Star. — London, England, 1808-06-29 00:00:00

interference of the Legislature in their be luded by moving an humble address to his requesting that he would direct to be laid teir Lordships a return of the number hf tolding livings under the value of 1501. per distinguishing those who received Queen Bounty ; as also a return from the Governors ity, under the Acts of George 1.. and the present Majesty ; also distinguishing such Aen augmented, &c. Archbishop of CANTERBURY evrressed s in the motion ' . as did also the Earis INGHAMSHIRE and MOIRA, and 1 KESBURY. motion was then carried. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. LAUDERDALE wished to ask the Noble State why the information upon this sub wed for so long ago by his Noble Friend then 'Lord Auckland) had not been laid upon table, and expressed much surprise .ch delay. HAWKESBURY said, he'could. only an- Noble Baron by stating, that the papers he to were certainly in a train of preparation to • the House; but being very voluminous llt to collect, some Belay had taken place in ;eduction. He assured the Noble Baron, that thz information should be laid before as soon as the accounts could be made up. STIFENDIARY CURATES' TALL. the question for going into a Committee on iMMOUTII rose, and aft?r some general respecting improprictors, and with a make this measure as extensive as possible, that it be an instruction to the Committee to vision in the said Bill to encourage the resi . Curates appointed by impropriators, and in icular cases to enforce the same. Lord HAWKESBURY gave his decided nega , this moron, as wholly unconnected with the . Bill, and as a measure which should stand cen its own grounds, and not be introduced inciden slly this Bill. After a few wurds in explanation, between Lords SIDMOUTH aid HA WK.E.SBURY, the question vas_ put, and the motion negatived without a division. The House then went into a Committee on the bill, is which a discussion took place almost on every rlauce, and many amendments were proposed, several which were adopted, and several, after much de te, rejected. A division took place upon an amendment propos by Lord MOIRA, for rendering the Curate resi. t in the Parsonage House responsible for such di idations during his residence as should occur gh his wilful fault or negligence ; and it was re ted by a majority of 26 to 6. An Amendment was proposed by the Archbishop CANTERBURY for rendering the decision of the ragan final, upon every appeal within his diocese in the Rector or Curate. This was opposed by the LORD CHANCEL LOR and Lord HAWKESBURY, not upon any ground of doubt as to the just decision of the Bishops, bet for the sake of unifos miry in the constitutional laws of Church as well as State, by allowing an appeal to the Metropolitan in ecclesiastical decisions, as to the Hoare of Lords in civil cases. The Reverend Prelate withdrer- his moticn. The ArchbishOp of CANTERBURY moved to leave cut the Cease enjoining the anneal return to the Privy Ccuncil, cf the oarameets made under this Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed this amendment, as a irar power had beea given to the Privy CouEcil, hy the Act of teeth of the Xirg ; he saw no reason why it should be omit sin this Bill. His Lordship professed himself as ardent a friend ate dignity and privileges of the Church of England as any Pre -11!311 the Bench ; but he corceived, that such a controul might sa!'ely given in a Bill which went to give more power than they Weyer before possessed, without any degradation to their dig. ±7; more especially as doubts and jealousies •rsere entertained many persons, which it became necessary to remove. The Bishop of CARLISLE said, that tmcler this Bill, the Bi- Asps might justly consider themselves a. placed in a state of hu- MIAMI ; because treated :sit they wished to act in the dart:, or curcise a partial or an arbitrary jurisdiction. But, for his own ter i looldng at the Bill altogether, he considered it as a measure nicshted to produce in practice the very reverse of the object it Imposed in theory. It was designed to Produce peace ;it would palace, on the contrary, discord and strife. It would excite on thpart of the Curate a grudge rowans his Rector, and conti suly induce him to pry after the terms upon which he may be hilted, for juclicious reasons, to let his tythes to the Landlord ; tßector would continually Took with anxiety towards his Din-' asn,apprehenslve of appeals from his Curate ; tho Diocesan wad loox with equal anxiety towards his Metropolitan, who auto have a controul over his decions, and nay! it w._s pro- Pued to give a further appeal from the decision of the Metropo tmo to the Privy Council. He would reserve Lis final decision cm the Bill, until he should hear fur:her discussion. But so hr as he had yet heard, he could only view it as a rneastire that would produce a thousand evils for one good, and promote nothing let jealousy, discord, and ill-lelood throughout the Church. After a few words from Lerd REDESDAI.E, the House di sided upon the clause, Contents, 16 ; Non-cot:tents, I.s.—Ma- Phi for the clause,l. The other clauses of the Bill were agreed to without a divi ion; with. House being resumed, the Report was orders_d to be re- seised to -mot row.—Adjourned. . tie to Ftent a st THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. •IT.PSTRR ST. PATTL.—tio buiness clone at :he stc:ll. Exchange. PE ICI - CF STOCKS YESTERDAY. ri 7 .k Stotk 2404 ; 240 lndia I3nne. par .Per C. R:3l Ann. 6$ Imp. 3 per Cat. 61 Spa Cent. Cons. shut F.xcheq. Bill, Z.N. 6s. pre. 4 per Cent. 84i i Cmnium, :2 1 4 -A pram S per C.ent. Nay . : shut English Tickets, 211. 9s. Lew A. 1811-l6thti 1 I-16ths Consols for ace. 697 e' }Lis lottjesty's ship ARETHUSA; Sir CHARLES BRIs. LANE, Knt. Captain, has arzlved at Portsmouth from iunaica in 32 days, with a large convoy. The fol. %wing passengers were lanc l .l from the ARETHUSA atTotness, in Devonshire :—D. BAILLIE, Esq. ; Cap- UnISBROUGHTON,BAINBRIGGE, CARPENTER; Boys, and SCOTT ; Lieutenants VioLEr and Coxwm ; and Mr. PAUL. To mention all the idle rumours that have been circulated since the arrival of the interesting intelli gence from Spain, which has occupied our columns br the last two days, would be endless. The most Prominent is a report, first circulated in an Evening Taper of yesterday, that MURAT'S troops had been defeated by the Patriots near Madrid. and that he had been obliged to take refuge at keteira, where he was fortifying himself. We wish we'could add that there was ground for believing this statement well founded, but it is altogether discredited. None of the letters, the contents of which have yet reached us, give any countenance to this report ; but some of them mention that MURAT has thought it erpe l dient to withdraw his troops from Madrid, and erect fortifications at El Pardo, where he has cut down trees, &c. to render himself more secure. This move ment MURAT may have thought necessary in con sequence of the hostile proCeedings in Galicia, from, which quarter a force of 40,000 men was marching against Madrid, and MURAT, perhaps, has not more l than 12,000 under his immediate command. But the public should be on their guard against unfounded l rumours. In the preceding columns, our readers will find copies of letters received by the ALCMENE, which are highly interesting ; also some more Addresses and Documents published by the Patriots. Letters from Oporto, of the 15th inst. state, that the port of Ferrol was then in the possession of the Patriots. It is also stated, that the troops which were directed to march from Madrid to Cadiz under the command of General DuPo.Nr, were ordered to halt at FamUique until farther orders from head quarters ; and that these troops afterwards returned to Madrid, in consequence of the insurrections' which had taken place in the .North of Spain.— We have heart nothing further respecting the account in the Oviedo Gazette, of the action in the Mediterra nean. We observe, however, in the foreign papers, an article from Venice, which states, that Lord Cot.- LINGWOOD had detached a squadron, under Sir RICH ARD SzasciinN, to cruize between the Balearic Islands and Sardinia. If the French, therefore, attempted to send a force to Carthagena, there was every probabi. lity that. Sir R. STRACHAN would fall in with them. Don GASPAR MELCHOR de JOVELLANOS, late Mini ster of Grace and Justice in Spain, is appointed Pre sident of the revolted Provinces of the North of Spain. Tills exalted character having, according to Lord HOLLAND, devoted the labours of his useful life to the improvement and happiness of his countrymen, was, during the reign of CHARLES, imprisoned in the dun geons of Palma, without an accusation. On the accession of FERDINAND, the first act of his reign was to send for JOVELLANOS ; but before he could reach Madrid, the new King was removed to Bayonne, and the Provinces had begun the insurrection. He was detained by the leaders of the Patriots, who in formed him that his services were necessary, to sanc ' tion and animate the confederacy. Orders have been sent to Chatham-yard, to ascer tain immediately what ships at that port are fit to re ceive troops on board. Some of the armswhich were takenfrom the Spanish Armada in the time of Queen ELIZABETH, and have been since deposited in the Tower, have within these i few days been re-shipped for Spain, for the use of the Spanish patriots. Sir GEORGE STAUNTON, Bart. was a passenger on board one of the ships from China. He landed at Plymouth, and has arrived in London. Sir GEORGE left England in 1804., and has conducted some nego ciations at Canton, highly advantageous to the India Company, and to the general interests of this country. GIFFEN WILLSON, Esq. was on Saturday last re turned a Member for Great Yarmouth, in the room of S. LOSHINGTON, Esq. who has accepted the Chil tern Hundreds. The publication of School Books, indicates to per sons of observation the improved System of Educa tion, now prevalent in this Country. The useful Practical Sciences being now generally preferred to the dead languages, we have a new race of Elemen tary Treatises, and the School Books of Mayor, Blair, Gregory, Robinson, Goldsmith, Joyce, and others, have properly superseded the work s of the Dilworths, Dychee, and Fennings, of the last age. The useful sciences are consequently become branches of ordi nary Educatioh, and Natural Philosophy, Geogra phy, Natural History, General History, Biography, arid other subjects have been so simplified, by the above authors, as to be susceptible of being taught with little additional trouble hi every Seminary. A melancholy event took place, Sunday se'nnight,', on board one of the transports lying at Cove. As Lieutenant PRATT, of the sth Regiments was handing his father (who had come from Kinsale to see him), out of the ship, by some unlucky slip, he missed his foot-step, fell over-board, and never rose again.— Thes fell, in the prime of life, a valiant young man, equ..lly distinguished for his humanity and bravery as a soldier. OXFORD UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE:-.--Of 115 Can didates at the Public Examination this Term (being the second under the ne w Statute), seven were a - mined into the first class, of which Christ Church fur nished four, viz HENRY . JOY, WYNDHAM KNATCH BULL, WILLIAM LAW, and CHARLES MONRO ; UIII2 versity College produced two, viz. JOHN P. ALLEN, I and THOMAS D. ALLEN ; and Worcester College one, viz. JOHN MILLER. Twenty-five were admitted into the second class of the Liters Humanioret, and five into the second class of t he Disciplins Mathematics et Ph . y. j i,, e .__That a measure like the New Statute was mu ch wanted, no one who remembers in what manner degrees were formerly obtained will dispute ; nor caul it be doubted that it has been already attended with' beneficial consequences ; but we think it may be im proved. An entirely new machine has been invented by two individuals in the country, which wills ntirely super sede the neces sit y for climbing-boy in cleansing chimnies of soot. The machine acts on a simple plan, can be made at a small expense, and can be adopted in all chirrinies, however they may be formed, or how ever high. It is the intentions of the inventors of it ito la n y before the Pub lic a more paricular account t h e course of a fortnigh t or three weeks. o f t h e interf concluded qt y, request o f ot e their Lo cergy holding m n, disting „ Bounty ss id Bounty, 4 5 t h o f his presc hoe been au 15he Archbis f s concurrence BUCKING h liik w K 1 e motion v Lord LAUL cett tary of Sta ~moved for I. s em, (Lord Lordships' . 0 much dela • L or d HAW] . the Noble to were b e f o re the difficult to i productio e rever, that t H ou se as SO STI ▪ Upon the qu , Lord SIDM ations re • • to make .red, that it provision ce of Cunt( ERITISH EkPEDITIOM :.~•.'f GOTTENBUROH, JUNE 14; X am sorry to have no good news to communicate td you : since my last, the Swedes have been repulsed, and driven back by the Norwegians with the loss of upwards of 800 men killed and taken prisoners ; in deed every thing wears a very gloomy aspect in this quarter. It is said that the King of Sweden wishes to separate the tritish troops into three divisions, to act in different points, very distant from each other ;—to such arrangements Lieutenant General Sir Jolty Mocom could not agree without further orders from his Go vernment. Lieutenant. Colchael MURRAY arrived at this place in the Superb man of war on the'l lth instant ; and on the 12th Lieutenant General Sir JOHN MOORS and he set off for Stockholm. 1 understand it will be at least eight on ten days before they return : something will certainly then transpire respecting the destination of the British forces; at present the whole of the troops remain on shipboard, and, in general, are in good health. I suppose you have heard, before this time, of the enemy having captured or destroyed 22 sail of mer chant ships, British and Swedish, part of which sailed from this place, about a fortnight since, for Stockholm. The Governor of Malmo is much censured for not having rendered some assistance, as it is said the Swe dish flotilla, under his command, was superior to the force of the enemy. lam sorry to observe, that, ge nerally speaking, such is the coolness and treachery of Swedish officers in the cause, that little good can be done by the British troops in this country. A fleet of about twelve sail of merchant ships have just arrived here from England. The gun brig which convoyed the merchant ships was almost blown to pieces, nearly the whole of the officers and men were killed or wounded. COTTENBURGH, JUNE 18. We are all anxiously waiting the return of General Sir JOHN MOORE, from Stockholm, as without doubt we shall en his arrival be enabled to form some idea respecting the future destination of the troops. At present it remains a profound secret ; but there is every reason to believe that a misunderstanding exists in a certain quarter, or surely the army would have acted in some point or other before this time. It is the opinion of many officers that we shall soon return to England, as there appears no chance of success in any enterprizes against the enemy in this part of the world : it is stated, and I believe on good authority, that the Swedes have been lately se verely beaten by the Russians in Finland; and it is also much feared that country will soon be lost. In Nor way the Swedes have been equally unsuccessful ; the Norwegians, I understand, are now well disciplined under very able officers, particularly those who were taken with the Prussian General BLUCHER, and who have been for some time past in the Service of the KING Of DENMARK. In an action which lately took place in Norway, I the Swedes lost upwards of 800 men killed and taken prisoners : indeed, it is feared, that should the British i tr oops leave this country, the Norwegians will soon have possession of CI ottenburgh. It certainly cannot be the intention of the British Government to send the forces now here against Zea land, as the Danes have all their tegular troops in that island, consisting of 25,000 men. They have also organized their Militia or Peasantry, and there is no doubt of a considetable number of French troops having succeeded in crossing over from Jutland, and even Zealand, as in calm weather our cruizers can not prevent the Danish boats passing over the Belts. It is incredible the mischief occasioned by the Da nish boats, which continually annoy the British and Swedish merchant ships, and even ships of war of small force. You have no doubt heard of our hav ing lately lost the Hannah gun brig and three others, in different parts of the Baltic, by these boats, and of the number of trading ships taken off Malmo. It is hoped that a serious enquiry will take place into the conduct of the Governor of that place, as he would not suffer one of the gun boats under his orders, to render the least assistance to the unfortunate Com mander of the English gun-brig during the action, although it is said the force he kept back was superior to that of the enemy. The conscripts in Sweden come forward with much spirit ; they are, in general, very fine-looking young men, and were they well officered, might bid defiance to the utmost efforts of the enemy against their-coun try ; about 2000 of them marched off afew days since to join the Swedish troops near Norway. I hear that the Swedish fleet consists of eleven sail of the line, well equipped and manned, besides a num ber of frigates, and smaller vessels. A small fleet of merchant ships arrived here a few days since from Stockholm; under convoy of the Que bec frigate and a gun brig ; they will proceed to Eng land as soon as the wind changes fair. I have just heard that no Officer belonging to the British army will be permitted to remain on shore after the 20th instant, so that this will, in all probability, be the last letter I shall send you from this place. On Monday afternoon a party of the 12th Regi. ment of Light Dragoons, marched into Deal barracks. The Flintshire Militia marched from the Barracks near Canterbury, on Thursday morning, for Folk stone. The East Essex Militia is on its march from Danbury, and is to occupy the Barracks in Which the Flintshire was stationed. hAtITICAL 11,17tLL10.2Nag. PLYMOUTH, JURE 27. Sailed the Porecum, of 40 inns, to join the Chan , trel Fleet. Admiral HARVEY is gone but in this ship to join the Sr. Gtoace, of 98 guns, which ship is to bear his flag.—The Vats LIE PARIS, of 110 guns, is expected to arrive here soon ; it is said that her crew are to be turned over to'the CALEDONIA, which was launched here on Saturday last, which ship is ex pected to be ready for va in about six weeks, and on board her Lord GAMBIER'S flag is to be hoisted. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE SB. Arrived his Majesty's ship SPRIGHTLY from the Downs ; and the ARETHUSA with the fleet under con voy from Jamaica : among Which are the Lusistlana, Carman; Sir Godfrey Webster, Spencer ; Corn wall, Campion ; Sir Edward Hamilton, —; London, --; Prince George, Bailey ; Apollo, —; Adeona,—'-; Sir Eyre Coate, ; Baroness Longneville, ; Albion, Richard, —; Caroline, Hodgson; Nile, Barr; Elizabeth, Ste phenson ; Dawson', ; Princess of Wales, ; Catherine Green, Stells ; Ida, Hayman ; Tullock Castle, Fisher ; Richard Perrin, ; Speculator,--; Clarendon, Allend ; Edward Foster, —; Starling, Jefferson; and Flora, Wind E.N.E. DOVER, JUNE 28. Sailed yesterday afternoon the Maister, a fine cop per bottomed ship transport, for the Downs, having taken on board provisions for troops for four months, and this morning the Providence, Eclipse, Thomas, and_ Good Intent transports, sailed for the same an chorage : they are provisioned for only six weeks, and ave not coppered. The East India fleet is now in sight turning up, but as the ebb tide is come down they will not get further up to-night than Folkstone Roads. Our fishing boats caught such an immense quantity of Mackerel last night, that they are now selling them 60 for a shilling.—Wind N. E. and blows fresh. Arrived in the Roads his Majesty's sloop CHALLENGER frcm a cruize. DEAL, JUNE 28. Arrived the BLOODHOUND gun :.rig, from the Nore last night ; and this morning the INVINCIBLE, of 71 guns, also from the Note, who saluted Vice Admiral CAMPBELL with thirteen guns, which was returned with nine.—Arrived the ALERT sloop, from Ports mouth ; Ranger, naval transport, from Deptford.— Sailed the FLY sloop, on a cruize off Dieppe ; PHos.. PHORUS fire-brig, as convoy to the mackarel fishery ; and TRUSTY, of 50 guns, off Boulogne. Remain in the Downs—Princess of Orange, Invincible, Scep tre, Defence, Alert, Bloodhound, and Ranger naval transport. YARMOUTH, JUNE 28. Arrived this morning the QUEBEC frigate from Gota tenbutgh, under jury-masts, she having cut her masts away in- the Baltic. Arrived from a cruize, the Ro- SAMOND sloop of war, and has brought in a Dutch privateer, pierced for 12 guns, and full of men. The ROSAMOND captured the privateer after a chase of three hours off the Vliege, or Fly ; the privateer had cap tured the Speculator, of Jersey, Captain FRANCIS LA Bass, bound to Gottenburgh in ballast, about 12 days ago, off the Dogger-bank. She also had captured a ketch, and was in the act of exchanging the men, when the AGGRESSOR gun-brig hove in sight, which made the privateer abandon her prize. She has made only one capture.-Also arrived, the SKYLARK and ERNEST guitbrigs, and the SEALABK and PIGEON schooners.—Remain in the Roads the Majestic, Vice- Admiral Russr.m. ; Rcebuck, Vice-Admiral Doti. GLAS ; Bellerophon, Rear-Admiral GARDNER ; Tigre, 80 guns, Minotaur; Triumph, and Warspite, 71 , guns each ; Nassau and Stately, 64 guns each ; Que )ec frigate, Rosamond, Skylark, Safeguard, and Red breast sloops ; Bruizer, Acute, and Ernest gun-brigs ; and two schooners.—Wind N. GRAVESEND, JUNE 28.—Pagied by the Scipio, Angelo, front the Brazils; Ruckers, Ireland, and the Latona, Duke, from St. Domingo.—Sailed the Orb, Hill, for Dublin, and the I.ydia, Ran son, for St. Michael's. His Majesty's snip SAPPITO sailed from Cork, on the 23d instant, with nine vessels under convoy for the West Indies. The Nancy, ANDERSON, of London, is taken by the General Massena, Captain DUPRE, after four actions, on four successive days, and carried into Cuba. To morrow we shall give he particular,. The Trident, Emeesou, from London ; Dolphin, LTJNDBURG, from Liverpool ' • Commercen, MOBERG ; Dolphin, Asuman ; Coren,LOFF and Sophia Mag. dalena, fcr Stockholm, with 18 others, are captured near Malmoe, by the Danish gun boats. The Faidi;TEATHERSTONE, from London, for Suri nam, was all well on the 20th of May, and is expected. to arrive in about five days. The Anna Maria Catharina, `num) ; Kent, Pixt.v; Carmarthen, —; and Pursuit, MILLER, for Lon don, have put back to Jamaica, leaky. The Dutton, JOHNSON, from Hayti, for Liverpool, sailed in company with the Ruckers, SoeEa, and the Latona, Wawa . % (arrived off Dover). Captain J. spoke on the 19th instant, in long.. 22, the ships Albion and Hope, from Jamaica ' • . The Nelly, Sughrue, from Jamaica for London, was missing from the fleet in the Ciacos Passsage, in which two of the fleet are reported to he lost. The Ann, BROUGH, from Jamaica, fcr London. has been captured and recaptured. The Elizabeth, LITTLE, from Honduras for Cork ; and the Fame, BURNS, from Honduras for Dublin, parted from his Majesty's ship DRAKE, (arrived in the Downs) on the Isth instant, in lat. 49. 6. long. 10. 30. The Phenix, SPILKER, from London for the Baltic, is captured and carried into Copenhager. The New York Gazette of the 13th ult.says, " the Collector of this Port has advertised a vessel to go to Rio Janeiro, and to touchat St. Salvador." We un derstand it is the intention of the American Govern. meat to send a special Envoy to the PRINCE REGENT at the BRAZILS, to congratulate him on his arrival in that country, and to form a commercial treaty with him. e f- in c:t it i