Star.
London, England, 1809-04-28 00:00:00

ORDERS IN COUNCIL RESCINDED.

Yesterday, at one o'clock, in consequence of a
notification sent on Wednesday evening by Earl
BATH unsr, President of the Board of Trade, to Mr.
SANSON, Chairman of the American Committee, the
latter, accompanied by Messrs. BARING, JACOBS,
NV KENZIE, GI.7NNIE, MULLET, and several other
respectable merchants, deeply interested in the com-
merce with the United States, waited on the Lords
of Trade at the Treasury.
At this conference it was announced, that the
Orders in Council would be rescinded, as far as they
relate to the American Republic ; and that this ar-
rangement should take date from the preceding day
26th April. It was at the same time decided, that the
ports of France, Holland, Italy, and their Derenden-
cies, should be put into the most rigorous blockade.
Under the last distinction are to be included, in Spain,
the City or Barcelona, and the Bay of Rosas in the
Mediterranean, and the Coast of the Bay of Biscay
from Santander to Fonterabla.

By this regulation the United States may trade
without interruption from British cruizers, with all
the ports of Russia, Norway, and Sweden, in the
Northern Ocean ; with the whole circuit of the Baltic
Sea ; with the British Isles ; with Spain from the
Eastern extremity of Asturias to the Southern Bank
of the Lobregat ; and, Italian and French ports ex-
cepted, with every harbour of the Mediterranean, from
the Straits of Gibraltar to the Sea of Marmora.
Licences will be granted to all the ports North of
the Weser and South of the Eyder ; but we under,
stand they are to be withheld with respect to the rest
of the Contitient, excepting the havens of the Baltic.
Another commercial arrangement of great tempo-
rary importance is, the indulgence to be given as to
the shipping to be employed in the transport of Ameri-
can produce. These commodities may be imported in
any ship however documented, from the Floridas,
from the Western Isles, from Madeira, Lisbon and
Cadiz, free of the duties under the Orders in Council,
to the Ist of August next.

The full particulars of these changes in our corn-
mercial system in regard to the United States, are to
appear in the Gazette of Saturday next.

Mr. PINCKNEY, we understand, him expressed his
approbation of the adoption of these measures by our'
Government ; and the Pacific is under sailing orders
to convey the intelligence to America.
The public will naturally be anxious to know what
has induced Ministers to adopt a line of conduct re-I
pecting America, so diametrically opposite to the po.
licy hitherto maintained ; nor can it be doubted that
some explanation will be given in Parliament. We,
sincerely hope that it will be made apparent that none
of the just tights of Britain have been conceded to
America.

The business will perhaps 'receive some explanation
at a meeting of the American Committee, to be held
this afternoon at the City of London Tavern.

We this day lay before our Readers the substance
cf a Treaty, concluded in January, between the
Courts of Paris sod Ispahan. A reciprocal duty of
3 per cent. is imposed upon the importation of the
commodities of France and Persia into the respective
countries ; and an island, called Bareek (which we
presume to be Bahren), is to be ceded to the former,
on the important condition, that Georgia and every
other part of the Persian territories should be aban-
doned by the Russians. After the long occupation
of these intruders, and the projects formed by the
Court of Petersburgh on the shores of the Caspian
Sea, with such terms, at an earlier period, France
would have found it extremely difficult to comply ;
but the whole is merely a pretext to establish a settle-
ment in this remote empire, to subserve the purposes
of the ambition contemplated by BONAPARTE in the
Oriental world. We need hardly remark . that this
intelligence goes a great way towards discrediting en-
tirely the news reported to have been brought by the
Sea Flower, of a Treaty of Amity having been con-
cluded between this cotmtry and Persia.

THE ARMY.
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In the List of our General Officers in rartttgat
given in the STAR of yesterday, we omitted Major-
General Sir Wsr. ERSKINE, a cavalry officer, and the
son of the late Sir Wig. ERSKINE, a very distinguished
officer.—The Army under the command of the gal-
lant Sir ARTHI7T. WELLESLEY consists of
Several Brigades of Artillery.
3d (or Priuce of Wales's) Dragoon Guards. •
4th (or Queen's Own) Dragoons.
13th, 14th, 16th, and 20th light Dragoons.
Ist, 2d, and 3d Regiments of I.ight Dragoons of the King's
German Legion.
A Detachment of the Royal Wagg:n Train.
A Brigade of the Foot Guards.
3d Foot, or Old Buff.
7th Foot, or Royal Fuzileers.
9th Foot.
11th, 14th, 26th (or Cameronlans), 27th (or Inni4illings) a
Battalion, 2Sth, 29th, Slst (2d Bat.), .;3th, 40th, 41th,
Goth (sth Bat.), 71st, 79th (or Cameral' Highlanders),
91st, 97th (or Queen's German)—and

Four Regiments of the King's German Legion.
There will be a further embarkation at Portsmouth
immediately; several battalions of foot will be sent to
Portugal, two brigades of cavalry, (one heavy and
one light), besides the Hussar brigade, who go as
soon as they are reported fit for service again.
Another brigade of the German Legion will like-
wise be sent out. •

The men from the Welsh militia regimPits have
most of them volunteered for the 23d and 96th.
The 13th Foot has got a great many men : it is
supposed that this fine regiment, which of late so
much distinguished itself at Martinique, In ill get a
2d battalion.

The 73d Highlanders have just obtained a 2d bat-
talion ; and the 77:11, (I.ord.Ci.AvEN's fine regiment)
expects to get another battalion. This regiment is
commanded by Colonel Wif irm.ocKE.
Several wore corps are immediately.to be embarked
for Portugal, and with them these able Officers—
Generals THORNTON, DYOTT, PORTFIT, TIIEWLES,
WA RDE, and ELWES.

Colpnel KINGSCOTE'S regiment, the North Glou-
cester Militia, are on their march from Little Hamp-
ton and Bognor Rocks to Bristol, to do duty over the
French prisoners.

The Volunteering is now nearly over ; and the mea-
sure
has been very successful in England and like-!
wise in Ireland, where the ranks of many corps which
lately came home very tnin arc filled up, and several
of them are reported again fit kr service. The ar-
dour was so great for some of the corps which have
distinguished themselves in Portugal, Spain, and even
at Martinique, that it was found necessary to restrain
volunteering into them. The 7th, 13th, 23d, f;61.11,1
40th, 4.2 d, 50th, 59d, 90th, 95th, and 96th, would
'have each of them got men to fill two or three batta-
lions.

Letters from Lisbon, of the 9th instant, have
been received in town : they contradict the report ()1
the French having advanced to Bad3joz, and describe
the Portuguese as occupied with increased zeal in
strengthing the fortifications of Lisbon, Elvas, and
every other tenable point in the country. The Bri-
tish and Portuguese troops are in high spirits. •,
Yesterday the Portuguese Aznhassador .left town
for Portsmouth, to take leave of the Russian Admiral
previous to the departure of the latter for St. Peters
burgh.
Intelligence was yesterday received from Lord
GAMBIER'S fleet, that the French frigate Indienne had
gone to pieces in a gale, and that one of the enemy's'
/4.'s had sustained considerable damage from the
same cause..

1 The explosion vessel used by Lord COCHRANE:, in
the attack on the French fleet, was prepared under his
Lordship's direction in the following manner:—
About 1500 barrels of gitn.powder were started into
puncheons, which were placed end upwards; upon the
tops of these were placed between 300 and 400 shells,
charged with fuses, and again, among and upon
these were between 2 and 3060 hand-granades. The
puncheons were fastened toeach other by cables wound
round them, and jammed together with wedges ; and
moistened sand was rammed down between these
casks, so as to render the whole, from stem to stern,
as solid as possible, that the resistance might render
the explosion more violent.
Lord COCHRANE had no sooner succeeded in his
'gallant enterprise against the enemy in Basque Roads,
than he soon turned his attention to rescue the van-
quished from the devouring elements : and in bring-
ing away the people of the Ville de Varsovie, he
would not allow even a dog to be abandoned, but
took a crying, and now neglected little favourite up
into his arms, and brought it away. It may be sup-
posed that lie has conveyed this fortunate little trophy
into the bosom of his family, where it 'ought to be
ever cherished as an instance of his generous care.
But a still greater instance of his goodness was dis-
played in his humanity to a Captain of a French 74,
who came to deliver his sword to Lord COCHRANE;
lamenting that all he had in the world was' about to
be destroyed by the conflagration of his ship. His
Lordship instantly got into the boat with him, and
pushed off, to assist his prisoner in retrieving some of
his valuable loss ; but on passing by a 74, which was
on fire, her loaded guns began to go off , a shot from
wiiich killed the French Captain by Lord CocimaNE'S
side, and so damaged the boat that sbe filled with
water, and the rest of this party were nearly drowned.
The Masquerade given by Lady BLACKET, on,
Monday night, in Portman square, was of the most
splendid kind we have witnessed for years. The large,
and brilliant apartments were illuminated by a pro-
fusion of rich candelabras and chandeliers, and by 12
o'clock the rooms were compl7tely filled with nume-1
rous grotesque and well-supported characters, which
added to the crowd of beautiful fetnales, sparkling in
their diamonds, who were masked spectators. of the
gay grotipes Masquefadersi.contributed to the -en,
Chantment of the.sceneywhich. vtailippt up with un•
abated spirit uata a late boar- on Tuesday morning., .

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NAPAL INTELLIGENCE.- ' •

PLYMOUTH, AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, APRIL
I have the pleasure to state, tharthe AREMIUSA or
38 guns, and la Niemen (the Am.3thyst's prize),
safely arrived in our harbour this day : they experi-
enced very bad weather in the Bay of Biscay, which
retarded their passage. The prize is a beautiful fri-
gate, and sails remarkably fast. Two other French
prizes also came in this day, viz, the French sloop
Renommee, laden with a valuable cargo of sugar,
coffee, cotton, and. indigo, from Guadaloupe, bound
to France, a month from the former place, captured
on the 12th instant by the Naiad frigate of 38 guns ;
also the French schooner Verite, from Corunna, bound
to Bourdeaux, (last from Gijon, where she landed 20
passengers) captured by the Wild-boar—this prize
was formerly the Spanish advice b"at Verdad, which
fell into the hands of the French at Ferrol. •
Also arrived the PLOVER, of 18 guns, from a cruize
off the coast of Spain ; Morriston brig, from Swan-
sea.; sloop North Star, MOORE, from Wexford, for
London; laden with provisions; put in here in dis-
tress, having been run foul of by a brig on the night
of the 18th instant, which damaged her so much that •
her crew could scarcely keep her above water ; the
Hamburg!: galliot Hoopende Ziemen, from Bristol.
—The SEAFLOWER brig, which brought the dispatches
from the Cape, is come up harbour to be repaired.
Sailed the PARTHIAN, of 18 guns, on a cruize.
The THESEUS, of 71 guns, that arrived here yes-
terday, has brought over the crews of the vessels that
were destroyed as fireships in Basque Roads ; by the
account they bring, it appears as if the Ocean, of
120 guns, had been rendered unserviceable since the
first attack, by three gun-brigs that approached her
in such a situation as to shot her through, on the ebb
tide, so that she filled on the Elrod.

The EYDEREN sloop is appointed to convoy a fleet
of merchantmen to the westward.

The Ortense French frigate, of 44 guns, has been
burnt at Rochefort, subsequent to the date of the
official dispatches from thence.

Half past Five.—A red flag is now flying at Maker
Heights, and a 'signal made that three men of war
are in the offing, but at too great a distance to dis,,
cern what they are.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 47. •
Arrived the Susannah, Es•rrr.r.; from the West In-
dies ; Dasher and Phxnix transports from the Downs.
The whole of the fleet for the East-Indies have dropt
down to St. Helen's.—Wind S.S.V.

DEAL, APRIL 27.
Arrived the Trompeuse sloop, from, and sailed
again 'on: cruize off Dieppe ; arrived the Beagle
sloop, from a cruize off Rochefort ; Bloodhound gun -
brig, from a cruize off Boulogne.— Sailed the Royalist
sloop, on a cruize off Boulogne.
YARMOUTH, APRIL 27.
Sailed the CHANTICLEER and EREBUS, with a fleet
of merchant ships under their convoy for Gotten-
burgh.—Remain in the Roads the Roebuck, Brito-
mart, Ephira, Briseis, Vixen, and Havoc. Wind-B.W.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST!
GRAVESEND, APRIL 27.—,l'a3sed by the Union, Chambers,
from Malta; and Draper, Gowen, from Belfast.—Sailed the
Betsey, Thornhill, for Gottenburgh.

The floods being so high and dangerous, boats are
constantly on the road to convey passengers to Eton
and Windsor.
Wednesday morning the Windsor coach, belong-
ing to. Messrs. Lallywhite and Moody, overturned in
the water, on Eton College Playfields, on its journey•
to London ; the passengers, inside and out, not think-
ing it safe, had got into boats, and were conveyed
through the water. The coachman received a severe
ducking. .

In consequence of the late falls of snow and rain,
the floods have b-:en rising, for several days past, in
the neighbourhood of Windsor. The meadows and
fields are under water, and the play-grounds of Eton
College. The carriages, hoWever, got over the tem-
porary bridge, which was built instead of the arch
which was blown up at the great flood, till Tuesday,
when the temporary bridge was not considered safe,
an... the carriages were let through some fields belong-
ing to Eton College.
On Tuesday evening, Mr. NEIGHBOUR, a farmer,
near Windsor, was out with some friends for the
evening.—On his return home he lost his way, the
night being dark, and fell into the Thames, and yes.
terday was found drowned, washed up in a ditch
near his own house.

CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, APRIL 28.—The sup-
plies of Wheat this day are short, but waiting arri-
vals, few sales are made, and those hardly at last
prices—Barley and Malt likewise in short supply, al.
little variation—White Peas rather cheaper—Beans
of both sorts rather dearer—ln consequence of the
licences for the further importation of Oats from Hol-
land being stopped, causes this trade at an advance
of about 2s. per quarter—flour as our last.

tIgNiII.AL CiiitaJUlCY ile'VXdat.i
, Whett, 68s. 804. 925. Beene 55a.-61s. Od. - 1
•
1 rine ditto, 955. 98s. • Tick ditto 465. 52g. Otis
• Rye, 525. 58s. Oats, SOL S4s. 38s.
Barley, 445. 50s. Od. Poland ditto, 40.1. 424. Od.
Malt 725. 80s. Potatoe ditto to 495. 0d....,.
White Peas (boilers), 9461045 Rape Seed, 6014 t 9 641.-
Grey
ditto, 48s. 535.
Fine flour, eos. ii6s.--Seeonds, 755. 1101. •.. , ...
The Ticket No. 12,510, drawn yesterday,beinc the third day of
drawing, a Prize of .€2o,ooo,tvas divided into Sixteen Sixteenth..
by Sir JAMES Bitattiscosts and Co. Proprietors of the Lack y
Offices, No. 11, Holborn, 37, Cornbill, 38, Haymarket,Piccgdill. ,
and No. 269, Strand, being one of the 1000 :1 lckets deposited at
the Bank of England for the First-drawn Prize on the first day of
drawing the Second Lottery for 1808, above £l5, which' was
No. 3618, and divided into Sixteen Sixteenths, at the above truly •
Lucky Offices, where likewise No. 18,535, tlrawn on the third
clay a Prize of £5OO, was said in one Quarter, three Eletthe, and
5 x Sixteenths, which when acideo to the other Capitals sold by
them in 120 shares in the present Lottery, makes uPwirds of
' £17,500, nameiy--
Ntx 12,610 ... ' idsomoo N 6.44004 ... 411,000
9,123 .. 20,C00 • 719 ... 500
18,977 ... 29,000 •, x,49,064
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‘A,I. r,i. •t#op
4.12,767 ... 10,600 "18,535 , ... ' : '''' M •
4;.490 ... 5,000 ''SA i 8, the 0 rand Prise
94000 Titbits, widtsl ftill proportion of .2100, £65, hn. Eta.

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CITT

Yesterday a Court of Common Coon il was held at
Guildhall, which was fully attended.
The Chamberlain delivered into Court pursuant to
the Resoluti:,n of the 240fJune,1790, a brief statement
,of the produce of the City's estate, and how the same
hid been disposed of fo7 the year ending the 31st of
December, 1308, together with the balances rtmain-
ing in his hands of all the several Accounts kept in
t :e Chamber of London.

And Mr. Comptroller's Check upon the Chamber-
iin, was presented, and were severally read, and
ordered to be printed, and annexed to Mr. Chamber-
lain's account, and a copy thereof sent to every Mem-
ber of the Court.

The Bridge-Masters also presented their Accounts
of the produce of the Bridge-house estates, and how
the came had been disposed of, for the year ending
at Christmas, 1808: which were read and ordered to
bC pi intcd, and a copy thereof sent to every Member
of tit:. Crum

The Thanks of the Court were voted to the Rev.
Mr. Ihnen, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, for his ser-
"nen preached at St. Paul's, before the Lord Mayor,
the Judges, Aldermen, &c. on the first Sunday in
E2ster Term.

The Court proceeded to the election, by ballot, of
five persons to the offices of Marshalmen (in the room
of those superannuated), when upon casting up the
same, the Lord Mayor declared the election to have
fallen on D. Benj. Leadbeater, Sam. Fogg, Daniel
Cartwright, J. Lacy Hawkins, and William Brand.
The Town Clerk laid before the Court the Answers
he had received from MT. WARDLE, Sir FRANCIS BUR-
-IJETT, Lord FOLRSTONE, Mr. WHITBREAD, Sir SA-
MUEL
ROMILLY, And General FERGUSON, for the Votes
of Thanks of the Common Council of the 6th of
April instant, which were severally read, and ordered
to be entered on the Journals.