Star.
London, England, 1811-09-20 00:00:00

NilVilL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 17.
Arrived the Ru:Lys, of 44 guns, and a transport,
No. 221, from Lisbon ; the EN DEA voun armed brig,
and Ihootutot:xn gun brig, from Plymouth ; Phenix
transport, with the Leitrim Militia on board, from
Cork. Sailed the BLOODHOUND, with transports, having
on board the Easit-Kent Militia, for Cork.
PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER

I Arrived the brig Creole from Bengal, bound for
France, with French prisoners, detained by his Ma-
jesty's ship TONNANT ; the DENMARK man of war
from Portsmouth ; AQUILON frigate from a cruize ;
, Betsey and Sophia from the Brazils.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 19.

Arrived this day, off the Isle of Wright, the John,
CHARLTON, with hides and tallow, and 10,000 dol-
lars for the merchants. Admiral DE COURCEY had
gone in quest of four French frigates full of naval
stores and troops, supposed for some part of South
America or the East Indies. Trade was very dull.
DEAL, SEPTEMBER 19.
I Sailed his Majesty's ships MERMAID for Leith ;
MARTINI sloop of war, with the transports and troops
for Cork. The Ariadne, Royalist, and Amphitrite
transports, with the East Norfolk Militia, joined the
above convoy. Sailed the Pilfers schooner for Sheer-
..ness.—Wind E. and moderate.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

----iii- I Captain Walley to the Minden, Captain J. White, late on the
Yesterday a General Court was held at the Bank Harwich station, to the Princess Charlotte of Wales, West India
Packet ; Lieut. P.. Steele, to the Menelaus ; I.ieut. Y. Sweney, to
of England, pursuant to notice, to consider of a divi- the Elephant; Lieut. J. Moffate, to the Zephyr; Lieuts. Bid-
dend, and which was also one of the Quarterly Courts dulph, Crese, R. Campbell, Tucker, and Traill, to the Minden •
appointed by the Charter. Lieut. Walovt to be nag-Lieutenant to Sir S. Hood; Lieuts. .1:
Campbell sod I Lirth.waite, to the Tigre ; Lieut. Hills to the I.ey-
The Court was fully attended : and amongst the . den ; First Lieutmatits 1) -Hord, Craig, J. Williams, and W. Ra-
Proprietors of Bank Stock present, was his Grace the venscroft, have been recently promote/ to companies of the Royal
Duke of NONFOLK. 1 Marines ; Mr. Joseph West, to be master of the Elephant; Mr.
The Governor, on a review of the profits for the James Campbell, to be surgeon of the Suffo'k.
last half year, proposed a dividend of 5 per cent. but It ---,—,
before the same was confirmed by the Court, A Correspondent who feels interested by several
Mr. CLIFFoRD (the Barrister) rose, for the purpose paragraphs which have lately appeared in the News.
of moving an amendment, that the dividend should papers, relative to the possession of Tristian d'Acunha
be increased to 7-k per cent. Fre endeavoured to prove, by Mr. I,AAIBERT—a circumstance which may occa.,
ih a speech of considerable length, the propriety of sion the island to be resorted to by Southern Whalers I
voting that sum, considering the large profits of the and
l vessels bound for India, is induced to forward I
concern. If that was not absolutely the case, he tt \e following observations, which were made on board
maintained that the Directors bad shamefully Ile. the Essex India ship, as passing the island on the 2311
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sleeted their duty. He collected from the papers laid and `..-I•th of July, 179 e :
before the House of Commons, that a certain large Peak of '1
ristian d'Acunha.
quantity of Bullion had remained in the hands of the I Longitude - . 11. 5:). 30 West.
Bank ever since the restriction, which had conside- I Latitude . - 37. S. 0. South.
rably risen in value ; and therefore he contended that ! Height - - 1887 1-3,1 Fathoms. Extent of the Island from East to Wst, 6 Miles.
the Governor arta Directors ought to have availed ; The body of the island bearing N. 20 deg. E. and
themselves of the advance, for the benefit of the Pro- distant 47 miles, the variation was 10 deg. 25 min. W.
praetors ; and that he expected to hearthat the whole The island rises from the sea with a
gradual slope
Lad been disposed of. In this view of the matter, the to a high peak, and, at the time of our passing it,
Bank would be fully enabled to pay at t:.e rate of 7# from half the height of the island to the summit of
per cent. for the dividend of the last half year. Mr. the peak was covered with snow.
Clifford next took a view of the additional advantages . At 10 A.M. July 24, being 66 miles to the East.
arising from the circulation of Bank of England notes ward of the Island, its snow-covered half only was
and the issuing of silver tokens. He said, that lie to be seen above the horizon from the deck, which
was fully persuaded, that the Governor and Direc- gave a most brilliant appearance, the sun shining dia. I
tors had, by their conduct, driven all the gold out metrically upon it.
tef the country ; and that next they would leave it de- •
The Anholt Mail which arrived yesterday, brought
ItitUte of silver,
intelligence, that BONAPARI E had dispatched a Coil- I
Mr. Clifford's amendment not being seconded, the
governor's proposition tier to Konigsberg, is ith orders to his Minister there
The Duke of N
of:: per cent. was confirmed,
addressed ti•te Court. His ,
to demand the surrender of the fortresses of Colbergl
oneoea
Gracc declared, that he had come there unconnected and Graudentz, and the whole of Silesia. This was
without hesitation refused by the King a PRUSSIA,
with any person or persons whatsoever, for the pur- I
wlp adverting to the sacrifices his subjects had made
pose of communicating to the Court the great distress I
and inconvenience which was felt throughout the
to the projects of France, declared, that he would
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country for want of an abundant tirculation of silver, rather hazard the consequences of immediate war,
without which business could not be carried on. His than resign his last strong holds, and reduce himself
Grace did not speak from report, but from his own
soon as this resolution was taken, General Bereiten, I
experience. He had been travelling much in the north, I
w
and witnessed the greatest obstacles for want of Iho is known to be the inveterate enemy of France,'
it is said, received the appointment of Commander-.
ehange, some of which his Grace instanced.
in-Chief
.of the Prussian Armies. It is added, that
The CHAIRMAN in reply, informed his Grace, that
he no sooner obtained the nomination, than he col-
the Bank had a considerable quantity of silver in their
lected the scattered forces of Prussia in Colberg and
possession which they destined for coining, and that
its_ vicinity, and fell back in the direction of the Polish
no less a sum than £500,000 had already been put
frontiers, with the view to cooperate with the Rus-
into circulation—considerable sums had been sent to
the different large towns throughout the country, in sian armies, which, it was understood, would support
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proportion to their reputed populations ; and very the cause of •
large sums also had been distributed among the dit-
Such are the particulars of the rumour ; but what
ferent London Bankers, so much as £5OO weekly.— 1
'They intended in this way to continue coining till the
credit is to be given to it cannot yet be determined. I
Several letters are is town from Konigsberg, but they
merely refer in obscure terms to some important
wants of the country were completely supplied—but
it was to be recollected, that the process of coining change in the posture of affairs. A latter, dated the
was such as to require,a considerable time before this 6th inst. from Wingo Sound, only says, that "the
could be effected. reports from Prussia are various and contradictory."
The Duke of Nino= seemed perfectly satisfied Letters of the 18th of August from Petersbur h
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''' ith this atisvters and the meeting was dissolved. supply no intelligence on this head.

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