Star. — London, England, 1808-06-01 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1. PRICE 07 STOCKS TIM DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ; 004504, for money, 60111 —for July 654-omnium PRICE. OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 114 Stock 529 238 India Bends ts. di.. par S per Cr..t. Red. 674 Imp. 3 per Cent. 651 661 per Ceot. Cnrs. 67 6811 Excheq Bills, 3s. Fs. 4s. pre. IperCent. 811-F2` En g lish Tickets 211. sm. c. Necv, 941 1001 100 Cons. for aCC. 68} 69it Lorptim.l6l 11-labs In the preceding columns we have given copious extracts from the Dutch and French Papers, relative Io the affairs of Spain. Spain ! unhappy Spain ! you 'ave lost nothing by the abdication of such a con temptible family as could by any means be induced m transfer to another a right to reign over you.— rnier such heads you had no chance whatever of es aping the yoke which was preparing for you. Wile- Eer they have not reigned long enough to put it be 'l^d the reach of yottr power to maintain your inde t.mdence, time will spew. Whatever be the issue, you tray eventually be benefited, but cannot possibly be' :lured by any change that removes from you a fa mly capable of bartering away your sovereignty. NAPOLEON has now in his power all the Members dthe Spanish Royal Family, except Don Pedro, ne rew to the old King, now in the Brazils with rc Portugnese Family. Ministers, we hope, will make *proper use of this circumstance. 'This scion of the Royal Stock should be transplanted to the Spanish pos vislo;s in the new world, as the House of Braganza has been. With him the South Americans would be rejoiced to secure their own independence, and be pre served from falling under the yoke which now threa tens their mother country. FOREIGN JOURNALS. >•ast as this Paper was going to press, we received Hamburgh and Altona Papers to the 18th May. Their contents are important, but our time and limits °IIIY allow us to give the following articles : A letter from Vienna, dated April 20th, published the Nurnderg Gazette, announces some cornmotions !7! Constantimplc, the particulars respecting which tt not yvt accurately known. The letter alluded to 7tlS thus " Horrible rumours from Constantinople are now circulation : A courier, hastening through this city In Paris, brought intelligence, that on the day of his ?arture from Constantinople (in the middle of I.lrch), a great revolution had broke out there. He heard the discharge of musquetry in the streets of the 'ad at the distance of twelve leagues the unin rapted thunder of artillery was still resounding. 7 1 ., e design of this rebellion was unknown to him." The following is another letter on the same subject: ALTONA, MAY 2. Agreeable to letters from Vienna, a new revolu :cn li;ict broke out at Conctantinople, the particulars of which remain, however, unknown ; all that ha& transpired was that the whole corps of the Janissaries had declared itself against the war with England." BANKS OF THE ELBE, MAY 9. We have now certain intelligence that a great iium ber of Officers and seamen, belonging to the late Danish fleet, are going overland to Flushing, and other French ports, where they are probably to man the new-built men of war, as well as the squadron fitting out there for the purpose of carrying large bodies of troops to Sweden and Norway. Hamburgh is so exhausted by the passage of troops, that in many houses not a crust of bread nor a bed is to be found. Almost all Hanover is in the same miserable condi tion. FROM THE MINIM:BCH PAPERS OE TILE 4TH TO THE 17rn or• MAY, INcLusivr. Field Marshal Count Vincent Van Callauralt and Von Dura have been appointed to the command of the Army of Observation, which is assembling on the frontiers of Wallachia. According to the Vienna Ccurt Gazette of the 29th April, the dismissed Ministers of the Sublime Porte, Seid Haleth Effendi,Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Caper MustaphaPancha,are both sent into exile; the former toVierkuhaje, and the latter to Demstion. Public tranquillity was, on the 24th March, for a short time disturbed, in Constantinople, but soon restored, and the ringleaders were imme diately executed. The Russian Ambassador at Paris, Count Tolstoy, is stated in a letter from Vienna, to be on the point of leaving that capital. On the 6th April, a slight shock of an earthquake was experienced at Lisbon. A much severer shock was felt on the 26th of March, in the vicinity of Peg nirol, a great part of which town was destroyed. Lucien Bcnaparte arrived on the 17th of April at Florence, under the name of General Bouilly. Let ters from the above place say, that he is I:kely to re main there for some time. The Frcr.ch troops who are in Italy, 50,000 in number, have received orders to march to Spain. By 'the American Papers brought by the LORD HOBART packet, we hank received intelligence from India of the latter end of December. The following is one of the most interesting articles of this descriptiun: " PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 24. " Yesterday arrived at this port, the ship Bingham, Captain Barden, in 97 days from Calcutta. When the Bingham sailed, v report was in circulation there, that war was likely to take place between Scindea, Holcar, and the Company. A severe skirmish had taken place between one of the native powers and the British at Kanora, in the Amass country, in which the British lost 60 commissioned officers. This report was current at the sailing of the Bingham; but was not permitted to be put into print.—This certainly must have been something more than a skirmish. if 60 officers were killed, according to the usual ratio, the loss of pri vates must have been immense." Yesterday at twelve o'clock their MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, soon after the Prince of WALES and the Royal Dukes paid their respects. Her MAJESTY, the PRINCEsSES and Duke of SUSSEX, honoured Lady Citmum - tr. Frson with a visit. The Dukes of CUNI LERLAND, KENT, SUSSEX and CAMBRIDGE, dined with the MAJESTIES. In the evening their MAJESTIES had a select party to tea and cards. Yesterday morning Te Drum was sung in the Portu guese Chapel, in South Audley-street, for the late victories gained by the Swedes over the Russians in Finland. Colonel MURRAY, Quarter -Master-General to Sir Jolts Mooan'%,Army, arrived late on Saturday night from Gottenburgh. The troops remained at Gotten burgh when he left it. We mention with pleasure as a tribute due to the exertions of the present Sheriffs, that the metropolitan prison of Newgate may be quoted as an example of cleanliness and good order to all the prisons in the Kingdom. There has been no case of fever within its walls for many months, and there are not at this time more than one or two persons in the sick wards out of five hundred prisoners. Hitherto Newgate has been considered as the focus for typhus fever, and in the summer of 1801, six or seven patients died in it per day of a contagious fever. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, which was numerously attended. The Committee appointed to examine the Petition of John Christey, an impressed Freeman, reported to the Court their proceedings thereon, which were read, and or dered to be printed, and a copy sent to every Member of the Court. They also reported their proceedings on the case of another impressed Freeman and Li veryman, Nathaniel Young ; that an application had been made to the Court of King's Bench, for a writ of Habras Corpus to bring him up, which the Court refused to grant, upon which a very animated discus sion took place, and the Committee were directed to take every step in their power to assert and support the ancient rights and privileges of the Citizens of London. Yesterday about eleven o'clock, Sir Taos. HARDY attended at the Chamberlain's Office, Guildhall, where he was presented with the Freedom of the City, and an elegant Sword voted to him by the Cor poration of London. Yesterday the Loan MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to he continued at 110. the Quartern Loaf of Wheaten, and 10d. Household. Bullock, the Bankrupt, whose sentence of death was humanely commuted to transportation, sailed on Fri day last on board the Admiral Gambier, Captain HARRIS, for Botany Bay. Yesterday, after some soldiers of the 9th Dragoons had lodged some deserters in the Savoy, they returned to a public house, and neglecting to unload their mus kets, one of them hastily dropped the butt-end of one of them on the floor, which caused it to go off, and his hands being placed on the muzzle, the ball passed Through them and lodged in the ceiling. He was conveyed to fit. Bartholomew's Hospital. k‘arT7C,lL INTELLIGENCL TORBAY, MAY so. This day the Channel fleet got under weigh to pro ceed down Channel, but it becoming a calm they were obliged to come to anchor again. Arrived his Ma jesty's ship TONNANT, Admiral DE COURCEY, to join the rest of the fleet. On her heaving in sight, she saluted the ships in the Bay, which was returned again by his Majesty's ship DREAD:TOUGHT, Admiral SOT/lEBY. f ol d a bribe to let tir home Popham's ship go at gr. LITSHINGTON briefly replied.—The House aiv ij e d—Ayes 57—Noes 126—Majority 69.—Ad. • riwd at Two o'Clock. PRO'EEST. o p Yes sicrrlge OE LORD GRENVILLE irned NEGATIVED FOR Tgg SOUSE TO RESOLVE ITSELF INTO A COMMITTEE TO TARE igy CATHOLIC PE nTiox INTO CONSIDERATION. I s t, Because we are fully satisfied that the removal of the un .„,eind and degrading exclusions to which a most numerous and ; a l u bie part of the community have been so long subjected, and ty i m parting to the whole people of this United Kingdom all ..y e privileges and duties of the British Constitution, would be a . en ore of unquestionab l e j ustice and wisdom. "id, Because we conceive that thi; determination would in it of a fford the best security for our civil and religious constitution, ie b t t he proposal of considering the subject in a Committee of House gave an opportunity of establishing, by the e a n m arid authority of Parliament, and with the cordial con e-mew of all parties, such safeguards as must tranquillize the ernensines of the most fearful, and allay the „jealousies of the B ost suspicious. sd, Because, although the increased support and diminished nonce which this proposal has now experienced in both Boon of Parliament, as well as the manner in which it has been bin ged on the part of its opponents, encourages us to look with enact confid , nce to its approaching ar.d entire accomplishment. v ett e are of opinion, that by delay many of its happiest effects „ en dangered, and we are confident that there never was, in the way 0 ( the world a moment in which a measure, in itself desi seas mere imperiously called for by circumstances of imme a.nd u ncontreulable necessity. The uniting by mutual liberality, kindness, and confidence, the erie t t a rd hearts of all his Majesty's subjects in defence of the inviable blessings of security, liberty, and national indepen- L enee ,i3, at this perilous crisis, the first duty that we owe to our selves and to our posterity ; and it is the only mode by which we can rasorably hope, under the protection of PRovinetver, to ma i n tain these blessings amidst the misery and subjection of so gay surrounding nations. (signed) SPENCER LAUDERDALE fiHAFTSBURY NORFOLK, E. M. :MENDIP ST. JOHN JERSEY VASSALL HOLLAND DERBY GRENVILLE YORTESCU‘ COWPER SUFI OLK and, BERKS STAFFORD, for the Ist NUGENT, Buckingham and 2d reasons BEDFORD SPENCER, of Worm- DONOUGHMORE leighton FONSONBY OXFORD and MORTI. ROSSLYN MLR RAWDUN, for the Ist WENTWORTH FITZ. and 2d reasons WILI jIAM PON'ONBY, Itrio. CAWDOR • ESSEX ARGYLL HUTCHINSON ViT.en:ient, lltcatl;e the means of yielding to, or resisting, in the whole, or !Apart, the prayer of the petition, so respectfully submitted to the tomideration of the House, depended upon principles so momen. tom, ard details so clraplilated as, according to the ancient prac tice of Parliament, should have been referred to the more delibe rate consideration of a Committee. And because the petition luring proceeded spontaneously from the Catholics of Ireland, imported by large bodies of their Protestant brethren, and sane ; aonedby that liberal and indulgent policy regarding them, which lus so remarkably cnaraeterised his Majesty's reign, it was most esmitilly entitled to our favourable consideration. (Signed) ERSKINE NORFOLK, E. M. SPENCER, of Wormlcighton. PORTSMOUTH, NAY 31. Arrived his Majesty's ship Pour MAHON from a cruize ; TRAVERS, CARMARTHEN, and EARL SPENCER East Indiamen, Hero, —, for Quebec, and several other outward-bound vessels from the Downs. His Majesty's ship SPEEDY is expected to sail to-morrow morning with a fleet under convoy for Ne wfoundland, Quebec, and llalifax.—Wind E. DEAL, MAY 31. Arrived the FLY and TROMPEUSE from a ccuize, and remain with his Majesty's ships, &c. as per last. YARMOUTH, MAY 31. Arrived the MAJESTIC, Admiral RUSSELL, from a cruize. Sailed the ACUTE, SEAGULL, and CAM'S° sloops.—Remain in the Ruads the ROEBUCK, NASSAU, STATELEV, AMIABLE, MOSQUITO, and SEALARK.-- Wind E. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVYSEND, MAY 31.—Passed by . the Weymouth store ship from Malta ; Margaret and Aim, Malcolm, from St. Domino ; Acteon, James, from Limerick ; Mary Elliscn, Farmer ; Orbe, Hall ; Generous Friends, Manton ; Ambulator, Olhurst ; Venus, Seggs ; Clara, Jordon ; Minerva, Fishburn ; and Catharii.e Eleanor, Crack, front Gottenburgh. Sailed the Apollo, Grinley, for Malta. The convoys for Cottenburgh are in future to sail from Hull, un the Ist and 15th of every month, and from Lcith on the Bth and '22d of every month ; and no deviation will take place unless directed by the Lords of the Admiralty. By the last accounts from the Texel, it is said, that the Dutch fleet remains there, seven sail of the line and a frigate ; they are said, however, to be quite ready fir sea. The Vengeance French privateer, of 18 guns, and 180 men, from Guadaloupe, is sunk by a I3ritisl► fri gate, and all the crew drowned. The ADAMANT man of war, from the Spanish Main, is an ived at Jamaica. The packet for England was to sail from thence on the 16th of April. The New Galen, IliseKtv, from London for Bos ton, was all well on the lU.h inst. in lat. 41. 10ng.43. The Aurora, LUND, from Africa, is condemned at Jamaica. _ _ _ ...... The Bourdeaux, GIFFORD, from Marseilles for New Orleans, is detained and sent into Bermuda. The Amphitrite, BURDON, from Liverpool, arrived at Gottenburgh on the 13th inst. with damage, and must unload to repair.—The Coniac Packet, and the Frederick, —, from Malta, stated to be captured, are arrived at Hull.—The Ben Lomond, —, from Hayti, for London, is detained, and sent into Jamaica by a frigate. By the Naval Returns, corrected to this day, there I appear to be—at sea, 99 sail of the line, 14 from 50 'to 44, 124 frigates, and 332 smaller vessels. The total number of ships, in commission, amounts to 154 sail of the line, 25 from 50 to 44, 174 frigates, 229 sloops, and 218 gun brigs, &c. There are also, in ordinary and repairing for service 53 sail of the line, and 5u sail of the line building—making a GRAND Tor.tt. of 237 sail of the line. Saturday and Monday last a General Court Mar tial was held in the State-Room, in Portsmouth Gar rison, on Thomas Pyatt, of the Royal York Rangers, for disobedience of orders, and mutinous conduct, on board the Bruce Grove transport, at Spithead, bound to Goree.—His sentence is now before his Majst y, and cannot be known until approved of. Report says that the Collection of Ancient Glass, which is shortly to be brought to the hammer by CHRISTIE, surpasses any thing which has been intro duced to this country. It was selected with great judgment, and brought over from the Continent at great risk and immense expence, out of the principal Churches and Religious Houses that were ransacked at an early period of the Gallic Revolution. BELL-RISC/INC.—The Oldham Youths have chal lenged the College Youth Change Ringers of Ashton under-line, to ring Mr. John Halt's peal of Grandsire Trebles, containing 5040 true changes. The College Youths of Ashton have accepted the challenge and for 40 guineas, which have been staked. They are to ring these 5040 peals in ten courses of 501 each, on the peal of eight bells, at St. Michael's Church, Flix ton, on Friday, June 24 ' • weight of the tenor 14 cwt. 2 qr. 241 b. bell metal. Ashton, Oldham, and Flix ton, are all in Lancashire, and each of them seven miles from Manchester. THEATRE. ROYAL, Diwny-LANE.—Monday night Signora STORACE made her last appearance upon the Stage. She played Floretta in the Opera of the Ca binet, and afterwards sang a farewell address, written by Mr. COLNIAN. She was much affected, and as she left the Stage evinced so great an agitation, that Mr. BANNISTER and Mr. BRAHMA thought it right to come forward and support her to the wing. She retired amid the universal plaudits of a crowded audience. The following is the Farewell Address : Think, think not this a vain obtrusion, And, Oh! accept my heart's effusion. We meet no more: dear Friends, adieu! Rairement's calm I owe to you. My breast with gratitude is swelling— Wlwre'er I raise my rural dwelling, I'll cry, " Your bounty bade me rear it, And train the peaceful woodbine near it." From Belgrade's Siege since I'm retiring, New Lillar will keep up the firing; eldela cedes to other Powers Old Drury's nightly 'bunted Tower, ; Floretta (no one's zeal was stronger) Is of this Cabinet no longer; Henceforth, No Songs whi le Supper's bringing, Of your first lifargaretta '6 singing! Much honour'd Friends, who deign to listen, No studied tear I've taught to glisten: Oh, no! this moment's fond distress Is more than music can express; My voice would not these chimes be ringing, But that it faulters less in singing. Lov'tl Patrons, on this night we severs Farewtll! and bless you all for ever! ARMY. Extract of . a letter from an Officer in the sth Bri. gade of the Swedish army in Finland, dated Pulkil. 2d of May, 1808 : " I hope this will overtake Colonel Sandel's courier, at head-quarters. The affair this morning was very brisk ;It lasted from three till seven o'clock : those of the enemy who were not killed were made prisoners. The Colonel having got information that the Russians had sent off their provision during the battle, I was or dered to go in quest of it with 50 skidlopare (snow. seaters) and had the good fortune to fall in with the thole convoy, about a mile (6 English) from here, and coming unexpectedly upon them, they made no re sistance worth talking of; and I have this moment brought in two officers, twelve non-commissioned officers, and 76 men, together with 370 loads of pro vision. Two divisions are gone to Idensalmi and Cuopio to take possession of the enemy's magazines there, and if we succeed in that, you must not blame us for having been inactive. " The peasants are all very zealous in our cause. We make them presents of the Russian arms we take, and they assist us every way. They are the best allies we ceuld have—Farewell." Orders, it is said, have been actually sent for the embarkation of 6000 men at Cork, with di:ections for their immediate sailing. Their destination is under stood to be fur the Spanish coast. The '2d, 4th, (King's Own) and .53d Regiments, all 2d battalions, arrived at Harwich on Monday, from Jersey. Yesterday the 2d battalion of the 4th, and part of the 76th, were landed from the trills ports, and marched for Colchester. The remainder of these troops were landed at Shotley, and proceeded for Ipswich. On Friday last, the Royal Chester Volunteer Re giment, commanded by Colonel BAnssTos, of the effective strength of .59 Se-jeants and 1135 rank and file, volunteered nearly to a man, to form a corps of Local Militia. The 3d Garrison Battalion, undcr the command of Lieutenant-Colonel NEIMAN!, marched to Yoaghall on the 28th inst. and is relieved in the Barracks at Waterford by the Queen's County Militia, under the command of Major CASSAN. The Recruiting Staff under Major MnitGAN, which has been some years established at Marlborough, has been removed to Gloucester, which will now be the head-quarters of the recruiting service fur the whole district. Two hundred and seventy-five men of the 26th Re. giment, (or Cameronian Highlanders) 2d battalion, landed at Belfast on Tuesday se'nnight, and proceeded to Castlebar, to join the Ist battalion. Saturday se'nnight, the 2d battalion of the 53d Regiment disembarked at Cork, and proceeded on their route for Limerick : they came last from Ports mouth, in transports, under convoy of the Sappho. The Ist battalion of the 25th regiment, since land ing on the island of St. Kitt's, have been remarkably healthy ; no officer had been ill, and fewer men on the sick list than when they were in Ireland. The Sussex militia are now on their march from Woodbridge, in Suffolk, for Sussex. The three battalions of Loyal Birmingham Volun. teers expect to go on permanent duty this year, to Warwick, at different periods, for 14. days. The 21 battalion of the 9th infantry marched into barracks at Canterbury, from Shorneciffe, on Tuesday se'nnight. The 20th and 35th regiments are under orders to move from Braborne Lees and Ashford, for the Eastern district. Walter Willard and James Paice, private soldiars in the 35th Regiment of Foot, now in barracks, at Ashford, were on Friday committed to Mail.,tone gaol, for breaking open the house of Robert Nlasca 1, Esq. on the preceding Friday night. The 3d battalion of Dorsetshire Volunteers, cfm- mandeiby Colonel PLEYDELL, arc on permane.it d it y at Blandford ; the accustomed gaiety and good h.i mour of the town, are of course much increased by this influx of pleasant visitants. The Kirkaldy Regiment of Royal Fifeshire Vo- iunteer Infantry, 57(i strong, under the command of Colonel DOUGLAS, have agreed to transfer their ser vices into the Local Militia, on the terms which may be offered by Government under the Act of Parlia ment now pending. We have great satisfaction in informing our Readers that the disturbances at Manchester have ceased, and that the manufacturers have it in contemplation to re move the cause of the discontents among their work men, by an advance in their wages. A meeting was to take place as yesterday for the pufpose ; and we have no doubt that the result will do away every cause of complaint. The wages, previous to the late disturbances, for 14 hours work daily, were as follow :—First-rate workmen from 12s. to 18s. weekly ; the second class, from 9s. to 12s. ; and the third class, from 7s. to 10s. Most of these workmen have wives, and from three to six children—these are certainly strong grounds fur an advance in the price of their labour. In addition to our recent statement of the failure of fodder in the Highlands of Scotland, we hate to add, that on three small farms in the parish of La. theron, in Caithness, 184 black cattle, besides a number of horses, have died for want. In Suther land, Ross, Caithness, and Inverness, there is a ?e -neral and distressing scarcity of provisions—in many places even the grain allotted for seed has been used to keep the people and the cattle alive, and the conse quence must be calamitous, if some relief is not promptly afforded. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.-Th 2 sowing of all sorts of Spring or Lent corn crops, even those of the late barley kinds, in most of the n , .rthern dis tricts, has been some time finished ; and, from the complete manner in which they have been pt r. ins o the ground, and from the warm slit Ave: y weather which has since succeeded, they cannot but h ice co-re forward in a rapid and vigorous manner; wil.ie all those crops of both the grain and pulse kinds which were put into the soil at a more e trly period, have an unusually healthy and promising appearance.