Star. — London, England, 1803-12-16 00:00:00

P4RLIAMENTARt PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, DEC. vs. The Royal Affent, by Comtniffion,direfted to the Loan CHANCELLOR, Earl ROISLYM, and Lord WAL 511i °max, was given to fourteen public and private The Bill for amending and improving the Vo teer Aift, was brought up from the Commons, read a firft tirac, and ordered to be printed.—Adjourned , until to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. QYARMI, Deputy Uflur of the Black Rod, appeared within the Bar, and delivered a &Wage from the Lords, defiring the attendance of the Bode. On their return, the Speaker acquainted the Honk, that the Royal Affent had been given by Commit- San, to the fnrnwing Bills, viz. Malt Duty Bill ; - Penfion Duty Bill g Curates Re lief Bill ; bah Habeas Corpus Bill ; bah Manial Law Bill ; Eat India Bond Bill ; Irith Sugar Draw back Bill; Trills Diaillation Prohibition Bill; and the Pottugal Wine Bonding Bill. The CRAwc luso& of the Facts aqyza gave notice, that after the reeds, he fhould move that 44 a Com mittee be appointed to enquire into the unfortunate differences flirting between the Manufiaturers of Cot- ton and their Workmen." And that "a committee be appointed, to akertain what difference, if any, between malt made from bar ley;of the growth of England, and malt made from barley of the growth of Scotland." The CuescaLLoa of the EICHECWIR then moved, that the Order for the Houfe refolving itfelf into a Committee of Supply be difcharged. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of tae Ex cel/kola, the Houfe—Adjourned till Monday next. LONDON. FRIDAY, DFCEMBr.R 16. Confab for off. 551 div. un.—Reduced 54 onsion diL-4per Cents. 7c,ii—New s per 901. Long Arm. zsi z5-I6.—Sbort Ditto 3 146 f A factseq. Bill. 3t. to 31. preen —Over due ditto, par to is. dff. Ytut:h OF s rocks THIS DAY AT ONE O'Cl.th.:lt. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY : Bank Stock 1'444 Lon: Ann. Is' 15-16 3 ler C. Red. 3410. Short Ann. 3 1-16 3 per C that Imp. Ann. qt... per C. 7 01 ii I Oninium 6 - diE 3 per C. Navy that EngWh Tickets 171.65. 'MC 1 7979419 1 Cour for rec. slit Doskut, Dz.:mesa t 0...-34 per Cent. Gov. Itsbmt. ures 67. Coo& at liticissasse--Dublai oi, Load= z aj. Captain Bass, of his Majelly's brig Garrets., arriv ed at Falmouth front Lam), as we announced yef terday, 'was the bearer of difpatelses of great impor tance, pith which he let off for town immediately on Iris arrival. When the GANN IT left Lifbon, a war between this country and Spain was there confidered as inevit able. We yeflerday laid before our readers Come ktters from Gibraltar and Spain, the contents of which bore rather an hollile appearance. Since then other letters, bat brought from Lifbon by the fame sere!, have reached . us. They are not of fo late a date by fume days, as thole of yeaerday, but tbcir contents are extremely important. They cm ina all the accounts that hare for Tome time been received of the partiality (hewn by the Spa niards to the Preach privateers ; and, to us at lean, teem to prove that we receive no benefit whatever frorn'the neutrality of Spain. We need not here re peat what will be found in the fubjoined lettere, but we (hall nienticn-one circumflance Rated in a letter from another friend, the whole of which it would, perhai.s, be imprudent to publi(h.—" Some time ago our Minifier at Madrid made a very firong Fenton firance againfl the partial protestion afforded by Spain to the French privateers,but without obtaining any fatisfaaory reply, or the leafi prafped being af forded that the French intereft in that quarter would not continue as predominant as it had been for fame time pall." GIBRALTAR, °arum 31. Yetlerday the convoy from England arrived here in the afternoon, with the Escst.t.smv, AMAZON, and JaLouss brig, in thirty days (tons Portimouth. a The Flora tranfpurt, with a party of 40 re cruits, under the command of Lieut. Col. joss., of the lO2een's Regiment, and feveralOfficers wives and (Amines, belo• 3:ng to the gerrifon, having feparated f. rpm the convoy, Was unfortunately taken in Lte Gut a French privateer, about an hour's fail e-head of ,• fleet, and was carlied into Algefiras in the c.!:_ of 1!:e. itzr, wi!h her colours reverfrd, in of the gar; ifon and two line of battle (hips, ly -11,,; the AONMOU rlt and AGINCOURT. It was :nortCyh.,; and degrading fight, and created v:ty univerfil i.. !ignation here. In going into Al. gefiras, tl.e n (Lack upon a reef of rocks about half a mile from the town, where the lay till neat morning. This nEerinl.tl the crew and pagengers were lent over here Goo, .v . ;clL-aa, in exchange foe an equal number , 4 prif 'nets. H The pa.T...np,e,s icy, that the moment the Flora Rot ander Cie parr (.1:( n of the forts at AlAti ras, the Fread.m-ii ititr:, with paints at their Ismaili, (tripped the lc of them of all their eloches, except what o.ey th:.:r backs, taking nes the rings and carr;r7s rsnm di: rams ut the talks 4. The alr4s :v.t! • 'eine> I.i,sh the Spaniards protea the Frtelh privateers in eninmitthas in, ibis nfighbourhoo4 are in (Join% fu ferAgenne t• the fpirit of ..ur Treaties with d. it cr.untsh and ft de grading let our national charaacr to Mink to, that it has suited vcry Ikons lamina km _That was onit one Frenchman on board the privateer ; the reh of the crew were Italians or Spaniards. 8 , The Spaniards teem to have the fulled convic tion that our prefent Knitters will never go to war with them, whilft France permits them to remain neuter, and they treat all our remonftrances with the ntmoft contempt. They teem only anxious to conci liate the good will of the French, and are totally in. different even to preferving appearances with us. " They have never Coffered a French prize to be taken into any Spanith port by any of our privateers, and even our privateers are not permitted to remain in a Spanith port for any time, whilft, on the con trary, French privateer* are harboured, manned, and fitted out in the Spanifh ports. Englifh prizes are received with densonftrations of joy ; the cargoes are immediately landed, and fold without any condemna tion. " In half an hour after the Fs.mta lima:, in going into Algefiras, feveral launches, with cables, put off to their aid, by whofe help Ilse got afloat this morn ing, without any damage, and they are now bufy in landing her cargo, which codified of fiorcs for the garrifon; " Nov. 3.—This morning the convoy failed for Malta, with his Majelly's !hips Ex T mid Assa• tom, with the Jstousa brig. .g The fever rages with great violence all over the town of Malaga : from the aoth to the 3oth of OCto ber, the average deaths amounted to 63 daily. The port is completely Ihut up, and a cordon of troops is forming all round the town. • " Nov. 4.—This goes by the HALCYON, with the mail to Lilbon. The men of war here are the MON. MOUTH, DONNIGAL, and Actscouar." We are informed from Dover, that the Miss gun brig was yefterday got off and carried within the pier. It had blown hard the night before and the whole of yefterday, and our Bculogne fquadron was obliged to Peek Cafe roadileads. A cruiser arrived there Rates, that feveral French gun-boats are on !bore between Dunkirk and Boulogne. They had no doubt taken the opportunity of our cruisers being blown off, to go from port to port, and were caught in the late gales and driven on (bore, or had run from the main to fare their lives. It was fill blowing hard when the poft came away, and feveral cruizers were then fcudding for the Downs to get good auchorage before dark. The French national lugger which we yeßerday announced to have arrived at Penzance, is mentioned in the Gazette as having been Cent with difpatches from St. Domingo for France : of coerce the news of the French garrifon at the Cape having furrender ed is not correet. It appears they were in want of every thing when le Vaucour failed, and we may tepee that the next accounts from that quarter will inform us of their having furrendered to our fleet. We have forborne to obferve the various rumours that have been circulated to difcredit the news of Admiral RAINIII having taken pofreffion of the French fqtradron in the Ealt Indies. We have now to mention, that a pallenger on board the Aussie!. ous, Capt. B►aaca, a country (hip, arrived in the Downs, who came to town yefierday, Rates, that the (hip left Bengal on the 26th of May. A firm time prior to its departure, information had been re ceived there that the Cape of Good Hope had been refuted to be given up. On the Aussie toys reaching St. Helena, the found lying there an A merican (hip, lately frtm the Coromandel Craft, by which they were informed that Admiral RAIXI IR was in poll region of Limots' fyuadron, which bad upwards of goon troops on board. The country (hip left Sr. Helena on the 16th of Odober, and brings the La advices from that place. A refetelabt: houfe in the City has received limilar information' fom St. He lena, by the fame (hip : to which is added, that the French fquadron was taken pofferLon of in Pondi cherry Roads, and that the Mate of the American vetel was prefent at the time. It was Paid to be Ad miral R►ttasa's intention to take the (hipping to Trincomale before the monfoon fet in. By the Dutch papers which have arrived to the Bth inikant, we have news from Pa:is to the 3d. The Fiasr Comsox was then expeacd to proceed again to the coan in a few days, and probably lie is now there. Numbers of troops and detachments of the Confular Guard, are marching to the camp at St. Omer's. Accounts from all the Ports, particularly in the Channel, mention. that the preparations for war are continued with unremitting altivity. It is hated alto. in a letter from the Hague of the 6th, that a number of herring buffes have been put in requifition, to ferve in the espedition againft England. The Dutch Papers,•hnwcver, contain no , details of pre. 'partition at any of the Dutch ports. nor hazard any fpeculations on the labial. It was obkrved, lays a paragraph from Paris, that Count 'deicers., after prefen:ing his letters of meal, quitted the Levee, while the Plass. Cossue was en gaged in converfation with the other members of the Corps Diplomatique. This remark feems to intimate, that Count Msacorr, after having performed his public duty. he prefinting his letters of recal, wifbed to depart without any perfonal civility towards 41; FIRST CONSUL. As Ambalfador of Rums he took the leave which etiquette required. but he appeared difpofed to Bow that he perfonaUy related the be. havioux of the FIRST COML. • There is not a fingle word in the Journals reiptic ing Ruffs. The fifon;mar lays, that the loan of three millions, which the Hanfe Towns have advanced, is on ac count of Hanover, and railed on property there be longing to his MAPSTY, and that France is only guarantee. Pa&ly Dtc. t.—The report that the FItST Con SUL is again about to take his departure encreafes every day, particularly as another detachment of his Life Guards have let off for Dunkirk. The day before yefterday he infpeeled the gun• boats, which were this week launched from the Rocks in the neighbourhood of the Invalids. According to the lateß accounts from St. IVlalo, there are one hundred gun-boats, originally veffels intended for the fifhery, ready for fea. It was obferved that Count MARCOFF, as Coon as he prefented his letters of meal, left the Levee while the FIRST CONSUL was engaged in converfation with the other members of the Corps Dipinmatique. M. Ds Heaves, who was 6th Rated to be appoint ed Spanifh Milliner of Finance, is now, it is faid, to be the fucceffor of the Chevalier d'Azsaass, as Ra don 3panifh Minißer at Paris. Dac. 3 —As different newfpapers, both French and foreign, had fpoken of a loan for the States of Hanover, at Hamburgh, an article has appeared in the official Journal, apparently for the parpofe of re moving all mifappreherfion on thatlubjeft. It Rates that the Hanfe Towns have advanced to the States of Hanover three millions, at 4 per vent. intereft which fum is fecured upon the private property in patrimonial goods of the /Ciao of ENGLAND, and lying in the Eleeorate; that the °Ned of the loan is to enable the Hanoverians to meet the burdens of the war ; and that France is conneded with the 0-ant-ac tion only in fo far as her guarantee was neceffiary.— That in all events the conditions of the loan &sold be complied with. According to all accounts from the ports along the Channel, the preparations for war, panieularly as they regard the grand expeditiog, are far from Wog diminifhed. A detachment of gent d'artaerie d'Elhe the 47 before yefterday marched to S. Oatees t whether a detachment of grenadier. of the guards has fbUo,ed. • HAGUE. D1C11411116.--w tr, e are tafomied rams a requifition has been made by the Covet tent la the Municipality of Vlaardingen. in Maellbeys, for a number of herring but Te st or other Tetras of the Ante defcription, to be immediately provided tq ferre in the prefect expedition. jo the Sitting of the I..egifladye Body this day, a Meffage was received from the Council of Stateb fux ge Ring the appointment of a Cummiuee for the pur pore of making good the (bares of the public burdens impofed en the different Pepartmeots. CONSTANTIMOrLZ, OCTORIR 3o.—.The Porte has received intelligence of the defeat of Abdul Wexhab and his followers, by the Pacha of Gidda. The French Ambalrador, General 810111, his re ceived a courier from Grand Cairo, with the news, that the French Commercial Commiffioner has been received there with all diitindtion by the Pacha. Ire has received a guard of honour, and two pieces of cannon are planted at his door for his defence. The houfe of Commons having difpatched an the Wines intended to be brought forward previous to the reeds, adjourned until Monday. In that interval it is expelled the Houle of Lords will be able to go through the Bills before them, fo that they may rss• ceire the Royal Anent on Tuefday or Wedaelday. Both Houfes will then adjourn until the beginning of February : we hare heard that the 13th u the day fixed. Doetor LINDSAY, the new Bifhop of KMakie. is arrived in tow from Ireland. The annual meeting of the Bath, and Well of En land Society was holden at Hetling Houle, Bath, the 12th, 13th, and I,3th infl. There were prefent— His Grace the Duke of licoroars. Prefident. the Marquis of BATH, Lord Somtsvi , :a, lord POICIIIESTtI. 81r BICMAILD HOARE, Put. Sir WILLIAM MANSILZ, But Sir JOHN COX' Hsrrucrr, Ban. Mart. SILT I NOSLIT, GHAT. (3011 DOM. and est!xr Vice-PITS lent., with a eenederabse number of the (What members. WILLIAM N gq. was elated Vice ?mildew. There was a much larger thew than was expelled of the different branches of fat and lean (lock, which were deemed of improving and valuable quali_ty.— The company dined, as ufuzl, at the White Hart, each day. THEATRE, Dauer-Lama.— The veteran aaor WROUGHTON night perforMed. for the firft time, the part of Sity/och, in the Mere/rant of Venire, in a manner which gave great fatisfaaion. His delinea tion throughout was very ftrongly marked, without any affeaation of new reading or ftudied grimace. In the fcene in which the Jew vows revenge againft Aphair, he was particularly fuccefsfid ; as he was. silo, when he raves for the lots of his daughter; and before the judgment•feat he marked the cold malig. nity of the charatter with a very mafterly hand : in deed his whole perfotmance exhibited a pleafing tri. nmph of the manners of the old fchool.—Mrs.Powat.i. was very impredive in Portia but the tell of the play was aged, with the exception of BAZILT asoas's 13ifsaift in rather a ftovenly COVENT GARDE N.—The Comic Opera of Me Air rva PM in 1542, was performed for a third time yef. tgrday evening. and notwithltanding the badnefs of the weather, attraaed a full and brilliant audience.— The Boxes were graced with an nnufual difplay of (Whim. Among the company were, the Marchiunefs Of BUCILIVONAI4, the Earl and Cannel' of Cu ATH•74I, the Earl and Countefs of Haaataerroa. the Ducbcfs Dowager of Loins. Lord and Lady Hawmasauar , the Conntefs Ds 13av at, l o ndy CLAYTON, and the Duke Di/Biagi. . CORN MARATT, Af.4-LAY:I7, EEC. t 6. This day there are but few frefh famrles of When come to hand, and the prices may be noted a trill: higher on that of WI quality.—Barley is in fhort fupply, and rather better in price. —Malt bas little variation, nor have Beans of each defcription.— Boilers are getting lower.—liog Peas at a fmall ad vance.—We have Oats in good quantity, and the prices nearly as our LA.—Flour is very plentifkl, from the mills having a better fupply of water than of late. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER: Wheat, eos. 48s. 57a. per qr. Hog Pcu, 38s. 414. Fine Ditto, 5111. 595. 6d. Boilers, 465. 525. Rye, 294.315. Carraway Seed, 50.585. cwts Barley, Hs. ans. Corianda, 13$. 151. cwt. Malt, 54 1 .59 - Canary, 6os. 635. cwt. 01101, 2IS. 244. 275.64. White Mtatard, Bs. to lis.buii. Beans, 36a. ow Brown ditto, zes. to as. TOL Ditto 335. 375. Tares, 6s. to 71. Fine Flour, 45$ sos. pa fat Rape Seed, 361.t0 391. per hit INSPECTOR'S RETURN AT UXBRIDGE, DEC. is. Wheat per load 111 os to 151 04 Barley per pinta ii 44 to 11 6$ Oars per ditto it es to it Si Bans pa ditto ii ills to 11 es Peak per ditto al es to al 4$ Joust Hoaaocas, Efq. M. P. gave a grand ball a few _clays ago at his feat at Penvrortbatn. Upwards of son of the principal inhabitants of Prailon and its neighbourhood attended. Lady ELLSIIIIOIOII6H% ill Rate of health, it is with much lbrrow we mention, makes it neeelfary for ber to return to town from Bath, to which flacc berphyfician is gone to accompany ber Ladyflup. Lord Bosrom gave a dinner yefierday to a fele& party of froads, at his boufe in Groftepor-fireet; among whom were Lotd Kisra, Cernelid Fox, and Mr. FassimANTLa, Nothing could be more nattering to Mr. Waring in Moinnia), than the etiticitip of a Tar in the Gal- lery who bawl'd to his Mate, „ Mr Eyes, Jack, that fellow don't know how to pk-y a Sailor at alk,.why you apd I fee an hundred - as good as he every day In the week, in any flip in the fleet i thol maybap as you fee be is a little groggy to he &re and may do it better another time." A t MAL---a I who was oanflned in th e la s e s Beach • for the fun; of si.o . oal. died on Wed nirdiy. in whet is called the state Houfe, where ha 11Md been Ott. a Lir days before in eonf equenee o f bay' a thallwige tog military officer who was Oa Taefday Timmins the three Hottentots left Lcodos i in order to tale blipping for th e i r nat i ve finibtrfs The Mew gm* of literal Volunteer Co r p / h art been put a flop to for the The ill and ad Dreamt, of the brigade of Royal Eall todip Volunteers, are pow daily exercifed by companies, agreeably to the orders of Cols, MILIf and !nasal. Tbc men, after this: judivions prso. tice, are marched to th e armoury, where every pri. To t e cleans his pint maser, under Ma inrpoition of a Non.commilfioned Otruet. 'lle froft was very (were in the neightscsurheed d I Newcaale ha wsek.'Thi riv rivet' Wi4cniapletaky ' for a qoarter'ssf a wile Belo w Type bridge, on . day. On Friday and Saturday there way a issulial Chap, whh made the ranch CR very heavy, dm the snail to tb at town was on Sunday obliged's° be cols rayed thither in a chaife. ; f felk;siing !hips of war were K anchor a; VeMitaven, oh the 4th, viz. the Norratnasag. LAID; of 74; 114. . o"'fili"T , 74; Gavots. 741 Ma7vlrlC• 74; an d - ,l'o s uootaalt, 74. Admiral Sir R. CALOR: wila bendy exprifed to arrive in the PRINCE Or with the Biari.aerii, 001.14111, Allit•ISCI. and PLAST,rOIXIT. ' The johs, Captain (Irani., from Charlenown, arrived at Plyamuth ; the was boarded in Sounding{ by * Girard ninth privateer, of 26 guns and as* asenOrlikh bad been out• dig weeks, and had jai captured a Otip bound to Englind from Savannah; moulding =Waiting; and previous to that time had captured an Zat Indiaman (the Maffei of the Joi n t forgot her ease s) and the brig Maria, from Ulm. hound a IsimPlia .2 • . Account, from Madras, dated May 7, mention a very alersigi free bs that fettlehient; Seventy brilkt. sags, with their contents, were at one time in a Rat, orcooSagestios. By the judicious Meafures whit!} were taken, It was, however, at length fu4sed. The wind was fortunately from the Southward, and very Moderate ; which ciriumtlance preferved the valk mad beautiful range Of biailstiugs lately ere ted by cess.ritte. .I'he lttli fath4ned by' this calamity hid not liken alkeitaimd, mid it was hoped tbi mach of the rice *a. weight be fa fed. No Ryes wets IoR on the melancholy occafaon. • - - - Boyar Bar--Eztrat er* letter Cr= New South Wales, dated Sydney, May 26, tllO arrived here•on the sub of March in good health, thank Gon, after a *ry favourable pairace. We bad *ins men and five wpanen who died or board ;luring the voyage. Mcwory is very fcarce in this colony, as there is none tut copper, of the Birmingham and that pallet to; doable its value in England. -a halfpenny paling few a penny, a penny piece for two &c. The markets are very dear, as you say fee4iy the following lilt of market prices, vie. `Beef, p.perptrood; Motto, as. per ditto; Pre Pfek, Is. per ditto ; 4. 4s per ditto; Cbeek, is pet ass ; prr ditto: eopr, ts 3d. per duo; Km" Ss per lag; paw."' H. 4Bre a d a very reafonahle ; garden.flulf in great p l ent y ; fruit is [came, except melons, figs, and peaches, which are in abandanee. A man's allow- Ewe from the Roves is +lbs. of pork and :nibs. of wheat per week ; end a pound of fugar ones a month. The country is delightfully romantic, the weather temperate. tad the climate healthy ; but fill it is very lonely. We have two crops a Tear. one of wheat and another of India corn. Potatoes and pcm• kins twice a year. 4 live in hopes of feting you one more to partake of an humkle pot of porter, which. bA In T °Pision , in London. s better titan the whole prodoce of this country. lam now folly coeviseed ► that there is so place espial to En&ed." • OD Sunday even in g, at-wt eight o'clock, , *mu was knockad down in Sette&-Rye Sitni clod tabbed of hie was* , . li L,Nia,