Star. — London, England, 1804-12-13 00:00:00

SPAIN. 0? A LATTER Flom MIDRIB, • id The die is catt, and war between this country and Great Britain is quite inevitable. The injudici ous attack upon our frigates decidedly turned the folk in favour . of French influence ; which, whatever Englifk politicians may affect, have for a eonfidera. time beck been adively erercifed to ftimulate our Go vernment to declare againll you. that this loth*- . dace Mould not befiire have fucceeded. may be no matter of furprife with thole who are in the habit of afcribing loch entire alcendancy to Bonaparte. But the influence which he pal - ties on the condua of nor Government, is by nu means fo uncontrouled as moll people in your country teem to imagine ; proceeding, as it doers, much more from a conviition of his power, and an apprehenfionof his de fi gns. than from any attachment to his power or authority, there exilic very naturally on out part rather a debut to abftain from any ad that fhould tend to forward his views or aggrandize his confequence. His influence trio =lever receive a check from the ltrong prejudices which nom:it:may prevail among the great body of the population of Spain again ft the name and charac ter of the French. From thofe prejudices the princi• • pal members of our Government are by no means ex• einpt. The Prince of Peace, indted, who is quite the fpring of all political power among us. is known LO be adverfe to all foreigners. and particularly to the Frmich. By the bye, as this Perfonage is become - of filch confequence, you will be naturally curious ye learn fence particulars retpeCting his origin, and prostate. and the casks that have contributed to his advatiosousat.• . ~ . • . , H,Dato Manual Gado, do Alvarez, Prince of Pelee. who is now about „sy yeats of age, was born at lia• • dajos, is the province of Eftramadura. of very poor •Oh(emsrpmata. ;Early in life be was fent to Madrid -With his older - brother Louis, to ferve in the King's ;Jialfa Geortts Via family not liviag,fidEcient , Means ,ho faingrart thee as cadets in the spay). Manuel re liaised is the guards in obfcurity until his brother's i"4124. Which 'l9ok,plare tp confequence of in. = mi. ratearted-biy . the lass Pig, 'Aida induced trl4l .ii; Ni g h ' Perfonage at the Sygulit 'ituf pwlcularly attachedlo him: So &rich ee Cbarlm HL alarthed by theintefligcnce i that he • - ' - • Isis to be exiled froin Madrid for life, and • •' ' - .Stilly byst'two hour ( to prepare for his de- ' .• • • )fie iv* enjorned never to approach E ' ir sind , :Wlshiosy Ica - goon or thi tousi:-: Louis war hoviever sputa a compaot of& Provincial Militia, in the - pace °ibis birth, with a Crofs of die Nfilitary Order of - Atwater*. -Duringhisaile.which continued until thq 701. es *Mb; roil teeeived many valuable prefents -ICOM theriiisiefs of :---... There prefents were •tuoveyed to him by Manuel, who was introduced to • the Prince's by the Duellers of Alva; ender pretence - ofbearinX him 'play and accompany on tbe'guitar, . which be did, as the Spaniards term it, eon retie. — Os the death of Charles 111. the exile of Louis ter initiated. The carets which bore, to the dillria in which he refided, the newt of the King's death, • brought him his pardon, with the commifiron of Co lonel in the Life Guards, and orders to repair so Ma drid without delay. • " Alisoa immediately after the return of Louis, the elevation of our hero Manuel commenced. A new appointmeot was created for him, that of Ad jutant General of the Life Guards, with the rank of Major General in the army. He had not held the fituation long. when he was railed to the rank of Lieutenant General, and created a Grandee of Spain of the fira clafs, under the title of Duke of Aleadi, the King granting him the royal domains of Alcadia, together with the revenues of the molt va luable of the four military orders. His power loon became fo confiderable. that the molt powerful Grandees found it neceffary to folicit his influence to obtain ordinary favours from the Court. Even the Grand Council of Caftile, with the great and juilly celebrated Count de Aranda at its head, could make ino Rand againa him. At the commencement of the late war with the revolutionary Government of France, the opinion of the Council of Caftile was de cidedly in favour of defenfive operation., that the li ve:al pares of the Pyrenean mountains fhould be arongly guarded, and the army confiderably aug stunted, before a thought fhotild be entertained of fending any force into the French territory. But the opinion of the Duke of Alcadia was quite different, and his power was not to be eontrouled. The Coun cil of Call& was diffolved for returning to refill it. and the Count D'Aranda was banitbed to Sara, sofa, where that good man and able fiatefman lived juft long enough to hear of the bainful confequence of his opponent's councils—to deplore the defeat and difgrace of his countrymen. " The critical lituation of Spain, in the year 1795,,. compelled the Duke of Alcadia to change his plans. and to think only of the means of repairing the in jury the nation had fuflained through his ratlines and folly. A peace was called for by the people, As they teemed to think it would heal all their "rounds. Peace, upon any terms, appeared to AM fuptiNcia! mind of the Duke of Alcadia the befl expedites' that could be adopted. He thetefose p'recipitately cots eluded a peace that was extremely disadvantageous; indeed it I,ft Spain with a territory abridged. htr refources confiderably diminifhed. her army Amon broken down, and her (pick nearly exbaufled The popular joy and gratitude, however, wat extreme, and the King conferred upon the peace-maker the title of Prince of Peace. " The differences with Portugal afforded an op portunity to the Prince of Peace to indulge an am bition fur military honours. Accordingly, at the commencement of the campaign again Portugal, he undertook, with the vans of Generaltffinso, en lead an army, although he had never before witnef fed an engagemenT, and, from the nature of hi, eJo cation, could have had but a flignt idea, it any, of . the theory of military taEtics. " Perhaps there is not to be found among the members of the Cabinet I any l'rioce in Lou npe, a pet fon inferior in talent or any ment.it acrulircinct.t. to the Prince of Peace. But :'it caucus of his eleva tion are wel! known. His e the (Wird of univerial r:J;.u:e a m lipiin,and his tharae' emr. , er.t and more rd b to Olt" /Intl .1. d• . le.ts , .•ll‘ , he 1.4 s In s.l :;pAin. Na man ct ni; )tI > - 1, ',.7 C tptl his patronsge. He is entirely forrounded by his own creatures, among whom there is not one of re puted ability. " In providing for his relations, however, he is equal even to Bonaparte. Every perfun who an claim the leall . affinity to him, either dire& or iodi- Tea, lenial or collateral, is lure of a good place, whatever his capacity may be. The firit offices in the country are occupied by his relations. His father, who has fearcely learned the Silt elements of educa tion, now fik one of the bra Iltuations in Spain, and his younger brother Dien, who is aln2oll literally ignorant, is a Captain General the Army, with large penfions. I , But there is nothing more prominent in the charafter of the Prince of Peace than his avezlion to' the French. If, therefore, your Miniaers had not fo wantonly offended his pride, which is extrava gant, and that of the whole Spanifh nation, which is proverbial, Bonaparte would have found it ex tremely difficult, if not impraCticable. to perfuade our Government to become his ally in the prelent war. Bonaparte might, lam aware, fend a formid able army to over-run our territory, and perhaps fubvert our Monarchy, it we perfiaed in neutrality againa his define. Btu could he not with greater fa cility over-run the kingdom of Etruria, the Hanfe towns, and fume of the German Principalities Yet thefe flates remain neutral, and continue their con neaiun with England." LONDON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK' Coactis, for Jun.l9ll.—Onurnin In 9. Reduced 57i 3S—Short Ana. 1 Eschcq. Bills, par as. sa PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Ikea .-- Short Ann. s z-16 3 per C. Rd. Ana. 371 tilf 38 India Bonds, to a ss. diL 3 per Cent. Conf. ADO. Out Imperial 3 per Cent.37f 4 per Cent. Coil 7413 Escbeei Bills par is. par 3 per Cent. Navy that Inglifb Tickets sa Lung Ann. 16 13-16 17 1-16 17 Conf. for opg. yy No further particulars have trantpired refpedling the Calais bufinef,. We are, however, inclined to believe, comparing all the accounts, that no more was meant or attempted but to dearoy Ford Rouge, iu-which we lucceeded completely. The American brig Mount Vernon, Capt. Coz, which paired Falmouth, on her way to 01lend, lad Monday, fell in (abort a fortnight ago) with Ia Sybille and Ia Didon, French frigates, in company of a French privateer, of 16 guns, bound for France. Private letters by the Moessnovon country (hip, Capt. Kaiso, from Bengal, received yeßerday, Rata that the war with Hoceeta, the Mabratta Chieftain, was not finally fettled ; a battle had been fought in the Bundeleund, in which the enemy had gained tome advantage. Lieut. Col. Wtt.t.or, of the Ben ' gal Artillery, died of his wounds near Burfar, in the Bundelcund, on the a7th of May laR. Every means, however, had been adopted by our Government in India to cru(h this hollile Chief, whole efforts feem, all relations being duly conftdered, to partake lefs of valour than of derperation. The letters received from Gibraltar by the Lifbon mail, bring no frefh information refpeding the pro grefs of the malignant fever, but they agree with the accounts received a few days ago, in Rating, that the difeafe was very much upon the decline, and the vie• tims comparatively few. On this fuhjeet our Readers will, however, find in another column tome accurate information, with which we have been favoured by Lieutenant Colonel HOLM as, from a laudable defire to relieve the apprehenfions of the relatives of the Of ficers of that garrifon. Valentia, on the 16th of November, was free from the fever. Alicant had experienced a favourable change ; but Carthagena was Rill (offering under the virulence of the diforder, and the average of the mor tality was from 95 to too daily. On the tph of No vember, the number of rick was 1587. At Malaga, on the yyth of November, the fever was entirely extina ; but the port was kept rigoronf ly fhut. The Governor was determined on not open. ing it prematurity. lea the people flould be expofed to fimilar calamities to thole they had already felt. The accounts from Spain, received by the Lilbon Mail, :are fo contradielory, that nn corral opinion can be *formed from them rcfpeCling our fituation with that country. A letter from Cadiz, of the moth ult. &dm that the account of the capture of the Spanills frigates bad not reached that place till the t 3th ult. or Barcelona belsre the s oth. It was firft received from England. At both places they fill entertained the moll fan. guine hopes of peace, and we have teen a letter to the following effeEt :—" Notwithflanding this dif agreeable event, we (till incline to think that in the prefent Rate of this country, Spain will not go to war, unlefs fire is driven to it by force ; the ficknefs on the one hand, and the mifery in the interior, ari frog from want of provilions, on the other. indepen dently of the want of money and naval floret, and every thing elle neceffary for a war, arc Its ong lieu rities for the continuation of peace " I „ By a d v i ces f ame further au of toe l date, we are in ' formed of the f.iinwing intcrelling intelligence " In the early part of Nnvemt-cr, a Spanifh frigate I f ailed from Cadiz it!s difpatches for South America ; fhe was brontat to by Sir Jon , : fquadron, conliii;liz of Gs fail of tire hoe, and was detained tor flue and le firered to re t.i;.i j At VI: i, it's!' lire ars ivr,l uu the slith: :n 1 . -tee On the follcwing day a Britith reel, freighted for England, was permitted to fail from that port. We can vouch for the truth of the latter fad, having feen the letter of advice which announces herdeparture." A letter of the 66th ult. from Cadiz, fays--" This day an Englifh fquadron of fie fail of the line appear ed off our port, which eaufed very great fenfation. In the evening they flood away to the eaftward. We hope it is only the reinforcement that was expelled for the Mediterranean fleet. Several Smith (hips richly laden have arrived here yefterday and today ; fome of them were (poke by the Dogmata. man of war, but (offered to pars onmolefled. The Doom will fail to-morrow or next day, and put herfelf un- der proteition of any Britilb (hip of war that may be cruising, as it is not thought prudent for the Englifh (hips to remain here during the preknt critical Bate of politics. _ _ gi The fcver, thank Goo, continues decrealing every day, and there is Co little of it in the city, that it is Paid oar communication with the country is to be opened in a few days" On the other hand, there are letters in town from Spain of the 3oth November, which allert pofitively that Mr. Fates had left Madrid, and add, that two Swifts flips from Buenos Ayres had been captured by foam of our cruizers, tbe crews of which had been much difappointed on finding them lades with hideg, not with dollars, as they ezpeBed. And a letter re ceived yeOerday from an Officer on board the Swi Fr wax, dated the 28th ult. pofitively Rates, that h•fli• lities had aßually commenced on the part of Spain, and that the Spaniards had made feveral valuable captures ; and among the reit a London ibip, laden with indigo. There is a rumour in circulation, that the dif patches received from Lord Nitwit announce that a whole Spanint regiment going to Minorca has been detained by fome of his Lordatip's cruizers, and car• tied into Malta• Should this news prove corral, but (mall hopes will remain of a war being avoided be tween the two countries. The Purtugoefe warehouses hare been formally cal led upon for their contributions. for difeharging the debt doe to the French of fix millions of crufados, which it was agreed lhould he paid for the neutrality. Some difficulties are Likely to arife in colkaing the contribution. u no regular mode bad been adopted for affeffing it, eackindividual being kft to his own liberality. Yeflerday morning his MaICITY and the Prineeires Sonia snd AMILIA tacit an airing on horfeback by Cumberland Lodge. Isis Mai tsry has fitted ep a very elegant library at Cumberland Lodge, to which place his Majelly's books from the Upper Lodge have been removed. TheCuasicsta.oa of the Excisions. gave a grand dinner yefterday evening at his hook in Downing beet ; at which were prefent Earl Cassnam, Vif count MaLvit.r.a,his Excellency the Ruffian Ambaf fador, Mr. Novissutt, Minifter of Juftice at the Court of St. Peterfburgh, Lord MULGIL••I, Mr. W. DVIIDAII, Mr. 1111010 ND, and Mr. W. ELIOT. We nnderftand that a new clafs of Officers, to be called Sub-Lieutenants are to be appointed in the Navy, to be felefted from Midfhipmen who have ferved their time. They are to receive half-pay. The troops under orders for embarkation at Pont mouth, are certainly to be commanded by the gallant Sir JOHN Moose. It is generally believed that Ma deira is the &ft place of their deftinatiun. Government have exchanged the Dutch Captain Sty! VAN Tusiotic, late commandant of the Dutch marine forces. captured at Surinam, for the Hon. Captain Cot.vit.t., late of the Rorawsv—and as a cartel for the exchange of prifoners has been p:ned between the two Governments on the moll liberal footing. the Britifh now in Holland will very coon be ranted to their country and friends. Tuefday laft a Court Martial was held nn board Et SALVADOR DEL MUNDO, Vice Admiral YOUNG, in Hamoaze, Plymouth, on Capt. Hum rim, the Offi cers, Warrant and Petty Officers, Ship's Company, and Royal Marines, of his Majelly's late flip Vs , of 74uns, for the lots of the lied Ihip (J. LIDDELL, Efq. Judge Advocate) ; when after a very Ihort trial the Court unanimoutly, and very honour ably acquitted them all, except one man, who was found guilty of droultennefs, difobedience of orders, and plundering the officers baggage. He was ad judged to receive 200 lathes round the fleet, as an example. Snbflance of the anfwer of Baron Halo c, the Pruflian Minifler, to the Note prefented by Mr. Jacasos, to the Court of Berlin, on the tabled of the feizure of Sir G. Rooms.° : That he took the earlieft opportunity, io obedience to his Majelly's commands, to eitprefs the aannilbment and regret with which his Majefty had received the intelligence of this attack upon the rights cf nations, in the per fon of a Mater accredited to a Circle of which he was Direaor. In confequence, his Pruffian Majefty did not hefitate for an infant to comply with the re quell of Mr. Jackson, and be had difpatehed a cou rier to Paris, to the French Government, by wham he required the immediate liberation of Sir Grottos mitosis. His Malay had reafon to expel a fa vourable and Letitfaitory relish from thole proceed ings." . After a very boißerniispaffage of feventeen days. Louis XVIII. arrived at Riga. Upor, his arrival there, a Chamberlain from the Esircami of Rus- SIA, Count de Sut.riaosr, pri.feuted him a knee from ALI samosa 1. which induced his hlajelly not to proceed further upon his journey. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of A lIGGU LI Me went, however, to Warlaw to join his Ditchers. the amiable daugh ter nt the unfortunate Louis XVI. A Ltlrr from New Orleans, J.itc.l Sept:rater 12. mentionb eery LAW level' IV . I.ICiI TARcii there. and which at•icd of a niimher of perfnns &Ali , ' —Scarce an American merchant had been left thr p:ace. GIBRALTAR. "MIS MAJESTY'S •RSIED SHIP WILLIAM, " THE PONS'S, pactuisca 11. "Sat—Left any exaggerated account fhould reach the public relative to the confequences of the late ma lignant fever at Gibraltar, I- think it may be the means of fell - ening the apprehenGons that the friends of the furviving Offictrs may be fuppofed to feel from the recent calamity to tranfmit to you an accurate lie ,for your information of thole officers who had died previous to the sath November (as before the publication of their names, their friends will have, probably, received the official'inforrnation of their deceafe). Thole who had been ill, when we failed on the sub November, were foppofed to be in a (late of convalefcence ; and it gives me real plealure to add, that great hopes were entertained at that time, that the fever would totally fubfide : two or three only dying daily. Two-thirds of the inhabitants, it was fuppofed, had fallen, to the number of 3000.—. The military had by no means fuffered in the fame proportion. I ern Sir, u Your moil humble fervant, 46 S. flout ItS, Lieut. Col. loth Reg. •Tut EDITOR of the STAR. LIST OF DICRASED OFFICERS TO THE 12TH OF !mecum, 1204: STAtli. WC( COMM BARNCTT. Captain Lord PtLHAN CLINTON, 10Lb Regiment TO= Ma* PaUSONAGC. ROYAL ARTILLTILT. Captain ADIS, Brlvde Mnjr. Lientanatata mad Pa ITCJIAID. (VEIN'S EMMET. Captdn Joansroaa. Licatenants SMITH, CULLODEN, and CLOOO,II. EaEggs Galina - us, Cocos , and PAsa.ow. $1; ILIOIMENT. Lionenant Scaosts. tor!' asotmarr. Liatesiant °Lam. teat Said CoLINAITI. 3?s tifilliSlOT. Licatmanta Paziuow. Hasa.. Bs ow al, and MAUR!. 54T1 IZOIMLIIIIT. Maior liaackw. 77 Capra* HATWOOD. Parrider WILIIINIOIf. Lieutenant, M and Cu !oft= /PM) 1141 DOOLAN. ' LLLLL . 1 REOISINT. Capital 11.,C•11,11, METZGER, lad !LETHAL Lieutenalts A LLLLL VET and WRISSIESIIAEM. EnnigßE Da COURTIN, and Count Da LLLLLL arra. Surgeon Derarrataors. Aff4ant Balm Latiaori. Major Anausws, AtEltant Barrack Maker General. LitintROXIIM CLATD-Ow and VAUGHAN, Barrack Artificers. " Capt. Casuist., of the toth regiment, and Capt. CAN , of the 54th Regiment are both on beard : nn indtfpofition whatever has taken place in the Sir Hosts POPM•24 is appointed to the command of the DIADEM. .COVANT-GARDIN.—Laft night Mr. DIADIAN new Opera of Thirty 1 Irossfand ; or, I#l.o's she Kit-bell, was repeated for the third time. We have no farther °Piety:Atkins to offer on the merits of this produCtiop : all the tongs slmoil were encored, which rendered the piece in itfclf languid. tedioufly long. When the curtain fell, it was given out for repetition by ivcr r oom, amidll 3 confiderable clamour and oppPlition. The novelty, however, of the evening, WAS the in. troduaion to a London audience, of a Lady, whole name we tindernand to be lislurcurt.t., in the cha rafter of Amantitie, in the Gniisl of Nature. She has a very good figure, and a voice of compels for the hook ; but we do not think that lb. was judi cious in telcCting fuch a part tor her debut. She gave feveral features in the charafter with confiderable effeCt, but her perfoimance WAS very unequal. Whe ther the was detetred by tear fr.tp exerting herfelf, we know not. She was well received by an audience which was not very numerous. Tuefday morning, loon after eleven o'clock, a fine (tag aas Ratted from the right of Afcot Heath Race Cottrle, by order of the Earl of SA muwicif, for the amufement of his Mat sm. At Rafting he ran with great fwiftnefs to the right of the dog kennel, making a double back by the wood fide, and through the inclofures by Winktield Plain, taking his conrfe towards St. Leonard's Hill, where he made a turn back, croffing the plain, and went through the in eltafares by the race ground to Sunning Hill, where he was taken, after a run of about two hours The Rag ran very hard dui ing the whale hunt, rut he could not be got far m home. There was a very numerous field of fportimen. ' A private letter from Hamburgh, of the pth Rates, "that, from the Ragnation of all trade. bet more fo from the repeated extortions of money by Boma aaaaa 's banditties in Hanover, the Burgher•. at a general meeting, had declared to the Senate the:. incapacity of paying any higher contributions, an. therefore would not fubmit to any of the plans c! taxation laid before them. The Senate, in cont . • quence. determined in diniinifh the expcnces of tl.: military ellablifhment of the city, and to make tip by it the Afro in their expences, required by fuch cruel circomlance►. All the fortifications are to be in• Handy dernolifled, and the ci!y to be only fur. rounded, by a wall and a ditch. All the artillery. with the exception of so pieces, are to he fild„ ar.d all the ground gained by tie demolithed rampart.. &c. is to be difp.ftd of for building tviufes, or Man: ng gardens. Many wrong are, however, of opinion. that even with there facrif•.ces. money en••ngh cannot be obtained to pay the lag loan. or rather : impufld upon this fr.v and 1..,i1ra: city by tl•e Frent'i marauder►. whole vicinity to Franktiot, in forced the Senate of that mama: town. from an ( Am' tattles, to tetort to the fame espedients.”