Star. — London, England, 1808-07-21 00:00:00

• . . !speed, lest the French, who still oeenpy the latter plate, thong be made acqUainted with oar plans andoperations. The seques- tration of English property, ordered by the French, hut been re. moved, and a convoy is ready to sail for England in a very short time. " It is certain that the Spaniards have lately intercepted dis patches intended for Junot, by which it appears that a consider able prevails in France, and that parties are forming in that country which indicate a -strong disposition in ihe French peoplwto rise against the great Usurper of Europe." PROM THE PORTUGUESE PAPERS. OPORTO, /ONE 23. "Eanr.—The Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government e rected in this city; having ordered to be Levity organized the two regiments of the garrison of the city, who had been disband ed and dissolved by the intruding French Government, with the view of oppressing our liberty ; and wishing to create other new regiments, and that as far as netessaq, to establish a respectable force, that inay secure, in this city itself, and throughout the whole kinvioni, the hippy reign of his Royal Highness our Prince Regent, so g'oriously restored by the valiant and loyal Portuguese hearts,•duea not judge it necessary, considering the very laudable national ardour, to order conscriptional recruits or levies to be made fur the t purpose ; and, on' the well-grounded hope that the valtent Portuguese youth will run cheerfully to en list themselves in the said regiments of this city, it assures by this Edict, to all those who will so enlist themselves within the space of twenty days, to be counted from this date, not only the one reward of the service they may do, in case they shdittld wish to continue in it, but likewise an honourable discharge to all those who voluntarily should apply for it when the present exigencies are over, which shall be given them by their respective Com manding-Officers, without any farther order or dispatch but this present Edict ; and they are to receive during' their service the pay which is mentioned in the Edict of the 20th of this month. " The BISHOP, President a:.3 Governor." " OPORTO, JUNE 26. ‘' Enicr.—The Provincial Junta 6f the Supreme Government, taking into consideration the difficulty under which the inhabi; tants labour, in carrying on their law suits in the Courts of Jus tice, or account of their being all employed in the conservation and defence of the Government of our Prince Regent, heroically restored be them ; has ordered that till new measures are taken, the progress of all suits shall be suspended, as well in the Court if Appeal, as in the other Courts and Audiences ; excepting, however, all those which regard the police, necessary to the pub lic safety ; with the declaration, that this measure does not alter or cause any damage to the right of the parties, which is safely re,erved to trim ; and agreeably to this . an order has been issued to the Chancellor, who exercises the place of Governor of the Justices, " It has moreover been dete.-.airted, by an order issued on the game date, that the Derirnbargador, intendant General of the Po lice, shall, without loss of time, proceed to the trial of all the pri soners of state who may be accused, from the period of the happy restoration of his Royal Highness henceforward, admitting all accusations, proofs, and documents, deposed before them by any one of the people ; and that, upon the conclusion of the trials, he shall proceed to pass senter.ce on them in the Court of Justice, agr - !e , bly to the laws which the Derembargadores, Toao de Fi guesedo ~..t.tnio Pedro d'Alcantra sa Lopes, Estevao Machado de M !lo c Pastro, Jeronimo Gaetano de Aranjo e Bessa, E. Nu no de Fariada de Matta Castello Branco, as Co-Judges; appoin ting, in case of equality of votes, the Derembargadores, Antonio Jose De Carvallo Pires, E. Francisco Martins Du Luz, all which has been ordered to be made public by this edict. " 13101 - 10 P, President and Governor." It was reported yesterday, that MURAT had ordered the massacre of several Spaniards in cold blood at Madrid, and that in consequence of this order, or the attempt to carry it into execution, the people revolted, anl put hint to death, together with several of his companions in awls. Of this we could learn nothing authentic. Some letters, of so late a date as the 23d ult. were yesterday received in town from Madrid, bat :hey make no allusion to any thing of this nature. Vae last accounts from France are understood to convey an assurance of the most unequivocal dis position on the part of BONAPARTE to comply with the wishes of the American Government. It is stated from authority: that BONAPARTE has exrressed his readiness to allow free conimerce of neutrals, pro vided England consent to it also ; that is, in effect, to rescind the Milan decree, provided our Govern ment repeal the Orders in Council. We give this intelligelike as we have received it. If true, it can, of curse, Foceed only from a desire to conciliate the Americans, for no other neutral is worthy of consi deration. A letter received by one of the Spanish Deputies fri - m a rel.ition at Cadiz, sap, it was understood in that city as a fact, that two divisions of the French army had been defeated in Catalonia ; the one at Ma ruessa, and the other at Tortosa. Both these divisions arc stated amount to 10,000 men. The letter which contains the foregoing fact adds, that a variety of measures were taken to harass the French, and par ticularly to compel the surrender or evacuation of the garrison which occupies the citadel of Montjui. - Captain DA COSTA, who was the bearer of the last dlspatches from Oporto, yesterday made his public appearance on 'Change, dressed in his uniform : in his hat he wore the Patriotic Cockade of Portugal, on which was inscribed " Viva 0 Noun Principe Regente." Between the hours of seven and eight o'clock on Thursday morning last, at Folkestone, the tide flowed and ebbed twenty-five feet in three minutes. This very remarkable circumstance has never before been witnessed by the oldest fishermen of that town. On Monday, as one of the Canterbury coaches was going down the hill, near Chatham turnpike, a wheel gave way, and the coach fell over ; one of the passen gers had his collar hone broke, and several others re ceived considerable injury. Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, as the workmen were taking down an old house, which stands on the scite of the intended right wing of the Office of Ord nance, in Pall-Mall, the floors fell in with a tremen dous crash, and buried a workman in the ruins. A melancholy accident happened .on Tuesday, at the house of Mr. SHEPENTH,.ChaIk-farm, Hertford shire. A servant belonging to the farm had been em ployed during the morning at shooting at rats, from a cow-house window, and whilst he was at dinner a youth, a re l a ti ve o f Mrs. S. was amusing himself with the gun, which was incautiously left half-cocked, and it went off. *Ca. t contents were lodged in the body of a little girl, who was playing at a parlour window, fifty yards from the cow-house, and killed her on the spot. rag c6rner. • - Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAtestl ar rived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor. At three o'clock his MAJitro' held a private Levee, which was attended bY a depntatron from the Corporation of' the City-of London, to present an Address. The RECORDER read the Address of the City, and Lori HAWKESBURY, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, read a very appropriate Reply from his 14AJUSTY, both of which are subjoined. After the Deputation retired, the following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY : Captain Sir C.BRISDANI, on his receiving the bonourof Knight hood abroad. Captain Sir J. GOat t on his return to England, by Lord Mul grave. The Rey. Dr. PLUSITIL, by the Earl of sathurnt, on Ms being appointed Dean of Gloucester. __ — His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Cabinet Mi nisters present, • and Mr. gYDER, the Judge-Advo cate-General. His MAJESTY set off on his return to Windsor about sit o'clock. " TO . THE KING'S MOST TabELLENT MAJESTY. " The humble, dutiful, and loyal Address of the Loan MAYOR, ALDERSIZN, and COMMONS of the City of ,London, in Common Council assembled. " MOST GRACIOUS SOY/ILION, " We your Majesty's loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, with -hearts full of dutiful afVztion to your Royal Person, and inseparably attached to the honour and prosperity Of your Government, Rumbly desire to approach your Throne, and represent to your Majesty the sentiments of a free and faithful people. " While we contemplate with horior and indignation, the ono• cious perfidy and wanton viollince . employed by the Ruler of France to reduce under his yoke the Spanish Monarchy and the Spanish People, we cannot refrain from expressing our joy and exultation at the pure and animating spirit of patriotism displayed by that high-minded and gallant nation in &fence of their deafest tights and privileges. They have appealed to thg generous feelings I of your Majesty for protection and support, and they have not appealed in vain. You, Sire, havefelt as the Sovereign of a free people, who, by extending his powerful aid to a nation struggling for liberty ankindependence, holds forth to the world a happy and practical illustration of the blessings which his own subjects enjoy. " The solemn declaration by which your Majesty has been pleased to recognize the Spanish nation, as a natural friend and ally against the common enemy of all established governments ; the frank, disinterested, and inspiriting pledge which you hays given, that you have no other object than that of preserving un impaired the integrity and independence of the Spanish Mo narchy ; the wisdom, liberality, and promptitude of the measures consequently adopted by your Majesty's Government, have excited in our breasts the most lively and grateful sensations. " We have to entreat your Majesty's acceptance of our most cordial thanks for the noble and liberal system of policy by which your Councils have been, and continue to be, actuated towards Spain ; and we beg leave co assure you, that, in contributing to the success of your royal interposition in a cause at once so great and glorious, and so peculiarly congenial to the spirit and feelings of your people, no exertion shall be withheld, no sacrifice shall be spared on our part, to prevent twelve millions of fellow-freemen from being accursed with the most galling and profligate despotism recorded in the history of the world. " In the Measures which your Majesty may think proper to adopt for accomplishing this great end, you may, Sire, rely with the firfnest confidence upon the affectionate, zealous, and enthu siastic support of four loyal Citizens of London. We feel our selves identified with the Patriots of Spain ; we sympathize in all their wants ; we participate in all their wishes; and we humbly beg leave to express our fervent hope; that the glorious struggle in which the Spanish nation is engaged, aided by the energies, re sources, and magnanimity of the British Empire, may succeed, not only in asserting the independence of the Spanish Monarchy, but in ultimately effecting, under the protection of Divine Provi dence, the emancipation of Europe, and the re-establishment of the blessings of Peace." To which Address his'MAJ.EsTy was pleased to re turn the following most gracious answer : " I thank you for your very loyal and dutiful Address.• I ac cept with pletsure your congratulations on the prospect opened to the world by the brave and loyal exertions of the Spanish nation against the tyranny.and usurpation of France, and on the re-esta blishment of peace between Great Britain and Spain. " In. aiding the efforts of the Spanish Nation, I have been actuated by no other motive than that of affording the most ef fectual rpd disinterested assistance to a people struggling for the maintenance of their ancient Government and national indepen dence. " I have no doubt I shall continue to receive from you, and from all classes of my people, the tame , zealous and affectionate support which I have experienced on so many and on such hupor taut occasions." They were all very graciously received, and had the honcr:r to kiss his MAJESTY'S hand. Letters from Gottenburgh and Memel state, that all export trade to the Baltic is impracticable. Seve ral laden vessels had appeared before Memel and Pillau harbours, but put to sea again on learning the rigorous measures that had been adopted. Early yesterday morning the 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by the Earl of BRIDGIt- WATER ) passed through sown from Croydon, ou their route to Ipswich Barracks. In consequence of the reduction of the troops in the garrison of Cork by the late embarkation, the duty has fallen so heavily, upon the Roscommon and Wexford Militia Regiments, which remain in bar racks, that the Yeomanry Corps of that city have very handsomely volunteered their services to take the guards occasionally to lighten it. On Sunday last the city duty was committed to the Yeomanry, for that day only. A Gentleman who has just arrived in town from Warwickshire, states, that the Hatherttone Volun teers, in that county, have resolved to extend their services to the assistance of the Patriots of Spain, if Government shall think proper to accept of the offer, and send them off along with the other troops in any i 'expedition that may be destined for that object. Lieutenant General BROWNRIGG gave a farewell dinner at Canterbury on Sunday last, to the Officers tof the 2d battalion of the 9th regiment,. previous to their going cn service; to which the Marquis CORN. WALLIS, the Generals, and other Officers of the Staff, iat present stationed in the town, were invited. The whole Officers, and about 550 men of the'lst Regiment of Glasgow Volunteer Infantry, com manded by Lieutenant-Colonel DavinColorsu., have already volunteered_ to transfer their services to the Local Militia. TIM EXPEDITION. ' • The AUDACIOUS, with the transports and troops Gottenbargh,,reached Portsmouth yesterday. They are now taking in provisioitt, water, and.neces sarY stores, and in a few days will be ready to pro ceed for their destination.. u HARWICH , JULY 20. "Sailed this morning, under convoy of l'AismetE frigate, the fleet of transports, for the Downs. No more troops have embarked since mt last." !vAVTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, JULY 19. Came in, the 111110, of 74 guns, from the fleet off Cadiz ; the MACYAREL schooner, from the West ward ; and the DitcAnk 4 of 36 guns, from Ireland.— Sailed, the HINDOST . A.N, of 50 guns, with several transports and victuallers for the squadron off the Tagus: PORTSMOUTH, JULY 20. Arrived his Majesty's ships la GLoIRE, from off Lisbon ; the PORT MAHON, from a cruize ; and the AunAcrous, with the Expedition from Gottenburgh. Sailed, his Majesty's ship ALERT, with a convoy for the Downs.—Wind S.W. , DEAL, JULY 20. Arrived the OSPREY sloop, from a cruize.—Sailed the TgOMPEUSE sloop, hiving under her convoy a fleet of transports for Lisbon and Madeira ; HettmEs sloop, for the Nore ; HERO, 74 guns, for Yarmouth. The privateer mentioned yesterday to have been captured by the boats of the CHALLENGER had the first and Second Lieutenants, and two men, killed ; the CHALLENGER'S boats had two men killed, and one wounded. In the Downs—The Princess of Orange, St. Alban's, Fisgard, Trusty, Clyde, Challenger, Osprey, Bustler, Fearless, and Phos• phorus. YARMOUTH, Sailed the ARIEL sloop of war t with a fleet of Mer chantmen for Gottenburgh; and for Sheerness the NEn ELVEN and SKYLARK sloop of war. Arrived the Mus- QUITO sloop of war, and remains with the Roebuck, Alexandria frigate, Pincher, Delphinen.—WindlW. HULL, JULY 18. His Majesty's ship STIRLING passed the Humber on Saturday, to the Southward, with eleven sail of Swedish vessels under her convoy, laden with stores on account of the English Government. A convoy with the fleet for the Baltic, will sail from the Hum. ber the first fair wind. The sloop Courier, WILKIN sow, from Newcastle to Sandwich, sprung a leak, and put into Whitby, a few days since, and sunk there. The Experiment, of Whitby, has arrived at that p ort, with ten fish ; expected to boil 100 tons of oil. The Birnie arrived at Grimsby on Wednesday from Greenlanil, with 18 fish, a full ship. Capt. HORNET ' brings the following account of the success of the ships belonging to this port, viz :—Perseverance 17, Egginton 18, Walker 17, Truelove full, Ellison well fished, Aurora 25, Sarah and Elizabeth 24, Oakhall 10, Richard 10, and New Manchester 8 or 9. GREENOCK, JULY 18. Arrived here yestesday, the Ann. Grant, COVED. DALE, from Jamaica. The fleet for Great Britain, &c. was to sail from Jamaica on the 25th of June, and to come through the Gulph. It appears from the 9th edition of that valuable and accurate Guide to the Metropolis, well known by the title of the Picture of London (a work a hich every stranger in London always carries in his pocket) that,- of the Morning Newspapers there are sold together about 16,000 ' • of the daily evening Papers about 14,000 ; and of those published every other day about 10,000. There are also about 26,000 sold of the va rious Sunday Papers, and about 20,000 of the other Weekly Papers. In all the enormous number of , 258,000 copies per week, yielding to their proprietors" from the sale 60901. and from advertiiements 2000/. more; of which the revenue to Government is full 4000/. and the net proceeds to the proprietors about 1000/. per week ; the remaining WOOL affords subsis tence to about 50 writers and reporters, *SOO printers, 100 venders, and 100 clerks and assistants, besides paper-makers, stationers, type-founders, &c. full 200 more. If to this be added the weekly circulation of 250,000,copies of provincial papers, yielding . lo,oool. per week, and supporting the industry of 1500 per sons ; what a wonderful idea is thus afforded, says the Editor of the Picture of London,- of the agency and influence of the press in this Empire, and how easily is it accounted for that we ate the most free and the most intelligent people, on the face of the earth ! An Inquisition was taken yesterday at • the Arti-1 choke, Mill-lane,-Middlesex, on the body of NATHA* JAMES WENIXWER, a young Gentleman, 19 years of age, who was drowned in the New Canal, on Sunday. The deceased had been on a visit to the house of a Mrs. Witas, and after dinner he?nd two other young Gentlemen of the party went to bathe in the canal ; W. got out of his depth into the current, and al though he never could swim, he contrived to balance hirnAilf above water for the space of 20 yards, when he sunk. A labouring man, who was on the spot, jumped into the water to save him, and lost his life in the attempt. It appeared that this last unfortu nate _person could not swim. Verdict—Acciiental Deaths. CORN-MARKET, MARE- L AWE; JULY 21.—This day's market is tolerably well supplied wi.h Wheat, and sales are heavy, at rather lower prices—Barley, and White Peas are scarce, prices nominal—Little I.lalt Beans of the two kinds rather dearer. Although the supplies of Oats are rather considerable, this trade is again quoted somewhat dearer—Flour continues nearly at late prices. ORNERAL.CUMSENCT ASUNDER: rWlear, 555. 661. 78e. Fine ditto, 80$. fps. Rye, 45e. 50s. Barley s 445. 40$. Malt, 4165. 785... Beans (old) 62i. 675. Tick duo (old) 60s. 6is. Oitts, 40s. 425. 40. Polandditto, 46.. 475. Potatoo ditto, 465. While Pea a.(beigers), ISO.. 1110 s. Rape Sadie* to 31L Orel ditto, 5 = 4 . 4 01• - File Fla az 60a, gra. 616--Secoads Ø. 01. • couNrßr NEWS; - • ABERDEEN, JULY 16. Wednesday last we •experienced a degree of heat seldoM known in thiscountry, the thermen - ieter having risen to 63° in the shade. For some time past the wea ther has been, with the exception of a day or two last week, uncommonly warm and droughty ; but we are happy to learn, that unless on some light dry soils the crop in general looks well, and promises an early and abundant harvest. About a fortnight ago, the Moss of Hillside and Causeyp in was at cidentally set on fire by some childen of a tenant lii the neighbourhood, who had been allowed to kindle a tire hard by. Dif ferent attempts have been made to extingui h the fire or stop-its progress, but hitherto wi.hout effect. Seve ral acra of the Surface are already destroyed, and there slsems at Assent no other chance of getting Ate better of fire, but by a deep ditch, wlych inter sects the-moss at some distance from the o:weir:here it is now burdnr. Another Most, in the same neigh bourhood, was last week kindled, by the carelessness of a man carryirg a burning peat for the puriese of ligheng a tobacco pipe, a very improper practice, too common in the country. By the timely assist .nce, however, of several people who observed the fire, it was soot extinglished without doing any material injury. GLOUCESTER, JULY 18. ' INTENSE HEAT OF THE WEATHER.—The degree of heat, during Past week, was greater than was probably ever before experienced in this climate. Those who have resided many years in the East Indies, declare, that they never felt the heat more oppressive than on Tue. , ,day last. A Gentleman who is very minute in his observations, hascommunicated the following account of the state of the Thermometer, during some of the hottest days : "On Tuesday, the temperature of the at: mcsphere rose to a height almost incredible. At eight in the morning the mercury was at 75°; anJ about the middle of the day it stood at the extraordinary height of 91° .; at nine in the evening, it was at 77°. These observations were made by mans of a naked ther mometer suspended under -a large pear tree, which perfectly intercepted the rays of the sun—the tree is situated in the centre of a garden 69 feet in breadth, inclosed by walls about eight feet high. The Bun shone with almost uninterrupted brightness through the whole of:the illy. The wind was at S. E. mo derately brisk. In this country we rarely have seen the mercury above the 80th degree ; it has several times been at 86° in the course of the last six years, hut never exceeded that height till the present period. —I have sometimes seen accounts published in the newspapers of the mercury 'rising to.a vet y great height; but upon comparing these accounts with my own Diary, I have beep induced to suspict the cher mometer ha%been placed in a situation u: favourable for affording a fair test of the real temperature of the atmosphere; indeed, unless the situation be judiciously chosen, no dependance can be placed upon the eleva tion of the mercury, as a prod of the general tem perature of the air. On Wednesday, the wind blew a fresh breeze from the S. W. • the sky almost perfectly clear from clouds most of t he day. The thermeme. ter, at eight o'clock in the mornine, was not higher than 71° ; at mid-day, not above 83°; and abo t teri in the evening fell to 7(1°; whien, though unusually high, waz considerably lower than the preceding day. On Thursday, the thermometer, at eight o'clock in the morning, was at •at mid-day $S° ; and at nine in the evening, 69°. The sun through the day was occasionally intercepted by clonds, which caused a considerable fluctuation in tha mercury when attain ing its greatest height ; the evening becarne ve.-y cloudy, attended with frequent flashes of lightning, and in the night some rain fell. The wind lets wes terly. On Friday, St. Swithin's Day, the thermo meter, at eight o'clock, was up to 76° ; the greatest height it had attained at that early hour; and at mid day it reached 82°. The barometer his for the last nine days stood at 30 inches and 8-20ths, or with( ut any variation worthy of notice. THUNDER STORM.—On Friday evening,after some days of the most oppressive heat, we were visited with a tremendous .sLorm of thunder, lightning, and hail. The lightning commenced before dusk , and con tinued gradually to increase till 11 o'clock, from hour till 12 it raged with awful violence, accompani ed by incessant thunder and torrents of hail, which threatened instant destruction. The element exhibited one immense volcano of are, the thunder roared with out momentary interruption for the last hour, solid pieces of ice were poured down, which measured an inch in diameter, and the greatest alarm and ..isinay prevailed every where. At three quarters past 11, the tempest seemed at its height; and about this time a , fire-ball burst in the College Green, carrying away one of the pinnacles upon the west end of the Cathe dral, and emitting a•sulphureous vapour which was sensibly felt by the inhabitants of several of the adjoin ing houses. Another fire-ball fell in the play ground of the Blue-coat School, which scorched a bench and occasioned a considerableaperture in the ground by the concussion. Two cows were killed in a field at Sneed- ham-green, in the parish of Upton, St. Leona-d's, near this city, and ten couple of ducks were killed in the fold-yard of a gentleman near Cheltenh m. Two birds, which hung in cages at the rear of Ruff's Li. brary, were also killed. A summer-house on an elevated spot of ground belonging to Edward Shep pard, Esq. 'of "(Hey, just finished upon an ekgmt plan, was struck by the lightning, and entirely burnt. down ; .and the windows of many houses ex posed to the violence of the storm, were shivered by the hail-stones. Numberless buildings, in various quarters, exhibit proofs of the violence •of the shock they Sustained : the grain was in tome places laid as level with the ground aril* it had been rolled ; and ' doubtless we shall yet hear of much damage occa sioned by a tempest more-dreadful, perhaps, than any in the annals of this country. The effetsresul ring from the above storm, were most severely felt in many parishes near - Monmouth ; and there is great reason to dread its consequences in more remote parts of thecOuntry. The hail-stones were lite . rally pieces of ice, many Of them measuring sever tl inches in circumference ; . and their force in falling was so great as to threaten the lives of those who w.re . exposed to their violence. Roofs of houses, barns, and sky-lights, were destroyed, as though they h.td bs:en broken with a harnin?r. Boughs of creel were cut asunder;. and the fruit, such as apples and pears, 13 Y scattered around in such quantities, shat they mi Ott - have been raked together in beeps. In short, this is but a mere outline of the ravages occasioned by-the tempest. 4 . . r. • .... II• we .r doe L.... ~~`