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FROM SATURDAT NIGHT'S GAZEITB. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, DECEMBER 34. , The Hon. Rear-Admiral, Fleming has transmit ted tcs John Wilson Croker, Asq. a letter from Cap tain Wise, of his Majesty's ship Granicus, giving an account of his hhing, on the 94 instant, Off Cape Spartel, captured .the Axneyican schooner privateer Leo. of:siLgens.andikatneti. This Gazette contains an Order in Council, permit ting for six months, from the 16th izst. the importa tion into and exportation fonts eWest India Islands belonging to the British (including the Bahama and the Somer Islands), and also , 'territories in South America . (from Ftientltr States), of corn, grain, flour, bran, biscuit, pulse,, rice, horses, mules, neat cattle, Sheep, hogs, and every other 'species of live stock and provisions, except sugar, coffee, cocoa, itt digo, and cotton wool. The above must be the growth and produce of the country to which the: vessel importing shall belong ; and the cargoes must be delivered, and reloaded at places where regular Custom-houses shall be established.; and where at, the time the following duties sha ll be levied cal articles being the growth or produce of the United' States of America, via. Current n-.oney of Jamaica. On wheat Roar per barrel, not weighing more han 196114. net weight .• 6 6 tt On bread or biscuit of wheat flour, or any other grain, per barn !, barn !, not weighing more than 1011111 s. net weight • - • . • .0 S 4 On bread, for every 1001bs. made from wheat, to any grain whatever, imported in bags or other packages than barrels, weighing as aforesaid - - On flour or meal, made from rye, peas, beins, Indian corn, or other train than wheat, per barrel, not weighing more than 19tilbs. - On peas, beans, rye, Indian corn, callivancies, or other grain, per I.u.hel .0 $ 4 -.0 S 4 . 0 0 10 .0 3 4 0. •Ibs. net weight On rice, for eve:y And so in proportion for a less or larger quantity. Horses: neat cattle, or other live stock, for every 1100 of the value thereof, at the port or place of Importation ----- II 0 0 The Gazette of Saturdaralso announces the grant of the Royal Licence to EDWARD WILBRAHAM BOOTLE, of Lathom House , in the County of Lan caster, Esq. M. P. for Clithero, auth3riting him and his issue henceforth, to use the name of BOOTLE be fcre, instead of after, that of W;LBRAIIAM, ViZ. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM. BANKRUPTCY ENI,ARtEIS. Janpary 10, Samuel Cl::rk, late of the Commerc!?.l Road, Mid dlesex, hoop:bender, dealer and Chapman, at ten, at Guildhall. January in, James Losi.grove, late of Horsemunger.lane, New ington, Surrey, rod-merchant, dealer and chapman, at ten, at Guildhall BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Jc'n Harding, of White-cross•street, parish of St. Luke's, Mid dlesex, victualler. • BANKRUPTS. William Cottrell, of Clakhester, Su-sex, sadler, dealer and chap man, to surrender December 27, January 10, and Ftbruary 4, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Thomas Clarke, Sadler's. hall, Cheapside. Joseph Sharp, of Croydon, but !lbw of Camberwell, Surrey, mar ket-gardener, dealer and 'cltaptitan, December 47, January 3, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at Gaildhall. Atomics, Messrs. De bary, Scudamore and Curry,,Gate-street, Liuzolu's-Inn Fields, or Mr ?enfold, Croydon. Jasper Bowel!, of the Coal Exchanger London, coal.factor, dealer and Chapman, Dec. 24, 31, and January 31, U ten, at Attorr.ies, Mr. Attheson, 35,Great. Winchester street, London ; or Mr. Bainbridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ft3DUr savage tne younger, or vs estimator, ouftx, mater in bay, dealer and chapotan, January 3, .5, at the Crown Inn, Emsworth; and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Black Dog Inn, Em.. worth. Attorney, Mr. Richard Clare, Emsworth; or Mr. Wm. Netthfold, 20, Norfolk-street, S•rand. Wm. jirown, of Terling, Essex, grocer and draper, dealer and chapman, January 10, 24, and Feb. 4, at ten at Guildhall,— Attornies, Messrs Wood and Clarke, Castle-court, Budge-tow, London. William Sheppard. of Bristol, bookseller, Jan. 3,4, and Feb. 4, at eeven, at the Commercial Rooms, Corn -street, Bristol. Attornies, Mr. Coulson, Bristol; aura Mr. Evans, Hatton- Garden, London. Richard Cooper Serie, of Saffron Walden, Essex, upholsterer, Jan. 7,17, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Rosser and Son, Red Llon•square, Holborn. James Stevenson, of 1; ‘net ktreet, St. Mary-la• bonne, Middle sex, plumber, Dcc. 47, Jan. 3, aryl Feb. 4, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Willingham, 36, Great Maty-la- bourn. street. Joseph Dutton Ker.worthy, of Manchester, eealer and chapnian, January 13, 14, and February 4, at two, at the George and Dragon Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Hadfield, Man. cluster; and Mr. Philip Herd, Temple, Lcniton. William Rostill, of Allisley, Warwickshire, butcher, January 4, 5, and February 4 , at eleven, at the seen Arms Hotel, Coventry. Attornies, Messrs. Merrick and Broderip, Red Liou-square, London ; and Mr. Wilmot, Coventry. Thomas Finch, of :enithanipron, seedsrnaa, January 25, at one, £6, at eleven, arid February 4, at one, at the Dolphins lon, Southampton. Attornies, Mr. Barney, Southampton; and Mr. Roe, Howard- street, Strand, London. William Banks, cf Bradley, Stakerdshirc, engineer, January In, li, and February 4, at tell, at the White Hart, Stafford. At tornies, Mr. John Stanley Smart, Staple Inn, London; and. Mr. Jbhn Lilly Parker, Stafford. • Thomas Cochran, oP York, glover, January 3, and February 4, at eleven, at Etridge's Hotel, York. Attornies, Messrs. • and Lrodrick, Bow Church-yard, C.beapside, London ; and Messrs. Brook and Butmer, York. paniel Armitage, of Huddersfield, York, innkeeper, January 19, 11, and February 4, at eleven, at the Saddle Inn, In Hudders field. Attornies, Mr. Llackburn, Huddersfield; and Messrs. Sheppard, A titiniit on, and Gregory, Bedford-row, London. Daniel Bloom, of Trowie-Millgate, Norwich, merchant, Dec. soy Jan. 7, and Feb. 4, at four, at the Rampant Horst Inn, Attornies, Mr. William Rackham, Norwich, and Messrs. Windus and Holtaway, Chanc':ry lane, London. Joseph Fisher, .o•Cheli enham, Gloucester, builder, Jan. 9, at five, n, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Ram bin, Gloucester. Amor rd2s, Messrs. Whatley, Cirencester ; and Messrs. Price and Williams, Lbieoln's Inn. Ditpu Sellers, of Fetter-lane, London, oil and eolorrnian, Jan. 3, 7, and Feb. 4, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Lee, Three Crown-court, sonthwark. G eo rge Parsons, of Edge ware-road, Middlesex, coal.meichant, Dec. 31, Jan. a, and Feb. 4, at ten, at GuildbalL Attorney, Mr. Pasmore, Warn tord.courr, 'a hrogmort on-st reef. Charles Cope Earle Wreltiy, of Leicester, Abel Watford Belhdrs, of Sramford. Lincoln, arld George %Maus, of Leicester, bankers, January 11, 12, and 13, at the White Hart Inn, Lei cester. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. Maidstone, for the Rapti; Cheerful, for the R askabonde and Sophia Amelia; and Light Mug, tor the General de Orsenne, the 6 t h at J:.:lnary, at 2:1, rurrey-zereet. Acorn, for 'he Pt rsat ti, at Mr. 1. nick's, rlymouth. Lyvx, for the thstrigh , Idea, itinaldine, and another vessel, the Slst {OIL at 2t, I'olloh -street. G a llant, tor the Najatlen, the 27th inst. at 37, Southampton- {:feet. 61,2 Dwringo, for the ?an Augustine and Teaser; and Maid stone, laaon, Lauregthuts, ban I)unui.go. dragon, btatint, and Coltbri, for the St.Micha.l—pald into Greenwich iicovital. AVERALiE YRIOE of CORN in ENGLAND and WALES, from the reterus ending the 1741 of December, ISli. Whear... Rye Bien!, OVa. Brag!. POSIe. a. 4. s. d. Is. d. la. d. s. d. (4. d. . 0 9 41 1 35 3 iS. 214210 I 47 9 ei be average Pnce tit Sui, .r. computed (pm .:.e returns made In the wet k endmi; the ‘4'.4t Pecetuher, b 7% sd. Fes - cwt. I FRENCH PAPERS. • - PARIS, , IDECEMBER su. Ti is %aid that the Session of the two Chambers will. bz closed by a Royal Sitting. • Count Data is appointed Intendant General of the Ara;. Mareclial de Camp Baron Bran de Villeret has been appointed Secretary General to the War Derartment. Monsieur set off at eight yesterday morning for Sens. lle will assist at the public ccramony which is to take place for the restoration of the monument which contains the remains of his august parents, the Dauphin and Dauphiness. The monument at Calais for consecrating to pos terity the return of Louis XVIII. is finished. It is a beautiful marble pillar, of the Doric order. The King and Queen of Bavaria are expected to arrive at Munich on the 91st inst. from Vienna. BANK 'OF FRANCF.• The Chamber of Peers, in its sitting of the 13th, heard the report of Count Lecouteulx de Cantelen, on the plan of law relative to the Bank of France.— The Committee proposed the adoption of the plan with some slight amendments. One of the principal enactments consists in placing the Bank under the high superintendance of the Minister of Finance ; but by the terms of the 4th clause, the Minister can demand of the Bank, neither loan nor discount, nor any employment of funds whatever ; he will be em powered to prohibit all operations contrary to the enactments of the law ; he may invite the Governors of the Bank to diminish their discounts, when lie shall judge that precaution necessary. If the Council Gene' al does. not think proper to comply with this invitation, they must communicate the reasons of their refusal to the Minister :.but on a new invitation the Council General will be bound to comply. The Reporter observed—ig that these classes decided what Ithe Minister of Finance could not require from the Bank, and thus removed these grounds of distrust which might arise from his negociations and relations with the Bank, as having both the Royal Treasury and the Bank of France appertaining to his functions. At the same time they gave the GovernMent the high and important power of taking . the necessary precautions that the Bank should pay its notes—pre cautions which the Governors of the Bank . them selves acknowledged must be more efficacious and impartial under the tutelary intervention at authority. Besides, the foresight of the Minister will be always mare enlightened and extended than what the Go vernors of the Bank can exercise, particularly when events in our external relations may dictate, from motives of high policy, the precautions indicated." • In the Sitting of the Chamber of Decodes of the 19th, M. Clement reported on a petitkn for restoring the old legend on the royal coins, sit rumen Domini lentdictum, instead of the present legend, Loraine sal. Arum Jac Regent. The reporter recommended the re taining of the latter as more appropriate. The Chamber then proceeded to discuss an amend-, meat made by the Peers on the plan of law relative to the import of iron. The law, as passed by the Deputies, subjected all foreign iron in en:repot to the :high duty which the l.tw imposed ; but the amend ,utent of the Peers reduced it to the lower duty which existed at the period of importation. Against the amendment it was urged that it would be ruinous to the native iron-masters, from the im. mense quantities of foreign iron introduced, which had been greatly animented during the time the law bad keen under discussion. It was stated in memo rials distributed by the iron masters, that these arri eels amounted in value to more than 20 millions, without reckoning an incalculable quantity that had entered under the old duties, or fraudulently along the extensive line of customs for the two months du ring which they remained inactive. It was stated, th.it the iron-masters of France could not afford their enwrought iron at less than 21 francs the 50 kilogr. ; and how, it was asked, could they maintain a com petition with iron which could be sold for 15 fr. the quintal ? They could not even meet the price of 22 fr.. 50 cents., to which the duty of 7 fr. 50 cents., fixed by the law, would raise the price of foreign iron. On the other hand, it was argued that the iron now in entrepot had been sent to France under the faith of existing laws ; and that every principle of justice and policy required that it should not be sub jected to a retroactive tarif of ditties. It was also observed, that if the amendment was rejected, and the Peers persisted in supporting it, the iron-masters would be deprived of the benefit of the law for the present session ; one consequence of which would be, that the toreign iron now in entrepot must either re main there, or be sold under the low duty of 4 fr. the 100 kilogr.. It was also denied that the quantity of foreign lion imported was so great as was asserted; and at any rate it was ridiculous to suppose that the :holders of foreign iron would sell it at a low price for the mere benefit of consumers. The question was at last put to the vote, and the Chamber adopted the amendment of the Peers by a majority of 86 to 80. The Duke of Dalmatia, Minister at War, has is sued a general order for expediting the prompt dis-- charge of the arrears of the army. Mehee de la Touche has brought an action for de famation against the printer of the Journal Royal, totuided on a publication in that paper of the 12th of October List, of two orders of the 2d and 4th of September, 1792, relative to the prison massacres. The Austrian Government persists in the resolu tion adopted by Joseph 11. of not permitting in its States the publication of any Pope's bull, or pastoral letter from any foreign bishop, without its express permission. The edict on this head has been renew ed, because the congregation della Riforma wished to revive some ultramontane claims. The Duke de Richelieu, the late Russian Governor of Odessa, has arrived at Paris, and been introduced to the King. In its sitting of the 20th of October last, at Metz, `the Council-General of the department of the Mo. selie traced the following picture of the situation of the department prier to the return of the Bourbons : 4 1 The Council still recollects with a sort of horror the deplorable state to which this province is reduced at the period of its last session, and the still greater calamities which threatened it. It had with difficulty furnished 6,450 men, when New levies, succeeded: 3,693 conscripts immediately followed the former, without reckoning 1,400 national guards who were marched td t 11:: Ithinc. Thus in a space of eighteen • .4 1 1 1 )16.41"11....0.0 months, 10,513 men were torn from their families, from the arts, and from agriculture. This was not all : to . enormous contributions were added multi_ , plied requisitions of produce, horses, carriages, Scc. 44 The remains of our army soon fell back upon the Sarre and the Moselle, which were inundated with parks, convoys, civil officers and military, who were to be lodged and fed, and who, at the approach of the enemy, left us exhausted fields, and villages infected by the pestilence which the soldiers communi cated. Every kind of scourge seemed to unite in overwhelming our wretched province. The mor tality was dreadful, and the tables of 313 present the afflicting details. 44 The births had always exceeded the burials by two-fifths; but that year, on the contrary, they were much fewer : there died 11,266 individuals, and there were born only 10,255. This was a decrease of births from fernier years to the amount of 3,500; and an increase of deaths to the ainbunt of 2,200, which makes a difference of 5,700 in loss of population, , which thus began mpidly to decrease, because so many sacrifices, losses, and misfortunes must at last have reduced France to a sinking state, had not Pro t vidence saved her from the gulph into which she was about to sink. Gs The taxes had also so enormously increased, that the consolidated duties, for instance, which in 1804 produced 72,000 francs, in IboB, 699,000, and in 1812, 2,200,000, rose in 1813 to 2,918,000 francs. What an enormous progression ! In fi.:e, if we add to the loss of population by death and decrease of births, which, as we have seen, amounts to 5,700 souls, to the military levies of the same year, which carried off 9,469 men, we shall have a total of 15,161 Souls. Thus our population was diminished one twenty-fifth in a single year. The Gonna merely retraces this'pieture of our miseries, that the inesti mable benefits may be more sensibly felt, which we now enjoy under the government of a Prince, who places all his ambition and his glory in constituting the happiness of his people." VIENNA, DECEMBER 8. NOTE !RESENTED BY TIIE PLENIWITENTIARY OF TIIE GRAND DUKE OF nADEN TO M. DE NIETTEIINICII. The undersigned has not failed to communicate to his Sovereign the answer which his Highness Prince Metternich gave verbally, instead of in writ ing, to the note delivered to him on the sth of Oc tober. His Royal Highness was greatly surprised to find reference made against him, to a treaty which, with entire confidence in the promise given by the Princes, he could not but consider as the palladium. of his rights. The first article of the treaty concluded at Frankfort, with the High Allies, and which gua rantees territories and rights to their respective pos sessors obliges the Grand Duke of Baden to comply with such arrangements as shall be judged necessary for the preservation of the independence of Germany. But his Royal Highness cannot comprehend how five German Princes could derive from this treaty the right of being the sole legislators for the others ; how the independence of Germany can consist in the de pendence of the latter; finally, how the articles in, "question can enforce the recognition of this depen dence. The rank and dignity, the political and family relations, the extent and population of the Grand Duchy of Baden, hut, above all, the sacrifices which it has made to deliver the country from a ft.Y.ign yoke—sacrifices such as mother German Prince has made, considering the geographical situation of the country—all these reasons authorised the Grand Duke to flatter himself with a very different prospect than that of, after having broken foreign fetters, to wear, perhaps, others that may be intended for him. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke might re. main a quiet spectator of passing events, with the firm resolution not to renounce, in any case, what honour and duty require of a Prince ; he might even hope that neither the one nor the other would long continue to be disregarded ; but the mysterious veil which covers the affairs of Germany—the want of all confidential communications, which alone are capable of leading to the desired object—must necessarily give birth to the idea that attempts will be made to abridge considerably the sovereignty and independence solemnly guaranteed. 4, How remote soever such an attempt may be from the equitable and liberal views of the Allied Mo narchs, who will never permit themselves to vio- late solemn treaties, how easy soever one ought to be respecting the inutility of such an attempt, yet his Royal Highness, accustomed on all occasions, to act with frankness, and desirous of leaving no doubts of his intentions, has expressly ordered the undersigned to declare solemnly, and without re serve, to his Highness Prince. Metternich, as the Mi nister who possesses the entire confidence of a great Monarch, for,whom the House of Baden has always felt the most profound respect, that the Grand Duke of Baden will never consent to renounce the rank which he has hitherto held among the first Princes of Germany ; and in consequence he will not relinquish to certain members of the Germanic Body the exclu sive rights belonging to that confederation to which that Prince has as just a claim as the others, but will invariably persist in asserting the sovereignty which has been so solemnly guaranteed to him, and which cannot be exercised without a participation in the rights in question." WARSAW, NOVEMBER 24. On the 16th, 17th, and 18th instant, the Grand Duke Constantine, accompanied by a number of Ge nerals and Officers ot• the two nations, reviewed•se veral divisions of Polish troops, whom he made to pertorm the new evolutions. The Prince expressed his astonishment and satisfaction at the progress made by the troops, and especially the light infantry. BERLIN, DECEMBER 6. An English author calculated, in 1805, that the English, at that time, exported to Germany to the annual amount o• twelve millions sterling in manu factures, and in %Vest and East-India produce. As England purchases very few of the productions of the German soil, and still fewer of its manufactures, it may easily be conceived what a large mass of spe cie was thus withdrawn from Germany. The late fairs at Leipsic and Frankfort furnished a new spe cimen of a similar kind; the sales of English mer chandize there amounted to more than twelve mil lions. The Germans hope that by wise measures their Sovereigns will put a period to this drain of specie, as well its to the luxury of dress. AMBRICA The Berton Patriot of Oct. 26, contains ing copy of a letter from Commodore Cat. the Secretary of the Navy, dated St. Mary" ber 8 :- 4 , SIRI have the misfortune to inform loss of gun vessel No. 160, commanded b Paine, jun. sailing master. He svas from with convoy, and about eight leagues from v;l:en taken. The enemy had ten boats of descriptions, and a sloop fitted out as a ten _ men. They were manned from the frig ite !Acetic. mouian, and other vessels names unknown, hair& on board about 200 men. They entered S 7. Andrei-tic Sound on the night of the .sth inst. ; came up wi t h the gun-boat about three o'clock on tha morning cf the 6th, and carried her by boarding, after a distant cannonade, and a discharge of musketry for 20 mi nutes. Four of the convoy were likewise taken, two of which were destroyed, in consequence of their running on shore.—Mr. Paine had but toil ty souls on board, of which 16 only were fit for duty, the re. sidue on the sick list. The enemy landed all the sick and wounded, except Mr. Paine, fiftecat number, on a sand bank near the bar of St. An. drew's Sound, a situation from which they could not extricate themselves but et the .risk of their lives, and one of them was drowned in the attempt : those that could not swim were obliged to remain on the bank, and lutist have bees drowned had nor timely rel cl beengiven them by a. fewinhabitaats formerly of INs place, who had lately settled on Cumberland, who took them off at a moment when a few miaut-s wot:el have terminated their existence. They all declare that they could have survived but a few moments longer. Eleven of these unfortunate men have arrived at this place ; by their statement of the action, I hare reason to believe that every man did his ditty on board.the gua-boat, yet, strange to tell, we had hut three men wounded, Mr. Paine included, who fell early in the artian. The enemy's loss, as far as I can leain, is about 20 killed and wouneed, of the latter a Lieute nant, with the loss of his arm,• and two Midshipmen, with the loss of a hand each. The enemy was in sight yesterday. Their orders are, I understand, to deitoy the inlateltrade between this place and the Savannah. I have the honour to be, with great respect, Sir, yotir obedient servant, ‘ 4 ll. 0. CAIIIiBELL." " HIM. W. Jones, fleoreary,o the Noy." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 2G, 'sit sr. STE nit N.—HolidAy at the Stock Exchange. A Dutch and a Hamburgh M:til, with Brussels and Frankfort Papers, reached us this morning : the following are their principal contents: BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 19: All the English and Hanoverian officers, who are not with their respective corps, have received or" dcrs to repair to them as soon as possible, within these few days. A great number are arrived at Ostend, and others from Germany. The army which covers our frontiers on the side of France is daily augmented, in consequence of the measures taken on the French frontiers. The Pros. sian General Kleist Von Nolletidorf is still about one hundred thousand strong. Letters from Ghent say, that the arrival and de. parture of Messengers and Couriers is extremely ire. quent—the communications between the Legations continue at Ghent. [t is belived the negotiations will end happily, but all this is mere conjecture. so T re ; 1 the p f be ctow t; ain ii tp's, Oct. yon of the at hp Thom Ail Savannah, 111 U this place of different nder full if fig VIENNA, DECEMBER is. It is reported to-day. that all is settled relative to Poland ' and Saxony ; but it is not known in what manner. The great Court Fetes are fixed for the 15th of January. Great preparations are also matkti ing to celebrate the Emperor Alexander's birthday. Haarlem Courant, Dec. '24. It seems that the stay of the foreign Sovereigns will be considerably prolonged. The Court Festivals are fixed up to the 26th January, Among the rest, a magnificent party of Traineaux is preparing. . BERLIN, DECEMBER to. The negociations at the Oingress are concluded in all the main points, and the publication will take place on the 16th instant. It is also affirmed that the Em. peror of Russia will depart on the 17th, And likewise the King of Prussia, and most of the other distin. guished strangers. According to pretty authentic accounts,"we shall have the happiness of seeing our beloved King on the 22d or 23d instant. After all the contradictory reports respecting Saxony, it is now asserted that Prince Hardenberg will receive the homage for our King on the 16th, at Dresden. The affairs of Poland also are settled by the wisdom of the illustrious Sovereigns and their respective Mi nisters, in a manner very satisfactory to all the parties interested. Our frontiers on that side will be consi derably extended. Some even say we shall recover Warsaw. On the other hand we cede the little piece of land from Memel to Rusin, which also contains Byalystock, which was ceded to it by the treaty of Tilbit. HANOVER, DECEMEER 16. The opening of the first assembly of all the States of the Kingdom took place yesterday with the so. lemnity worthy of the occasion. The Deputies having taken their places in the Hall, and also the Members.of the several Royal Colleges, &c. having taken the seats appointed for them, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, amid t e ringing of bells and firing of cannon, repaired to the Assembly, attended by the Ministers and followed by the whole Court, escorted by a detachment of tardy y. First were real the full powers granted by the