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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON.. THURCDAV, JANUARY 18. Het MA; ES I'V'S BIKTII•DA Y K Err.—Holiday at all the Public Offices. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock India Stock 190 ex. div. Seer Crt4. Red. Anti. 69 j o India Bondi L pr. par 4 pre. 3 per C , :nt. Imp. 3 per Cents. 674 4 per Cent. 6111 txclieq. Bilis, 104. 6s. pre. S per Cent. Navy 991/ State Lottery Tickets £22.135. L.n:g Ann. 1S '-16t s} Conical. for acc. 89-i 70i At a period when it was fashionable to decry the conduct of the Marquis WELLESLEY, while he was Goverrcr-General in India, we stood almost alone in vindicating his Lordship's chdracter as a States mani_nor did we disguise the opinions we entertained of the policy of the system he had uniformly pursued in eireeting the A:fairs of the British Empire.in :fumeof cur Reuclrs, recollecting this circumstance , rni: s l,l, mistake our motive in giving the following paragraph. a place in our columns, did we not inform them :hat it was not cur two, and that we consider it as dcrai-official. In this view we consider it as amoianting to an admission of what has been for some liar; a matter of rumour---that Ministers have re solved to send the Marquis again to take into his hands the Reins of Government in India. " It is now under the present trouleics in India that I the injustice shewn to that distinguished Statesman, the Marquis WELLESLIV., an i his eminent services to tlie East India Company, and to the nation at large, appear equally conspicuous. If any doubt yct re mained in the public mind as to the policy of those political measures which it his more enlightened wis- down he adopted for the safety of our Indian empire, it would be removed by the state of our posessions on the coast by the last adviccs. The Pnbiic will recol lect, that, after a career of umnampled lustre and suc cess, his Lord ship was displaced, when ,afterbavingg i ven peace to India, and reduced Hot.K A itto a state of almest Unconditional stmender,hewas on thepoint of am Flypro. aiding for the reduction of the ty. penees of the wars into which he was driven, and of consolidating the splendid a dvantages accruing from them. I le quitted 'lndia with tLe regret of all classes cf the nativei, who had expe sienced the mildness and benefits of his Government, and with the affection of an army that :looked up to him A . .; their chief and their friend. CVry and satis- faction gave splendour to his retreat. Throughout the Company's provinces the sentiment was general. The Civil Serv;ce alike participated in the universal feeling, and Gratitude, preceding History, decrccd to him a statue to immortalize' the fime of his be r ices. Such was the state of Exhibit India when, for its misfortune, his Lordship ceased to rule over it.— What has it since been ? and what is it now ? This is the best comment on his merit, and tile impolicy of his recal. Where now would have been India had 'Elmo been in existence, SCINDIAn in power, or the Mahratta Confederacy in being ? Is ,here any person, conversant with the subject, ~ vho will say that she does not owe her safety, at this Inument, en tirely to the downfall of that cruel and colossal power which fell b6tm his gen'is, and wl.,ich his less instructed adversaries labor: red so unwisely to up hold ? Well, thertf , re, may he he considered to have been the Saviour of the lit itish possessions in the East, under the revolutionary storm which has lev:-Iled em pires, and rent asunder the great fabric of civil so ciety ; and well may his Lordship still be looked up to in this hour of pet O. as the mind yet capable of ex tricating her from her present dangers, and at whose composing - voice obedience would return to its stan dard, and loyalty and penitence cirace the recollection of momentary misconduct." The last accounts from Spain state, that the most respectable of the Nobility of th it country have de termined to use their utmost efforts, so far to reform the present system of Government, as to have the Central Junta supersektl by the more legitimate and effective furni of a Regency. They have frequent meetings and secret consultations; bit impelled as tlt:zy are by such motives, it is scarce necessary to obs.2rve ti:at tiwy are not acting in concert with, cr by the instigation of any French party. Their sule aim and object is to have the necessary measure; adopted for rous;ng• the people to a proper sense of their danger, and calling forth the energies cf the State, in order that an unanimous and general effort may be made for the salvation and independence of their country. Notwithstanding the series of disasters which the Patriots have suffered in Spain, hopes are still in dulged, and we are now told that the army of the centre, quartered in La Carolina, is stronger than ever. The following is an extract of a letter which cams to our hank; }'esterday, dated from the seat of " SEVIT,E, DEC. f 2.5. " The crisis of affairs in the South ef * Spain is now Government:-- rapidly approaching ; and, from the determined spirit pf resistance manifested by all classes of peopic, it: is expected that mlich blood will be shed. The French by the vast accnmulation numbers„ :nay over power, but can never subdue: the :ration, or presume On having the .;om-lete and quiet possession of a country whose inhabitants are stirn!l?ated against them by all the furious passiOns of i-;:vcur,e. tf Seville is very much crows:G.l, owing tp the . vast concourse of itinerants v.ho fire Eoc king in hither from all quarters of Andalusia and La Mancha, and who are preparing to give the enemy a warm Veep : tion, should he be hold enough to penetrate the de files of the Sierra Morena. .. 1 " Letters just received from Cadiz bring advice of the important circnmstance .of the arrival of the ,S an Ramon, with speck from South America, which event has been so long and so anxiously expected." The following is an extract of a letter from an English merchant, at present resident at Corunna : " How lamentable it is, that although a number of men, to any extent, could be raised in Spain, hardy, stout, and accussomeJ to all sorts of privation ; they should be so badly c;ffieered, paid, clothed, and fed. The Government of Britain, with the advantages possessed by Spain, might safely bid defiance to the Icombined efforts of united Europe. lam just infor ' med, that the levy-en-masse, of the province of Gal licia, is in full motion against the enemy, consisting of fifty thousand men ; but alas ! with the knowledge of past events before us, little.good can be expected 1 from their exertions." Advices vcre yesterday received from Buenos Ayres and Rio Janeiro. At the farmer nothing of importance had transpired.—The letters from the lat ter arc dated in October, and the information by them is not of a political. character. The trade at Rio Janeiro was inactive, and many of the British emi. grants who had gone thither with the view to a per manent establishment, were preparing to return, dis appointed in their expectations. " RIO JANEIRO, OCTOBER 13. " Much goods have been smuggled in at Buenes Ayres, but have not sold to any advantage, particu larly at the time when Liniers resigned his cothmand and the Viceroy was at Colonia, and when no restraint for a few days was put on the Contraband ; eleven ships are mentioned to have run their cargoes. This commerce, if it had succeeded, would have proved very advantageous, but as it has not, the parties con cerned will have to repent their enterprize. I had al most omitted to write to you, that the British 'will not f be allowed to trade there on any account c:..,. l :attoever. The Viceroy wanted '200,000 dollars per mouth to pay his troops, and threatened the merchants, that if nut ad vanced regularly, he should be obliged to open the trade to the English. At first the Merchants and Traders refwed, but finding him determined, they have consented to advance the money. This news, you may suppose, has damped the spirits of several I British hae. " Since writing the above account, a person has in fi)rrned me that it is premature, nothing decisive be ing yet determined at Buenos Ayres. You may de pt.nd en having early inteliigence of any dettcrmina ti:in that may ba come to. " Our. 2c.—The Lord Hobart arrived on the 22d i.tstant, with tae mails of July and August last from London." We t'ais morning received a Gottenburgh Mail but its contents are not very interesting. The Swedish Papers are filled with accounts of illuminations and other rejoicings occasioned by the arrival at Gotten burgh of Prince A MUSTEBURGII ) who is to succeed to the Throne of Sweden on the death of the present King. STOCKHOLM, JANUARY 9. It is said that the English Minister at this Court has given notice of his quitting the house he now re sides in on the Ist of March ; and his not having taken any other, leaves room to suppose he will shortly return to England. Indeed it cannot. be expected that he should remain btrc, after the Ambassador, Commissary, Cotr;ul, tke. &c, from France have ar rived, who are daily expected. His Majesty's health is now so completely restored that he presided at a sitting of the Privy Council. The King give afterwards private au,!iences to Baron Luchtelen, imperial Russian Genel.al, and Mr. Von Tatr:c.h, Royal Prussian Privy Counsellor of Lega. tion, both sent by their respective Sovereigns to con gratulate his Majesty on his accession to the Swedish Throne. At a full meeting of the States of the Swedish Nobles, Mr. Gustavus Von Brinkman, Swedish En voy, and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court .of Great Britain, was admitted a Member of the Swedish and his place assigned to him under No. 24208. We have_ alrsady itated that Prince STAIIRESI BERG might he expected soon to take his depar tare from this country, having received from his Court instructions to that effect. This circum stance has given rise to various rumours which 'may ut least furnish amusement to our Readers. It is said that all hopes of a ne.gociation for peace have vanished, the French EMPEROR having refused as preliminary, that we should treat in concert with our Allies, FCEDIN AND VII. the Queen of PoRT UGA 1., and the King of Sicit.r. It is also reported, that NAP°. LEON has written a letter to the KING, requiring an answer from himself, proposing very gentle means of restoring peace to mankind ; and that the Marquis WELLESLEY, in whose department it lies to advise his MAJEsTi on this subject, has thought it due, in po. liteness, that the le:ter of the EMPEROR should be an_ Swcrect in his DviAaiTY'S own name I faction gave splendour to his retreat. n . . . „ the Company's provinces the sentiment wl 'The Civil Service alike participated in the i i feeling, and Gratitude, preceding l fistor; to him a statue to immortalize' the fame A ices. Stich w as the state of Exhibit lndi:t its misfortune, his Lordship ceased to rule What has it since been ? and what is it no i is the best comment on his merit, and tilt . , of his recal. Where now would have E : .., had Tien° been in existence, SCINDIAn in I ' I the Mahratta Confederacy in being ? Is person, conversant with the subject, wh , i that she does not owe her safety, at tl:is in 1 .A tirely to the downfall of that cruel an power which fell le6).re his gen . .us, and wh instructed adversaries laboured so unwis bold ? Well, thertfere, may he he consider ~, been the Saviour of the lit dish possessions i under the revolutionary storm which has le i piles, and rent asunder the great fabric c I ! oiety ; and weli may his Lordship still be to in this hour of pct i! as the mind yet cap 1 , tricatiug her front her present dangers, an I 1 composing - voice obedience would return dard, and loyalty and penitence efface the 1 of momentary misconduct." I The last accounts from Spain state, the respectable of the Nobility of th it counts . termined to use their utmost efforts, 14. GI the present system of Government, as ti Central Junta superseded by the more legi effective fi rn! of a Regency. They ha , P., meetings and secret consultations; but i: thczy are by such motives. it is scarce u obs..lrve ti:at they are not acting in concei by the instigation of any French party. aim and object is to have the necessary adopted for rousing the people to a prof I. i their danger, and calling forth the env!) - . State, in order that an unanimous and gel may be made for the salvation and indep their country. Notwithstanding the series of disasters . Patriots have suffered in Spain, hopes a dulged, and we are now told that the al centre, quartered in La Carolina, is strr . ever. The following is an extract of ali cerne to our hank yesterday, dated from Government : . , t SEVIT,E, ' " The crisis of affairs in the South of `!ii rapidly approaching ; and, from the detern of resistance manifested by all classes of I expected that mt.ch bland will be shed. 1 by the vast accumulation of. numbers,. power, but can never subdue tile nation, c On having the eomOcte and quiet posse country whose inhabitants are stimelate them by all the furious passiOns of ievenge tf Seville is yew much erowticl ) owing TILE COURT. Yesterday, soon after two o'clock, .111: MIJEsTI held a private Levee. ••• The following had the honour of being.presented to his MAJESTY: Brigadier-General ACLAND, upon his return from Walcheren. Mr. TAILOR, upon his being appointed Lieutenaut-Colonel in the Chatham and Dartford Local Militia. Lieutenant-Colonel SZBILIGHT, of the lit Regiment of Guards, upon his promotion. Lieutenant-Colonel BRADDYLL, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, upon his return from Walcheren. Lieutenant-Colonel Snow, of the 76th Regiment, upon his re turn from Walcheren. Lieutenant-Colonel Colqultt, of the Ist Regiment of Guards, upon his promotion. Lord HEATH/161.D, upon his appointment to the command of the Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards. Mr. Alderman lioNTltt, upon his promotion to be Colonel of tlie Royal West London Militia. Marquis of Loosnowo, upon coming to his title. Major-General W. WINTARDs upon his being appointed an Equerry to hie Majesty. Major-General Et.sv Es, upon his promotion. Lieutenant-Colonel B u moo ws, of the 14th Regiment,upon his return from India. Lieutenant-General Dzsemtn,upon his being appointed to be Colonel of the sth West India Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel GREVILLE, upon his return from Walche ren, by the Earl of Warwick. Captain B. W. Tor Loa, R. N. upon his return from the Me diterranean. Captain Mooney DIXON, upon his promotive, Captain H. HEATHCOr E, of his Majesty's ship Lion, upon his return from China. Rear-Admiral Ditto tr, upon his return from the Baltic. .. Earl of AsiNGDON, upon his marriage. Lord WILLIAM 13ENTINCK, upon his being appointed to the 20th Regiment of Dragoons. Rear-Admiral Orwor, upon his return from the Scheldt. Lieutenant-General Paters, upon his being appointed to be Paymaster of the Royal Marines, by Lord Molgmve. Major-General HAMMOND, upon his promotion, by 'Lord . Heathfielcl. The Bishop of CLOGHER, upon his being appointed to the 81-• shoprick, by Earl Camden. Lord RivEas delivered to his MAJESTY the collar and order of the Bath, worn by the late Sir WILLIAM PITT. His MAJESTY gave audiences to Mr. PERCEVAL, the rest of the Cabinet Ministers present, and Sir D. DUNDAS. Yesterday evening their MAJESTIES had a select party to tea and cards. The Plincesses MARY and SOPIIIA arrived at the Queen's Palace yesterday, from Windsor. The Prince of WALes yesterday visited their MA JESTIES and the PRINCESSRS. The Duke of CCNIBERLAND and Princess SoPRIA of Gloucester dined yesterday with her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES. 1 Earl GREY has taken Mr. NISBETT'S house in Port man.square, for two years. The Countess and fa mily are expected in town in eight or ten days. - _ ' The Marquis WELLESLEY gave his first Cabinet dinner yesterday. The will of the late Dr. GRAY of India, whereby he bequeathed e 30,000 to the town of Elgin for pious purposes, which was disputed by his ::lends, and has been for some time past tlw subject of a Chancery suit, has, by a late decision of that C , virt, been declared valid, and the town of Elgin fotaild entitled to the whole :mount. Commodore OWEN, of the Cv.ms frigate, arrived in town last night from Porism,tu; h. Lord Viscount BALGONIN s promoted - to the rank of Commander, and to the ,-.::mmand of the Delight sloop. Mr. ADAM PARK, youngest brother of NIINGO PARK, the celebrated Afric..a traveller, has been appointed by the Hon. East 1 . 13 Company Medical Superin tendant to their sh;,,s at the port of Gravesend. • • , Yesterd iy a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Colonel BLADON Tin Lox took the usoal oaths aad his seat in the Direction. The uncleymnn•.ioned Commanders took leave of the Court pies aris t.., departing for their respective desti nations : Captaia MILLIKEN CRAIG, ; Bombay and China. CHAS. GRAHAM, Willi:lM Pitt; HENRI' MEarros, Ceylon : Madras and Bengal. ODE. FOR THE NEW VAR. Sy B. J. PTA, usQ• VORT-LA.IiBEAT. Ere yet, mid Rhedecyna's bowers, I humbly cull'd the Muses' flowers, Ey silver Isis' sedgy side Not rolling there a classic tide, My native meads and groves &meal, As blythe I tuu'd my artless sonr:, My fancy Lail'd the halcyon day, Crowti'd with our Sovereign's opening sway, And pour'd the verse to that auspicious more, Whichplac'd on Britain's throne a Monarch Raptur'd I pour the verse again, To bail tEc Brltish Monarch's lenzthen'd reign; To celebrate the rising Year In which a King to Britain deer Bib every British breast with grateful iry BleSi the tenth lustre of his lenient SW .1. For while I strike the votive lyre, • 'lle thridings of the trembling wire Are lost amid the swelling notes of praise, Which with accordant voice a gr3toful people pip, From l'hule's hyperborean reign, To where upon the southern raaM Bellerus frowns—to where the Atlantic raar , , 0 verdant Erin, 'gainst t! . ..y verdant sh.oev, • The paeans loud of exultation rise, Wafting a Nation's plaudits to the skies : And while the hallow'd rites of prayer and pra-:e ToJleay.m's thr. n their Eratel el incense Mild Charity with liberal hand Spreads her blest influence o'er the smili;:g ; _ With genial current far and wide, Flows of benevolence the copious tide, Crateful, the boon, while shouting myriads see, That dries Affliction's tear, and sets the Captive ft :e Though looking hack tiirrtt.ill many en Since Eghert first our Sarno sires cb..2y'd, No King recorded stattls'on Ilistory% pap Su long, who Er.; lard's gold n s'er've sway',l, 4 0 yet, through many a rollirg Tear, • Long ! lung ! may AlEon's j.vicil race Behold a crown to Freedom sacred, grace The Iran they love—the Sovereign they revere. `Plough seated on leer roejty throne, Girt by her Navy's adamantine zone, Britannia rears sublime her dauntless head, Amid the storms of war that round her spread; Yet by a generous Monarch be possesed, The first great of ject of his pat rit , t breast; May every baleful tapour fly That hangs maiignant now o'er Europe's sky, Infernal Dhcord's iron tempest cease, And GLO ROE'S sun decline in glory and in peace! • T'aough, to reckon from the accession to the demjss, Henry 111, reigned nominally 56, and Ednard 111. SO year.; yet, as the first acceded at 9 years of age, ane: the last at 14, y did not, either of them, in fact, reign so long a his pre. sent Majesty has now reigned. It has been truly remarked, that though BoNe i PARTS and JOSEPIIINE might have lived on g 0,4 terms, there was no congeniality between them, for " She sigted for low—and ;:e,firr g.ict!" Brigadier General A. CAMPBELL being revered of .the wounds received at the battle of Talavera, kit town on Sunday morning for Portsmouth, where. will embark on board his Majesty's ship Myrtle f. Lisbon, from whence he will proceed to the army c 4 der Lord WELtaxcrrox, to resume the commix,: c his brigade. Sixty-two soldiers of the German Legion, lately brought over from the Texel in the DRAKE, where they had been confined in prison, were landed yeitere day, and marched into Yarmouth Barracks. It is stated, in r,scent accounts from the West dies, that our Expeditioa against Guadaloupe is lik4ly to meet with a more vigorous opposition elan Was a first supposed. The Planters, it is said, understand ing that their sugars would not he allowed to can British ports for home consumption, had resiiived to nuke common cause with the Governor, and deten4 the Island to the last extremity. The Port-Admiral at Plymouth is supposed, ii tl course of the five years that he has had the comnrAnd on that station, to have realized a sum of no less than 'IIIE PERSIAN A MBASSADOR.—Yesterciav was the £52,000, by prizes captured by vessels that sailed i day appointed for the introduction of his Excellency under his orders ; the second in command, wliD WaS the Persian Ambassador, to her Majesty, which was , lately superseded, is thought to !lave acquired about arranged to be conducted with equal attention and £2l,oo(—Enormous acquisitions, considering the splendour to that of the introduction to his Majesty. case and security of the duties attached to these d. Soon after two o'clock, her Majesty's carriage, and aces !—Why are not these good things more frequest six beautiful bay horses, with three footmen, wlso, ly distributed among the numerous meritorious (A together with the coachman and postilion, were dress- and needy officers of rank in the service ? cd in state liveries, arrived at his Excellency's house A curious circumstance occurred on Monday, at in Mansfield-street. Soon after his Excellency's Kis- , Cashiobury Park, the seat of the Earl of ESSEX. The ter of the Mule and Page, set off in his Excellency's waggon, which had been loaded on the preceding day carriage to the Queen's Palace, with. the presents for town, was left standing in the park, ready for brought by his Excellency from his Court to her Ma- i starting early in the morning, and a trust of hay was josty. In a short time aft e r his E xc ell e n c y followed left on the shafts ; the cords tor tying up the different in her Majesty's carriage ; a number of persons were articles being loose. In the course of the night, i attracted round-his house, in consequence, who be- tine stag, in getting at the tot ss of hay, got en• haved in a very repectful manner. His Excellency tangled with the lease cords, and remained fast unti arrived a few minutes before three o'clock, at the the morning ; when the waggoners boy came Wit' Queen's Palace, preceded by the carriage of Sir Ste- his lantern, in order to put the horses to ; and n phen Cotterell, the Master of the Ceremonies, and observing the stag, he received a complete toss fr , accompanied in her Majesty's carriage by Mr. Ches- i him, and was thrown over the waggon ; but fillin, ter, the Assistant Master of the Ceremonies (Sir Ste- on the turf, he received no other injury than a clfea phen Cotterell being indisposed), and Sir Core Ouse- ful fright, not knowing the cause until the arrival d ley. His Excellency was conducted by Mr. Chester the waggoner. .• to her Majesty's Drawing-room, and introduced to Mrs. MOORE, whose talents in the higher walk of the her Majesty 'by the Earl of Morton, her Majesty's drama have been much admired at the Provinc ial Chamberlain, with the same form as if her Majesty ' Theatres of Birmingham and Cheltenham, will , wi was holding a grand public drawing-room , all her Majesty's state attendants being present—consisting understand, shortly make her debut in the Metropoli‘ of Colonel Desbrow, her Majesty-'s Vice-Chamber- ; Some o.2:scenes have lately been exhibited bosh lain ; Earl Harcourt, the Master of the Horse ; Col. Upton, the Equerry ; Master Anson, her Majest J 's , at the Chester and Plymouth Theatres, but the du•. turbances were promptly suppressed. A Midslor Page of Honour, and the other Pages ; Ladies J. • man belonging to the Amethyst having been remat . t , Thynne and Ely ; Misses Courtney, Btudenell, s. ied at the latter, his Commanding Officer, Cart 3 .L 2 Coleman, and Wrottesley. Her Majesty was accom- WALTON, insisted upon his giving the necessary sa,us• panied by the Princesses, and the hikes of Kent, • faction, and making a promise of future good b' Cambridge, and Brunswick. His Excellency deli vered his credentials to her Majesty, viour, observing, that he could not but consider it eis o • w hi c h we , e most graceful to his Majesty's service, that any one wh o graciously received. His Excellency also ' delivered the presents from his Court, consisting of three boxes were a naval uniform, should, in any place. biro 2 . particularly in a public Theatre, conduct himself irt .i: of jewels, several choice shawls, and a curious car- riotous manner, oy.use language in any way dellT .: pet, which were also most graciously received. His tory to the character of a man of honour ; and t." Excellency was in the Palace about halt an hour, he ' returned in her Majesty's carriage through the Park, he was resolved,.as long as he conimanded the silo .l and then get into his own carriage. that no one, unworthy Of the name of Genden ' ,should walk the quarter deck of the Aroediyat.