Star. — London, England, 1808-02-05 00:00:00

'F., the Brasil ilill ens read a second ''' L,:clereti°tioer.cßommi" Iced. 'e , obmoght uti the RePort 01 Of t emmittee oti the 31r. L . • au Interc BM, which was ojtvto, and the Bill or tr be read third tine to-morrow: .141.7er liiSSON resettled an account, chewing the aniondt _ „..ills_outstandlrig. and unpaid for in the year 1807. PussoN obtained leave to bring in a Bill for regula. Sl' l ing of E se bequ er Bills. that he should move in the Isitit,s iss oN gave notice , ) " 1 * .of Sup ply en Mond a y for a sum to pay off the next , Der Bills puke d, iirßEAD as if he should have the pleasure of , by place to.night the Sicretary for Foreign Afhirs? ~00.1S1CISSON said, the Privy Council was now sitting, l os impossible for him to say, if it might be up before the Pa dtuTBREAD wished to know , w hether that Right Hon. ' o would hive tke candour to produce the answers of the op Secretary, part of which he had read in his place last Howse, of Mr. H USKISSON, there was ordered to be ~. d o l t l e uo ed ie L a c t i n tt o e u ry "t P ofrixes all ba f l or anc ow es unc t ia t i h n r i c el y in ,. ar a the February 1805. STATE OF IRELAND. i k. gIiERIDAN said, he understood it to be desirable, as .-- t he blem b e rg from Ireland had not yet arrived, and as of _m at o ~,e r e expected from that country, that he should • rslis mo tion on the State of Ireland for sonic time. Jae ned leave to withdraw h is motion oft that subject, u kr stdoi m ea ds!, and now gave n otice that be should then l' oo l e t of for bringing the subject before the Rouse. TREASURER OF THE NAVY. nidged for leave to b rin g in a Bill for the better re- Mr. ROSE ' die ONO bf Treasurer of the Navy. Th.! balances in g ds d dist department had hitherto been di v ide d under a vo id "( hod% which the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry thought eneweewary, and had recommended to be altered.— _ t ,,,, re pasts Pe/erred to, and the act regulating the office, ere the , e ased as read, and leave was given to bring in the ' q storable,. REDUCED LIST 1,412009 OF THE COMMITTEE ON T HE CHIPPEN. F FnE lIIAM ELECTION PETITION : ....... Wipe, Esq. J. P. Bastard, Esq. T. a u t hbodge, Esq. Sir J. Sinclair, Bart. ; 1). Giddy, Eel. J. Lemon, Esq. J. Lowther, riq. Sir Walter Stirling, Batt. on. H. Welle.ley The Marquis of Titchfield I: George Smith, Fqq. G. W. Thellusson, Esq. I Right Hon. N. Vaniittart Sir V. Gibbs r• tight Hou. C. Long Nominees. Miournel ---- LIST OF THE MINORITY it THE gleatt IRON. G. PONOONBY's MOTION, ON - WEDNESDAY LAST, vro mbi,tion. J. GrenfeU, Paseoej Ord, William e , W. Halsey , J. Os sulston, E. A. Hamilton, Lord A. Parnell, Henry srpe, Visas* Herbert, Hen. Ar, Peirse, Henry pie, 'W, L. Hibbert, Geo. Pelham, Hon. C. A. on, Geo. Homer, Francis P ett y , Lord Henry t,Rt.Hots.C. Howard, Henry Piggott, Sir Arthur I, Horson.T. Howard, Hon. W. Poole, Sir C. M. Maw, Hon. C. Hunt , Robert PoUington, viscount re, F. C. Jekyll, Joseph Poosontoy, Rt. H. G. tett, 6ir F. Knapp , Geo . Pornosby, Hon. G. ig, G. Knox, Hon. Thos. Prime, Hon. F. A. ixaft, Sir Grsn. Laing, Malcolm Pym, Francis elbell, Lord J. Lambe, Hon. W. Roinilly,Sir Sam. "bell, J. Lainbton, Ralph Russell, Lord Wm. moihali, Lord G. Lawrence, French Scudamorei R. P. iheiab, Win. Leach, John Sharp, Richard = Geo. Lefevre, C. Shaw Shelley, Timothy Sedk7 Lloyd, J. M. Sheridan, Rt. Mo. R. lie, H. Macdonald , James Smith, John Xs, T hus. Madocks, W. A. Smith, Wm. *bend. R. Mahon, Viscount Stanley, Lord Ilodat,Rtiton.W. Markham, Admiral Taylor, M. A. holas,Hon. C. l— Martin, Henry Temple, Earl bathis,Hon. R. S. Mathew, Hon. M. Templetowo, Vis. Nington, Lord Maisie, Hon. Wm. Thompson, Thos. gen, kion. W. Milbank, Sir Ralph Thornton, Henry. Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. Miller, Sir Tho. Vernor, G. G. V. L. Elution, T. Milton, Viscount Walpole, Hon. G. Feiguson, General Moore, Peter Ward, Hon. J. W. :111, Mudd, Lord H. Morpeth, Viscount Western, C. C. tspatrick,RaL R. Moseley, Sir Osw. Wharton, John rankland, W. Mostyn, Sir Thos. Whitbread, Sans. ,Rt. Hon. H. Neville, Hon. Rich. Wilder, Fr. John =vine, Rt. H. T. Nevrport,Rt.H.Sir I. Williams, Owen North, Dudley Winclham,Rt Hon. W, ith rght Hon. G. Tierney./ Tenors. John Calcraft THE EVENING STAR. LONDON: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for inohey, 631-4 —for February account, 6311. Reused 64-otunium 24 2—Excbeq. Bills, par 2s. prem. ilia Stock 22141/ India Bonds, par Is dis. Cent. Red. Ann. 64 1 i mp. C. 6 s P. 3 per Spec Cat. Cons. 6 : 54ji Imp. Ann, at 11.16ths 4per Cat. n i t Ex. Bills, Is. prem. par 5 per Cent Navy fidfi English Tickets gm Lceg Ann. ISI 3-16 Cons' for acc. 621 By the Mail Wlakh arrived yesterday from the Me. ' diterranean, letters have been received from Malta, Gibraltar, Leghorn, Algiers, &c. Preparations continue to be made in the Spanish , tau before Gibraltar for the siege of that Garrison ; I but they proceed with so much langour as to excite so Harm. The southern provinces of Spain experi. °ace a degree of scarcity at this moment but little calculated to enable a besieging army to adopt vi. Serous measuros against Gibraltar. On the 22d of December, a proclamation was issued at Gibraltar by the Lieutenant -Governor against the exportation of grain, on the presumption that such exported grain might facilitate the hostile proposes of the enemy. No general embargo appear, Pane been laid in the Spanish ports. An article from Villa Real, which appears in tietibrallar Chronicle, gives some account of the situ *. of Lisbon. A Gentleinan who has arrived at Fainamith in the Ametican ship Active from St. Übe's, sent in by the Alan cutter, reports, that he left Lisbon on the 13th at which time things were pretty quiet, but misery elifamine were daily gaining ground. Only eight *ten of the inhabitants had fallen in the not! but French soldiers had often been folind dead in the streets is the morning. Count No.:10:v, who commanded the Police meter the old Government, had been con& tinned by Amor, and taken into particular favour. All English property that could be found had heels confiscated, and heavy contributions levied on the Portuguese, thousands of whom had applied for pass: Pelts to retire, but without success: St. Übe's ton- Ind. Ilillk 110 tie the sorry )uke bject that 0* e a days ,s not , ‘loble night :1 and Fridat trl had Noah vrooll Noble nd for Au* of the Fonda,' discus' pecaur L ' i - estr• to VIII' I nd ha utd 1 11 te mac. td !" tinued as before, and was quite a liaradise to Lisa bon; not .a Frenchman of any desorption had made his appearance , there. It required all JHWOT'S troops ' to keep Lisboa in check. . • The Russian fleet and seamen, it is said, were iii a very deplorable condition, as well as the populace of Lisbon, whose sufferings rendered them every day more unruly. The stock of provisions amounted to *ot more than five or six weeks consumption. There •4vas no prospect of relief; and the distress was aggra& ' iated by the prohibition against leaving the country, *assports being refused to all. Private letters from Gibraltar, of the Ist ult. state, that on the 27th of December, the Queen of Entuata had arrived at Madrid, on her way to Portugal, where she was to be invested with supreme authority as Queen and Guardian of her infant son the King. \ An English Gentleman is arrived in a Bremenves -1 e', at Plymouth, who made his escape from Lisbon on tree 17th of January. By him we learn, that there are fourteen thousand French troops in that city ; that the scarcity of provisions is extreme, the block ading squadron cutting off all supplies,. and the French net permitting the fishing boats to go without t the bar, and each boat has on board as many French i I soldiers as fishermen. All the English are made pri soners, and confined in the late English hospital. Letters of December 1, from our army at Messina, state, that apprzhettsions were entertained of the Eng-I lish troops being obliged speedily to embark for I \ Malta. The inhabitants o f Sicil y are described to be extremely disaffected to the Neapolitan . Court, in consequence, among other causes, of the amount of taxes to which they are obliged to submit. Taxes are levied without measure, and no protection is in re-1 turn afforded to the people. The tax, according to one of our correspondents, was upon grinding corn, and was equal to one-fourth the amount of that article. j Indeed the whole of the information from Sicily leads us to believe that the people of that island are adverse to the Neapolitan Court, but still disinclined towards France. We are assured that if the disposition of the people were judiciously cultivated, according to the system proposed by Sir JOHN MOORE, the whole of the Sicilian population would be ready, with alacrity, to join the English army, not only against a French invader, but even against the Neapolitan Court. Late advices from Leghorn mention the embarrass ments into which the merchants of that city have been , thrown by the abdication of the late Government. I The French stationed there had seized a quantity of tnerchandize under a pretence, which is so produc ttive a source of confiscation every where on the Con tinent, viz. that it was English and Sicilian property. The merchants protested against the seizure, and offer \ ed security for thegoodsseized, should they be unable in the sequel to prove them Etrurian property. This was not acceded to by the French ; but they pro posed instead, that the goods in dispute should be sold by auction, and paid for by the purchasers. Should it afterwards be proved that the goods were actually the property of Etrurian subjects, then the Government of Etruria was to be guarantee for the indemnifi cation of the proprietors. This arrangement being made, the sale took place, and produced 2,300,000 francs, which were paid to the vendors. About three days afterwards, the Government of Etruria was dis solved, and the merchants are now without any re source, save an appeal to the generosit - i and justice of the new Government, The Growler gun-brig, with dispatches from Sir . R. STRACII AN, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday. She loft the squadron on their station on Sunday last. On Tuesday the Duke of YORK received out of the egistry of the Court of Admiralty, by virtue of a grant from the KING, 20,0001. arising from the pro. ceeds of ships and cargoes condemned to his Kumar. Ministers have, we understan4, granted a pension of 2001. a year to Mrs. Hum, wife of PrincipA HILL, of St. Mary's, St. Andrews, with reversion to her daughter. Wednesday Citautzs PALMER, Esq. was unant. mously elected to represent the City of Bath in Par liament, in the room of his father, who has resigned. On Tuesday last, BENJAMIN WALSH, Esq. of Clap ton, was returned to Parliament as one of the Re presentatives for the Borough of Wotton Basset. The seat had become vacant by the resignation of Mr. SEVERN. Mr. WAUII was opposed In the first in stance by Mr. 1r viola, who declined the contest on Wednesday last.. General VILLETTFS is to proceed immediately to Jamaica ; the Franchise frigate, Captain Dasnwoon, at Portsmouth, is preparing for the reception of the General and his suite. The Master of the St. George was tried on the Ist instant by a Court Martial, at Plymouth, and sen tenced to he dismissed the dip, and never to serve in actual service again. t It is with concern that, we confirm the account in the STAR of the sth ult. of the wreck of the Rambler, belonging to Leith, and of no less than 150 emigrants, who embarked at Thurso, having been drowned in her off t he i North American coast. From whence those emigrants came is uncertain ;;our information leads us to believe , many Mull tenants have been re m oved, and their little farms let to sheep farmers, in the parishes of Fare, Lairg, Creich, and Rogart, is the county of Suthertand. The diminution of the inhabitant; of our island, is at all times a subject dr m eet, and the ann a ls of our codntry eginot r out a period when the emigration of out bran 'Anders Would have been more regretted, t, when recruits for our standing army ra llen are so hard to be found. From 30 to 40 is, we underitand, the common bounty paid' laud, for substitutes, and in most of the esesslis." the kingdom. THE ARMY: The whole of the troops ioriting Sir CitiktGE Pan vottee Expedition his now embarked at Portsuitosths, and that distinguished regiment the 19th, commanded by the Honourable Coloitettomit.Eihtts come rt,dnd from Plymouth. It is inthoured, that the object of this expedition has been recently changed,: cerisaiilly, Sir GEORGE will not tail for some days. Those two fine regiments, the 98th and .10th; are coming round from Ireland ; and it is said are to,be again sent on active service. The 77th regiment, commanded by.ColonelitTz... wciu, is fast recruiting its numbers, and is quartered at Lincoln. Monday and Tuesday Mornings the first and second divisions of the 4th battalion of the Royal Scots march ed from Edinburgh Castle for Dunbar. They are, melt and boys, about 1200 strong. The Inverness-shire Militia marched into the Castle to succeed them,— The Edinburgh Militia take up the barracks at Mus selburgh, in room of the Inverness. _. GENERAL WHITELOCKE'S TRIAL. SEVENTH DAY. Soon after the meeting of the Court,. the Judge Advocate intimated that his examination of Lieute nant-Colonel Burke was concluded ; when several Men hers of the Court, and in particular Lords Cath cart - and Lake, General Sir John Moore, and Ge nerals Dundas and Horton, took a very active part in cross-examining the witness. We need not add, that their questions were extremely pertinent to the pointsthey aimed at. About twelve o'clock Colonel Burke's evidence was concluded, and Brigadier General Crawfurd was called in. His examination hldjust begun when our express came away, at half past twelve o'clock. From the progress hitherto made, it is supposed that the trial will last a considerable time. • Though . the place where . the Court sits is not the most fa vourable to auditors, the number of them daily in:, creases. We will just mention, that there is a space railed in ; in the centre of this space is a long table,l at which the General Officers composing the Court take their seats, according to seniority ; Sir 'WILLIAM MEADOWS, the President, sitting at the top, with the Honourable Mr. RYDER, the Judge-Advocate-Gencrab at his right hand. At a small table on the right of the Court sit General CALVERT, the Adjutant-Gene- 1 , ral; General HOPE, the Deputy Quarter-Master-Ge•' neral, (for absence of General BROWNRI(:CT) ; Mr. &Mime, Deputy Judge-Advocate-General; and tv;o i i of his Adjutants. On the left of the Court is a table; for Mi. RAwaoN and the Prisoner's Counsel. The Fri* soner is attended into Court, and in custody of one ,of the King's Aidesilu-Comp. Gen c ral Wit' TtLOCKII, usually comes into Court attended by Lieutenant- General Kiseer.u., the Honourable General MEA'DE, Lord AYLMER, and some other friends. Outside the Bar, Mr. READ, a Police Magistrate, with several of i the Bow-street Officers, attend, Though new in his, office, the Judge-Advocate- General shews much acuteness and ability. Many pointed questions are put by Members of the Court, particularly Sir JOHN MOORE, Lord CATHCART, and Lord LAKE. At the present season, the hospitable table of Sir DAVW DUNDAS, the Governor of Chelsea, is open to his old friends. There is little doubt but that, in about two months hence, an expedition on a most extensive scale will leave this country : Sir JOIIN MOORE is mentioned to command. COVENT GARDEN.—Last night the pleasing Opera of The Woodman was again performed at this Theatre, with considerable eclat, both in regard to decoration and vocal support. Mrs. Dicscotes, in Emily, (alto gether a finished performance), again introduced the new Song, whichexhibited the sweetness and compass of her voice, as well as her powers of execution, to wonderful advantage. IxeLEDow was also very suc cessful in Wilford, as were all the Musical, and most of the Comic Performers, male and female, Messrs. TAYLOR, BELLANIY, MUNDEN, BLANCHARD, and EMERY ; Mesdames LISTON, DAVENPORT, &c. : in 0' Donnel, Fairloji, Sir Walter, Medley, Bob, Dolly, Mit Di, &c. In the hl Act INCLEDON and Mrs. Dicitegis introduced Dr. BOYCE'S charming Duet—" Togetlux let us range," in their usual fine style. The Songs in the Opera received repeated " encores." ' CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, FEL s.—Thek heel, some fresh arrivals of Wheat today, -Which is in tnid..", dling supply, and continues nearly at' oar, last qinitest, prices—Barley and Malt like wise Beans, ' of e I I kind, are rather dearer—Rye and Rape Seed also— Oats, of the best quality, fetch rather better price— Flour without alteration. Five convicts, under sentence of transpOrtioipn, were, on Friday, removed from the jail of Edinburgh. , and put on board one of th e London smacks. I . 1 The success of Spilsbury's Patent Antiscorbutic Drops, in Scrophulous and Eruptive Diseases, may perhaps be explained by its removing any injurious matter that obstructs the action of the absorbent glands • ' for it is a fact, in all cases in which the me decine has been Most successful, the discharge at first is much increased, (if eruptive more violent) till the matter advances to health, iti colour and consistency, 1 with an improved state of the appetite. Even this is the'case in elderly people, who from want of •vigour, l a ' frequent ulcerations on the extremities. The effects of the medicine urn Seuevy, Gout, and Rheu nsatlett are *ell known. It IS requested you Will ask 1 6r the Patent Antiscorbutic Drops , wit h a black ink Alionlii ist bottles of ss. 6d. double bottles 10s. and hexer b. 9114 duty inclu4ect. An allowance on taking I !NW a Owen* kAttrICAL' fiftltiellita: .:..i - PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY A. irictualler is' just arrived from Sir Rimier) tAcsiustt'S squadron, that left them on their station, hat brcinght back the previsions she carried out, iii.Onseiluerice of the squadron's having been drawn i i ik off in chase by a signal snide by a cruising* ate. The Growler gun-brig, from t he squadron off • iz, has also arrived with dispatches : she passed t h.. _ Sir RICIIARD STKAOMAN't squadron off Rochefort, and : it is,p.id, has brought dispatches from that officer.. , — Safted,the Primrose, of 18 guns, on a cruise. . ... PORT3MOUTH; PEP. 4. ' Arr ived the brig Content, from Gibraltar, and is " . ptit under quarantine at the Mothc.bank. Sailed bi Majesty's ship Hercule, to join the squadron off Li. isdni ; Baraeouta, for the .Fait-Indies ; Racehorses - Adottisiind la Fleehe, on a cruiie.' : MILFORb, FEBRUARY 1. - The Leda frigate, Captain HoNYMAN, in coming into this harbour last night about one o'clock, in thick weather, got on shore in West Nangle Bay, nearly' -. opposite the Light-house. Her guns being heard.' several boats went off to her, and the Captains of the : . katrice and Peacock, the Officers of the Impress, the Commanders of the Revenue Vessels, with the *ifficers of the Dock-yard, are now on board, with mail and beats, rendering their assistance, in lighten ing the ship, and conveying the men on board the ,Quarantine Hulk, &c. Some hopes are entertained that she may be got off, provided the weather con. tintses Moderate. Her masts are cut away, she is bilged, and the principtl rock Oh which she rests, has,n4 more than three or four feet water round it atiew "rater. . „.".t DEAL, FEBRUARY 4. :Arrived the Jamaica, of 24. guns, and sailed again for Portsmouth ; Indignant and Mariner gunbrigs, • from a cruize. Sailed the Orion and Sultan, 74 , guns Centurion, 50 ; Ocean, AlnWick Castle, Ceres, David Scott, Canton, Dorsetshire, and Exeter, East India ships, for Portsmouth ; Ernest and Flamer gun brigs, lon a cruize; Friend, RICHARDS, for Rio Janeiro.— ..ame down from the River, the Kingsrnere, Cats- 1 1 TM, for Rio Janeiro ; Mary Ellen, Folorrett, for St. !Thomas's ; Venetia, MA( DONALD, and the Edward, t o wE, for Jamaica. Arrived and sailed for the ver, the Bolus, Danish prize, from Plymouth , IN THE DO W NS•••••-.•Pt illtelll of °Tarr . , Trusty, Chichester, Clyde, indignant, Resolute, and Mariner.—Wind W. W. YARMOUTH; FEBRUARY 4. This morning arrived the Vestal frigate, with a fleet of ships from Quebec, with Government stores, last from Scotland, having come North about. The Swan cutter has a signal flying for convoy, bound to Liverpool.--The ships of war in the Roads are the Roebuck and Amelia flag ships, Amiable and Vestal frigates, Rosamond and Forrester sloops of war. — Refitting in this port the Starling, Havoc, Censor, and Archer g un-vessels..—Viud S. W. - GREENOCK, FEBRUARY 1: The Britania, BoAG, arrived here yesterday from Jamaica. Sailed thence 4th Dec. with SO merchant men, under convoy of the Chichester, Capt. TAIT. Parted convoy in a heavy gale on the 3d Jan. in lat. 34. long. 62. then only 20 sail together. Only two ships in sight next morning. Spolte no vessels, but saw a brig astern, on Tuesday last, standing in for the South Channel.—. The Ardent, RAMSAY, was about half loaded it Port Antonio, and would sail first convoy , The Britannia was the only ship in the fleet for Clyde, The sloop Crawford, M , Gazoon, sailed troth this port for Limerick 17th Nov.--Soon after was put into Lochindaal, and was there the 18th tilt, being the third tithe pa back by hard weather, and sustained some datnage—Ott the 17th ult. there Were 17 sail -wind bound at Lodhindaal for the westward, n ine on shore, and two sloops with loss of bows sprits, ate, FROM LLOYD'S LIST.. Ocivitimini, Fin. 4.o—Passed by the Woolwich store ship, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Colonel VaSsal, Morris, from Monte Video ; and the Frederick, McDonald, from Jamaica.— Sail4cl the Mary, Hunt, for Waterford: Four brothers, Feather stone, for Dublin ; Three Bro hers, Petri 1, for Berbice ; moud, JuEray ; and the John, Savage, for Barliadces. KINGSTON, (JAMAICA) DECEMBER 5. The Crescent touched at Antigua, and left it the '22d ult. While she was there, information Was received from St. Bartholomew's of as great an act brigandage as ever occurred at any place: Two French vessels, it is stated, one a brig , the other Cutter, appeared off that Island dri the 16th instant, and landed '250 men at the town, who, greedy for plunders laid all the inhabitants under contribu zion, demanded all the property belonging to inhabi= 'tans of St. Domingo , took all they could collect on board the vessels, and immediately set sail for Gua daloupe with the booty. Fortunately for them there were no English Men of war near that Island at the tinie. The lsri& had the audacity to come close into St. John's, Anuguas but stole away without expert , encing any molestation. Dime:mann 12.—The Kingston icgiment, and threa troops of horse, were mustered on the parade early on Wednesday morning, when they immediately re ceived orders to proceed in divisions through the city. to search the negro-houses, &c. for fire arms, which might have improperly come into the possessioA of the negroes; but few, however, were found. The different avenues to the city were guarded by the re , gulars, and the troops of horse visited the pets in the Vicinity. A few foreigners were taken up, bat afterwards, on examination, liberated. In the month of September, a dreadful gale was felt in the Bay of Mexico. At Campeachy 50 houses were de• stroyed, and about 50 vessels lost. The tide rose to such a height, as to drive some of the vessels three Miles into the interior. About twelve vessels were lost at Vera Cruz, and most of the crews perished. 1 • 1 Lt 5 re Ni OPI eus. on was t of 'two a- a ant, for