Star.
London, England, 1819-05-17 00:00:00

tborgh!!! Another Member RAMC as
luable information, worthy of the atten.
countries and governments, that the
nuralty and Lloyd's Coffee-house regu-
'e to the Merchants (by telegraph we
,peaker meant) the best foreign markets
lids of merchandize! I

fiber of Peers were occupied on Thursday
•ussion of the first Project of Law on the
is thought that the revival of the ques-
!tires against Religion would have been
ie Peers, by the modified clause on the
iich Ministers ultimately assented in the
Deputies; but the event has proved
The Duke de FITZ-JANIES has met the
I more directly than ever by a proposi-
ute for public meality—the words the
Viscount Morstoitucr seconded
ima. Baron BARAATZ and the Duke
lEFOUCAULT spoke Strongly against it;
the Chamber adjourned.
1, whose state of health for some time
med him to take breakfastin his private
is so far recovered that he breakfasted on
public with the Princes and„Duchess of
—rive per Cents. Thursday, 66fr. 90c.

received to-day a farther series Of New
to the 26th.of April.

our Minister, left Washington on the
11 for Annapolis, where he was to wait
;1 the frigate FORTH, which is to convey
Lcy and suite to England. Mr. ANmo.
as Charge d'Affaires.
ii Minister, Don Os's, is said to have

way to New York, for the purpose of
a passage to England. If the Commer-
wr may be believed, the American claims
for commercial spoliation, under the
are so large, that the five millions which
appropriated, will not pay a fourth of
It.

ium, who was lately on a mission to the
ricAn Republicans, is on the eve of pro-
a second mission thither ; but whether in
:ific character than formerly is not stated.
recent losses in American shipping, we re-
:rye the total wreck, on the Jersey shore,
of April last, of a ship from Canton,
'o of two millions of dollars on board.—
in and 27 of the crew lost their lives.

,y, the PatNcE REGENT held a Court at
louse, at which Viscount CASTLEREAGII
For Viscount SIDMOUT/I, who was absent
,osition. There were also present at Court.
;GE BERESFORD, Comptroller of the House-
W. Basirtseat, Treasurer of the House-
d and General Fttrcit were the
Groom is waiting. The Bishop of EXETER
is Clerk of the Closet. Viscount CASTLE*
a long audience of the PRINCE REGENT.
• Dr.l‘laasst, the Bishop of Peterborough,
at Carlton House at three o'clock, to do
before the Pains Ratarcr, upon his being
' from the Bishopric of Landaff to the &-
Peterborough. •
tke of Yoax transacted military business
'SINCE REGENT, on Saturday morning.
Leone Gauges have arrived to the 10th of
• In one of them there is a contradiction of
s which found their way into the English
)me months since, of the dreadful mortality
railed in that settlement. It says—"" The to-
,b& of Europeans who died in the Peninsula.
vas eight men, three women, and two chil-
e lost no Civil, Military, or Colonial Offi-
pting one young Gentleman, who died a
his arrival, and as included in thepnmber."
ray the ACTIVE frigate, Captain Sir JADIES
JER Goanos, K.C.B. was moved- out of
iuth Harbour, against wind andtiderby means
tenant Jamas Eluarcues invention for impel-
, in a calm, with two paddle wheels, which
on a spindle, or axle-tree, projecting from
i side, immediately under the main deck,
before the gangway. The ACTIVE started
upper part of the Harbour about first guar-
and succeeded in getting abreast of the
, against an increasing contrary tide, run-
an two and a half knots, in a narrow chast-
e light breeze of contrary wind, when the
shening, and it being against the orders of'
that a ship of war should anchor in the
she was dropped into the Harbour again,
ovement the use of the paddles were seen, as
led backwards with equal facility ; neither
boat aided her until she anchored again.—
started from the Harbour's-mouth, and at
1 period of the tide, she would have easily
:r way to Spithead.
ILetos, 74, lately arrived at Portsmouth, has
to England a groupe, by CANOVA, in Parian
of the three Graces (natural size), which are
iced in the Hall of Carlton House ; also se.
.atues (natural size) of Hebes, Bacchantes,
a, and the Muses, taken from the most cele-
aigre models, and executed under the eye
,vA, in white marble, which are intended to
:ed in an elegant Temple of the Muses, re-
.lcted in Woburn-park, the seat of his Grace
eof BEDFORD. Some of these figures cost
.-e ClOOO each. The cases containing them
• ...:ifered to be opened at the Custom-house,
• danger there would be of breaking them ;
ed.ny will be paid when fixed on their pedes-
u: ':•cre has also been landed from the same ship,
•ti.ent collection of medals and coins, for the
cum ; and a curious and elegant caw-
, , tnd measures, for Lord Camels/1g"
LY:r.,11.10, we understand, his Lordship hopes to
»..t. a plan which he has had some thae in pro.
al'"`', , ,qualize the weights and measures among
,ut ' Lei nations. Various packages of alabaster
e, vases, antiques, modus, and groupes, for MI.
.1.0
tf the Nobility, manufacturers at the pot-
" and artists, have also been landed, with seve-
rs from antique basso relieves.

NAV AL INTRteIGANeI:

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Ftuorrn, MAY -10 Aid 14.-IWind from,*
weath‘r.—lath. Sailed the puke of Kent packita
for America; Sandwich packet, with ditto, for JansailiKa
Duke of Kent packet, with ditto, for Lisbon.
111'1,
MAY 16.—Wind &E.—Arrived the Fo; Virp-
port, from Deptford ; and his Majesty'. cutter STICSLIX6s feroen
a cruize ; also a few coaster, and colliers.—Sailed the John les-
dalle, Koos, for Jamaica; and Nearchus, Claimer, for Quebec.
PLlxourst MAY 15.—Wind varialile.—Passed up Channel
the Danish ship Anna Maria, Coresaum.v, from Ste Thomas's,
for Copenhageh.
Dove's, MAY 15.—Sailed this day the Susanna, Captain Moos,
for Mend, with a mail and passengers; also the Lord Sidmouth,
Captain Pages, for Calais, with a mail and passengers.—Arrived
this afternoon the Chichester packet, Captain ktrres, from
Calais, with Earl Whitworth and the Duchels of Dorset.
MAY 16.—Arrived last night the I rincess Charlotte packet,
Captain liAztasins, from (Mend, with a mail and passengers.—
Arrived this afternoon the Lord Duncan packet, Captain H.tanc-
zott, and Elora, Captain Warg', from Calais, with passengers.
sIAY 16.—Came down from the ltiver last evening
and sailed, the Belle, lloarrnicnou, for New York ; St. Helena,
Ezziorr, for Quebec. Sailed about three r.u. the private ship
William Mills, Blume, for Madras and Bengal. Sailed yester-
day morning the Swallow, —, for Bombay.—Mind
Ltvzareok, MAY 14.—The Edward Downs, RUSSELL, sailed
the 7th April from New Orleans for Liverpool, and put back
on the loth, With loss of rudder.

MAarmee, MAY 16.—The hulk of his Majesty's late ship
NlOntblanc, from Plymouth to London, went on shore on Mar.

gate Sand yesterday afternoon, but wa got off by assistance from
hence, with loss of an anchor and cable, And sailed for the River.

I IAIIWICII, MAT 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Henry Free-
ling packet, with a snail, &c. from Holland. Soiled the Auck-
land packet for Holland; Eclipse packet for Cuxhaven; ,and
Thetis packet for Gottenburgh, all with mails.
Custom Hoes!, M.tv 15.—Entered Inwards—The Speed-
well hoe, from Stangate Creek ; Duchess of Cumberland, Hall,
from Christiana; Russia. Hansen, from Riga; William and
George, Gage, from Dantzic ; Liberty, Crage,from Cork; the
Mary, Sballum, from Liverpool; Tobago, Fisher, from Gre-
nada ; Moderation, Ross, from Belfast ; the Triton, Legg, from
Memel; bieine, Hudson, from Christiana; the Prince Regent,
Hughes, froot Ross ; Mary and Elisabeth, Phillips, from Ha-
Tomah ; Blessing, Robertson, from Dmitzic ; Bedford, bPDo-
nald, from St, Michael's; Allen, Stephenson, from Honduras;
and the Hector, Sterry, from Memel.
Cleared Outwards—The Danhbarkeit, Freeman, for fire-
men ; Camarthen, Ross, for the Cape of Good Hope and the
Isle of France ; Bee, Adams, for liamburgh ; Friends, Edwards,
for Cork ; Martin, Cartwright, fee Elsineur and Riga ; Ocean,
Scotland, for Elaineur and Dantzic ; Fox, rot, for Ostend ;
Eugene, Aielet, for Rouen ; William Brown, Mason, for Rot-
terdam; Commercial Packet, Collins, for Ostend ; Earl Clan-
carty, Gibbs, for Rotterdam; Susannah. Peters, for Dublin;
and the May, Anderson, for Riga.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

The Severn, for sundry seizures of spirits, on board, on the
28th instant.
__

The Peruvian, for the Dolores, on the 28th instant, at No.
15, Clement's Inn; recalled every Monday and Thursday for
three months. _ _

FROM THE NEW BRUNSWICK STAR, APRIL 2.
We pnblish the following Letters for the information of Met-•
chants and all persons interested in Navigation! and we congra-
tulate the public, that the same liberal construction has been
given officially to the American law, which has ever been the
characteristic feature of the British
" British Consulate, Newport, Rhode bland, March 6.
' " His Britannic Majesty's Consul for the State of Rhode
Island encloses to the Collector of St. John's, New Brunswick,
a copy of a letter from the American Comptroller at Washing-
ton, respecting the British schooner James, Cronk Muter, from
Jimaica, which put into this port in distress.
" It shews under what circumstances /Jutish vessels, from the
-West Indies, or British Provinces in North America, though
otherwise prohibited, may enter any port in the United States.
• " Treasury Department, Comptrolkes-offize, Jan. 18,1819.
" Sta—•-A letter addressed by the British Consul at Newport
to Anthony St. John Baker, his Britannic Majesty's Consul-
General to the United States, containing the following repress:l-
- has been submitted tansy consideration :
" That the British schooner James, Crook Master, hotrod
on a voyage from Jamaica to St. John's, vininging a very bad
leak, was obliged to put Into Nes*port, to save the vessel and the
lives of the people, of which a protest had been made'—And'
that yoU considered the vessel liable to seizure, under the Act
of Congress of the last Session of Congress.'
" From an attentive examination of the language of the first
section of that Act; and keeping in view the principles of uni-
versal law, Ism of opinion, that the section in question contem-
plates only cases of an ordinary nature.
" The words shall enter or attempt to enter,' according to
views, should be interpreted as implying a voluntary act, and
without necessity.
"1% British vessel, therefore, bound from a British colonial
possession closed to the vessels of the United States,; to some
other foreign port, on being forced by stress of weather or some
other urgent or unavoidable circumstar.ce, to put into a port of
the United States, ought not to be considered as coming within
the operation of the Act. The distress, or other urgent or un-
avoidable circumstance, should, however, be proved in a clear
and satisfactory manner. It should be made appear that there
was, at least, a moral necessity for entering the port.
" If, from the situation of the vessel on her arrival, or from
any other circumstances which have come to your knowledge,
you should have just grounds to suspect that the coming was
under false pretences, it would be proper to make a strict sere-
, tiny into the affair, and to regulate your proceedings according
to the result of the investigation.
" Should you be satisfied that this is a case of real, and not
fictitious distress, it would be consonant with the general policy
of our laws, as well as the dictates of humanity, to afford the
sufferers every indulgence, not incompatible with a just regard
for the safety of the revenue.
" In such event, you may allow the sale of so much of the
cargo (the duties thereon being paid and secured) as in your opi-
nion may be necessary to defray the expenses of repairs, &c.
And if the vessel proceed with the residue of the cargo to the
pert of destination, no tonnage duties, nor duties on such part of
the cargo, are to be exacted.
" It is to be understood, however, that no additional cargo is
to be permitted to be taken on board, except provisions and sea
stores, absolutely necessary for the voyage.--With, &c.
(Signed) " JOS. ANDERSON.
" To Wm. Ellery, }.;sq. Collector, Newport, Rhode Islaud."

SIMANTILE MEETlNo.—Sattirclay a Meeting took I
?lace at the London Tavern, in compliance with the '
Invitation contained in the following Circular:
" Lombard-street, May 14, ISI9.
" A very general feeling of anxiety and alarm being expressed
' at this time by the Mercantile Class on the measures to be pro-
posed to be adopted in ParliaMent upon the Reports of the St-
creffetecCotimmioftteceassoufalltniequsirwhiy into the
ma Styatearofsether"p2Bauk of
th F,:stgil-i.
landirecd, you
utd a,reh,oawt
evtheerdeswirteloi.fmesimany rioesmeiblevspe.r.orsor.s,othmoletrts,
earnestly requested to give the advantage of your presence at a
Meeting of Merchants, Bankers, and Traders, to-morrow, (Sa-
turday,) at the City of London Tavern, at twelve o'clopk pre-
cisely, to consider and determine on the propty a more
general or a Public Meeting ;or of preparing aPetition for gc-
neral signature, to both Houses of Parliament, against any mea-
sures tending by a forced, precipitate, or undue contraction cf
the Currencies of the three Kingdoms, to embarrass Trade in
ge:teral, depress the value of Property, and to injure alike the
Public Credit, Agriculture, Manufactures, awl Commerce."
The Meeting was highly respectable, and there
were present about eighty persons. Mr. BAINBRIDGE,
of Warwick-square, Warwick-lane, was called to the
Chair, and a Resolution for calling a General Public.
Meeting of the Merchants, Traders, Scc. was agreed
to.--(See Advertisement.) The object of this Meet-
ing causes, in the City, much discussion; some con-
demning the interference, and others approving: and
not a few expressing much surprise that the Bank
does not take some direct means to express its own
opinions and desires, instead of leaving their own
credit, and that of commercial men generally, to the
' .Poa
who may be but ill qualified efto to OW ilti gon
1
on the subject: .

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