Star.
London, England, 1812-05-01 00:00:00

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RoXBURGII PILIMAGt.

In a Committe of Privileges, the Lord Advocate of %ads
who appeared on behalf of the Crown; shortly addle eil di*
Lordships. Ai be did not cppooe the right of Sir how Imo
Kerr, Bart. who claims the Dukedom, and a very comiegillt
property attached to It, Sir Samuel &wilily, Counsel for do
Honourable Baronet, did not deem it nccehary to assert bh riglt
of rrply.—Judgment on Tuesday nest.

BoItTH WICK Pia;RA6lte
The 1 louse, Ir. a Committee of Privileges on the show Perm',
heard Mr. Adams, as Counsel fee the claimant, Archibald Bosh•
wick, Esq.—Further proceedings on Friday sent.tght.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Alderman COM BE presented a Petition bent aria
Painters, hlanutaeturess,ami other., who wrought for the fad
India Company, against the abolition of their Manepoil•
'lle ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, and obtained leave to
bring in a Bill, to emend the provisions of the Ad, Mk Once
11. against persons obtaining money under false presentri. Tb •
object of the new iii*veas to ezteudpunishment to persona oe'
taming Bonds, Bills, and other SeCl/flilti, by Pke nwsot...:That
Bill was brought in, read a first, and.ordeted to be read a bece
1
time.

Mr. HORNER postponed his notice relative to bassinet
Debtors in the Isle of Man till Wednesdar
Sir JOHN NEWPORT, on account of ;he Inane" befuletM
House, connected with thy Orden in Cussed, postponed a ale
don relative to Marne* College else the. . • • • •
The House went into a Conunittee to caddy if 16•112
on Copper, in which a Resolution was agreed 011/2
dotal duty of Xs* per too oo that article.—The air" 11.
dered to he received to-morrow,
Mr. ROSE brought in a Bill to provide for the tease "al
manning of Vessels employed in the South lin Whale Follerf.'"
It was read sr Ant, and ordered to be nail a second time.
'l' Ise third reading of the Tobacco Pipe-Clay Bill. VU rcit.
paned to Monday; as was also the Committee on thc IAA Di'
dilation front Sugar,
Mr. HORNER postponed his notice relative to the Sabfr
CultioeLM•Mphoo to the first open day, Wednesdays '"'"'
Mr. PONSONBY wished to knew if the discussion es lila
Barrack I.4timaiet• which stood for tomorrow, was to kWw
the course of othee business, or be deferred till Act dorm"
on the Orders ia•Council was gone through ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER *IAA the
must come on to-morrow.,
The Scots Local Milkia BIN went %/II a Coriew*
The CHANCELLOR of (be EXC UER
nodce relative to the issue of Local Silver • 'obeos,Ciliihodor.
FORZIGN =roars.
Mt. BROUGHAM moved for an account ti
official value of all Exports to Foreign Dort
during the last ten years, up to the sth January,
kJ*
distinguishing British, colonial, and (=visa sit
sad
aud also rhos, to Spain and Portugal, 5..4
Malta, and Heligoland and the Baltic.
Mr. ROSE said, he seldom was averse to griat4o,
any papers that might be. desired by Gendemenze
petite, but he felt it w be his boajidea duty " 'I--
ISif.

the present motion, at tescling to give information to
the enemy which would be most mischievous to the in.
terests of British commerce. •
Mr. BARING, although he thought the 'inforrna
Lion important, as it would contradict some of the
commercial statements and deductions of the Right
Pon Gentleman ; yet, as there might be ,d4oger
from the intelligence the accounts would afford to the
enemy relative to our trade, he would not pstss the
motion. It might, however, be modified so as to be
innoxious.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, the information
would be important, though not to contradict, but to
confirm the statements of his Right Hon. Friend,—
$e also agreed with him on the danger that would
arise from their production, to enable the enemy to
ascertain the whole course our trade had taken during
doe last ten years, and how it had found its way from
we port to another in spite of his-decrees.
Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. ROSE severally ex-
plained ; after which the motion was agreed to in a
modified shape, excluding the particular exports to
Sicily, &c. and confining the distinction to Spain and
Portugal only.
_ OttRICA.:.

burgh, the 'object of which was to assassinate the
EMPEROR, The ringleaders have been arrested but
we are not acquainted with an., further particulars.
Orders have been. sent to Carlscrcma to equip the
whole of the Swedish fleet, but for what enterpriae
we know not. There appears however to be a friendly
disposition to this country on the part of the Swede)..
Every possible attention is paid to British ships in
distress, or otherwise ; and on the other hand, the
Swedish cruizers have recently captured six French
privateers, and sent them into Carlsham.

The following is the Speech, at the opening of the
Swedish Diet :

" Good Gentlemen and Swedish men—The great
concerns of our native country have again called me
to apply for your counsel, before the time fixed by the
forms of Government for your usual meeting, is
expired.

" Since I last saw you assembled before my
Throne, several of the Acts by you passed, and
whereon the safety and welfare of the kingdom were
indubitably dependant, have been put to the proof,
and their value proved by the lessons of
.experience.
If it is the lot of humanity to joist with a warm desire
for what is right the possibility of erring in the
choice of the means to effect it, it must be highly
satisfactory both to you and myself, to be enabled
timely to prevent such misfortunes which the pressure
of the times have brought forth, and which alone, by
a longer continuance, might possibly have brought
with them deplorable circumstances for the interior
Government of the country.
" In the propositions for amendment, which will
now be laid before you, I am convinced, good Gen-
tlemen and Swedish men, that you. will perceive I
have always acknowledged that secure reliance which
I ever have and always shall remember of your
sentiments towards me and the kingdom.
" I have called you together, at di moment when
great and important occurrences out of our native
country, seem to threaten Europe with new misfor.
tunes. Guarded by her situation from the forced ob-
ligation of paying obedience to foreign sway, which
possibly might not accord with her own interest.
Sweden has every thing to hope from unity, valour,
and conduct—every thing to lose if she gives herself
up to intestine divisions, and unwise fear.

Mr. WHITBREAD wished to be informed by
the Minister for Foreign Affairs, if it was the inten-
tion of his Majesty's advisers to resist the motion of
which he had given notice for to-morrow, relative to
the production of the Correspondence on the Mission
of Mr. Henry t
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
fa reply; stated, that he was not aware of their being
tiny intention tooppose their production.
COMMITTEE ON THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee
bn the Orders in Council, Mr. BABINGTON in the Chair.
. Mr. Pour, a merchant, from Birmingham, was
celled in and examined as to the state of the trade in
that tovin and its vicinity. His evidence went to the
fact of a great decay in the nail trade—the decrease
of workmens wages, although they wrought 16 hours
• per day instead of 12 or 14, as before ; the general
ialling off of the other branches of Manufacture—the
throwing out of employment of a number of hands,'
and in fine the whole minutia of the commercial
distress already so often before the public.
Mr Jortish Shore, also a Birmingham merchant,
*as examined by Mr. BROUGHAM, the CH LL
the EXCHEQUER, Mr. ROSE, Mr. iVILBERFORCE, Mr.
STEPHEN, Mr. TIERNBY, and Mr. CHARLES ADAMS.
On this witness being asked several questions by Mr.
C. ADAMS, relative to the general policy of the Or:.
ders in Council, Mr. DARING objected to it, as tend-
ing to drown the only information at present sought
forest) the state of Birmingham.---The witness was
then ordered to withdraw ; and after a desultory con-
versation, the questions were dropped, and the witness
The witness was further examined by Mr. PATTI
iBB, •Lord MILTON,' Mr• STEPHEN, Mr. C. ADAMS,
end Mr. BARING.
'The next witness was Mr. Jame: Ryland, coach
huness and saddle manufacturer, in Birmingham,
who was examined in the first instance by Mr.
BIOUGHAIIt and subsequently by Mr. STEPHEN, Mr.
_ _ _ _

" It is by the bond of unity between me and you,
byiny son's sword, rich in honour, by the valour of
our youth in arms, by the powerful will of the Swe-
! dist people, that the prosperity of your laws and the
.honour of your liberties are secured. It is by the high
and valuable example of an undisturbed confidence
between the King and subjects; by firm and manly
decisions in the midst of tempestuous times, that the
Powers of Europe should be convinced that the inde-
pendence of Sweden is not solely defended by the seas
which surround her coasts at such a decisive mo-
ment, for proving the general sentiments ; when it
may be probable that foreign calculations have been
made, with intent to destroy my exertions and yours.
ge I ought to endeavour to shake off every thing
that might have effect on the freedom of your deli-
berations. Different causes of great moment con-
firmed me in the resolution of transferring the ex-
traordinary meeting of the Diet, which was to have
been holden at Stockholm, to this place. If the s;tua-
tion of doubt and suspense, which about two years
since was the chief occasion of taking a similir step
on my side, has now given a greater space for steady
order, and that the loyalty and attachment which
the respectable citizens of Stockholm have at all
times, as well as on the before-mentioned occasions,
shewn for their King and laws; an attachment which,
with equal pleasure and truth, I find myself obliged 1
to give the inhabitants of my capital."

C. ADAMS, Mr. A. BARING, and Mr. MARRYATT.
Mr. Richard Sjsooner, banker and nail manufacturer,
ti Birmingham, was then called in and examined for:
• .~boot an hoar.
Mr Mann Clayton, lamp manufacturer, was the
last witness examined, who having withdrawn,
Mr. BROUGHAM said,. that the number of wit.
levee ordered to be in attendance this night had been
*Sated by the time occupied in examination of the
We witnesses who had been examined last night. A
inch shorter period, however, having been con.
*tamed in the examination this night than was calcu-
lated tn, the consequence was, that there were no
more witnesses in attendance. He therefore moved,
*That .he Chairman do 'report progress, and ask
leave to sit again."
This motion being agreed to, the House resumed,
the minutes of evidence were brought up and ordered
to be printed, after which the House immediately
Adjourned at half-past Ten o'clock,.

THE EVENING STA.

LONDON.

?RIDAY, MAY 1.
Sr. Num—Holiday at the Stock Exchafige.

CAPTURE OF SEVILLE BY GENERAL
BALLASTER OS.
The gratifying intelligence V./filch we oommunica-
ted to otr Readers exclusively in our Second Edition
of Saturday last is fully confirmed by the arrivals of
this Morning. The Marian, Captain CONDER, has
!rived at Falmouth, in l 8 days, from Cadiz. The
esenirs lines were partly broken.up preparatory to
the anal raising of the siege ; and the French troops
was making the best of their way to France, where
we trust they will never be permitted to arrive.—
r, after hearing of the fall of Badajoz, instantly
eh Seville, and proceeded northwards with the whole
of hts force• BALLASTEROS with his army is, as we
Ilrea.dY stated, now in full possession of Seville; and
may expect soon to hoar of his disturbing the re-
lic* of the French in Madrid.

Corunna Papers to the 12th ult. have been received.
Their contents are unimportant. General PORLIEB,
in a letter of the 28th of March, details a skirmish
which he 44:1 with a French force under General Du-
nerrox, in the vicinity of Torrelavega. PORLIZR
states the loss of the enemy at 120 killed and woun-
ded ; while his own loss did not exceed 50 ; and he
continued to maintain his position.

" CORUNNA, APLIL 1.

a Accounts have been received from Hernani, on
the confines of France, stating, that General Bonnet,
with 3500 men, and the whole Imperial Guard, had
passed through that place. It is estimated that about
45,000 men have lately returned to France by that
and other routes.".

We stated yesterday that JOEL BAnLow, the Ame-
rican Minister at Paris, had been treated with great
coldness of late by BONAPARTE and his minions. On
a recent occasion, when Mr. BARLOW obsequiously
repeated his assurances at the Levee that America
wished to stand well with France, the despot ab-
ruptly turned upon his heel and said, put cda taut
riea—il 'me fast la guerre—la guerre !

ANHOLT MAIL.
M Ashok Mail arrived this morning with intelli-
Cs of a most interesting description. The Speech
of the King to the Diet assembled at Orebro does
sot distinctly inform us what line of conduct he
roeans to pursue : indeed; the Swedish Government
cannot but be much perplexed : they are evidently
between Scylla and Charybdis.
A letter from Gottenburgh of the 24th Ult. states
that the Russian declaration of hostilities against
Trance had not yet been made public there, although
t Was known that it was issued. BONAPARTE was
expected to join the army in the North in a few days.
It is not likely that any movement of consequence
would be made by the troops until his arrival.
A conspiracy has been discovered at St. Peters-

By an American gentleman who was conveyed
from France to the Isle of Wight, by the Hornet, we
are informed that Captain HENRY took his passage in
the Galen, from the United States, and has reached
Paris. We believe he obtained his card of residence
from the Police Department on the day the gentle-
man we allude to left the French capital.
The young German gentleman, of the name oft
Rowrozw, Who left England about a twelvemonth
since for Africa, in order to prosecute discoveries in
the interior of that country, has, we are sorry to learn,
k been murdered by the Arabs, before he had proceeded
anj great distance from Mogadore, where he spent
some time perfecting himself m the Arabic language.

- •
• THE ARMY. :PORTING INTELLICRNCI. .
•
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Fourteen transports, with the reiaforalnente for NEWKARicsi' SECOND sPRING MEETING; 1111 e.
the 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th Light Dm- THURSDAY, APRIL 30.
goons, sailed froth Plymouth for Portugal on Wed. Fifty Pounds for S.yr. olds,-carrying 6v. Sib. ; 4-, yr. olds, Set.;
nesday, under convoy of the Manstrroma fri
5-yr. olds, Sif. 71b.; &yrs. aid aged, • .t. 1 /lb. T. M. M. DI C.
S ate, and Mr. Notthey's b. f. by Gunenut, syn. • • • 1
HELICON, 10 guns, with a fair wind. D. of Rutland's be. It. Salvator, 6yrs. - • . .
•By the ship Marianne, from Cadiz, accounts hard Mr. R. Goodleon'a gr. b. Bustler, Syr& .. • a
been received, that the 47th and 67th Regiments had to four agst•Salvator—Four to one opt. Bustler.
.be ordered ordered to join the Earl of WELLINGTON.
mars.
The cavalry transports at Portsmouth were etpeeto ..
ed to sail a this day, under convoy of the Tama. ' We have great satisfaction in giving a place in our
Another convey; consisting of transports and other columns to the wbj fined letter; and we heartily wish
store vessels, with cloathiug, ste for a large Spanish. that all the classes of workmen in the m totatacturing
force, is also about to sail from Portsmouth for Cadie.. districts were as much alive to the disgrace' that. at-
-Mr. Titorren, the Storekeeper-General, who hag taches to acts of violence and outrego as the writers
superintended the embarkation of the stores, is to of the letter. They may rvst assured that in flu. .tni.
accompany them to their destination. ' : madversions on these dtse,, • '•r t -efui procee.linAs w•-• have
The death of Major Tut:ol4Bos, of the 88th, _ Ito wish so implicate the in ~'cent We bci ev.. that
1 tioned in the STAR of Tuesday last, although not their statement is quite correct--the m -ntion if the.
noticed in the Gazette, is confirmed by ptivate letters canico printers must have been a mere mistake of
from the Peninsula. Major THONISON was killed in - our correspondent in the hurry of writing :
the lines before Badajoa, a few days before its sir. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
" Llanct,o•ter Aprl 25.
render to the Earl of WELLINGTON. He had but very so Sta-1n coftenizenee of a p eadraph in y. ur Put; . 1 the sod
lately purchased his Majority at the price of eleven tut. asscruil that tie outrage-eeniruitted wi ;,,e octets's°, Men-re•
hundred guineas, which is a great loss to his sur- Burton and son, on the uo 11 in-t. at Mlddletor,was to:pa-trued
viving family. by the journeymen eallico printers, we ieel ourtelve. irredetably
We arc at a low t ) conCtier through
tospelled to take the fir.` ova. uni.y to re 'tie io Cate and on-
; One hundred and fifty French. Officers, prisoners founded an accusation
of war, who were on parole at Airesford and that what channel such informs tun toted b. irceivett ; at it is welt
neighbourhood, have been marched to Portsmouth, known that it WA. the weaving fact •ry, and no the pnutini
worts, as is erroneou.ly stated, tl.at WS, attack. d on that en-
for embarkation for Scotland.
happy day. We beg you to be a.sured, Str, that we had not the
The East Devon regiment of militia from Win. least participation in any of those ttensaetlons .on ..ltude to and
chester, and the Wilts militia from Gosport, have h°Pe f-to Will dp us the justice to coniradict the as;:ersion as soot%
been ordered to proceed with all possible dispatch in 7.Ph7sr
stbeleotr—t for a
hin ntaat
utritt.nase of such
tpedubt,otclattjviteattlo:n7otANeireiestM"
waggons and 9titer carriages, the former for chi in- diem. yours, in behalf of the bum me., (when Pr „iris.
land district, and the latter to Warrington, in Lan- 4 THOMAS CARMaIIOK•
I
a cashire. -
es SUCHARD nit TOM*"
!
. The LEOPARD troop ship, with four transports,. are " MANCHES I'ER, APRIL IL
ordered to proceed to Cork, to take in troops for "Every thing is now tranquil in this town, though
'.Portugal. we hear of various p tty depredations in different
quarters. The rioters, however, are becoming mere
The Leitrim militia marched from Ramsgate yes-
marauders. Our Local Milit;a assembled here this
I terday morning, on their rout to Sheerness : they are
da • and the public mind is now more at eAse, tor
replaced for the present by two companies of the y '
Westmeath, from Dover.
tee scanty force we had before would have been .in-
adequate tiYany thing like a serious disturbance.
The troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards, lately eta- "I am grieved to be obliged to add, that we have
tioned at Ramsgate, marched on Wednesday morn* just heard cf a Mr. Horsetail, going from our mar-
ing for Canterbury : they are expected to be succeeded ket; yesterday, having been shot last night by some
by a troop of the 3d Light Dragoons of the King's 'iassassins near Huddersfield, in Yorkshire."
German Legion. .
Sunday, the Danube transport, No. 113, arrived
at Ramsgate, to take in baggage for the Sd Dragoon
Guards, now in Portugal. She sailed again yesterday.
The 2d Lancashire regiment of militia was re.
viewed on Wednesday, at Plymouth, by General,
THOMAS. It is in fine condition.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, APRIL so.
Arrived the EAGLE cutter, from a cruise, and sail-
ed again on ditto. She yesterday fell in with off
Plymouth an American ship and a brig, from Gib.
ultar, prizes to the French privateer mentioned in
our last, but retaken by his Majesty's ship Hattootr,
which ,vessel was left in pursuit of the privateer, who
hid succeeded in carrying off another brig and a sloop.
Arrived the Charles, STANBURY, Mint Messina and'
Gibraltar-13 days from the Later place.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 29.

Sailed with a fine breeze at East, the reinforcement
of Cavalry for Lord WELLINGTON, under convoy of
the MAIDSTONE frigate, and HELICON 10 guns AL.
BION cutter, for the Rochefort station. Arrived the
TIGRE 74 guns, from Basque-roads ; and the Foz-
HOUND 18 guns, from an unsuccessful cruize after the
privateer that appeared off the Deadman on Sunday.
The TALBOT, lb guns, came from the Sound to Ha-
mane.

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

The Seed process has gone on heavily upon strong
and rough lands, from their parched and clodded sur-
face, the consequence of some weeks drought ; there
is yet much to do, nor will it be performed in that
style of good husbandry for which a more geniilseasoct
is required : the present, in course, will be bite.
Ail the Spring Corn and pulse above ground it in
a very backward state, parched by the-cold, dry, nor:
therly and easterly winds, and much in want of
showers. Nothing done yet upon the follows. The
crops of Wheat which originally planted well are 5i
venally in a flourishing state, that cfup seldom being
injured by dry weather in the spring; but those upon
poor, ill-cultured, and undrained sails, the early ap-
pearance of which was unthrifty, :hew at pres:nt very
thin, and of a yellow unhealthy colour. The stag.
' nant internal damps of such soils are not the kind of
moisture required for the nourishment of plants.
Reports of the fertility of the newly-inclosed lands,
general, and the mode of breaking them up in all im-
proved districts, that of paring and burning. all the
old objections to which are proved futile and ground-
less, where subsequent good culture is persevered in:
nlimely, working the eradication of heeds, and a fair
portion of manure.
Both tat and lean Cattle cheaper, from the scarcity
and enhanced price of food. Pigs somewhat dearer.
Nothing new respecting Sheep and Lambs. A fair
stock of Hay upon hand ; Straw proportionably de.
&rent. Tire stock of Turnips finished, excepting with
those provident farmers who drew and stacked their
roots for spring use, and such, as usual, were very
few. The few crops of lucerne very backwaid, nor
can Grass be expected but with rain and warm wea-
ther. Stock of Oil Cake short, and no feeding with
sugar, but on the scum of distiller's wash.
The stock of Wheat oa hand, in the most produc-
tive eastern counties, alarmingly deficient, according
to the best accounts which can be obtained, and the
general opinion there, that very considerable foreign
supplies will be needed, duripg the summer, to ea'rr
out the residue until the new corn shall be fit for use.
Let the temerarious opposers of a general inclosure'
bill connect this account with the natural and almost
miraculous uncertainty of a wheat crop, and the too
probable continuance of war, that dire fiend of waste
and consumption, and pestilent enemy to the culti-
vation of the earth.

CORK MAIllItTi NB, MAT I.—This day there TM
very few arrivals of Wheat, but tolerable remaining supplies,
mmdy of the late arrivals from the North Country ; last prices
are in fully supported. Barley, together with Malt and Whit* •
rem, likawfre, beans of each sort dearer. Oats continue to ar-
rive in eattinse short supply, and this ankle is again quoted at a
farther advance. fluur at late prices.

OQIRINT tillZes AS ONDIIIB
Wheat, 100 s. 128 s. 140 s. Beans 70s. 7611
Fine ditto, 1424.1465. Tick ditto (new) 668.72 t.
Rye, 78 824. • Ditto (fine Old) 735. 745.
Barley, 681. 761. Od. Oats 444 50... 541.
Malt, 98s. 105 s. Poland ditto, 555. 565.
White Peas. (Boilers) Sts. pts. Potatoe ditto, Si.. sas. Od.
Grey ditto, 714.785. Rape Seed, £7Q..'76.
Fine Flour, 1051.110ap—Seconds, 100 s. to 105 s. "
Advt.:et have been received from the Baltic that several vej.
sels arc oh their tray to England, laden with Wheat : apd we
may also expect considelable suppbes of Oars from Holland 4
there being a great quantity in that country, and numerous li-
cences have bees granted to import trona thence. We hop.,
therefore, soon to bear of a reduction in the pi esent high prices.

SMITHFIELD—May 1. -
Beef Ss 2d to 61 4.1 I Veal 7s 01 to 8s 44
Mutton 5. 41 to 6s 6d Pork • Os Od to is Od
Lamb .7s. Id. to Bs. 6d.

PRICE OF HAY ANQ SI RAW IN SMITHFIELD.
Hay sl Os to 61 61 New °lover 61 Os to 71 7 Aar.
New Hay 01 as wOl Os Straw 21 Ws to sl 36. T
Another Prize of £20,000.—N0. 1205, (divided"
into One Half and Eight Siwentlis), in the Lottiry
drawn Yesterday, was sold by PIDDIN:: and 4. No.
1, Cornhill ; where the last Prize of .*.x2(4000 was also
sold, and where the celebrated Mr. Guy, who built
the Hospital in the Borough, realized about 4400,000
by Prizes. It wilt 'low be said, t4at Paints° and
Co.'s Office is not only the 'etiurr in ICornhill, but foe
extraordinary Great Luck the suesr in England.