Star. — London, England, 1817-05-02 00:00:00

ar.d those wbo !--.• 7.1' H Lad rr.oney to lead, % ,. ; •. ( .. : d to b-rror• N;_l N s,dd a few words in favour of the ften given to bring in the Bin. into x Ccuitn;ttee on the Acts re. te Buck Whim!, net;olutions were 41104 I '• the mntion of CllANcuLort Of the Ex ,,L,, the the 114 :is:: rtsAvt: itstlf into a COlll - the I. ,, t'ery toovtd that the Bill shnnld i.. ;! tiritt-d, and repett , ..! of his f.anier obstr- T ,•..01, ag.tinst the I. ry L)5-em. 11.‘131N(1 . 1'() tvd the motion. ci-lANCELLOR . ef tie EXCHEQUER s sd. ;4, should r:sist nvith,n, On the ground that has picc:sely the sari^ as those on this sub ;,;,L had passed for the last two years, and ; !..pp.l-re the printing of it worth: be a useless waste o f rhlic money. By referring to the Statute Ecriks, tie Honourable Gentleman could get all the inforn.:lh,a he nri A lit require. There could be no mete ajvantage from printing this Bill thin those of the Malt Duty, ur other Annual Bills passed from itar :o year.. 'lre question being put for the House to go into t!.r Comm:to-IY. Mr. LYTTLETON said, that in ord...r to have 3r , o pportunity of moving that the Bill be printed, he ',huuld now move that the House be counted, xacu flare nut being forty Members present, an Ad juuiitneta took place. LV . SINESS SOR THIS DAY, MAY 2. Grand Jury Pr 3entmet;ts Bill, Corninittee-- Srn.,:th , .k. , Bill, turtli.r consititairinit of Report—Rye liar b,;,: GM, bvcor.d readttig--London Coals Btll , C • e ACI3, Committee—Supply, Committee—Ways II ,: c, 1111 l /114. C— West India Trade Act, Committee-- I ride Azts, Committee—Bankruptcy Repression Bill, rrading, t'siv.vrr. 1:11LLI, SECOND R ADINW —Witham Inclomlre Li!—Dublin Gas Light Bill—Dublin aad Mullingar Road Mill— :slum- Bill (by (rider). _ _ _ THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 18;7. PVICK CF STOCK.; THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK, !t, 71;11--( o:+. 7 . 21i —llo. for May, 7%4. . f.cr Cent. prr Cent. Navy, .101 11.3 1a5.11.;...acr ILL. 114. 1!•i 72 rre: The chit f business before the Commons, hist night, Mr Z;erjratit ONsLow's fi,r leivi. o bring in A :o rep. si the Usury Laws. The a •sord , ty of the interest of money was put in a strong iig:it, by the practice which it was in consequence found irlispensable to permit, of borrowing money on an- Lai!l , :s, at from two to three times the rate legal :.:'.teat. The CHANCSLLfiIt of the EXCIIRQUILIt. thltlBll LOI prepared instantly to agree to the proposed altera tion of the law on this bead, had no hesitation in confessing that he perfectly concurred in the principle cf thi: measure proposed —and hence we may infer, List thr period is not very distant when money, like tray other commodity, will be left to find its own price and value in the market. We Mentioned some time ago, that the Chinese brobasly, befitted ttl have been dismissed without seeing the E astitenon, was expected to be back at Canton by the 3d of December last. By letters brought by the Anita-jean ship the Chesapeake, arrived at firemen, and which did not leave Canton till the 15th of December, twelve days later than the expected time of their return, it appears that the Embassy had ma then arrived at Canton, nor was any thing fur. trier known of them.—How is this to be accounted for is it possible that the Estrzaolt, after finding that he had been imposed upon by some .of his Mi nisters, and had, on erroneous information, issued Lh order not to receive the Embassy, has since com manded his Ministers to contrive means to recall it ? Hambtugh, Dutch, and Flemish Mails arrived tl:;s morning. We subjoin a few extracts from the efferent Continental Journals brought by these Mails. Whea her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES vas at Virona, she wore, according to the Turkish caslom, a Jag er at her side ; the attendants were errssal in the 0 riental fashion. Berlin has been in a state of great gaiety with balls, fcter and entertainments of various kinds, in honour cl the mtniage betwttn the Princess CHARLOTTE of Parana and the Grand Duke NICHOLAS of Russids. The West India Houses at Copenhagen have re. 'rived but indifferent accounts from St. Thomas's respecting the next crop of sugar. They expect only 79 ° 0 or 8000 tons, instead of the usual return of 0 0 00 or 40,000 ; so that hardly one half of the ships "out, 90 in number, will be able to procure cargoes. The East India Trade is also there in a low state, craing to the cheapness of Teas. Congo may now be bought there at less than two-thirds of a specie dollar—a price at which their India Company can t import it. even in time of peace. At Stockholm, the CltOwN PRINCE is still courting r^-, , plar favour, by Decrees said to be for the en "'augment of their home commerce, but actually calculated to destroy trade. A prohibition of the i mportation of Coffee is expected, of which the. con 'Anption is very great, about 3,300,000 lbs. annually. The Brussels letters mention the arrival there of 7 e7tral French Officers--on their way to s obtain a passag e to Sour America. , The portion of Ru ss i an troo ps tO be witis3rawn T lrl the Allied Army of Occupation is at length to be put in motion. Vessels for their transport 'in shortly arrive at Calais or at Havre. Accomas from Marche mention, that numerous 'P. of wild boars, which have issued from the ' - ' 4.6 1 impelled by hunger, ttaYerse at this moment r.w.Ly plr's of the distiict of Marche, where they commit great ravapes. Letters from Lille state, that ell the French (M. ! cers, who received leave of absence last Nov:tither, must now rejoin their corps r anti that the ;no - grit:iota- , lions of the French army ate to IN:: fixed fur the pre- stnt to `2,(1.1 int!' for every I,e,lion of Infantry, :30 (rico for r,ICII R:simcnt 01 Cavalry. By 140 can- 1 ton with w•nch new soldiers ale tl:c spirit ut the French Aim) , is d tilt'' imrioved. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 421. The Commissioners ahp,.int.•J to drag• up a rquirn for the organization of the Representative Constitution t f the Duchy of I! )4teiii, have present ed their pfoposals ftnidarnental p►in ciples of such a Cuintitutioa. As the importance of the subject requires long,fr deliberation, and the offi cial business of tl,e Commissioners lions Holstein would not allow of their p►ulunging th•e•ir stay here, his Majesty has allowed tlitni to adj ,, crii till the Ist of Septen►ber item. SOU l'H AMERICA. The following letter, with which we have been fa voured from a Gentleman in Barbadoes, commu nicates a variety ut new and interesting particulars, respecting the recent Expedition of the Republican Admiral 13nowra to the Coasts of the Pacific, his sub sequent arrival in the West-Indi,..s, and the seizure and condemnation of his principal vessel there, as lawful prize to the Britidi Ha , : " BARBAI3OF4, FEB. 1, 1817. " The well known Bnows, Admiral to !Le Buenos Ayres Government, was some time ago fitted out with a small squadron, to cruize along the western coast of South America, nearly the whole of which still remains faithful to the mother country. Bttows, after a variety of adventure%, made his appearance at Barbadoes with ono ship, the Hercules, under Por tuguese colours—he endeavoured to enter at the Cus tom-house, in order t h at he might sell his cargo and get a clearance, but the Custom-honse would have nothing to do with him. The BRAZEN sloop of war being at this time at Barbadoes, and about to proceed to the Commacder in Chief, at Antigua, Bnows re. quested Lave of 11,e Captain Ortramo), to proceed to that poll. under . his convoy. ‘, This the Captain readily ganted ; but learning afterwards some suspicious c4.;timst inees of BROWN, he thhu A ht proper, in the course of the voyage, to hold the su.stl as detained, 'and took her in as such CO Antigua, where she was tried and ultimately con.' donned as lawful priz. She is supposed to be worth nearly one hundr‘d thousand pounds. An appeal has been entered by BROWN. 6 , From BIWWN'S account of his voyage, it appears that after leaving Buenos Ayres he doubled Cape Horn, and made a great number of captures, to the amount of about a million and a half of money. He made descents both at Lima and Guayaquil. At the former place he was made prisoner with a few of his men, and would have been immediately put to death, but for the fortunate circumstance of having a few days before captured a ship with the Governor of Lima on board, in consequence of which a treaty of exchange was entered into, by which Bnows's second in command agreed to give up the Governor, with several prizes, and a considerable sum in money, as ransom for Bitows. a In the attack oa Guayaquil he lost one of his squadron, a brig of 16 guns, which grounded, and could not be got od. After extending his cruise as far north as Bunaventura, he shaped his course for Magellan's Straits, in passing through which he lost another of his ships. He had now r.nly two ships left, the Hercules and Consequencia ; the latter, which was by far the most valuable of the two, parted company after they had got clear of the Straits, and has not since been heard of. BROWN now procreded onwards to Buenos Ayres, till he spoke a vessel which informed him that a military force had gone from Rio Janeiro against Buenos Ayres, when he deter mined to steer for another por►, to avoid being cap tor:A by the Portuguese squadron. He aecordin3ly put into Pernambuco, but not being able to gain any intelligence there respecting the Portuguese arma ment, he left it and came to 13arbadoes, where he arrived about the 2Zith of last September. " Besides this account of BROWN'S own, several 'other particulars have come to our knowledge here, to which I think every credit may be attached.— After he had received Iris orders to sail from Buenos Ayres, the ruling party sent dtrwn a reclu!st that he would delay his departure for a week ; but instead of complying with it, he sailed much r trlier than he originally intended, being probably impressed with the idea that if he stopped, the expedition might be ultimately countermanded. His wile and family, who were living at Buenos Ayres, be had previously taken the precaution to send over into the Portuguese territories. Yuu will recollect that the Government of Buenos Ayres afterwards sent out a squadron into the Pacific Gaut for the express purpose of bringing Buowtt in, and there seems little doubt that it was in consequence of his being apprised of this that he passed through the dangerous navigation of Magel-, lan's Straits in order to avoid them on his way back. is a fact also, that alter accomplishing that arduous task, and when he concluded that there was nu further occasion for keeping up his warlike cha• racier, he threw his guns into the hold, and ac quainted the crew, that they were no longer to con sider themselves iu a man of war, but a merchant man, and net to addreu him as Admiral, but at Captain BnowN. " From all these eircnmstancen, there arrays every probability that litmus having amasst d (Tn. sidirable wealth aind,:r the Republican Gheeri:mtnt, htit being, from its jrrlotrsy and unalablatt•ss, dis trustfail of his ultimate security, had, preva.ta; to his setti g sail from Buenos Ayres, meditated and ar ranged the plan of not rem:tint!: tn it. " The Ilercul-s, though rot btii:t fora man of war, mounted -16 p,las, and had a con-1•l. -meat of 1:41) oleo. Her Master (Mr. CHITTY) WAS a lel itiee of Bang's, and had, I believe, Men a Mils!ticona:t our Navy. T'e other two ships were =:tch LTial in I men and guns to a s loop o f war . Bums .111,..irs I to be an intelligent, shrewd, prudent man, of gentle. manly manners, and likely to make friends %Owes', r I he goes. He was much respected, and very popular among his officers and crew. " I believe the ground on which the Hercules has been condemned is a breach of the Navigation'Laas. She had no register or clearance from any port. I scarcely think she could he condemned in conse. (pence of being an insurgent vessel, since onr Arrzho. rides here have constantly refused to interfere in the least between the contending parties. From the best. information I can obtain tire Royalist Party appear to have gained a considerable ascendancy. Although the Insurgents had some months since greatly augmented their strength by recruits from St. Domingo and the Virgin Islands, they appear to have been totally defeated under Bo- LIVAR—.IInr do we hear of their having made a stand any where in the North for a long time. " The younwr MINA, son to the gallant Spaniard of that name, is now at Port au Prince with Per•tos, who seems extremely friendly to the cause of the Patriots, allowing them to procure whatever supplies they want in his dominions, and even his own people nr v.rlonteer in their service. Many English as well AS French Of have gone over to serve in the Patriot Army." The PRINCE ItenexT gave a dinner to the Duke Of WELLINGTON yesterday At Carlton House. Among the distinguish;nl characters invited to meet his Grace were the following : _ _ _ Prince F.,tethazy, thr.lurrian nihapaclor, Baron Fagri, the .Inthassador front thr Netheri.smk, •iitl s v•sral others of the 1 2 0- fo t o Anthit.adorN and Ministers ; the Eul of Liverpool, the hail of Westmorland, Vtwount Shinn:nab, with tithe's of the Cabinet, &Cr. Yesterdiy, about one o'clock, her Nlalist v and the Princess ELIZABt TH. attended hy the Countess or IL. CHESTER, took an airing in a coach and I.,ur ;Jung Westminster Bridge, hy Clapham, and along Batter- Ka► Bridge, on their retain to the Queen's Pal.►ce.— Prinee,s ELIZABETH afterwards went to visit thil. Duchess of GLOUCESTER. THE Ducitass OF GLOUCESTER.—Yesterday being the turn of Sir HENIIY HALFOHD to WWII on the KIMI, be left London for Windsor. Dr. BAH,LIE consequence called in, and yesterd iy he issued the tol!owing Bulletin : " Gtouees•rr Hnute, IW ty 1. " Her !ROTA Highness the Duchtst of GLOVCISTICA ?toted A d:st.•rbsd segi.t, bet if better this tuartneg. l 'l'i'e Doctor tnen proceeded to the Queer.; and Panics Itsoc,a, to report the state of his Royal Pi. it. Abut four o'clock he attended the litickess again, when, we are happy to learn, her Royal Highness M4ll in less pain than in the morning, and the lever abated. Sir WILLIAM SCeri, Lord G. CAVENDISH, Lord Duvrcurs, Colonel ALLAN, Mr. R. WILLIAMS, Mr. SUMNER, and near forty other Member; of the House of Commons, were locked out of the division on Monday night, by bring about 6ve minuses too late. The Lady who is called "the richest heiress in the Kingdom," is the Hon. Miss ELPHINscoNs MERCER, the daughter of Lord KEITH. Her fortune is £15(X)0 a year in her own right, in addition to which she may inherit ,C 30,090 a-year from her Islohle Father. Mademoiselle Dasrmusass, one of the richest heiresses i t France, will shortly give her hand to the son of the Marquis of OEMOND, Ambassador of France in England. The servants of the NORTHUMBERLAND Family ap peared yesterday in their new liveries, and wine very large wedding favours. At the Anniversary Dinner of the London Hospi tal, on Wednasday last, a great many Jewish Gentle men were present, who were highly flattered by a toast given by the Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Luting) in these words--" Success to the Hebrew Natioh." Wednesday the Annual Festival of the United Frt. ternity of Freemasons of England was held at the Society's Hall, in Great Queen-street, his Rfryal Highness the Duke of Suassx. the M. W. Grand Master, in the Chair. The Meeting was most nu• merous, and the conviviality of the day wrs !:ept up with that festive harmony which ever charatteriz:s the fraternity. Mr. JOIN Goss, the singer, late Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Lay Vicar of Westminster Abbey, and Vicar Choral of St. Paul's, died on Friday last. Yesterday his remains were interred in one of the vaults of St. r .Paill's Cathedral. The body WAS filet (during the p.rformance of a solemn dirge on the organ) at the west entrance by the Gentleman et the Choir, and conducted, in mournful procession, into the body of the Church. During the evenn service, that beautiful and appiopriateAnthem of Dr.: Lnuto let rue know mine end," &c. Wag executed with grand effect by the whole Choir, and the body afterwards deposited in the same grave with that tit his late wife and youngest daughter, amid the tears of his family, and the lamentations of a numerous as sembly of friends.—We are sorry to learn, Mr. Goss has left his fatally in rather distressed circumstances— one of his daughters labours under severe mental debi lity.—Mr. Goss was a native of Salisbury, and for. n.erly held a situation in the Cathedral of that town. The'eatraordinary splendour ut the planet Venus during the month of April, which she will likewise exhibit in the month of June, has fixed the attention of those who study the appearances of the heavenly bodies. This planet displays the same brightness every nineteen months : but she will this year present a pllenumenon much more rare and curious : for, from the 18th to the 22,1 of this instant (May), both drys inclusive, she will appear both as the morning 'abil the evening star, rising a few Minutes before the sun, and setting about the same time after hum. NAVAL 114,7-7LLICENCE. 1.1.01'1)'-, ...i.tY 2. The Bittetn. PAckm, Capt.tin Alice, arrived at Bermuda, the I;th MArch. 'l%)e Cii irintte Picket, CiptAn WHITE, r 1 7411 n 1: 1, •Rle" tLe 12 !"%ji Fr- Inu;+r}, the ‘.. 1 .C:!1 for .I•ltztaic.i. 'fix bird CAptAiri PoN, from arrived at ilarliaitty:s t!:r febtuAty. anJ t!"._ :14:h t;ic Wends. PE I„ 'JAN' 1. Arrive) the Cape pac - ket, Cap: ArNrw, from the C.:pe of Gict.l Eopt.: 9.1 t Fcl.ruary : she hit there the Plie.ce Re: , :ent nod o:: , luuti EiSt Ir-m Len;ol. The C.l7e 'misc.: parted compar.y cr. th.: h i:t Lit. 4-0. 2 long 21. G. with the Etrl of Bale:rras Bucking'tarnsh,:re East loslitmen, from for London, all well. On the 70) March, in Ilt. S. LI. I , nter. 13.47. o w spoke, the Vrow Maria, from B ttavia for Rotterdam, out four month;. On th... llth April, in Itt 47. so. long. 23. 30. splke the I.iv.npool Isom 1.1- vcrpoul 1-r Boston, out ten :Lys. tier I 21, 5p..k,.! Perseverance, from Tensr;tfe Sr 1.1.:11a-u, out seven w?ek.....—Five o'zlock—thl! Cornv , d', W.1.%0N, lor Beitgal, is just erne d txn, on 1 .•.i;1 siil intric distely the passengers Are on board. Tue wind is quite fair—North-east. FALMOUTH, APRIL 29. Arrived the Robert and Ann, kun►usou, in 52 days Irom Leghorn. PLYMOUII, APRIL se. Arrived the Jessie, SMITH. tr.in Antwerp, and the Olive Branch, GARD, from Lishon.—Sailed the Good Intent, for St. Petersburg ti.—Wind North POR ESMOU l'H, MAY Arrived the Matilda, WlLsom, from the Doan: for Bengal, and Thomas and Mary transports, from Gibraltar; his Majesty's ship Trutt, (min a crnize ; N.,rdske hincm, KRUSE, from L'ingsound, and the Perseus, trim the Downs for J.tinaic:.—zSailed the Queen and Retrieve transports, fur B.irbadoes. DOVER,. MAY I. S tiled last nig•it the P:mcess Charlotte pack q. Capt:iin INn‘, for Ostend, with a mail aita passengers ; also the Chichester packet, Captain Rt:T. 1 KK, to. Calais, with a mail.—Came in this day, wind.hountl, the schooner Beigintro, Capt airs RERLItO, offi St. Übe's, with salt, &c for Amsterdam. Sailed this day the King George packet, Captain Kix°, with a 111 ill and passtnLets, (or Calais.--Wind and bidws hard. AIRY 1. Artived the henry Fieeling racket, with a tiom Cuxhaven. CUSTOM-I totr , 4r, MAY I. , - Sutra FN TER CD INwAr.us —*l he Happy tt , .•urn, Morgan, from ('ork; Duke of Fryer, from Rotterdam; Maro get, Davies, fkulatw 11Piiibb n, from B:It&.t; Po, ettlim, ham Cala.; Uniuu. Gallowa hum 11.. itigca ; %Vorkw,rdt, Muer. !tom l'ohoto g e..; Act:ve, Conyers, fro• Dora.; Lontlos., horn t ly Ont.th, and from Portmo.tllll h . o. rAAIt D 3 —The 1.03i , a, Orr. ter Ciao.uran.l Petkriburgh; for 1 , 4314:4v0ur, Rotteratm ; and Nra sra .1e tog Ilan . Alalag.s aful attbteena. IiEETING Al' l'Al MAY 1, 1/il7, DLLS?. O I :•gst Gazalc. 1 5 to 1 4gat Mr. Crockforrs. 7 to 1 n e st Lainit 1 IS 10 I agst Merrymaker. I 15 to I ./st 7 to I ag%t Wasp. °AILS. 4 4 aft t t O rhi rvil B l r th et nt: to I apt Neva. 5 to 1 ag-t Trivrac. I i i to I apt 13 to I opt Lord Stawen. -• • . Ni Letting on the Donr.i..ter St. ',eget Stake. MATCH AT N rwmAi4 Kt r. —5 to 4 Whilton ag.t l'andortp. DURHAM RAcES, V 4 'anNLav,tV, ArbllL 2'. Sweerfakes of 10gs each, for 3.yr oW colts, Sat. Sib. and fillies, S•t. 2lb. 'I WO Mk. (6 SUIPICIIibttS) Mr. Latubtotes b. c. Don Juan, by Orville . • 1 Mr. Loltus's hr. f. Kit.y Flanagan , by Orville - _ 2 Mr. Yates' b. e. Gaudy, by Peruvian - - S Mr. W. entileres b. cby 1'1.01)111-mins - - 4 The Lanihton Hunt st..itt.i of sg. each, fnr 5-yr olds, list. 7116. six, and aged, iast. A winner carryirg :sib. extra, u tn ti emea riders. Two toile heats. (10 Subscribers.) Mr. Larnbain's b. h. Sir Robert, aged - - 1 •r NU It %DA V. The City Moto!,er,' Plate.(N.l.otiell) of £5O for all age.. Three ar utd. , 7st 511). fear, 91b. Ike. The winner of the Stakes 41b. extra. Two in::•• r eats. • Mr. MAI kgll's pr. f tb, a yrs old I Mr. Topb.sto's cb f. by Rommbra , crr, 3 yrs old 6 M. W. Ithlicy's b. C. Cyntoi., 3 yrs old 0 • This v i ace is indieplite. BAItNEV this /nothing, at seven o'clock, hid per. formed fi33 miles of his undertaking, since his com mencement, the I 9th ult. and still continues to go on, with great ci,nfidelice of finally accomplishing his arduous ta,k. OLIVER Citt , Ai wELL's PALACE.— Phis place of resi dence, to which so much importance is attached in I I•e pages of English histt.ry, was !nom to the groond tm Wedist :Ary the 17dt ult. in Clerkenwril Close. The lit e commenced at the" Ibarrper'r hou se , ,, whit alter having undergone a i,•ariety t transtormatirns, li id at last become the humble dwellinv, of a picture. frame maker. It %vas in ibis I e the death-tver. rata of King Chat le. I. war signed by Cromwtll. Sainr,lay se'rinight, at th.• C'trcou Court, Dumfries. Robert ( 'as nticloa, f inn. r...i.iikeiper. in Fleet, and Davi, !I/u, ray. laboor.n. thew, %cure a , - erased of the critue of 111,1111111 g and rioriaT, with the intent of obstructing and preventing the free expor. mon of ,Heal and pnrritocs. I livi Murray not rap- . gearing, was ou::.,svt-rl. Fht• trial then proceeded agtiost the said If oho, I.: 'To( haii, ian . w g, w , s f, Guilty, and s, nt n d t,, I . lnioht img Ely( minning, 4 BP7'.:V:I, :that; Ry a n, valvictcd, in February Se•sinas, of a high way rotihery in the Green-Line, Soutlig oe, was ext.. (-turd belor. the Debri•rs' d,t, r in t':.! 0 1 :1 The tinhoppy man con'hic we! himself ‘rith becoming tortit p u r d c e sc a n n t d o re w s i i t g n n e t s ! s the ion sons COkN-EXCHANC . F., MAY 2. What little Fite Wheat appeared chic rnc.rtrin7 met ready sale at an advance of licr, q.tarer, and the re wis also more demand fit Foreign Whet:. at Mon day's prices.—Batley, Peas, and Linen', :ate the same as on Monday, hut went oaf rath:r m •r e freely thin on that day.—Oats also sold toile readily, at an ad vance of Is. per quarter on fine samples. SMITHFIELD MAN KEA , M‘li 2. Beef 3, 8 I to 41 V.. 11 S. 01 Mutton 4$ 0,1 ;a Is 01 i I'-rk . . _ Lamb to 73. 8.! Bcslts C:o—::beep and Ls:lb& 5' 01 to le 01 4, 01 to jl.l lVt/ 16J —Pip 430.