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TILE, EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: c ons ols, money, 66 c t 67—for ace. 67{ Reduced 67* mninm, dis. Since our last letters and papers have been received f ro m Holland to the 9th inst. and from Hambuigh t o the 3d. P a ris papers to the latter date hare also ar rived, The accounts from Holland and Hamburgh leave n o doubt whatever respecting the falsehood of the rumour that Austria had declared war against France. The intelligence from Vienna is however of mo ment. The late interview at Erfurth has not entirely paralised the Emperor FRANCIS. The Hungarian Levy, a description of force formidable from its num bers, and the spirit by which it is animated, is esta upon the most extensive plan. It embraces blished all darts of society, and is to hold itself in readiness ' to . take the field at the shortest notice, at any time d at ing the three next years. It seems also probable that another and a new f o rce will soon be created in the East, which may bate a salutary effect in restraining some of the mad p ro jects of Russia. MUSTAPIIA BAIRACTAR, the ac tual Vizier at Constantinople, seems to be a man of great decision of character, and, if we are well in foruled, is exceedingly attached to his country. Fle is not likely, as some of his predecessors have done, to make himself a dependant of any foreign Power, but his prejudices are represented to be in favour of this country, rather than of France. His first efforts were directed towards reducing the Jannissaries to subor dination, and he now seems disposed to conciliate the Servians, and to resist the pretensions of Russia ; and Austrian Officers are said to be employed in instructing the Turkish army in European military tactics. It would be a most desirable object indeed, ont of the rude and disjointed materials which still eist, to create a power in that quarter capable of frustrating the projects which French and Russian ambition have conceived, and the execution of which is only delayed by the unexpected spirit of resistance that has lately manifested itself in the west of Europe. The hews from Vienna contain another piece of intelligence. Mr. ADAIR has arrived at Constantinople, and a report, not yet confirmed, had reached Vienna, that an armistice had been concluded between Great Britain and the Porte. The establishment of pacific relations between Great Britain and the Grand Signior might in the present conjuncture be attended with most important and beneficial results. The renewal of i friendly intercourse with the Porte, besides open ing the markets of the Levant to our commerce, would give our fleets access to the Black Sea, and thus enable us to carry on the war against Russia with increased energy and vigour. • The Paris Papers are perfectly silent respecting the affairs of Spain ; and as later accounts than any vs'e Coruntta might have reached Paris by the 3d instant, are maybe pretty certain that nothing favourable to the French had occurred. The Nealto teee Moniker, the official Journal of King J o a c hi m , !, has published a detailed account of the taking of is R Capri. This petty utchievement is made a subject of as • great'exultation in the Paris Papers. The Legislative Body continues its sittings daily, but nothing can be more uninteresting than the accounts given of the Op xi proceedings of that Assembly. We have translated its the report of thi, sitting of the 31st ultimo, from the is Anjou., as a specimen of the absolute insignificance r to which BONAPARTE has reduced the Legislature of, n• France. According to letters from Helsingbourg, the whole Danish army is to be marched to Spain, and the defence of Jutland and Zealand is to be commit ted to 4 0,000 French troop s .—Should this intelligence prove correct, the world wilt be equally surprised at Denmark not taking warning from NAPOLEON'S con duct toward Spain, after he had marched her:troops to ,a distant country, and at Denmark embarking in such an unprincipled enterprize. PARIS PAPERS. Just as this paper was going to press we received ilicaitearr to the 11th inst. inclusive. The lateness of the hour obliges us to present only a few hasty extracts PARIS, NOVEMBER I. His Majesty the Emperor and King arrived at Bayonne the 3d of this month.—Moniteur. PETERSBURGH, OCTOBER S. His Majesty the Emperor is expected here in 15 dais. Two battalions of the guards and much ar tilorY left this place on Sunday last for Finland. On the same day there was a general parade in presence of Count Arakrchuf, Minister of War, and of the Military Governor, Prince Labanoff Raslousky.— All the Guards and other regiments which formed the roriscal, assisted at it. Yesterday another regiment let out on the same destination. M. Daschkon appointed consul from Russia to the United States, has set out fur some port on the Con tinent, from which he will embark for the United States. [The Mosiieur contains, besides, some details of h►a promotions, and accounts from the Peterrhargh Gazette of operations in Finland, so far back as Sep tember, and which, of course, are void of interest.] COURT OF INQUIRr itr CHELSEA This morning at eleven o'clock the Great-Hall at Chelsea College was opened for the admission of the Public. Soon afterwards the following General Officers who compose the Court, took their places in the following order : General Sir Darin DustnAS, President. On his right hand were Generals The Right Hoa. the Earl of MOIRA. Earl Of PILISROICE. Lieutenant-General Sir GEORGE NUOZNT. And on the left were Lieutenant-General PiTtll. Camo. Lord HEATIMILD. Otivaa His Majesty's Warrant for holding the Court of Inquiry, containing the gravamen of the Charges against the Officers employed, together •.ith the Convention and Treaties concluded in Portugal, were read by the JUDGE ADVOCATE. The above do. cuments have been already laid before the public. Sir DAVID DUNDAS, the President, then rose and adjourn ed the Court until tomorrow, to give an op portunity to the Members to arrange the manner in which they are to proceed with the investigation.... Neither Sir HEW DALRYI4PLE ) nor any of the Officers who served in Portugal were present, and the spec. tators were by no means numerous. Mr. HARRISON, the Counsel, who conducted General WMITELOCKeI defence, was in attendance on the part of Sir HEw DALRYMPLE. The Duke of CUMBERLAND was present, and, after remaining some time in conversation with the Earl of MOIRA, his Royal Highness took a seat near the Board of General Officers. The Hall is fitted up in the same manner as upon General WHITELOCKEJS trial, with the exception of some apartments being boarded off at the upper ex tremity, for the accommodation of the Members of the Court. The Court-Martial held at Chatham, on Colonel FLETCHER commanding the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, upon charges of cruelty and oppres sion, have adjudged him to be dismissed from any command in his Majesty's Royal Marine Forces ; but, under circumstances stated, most earnesly recommend that he may be placed on half-pay ; and'the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to order, agreeably to the recommendation of the court, that Colonel FLETCHER should be placed on kalf-pay. Intelligence having been received of the return Of the transports from conveying the French troops from Portugal to France, orders arrived at Portsmouth, on Wednesday, for a cartel to be provided to take Ge neral KELLERMAN and suite from Ride to Morlaix. The Lively, Captain WEEKS, of Southampton, in consequence, sailed with them on Friday afternoon. The LAVINIA, Lord WILLIAM STUART, takes out Lieutenant-General Sir Joss CRADDOCK, K.B. Com mander-in-Chief in Portugal, to Lisbon k Viscount MATEROSA, Don DIEGO DR LA VIIDA, and Commis sary-General MURRAY, and suites, to Spain ; she like wise takes a million and a half of dollars to Corunna, and merchants' money to Oporto, Lisbon, and Cadiz. The following Declaration has been signed by the Roman Catholics of the County and City of Kilkenny: " We the undersigned Roman Catholics of the County and City of Kilkenny, think it incumbent on us to express the great plea sure we feel at the decision of our venerable Prelates, in their late National Synod. " We have ever looked up to them with reverence, as the Guardians of the Faith and Discipline of the Irish Roman Catho lic Church, and we declare it our decided opinion, that, in parti cular, on the above important occasion, they gave a lasting pledge of dignified disinterestedness—enlightened seal, and profound wisdom." _ _ _ On the birth-day of King Louis, the 27th ult. in order to ingratiate himself with the people of Am sterdam, he gave amongst the poorer classes 24,000 guilders, and 8000 to the Jews. M A RLBOROUGH-STREET.—Saturday Patrick M 4 Mahon charged with defrauding Colonel Greville, of a chais e underwent a second examination. The office was in an uproar with accusations, and the bad bills were innumerable. The Magistrate remanded the prisoner again for a future day. A parish at the west end of the town has been thrown into a dilemma, in consequence of the elope ment of one of the principal collectors of the King's taxes, with a very considerable sum of the public money. As the Commissioners of the Parish were his securities, they have spared neither trouble nor ex. pence in sending off couriers to all the sea-ports, to prevent his emigrating abroad. After the most dili gent inquiries, the object of their search was disco vered on Wednesday last, at Truro, in Cornwall, in the vicinity of which he had purchased a farm, with an intent to settle there, as he supposed, in complete obscurity. After an examination before the Mayor of Truro, the officers conveyed him away in a post chaise for London. An escape from Norwich gaol took place last week, under rather extraordinary circumstances. Between five and six o'clock on Wednesday morning, the keeper of the above prison was alarmed by a person who was going to his work, and who had found the inner gates of the premises immediately adjoining -forced open. Search was instantly made, and it was discovered that one of the walls of an apartment, in 'which a woman named Mary Hudson, charged with various felonies, had been confined, was broken through, and the tenant fled. The wall is two feet in thickness, and the aperture made in it so small, that it must have been extremely difficult to get through, which, however, the woman did, taking her infant child along with her. In effecting this enterprize, she must have employed several nights, and no little itbour, for all the bricks were nicely concealed un dernealh her bed, and the loose rubbish put into a pillow case, another bed in the room served in the day time to hide the breach from observation. From several circumstances, particularly that of two men having been seen lurking about tile yard of the pre mises above mentioned, on Tuesday evening, there is every reason to believe the woman was assisted from without. She has hitherto eluded all search. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 12. Came in the IMPLACABLE, of 74 guns, from the Downs, and is gone up Hamoaze to refit ; the Sir Charles Cotton from Corunna, last from Ireland.— Sailed the DRAGON, of 74 guns, to join the Channel fleet ; Az.csmE, of 36 guns, on a cruize ; CONTEST gunbrig, WEASEL schooner, and FERVENT gunbrig, for the coast of France ; Ferret lugger, with dispatches for St. Andero ; Tigre, of London, for Buenos Ayres. Captain BRODERICK went through the Operation of amputation on Saturday last, and is now, under all circumstances, as well as can possibly be expected. On Saturday last, a Court Martial was held on board the SALVADOR DEL Munuo, on Lieutenant Jo- SEPH TINDALL, late Commander of the CRANE schoo ne, his officers, and crew, for the loss of that vessel, (Rear-Admiral SUTTON President) and they were all honourably acquitted. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER IS. Arrived his Majesty's brig PtNDAR, from a cruize ; Fame, THOMAS, and Lion, BLITH, ftol7l London for Malta. Sailed his Majesty's ships ANT, on a cruize ; and STATELY and FURIOUS, with a convoy, for the Downs. The fleet for the Mediterranean got under weigh this morning, but the wind shifting to N. W. they brought up again. DOVER, NOVEMBER Sailed this afternoon, the Mary Ann flag of truce, for Calais, with three French prisoners who had been at Oporto. DEAL, NOVEMBER -12. Arrived the ROLLA sloop and FLAMER gun•brig from off the coast of France. NOVEMBER 3.--Arrived the Cutnonzz sloop, from off Flushing ; EXERTION gun-brig, from the Baltic ; SUPPLY naval transport, from Woolwich ; and BOLD gun-brig, frem Dungeness. Sailed the PRINCESS CA.- ROLINE, of 74 guns, for Yarmouth ; CROCUS sloop, lon a cruize ; and several outward-bound vessels tq the l westward.—Wind N. W. SHEERNESS, NOVEMBER 12. Arrived the LEVERET man of war from the Baltic; also the FALCON and THUNDER men of war with up wards of seventy sail of ships under their convoy, from the different ports in the Baltic. Upwards of twenty sail of Swedish ships now remain here ready to proceed to the Mediterranean and western ports. Nov. 13.—Sailed this day his Majesty's ship ONYX with a convoy to Heligoland ; and the CENTINEL gun brig with one for the Baltic : another convoy will proceed to the Baltic about the 16th instant ; and one for Heligoland on the 23d.—Wind S. BRIGHTON, NOVEMBER its The following melancholy catastrophe occurred here last night. As the pleasure vessel the Lord Thurlow, formerly a French fishing boat, but now cutter-rigged, with Mr. STUART, the owner, and five other persons on board, all inhabitants of this town, was endeavouring to sail round a gun brig which was lying to within gun shot of the town, with all her can vas set, though a stiff breeze predominated from the north east, she unfortunately missed stays, fell upon her side, and, in less than five minutes, filled and sunk. Fortunately there was a small punt fixed by a rope to her stem, which the men timely availed themselves of, or all would have perished. A youth, of the name of Merchant was drowned, and Stuart was taken out of the water lifeless, by some of the fishermen who had put off in boats from the shore to their assistance the instant the accident occurred.— Stuart, however, is now nearly recovered ;—but the body of the poor boy has not yet been found. The latter had an elder brother in the vessel with him, who, when all were immersed in the watei, did his utmost to preserve him. The parents of poor Merchant, who are worthy industrious people, have been singularly unfortunate in their children : they lost two by an accident a year or two since—a large kettle of boiling hot water fell from the kitchen range, and so severely scalded them, that they died in consequence some days after. The Lord Thurlow's mast is at this time several feet above the surface of the water, and hopes I are entertained of getting the hulk up. Rear-Admiral Sir EDWARD NActE is appointed to command at Leith ; and Rear-Admiral the Prince of BOUILLON commands at Guernsey. Captain PETER HEYWOOD is appointed to the DONE. GAL, instead of Captain PULTENEY MALCOLM—Cap tain MALCOLM commanded the men of war, and super intended the disembarkation of the army on the coast of Portugal. A Gentleman who left Gottenbnrgh on the 3d in. stant, states that seven or eight vessels are lost near Ostertrosen ; and that, by the report of a privateer, five or six others are on shore on the coast of Norway. The Asphalon, PURDY, from London, is arrived at Gottenburgh, after being captured and plundered by the Danes. The William Pitt, ORR, from Gottenburgh, for Grangemouth; and the Swift, RANDEL, from Stock holm, for London, are captured by Danish privateers. The Union, —, of Rochester, bound to Gotten burgh, is lost on Worgorne Island. To MARINERS.—The Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty having ordered his Majesty's bomb vessel FURY, to be stationed off the Scaw, to carry a float ing light for the safety of the convoys passing or re passing, and the said vessel being directed to take her bearings as follow, viz. the Scaw light-house to be brought to bear W. N. W. by compass, six miles, when the outer end of the reef will bear N. W. by N. by compass, distant three miles ; notice thereof is hereby given, for the information of the masters and pilots of his Majesty's ships, and for the benefit of na vigation in general. Notice is hereby also given, that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have received information, that the enemy have shewn false lights on the coast of Jutland, with a view of deceiving the vessels navigating the Sleeve. STif FFORDSHIRE MEETING. On Friday last, the 11th instant, a very full and re spectable Meeting of the Noblemen, Gentlemen, Clergy, and others, Freeholders of the County of Stafford, took place at the front of the Shire Where hustings were erected for their accommodation. At twelve o'clock the Sheriff made ins appearance. Most of the company then present having taken their stations upon and around the hustings, the proceed ings were about to be commer.ced, when Lord BA COT, in his carriage, entered the square, accompanied by a cavalcade of about 600 Freeholders, his friends and tenants, who had assembled for the purpose of escorting his Lordship to the place of meeting. They took their stations, forming a line behind those wh• stood on foot in front of the hustings. WILLIAM CARY, Esq. the High Sheriff, informed the assembly, that in consequence of the requisition of several Noblemen and Gentlemen, Freeholders of the COunty of Stafford, he had called this meeting for the purpose of considering the propriety of peti tioning his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to assemble his Parliament, in order to a constitu tional and effectual investigation into the causes which led to the late Convention concluded by the Officers commanding his Majesty's forces in Portugal. He then proceeded to read the names of the Requisitio. nista, but was interrupted by one of them, Mr. Henry Crockett, who called upon him, as Eigh Sheriff, to ' declare by what authority the name of Henry Crockett had been used upon this occasion. In answer, the Sheriff read the letter, authorizing it to be inserted amongst the others. Mr. Crockett then asked if another letter had not been subsequently sent to con tradict it ? which, if received, he begged should be read. Tha Sheriff accordingly read a letter to that purport, and concluded his statement. Earl Tatum', from the front of the hustings, ad dressed the Meeting : 4 , I wish, (said he) to know whether any of those who have signed the requisition, which has just been read, be now present, and ready to make known to us, personally, for what purpose we are assembled ?" The Sheriff here read the following letter, or Imo test, which he had just then received from two of the Requisitionists, Messrs. Wolseley and Blount. ..._ ......... TO THE HIGH SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. Sia—As you have deemed it expedient, notwithstanding our remonstrances, to convene a Meeting of the Freeholders of that County of Stafford, according to the form which originally ap peared in The Sta//jjord:hi►e Advertiser, we think it necessary to protest against a Meeting to convene, and to declare to you our intention of net attending the same. We are, &c. CEIMILES WOLOILLET. Stafford, Nov. 11, 1848. RDWARD BLOUNT. Earl TALBOT then resumed-44 Gentlemen Free. holders, as we are here met together in consequence of a requisition of the High Sheriff, and although none of the requisitionists come forward to propose the adoption of any measure applicable to the pur pose originally intended, yet I trust we shall not part this day without coming to some resolution or resolu tions upon the subject at issue. If it be not deemed impertinent in me, I beg leave, without further pre face, to submit the two following to your considera. tion 1. That a Petition to his Majesty. for the purposes mentioned in the Requisition, is, in the judgment of this Meeting, unnece s . sary and inexpcdi ent. s. That the Freeholders now assembled gratefully acknowledge his Majesty's paternal goodness sad wisdom, in having been gra ciously pleased to institute a fuU and comprehensive inquiry into all the causes and circumstances of a transaction which has so much disappointed the hopes and expectations of the nation. These two Resolutions were seconded by John Lane, Esq. then respectively preposed by the High Sheriff, aid carried unanimously. Earl TALBOT- 44 I beg to propose, that these Re solutions be inserted in the Provincial and London Papers."—Carried. The following, we understand, was the Address originally intended to have been moved by the Requisitionists, had they not withdrawn the measure, and not deemed it necessary to protest against the mode of advertising their requisition, adopted by the High Sheriff upon this occasion. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. MAT IT PLEASE TOUR MAJZITYI We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the Ereeholders of the County of Stafford, beg leave to approach your Majesty with sentiments of sincere affection and loyalty. and to assure your Majesty, that, in expressing to you our profound grief at the Convention lately agreed to by the Commanders of your Majesty's Forces in Portugal, we are influenced by a desire to rescue our Country from dishonour, and your Majesty's army from un. merited degradation. That when the signal bravery of your Majesty's troops had repelled the repeated attacks of a superior force, when we had been led to expect the most happy result, our consternation was extreme, to learn that an inglorious Treaty had been concluded, by which the fruits of victory were transferred to the vanquished, the best interests of your Majesty's Allies sacrificed, and the blood of your soldiers spilled in vain. That it is far from our intention to impute the blame of this disastrous event to any individual ; but fearing that silence may be construed to imply approbation, we pray your Majesty not to suffer a national calamity to become a national disgrice. That being involved in a struggle which threatens our existence as an independent people, with an enemy whose resources are not inferior to our even, and whose efforts are directed with consum mate abaity ; we can augur no successful issue to such a contest, lintels the national honour be preserved Inviolate, the spirit of your Majesty's armies be unchecked, ang the causes of failure traced to their source. _ _ " We, therefore, humbly beseech your Majesty to be graciously pleased to arder your Parliament to be assembled, that an effec tual and constitutional investigatioa may by it be made into alt the circumstances connected with the Convention of Cintra, and such measures be adopted as may in its wisdom appear best cal culated to prevent the recurrence of similar disasters. From the reign cf Queen Anne to the present time, no douceur has been proposed for the benefit of those who buy a Ticket or Share in the Lottery ; 1000 Tickets are now given, in addition to every other Prize contained in the Scheme, and is likely to be of that magnitude which no one could expect to realize by a chance in the Lottery. Clubs and Societies would do well to lay out the money they have col lected, there being but few Tickets for sale, and the Drawing near at hand . Tickets and Shares are sel ling at HORNSBY and Co.'s State Lottery Offices, 26, Cornhill, and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough. Howls ay and Co. shared the last drawn 20,0001. and were the first to sell two of 30,0001. COliN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Nov. 14.—The fresh arrivals of wheat. this day make the supply ra• ther considerable—fine samples are at a reduction of about 2s. and Ss. per quarter, and rather more upon inferior—Barley and Malt a trifle dearer—Beans, of the two kinds, likewise—in Peas little variation—the supplies of Oats are again short, and sales thereof are named rather dearer.—ZlDur hardly supports late prices. i F • i • . . .:. i • l F • • l : r - ) t e 1 f e t r I, 5' e 6 t e )! I' • 1 . 0 H !• e i e t • i, i • 1 !. . ~ a , I.