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ittOld L4SI Is.ol7'S GaLTTE. As the Court it W,..44 w , tnr idol day of December, 1607 PItIAENT, The leitices Mast Ens:silent Majinty in Councl. Ku Majesty is piseeed„ by aml with the advice of He Privy Cosecs', se eel*, aid it is hereby o.dered„ that nothing in Hu M.ijestres Order in Canted of the eleventh of November last, shun extend, or be itionstrued to extend. to Payout 10 7 vessel to impart any augges of the prodece or manufacture of the i-oe.ny's Colonial in the Ve eti-Indnn, direct from such Colonies te any port of this kiogiein ; and it is further order ed, that all vesseli which may arrive in the ports of this him. don direct from the Colonies &formed, shall, nevertheless, be erlegbeg, upon pried being made that the charter party or other agree neat for the voyage, alai entered int* before no tice of this o.der. An I the Right Honourable the Lords Ceminissainera of 113 Nlfjtsty's *Freasury, tits Majesty's fr.ncipal Secretaries of State, the Lords Coasnussitaisera of the an 4 the Judges el the kl.gh Court of A4-airalty and C V.c2- timitahe, are to take the necinaary mea• curie herein at to theta shall seepeatieely appertain. • alltifftsB .t. W. FAWKENER. THE BRITISR,FAX SS. LONDON', WEDNESDAY. p*apstaii: We have received Jimmie. yppers to the Ist of November, containing *Memorial of the Commit tee of Planters, Merchants, and others, interested in the West-India Colonies. In this Memorial, present. ed in June last, the Planters complain that “ where the relaxation of the navigation system would be beneficial to the British Planter, it is rigidly pp forced ; and where the enforcement of it would be betwficial to him, it is unaccountably relaxed by the novel permission granted to a neutral power of car. Tying the produce of his rivals to undersell him at the European atarket. " That your Memorialists are unwilling to ie. tends their concerns upon the important relations of the Mother Country with Neutral Powers ; but' humbly conceive, that it cannot reasonably be ex peaed that Great Britain should see her Colo nies decay, herself deprived of that great balance of foreign trade, which she commanded by the ex port of her surplus colonial produce, and the Co- lonics of Powers with whom she is at war, aggran dised by the continuance of a mistaken and injurious " That your Memorialists, on these grounds, humbly suggest that the now acknowledged and extreme distress of the West-India Colonies of Great Britain, calls upon Government for a revision of the existing system respeaing the trade of neutrals with the Colonies of the enemy ; and justifies the reasonableness of a change in that system, so far u may be necessary for the purposes of self-defence and self-preservation." The extraas, which we gave yesterday, from ttlY American papers, enumerated, among the objets that occupied the attention of Congress, a Bill of Indemnity for the payment of 600,000 dollars, for naval and military stores purchased by the Pant near, in contemplation of a war with England, for which sum there WAS no appropriatien by law. But *either in the delsate upon this Bill, or on the ap pointment of a Committee to inquire into the affAir do we find meth asperity efirreesion alp - Jost Eng land.—ln the House of Bermentatives, Mr. DAT• said, that "if the Commander of the . Leopard acted without authority, his blood alone could atone for it." And Mr, likitu,st Operetta. that “ though the British Government should dieqsr/AtiolOnduct of Admiral Bsacti.ax. &mouthing moris be necessary to satisfy the UJnited Stattn." l4 Uiptef a ritual of the de bates in Cesare" which aresliitrTiett ver y uninterest ing, we do mot find any tale 'oiVarshness or hos• tility stronger than those, unless in the instance of Mr. Rasnoses, in Whose opinion it was the duty of the Parstosur, after convening Congress, in consequence of ens searching the Chesapeake, to have seized the British possessions in North Anse. riea, and even to have made a descent on Jamaica. On the motion of this Gentleman, a Committee has been appointed to inquire into the expediency of amending the Mt of last Session, prohibiting the importation of slaves into any part of the United States after the Ist of January next. As the grounds for this measure, Mr.RANDOLPII stated, that he considers one of the Seaions of the Mt con tains a principle totally subversive of the right of property in slave-holders ; and that from the late ness of the period at which it was brought forward, in the last session, the question was not sufficiently considered. _ Several more duels, some of them fatal, have taken place in America. The city of Charleston beirg restored to its usual health, the intercourse between it and New York has been re-established. The following account of the evacuation of Monte Video, by the British troops, was communicated by Captain FULTCI4ER, of the Arrow, arrived at Bos ton, on the 16,h Ltst, in 54 days, from Monte Video: On the 2d of September, the Arrow came out of the harbtmr of Monte Video, and anchor ed among the men of war. On the 3d, a vio lent Pampeto came on, which continued until the 7th, which prevented the embarkation of the troops, and also prevented the merchantmen and transports from moving out of the harbour.— The morning of the 7th being moderate, and the day on which, by treaty, the place was to be re stored to the Spaniards, General Whitelecke and staff sent all their baggage on board the Medusa frigate, which was to convey him to England. Gen. Gowsa and staff sent their baggage on board the Ajkieelae man of war. At 12 o'clock on the 7th, the Spanish Colledor called on the English Colledor for the keys of the Custom-house : who observed, " He had no orders to deliver them up." The Spaniard asked, " Have the English then obtained leave to stay longer r' The English Colledor answered, " No, but we have taken it."—The Spaniard re tired. The Spanish troops, amounting to about 2000, had arrived and encamped about three miles from Monte Video, ready to take possession of the town. Many of the troops had rode into town in their uni forms and with their swords, which bad given the English cause of complaint against the Spanish Government, who issued an order, forbidding any to the . city,, except in, citizens' dresses. The Spanish troops and citin . g*. from the time of the fsilore of the British expeditions against BuenosAyres, behaved with much proprlet} aid moderation to .waris the English, and did not shew that exultation and insolence, which might have been expetted.— The English merchanu and adventurers had re shipped the gm* they could lot sell —some to America, same to the West Indies, to Botany Bay, the Cape of Good Hope, and to England. Immense sacrifices had taken place of articles of a bulky na ture, and heavy goods, such as naval stores, cord age, iron, lead, crockery, glass, porter, &c. Very few English merchantmen had taken in produce, as those that were not taken into the transport service. were freighted to different parts with English goods. "They were an ready to join their respeaive con- Tun which were expeaed to sail in a day or two. The prisoners of the 71st regiment, taken formerly at Buenos Ayres, and others, bad all, except about three hundred, arrived at Monts Video. Some of the wounded remained at Buenos Ayres. General Whitelocks bad appointed Mr. W. P. White Com missary or Agent for the prisoners that should re main at Buenos Ayres. We were to leave Monte Video the 64h, in a Government transport, for' Buenos Ayres. The English had burnt, in the harbour of Monte Video, most of the prise-weasels of force ; the remainder, end the merchantmen, small craft, and boats, to the number of GO or 70, kettosaningsigini44 4 44d3o Mr. W. P. White for a 'vety inconsidumbie sum.. About the 10th of Aug. Athbfral Minim had information of a felucca that was about to sai: from Buenos Ayres for Spain ; and sent Captain Corbet, in the Arreid, to watelr her; who took her, and brougbt-hir in. It appeared there were on boaredispatches for the Court of Spain, from GAseral Liniers, and from the Cavildo of Buenos Ayres, al.o specie and Jesuit's bark to the value of gio,ooo dollars. The Spanish Gayer- nor demanded her Terme of General W. *ho sent for the Admiral ; hot the latter said, it was no in• fringernent of the treaty, (as was Contended by Governor Elio) for that said, " hostilities shall nesse on both sides of the River Plata," but made no mention of the navigable part of the river; and that he would not give any of the ves s els up —lle took the property on beard his ship, the Polyphemus, and burnt the felucca. It was expeded the rulers of Buenos Ares would have resented this affair, but it appears they were so desirous of getting rid of their enemies, that they were very loath to ha• zard a new quarrel with them. It was expeded all. Foreigners would be ordered out of the country, except Frenchmen, after the British had left the town ; and that all goods found in possession of the Americans, or belonging to them, or any other Fo reigners. would be confiscated ; or, at least, that they would be obliged to pay the Spanish duty, of about 40 per cent. The Spanish shop-keepers and traders expressed much satisfallion at the prespe!t of getting rid of the English and other rivals in trade. " It was understood that Admiral Murray's squa dron, and the merchantmen for England, would stop at Rio Janeiro. Many of the English Officer* were very sanguine that Government would send out another Expedition, of 15 or 20,000 men, un der a Commander fit for such en expedition. " From the time of the failure of the Expedition, dollars were difficult to be got; hardly any other specie was to be seen than ounces (doubloons), which passed for 16 dollars 75 cents. ; from 5 to 8 per cent. premium was given for dollars. Govern ment bills were not to be had. as Government had more money than was needed. " The (Aiwa and Nereid frigates, and Charm', sloop of war, were to be left to cruise off the mouth of the river, as well to take Spanish vessels bound in. as to prevent English merchantmen from falling into the hands of the Spaniards. A great many merchantmen were supposed to be on their passage from England. It was supposed the river would be declared in a state of blockade by the cruising frigates. "The Spaniards expressed their determination to be very rigid with all foreigners who should here after enter any of their ports in Saudi America ; particularly with the Americans, to whom they say they are indebted for their late visit from the Easfissi. " The failure of the Expedition appears to be ge nerally attributed to the Commander-ia-Chief.— The number of killed and wounded was about 2400. Several of the wounded have died siace the treaty. "Mr. Rykman, of New-York, had taken passage in an English ship for Surinam. Messrs. Blodget and Childs, of Baltimore, remained at Monte Video, under the privilege granted them by the Court of Spain. Mr. D. C. Deforest, of Connec ticut, remained at Monte Video, having obtained liberty. from General Liniers, to attend to one or two suits at law which were pending. Mr. Scollay, of Boston, was going to England in the fleet." Some Paris papers to the 17th instant have been received, but they are totally destitute of interest. They state, that the gaimcs Rsoswr of PORTUGAL embarked on the 2Tt November. and that the French entered Lisbon on the following day. Do. IIIIP•RTZ was expelled from Venice at Milan on the 10th instant. On Monday. the Duke of You arrived at Wind ler. and transuded business with His MAJIISTY for a considerable time. Neither His hlsJarry nor the Duke of You rode out; but the Duke of Cass sausoa rode out with the Pasecsuas for about two hours. The Duke of Yost stopped and dined with the Quite and Petiteness, and in the evening set off for London. His M s.i err v did not ride out on horseback, yes terday morning, the weather being very unfavoura ble. His Kilter v is not ezpeded in London this day. Yesterday, about one o'clock. the Duke of Coos aent.t Si D tailed upon Mr. Pat Cr, A 1., at his house in Downing.street, and remained in conversation with him fur near an hour. .• - rue 11.0110 CHANCLt.I.O% and Lord MULOI•VC traesseed business with Mr. Pancev•i. in the course of the slimming. Passengers, for India—per Thames : from Hie Cape of Good Hope—Mr. S. E. Hudson, acd Mrs W. C Van Oman. • frearisteltelense.4••jeant-Major Wager. lsengers pet Royal Char!,::, : .• from St liekna—Mrs. Forbes and two Masters One. r..... Passengers per .Cartaarreen: from 'Llonabey...Mra. 14'1'1ms:on ; Captains Wright and Martin.; Lledtettineand Mos. Carom and Child ; Lieuten,sts Shaw, Sykes, add Rawson; Lissutenants Wasson and Nunn, Of IdssMajassep's 77th Regiment; Master and Miss Moore i Cornet Waring, Bengal Artillery. Passengers per Karl Spencer : ¢I(0111 ISlSalbay—Mt. and Mrs Harrnwer, Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, Mos. Perim, Mrs. Margoarse, Mr. Madge, Thes. Wellsamion, Fog.; Lieutenant rtlaelocliltn. of liss Majesty's 77th Regnant ; Lieutenant Walker, of HIS Majesty's esitn Regiment ; Mr. W. !NUM!, Masten Perim. Macquarie, Belt, Fitzgerald, and Msss Armstrong. From the Cape .t Good -: Hi Majesty's 66th Regimens; Lieutenant Preston, hi His Majesty's 5.6 th Regiment g and Lieutenant Morgan. The Maryland Mara, --, from Virginia to Smyrna, is taken by a Ruuian privateer, and carried isto Corfu. - ~. on•-... a ; ~~ • ...O a t .. 4 0 0 • Amor .; • c!sr.; , " S O FOREIGN !NTS 'XI4I .let 3 ..,14/..arr PROM Tlll llttitlealloinalkm "Milo 0tt 1., . IT. We learn by the Isse letters.flotts MOW. that the Emperor was expetted there on,g , e 10th of Deeem bet. on his return Irom Wake. The extraordinary siting of the three ISI.ItorAl Colleges of the kingdom of Italy was to take place on that day. bee. 13 VllOll 6 l. inc. 2. • .A.,; Letters front the First Corps of Observation of the Gironde. under the command of General Junot. mention, that the Prince Regent of Portugal , as soon as he learnt the arrival of the French troops at Abrantes. adopted the resolution of retiring to the Brazils. He sailed, in faftom the flgth of No vember. General innot entered Lisbon on the 30th. He was wiry favourably received by the in hAbitants. Such was the confidence in the French, that the shops were not shut, nor was business in terrupted for an instant. nu. 16. It is mentioned in a letter from Lisbon, that Ge neral De Laborde, conunanding the first division of the Army ut the Gironde. has been appointed Corn. trigndant of that city, and of all the French and Portuguese troops in it. Our army is now on the most formidable footing. It bas been increased by several Pressien deserters, who have enlisted in our regiments, so that our military force is said to amount at present to 400,000 effettive men. naves, DEC. 11. The day before yesterday an American vessel. with a rich cargo of colonial produce, came in and anchored in cur Roads. The Maritime Prefeß im mediately sent on beard her an officer of the prin cipal office, and an interpreter. The officer put this question to the Captain, Have you not touched at knaland since you quitted the United States?"— " Yes." said the Captain. " IL was forcibly carried boo Plymouth by an English frigate." Upon this declaration. which was in dime coutradiaion to the desire respelling the continei.tal blockade. the ves sel was prohibited from totes lug. and an order to withdraw intimated to her. 11 MUSIC HALL. The second concert of the present subscription at Liverpool, was attended by a considerably more nu merous audience than the first, and the performance. was, if possible, received with increased approbation and applause. The glees were sung in the most easterly style, with the most delicate expression. and the most exact harmony. Webbe's beautiful ballad." The Mansion of Peace," was sung by Mr. Benison, in a strain of such exquisite and p.nherie melody. that it uas encored with an unanimous burst of applause, such as we never saw exceeded on any former necasion. The seleetion of Sacred Music. on Christmas. Eve. attracted by far the most numerous audience of the season ; and certainly, if extravagant and unbounded eulogy was ever justifiabie, it us sa on the present occa'ion. 'I he recita•ive of •c Comfort ye," and the song" Every Vall, y," by Harrison, an site admirable air of " But who may abide," Bartleman, may be seliaed, fur particular ciistinct Lion, among a crowd of beauties almost equal striking. Among the Chorusses, those of •' For unto um child is born," and the " Hallelujah," seemed poduce the most lively impression. There was unanimous impulse in the audience to call for a n petition of the latter, but no individual was inclined to begin the request, which, if it had been one tittered, would have been universally seconded. Mr. Goss's sous, " 0 thou that tellest," was sung with uncommon sweetness, taste and expression. J the second aft, Mts. Salmon's song " With verdi clad," and the chorus, " The heavens are telitnl seemed to excite very powerful sensations ; but general, the airs and chorusses in " The Crestiot did not produce an equal effett with those in " The _ _ . . . . essiah," either from an aftual inferiority in music, or from their being composed in a style more remote from common apprehension. Dot the cor.• chiding piece, " The Coronation Anthem," revi all the attention of the audience, and dismissed them with the pious and patriotic feelings which that' vout and sublime composition is calculated to spire. The !general greet of the Overtures, Songs, Recitatives, was strikingly improved by the ill pefted assistance of Mr. Nicholson, who arril from a journey, just as the Concert was about begin. His Grace the Duke of Maticii rsrsa will bark for his Government of Jamaica, on board Guerrier frigate, Captain Sanwa, in the course the present week ; his amiable Duchess remains F.ngland. Sir A. note left town yesterday for the seat his brother, Lard PAGET, Beaudesert, Lite& field. klla Rosenberg ifterformieg in Dublin with great *eta. Mr. H. JOHNSTON is the Rosenberg, -Mrs. EDWIN. the fair Alta, and Mr. WILLIAMS, Ss,- On Thursday the Duke of No aroca left GI tester, for his seat at Worksop Manor, Nott hamshire, where his Grace entertains a large par of Fashionables during the holidays. Mrs. GA at es no will make tier driest at the Ma Chester Theatre, this evening, in the lan of Ad gabs:, in the tragedy of that name. - The Marquis and Marchioness of Asa ecotte expefted, to-morrow, at the Priory, from Ireland. Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON is very much indis. posed, at the house of his father, the Marquis Aseacoas, in St. James's-square. The most splendid dresses are in preparation Her MAJESTY'S Birth-day. use Misses Pease display the greatest taste and magnificence. The Earl of DORCHaseca gave a grand dinner. yesterday, at his house in Park-place, to the Earl • &sense:cm, the Earl and Countess of CARD!' Lord GLASTONSURY, Lady CAROLINE DAi Generals Gasevit.t.a and BUDIZ, and Mrs. D• 11111. Mrs. WIIITMORR, the lady of Taos. WHITMI Esq. M. P. of Apley Park. Shropshire, now rer" at Heath, Oxfordshire, is daily distribu:ing food and raiment, in a very considerable degree, to the poor inhabitants of Heath. The PORTUGUESE ASIZASS•DOR has ordered magnificent carriages, and two sets of harnes;es, to be got ready to be forwarded to the Brazils, the ROYAL FAMILY of PORTUGAL. The Comedy of A Bold Stroke for a Wife performed, last night, at Drury-lane Theatre; part displayed the greatest excellence, and receit the most unbounded applause. The new Pe mime followed, which has undergone several judicious curtailments. The machinery worl with the greatest facility, and it may now be t tiered a most perfect representation; indeed ter ty of scenery, dancing, music, and harlequins cannot he exceeded. There were present the of ORMOND, Lord and Lady Gloater Sty Sir JOHN and Lady Luasoce, and Lady The Marchioness of HRADEC/ET and the Cou. Dowager of Kieosros bare displayed the great taste in fitting up their boxes at Drury-Lane tre ; they are lined with the finest scatlet k covered with the most beautitul Turkey carpets, suitable decorations. Last night the revived Comedy of The Corydkrai and the new Pantomime of Harlequin ix bu Li were performed at Covent-Garden Theatre. latter piece has undergone considerable Ate' and curtailments, which have much improved the piece went off with increased Jett. Ihe chintry dues not yet wolf' with facility. Earl in making his escape from his pursuers, is over their heads, by means of a cord fastened body; when endeavouring to leap, last nig!. cord broke, 'arid the aedience were ippretlesut, Mr. Bosoona, jun. had sustained som e in p i c his presence in a few minutes dissipated tb,ir he appearing not injured. "The house dupla; numerous and elegant attendance. 11 , ! Ponreoussa AMEASSADOR gave. on mas Day, to his servant 4, their annual dinner, sitting of roast beet and plum-pudding. plenty of wine to think a safe landing to the Voyagers. T i all 1 t inc.ally \ 110 1W I en I an , re- ned ince 1.- ong In litre ig " tt in nn," The 1 the • ' note con• ive hem t de. t in. ,and 'nes. rivet( IL ern. Jt r 1 -se of as nt , at of rest • Mrll. u j ;lob- tting. party Mae. Ad • •` 2:e ud. indis- uis of os for s will inner, E:arl cf 1441 AV. AML*, rs. L. 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