Star. — London, England, 1808-01-06 00:00:00

SPAIN. According to authentic information from Spain, t h e f o llowing are the questions put to the Prince of Astur ias, by the Commission appointed for his exa. urination, upon the discovery of the reported conspi. racy at Madrid ; together with the answers of his Royal Highness. Those questions and answers pre. ceded his Royal Highness's liberation : and the docu. extracted them, Contained men t from which we hav e a lso the articles which are afterwards alluded to.— From t he whole, we derive ample confirmation of the op j u ice:re expressed upon the subject of this conspi . !icy , w hen first intelligence respecting it reached t hi s Country : FIIST QIJISTION--What motivt had your,Royal Highness to co nspire against the lift of the King your Father ? Asswi n--1 am struck with horror and amassment at hearing & question; and I only answer, that I am a Christian, and I Ear G°D• Wont QUESTIOK—VI'hat means the countersign that your l oyal Highness carried upon you, secreted in the lining of your 40,g_for what purpose was it, and who gave it you ? Artswia--1 am unacquainted with the meaning of the counter- Iyo declare it was the first time I put on that dress. Those °who sdched it can answer this charge. TIM Quistiow—What motive has your Royal Highness for :3 , 7y i n g out iorrespondence with the Emperor of the French; alto wMt eP d did you carry it on ? miwaa--The correspondenc.• I have had with the Emperor of o nmc h is, entire and unaltered, in my possession, and ready o b e rtt Into the hands of the King, my Father ; for it contains whirs e ros ive to his Royal Person. '' otnc rit QUICSTION—What motive had your Royal Highness or bviag'isilistantly four horses saddled, and in readiness, indi gigs appearances of a Bight ? Amwmt—Certalnly I had given this order, with the view of s i ng m yself at the head of the French army, from whence I volt° make manifest to my Father what I had never done, t wxy thing relative to the maladministration and mis ' Prince of the Peac^, .utel the state of decline in ' the kingdom. Thee follows the letter from Bonaparte to the with the Sword—already published. • 'the two letters from the Prince of Asturias to the Queen, dated Nov. s—already published. Royal Decree, which accompanied said to be circulated throughout the nation, and comfort of the people, who had and afflicted by the King's first decree. eArres Decree of the 23d of November has at Hambnrgh. An American 'voyage to that place, touched at Fal on her arrival in the Elbc, the Captain . examined under the strict letter of the t being discovered that the vessel had Falmouth, the ship was seized, and the crew imprisoned until the fine of 6000 be paid by the Captain, and 500 by each . The ship and cargo were, in the first placed under the care of the military, and confiscated. The Mate of the ship con effect his escape, and is arrived in town : he about ten days ago. some days past, there has teen a rumotir that ' and seaet intention of the journey of TAL- Tolland is the better to carry on an inter is said actually to be opened with our t negociation. A person yesterday made speculation in Consols, upon the ground tendency to pacification. We do not presumi particular information on the subject, but reason to believe that Ministers yesterday re confidential dispatches from Holland. M. de certainly does not quit this country.be arrival of another conrier ; and M. A LOPELT S in England. , a Cabi.let Council, assembled at the Fo ice= at two, and continued sitting until nearly lc. All the Members in town assisted. ,WICESEURY passed through Caisterbury for alis at nine o'clo c k on M o nd a y evening, iost urgent expedition. His Lordship was town by an express, which passed through at ten in the morning of the same day, not finding him at \Valmer Castle pro him to Dover. the Duke of YORK held a public day, at the Horse Guards, to see Military Officers, . business. His Royal Highness gave to Lord HPATRFIELD, General FRASER, Ifrom Alexandria, and General MOORE, . from Sicily. Paper says, Yesterday t (Wen - in - lent :e that great dissentions prevailed at St. on account of the unpopular rupture and, a n d t h at C ount N ovozrL zorr, at a ‘thence, had, with his office of Director of of Sciences, reqUested permission to lay m a honours at the EMPEROR'S feet." .1 which sailed some time ago for Coruna, /Ash prisoners, is returned to England, and ',hi letters from thence to the 24th lilt. Ad s Madrid, by the same conveyance, reach the 17th, but no mention is made of the entry tttops into the capital : hence it is concludcd the rwnoius on that subject, from Gibraltar, American ship, the Eliza, Captain Paso, is Liverpool from Savannah in 23 days ; tailed the Hope, Captain CoLa, is also ar- Liverpool from Charleston in 27 days. A former states, that the question of peace England continued to agitate the public and that 211 business was nearly at a stand. e of Georgia were uniformly the advocates but in other parts of the country seriii liidely different prevailed. A letter from Cole states, that on the 19thpf December , - g _god fortune t o save t h e crew o f a s hip,. lot Hercules, Captain Gould, bound from to London ; she foundered a few minutes crew had got on board the Holm THE ARMY: 1T t - -, On Saturday last, the 6th re3imett; of the German Legion arrived at Plymouth in the Aid Ceres transports. On Monday morning they were disembarked, and marched into Plymouth Barraoks. Arrangements were making in the Canterbury District for the reception of the troops lately arrived at Portsmouth, from the Mediterranean, with Gene ral Sir JOHN Moors, which had been ordered to sail from Spithead with the first fair wind, for the Downs, where they were to be disembarked; but this arrange ment has been wholly superseded, and the troops have begun to disembark at that place. As a part of the above arrangement, the West Norfolk Militia are to march from Canterbury to Faversham, to make room for the first battalion of the 52d and the .58th regiments. Yesterday morning the 62d regiment tnarched from Weymouth, for Axminster. The disembarkation of General Mooan's troops at Portsmouth, was continued on Monday with great activity. Part of the Guards landed in the morning, and proceeded on their route towards Chichester. On Saturday se'nnight instructions were received by the General Officer commanding the Cork Dis trict, to order the disembarkation of the Infantry Regiments and Artillery which had arrived in the harbour. from Monte Video. The Regiments and their strength, according to the return supplied by the transports composing the fleet, were as follow : Royal Atlilltry, Colonel SETCO, 615 men. sth Foat, -- DAVY, 810 3(ith, IiURNE, 756 38th, )11702:1T, 697 40th, BROWNI, 867 45th, -- GARDE, 712 The 71st, which had been released from imprison ment by the compact between General WIIITELCICIC and General LINTER, consists of 516 men, but un armed, are, we understand, to be quarte red in Mi dleton. The 6th Dragoon Guards (or Carabineers) 650 men, are also under instructions to proceed to England. Yesterday se'nnight, the disembarkation of- the troops, intended to remain for the present in Ireland, took place. The sth Foot proceeded from Monks town, where they landed, to Kinsale, and replaced the 2d Battalion of the same regiment, which arrived on Tuesday, on its route to Fermoy. The 33th and 40•11t'proceeded to Bandon, and replaced the 2d bat talion, at the 38th, which marched to Mallow.—The 36th and.4sth are to do duty in Cork garrison, from which the Louth and Donegan regiments of Mi litia marclied same morning, the former to Tuarn , and the latter to Charleville. We have not heard the destination of the artillery. The 36th regiment did not arrive there till eight at night, having been obliged, in consequence of the difficult: - of crossing the ferry from Cove, where they disembarked, to Passage, to march round by Belvelly. The returns of the sick in the fleet froth Monte Video amounted to 317. The whole force effective and non-effective which arrived in the transports, was (3,294. 'The forr.e which sailed with Sir SANItIrI. Moon and General BLRE.SFORD, =wanted to 3794 effective men. It consisted of The :Id Foot, or Buffs 11th 25th Men. 600 634 to those were added, two companies of artillery, making 244 men. Fourteen artificers were also at tached to them: Tuesday se'nnight, the 2d battalion of the 83d regi ment marched into Cork from Kinsale, On their route to Birr. . _ . ... . The old 25th regiment of infantry, formerly called the Edinburgh Regiment, and now under the com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Atwsiaz, lately passed through Newcastle on their way to Edinburgh Castle. This is the fsmotts regiment, formerly called Leven's 25th, in which the story of LE FEVRE (a Lieutenant of that regiment), by STERNE, oriinated. The Batta l ion of the 6th Regiment is ordered, from Osspringe to Brabourn Lees. The 2d Battalion of the 52d Regiment marched from Deal for Ospringe this day. The Ist Battalion of the 52d, and 2d Battalion of the 78th, lately arrived from the Mediterranean, are ordered to march to Canterbury ; and the West Nor folk Militia removed from thence to Faversham to- day: The Ist Battalion of the 7th Foot marched into Lewes barracks on Wednesday, from Gosport, where they have been quartered since their return from Co penhagen. Wednesday and Thursday the Royal Cheshire Mi litia marched in two divisions from Lewes to Pc,rts- mouth. Friday the 51st Regiment proceeded on their march from Winchester to Silver Hilt barracks, and "me followed on Monday by the 2d Battalion of the 89th. The 3d Regiment of Royal Lancashire militia has removed from Winchester to Gosport. Durir g the recent Militia ballots, in Bury, an affecting .scene took place between two brothers—the lot happened to falf upon one of them who was mar ried, when the other instantly insisted upon serving in his stead. The grateful feelings of the balloted bro ther were in the highest degree excited, and a copious flow of tears expressed his thanks : indeed many who witnessed the scene evinced an'abnost equal degree of sensibility The LOUD MAiron ordered the price of bread to he reduced yesterday half an assize, or Id. in the Peck Loaf, to commence to-morrow, when the price of the Quart= Loaf of Wheaten will be l Id. and Household 9.1 d. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, JANUARY 6.—The fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day are very considerable, and continues very heavy sale, at less price—There arc large arrivals of Barley, which is cheaper—Malt likeivise—Peas and Beans of the two kinds also—The supplies of Oats are considerable, and this trade is cheaper, excepting for those of first quality—Flour in climes lower : fine American, 38s. to 41s. per barrel. GI6NIMAL CURIUNCV AS UNDIR: Wlstat, 4Cs. Ms. 665. Beans (old) 56a. 82s. Fine ditto, 70s. 725. 'lick ditto (old) 50s. 68s. Ryc (New) 465. 525. Oats, 30s. 365. 40s. Barley, 38$. 435. Poland ditto, 425. 435. Malt (New) 00a. 00a. Potatoe ditto, to 465. White Peas (Bailers) lala:160s. Rape Seed, 221. 2EI. 00s. Om ditto, ilis. Ms.' Fine Flour 55e. 60s. Second Flour, sos. 551. per ;ea. ,~ NAUTICAL !kin. iIGSNCE: „ ey thing rem] , of the Prince ,a l the ha placed the kii . Thee follows the p r itse, with the Swc The two letters lien • g and Queen, dat Then the Royal I ,letters, to be cis or the alleviation am a u n ned and di BosApArres Decr . rigidly enforced on her 'voyage ~ouch, and on her a d mew tvere exami: I I . It being 4 L ...4 at Falmouth, and crew int ✓ should be paid a . the sailors. The s e, plated unch after confiscated • .to effect his es( • Hamburgh about For some days pa:, ill real and secret it • to Holland of „ which is said cf isters for a negoc 21 considerable specul e'! this tendency to p .2 6 have any particula have reason to be' tit confidential d Ea *BAMBERG certai lo• the arrival of ai hex remains is Engl Yesterday a Cahi, Office= at two, N 0 Lord All ti Lord HAWBESBUF gars metropolis at n Ir the most urger nas dup to town b: nterbury at ten reel. which n o t firsdi 'ed after him to di Yesterday the Du Lo af office in the Hor In a - upon bus' toot Fences to Lord 'a his return from into • .his return fror I 5 g 9 Morning Pape he 'ived advice that ersburgh, on ac • England, ant 'algt audience, h cO l Academy of Sc ,bran• is R:ssian horw ,tene4 cartel which of his Spanish prism. brought letters n R it o• _ from Madrid sit ao •to the 17th, everal reachtrbops ifl all the ruing L aical ,d ear American • it Liverpc og called th KAY , at Liverpm 32 44 'by the forme n with Eag,l2 ve and that 4 an i l People of G m order - • but in well!, • . videly di awls , Cole .star go di 2!C‘a the befog ace '' to Lone Jr to' 'lut' crew ha( • . AIWA** i I PT.TMOUTH, t. 4. . Came in, the Ville de Paris,:of :0 guns, from the Channel Fleet ; the Adventine, and the Cato, WILDIN, froth Quebec.—Sailed, die /UM armed ship, for Torbay'. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. S. Sailed his Majesty's ship Albicore, du 1 Cruisi. DEAL, JANUARY S. Remain in the Downs, his Majesty's ships Princess of Orange, Cumberland, Lion, Cayenne, Trompeuse, Royalist, Pandora, Cygnet, Eclypse, Paulina, Pea cock, Wrangler, Cracker, Flamer, Furious, Tigress, Tickler, Speculator, and Folkstone ; also a fleet of outward-bound vessels.—Wind S. with rain. GRAVESEND, JAN. 5. Passed by the Glatton, from China ; Elisabeth, APPLETON, from Gibraltar; Hopewell, CARRIE, from Barbadoes ; Concordia, VROUDER, from Riga; Ha zard, CROSIER ; Mary, SARMON, and the Ewretta, PATTERSON, from Quebec. Sailed the Fly, ASPINAL, for the Cape of Good Hope, and the Triore, CAR• LEroN, for Malta. WEYMOUTH, JANUARY S. Arrived, his Majesty's ship Thalia, T; MANBY, from a cruize ; Encounter brig, Lieut. J. H. TALBOT, from Portsmouth ; St. John Baptiste, a Spanish lugger laden with salt, bound to Bilboa, taken by the Union privateer, of Jersey ; brig Syren, of and i• m Phila delphia, laden with cocoa and bees'-wax, bound to Bilboa, detained by the Hope privateer, of Jersey ; a French privateer, pierced for IS guns, captured by his Majesty's ship Tribune, near the entrance of the Channel ; his Majesty's ship Rose, PITON Commander, with the ship General Craig, from Quebec to London, laden with mast-pieces, captured by a French priva teer, and retaken by the Rose—every Englishman was taken out, and also her papers—cannot learn where she belongs to, but suppose London.—Sailed, on a cruize, his Majesty's ships Pluto, R. JANVERIN, Tha lia, T. MANSE, and Strenuous brig, Lieut. NUGENT ; Encounter gun-brig, Lieut. J. H. TALBOT, to Ply- I mouth ; Alert extra packet, DE PUTRON, for Guern sey, with passengers; Prosperity ditto, JAMES CREED, for Alderney, with sundries ; Chesterfield packet, S. WOOD, for Guernsey and Jersey, with mail and pas. sengers.—ln consequence of the tempestuous weather during the last Week, two vessels are on shore in our bay, the Ceres, of this port, THOMAS WHITE Master, and the Active, of Sunderland, WILLIAM COATED ' Master ; the former is gone to pieces, the latter bilged. Much praise is due to Messrs. WESTON, RICHARDSON, and TINDALL, Agents on behalf of the Underwriters and Owners, for their promptitude and attention, in affording assistance, by which means the whole of the vessels' stores have been saved ; and by directing the ballast to be shifted, caused her the next tide to be so situated, that there is every prospect she will be got off. Happily, no lives were lost.—A brig, name un known, was taken by a French privateer, off Portland, this morning; and this evening we are informed ano ther French lugger appears off Portland, S.S.E. sails all down. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4. Extract of a letter from Captain Bradley, of the ship Beaver, of this Port.—" Ou the 18th August, at six P. M. Isle of Ash distant four leagues, saw a schooner standing to the southward, at six A. M. she was on our weather beam, when he hoisted French colours, and engaged us for three quarters of an hour, his shot cutting our rigging and sails very much, he then came down upon us, and getting under the stern annoyed us greatly, keeping up a constant fire of musketry, which advantage he kept for one hour, un der very light winds, wnich scarcely gave our ship steerage way, when the Captain being shot through the thigh and wounded in the back, the second mate and one man killed, and two others wounded, out of 16 men, the whole of our crew, the privateer boarded with 100 men, and captured us, taking out 220 ne groes. On the 22d we arrived at St. Jago, in the Isle of Cuba. The privateer is called Imperial, national schooner, of six nines, and one long brass 18-pounder, and 130 men." Extract of a letter from the Second Mate of the Lucy, dated Guadaloupe, October 16, 1807.—" It is with concern I have to acquaint you of the capture of your ship, and our being made prisoners. We sailed from old Calabar on the 20th August, and met with nothing , to molest us until the 9th September, when we fell in with a French schooner privateer, mounting eight sixes and . one long IE 4 -pounder. The action • commenced at half past twelve, when she attempted to board, but was repulsed. A running fight then commenced, which lasted until three, when she made a second attempt, in which she proved successful, owing to her superiority in number, having on board between 90 and 100 men ; our number but 19, and out of them we had four killed and eight wounded, among the latter, the Captain and myself • the priva teer had four killed and 16 wounded. After the ac tion we were removed on board the privateer, and we arrived at Guadaloupe on the 11th inst. where we are extremely well treated." LLOYD'S LIST. The following is a list of the ye:eels from Tortola, that sailed under convoy of the Cygnet :—The Adventure, Johnson ; and Indefatigable, Williams, from Berbice, for Liverpool; Rebecca and Sarah, M'Connell ; Bear, Wilson ; George, Price ; Cora, Fun son • Mary Ann, Cock • Margaret, Coverdale ; and the Mary, Oswald, from Surinam ior London. The John, Monday ; Ocean, Crawford ; and the Mineral Spring, for London ; a.nd the Sydney, &gall, for Guernsey, all from Monte Video, sailed from Kinsale, under convoy of the Steady gun brig, and parted on the 27th ult. io the Irish Channel, In a gale. The Steady arrived at Portsmouth on the Ist instant ; • the Sidney, him, and Ocean, are arrived at Milford ; also the Neptune East Indianan. The canny, from Baltimore, for Bristol, is ,'trended in Carmarthen Bay. The President, —, from Barbadoes for Cork, was deserted at sea ow the lath inst. The alkagusta. Cramer, from New York, is sunk on the North 8011, Dublin. The William, Philips, from Demerara, for London, foundered at sea —Crew saved. • '' IcitJtvJtif: tiff Dover, the Hercules, Scott, from Deigilha ; Motet, a. *811421e% and the Quebec.—, fe m t i t ifor ta Berwick; Aurora, Sinker, from Quebec—At c itilpe,Datrideop, nebee—.At Portsmouth, Sisters Providence, from Dep. rare ; -mod the Bear, Wilson, frim Surinam—AM Poole, Jenkins, from l Newfoundland—At Torbay, Corhtnerce, Ifirtweic front Newfmtitdland—At Liverpool...Duddon • Johnson, &rat Newfoundiliad ; and Molly, t from 'Nodded—At Dristo4 British Qpeen' Gibbs, from Tri nidad-At Belfast, COs- , le*, Graham, front laW York—At Limerick, Anacreon, Tiesee, , , New York ; Ca sdgnia. Boaz, from New Brunswick ; and Racehorse, --..., front Newfoundland—At Wok Tlshima, Blackesty, from Portsmouth. • • • DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONET: The Piercer, fcsr the capture of tire Meretuius, April 11, will be recalled dti Mondays and Tlwridays, at No. 13, Clenient Inn. The Basilisk and Urgent; for the capture of the Mercurius,' Apiii A, 1896, will be paid on board, on their arrival, and recalkd on Wednesdays and Thursdays, at No. 9, New Broad-street. The Earnest, for the capture of the Jonge Fengyna and 3, Elizabeth, August 25,1806, will be Paid.* her arrival, and called at the same time mind place as the above. The Ida, for the capture of the Dromedary. July 4, 1909, .. be paid on board, on Friday nest, and recalled at No. 12, Upper The Three Brothers ' Coopea, from Cheiistow Chatham, fell .in witha French privateer, on Sam-• day last, off Beachy itead, and after: engaging for a considerable time, ran her down; but so r of the privateer's men got on board the Three thers, that they captured and carried her off Fiance. . . 1 )4 It; wale; a, fres Dena• fris i tisto4 Auk., a, th. tett the ties, 21101{. eateat's =ries; reatlk4 t. long, tad re- -011, Upper Cm fee Satur. ng her many e Bro. off for e gale, nsel to Purlew off his though )n the of the md da- ing, as ere for uesday -dshire, and a enheim by the Wood- porch, y sen. Marsh, market, Oed on nan, in money, we head horse- found :red by der. :counts my not months Dame an risk present me Win aim it were td, two t West- ywn up ley sera without ered as •avelled were (as ance of it well ; GtOUCESTER, :Am 4. . . On Monday last, during the vialests of the gale, as a Gentleman was riding from five Minsel Ruardean, in this county, on the summit of Purlew Common, a violent gust ' wind blew him off his horse ; but he fortunately escaped unhurt, although the animal had nearly fallen upon him. On the evening of the same day, part of the spire of parish church of Ruardean was blown down, and maged the body of the church so much in falling, will prevent divine service being performed there some time. During the storm of wind on Tuesda y last, Mr. M. WILLiAlia, of Old Shifford, Oxfordshire, had a strong built lodging-house blown down, valuable rag horse killed, worth 501. In Blenheim Park, several trees were broken or torn up by f roots, and one of the pinnacles of the tower of W , stock Church being blown down, fell on the which it completely - demolished. On Saturday night, as Mr. GECiEGE NEWMAN, of Moreton-in-Mairsh, in this county, was returning . from Shipston market, about six o'clock in the evening, he was stopped the cross road by a middle-aged stout made than, a light grey coat, who, having demanded his money, fired a pistol, and severely wounded him in the and face. The following morning a . large pistol, marked on the barrel, 2 R. L. Gds. wks near the spot.---A reward of 50 guineas is offered Mr. NEWMAN for the apprehension of the offender, While prudent people are winding up their accounts for the year 1807, it is submitted, whether it may - be prudent also to make an effort, in the first mom of 1803, to open an advantageous account with Fortune ? This attempt may be made at a small of loss, and for a trifling stake, either in the prefer') State or City Lottery. A view of either Scheme shew, that many are the chances of immense gain. During the late heavy falls of snow, which severely felt by all the store farmers in Scotland, sheep, the property of Mr. BERTRAM, farther, at hope, in in the County of East Lothian, were blown and covered over with snow, beneath which they vived no less than five weeks and' four days, wit,. food ; and after having, of course, been considered lost, one of them, after a day or two of thaw, tra , home to the farm-cteadhtg from the place where (as was discovered,) it had been blown up, a distance of about two miles, and is now thriving and doing well ; but the other one was &wad dead. During the high wind on Friday last, the American ship Zureme, Captain HOWARD, pf and from Phila delphia, for Rotterdam, with a cargo of sugar, coffee, pepper, cotton, Etc. drove from her anchors in Dunge ness Roads, where she had brought up to wait for a pilot, and about eleven o'clock struck on the Bar of Sand at the mouth of Rornney Bay, and immediately sunk. The crew were taken up and preserved by a Dover cutter which was fortunately near ; and hopes wore entertained that part of the cargo might be saved, but in the succeeding night the waves broke with such violence over her that she became a perfect wreck, the cargo floating ro sea in every direction. A child was burnt to death in Piccadilly on Mon. day night. Yesterday as a Naval Officer was conducting a youth down Fleet -street, in his way to enter him on board a ship, the youth ran away, when the officer in pursuing was hustled, and robbed of his pocket-book, containing 301. in Bank -notes, and the lad effected his escape. Yesterday the son of a printseller in Cornhill, hay ing imprudently put some gun-powder in his poelret, a spark communicated to it from the fire, and an em plosion took place, which scorched the boy so dread fully, that his life is despaired of. FIRE.—An alarming fire broke out on Monday night at the house of Mrs. Freegrove, at Stow Lodge, Berks, which consumed the greater part of the inte rior. It was discovered about eleven o'clock, during the absence of Mrs. F. who, with her family, was on a visit at about two miles distant. A large fire had been kept up in the drawing-room, and. the conflagra tion was first discovered in that place, but how It broke out is not known. The cielin of the first floor gave way, and the flames were there by smothered. Pcomism.—A very severe battle was fought near Clifton, on Monday, between two expert ruisers, whose fame has not yet attracted the notice of the town amateurs. The names of the parties were Gore and Maddox, and the battle was for a purse of 15 guineas. In science it was nearly equal to that which was displayed by young Belcher and Dutch Sam, and the conflict was as sanguinary as the late battle between Gulley and Gregson. After an hour's zeal fighting, Gore was carried off as the victor, be being unable to walk, and perhaps more beaten then ever was witnessed in a winner. To-morrow the prisoners, who stand fully commit ted on suspicion of various felonies in the several gaols in the City of London and County of Middlesex, will be removed to Newgate, preparatory to taking their trials at the Old Bailey Sessions, which commence on Wednesday next, the 13th instant.