Star. — London, England, 1808-12-20 00:00:00

'ENBURGH MAIL. following extracts from Stockholm Ga. ' this morning, our Readers will see have been worsted in their late ren- Russians in Finland, and have been conclude another armistice, which will the 12th January, upon fou r d ays by either belligerent. :KHOLM. DECEMBER 6. • was on the 10th November, and from Brahestad by Capt. Kublfeldt. army under my command has Pyhajocki and Ypperi, where the an attack on (mix rear, trtrned the Merrijerwi, advanced against Pes our troops in the rear, and then army to fall back to Patjocki, and 7th, al position near Sykajocki, Ru. mo d panda, which were occupied by their troops; ke ueoesequence of the enemy's corps having been timed by twenty thousand men, furnished with iitty p i e ces of heavy ordnance, and your Majesty's arsbaring been reduced to seven thousand men by ; ses ' i s the field and sickness, it became impossible s uistain our position, and I thought it advisable ors again a negotiation for an armistice ; there. sat o f w hich was the Convention which I hereby haw the honour to lay at your Majesty's feet. (Signed) C. N. 14v.acicsa, Goetalin Chief of the Northern Finnish Army. t wat, kieveaba CONVENTION. TIM ROYAL SWRDLSM ARMY IN NORTN VIN LAND, AND THE IMYRRIAL 111,73 MAN ARMY. ly virtue of the powers vested in us, we the un 'Rued have agreed and stipulated the following ART. I. The Royal Swedish army is, immediately oft the ratification of this convention, to take up a F ashion along the frontier of the district of Uleaborg fr om Kati to Pockawara. Kemi consequently re. sins% the hands of the Russians. jr. The Swedish army is to evacuate the town of Intaborg within ten days next ensuing the date of • ; the Russian troops are to take possession of the saws on the 30th of November. The other parts t i t he country, which are to be given up to the Rus tles, shall be evacuated according to the agreement late be concluded between the contracting parties. 111. The rear of the Swedish army shall feturn by 11 TOM agreed upon ; and whatever can&t be le wd by the Swedish troops in their retreat, shll be as a good and lawful prize. IV. The Swedish army binds itself neither to de tiny, distribute among the inhabitants, nor sell, the which they shall be necessitated to sur- N. The Swedish troops are not to take them from Ulsakergee other places to be surrendered, any civil officers, nor any articles or goods belonging to the VI. The Swedish army to send back all clergymen, ciffi officers, and inhabitants, of the places evacuated IP their troops, provided it be done by the desire, or id the consent of the said persons. VII. This convention shall be ratified by the re spective Generals in Chief of 'both Armies, and the nacation exchanged to-morrow night. Baron ADLICIC/IUTZ, Major-General. Count KAMENSE7, Lieut. General. Ohjockl, the 748 November. 1808. [Ratified 8-20 November, 1808.) Count Burlovden, General-in-Chief of the Imperial Italian army, proposed additional Articles to the Convention, concluded between the Royal Swedish lArrny in North Finland, and the Imperial Russian rmy ART. I. The Armistice concluded between the two .mies to continue one month next ensuing the day which the Swedish army crosses the district of e frontiers of Uleaborg, or until the 12th of Janu r, 1809 ; and notice of the cessation of the Armis -2 shall be given, at least fifteen days before hosti ies are coMmenced. • 11. During the Armistice, the Imperial Russian pop' are not to cross the river Rossi. (Signed) c. N. KLIReICER, General of Infantry, and Genera-in-Chief of the Royal Swedish Army in Finland. niakimmin, Lades*, Nov. so, 1808. GiirstaL-4 have the honour to inform you, that yesterday concluded, has . Excellency General Count Buz transmit it to Count Potemkin of the ratification may be istice in question, I have to acquaint you, that al ,conclusion of a formal ar- _ word of honour, that jae hostile operations against the • aspiration of fourteen days shall have taken up the posi- Convention ; in hopes that eammenced on your part within honour, am Count Mummy. Saturday blew doom ow of the Park ant Dukoatreet ; the those, and was GO much • to dos hospital with little Litl7lo4lL MAILOATE, DEC. is. The WALPOLIS. East Indiaman still continues en shore g every nerd's is taking to save the cargo asul mammals• The SIR PoLtamtv, Not maurvotr, and WOIRCUrriI List indiaMea t are still in the Roads, and have been supplied from hence with provisions, anchors d cables, TORBAY, DECEMBER ls. Yesterday it blew a heavy gale from the N. W.— A large fleet. consisting of about two hundred sail of vessels, appeared of Berry Head, and in the after noon were seen making towards Torbay, and about five o'clock in the evening five or six sail were in and ar anchor--soon after which it came on to blow very hard from the north and north-east, when the whole of the fleet again tacked about and proceeded to the westward, and this morning not a vessel was to be seen fiats the heights at Berry Head : they are sup posed to be the fleet that sailed from Portsmouth on Thursday , l / zst, bound to the West Indies and Spain. The wind is now about north with a fine breeze, and it is hoped it will continue so, that those vessels bound to Spain will soon reach the place of their destination. We had a great fall of snow here last night. GOTT By the followin, received thi the Swedes hx w i t h the R to concl • e after the being given 1 STOCK] fify last report dispatched froi Your maiestY's • r etreated to a ims formed Oink near 1.11 ' to take ou paled the art mok, on the 17th Con m o on ratified whirlsby r his Exceller I shall now transmi ceder that the exchange of With regard to the Armi: . Excellency's command t 4 be must declare the i cc . . yet he engages his reecumnence hostile army before the eKr thrswecrtsb army, shall *dated in the above *Pions will be eamme • Nit tine.—l have the h (Silted) 11 41.04, Nov. eb se, len. %obi* rind co Simard re l4 ' in St. Jesnees e Midge' eras in it at the t ' thane gm tabs t amplery. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 19. Arrived the Warren Hastings East-Indiaman, from the Downs.—Sailed his Majesty's ships, HOPE, for Guernsey; and the Llsnar, on a eruize.—Wind N. DOVER, Came in this morning the PINCHER gun-brig, hav ing been on shore on the Goodwin Sands, and lost her rudder; about forty sail of vessels, of different descriptions, have likewise put in here this day, wind- bound. The Duke of Montrose remains in the Roads waiting for anchors and cables, and a large transport ship came round from the Downs this afternoon with her main and mizen-masts gone, and will come into harbour to-morrow.—Wind N. and blows fresh. RAMSGATE, DEC. IL The East Indiamen and Whalers, which passed through the Downs to Margate Roads, several days since, were there obliged to cut from their anchors, and return to the Downs ; and some of them to the Ness ; and all with the lam of anchors, cables, &c. ; the wind at North. Last night and this morning was quite a storm, and snow fell in great quantities. Two o'Clock, P. M.—A large ship is now making for the harbour, with the loss of anchors and other damage. A brig is also cording for the Pier, which has also sustained some damage—name unknown.— Several guns were heard last night, signals of distress. Five o'Clock, P. M.—Two vessels, Irish traders, one of them with butter, are sunk in Margate Pier. Considerable damage was done last night to the un fortunate Pier; a great part of the parapet that had been repaired since the damage done by the gale in February last, was again washed away last night, the sea running quite over that part of the Pier. The King's Head Inn has also had a part of a back room washed down ; the row adjoining has likewise got some damage.—Several vessels are come, for shelter, into Ramsgate Pier this day, some of them damaged. YARMOUTH, DEC. IP. The Albion, of Newcastle, GluGcs master, and the Nancy, HEDLEY master, of Blackney, arc on shore on this beach. The Reliance, of Bridlington, from Got tenburgh to London, with sundries, on Lowestoft Beach ; the Eliza, of and from London, WM. ELLARD master, for Gottenburgh, with brandy and sundries, on Corton •BeaCh ; the Amiable Clarissa, of North Shields, COATES master, is put into this port, with the loss of her masts,' anchors, and cables, &c. All the vessels are likely to be saved, the crews are saved.— The above happened on Saturday evening and Sun. day morning.—Sailed the ONYX sloop of war. HARWICH, DECEMBER 19. Arrived here yesterday, to-day, and Saturday, a very large fleet of colliers, coasters, Scc. with loss of anchors and cables ; the number is so great, that not one-fourth part of them can get supplied for a great length of time.—There has not been so much mis- chief done on the coast for many years. The Prince of Wales, Captain MASON, which sailed on Monday for Heligoland, has been obliged to return, owing to the badness of the weather. 'LEITH, DECEMBER 17. Wednesday sailed the SritENcovs brig, with a con voy for Longhope, and BASILISK gun-brig on a cruize. Same day arrived the FRorEcrox gun-brig from a cruize. The Cz.to sloop of war is arrived at Leith, with a convoy from Gottcnburgh.—Formerly 2000 ships used annually to arrive and leave Dantzic, but during the last year there were only two arrivals.— Saturday, the 11th instant, the John and James, BURNS, of Montrose, on her passage from Aberdeen, in consequence of the hazy weather, ran on the rocks near Gurdon (a small fishing village between Bervie and Johnshaven). The vessel remained in this peri lous situation from nine o'clock at night till six on the Sunday morning, when she was got off with com paratively trifling damage; the arrived at Montrose on Wednesday. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. • GRAVISSISM, Dsc. IL—Paned by, the EUeabeth, Law ; sad Lark, Sonter, from Gottenbarik—Sailed the Atm, Rood, for Dertsudou ; Sum, foe Jamaica; Queen, casneroa. for 'About; Puny. Graham ; and Providence, Sada, for Dublin. Fifteen of the Frenchmen, whose outrage at Chase I I terfield has been mentioned, hare been put under close confinement. The inhabiteets bare since cone to a reiolution to petition Government for tbeir re SPOATING INTELLIGENCE. 1 Homanass.---We have had most excellent sport these two days past with Sir M. M.. Sykes's and Mr. Watts's fox-hounds, viz. Monday and Tuesday * the 12th and 13th. On Monday two, if not three, horses died from excess of fatigue, after three runs, two of them severe: and yesterday, Tuesday, we had one of the most extraordinary runs these hounds have ever known. We had a good run from Burton Constable, and killed, after a sharpish business of six or seven miles. We afterwards tried two covers, without finding; but at last had a beautiful find'at Ringbo. rough, near Aldborough, and went away most gal lantly, on the highest-scenting day we have had this season.—At first the fox took to the northward, and afterwards made a circle, and then took off to near Burton Pidsea, and across Keying/un Drain to Halsham, Ottringham Church Lands, and to Wine. stead, without a check, where we were obliged to give it up, at near five o'clock, in Colonel Maister's plantations. We had three or four fallows to cross before we got to the road, the dogs could not get fast across them, and the scent was then become coldish, , and it was getting dark, so that we called the hounds off. There are more foxes in 14olderriess than eves was remembered. You may conjecture there were not many of the field with the hounds when they got to Halsham, nor until they gave up : several were tired, and the hounds a great distance from their ken nel. The hunt has been accompanied by a very large assemblage of gentlemen sportsmen from every part of the neighbourhood ; and we learn that some days not less than '2OO horsemen have taken the field. The American ship Union, the arrival of whin from L'Orient at Plymouth we noticed a few days ago, has had a guard placed on hvr, by order of the Port-Admiral at Plymouth. The Union has, eigl.t passengers on hoard, for America ; some of them are Frenchmen. The Captain only waits for Mr. PINCK NEY'S dispatches, with which he will set sail for Ame rica about the end of this week. Extract of a letter from on board the Mu_sctuta o sloop of war, dated Yarmouth, December 16.—" We left Heligoland on the 13th in a violent gale. On Tuesday the 6th, twenty-four merchant vessels were stranded or driven out to sea: of the latter, frinn no information having yet been n ceiv _4l it is £ arf, I ome have foundered. We stated formerly, that on Tuesday the II th November, a sloop-rigged vessel was seen to go down, at the distance of about a mile from the entrance of the harbour of Montrose, and no information has since been obtained to what port this vessel belonged. Sunday mqrning the body of a man named Cook, well known about the streets as a vender of pamph lets, being nearly bliad, and remarkable for his extra ordinary gait, an,d exhibiting every appearance of an idiot, was found frozen in a ditch near Battle Bridge. Notwithstanding the unpromising appearance of this man's exterior, such was his political attachment to Sir F. Buttort,r, that he was nicknamed after him, and, having a small freehold, never failed to vote for his favourite, while a candidate for Middlesex. Tuesday morning last, about two o'clock, the in• habitants of Penzance were alarmed by the cry °fire which proved to be on board the True Briton trader, Thomas master, then lying in the Pier, and which at first threatened all the vessels around her : but was happily confined to this vessel, and extinguished them, yet not without doing considerable damage to her and her ergo. It appears to have been accidentally kin dled by a candle carried on board by a young man who belonged to her. who, being rather intoxicated, had fallen asleep in the Forecastle, Without extinguish ing it, and who perished in the flames ! _ _ A fire In-oke out at ten o'clock on Sunday night, at the house of Mr. HEND, at Wcstdcan, near Cole brook, which was attended witlemelancholy circum stances.•-,fMr. and • Mrs. H. were on a visit about a mile from home whcor the fire broke out, and before they couli arrive the huuse was consumed, and a little boy, four years of age, was burnt to death. It was occasioned by the maid-servant leaving a candle too near the bed-curtains, when she bad put the child to bed, wit/ *as aften%ards burnt. The distress of th parents is beyond description. THE NEW BIBLE.--A few years ago the curiosity of the public was drawn-towards the splendid edition of the Holy Scriptures, announced by the late Mr. Macklin. This work was to exhibit the triumph of the Typographic and Graphic Arts, and it will un questionably tong do honour to the age which pro - dused and encouraged it. A work of not less im portance, but of less splendid pretensions, which has long been in preparation, will claim the attention of the public on the first day of the new year. .We mean the Bible of Mr. HEWLETT, a Gentleman dis- tinguished by the learning with which lie vindicated the Parian Chronicle ; by his eloquent sermons, de livered at the Foundling ; and by the superior taste and elegance which he manifested in his Lectures on the Belles Lettres, at the Royal Institution. This new edition of the Bible does not dazzle us by its magnitude and costliness, but it claims attention from the circumstance of the Editor's appropriating for its embellishment, the best designs of the great Masters of the various Schools of Painting, and for this pur pose our first Engravers have, for a considerable time, been put in requisition. it likewise claims attention from the prospect of its containing a superior body of Illuitration, divested of dogmas and controversy.— For this purpose the Editor, whose taste cannot be questioned, has compiled his notes from all the best Commentators, and printed them with their respec tive authorities, in the manner of the Variorum Clas sics, subjoining his own opinions, as often as can be introduced with good effect. This Bible may, there fore, be said to combine most, if not all, the advan- cages of former Editions, namely, the best and most useful body of notes, the most classical embellish menu, and moderation of size and price, which can not fail to obtain for it a universal currency in Fa n milies and Libraries. It may not be improper, for the information of thefriendsof the late Dr. GREGORY, to sate, that this Bible is on the plan of that which was proposed to be published by that Gentleman, and which was long announced previously to his death. His notes were, however, left in too scattered a 'smt to be of any service, but some of the plates , which had been engraved in his lifetime, will be ut• troduced lute the present Work. smininEth CLUB ciaiiir MEW • _Yesterday the Duke of Bedford, Lord Somerville, Earl Thanet, and a great number of noble and di, tinguished Patrons of Agriculture, assembled at Mr. Sadler's Yard, and examined the ♦ery excellent stccs exhibited. Sip William Curtis's bailiff; Mr. Whybrow, shcwcd some very fine specimens of drum-head cabbages, cf white col-raby, and of Swedish turnips ; all of theni from seed of his own raising, on Southgate Fenn. Mr. Thomas Weaver she;vcd pi wis a m .gn;fi• cent print, engraved by W. Ward, representing Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, surrounded by a group of his fa vourite South Down Sheep, and their attenJani.s. At half past two o'clock a meeting of the Club took place at Freemason's tavern, his Grace the Duke of Bedford in the Chair ; at which 29 Members were present. Several matters of business relating to the Club, • and to the conditions of the next shew, were transacted and the following were elected Members of the Club, viz.— Lord Dnndas, Daniel Giles, Corneliui /Cartwright, Joseph Sa• bine, Robert Cooper, John Nichols, Janes Wickens W. R. H. Brower, William Boultbec, John Simms, James Ford, "Alward Moncton, Thomas Lewin, and Christopher Wright. About five the meeting was adjourned till eleven this morning ; and nem- 220 persons sat down to a most excellent dinner in Freemason's Hall. His Grace the Duke of Bedford in the Chair— After the cloth was withdrawn, his Grace gave-- The King—Prosperity to the Smith field Club—Success to good Grasirg—Mr. Coke—Breeding in all iu Branches. His Grace then rose, and after a short introductory speech, read the award of the Judges, in substance the same as we have already stated in our list of the Prizes ; on coming to that part Which assigns to himself a pre. mium of 10 guineas, in Class XII, for Shearling South Devon Sheep, his Grace most handsomely stated, that competition being in his mind one of the principal objects of the Club to excite, and as no other candi date but himself appeared in this Class, he begged to let this premium revert to the funds of the Club. His Grace then proceeded to notice the vety great degree of improvement and excellence which is this year evident in the cattle exhibited; in the course of which he entered into a detailed statement of the num ber of beasts and sheep sold in Smithfield, on the ave. rip of every five years since the American war; no. tieing particularly the astonishing increase which has taken place, and which his Grace argued never could have been supplied, but by the gradual banishment, within that period, of numerous coarse and unprofit able hr:eds of cattle from our pastures, and supplying ihTir place with breeds disposed to early and perfect maturity ; and principally through which, the price of meat, at least between the graver and butcher, had no - increased in any degree proportionate to the other nece,saries of life, His Grace then proceeded to no tice the - state of the funds, which, we are sorry to hear, are Scarcely commensurate to the noble objects which 'the Club has in view. His Grace, in noticing the alterations intended to be introduced in the condit.ons of next year's chew, stated, that cne principal cbject of the Club being to encourage competition among breeders and graziers, it had been resolved— " That in ft tare, no person who has obtained a prize in either f the first six Classes, be entitled to spew a beast in the same , class in the succeeding year." As early maturity is a very principal qualification in oxen, which have not worked, it had been resolved, " ihit no beast, above five years old (at the ensuing period of calving), be allowed to be shown for a prize in Class VII. or VIII." And, for more effectually guarding against decep tions in the filling up of the certificates, it had been resolved— " That if inis-atatements shall be discovered in any Certificate, the prize shall be withheld from such candidate, who shall be deemed disqualified ever afterwards." As soon as his Grace sat down, Lord SOMERVILLE stated, that in compliance with the wishes of many breeders of cattle, a sale of stock of superior quality 1- would take place on the Wednesday succeeding his next Spring Shew of Cattle (the Bth of March and to be continued, in future, on the same d a y. Notice 'to be given to his Lordship, ten days before, by those who intend to offer stock for sale ; he concluded by proposing— The Duke of Bedford, with three times three. after some interval, his Gface rose, and proposed the health of Lord Somerville, who in a neat speech returned thanks, and observed, they might always ' continue to command his services- in the good cause in which the Club were engaged. The Duke of Bedford gave a general invitation to the company to his agricultural fete in June. The Company remained till a late hour, and many excellent toasts and sentiments were given. BREAD.--There being no Court of Aldermen held this dAy , the Lord Mayor, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to advance Id. per Peck Loaf. Collier, the noted and daring robber, whose depre, dations have caused such alarm in the Counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Meath, and Carlow—and who stood returned to the present Commission for trial, kas been admitted an approver on the part 'of the Crown, and is to appear a witness at the ensuing Fe bruary Commission, at the prosecution of many of fenders, against whom bills of indictment have been found as true, and who are at present in custody. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday a man attended at the Navy Office, and claimed money due to him as be longing to• the MARS. The Inspector of Seamen's Claims examined his case, brit could not find any thing due, and he was, with much difficulty, prevailed on to leave the place. He afterwards returned; and was so troublesome that force was resorted to to turn him oat. When he got into the Strand his violent behaviour attracted a crowd, when an officer, with much difficulty, conveyed him to Bow-street • and there being no doubt of his being deranged, he was committed to St. Clement's Workhouse as a dangerous lunatic. ' Five Hamann vritoix Ticxers.—The Ticket No. 4337, drawn 'this morning a prize of £5O, and as such entitled to 500 Whole Tickets, was sold in one. Quarter one-Eighth, and ten Sixteenth Shares, at g ul f s truly fortunate Offices, No. 4., Cornlull, and No. 9, Charing-Cross. This prize may eventually be worth upwards of £lOO,OOO, as all the Capital Prizes are still undrawn. The next day of drawing will be Tuesday, the 27th of this month, and the Lottery finishes on the 31st. Undrawn Tickets and Shares are selling at the above Offices. 1 k