Star. — London, England, 1814-05-30 00:00:00

GL commemoration of the eld at MerchantTailors' hundred persons woe whom were Many 6f tie uses of Parliament.. • was in the Chair._ The LAELLZS nd at table. • Besides his Mi st this table the Dishes Td ATHOL, Lord Loss- ASTILft of the Roza-% and distinction. t.spect 65 the musicaL part e exzellent. Among the nd Messrs. Elliot, Meld. burst, Dignum, &c. The t executed in a very =- dinner was 4, Their.ing,'r undtrs of applause. This tee the King, with fall 'as next drank with three )lattse. The glee esklail, amediately sung.. the Doke of York," wei the ltozal Family,!! . .,arsee let three, aad followed bit. then rose, end said, that that he was now going to aortal memory otthe late ly unnecessary to add a old brighten the impres : make. There had been whether the taut should silenciN or with the usual it better, however,. thlt it in the usual nalguaerooth. - • • ctranh as eropened. the smarm 'of net hoer. Be, ifelmillittlrtas-*Te yawl testitielettraithet• pplanso. • • 4.4 itiee, ipastrkoes led tor tikat4ommoimpropr gel‘ hlrgetotilikAnnY or Om itivsinath' with three,—, itt e ssiikatinilvegaltitet stile sees who vete engnseel. Pinks" AM issaythw never _seated s them on, the throne nest *toast. The glee of aravintmediately sots, einifkidale apprObation. he erincstant aseendinCy," slee, Hail: haOpy Alo• 4inissers of the'' prince with ate, times' three aid •• • • tniid•Lentialtestireot. nine leant thank* btifthe fot4. that we had now. • 'ptiticy pursued by Mr. 4 be had 'so mot at heart • pliebedii* the safety of thist ice of Europe. liOw much wished, that he had lived te. results of his exertions i 1 his hopes by the fault s il l returned to that true line last, been the preservation of d the aim of the resent. Mi r the traces that be had 144 un to puts* his • One imam. - . . ian Loan Try, owl refusing to the war hi that expenditure which was ring it to a happy issue. The e accomplishment of all those the pride of Mr. Pitesnlife ie last £0 years had given * other nations, that in a just s not wise or politic to be t. • e returned 'his thanks to the rin which they had received rrdship's speech was followed; e..) - • 4. May the principles of Mr. Councils of Great Britain." Mr. Dignum, singing the SWIM. uia, in rising to propose it to abstain Irons a few obser, itts and psieeiples whip; hack • "Whas'illr. Pitt was "asioed ttitind 'by the war ? his answer' ,eirkiry thing ; ' that it b ibat coostitution which it ha • ; ,,h,?Pe`.iltat the resources An T. Constitution . ; 'With all its ac' t, and even With its supposisk dent to ensere -for ever the • and to hold out a bright ex, ItWas, indeed , now ivident ti iiicaleconomy x and the isitiJ '; the resources of the counter; ;in the expences, or starvisit a just and necessary virts: -ionposiible for him, by aft ag to the tame of that great would endure and flourish the commemorations Of • the t iitsuld be seen what rewardt itidr ptsblic can. bestow upon who• ;ender them important g some compliments to the tided. ire concluded by pro. the Duke of Richmond And ty to the Pitt Club."—( Afs . own, in a short speech, retur tur Conferred upon him by the art was received. r gave tht health of the Doke (hell:04) 'had contributed by ,the triumph of tie principles / • t • • which tin" were Met to alpha*, The toast Was drank with lobe and loud' applaes• . The Ministers left the room alter this toast, • 4 : ThiMarthiPful - C litaehant bad thanks to them* for - 1 their Hall," Was sissr next toast. Thd "- a thanks. The CHAIRMAN than . 1 • .-Dtake of BUO CLINKM, and the Pitt lot .:. 4 . • •0 " The Duke of Amin rose to return thanks In the absence of the Duke of Bactieugh. He stated that the Club in Scotlandposstssed the same ardent admi ration of the great Statesman, whose Anniversary was *um celebrated, as the Club ;here he had now the ho. nour to be a guest. It was his opinion, that whatever couldtend to keep alive the memory of that illustrious man, should be carefully observed by every virtuous and patriotic subject. He was sorry that his Majesty's Ministers had left the room • he intended to pay them the thanks of an independent man for the energy and .., perseverance with which they had followed up the plans of their great model, and had completed the work which be began. (~.essdoftidaore.) The CHAIRMAN [IIEII gave II The Vita Chancellor each University of Cambridge." •''*". • TheViceChaacellor (Dr. CHArY) seturned.thents: he was. proud to have an opportunity of expressing, in . 1 the name of the Univasky, its high admiration for the ° name of Pitt. Jiis transcendent talents were - first knowi and appreciated in that seat of learning, and they bed long eboollll Wei unanisuoudf to represent then . interests, from their deep conviction of hien shed-talents, his spotlesSintegritr, and atdent love of his mourn' 2 itis regard and affection rot the Univer; sky was reciprocal, and remained, with him till the latest period of his life. No sooner was his irrepara ble loss known at Cambridge, than a subscription n as set on foot to erect a monument to commemorate so great a man. Mote than sufficient had been instantly risised, and the superfluity had been applied (he was NIPPY . to say, during his own presidency) to establish a scholarshipia honour of the great Statesman. The munificence of the Pitt Club bad increased the value fbf this institution ; and he trusted that the statue of the scholarship would have some tendency to keep - fresh the memory of one who was entitled to the last ing gratitude and admiration of his country.— (.4/1. 1 41 " 4 ) '• ' "Lord Immo aliej the Pitt Club of Wales," ems _she next toast. • The geeiterseee et the wmplary was now slep • few, he ~sallied mud the Chekmen, and•ift icy the eenvlsiaSty till a late hoer. . . THE EVENING SCAR. INDON. 1 • . 411.......111•• • I• . MONDAY. MAY 7. 3O. 1814. . illawatoisimv.--HolldaT a tin Ste* SON* TisCorreepondence rogroating theDrawing.tnem. Which we Ofoin, will be read with much intermit by every, dui of the community. A Morning. Paper of ,- • Peaty last having inserted an account of * tilireting of she Loaders of Oppreitioo, respeming the pnblici. , siva of this correspondence, another Paper 'of this •»j ai atirding to that statemelft, Ontraettirisisita • as an _" inipertiacat fabrication published to territY bill st Royal flightless from saying her injuries befOrV 64 the publiC t' or togive to her vindication of Wadi 14 the appearing, Of a party measure'- , and theoldele ittessi tlia meeting 114 iirltsuisn t 1414e/owe Wa cawdt but reprobate be conduit of . all'those who by suty - Injudiciour interference -.contribute to bring into public discussion events•of so deli Cate completion—Ments which the public cannot but de _ Clore, and' in which they take a lively interest—gene: rally tempered with much prudence. The statement alluded to has brought forth the correspondence itself. On the part of her Royal Highness it is car• tairsli dignified and temperate. We offer no corn ' . anent upon it. , • COiREWONDENcERESPECITOGAIIIIL ROYAL. HIGH . NESS'S A.I'kEA RANCE AT Till 'APPROACkUNG DRA.WING ROOM: • taryco. OP THIS PaltiCISS OF Wip.Fl TO' THE PRINCE .$ • RAOFN T. •• gin--I am once more reluctantly compelled to . address your Royal Highneis, and to inclose for your • .inspe.ction, copies of a note which I have had the ho-• pour to receive from the Quay., and,of the answer . which I have thought it my duty to return to her Majesty. It would be in vain foe me to inquireinto the reasons of the alarming declaration made by your' ' Royal Highness, that yoo have taken the fixed and inalterable determination never •to meet Me. upon any mini" either hs public Or private. Of these. •• • your Itols.l flightless is pleaseitolt4t• YOFFINAO, b e t he only judge, You will pensive WS arfli'wer to . her Majesty, that - 1 have only- been 1111011 ilia W. 'motives of petiteid consideration toward* ber Ms jean fres esereising nyy right of appealing before -Mr Majesty, as the pubfie Drawinvooms, to be held lathe ensuing mow* l• But, Sir, lest it shooed be by•possibility supposed that the words-of your Royal Highness on convey any insinuation from which I shrink, I aan bound to demand of your Royal Highness—what circurn 7 , games can justify the proceedings you have anti' thought fit to adopt 11 I owe it to myself, to my Daughter, and to the , nation, to which I am deeply indebted for the viudi. ration of my honour, tb remind your Royal Uigli. nets of what you know ; that after open persecution and Daystiniciy inquiries, upon undefined 'charges the malice of my enemies fell entirely upon there selves f and ;kat I was restorer by the Kato, with the adrift of his Ministers, to the full enjoyment, of my rank in his Court, upon my complete acquittal. Since Majesty's lamented Whew I have demand. edr in the face of Parliament and the Country, to be r roved well.. oi to be traced as hutOont. I have •, • • .• , , - I • - been declared leuerrdbmt sot vale* toile treated as guilty. " Sir. your y possibly refine Rola itithn4as MC • ' refi ne to read this letter: but the world tnust knob, that ii have written it ; and they will see my real motive, ' for foregoing, in this instancy, the rights of my ran* ' Occasions, however, •may aria, (one, I trust, is fat. distant,) when I must appear in public, and your 1 Royal Highness Must be present* also. Can your Royal Highness have contemplated the full extent of your declaration Has your Royal Highness for gotten the approaching marriage of, our daughter, 1 and the possibility of our coronation f 11 I waive my sight!, in a case where I am not ab. sedately bound to assert them. in order to relieve the Qom, as far as I can, from the painful situation in 1 which she is placed by your Royal. Highness; not s. .from any consciousness of blame, not from any doubt o i, It the existence of those rights, or of my own worthi. f orm nest' to enjoy them. min H. Sir, the time you bare selected for this proceed- 3 ing is calculated to make It peculiarly galling. Many r, diustrious strangers are already arrived in England; aniongst others, as I am informed, the illustrious heir if the House of Orange, who has announced h imself al me as gay future son.in-law. From theft society I am unjustly exclitded. Others are expected, of rank eqUal to your own, to rejoice with your Royal High ness in the peace of Europe. My Daughter will, for the first time, appear in the splendour arid publicity becoming the approaching nuptials of the presump tive Heiress of this Empire. This season your loyal Highness has chosen foe treating me with fresh and unprovoked indiguity : and of all his Majesty; sub jects, I alone am prevented by your Royal Highness Wien appearing in my place, to partake of the general Oro and am deprived of the indulgence in those feel ings of pride and affection, permitted to every Mother me.—l am, Sir, tourt ' "'four Royal Highness's faithful Wife, a Conameat House, May el, 1514. 4" . CAROLINE, P." . - ~ Q24l4;!EUitnE). • 11E1 QUEER TO Tin PRINCIESOP WALES. " WIIIIINIOi CA ST Lti -MA t 23, 1914. " The QUEEN considers it to be her duty to lose no time in acquainting the Princess.of WALE:4 that she has received a' communication from her son the PEINCR REGENT, in which be states, that her Majesty's 1 intention of holding .two Drawing-rooms in the en 'Auing month, Iriving been notified to the Public, he must declare, that he_considers that his own presence at her Court cannot be dispensed with ; and that. be' desires it may be distinctly understood, for reasons of 1 which he alone can be the judge, to be his fixed and :tin;lterable deteriAination not to meet the'Princess of WALES upon any oc,:asion, tither in public or private. ' " The.QUXL * 4 is dun placed under the painful ne cessity of iwiauatia g .l 9 the , Princess of WALes the impossibility of herildnest ' • • It Roy I I Li , j y s receiving her 3 Highness Rtrlter DiiiiljEtTOOMS. • ' - 54 CUARLOTTE, R." • . . ANSWER. plc Tog PEINCESS OF WALES TO TUE QUEEN. " litimasta4 hate 'received the letter which your Majesty hat done me the honour to address to me n '.prohibiting my , appearance at the Poblic Drawing; Rooms which will be held by your Majesty in the. ensuing month, Withgreat 'surprise and r egret. , .. u I will not presume to discuss with your Majesty, •topics which must be as painfulso Pout Majesty as to myself. 44 Your Majesty is well acquainted with the affec tionate regard with which the KING was so kind as to honour me, up to the period of his Majesty's indispo sition, which noone of his Majesty's subjects has so much cause to lament as myself : and that his Majesty Was graciously pleased to bestow upon me the most Unequivocal and gratifying proof of his attachment 'and approbation, by his public reception of me at his Court, at& season of severe and unmerited affliction. ashen his protection was most necessary to me. Time. .11 have since uninterruptedly paid my respects to Ow Majesty, I am now without appeal or protector. oul I Cannot so far fbrget my duty to the Mato and myself, as to surrender my right to appear at any riblic Drawing. Room to be held by your Majesty. a Til 3t I may not. however, add to the difficillty and uneasiness of your Majesty's situation, I yield in die present instance,to the will of his Royal Highness the PIUNCS REGENT. announced to MB by your Ma• jolty, and shall not present myeelf 4 the Driiving rooms of the next month. 66 It would be pret i umptuoos in me to attempt to inquire of your Majesty the reasons of his Royal Highness the PRINCE-REGENT for this harsh proceed. big, of which his Royal Highness can alone be the judge. lam unconscious of: offence ; and in that re. flection I must endeavour to find consolation for all the 'mortification: I experience.; even for this, the last, the most unexpected; and the most severe ; the prohibition given to the alone to appear before your Majesty, to offer my congratulations won the happy. pi. termination- of those calamities with which Euro • has been so long afflicted. in the presence ,of the I lustrious Personages who will, in all probability, be assembled at your Majesty's Court, with whom I am so closely connected by birth and marriage. " I beseech your Majesty to do me an act of jus.' tice, to which, in the present circumstances, your-Me. jest) , is the only person competent, by acquainting thOse Illustrious Strangers with the motives of per sonal consideration towards your Majesty which alone induce me to abstain from the exorcise pi my right to appear before Majesty I and. that i (to now,' as I helm due at all times, defy the malice of my esemies to fa upon me the sluidow beauty one imp* , to which could render me warrottliy of tleir so. slaty or regard. " Your Majesty will, t sari sure, tot be displeased that I should reliefs myself from a suspicion-of dis respect towards your Majesty, by making public the cause of my absence from Court at If time when the duties of my station would otherwise peculiarly der, ' mand my attend Ance. . " I have the honour to be,.yowr Ma k*" _ Most obedient daughter-i4-law mid servitat. Comasight-Heass, May 44, 151 4. " CAYMAN 11, IP." We have Paris Papers before us of Friday last; 'and have given, in another patt of our Paper, some of the . speculations of the French journalists on the subject of Peace. In addition to the Colonial acquisitions formerly- enumerated, we now learn, that St. . Do mingo, Cayenne, and French Guiana, are to form part of the foreign settlements of FrAnce. We have heard it stated, on this side of the Channel, that Pon dicherry, and another French settlement on the Corn tinent of India, are to be .restored, but we doubt this much. Duke to arrived in Paris from the South on Friday, it'd Was receiVed with the usual :e -monstrations *jay. By a Royal - Decree all Officers of thorrench Navy who had quitted it to serve unger the flags of other nations from political considerations, are reinstated In their rant and pay. and invited.to return home. Orders have been given, that the body of the young . Lams NAPOLFON t son of the guoadasi King of Hos.. LAND, deposited at present in the Chapel of Notre Dame, until its• intended burial at St. Dellis, should be conveyed to the cemetery Clamant, with the Same forms as for other citizens. A. letter from Elba, states, that the first Public act which has distinguished BosaPaurit's arrival, was to double the taxes ; and thai a division of the Allied troops. were hourly expected to arrive in that isle, to occupy the forts, to take charge of the police, and to preserve tranquillity. IiONAP.I4ITE has ordeted a Palace and a Theatre to be immediately built. The affairs - of Spain still occupy the attention of the French public : We rejoice to learn that the over throw of the Cortes produce no Woodshed • the po pular voice, it seems, is loud in Favour of FEnnotAxn and the Army : the cries were—" Down with the Constitutiott,"---." Up with the Inquisition,"" The Gth of May for ever." " What folly, (says the wri ter of a private leper) to give snch a people a Consti tution almost Republican! If the liberal:: had con tented.thernselves with opposing limits to the_royal authmity, they might have done some good. By at lxMPting too much, they offcndcd the prejudi.es. of ; thb imtple, and have left their country in a much worse state than they found it." • Our Port Letters of this morning announce the gratifying intelligence of the safe arrival at Ports mouth of a large homeward-bound East-India Fleet, undtr convoy of the liamtwo CASTLE, Sir HOME POrnAlkl. Our Readers will also perceive that the Duke of Ce.tnassa sailed yesterday for the French Coast, witty the Royal yachts and the grand fleet, which are to Convey the Sovereign' of RUSSIA and PRCti.t.IA to th;s country. They were to trobarl. one at Bfrilogne and the other at CaLli>, .44 this day. Their Majesties will make their entrance into London OD Wednesday at ham. ••••=1•••• Dispatches from Lord CASTLERKAGH. brought by Mr. Pa Lea, arrived yesterday evening. They are understood to relate to the Treaty of Peace. Dis patches were this day transmitted to his Lordship, and it is thought that by Wednesday the Treaty •ay be sigt.ed. - Two Bremen Mails arrived yesterday. The destiny of Poland is at length decided. Erected inm a kingdom she is to have for her Sovereign the Em• perot 44:EXANDIrlt, with the title of King of Poland. This is a .kind of homage paid to the sprit of national independence, at leate.in a nominal way. The Court of Copenhagen has declared all com munication between Norway and the Danish dosoi nions at an end, except through Sweden. Tbaerpor union of corn and provisions to that county is inter dicted under heavy penalties. • General GIRARD, the successor of Mesons's., in the command at Hamburgh, has issued a proclamation pn the.state of public affairs, and-adopted every pos sible means to alleviate the 'miseries and. nikiress Abe wrongs of the inhabitants. The French were to cops mence the evacuation of that city on the 26th, and the Russians were to enter en the 28th inst. Lord HANILTON, list son to the Marquis and Marchioness of ABERCONN, died on Friday, at his house in Upper Brook-itreet. EXECUTION.—This morning William Henry Botteril, for forgery, was, pursuant to his sentence, executed before the Debtors' door, in the Old Bailey. Thi, Unfortunate• young man was conducted to the scaf fold, at eight o'clock, attended by a Catholic clergy. Man, with whom he remained a short period in prayer, daring which, such were his symptoms of sotrow,,as to draws tears from many of the spectators, and the signal for his departure out of this world being given, the drop gave way, when he was launched into eter nity, and died without the least appearance of erno. tiun. Hs was dressed in a genteel suit asnoarning. I .. ~...,. .. ~ NAPA, INTELLIGENCL CAPTURE OP A FRENCH FRIGATE. a His Majesty l ship Tagus, kis :metro, F.b. 4,1814. ' We atrlvecl . the night before last, "Niger and a Feria in . company, the Ceres, s fine new French fri gate, which we captured after a chase of 25 hours, and a run of 227 miles. The action was,* runnina. one, of about 50 minutes duration, at the end of which having shot away the enemy's st a in top-mast, and the Niger being nearly within gun shot, she struck. The frigate is a very fine one, motto ing 41. guns, and carrying 850 men —it was her first cruise. She had on board five months' provisions, and a cams worth 420,000, .which had been taken front captures. • Our loss is not worth mentioning—only one man wounded. The enemy's damage was also trivial, our aim being entirely to take away her masts, in which we succeeded. The Ceres is about 150 tot s larger than the Tagus, and will make a v.si fine 58 gun frigate. in our service. Several of our convoy, -which raufrom us after our leaving F.ilmouth, have east yet arrived. We expect the Astrea and Creole every hour. By intercepted letters we are informed, that the American squadron wM be on this coast an soon as they can get out. thope this will be soon-- 'We long to meet with the gentlemen. The Essex, -American frigate has not been captured-sr-she is said ,to be of Cape Horn, and several 0-our ships *aeon the sharp look out after her. The. Aches sails for Eriglandiwith convoy, in two days." EAST INDIA SHlPl'iblo. His Majesty's ship STIRLING CASTLE, arrived at ,Poresniosith last night, when the following ships Rh r 9 'by Telegraph, known to be off Portland, standing up the Channel, ziz.—His Maje,ty'sship Coatiwawa BARING, METCALFE, ORR KRAL STUART, PAIRLIF. °CRAW, HUDDART, DEVAYNILS, SIR OODESIII/ Wu. STER, DAVID SCOTT, &JERALD, anti CHARLES MILLS ; Alhina.Government transport; Wt.odbridge priv ate ship ; Eliza, Colpoys, Indispensable, Ceres, and Theo dosix. whalers ; Lord Nelson, private. him the Isle of France. The above fleet left St. Helena the 26th March. An American corvette, the Adam, captured the L WOODD RIDGE, near the Line, early in March; hut the Mei/seam( and Atatcotte, with the fleet (or the Bra ' fallhig in with them, the American, cwt I r self from capture, gave up his prim to her Comman- . and . sheered of. A whaler ha arrived at St. Helena which touched at Tristran de Cunal , . • An outward-bound fleet of Jorge ships was seen to pass that island about the be ginning of March.. The tirtitu.xo CASTLE man of war has.on it said, 700,000 pagodas. ' The China Fleet was to sail from Canton Fcbrual Lid. This intelligeice w s received by a Portuguese "p that touched at the Cape., The India Men assembled at fortsosnut t s will be dispatched about the Ist of Juane. They wero de tained, in the first instance, until the arrival of the homeward-botinal fizet„ which made its appearance yesterday, and subsequently, until the signing of the Preliminaries of Peace, wlkh are expected daily.— The following are the ships now collected at Putts mouth for the . outward voyaget.—Loun Du NC A Tams, TIGRIS * , COLDSTREAH. ARIIbTIM, PRIEM, ANN, ,TIADY CACTI:OMAGH, Lien CARRINGTON, and WARREN detachment of the 19th rt. giment embarked on ho. rd them, mailman of 2'20 men, for service in Ceylrit.. PORTSMOU 11;, MAY CO. Attired the STIRLING CASTLE man of war, Sir Howe PopuAsa, with a fleet irom the Last Indies.— The Beet has passed on for the Downs. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ships Aeries, STEADY. ARCHIE, TYRIAN, HOPC, Reownso, and GEO VILER, from Cherburgh ; and the VULTOR anan of war, Ad miral HATIGOOD,frorn Guernsey. Arrived to day his . Majesty's ships Maostricear from Plymouth ; Nocuous, SIIARrSIIOOTILap and Escort, from Guern. 'sey. Sailed yesterday his Majesty's ships Rant.ta.c, iitisataao, and CRAMER, for Cberburgh ; and his Majesty's ships Foam and Esau', for North A n3C tic ; the.,Arot.t.o to Eastward. Sailed today his Majesty's ships LEYDEN ARCHER. Smear, and Gnownaa, with prisoners for Clierlasugh, The out. sesurd-bound convoy are at present as falows, vie.:-- ltis Maje_sty's :his CVAISERLAND, fer the Binds. Cape of Goo4'Hope, South Seas, and the East Indies; his Majesty's ship PgRUWAII for Spain, Porsugal, and to pri,ceed vitth ships into the Mediterranean s his Ma jesty's ship Saatiostea for Quebec, Nrraioundland, &c. ; and his Majesty's ship ACLU', instead of the Tscipass, for the West (ma's. ••. DEAI,,, MAY tf, Arrived - yesterday the JASON frigate, from Helvnet. slur, and the Entoroan man of war from of Flush. ing, and sailed again to-day, with his Maksty'sshij s • lutastimmaut, CHATHAM, CALLIOPE. OM iiraiteow, with a Russian frigate, and the two Royal yiehts, under the command of his Royal Highness the Disks of CLARILNCIig for Bolalogne, to bring over t'te Fo reign Sovereigns. Arrived the Gateros sloop of war from Portsmouth.—Wind West.. . amp • tgoi- 114 so So 4d flied is Oil is or WI 1111 011 4d I Per* M id Tit Lisa as Od M Sa OL Boste t allb-iboop gad loathe 9,7110—C0N411,11114 1 5i NG. filet OP LIT AMID INTSAW Mar" Hay 41 Oe Se larear II Os so 71 Os . Rama 01 a to of 04 I /Ow It aft es II Os CORN MAIMET. MAIL&LAPIT. MAT SO. We bad a large supply at WINO Ms morass& dm, mks et vitiogg was very sU ra a Orefore of or. par Sea* ea as. per quarter Awaper, sad at dire istitoo very fivi WIN emit be ealroad. Owe to off siorotg. sad are fr la. to SW pep quarto livrtre. IM Poo, hoes~ sod JI lialises • • ft . • • • • • t • • ~ ~ .