Star. — London, England, 1808-05-20 00:00:00

b y referring to the positive prices this year, presenting the pernicious effects of the stoppage. He own i ng them with the prices paid for som e ontended t h e that w revenue would su ff er a great de s. He wished to argue this entirely as a lcation from the huntpro umpcoosnesdme so much easure,a nd gin th ra at i a n p f p a i C i t . L ion. By every information which he had e distilleries did nu Scotland, it was particularly desired in ble to the food of man as was supposed, for much of ithe country, that the distillery from grain • hat they used was damaged, and of inferior quali ty. be stopped. In the North of S4cotland there Mr. CORWEN thought the present measure of am ity, amounting to an absolute famine .— such magnitude and importance, that it ought not to l e nd he would be borne out in this sta tement brought under the consider ation of Parliament, Honourable Baronet (Sir J. Sinclair), and he unless by some person connected with his Majesty's surprized, on understanding that he inten- Government. He should avoid arguing the subject in thepartial o ipese the measure. The prices of corn werelight wherein it had been reported on by ) hi g h, that the farmers could not complain of the Committee. He regretted the agitation of a on , ; and if there had been no other grounds question of this nature at all, as it always creates a n ecommendation in the report, but merel Bri- spirit of speculation in the country, which always ,he thought the measure would bepro y p roves tt ruinous to a great portion of the individuals i,been at fi rst intended to propose the stopping the . embark In it. He said, that however much he ' - for a year, from the Ist of July, but he now respected the characters of those members that con , pursue a course somewhat different. Yes- posed the Committee, yet he maintained that they ~when he came down to the House, he felt per- were totally ignorant of the landed interest and the o ared to bring forward such a proposition,but y t agiculture of the country. It was impossible that given to understand, that the opinions of im. measure t could have been long in contemplation of e xpectable Gentlemen might be conciliated, and s ot as a preventative against scarcity, or they , public advantage derived from postponing it would n ot have d r easoned . in the manner they did. The gather day. This was the only reason for cultivated l lan d in in this country was always sufficient, '• be postponed it ; and it was not at all with if p ro pe rly cu mated, to support double the number I v iew of accommodation to his Majesty's Mini- d' - inhabitants. He regretted that so much weight b y l e tting the Local Militia 8111 come before it. 1 had been laid upon the report of the Committee during ! had also been a very formidable objection, the debate, and he wished that the question had been was almost insurmountable. It had been the considered alone, without any reference whatever to of the Committee to propose the suspending the the R e po rt. mo ose of spirits between Ireland and Great Bri. I Mr. MARIOTT maintained, that a most ample case had sin, ' a w ing the continuance of this act. This had, 1 , been made out for adopting the proposed measure. He read the I rep orts of several of the former Committees , to prove the dis been strongly objected to, as directly con- i tr essed state of the West India Planters, and ' that unless some tary to the Act of Union. The Resolutions 1; . I;re le an r s e o e f rt re o li f ef h were a ff orded them, their ruin was inevi which he now intended to propose were, fi rst, " That I table. ). p res e nt Commi tte e shewed that that dis t]x distillation of spirits from wheat, oats, barley, 1 tress had since increased , tCommitteeconfirmedby t he price simplified tir sugar in the Gazette. The presen t ma lt, flour, meal, pulse, &c. should be prohibited in I rent of it t h h e e p o r h o . ceedings of former Committees, and got the bette r of all I , the United Kingdom from the Ist of July next to the 1 injury je th ct a i t on th s e th r a ev t had formerly been urged on the score of the , led October ; and secondly, that it should be law-w ould the sustain . He denied that if this I f t l for his Majesty, after the 'lst of September, to con- I measure were adopt ed , eil agricultural ofthe system reaent of ea t r he c o untry andy it could waa not utile, by proclamation, the said prohibition for thirty be would be deranged. The harv est injured, as the corn was already gros p ving ; /22 after the meeting of Parliament. He also in- li k ely, merw o as uld th h e i meas measur e to be a temporary one, that the far vied, if the Bill should be allowed to go into aby it from sowing as much grain as usual Committee, to move a reduction of duty on sugar- in 1809 . There deterredwas c o o f untry for grain from Sweden, which country e muc n h i n want rash, so as to enable the distillers to make use of su- ecnosirbni.e.He The West 1 that some precautionary measure was indisp in their distilleries. He had understood that the plan tations had for some years returned nothing to their west in Ireland had been very deficient, and that I I n di a o although th e e plan t t f er fi s had augmented the revenue of the ire was already a considerable scarcity felt in some I country urs ' to th e milli ons , handd beenhad afforded h the •of it. Under these circumstances, he thought, I means of cherishing her naval o strength. ye. thetoupgtht 1 visable to take possession of many foreign colonies, a u ad c: without at all considering the interests of the fish bad been allowed to enter into competition in the Bri- Indies, the measure would be good in itself.-- les; produ ce of on the h British Islands, although 6 h he did not now consider himself authorised those io.ntts l v a n c t i h be t t e cul tivated elainin _ t . a toput the question, on the ground of relief to V l / 4 rest I monopoly. On all these ground . ne t success f ul h e op t ed aitli no ortheirr t on would be made to the proposed measure. lila Merchant and Planters, yet he would say that LiAocOIGNE was anxious to know what had become their wants were most urgent—that there were many ' o f C r eral e alluded 'For yesterday, of which neither side rat estates which made little or no profit, and that 1 werned e tO tt lin "r oW an y vha di t purpose was the,Commit arWest India body did appear to him abundantly en- ' tee appointed ?:I ocons t ile'r th eo l f ur‘ t f h t e b the o N n s e . d st L ra ln ti d o t Plante, s ;.—and was he now to be co s n t fi r n e ed to o titled to some relief. He thought that the distresses i alone ?He combated the arguments of the West India Planters could not be fairly attri. I 4) ,L scarcity in this rountrY interest, alon e o , f to te h a u d d voca ti te h s for the hi g h price of provi boted merely to their wild and imprudent specula- 1 e sins. The Colonies yearsde a nad sufferedrelief f from th e h tions, but that a great part of them was to be attri-i remote of the times, having for many yew ith ri r , u m n r i d t to e , tary measures that had been adopted bated to the system pursued by the mother country , ~......, and by which they were prevented from entering' into a with respect to them. He wished, however, that the ' '*--- ' - c fr o o m m pe t t h in e on ric i e n of foreign h markets with foreign colonists. So far subject should now be considered and argued as a Bri-risen, in consequence of the sitting tish, and not a West-Indian question. He concluded l of the Co P ittee r , n i n t s m a •a y s li opinion, that the rise would by moving, " that the Report of the CI immittee be I have been double, had such a his Committee not sat. The suspension would operate only on a third of the importation. The report of referred to ^ Committee of the whole House. the Committee stated, and stated d truly, that the distress was urgent Mt. COKE Wcii very sorry to see any measure in- and required early i a e t f t:b t h o ad en t L e t o hi t s hr at en s v o n l o ate t • a period, of the t- :heed which would tend to deprive the la lea in- sessionshewed, that re i If the House knew the distress of the county ti which t o am h t e ls h e a t d he tZ serest o.: a market which took off the surplus of theo. 1 honour to represent, the landed interest would not argue, as they !train. He hoped that it would not be -,l.7posed, that 1 .(., 4 re tlan b e, a g ainst d a . measure by which corn would be rendered retlemen were always. ready to contr.. ' •-:: :LreitTa,un seemed pe l od h i os i e ou w i ho m exprca l sed ed alarm at the ides of a ahighprice of corn. They did not W 11.11: t hig' oetretna,ar whichn when eeHn any y se s w ubs aa tit a ti et te tiey only wanted a fair remunerating price. t ~, 1 . ,;.- g rain was offered. prodigiously thr.g, was the relief of the West India Planters, who had askedse liatie Lord had argued on the present high price , ... • lief in the best mode in which it was possible to g rant it to them. corn ; but, until very lately, the average price of it in i N hat would the House have said, if th • C o loniss hail reque s ted Norfolk had been but 40s. a quarter. The rise had the loan of a few millions > He did n h o e t' e b ,n l i i d ev n e ot an e y nt t i h e it l ig would taken place within the last ten days, and he had no I shake their loyalty, but he ' felt th.it for the effect, which withholding relief might produce . up l on ar tlie w i e n r doubt, in his mind, tett that the cause which produced eciv atr i tChaoto theCH oypo sed the present question, because he con that rise was the knowledge that there was a Com. were agriculturists, atatkT which were the vital interests of the ranee sitting upon this subject. .The Report how- count ry, he could has he felt for the distress of the ever snowed that the permanent adoption of stich a West lnlia Merchants , he never put that circumstance into competition with the discouragement of agriculture. measure would be attended with great danger to the M il o W . the Committee dwelt on the circumstance that the landed interest. In the county of Norfolk, the barley d id not . rec al o th m o n u t te end th thc extension ra of the system was the most prevalent ; and there was at least measure of susp e nsion to H ed e as onofounh more produced now, than there was ten willingness to give a decided opinion on the ' t sille p ct r . o. tremely surprised, therefore, to find that the Noble Lord proposed or fifteen years ago. Instead of importing, as they a o r . es i olution in which that suspension was extended, which, in his formerly did in that county, they were now able to - pni o t n, , w d asun h infraction of the Act of Union, and one for which , export something for the general good of the empire. no er h a d n t been laid. n ahoid moire for the , He hoped that the time would arrive, when there Committee, gons w henwaitatLlpuproseposoti,atohz „ would be no occasion for irriporting at all ,• but this omission o the word " United Empire" e f e or th e u stiT h un' e E " tli N at L p F ar L t L o o f t ß he United Empire called Great Britain." , he was sure of, that he never remembered the price of no means svgs supported ed the., corn more steady and stationary than it had been Bill, and said that it by Bill shouldt the u interests ot ex- There ism the imp or t a ti o n from other countrieshad ceased. of the Country, but hi g hly beneficial. Is lf e t j he tend to Inland it ssould g ive the people of that country a very _ . had) een little or no variation in the prices un great c a use of complaint, as it would seem that we were taking tills Report had got wind. He thought the Noble c sc o ar ns c u it n y w or it e i rai n n di tn tin Gr !o a n t Britain, while we h lord had most completely shifted his ground, as it p p r e L ; c n a ti u t ia te o ti ns lr a efla ai n n d st to was universally understood that hit propositions were 1 trade in the article of g rain was free and uninterrupted', assctare le be brought forward by him as Chairman of a Com- 1 city in one island must in some degree drain the other; therefore the same p recautions ought to be tak e n for each. He admitted rtittee appointed to consider what relief should be I thatthe chololanniadledinterests given to West India Planter . * and Merchants ;— and i were t o pposi t t n e t , er a e r s tl ts th o a f t t t h h e e l o a n n e de n d m a st nd fal u l f yet now h e h a d s t a t e d that he wished to have it con- , prevail ; boat he thought the landed could not t h e e ject to make heu Id a sidered not as a West India question, but as a Britishl sm all sacrifice to support the colonial. The evidence of Mr. Arthur Young, he said, put the neceksity of retrenchment in the one. We had captured a great many West India , c ons u mption wasllrt b s ey o o f n t d he a co doubt, as he d sai e d the produce of last year Islands, which were stated to be very valuable, but he Ian nual ro hilseltrurasbted less she ep thanthes did not suppose that the real worth of many of them 1 comompti p o:i. upon the u s n vhole eo , welt so great as an ozier bed in the River 'Mantes.-- I vided to be taken under the Bill would complety do away every alarm r o e f e tli v e landholders, and that the measure on that account If, however, the measure proposed was now to pass, be hoped that it would be a very long time before a would r.ir. p o ei N s e o their N Ey C O n n e C y ll e fi r en fel r t e More surprise than he had done ap measu re . 0 injurious to the landed • interest would on the introduction of this measure, to hear it stated that the sub ject was one purely British, and that the West India interest had In be submitted to that House. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS conceived, that in the no claim whatever. By the injudicious man ner in which the Noble Lord in ha t d ere e s z t pr a e n ss d ed had hl o m o s t elf, bonehketehdad si e n xc l i e tt e opp t ositi ti on fron d Rue di i present circumstances of the country the resolut ions ctated by sound policy, and deserved the su p - ' n ot p ossibly move for the Speaker's leaving g the Chair res 'after e th c e ou r t e- PM Of the House. 1 solutions that had been read by the Noble Lord. He commented Sir J 7 .. . SINCLAIR said, that having been person- lon the manner in which the Right Hon. Gentleman had treated that part of the report of the Committee which infringed on the ally alluded to by the Noble Mover of the Resolu - I Union. The distinct proposition on this part of the lions, he thought itne cessary to rise thus early in i s ar u t t i o c e e et s , o if f itdid not directly infringe the articles of the Union, yet purposes for which those articles were formed. the debate. it was certainly true, as the Noble Lord c ounteracted the Adverting to the high price of g rain, he asked, whether that was had stated, that there was a considerable scarcity in an a fcir cutting off themmarket of the farmer, and a ff ecting bi the North o f S cot l an d, an d it was natural for him to be hi s indus t ry m that an d on e which o nterprize:e must asno dep tt e h n e d lan , but ti in the G conte t st ß w ri h t t n h ertremdy anxious that this scarcity should be relieved; and Irelan d If agriculture were injured, the country o at the same time, as a Member of the British Le- we were carrying on ? Lature, he was bound to look to the general irate- I was undone. Without any considerable advance in the price of merely fro m r an apprehension toent of suc h d an event, rests . of the country ; and he did not think that these ;te rn in I k r e e t hn of'a b e ut l off , The a n a pricesvrci wound ofd ...° would be promoted by adopting the present Resolu- inflicted 011 hit interest which years could not heal. `" I ,IS- He was sat rimed that, after a Committee ap- corn down to the stth of last month he held in his band; the pointed in 1797 to consider this very subject of the middle prices of which were not such as to warrant interference. He a dverted to the evidence given before o the Committee by Mr. s a il stitution of sugar in the distilleries, had come to ti t i h L at i di n st h u is . ~r esoe Intion most unfavourable to the proposition, op S w an 'lntim° officer of Distiller i es woul d crease : stated ! l es N question should be again revived. Since dlstille. ling; and that the recent alarm of scarcity no longer existed.— l a were first established, they had only been stopped Was this a ground for the measure ? The Member for Wexford bushels of , Years in the course of more than a century ; had h . a altstated b.' h e videlsis bo e' th a t How thnre the vi n er :o 2 uld 'an that and in . the year 1760, the table of the House was ile---ey in for the Noble Lord's proposition, and ho y w ir :O h uld . di n e - F' ) r ed with petitions from the fanning interest, re. EngliskGentlemen not tee that to discourage the Irish farmer was to injure their best supply? Tie thought it was the duty of Teli nisters to propose some plan tor the effectual and permanent re I lia of the West India Merchants, without interfering in any manner with the agriculture of the country ; and any loss that the country might euffer, might be made up in some other way. By the half measure proposed, great harm would be done, and no party or intere,t whatever satisfied. Sir A. WELI.F.SLEY was convinced, that were the distilleries in Ireland to be allowed to go on, while those in tneland were flopped, great mischief would ensue. The distress fur grain in Ireland was as great as in any part of England. The last crop was a third deficient, and the quantity of grin exported from Ire land to Scotland, in consequence of the scarcity in the latter coun try, rendered that crop still less adequate to the demand. Peti tions had been presented from Drogheda, Belfast, &c. praying that the distilleries might be stopped; and there could he no doubt that unless some efficient measure were speedily adopted, a very general scarcity would te.ist in Ireland. Colonel MONTGOMERY confirmed the statements of the Honourable Baronet with respect to the deficiency of the last year's crop. in Ireland. Sir J. NEWPORT allowed 'let if the rest of Ireland were in the state of the north of tl.at country, an efficient and an imme diate measure of relief might be advisable. But the measure proposed was not to operate until July, by which time the new potatoes would be coming in. The apprehension of scarcity in Ire land had been very much magnified by the Hon. Baronet, which was sufficiently evinced by the price of oats in Waterford, the greatest exporting port in Ireland, where the price had not varied for the last two Months more than one shilling and sixpence a barrel. This was proved in evidence before the Committee, by Mr. Dela.ucey, who also declared that the quantity of grain in the market of England teas little less than it was last year. He deprecated all such interventions of the Legislature, except in extreme cases. Nothing could be more noxious than tampering with trade or food by Parliamentary regulations. If the farmer were not left to obtain Isis awn profit by the rise of grain, without the interference of the Legislature, he would no longer till the ground. Under all these circumstances, he object ed most decisively to the measure. Adverting to the recommen dation of the Committee to suspend the intercourse of spirits be tween the two countries, he questioned the right of a Committee to offer a recommendation, which went directly to an infringe ment of the Articles of Union. Sir A. WELLESLEY ,:lained. Mr. ELLISON, after having divested the subject of all the ex traneous matter that had been introduced in the course of the di*- cussion, entered Into an examination of the real merits of the question ; contending, at considerable length, that the appeeheu sions of the landed interest were ill founded, and that some mea sure of precaution was indispunsible. Admiral HARVEY observed,as the mode of relief to the West India Merchants recommended by the report, was of a descrip tion that he totally disapproved, he must vote against the Speaker s leaving the Chair. If a strong case were made out of distress, he should be most ready to accede to any plan by which grain would not be affected. Mr. FOSTER, as he telt compelled to vote on this question against those with whom he usually concurred, explained the mo tive by which he was actuated. It was his conviction that no tampering of the Legislature with agriculture ought to be allowed except in an extreme case, which did not seem to exist. Mr. WINDHAM argued to the same purpose, and.remarked on the extraordinary change in the question which had taken place within the last twer ty-four hours. The West India interest had been completely left in the back ground, and a domestic s:ar city made the prominent tigure in the canvas of the evening. Mr. H. SUMNER was of opinion, that our colonists suffered more by the investment of Britsh Capital in foreign islands, than by other means whatever. Sir CHARLES BURRELL declared his sincere conviction of the dangerous tendency of the measure which was then befure the House. Lord CASTLEREAGH argued at considerable length, to prove that barley and oats wereat present nearly double the price which they Nvere sold at in the years 1795 and 1800, in London, and in some puns of Ireland they were treble the price that'they were in these two years of remarkable scarcity. Mr. JOHN SMITH did not think the measure went far enough. Sir H. MILDM kY thought it necessary to controvert the as sertions of the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) M order to prevent the effect of any unfounded alarm in the country, whish might be the consequence of his calculations, if they were net disproved. Mr. W. SMITH denied that the proposition was the produc tion of the Committee. The stopping of the distilleries now could not be productive of any benefit to the We-t India Colonies. Mr. M. LAING opposed the motion, and Lord BINNING made a' hort reply. On the question for the Speaker's leaving the Chair, the House divided—Ayes, 122; Noes, 108. Majority, 14. While Strangers were excluded, another division was threat ened, but did nut take place. On our re-admission into the Oallery, the Assessed Taxes Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Committee respecting the Put clsc;e of Annuities was fixed for Thursday ; as was also the Committee of the ;English Local Militia Bill. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and at half past four o'clock the House adjourned. move d by referr i u P° thm L e v hae Wtish quest km' Sc odB• 'ved reo o f t he cour :lun e stoppe d, Els searcitY, ai m He believed he wot k , an Honourable ] was really surprize j e d to OPP•se the n ow so high, that tl icy inj t t he and if ur Y k reco m mend interests, he the b e en at first it It.— • for lotilirnes a yea] eteoled to pursue —4,/ when he cat JP"^ ar ed to b er s r rven to um o , s irtiropectable Gi ;j o t public adva 'Tn a nother day. which h e postpone view of accon 14Y by letting thi Ito had also ,ich was a lmost 0 of the Comm ocourse of spir am , during the c 4 ho , been str , teary to the Ac w hi c h h e now ince t he distillation o: ma lt, flour, meal, United Kingd loot October ; fal for his Majest: toe, b y proclam es a f ter the mei ended, if the Bill Cgromittee, to it rah, so as to en in their distill west in Irelam • thee was ahead] pots o f i t . Um that without at west Indies, the Although he did teput the questi4 Wit Merchants t heir wants were Feat estates whi ar West India b titled to some re t ithe West Indi bated merely to lions, but that a bated to the syst THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MAY 20. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Consuls, Mr money, G7l 68—f ,r May 68—for July 683 63 Reduced 671.1—Excli. 13i1h, 4s. 6, prem. On the Local Militia Bill, we would humbly sug gest, that it would be a great improvement if one fifth part of the whole number were discharged at the end of each year, and replaced by a new levy. By this means, at the end of five years, we should have in the kingdom five times the number of men instruc ted in the use of arms which we can have from the Bill in its present form This improvement in the Bill would also remove much of the dislike which many men, before they make the experiment, enter tain against a military life ; for at the end of five years from the first operation of the Act, the men would only have the prospect of one month's absence from their usual avocations—And in a period, not very remote, every man in the whole kingdom will have been properly trained, and be fit to be called i upon in any emergency. Yesterday Government received dispatches from Admiral Sir JMIm SAUMAREZ, dated on board the VICTORY, off Gottenburgh, and announcing the safe arrival there of the Expedition under his command, which lately sailed from the Nore and Yarmouth. On the return of Colonel MURRAY, who was sent to make some arrangements with the King of SWEDEN, the whole naval and military force were to proceed for their object, which is known to he the conquest of Norway. The squadron under the command of Capt. HAL LOWELL, consisting of the TIORE, of 80 guns, EDGAR, of 74, TRIUMPH of 74, MINOTAUR of 74, was at an chor off the Isle of Walcheren, on the 16th instant, watching the motions of the enemy. The Dutch line of battle ships which had been at Flushing, were, it ' was understood, removed up to Antwerp, and there dismantled. In the Roads there were only two fri bates and tbsee brigs. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE, TORBAY, MAY 18. Arrived his Majesty's slaip la.Ftscys from a erglie. Sailed Isis Mujesty's cutter Nita It 0D to join the Chinnelffeet. - PLYMOUTH, MAY 18. Salted the PRocytz, of 36 guns i ORFITZS, COSSACK, sad , Cum ET, uf 18 guns each ; COCKA raice, of 14 ; P01111)14Z, Of 36; • !and PA LLAs, of 32 guns, all on a cruize to the westward. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 19. Arrived several outward-bound vessels from the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ship SAPPHO with a convoy "'Jr Cork. His Ma jest ship RISISTANCE is appointed convoy for the 'gaits:era nein, ins:cad of the HYPERION. Wind N. E. DEAL, MAY 19. Arrived the SKYLARK sloop and Biaamt sun-brig from a cruize, the former with a French 4shing-brat which she bat taken; and the SPARROWNAWK stoop from off Bal nue; t; u. RNA/ s gun brig from offFlutibing ; the CHARLES armed chip from the Nore, with eight transports F.. ving troops on board. Four sail of transports likewise 'arrived in the Downs last nigh; with troops on board, which sailed this morning under convoy of the PANDORA sloop to the Westward, supposed for Portsmouth.-- Sailed the BLAZER gun-brig and SKYI.ARK sloop on a Cridae. LEITH, MAY 17. Sailed His Majesty's ship SUIELL for the 141,re. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1808. THURSDAY, MAT 19. Mr. Andrew's Thorn, ilst.Blb.eat Mr. C. Brown's Pavillicn, st. 11b. E. C. 100gs.-.-5 to 4 apt. Thorn. Mr. Sitwell's Clinker, Bst. 31b. beat Mr. Shakespear's Discount, Bst Ab. M. 100gs.-5 to lon Clinker. Mr. Vansittart's Momentilla beat Ld Grosvenor's Bulrush, sz • . 21b. each. Ab. M. 200 gs. h. ft.,-.2 to 1 agst. Mometitilla. Ld Darlington's Master-Good-all, 3st. 81b beat Sir C. Turner's Mr. Gundy, 7st, 121 b. Twc.yr old Course, 300 gs h, ft.-6 to On Master-Good-all. Ld Grosvenor's Bulrush, 7st. 121 b - beat Ld G. H. Cavendish's Dreadnought, Bst. 41b. Ab. M. 50g5.--5 to 2 agst Bulrush. Fifty Pounds for 8-yr olds, 6st. 216. 4-yr olds Bst. 5-yr olds Bst. 71b• 6-yr olds and aged Rat. 121 b. T. M. M. B. C, Lord Roues b. e. Nood-demon, 3 yrs old 1 Mr. Goldburne's ch. e. Romeo, 4 yrs old 2. Mr. Goddaid's ch. h. Achilles, 5 yrs old 3 Gencral Grosvenor's ch. c. lobn-o'-Gaunt, S yrs old 4 High odds agst Wood-demon; sto 1 apt Romeo and sto 2 apt Achilles. Duke of Grafton's Musician, 7st. 61b. beat Mr. Shakespeare's Wormwood, Bst. 131 b. Two-yr old Course, 100gs.-6 to 4 on IA Grosvenor's Eaton, Bst. beat 1.1 Lowther's Trafalgar, Bst. 9ilb. Across the Flat, 200g5.-6 to 4on Eaton. Duke of Grafton's Musician, 7st. 61b. beat Ld Sackville's Bus tard, 3st. 1016: Across the Flat, 100gs.-6 to 5 on Musician. Ld Darlington's Master-Good-all, (late Giles Scroggins) Sst. 71b, rec. 7egs. frOm Sir C. Turner's Mr. Guntly, Bst. Two-yr old Course, 200 gs. h. ft. Yesterday Her MAJESTY completed her 64th year, which was celebrated by the assembling of the whole of the Royal Family; and a select party of friends at Windsor. Reports reached town yesterday from both Deal and Dover, that a boat, escaped from the island of Waleheren, had brought an account of an English force having entered the Scheldt, and destroyed tht port of Flushing.. Our letters received from these ports this morning do not mention this rumour. Before the SoLanay (whose arrival we mentioned yesterday ), left Rio de Janeiro, the PRINCE REGEN^ of Portugal, who arrived there on the 7th of March, from Bahia, had established a new Order of Merit which he directed to be called The Order of Fidelitl and had presented Commodore MoORE, Captat. WALK - 4 ,.. of the BEDFORD, and the other British Offi cers, with the Insignia of this Order. The Sur VOLLANTE frigate, Captain COLLIER, arrived at RI de Janeiro on the 11th of March. The SURVEILLANT took out Mr. HILL, the British Secretary of Legation, Mr. CuamasaLANNE, and a Gentleman of the name of Moncaaa. These Gentlemen on landing, met wit' a most friendly and flattering reception, but from thi smallness of the town, and the recent arrival of thi Court, they were with difficulty enabled to find house in which they could be accommodated. Sarni letters received from these Gentlemen are written the highest spirits, and -give the most pleasing ; counts of the state of the country and the hospitals of th.; people. The dispatches from Rio de Janeiro are dated _ _ 14th March. We are informed the following is arrangement of thenetv Ministry : DON FERN•NDO DE PORTUGAL, Minister of the Treasury, DON JOHN D'ALMEIDA, for the interior. • Dan RODRIGO DE SOWZA, COUTINHO, for the War and Foreign Aftw.rs. The Viscount of•AN/inia, for the Navy. Marquis of BELLAS, Chief of the Justice, ANTQWO D'AR tUJE obtained his dismisdon as Minister St tte, and remain -d Counsellor of the Privy Council. Continental Journals and Letters to the 15th int have arrived, from which we have given some extra( in the following page. The accounts from Holland repeat, that the restr - h dons on American vessels and property rigoroi— continued, and that some American citizens had been put into confinement, for having attempted to evade the order recently issued from Bayonne. NAPOLEON continues to exert his influence to that direction to events in Spain which may be conducive to his views. Time will unfold them. A letter from Gottenburgh states, that the Russ have for some time been collecting an army in neighbourhood of Riga, which is to amount to 500 men, and is destined for the invasion of Sweden. About 15,000 of these troops were lately embarl , on board of some transports, and sailed from lunder the convoy of two ships of the line and , Ivate. Soon after they sailed a British squadr , I I ° said to have appeared, at the sight of which the I sian ships of mar ran into port, leaving the transpi several of which were taken or destroyed, to their . The rumour respecting a misunderstanding haw , the Turks and French receives s me confirtm, by the.arrival of a vessel which left Palermo on 17th of April. Previous to her dc.p :rtare, accoui had been received from Smyrna, that the Tuf Government had refused the French permissh march through its territories to India ' • and in the pectation of being attacked, had caused the standard to be erected, and a levy of the peopi coarse to be raised. COURT or Km:G . * Btarcn.-.-Yesterday the following r received the judgment of the Court, viz. David Mahenny, ed, at the Exeter Assizes, of breaking the quarantine laws. mouth, was sentenced to pay a line of 2001. and be imprisoned Exeter goal for six months; W. Hutton, the Captain of a s•- land collier, for sailing from the port of Rye iu defiance embarro, and assaulting the Custom-house Oflicer, and him out to sea, was sentenced to six months imprisons, Horshanaraot ; 0. Owen, a Welch smuggler, was sentenced three months imprisonment in Salop gaol, fur o'istrlstung - (Ise Officer in the execution of his duty. • a iA b, ad ae at .al of ish :he ese • ted r..NT ch, Tit, lily, rain )ffi- CR- Rip !TR ion, ime vith the the td a ome in ac- ality the • s the reign ter of inst. :racts tstric- •ously been evade give most ru, tssiang in the ;0,000- veden. >arlced Riga a fri- iron is e Rus. sports, in fate. etween !nation, on the ccounts rurkish ision to L the ex. to holy :ogle cq g persons convict. as at Ply- risoned a :Wades/ ce of the L wrying prime:it in 'termed up Ing as Ex-