Star. — London, England, 1810-01-15 00:00:00

THE ARMY. lee-- • nof the State of Rome, and other States i t he ncurrtio the Holy See, are declared excommu-, , ~ir vng to are' - I Captain HOLCOMB'S coinpany of Royal British Ar plated!! LISBON, JAN. 4. tillery have marched into the barracks at Portsmouth, vacated by Captain OWEN'S company, embarked for Within these few days several corps of English ca- Portugal. „ Iry have disembarked in this capital, large bodies which were quartered here having - , eavy ca valry Captain TORRIANO is appointed Assistant Inspec days ago to join the army. With tor-General of Barracks in the Portsmouth district. °. r .-' led out some i 7e ca,•Alry lately arrived are several trains of artillery. Tlte Inverness regiment of Militia is appointed to j it • G.—According to account from Lerida, no do the duty jointly with the Artillery of the King's i l ,,. c n reinforcements had yet entered Spain. It . German Legion, over the French prisoners when they aPP " r • t h a t King JOSEPII will set out soon with occu py Porchester Castle. ' 1 . 4,0 00 men in the direction of' the North of Spain, i This morning the first battalion of the 50th regi xl,, ;Ise frontiers of France. Where he is going is ment, lately returned from Walcheren, marched f r om not k l'i'vn* The Duke del Parque was, on the• Siverhill barracks for Hastings, there to remain.— oi t h ll,cember, near Peralos, and appeared to be ; The 2d battalion is still at Silverhill barracks. lire , : iii, his march towards Estramadura, to join or 1 The 77th regiment began their march this morning 04 .per,tte with the Duke d'Albuquerque. The ; from Chichester barracks, for those of Bexhill. r.:rcli !lad not advanced against Ciudad Roderigo. i The sth foot, from Walcheren, have marched into_ The c elebrated Mina has again made great :laugh. Bexhill barracks. The 14th foot are on their route to L I- f the French in Tudela. The circumstantial Steyning barracks. vc oant of the battle near Medina del Campo by the His Majesty's Ministers lately dismissed the Vo riuke d , I Parque has been received. lunteer Corps of Liverpool Infantry, on the ground of its i , g defic in ln asr '11.: Briti , :i army which is marching towar ds Beira !letter fr o m Colonel ient LL WllAM disc S, pli late " Command p er it o ed f . t ev ery where observed the most exact disci- , that .I.L .I.ls , Regiment, to the Honourable RICHARD RIDER, 1 .. 1c , doing honour to the talents and virtues of its one of his Majesty's Secretaries of State, the Colonel wc:',:iy chief and officers. informs him, that his “ ardent devotion to the public good has derived new life and hope from the intro duction of this salutary doctrine ; for if dismissal is be come ajust consequence of elfficieney, then, assuredly, when this principle is brought into general application and full activity, we may expect to have the Council: of State directed by wisdom, and its armies conducted by soldiers." BADAJOZ, Wan. . not whether the enemy has changed his bat we are persuaded that his military anti. f ,:c s will avail hin, nothing, as OW army of the centre it is celt;ili, is in the best order and disposition to and frustrate every attempt. 27.—Letters from the Army of the Centre s:a:e, th it the enemy chews an intention to attack, becatbe he is pushing his advanced positions to the occupied by our troops. It is added, that our troops are is high spirits, well provided with ammu rition and provisions, and anxiously desire the arrival ci th.; moment which shall afford them an opportu it7 :o recover their honour. Da. 30.—We learn that Don Pedro Agostinho Lhavarri is Commandant-General of all the troops *, the province of Cuenca; and that the enemy, after unfortunate action at Ocana, had endeavoured to stretiad 11:m on various occasions, but had never been able to effect it ; his skirmishing parties having much r.::oyed them, taking from them a quantity of arms 1:1 field equipage belonging to our army, as also twenty er more mules, and a convoy of brandy and rne, killing 18 men. CORDOVA, DEC.!. The advices daily received from the army of the t: Are, concur in representing it as in a very respec- Me condition, both as to cavalry and infantry, and h.u. it is continually augmenting by the return of the ba iTersed and by volunteers. We know that a party of true patriots, posted in 7',lmiarrama, has set at liberty the first division of he prisoners taken at the unfortunate battle of Ocana, which were on their way to France. __ . Dcc. 15. Ammunition and arms are daily passing through this place, debtined for the army of the cen tre ; upwards of 100 waggon loads of muskets we liive seen in one day taking that direction. JAVA, DECEMBER 2 The French have retreated from Viso and Visalo to Valdepinas. In Infanta they have also some sops. The reason why they penetrated so far into La Mancha, was, undoubtedly, the intention to de ve our army of the provisions which were left in ose unfortunate places. Our divisions now occupy same point in the service which they did before ' e present position of the enemy in La Mancha : We mentioned on Saturday the arrival of the Pic ini brig at Plymouth, from Portugal. By this vessel Major-General COTTON arrived with dispatches from Lord WELLINGToN.—MarshaI BERESFORD was em ployed in inspecting the Portuguese Army, and in examining the forti fications throughout the kingdom. It was reported that there had been a skirmish be tween some British troops and an advanced party of the French, near Villa Firena, on the froniiers of Leon. The army lately at Badajos was continuing its retreat towards Lisbon. It was whispered at Paris that King JEROME had I incurred the displeasue of the EMPEROR, in conse queue* of his declaring his resolution to be div• reed from his sernr. wife, because he " had lost ail dope of having issue by her." IL is also said to h. , ve an- nounced his determin-tron to recognise his first mar- riage with ?"Is; PATTERSON. The Edward, HADDOCK, sailed for Aorlaix on Sa turday last, with six ladies, among whom was Mrs. OTTER, wife of Capt. OTTER, of his Majesty's ship Proserpine. They hired the vessel. COMMON HALL.—In the Report given in the Morn ing Chronicle of Mr. WAITHMAN s speech at the Corn mon Hall, held the 14th December, 1809, that Gen tleman is stated to have said,—" Are there not fami- I lies in this country without the least duty to perform, or service to return to the public, receiving immense annual incomes oat of the taxes ?--( Hear, - Ifear .! 1-- Is it not true that the Marquis of Hertford and his Family draw out of the Public Revenue at least £50,000 per annum ? The two Hon. Mr. Seymours not less than AP2,000 a year. There is distributed from the same fund not less than £40,000 a year amongst the family of Lord Castlereagh ?—(Cries of :Issue I It must not 6e I)" Mr. WAITIIMAN, in his speech in the Common ftall on Tuesday the 9th instant, while he acknowledged the above to be a misrepresentation, having omitted to state the real facts of the case, of which he was' previously put into possession ; it has become neces sary to np lish the following statement, which we now do from authority : " Neither Lord CASTLEREAGH, nor any of hie fa mily, hold any civil office of emolument, or any pen sion under the crown, either in possession or reversion. al His brother, Brigadier General STEWART, is Military Governor of Charles Fort, in' Jamaica, the net profits of which are se6oo a year,paid by the island. ag The Marquis of HERTFORD'S family hold the fol lowing employments : " Prothonotary of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland - ag Clerk of the Crown, d:tto " Hazer, ditto - Cie: e does not appear the least ground to apprehend attack on our positions in Sierra Morena ; the -etch have no other view than to drain that province all the provisions they can obtain.—Advice has this 7 ken received that a considerable division of the ny's troops,with a large train of artillery,is march through Guadalazara : the real object of this' sument is not yet known. CADIZ, DECEMBER 29. I Ti :s no particular news from our army. The iy is in motion ; he is abandoning the posts which occupied in the vicinity of the Sierra, and conti ties his retreat : large bodies of horse and foot have . 1 1 , ed thruugh Almozan, on their march to Navarre. n the north of the Peninsula the glorious fire of in. surrection spreads wide and far. The Patriots in that curter lately attacked the Vandals, and took two thc , s of cannon. The enemy's troops, who occupied Aimaras and Arcebispo, have left those positionc, zld retreated towards Madrid. It is said that Don I..hevarri, being attacked by the French in Taran ;:, epulsed them with loss. (Net receipts—see Report of Finance Commit tee, dated 31st May, 1809.) " These offices were granted in reversion to the present patentees, in the year 1766, when the late Lord Hertford was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and came into their possession about the year 178.1. The profits arise from fees paid by suitors on law proceedings, and have been raised to their present amount in consequence of the late increase of busi ness in the Court of King's Bench in Ireland. " Craner and wharfinger of the port of Dublin (Net receipt—see Finance Report as above.) "The profits of this office arise from fces paid en imports into the port Of Dublin. The grant was made about the same time as that of the preceding offices. 4 , Naval officer and harbour-master in the Danish island of St. Croix 86849 0 216 0 536 0 982 0 733 15 I hr. '29.—Private letteri from Catalonia affirm 6 at the army of General Blake is about to resume its f 4 sitions against the army which besieges Gerona, all lx distrkts of the principality having speedily offered !raise and equip their number of recruits ; the whole i':Tee of military thus to be raised, will exceed 50,000 tea. w The profits of this office arise from fees paid on vessels frequenting the ports of the island. 44 Commissioner of Excise 7 1200 0 "Total by Lord HERTFORD'S family £10,516 15 " Brigadier-General STEWART, as above stated 600 0 . £11,116 15 GRANADA, DECEMBER Is. It is 1.:7.3wn that the enemy's troops, which occupy Barceic:n a , attacked on the 24th of last month, our ta n l P of Conreria, and were at first repulsed; but t‘'lng to the vast superiority of his force, our troops 'Are at length compelled to fall back, and the French - . -Icteedhl in burning the camp. The above statement requires little comment ; the misrepresentations in question would have been hardly less striking, had they been made previously to Lord CASTLEREAGH'S retiring from office, as he then held do other situation than that of Secretary of State, the salary of which is 86000 a year ; and if it is to be assumed (for the sake of pointing at an individual)that Lord HERTFORD'S and Lord CASTLEREAGH'S families are to be considered as one and the same, it neverthe less appears that, even in this view, the utmost that can be stated as the aggregate official emoluments of both families (exclusive of military pay), does not exceed £11,116, 15s. Of this sum Lord CASTLE , REAGH himself receives nothing ; his family oniy Roo of the remaining. £10,516 15s.—the sow ‘.of £8583 was granted by the Crown before Lord CASTISREAGII Was born. A Gentleman who left BourdeAux on the 7th inst. I.!ys it was reported there before he came away, that lootco N had either married, or was on the point of 24 trY;lig the Priaccss Of SAXONY. lir4 PAIL IN rzLLIGENcs. .. gITRACT OF A Lsrrra FROM AR OFFICER IN HIS MA JESTY'S SHIP MAJBSTIC, NOW IN THE BALTIC. " Majestic, off Sproe, in the Great Belt, Nov. 11, 1809. " The live stock we got at Carlscrona was very bad, and very dear; for though our sheep cost us about twelve shillings each, yet they were so very poor, that a quarter of mutton was barely sufficient for the dinner of three of us : the fowls were so tough it was impossible to dissect them ; the ducks have such a fishy taste, that no one would eat them ; pigs were the only decent animals we could get ; I believe we brought sixteen away with us, and I assure you we are surfeited with pork, boiled, roasted, fried, broiled, stewed, and hashed. The Swedes at Canis crona are the veriest set of extortioners that ever lived ; for on our arrival, though there were several men of war in the roads, many of the articles of com merce were raised a quarter; however we raised the value of our guineas to twenty-four shillings. The Danes are very kind to their English prisoners, give them their parole, and, for that country, a liberal allowance. I long to see Old England again, but alas ! though the MAJESTIC was the first ship in the Baltic, had to undergo the uncommon severities of a second winter on our first arrival, have been employed in the most arduous and hazardous task of any in the fleet during the summer, have now to endure the se verest part of another winter here, yet we are con demned to tvait for the last convoy. 0 tempora ! 0 more: I that we who were the first in the Belt from England this year, should be left guardship off Sproe, to see the last English ship out of the Belt ! It is I very severe duty, and hard upon us." FALMOUTH, JAN. 12. Arrived the Duke of Marlbro' packet, Capt. BULL, with a mail from Lisbon, in five days.—Wind S.E. Put back this day the ship Hamilton, Capt. ALLAN, from London for Gibraltar ; the ship Medway, WAr. soN, for ditto ; Sicily, LIVINGSTON, for ditto. Arrived the Peggy (transport) from Lisbon—sailed from thence under convoy of his Majesty's brig Coisus, and parted from the fleet (about 36 sail) fourteen days since. Also arrived the ship Mary, JOHN CLARKE, from Whitehaven with timber ; the sh;p Greneda, Wm. LOWKS, from London, to load fish at this port, for Jamiica ; the brig Ann, M'DONALD, from Saloe for London with wines, brandy, and cork, 30 days passage ; the brig Arat, RICHARD HARVEY, from London for Gibraltar ; the ship Adventure, GRIGG, bound to Nassau (America). Sailed the ship Bri tannia, MITCHELL ; and the ship Croydon for Lon akin. The packets with the outward monthly mails, as also those for Spain, Portugal, and the Mediter raneau, still remain by contrary wind.—Wind strong it tiff. TORBAY, JAN. 13. Caine - in here yesterday the ALERT sloop of war, from Newfoundland ; parted from her fleet in a gale, five leagues to the westward of Scilly, after 20 days passage. The Norfolk Hero, of London, carried away her bowsprit, at an anchor, by means of too much sea.—Wind S. E. blowing a strong gale. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. is. • Yesterday the wind became favourable, and the long-detained convoys prepared for their departure. The fleets for the Mediterranean, Cadiz, Portugal, and the coast of Africa, sailed this morning with a fine breeze from S.E. The Danemark, Neptune, Hy perion, Peruvian, and Cormorant, will sail to-mor row morning with the West-India convoy—they are waiting for any ships that may be coming from the Downs. The Hon. Major-Gerteral W. STEWART, Major-General PICTON, and Dr. FERGUSSON, are gone in the fleet for Portu g al. A brig of war got on shore on the Woolsenors, last night. She cut away her masts, but it is feared she will be wrecked. Assistance has been sent her. Her name is not known. The PORCUPINE, • Capt. ELLIOTT, with the convoy for the Brazils and the Cape of Good Hope, is wait ing for orders to sail. The Wetford, Winchelsea, and Ocean, joined the East•lndia convoy, on Satur day morning from the Downs. P.S. Nothing arrived to-day.—Sailed the West-' India fleet, consisting of nearly 300 sail, under a very strong convoy of his Majesty's ships DENMARK, NP.P TUNE; HORATIO, HYPERION, TRYDEN, MALABAR,COR• MORANT, PERUVIAN, and FERVENT. Sailed his Ma jesty's ships MANILLA and la NYMPHE, with a few transports, for Lisbon. DEAL, JAN. 14. Put back, by adverse winds, the United States fri gate John Adams, which sailed from hence the 12th E.N.E. blows hard. HARWICH, JANUARY IS. Last night arrived the Lord Duncan packet from Gottenburgh : passed, off Boi,vverberge, 12 ships of war and about two hundred sail of merchantmen un der convoy, from the Baltic—all the English ships had left Sweden. MULL, JANUARY 13. Arrived the Lady• Francis packet, from Murstrand : sailed the Bth instant, at which time 150 vessels were at Gottenburgh, bound to England, part of them had arrived from the Baltic en the sth or 6th January. Supposed they would sail for England immediately. 1 The Ocean, Albion, Trafalgar and Favourite trans. arts, from HeligoLuld, were captured on or about he 16th November, and driven on shore near Calais. _ PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH-DOM, tANUARY le: The PICKLE brig of wars taut CRAWFORD, tl:e arrival of which I noticed in my last, was only st n . days on her passage from Lisbon, two of which was becalmed. Colonel Sir STAPLETON COTTON cam.. home in her, and brought a confirmation of our army having retreated from the Spanish territories, ank• taken up a position in the North of Portugal. The accounts from our army are of a most gloomy na ture : sickness and disease have been more fatal to our brave fellows than the efforts of the enemy. Yesterday arrived the American ship Hero, from Charante, laden with wine and brandy, detained and sent in by the Phmbe private ship of war, belonging to JOSHUA ROWE, Esq. of Torpoint. From the infor mality and ambiguity of her papers, there is no doubt but she will be condemned as prize to the Phxbe. Captain COLLARD is appointed totheDnEansou'ou r, 98, vice Captain GEORGE BURGOYNE SALT. Tlie navy and marine officers of the ship 'this week *gave an elegant dinner at the King's Arms, to Captain SALT, as a token of their high esteem and respect for him, while under his command. The CADMUS, Captain FIFE, has captured, off Rochefort, two French chasse-marea, laden with wine and brandy ; and a French brig in ballast. The French brig privateer taken by the P4.OVER, as mentioned in my last letter, is called le Saracen, pierced for 18 guns, 14 mounted, and a crew of 108 men ; captured atter a short chace ; out 2,) days from Bayonne, and had taken two prizes, both of which were retaken by the PLOVER, viz. the brig Brothers ; WILLIAM ALEXANDER Master, from Martinique, La den with sugar and coffee, bound to London ; she had also dispatches on board from General BECK. WITH, Commander in Chief at Martinique, which she threw overboard ptevious to the privateer boarding her ; and the other the sloop Rambler, Hurnom Master, from Seville, laden with oranges, for Lon don. The Brothers is arrived here. The Rambler was scuttled by the enemy, bat the PLOVER coming up soon after, prevented her from foundering, and repaired her so as to enable her to reach port. The crews of both vessels came in in the PLOVER. Arrived the ESPIEGLE sloop from Portsmouth ; the RALEIGH, 18 guns, and ROLLA, 10, from the Downs t he brig POMONA, from Pictou, for Exeter, with tim ber ; the Spanish brig Axsab, from Bilboa, laden with chesnuts and furs ; the Spanish brig Mecca, from Corunna, with tallow, hides and cotton, for London I aad the Prussian brig Cornelia, from Memel, with deals. Came up harbour, the CZIAR and Istraruzuz. Sailed the PHEASANT, of 18 guns, on a cruize. Last night an alarming fire broke out in Long. Acre, two doors from Mr. Hatchet's, the coach maker. 'Thee premises of a leather-seller, awl firer engine maker, were burnt down. Mr. Hatchet's pre. mises were twice on fire, but by the activity of the fire-men, they were preserved. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. Captain W. HANWILLI., to the Grampus. Captain Quitiu hi t to the Aletandria. Captain JANVEILIN, to the Pandora. Captain MO sit, of the Driver, to the Statira, vice Boys, ;ceased. _ _ Captain H. PRARSE, to the Royal Sovereign. Lieutenant SrAMP, to command the Halcyon. Captain A. F. EVANS, to be Agent for Prisoners of War, at Stapleton, vice Csawtev. Captain COLLARD, to the Dreadnought. Captain SPENCE is promoted to a Post-Captain. On Saturday the dispatches were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the following ships, viz. Wexford, Captain Clarke; Earl Camden, H. M. Samson ;. Arniston, S. Landon ; Winchelsea, Honourable H. Lindsay—. Bombay and China. Ocean, J. J. Williamson—St. Helena, Ben eoolen, and China. PASSENGERS PEA WEITORD.—For Bombay, Rev. Robert Baynes, Chaplain ; Miss E. Lewis. PASSENGERS PER EARL CAMDEN....-FOP Madras via Bombay, Mrs. Dick, Captain S. Dick. 29d Light Dragoons. For Bombay, Captain and Mrs. Eliiadge ; Captain Lieutenant and Mrs. Sykes ; Mr. F. Trash, Assistant Surgeon. PASSENGERS PER ARNIaTON.--FGE Bombay, Mrs M. Evans; Mrs. Ellen Smith, Mr. P. Martin, Assistant Surgeon ; Misses E. Torriano and J. Newton. PASSENGERS PER WINCHELSEA.-...-For Bombay, Messrs. C. J. Pocknell and D. Stewart, free mariners ; Messr,. Ebeneser Young and Charles Daw,.Assistant Surgeons. For Ceylon, Mr. M. J. Smith, Writer. PASSENGERS PER OCEAN.—FOP St. Helena, Mr. S. Beville, to take command of the Camperdown cutter. For Bencoolen, Mr. C. H. Steele, Writer. OXFORD.—The following subjects are proposed for the Chancellor's Prizes for the present year, viz. For Latin Verses—Pyramides Egyptiacs. For an English Essay—What are the Arts, in the cultivation of which the Moderns have been less successful than the Antients For a Latin Essay—ln Philosophia, quip de Vita et Moribus at, illustranda, quznam pritcipue Sermonuna Socraticorum tuit excellentia t The first of the above subjects is intended for those Gentlemen of the University who have not exceeded four years from the time of their matriculation; and the calur two for such as have exceeded four, but not completed seven years. Sir Roger Nudigate's ?rite—For the best Composition in Eng lish Verse, not containing more than fifty lines, by any Ui der. Graduate who has not exceeded four years from the tine of his matriculation—the Statue of the dying Gladiator. CAMBRIDGE.—The following is the subject for the Hulsean premium for the present year : " The remarkable propensity of the Jews to idolatry, before the Babylonish captivity, compared with their exemption from it, in general, afterwards, affords the unbeliever no just ground for rejecting tAie scriptural account of the miracles in the time of Moses and Joshua." , CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANS, JAN. 15. The ar. rivals of Wheat coastwise make but a short supply—.. sales thereof, of fine, are brisk, and about 2s. per quarter lower— Foreign in plenty—Prime Dan tz ic full 4s. per quarter advance on the currency—Barley supports last prices—in Malt and White Peas little variation—Beans, of the two kinds, likewise—There are also short supplies of Oats, and the trade is quoted rather dearer.— Flour at last prices. GINISISAL CUIRINCY AS UNDIR. Whelf, 765. 905. 1025. Beans, (old) 545. (Os. Fine ditto, 104 s. ions. Tick ditto (old) 475. 535. Rye, 445. 50s. Oats 225. 28s. so. Poland ditto, 345. 375. Oil. m Potatue ditto, 335. od. Whiteßaarllets y m 4 sa o: t . 30i 4 (b 13 s. on o c d. r 6), 70$. 80s. Rape Seed, 481. 511. Fist Flour, 90s. 91s. nsconds 85s. 90s.