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Chnialtrity such a Variety of relaly useful Matter, as to enAble Teaches-4 to in struct their Scholars to spell and read the 'Englikh'Lluguage with' propriety, - without assistance of any other book. In which, great care has been taken to collect what May teach youth their duty and behaviour towards Con and hfan, and to avoid the. 'numerous temptations of life,' and 'of their own ungovernable; ' A new Edition, with Improvements end s, price.lt, posiliclin loth, or Oh a finepaper,re sel. . . • , 1 , 11-tii• 4.. MP" GOTTINBURGR MAIL. frOCKHOLM, DEC L No intelligence of. a- latei date than the' 20th of lag month has been received from eur armies. It remains,therefore, as yet uncertain whether the ar- Fmistice proposed by General Klucker will be granted , by the Emperor of Russia. or hostilities recommenced 'at the end of &Witten days, within which . the Rid sian General in Chief, Count Buxhovden, has engaged 'motto begin any operations against our troops. D :}1. —The most vigorous preparations. ;boat:issue to ise made in' all the Royal Dock-yards, and In particular at Carlscrona, for the continuance of the , mantime war. Recruits are also arriving, in great :numbers, to complete the regiments which have suf.' Lered most during the campaign in Finland, al•hough 3t will lee hardly possible to increase our armies in such . Is manner as to enable them to recommence offens i v e 'operations against theßussians, on account of their vast periority in numbers ; our exertions must therefore for the present be confined ,to defensive measures ; find in this point of view the efforts made by our Government are as great as the urgency of the case demands. • We remain still without intelligence from oar as. 'mies. DECEMBER 12.--Our last letters from Berlin advise that General St. Hilaire left that city with the last French regiment, on the 10th of last month ; and that the Royal Palace is fitting up for the reception of the Royal Family, who are expected there in the course of this month. GOTTENBURGH, DEC. 16, • ,* The first ship ,of the new East-India tompgny, called the Hope, commanded by Captain Flogt sailed on the 12. th Instant, under Unglish ,convgy, bound for Bengal. THE EVE N ING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27. ST. 0 N.—N business done at the Stock Exchange. O It is with deep regret that We announce the less of his Majesty's ,ligate the CRESCENT, of 36 guns, on the Coast of Jutland .Captain TENPLT., and all the crew, with the exception of ;bout 40 men, miforttmately perished ! Our Readers have already been informed that the Report of the Board of Ir.gniry had been laid before the King. After an attentive consideration of the subject'and the conclusion drawn by the Board, his Majesty, we understand, has ordered the Bbard to be Again assembled. Two Mails from Gottenburgh arrived at a late hour last night, but they have brought hardly any thing worthy of notice. The Convention concluded between the Russian and Swedish armies had not yet received the sanction of the Emperor, indeed, there had not been time for the return of the Couriers. Dutch papers to the 18th inst. have been received, but the principal part of their contents have been already received through the Medium of the French papers, and published in the STAR more than a week ago. They mention some movements of troops in Italy, preparatory to an attack on Sicily. These we i should suppose to be mere demonstrations, for thi purpose of preventing any British troops being sent from that island to Catalonia, as we understand it was once intended. They have produced all the effects to the enemy proposed ; for it is known that a strong detachment that was within a few honis of that part of the coast of Spain, some time agO, was ordered back. Had Moral' the means of ccoirgia g • an army to Sicily, and of protecting it during-ttlie passage, there is no doubt, from his enterprising elia;.; meter, that he would make a bold effort to' :railer ', himself master of that Island, by far the most vaii}i: • ble part of the former dominions of his Sictit o sn MAJESTY. . M. KRime, who has been for some time in Lend don, on a secret mission to our Court, left town on" Monday afternoon, for Portsmouth, from whence he is immediately to proceed to Vienna, by Trieste. Mr. SHAW, one of his Majesty's Messengers, accompanied that gentleman on his journey, he being the bearer of dispatches from the British Cabinet to our Am-. bassador at that Court. Sunday /icing Christmas Day, their MaJEsTirs, Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZARE SOPHIA, and ASIE. LIA, and the Dukes of KENT and Camaatuce, accom. panied by Ladies Cnamxv, Avis...au:ay, G. MUR. RAT, and C. WALDEGRAVE, Count MENSTER, Gene. rah DE Boos and FITZROY, rode to St. Geor g e, Chapel, Windsor, from the Castle, at half past eight o'clock,- where the morning church service was per formed ; afterwards the Royal Family received the sacrament from the Archbishop oP CANIERBURY. They returned to the Castle to breabfast. At eleven Q'clock their MAJESTIES and the same party went to St. George's Chapel again ; and after the Cathedral ser vice of the slay it - as performed, a sermon was preached by the Rev. MpDicay. On Christmas Day, the LORD MAYOR, caused to be distributed to the prisoners in Newgate, the Giltspur street, and Poultry Compters, amounting to 690, a. large quantity of • bof, porter, and bread, and has besides ordered a large quantity of coals to be sent there, for their comfort in this inclement season. • A Swedish Courier, with dispatches Prom the Court of Stockhbho, arrived yesterday about fcur o'Cloek. The Marquis of HUNTLEY and her Grace the Du chess of M4scuairrsa., are on their way to town from the North. ebrisnra . 3.Eve, as Mr. Coots of the theatre, was Ming into coach at Brotigston, unfonaatelY fell,l owing to the frost, and was, caseequestly us able to play yesterday awning. TI-Ig AMY • • •I , Os the *ode of conducting the Medics! Duties ef tie British Army, and on the Constitution of a Board for the direction thereof; with some Remarks oa the comparative utility sad advantages of General and Regimental Hospitals, Sec. --- miht nano discrimbie agouti. . 'The proper care and treatment of the sick 'soldier are points of se much national importance, and so intimately connected with the welfare and effective state of, our armies, as to excite much surprise that ,a subject so deeply interesting to this'country should], have been, until these late times, so little known or attended to by the State. • In every age . and country, a certain d eg ree of pro vision has been progressively made for the sick and wounded soldiers of regular armies, in proportion RS Nations and States have emerged from barbarism and approached towards ci*ilization, and militaiy distinction : in the British Nation, hoWever;. the me. cfical provision, for sick and wounded soldiers has not kept pace with the high degrees of improvement for which the country is so remarkable in every other point in which she is viewed. When men voluntarily devote themselves to the service of their country in a military life, the preset , - -cation of their health, not only by the consent of ci vilized nations, but from a• principle of justice, is a - iare which necessarily devolves on the State. 'AO ‘,hen we see them spontaneously sacrifice the comforts of domestic life, and the, society of their deanit : friends,—when we see them quit their native soil, and_ ONOWNO , traverse the ocean, in the most inclement seasons, to meet the enemies of their country, in the most dis tant, sickly and inhospitable climes,.—when we sae' than exposed to danger in every possible shape, for their country's sake, and in proportion to the that surround them, deprived of the means 6 hf coun. teracting their effects, soldiers have an irresistible claim on the gratitude of their country, which is bound to extend its fostering arm to relieve their ne cessities, and to provide for them when they are oppressed with .wounds, or labouring under sickness. The humanity of the British nation is not charge. able with the deep.rooted evils and abuses which have long existed in-the medical department of the army ; to the prejudice of the soldier in times of necessity; Our indulgent government, too implicitly confiding to unqualified persons the very frapnrtant charge of conducting the- Medical Goveroment, controul,.asid , discipline of the army, seems to have overlooked thi qualifications , requisite for its conductors; nor does it appear to have suspected their integrity, knowledge, experience and - capacity, for effectullg discharging their respective duties with justice and fidelity - to nation, as well as to individuals. This imbecility,hts the mode of directing the Medical Department has, perhaps, sprung from a great and constitutional fault which somehow pervades our military system in ge; neral, and appears to be the effect of und4 influence with our councils, namely, the - nomination atid-ap: pointuient ef men to stations, and places of great difficulty and importance, who are not possessed Of snflic:ent talents to guide them in such elevated situ. ations. The result of the enquiries, however, lately] instituted, by order of Parliament, into several-de, partments of service; and particularly the issue' of the investigations into the causes of the failure. of • some of late Military.expeditions, will,. it is to be! ; ']toped, open the eyes of the nation, - scud' criable our Ministers to guard against the recurrenee Or such serious abuses and.calamities.,in future. As the evils hitherto -experienced by'the service, &on the trill-orgoixation and inefficacy of the Army .Medical Depirtment, are principally to be ascribed to the incapacity and inexperience of tha perons fre quently vested with the controul, we shall first offer a few hints on the powers and qualities which the Mem bers of a Board should possess, which :s intended for the direction aftfie medical affairs of the army. The nembers selected for a Medical Board should be men of disinterested minds,• of strict integrity, much pro fessional• abilities, and of great military experience acquired by long service in various climates and situ. ations ; they should be men of independent principles, .devoid of and superior to all party-influence they should consist of at least three persons, and should al. ways act as a conjunct body. It has been said that one man is sufficient for the direction of this department; but whoever is acquainted with the variety and great iisiportnnce of the duties, will readily see the difficul. ties an individual would labour under in the discharge of so momentous an undertaking, independently. of the dangerous consequences which would more likely follow from the corruption of an individual in paws', compared with one or even two members of a Board. Every order, instruction, or communication given or issued ly the Board, should be in the name thereof. The members should be specially appointed by his . Majesty, and they should not be liable to be affected by political changes, nor by ministerial or other in fluence. The individials of this Board should:hi entirely devoted to their duties, and they should not be per rnitted to follow any other pursuit!, professional or .otherwise, of whatever nature, lest it should interTere with or influence the discharge of their public func tions. The* salaries should bu-tdequetely sufficient, but they should po t leitpy- any other pi** of profit uzze•-r . Qoternnient. theze should be. no distinctions of 40it:07 Pittvenao of tbe indiVidual members. Every Medical Appoint/neat and FrOmotion in the ... . , . arrr.) thould be rtads at -the rccoremenil t i ta ofta Board, arid with its special, and, iri the first. ie stazte l exclusive approbation. Lastly, its decisiop auk; dical affairs whtch relate to the army shouldbe and conclusive. The President of the Board should posse; it potti. ble, all tb• qtialifications above mentioned, and be a person in every other respect, qualifi e d, abi ecimpeteot. to act as such ; and he shottll b e 4 e channe' or medium of conununication, through * II every thing relative to this Department should pi from. or,to, the Government. The advantages that would arise to the nation, m to the army in particular, from a Board so mp. tuted, in preference to an individual, are so °bri o ., as to require no enumeration. The chief direction of all matters relating to i t medical partof the Army, both at home and a l ltar4 shoUld be entrusted to this Board, which, inan e - , 'as it is officially interested in the due medical eqi 'merit of armies, and of expeditions, pa rt i cu l arly such as are destined to foreign parts, or u n h ea l thy cliritate;, &mild enjoy the confidence of the Miliabl. that the success of military enterprizes may sot defeated or rendered less perfect from any d e f ect the medical means which should hare been eloillo ju i as a part of the force or armament, necessary f or ie. tying a happy and suceessful:ixstie. "All the orders eed instructions from the & v it t tiie‘'sulvarciinate bianches of the beeastmeet, :ley lK ibmniunicated viih" that respect which is dui awoktitt and For4rieiy, and shoUld be entirely 6 - Troia that cessiingseNsieltrair. of petulance, sobstium fceieniurr 4 vrizia bs. often distinguished some o f ti t . present stoical Niingill4tration,,-(7:0 be contivo,) r./. t.,,t ..0 ELI F es . Se ll IN _1 c. _ The 4th Swiss Regiment, about 870 strong, revolted front the French service, nt the evacuati on , Lisbon by .ItrNov, and arrived at Tortsmouth, En been engrafted into our service ; the Swiss 444 Rou.'s Regiment, and the Italians into the Si* Regiment at Sicily. _ The 2d battalions of the 85d and 811t13 Regis a r e enabaTiting at Cork tith the Ist (or kepi) , v. goons, - • The Davre transport has arrived from Ca: l Coruna. On the 24th of November she left tit former, with about 20 sail, under convoy of the go, paptaixt kowi.Ey. f rem the latter port we have vices of a much later date than the time of het depat tune. At Cadiz, when she sailed, they were wholl imacquair.ted;ritirthe rapid prowss cf BOXAP towards the centre of the kin49.l. -. Dent.th, t)re. 21 .—. The Riglit.lionourableSirAt rmTit WEttistry arrived in town yesterday monis& —The Eq.' uorr,,. capt, MA uurcr, sailed on Sa .. from Cove, with the Cecilia and Louisa convoy, with two companies of the Royal Alißeryl destined fer Plymouth. Great celerity was usel,U lEmbarkintthose troops, and proceeding with them. . ~~ 420 .~ CP III itiT7 Vd i=_~. • — Tussitm. OF 7 7 HE EARL OF LIVERPOOL—The mains of this Noble .an were removed yes( morning, at half psisl nine o'clock. from his in • Hertford-street, Mayfair, for interment in , iinsily vault, at Hawkesbury, in Glou . The cavalcade moved in the following order • - . • the , Undertaker on horseback, with scarves. 1 2 ,,... - ... l i o S i tate Lid of FM/OCM With IM/F 2 l Part • ' " I " . • . - --e• . • rsemtn and Hera/tin Banners, two sad two. .. , . . . Two Horsemen and two Conducties. • State Horse • 1 -:.. Gentlenum on Horseback, with Scarf and Band, Psge ' bCoronet, are-headed, carrying Cap and 14 '. „ Cushion, with proper Heraldry. Two Pages. Hearse and six Horses with Fmtbent. His Lordship's Arms and Supporters on black Velvet, and the same on the Horsed and Hammer-cloth. Twelve Pages with Truncheons. THE COFFIN, tontatning the Body, was covered with rich-erinnon velssen r silver gilt nails, with a large silver gilt engraved plebe, " nags, supporters, &e. on which is inscribed; "The Right Hon. Charle s, Earl of Liverpool, baron Hai bury, of Hawkesbury, in the County of Gloucester, Banat one of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Cousdl,lo I A.M. Obit. 17 Dec. 110 n, in the 60th year of his age With richly gilt cherubim handles, coronets, aniltlegarelysi l l mented with coronets on the lid. • Three Mourning Coaches and Six, in which were they/Fir vants of the deceased, with handsome feathers, am, g 4 supporters, on black velvet, with six Page , to esd. The Deceased's Carriage, with four Horses in hand, calf servants and two out-riders in crape. . The following Noblemen and Gentlemen's followed from town, through Kensington:— Hawkesbury, Maynard, Whitworth, Net= Chetwynd, Forrester, Bulkley, Sir Joseph Bash Rickets, Hon. Cecil Jenkinson, Mr. Lock, and Ptendep2ss. Lord, Portsmouth, out of leveti the toceitled, was in the procession on foot. .„ Lord Hawkesbury, and his brother, the DP Cecil Jcnkinsori, will meet the funeral at Hawkeato ' ll l on Friday. AU the tenants of the deceased are to follow to place of interment. The following paragraph has appeared in WO the papers :—The influence of the French Kin:77o at the Court of St. Petersbugh, was lately strol l manifested in the case of an English Gentlemo. the name of ELPIIINSTON, a Captain in de 11 _,,, Navy. Mr. ELPHINSTONR I who is related 1 0 persons of consideration in this country, c o Russian frigate Venus, and on the brewkioe of the war with England, returned with Gamut Captain BAILEY, and others, who rel their commands in the Tagus, to St. Peters' It vra; some time since reported to the French ter, CAmmccovar, that Captain ELeniNsroo yoke in terms of reproof of BONAPARTE'S 011 and politics ; some fictitious charges were inullOti d against him, and he was sentenced '7 Court -martial, composed ofCatunrcoutir's ae t° thot. The Emperor ALEXANDER, net alarmed at so gross a violation of justice, yet at same tame dreading to offend the Imperial R , tative, commuted the ppnishpient to banisho"t Siberia? I !....attli