested Mr. PETER MOORE was of opinion that the frbm France her last and best possession in India. House ought not to come to the first resolution, zips- . The question was then put and carried, bur with out further documents to justity them in so doingitli a•number of dissentient voices. No division was tespect to Lord Minto. He was astonished at th.e called for. doctrines which had been held by the Honoureble The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Gentleman who had just sat down, and by the First then moved Votes of Thanks, Lord of the Admiralty, that a Golvernor-General To the Hon. Joint AiseacrtomaY, for his conduct euelo to ettend personally upon military expeditions. at the conquest of Mauritius; lie differed from them upon those points toially, and i To Sir SAMUEL Auculatrrv, fur the decision, skill, he thought the practice one of greeeeimprcpriety ; and 1 and energy, with whiche conducted the operations so liule did he co n sid er Lo r d Minto as entitled to th e against Java, and by w 'eh he sustained the honour thanks of that House, it was hi s o pi n i e n, chat if the I ct the British nation, and added another glory to the conduct of the expedition had depended upon his t lustre of her military reputation ; Lordship, Java would still belong to the French.— To Admirals Berms and STOPFORD, for their cm.- lie dissented, therefore, from the motion. dial co-operation with the military in the Eastern seas) Mr. ROSE professed his decided conviction that To Generals Wenn and WETHERALL, and the Lord Minto had justly earned the thanks of the several Officers, whether European or native, who Rouse, by the skilful and judicious plans which he belonged to the expedition against Java ; and had directed to be put into execution n quitting his To Commodores BROUGHTON and ROWLEY: AL govertunent, it was impossible th could have these votes were carried nem. din. been actuated by any other motiv n what were Sir HENRY MONTGOMERY here remarked, tonnected with the public ;d with his public that while the House was thus lavish of its thanks, it THE ARMY. GENERAL ORDER& " Hine Guards, January 1, Sits. With amen earnest dt ire 'ogler the Innen tact to the bras. edlent intemionsofGoverunurt in ffteopt of the Ael Csilit 4 t; to which his Royal Higlinms the Vt,nce Regan has, in the tlitn:e and 1-ehalf of la. Mij;•s•y, giv:a the Roy I sinc:i the Coin m:nder In Chief calls on all General Oman, Coismeh of Regi ments, and Conimpsdin; 0111,ers of Corps, to take ut des their ~pedal superintends= 2 the Regimental School. belot•girg •o ts.tiv t. spective Cum man ; and his Royal IDI hie% k p:rsuid, d , s hag, bearin in ogn.l the lin..'ertant benefits ohich these 13stkutnist., %radar yroper gollance and tra:e:g Anent, are ri'rn at.•d to pro; doe* to the inlividuals tk:ratelvt s, to the Army, an 1 to t'l* Na dos in yeneral, thcr will cons der them as daft s their cn t• start personal care and a.tention. 'l'llE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11. " It will rest with the Cha !era themselves, when ri•rired at a proper age, to adopt the line of life to which they g.ve the pie; ference ; bit it is eurente'y stunt:al, that their minds sh-suld be impressed wilt early habits et order, reguisrity, and d ackditse, d r vrd Irma a w.ll ground•3l respect and v 6 era, ion far the Estabilshed Rea gion of the Country. With t.sis ya,w, the OM • wander in Chief directs, that the Regini. wel fichrtas shall lie conduit•A on nolitaly t pies ; and :ha, as far as dreams,. ti will permit, their establishmtet shall Ye ats'osila - e Ito Oat of a Regiment, and feithted on a system inveatel by the Rry Darter BILL, which hsi heen ado;ned with tlia must complete agora at the P eyal 111ff:t.wy Ayuat. " His Royal fitglusese his directed ( that . ectrse a shall ba made from Dr. 13 att. s " instructi.nes fur conducting a School, through the Agony of the Scholars theme:Av..," which 'mei' r:celved Dr. B Lea apiwolradoe, ale subj ihsid as the best direc tions his Royal Hizhotes can slit fat the conduct of the Rig:- mental Schosh In the MIA Army. " 17 is necessary to ohmic, titiat,ii.hough in the Irs*ruetioci, Boys only are mtntioned; yet the Female Childft, of the S 1- diery are also intended to partake of the henefits of this system of Education, when the accommodulunc, and artt eiret.uta stances, will perni:. " The Commander-in-Chief considers it recoil:el ineumbent on the Chaplains, and o:her Clergymen e• gated in the cletimi duties of the army, to give their aid and ats.stance to the Military Offiecrs, in yromoting the sneers of thee lustitu Mu, by fn quettly si,itlng the Regituental Schools of their ll.visione Garrisons ; by df.igently s,rn inizing the conduct of the &quoit Ss.hoolmatttrs; etarniuing the progress and general istehr(fi our of the Cadre', and reporting tie result of their observations :o the Commanding Oillfter of the Regiment. " Is must t v...r be remembered, that the main purposes, for which the Regimental Schools are established, are, to give to the Soldiers the comfort of being 'stuffed that she education and wd. fare of heir Children are objte - s of their Sovereign's pa testa , solicitude and attention; and to false from their offspring a sot. cession of lo} al subjects, brave soldiers and good christians. " By order of his Royal Highness the Commandevin Chief. (Signed) " Halite CALVIRT, A4.1j...Gt.1:' • PRICE OF S POCKS THIS DAt AT ONE O'CLOCK. a per Ct. Cons. for money 628 ex. divi—Do. for ace. 67f 64 3 per Cent. Red. 03f 64—Navy 5 per Cent 93} 94 es. dlr. 4 pet Cent. nil—Bonds Hs. 18s. pre.—Onnnunt ds. Each. Ellis (3d.) 2s. 34. pte.—Ditto (sid.) 3s. 6s.pre. The Carteret Packet 11.. s arrived at Falmouth, from the West Indies, with Mails and Passengers. She left Surinam on the 30th October, Demerara the Bth November, and Barbadoes the 14th November. The Express Packet left Barbidoes the 13th of Novem ber, for Martinique. - We have already stated that the letters from the North spoke confidently of an amicable arrangement having been formed between Russia and Turkey.— The latest adeic.-s from Pt tersburgh are of the 15th ult. and although they are silent on the above subject, they inform us that the exchange has ilgAin risen ver y considerably, it being at 171, and the expressions in the letters indicate a full persuasion that conunerci intercourse with Great Brit lin is no longer doubtful. I rNN We shall soon," ,says one of the correspndents, , 46 nave an open tr.tde with you." The communications from Gottenburgh state, with ! out qualification, distinctly and postively, that preli minaries of Peace hare been s;gned by the Russian and Turkish Plenopotemiaries. These letters further intimate, that peace and amity will be restored be tween Great Ifritain andrtissia ; and it is also said, j that in consequence of tranquillity between Russia add Turkey, the former will enter into an alliance, I offensive and dercnsive, with Sweden, to whiah, we lare told, BERNADOTTE is sincerely disposed. We have received Hamburgh Gazettes of a late date, from which we h4ve extracted the following ar• titles, relative to commerce : " COPENH AGEN, DEC. 17. " Pugin Ncerrete—The Directors of Custom-houses, in con formity with the Decree of the firth October last, itifermed the merchants of liamburgh, Ora the Count of Sally, Inspector Ge neral of Custom-houses, is anthcrized to report esptsiery to hl. Majesty on the admission Into France or divers quantiti,s of rice imparted into the said city, without certificates of their Ameri can origin. Those mercharits who have proposals to make on the subject are desired to address them to the Board of Cwtom•hot:se Directors, at Hamburgh. The proposals are to le acc impanied by the proper documents, to shew the circtimstances of their im portation. (Signed) "D. En DLI., Director of Customs." " Hamburgh, December 20, 1811." " HAMBUR GH, DEC. 27. “ On the 30th of November, the Chancellor of the two Duchies ordered, that means s►ould be taken, in the name of his Majesty, to guard the 'Western Coast, from Hallam to Brunsbot tel, both by sea and lands to prevent contraband commerce.— With the view to the same object, privileged places for the loal ing and unloading of vessels have been pointed out, and any others being employed for such purposes, will subject the ship and cargo to be confiscated.” It was stated some time ago, that applicat'on had been made to Government by certa; of our manu facturers, for permission. to import hum France raw, or organized silk. Some French licences have been received in town, containing the most recent condi tions on which Rot —NAYARIT is willing to allow that his subjects should hold a commercial intercourse with us. The following is an extract from one of the licences in question : • " .1 he Licences are for two voyages, and permit the cargo of the vessel to le composed of 25,000 killograms in silk train, on ganzitree, and raw to sew a ith, of the produce of Piedmont, or of the kingdom of Italy; and further, of the produce of the soll, or the manufacture ot the French Empire, a hick are not prohi bited from exportation. " The quantities of the sillut laden shall be noted upon the li cence, at the port of expor.ation, at each of the two voyages which the vessel is authorized to make, so that the total expor tation of the two voyages dots not exceed the quantity ot 25,000 killograms. " The vessel is allowed to return to the same port ill hallow, or to import ship-timber, lignum vita, deals, stalks, testament, Russia mats, and sail.c!oth, amounting In all to 2000.40 francs, at most, whatever the surplus in value of the exported articlel may haVe been, and whether the importation be made in one or two voyages. " la ease the vessel shall net export from France a value of 200,000 francs, ale may .introduce only to the amount of her exportatioa.—No time specified in tie licence, and given to Ear _... ..._ duty, as Goverr.c,r-General. g9 . lnL Mr. FREEMANTLE contended that Lord Minto &dnet accompany the army to Java for the purpose of giving military advice, but merely to superintend the civil arrangements. Neither could he have any motive of private interest in the step which he took; but must have been merely actuated b a sense of duty. As to statemeip of the 1-490 Baronet, he himself had seen p r i vate commufticklons of a very dithrent tendency: While, however, he w in fAyour of the 'notion, he could not refrain f ri os y inglpkw Words as to the policy of the capture here, he was afraid, i t m i g ht b e j ust ly sa id, that i we were to ittid British troops to keep it, we had gained a loss. We had not the means of sending out troops to gar was very extraordinary that the battle of Busaco never was mentioned in Parliamem. He had received iiiipy.private letters from Portugal, complaining of tlillk neglect. [The Honourable Baronet was here called to order by the SPEAKER, who begged of the Hon. Baronet to matter his observations more ac cording to Parliamentary usage.) The Honourable Baronet then sit down. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose again, and moved that the Thanks of the House should be voted to the pon-commissioned officers and privates serving in the above Expeditions, the same to be signified to them by the respective officers of each regiment ; and that similar Thanks should be voted the sailors and royal marines serving en the land direct." - the leigqr‘ibability of danger But, besides, it was evident, f reign possession that a great upgn the ocular inspection of tl and the local information he rn li,ltaio judge what a rrauge mer f rlndising the acquisition a utility, attd for adjusting all and milit..! y departments. 'flu mentioned with regard to the tion, that it was in eon.s..-.lvencl NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. No tiding! have yet reached the Admiralty relatiii to the fate of the ST. Gronos and Der Ca: rAI.MOUrH, JANUARY s. ,• Arrived his Majesty's ship RAM) from (he PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 9. Arrived the Lord Cochrane hired arustbd brig, asuf Gambier cutter, from Torbay. Sailed the Favoir. RITE, 18' guns, on a cruize:-L.Thsatvfatra, 8 - 0 gues, and the E - Masuitou, 74 gun, finally sailed last niget, and no doubt, having had a fine wind, are long 'ere this clear of the land. The Do.rrestsu. is under or,: dera, and is expected to sail for Lisbon in a few days. She will issue convoy instructions to the trade Lostu.l thither.—Wind N.N.E. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY ii. No arrivals. Sailcd the Aomotr on a cruize. DgAL, JANUAItir ID. . Pnt !Ark by contrary winds, hit Majesty's shijn ABOUKIR knd Cumaarmattn. Arrived the Sr. FlO - frigate, from Portsmouth: Came dawn from the River,the Annabella, CLARKE, for Madeira, ace. RAMSGATE, JAN. 6. Thursday afternoon List, the sloop Olive Branch, Ftotee, matter, from Falmouth, laden wi.h pilchards and stone, bound to b3O. don, pet late :his port, having been re-captured from the Frieeft by the master and crew. It seems she was fallen In with about eight o'clock the preceding eveaing, off Datagram, by the Presses privateer le grand Jean, of Calais, Which, a'ter several attempts. ucatukd in boarding and getting possession of her, and having put live Land* on board, Captain S. his mate, and irew, wets confuted in the cabin; in the mean time the Frenchmen pr ceeded, as well as a strong contrary wind would admit, towarce their nun coast : when off Dover about Ma hours atter, net of the privateer's men (who proved to be a Swede), went into ite cabin to Capt. S. and expressed his willingness to mein him in tea taking the ce4.l, stating that he had nice' rather go to England than return to Franc: this proposal, as might be sue.poed, wag readily assented to by Capt.. S. and the Swede having gained Ow to his plan another of the privateer's men; what was a Dane, the Captain and lis people on the agreed signal being given; rush d on deck, and being joned by their two confederates, t three Frenchmen immediately gave up the vessel with out re-stain= Captain S. soon after foil in with the Decay cutter, which sent a boat's crew and took !Mtge of the Olive Branch as "'recaptre ud conducted her to the Devrtie, and tont thence to this harbour. • GREENOCK, JANUARY ti. Arrived here od Monday, the Echo, ST It WART, from St. obs . % Newfoundland, in 27 days; left loading for this putt, the Mora nary, burrs' ; and meg, l .oTl—the fornterio sal in .um and the latter in fifteen.—Same day, a botch gal sot, laden wide rye, prize to the North-Sea squatirtn, cut out ot one in the eat my 's harbours some time ago, and was intended for Leith, bet owing to the late boisterous weather, bas be-ea kuudeed about from one harbour to another in the !Billiards. Jome M.Leas, smith, in Greenock, died on Satur: day, in consequence of being stabbed with a penkuff , on the morning of New-year's Day, in an affray in that town. MI 0.. I Of