Star. — London, England, 1817-12-31 00:00:00

• • IKE ARMY. • • • Thehead•quarten of the 33d regiment arc rembved onm Hull to Nottingham . In consequence of a sudden movement of the 84:11 grown to embark at Plymouth tor Gibraltar, the fire 'Ligament art about to leave the garrison of Clester, to replace the 38th at Gloucester and Bit s . t,l.—lt is is due to the excellent conduct of the 85th it,giment to say, that their change of quarters is generally regretted by the inhabit:sat. of Chester. B R wuTan, Dsc.p.—At five o'clock his Royal the Duke of YORE artived on a visit to the Palace Rzoarrr. The Earl of Livalipoid. arri ved ,r the Pavilion An hour previous, and dined with tar Royal Party. Jt wrap:tied that the PaINCE KIL- O:NT will stetaro . to Carlton-house s on or about the glut ot neat month; iii, Royal Highnewt the Duke of CLARENCE is pv.ing the holidays at the noble seat of Eat i rout -Err, Hinton St. George, attended by the Hon. Captain Id Mrs. POULXTT, Sir ROBERT and Captain BARRA, ; .;;d Lieutenant-Colonel COoPER. 'file house which Prince LEOPOLD has taken in Gr9,venor-place as Sir .IoHN Salem No. 17. :C Prince pays twenty guineas a we e k for it for •;ia months. tullowing paragraph, taken from Prince LYO roLn's •answer to the Berkshire Address ot Condo 'once, contains a clear expression of his Sterne High. purpose to make England his country ot .ntlit residence : oi no occasion bat the general sympathy and feeling for his' .turies been more affectionately soanitestrd 1)111111 in the con oliner lie has new to acknowledge t he is seLous co record ft with Lutist tunumerable and uuquestitimitor voids el generous and aif deep sorrow, with which the country has .Sneed and supported him, under its own awful and sfllicted wdeinig,; to meet their assurauces with his own, that kit best thus* t• prayers.his most lervent and aueraiing wishes, will /yet oc te their weirars and prcapti ; and to acknowletl6r it ; a. pride, as it is his first rssuoining bai l outs's, that his dastusy is to ewer united to the British Radom' CE EATZBBAZT has ten town for Brocket Had; on a visit to Luid and Lady 61aLativituit. Chaticsotaili, the beautuul seat of the Duke a DEVONSHIRE e is filled with distinguiabed ano-tashion d):e visitors. _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Ancacoan are entertaining a • party of tasesionAbles at their seat the Marquis and Marchioness of BAT!! are ar: rived at their !mist in Grosvenor-vinare. Irom their wilt, Longteat, Wilts. The Marquis of COAN.SIONDELZY has left Brighton foe his seat in Cheshire. Earl and Countess CRAVEN are shortly expected borne from the Continent. The E:irt and COUlblrbk Of MANiFILLD ITC expected borne in February, front the Cuutinent. The Earl of 14140ii....avav entertained a select party to dinner, yesterday, at its hatibe in Hill -street s Bak*. ley•sqoare. Eall of ItOCUAVAOS has lett.toall foe CMS-, slondeky Castle,. Cheshire. "COuntess of Pslannoxa are arrived House, from a tour. MILTON are arrived at their fa seat, in Not champ. is returned to his teat in Sussex. - tutu. • IdzeterYkini - O — Cebarkte town loi:Vsi aeit in Fouterrozeit have left their seat visit to their tattier, the Lail ot CAstly. Id:shims has lilt town for Belvt.ir Castle, Duke and Duct►ess ut KUTLAbIh us Ltrvx~ returned to town yes olitLauuttabk seat, Brouket-hall. ur ,ta usu 1.1. e Kiog ot the NYTHAR totwu )esteitiay trona Lord Gasp • Decpamte. &tablehop at CAIITISSURT hu left Lambeth 444 Admastuu Park. Batt. M.P. is arrived at Hohlies'e seat in Gloucestorst.ne. tt*s, cart. has lei town for his seat, ridgewater 401 Mr. G/011011 WARDLE, of Ed. woodcock, in Sacriston Wood, sear falling into a holly-bush, raised a there. Reynard instantly seized "Wesaa, aftd made ec i phut retreat no small mor!iticatios of the wearied pane of jagland the silow now surface. sit Or wan inches deep, intense as to give emery gpospect tome time. of weather yesterday cad this day was At eight in the•ineeniog. pester■ sweetly, and the grind was shoat XX. Wind had got Mond nearly so S.W. luring the greans,.pert of the day. dawned with a hard frost I and for se , afterwards there was as laveterav fog. Ezra an& 14itirpt.4$2,..Dec. 31.—Opt eonspletely at% mand, on eirrogg the business of any kind &i t*, and *mid continua, not a single sanspie curb* isspieeted, prices awns gamut assoinslig as at Tasatala--. • IMlMats' -performed las: 111;7;;Iirst per, 'mated was onalree Co Invaiion a. of the appeeinka with whit*, IC received by the pishisao.aate hie 4%w:sealed, and wettielddly•ght. introduction ut a young lady of fist the charaeter of tha jraitta Brady. ia iaterestiog, and het igen .groce rather . weak tar so leer a Theatre, not sofficiestly exerted. We lies; remale look no well in the malt such ease and freedom is tbOONArafr, disgoiet.—Tbe new Pantomime closed the, the evening, and wee reeeivetkm . of imaginer. emaien tke I,)uke of Tons, .... Tomitoa, bottomed Covet/4 with his presence, to see the aso Saturday. about twelve o'clock, hi. after .trassecting military busiaett Toaaests, left Vora kioase l St. for Wiodstir. to dinner, yesterday, a ky•square. Toe Esil of twit roodeky Castle, Che This Earl aiiii"Col r their seat, Wilton 1 Last ar Lady Id thes's, the Earl of '.o3stuie. tiom Nor's* Lord Counstiorraut kttib a %WIG • LOWLTUDOCH Sql. it X. • Lord and Lady la oo a yr KADNOIt, LON:lard Lord R. MANNSItX so a visit to the Doh Count Ana 'Ohmic today from 4prd A; The 'Alito;isia:Jor . . taalat returned WlO lILLeII seat, Dittos The Ardlibithltp aw Police Wilms s4at, girt. W.Gtileer trbas his seat liter ritrinv HaVoa at few days *go, asodief, shot . a wire Daillio,•llllieth fal tow-;t i ts i t: ;king the "as* with t, to the no see spartunspi • Ia the . utirtherh lies mks tbstleispi,e sad the iroeo et its continuing sow The chaps% of ati rrireasely.indden, day, it troves swivel • Before tee the wine sad rain Jell, And This morals% claws real boars atterww Come EXCHANCO market is eontplete • close fog—no basin the fog continue, no thereWre our price Monday. DaukT-LAMSTes Of !And' was +es and the interest it e • ;oug contiatiatate c was originally twice of To iris* Side e • root:liable for the it tame of Harm, in Fier countenance it ' fut. Her voice is r; Or perhaps was ni it seictoin . seen a tem or move with .stact d 4 ' 96 8 k entestainesents of s , Waal with bursts r to Oe Friday eve' w !wood by Sir H Gil;Sen "ISCatre trovai me. On II ya Highness, Sir Haw r•ltnes's Palace, for THOtiGirtS iM4:111 ..• it. • The close of each revolving year ii an nwCwlle. riod to a :effecting mind ; to every age lad Awry rank it presents a subject of serious meditation. The young aati giddy, just entering on the busy stage of the world, look forward to the commencement a a new year with all the proud exultation of hope and expected pleasure; but, slas t they behold not ib the gaudy perspective before them, a thousand disgust ing objects, which on a nearer approach, may fill them with dismay and horror. Love and friendship stretch forward their inviting arms to welcome thew but pe tidy and disappointment lurk behind, to plant daggers in the bosom of unsuspecting innoeence. Sur. rounded by parents and kindred, most tenderly be.' loved, they conclede the preient year in mirth and festivity, white the next tray leave them desolate and forlorn. The advantages of fortune too are equally ,precarious ; those who enjoy competence and ease. may, in the rapid course of twelve short months, find themselves surrounded with difficulties, and over. whelmed with calamity. The admiring circle, now drawn round them by hospitality and gay spirits, will shun the abode of indigence; beauty may become the spoil of villainy, and talent may be obscUred be neath the dark cloud of penury. Then may some ezclaiiii, in bitterness of heart. " What claim have I on the compassion of others ? In the spring of my life I lived but for myself ; I neglected the cry of misery; I administered only to the palate of 'usurp and triumphed only in the proud extravagance of dress ; how then do I complain of being disregarded, who have so seldom attended to the wants of others?" Nor let the aged think themselves secure from the hopeless pangs of remorse. Though the security of independence may seem to place diem beyond the reach.of such vicissitudes, there are other tears to appal their minds. The present year may terminate all their prospects of temporal felicity, may call them into a new existence, and perhaps bring them to an awful account of their past conduct. How neces sary then most be a serious self-examination at this momentous crisis ! Few there are who can look back and say, " by so much have I amended my life since this day twelve-months." Far different are the ex pressions we hear at the cloie of every year—•' I will provide such and such dresses for the winter and spring ; I will have my habitation repaired and bean nified ; I will order in my wine and spirits; I will bat% ety children from scbcol, and take them to both the playhouses." Thus all is expectation and preparation. But wel hear not—" I Will begin the new year Pith a steady determination of abjuring my former kin; I will . see that my family punctually attend divine service: I will discharge all my' profligate servants; I will relinquish the society of my dissolute compantoos • I will look unt i mi east wardrobe, and distribute it among he neighbouring poor; I will set aside halt the sum usually expended in wine, to purchase coals for the poor wretches who are shivering at my doors." These would be resolutitios worthy of a Christian, and which might be made frith far less inconvenience than Wily will allot theifiselves to imagine. Then might we hope that,ahe coming Spring would fill our bosoms with gladness; the Summer crown, our sanguine wishes with •pleateous harvest, and its choicest traits; and the succeeding Winter find as blest with every social comfort. Year' after year would thus roll on is the swee: consciousness of a well.speat his. The unavoidable evils of this mor. tai State might manilas, but reflection would calmly repose on the bosom of resignation, and the emana. tioos of hope timer the gloomy path of this earthly pilgrimage. Let us then, ye young, exhort you, to tall your w;rudering thoughts back Irom the alluring poiut irk which they were directed; btuld not on pia mused pleasures, which flatter but to decoy; which, bke the illusive meteor of a marshy soil, leads your ing footsteps ipto a track you never can retrace, F l asad then treacherously leaves you, bewildered . and ' unprotected, is the miry waste. Follow aso gpide , but religion; own no friend but iratue ; admit no guest but asi approving conics: nce. Then - will your home be a palace g yoir table the seat of conviviality;, and your pillow the soil soother of every transient grief. Each season will in turn odminister . iu plea sures, and each closing year add but. a page of commendation to a volume of enteitainaleat and inmaction. - • Mrs. Courts has made the following most liberal Christmas donation to the poor of the parish pt Woodham Walters, in Estee ;--600 pounds of beef, 401, roamer loaves, 404 pounds of iugar, bU poucas at tea, /50pairs of blankets, and 960 articles of clothing. The Duke of PoititataD, in consideration of the ,bad harvest of 1816, loss granted a deduction of rent' 49 hie tenants in Ayrshire, of from twenty to forty per cent. according to c►rcumstances. . On the 26th of October a roan was found dead on a name and mountainoss part of the fainted Glen rathois Peebleskins, near -foot-path leading between Selkirk and Tweeddale. Medical Gentlemen who 'Opened the body, gave it as their op►nion, chat the wren had died from want I Is his pocket wornfonnd imilateniala of ,his character; signed by. the Minisiee .4 Shasta, treat which it appeared that,bie astse.wa►l 'ltdps Sleck r and that ha had mainteittod a blemelets : L igniation dories sue tweatpeight years he 1111 41 .1*K 1 a that parish. • Bp the death of the Rev. Dr. Hansa beim. who heal Mat. week is the eighty.einth year of t: -e' litectury et Warm, wear poising, in Somme and , ►'nbeadary Steil in Winchester Cathedral Ow — /awn. : ~coMF stAii. • kbat spirit of enterprizi and fiir thin which so pectiliarly Charaktkoriies the siseivlsants, of Great Britain, then tempeted with disctetiod and soutid judgMent, may fairly be ilittrihtlted that pie. eminence to which, among timaneccial nations, *be has I:questionably - raised herself but when that spirit has dafortitoately gone abroad enaccompinied with these accessary qualifications, the result has' uniformly been attended with the rat of the rash in dividuals who have so ventured their prbpertY. A recent example of this position is to be found in the immenseshipments of British Manufacturers to/Pinch America, and thousands are yet batting under their imprudence. The supposed sources of wealth ensnyed by the East India Company in their mimapely, has induced the commercial wdrld to desire to participate therein. , and the Legislature in consequence has opened the Way to these distant and hitherto forbidden shores. In conretuence of this opening, larch inutiense Visa tities of goods of all descriptions, particularly such as come ondtr the description of Manchester printed cottons B,nd Paisley 'audios, have been sent•out; and the India markets so glutted. that the first edven- wren have altogether ceased their shipments; and already it is said, that these articles May be pur chased at such prices in India as will afford a Profit in the home market after paying the heavy charges of India freight, insurance, commission, &c. &c. Having myself smarted under theffouth American speculations, I am anxious to guard my countrymen against the consequences of a similar frenzy ; and therefore' it is that I raise my feeble voice to warn them of the dangers to which they •ill inevitably expose them elves, should this manner of shipping to India continue. Knowing that your P4per has an erensive cir culation in Or manufActuring districts, I request an early insertion.-1 am, Sir, yowls, &c. MERCATOR. 1117)14 PACKETS. Packet Mails to du. Cape of Good Hope and Cal cutta will be dispatched by the Norfolk. Captain EDWARDS. The detention at the Cape not to exceed seven days.—Letters will be in time on the sth jai). Packet Mails to Madras will be dispatched direct by the Wanstead, Captain Young.—Letters in time to•Mgrrow. Packet Mails to Bombay will be dispatched by the Honourable Company's ship Canning, Captain Pat• Tanson.--Resnaiped in the Downs 30th instant. His Majesty's ship Fnvountrz will take Packet Mails to the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena.— Letters in time this day. Packet Mails to the Isle of France and Ceylon will be dispatched by the Eclipse, Captain Wairsa Letters in tipe on the 10th Junto. ... , The dikeishies which had arisen respecting the timber on the Strathfi.ldsay estate. ace npw removed, and the conveyance of this noble domain, from Lord issues to . the'Dnee of WehhatterroN. will soon take place. • - • A Plivate Letter from Paris, dated Dee. 27, saes,' " At last the Project of Law on: she Liberty of the Press has been adopted by the Chamber of Depu ties. I K few votes only (says M. Chateeubriand . in his new pamp!slet &titled the Political System of the Ministry) 'surrendered, as it .with regret,l to. the Ministry, who will not blush .to presets( to the approbation of the Chamber either', to the' sanction of the King, and to the respect of the na.' tion, a' Project ut 1....rer to which a majority of ten suffrages scarcely gave a commencement of being ! The article on the Journals, will perhaps be admitted to the Chamher of Peersi but as it is to affect only to the end of the following season, the debates will recommence in the ensuing year. Nothing can be I more imprudent than to bring into question every year the principles of axial order.' l'he following is the manner in which M. Chateaubriand in his 'Pamphlet addresses the Ministers: • • vi Tea command onion, and you create divisions ; you estab- Usk liberty is theory, an d absolute power in practice; you speak only of itic charier, awl you imetoiautly &avail laws of excep tion; you 'boast of equally of rights, and you attempt to tear from all dames of the eltiams thear'right of eligibility; in doe, -yes Isolate power and make lour adanatietration Ae guardian ot the interests of man in place, and not the protector ot the In terests of W. " An tows feet system has destroyed the red which, it was easy to effect. Will it be time to trace our steps! Already the naventest draws us—already than who partate this nurroment perceive notate rapidity-,they try uosso us that every thing is tesuqu9, because the . whiriwtod whieb curries them along rolls lindreciPtfates itself with them the illusions ate around as. Aeraris duties to be foifinse„ and pleasures to be enjoyed. eeuepy the tams. It Is necessary to preserve Goes place to secure Sees tavern., to make one's visits, to keep the rules of society, bed not to shock ti e opinion ot oat ens. The atmosphere of Venni has something In it which pis to the bead, sod changes &suspect ot /Mop. Nevertheless, this,/ who have seen Boas -0; parte in his success, Kings of the earth loaning las trlill r eioit hundred thomand soldiers (and what soldiers!) supporting his V.:own), and MI the Arts labouring to immortalize his memory, know how much we ot,glit to distrust the smiles of Fortune.— wenty-frve years have suffice& of serapes legitimacy and usur pation horn she same palace ; the former elithlts tastiest mo narchy of fourteen centuries—the other 'flat Its vest empire of tuuneen7itsn. I passed, :ma Is! they Were not:" • &Letter trona Venice, dated December 10, says: The more rarely our city, surrounded by water, and built of massive stone, is visited by fires, the. 'hare terror do they wick, ben they really happen. This als the case.on the night of the 6th instant, in which the great Palace corner, shamed in S. Man risks, on the Greet Canal, whether 'by accident or design, was on a sadden involved in dames. The Ere was dreadful, and could not be entirely checked till the following warning, when three.qoarters of toatlintbuildiag were reduced mashes. As it had fately'ain purchased by the Government, pod the Protencial Delegation had been removed to it, with, ateltives, bureaus, 11. the most important pa t otigioal coquactse title•deeds of houses and 'ad iaastspaiabie othte documents of value, evil sable. by the fire pr tpcuiater.". t ~~ ~~ FT. The a intheir list itung. too o ter., • it •ff tiei from the French Ashing-boatika duty that iteiilt amounted col pimliihiticin. the filh 'titariei ;nil he :now better supplied than h has been'. of mutton, tOtvls. eggs; acc. attired here ie.tirai fitim Francs for the Chrlititsai marker. This dal were Interred at 6tl Helier's. the of Mr. &Sums LE itoistonor., who v.sai &Owned on Thuriday right lash it his generous 'elf :eta saes the brig Cashatihe trout being dashed (is pietas; in the late storm. near the Pier-head. „The fungal of t his l a me nte d tint* nian.wii 'attended b y altail Captains 01 vessels in thli Wald. the **hole tit then 4. in deepeii indurtiftsg, with kw* eiepe r.er t .etr s Stc besides a vast iiiimbltt bt the most of the island. There was art approprirre funeral. srrrrloA; a heavy 101 l of gnaw, with bail. and a hit:. ter Cold wind at N.E. add .d to the k 100“1111r9i of tli Scene. The law A this unforttmar% yoring Wirth as well as that of his two companions. bhp 'lir* drowned *ids hits, are universally dephised: s Yesterday afternoon the body of ;timing bid, gat , teelly dressed. *as taken tint of the lege , ei Catlet t He bed been skaiting where the ice wail iiititte. fell in, an.' was drowned In the preitente,of SM. Caton`* pinions, who could not render him any assistance. A ti:w dayi ago, as some boys *ere sliding pa the ice formed op one of the ponds of *Ater in Licks' Fields. Walworth. onb of them iniprudintly irknturs; nig ton far towards the centre, fell in by the Ideating nt the ice. After the lapse of several mental:is, US' you . thful companions disengaged hilts from the ice; but he was entirely senseless. Nat sufficiently strong to carry him; they dragged him as far as the house of Mr. Richardson, (the Cottage of Content), whd • actively employed 1 • whin using the means reeons , " *tended by the Humane Society to restore suspended ani.aati.ni, and had the satisfaction of seeing his bed nevolent exerains crowned with success by the re. covrty of the youth to 1:le and sense. The erecti at of two more pentagons in. the Pena tentiary at Millbank has commenced, and it is ex pected they will be cutnpleted for the reception of • prisoners in the course of a few Months: The Arai Ga.:tette of the 16th instant, contalai the fillowing article: ~ ru.0.1 THE SglNE.lllec . eutirat G.—lt is affirmed, that atter many ilegociatities, and in ItCtiVe dittlOttlA• tic correspondence, the affair of the liquidation 1-1 , . speeting the claims mentioned in the Treaty of Paris, 18:. - .. by subjects of the &heti Powers tiro Trance.. and particularly in the erisvinces given op bi thii Trea:y; And that of 18:4, has been again cootinned ; and will be. brought to a conclusion, with some modi. ' fications. Many of these claims hate already bereft satisfied by France. All chat have not billietto been examined (by the joint Commissionets) at* env, ro be brought forward and rite through, in order to separate those which rem 111% disputable ftorn flight which are recognised as siren founded by the Contz- I l missiuners on b A rides, and hem those ehich they both agreed to reject. For the first, if is slid, eqol. table periods will be fixed for the payment, flee lie . will be considered as stilly dam sway with. Tbotre , will ream then only the dispnted claims, that h those which the Commissioners el the Albeit Powers consider as lig .1, but which are not' KWh" i d es " • tech braise , ireuebeemeriesioners Ettore • le t Z troir i •as their amount in its single parts will be en ientir known, a general attreemebt will be Slade without '. d ificulty. and so the whole affair terminated." ••" '. Earn. at TitaveLutnit......The last Mail fit M Malta brought accounts from several travellers, person Of distinction, throui,i,h Syria, Egypt. and' the Oisteiati .' Weeds/ some of 'which have reached our hands. Ladylirtenta STAKHOPE hat taken up her residencit at the Convent of Mar Elias. near Bayreuth. on the Syrian coast. Her Ladyship's influence is consider. able throughout the country; her patronage is seem ay. She dues honour to English hospitality by her Main net diking. and many of our scavans have, with* , the last y.o.r, skit her abode with sentiments of gear . : titude and admiration. The Earl and Countess-of BeLmoae, and the whole of their party were. at . Cyprus, during the latter end of the suasmtr.-.6.. They then procee.led in his Lordship's yacht. to : Balde, the ancient Sidon, on the coast of Syria,— There, on their arrival, they found the Dragoman of Lady fiance bras:weir waiting to conduct them ,to her ladyship's place of retidence, whither Lard and • Lady BELMOAF, and the youths, then sons, (who accompanied them throughout their extensive .and varied j wrney,) the private tutor, physician, .and others of their party proceeded. To visit Jerusalem was the great object with which our travellers reached the port of Sidon; but it was discovered !hat 'there was no harbotir in the entire coast of Syria. sufficiently secure to protect a vessel from casualties which might occur during the time necessarily spent in a journey from the coast to the Holy City, and the design was given up in consequence. Daring their ' stay in Syria, the Noble travellers employed them , selves is geographical inquiries; and we understand, they 'awned thernielves that the Bible contains a heifer histriry of the country, with more geographical distinctness and precision, than is to be found in ely ether brok, descriptive of the Pagan countries of old. From Sidon Lord Simmons and bis suite proceeded • to Acre, not renowned tot any thing so mesh as for the noble defence of it by Sir Stoney Saari. Fro= the Syriac coast his Lordship set sail for Alexandria, where the travellers remained for a fortnight; andt., from thence they all proceeded to Grand Caine. by Egypt. where they were on the Stb of October last. in this place they were waited for by a few pe* tons. who_ are well known for scientific researches, . who wfraready'to proceed ors a mission set on foes by his Royal Hightims the Ynieca RIGINT, to eons. pre the account s given by the French navaneof the urse of the Nile, with the real state of dlip g ,. 'tide the two parties having united, preparations were 'bade to ascend the Nile for scientific e a*. /sift which was ensected min greatly facilitated by the mathematical apparatus. which Lord Simmons ?hid with him, more particularly for ascertaining the ' . l'exact tatitude of places. 'llie expedition, it was celi iwulated ,would conclude about March ; atter.eithieft, Lord Bstmone and his paeiry• were understood by itsur literary correspondence, r who bad not hie . Lordship iii Egypt , to : *fend travelling by lag*.. across the Isthmus el SO to Gass : iron theastiur.. , . go to Jerusalem, and passing by the lake ottGeno4 , : s i t nth to NAzareth, oo proceed to Sidon. i I I i