Star. — London, England, 1807-11-25 00:00:00

AUSTRIA HAS DEEILARED WAR AGAINST ENGLAND. The reafon aflgned for this is the injußice of our aggreflion againfl Denmark ! If there be any truth in the motive of signed, we may foon cape& to hear of the Emperor FRANCIS declaring war againtt NA. PeLiom for his unjuft aggreffion againft Portugal! Has be himfelf fuffered nothing from the aggreffion of France ? Nay, France has left to him no will of his own ? The very meafure now adopted by FRAN cis proves this, and will haßen on his own ruin: It may fuit the policy of NAPOLICK to war with the Com merce of Britain ; but when thofe Princes, who are obliged to become his tools are neceffitated, for his gratification, to wage war with the commerce of their own fubjefts, the confequences may eafily be forefeen. What we long ago predided teems battening to its completion. Not a fragment will be left of the ancient fabric of European Government. Another Power is on the verge of annihilation. By a vefel which arrived from Bilboa yefterday, accounts have been received of a CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE KING OF SPAIN. Some light is thrown on this affair by the follow. ing important Decree, which was ifued from the palace of San Lorenzo on the 3oth ult. snit addraid to the Governor of the Council ad interim : N C. R. " Goo, who watches over his creatures, does not permit the confnutmation of atrocious deeds, when the intended vidtima are innocent• Thus his Omnipotence has raved me from the molt un beard•cf cataftrophe. My people, my fubjeds, all know my Cluiftianity and faded habits. They all love me, and I receive from all of them proofs of their veneratlon—fuel as the eonduet of a parent calls for from his children. I lived perfuaded of this felicity, and devoted to the repofc of my family, when an un• known hand difcovered the molt atroelon.% and unheard-of eon fpiracy, which was carried on in tny own palate, againft my per fon—My life, which has fo often been in danger, was too long in the eyes of sty fratior, who, infatuated by prejudice, and alien ated from every principle of eltriftianity that my paternal care ant love had taught him, bad entered into a projed Cu dethrone me, Informed of this, I thought proper to inquire perfonally Into the truth of the fadt, and furprlfing bin In wry room, I found in his poffeffion the cypher of his correfpondence, and of the inikudiona be had received from the vile confpirators. " In confequence of this diftovery, I immediately convoked the Governor and Council, in order that they might make the nee& fart' inquiries ; and the refult has been the detedtiun of leveret snalefatton,whofe imprifonment I have ordered; as aim the ar reft of my fon at his reildence. This Is an additional aggravation of the afilidion I labour under—but however painful to my feel ings, it fnuft be fubmttted to, as it is of the unnoft importance to the fupprelEon of loch a confpiraey. At the fame time that I di redt the publication of this affair to my fubjefts, I cannot avoid esprefEng to them the regret by which I am agitated—but that regret will be alleviated by the demonftrations of their loy3lty. You will take the proper matures to have this decree circu lated in due form. CHARLES R." By command of his Majtily, 1 tranfmit this decree to your Bacellency,inoreer that ft may be duly promulgated. " Signed by the Minifters, and addreffed to all Vice roys, &c. &c." We fubmit this moll monftrous paper to our Readers without preface. It bears its own horrible eharailer on its front. The poor, feeble, unoffending Prince of ASTURIAS is thus by the impatience of the Prince of the Peace (the inftrument of France), to be facrificed, and his own father is made his accufer— not becaufe he was an objell of dread, but becaufe he . was furrounded by all the honour of the realm. The *each had taken the moll cautious Reps as prelimi naries to this atrocious att. They fecured all the firong places—their army is polled every where to controul and command the natives—Portugal fur nailed a pretext for their march, and we fee the refult of the diabolical fchcme. The circumllance of the King finding his fon in his (the King's) own room, with the cypher and evi• dence of a parricidal confpiraey upon him, has very much indeed the complexion of a theatrical contri vance. What could bring the Prince of ASTURIAS from his own refidtnce to the King's apartment, with fuch a document about him ? The intent& of the King of SPAIN, as well as of the Prince of A3Tu . atat, is tolerably well known, and Europe cannot be igno• rant of the character of the Prince of the Piaci, or of his fubferviency to 13tmararrs. The whole of this tranfadion warrants the fufpicion of a fcheme to entrap the Prince of ASTURIAS, and to iiirpore'l upon his father for the pu.pofe'of deltrojing ttre one and depoling the other. When all who are oto: uoxious to the views of BONAPARTep and attached to' this branch of the Boulteom family, are by the Prince of the Paaca and his Council pronounced guilty of this confpiracy, and confequently fet afide, then the old KING may be fafily decreed as " unfit to reign." It is a remarkable circumilance, that a report of the arrAffination of the King of SPAN wat, as we fome time fince mentioned, quite current at Litton, long before, as it appears from the proclamation, any 4 fuch plat was detedeti At Madrid. AMERICAN COMMERCE. The following Circular Letter addrelfed by the Cnriful of the United State., at Hamburgh, to the Mailers of American fhips, bound to that port, difclofes fully the precarious nature of the under. Handing which iubfitk between Fiance and Ame. rim The meafures to which the French have had re. murk, in the port of Hamburgh, are marked by their ufual treachery. They interdia the navigation 'of the Elbe on a fudden, and then proceed to fe quell er the cargoes of neutral veacls, which could podibly have had no notice of the Older. The practice of IL2f nix: does not enter into the fyfirn of the grand advocate for the liberty of the feu. The violenCel and injunice of there =gores mit be deeply felt inl America. It appears, from this document, that the introduaion of colonial produce is abfolutely prohi bited at Hamburgh. " HAMBURGN, NOV 4. " At the reqneft of the Merchants here, dealing with the United States, I have iffued the annexed Circular Inftrudtions to the Ma ilers of Each of our (hips u may be bound to this City, and have alto fent over to Heligoland an Agent, who will remain there for fonse months, in order to communicate fuck further information u I find it expedient to convey to cur countrymen pairing that Wand. You, Sir, will make Inch ufe of thefe cireumftanees as the Intereß of our commerce may point out to your known zeal and difaction. lam, very rerpeEtfully, Your moft obedient fervent, " J. M. FORBES." " W. Lyman, Efq. Conful of the United States of America, &e. London." " AMERICAN CONSULATE, HAMBURGIL N0V..4, iBo7. " To Mailers of American Ships bound to Hamburgh. " In the prefect unprecedented crills, fuck great and almott daily changes take place, and the meafures of the Belligerents af feting commerce are put into fuch immediate operation, that it is impollible for the molt prudent, with the belt intentions, to avoid the injuries which, on every fide, lay in wait for fair neutral trade. I , it Is therefore by no means my intention to afTume any eon • tsonl in the'deftination of your Blips, but merely to Rate fuck fads u it is important you &Quid kcow. In this meafuie my own opinion has been fortified by thole of the molt refpedtable Mer chants here in Bonne Rion with my country, expreffed to me in their written requeß. " The French Cullom-houre Officers or Douanlers, without any official intimation to the Foreign Agents here, have, fume time fince, in virtue of an imperial Decree, applied the Commercial revehtions and laws of France to the trade of this city, and without any exceptions, require certificates of olgin, figned by the French Conful at the place of Chipment, for all articles at tempted to he Introduced here. la addition to the inconveniences which the prompt and unexpedted execution of this mcafure pre fented within a few days, a new order of the French Emperor has interdidted, in the molt rigid manner, the navigation of the Elbe and Wefer, to all chips, whether going or coming—and in co-r'• quence of it the American iblp Julius Henry, coming from Balti more, has been (sized, the cargo has been fequeitrated, the thin has been liberated, but without any freight, and molt remain under an embargo of which the term cannot be forefeet!. " Under this Rate of things; it mutt occur to every one, that it cannot promote the interefta confided to you to enter either of there rivers. Having Rated thus much, I can only leave you to follow the didtates of your own prudence. atfuring you that I mall endeavour to feed Tom new advice' by the aft of December, or fooner, U any favourable change takes place. " J. M. FORBES, Conful of the United States of America" Lift of Articles permitted to be imported into Hatrbutgh, with Certificate of Origin, fitted by the French Conful at the place of lbipment :—Timber, matte, iron, copper, hemp, fad cloth or n irvana, flax, cordage, pitch, tar, wheat, rye, barley. oats,oat meal, peafc, beans, rice, flour, cheek, butter,'wine, brandy, tai low, candles, fait, pot-ath, flan-feed, madder, turnip feed, infeed oil, hemp oil, whale and other flub oils, fifh glue, mats, horfe hair, bog's brittle., faltpare, yellow wax, bed feather., caviar, and honey. All other articles are for the prefent totally pro hibited." DEFENCE OF THE NATION. Is it not high time, when we fee all Europe at the feet of the Conqueror, to prepare for our own f4fety ? Will nothing Tonle the energies of the Nation ! Will nothing Rimulate our Rulers to call out the Popula tioa.in a maf:, and train our youth efpecially, to the ufe of arms? Have we a force at prefent fit to contend with the united arms of Europe ? Should pur enemies fucceed in reaching our filmes, (and they are fools who be lieve the event to be impoflible), are we prepared to receive them ? Are we fo infatuated, as to be warned by none of the events that have yet occurred ? Of four Expeditions fent from this country within a (bort period, three have defervedly become the objeEt of contempt, derition, and (corn, to the reit of the world : and yet, the Nation remains fatisfied with our Date ! From any thing we have yet fcen, what can be augured as to our fate, if we continue to purfue the fame fyftem ? Let others anfwer the quellion. The Order of Council to which we alluded yeller day, appeared in the Gazette of 101 l night : it con• dimes in the nfual form, the permifflon to import hides, calf lint, horns, tallow and wool (except cotton wool) in foreign •eac!s, until the 25th day of March next. Mr. Woos), of Baltimore, has arrived in town s as Coat,' from the State of Maryland, for the purpofe of regulating the trade between Great Britain and that State: • The Trtaty between France and Außria h Rated to have been figned at Fontainbleau on the 3I 11 ult. The late flag of truce to the Auftrian Ambalfador, doubtlefs, communicated this important fait. The Treaty between France and Denmatk has been duly ratified. The evacuation of Alexandria, it teems, took place in confevence of an arrangement between the refpedive Commanders of tjte,,Britifh and Turkilh fotces. This place is refloied to the Sublime Porte, Iln return for the prifoners taken in the &II difaltrous engagements that took place in Egypt. Three veffcls that had been captured and fent to England, are ilfo to be given up. The following is the fubftance of a circular letter fent to all the Bifhops, by order of the Lords of hi. Mejelly's Privy Council, dared 6,b of Oftober, 1807: After calling their Lordlbips' attention to the penal enadments of the Refidence Ad. and Rating the in creafed number (as appears by thelaß annual returns) of Clergymen nonreftdent without licence, exemp don, or notification, it reminds the Billups of fec. 3c of that Al, which empowers them, in their feveral dincefes, to iffue monitions, requiring (itch fpiritual perfons to forthwith proceed to, and refideon, their terpeflive benefices, and to perform the duties thereof, and defires the Paid Billops to acquaint the Privi Council, whether or not monitions have been iffued by them to fueh defaulters, according to the ;direc ' rims of fec. 33 of the raid Ad. THE EXPEDITIONS. to addition to the regiments which we have de tailed for them, We bear that the ad battalion of the Adjutant General's regiment, goo itrong, is oh the march for Porfrnonth for embarkation. General ENGLAND does not accompany the troops himfelf, but he is bufied in fitting out the etpedition from Plymouth. That dillinguifbed regiment, the 13th, commanded by the Hon. Colonel COLVILLI, goes to Plymouth to join the t tth, and sd battalion of the Old Buffs. The 13th is now tOOO Ikons being a favourite regiment, with the finest of the frills Militia to volunteer to. The zd battalion of General Mutt:Axes** regi• meat having recovered from the ophthalmia. is pre paring to embark for fervice : the ft battalion of this very fine regiment is gone to India from South America. General BIIIIISTORD, attended by Colonel LING, his Deputy Adjutant General ; Major Mos. PHY, his Major of Brigade, and the left of his Staff, goes in the flag !hip of Sir SAKLIIL Hoop, the C;IITAUfI. They are ready to (fart the firft fair wind from Pouf:mouth. We believe that one of the expeditions now fitting out, goes to the Well Indies, another to Madeira; but there are various and contradidory reports as to the deflioation of the third. This day that dininguithed regiment, the itch foot, embarked at Plymouth. Yenerday the ad battalion of ere We Fuzileers, the 20, embarked at Portfmouth. That gallant corps the 77th, commanded by Co lonel WarraLoce, which lately returned from India, where they often diflinguifhed themfelves, has jolt been removed from Chatham, to make room for a regiment of the Foci' Guards. On Monday the Duke of YORK went from Oat lands to Windfor, and after tranfaeling hntinefs with his MAJESTY, dined with the (Z 2 sin and Pan/cents, and in the evening came to London. Yefterday his Royal Higlinefs held a public day at his Office in the Horfe Guards, which was but thinly attended with Officers. Lieutenant Colonel Atexa►tnea Bra-rsote has been (deed and appointed to the Government of St. He knit, with the rank of Colonel, in the fet vice of the Honourable Eafi India Company. Monday evening feveral troops of the King's Ger man Legion (dragoon►) were landedat Yarmouth,and yetterday the 43d Regiment of Foot left Yarmouth f or Ipitsich: the German Legion occupy the bar racks at Yarmouth. We canna too feverely reprobate the obvious im propriety and miftaken policy of cnliiling recruits 14 his Majefly's fervice, fan age ton advanced to undergo the common ncceffary fatigues of , usi litary duty. We have been affured, that within the lail eighteen months upwards of taco men have been admitted into regiments of the line, from vari ous foutces, who have, on trial, been found totally unfit for Olive fervice, many of them from old age, and the natural effths of con(litutiinal decay. I'he Officers conneaed with the recruiting fervice cannot be ton much on their guard in entering and palling men who ate not in every refpeet fit for the fervice. Common juflice to the army demands that its force fhould be perfcelly efficient, if not in bombers, at Ica in the con.litutions of the fuldiers. ExtraEt of a:letter from a Serjeant of the 27th foot, to hi s friend in Aberdeen, dated Melazza, ifland of Sicily, September 28 The following regiments are now here, viz. the 20th, sad, 58th,.6tf1, Blit, tlt battalion 271 h, soth light dragnont, 3000 of the Guards, and fame battalions of infantry. The troops are all very healthy. except a fi.w who are aided with fore eyes. On the 4th of July lan, the whole of the foldiers here received, from their gallant officers, one dollar each, to drink to the memory of the plains of Calabria. We hear that the French are coming down from Naples, to take horn us our little ifland —they ate furely dreaming ! We buy the wine here fa low as one penny per bottle. It is very warm with u 4 at rodent we are dole lby the foot cf Mount Etna." . 4 The King's College and Univerfity of Old Aber deen, have conferred the degree of L. L. 1). on Mr. WILLIAM BURN BY, teacher of the Naval Academy, Gofport, Author of the Britifh Neptune and other ingenious works. The Lord Provoll, Magiiiraret, and Council of Edinburgh, have unanimously voted an Addrefs to Lord Vitcount CATHCART, commanding his Ma. jelly's f •rces in Scotland. to be prefented in a gold box, congratulating his Lordfhip on his life return to that. metronolis, after his fucceisful fervices at Copenhagen ; and ezpreflive of the refpeet they en tertain for his Lordlhip's perfon and chat - after. and for his ready cooperation with the Magillracy in every matter conducive to the interefts of the com munity. The Lord Provoß, Magihates, and Council, of Edinburgh, in confequence of a reprefentation from the Matter of the Trinity Honfe of Leith, dated the loth inßant, have fufpended James Noble fri•i:n his office of Harbour Pilot, on account of mircondud in bringing the American brig Flora into Leith harbour. CORN EICHANGS MARL LANS, Nov. 25 —Wheat and Oats this day are in fo very dicta supply, and the buyers waiting further arrivals, caufes fo very few [ales to be made, and thofe nearly at 'aft prices which ate almoll conlidered nominal.—The fupply of Barley is likewife (bort, and on the rite—Fine new Malt about Bos. per quarter—Peas vary but little— Beans this week are cheaper—The terms of Flour as our 1411--Fine American 351. to 381. per barrel. OCNKIAL CIMAINCY Al Wbeat. 44• Ste 63/ per qr. Grey Peas, 63. 7zsod Fine Ditto. 6211 71. od Beans, (old) s 6. 62,s od Rye. (new) eas 46s od Tick Ditto sod 56s itatiey.eis allsod Oats,a to 30$ 331 Malt, (old) 6/11 73. od Polasid ditto 361 376 6d White Peas, (Boilers) 1401 1334 Potatoc ditto to 3111 cd Rape Seed 234 111. Fine Floor fOijj. to slis....Secends dss to 511. NJUTICAL 1 VTELLIGENC4. MAILS—Wind S. W. MILFORD, NOVEMBER sty It has blown a dreadful gale all day at N. W. at tended with (now, 'bonder, and lightning. Several vedils hare received damage. DUBLIN, NOVEMUR so. The brig Rcehdale, Honosos, laden with pro'''. floss, &c. and upwards of too !adios on board, went on bore under Sea Point, near the Black Rock, and it is feared all have perithed. The Princefs of Wales packet which failed from hence for Liverpool yefter day, and was returning this day by crntrary wind, when the !truck on the South Bull and funk. The mailer, crew, and two Ladies were fared, and 150 foldiers drowned. FALMOUTH, NOV. sa. Arrived yeflerday the brig Bonet ta, Captain Bssi, from London, bound to Newry, much damaged, and will be obliged to difchatge ; and the brig Grace, PAYNTSC from London, for Waterford, damaged. 'This day arrived the Jane (Hambro' fbip). Captain Mvaas, from St. Thomas's, bound to Tunningen, with fugar, coffee, and tobacco, nut fix wad, and detained twelve days fince by hi;i Majelly'efhip Vta- GM'. of 36 guns ; the Lord Hobart packet, Ha- MILTON, with mail; from New York and Halifax, 24 day. from the latter place—no news : was fired at a few days fince in lat. 49. 54. long. 8. 35. by a ketch under Swedill2 colours, which file foppofed to be a French privateer—a large !hip under American co• lours was in company. On the packet returning the fire, fhe filtered off. Alfo arrived his Kiji:fly's !hip CHAMPION, of 24 guns, and CAPILIN fCho3ller, from off Breli ; the brig Etiza ( tender), from Swanfea, for Plymouth, with impreffed feamen ; the Commerce, Swatcot, from Teignmoutb, bound to Greened, with lofs of fore top mall Sailed the hired armed brig Morriftown, of to guns. Lieutenant Baas's'', wish a convoy of coadert for Swanfea.—Wind Pa cengers per the Hobart—Major Duke, Mars. Farren, Hut chhafon,Allport, and Mrs. and MS Moodie. • AIR. OUR. ARR. DUI. Dublin - I I Liflacin - o Waq.rford 1 3 New York and Gettanbargb o r Halifax t 0 PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 23. Came in the Recovery tranfport, Captain Bats.. Max, from Portfruourh, bound to Barbadoes, with t . oops ; fhe failed with the fleet under convoy of the MELEAGER frigate, but parted company in a heavy gale, having lot her mizen matt, and otherwife de maned. The Recovery patted a drip in very great didrefs, fuppofed to be a Weft Indiaman, but could render her no affi dance, and great fears arc entertain. ed for her fafety alfo came in the Mercurius, Cap tain BEHRENS. from Memel with naval dores, for the 'Dock Yard ; Fanny Sewell, Captain GALE, from New York, with fugar, Sec. detained by the Auna• crews, of 74 guns; !vitt/lava, if 36 guns, from a crnize. The Atalanta, of this port, Captain DAVIS, from this place bound to Bridol, was 101 l on Friday laft near St. Pie's; the Captain and three men drown. ed. Two other veffels were loft at fame time, at the fame place. The Lark of Hull (fchooner) another of the MEILEA6AL'S convoy, is come in here with great damage. PORTSMOUTH, NOVR BER 14. Ambled his Majeity's (hap la Stitt', from a cruize. and the Hsi° tranfport, from Falmouth. Sailed his Majefty's lltip Cogyrrrs, on a cruize. Dropt down to St. Helen's his Majefly's INTarstn.--.Wind S. W. DEAL, NOVEMBER 14. Remain in the the Downs the (hips as per lA, and feveral other outward bound veffels.—Wind S. W. and moderate. YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER Arrived the Cat.yrso, and SKYLARK 'loop of war, and ERtissr gun brig ; the latter has picked up at fea, without any perfon on board, a tranfpnrt, fup. pried from Copenhagen, name Bonita, of Whitby, laden wi;h fulphur : (he has loft her foreman, main top:mall, and bowfprit alto arrived the Cora,. Captain OLar, with wines from Oporto,. The Friendfhils of London, Wl3ll mailer, on Wk. terton Beieh, is a complete wreck—the cargo, eon lifting of linen and tallow, is principally fated.— Ships of war in our Roads : Roebuck, Majeßic, Crefeent, Athiable, Pandora, and Sybille, frigates ; Arid, Chetah, Oberon, CoffAck, Alert, Railleur, Skylark, and Calypfo, Imps of wat ; Archtr, Film, Minr, and Erna gun brigs.. Wind S W. The Bonito, -, frntn Malta, deferted by the crew, is carried into Yarmouth. The Delaford, You/id, from London for St. Vin• cent's, is put into Harwich with damage, received in the gale of the eoth inßant. The Intelligencia, Baxerz, from Lifbon for Lon• don, is put into Weymouth with damage. The Samuel, —, from the Clyde for grbec, loft near Newfoundland. The Diana, RICHAIDI, from London for BAIA, is banded near Truro. The brig Neptune, of Juicy, from Liverpool, is wrecked near Cardigan. By a veffel from Holland, which arrived yellerday, we learn that the Court to which the cafe of the detained neutrals was referred. in cunfequence of the Deciee of left September, has not decided the fate of any of them. A .eport prevailed in the City yeflerday. that Admiral Poevis had engaged the Ruffian fleet off Cadiz, and captured three or four fail of the l ie. It was alfo Paid, that letters had been received frosts H o lland, With an account of RnlEa keying declarc.t war agalntt this country. K 1