Star. — London, England, 1808-05-12 00:00:00

r ro w t here that he . did here, particularly as there scoeld be a greater chance of its being adopted. He animad.verted on the failure of the Noble Secretary of State (Lord Castlereagh) in his engagements to the Catholics of Ireland, and taunted him and the other Secretary on their silence on this occasion. He ap pealed to the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite, whether, if Mr. Pitt had lived, any body would hav e dared to recommend this measure to the Crown ? Though he had very generally been in opposition to Me Pitt, and though l'elr. Pitt had evaded his pledge to the Catholics, he was satisfied he would never have a llowed them to be made the subjects of wanton irri tation and insult. The House should look into this matter ; for it was only to that House that the Ca tholics had now to look. Sir ROBERT WILLIAMS was of opinion with his constituents, that it would not be proper to grant to the Catholics the whole of the emancipation they required. He was, however, open to talson, and would candidly hear every argument that could be a dvanced upon that reat question, and act accord, lag to th imresion made uon hi. Neither he, t or those e who sent him, could m think it warrantable. to countenance or promote a spirit of general insult to t he whole Catholic Body. Mr. MONTAGUE thought it an unpardonable iasult to Ireland, and every one connected with Ire led, to the House of Commons, and to the Empire glair, that his Majesty's Ministers would not con descend to offer any explanation on this important cut e : ion, but sat silent relying on their m co joa sidrity. ' lord HENRY PETTY spoke it nerable length oa the same grounds as Mr. Ties ney. He did pot approre of the excessive care of the church ip which the most distinguished members of the church did not participate. He was satisfied that the Primate of Ireland did not recommend the appointment now under consideration, and that if that distinguished Prelate had been consulted, he would have dissuaded it. He cited the recall of Admiral Berkeley as an instance of concession to offended feeling. Admiral Berkeley had been no more than indiscreet, indiscreet with the excuse of considerable provocation. Were the feelings of the Americans to have a respect paid m them, which was to be denied to a large majority of the people of Ireland. Speaking of the characters of ;he mdividuals, he was suve nobody would think that a respect o-ae due to Dr. Duigenan which was not hewn to Admiral Berkeley. He thought the ap pointment in question highly dangerous us its tendency, ;;;;d thought the House ought to interfere to prevent it. Mr. CURWEN thought it a disgraceful exhibition of the proceedings of that House, that Ministers shoeld sit still, not daring to defend by reason what they meant to persist in voting. He hoped that either his l' , lalesty's Ministers would have the sense to aban don this appointment, or that the Hon. Gentleman would have the sense to decline it. Though he had lata generally in opposition to Mt. Pitt, he ass sure the enlightened mind of that great man would never jive given its assent to such an appointment. Mr. W. SMITH declared, that although they said nothing, in the House, many of the supporters of Mi eisters rad, in private conver the sation, expressed f their decided disapprobation of appointment o The Deigtnan. If the Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, supposed they could make the country believe that they were silent for any other mason bet *ease they could not defend the mea soe, they were very quirt: mistaken. Kr. WINDHAM observed, that the situation of the appareetly spell-bound Gentlemen opposite, after' feelings of indignation excited those ut ridicule.— Would no sense of their public duty, or considera-1 him for their own character, move them ? Surely they ought at least to give to those whom they' expected to vote with them, some reasons for that upectatioe. But what would the country say to this mode of proceeding ? Weutcl they not combine it with the tenure by which the Right Honourable Gen tleman opposite held his office and was content to hold it ? Would they not combine it with the ap poiatrnent of Mr. Gitfard ? Would they not com bine it with the circumstances attending the discus sion of the Maynooth Grant, and the doe/tine that bad then been promulgated ? By their present men,. are, by the preferment of a man whose whole fame was built on his known hostility to . the Catholics, his i Majesty's Ministers had, as it were, hoisted the red bag, and declared that henceforward they would chew no quarter to tie he large end respectable body of subjects of the Empire. . I MIL BERESFORD explained. - Ma WHITBREAD acked, did the Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, sit still in dumb despair ? Were their opinion s on this sub j ect in wison ? Was there an enchantment upon them ? They wore a living appearanc e —their countenances sp oke ; and if he well read the countenance of the Right Ho mumble Gentleman in pal ocular, who had once at tempted to read his countenance (Mr. Canning), it spoke an impatience of deuce, and a disapprobation of the measure of his Right Hon. and Learned coad juter. her was this surprising, when the che:acter of the obnoxious individual, who was the subject of dis cussion, via; considered ; when his language in that House respecting the Catholics was r emembered, and when the publication to which his name had been pre fixed was adverted to, in which he described the Ca thllics as from conscience traitors to their ceuntry, as ewingebedienee to a foreign Power, and as ready to bow deem their country to the t ubjagation of that Power. Mr. I.(tCfc HA RT, although a friend to tolera ien, disapproved of that stet of teleratiop which de- 1 ;4g:iced into a total apathy and indaerence with re spect to our own religion. He reprobated the endea.l vows that had been made to degrade the character 0.1 a Gentleman, w i.o, although he had certainly elf pressed strong opinions, might opt be prepared to . en. torte them wen a r i g our which was ascribed to ham_ After a short closing speech from Mr. BARHAM. i the Hence divided—For the moticnt I 07 —Against it, 1; t. Majority 67. The further consideration of the Report of the leo cal Militia Bill was postponed until to-morrow. After a short conversation, in which Sir A. Wea 1-BUY, Mr. PONMDNBY, Mr. SHAW, the SPEAKER, Fir J. Newroite, and Mr. J. LATOTICUM participated; tile Committee on the Dublin Police bin was postponed to Wednesday next. On tine suggestion of Mr. TIEft.NEY, ' the Order of the Day for taking i n to further conside ra t ion the Petitions r especting the Orders in. Council, which ,:tood for to-morrow, was discharged, and a Mew .rider made for Wednesday race:.—Atlaenneek TIIE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY 12. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 67N—for acc. 673—Reduced 6 . 4 67. Exchequer Bills, 7s. Bs. prem.—lndia Bondi 4s. pren. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Red. 67iti India B.ods 3s. 4s. prem. 3 per Cent. Cons. 68 68 Imp. spr Cent. %it 4 per Cent. 8411 i I , pp. Aim.... 5 per Cent. Navy, NISH Excheq. Bills, 6s. 9s. roc. Long Ann. 181 I S-Vtlis English Tickets 2.01. 19s. India Stock Cons. for acc. 6841 His Majesty's ship CROCODILE, arrived at Ports mouth from the Cape of Good Hope, sailed, from thence about the sth March ; his Majesty's ship PROCRIS arrived there on the '2oth February, from Portsmouth, and sailed again on the 24th for the fast Indies. The Abundance store-ship and Sally transport arrived at the Cape on the 18th February from Portsmouth. The Danish East Indiamen Ma rian, Captain ROFERD ; and the Harragoord, from Bengal, have been captured, and seat into the Cane ; the former by his Majesty's sloop colon:n(4NT, the latter by his Majesty's sloop Orput.. By the CIIELELY gaa-brig, which arrived at Ply mouth on Monday from the squadron off Lisbon, we have received the melancholx intelligence of . the death of Captain CONWAY SHIPLEY, of his Majesty's ship NYMPHS, of 38 guns, who lost his life in attempting to capture oue of the enemy's corvettes: the circum stances, as far as we have been able to collect them, are as follow : —On reconnoitring the harbour of Lisbon, it was discovered that a very large corvette had taken refuge under the forts on the shore, and was lying at anchor very near Beleni battery : an at tempt to cut her out was projected, and eight boats were manned by volunteers from the NYMPHE, and the Btossost, of 18 guns ; they were headed iu this gal lant enterprize by Captain SHIPLEY, who was in a fast row;ng boat, and consequently took the lead, and was the first to get alongside the enemy ; but, hi attempting to board her, he was unfortunately shot, and fel; immediately into the sea, and was never seen afterwards ; one of the boat's crew was killed at the same time, and a Midshipman and two ethers were wounded. The other boats pot being able to get alongside the enemy, owing as we understand to a strong current of tide that then set out of the har bour, and the unfortunate circumstance happening, the attempt to carry the corvette was abandoned.-- Captain SHIPLEY'S death is very much lamented by all that knew him, and the country has lost a very meritprious officer. lie had his commission with him, and a considerable sum pf money, which he took lest he might fall into the kends of the enemy— this unfortunate business happened on the 16t h It does not appear that the batteries annoyed the boats match, but they were exposed to the fire of up. wards of 7000 troops on the shore. The CIIEERLY leftthe squadron fourteen days since in good health and spirits, and plentifully supplied with all kinds of necessaries. The blockade is so strict, that no vessel can pass in or out of Lisbon un molested. The “At:GIITY gun brig arrived at rlymcuttls on Monday from the West Indies, with dispatelles from Admiral COCIIRANE, dated 30t4 March : she brings an account, picked up from an American at spa, that the 4ochefort Squadron, consisting of eight sail of the line, arrived in the Citesapeake the latter end of March. This, we doubt not, will prove to be the Mullet o• .vs revived. The various accounts already received seem to put it beyond a question that the squadron alluded to is in the Mediterranean. The RENOMMEE frigate, the arrival of which at Portsmouth we announced yester day, befnce her departure from Gibraltar on the 28th ult. learnt from the SPARTAN frigate which had ar rived there from Sicily, that on her voyage she fell in with an enemy's squadron often sail of the line, and some frigates, off Sardinia, on the Bth of April, steering for Toulon ; which was doubtless that of Ad miral GA' rstEAustE on its return from the Adriatic ; as previous accounts had informed us of the arrival of that officer with his fleet, consisting of the combined Rochefort and Toulon squadrons, at that port on the 1 10th ult. SPAIN. - We are at length enabled to commnnicate to our Readc:s some authentic intelligence respecting Box A, eAara's intentions towards the new King Of SPAIN. A meeting took place between them, not at payonne, as was supposed, ,but on the frontiers of Spain, near Vittoria. At this interview, BONAPARTE received FERDWAND with the greatest distinction, acknow ledged him KING of SPAIN and the Isom, and has conAded to him the administr4tion of Portugal until the conclusion of a general peace. Spain is to join in the Conikderation of the Rhine, and to furnish a contingent of 50,000 men. The late King and Queen are to be sent into France, under a very strong escort. With respect to the Panvevofthe Pteca,nothing is, we understand, yet determined respecting his fake. The revolution appears to have been entirely the ef fect of French intrigue, and by the arrangemellts which h a ve taken place, BC I NAPARTH has become virtually King of Spain, But though thF pp , Government i entirely devoted to France, the tleople of Spain seem very unwilling to sacrifice their independence. veral etemnotions have taken place, and it hal.. been thought necessary to augment the French troops in Madrid, to upwards of 50,000 men. • With respect to Portugal, although the nominal administration of it is given to the new King of Spain, is obvious that General .It7Nor will in reality be the Governor of that unfortunate Country. The marriage between the new King of Spain, and one of the Bo- NAPARTE Family (we believe Mademoiselle La PA GERIE) will shortly take place. Letters received by the MALmsAn, from the Cape of Good Hope, state, that the SArlmutE sloop of war, Captain DAMES, having Sir HARFOAD JoNrs on board, and suite, sailect from thence on the 48th January, on an embAssy to Persia. The EURYDICg kts brought dispatches from Mr. ERSKINE, but their contents have not transpired. By the HASTY, accounts have been received that three French brigs of war, with troops, had got into Martinique. • We have received a further confirmation of the ri, gorous or hostile treatment now experienced by the Americans in the ports of thi enemy. Two vessels arrived yesterday from different, ports in France, one. of which sailed on the 30th ult. and the other effected her escape on the 4th inst. The accounts they bring are amply. corroborative of those given in the STAR of Tuesday, relative to the decree issued by BONA PARTE at Bayonne, which is now acted upon to the full extent of its rigour, and a strict embargo has been laid on all American vessels and property, as well in all the ports of France as in those of Holland. Yesterday, at two o'clock, his MAJESTY held a pri vate levee, at the Queen's House. The following ,Noblernen and Gentlemen had the honour of being I presented to his MAJESTY Viscount FALmou Ty, upon caring to his title, I,y the Duke of BEILLIfOKT. Mr. MitostAY, upon his return from abroad, by Sir lIFNRY MILOMAY. The Res. O. H. Or. Asse, the Seeretarf to ace Corporvi:m of the Sons of the Clergy, upon his presenting to his VIAJ::-. , ry Archdeacon Cox's Sermon. Lord LOWTHER, in - the Earl of LoNsnAt.r. Captain PETER RAIXIFR, upon his return from India, and in • rom,equence of the action he fought in Batalia Roadi, on tin., I .`...t4 of October, I BOG. Mr. Justice BAILEY, by the Loan CHANCELLOR, upon his being appouftcd one of the Judges of tl. Court of King', Ilenr1:, upon which occasion Isis 7 1 / 4 13) ES et was pleased to roofer the ts. , nour of Knighthood upon him ; he, of course, is now Sir Juni: BAILRY. The Marquis of HJx T LT, upon his being appointed Lord L'eu tenant of the County of Aberdeen. The Marquis of Tw Etes Lc, by the Dyke of Goavos:,—upon coming to his title, bring of age, and being appointed a Lieute nant in the First Regiment of t;unch. lieutenant Colonel SiETESsuN BA it Ns, of the Roy.Js, upon his appointment. following were prebeAteti typn their prim°. • LIMERICK, mAr 4. Communications from Govbrnment to Brirder Major HAUDING, were on Sunday lasi announced by Captain VINCENT, to the Yeomanry Corps of this city, assembled on parade ; the purport was to , ascertain the names of those members who might beldisposel to extend their services to other parts of Ireland, is case of invasion or insurrection ; but at the time to have it clearly understood, that Gvvernment would not require under any emergency - to move those who from business or family circamsances, or from bctl. of an advanced age, or being afflicted wi.h any per• soaal debility, were not r, ell calculated fbr - aesivesteg vice ; and that such might, therefore, prefer &trim their respective districts. Nif&TICAL M7'ELLIGENC.E. CQRK, MAT f. This moaning his Majesty's sloop HELENA, Capt Ain WORTH, arrived at Cove from a cruize • and his Ma jesty's ship VlitonitE, Capt. BRACE, raile d on a craize. GREENOCK, MAY 9. His Majesty's ship ...nEsus, Captain ATTRIDGE, RT. riTed here on Saturday last ; and his Majesty's ship Twos, Captain FERRIERES, is hourly expected, both from Plymouth, ordered here for the protection of the trade. _ _ PLYMOUTH, MAY 10, Arrived the HAUGHTY gun-brig from the West In dies.—Sailed the CAMBRIAN frigate on a cruize. PARTSMOUTH, MAY 11. Arrived his Majesty's ship CROCODILE from the Cipe of-Good Hope.—His Majesty's ships, FLYING FISIL ANT are appointed convoy for the Downs. COWES, MAY U. Arrived on Sunday, the STORK cutter, Captain FKluus, N`ith a seizure of 300 casks of spirits, and immediately sailed. Came in this morninq, the S matt and SwALLow revenue cutters, from off Alderney,. with a lugger, 57 feet long, callod the " Brothers of Lyme," laden with 135 casks of spirits, and four cap tured men, who were sent to the ROYAL WILLIAM man of war at Spithead. Sailed, Commodore BLAKE, in the HART revenue cruizer, for Deptford.. DFAL, MAY 11. Arrived this morning, and sailed for the River, the Em-ydiCe, ComrroN, from Surinam ; also armed his Majesty's sill!) A r.rxt, 111.1, from Plymouth, and re mains in the Downs v:111 his Majesty's ships, &c. as per last. Wind Southerly. YARMOUTH, APRIL 11. This morning, after repairing her dAmages, sailed the MAGNET sloop of war, to join the Eipertition. Arrived the VESTAL frigate, PROSELYTE bomb, and ZE3OIIIA. sloop of war and remain with the MAJF.STIC, ROEBUCK, NASSAU, STATELY, and HAVOC.—Wind S. S. W. strong breeze. P. S, The ZENORIA has brought over Capt. BLAND, late of the. Flora, wrecked; Captain DRNNLS, of the Sparkler, ditto ditto, and several other officers wrecked in a transport coming from Copenhagen last January. Up to tha, latest date of our letters, it appears_that the French privateers still continued their depreda i tions in the Bay of Bengal; and that the Calcutta Irkstirance Company alone had sustained losses to the mount of 20 Lacs of rupees. tions ; Admiral NuCENT. Rear Admital;,--Maax ROBINSON and q. Losacx, Generals—Si: JAWS B O LTR NET, CASICREII., GWYKIir, Lord HILATUTIELD and STANWIX. Major General the Hun. ALE% A NOR R Ho rs. Lieutenant Ger.eials—Tuciawrost, PHIPPS, 8aN6924, Rural, Sir A. Wurrest.tr and BIOWNRIGO. Colonel BROWN, of the 12th Light Dragoons. Captains—ay. LOSACK anal CRAraZI. Ills MAJESTY held e Privy Council, and gave au ; diences to the Duke of PORTLANI and the other Ca binet Ministers. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East-India House, when Captain CoLoiles, of the Trays s,, took leave previous to departing for Ma deira, Madras, and Bengal. A. CUNNINGHAM, Esq. was appointed the COmpaay's Agent at the Brazils. The neighbourhood of Exeter is likely to be very gay in consequence of the.gallant Admiral, Sir Tito- MAS Ducetwoiten's marriage with ;he daughter of the late Bishop BULLER, of that Diocese. Sir THOMAS has fitted up, in a very handsome manner, his new -- - purchase and Mansion of Wear, about four miles I In the list of Indian deaths for November is inclu. from Exeter, on the Exmouth road. Mahogany is did the name of WALTER Gemor, Esq. late Master the general timber made use of within doors. ( in Equity of the Supreme Court. The late Admiral RAINIER has left property to the I A Madras Paper gives a circumstantial account of amount of nearly 1.2.50,000 ; and after providing the dreadful effects of a hurricane experienced at Ma. amply for his near relations, has made the following dras and its vicinity, in the month of December. bequest : Fiees.—A fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon, .‘ I bequeath one-tenth part of my personal pr o perty to the in Dover, in the warehouses belonging to Messrs. Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the thou being , towards the re- ; FECTOR and MINET, which raged with sech fury ductiun of the National Debt, in acknowledgment of the renerous 'bounty of the national establishment of the Royal Navy, in New. eater part c them in a few as to destroy the great ff I have acquired the principal part of the fort one I now have, hours. The fire was first discovered in a cellar where which has exceetred my merit and pretensions . " a great deal of turpentine was stowed, which- soon communicated with the rooms above. Fortunately, Thurday last died, at the Deanery , Boct.ing, Suf. folk, the Right Honourable and very Reverend Lord i the water was kept up in the pent, and soldiers being Citaiteess AANSLEY only brother of his -Grace the procured front the garrison, prevented the lire front Duke of Maim.. His Lordship was in hi; :37th year, getting to the storehouses belonging to the Ordnance, and by his Majesty's permission took the name of . where there was much ammunition; a great part of Asa:slew, CM his marriage with Miss As sst.EY, of which, however, was taken out, and put on hoard a Littleharle Tower, in Northumberland, by whom he vessel in the harbour. A groat number of the lithe ' has left a son and two daughters. bitents belonging to the lower part of the town shut The small Militia corps are -in futere to be em- up their homes, and went upon the hills, fearing the ' ployed ip manning the various forts and batteries on magaeine would blow up. A Grecian ship, which the Coast. has been detained here a considerable time, caught The Ennis Yeomanry Infantry have volunteered fire several times; but the engines being well supplied, to extend their services to any part of Ireland ; and prevented her from receiving very considerable (V- I the Ennis Cavalry to any part of the county Clare. mage : her main and mizen mast, with her rigging, The 9th, 40th, and 91st regiments of foot, are under were much burnt. Three of the soldiers got hurt, orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark at but not dangerously ; happily, no lives were lost. The fire was not quite extinguished yesterday. The the Royal Cardigan Militia molted from warehouseses being nearly filled with different sorts of Cork. Fmo n day aversham to Canterbury, on their route for Deal ; goods, the loss seal be very great, the fire being so and the Royal Flintshire Militia, matched into Can. very fierce as to prevent people from going into some terbury on Sunday, also on their route lOr the ,of the rooms where goods were stowed : some sugar, Coast. coffee, and wine were got out. An invitation has been held out by. Government Yesterday morning,'between three and four o'clock, Ito the Volunteers of Ireland, to extend their services a fire broke out in the yard of Mr. Coares, a coach 'to any part of that King4om in case of invasion or builder in Blackfriars'sroad. Several new and act insurrection. Several corps of Yeomanry and fro- icarriages, the workshops, &c. as also several tene lunt&rs have accordingly v o lun t eer ed their services ments , were destroyed. The fire was occasioned, it in this manner. is said, by the carelessness of a hackney coachman, Monday the 24th Foot marched from the New in leaving a light in his Ferriage after putting it up at n ga c a k l of o mthstef re- Thei l - i a Barracks, Chelmsford , on their route to Tilbury a late hour the night before. It is impossible to descrite mires they of were the running Fort, there to embark for. Guernsey. the distress 47th also marched the same day froTn Chelms7 isea ford on the same route. peoplerni living bon a t t the naked, back tic, while others were busily employed* in removing The lOth regiment is ordered from Chelmsford tp their furniture, etc. In the confusion, a Jew of the Weeley barracks. name of Solomon, who bad put his purse in his pock( a, The Rutland Militia i lw y ! marched f rom Deal was robbbed of it, which contained considerabli Folkekone. Wm. B reve s promotion, in the p4zatte of lieturday • Yesterday morning, - at half past six o'clock, a fire t as t, will displece several officers now on the staff— broke put at a pawnbroker's, in Portpool-lane, Gray's Lieutengnt-Genera! CART RIGHT, in consfiqueneft, rpslismelape. and we are concerned to add, that the owner linguishes the command of the brigade of cavalry in : of the house perished in . endeavouring to save part of . Canterteurp • his property. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Ga l va3eNn, MAY ti.—Passed by the Rosin*, from the South Seas; Good Intent, Staving, from Demerara.; ' Lady Tyreonnoll, Gray ; and the longe Jan, cirius, from St. Mi chael's; Renown, Tibball; flom cork Blessing, Richardson ; and the Hambletonian ' BardweU, from Gocrny. ; Harmony,, Dingle, from Lirnitick ; Princess Mary, Hunt • George, Bi cliArtlson ; Ranger, HendersOp ; and the Hannibal , from Waterford. The Shannon, Daniels ; and the Hope, Barrett, frpm London for limerick, are taken and carried into Teneriffe. The Ceres, Bennett, fivm Limerick, for Loudon, is also taken and carried into Teheri:fe. I r