Star. — London, England, 1808-11-15 00:00:00

THE ARMY. c a eral Ainutcnomtus arrived in town testerday toWedm Scotland. nesday, a part of the 10th or Prince of Wales's LOA Dragoons, passed through Southampton, on their way to Worcester, to recruit. The sth Dragoon Guards have removed front Dor. t ester Barracks to Guildford, Surrey. colonel T YRWM ITT last week visited his fine regi- Ora the Royal Stannery Artillery, and attested them o d er t he Local Militia Act. F r iday morning, the first division of the tld batta- Doe o f the Kin's Bth regiment of foot marched into oxford, on their route from Chester to Pevensea Bar- r acks. The offer made to Government by the two haul- Dons of Roxburghsliire Volunteer Infantry, to transfer t heir services to the Local Militia, has been accepted. The sd West York Militia are on their march trom Liverpool, in three divisions, for Cambridge. The following movements will take place in the Ipswich District, in the course of this week, viz. vnitildte Militia, from Norman Cross to Ipswich. NI West York, from Liverpool to Norman Cross. p o istshire, from Norman Cross to Chelmsford. Yost Norfolk, from Ipswich to Stilton. Royal Westminster, from Harwich to Colchester. Royal Westmoreland, from Chelmsford to Colchester. asd Regiment from Chelmsford to Weeiey. Tuesday last, the remains of the 15th Regiment, i r hich did not embark for Spain, marched into Dor chester, which place is made a general depot ; they ere to be joined by the Ith, 10th, 14th, and 18th, in a v er y few days. Commissioner &mt.'s, of the Transport Board, is hourly expected at Falmouth, to prepare for ,he em barkation of the 14th and 16th regiments, now on their march for Falmouth. Temporary barracks have been provided for them at Trefusis, Mendon, Kegil- Eck, ire. We know of no regiment of cavalry better adapted forthe service required in Spain than the 13th Liglit Dragoons, so much esteemed for the activity of its Horses) its high state of discipline, and the truly mar tial and elegant appearance of the took enscmile. This fine regiment is at present detached in small parties on the Cornish coasts, to prevent smuggling. The following is a Copy of his Majesty's Warrant for convening the Members of the Board of Enquiry, appointed to investi g ate the circumstances of the Convention of Cintra, in the Great-Hall of Chelsea hospital, as recited yesterday by the Honourable RICHARD kYDERI the Judge-Advocate-General. 0 Grace! R.—Whereas we were pleased in the month of July, 1808, to constitute and appoint Lieutenant-General Sir Hew DaLaTMPLI, Kat. to the command of a body of our forces, employed to act on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, or in such ether part of the Continent of Europe as he might hereafter be directed to; and the said Lieutenant-General did, pursuant to our ineseetions transmitted to him, proceed to Portugal, and did on the ltd of August, 1800, land in that country and take upon •limself the command of the said body of our forces accordingly. Aced whereas it appears, that on the same red of August, and signequanty so his bevies auumed the command, an Armistice ersi concluded as follows ; [Here ierecitedthe Armistice, as stated in Sir Haw DAearmi pie's dispatch.] ( 4 And whereas it appears that on the 30th day of August 1808, s Coavention was concluded as follows : [Here is recited the Convention, as stated in Sir Haw DAL truPLel dispatch.) We thick it seeetsary that an inquiry should be made by the (Patera! Olken herein after named, into the conditions of the slid Armistice and Convention, and into all the causes and cir esmstatmes (whether arisiug from the previous operations of the army or otherwise), which led to them, and into the con dom, behaviour, and proceedings of the said Lieutenant-Ge neral Sr Hew DALRYMPLI, and of any other Officer or (NB siets who may have held the command of our Troops in l'ectugsl ; and of any other person or persons, as far as the tame were connected with the said Armistice and Convention, it order that the said General Officers may report to us, touching the matters aforesaid, for our better information. Our will and pleasure therefore is, and we do hereby nominate and ap• par, the General Officers of our army, whose names are respee Lively mestiontd In the list annexed, to be a Board, of which we do hereby appoint General Ski/Avila Do el Das, K.B. to be President, wheeze to meet accordingly for the purposes above-mentior.e. And you are hereby, required to give notice to the said General Olicets when and where they are tomcat for the said examination and inquiry, and you are hereby directed to summon such persons as may be jugged necessary by the said General Officers (whether the Geheral °Akers employed in the expedition or others), to give tufermation touching the said matters, or whose examination shall be 'kited by those employed in the said expedition. And the said General Officers are hereby directed to hear such persons as Mail offer to give information touching the same, aed they see hereby authorised, empowered, and required strictly to ex amine into the matters before-mentioned, and to report a state thereof, as It shall appear to them, together with their opinion thereupon, and also with their opinion, whether any, or what f k llber Proceedings should be had thereupon ; all which you are to trnamit to our Commander in Chief, to be by him laid before Us tot our consideration ; and for so doing this shall, as well to you as to our said Gene ral Officers, and all others concerned, be a su elCialt warrant. Given at our Court at St. James's, this first day of November, f ace, . isethe 49th year of our Reign. By his Majesty's command. (Signed) JAMES PULTLNEY. To our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor, the Hoc. RiCILARD R "nut, Judge-Advocate General, or his Deputy. The Court at its rising yesterday adjourned till eleven o'clock on Thursday next, in order to allow tithefor the preparation of the necessary papers and documents, the summoning of witnesses, &c. The Centlemanwho arrived in Londbn on Saturday night from Sweden, is the Secretary to the intended • Embassy from the Court of Stockholm to Spain. It is expected that the Chevalier d'Ant.r•,RILRG will leave town next week for Spain. Mr. FUR?, our Ambassador in Spain, wrote home for a messenger, which was the cause of Mr. JOHNSON being dispatched there. Rear-Admiral Sir S.taxxt. Hoop, from the Baltic, landed on the 4th inst. at Cromarty, from whence be Proceeded to Brahan Castle, the seat of Lord St Arum, to join there his amiable and accomplished lady. They are expected to visit. Edinburgh, on their Way to London. By the death of Sir HENRY MUM M Y, there is a vacancy in the Representation for ampshire. Sir Hzinv died at Bath on H rnoon last : he was only in the 44th year of his age. His complaint was a diseased liver, with which he had been afflicted fel many years, and endured the sufferirg of a long illness with manly firmness and patient resignation. Sir Herax has left a widow and fifteen children.— lie is succeeded in his title and estates, computed at the annual value of JE2.5,000, by his eldest son, now .sir HENRY MicomAy, a young gentleman of 22 years of age. The principal executor to the will is the ckeverend Mr. &turns, a most respectable clergy tun, who was tutor to the deceased baronet. p ax. ri • ve t 10 , 11! 'l. • D • • • ag. Cl 10 itrat7tld4L Ntniiciirta CORK, NOVEMBER 7. teventeen sail of transports arrived at Cote day from Rochelle, where they had landed part of .terror's army. They left that port under convoy of PAimaetE friga te, but parted from her the day after sailing, and s haped their course for this port, under the orders of Lieutenant Lrwis, of the Royal Navy, Agent for Transports. When Juxor arrived at Rochelle, he wrote to the Ministor of War, for per mission to repair to Paris • but it was signified to him in reply, that he wo u ld be very shortly tent for. Al though a strict prohibition prevailed against any inter. course between those attached to the transports and the shore, yet Lieutenant LEwis contrived to visit Ro chelle. The officers and men of the French army were surprised at their escape from Portugal. Their apprehensions before the Convention would have in ' duced them to receive any terms, had our General attempted to carry a high hand—and their opinion was, that if the battle of the 21st had been followed up briskly, their defeat was inevitable.—They gave ' the greatest praise to the bravery and discipline of Our troops. The West India fleet which left this port on the 3d instant, amounted to 47 sail. The weather has been very favourable since their departure. The EARL SreNcest cutter, Lieutenant ROTHWF.I.I., has arrived at Cove, after having protected the trade from hence to the Downs, and ports in the Britishl channel. Novl:mums:S.—Arrived His Majesty's ship,W s from Quiheron Day, from whence she sailed with upwards of 40 sail of Transports under convoy, only two of which are arrived with her, the rest having separated in a gale. FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 12. Arrived his Majesty's ships PIICASANT, from a cruize ; and the Ann cartel, Captain Sevens, from Portsmouth, with French prisoners for Morlaix Sailed the Dispatch packet, HAIIIIIS, for Corunna.— Wind S. W. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 14. Sailed his Majesty's ship CAMILLA, with the fleet for the Mediterranean.--Wind N. W. DEAL, NOVEMBER 14. Arrived the KanoAnoo and RIM:DOVE sloops from the Nore, and sailed through for Portsmouth ; PAZ schooner, from a cruize of Flushing ; WooLwicti longboat, from Woolwich. The CIiACKF.II gun-brig has just made the signal for convoy to Portsmouth. Saile&through the Downs several sail of outward bound vessels.—Wind N. W. HARWICH, NOVEMBER 14. Yesterday sailed his Majesty's ship Sanrwc, with convoy for Heligoland ; GALLANT gun-brig, for Yar mouth ; and ACUTE gun-brig, for Gottenburgh, with dispatches. Also sailed this day the Lark packet, Capt. Dm, with mails for Gottenburgh ; the Beau foy packet, Capt., NORRIS, and the Auckland packet, Captain DEANE, with mails for Heligoland. YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER 14. A. MERRY, Esq. and suite, is arrived here to embark on board the ALEXANDRIA frigate, for Stockholm, and which is expected to sail to-morrow.—Passed this port the homeward-bound South-sea and North-west. men under convoy. Ships of war remain as per last. ABERDEEN, NOVEMBER 9. On Saturday last, a boat, marked 44 Ladyr-har lotte Hope, of Arbroath," was cast ashore near the Newburgh. The Evergreen, Bovril, of this place, from Shields to London, with coals, was run foul of by another vessel, and had her stem stove in. The Master of the Evergreen run for the Humber. The Prince Regent of the Brtazits has recently is- sued an ordnance, directing that all goods imported into the Brazils in Portuguese shipping, shall only pay a duty of 16 per cent. ad valorem, while goods inyorted in the shipping of any other nation shall be subject to a duty of 24. per cent. Arrived at Leith on Monday se'nnight the Danish privateer Norway Schuyt, pierced for 14 guns, and mounting 10 and four swivels, prize to his Majesty's ship TARTAR, taken off the coast of Norway, out two days from Christiansand, and had made no capture. ISh - e is quite a new vessel, had only been out once be fore, when she carried away her mast, and was forced to return the same day. She is one of six of the same description, said to b! btkilt at Christiansand by a carpenter from Dundee, a residenter there, exactly after the model of our smacks. The privateer threw, three of her guns overboard during the chace. The William Pitt, ORR, from Gottenburgh, bound to Grangemouth, reported to be captured, has put into Stromstadt. The Jupiter, Adams, was carried into Westerschil len on the 28th ult. by a French privateer. The Maida, NEWCOMBE, from Gottenburgb for . Eris= tol, is arrived at Whitby, in great distress. Extract of a letter from an officer on board the Narcissus, dated off Nantz, October 1.5: " We are here blockading two French frigatis, which are' moored at, the entrance of the River, ready to takiadvantage of the first dark night, or any other favourable opptitunity to slip, out. Four Portuguese Captains of merchantmen, who were Imprisoned at Nantz, have made their escape to our ship : by them we learn that the frigates are bound to Martinique, laden with flour, and have six months provisions on board. Their crews consist chiefly of Americans. " Our boats are continually employed In the pursuit of chaise inarees and other small craft.—Mr. Ogilvie, with the Captain's boa:, has taken four of them, laden with brandy and wine; but as they will not pay the expenre of condemnation, we sh all de stroy them for firewood." Dnua' :4ANE.—Yesterday evening gg The Siege of St. Quintin" was repeated, for the third time, with fa vourable auspices : all thelVeiformers did justice to their respective parts ; and, from the patriotic senti ments, as well as the adventitious aid of splendid scenery and music with which the whole abounds, the drama will probab ly continue a lasting favourite.' KING'S THEATRE, HAYaIARKET.—The new grand Mele.Drama of " The Exile" was performed, for the fourth time, last night, with increased applause, by ' a most brilliant audience.—This interesting piece is greatly aided by the splendid and correct manner in which it is produced, the whole of which has been under the direction of Mr. FARLuv, and certainly does him infinite credit. Yesterday a poor man, 'supposed to be a maniac s attenee I in Westminster Hall, to present a petition to one of the. Judges against an Attorney, to whom (according to his story) he had lately given 4501. at Newcastle, to recover an estate for him. The At torney, after receiving the property, had walked off, leaving the client seas lan Cfr Znoviey. L4rk .I*ELLIGEkcE. COURT OF ICING'S 11ENCI-I,.I4OVEMBEit The dispute between the City of Loirdon and the London Dock Company, respecting the right of gauging in the docks of the latter, was to have beep decided this day by u Trial at Bar, and Lord. EL- I.E...Nnonocuu and his brother Judges attended in their places to proceed in the cause ; but on calling over the names of the pannel,a sutlici►ent number of Jury men were nit present to male a Jury, and the was, in consequence, postponed till next Term. The Judges then demanded cf the Gentlemen at the Bar, whether they were prepared to go on with the regular business of the Term ? but the leading Counsel having left their papers behind them, know ing that the trial in question, had it come on,. would at least have occupied one day, they replied in the negative, and the Court immediately rose. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOV. Is. After a few motions of practice, Sir JAMES MANS • FIELD and Mr. Justice CAI:IMBUE proceeded to the Exchequer Chamber, to hear the arguments of Coun sel on Errors. • In a policy of insurance cause, which came before the Judges, on a writ of error from the Court of King's Bench, Mr. Lirmspai.r: argued at length against the special verdict foand by tic Jury. The facts were :—A Danish ship had been captured by the French, and carried into Senegal, where she was condemned as a lawful capture, by the French Prize Court, on ordonnances established by the Legislature of France in 1711, respecting neutrals. The question for the consideration of the Judges was, whether the ship had been confiscated according to the laws of na. tions, and the French regulations under which she had been condemned.—After the arguments of Coun. sel had been heard in behalf of the Underwriters, the Court deferred its decision. BRIGHTON, NOVEMBER 13. Yesterday morning ten French prisoners were marched into this place from Seaford, and safely lodged in the military guard-house. They will be removed from hence for Dorchester Castle to-morrow. These men are the same that were put on board the collier that was captured by a French privateer some days ago, off Newhaven, and which collier was re captured by the FLY gun-brig, about half seas across. The Lord Thurlow pleasure-vessel, which sank off this place on Thursday last, when young MERCHANT, whose remains have not yet been picked up, was drowned, is now in a fair way of being recovered.— Several fishing-boats are at prespnt employed in rais ing her. A stout hawser has been fixed to her, and great expectations are entertained that she will be tracked in this evening, in the same manner as was the brig Adventure, that was scuttled off this place', a few years ago. The topmast of the Lord Thurlow was about three feet above water this morning, and which has now been increased to about ten or twelve the hulk, consequently, is so much above the sand, supposed by the hawser and two of the largest fish ing-boats ; so that no doubts are enteztaiaed of bring ing the vessel home. JACQUES LAVEt, Captain of the French privateer Pointe du Jour, captured by the Brilliant off Ply mouth, on his examination before the Commissioners of prizes,prcived to be one of the French Prisoners who escaped with the Buoy Boat, from Portsmouth, on the sth of April last. He says, they cut a hole in the VIGILANT, and swam to a Spanish frigate (the Am phitrite) ; took her boat, and got on board the Buoy Boat at ten o'clock at There were then two' Englishmen on board, whom they kept below. At ahout one o'clock in the morning a boat came along side, with another of the men belonging to her, who had been spending his evening on shore. At a quar ter past five they got under weigh : the day-break gun fired just as they got outside of the harbour. A , noon, they were chaced by a cutter and a brig o:* war, but the Buoy Boat very much outsailed them. They arrived at Dieppe at half-past eight in the even ing. The people at the signal-house thought it was a cartel, and sent a boat off to say, they could not be permitted to come in; but perceiving they were Frenchmen, they were, of course, allowed to land. The boat was sold to a merchant for 15,000 Evils (about £7oo)—The three men were used well, and sent into the interior. The Buoy Boat is at present cruizing in the Channel, carrying eight six-poun ders, under the name of the Buoy Boat of Port:moue . She is fitted out by the merchant who purchased her, and'who was the owner of the Pointe de Jour. When , they left the Amphitrite it was their intention to take the Buoy Boat's boat only, but it coming on to blow strong, they thought it would not be large enough, as - there were nine of them. The crew of the Pointe de Jour, after her capture, were taken out, except one man, and eleven men of the Brilliant were put on board her; and, we are sorry to relate, she foundered in Bigbury Bay, the levening she was taken, and every person perished. Bow-Srezex.—Yesterday Frond, Miller, who was sentenced to be transported for seven years in January Session last, was charged with being found at large ; when it appeared, that his sen tence bad been remitted, on condition of serving in the York Rangers, from which he had deserted; he was, therefore, fully committed fur trial. MA N 11014-HO V sc—Yesterday John Broun ' who was charged , with uttering base half-geineas, &e. was again brought up, when Mr. Powell, the Solicitor of the Mint, examined the money taken from the prisoner, when be only picked out one half-guinea and a sixpence, which he was sure were counterfeited. The prisoner said he was an Officer of Excise, and belonged to the Wear-India Docks; that be had taken the money in change of a X 5 note; and called two respectable men to his charmer, who had known him many years, who said he was rather given to drinking. Mr. Powell said he did not know him before, as such he did not sup pose him to be a common utterer of counterfeit money. His Lordship, therefore, discharged him with a caution to be aware of uttering bad money, whatever way he got it ; and ordered the, counterfeit coin to be cut, and the bank-notes and good money to be returned to him. The present Lottery consists of only . Twenty Thou sand Tickets, one Thouiand of which the Contractor has permission to make into two Extra Prizes of Five Hundred Tickets each ; of course there are but nine teen thousand for sale, and as there are greater ad vantages than in any former Lottery, it is highly probable every Ticket may be sold before the draw ing begins. At present, Tickets and Shares are to be had; in great variety, at the old-established offices of T. Bon, 4, Coraill, and 9, Chtuing-cross, where the last X 25,000, and the two last 100,000 prizes ever drawn, were sold in Shares, and where all prizes 'are paid on demand. • IktELLlGEktit . . . CONSTANTINOPLF, dovernment has taken the decided realution abolishing the corps of Janissaries, and to substitute in their place troops disciplined a fter the Esiropeati manner. In consequence, it has been decreed, that the Janissaries now actually existing, who are not willing to enrol themselves in the new corps, shall receive during their lives their ordinary pay ; but their children will neither enjoy the name nor pay of the Janissaries. Those who willingly conform to the row order of things, will have their pay augmented dou ble and treble, according to their capacity, and their zeal for the State and religion. Government has granted permission to the Aus. trian flag td navigate the Black Sea. Thisiirivile. had been suspended from the commencement of the war with Russia. AeGSBURG, NOV.I. The armistice between the Porte and the Servians has not been broken. Czerny Georges, Chief of the Servian army, has just published t Proclamationi in which he says,. that mar.y Turkish Pachas have iti; formed him, that in defiance. of the armistice, the Servians continue to ccinimit hostilities against the Turkish soldiers posted on the frontiers, and that he feels himself obliged to prohibit such acts in future, I under pain of death. VIENNA, OCTOBER 26. Prince Kurakin, Ambassador from Russia to our Court, is making preparations for his departure to France, in quality of Ambassadot to his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon. It is believed that his Excellency sct out the beginning of next weeks _ It is not known who w ill succeed Prince Kurakin at Vienna ; some assign this important post to Count Sieven, others say it wal be g►ven Count Rassou mowski, a former Ambassador, who resides now at Vienna, as a private person. The Count de Tolstoi, late Ambassador in France, arrived here some days ago on a visit to his family. The advices from Constantinople continue to speak of the energy arid activity of the Grand Vizier, Ivlusta pha Bairactar. He will, it is said, put himself at the head of the army, as soon as he shall have completely reformed it. He adminicers the gbvernment with great severity. More than sixty public officers have been strangled for different causes, and a still greater nuM her of persons of inferior rank have suffered the same fate. 25.—The Court Cazdte announces in in oifi ial manner, the nomination of the Prince of Schwarz. zenberg, Privy Councillor to the Emperor, Lieu tenant-General of his Armies, and Proprietor of a Regiment of Hulans, to the functions of Ambassador from Austria to St. Petersburgh. He only waits the return of the Emperor to receive his final instructions and set out for Riasia. General Count Meerfeldt, rho formerly exercised the same functions, has been appointed Military Com mandant of Lembet, and of the troops stationed in Eastern Gallicia. The States of Lower Austria had been convoked some days since, for extraordinary conferences rela tive to several important objects, and, among others, the alienation of some of their domains for the public service. The Emperor proposes to open this assem bly himself, and as his Masty is detained in Hun gary, where the debates of the Diet have lasted longe: than was expected, the convocation of the States is deferred. Letters from Gallicia and Hungary say, that ttae Russian General Prince de Prosorousky has given orders to all his troops, both in Moldavia and Walla chia, to begin their march for the Banks of the Danube. They are, it is said, to occupy the whole left bank of that river. The motive of this order i; not known, but it may be that the march of abou: 60,000 Turks, whom the Grand Vizier has put i I motion from Romelia, and Asia Miaor, for the e virons of Rudshuck, has given occasion th it. Hither o we have no positive news of the arrival of these Ott man troops in Bulgaria, and the other districts in th vicinity of the Danube ; but it is confirmed that Mos tapha Bairactar is making the most formidable pr pa rations in all the Ottoman Empire, and that he pr poses to augment the armies of the Porte to a very considerable amount. The extraordinary levies he has ordered are execut- ed exactly, in consequence of the fear with which he has inspired all the Pachas, by rendering theta per sonally responsible for the execution of his orders.— He has prevented all the pretexts which they usually allege to excuse themselves from obeying. H. has, besides, succeeded in reconciling all the Pachas and Commanders of the troops in Romelia. The Grand Vizier Mustapha Bairactar is not con tented with re-establishing discipline in the army; he pursues his plan of forming considerable corps on tilt-. European footing. Already three divisions of Sey men, distinguished by green, red and white uniforms, count in their ranks a great number of Janissaries, who have enrolled themselves voluntarily. One of their Chiefs is the renegado Soliman Aga, who exer cises them every day in the new tactics. The Zaims and Timariots, who amount to mo.e than 100,000, are to pay, as an equivalent for !hoz military service, a certain sum, which will be applit-(; to the maintenance of the troops of the line. The environs of Constantinople are full of solder, which the Pachas bring in daily. Bairactar makes them take an oath to forget all private animos ties, to apply themselves solely to the service of the &ate.— Tranquillity is perfectly restored, even in Rontelia. The SultanMahomet sometimes assists in person at the conferences of the Vizier and the Great Cfficers. The Greek Patriarch Grigorius was deposed on the 22d of September. He has retired to the Monastery of Mount Athos. The Wechabites have experienced a total defeat. Conducted by their Chief, they laid siege to the town of Iman Hussein, so often visited by Persian pilgrims. They hoped' to gain the Euphrates, in order to render themselves masters of Bussorah and Bagdad ; but the Pacha of the latter town has comple_ely beaten them, and puisued them to the frontiers of Arabia, and thereby re-opened that communication so important for the commerce of the East Indies. Egypt conti nues to enjoy tranquillity. , , I i l 1 1 . 1