Star. — London, England, 1803-12-30 00:00:00

r r LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK' Cone for opg. s 6 to OJT-Reduced 541—Onsnium 31 die 4 per Cent. 70- 1 1-I—New s per Cemt. 9 14. Long Ann. is 13-16—Short Ann. 5 . PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY I Bank Stock 1461 Short Ann. 3 4 3 per C. Red. 344 India Bonds, is. prem. 3 per C. Cunf. (but Imp. 3 per Cent, 53; 4 per C. 'NI 70 Imp. Ann. 5 per C. Navy shut Omnium si 6 dif. 5 per C. 1797 9c4 1 J.; Enatilh Tickets 171.95. Long Ann. 134 is-16 Conf. for opg. 55th D17111.1N, DEC• 24. 5 per Cent. Gov. Debentures, 8941 90. Comic of Exchange—Dublin on London O. This day a mail arrived from Lilbon, by which we have received letters from Lifbon, Madrid, and Gibraltar. Thofe from the latter place are not fo late by fix days, as the letters we received yellerday. They !late, that by the latch accounts from Malaga the mortality appeared no way abated. The deaths amount to 130 on an average daily. The &fear; had Dot fpi ead beyond Malaga. The men of war which were to convoy the homeward-bound fleet, were the MONMOUTH, CHARON, CYCLOPS, and AMBUSCADB. By the IA accounts received at Gibraltar from Lord NELsoa, he was off Toulon with eight fail of the line, all well. The French had feven fail ready for fca, but very ill manned. At Toulon there is a great want of naval (ores of every kind. The letters from Madrid (peak with confidence of the neutrality of Spain having been agreed to by England and France ; but they fpeak of the Court being entirely under French guidance. They men• tion the fubfequent arrival of a Courier from France, fuppofed to have brought fome very bad intelligence, as the Meffenger, to prevent any thing tranfpiring, ;,ad been kept literally in a (ate of confinement. 'The accounts from Lifbon fpeak of the neutrality of Portugal having alto been acceded to by France.— On this point hardly any thing new has tranfpired ; but as the intelligence now received lines to confirm former accounts, we Inbjoin the following : " LIMN, DEC. 17. " The negotiations between this country and France are concluded definitively ; the terms are faid to be fuch as it is hoped England will agree to. as they include no aipulation injurious to her com merce or navigation. w The main point is money. (this was of courfe expelled;) by Come it is whifpered fix millions of lures Tournois are to be paid annually ; others carry the furn much higher. Three millions are to be paid in advance; our treafury is but ill calculated to meet this demand—but what means do we potters of re. filling it? Spain. it is uncleritood. pays a much greater futn for her neutrality..—Our exchange has rifen to 64." Some of the Morning Papers minaking the term gi eldiatisks" in our Plymouth letter of yefterday. have inferred that the VILLA Di Pasts was bearing away for Wham, when Peen off the Lizard. Her old Ration was Torbay, and there, we believe, the is by this time anchored in fafety, as the was fince Peen off the Start by the Boaoic ea, another (hip belonging to the Channel fleet, and which has fince arrived at Plymouth. The VtaLr DS Pasts was accompanied by two other flips of the fleet, but their names, are aot yet known. Of this fleet the following (hips have come into port: The Maas. MINOTAUR, CONQSAILOIt, PLAN '1•0111111T, ST. Jour, FOUDROY•N r i ROYAL SO. •aastow, Istrwrtrturt, and BOADICLA. The VILLI , de Pasts and two others are alto, by this time,probably in port. The following, excepting thole along with the lan named (hip, and which are probably two of them, are Rill at fea : The SPARTIATI, CULLOM'S, DRIADIIOIIOif T, MALTA, SPENCER. DIIII•MCI, DIA CON.NORTHUMBIRLAND, VENYRABLI. and COLOSSUS. The weather has been fn very tempelluous, that we may daily expek to hear of more of them coming in; and indeed we ought to confider the news of their Cafe arrival after fuch forms as very pleating intelligence. If only a few of our (hips can keep their flation, we need not fear the enemy putting to fea ; for in that event we thould loon hear of their being at fea, end our (hips, injured as they have been by the late bur. tisanes, would loon be nut again to pay their refpe% to them. From the exertions made in every depart mint, we loon expeel to be able to announce, that as Aron a fleet as ever blockades again the pout of Brett. In fa& the Lords of the Admiralty have an ticipated the poffible temporary return of the Chan nel fleet. There arc two fqoadrons ouT the Ira (Galt, each fully adequate to meet and challife the French fleet, (Lentil it offer to put to tea ; arid the (hips of the line in referve at Portfmouth and Ply mouth, which have long had their inutruetions, will probably loon replace the vet is that have been forced to quit their flatuan cff Mininers, it is raid, are in point:lion of ailvivn trim Tarib of the 18th and 19th initant, lilting, that th attempt at invaion will immediately be made, and that the Fiasr Consul. was on the point cf felting out for tlie cnaft. Shiiuld this intelligence prove well founded, it is pnllble that the departure of 80. Karaite*. from Pali, may have been banned by a cireumllanee mentioned in a private letter from thence, of a very recent date. It is pofitively affert ed,that the Generals appointed to command the army defined to invade our fhores, have intimated to the Cosset, that the foldiery under their refpedive commands are fully determined not to embark in the expedition, unlefs BOKAPA&TE takes the command in perfon, and accompanies them to the " land of Pro. 14." Such is their confidence in the FIR sr Consul. as a General, or their &trail of him as a man ! It is alto abetted, that on Saturday morning laft, an Officer of rank, who arrived on the night preced ing exprefs from Holland, gave Miniflers the impor taut information that he had himfelf Peen 25,000 men embarked on board zso veffels in the Maefdeep; and that r 6,000 more troops were expelled to com plete the embarkation. The veffels are thofe which have been permitted tocome intoour ports under Pruf fian colours, though known to belong chiefly to Dutch merchants. They are from So to tlO tons burthen, and are well calculated for the purpofe defigned by the CHU, Coustm. Many of theft veffcls are in the herring and white fifhery, and continue in the boille rous Peas of the Orkneys for many weeks together. It was the artful plan of BONAPARTb to have eluded the vigilance of our cruizers by the neutral flag, and to have endeavoured to make his firft landing on the coat of Norfolk, in hopes of withdrawing from the Southern counties the very formidable force now embodied there. The information, it is Paid, met with implicit credit from Miniflers, as it coincided with the reports which they had previoufly received, and the molt adive exertions, we underhand, have been made to prepare for them a warm reception. Such accounts may from time to time be expelled to arrive, and prudence fays, we ought never to difregard them, though there can be no queftion that often the reports will be found to reit on a very flender foundation. The weather and other contin gencies mull alto often derange theplans of the enemy The Royal Family come to town next week to7re• fide till after the celebration of her MAJESTY' sßirth Day. Wednefday evening their MAJESTIES had a fele& party at Windfor Lodge. Yeßerday morning his Majisrv, attended by Ge nerals MANNERS and Mann:woman, took an airing on horfeback in Windfor Great Park. Letters were received in town yellerday from Muf.• cat, New York, andiMalta. The orders of the Prefi. dent of the United States, for taking poffellion of Loui. liana in form, according to the treaty of Ceffiln, were difpatched from the Senate Houfe, on Monday the 7th of November, and were candled to reach New Or leans in eighteen days.—The Treafury of the State of New Jerfey has been lately robbed of 10,914 dollars. By a letter from an Officer of la Ciursciewa frigate, Captain CHARLES ADAM, dated Cromarty Bay, the soth inftant, we learn, that that Ihip has arrived fafe in that Bay, alter being on (bore for nearly two hours on a ledge of rocks on the coal! of Norway. The ffiip has fuftained confiderable damage, and it is thought (he will be obliged to proceed to Sbeernefs to get repaired. The Ladies of Durham have already made nearly ',too flannel waiQcoats, for the tile of the Volunteers of that City. A (bort time after the Stewarton Volunteers were embodied, Mrs. Cu NN INGH AM a of Lainfhaw, and the young Ladies, her daughters, not only purchafed flannel for an under vell to every individual of the Corps, bin with a patriotic cotidefcenfion peculiar to themfelves, undertook the talk of making them with their own hands, which, with the utmoll difpatch, as well as unwearied perfeverance, they have actually accomplilbed Tome time ago. By the A& which received the Royal Affent on Monday fe'nnight, the Volunteers are not exempt from the ballots for the Militia; but are to be enured ferving fo leng as they remain Volunteers. On their refignation or difmiffal, if they have been previotifly ballotted for the Militia, they will be compeiled to ferve perfonally or by fubflitute. . . Government, we underhand, has fent three thou• rand pounds to France, for the prefent relief of the Englifh prifoners, fo unjuftly detained in France, contrary to nfage and national right. The molt pofstive orders are iffutit for an unre mitting attention to he paid to the different recepta cles of priioners of war. Not only the ntmoll vigi lance is to be obferved refpeEting their fecurity, but an accurate defcription of each of them is to he taken, and the places of their nativity to be refpatively re giftered. Estoctsu Palmists to FR ANCI.—A letter dated Fort Bitfch, Metz, Dec. 9, Rates as follows I arrived here yellerday, with forty-four of our coun trymen. The caufe of our removal from Valenciennes was the defertion of feecral of our felts-..-prifonere, who threw up their parole, as looking upon them (elves detained contrary to the law of nations. The neighbourhood of Brabant, where thepeople deteft the French, procured as mary as had the will and meansto efcape, almolt daily opportunity to break their fetters. Our fituation is fhc.cking ; and in our match from Valenciennes we were treated ascrin,inals, and walked the whole way between gent d'armes. I offered to pay for a horfe, but was rehired, if l i would not con. lent to hire honks for the whole party. For the two firll nights we were lodged in cold and damp churches, and the third in a common goal. At lall we were forced to agree with our efeort, and to pay each gent d'armes Ilz here' in the day, for permit. ting us to fleep in inns, where they cheated us betides in a molt ticandalons mariner. The people in the country we marched through behaved well enough ; but the Piefeets, Commilfaries, and the Military, abufed our country and intuited us perf,nally every where. In tin, filthy hole where we now are thin up, Aullrian Jt fetters were, during thelaß war. Within the narrow limits of dd. (mall fort, we are permitted to take air only for two hours each day ; for the re• mainder we a-c lout up in gloomy, damp, and dirty dungeons, where few have been able yet to procure for money a roamers ; and the Rraw given us is, a. well as the slungeon, full of Tornio." aIiNT. 7 II4RICE,T, MARK-LANE, DEC. 30. There is very little frefh Cupp!) , of grain come in yet, and very little bufinefs Wheat of fine qua lity keeps its prices, other forts are heavy fate—Bar ley and Malt are evidently declining articles—ln Peas and Beans of each defcription we obferve but little Ildluation—Oats are in middling quantity, and about ha prices are obtained—Terms of Flour at no difference. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER: Wheat, 40'. 48s. 5 cs.. per qr. . lean. Fine Ditto, sos. 581. Rape Seed, 351. to 381. per hit Rye, 291. Sts. Carraway Seed,s3s.s7a. cwt. Barley, 201. 241. 6d. Coriander, tai. iss. cwt. Malt, pi. 386. Canary, 606 63a cwt. Boiler., 40s. 495. Pearls 525. White kluttard, 84 to 9s.bufh. Grey Peas 38$. 421. Brown ditto, 141. to sys. Beaus, 35. 39 1 . Tares, sa to p. Titk Ditto 3os. 345. Oats, sBs 2 as. 235. Fier Flour, 45a sal. per lank Poland ditto, 245. 255. 6d. Seconds 404 451. INSPECTQR'S RETURN AT UXBRIDGE, DEC. 29. Wheat per load lii sos to 141 sos Barley per quarter sl 4s to 11 p Ors per ditto al p to 11 tot Bons per ditto *1 iiis to 21 as Peale per ditto 11 18s to 21 Is PO LUN7 EERS. The PIINCP of WALES'S Volunteers have obtained permarton to augment the refpeelive companies to too rank and tile. Captain TR EU-0V I's company of Sharp Shooters, attached to the third regiment of London Volunteers, muttered at an early hour yellerday morning, in Lincoln's Inn Gardens, where they received their haverfacks, and other articles neceffary for actual fervice. The Queen's Royal Volunteers met yellerday in the drill•ground, at ten o'clock, and after the intim tion a party of the Corps dined together at the Gun Tavern, Pimlico. The Loyal North Bri►on Corps met on Wednefday afternoon is Gray's Inn Gardens, where they had a field day. The KenlingtonVolunteer Affociatiou, Lieutenant Colonel We Lids, had a field day near the Workhoufe Kenfington. SRA; FlGNT.—Yetterday morning, foon after eight o'clock, the Bloom(bury and Inns of Court Afforiation :ambled on their parade, in front of the Foundling Hofpital, to the number of about boo, in order to have a grand (ham fight in the country, for which purpofe the regiment was divided into two parties ; one under the command of their Command ing Officer, Lieutenant• Colonel Cox, the other under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Warsaw. The latter party were to reprefent the French; and, in order to know one party from the other, Lieutenant Colonel Warson's was firfi difpatched, without any feathers in their bats, to take the moll advantageous Situation they could find, and to place themfelves, if poffible, in an impregnable intrencbment, or in as good a one as the country they were in could afford. Primrofe Hill was the place fixed on, on every fide of which were fkirmilhing parties to prevent the enemy, when they arrived. from annoying the main body. This fituation was certainly well chofen ; for, as loon as the battalion which poffeffed it had fired on the advancing army, coming up the hill. they had the opportunity of returning to prime and load on the further fide, where they were entirely fc cure from any danger which might be apprehended from an enemy. About eleven o'clock, Colonel Cox's party was perceived to fend out patroles to re connoitre the pofition of the enemy (or French party) and, finding them in full polieffion of the heights, proceeded to diflodge them, by fending out tlrnng parties, at the very extremity of the hill, in order to draw the enemy's attention to three different points, namely, each fide by the fkirmifhers, and the front by the main body, moving Slowly up the hill, firing v.:allies to the front every ten or twelve paces. After contelling the hill for a confiderable time. the French feemed to give way, and Colonel Cox's party (all of whom know the light infantry exercife) ran up and took poffeflion of the hill, and fucceeded in a Short time to drive the fkirmifhing parties of the enemy to their main body, which was forming about half away down the hill. The French being ftrongly re inforced by the addition of their flank and Ikormifh ing parties, would not give up the point, but conti. fined firing eights with great rapidity, on the Bng lifh, who, finding themfelves very much annoyed, made a charge, and completely put the enemy to the rout, over many fields. 'ley were to be Peen flying in all diredions, and it was not in their power to get themfelves formed into a body for a confiderable time ; every inch of ground was afterwards contefled until they drove the French up a narrow lane, when they made their efeape through Hampllead Town, and, from Tome circuitous route they afterwards took, the Englifh could not difcover them. Neither patroles, Skirmishing parties, aides-de-camp, nut Field Officers on horfeback, could trace their move. ments, or the route they had taken. What was to he dote ? One Officer was of opinion, they would meet them by marching to the left, another by marching liraight forward ; but Lieutenant• Colonel Cox was of a dithrent opinion---" I am Pure they are," Pays he, " gone off to the right, for that is the w•ay Lone, and the way all Frenchmen go." It cer tainly proved fo; for he had not long got his patty through the town of Hampflead, than the enemy was obfetved to have taken a very Strong pofition down by the ponds, and the adjoining heights. The pofition the French had taken was moll complete.— From the top of the hill, their main body kept a very heavy fire on the advancing Engliffi, and their fkiimaing parties in ambuth rotated the only two narrow patfages there were for Colonel Cox's troops to attempt: to accomplifh this bulinefs, every effort WAS exerted I and after a great deal of excellent ma nccuvring, the Lnglifh fucceeded fo completely to furround Lieutenant-Colonel WATSON'S party, as to take one Officer, and feveral privates, prifoners of war, in fpite of every effort to prevent it. The re mainder were put to the route in different direCtions, which ended the bul:ncfs. During the whole day it rained, and the ditches and ticitis wet e in a very unpleatant lunation. When the tegument went out in the mortut.g, nothing could turpals their fuldicr-hke appearance and when they came back in the afternoon. their appearance evinc e d' the toil they had undergone.—We wifh to avoid comparifon of the merits of the different corps of t!-; metropolis. It is, however, but juftice to fay, that the Bloomfbury and Inns of Court Affociation dii. played on this occafion a degree of fteadinefs and difcipline which, with all due fubmiffion to the op;. nion of Mr. Wiwomare, might be emulated by marl regular corps. Yeflerday the Officers and Non-commiffioned ficers of the Bloomfbury and lons of Court Affociati, - .:t met for the purpofe of attending the execution of fentence of the Court Martial upon their Drumm, Boy for defertion. He was condueed from tl Savoy by a file of Grenadiers. The drums and fik, being ranged in order, the Drum-major produced t 4 cat-o'-nine-tails, and Colonel Cox read the proceed. inns of the Court Martial, with the fentencc of f ift y lathes. The Colonel expatiated upon the enorm i ty of the offence, and hoped the example would provi a falutary warning to the other boys. A &lam paufe then enfued, and the boy feemed very muc!. affe&ed. The Colonel then, refuming his addref: Paid, in confederation of the good charafter which Colonel Mrs°, D had given him, and the probabil'i, that he might not have been fully fenfble at the time of the enormity of his offence, the fentence fhould not be inflieted. He hoped that this proceedi:-. F would be fufficient to convince all perlons in hi. fituation, that they came under the Mutiny Aft, are that the Corps had the power of punilhing fuel. offences. Had he been tried by a General Court Martial, his lenience, he laid, would have been very -different. Wednefday fe'nnight two members of the Glat Row Trades Regiment of Volunteers were profecuted before the fitting magiiirate for not attending regu larly at drill, and both of them fined for each day they bad been abfent. On Saturday fe'anight, Lord Ono trron's Cont. pang of Glendale Riflemen went into Wooler fat winter quarters. They are a remarkably adlive body of men, commanded at prefent by Capt. Ra►n. Notwithßanding the heavy rains on Tnefclay jail, the Richmond Royal Rangers bad A grand field day, and were afterwards entertained at the Cattle Tavern by their Commander, Capt. Caaesuoron Sur TH. The Pregion Volunteers marched on Monday laR to Blackpool, where they were to remain a few days. in order to perfe& themfelves in military dif cipline. _ _ _ At Lynn, on Sunday morning lall, Captain Bar ✓ums, previous to divine fervice, prefented the corps of Sea Fencibles under his orders, with a moR ele gant banner, worked by Vifcountefs AN novaa b da!gh. ter of Mr. Coss, Member for the county. After the prefentation, the banner was carried at the bead of the Sea Fencibles, and difplaysd in St. Margaret's Church. Colonel PITT ailed out orders at Dover, on Sun• day lad, for all the Cinque Port Regiments to be ready, with their haverfacks, canteen!, &c. and properly accontred, as their march might be expeited at a moment's notice. On Monday lalt, Colonel the Earl of GUILDTORD had his Regiment of Wellerthare Volunteers out on Mamage Downs, between his Lard(hip's Seat and Dover ; they muttered 6co rank and file. Colonel Gowsa, after having infpeEted them minutely under the orders of General Sir DAVID Donnas, paid his Lordfhip the higheß compliments on the appearance and difeipline of his Corps, which, for the time it has been embodied, may certainly vte with any regi• ment in the county of Kent. On Wednefday laft the Stoke Newington and vici• nity Volunteers, commanded by Major Fasson, met on their ground to receive their colours, which were prefented to them by Mrs. Eaor, with a neat and fuitable addrefs. The colours were worked by her own daughters, young ladies endowed with every virtue and accomplifliment. The Major made an excellent and appropriate reply. The corps then marched by files to the church, when the colours were confecrated by the Rev. Dr. Game the Rae. tor of the parifh, and their chaplain. Sever al : officers belonging to volunteer corps, and many el the Lon• don and Weßminfler Light Horfe attended in mi• form and added much the gaiety of the fcene. 11 , :e four troops of Kirkcudbright Gentlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Jaws GORDON, Efq. of Culvennan, Major Commandant, were infpeeted by Lieutenant Colonel Dowser's In fpeiting Field Officer, on Tuefdv, the aoth id. on a part of the lawn of Dane Via Park, which Mrs. Lawars Curiae, of Redeafile, politely gave for the occafion. Colonel Douct.as and the Honourable JOHN GORDON, of Kenmore, Vice Lord Lieutenant, arrived about twelve, and were received by Major Comma at the gate, who infiantly returned to his pot, when the regiment drew (words, and fainted the IrSpefling Field Officer on his appearing on the ground, and marched pall him in half-fquadrots and tingle file, after which the whole of the regiment performed the fix divrfions of (word exercife by flew gel, and two flank fquadrons did the fir diviflons of attack and defence at (peed, and the corps lk $OOll through the greatest part of Due tions, forming dole columns. deplol retreating by alternate half fquadrons. of Iquadrons, wheeling, forming cl•-' charging in fucceffioss of fquadrons, outwards and charging in line, he. &C. the general salute, when the Intpeeling having expreffed to Major GORDON hit ration, and declared, though be was much, the appearance and excellent di( regiment had far furpaffed his expeßation, he would make the molt favourably - giment was formed into a hollow Toll being called in bis prefence, not% feafon of the year, wetnefs of the three of the troops had marched each aiTembling at their parades, 192 out the field; and their Cquunander ha eated Culorel Douccas's approbat them the thanks of Parliament to addreffcd them, returning thcm thank. mining attendance they had given embodied in Augun, the regiment with reiterated cheers, in piefei.ce Field Officer, declared their rcsdinel permanent duty, and to follow their the fcene of &Eliot', whenteer the mew to appear on the coal the corps having Dundm's Ernie. I into line, 1 rons, And echelon 1 :lofe column, end I ns, and wheeling he. finned with • 1 fling Field Officer 1 his entire tacit was led to espeet t difcipline of the I %%don, and tha • report. The r fquare, and th otwithilanding th be day. and tha ach 11 miles *fie In of 109 were having conantuni. ,1 Ilion, and read to D Volunteers, and ianks for the maw 1 a fusee they were unanimously, and I of the Infraing 1 nets to be put on eir Commander to j tuemy (Maki dog i