Star.
London, England, 1810-01-05 00:00:00

trodneed to the Diet, as a Member of the Swedish,.
Nobility, and took his seat among the Baroitsof die,
Empire,
ALTON 4, NOVEMBER U.
According to a royal ordnance, issued this day, the
exportation of colonial produce to foreign countries,'
has been entirely prohibited.

H4MBURGH, DEC. 4,

The conferences which are held between the French
Minister Reinhard, and Bourienne and the Deputies
of the Hanseatic towns are still continued. The point
hitherto discussed is merely this, how far the-situation
and constitution of the said cities may best be made
to square with the general system of the Continent ;
the question whether they are to be received Members
of the Confederation of the Rhine, is not yet decided,
but it seems to be perfectly settled that they are to'
preserve their independence under the protection of
the French Emperor.

THE ARMY,
General C. STEWART, (Lord CASTLEREAGH'S bro-
ther), arrived on,Wednesday at Portsmouth, to em-
bark for Portugal, with the reinforcements of arts,
lery, &c. that have been for some time under orders
to join the army in that place. They amount to about
ten thousand men ; and, it is understood, that, with
these reinforcements, LordWEI.LINGTON has declared
he can defend Portugal against the enemy—v-at least,
that he can defend it for a considerable time.—
It is, however, the general opinion, that the late de-
feat and dispersion of all the considerable Spanish
armies, the fall of Gerona, and the multitude of
French troops constantly poured into Spain, will, in
a few months, render the evacuation of Portugal by
our troops indispensable. It is, besides, certain,
that the determination to send reinforcements to In-
dia and to Canada, has caused a considerable re-
duction to be made in the number of troops which
were originally destined for Portugal. The difficulty
of finding subsistence will be the greatest impediment
to the Pogress of the French, the Spaniards having
made every possible effort to remove the corn from
Leon, and the north of Estremadura, to Asturias and
Gallicia, while the French armies were drawn to the
southward to fight AREJEAGA and the Duke Dm.
PARQUE.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH DOCK, MN. a.

The VANGUARD, 74 guns, came up Hamoaze to-
day to be repaired.—Arrived, the SEAFLOWER brig of
war, 14 guns, last from the Eastward.
Remain in port—The Dreadnought, Milford, Formidable, Te-
meraire, Vanguard, Implacable, L'Aigle, Shannon, Amethyst,
Pheasant, Fancy, Encounter, Whiting, Weazie, Britannia, Daphne,
Philomel, Seaflower, Intelligent, Nonpareil, Seine, la Rhin, Coe-
sack, Helena, Argus, and Plover.

DEAL, JANUARY 4.
Came down from thi River the Wraponnand
WiN-
duEISEA East Indiamen. Sailed the CLYDE frigate
to Portsmouth. Remains a large fleet of outward-
bound,—Wind S. S. W.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GRAVEST ND, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Isabella, Little, &NM Hon-
duras ; and the Brothers, Coster, from Cork. Sailed the Cora,
Garnock, for St. Thomas's and Hayti.

The University of Oxford has conferred the degree
of Poctor in Civil Law op Lord GRENVILLEby diploma.
Yesterday being the birthday of the Duke of
DEVONSHIRE, his Grace received the congratulations
of a number of the first Nobility and Gentry, and in
the evening a grand entertainment was given at Chis-
wick House, and a ball and supper was given to his
servants and tradespeople in town.
Wednesdiy morning, died, at her seat at Ham
Common, MARY Countess of COURTOWN, wife of the
Earl of Coultroww, and daughter and co-heiress of
RICHARD POWYS, Esq. of Hintlesham-hall, in Suffolk,
by Lady MARY BRUDENELL, sister of the late Duke of
MONTAGUE ; she has left issue, Viscount STOPF•RD,
Comptroller of the King's Household, and three other
sons. Her Ladyship was far advanced in life, and
the Earl, who survives her, is in his 79th year.
We are happy to state, for the comfort and satis-
faction of the friends of that superior and excellent
young man, Mr. BATHURST, our Minister at the
Court of Austria, that private letters, to which the
greatest credit may be attached, have been re-
ceived from Berlin, stating, that on the 13th
of November he was there in the most perfect
health, and in the most composed state of mind ; and
the reports which have been circulated to the con-
trary, being of a much earlier date, give us every
reason to hope that they are totally without founda-
tion, and either circulated by his friends to facilitate
his escape, or from a spirit of mean retaliation, if he
has already effected it.
Twurrn NIGHT.—The Public are respectfully
informed, that Sets of Characters for to-morrow
night may be had gratis at all the Lottery Offices in
London.
ANOTHER Monsraa.—Wednesday night a Lady,
without a protector, was insulted in the most outrage-
ous manner, in Prince's-street, Drury-lane, by a ruf-
fian, who held in his hand a sharp instrument, like a
cork-cutter's knife. fie first attacked a female in
Drury-lane, by cutting a long slip in her gown.
When he approached the Lady in Prince's-street, she
observed him take the weapon from his pocket, but
was not able to escape without her pelisse being cut.
This unmanly ruffian, it is said, has committed se-
veral depredations of a similar description in other
quarters of the town.
, On New Year's pay the Sllerilfs of London di.
meted every prisoner in Newgate, Ludgate, and the
two Compters, to have a pouad of-beef, a pint of por-
ter, and lid. worth of bread : ten chaldrons of coals
were also distributed amongst them.
A match of a mile for 100 giliocas took place yes-
terday, near Slough, betwixt a Mr. ATHOL and Cap-
tain AIKEN. The Captain performed his task in five
minutes and twelve seconds, and beat his adversiri
1 by about 100 cards..
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Some friend, of the Drama dined together yester-
day, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, in
pursuance of public advertisement, for the purpose of
' celebrating the restoration of harmony at Covent-
Garden Theatre.
Shortly after five o'clock, a numerous and respec-
table assemblage sat down to dinner, amounting to
between three and four hundred persons, Harm Cur-
FORD, Esq. in the Chair. The company was more
select and less numerous, than at the first dinner
on this subject ; and as the great object was a ge-
neral reconciliation, the Managers were invited
by the founders of the fey* ; and in compliance with
the invitation, Mr. J. P. KRUM'S and Mr. HARRIS,
jun. were present—they sat on the right of file Chair-
man, and on their entrance to the room, were re,
ceived with the strongest demonstrations of sad:,
faction.—Mr. CLIFFORD having taken the Chair, the
Company proceeded to play their parts in the dinner
with great spirit.
On the cloth being drawn, the first toast given
was " the Bing," which was drank with accustomed
enthusiasm.
After which, " the Voice of the Public." This
toast was received with shouts of applause, and drank
with general satisfaction.
66 Trial by Jury," with three times three followed.
Mr. Jones, at the request of the Chairmau, then
sung a song, 4 Pat Murphy, the Piper,"
46 The Stage," was then drank with three, midst
reiterated plaudits,
The CHAIRMAN then gave, " The ancient and un-
alienable judicature of the Pit." (This toast, as re-
peated by the waiter, who could not pronounce the
words of four and five syllables, caused a considerable
degree of laughter. When understood, however, it
was drank with very considerable applause.)
The glee of " Glorious Apollo," was afterwards
sung by a part of the Covent-garden Theatre Com-
pany, with infinite taste, and was received with the
loudest acclamations of praise.
Mr. CLIFFORD then arose to propose a toast, which
he said he was convinced the company present would
drink with as much pleasure as he felt in giving it.
He then read the following :
66 May this happy reconciliation be of equal ad-
vantage to the public in amusement, and to the pro.
prietors in emolument."
Shouts of satisfaction evinced the approbation of
the meeting at this toast, and loud and reiterated
plaudits resounded through the room for several mi-
nutes ; which having subsided,
Mr. Sawicz said, that Mr. Harris and himself
concurred most cordially in the toast just given, and
begged leave to have the honour of drinking the
health of the Meeting.—(Loud aliftlainer.)
Mr. Jones then sung " There was a Lady," after
which, " The immortal memory of Shakespeare," was
drank with three.
The attention of the company was next directed to
a Gentleman of the name of Green, who sung a song
of his own composition to the tune of Derry Down,
containing a burlesque picture of the recent Divorce
at the Court of Paris. It was written with much hu•
mour, and excited general applause.
Mr. MILLza then proposed the health of the Chair-
man, which was drank with enthusiastic acclamations
of respect and satisfaction.
Mr. CLIFFORD now rose, and spoke to the follow-1
ing effect :—" Gentlemen, I return you most sin-
cerely my thanks for the honour you have conferred
on me, in placing me in this situation, and still more
grateful do I feel for the kind manner in which you
have done me the honour-of drinking my health. In
the situation in which I stand, it is unfortunately in-
cumbent on me to say something beyond the mere
expression-of my thanks, for the favours you have
heaped so undeservedly on my head, more especially
as I have been. so materially connected with the cir-
cumstances which have occasioned this meeting.—lt
would be extremely improper for me to introduce any
language at this moment, which could in the least
degree tend to call back to your minds occurrences
which it is my anxious wish should be sunk in eternal
oblivion. I should therefore feel extremely sorry
that any expression of mine should torture the feel-
ings, or give rise to unpleasant recollections in the
breast of any individual who hears me. But, Gen-
tlemen, there is one circumstance connected with col-
lateral disputes, which I rejoice are terminated, I
think I may advert to without offence to any person
present. It was my lot to be a plaintiff in an action
the nature of which you all know, and the proceed-
ings of which I have only learnt from newspaper re-
ports ; from these reports I have understood, that ei-
ther during the course of that trial, or after it was
concluded, it does not matter which, I was publicly
accused of being the leader of an infuriated mob, that
I wished injury to private property, to destroy the Go-
vernment, to subvert the Constitution, and to overthrow
Monarchy. Such is what I have learnt from the
newspapers,' and I am to suppose their report was
correct. Gentlemen, I recollect when Colonel War.
die first introduced the business relative to the Duke
of York into the House of Commons, Mr. Canning
held out a very just but a very dangerous doctrine :
64 When the characters of public individuals (said
he) are attacked, infamy much attach somewhere, and
if the accuser tails in his charge, then does infamy at-
tach to him in the darkest colours." With this sen-
timent, Gentlemen), I most cordially concur, and to
your treatment of me, to the public voice, from the
Orkneys to the Land's-end, I appeal, whether infamy
attaches on me ?—(Loud crier of No, no !)—I have the
same authority to say, that infamy cannotattachonyou,
(Loadepit/sure.) It must attach somewhere ; let it then
remain not as a brilliant and splendid light, but as a
dim and pale halo round the hoary head- of him who
has dared to utter such a calumny against me. I have
but one observation more to make, on a subject which
;s deeply connected with all public meetings. I was
surprised, at a recent trial for conspiracy, to hear
the Attorney-General accuse the Counsel for the
plaintiff with a desire to court popularity ; and still
more was I surprised to hear that Learned Barrister
deny the charge, as if smarting under the accusa-
tion. It is lamentable that any criminality should for
one instant be attached to such an exertion—and the
Only argument against it must arse with those who
acre corrupt, and from whom popular favour has
been withdrawn, Cu account of their teal-practices,
and who are anxious to have it believed that the peo-
ple are 4040 to the istrivki atl, instead
tt of being
. • • • • • • •

attached to the. principle that the individual
ports. I will ask, caa any or,e give an instant
which any individual who has steadily adhered
the interests of his country, kc.—who has pers,„
' in the public Wise—whether from such a man ,
1'
lar applause has ever been withdrawn ?—( Aro, .0
1 When persons have gained all they can by their
sumed patriotic feelings, and they have in fact
' a stalking-horse of the public, to promete their
bitious views; in the same proportion that Cher
I contracts, they chew their apostacy to the po
1 cause ; and when they have carried their apostac
the fullest extent, and are deserted by those iv'
I canie they pretended to espouse, merely as a b;
Ito forward their own aggrandisement, they
round, and talk of the fickleness of popular feel;,
1 —This conduct puts me in mind of a young s
when he first goes to sea ; every thing is receding .
• fore him ; the cattle, his native lands, all recede .
pursues his course, and he thinks they are going f
him, and not he from them. Thus it is with
1 tics ; a man embarks under the principle of der*
himself to the public service, but as his own in ..:
' draws him from the path of rectitude, you perce
i his apostacy, and you suffer him to proceed in
course of corruption ; and when he finds you
. longer give him your support, he endeavours to b
your eyes by talking of the fickleness of public f
ing. This is my opinion of political character:;
i I feel I have trespassed too long on your attm •
I thought, however, this was a convenient opp,
pity to make some observations with regard to ~ ,
larity, and the peculiar circumstances which ha
transpired respecting myself. I will therefore c
dude, as I feel myself unwell from the exertiions ~
I have made, by returning my thanks for the ii,
I you have done me in this business, and by elle •
the comfort I shall always feel, in the recollection
I came here at first amidst a very great discussion
tween the Public and the Managers of the Thea,
' which I lament did not terminate much sooner,
during which I did nothing that could widen ,
breach, but became the humble instrument of b '
ing the exasperated parties together, and in ,
measure have worked a reform, which, I trust,
terminated in an everlasting peace.—( Loud and r-
rated aNdatme.) I shall now, Gentlemen A from
bottom of my hearty drink all your good Malths"
(Acclamation: of :xi:faction.)
A gentleman named BONNER now called the
tion of the Meeting. He congratulated them on
happy result of their negotiations, and trusted,
they met for the purpose of reconciliation, they'''.
accomplish. that object most effectually. He •
proceeding to make some general observations on.
policy and justice of including Mr. Brandon in
general when he was interrupted by
mixed tumult of applause and disapprobation. "
he was again allowed to proceed, he endeavoured
exculpate the conduct of Mr. Brandon by ...
arguments, but was soon rendered inaudible by a
petition of confusion. After peace was restored,
Mr. CLIFFORD stated, that the persons who
taken the trouble to arrange the dinner, had u
into their consideration this very subject, but
agreed to abstain from it alto thee, because
were sure it would lead to a 4. ,iliac at`
things ought to be avoided. geconciled to the •
nagers, the internal regulations , oftheTheetreno .
came under their cognizance, and the Managers
a right to choose their own servants, and regulate
internal affairs of their concern without being con.
ed by the interference of the Public.* The ' M--;
was for the purpose of reconciliation with the Mau:
of the Theatre, and the introduction of any other '.
*ject, could only tend to disturb the harmony of.
evening; and those who agreed with him in 0..
and were for passing on to the grand basinessd
day, would be glad to hear Mr. Watts, who
about to favour them with a song.
Mr. Botorea again endeavoured to address
Meeting, but could not be heard ; after this
confusion prevailed, two youpg men were turned
of the room far violent conduct, and a pugilistic
test took place in the lobby, whence one of the
roes shortly afterwards returned with 4 black eye.
When silence was again obtained, the . .
gave as a tout : " May a brow-beating .1
ever be opposed by an enlightened and um.—
Jury,"—which was drank amidst a burst ..
faction.
The next toast given, was " The sal of Righ
and condign punishment to those Legislators who ..
fringe it by requiring excessive bail."
Mr. CLIFFORD said, he had now given all the t. -
that had been written out for him on the occasion.
They had, and he thought very properly, ors.'
general ideas, but having discharged his duty as
sident, he felt himself at-liberty to propose such ' •
as suggested themselves to him.
Mr. Clifford then proposed the health of Mr. 11
Semble and Mr. Harris, which was drank with i •
times three.
Mr. KRA/BLE said, that although he already '
the honour of drinking the company'shealchlhe
now again drink it with pleasure, as he could net
often experience that satisfaction.
Mr. Haulm, jun. expressed his gratitude for
honour conferred on him, and trusted that all di' -
ences between the Proprietots of the Theatre ad
Public, after that dinner, would be consigavil co
vion.-- ( Loud applause'.)
Mr. CLIFFOMD said, he should be extremely -
to disturb the harmony of the meeting in alq"
but the delicate state of his health reqpired his '
parture. With their permission, therefore,. -
another toast, and a glee from some of his '
be should wish them all good He thenrl
46 The cause of civil and re • ous liberty Rik
the world."
A and Mr. H
gleec wastharrenis wisontildrew, and r
fll. Cliffoidstiorud,dMaar.dtioeti
me
rated claps and applauses.
The remainder of the company ' shortly aft at
parted excepting a few stragglers, who ;Who'
their libations to the jolly god;
betides
Amongst the company pr sent were, . ti
Iremble and Mr, Harris, pm. Mr, Wenthoih ''''
Powell, Mr. Savage, &c. &c.
, From this admisukte, we eeofidetttly expel that Mr. :
dolt will be reinstated le hie old situadall• 111110 16. byso
With fidelity for in away years, sae in with* be us *Ws i
I 'wend saddeedott. y Mr. Brawd4e be .not retbwels his cari;
be one of the most **. that ever aceerree to a psesecw”,,
*duel 1 but his we west for the Wow of fief
almoner, end bops SW sake Of Mlle PIO% 10 Pli
mar days or played.