Star. — London, England, 1806-01-21 00:00:00

- •Lostoom • . TUESDAY. JANUARY su MUM Of MOD 1 1 1418 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK t Gaols, he wintry, litabiced 3 641 9 --for pasiry 644. .}. PRICE OF 3TOCIC3 YESTERDAY I But km* ifs India Bonds, Pit ge. Ine‘ 3 Per C. ReeL l 4 39j Imp. 3 per Cent 39 3 3 per %,1111K _ , 9 . c 99133 Enheq. SUls. Is. sa. pram 4 per Cet. 77fif Otrugam 3 per Cent. Navy 1911 t Lottery Ttatts 19L 595. Law Ams. 17f 17 us. 6 Coat for sec. 64 64 This afternoon Parliament met, agreeably to the Taft prorogation. It was opened by commiffion ; and in the abfence of his Ma; MY, his Moil Gracious Smelt was read by the LORD CHANCILLOR as fol lows s THE SPEECH. " MY WADS •ND GINTLEP4III, u In putfisance of the authority given unto us by bis Majelly's Commiffioners under the Great Seal, as:l;nel other things to declare the caufe of his hold. ing the Parliament, his Maje lly has direeted us par ticularly to call your attention to the moll decifive faeces with which PROVIDINCI has vouchfafed to biers his Majelly's Arms at Sea, fine you were laft affembled in Parliament. " The aitivity and perfeverance of his Majelly's fleets have been eonfplcuonfly difplayed in the poribit and attack of the different fquadrons of the enemy, and every encounter has terminated to the honour of the Dritifh Flag, and the diminution of the naval force of the Power wi,h whom his Majedy i s at war. But the vi&ory obtained over the Combined Fleets of France and Spain, off Cape Trafalgar, has ma aifefied beyond any exploit recorded even in the an. wags of the Bririlh Navy, the (kill and enterprise of Ms Majefty's Officers and Seamen I and the de. Oruaion of fo large a portion of the naval arength of the enemy has not only confirmed, in the moo fignal manner, the maritime fuperiority of this coup• try, but has efiestially contributed to the fecurity of his Majefty's dominions. " His Majefty moll deeply regrets that the tri umph of that day (bould have been unhappily cloud ed by the fail of the heroic Commander under whom it was atchieved, and he is perfuaded that you will feel that this lamented but moft glori ous termination of a feries of tranfcendant exploits, claims a diftinguithed expreffion of the Lifting grati tude of this country, and that you will therefore cheerfully concur in enabling his Majefty to annex to thole honours which he has conferred on the fa , artily of the late Vifcount Nelfon, (itch a mark of national munificence u may preferve to the lateft pollerity the memory of his name and Cervices, and the benefit of his great example. " His Majefty has commanded us further to inform you, that while the fuperiority of his arms at fea has been thus uniformly afferted and maintained, he has not been wanting in his endeavour to apply the means which were fo liberally placed at his dirpofal, in aid of fuels of the leading Powers of the Continent as evinced a determination to refill the formidable and growing encroachments of France. He has dire Bed the (eve ral Treaties entered into for this purpofe to be laid before you, and though he cannot but deeply lament that the events of the war in Germany have difappoint ed his hopes, and led to an unfavourable iffue, yet his Majeflp feels confident, that upon a review of the fteps which he has taken, you will be of opinion that he has left nothing undone on this point to &Rain the efforts of his Allies, and that he has aded in flrid conformity to the principles declared by him and recognized by Parliament, as effential to the in terefts and fccurity of his own dominions as well as to the general fafety of the Continent. " It is a great confolation to his hi:skit y,and one in which he is perfuaded you will partiripare, that al thorgh the Emperor of Germany Las felt himfelf compelled to withdraw from the contelt, his Majefty receives from his anvil Ally, the Emperor of Ruffin, the llrongeft affurances of unnaken adhe rence to that generous and enlightened policy, by which he has hitherto been aduated ; and his Ma jelly has no doubt that you wilt be rey fenfible of the advantage to be derived from a dole and inti mate alliance with that Sovereign, whofe councils and whofe arms have been uniformly directed to the tranquillity and independence of I::..repe. " GINTLEMEN Or TIM Ni IJSR OW COMMONS, " His Majefly has tC:efted the efiimates for the 1% . year to be laid beim e you, a-d he has commanded us to allure you, that they are formed uprn t' at fcale of exertion which the 1.-dent fituation of the country render, indifpenl;ble. Isis Majefty fully relies on your granting him fuch fuppliei a., upon delibera tion, the public exigencies Intry apr ear to require. It is his earneß with to c( rtaibute, by every means in hie pov er, to alleviate the additional bus-- them. which mull necerarily be laid ~ p on his people, and witit this view he has diretted tllc rum of one snit!;rin netting, part of the rrneeeds arifing from the bale ~1 fuch prizes, made on the powers with which INe,i4 at war, as are by law veiled in his crown, to be appointed to the public fervice of the year. " MY LORDS AND CENTIAMFM. " His Majefly is moll fully perfuaded, that what ever pride and confidence you may feel, in common with him, in the uniform fuccefs which has galled the britiflt Arms in the eon& of the prefent conteff, you will be finable bow much the events of the war on the Continent, by which the predomi nant power and influence of View, have been Co unhappily extended, require the contintiante of all polEble vigilance and caution. Under this impref lion his Majefty truth that your attention will be invariably direfted to the improvement of thofe means which are to be found in the bravery and difcipline of his forces, in the teal and loyalty of every clafs of his fubjeits, and in the nnexhaullea refnurces of his great and powerful Etnpire, for /en. derieg him invincible at home, as well as formidable abroad ; Gitisfied, that by Inch efforts alone the ton. ten can be brought to a conclufion, confiftent with the fafety and independence of the country, and with its rank among the nations of Europe." The Addrefs was moved in the Houle of Corn- moos by Lord FRANCIS Srsmcsit, feeonded by Mr. Ais sus. In the Houfe of Lords it was moved by the Esrl of Essex. The hour at which we are neceffirily obliged to put our Paper to Preis, prevents our entering farther into detail. We can only Rate, that on the part of Oppofi. tion, who had a flrong meeting lan night, it was deter mined, that an amendment fhould be moved in the Commons, by Lord Hamar PETTY. It was alto re folved lard night, at a meeting of the Oppofition Peers, which took place at the Marquis of Bucc. it/coast's, that a fimilar amendment to that to be moved in the Commons' Houfe fltould alto be mo ved in the Upper Houle ; but we have not lamed which Peer was to make the motion. Many will be concerned to hear that Mr. PITT is much worfe-w-iiis cafe, if we are rightly informed, is now fo alarming that hardly a hope can be enter tained of his recovery. A &fp arrived from Virginia, after a pall:rite of lets than a month, brings a report of tome sets of hanky having aetually taken place between Ame. rica and Spain; as alto of an Englifh expedition having landed on the coat of Paraguay, in the river La Plata.—.Thete Tranfatlantic rumours ihould be received with due cai ton. Our Readers will recoiled, that the lafl Lifbon Mail brought an account of fourtzen French (hips of the line having been feen off L'Orient. We have this day teen a letter from an Officer belonging to one of his Majefty's fhips on that Ration, dated the 23d of December, which confirms that fiatement. They were accompanied by two frigates, by a Swedifh vef fel on the illth ult. in lat. 46 deg. N. long. 2 t deg. W. They had difperfed, they faid, an outward bound Weft India convoy. On receipt of this intelligence at Lao°, his Ma jelly's hired brig Asa, Lieutenant &MUFF, pro ceeded immediately for our fleet off Cadiz and Gi braltar, to inform them of the circumflance. The French fquadrnn was (leering S. W. by W. was hip pofedto.be from Bre, and appeared lets anxious about capturing the convoy than purfuing their cootie.— Lieutenant SHIRILIFT is diflinguilled as a zealous and aaive commander, and there can be no doubt would make every exertion to enable our fleet to difappoint the views of the enemy. A Letter from Bremen, dated Dec. 3r, fays " The army difembarked at Cuxhaven and Stade, on the aoth November and the fucceeding days, and adaanced towards the Wefer, along the right bank of which our prefent potation is. The head-quarters of the army, and alto thofe of the Britillt diiiflon, are eftablifhed in the fuburbs of Bremen : thofe of the German Legion ax Verden. Lord CATHCART is Commander in Chief; =ir Gao. LUDLOW commands the Britifh,and Lieutenant General Doa the Germans. 14 The advanced polts are at Dclmonhurft and the different towns on the left bank of the Wefer, where the five companies of the 95th riflemen, and fame of the German Legion are cantoned, under the com mand of :vlajor General LINSINGIIIt. Our whole force at prefent does not exceed tz,ooo men, but there is a large fleet of tranfpnrts, I believe. already arrived at Bremer lehe. The German Legion get numbers of recruits, and a light battalion of. them paffed through Bremen dace weeks ago, followed by alma as many recruits as there were foldiers in the bat talion. " The Coldfiream is quartered in the fuburbs of Bremen, which is the right of the politibn, and the 3d Regiment in feveral fmall towns between that and Verden. No troops have occupied the town of Bre- men as yet ; the neutr.slity of which is refpeded as far as poilible." In the preceding columns we have given fume far ther extra's from the Continental Journals. and let ters received by the Hantburgh At the time the unfortunate armiftice between the Entry NOR of G R MANY and Bow AAAAAA was conclud ed, tie Ruffian army, by the junEiion of General Esstres corps, was, within a fcw thoufand men, as thong as it was on the day previous to the battle of Auflerlitz. According to the Ruffian cificial account of the battle, only fie Generals, five of whom wet e wounded, fell into the hands of the French. The Princes Rays's, GALLITZIN, and Ste'awe, mad.: prifoner., had none of them attained the rank of General. The fird bad only the rank of Captain ; the fccond corn- Minded a fqnadron of the Imperial Cuard $ and tl6" heter was at the head of a battalion of Infantry. When the Ruffians withdrew from the Außrian pro-) vinces, they carried witb them, according to a pofi.: tire Ratement in the o ffi cial report, two hundred' pieces of cannon. The loft of only fix Rand of colours is admitted. No copy of the treaty of Pre(burgh had been in circulation at Berlin on the sth inn. The tenor of it, however, was known to be molt degrading and oppretlive to Auftria. Box AAAAAA wifhed to include the provinces of Dalmatia and ibis', in the celTions to be Made by Auftria. The firmnefs of the Arch duke C , in leis interview with the conqueror, Paved his unfortunate country from this additional facrifice and difgrace. Yeflerday, at two o'clock, his Mayasyr held a Privy Council at the Qeen's Palace, which was at tended by the LORD Cif AN cc LLna, the Arcbh;fhop of CANTERBURY, the Billsop of LONDON. the Duke of Austen's, the Marquis of Haft rroito ; Earls Caw- Des, WISTRIO &&&&& D. CHATNAM, WINCH aura, and Datranurw; Vifcoont C N ; Lords Hawasssuar, MuLoaava, Sir C htnacas, and Mr. /sawn., the Speaker of the Houfe of Cora moss. His Mal erre, with the advice of the Council, was pleated to order a General Falk, to be kept on the a6th day of February. The Archbifhop of CA aaaaa uav and Billum of Loamy, were defired to prepare a Form of Prayer to be ufed, tunable to the occafion. After the Privy Council doled, a Cabinet Council was held, at which his Majesrv's Speech, to be de livered this day to both Houfes of Parliament by Cornmifflon, was finally arranged. After the Council, his Ma'am gave audiences to the Archhifhop of C AAAAA BURT, the SSCRITART of STATE, Earl DARTMOUTH. and Sir C a MOIL GAN, who laid before his MAJIMITT the proceedings of feveral Court Menials, Lord Aisne's? and Mr. Samar were the Lord and Groom in Waking. At half paR four o'clock his MAJESTY left the (ti . een's Palace far Wundfor, elborted by a patty of Light Horfe, and his German footmen. Yellerday morning the PRINCII of Waits and the Royal Dukes vifited their MAJIITISS and the Pats. previous to their leavifig town. ellerday morning Vircount Lewtsteam had the honour - of being introduced to his MAihRTY, by his father Earl aterwourN, and had the honour to kits his Mai 'STY'S hand, upon his being appointed to a command in the Staffwelfhire Militia. His Ksiesiry will come to town on Thurfday, to receive the Addrefs of the Houfe of Lords and Com mons, and from the Univerfity of Cambridge, upon the tbrone, ■t St. James's Palace. The Royal Fa mily will not return to town again till the sth of Fe bruary. A . Gentleman in Glafgow has letters from the Cape of Good Hope fo late as the 7th of °Ran lan I at which period the Colony is reprefented to have been in the greateft diftrth from a (catchy of provi lions, fo much fa, that many of the poorer clafs had died for want. At that time they had no inform. lion from Europe. refpediag any expedition from this country. A Correfpondent declares his perfell confidence, that Bo is too fagacious to take Hanover from this country. He knows that it ads as a clog, as a mill-ftone on the neck of England, and that he can feize it as a menace, and redo►e it as a boon, according to the various tenor of his fchernes. He knows that the occupation of it by Prof is or by any other power, would be a real gain to us; and he will ftipulate that the King of England (hal 'main towelled with the Eledoral dignity of Hanover. Eutrapclus. culcunque nocere voiebat, Veltintenta dabat prettofa. Thofe who entertain any expetlations that Peace with Auftria will lead to a fpeedy peace with this Country, should hear the language of the French Papers; it will somewhat damp their expeßations. One of them asks do the Englifh wifb for Peace ? France remains the preponderating Power.—Will they continue the War ? The mere camp of Boulogne will change all their manufatlor ies into corps de garde. What will become of their agriculture and their in dultry ? Where hereafter will he the &Ivy of the Englifh ? It will be in the moderation of a Sovereign who fights only to give the world a solid peace."— Another paper fAys, " the magnanimity of the Em peror towards the conquered will not miflead his pru dence and his policy. He knows the genius and fen timents of his people ; he knows that France will have no other peace than that whichihmild be ditiatedhy him." Saturday 140 recruits from the Depot, at Park hurß, landed from the Renown transport, from Cork. The Barracks being much crowded wnh troops, they are, for a few days, to be quartered ou the publicans at Cowes. The following tranfports, with troops, to be difem barked, having pill arrived from Yarmouth Roads, came into Ramfgate Pier on Friday : Vigilant, with lay men of the a6th Regiment. Dement, with t is mcn of the Bth ditto. Adventure, with 125 men of the 3oth ditto. True Briton, with 95 men of the 3oth ditto. Veftal, with 146 men of the 89th ditto. John and Thnnuts, with toy men of the aBth ditto. Crefeent,l erefa, and Mary, with 91 bodes of the King's Ger man Heavy Hstie, and about too men. The Hon. Capt.Ta u LIT is appointed to the ORES TIM (loop, at Chatham. Captain LA ROCH I it appointed to the commas• of the Kangaroo (loop at Chatham. It may well be fdppofed, that every perfon who knows any thing nt hillory knows what Koarnrsok the hillorian lays of the keys of Loch'even CaMe— .B They were thrown into the Loch, after DoUGL AI had effeeed the efcape of (bCCD MARY (Sunday, May 2, 108.)" In the mouth of Odober laR, a boy, digging in the lands near Kinrofe Houle, folind the bunch of keys in a very decayed Ra•e. The I.e at that time was within narrower bounds, on of the fevere drought. ASSIZR or B/tRAD,.-T11;$ day the LORD MAYOR ordered the price of bread to continue the fame as lan week. mrium NAUT)CAL mrsuitirricz. re, JAM. ;S.—Arrived the Kingfware, ; and Brother,, Dumas', from Oporto, , for this port e Integrity, Toromvsom, from iltsebec, with potalh, &c. for Newry, taken by a French privateer, and retaken by the Lord Hobart packet, belonging to this port. Paired this port to day the Lilbon and Oporto fleets, under convoy of la Co AAAAA ca frigate. Put back the WALIIIIGNAN packet, which failed yefferdsy. Wind S. W. TORBAY, Jas. 19.—This afternoon arrived his Hajelly's (kips Issrsruz•ur and GLOAT fromFal mouth, to join Admiral • Coasiwact.is with his fleet in Torbay.—Sailed the Spanilli limp PEfperarcr, rise to his MAjcliy's lhip EGYPTIINNI, for Portf mouth. Since writing the above I am informed that his Majelly's Ship Gcoar, whilft on (bore at Falmouth, was obliged to take out a great quantity of her water, and alto loft one of her boats with so men on board, all of whom periftsed. Porrswoursr, Jaw. 20.—The Oporto Ships for Southampton and this place me all arrived life, the remainder of the fleet from thence and Lilbon palled here yellerday for the Downs. It has blown very hard all this day, but the fhipb all ride fate ; the Howe frigate has the fignal as con►oy for the Downy, and will fail fo Soon as the weather mode. rates. Admiral Sir I. Coffin returned to day. ' DIAL, Jaw 20.—Arrived in the Downs la Cow sratica frigate, with the Speedwell, Duns, and fe veral other Ihips under convoy from Oporto, which are failed for the River. La Conftance remains in the Downs with the Edgar, Utrecht, and the Trudy men of war; Pallas, Venus, and Tribune frigates; Otter, Kite, Cygnet, and la Fleche, (loops of war Devallation and Profpero bombs ; Combatant praam, f I gun brigs, a fleet of tranfports and outward bound veffels. Wind W. S. W. blows hard. YAawourn, JAa. zo.—Saturday arrives a packet from Cuxhaven, with mails and paffengtrs, which were landed at Loweftoff. The Tiber of this port, Duatmur miller, from the North, with coals, is making the harbour, the rope broke and the veffel was drove on the North Pier ; the fbip is expelled to be lived, but it is feared the greateft part of the cargo will be loft. Yefterday arrived f f tranfpotts with troops on board (the 9th, A 7,11, and part of the Ger man Legion), which are expetled to be landed here. This day arrived the Turns frigate, G Ti oar S, BLAZIEI, and Gat►aa gun brigs. Remain id the Roads the Roesuca, Admiral DouGLas, EL,. PIIMIT, STATILE'. AGINCOURT, and ANTILOIPIII)Cel of war, CoastoaAsv frigate, and the Chips as above Rated. Wind S. W. Rrong breeze. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. C m , Jan. s 9. Palled by the Santa Marla, Callaff. from lifbon; Hibernia, Wilkinfon, from Peteribursh; and the Mach of Northumberland, Smith, from ildenall.--Salled the Surrey, WlMinion, for Gibraltar; Duckworth, fee Tea -1 too ; Enterprise, Cok, (or Surinam; Naiad, Oitle, sell the Yinifton packet. Hindmarlh, for Jamaica. Jsu.so.--Palied by the Cotton Planter, Giles. from Phiadel• phis; and tba Unanimity, Clary, from Dublin. Sailed the VIM Manila, Nikon, and the Vrow Maria,.--, for Bream, The Snake (loop of war was lately feverely hand led by the batteries of St. Domingo, in an unfuc cefsful attempt to cut fome •e(fels from under them. The ptifon (hip at Antigua lately funk wher moorings : we have not heard the caufe of the acci dent, or whether any lives were loft in confequenco of it. Extraft of a letter from Ancona, Dec. t r, r Bos. "The Fran eh privateerMairena,and theVerdier, and the Italian privateer Pino, have taken and brought into this port, five armed vefiels, under Aufirian colours. —The Titre Italian privateer has brought into thus port a Taira' laden with corn, from Venice for Dal. matia." The Mentor, Hay Chriftie, from Oporto, arrived in the Downs on Sunday, parted from the Lifbon and Oporto convoys on the 13th MR. in a very heavy gale of wind. lat. 4.}. long• ts. 55. W. was chafed in lat. 40. by a very heavy frigate, but, it blowing hard at the time, efcaped, On Thurfday the 9th, a vefTel failed from Dublin for Barbad.es, previous to which, the was to join convoy at Cork. She was unfortunately overtaken by a dreadful norm, driven on the Welch coaß, and foundered at the back of Holyhead, and all on board perillied. Several boxes, containing (nap and can dles, having been driven on (bore. there is reafon to firppnfe fhe is the Cecilia, of Dublin, Capt. Browne, which failed on that day. Lieutenant Smith and feven men belonging to the Namur, lying at St. Helen's, were loft on Thurfday left, during the very dreadful gale which blew on that day. The launch of that (hip broke adrift with two men in it ; two cuttets were manned and fent atter the launch ; one of them returned to the chip with the launch, but the other, with the above pct funs in it, was fuddenly loft fight of, from which it is ima• gined that (he flnick on the 11/Wieners and overlie. in attempting to enter Langflon Harbour, and that every perfon perithed. A cutter, with fix oars ' and the body of a feaman , are drifted on Chore at Hay ling Ifland. Letters received by the wife of an officer of the 9th regiment of foeu, Rate his having been Ai l ,. wrecked in the late hurricane on the coal! near C.- I.4is, with about coo of that tire regiment, who were, with pats of their baggage, all laved, by the huma nity of the people of Calais, whole conduct on ibis occ.tion is rept:tented as highly prailiworthy. merchant rclident at Calais, whole name for obvious reafons is concealed, very handfornely offered the commanding officer of the gtli, any money for hi. drafts on the AyelitS of the regiment in England, to procure necelfarics fur thole fine fellows, previous to their being fent into the intetior. to Valcoeiennes or Verdun. A ;~i