Star. — London, England, 1808-05-16 00:00:00

L irf PARLMMENTARr P.ROCEBDINGS: - - - - - HOUSE oft thIUSII4 kill' 14. Mr. GILL:et Viiheeiiditi7#4 . the Itheitii hi the * Teind can the Earl Wetn yas tedist tbd r. Dank) Mgglieen: . . . Tdt CHANCELLAR geld Ws tut a questithi of great If. • ' and ohs on which jii could hit saililaztorily form his 6h due dellbthan and in eieurtte perusal of his n0ta1.,.. - did not feel Whit& ;Mated to nettle a day for the deeisitin, but ordeftd tbi &Wier iiitieiedlng in the cause to band . te4 :: t herebegice t .be House " doh idEas edi ta t itti ritadeir/ the Lords Cominiftellkta. Arida Ef oi •ka and ealuatlon Telnds, from the litter And 0g .. , , tltt peii . Bd of ise Union be.. mein Seddtlill and !nth's', tti the *soil tiefioll.F.Ordered. The i aS e Aseettled:Vi t _atill the three Million, and eat an Mild6ris Es Bills' rire read a second lrisb ?afar ?ay, Adjatedfi, and Was Bilk p ibie4-dipt* 04.eflo—Adaye:d. 'AR. XvkiciliTG Lb}lbON. !4ONbAY, PRICE EIF•SiOCILt Otis coilsois Gett- -- -nitto Redhead 3s. PRICE dF sritioi Ent% Steel , S per Cent. itt 670. f 3 pet Oent. tislif r; &It:: 4;41 He 4mig Ana. la -161 Drip. pet Milt. flet , MAY DA'! AT tbif 6114-Riduced 641. 6a.prem.—tndia Bond, aL 3s. pr . % ON SATURDAY. Imp. A. 91 11:16ths 19:16ths 1 Irish 5 per tent. 96}4 India Stock 179.1+ loth* him* U. ss. prem. Peefier i . cut, 4e. 6s. prr. English Tickets 261. 19s. Cons, for sec. 68g4-4 ..1".& Lord Nelson Packet, Captain frobi neligogiid w h d mail, aftived yesterday at Har kitfch. A very' tingulak rumour has reached this ciiiiiisy . by ibis Packet, to Which we knot , / not hot, to attach aiiy degree of credit in the present circum =nett Of Europe. It is our duty, hatvetref; to state it, lieCatisei thangh not 'eery probable, it is not impos sible there miry be some ground for the rumour. The Report states that Austria has declared war against France What credit may he due to it we cannot presume to determine. But we can add, that both Captain STEWART, and the Agent for the Post-office, set off together in a cost-chaise and four for London, im mediately after the Loßi, NELSON arrived. They reached Town in the night. It is reasonable td ton dude that imelligence of some moment has been re ceived: .A few hours will probably give publicity to semi of the particulars, whatever may be the event to Which they relate. Leander (Merchantman) arrived at Plymouth, ko)t from Mad.ira, which she left on the 29th ultimo, biings intelligence that three days before she left the Ilartd, the Portuguese flag was hoisted there, by oiler of the BritiSh Go•ernment ; and that a sloop of kai was dispatched the following day to the Brazils, di announce the event to the British Admiral on that station. This proceditie gives the lie direct to those iiitements., which have appeared in the Continental journals Printed under French influence, and which charged this country with having possessed itself of Madeiia, to the piejhdice bf its old ally. A Dutth Paper of Wednesday last, and some Getmaii SoUrhals to the 'Ttli instant, furnish the fol lowing extracts : The Prussian Governinent, en the Ist of April, made considerable reductions in the salaries Of the servants of the State. From an annual al lowance of 3CO dollars, tear per cent. Were de ducted ; five per cent. from 40C dollars, six per cent. from 500, and se on to 1000 dolars, from which 10t per cant. is abstraCted : the deduction increases from hundred to hundred, to 50 p.r cert. which is the maximum upon sa.auLs of 8(X)0 dolhirs so that the Ministers of Slate, GOvernors, Officers of the Court, c. are reduced to half their former allowances. The French are forming extensive magazines Of corn in Hanover. At Wismar, Aottock, arid most other Northern towns on the Continent; no stranger is allowed to enter until the perinisslon of the French agent, civil or military, has been obtained for his doing so. LOUIS BONAPARTE is organizing the Staff of his marine—it is to consist oY Marshals, Vice and Rear Admirals, Brigadier's, Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, and Majors, with the same ark as officers of the same denomination in the army. Important negotiations have commenced between the French Executive and the Landaman of Switzer. land .; the object of them is a new disposition of that Government. It was some time since said, that Btarniza was to have the greater part of the Cantons added to his principality of Neufchatel. The English who were arrested at Rome, on the arrival of the French in that city, have been liberated, on giving security for appearing when required. The French Sectetary of Embassy, LABLA!,ICIIE, lately arrived in P;ris from Persia, via Bagdad and Constantinople, bringing the ttipy of a Tre:4 of Commerce and Amity, concluded between General Gmenerna and the Kato of Num. This Treaty revives the intercourse which formerly subsisted, and :s stated to create new and important affinities. Se veratFrench merchants at Constantinople, &c. have, in consequence, gone to Persia tb forni establishments . there. Asxxk I-lAw, who has been appointed by the • Persian Monarch as his AMbassador to Piris, is em piviered to deliver and receive ratified copies of the 'J'reaty. This Measure derives Increased interest from its Iln ecrion with the long-thweatendpro of trans- porting a French Ind %Min army to attack our pos sessions in Intim sr ithe fbll6wifi k# dpi of the breief issded atter.: hue hp: itidlVAPAßliir as staaakin a. private letter of the 9tH ins: LETTRZ DU abutan.iiiiii 'Di lett?, itiau. k batti Di mu iiiAJII7IP Tat asitsactit, Wiwi AT tAidAss, aran. 17, DIM - • u The Amerkaki tliiieftuneat having *eels &fiend 'retort° in all the perm lathe Unitellatated, has stasprincled ih commerce. " All Andel:ken Clips shall hi lainsequabie be eitissidered as Nis England; end put under mettestradon. " And itirther, there shall be dent td the Coundflof of States, id er,ler to be laid before his isfsiestyi i itarement nf all the AnSerican vessels which haVe entered oaf ports slate the lest df January, tem" If we may; credit the French and thitoii Papers, the e.inlf appears itienned to retfive the threat of itt. vasioni The artnamenis at Flushing and Antwerp are desettbed as gi part of the System which attikaates the whole ebast from the Testi to Brest ;" end, ob• serves the Mind de Commits," such are the coMpre. hensive faculties of NAeoutok, as tiof oily in embrace the destinies of the t ontiltent, to direct the interests of America and Asia, and tti controul the passions of Africa, but in order to consolidate the peace and hap-- piness of the world, again prepares the fneanslo crash the tyrants of the seas." Upon the same subject the lientsburpt Correiliontinst makes some Mention, and extracts from a Fiench paper the folloviing extract of a letter from Boulogne : 4 the English cruizerS are again in great numbers on but coast, as they pro bably expeit an attack on our part, which will cer tainly take place sooner or later. The flotilla in our pcirt is quite complete, and can in a short time be man ned and fitted out. Tile fleets of Brett and Flushing, which form the two iiings of the flotilla, are in excel lent state, and if an object is to be undertaken, can sufficiently protect the operations of our smaller ves sels. Our privateers cover the whole channel, and do great damage to the English trade ; but the greatest advantage is, they furnish us with plenty of gallant and good sailors." The Gazette of Saturday contains an account of the capture of the island of Deseada, by a detachment from Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE'S squadron, under the command of Captain SELBY, of the CERBERUS. Deseada belonged to France, but received its name from the Spaniards, by whom it was originally settled. It is a fruitful though small island, being only ten miles long and four broad. It lies about four leagues to the east of Guadaioupe. The accounts by the last arrival from the Mediter, ranean *ear the same boasting aspect on the part of the enemy. The enemy's fleet, when seen by the SPARTAN, were oh their return from Corfu, where they had landed tyoops ; and in effecting this object they had been sn successful. as to pass and repass Lord COLLINGWOOD'S fleet, which was off Maretimo, and cot or.e of his Lordship's cruizers had seen them, till they were fallen in With by the SOAkrAN. Sicily is believed to ;lave been BoKApAhrE's favourite ob ject ; bnt an ati - ..ack on that islaizd not appearing practicable, the information received by our tquadron off Cadiz; froth Spain, says, orders hate bell given for the united French and Spanish squadrons, Which *ill make a forEe of twenty sail of the line, to raise the blockade of Cadii and Lisbon, and join the squadron at Brest, where a large body of troops will be ready to embark on board - them, and then the whole will push for Ireland. However bold this plan undoubtedly appears, it is expected by our squadron off Cadiz; that It Will be atterhpted, should Lord C. not appear with his fleet in time be prevent it.—The ships at Cadiz are all ready for sea, and have embarked lug gage, &c. for 20,000 men: Since this information had been re ceived, our sudadron were keeping ,a close look•out, and it is the invention, if possible, shotild they heave in sight, to endeavour tt get between them and the land, and engae them before the others can get out of Cadiz. Admiral Puavis has twelve sail of the line off Cadiz, viz. ATLAs (flag-ship), BULWARK, Rt- VF.N.Ik, EWE/AA..N . I, QUEEN, WINDSOR CASTLE,ZEA LOUS, MAGNIFICENT, TFRRIBLE, SULTAN, FAME, and NORTHUMBERLAND; ALCPSTE and MERCURY-frigates. The SPARTAN, after giving the information to Ad miral Puavis, sailed immediately to join Lord COL LUceweo'n, and to look into the tuns in the Mtditer rancaii as she went up. On Saturday a bag of letters was reedive4 Ai the Post-office front Gibraltar. Dispatches have also seen eceived to the Ist instant. !'he following are et tracts of a letter from an officer of rank in that gar rison The Spanish squadron in Cadiz, under the com mand of Admiral APODACA, has been victualled for three Inonths, and has received orders to hold itself in readiness to proceed to sea at an hour's notice, in company with the French squadron under the orders of Admiral Rossnx. t , The new Government of Spain has announced its intention, with a view to relieve the bUrthens of the people, to suppress several convents, and to raise by the sale of their effects the sum of eighty millions of piastres. Fresh troops are daily _pouring into Spain, in cluding several regiments of Poles; and a large body of Italians, under the command of General LaCCHI, is following in the route to Barcelona." It is generally Credited in the Goverment circles that a Treaty has been concluded between FERDI NAND and 134:2APARIS, by which the latter acknow ledges the former King of Spain and the The Administration of Portugal is given to FARM+ NAND during his life: Spain is to join the Confedera tion of the Rhine, and furnish a Contingent 0f50,000 men. A port in Spanish South America is to be ceded to Franca. There is au article respecting the PRINCE of PEACE, but we do not know the particulars bi it, except that he was to be sent to France ; he was, however, at Aranjues as late as the 17th, in 1 4 prisonould heavily fettered. The late Queen of Spain is, we understand, in a state bordering upon insanity; h ,the loss oL a throne is not her only misfortune. r z THE ARMY. I wiliC.h Ida. to the list of Sir Jczaii hfOoaa's Staff, we save, We have to add-eL , ' Gedar4l .1; MlJaaAll, a ili)i Hon: Major-General ST:await ; aqa • .. . Lientenant‘ , Coloncl Da Lauczai W did eiliaial lAA* do 's Depatotiaat, ~ _-- The 51st Refitment, and the ii klAntodi ot the , 36th, and39o—Regiamets, hate tailed for Jer y and thlerntey i to reheat there statii tompltotti 'battalions, at for Service. . Monday Captain Byrum's tfooli of the 4th Dia gon Gdards left Coventry Baftacks on their route to anchester, Their place is to be supplied by a des taclubent of the 3d Itegiment of the Light Dragooni of the Ger Man Legion. On the return 'of the Earl of HARRITIOTON to Ire; which is expected about the end of this month, there will be three large encampments formed in Ire; iglich One bl these camps will be at the Phcenix Park, which will include the troops forming the Gar rison of Dublin ; one at the Curragh, and another at Fermoy. • On Thursday, at the time a party Of the Guards were having a field day in Hyde Park, g man of a re spectable appeaxunce, who was in the front of them, fell, and it 4as sdpposed that he was by some accident killed. It turned out that he had received a shot in his thigh. He was conveyed, by order of the Com mending Officer, by two soidieh, to York Hospi•aL voten he arrived tlitire, he was quite exhausted frotn the eketssive loss of blood. tile following arc among the fashionable arrange ments of the week : tuts Everitt/G.—Lady Heatlicote's First Grand Assembly. Otosiienorzsqttare ; Lady Drummond %filth's Rout, Hyde Park Corner ; Lady Elliot's Rout, St. James's-square. TUESDAY—Mrs. Knoelf Ball, Upper Gftisvenni-street. Wzoutsbue—Countess of Canfen's Rout, Arlington -street. Tnoasoar —Lady Btrionhamp's Assembly, St. Jamcs's-square; Lady A. Hume's Rout, Hill ' -Street ; Lady Bagrave's Rout, Manz cheater-square. PainAT—Dutiiess of St. Alissn's Rout, Straifordlplace ; Lady 'Rewley's Ball, Wiznpole-street ; Lady C. Wrottesley's Rout, Stratford-place ; Bartlernsn's Annual Concert, Hanover-square. SATURD A T—Publle Day at Lambeth Palace. Somme—Marquis of Salisbury's Conversations in Arlington street. Tax Pmuts.--=We hare seldom *itnesserl a ffiore Numerous or elegant display than the promenade pro duced yesterday. The genial warmth of summerdif. fused pleasure—Gentle Zephyrs, with rosy wings fanned the beauties of fashion, *hose habiliments of delicate texture wantoned in the air, and displayed all the softened tints of gay Iris. Parasols of variegated colours wet* reared in thousands to shade the fair pedestrian. The Countess and her waiting-woman, the Peer and the mechanic, alike enjoyed the pleasures of the eceste.—Pea-green mantles, lilac, and gra* colour, were predominant—The maiden's blush, and violet, were alsb general, but white figured robes, and train dresses, were worn by many Ladies of distinc tion. The silk scarf, richly trimmed with foreign lace, fastened Under the right arm with a gold orna ment, had a tasteful effeet.Head-dresses continue tee be Grecian fillets, the Turkish tiara, French bonnets, With artificial flowers, and Spanish hats, with lace veils. All the bras Swede appeared in Kensington Gar dens, and the line from Piccadilly across the Park was unbroken% The motion of the gay throng was not unlike a body of lilies, roses, and other beautiful flowers, bending their blooming heads to the breeze. Lord HAWKE; Sir JbHN LADE, Lord BARRYSIORE, Mr. B &RING, and other four in hand drivers, attracted the usual attention% The Ride also displayed many Noble equestrians, and the DriSt a close ring of car riages. Among the distinguished we noticed the Duchesses of ST. ALBAN'S and BEAUFORT, Matgra vine of ANBPACH, Marchioness of STAFFORD, Lady ELLINBOROUGH, Earl SPENCE% Marquis of HARTING TON, Earls DARNLEY and IistiTHURST. The Duke of ARGY6E, the Earls of WEsrmoaLAND, SHREWSRUAY,, Lords SUNDERLAND ) BURGHERST and RENDLXSHAN, were also amongst the promenaders. The dresses were altinost all of transparent pellucid gauze ; the head-dresses principally consisted of veils, and Mary Queen of Scots' caps. The predottiinating colours, lilac, pink, arid a very light green. We regret to learn, froth Resolutions lately entered into by the Gentlemen of dalway, that those de luded people called Threiherz, are disturbing the peace of that respectable County. Yesterday dispatches were received at the Admi ralty from Admiral hms, off Cadiz ; they were brought by the ENDYNION frigate, which arrived on Saturday at Portsmouth from Gibraltar. By the Duke of Kent packet accounts have been received that a dreadful conflagration has consumed nearly the whole of the town of Port d'Espagne, on the island of Trinidad. The destruction of property is consepfently immense ; and the suffering inhabi tants are reduced to the greatest distress. A fleet was to sail from Tortola for England on the 20th of April. Letters frotn Tatola of the 11th ult. state, that the trade is again open with the Spanish main. FlRE.—Last night a fire broke out in Stamford street, Blackfriar's-road, which destroyed the house ih i:Ohich it commenced, and greatly damaged the one adjoining. The New State Lottery that Is to coinmente draw. ing on the 28th of next month (June) presents objects to attract adventurers, beyond any former Lottery; having. Six Prizes of Twenty Thou nd Pounds, va, rious other Capitals, and only Twehty-five Thousand Tickets. Those persons whose fancy leads them to chOO'se and select particulak mitnbers for their adven ture, should make early application, th prevent being disapphinted. This and all parts of the Lottery bun nest are particulatiy attended to by RICHARDSON, GoOnLycx, and CO. Stock-brokers, 13ank-buildings, Cornhill, and Patin ; ; the Gate of the King's Mews, Charing-croes. CORN Ely-HANGS. )ItIARZ-LAIM, MAY 16, .There is a tolerable supply of Wheat to-day, and Said thereof fully fetch our last prices quoted'--Barley and Malt likewise.taut few Peas of each kited, which vary but littl* , =l3eans of both sorts are in short sup ply and at an idvance of Se. and 45. per quarter= Oats are also In short supply, continue foil as dear, and incline upward s—Rape Seed is hight 4 and Flow without alteration.' • NAUTICAL IATELLIGENCE. DOMINICA, MARCH t 7; On the 10th instant, the George Guineaman, of 'Liverpool, was captured and carried into Marti. nitiue ; and on the 17th, another Guineaman, a letter of maftitie, with dry goods, and a Demerara ship, iirith produce, were captured and carried into Gua -461(1010.4 4 isLYMOUTVI, MAY 14. Cache in the VILLE DE PARIS, of 110 guns, from Torbay, on board which ship Lord GAMBIER'S flag Was hoisted this morning ; also the EMERALD, of 36 guns, on a cruize; Sailed the AMAZON, of 36 guns, On a cruize ; SWALLOW, of 18 guns, to the West. ward ; MokiusTowN armed ship, of 10 guns, with a flett of coasters for ports in Wales. The ILLusraiors, of 74 guns, with about 70 sail of vessels under coll. *toy, passed up Channel last evening from the Medi terranean ; the homeward-bound Wesr.lndia fleet passed up at the same time. Came in the Leander, Captain MunnAY, from Trinadad, Grenada, and Madeira, bound to London, laden with sugar, cocoa, &c. The Leander ran ashore yesterday in the fog, between the Start and the Praul, but was got off again vi:th some damage, and steered for th's port. PORTSMOUTH, MAY isJ Nothing arrived or sailed this day.--Wind N. Ir. DEAL, MAY ic Sailed the POSIPHE, of 80 guns, for Portsmouth ; ROLLA sloop, and BUSTLER gun brig, on a cruize. MAY 15.—Arrived the FLYING FISH and ANT schooners, with a small convoy of merchant vessels, from Portsmouth, which have sailed for the River ; also the Catharine, FENN, from Jamaida, and sailed for the River ; PHOSPHORUS fire vessel, from a cruize off Boulogne. Sailed the INDIGNANT gun brig, on a cruize off the toast of Ftance ; RICHMOND gun brig, on a cruize off Fltishing ; the outward bound, 3cc. to the Westward. Arrived the SUPPLY naval transport, from the River.—Wind S. W. REMAIN IN THE DOWNSb Princess of Orsuge, Vice Admiral Cue rust ; Trusty, tirit, Alert sloop of war, Virago gun brig, having a signal flying for convoy to the westivard ; Phosphorus fire vessel, Flying Filly and Aht schooners, Supply naval transport, Findon and Pldg nt Hill hired sloops, with a number of thinsportS. HARWICH, MAY IS, Sailed yetterday the Lady Nepeaa, Capt. Limo, with the mail for GottenbUrgh. The Lady Frances, THYNNE, is now lying here bound to Heligoland, in expectation of a Messenger, It is also said that Baroi JACOBI is coming down to take his passa g e to Hell. goland in the Lady Frances. Arrived this day the Lord Nelson, Captain STEWART, from Heligoland, with the mail : by her arrival we learn that Austria has declared war against France. Capt, Srkwaat and the Agent for the Post Office here, set off for . London in a post chaise and four, immediately on the Lord Nelson's arrival. YARMOUTH, MAY 15. Sailed the VAVAL fr'gate. Captain GRAHAM, for Portsmouth; the ALEXANtIRIA fligate and HAvo• gun brig, on a cruize ; and the HOUND and ZzlißA bombs, with transports for the Baltic, Arrivtd the VIXEN gun brig, and remain with the Kuernr, RCEDUCK, iSTASSALT, and STATELY men of war, and PROSELYTE banb,--Wind S.W.. light breeze. FALMOUTH; MAY 14. There arc now here, ready to start with the 6nt fair wind, a convoy for the Mediterranean, under charge of the CAMBItIAN frigate, Captain Vikcsar ; a convoy for the Brazils, with the Um-IT/mu, of 18 guns, Captain DOYLE • arid a Convoy for Newfound land and Quebec, under the AMELIA frigate. Cen: NIGHTINGALE goes out in the CAMBRIAN. With the Brazil convoy there is a convict ship, on board of which about 120 ladies ate proceeding for Botany Bay. No packets are yet appointed from hence to the Brazils but an order to that effect is hourly expected. The Duke of Marlborough packet, Captain Butt., With Mails for the Mediterranean ; Notton, Capt. BLIGHT, for Jamaica ; and Manchester, Captain DAVIES, for America, all remained here, wind-bound, last night. LEITH I MAY 1 & Sunday night arrived in the Roads his Majesty's sloop CHILDERS, from a cruise, after the privateer that lately appeared on the north coast, which vessel she Fortunately fell in with and raptured a few days sihce without resistance. She has arrived in the harbour, and is named the Swever, Captain Vasa. The Vic tor, JAcon, from Gottenburgh, with sugars, &c. prize to his Majesty's sloop of war the SNIPE, is also ar lived. Sunday the TARTAR frigate, of 52 guns, and the ARIADNE, of 20 guns, arrived in the Roads front Sheerness. The TARTAR procceds immediately to her station off North Bergen. The Tama guard ~hip leaves this on Sundry for the Not*, and will be re placed by theA RDENT, Baur SlstWs, Gnslb, belonging to Dundee, was lately lost ; near Huntly Foot, on her passage to London, with a cargo of stones ; crew saved.—The Fame, of Alloa, MTAB LANE, from Barron to Lond., sunk on Hasbro' Sand on Wed nesday ; a boy drowned. Gazvitszu6, Mar IL—Passed by the Phszniz, Tayler, and the Argus, Prater, from Jamaica; Hope, M'Ecteron, from St. Doshingo ; AM, Sangster; Mary Eleanor Elizabeth, Tolger; Csinuo, Booth ; Rolalinda, —, and the Vine, Meadows, from St. Michaers.—Sailed the Jarnes;Rnrcima ; Avery, Flower, and the Hannah, Henderson, for Stbrithoissa DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZEIMONEY. the Spidite, for the Prince Hendrick, captured 24th April 1801, will be recalled at No. 4, Sznitles-buildinr, Leadenhall. street, oa Saturdays. ' ' • The Neptune, for the t oral*, Captured 20th July 1808 ;;he Revenge, fork Ceski and Pandoar, captured 15th July ins ; 2114 the Alnetbyst, and PloVer, for la ittsephine, captured 17th May 1807, will be recalled at Mr.' Hawker's, Plymouth, on Thurs. days and Fridays. Colpoys, for the Abna Margarithe Dorothea, recaptured 28th December 2205; Freyi le Vincent Gabriel, captured 18th Febraary 1806; and Chasse Marro, Not. 1, V, captured 30th June 1806; did Chasse Maree, No. a, captured 14th July 1806, will be there paid ddle oa Smudgy Mall, at No. t, Cecii•suvet, Strand, and rad: The Vtginie., for the Hero and Carnmeree, recaptured 28th Stopltembe'i and Bth October 1807; bna Mary, recaptured 28th Soptember 1807, will be paid on bet arrival at Cork, and recalled at Mr. Reelses, in Cove, cm Mondays and Thursdays. oft •711 •••• Awl sit II to TA!' sod s Si. I.