Star.
London, England, 1808-02-03 00:00:00

LOWRY ELUTION COhOdITTSX.
lige in reressing WNW disorders, the iseet;;oik tom-
* WHITE brought up the reduced List of the poem of the war pp .
chosen by ballot, to try the merits of the The inconvenience of theprivations to which the
t'lluil—noniptainsti g of an undue election and return
Continent is subjected by NAPOLIOS'S deems against
krition
the &rout of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. The
otoog inz names of the Members : commerce, may be inferred from the following arti-
u''''' - 'ter Honourable E. Finch, Chill cle published in the Berlin Telegraph :
H. FsrStsd, Esq. Right Hon. It. Donau, -
Y. Pints rig* Right Hon. Sir l. Newport, " All the levied Societies on the Continent ought
e. Horner, ksq. I. Egerton, Esq. to make it a duty to propose important and honours
F.
my, Esq. H. Smith, Esq.
14. C▪
alvert, T. W. Adams, Esq. Me rewards for those who shall resolve this question:
sir 3. s. Yorke, Bart T. Thornton, Esq. " What is the bat means of supplying the 'dace of then
Right Hon. C. llatlsuat, Nonsinees. I
c Nadu, Eat. and the " colonial cemsnotlitits which are most in vogue, and to
AMERICAN TREATY. 44 which we have been most accustomed, by products of
Mr. EDEN rose to move, pursuant to notice, for
" the Continent ?"
trop' of the Note sent by the President of the United
to the House of Congress, relative to the refu- A gentleman who left Morlaix only four days since,
:It, ratify d,c American Treaty. It was necessary informs us, that he left there two large French lug-
in order to enable the countryto
she v e this paper, gees, one of them belonging to the Government, the
nose to a right understanding. of the slibjectl He
other a privateer, both of which will soon be at sea.
Yd ee-h Tvat regret heard it stated in his Milesty's
The American ship Aurora, of Baltimore, with a
nsiech, that the President had refused to ratify that
h*regret was the great', as he had un- cargo of coffee, sugar, &c. had just arrived, captured
end Is greater,
uretl;
wood, that, though there were several points to be by a French privateer, after having been detained by
an accommodation might still have been
adjueed,an English frigate. It was asserted at Morlaix that
f RI; WI As the production of this paper sees not to I.
•he would merely state the ground of his ,
tish P
shi and cargo would be condemned as prize, a Bri-
te resisted,
• It appeared to him, that the passage in his
Officer,
• a Midshipman, having been found on
Lotion.
jesty's speech that stated the rejectioe of die treaty board.
Ma
wooed explanation. One would imagine from this, i ••••••••••••••
1 that the President had been invested Erich regal power.; 1 Letters from Oporto of the 20th ult. have been re- ,
1 that he could make war and peace, and perform every '
1 submitting them tcw the
exe,:utive act, only hm afterward ceived in town. The w•ritors describe their present
l . situation as lamentable, and their prospects equally
congress. But, if he was rightly informed, hc cou d ,
have no more power to make or reject a treaty, with- deplorable.Thep are suffering under a scarcity of
out the apps of two-thirds of the Coogres provisions ; and this calamity is aggravated by the
than his Mojestv here could levy taxes without the obligation of supporting 15,000 Spanish troops.
consent of Parliament. Some explanation of the ----
in his Majesty's speech *.
passage all aged to was the
Admiral BERM was to sail from Plymouth on
fore necessary. He then adverted to the bad effects
Monday, with a squadron
of the attack on the Chesapeake, and moved, 1
4 six sail of the line, to
That an !mishit Address be presented us '. is Majesty, that be be stationed off Brest. Concerning that fleet, the re-
would be graciously pleased to la/ before the House a copy of the •
Preaeat's Note to the Congress, of the 27th of October, /cci ports of its escape have received no confirmation.
Mr. CANNING had no objection to the motion, The last errival from which intelligence might have
Hon. Captain
though Ministers had not an authenticated copy of • bow, received was the Spencer,
the Note, as the Americans had nothing correspond-. ' STOPFORD. She sailed from St. Helen's lately, to
ing to our Gazette. But he had applied to the Ante- .
can Minister, who had promised an authenticated Join the Channel fleet ; could not find them at the
copy ; bnt there could be no question here as to the usual station, they being in pursuit of the Rochefort
constitutional power of the President, for the Congress squadron. She cruized some days off Ushant, in
could take no cognizance of the Treaty, till the Pre-', company with two sloops of war, when the westerly
sident had given his assent w it. He had refused that
1 drove her into
es Torbay.
initial act, and therefore it was correctly stated to be , g'
-------
rejected.
of tn 1 Yesterday being the anniversary of the Purification
Mr. TIERNEY said, that the language of the the Vt •
rg•
tia MARY, commonly called Candlemas-
speech, and of the Right Honourable Gentleman o as
'Day, the usual offerings were made at the Chapel
unguarded, because the President must state to Con- .
Roval.
gress the grounds of his refusal, and it remained' for 1 This
the Congress to approve of them or nnf.—Notwith. I morning the domestics of Count PoTocswill
standing his rejection, the Treaty might therefore left town for Dover, from whence they will proceed
ultimately be ratified. He also observed; that it was direct for Paris : and on Saturday next Prince Estee- 1
strange they should have stated in his Majesty s i
• , Homo Count PoTocsKl, and Major de MARKVS, with II
Speech, the rejection by the: President, if they had 14 .
two or them attendants, leave town on their return to
riet an euthenticaied copy. , .
.itisitt.
.....0..• ungasy.
Mr. CANNING said, that.the iti Onourable The Right Hon. RICHARD RYDER, of Lincoln's
•Gentleman was mistaken is to the acts. Tie mo-, Inn, in the County of Middlesex, has been elected
ion was then put and carried. Member of Parliament for the Borough of Tiverton.
- ..,;
TIIIC RANK. - i DONEGAL ELDCTION.—NiOth day, Jan. 27, at the
Mr. TIMMY. after some previous observations close,of she poll, Colonel out
Mon
General
moved, that there be laid before the House copies of • Hart 701-7-Majority for Colonel Montgomery 225.
the correspondence between the First Lard- of the I Sansiday se'nnight, a Lieutenant of the Navy ar-
'rreasury and the Chancellor of t)te Exchequer, on , rived, at Cork with dispatches for Admiral WIIITSIIEN
the one hand, and the Governor arid Deputy, Po ver. conuminicating intelligence of the Rochefort squadron
nor of the. Bank, on the other, since the. Ist of May, having effected its escape from Basque Roads. ,
• ,
1807, on the subject of the rnanogement of the public , A Court of Inquiry was on Monday held on board
debt ; the application of unclaimed dividends, and a the Gladiator, of 44 guns, at Portsmouth, on Cap
westain
loan for the public service. He could not see,
_that WooDotee, for the loss of the Caloutta, when he
there could be any objection to the laying these papers most honourably acquitted.
on the table, and they might be produced before Mon-j .
day.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did .
I Lieutenant HENDERSON, who brought the accounts
from Sir Samuel Hoop of the surrender of Madeira,
is promoted to the rank of Commander.
sot object, but mentioned, that the correspondence
did not include all that passed, but principally re. I Captain PARthlt, of the Prometheus
sloop of war,
ferred to the results of verbal conferences. After a is promoted to the rank of Post Captain.
few observations from Mr. Thornton and Mr. Hus- , Admiral Beton is recalled from the Government
iisson, the motion was agreed to. I of New South Wales.
Mr. HUSIUSSON then moved for a statement of ! A letter has been received from Falmouth, which
the unclaimed Dividends at the Bank, remaining in states that dispatches, supposed to be of greett conse-
each quarter for the last three years, as they stood in quence, were found on Friday last, in possession of a
each period previous to they issue from the Exchequer passenger (a
innFrechman) on board an American
for the payment of the Didends for the next quart schooner lying that harbour, lately sent in by the
I Mars privateer, bound from Bourdeaux to New York.
ter.—Agreed to. Adjourned.
1 —The dispatches are from the French Ministry for
i Martinique and Guadaloupe, and were discovered in
1 the hold of the ship, in a large trunk, just in the main
hatchway, through the information of one of the crew.
A letter from New York of the 26th of December,
received by a mercantile house in Glasgow, states that
the embargo had already caused a considerable de-
clension in the price of flour, that article having fallen
at Alexandria from 6to 4 dollars per barrel. The
price of other articles was expected to decline in the
same proportion. The postscript mentions a rumour
that the embargo had been recommended by Tv RREAU,
the French Minister.—Another letter from New York,
of the 26th, states, that the minority in both Houses,
on the question for laying on the embargo, corms,
ponded precisely with the numbers of the Federalists,
and that the names given in as opposing the act, were
the most distinguished and leading men of that party.
Dovevoetoso—Monday night a young lady, from
a private theatre, appeared at this house, for the
first time, as Elvira, in the tragedy of Pizarro.—She
possesses but an indifferent figure ; a regular, rather
than an expressive set of features, and a voice of no
very extensive compass ; and she has much to ac-
quire by study before she can take rank in the theatre,
equal to the support of such characters as Elvira.-
9he appears, however, to have been tolerably well
schooled in the mere business of the stage ; but
her action is rather commonplace, and she was last
night not a little depressed by diffidence—she was, not-
withstanding, much applauded.—This play still iv-
tains its attractions : the house was well filled.
The Cabinet was performed last night to an elegant
audience • the performance was inimitable. -The
Earl and Countess SPESCER, and the Honourable T.
GRENYILLE, were present.
Covzor.Gmetwo.—lasi night, after the new play
tor Mr Wanderer, the musical entertaniment of Paul ad
rieginia was revived. Mrs. H. Joneurroe resumed
'her favourite part of Virginia, and was very well re-
ceived. Mr. INCLEDON and Mr. Stemmas performed
with their usual excellence. and the piece went off
with much eclat,

TII F. F' ENING S'a'il U.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
PRICE OF STOCKS nits DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols, for moncF, 63H—for February account, 64:.
Reduced 64.—Oninium 4.11 3—Eicheq. &UN par

Wo have received Paris Journals to the 26th ult.li
By these we learn that the high tide of the night of I
the 14th ult. did considerable damage at Antwerp,' i
where many of the houses, warehouses and cellars,
were laid under water, and a great quantity' of perish-
able commodities, as potash, and other 'foreign pro-
duce,
was destroyed. The water 'rose a foot and a I
half higher than was ever known. • 1
These Journals contain copies of the onerespondence ,
which took place between the Courts of Sweden and .1
Denmark, relating to the demand made by this coun- 1
try to be put la possession of the Danish Navy, &c.—
They will be read with interest at the present mo-
ment, as standing connected with the question that
cornet under discussion this night in the House of

Cernrnons.
The Paris papers also contain a decree, calling out
80,r00 conscripts for 1809 ; another, uniting Kehl,
Wesel, Cassel, and Flashing with the French empire;
obcervations on these degrees ; and reports front the
Minister at War.

- - .....
There appears to have been some popular comma
tiuns on the Continent, but the joutnals speak of then;
with CO much reserve, that their extent cannot be as.
certaiaa. The Moxikur, speaking of some such
movement in the Duchy of Warsaw, says, " The
French troops have renAiered the most essential ser-

THE ARMY.

IVAttrICAL mrsusiciscale.
_.......
rt-trtd6trilk, sitattenott t.
Cants in the RONSGASss of 74 pas, flee the Chen.
'nel fleet. Sailed the Penelope, of 36 gamy with
transports for Portsaioath. having ea board die 15ds
teshaatt of &St. The Canopus that was arentled
seaway last, is still oa the rocks a the cargo, woo
silting oft offee; spar, taco. and indigo, hat ham
ender water every flood tide, and is exceeding!, di,
effort is ti
(staged :every used _ save as nroch as possi.
‘ilwlis:.tit:it, but the loss will be very great. Sailed the
. of 10 pins, with a Gem' under convoy foe the
II 1.111)17ns, among which are many Danish prizes.
rooiratotrrit, ran. a.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Penelope, with a lint of
transports from Plyaouth ; Goshawk, Dapper, and
Hearty, from a Cruise ; also the brig Clyda• Ospein
JACKSON, from Halifax, which place she leis a• the
7th January. Hit Majesty's ship Leopard had staled
for Bermuda. Saved his Majesty's ships Chickasaw
and Sprightly to the Westward.—Wind W.
CHATHAM, JAN. 111.
The Zenobia sailed from hence oa Thursday. The
same day the Victory was put into commission.
..
Wednesday the Sampson was put out of dock j and
yesterday the Poropee, of 80 guns, commanded by
Capt. Dames, was taken in ; not being put out of
commission, it is expected she will remain in dock
only till next spring tides. The Agincourt is order-
ed here to refit.
GRAVESEND, PM 2.
Passed by the Malta, l'unr, from Jamaica. Sailed
the Union, BROWN, for drenida ; Charles, Btraxarr,
for New York; and the Edward, Lowe, for Jamaica.
PARIS, JANUARY ss.
The following is a Statement of the Prizes taken
by the French Privatoers, and carried into port, be.
tween the Ist of Dcecmber 1807, and the 10th of
January 1808:
Erom the English :
The ildinburgh, 41.,0 tons, with cotton and Eng ish stuffs, ea.
rid into Calais.
The Martha, 60 tons, with wheat, carried into Cherbourg.
The Elizabeth, 107 tons, with oil, carded into Boulogne.
The Velocity, 150 tons, with salt fish, into
.Calais.
The Alfred, '340 tons, with stock4ish, carried into Roscoe
The Selina, 190 tons, with wool and leather, carried into Luarca.
The Esperiment, 162 tons, with salt fish, carried into Dieppe.
The Peggy, 500 tons, carried into Conquet.
The Harmony, 50 tons, with wheat, carried into Dieppe.
The Clio, 60 tons, with bricks, carried into Caen.
A Shop, nameless, 70 tons, carried into Calais.
The Launl, 120 tons, into Calais.
The Norwich racket, 100 tons, into Dunkirk.
The Betsey, 60 tons, with grocery, into Dieppe.
The Martha, into Amsterdam.
The Nancy, into ditto.
The Lord Neiman, 170. togs, with salt fish, into Granville.
The John, into Amsterdam.
The Friendship into ditto.
The Peggy, 20 tons, into Boulogne.
The Joseph and Edward, ISo tons, with Marble, into dkto.
The Aticiaide,lso tons, into ditto.
The YU:abets, 160 tons, with timber, into Dieppe.
1 The Testimony, 133 tons, with coals, into ( alai.
The Brilliant, 120 tons, with coals, into Ostend.
11 The William, 110 tons, with coals, into Boulogne.
The Navigator, ISO tons, with oil and dried fish, into Dunkirk.
The Mary, 141 tons, with coals, into Calais.
The Maria, 200 tons, with cotton and sugar, into Boulogne.
The Endeavour, ISO tons, with coals, into Fecamp.
The Venice, 120 tons, with colonial commodities, into ditto.
The Lord Keith, of 10 r.ns, into Hamburg!.
From the Portuguese :
The Esperanca, 80 tons, with wine, into Brest.
The Gratis Diving, 70 tons, with wine, into Gijon.
The Amante, 75 tons, with wine, into Boulogne.
St. Antonio, Soo tons, with wine, into Rochelle.
The packet Worn, 200 tons, with wheat, into Porros..
From the Swedes :
The Nayade, 150 tons, with tar and iron, into Flushing.
Retaken from the English—
The Saint Constantine, a Russian ship, carried into Leghorn.
The Dorothea, a Bremen ship, of 200 tons, with wool, ,
into Segos.
The Two Sisters, from Bremen, 190 tons, with eolocial
=Wines, into belleisle.
The Rand Jethelsona, Danish ship, carri..d into Cherbourg.
The Prudence, a Kniphausen ship, 100 tons, with wine,'
Cherbourg.
The following are• American ships, with Colonia
roduce, retaken from the English :
The Catharine, carried into Sr. awe.
The Augusta, 140 tons, into Soros.
The Hyades,-209 tons, into Calais.
The lames Adams, 410 ties, into Dunkirk.
The Calliope, 150 tons, into L'Orient.
The Sally, 161-tens, into Autry.—Meeirser, Jos. 29.
The Lady Nelson, WADE, from Oporto, which
Irirea at Limerick the 21st ult. was hailed off the
kett by a large armed schooner, full of men, supposed
a privateer, she fired two shots at the Lady Nelson,
who returned a broadside,..and they saw the privateer
run on sh..ret

TRIAL OF GENERAL WHITELOCICE.
nYTIE DAY.
The uncommonly fine appearance of the morning
attracted a greater croud than usual to Chelsea to-day,
and at an early hour the Great Hall was nearly filled
with auditors of both sexes.
The names of the Members having been called I
over, General Wurraxoc:cr took his place about 20
minutes past Ten, and Lieutenant-Co&onel Bytute
being called in, proceeded with his narrative of the
operations of the Army.
At Twelve o'Clock, when our express came away,
Colonel BwtKE had nearly finished his detail..
At a quarter past two o'clock, yesterday, the exa-
mination a:Central Gowan was for the present closed,
and Lieutenant Colonel BURKE, the Quarter Master
General of the forces in the expedition against Spanish
America, was called in and sworn. He made an ap-
plication through the ;Judge Advocate, trusting that
the Court would pardon any indistinctness or delay
in the delivery of his testimony, as his hesitation was
the effect of a wound he had received in the mouth.--
, This witness gave a . general statement of the opera-
tions of the army and of the staff, previous to the
embarkation 'at Monte Video. He was the officer
employed ty reconnoitre the banks of La Plata, in or-
der to ascertain the most convenient place for landing
the troops destined for the attack.

A paragraph having appeared in several of the
papers, that the Hon. General ST. JOHN had been tried
by a Court Martial and broke, we have authority to
say that such statement is erroneous. General ST.
Jolts has not been tried ; but a Special Board of Ge-
neral Officers was appointed by his Majesty, to inquire
into his conduct at the battle of Laswarrte • the re-
port of which Board being considered by the Cou-
stawout in Ctin.F as unfavourable, he has communi-
cated to General ST. JOHN, that it is not his MAJESI•T
intention to appoint him to any military comm and.'s

The Magistrates and Council of Inverness have voted
a loyal and dutiful address to his Majesty on the pre-
sent state of public affairs, recommending a vigorous
prosecution of hostilities, and a resolute assertion of
our national dignity, until we can lay down our arms
on conditions of honour and security.
A curious•case is about to he presented at Doctors'
Commons, of a marriage contracted at Brighton last
summer, between a young gentleman, heir to a great
fortune, and a Lady, who was passed upon him as a
woman of rank and fortune.
Monrday the construction of the Will of the late
Lord Lenin was argued at some length in the Court
of Chancery, by Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, and Messrs.
RIcuARDS, LEECH, AGAR, &c. It appeared that his
Lordship devised to the next and nearest of his kin-
dred, “ he being a malt, and of kr blond and name," cer-
tain parts of his estate in remainder, Etc. Now the
qUesuon is, whether the son of the sister of the testa
tor, who has changed his.name from SMITH to LEIGH,
is entitled to such remainder? The plaintiff was next
of kin by the female line ; his original name had been
SMITH in the year 1802, four years before the death
of Mrs. MARY Lrault, he took the name of LEIGH, by
his Majesty's licence, and brought his bill in Chancery
to recover the estates under the Will, as being nearest
of kin, and bearing the name of Lawn ; but it is con.',
tended that his name having been originally Santa.
he does not answer the description in the Will; and
that the licence of his Majesty to assume the name of
I.Eion, will not entitle him to take under the provi•

lions of the Will.—Tlie case stands over.
Mr. Justice GRoSE, in his charge to the Grand Jury
of Middlesex on Monday, called their particular at-
tention to the prevailing disposition of individual's to
encourage prize-fighting and boxing. He observed,
that it was not only a very serious breach of the peace,
but the places of meeting being constantly attended
by persons of the very worst character and descrip-
tion, the practice led to results extremely injurious to
society. He therefore hoped they would take every-
possible means within their power of discountenancing
and repressing it.
A Word to the Wise is sufficient. Shares of
Tickets, Sixteen Shillings a Ticket cheaper than at
other Offices, at J. WARNER'S, No. 16, Cornhill, who
recommends an immediate purchase, as he expects
Shares will rise. The Lottery Scheme is doubly
stored with capitals, compared with former Lotteries,
all of which, if sold at J. WAaNea's, will be paid on
demand, as soon as drawn:
The absurdity of fixing particular Days for Drawing
the great Prizes in the Lottery is done away :—the
Prizes will be put promiscuously into the Wheel of
Fortune, and drawn out as Chance may direct.—The
Sale of Tickets and Shares has considerably increased
in consequence of the alteration. The purchaser can-
not fail of observing the advantages derived bybuying
before the drawing commences ; as a great many of
the Capital Prizes may be drawn on the First Day of
Drawing. HoaNszy and Co. humbly solicit public
favour on the present occasion, and feel much obliged
by the past.-26, Cornhill, 52, Charing Cross, and
St. Margaret's Hill, B•lrough.
DUEL.—Saturday se'nnight a meeing took place
at Six-mile Bridge, county Clare, between Wm.
Hammond, Esq. of Limerick, and Wm. Foley, Esq.
of Shepperton, in the said county, the result of a pre-
vious 'Altercation. On firing, the former gentleman
received the ball of the latter in the wrist, and Mr.
Foley received a mortal wound, the ball entering his
side, passed through the intestines and perforated the
spine, and he expired the next night in great agony.
('ORN.EXCIIANGE, MARK-LANE, FEB. 3.—There
are few fresh arrivals of Wheat and Barley, which
i
are in short supply ; and last prices are full in-
tained--Malt likewise--White Peas and of
both sorts this week are higher—Oats are also in oft
supply, and fine samples fetch rather better prim,—
Flour without alteration.—Fine American is dearer,
40s. to 445. per. barrel.
GiNtRAL CVIRINCT AS ONDIR:
..
Wheat, 46.. 600. 795. Beans (old) 575. CU
Fine ditto, 74.. 755. Tick ditto (old) 53.. 59..
Rye (New) 46.. SOs. Oats, 90$. 94.. 965.
Batley, 40s. 465. Poland ditto, Ws. 40s. AL
Malt 765. 71*. Rape Seed, it J. LP:. c a,

A short time since a boat returning from
with mussels for Ayr, struck on a rock on the
side of the Horse Isle, and went to pieces.
were two lota in her ; one of them, Niel McDougall,
wailing, tunauly lost, the & f ler, William Houston,
got upon the Isle, where he remained above a
tore he was takeh off.
Friday night last, as Sir H. Vane Tenipest
passing in his carriage through Bruton-street, .-
the pavement suddenly gave way, and by the •
of the shuck which the carriage received, the
man was thrown from the boa upon the pavement.--
Me was severely bruised by the fall, but he is -
a fair way of recovery.
An inhuman monster who has lately stabbed seve.
ral young women in Portsmouth, and the places ad.
jacent, was on Monday apprehended and committed
to Omit.
The Price of Bread was yesterday ordered so be
raised half in Assize, to take place tomorrow; ;ben
the Quartern Loaf of wheaten is to be.seld for 11.4
and household 10d.

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