Star.
London, England, 1809-10-17 00:00:00

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tryil CHEREIV.

FLUSHING, OCTOBER IC.

We shall remain here all the winter.
We have not yet heard who is to be at our head
in the island; but some say Sir J. Hope, and others
assert that either General Finch or Sir Eyre Coote is
to hr appointed Governor.
The ttade here is tolerably good, but the people
with whom we traffic are not without their fears for
the con:equences of the intercourse. There are plen-
ty of goods in the island, which sell, for the most part, ,
at adv.tntageous prices.
Very little transpires of any proceedings on the Da-
nube, but we have heard people go so far as to say,
that they have not the least doubt that the treaty of '
peace has been already signed, sealed, and ratified.
Perhaps this is only a conjecture of their own, with-
out any specific foundation for it. The last letters I
have heard spoken of, from Vienna, are of the 27th
September, and they say nothing, but that people an
hundred miles off know as much of the intentions of
the Negotiators as the inhabitants of the capita'
I dare say all means are employed to keep their pro-
ceedings as secret as possible.
The following ships arc here under Admiral Otway.
The Impetieuse Cmsar, Audacious, Clyde, Blare,
Hero, Theseus, idarlborough, Revmgc, Denmark,
Victorious, Aboukir, Impetueux, and some others,
besides frigates and a great many gun-boats, &c. un-
der Commodore Owen.
MIDDLEBURGH, OCTOBER 1!.

'The sick in the hospitals are recovering very
quickly. Were it not for the number-of convales-
cents in them of the old disease, our hospitals, upon
an average, would not be more crowded than those
of England, 1 mean at the moment of writing. The
old Government of 1795 is about to be restored, and
'General Pinch, it is said, will be our Commandant.
AMSTERDAM ROYAL COURANT, OCTOBER ie.
The Commander of the district of the province of
Zealand informs such persons whom it may concern,
that all his Majesty's subjects who so far forget their
duty as to maintain any ultercoinse with the enemy
in Walcheren, by purchasing any. goods put up to
sale by them, either direCtly or indirectly, shall be
considered not only as criminals, but further be inca-
pable of holding any office under his Majesty. Those
who have been compelled to quit Walcheren, and
have sustained any loss of property thereby, may not
come to any terms with the enemy for its restoration,
but shall, in due time, be remunerated by the Govern-
ment. (Signed) F. ERMIRINS.
A. J. SINCLAIR, sec.

THE EVENING STAR_

LONDON.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols, for money, 680—for ace. es 69.
Ornriam 1 prem.—Exchequer Bills, 6s. Its.
mut OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

I per Cent. Cons. Sof if
4 per Cent. 8211
a per Cent. Navy 991 100
Long AIM. 181 7-18
India Bonds, 288. 278. pr..

Imp. 3 per Cent. 674
Exch. Bills, 113. 163. pre.
English Lottery Tick. 111. 17s.
City Ditto, dif.lss.
Cons. for ace. 69

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au-
CUSTA and SOPHIA, accompanied by Lady CRANLEY,
General FITZROY and Colonell'AYLoa, rode on horse-
back in Windsor-park.
Yesterday the Duke of KRNT arrived at Windsor
from Weymouth.
Earl CAMDEN came to town on Sunday afternoon
from Ramsgate, where it was his avowed intention to
have remained for a month with his family. It is pos-
sible that the Noble Earl has been brought to Town
thus unexpectedly, by the publication of the statements
which Mr. CANNING had c►rculated among his friends,
and which appeared in this paper on Fridaylast. Lord
( AMGEN v: rote a statement in a letter addressed to the
I like of PORTLAND, exculpating himself from the im-
putation of concealment, and his Grace answered
him by acquitting him of the charge of voluntary con.
cealment, and bearing testimony to the truth of the
N.hlc.. Earl's statement. It is perfectly clear, that the
cannot rest as it now stands, for there must be
something which remains to be explained.

Captain WOODRIFF, late principal Agent for Trans•
ports, on the Expedition, returned to Portsmouth on
Friday, from Walcheren, to resume his situation of
Agent for prisoners et war at that port.

An Accciunt of the Income of, and Charge upon
the Consolidated Fund, in tie years ended the 10th
October, 1808 and 1809 :

INCOMIL
10th October, Isos. 1809.
Cugtonu
- - - -- - -

Zxcise
()
Stamps
Incidents

Surplus Annual Duties 2 463,031 0 0— 599,115 0 0
on Fugar
Dc. Land-caz is Ogees 41,791 14 314 39,999 5
Lard-tax's . . . . 147,1163 7 81-- 190,797 17
Interest on Account of }
427,605 10 10 503,085 19 10
Ireland
Do. Portugal . . • 211,5115 1 •
Surplus Elk. Fees . . 11,000 0 • 11,750 0 0
Insprest Monies . . 10,097 7 671--- 41,545 0 II
Arrears of Income •In•••,.
6112 11 'Si-- MI6 7 14
1799,1800, at-41801S
Do. Annn al Malt Duties 330 0 •
Fines of Leascs . 4,470 Q 0

.Amt. from er Tarts
1-
Acts 47 and 49 G.M.S 42,113 17 71— 117,616 S
Assessed Tales . . . s 2 11

A ;),062,117 1t) 0 X 10,6453300 11 1;

BLOCKADE.

T ''.‘f i,.

The Tmperial reseript, as we may term it, of Ni.
Por.ww, from Altenburgh, on the subject of neutral
commerce, contains much of his old maritime law, a
little new of the same character with the old, and one
or twonotorious falsehoods. "France,' quoth he, "ad-
46 mits the principle, that the flag protects the merchan-
" dize." Very likely! but does England admit it? Does
reason or usage admit it? Usage is, without contradic-
tion, hostile to our enemies; and we shall soon see how
far they are borne out by reason, on an examination of
the chief of those arguments which are here advanced
in support of their cause. " A merchant vessel," they
say, " having a clearance from her government, ought
'c to be considered as a floating colony." Why she
should be so considered, they do not tell us; but we will
tell them why sh.' should not. The members of a
floating colony will declare, by their language, to
what nation they belong : whereas the real owners
and proprietors of a deal cargo can only be disco-
vered by search and examination of papers. But if a
vessel under an American flag should be discovered
with troops on board, they might, if they liked, tell
us that they were an American colony ; yet if we
discovered that every mar of them spoke French, we
should most unequivocally bring them to England ;
and so we trust we shall continue to treat cargoes,
which ley their papers, or any other satisfactory docu- '
ments whatsoever, speak only the language of our
enemies.

" The seas," says the rescript, " belong exclusively
gi to no nation ; they are the common property of
" States, the domain of all." True ; and it is on this
very principle that we claim the right of seizing what
belongs to our enemies upon them. We do not seize
a French vessel in an American harbour, because
is there protected by its position ; it is situated not
upon common, but upon exclusive property ; and the
neutral condition of the proprietors gives it protec-
tion : but we do seine a French vessel upon- the open
seas, because they are common property, and no one
has there a right to give it protection. It has no
other claim to safety from its enemies than that which
it derives from superior power.
hieschant.vessels of an enemy (it is said) being
" the .property of private individuals, ought to be
" respected." This is new law ! We will defy all
the mavens of France to point out any period of
either ancient or modern history when trading vessels
were not considered as legal capture. The practice
of maritime and land warfare admits of no similitude
whatever in this respect ; nor do warehouses, or shops,
bear the least analogy to mercantile vessels. An
enemy respects the former, so far as he does respect
them, because they are deemed necessary to the sus-
tenance of the peaceable inhabitants on the spot ; but
when a merchant-vessel is captured, the captor sup-
ports the inhabitants of it himself, and carries away
the general property, upon the principle of distressing
the nation to which it belongs ; and this has always
been the practice.
But had we, it seems, possessed the same superio-
rity by land that France does, we should have endea.
voured to carry tke maritime law into that element,
and confiscated " houses and churches," we suppose.
The falsehood of this hypothetical slander is evident;
because, in the case of terrene captures, though really
effected by the preponderance of our navy, we strictly
adhere (nor ever thought of doing otherwise), to the
wablished laws of terrene war; and the first article
of all capitulations of islands is, that " private pro-
perty shall be respested !"—We require no more than
that France shall spew the same deference to the laws
of war established by sea ; and this, we trust, we
shall make her do.

The history of the Commercial Decrees, and the
responsive Orders of Council in this document, is sin-
gular, and has but one objection to it, which is, that
it is totally untrue, and must be known to be so by
every one that knows any thing of the subject. We
are said to have declared France in a state of block-
ade _Wire the Berlin Decree, which first uttered that
denunciation against us. They might as well have
said that we declared France in the moon before the
Berlin Decree. Our preceding Order of Council only
forbade that coasting neutral-trade during the war,
which France would not suffer to be carried on during
the peace : and then was issued the Decree in ques-
tion, declaring that no vessel that had touched at
England should be admitted into France. Our,sub-
sequent Orders were merely counteractive of this.
We come now to the winding up of the whole
affair, which we shall briefly dispatch. We are to
revoke our Orders of Council, and she will annul her
decrees." To this we may reply, that her decrees al-
ways preceded our Cabinet Orders and that if she abo-
lishes those, these will expire of themselves. It would be
a matter of small consequence, however, which power
yielded fast; but it is of infinite importance tons not to
give up more than we have been obliged to seize, nor
to retire farther than we have advanced. We shall
not surrender one tittle of the ancient maritime law
of Europe along with these new enactments, which
we have been forced to make by the violence of our
enemies. 6. American vessels may," as the docu-i
anent before us states, be assured of finding, in the
66 harbours of France, favour and protection ;" but
they shall not convey French colonial produce thither.

We understand that a very severe contest is ex-
pected in Yorkshire for the Register-office of the
West Riding. Three Gentlemen have offered them-
selves as Candidates for the situation, and all seem
equally confident of success. The Electors must be
possessed of absolute freehold property, worth one
hundred pounds a year—and their numbers are sup-1
posed to be about twenty-four hundred. It is, how-1
ever, imagined, that a large proportion of these Free-1
holders will not tender their Votes upon the present
occasion, as they arc not now rated to the Property
Tax, and in the exercise of their Franchise, they can
hardly hope, in these days of financial difficulty, to
elude the vigilance and notice of the Tax-gatherer !
On Wednesday a Court-Martial was held on Mr.
W. WATSON CRADOCK, surgeon of his Majesty's ship
VULTURE, for having repeatedly made use of very
disorderly language, calculated to generate discon-
tent, and excite mutiny amongst the seamen.—The
charge 26,347 AST 6 31 Z 6,700,000 0 0 charge was fully proved, and Mr. Cradock was sen-
s„piss 1,714,550 9 ei 9,145900 11 tented to be dismissed his ship, and rendered. inca-
pable of ever serving in the Navy again.—p Sir Joszru
"ect,il7 is u .0,84:;,soo u SIDNIIy YORK, Presideut.

rAr.ivi,i o' rimic;iiii§:-

The uproar last night, towards the close of the
performance, was greater than we ever remember to
have heard it. The Pit was nearly full at the drawing up
of the curtain, and one-third of the company consisted
of women. The Boxes had also more Ladies than
usual. The disapprobation began in the second Act,
though scarcely sufficient to drown the voice of the
performers, but it increased at the end of the third
Act, and at half-price it was all uproar. Mr. C.
KEMBLEPS appearance as Richmond, in the fifth Act,
met with the accustomed disapprobation. He was
saluted by an universal roar, which continued while
he remained upon the stage. In the contest with
Richard, at the conclusion of the play, his foot slipped,
and he fell upon his face on the stage. This afforded
great triumph. Ow the Lord Mayor,and Sheriffs
kneeling to do homage to Richard, the galleries
shouted out 4g beg your pardon, you villains." Se-
veral thousand hand-bills were showered from the
upper boxes and galleries into the pit, and fight-
ing commenced in the pit and boxes, but not with
fists, cudgels having been provided in numbers on the
side of the Public. At this time placards were exhi-
bited in the pit, and few or none were torn. Amongst
the number were the following :

" John Bull is tough,
" And will never cry enough."
The ruffian Jews are protected by Managers, and seconded

even. by Thieftaiers."

A coffin, drawn on a large fold of paper, bore the
following inscription :
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Here lies the body of New Prices, which was sacrificed to
Jahn Bull, in October, 1809."
" Keruble versus John Bull, QUI Tam."

A paper, printed as a play-bill, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy, was distributed in the boxes
By Manager scorn'd,
By ruffian Jews assaulted,
By Bow-street ill-treated—
Still, we'll net lie cheated!"
" BRANDON O. TuoatAs.—Verdict for the Defendant."
" MENDOZA to fight,
BRANDON to swear;
JOHN BULL'S in the right—
Therefare do'nt care."
" King Joule of old, by sturdy Barons aw'd,
Our British rights in Magna Charta
To stage-crown'd Jou ri in insolence and fraud,
Shall our dramatic rights be now resign'd ?
From British favour has thy pseudo king
His fame, his wealth, his impudence deriv'd—
By British spirit let this empty thing
Of all his borrew'd feathers be depFiv'd !"
" King JOHN outlives our liking."
The following Hand-bill was distributed in the
course of the evening :

Last Night of Performance at the NEW Plums!
NEIVTHEAT..., CO YE NT-GARDEIV.

This E.vening will be presented, fur the Last Time, an Operatic
Farce, iu One Act, called
LVIPOSITION.
Avarice, Mr. Kaman: !
Pride, Mr. KEMBIL !!
Affectation, Mr. JUMBLE!!!
Insolence Mr. KEMIILL !!!!
Being his last appearance before the Public;
Fool Hardy, Mr. HARRIS,
NOodle, Doodle, &c. The other PROPRIETOR-I.
Oath-Taker, JEMMY Box-OFFICE.
_ _

Informers—Long Gibbons, Count Snip of Castle-street, the Blind
Boy, the Battersea-fields Baron, &c. &c.
_ _ . . _

New Price, as Old Prices, (with the Song of " Many a true
word is spoken in jest") Buliy Raymond.
Betwee►► the Scenes,
SLIGHT OF HAND AND LEGERDEMAIN TRICKS,
By the Proprietors.
After which, as an Interlude,
RAISING THE WIND ; otherwise RAISING the DEVIL ;
Or DIDDLER DIDDLED.
Incl►:ding the Bilking Scene between Diddler and Sabi.

Dil.fitr, 111 r. KENIBLE" You haven't got such a thing as
Eighteen-pence about you, have you ?"
S.: in, JOHN fitut.—" Yes; and 1 mean to keep if about me,
do you see!"
In the course of the Interlude, Mr. K estat.st will recite, as on
a former equally suitable occasion, when it was received with un-
bounded approbation and applause, by a highly gratified audience,
his celebrated Address of
" WHAT DO YOU WANT?"

Immediately following the Interlude, will be presented, for the
Benefit of the Proprietors, the last Scene of the Farce of
THE CONFEDERATES.

Beirg a Capital Deception by the following inimitable Performers,
hired for the occasion—Le Chevalier ap Rice, Le Sieur Tho-
mas°, Le Plume, Gallows Black Jack of the Old Btaley, M.
'Witless from Threadneedle-street, and Mynheer. Pharisee
Ankerstill, the well-known public subscription Actor.
The former Scenes of the Confederates are acted, in conjunction
with the Proprietors, in private, behind the Curtain, for the
Benefit of the Public.
Afterwards will be performed for the last time, the first Act of a
Grand unfinished Tragic Ballet of Action, called
JOHN OX ; or,

The cruel attempt to Despoil John Bull of his Noble Parts.
I'he whole being arranged under the Management of
MR. JEW KEMBI.E.

The representation will take place in the. Audience pv7t of the
House, the following most numerous Corps de Ballet being
distributed in the Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, for that purpose.
First Drover, DANIEL TlaNnoz a, at the head of 150 fighttrg
Jews and hired Bruizers, as Constables.
Second Drover, BILL So am Es, with his Gang of Housebreakers and
Pickpockets, as keepers of the Peace.
Third Drover, The fighting Waterman, leading a Band of Despe-
radoes and Ruffians, in the Dresses of Bow-street Officers.

Grand Mob of Drover', by all the Thieves, Bullies, and Black-
guards of the Metropolis, that can be prevailed on by the " Ma-
nagers' Orders" to perform.
Shiar4te, man, Parson Ayres, Mr. Ede, Mr. M4Barney, &c. &c.
licadSkulghterman, Mr. GRAhAM, burnt out from the Theatre
Royal, Drury Lane.
The Proprietors, after various and unsuccessful 'attempts, not
having it in their power to conclude the above striking repre-
sentation agreeable to their wishes, it will be withdrawn, and

THIS NIGHT WILL Jr PRESENTED,
The celebrated One Act Piece (revived expressly for the occasion) of
4 Long Pull, a Strong Pull, and a Pull altogether.
As introductory to an entirely new National Drama, called
THE SEQUEL, or John Bull Victorious;
In which the part of JOHN BULL be performd (after an
Absence of several Years) by the Public.
Boxes 7s. Pit 4s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery Is.
To-snorrow Evening, the ous raicEs will be taken as usual.

During the last act of the Farce, a placard was
thrown up from the pit to one of the boxes in the first
tier, and taken under the protection of a gentleman,
who placed it in front of the box, to which it was
pinned by the kind assistance of a Lady in the front
row. The Police immediately flew to the box, and
endeavoured to take the Gentleman into custody,
but in this object they were defeated, and com-
pelled to retreat. They returned with a reinforce-
ment, but were again defeated. A third time they
returned to the charge with increased numbers.
—The contest between the exhibitors of the placard
and the police officers was long and desperate, and
every time the victory seemed likely to declare in fa-
vour of the former, the house rang with acclamations
of delight. At last the placardists thought it best to
retreat, and actually clambered down the box pillars