Star. — London, England, 1808-02-10 00:00:00

PP hit' NDAS said he felt some ernbarrass- vot . t o the DU propriety of comp l y in g with the Hon. as R A che motion, to a part of which he conceived, - e et peoper to concede, namely, the produc- I p - per last named by the Hon. Member, :coo.lnmnn'ita.:ated w the Directors by ate Marquis's ry a f te r his death. H e did not feel the pro- Secretao-la ssenting to the motion of t he H on. Ger. n ric 7 op the mere alledgment that they were 1101:0 1 0f u ir mpee tance, and ought to be before t he Besides, there were other points on wh ic h 14 ., cus wo ll bc highly imprudent .to grant some of those it the consequences might endanger the lives i rr - perse e as s in India, who had been extremely service ** to the British Government. Lord TEMPLE expressed some astonishment that r eH o nourable Gentleman sh ou ld ob j ect to the Ri ft of his Honourable Friend for the papers, nwtetroretence that he had laid no Parliamentary l'i" -, - t ;i nre t he House, and that there was no topic g rouno s i ed f ee discussion upon which those papers could PeerTlevant. He desired to know, then, if the Right Honourable Gentleman had forgotten the notice he h i mse lf had given to the H ouse of bringing forward j for cOns eeration the affai d rs 44 India ? And was not t his parliamentary l ocum upon which to demand the , e i eet ien of everyuent that could throw any P . " -- uVect of so much importance to the light upon a s ; i Wish empire DAS said, be had by . o means forgot- Mr. DL T N tenthe notice he ha attention nor had he, in any de - c h ang ed his •, but he had not limited r e ' - - t hat notice, to the precise topic of India inne lf, i n asfuirs, to which he meant to call the attention of Par !ament. The topic, however, which he had in view was that of the financial affairs of India. Mr. WALLACE joined in the objection made by Mr. Dundas, to the production, as well of the un: i c , ned latter of the Marquis, as to some of the letters which would be dangerous to produce. Most of the others were already before the House ; and it was, he ob served, pretty extraordinary, that the Honourable Gentleman who now moved for those papers, was one of those very persons who upon a former occason, in the last Parliament, voted against a similar motion. Lord HENRY PETTY expressed astonishment at the opposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Dundas) to the production of those Papers, contain ing, as they did, the opinions and suggestions of a wise, experienced and patriotic Noblen al, upon a subject of so much importance as the British interests is India, and the transactions of the British Govern ment in that quarter of the globe. It was a subject of vital importance to this country, which would speedily and inevitably force itself forward on the smous consideration of Parliament ? Did the Right Von. Gentleman mean to mislead the House of Com mons into any resolution upon the subject of India finance, without laying on the table every document necessary to the fullest information upon India Af fairs ? He hoped the House had already been put on its guard against such conduct, in the official organ of the India Government, by a late transaction, and that it would" not suffer itself to be seduced to any decisions upon a subject so closely affeceing the in terests of the British empire, with suppressed infor mation, garbled documents, or partial extracts, but We have k from good authority, that an American insist on the fullest information. vessel, which arrived at Guernsey from St: Maloes , MT. WINDHAM supported the same argument , 1 and saw no season why the unsigned paper should not I after a short passage, repeats a former statement t hat also be produced, if it contained any important infor- the embargo in the ports of France is strictly enforced ?nation. with .respect to vessels of all nations, ifmtricant Mr. CREEVEY said, that since the Right Hon. , nreeria. Gentleman had now avowed his intention of only Private letters from the Savannah of the fhb tilt. bringing forward for consideration the financial affairs of the Company, he should now obvia:e all objections i state, that intelligence arrived there from the scat of to his motion on the score of not having laid a parlia- I Government on the 7th, that an embargo should be trentary ground ; for he pledged himself to bring ' laid upon all American shipping ; but that the order forward the aolitical affairs of the Company for con- 1 i was suppressed for two days, for the purpose of fa ideration. 1 Lord FOLKESTONE denied that the papers i n wonting the sailing of six ships , with valuable car g oes question had any bearing upon the Oude subject; for i on board they contained the opinion of the Marquis Cornwallis , 1 It is reported, on authority said to be derived from ia condemnation of the subsidiary treaty with the Ni- - several ships arrived at Liverpool k with intelligence of nm, founded precisely on the same principle as that • a late date from America, that Congress had been which the Nabob of Oude, namely, the grant in per- : ; dissolved. It is added , that this measure p roduced a petual sovereignty of a territory valued at sixty lacks deems, to liquidate a subsidy of forty lacks. I great ferment and a violent altercation, in which the Mr. G. JOHNSTONE recommended to the ' opposite parties were near coming to blows. The . Honourable Member who made this motion an embargo is generally considered the Measure of the amendment, by directing it merely to the letter of the 15th August, which would answer all his purposes. 1 President; and it is supp osed that the dissolution sea: The motion being put, was carried in the affirmative. I merely to prevent any modification of that act. The MU:CELL:OIEOM : party favourable to peace, conceiving the disco. Mr. CANNING produced, agreeably to order of his Majesty, lotion a trick to take advantage of them, were e t' tie Note from Mr. Rise and answer the reto.—Ordered to lie on course very violent, and one of them denounced the the table, and to be printed. i Sit J. NEWPORT asked if th ere was any intention of renewing , President as a traitor. the Committee appointed to settle the disputes between the his- I ..m.,.m.....~ tikes of this Country and Ireland ? The Bill on this subject was I Several vessels are arrived • ,or expiring, and he now gave intimation that be sho uld o pp ose in the River from Lisbon, el renewal of the suspension as contrary to the Articles of Crime which place they left on the 17th ult. The advices Mr. Puma' said, he should attend to the subject on an early received by this conveyance enable us to add the foi ord4rEAltip mov e d for an Account shewing the Imports and lowing particulars to the intelligence of which our Isamu of Great Britain, for the last three years, ending the Ist of January last; with the Real and Official Value, distinguishing readers are already posse ssed: tack year, and also British Manufacture and Produce from foreign " The new Decrees and Orders of the French General Iv NOT ' hletchandizes. had been regularly transmitted to the Regency, and by them put Abe, an Account shewing the imports to and from the united ! , •Ihe furniture of the British A s se mbl y Room had Stun of America and Great Britain, for the same period, and 1 i nto execution. Wtr the like distinctions. been sold by I v NOT for 6001, sterling ; the lower apartments were Also, an Account skewing the value of Provisions, Lumber , 1 immed iatel y afterwards directed to be converted into stables ; thd other Commodities, imported into the British West India 1 and the upper rooms, which are very elegantly constructed and Wands, and the Countries from whence imported, within the t , furnished, were presented to Bentanexuots, who has taken up tame period, so hr as the same can he made up.—Ordered. his residence there. Mr. WHARTON reported from the Committee of Su pp l y, their rail ) fur the Navy ',err - ice.—RePorts agreed to. C.enntitted the Exchequer Bills, Issue and Payment Regulation , of the Soh of December, had been entered with Mons. Legoy, isti—to Le reported to-morrow. did not amount to 14C,0001. sterlinr, and no efforts on the part of COMMITTEE OF SrPPLK. the people were attempted to be made to increase the amount. — ).11.• R. WARD moved the Navy Estimates. After prorosirg The seals had not been raised from the doors of the offices of Cos- Ilt usual vote for 130,000 seamen and marines, he observed, that • , ILhdaily expected, under the superintend anc e o f atigh the number of men was the same as last year , yet th e : toms ' hut this was nerrant of t h e E st i mates wou ld be between five and six hundred ; officers,who had been charged to inquire into the nature and va thasand poundi m ore _ Thi s h i sec e nintea for by stating that there due of the property. Such as should be found to be in any manner acre nuw (leech thous tad workmen, Stc. in the different yards ; i connected wi thßritish subjects was to he confiscated as British let year only eight or nine thousand. There were now forty-six or nerty and such as should clearly appear to belong to the rab 4-Itaf the line (besides smaller vessels) huildirt• ; last year there :• m • ' "WE but thirty-three. The increased number of transports and of ' d andallowed besold jects of Portugal was to be restore , an to for !isen/Ts of aar occasioned a proportionate addition of ezpence. I their benefit: . He . hAd e t s o n ment bt io f n one other circumstance , which wa. that h the d 1 A letter from Falmouth, gives some further parti tad* and, he /111.:ErePORtifiei4":bulLse• pv414.-etr:;v• cox had be u tett la t st e y • culars of information received there, respecting the i d°ll:d by:, Right H on . Gent i e , r - tan 'Mr. Grenville). Ala de- state of affairs at Lisbon. General Jusor had taken l iati ' m il'illet proceed from the •slighieet disrespect toward' that s i ss his residence at the hou se of an opulent Portuguese '•eatlernan, but arose front some peculiar circumstances, which erchant, where he kept an o p en table, for which he readered it unfit to detail the several items publicly. Mr. Tirß NEY enquired whether there was anv specific charge obliged the Merchant to pay him 75 Portuguese coins, 6dud edie the estimaie of repays' fur the Danisit ships ? This value 36 piastres each, Per diem He had also im rxieersi some conversation in which Lord Temple took part ; poscel heavy contributions on all the Irish who re ... 7 alr• Ward declared that there was no distinct sum Included mained bellied, one of whom (Mr. C.) was called on tsar &recent. . klit PETCPAI sums comprising the Esttrastes ware then voted. for 30,0tX) crusades (about 70001.) l'he Exchange, India-house, and Custom-house: were shut. Mr. Hussaissou presented, agreeably to order, a top} of the speech of the President of the United States of America Id Celt grcsi.—Ordered to lie on the table and to be primal. Tut EVE NING S'S'A R. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, FE B RUARY 10. PRICE OF STOCKS TI - US DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, money, 63H--Ornnium • prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YI7S I'ERDAY. Sank Stock 228 i 228 India Bonds, is. dis. • 3 per Cent. Red. 84t Imp. Ann. 71 11-16ths 3 per Cent. Cons. 6:11 Irish 5 per Cent. 94 I 4 per Cent. 84 • p Et. Bills, Is. dis. 2c a 41. pretn. S per Cent. 96 ' English Tickets, 211. Long Ann. 18 8-16 Cons for Feb. 631 • India Stock 1701 By letters received yesterday from Gibraltar, we have strong reasons to believe that the siege of that important fortress is determined on by the French ; and that a large French army is now on their march to Spain, for that purpose. Some of the letters which we have seen mention, that the Spaniards had actually begun to collect &seines in the neighbouring country, and to form dep&s of grain at Algesiras, for the sub. sistence of the besieging army. We are extremely sorry to state, that some of the letters betray great gloom and apprehension—and speak, in stronger terms than we choose to repeat, of something like a spirit of efistatirfaction, amongst' the inhabitants, against whom it has been thought neces sary to take strong precautions, at this important juncture. We sincerely hope these accounts are exaggerated. We know, however, that property of all kinds has fallen greatly in value, and that the trade of the place is very dull ; in consequence, as they say, of some regulations, considered there as very impolitic, with which it is clogged. Strong memorials, it is said, have already been presented to Government on this subject; and we hope measures will speedily be adopted to remedy any grievance of which the inhabitants may have ground of, complaint, if any such exist. le. he ;a , e. e in riot who this to a t the oi affir- • Monday the Shannon frigate, of 36 guns, with se veral transports under convoy, arrived at Plymouth, from Madeira : they are the vessels that carried out the troops for the capture of that island. The Shan non left Madeira on the 13th ult. Sir S. Hoon was there. Every thing was perfectly tranquil, and the . troops were in good health. It is stated that all the inhabitants of Madeira have taken the oath of alle giance to his BRITANNIC MAJEstr, and that they have voluntarily surrendered 17,000 stand of arms. The Hydra, one of the armed transports, was gone to the Western Islb.nds, to procure certain necessaries that were wanted at Madeira. IVfltll PLYMOUfI4 14'84 Came hi his Majesty's ship Shanty 1, seve ral light transports, from Madeira. Sailed his Ma jesty's ships Druid, Orestes, Frolick, and Growler, Ori a erttize.—Arrived, the Plover, bf 18 guns, from a cruize; Thais fire-ship, from the West Indies, with dispatches, which were forwardeif immecfiately on her arrival. • She fell it. with two riench frigates on her voyage, bound to Prance§ supposed to be re turning from the West Indies. . - • The Amethyst, of 86 guns, Capt.' . SEYMOUR, fell in a few days since with the Etaion and Seine French frigates, full of troops, and followed them two days, with a hope of falling in with some other English man of war, but this did not happen, and they escaped fur the present. The day previous to the chase, the Amethyst parted from the Emerald frigate, and the day after .she gave up the pursuit, she fell in with the Shannon frigate. These are the ships that escaped from St. Maloes, and are supposed to be destined for the West Indies.—Wind N. W. :.,. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 8. Arrived his Majesty's ship Resistance, from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty's ships Pickle and Adonis, on a cruize. The transports from the Mediterranean were this day released from quarantine, at the Mo therbank. Wind S. W. FEBRUARY 9.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Locust, from a cruize ; and Virago, with the Duke of Bronte, George, Princess Royal, Sceptre, General Green field, Harriot, Albion, Ikllona;Agenoria, and Heary 'Addington transports, from Cork. Sailed his Ma jesty's ships Brunswick, St. Alban's, Dispatch, Gos hawk, and the Cossack, to the Westward. DEM., FEB. 8. This morning his Majesty's ships Sultan and Cen turion, with the East Indiamen and outward-bound, &c. got under weigh for Portsmouth ; but it soon after falling calm, they were under the necessity of coming to an anchor again. Arrived the Humber armed ship With a convoy from Falmouth, which are sailed for the River. Wind calm. FEB. 9.—Came down from the River the Scorpion, BAkKE" for the South Seas ; Lime, Roberts ; Rick ers, Soper ; Lady Mackwcrth, Lee ; and the Latona, Magrath, for the West Indies, and remain in the Downs. Arrived and sailed for the River the Med way, Potts, from Madeira. Put back the Sultan ar.d Centurion : the Sultan sailed again. Arrivcd the Franchise frigate from the Note, and sailed through for Portsmouth ; also arrived the Calcutta East India ship. Sailed the Sparrowhawk sloop on a cruize.— Wind S. S. W. HARWICH, FEB. B. Arrived here this day, the Captain and Crew of the ship True Briton, from Shields r bound to London. The True Britoil was totally loctutxm the Ship Wash —part of her stores are saved. Sailed yesterday the Earl of Leicester, Captain HA Ntmosi), with tho. mails for Gottenburgh. Baron NICOLA' is gone over with the above packet. YARMOUTH, FEBRUARY 10. Sailed the A mzlia frigate, with French prisoners, to the Nore : the Cruizer sloop of war, and Forward gunbrig, on a cruize ; and the Acute gunbrig, in quest of a privateer. • Admiral RUSSELL has hoisted his flag on board the Goliah. The Star, of this port, HENRY Est PSON Master, bound to Newcastle, laden with grain and flour, sprung a leak, and was left by the crew off Flamborough Head, completely water-logged—sup ' posed to have gone down, as they lost sight of her soon after. SHIPS Or WAR IN THE ROAHS.-...R.PbUCk, Amiable, Ves:4l, Rosamond, Sappho, and Forester. DOVER, FEBIWARY, 9. _ _ Came into the Roads, this day, the Beagle sloop and Bloodhound, and Minx gun-brigs from a cruize. LIVERPOOL, FEB. S. Arrived the Native, —; Julius Cxsar, PORT ; and Alexander, —, from Charleston. The Eliza. GASWFLL, from Savannah ; and Minerva, NOBLE, front New York : the latter vessel laden with sugar, coffee and indigo, was bound to Bourdcaux, and after being warned off the French coast, was sent here by the Pallas frigate : also arrived the Godfrey, FITZ.. GERALD, from Curk. Yesterday about twelve o'clock their MAJESTIES and the PitiNck*sis arrived at the QUEEN'S Palace froth Windsor. Soon after her NIAJESTY, the Princesses ELIZABETH, MARY, SOPIIIA, and ANIEnIA, honoured Lady C. Eliot with a visit at her apartments in St. James's Palace. In the evening their MAJESTIES had a titlectParty to tea and cards. • Prince EtrrEnttAzy and suite are expected every hour at Dover, there to embark for Calais ;,a vessel is now taking on board their carriages and gaggage. Sir CHARLES COTTON took the command of the squadron off the Tagus 'on the 15th ult. The Russian fleet is fitting at Cronstadt with great activity ; 306 row-gallies are to follow it when it sails for Copenhagen ; thereare numerous corps of troops to he embarked for that place. Strong batteries are erecting in front of the harbours of Revel and Crou stade. Captain MALIDON is appointed to the Adamant ; Captain FYFFE, to the Hebe ; Captain DouctAF, to the Reindeer ; Capt. BELL, to the Shark : Mr. JEANs, Midshipman, of the Veteran, to be Lieute n.mt of the Hunter. ------ - - - - CORN EXCHANGE, MARK.I.ANR, FF.R. 10.—Tc.day there are some fresh arrivals of Wheat, but a m;d dling supply thereof at hand ; sales are heavy, at a small declension in price—Fine Barley is full as dear —Very few White Peas, and Grey are lower—ln Beans but little variation—Oats are in short supply, but go of heavily--Flour u our last—Arnerican d in very short suPPly, and dearer—Fine 445. to 465, - "Ttt7 ARMY. TRIAL OF GP-Sir-RAI WIITT!1.00ICL • • T rx DAY. Brigadier-General Luart.sea etatitirfation by the Court, commeaced off 10 o'clock 'precisely, he having finished his narrative.up to the sth of inly,ratiadaY , His examination up to 12 o'clock chiefly consisted in explanations andadditiona to his evidence of yesterday. FLO irrlt DAY. igadier-General Sir SAMUEL AcHMUTT Was called in and sworn, and began his narration of the opera tions at Buenos Ayres, a few minutes after Ten o'clock, which he concluded about Twelve. Nothing can exceed the clear, distinct, and pointed manner, in which the gallant witness gave his testi mony, and the Court listened to him with the most profound attention. His examination by the Court had just begun when our express left Chelsea. The crowd assembled this morning, in consequence of the fineness of the weather, was very great, and ir.• eluded a number of fashionables of both sexes: Major General Cmersentoni is appointed to the brigade of cavalry, and Major General the Honour able CHARM; HOPE to the brigade of Infantry, sta• tioned at Canterbury. Saturday, tbe,2d Regiment of the King's Hanove rian Light Horse, commanded by Colonel AtTIN, had a grand field day on the sands opposite Glo'ster Lodge, Weymouth. They went through their eve. lutians with great precision and exactness. The re giment appears to be in a high state of discipline, and the horses are wonderfully improved since their arri val at Weymouth, from the Continent. On this oc casion the soldiers wore a new Turkish cap, thereby adding much to their natural martial appearance.— The day being very serene, a great concourse of pe destrians appeared on the esplanade, to view the re giment; among whom we particularly noticed Lord HINTON, Sir Gro. and Lady PRESCOTT, Mrs. COL LIRA, Colonel BINGIIAM Major KINGSCUTT, Captain INGRAM, Mrs. and the Misses \Vitus, &c. &c. Monday last, 316 recruits for the. Ayrshire Militia, marched into Oxford, on their route to Gosport, to join that regiment.. The 2cl battalion of the 53d Regiment of Foot, under the command of Colonel BINGHAM, has last week been practising firing with ballrrttidges, and considering the short space of time the regiment has been raising, the men acquitted themselves much to the satisfaction cf their Officers. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, from the great burthen the innkeepers at Woolwich have experienced, have ordered the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, until barracks ate prepared for their rzception, to be divided, and they have consequently marched for Portsmouth, Plymouth,. and Chatham. About 250 of the Woolwich division of. Royal Ma rines have marched into Chatham bat racks, to be s:ationed. Last waek, Captain Josrs, two Lieutenants, and 100 men of the Royal Marines, embarked ou board the Victory. Monday, a large party of Royal Marines, volan. tears from the Militia, matched from Chatham for Woolwich, under the command of Lieut. Buaroa. Monday, the 6th Regiment of Foot marched from their quarters at Maidstone, for Ashford barracks. The Danish ships of war at Chatham, have been surveyed and found tit for service, and will be imme diately fitted for sea. On Monday night, about ten o'clock, a fire hrokt out at Mr. Nichols' Printing-office, Red-lion-pwage, Fleet-street, and continued burning until four the next morning. There is no certainty as to the mann .r'' which it originated, more than that it is ge.ieral supposed to have begun from a snuff of a .candl having been dropped in the ware-room. Th.! whol of that very extensive concern is consumed, an 1 val+ able works that have been accumulating for mar years have been entirely lost. Messrs. Nichols ai Son were insured to the amount of 12,0001. hat th sum is by no means equal to cover their loss.. There is a remarkable circumstance related, which as follows :—a servant girl was in the kitchen, almo , suffocated with the smoke, and unable, thrcugh tei; 1 and the deprivation of breath, to move; a - fire.m ., discovered it, broke open the window, and at the . of his own life saved the girl's. The Red-lion Publii. house, Mr. Edwards' P r i n ting-office, the Scottish Hospital, and some other adjacent places, sustained l injury: The Sd London, and some other a c l il a nteers mustered with promptitude, and wetv e tremely serviceable. • Deia--A duel was fought last Wednesday, the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, between Capt. F. of the A— Militia, and Capt. S. of the M Militia. The parties met at six o'clock in the morn , mi c , and went over in the ferry boat to the. parish Nigg, where they fought, and upon the second ' the latter gentleman was unfortunately wounded the groin. He was soon after brought over to lodgings in Aberdeen, where he died the rest.' ning, at eight o'clock. Captain M. and his se, have absconded. . Two pugilistic exhibitions„took place yesterday Highgate Common, for subscription purses, betweea Smith and Dixon, professors of second rate, and Dockarty and Young Crib, brother to the pugilist of that name. Smith won his battle in 44) minutes, by superior strength ; and Dockarty had an easy conquest. If the Microcosm of London, now , publishing by Ackerman; is contiiiiied in the same style and spirit with the two numbers we have already seen, it will entitle the Artists and Publisher to no inconsiderable share of credit. The general plan of the work, the genuine vein of humour and playful whimsicality, chastised by a correct taste, added to the elegant sim plicity of the architectural desies, ire mte aibly esta blish its rank among the most interesting productions of the day. What is very unco:nmon in psi tions of this nature, the second number just publ . Shcd s rrpa , ses the fist in every respect. The humwous pencil of Rowlandson was never more happily em ployed than in his delineation of the. money chmgers at the Bank of England. The groupes are selected , with such eiquisite discrimination of character, as to leave no cis it' its as to the nation, to which fsey beioag. 1 • p 1 i . . . . . i . 1. 1 ' 1 , i , ii . , . • . . I ; ) 1 1 e f .r t- I K td rd 4 n- Or .• -.n en le- le e m r, 9 CX t • in illy dz - ',al it a- any and :hat s.- 11 is nowt !trot. rain • ri , k blic- ,ttish Lined )Cher re ex. y, F.M. in [-- 1110t11- ish of cl fire, led in to his • ?nor- econd lay on tweet& 4 alld • ihst of tes, by ique§t. ng by I spirit it will lerable al, thu icality, nt sim. ly esta- uctions RI . AL 3.- Lbl . shcd m irons