Star. — London, England, 1814-07-13 00:00:00

PIiENCH PiIPLR.T. PARVI; /MN 9. • The King has appoilteJ M. de Chateaubriand Ambw sador of France to the Court of Stockittilm. The ilionitfur of t:iis date contains an order from the Minister at War, stating, that the King having observed that a great number of ''General and other Officers, who had been prisoners of war, had Arrived in Francei and were many of them in a state of great destitution, his Majesty therefore orderid, that, dat ing from their arrival, they should be immediately placed on kill pay, awl that in the formation of the slew regiments a certain number of corhmissions should be reserved for them. One hundred horses of the greatest beaut)-, com ing both England, and destined for the Emperor of Austria, passcd through Basle on the 27th of June. It is not certainly known whether they were pur chased by that monarch ; but some people say they are a present sent to him by the Prince Regent of England and the Emperor of Russia. We read in the Genoa Gazette of the 28th ult. that the old King of Spain, Charles IV. has demanded of the Allied Sovereigns to be re,seated on the throne. The same journal contains the following paragraph : ki Whatever the French Gazettes may say, the ru inour prevails very much throughout all Switzerland, that the Crown Prince of Sweden will abdicate his rights in favour of the son df Gustavus IV." We yesterday extracted from the Strasburg Courier an article which talks of a pretended revolt of Russian sbldiers against their officers, in the vicinity Qf Hague nati. More autheotk information assures us, that the details, which we only repeated, are to be classed among the groundless fable:, sometimes in circulation. Russian soldiers never mutiny against their officers, nor pillage the chests of their sovereign,for whom they are so justly penetrated both with love and admira tion. The Strasburg article is therefore entitled to no credit. Count Ruppin departed early this morning with all his family. The illustrious traveller took the route Of Burgundy and "Franche Comte, on his way to Ne•.ufchatel. Major Leslie Walker, of the British service; bas been presented to his Majesty, who, in consideration of the services rendered by that officer to trench pri soners, during the war in Spain, presented bifn with the decoratioU of the Lily. CHAMBEEt OF DEPUTIES. BITTING OF Tilt BTII OF IVR.Y• M. RINOUD this day submitted his Inotion for the purpose of 41 ascertaining and detertnining the in demnities which justice and the interest of the State, recruited, in favour of the departments which had been the theatre of war, and either in whole or in part occupied by the enemy.'; He declared that he felt no disposition to lay open those wounds, which it was rather his bbject to cicatrise ; but he must contend, that to relieve those departments which bad suffered from the presence cf the enemy, and where the cultivators especially had been so mal treated in their persons, their produce, and their means of agriculture, was not merely a favour but a sacred duty, where public cotild not be separated from private interest. Was it net an act of rigorous justice, that, where some departments were the vic,. tims of hostilities directed against all France, those districts which had been spared, and had even mo mentarily gained from the common calamity, should be called upon to indemnify those on which fell all the losses, all the violences, and all the sacrifices ? The orator then took a view of the means which *night be adopted for verifying the losses, ascertain ing the sum total, and distributing the indemnities. An increase calculated on the additional centimes of the contributions appeared to him the most reasonable course of relieving the sufferers. The motion of Zvi. Riboud was, however, negatived by the previous question having been shoved and Carried. M. CAZENOVZ submitted a motion for annulling or preventing in future the raising of sums of money by the administrative bodies of districts, under the natne of municipal assessments, taxes, requisitions, or loans. Of these arbitrary acts, which excited general discon tent and inspired distrust, the commune of Paris had recently afforded a signal instance. The municipal Conned of that city, towards the end of April last, exacted a contribution of some millions, under the name of municipal assessment. By this order the landlords and inhabitants of this great capital were at once taxed to the amount Of one fourth at least of the land -tax, and to five or six times the amount of the tax on moveables and on persons. The distri: bution of these taxes was founded on the vague basis of 'presumed easy circumstances ; and the payment of the enormous sum was exacted within the space of 45 days, under the most rigorous prosecution ; although the repayment of the sums thus levied by way of loan was not to take place but in the tourse of several sears. He thought that the Chamber of Deputits owed it to its own dignity, to the exercise of its rights, and to the public interest, to arrest the progress of abuses so destructive to property, and of such'clangerous example. It was only by compelling the constituted Authorities to confine themselves within the circle of their powers ; it was by never suffering the attributes of the legislative power to be usurped ; it was by placing the property of the chi zees in security from every attack, that the chamber - would best second the equitable views which the King had manifested, and best fulfil the wishes of the French people. He concluded by proposing several resolutions to the above effect, which were unani mously ordered to be taken into consideration. PO RTU-FER RAJ 0, JUNE 10. Napoleon has taken possession of several inhabited Isles, dependencies of ours, and has concluded trea ties of commerce with other Isles in the neighbour hood, and with the Barbary powers. Tt:e new money put in circulation bears on one side the head of Bonaparte, and on the other the following inscrip tion, which appears ridiculous :—No/toleo G Imperator ague Rex sebe,umgue fekx Kola d'Elbet, 1811.—(Journat Paris, from the Corriere Milanese). • LON DON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1814. PRICE OF S roots THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced 684{—Cons. 68{}—for aro. 70i 70 of 70 4 per Ct. 84f1-5 per Ct. Navy 97-otuniunt, S $ pre. Bank Long Anas. 10—India Bonds, 15s. 16s. pre. Exchequer Bills, Ss. ss. pre. As usual we have to notice Paris Papers a day later in date than those of yesterday. They contain a conciliatory decree of the Sovereign, providing . for moot if not all the French Officers who have been prisoners of war : they are to take rank in the re formed regiments. Officers and privates are also to . receive their arrears of pay from the day of their capture: this is a noble and generous act, and can not fail to endear the King to every class of his sub. Jects. All our Readers may not be aware, perhaps, that by the infernal policy of BONAPARTE, every Officer and Private who was born a Frenchman ceased to receive any allowance whatever from his native country the instant he became a prisoner of war : this was one of the Tyrant's fallacious incite. ments to desperate acts of bravery, while it threw the burthen of supporting his prisoners entirely upon his enemy : to the Bavarian, Dutch, Wur. temburgh, and, in short, to all the Confederation troops, when taken prisoners, he made a handsome al lowance :,this generosity, as he supposed, secured their allegiance—upon the fidelity of a Frenchman to the Great NAPOLEON * he thought he could always rely. Indeed, it would appear, from the turbulent con duct of those who have returned from England, and which has been long a subject of regret with all the peaceable inhabitants of France, that he was not quite out in his calculations. To conciliate this restless de scription of men, therefore, Louis XVIII. his issued the above Decree ; and unless the materials upon which he is thus working are totally unmanageable, the ferment will, we have no doubt, be allayed. FERDINAND, King of Spain, continues to issue mis chievous foolish Decrees daily ; with the same mani l for old institutions which he has already displayed, he now directs that every applicant for a commission in the Spanish army, shall exhibit proofs of nobility : the descendants of those honest plebeians who have died for him at Saragossa and Tarragona, cannot of course plead the services of their loyal parents in the Herald's College of Spain. • But it is evident, notwithstanding the silence of the French and Spanish Journals, that an explosion of some kind or other is preparing in Spain. Private I letters from Madrid assert, that the return of Peace and the restoration of the Sovereign, far from pro. ducing a renovation of commerce, have been followed by a total stagnation of business in all parts of Spain ; and that travelling is so dangerous, that, contrary to I the usual custom, it is necessary to avoid taking ad vantage of the coolness of the night, and rather to incur the fatigue of journeying in the heat of the day. The cause of these distressing inconveniencies is the state of political agitation into which the cottn+ try has been thiown. Besides the parties of the King and the Corks, there is a third party, which one would scarcely have thought it possible should exist, namely—that of the old traitorous adherents to Bo- PAIITE. During the late great conflict, a hich has been con tinued for more than twenty years, the mind was na turally fixed on passing events, or employed in con jectures and anticipations of what was future. The return of peace is accompanied with a disposition to reflect on what has past. The French made an effort to extricate themselves from a state of bondage and intolerable oppression ; but a people without morals, goaded on to insurrec tion, soon passes from servitude to licentiousness, and anarchy infallibly and uniformly restores the reign of despotism. Hence their tame submission to BONAPAIITE. The monarchy restored to France has been quali fied by limitations' favourable to the rights of men, or freedom. Whether even these may not be abused where the general spirit of the nation is rather refined and intriguing, than simple and sincere, virtuous and religious, is a matter yet to be determined. The doors of liberty have not been so widely opened as we could have wished, and as might have been done with satety here, in England. Much of arbitrary power is yet vested in the King of France: not more, however, than the French cha racter renders absolutely necessary. A large portion of liberty is infused into the new Constitution. This new freedom and those remains of arbitrary power are contrary the one to the other. Dissensions and contests must ensue. The tranquillity and preser vation of the State will depend on moderation and virtue exercised on both sides. When BONAPARTE became Dictator, under the name of First Consul, the first acts of his government seemed to indicate a disposition to establish his authority on a moral basis, and by the philanthropy, wisdom, and justice of his measures, to conciliate the attachment and confidence both of the French and foreign nations. There were only two ways of establishing his power, and this was one of them. The other was that of force—the vulgar resource of upstart Tyrants; and this, it soon appeared, was the ground chosen by BONAPARTE.-. This min is still cried up by many, particularly by many females—not only as a great hero, but a great -;enitts. He his shun hints& to t a great Gene-1 Al—not a great hero. In the charidet of heroism, virtue is an ingredient. We call GUSTAVUS ADOL-I PHU% HENRY IV. of Nance, King WILLIAM 111. of England, hTroes.not GENcinsLumi, tAmtaLANE, or HYDEIi-ALI. Neither can BONAPAItTIi be called a great genius. He may be called a singular genius—% matt of an activt and ardent mind, and an original cast of think. ing. A great genius is a sublime and solid genius— sublime conceptions of views are very different from wild and extravagant chimeras. It is, comparatively, easy to overran and subdue, very difficult to re tain conquered countries. in-subjection. It was nest to madness in BONAPARTIC to suppose that, in the present period of knowledge and an easy intercourse of minds, he could long hold in chains the whole of the European nations. The troubles of Europe have ceased, but there has not yet been a complete restoration of order. The new demarcations are to be agreed on at the Congress of Vienna. There will be something very anomalous in the Confederation or Republic of Europe, re-esta blished on a moral basis, if JOACHIM Mortar be re cognised as King of Naples, BONAPARTE as Emperor of Elba, and the Infant BONAPARTE, Duke of Parma. What it to become of the French emigrants here ? This becomes every day a More and more common question. At first it was supposed, without doubt, that on the restoration of the Bounaorrs, their adhe rents, who had emigrated, would not only be permit ted, but in some measure or way invited and enabled to return—they are all of them permitted, but all are not able to return, nor has their case been at all taken into the consideration of the new Legislators. I—There are in London and the vicinity not fewer than 300 persons, male and female, all of them verging, and some of them above 80 years of age, who have not the means, if they could endure the fatigue of returning to their respectiie native pro vinces. This class of people, if the gratuity afforded by our Government were withdrawn, must perish of cold and hunger. The venerable and good Bishop of URES (half an Englishman, being a grandson of the famous General OGLETHORPE), struck with the piteous case of those poor helpless people, set out last week from Kensington Gravel Pits, to plead their cause at Paris—not with the Parliament, as we would say, nor the Ministers, but with the King in person. He is to implore his Majesty's merciful relief. He proposes that a kind of mess shall be kept for them at Somers -town, where lodging is cheap, and that a pension for their support shall be paid by the French Government, by instalments. He doubts not of suc cess ; and, though himself now far advanced in the vale of years, is to mum for the establishment of this temporary hospital. The Grand National Fete, for which the immense preparations are making in the Parks, is to take place on or about the Ist of August. Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT held a Court at Carl ton•hnuse, which was Attended by 1 he Lord President. the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Prtvy Seal. the First Lord of the Treaqtry, the Matter General of the Ord nance, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Depart mews. the Archbishop of Canterburf, the Bishops of Salisbury and Fatter, the Rwssian Ambassador, &c. Soon atter three o'clock' his RoYAt thattNEsq, be ing seated on Ins throne, received the Address of the University of Cambridge, which was presented by the VICECHANCELLOR, accompanied by the Earl of HAND. incite as High Steward ; the Delegates ; Viscount PaLstattstost and Mr. Smarm, the Members I Earl PflEt.sosr, Earl PERCY, the Rev. Mr. &wawa% the Rev. I. S. CLARKE, And other gentlemen, making in the whole about 80. They came in procession from the Royal Hotel, Pall-mall, and were joined at Carl ton house by the Archbishop of Cara - caraway, the Bi shops of EXETER and SALISBURY, the JUDGE ADVO CATE, &C. Admiral TsCHITCHAOOPF, General NARLSHILIN, and Captain Kimsaws-mot, of the Russian Navy, were introduced to his Royal Highness on their•arrival in England, by Count Eyre, the Russian Ambassador, and were most graciously received. Prince Czaitrortisay was also introduced by his Excelleficy, and took leave of his Royal Highness. General LUMLEY kissed hands on his being ap pointed to the command of Isis regiment. His Royal Highness gave audiences to the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Lord CASTLE , . REAUH, the Earls of CATHCART and DELAWAR. A little after nine, yesterday evening, a good deal of bustle about the doors and in the lobby of the House of Commons was excited by her Royal High ness the Princess of WALES, accompanied by another Lady drawing up at the door, in Old Palace Yard, in an open harouche, and sending into the House to speak to Mr. WHITBREAD, who not being there, her Royal Highness enquired for Mr. PONSONBY or Lord GREY. Neither' were at hand. The servant came to the lobby, and the Deputy Serjeant at Arms went to the PRINCESS at the door, to acquaint her that the Members her Royal Highness enquired for were not present. The PRINCESS then drove off amid consi derable expressions of applause from the populace, who had assembled with great alacrity. Their shouts were heard in the House, and it was at first imagined that some new communication was coming to the SPFA KER. 'Vile moment before Field Marshal Prince BLU CHER left London, last Sunday, he was presented with a gun by his Royal Highness the PRINCE Rs our. 'ihe gallant veteran, x great sportsman, was highly delighted.-6 , It is a most acceptable present indeed," said he ; “ and henceforth this shall be my favi.urite gun, and the only one of which I shall make use." Extract of a letter, dated Dover, July 11, 5 11. M. " The Prince of W A iii.sretrir ( Blucher) is just arrived. The Prince of MECKLICNBERO and suite arrived here yesterday evening, and embarked this morning, at three o'clock, in the Lady Frances packet, for Os tend." ArAPAL tAtt#,LicEmcle. The Princess Elizabeth Packet, from Kilt I. was taken the 2d instant, by the Harpy American priva. teer, of 10 guns and 110 men, after an seti as of thme hours and a half—she was given up to the passrnge► , . and is arrived at Falmouth.—The Mail was sunk. The Pike American privateer has taken 2U ♦ecael•. off the Banks of Newfoundland. A ♦essel arrived at Peterhead, brings the following account of the fishery' —Letitia, GRAT, of Aber. deen, 14 fish ; Princess of Wales, of ditto, ; Don, of ditto, 7; Hercule, of ditto, 10; Middleton, of ditto, 1 ; and St. Andrew, of ditto, 10 ; Bellona, of London, 19 fish ; Dundee, of ditto, 8 ; and Ipswich, of ditto, 12. The fishing was good in general, all the Peterhead vessels were well fished. the last ac• count from the Fishery is the 12th June. The whole of the Jamaica fleet are known to have arrived, except the following t—Samuel, GRAVItS. masters bound to Falmouth ; D)lphin, Bzosoft, master, bound to Guernsey ; Condede Sarties, and the Alice, SILKEAK, bound to Liverpool ; .1 AMES, bound to Greenock and the Swallow, Batt, bound to Whitehaven. FALUOUTII, Juvl 9.—Arrived his Majesty's sloop HELICON, of 10 guns, Captain HOPKINS, for Bour deauz; Osborn packet, iron• Halifax, with a Mail, in 17 days.—Wind S.W. light breezes, and frequent showers. PLYMOUTH, JULY 11.—Came in the i'MblY schooner from Port Mahon and Gibraltar ; and the Sum& suootatt and Escoat gun-brigs from Portimouth.— Sailed the EGMONT man of war, apd o.n.torixcu sloop of war, for Bourdeaux.—Wind S.W. PORTSMOUTH, JULY l2.—Arrived the Fsevnt sloop of war from the coast of France. Sailed from St. Helen's Roads his Majesty's ships Acsmt, H**e RI ER, and PLOVER, with a fleet for North America and Newfoundland; the STIRLING CAsys, Scerraz o and BELLS Pains., for the coast of France ; and the BITTERN and GROWLER for Plymouth. The only convoys appointed are, his Majesty's ships Maoxtn. CENT for the West Indies, and Srasnow for the Me• diterranean.—Wind W. DEAL, JULY 12.—Arrived the Lady Flora extra East Indiaman from Bengal. last ftom Portsmouth, and sailed for the River. Sailed his Majesty's ships FORRESTER, hscnen, and Renaasuorr, for Ports mouth. Came down from the River the Marmion, THONIAS, master, for Quebec.—Wind S.W. HA RWICH. JULY 1 2.—Arri ved the Prince of Orange 9- Packet, with a Mail, from Holland. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Ripon, for the Sc. Juan Baptista ant Weser, on I hursday, at 22, Arundel street, and here recaUt.l. Fancy, for the Neptune, on Wednesday neat, at 9, New Broad street, and there recalled. Tartar, Alaart, and Monkey, for the Charlotte, on Friday, at 22, Esscx•street, Strand; recalled Tuesdays and Fridays. SPORT LW? 11VTE L LICENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEE TING, 1814. TUriDAT, JULY 12. • Sweep..akes of 21gs. cach. T. Y. C. Sir C. Banbury'. Skipjack, &if. • • • 1 Mr. AVyndham'. Quack, list. 2lts. - . - S Sir J. Sbelley's Vittoria, /tat. . - - - 3 2 to I are okipieek—itn I apt Quack-i-5 •o 4 ag.• Vittoria. Renewal of tar sweepstakes of My. rods, tnt 3-yr-aids .:sr, I 4-Tr-olds Rat. i lb. 5-yr-olds lat..lolb. 411 , 014 lost. and aged PM. 21b. T. M. M. I.ord Backvilb.'. Eby Alerstuter, 4 years old - . I Mr. Wynilkam's Wasp. 3 yr. old - - • . S 6 to 4 agat 14 -sekville's (-4 to 2 apt Wasp. . Five other. mated, bid the hadre pared hut :wn. Mr Payhe's Eby lirtley, MO. 41b. beat ir J. 1 4e1 . .. - Y.Victerri e 7st. Sib T. Y. C. lONS. Sto 2 suet Mr Payne's E £5O, for 3.yr-old., carrying 6.1. 21b 1-yr.011., via S-yr.oids, nat. Alb. G-yrolth, dst. 121 a. and ati-d.94 I). I. Mr. Vanditares gr. e atorlier ns Burleigh, 3 yrs old Lord Rous's gr. a. Quiazer, 4 yrs old - - Lord Darlington's br. k. Ctorw, 5 yrs old. Dube of Rutland's *Retry, 6 yrs old. Lord Grotvenor's cla. r. Pheoplow, 4 yr. old. 7 to 1 ag.t Mr. Vansittart's gr. c —4 to i aver T.d Ro , ts's Quid"' —5 to 5 apt Sure , ry-3 to I apt JThoephor. The Judge plated but two. - a - s A considerable sensation has, during the whole of this day, prevailed in the City, occasioned by a re• port, to which we will not give currency by repeat ing it. It is altogether unfounded. On the 6th instant his Majesty's ship LIGHTNING arrived at Cork, having under c.,nvoy II transports with the 2d, or Queen's, 20th, 48th, and 2d battalion of the 53d regiment, from Bourdeaux. Friday afternoon, the Ist division of the West Nor folk regiment of Militia, under the command of Lieu tenant-Col. NIILTHORP, marched from Edinburgh Cas tle to Leith, where they embarked for Yarmouth, and are afterwards to march to Norwich to he disembo died. We are happy to learn that the Lords of the Ad miralty have promoted Dr. BURNItY'S second son to the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy ; and we are glad to see that his eldest son was also lately Gazetted for a company in the 44th Regiment. We believe the Doctor has the credit of having educated more Naval and Military Officers during the last twenty years, than almost any other man in the kingdom. A dreadful Fire broke out yesterday evening, about four o'clock, at an oil-shop in Lambeth-walk, the cotter of Paradise-row. The owner of the house was making varnish, which took ire, and communicated with such rapidity that all efforts to get it under were fruitless, and the house, with that adiiining, were burned to the ground. The owner of the house was so much burned in the hands in endeavouring to rescue his little all, which consisted o f a sum o f mo ney deposited in the upper part of the house, that he is since dead, leaving a widow and seven helpless children to lament his untimely end. An Inquisition was taken on Monday evening, at the Red Lion, Grosvenor Mews, on the body of Eli zabeth Filcher, who was shot by W. H. Hollins. — The only part of the evidence which in net already before the public was that of Surgeon Heaviside, .0) there was a large quantity stated, that or: opening the body he timid YOU sma ll g swan shot ; of waddin g wounaib. A verdict of and extravasated blood in the th“r.tx . - was between the eighth and ninth r Pit/id Murder was retu rned. . MARK LANE, JULY S at this mercies 's market, which MARKET'. MARK Oats are is. per quarter dearer. . °4l B „,. W i ey reesAibC f ad u n i :RaaNit ssippors itMri.M°fAnrdesß s ahlC: i . t W 6. price, hawing but link here. Pets, leans, and other snicks, malaise the same as en Monday. THE EVENING. STAR. A