Star. — London, England, 1808-03-08 00:00:00

, to m ake this motion on an earlier day it as, his expecta- I fr - - the intervening period, some other petitions, similar Ofh I .... b e D ow held in his hand, would be presented from sto" 6 ' .. - The Petition was brought up, read, and ordered e sabl e iidgigetti.th ...NA _ _ • PP "' MUTINY BILL. . i . gotioy gi p was read a second time, and en the motion 'eeps/at War was ordered to be committal to-morrow. 1 l ltile LECRETARY AT WAR gave notice, that a Noble I. .. 4ed a m, w oad to-morrow in the Committee move a clause his sure Tower the enlisting o f men for life. 11:e JOHN NEWPORT expressed rise, that a measure _d, -- ,rss to undo the effort of the whole military system, which 7 - o b ta ined the sanction of the Legislature, was to be brought d shape of a clause in the Committee. The CH in the ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saw nothing Ins _„,e in die mode in which the alteration proposed was intended T'-•btieteodated by his Noble Friend, for two seasons ; in the 5"-Jece because there was no other way in which it could be 1° ,„: — : ' secondll because the change of system which had .- iesotrod : and uc .....a i...„ 7 ; Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr. tro th e m) had been done precistl . y in the same way, namely, in ;comma on the Mutiny Bill. . g r . CALORAFT contended that it might have been done, if 1 difnt way, at lost at an earlier period, so that the ~,t o ere 7 00 , otto, h av e had an opportuntty of frequently debating the 9 1°.* TRADE LICENCE& lir. HORNER, in pursuance of his notice, called aitention of the Hou se to these licences. He °b tile o g, that they required very serious consideration co t h e ir principle. At presents however, he would a c me l oro self to the circumstances of fees imposed f ee t he granting of these licences ; and his intention was to move, t e when the accounts of these fees iot a b e received, to have them referred to a Com xittge o f finance. He then moved that the Papers alrea d y on the table, giving an account of fees recei ved by public officers, for trade licences, dated the Nth and 1 lth of February last, should be referred t o a Committee of Finance. On the question being put, th, ROSE stated to the Honourable Gentleman, titan inquiry has been going forward for some time lithe different offices, to be laid before the Privy c o uncil, and when they were ready they should be fartheith presented to that House, which he conceived would answer every purpose that could be desired ; .be therefore wished the Honourable Gentleman would bre the goodness to postpone his motion till theie : p a pers were before the House. The ADVOCATE.GENE RAL declared that no 1 abases hadprev.elcd with respect to issuing these trade ed aus. owl. :suf. tent. RE?, ne. iswer !man sub shed, )l• a had His sting ;I O, viug, stet's :ation id ne• dyed a :know- House reed to. ity ii!! ceeived vs was 1.04 AV efi.rred pointed the So• N ish to K t. ratatives 7ewca' . coon f eclariog Gt N, Sir JOHN 'NE WPORT considered them as liable t'3 be abused, and that therefore they should be re- gul att4 ' Mr. THOMPSON wished that fixed prices were yid for obtaining them, and no preference given to those who sought for them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU E R as inclined to believe, that the Papers promised, by BRight Honourable - Friend (Mr. Rose) frcm - the Nry Council, would answer all the purposes requi. 3a, and he trusted that the Honourable Gentleman would therefore postpone his motion until they were pctlnced. After a few observations from Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Homer withdrew his motion. DROITS OF THE ADMIRALTY. Sir FRANCIS BURDET'I' moved, that there be lAbefore the House an account of the total amount dall the sums issued under warrants of his Majesty, from the Registrar Court of Admiralty, from the pro mils of the Droits of the Admiralty or of the Crown, since 1792 to the latest period to which such an ac cou nrcan be made up ; together with -an account of the balance remaining in the Registrar Court of Ad- miralty. After a few words from Mr. Huskisson, the Ac count was ordered to be produced. ORDERS IN COUNCIL. On the motion of Mr. Perceval, the Order of the Day was read, for taking into further consideration the Orders in Council Bill. On this subject a desultory conversation arose be tween Mr. Eden, Mr. Perceval, Mr. Ponsonby, Lord H. Petty, Mr. Baring, and Sir J. Newport, when the Bill was ordered to be engrossed with its amend ments, and read a third time on Thursday next. The Lists for the appointment of the East India Judicature were opened, and they were, as usual, re ferred to the Committee to report the names of all Members of the House, who appeared on more than booty of the lists. The Report to be made to-mor tow.---Adjounted. THE EVEIsiING 5T21.4. LONDON. .... _. _, TUESDAY, - MARCH PRICE OF STOCKS THIS 1:0:_Y AT Otig O'CLOCK. Comets, for money, 53.1. 64—for April, 6417—Reduced shut. Omnium 3i—Excheq. Bills, par Is. pre. - PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Per Cent. Red. Ann. shut India Bonds, 26. a 3s. dis. 3 pet Cent. Cow. 6.31 64} 64 Ex. Bills, Is. dis. 21. pr. 4 per Cent. shut Omnium 3 per Cent. Navy 97!-I- . English Tickets, 211. Long An.o. shut Cons. for Feb. 64t The embargo is taken off at Antwerp and Flush g. A vessel arrived at Dover yesterday morning from the latter port, which she left on the preceding ' 4o ming, having been detained there fourteen days by strong northerly winds, which prevented her from putting to sea. She left the former port as soon as the . embargo was taken off, which was three weeks . 7nce. She brings intelligence that eight ships of war ire aow fitting out at Flushing with great expedition, ' and are Expected to be ready for sea by the beginning if next month ; but states, that at present there are no seamen to man them. These are the ships which were built. at Antwerp, where others are now building. 4urnba 'ens in ber last. Lary for Irelaud At a late hour last n i ght we received Dutch Pa- Pen to the Ist inst. and French to the 25th ult. from which we have given large extracts in the pre ceding columns, with -some additional articles from the Hamburgh and Altona Papers received yesterday. The Russians are active in their preparations for attacking Sweden. They are now stated to have en tered Finland. General' . Brlxtiovpor, who has the crud' command in that 'direction, is stated to have "Irranized not less than 180 regiments, most of which Aders of minions I itheels 'roin no n in the whom muta re, that kiting in 1, in the sure for If move Petition .ilnot are froth fresh levies, and the whole are said to have proceeded to Finland and Moldavia. On the left Bank of The Danube the Russian pre_ partitions for renewing the war are vigorous ; and the movements of the French in various directions are doubtless connected with these preparations ; in short, the fate of the Ottoman Empire appears to be finally sealed. By accounts from Vienna, it would appear, how& ever, that the Poase has now opened its eyes to the danger with which it is threatened; and it is reported they now solicit from England that aid, which, not long ago, they refused with disdain. The idea is, that they have agreed to allow this country to occupy Egypt and the Morea. These papas take no notice of the Rochefort squa dron, except by way of rematks on the statements given in the English papers. It appears, however, that the enemy seriously me ditates an invasion of Sicily ; and with this there can be no doubt the motions of . that fleet are associated. Previously to the projected attack on Sicily, the Eng- lish are to be dispossessed of Fort Scylla, situated on a rock on the Continental side of the Streights of Messina. The army for this purpose is assembling in Calabria, where King JOSEPH is shortly expected to join it. The Toulon squadron is said to have quitted that port on the 18th of January, the day after the Rochefort squadron escaped from itsharbour. Admiral THORN BOROUGH is stated to have immediately sailed in pursuit of the former, which had been seen off Malta on the 24th ult. The Archipelago was believed Lobe its place of des tination ; and, with a view to obstruct its course, Lord Cowscwoon was himself said to be going, with the rest of the fleet under his command, to take his station off Zante. Others however think, and with some probability, that it may be bound for Alexandria. If this information be correct, and the Rochefort squa dron be intended (as has been supposed) for Sicily, it will find that island without a ship to defend it, and may perhaps have time to transport some troops thi ther from the Italian coast, as Sir RICHARD Stna- WAN was confessedly eleven days after it in the pur suit. Two regiments had been left at Gibraltar by Sir JOHN MOORE, in order to be sent back to Sicily ; and as many regiments , of cavalry arc to be sent thi ther from this country. • Private letters, received with the above journals , state that France entertains some dissatisfaction at the conduct of Austria and Russia ; and they even suggest the possibility of a renewal of hostilities. — With the experience of so many confederacies, de feated confederacies, we cdnfess this expectation would not flatter or cheer us. BONAPARTE, it is said, is gone to Bourdeaux, from whence, it is conjectured, he will proceed to Spain. Other letters from Holland state, that the prices of colonial produce have risen enormously. American vessels are allowed to enter the Dutch ports ;—but such as are discovered to have touched at a British harbour, uniformly fall under the rigour of BONA PARTE'S decree. All the ships and cargoes detained in Holland have been condemned, and the greatest distress prevails among the merchants. PORTUGAL. By the American ship Unice, letters were rester day received in town from Lisbon to the 4th Irebru. ary, which contain information of much importance. It appears by them, that on the 23d December last BoNAPARTE signed at Milan a Decree, or Manifesto, by which he finally determined the fate of Portugal. This Decree was not promulgated at Lisbon until the Ist day of February. SUBSTANCE OF THE DECREE. It declares the throne of Pcrtugal abdicated by the family of I Braganza, which is never more to reign ; and that henceforward the kingdom of Portugal is to be united to and considered as part of the dominions of France. It recommends the cultivation of friendship between the troops of France and Portugal ; to cement which he promises, that those of Portugal shall hereafter be considered as sharers, and entitled to participate in the glory-obtained by the troops of France in the memorable battles of Marengo, Jena, Austerlitz, &c. It dissolves the Regency formed by the Prince Regent, the members of which are placed in various stations in the public de. partments, and are, in future, to act under the controul of the French Government. In the beginning of the month of February, JUNOT issued an order for a further contribution on the people of forty millions of crusadoes (about £400,000 ster ling), to be paid by three instalments, the first of which was to be paid on the 10th of March, the second in May, and the third in June. The Chiefs of Cities and Towns to be allowed to tender the church-plate in part payment of such contributions, it being con sidered only necessary to retain in the churches such a quantity of plate as should be deemed sufficient for use in the ordinary performances of divine worship. The goods of British manufacture, of which ac counts had been given in, were to be sold by the holders ; who, on effecting the sales, were to pay into the treasury one-third part of the amount of such sales for the benefit of the State. The Tax on. Income, which was previously at ten per cent. has been augmented to thirty, and is to be paid by the people in every part of the dominions, ex cepting those only who reside in those towns and places through which the troops of France were neces sarily obliged to march on the way to Lisbon. Such are to be altogether exempt from this tax, in conse quence of the severity of their losses on that occasion. Letters *ere received yesterday from St. Domingo down to the middle of December. There has been Much severe fighting between the forces of Permit and CinustoptiF. We arc not yet in possession of the details of the various conflicts which have taken place, but we understand they have terminated generally in favour of the former. Two American ships have arrived at the Island of St. Thomas from American ports, since the embargo took place. Thus it appears that the embargo is not strictly enforced. Some letters from Holland, dated so late as the 29th ult. state, that several American vessels which had come into the ports of this country in pursuance of the Orders in Council, and which hadbeen boarded by our cruizers► were allowed to unload without any molestation what ever. \V are informed of the names of these vessels, but which we do not think proper to mention. The master of one of them, which left an English port on the 25th January, writes that he did not attempt to conceal the circumstance, and that he experienced no obstruction, although he was laden with coffee and sugar, which are articles peculiarly suspicious. It is therefore inferred by this writer, and that indeed ap pears to be the general inference of those whose letters we have seen► that it is intended to relax, if not to suspend, the operation of BONAPARTE'S anti-corruner cial decrees, with regard, at least, to America. A Gentleman who left Spain at the commencement of the last month, and who is just arrived in this coun try, states, that at the time of his . departure, there were above 130,000 French troops in Spain, whose presence had inspired much terror in the population of the country. They had not been guilty of any exac tions or oppressions, but they seemed very anxious to impress the Spaniards with an idea that resistance to their will would be attended with dangerous conse quences. Their will and object, according to the ge neral apprehension of reflecting men in Spain, is a revolution in the Government of that country. That revolution, however, is not expected to involve the total removal of the. House of Bourbon, but the sub jugation of what is to remain of that House to the will of BONAPARTE, by the marriage of the PRINCE of ASTURIAS to a Member of his family, or rather that of the Empress JOSEPHINE, whose niece has been for some tme destined for the Heir Apparent of Spain. Yesterday died suddenly, Sii: GlLss Rooks, Knt. one of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. BREAD.—There being no Court cf Aldermen held to-day, the LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to remain the same as last week. Lord GAMBIER is, it is said, to have the command of the Channel Fleet, in which Admiral HARVEY is to hoist his flag. The French, too, are rt ported to have made some demonstrations of moving in Brest harbour ; this may probably be with a view to mask their other naval operations. Admiral BERTIE is to have the command at the Cape. Some more Papers relative to Portugal, were last night presented to the House of Commons. They consist of the Correspondence of Mr. Fox and Mr. WINDHAM with Lord ROSSLYN and General SIMcoE, relative to the military part of the expedition under the orders of Lord Sr. VINCENT, which appeared off Lisbon in 1806 ; together with an account of the con ferences with the Portuguese Minister on that occasion. They furnish nothing new, and are now rendered al together uninteresting. Danes have published a formal contradiction of Lord CASTLEREAGH'S estimate of the force in Zealand at the time Copenhagen surrendered. His Lordship stated the total number of Danish troops at 35,000, whereas the Danes admit that there were 7000 only in all Zealand, exclusive of 800 militia, who were destitute of every military equipment. A German Journalist observes, that the sale of Di vinity at the last Leipsic book-fair, was dull, and that books of Physic were a mere drug. ROLLS COURT. ••-•• Last night the cause between Lord MAHON and his father, Earl STANIIOI'E, came on to be heard before the MASTER of the Rom.s. Three Counsel were heard, but the further consider ation of the case stands over till this evening. MADAME CATALANI'S PARTY.---A few days ago Madame Catalan entertained a large party of per sons of the first distinction. Amongst the company were— I His Royal Highness the Duke of• Berry—the Duke of Deven shire and Lady H. Cavendi sh—the Marquis zn Marchioness of Stafford and their Daughter—Marquis and Marchioness of Head fort and Daughter—Count and Countess of Eesborough—Mar quis of Abercorn—Lord and Lady Boringdon—Lora and Lady Harrowby—Lady Elizabeth Foster—Lord Grenville, Lord G. L. Gower Lord Robert Fitzgerald, Lord Castlereagh, Count de Vaudreuil, and many other gentlemen o f the Duke of Berry's suite. Madame Catalani gratified the company with se veral favourite airs. At 12 o'clock the cosapany par took of an elegant slipper. D RURY -LANE.—Mr. SHERIDAN'S Pizarro attracted a crowded House last night. The Performance was excellent, and received the most unbounded applause. In and Out of Tune followed, with much success. JOHNSTONE'S two songs were universally encored. Mrs. BLAND, Miss LYON, and Miss DUNCAN, were severally applauded. THEATRE., COVENT-GARDEN.—Light night Miss NORTON performed the very interesting part of Jane Shore, in Rowe's Tragedy of that title, in a stile which exhibited indications of greatly rising merit. Her action is sometimes a little too redundant, but her general deportment is graceful, and her voice is mel lifluous, and *of considerable compass, though she ma nages it more artificially than is necessary. Miss SMITH is now well established in Alicia, and CHARLES Kr.anme's Hastings is an animated delineation ; but the Play has lost much of its late attraction by the abdication of his brother.—MUßßAY'S Gloster is a very inflated performance. —The new Pantomime fol lowed, and GRIMALDI soon dissipated the gloom pro , daced by the Tragedy. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MARCH S. Sailed the Hind cutter for the Dow Is, and a fleet of coasters, for Wales.—Wind N. E. COWES, MARCH 7. Last 'Friday two boat's well armed, were sent from the Royal William, at Spithead, to Cowes, and forcibly took out of harbour the American ship Logan, MVIIICK master, which had come into tl t port, under the regulations of the Orders in Council of 11th November last. The cause assigned for this proceeding is, that some of the crew, whom the master had discharged for bad conduct, had sworn, that during the voyage, he hail 'brown overboard paPers. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7. Arrived his ;vl.4 j k:s./ , ... .r, from the Downs, with a fleet of outward bound vessels, &c. under convoy. The following is a list of vessels which sailed yesterday for the Mediterranean, viz. the Tri ton, BIRT ; Ganges, MAIN ; John, GILLMAN ; Hen rietta, LONGIIIIRST ; Experiment, SAUNDERS ; Acorn, BASS ; Samuel, DACRES ; Farmer, STEWART ; Eco nomy, BRADSHAW ; Archimedes, HARLEY ; Travel ler, CQLLINSON ; Ibbetson, HARRISON ; and the Mer- I chant, Fornzatxouttm, under convoy of his Majesty's ships Mercury and Proserpine.—Wind E.N.E. DEAL, MARCH 7. Arrived the Skylark sloop, from a cruize off Dun kirk ; Furious gun brig, from off Camphire : she was chased by two French frigates that came out of that port a few days back, who were supposed to be going to the Isle of France North about. Sailed last night the Thrasher gun brig, with a small convoy of mer chant vessel, for Portsmouth. Admiral CAMP3ELL is just arrived to take the command in the Downs.— Wind N. E. with a strong breeze. CHATHAM, MARCH 7. The Pompee was commissioned by George Hope, Esq. Captain ; the Dolphinen Danish brig was com missioned by Captain Harwood. The Stcnce Danish gunboat is got On the slip to be taken a plan of; the Agincourt is put out of commission, and is in dock, fitting for a provision-ship ; the Victory ;s in Long- Reach, taking in her guns, and will sail the first fair wind ; the Aurora is also expected to sail in a few days. The Inspector sloop is arrived at Chatham, to be fitted out with 14 24-pounders, as a praam, for the defence of the fortress of Gibraltar; the Inflexible is also ordered to be fitted for a powder ship for Hali fax. The Jane, Hart, arrived at Liverpool from Berbiee, sailed on the 20th of December; on the Ist of January spoke the Specula tor, from Demerara, for London, with a brig in company. The Eliza, Brown, from St. Domingo, is arrived at Ports mouth. She sailed on the 10th of January, in company with the Diana, (arrived at Liverpool and the Henry, of LiverpooL— They were attached on the 11 , 11 by three privateers, which they beat off; on the 12th, were attacked by six privateers, which en gaged them three different time;. The Henry bore away for Ja maica, being leaky. • The Haabet, IVlonard,. from Plymouth for Charleston, has foundered at sea—crew saved. The Lucina, —, from Philadelphia, Was lost at Cape Tra falgar on the 11th of January. The America, Proctor, from Philadelphia for Rotterdam, and the Sallystun, —, from Beverly, are captured by French priva teers, and carried into the TeteL The Barbara cutter, Lieutenant D'Arcy, is captured in the West Indies, by the General Ernouf French privateer, of 14 guns and 117 men, and sent to Cayenne. The Barbara is since re fitted, and called the Victor, and has sailed in company with the General Ernouf . Thirty privateers have recently been equipped at Guadaloupe. The ship Lucy, Forster, with 214 slaves, bound to Antigna,is taken and carried into Guadalupe by the Fripon ; the Lucy bad four men killed and sixteen wounded. Her complement was only 21 men. His Majesty's ship Cerberus arrived at Antigua on the 30th of December, with upwards of 200 British seamen from Guade loupe, many of whom had endured a long imprisonment, owing to their having been no cartel established in the West Indies until that time. Extract of a Letter received by the Eliza, Captain 131tovro, arrived at Liverpool, dated " Port-au-Prince, lan. 10, 1908. , 4 We have had another affair here, which bears a strong resemblance to that projected formerly, by Yayou, against the life of our President. On the 7th December, a General, named M'Glonar, who commanded at Jarmel, and who was confederated with Yayou, put himself at the head of his troops, for the avowed purpose of producing an insurrection against this place. The plot being discovered by Petion, he dis patched two of his o ffi cers (Bonnet and de Troy) to wait the arrival of the traitors. These officers per mitted M'Glonar to enter the town, but remained in full possession of the forts. Whilst he was engaged in endeavouring to gain over the troops from their allegiance, de Troy rode in, and secured M'Glonar. Five pistnl shots were discharged at de Troy without effect, and the rest of the party fled. M'Glonar was sent to prison, who, in a few hours after his confine ment, swallowed poilon, with which he had pre viously supplied himself, and was found dead. Ano ther of his companions, who was taken in his flight, blew out his brains before his pistol could be wrested from his hand." Simmons, the Murderer, was executed yesterday, pursuant to his sentence, at half past 11 o'clock in the forenoon, between Hertford and Ware. He behaved with that air of indifference which (narked his con duct during his trial. He shook hands with three persons who accompanied him to the scaffold, and whispered a few words to the goaler before he was turned off. FIRE.--About one o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Caudle, rocking-horse maker, in St. Clement's-lane, Strand, which raged for near two hours, with the greatest fury, threatening de struction to the whole neighbourhood, but the speed, arrival of the fire engines prevented the flames extend , in further. There is a large timber-yard adjoining Mr. Caudle's workshops, but most fortunately the principal part of the wood had been removed widths the last few days, otherwise the consequences must have been dreadful. No lives - were lost, though seMe of the inhabitants escaped in a state of nudity. W.Milm illml.mm 1 I , I I 1 • 1 1 I • 1