Star.
London, England, 1813-07-07 00:00:00

COTTON TRADE.

, THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, I'BlS.
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MOB (If S COCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK'
Ketl. &if}t—Cons. 5610 a. div.—for acc.
4 per Ct. per Ct. 8531 ex. day.—Otunium Sj
Bonds par is. dia.—Exch. Bills Ss. Ss. pr.
Sauk Long Anna. at s-16ths

./Protiteurs, and, other Paris Papers to the 3d instant,
have arrived. The official Journal contains nothing
•
on the subject of the affairs of Spain, but the Journal
ele Parii, of the 2d, contains an attfcle from Perpig-
nan, which states, that an Anglo. Spanish army,
13,00 strong, which had disembarkea in the Bay
of Salon, *near Tarragona, had been defeated and
forced to re-embark with the loan of S or 4,0'60 in

There is an anxiety visible in the French Papers to
hold out prospects of a pacific nature as likely to re-
sult lroM the Armistice. Prague is now mentioned

as the place where the Congress is likely to assemble, I
and where an English Agent, named ADDINGToN,,
has arrived. We presume, this alludes to the mis-
sion
of Mr. ADDINOTOI4, the son of Mr. HtLev AD-1
DINOTON, who was dispatched some time ago on a
mission to the Continent, and whose education and
splendid talents eminently qualify him for the highest
diplomatic functions.
BONAPARTE continues at Dresden, where reinforce-
ments of troops daily arrive; and, intermixed with
these solemn preparations for fresh atrocities, we are
told, teat a French and Italian company of come-
' dians is to exhibit alternately Wore the EMPEROR !
The Emperor ALEXANDER is described as having
none but diplomatists near his person. We know
what this is intended to convey ; but we have a better
opinion of the EMPEROR's firmness and magnanimity
than to suppose that his military ardour is in the least
abated by any event which Las occurred during the
campaign.

The arum. of last night contains the particulars of
a most gallant and successful achievement off the
coast of Provence, by the boats of the Berwick and
Euryalus, in which a French national xebeck, and
13 smaller vessels, were taken or destroyed.
The Gazette also contains a letter from Captain
ADAM, of the Invincible, detailing the particulars of
two successful attacks made by parties from the In-
vincible, in conjunction with a Spanish force detach-
ed by the Baron D'Etioevs, on two posts occupied by
the enemy near the Ebro ; a letter from Capt. Mott-
BRAY, of the Repulse, detailing the capture of a con-
voy near the port of Morgien, by the Repulse, Vo-
lontaire, and Undaunted; and a letter from Captain
TAYLOR) of the Apollo, giving an account of the cap-,
ture of the Islands of Augusta and Curzola.
Yesterday the Vestrymen of the parish of St. Mary.
la-bonne assembled at the workhouse of the parish,
and proceeded from thence in procession to the New
Chapel, building on the South side of the New-road,
where the Minister of the parish, the Rev. Archdeacon
Helene, as the representative of his Grace the Duke
of PORTLAND, accompanied by Captain GEORGE
DARBY, the Churchwarden, the Clergy, Magistrates,
and Ttiomas HARDWICK, Esq. the Architect, laid the
first stone, and the Archdeacon read in an andible•
tone and impressive manner the beautiful prayer of
SOLOMON at the dedication of the Temple.
CANADA.—Yesterday a Meeting was held at the
City of London Tavern, to open a Subscription for
the Rel:ef of the people of Canada, taken from their
homes, and put to considerable inconvenience by de-
fending that district. Soon after twelve o'clock., the
Duke of KENT tof)k the Chair. His Royal high.
;less cornieenced by Stating the loyalty which had
uniformly distinguished his Majesty's subjects in Ca-
nada. On the appearance of invasion, they had
filled up the ranks in the Militias with an alacrity
truiy laudable. The Militias in Canada were subject
to many hardships and disadvantages not known in
England. Their families were unprovided for, and
by the neglect of agriculture, they lost their only
support. His Royal Highness concluded by moving
several Resolutions, which were seconded by Mr.
JoitN Isoi.ts Mr. Jacicacia made a few observations,
and bore testimony to the loyalty and patriotism of
the Canadians. A subscription was immediately
oper.ed, and the contributions, as far they went, were
very liberal.
FlRE.—This morning, between six and seven
o'clock, a fire broke out at a baker's shop in Snows-
fields. From the number of old wooden houses ad-
joining and the extensive premises of Messrs. Wood
and Co. in which is a quantity of fl and hemp, it
excited a considerable degree of :ilium, but tottu•
nately, by the prompt eats Lions or the neighbours and
die arrival of the fire-engines and tin immediate sup-
ply of water, prevented its ravages extending farther
tean the two adjoining houses, which, with the pre.
pises where it broke out, were entirely consumed.

The C"mmittee on the Act relative to the ;viper.
tatinn of cotton, was postponed till to-morrow, atter
p few observa;ions from Mr. Alderman ATKINs, and
Mr. DAVENPORT (in opposition to the postponement),
and the CIIANCELLOR of the EXCLIEQUER/ who said
that no bl :nie was attributable to the Honourable
.Alderman for the delay.

STAMPS ON SANK NOTES.
Mr. THOltibON, though not now prepared to
propose any measure on the sob:tett, wished to have
some explanation from the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, relative to the composition paid by the Bank of
.liigiancl for the stamp duties on their notes. This
Arapocition only amounted to se4t,ooo per annum,
while the Country Bankers paid £lso,ooo—a prepo.
sition very unfair, in his opinion. The Bank of Scot-
land, then, was a similar composition; with this dif-
fertnee, that he believed they gave in an account of
the %hole issee ; but had no stamp on each note as
the Country Bankers were obliged to have. There
were notes of a wry large amount issued by the
Bank of England, and it was rather 'hard that the
Country Bankers should pay for their small notes
above 50,000, while the Bank of England paid but
.442,000 for all together.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, that the present composition had been originally
founded on a scale of proportion, as it was thought
the most convenient method ; but since that period,
the stamp duties had increased, and the consequence
had certainly been favourabfe to the Bank of Eng-
land. Whetherit was wise to continue the existing,
system of composition. remained to be considered ;
and though lie had no present intention of making
any proposition upon the subject, lie had no doubt,
that should his Huu. Friend bring it forward upon a
future occasion, that the Bank 01 England would be
disposed to enter into any fair arrangement that should
be proposed.
Mr;THOMSON was about to offer some further
observations, when the SPEAKER reminded him that
there was no question before the House.—Adjourned.

A fttii.

A leiter fiom an Officer Ito whom the eare.ofthathet
Artillery taken at Vittoria Was consigned, Star,
bi the rapidity of the march, fromithe 15th tine
to
the 21st, at five leagues a-day, the 'reach were sur-
prised, that their 'camp was in consequence crowded
with close carriages, thlt in one of them the Countess
of GAwr, the wife of the second in comman 1, was
taken, and that the specie seized amounted to it fio,ooo

sterling. . 6.
A detachment of the 83d regiment, cnnsis!ine of
seven subalterns, and fifty rank and file, under the
command of Lieut. WATSON, marched from D in-
bury tirracks, on Tuesday morning for Pnrtsm'uth,
to embark to replace those brave fellow's who have so
lately fallen of that distinguished corps in the Penin-
sula.
The Hon. G. THELt VION. who fell intl-e late glo.
ri4 biother to the Lord

prinent

sous engagfment, was
killed and wounded. This must have been the ex.' Ranbusitata.
pedition from Alitant, entrusted to Sir Joins MUR• I The 85th light infaiitry, at Hyth e, have received
RAY, and which was disembarked on the 4th ult.—lt ' an order of readiness for Windsor, to do the Kiwis
was destined, as our Readers already know, to attack duty. • .
SUCHET) or•rather, perhaps, to keep him at bay upon•! Detachments from all the light regiments in the
the Ebro, while Lord WELLINGTON advanced towards Kentish district are under orders foi PortugaL
the Pyrenees. We have no doubt that this important A strong detachtiirat of the 48th marched into
Bow lain night, on their way to the Peninsuli.
object has been attained, notwithstanding the state- j
The 16th and 70th regiments are ordered from
ment in the French Papers ; and the probability is, Scotland to Cork, preparatory to embarkation for the
that Sir Ivor MURRAY has re.embarked to proceed Peninsula, with a corps of Royal Artillery Drivers.
coastways to another point, from which be can again ' The Sussex militia are encamped at Sandhurst,
annoy the enemy. ; and employed in the completion of the works at the
We are not surprised that the French papers con. Royal Military College.
tarn no account of the battle of Vittoria, although that ' The detachments of the Royal Staff Corps and
event must have been known at Paris in tl-ree or four Waggon Train are also stationed at Sandhurst.
1 Major General Aitait Gottooe and suite ate arrived
days. Our Readers will recollect that MARMONT9S
. at Aberdeen, to take the command of that District.
report o the battle of Salamanca did not appear until :
i The several Agents have been directed by the Se.
nearly two months after the event. It underwent the cretary at War to pay in all the unclaimed arrears
revision of the Builetin writers in Russia before it was belonging to Officers. These arrears were abolished
permitted to appear, and we have no doubt that the in 1797, as far as regards the marching army of the
same precautions have been taken upon the present _line ; the Household Troops and the Foot Guards
ill subject to this drawback. —Query. As the
occasion. i unclaimed ar -,st belong to the families Id

arrears mu. ,g _ ant.
representatives of deceased Officers, should not their
names be published, as was the case in the unclaimed
dividends at the Bank ?

GENERAL COURT MARTIAL.—On Saturday a General Court
Martial assembled at the Muster-Master General's Office, White-
hall, for the purpose of investigating the following charges, pre-
ferred by Captain FREDERICK TtiomAS‘ of the 2d Royal Tower
Hamlet Regiment of Militia, against lieutenant 'Footsies OR?.
wool), of the said regiment For disobedience of orders, and
being absent from his guard at the West India Docks at several
times, during Thursday, the 15th of April, ISIS, notwithstand-
ing he was specially ordered to attend in the Guard-room on that
day by the Commanding Officer.-2. For bring in liquor when
Commanding the West India Dock Guard on the same day.--3. For
writing a letter on or about the 16th of April, I ttl3, to Lieu',.Co-
lonel JACK 4011, accusing Captain *Nom AI of a; bitrary condo es.—
Monday the Members compo ing the above' Court, again u-
sembled, and having finally heard the whole of the proceedings
thereon as welt as the defence of the prisoner, closed for the pur-
pose of deliberating on the sentence, which will not he Fromul
gated till his Royal Highness the PRINCC a eNT's pleasure.
On the 13th of May, the folliwing General Orders
were issued by Lord WEt.tixorn_Ni to his Army
s The Commander of the Foie:* hat received frequent eem-
plaints relative to the behaviour of Officers and Soldiers of rte
army towards the Magistrates of the country, notwithstanding
the repeated orders which he has issued on this head ; and i ap-
pears the more eztraordiaary, that Soldiers and Officers of the
British army should give (aux for such complaints, sire. it is
well known, that in their own country, not urns of them wool i
dare to insult or n:: treat Civil Magistrates.
" Circumstances have, however, augmented the inconveni-
encies which result from such coviluct ; and the Commander of
the Forces requests Officers of tho army to recollect, tint the
operations of the army are carried on within the territoiko et
friendly Powers, whose laws fur the protection of persons cloth
,ed with authority are as rigorous as those of Great Britain, ant!
that every injury that is dote, or insult practised towards the civil
authorities of the Governm-it te will be folio Ned by the same con-
sequences as similar behaviour would produce In England.
" The Commander of the forces requests, that care be taken
to communicate these orders to the Portuguese Officers and
troops, as well a+ to the British ; and be trusts, that the Vortiv
guese will pay the same attention to the civil authorities of
::•pain, that all classes of persons are bound by the Portuguese
laws to pay to the civil authorities of Portugal."