Star. — London, England, 1811-10-01 00:00:00

_- ~-: She halt previously captured tse jacket, as appears from the following letter : "FALMOtTtH, SEPTEMBER "Arrived, the Swallo* packet, after haVing haft taken by a French frigate, and given up. The Swal. low sailed from hence on the 19th ult. with a mail on board for Jamaica : on the 4th inst. in lat. 23. 30. dart)), long. 30. 30. west, fell in with the Clorinde French frigate, of 48 guns, Captain de St. Crig, and S captUrcd. After plundering the packet of every article of stores, and taking out all her provisions, except a consumption for ab o ut 14 d a y s , t hey g a ve I her up to the crew.—The Clorinde, from her appear. :ince, had been in action—her mizen.mast was wounded by a shot and fished. Before the Swallow was captured, she sunk the Mail. Sailed, the Lord Hobart packet, for New York; Duke of Kent packeti for Lisbon ; Chichester packet, for Cadit and the Express packet, for the West Indies." The CALATEA is stated, in the private letters, t 6 have lost between 50 and 60 men in the action with the French frigates. One of the prises had reached the Isle of France', and the father was at Timatave g rigging jury-masts. We yesterilay stated, on the authority of a letter from Jersey, that the inhabitants of that Island were in expectation of a visit from their opposite neigh bours. The following Proclamation with which we have been favoured, shews that the alarm of invasion tit 'riot unfounded, and that Guernsey and Jersey are ' both nsenaceds PROCLAMATION. • as By his Excellency Lientenant-General Sir JOHN Dos , cz, Bart. and K. C. Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey, and Command ing his Majesty's Forces in Guernsey and Alder ney, dce. &c. " Whereas certain intelligence has been received of an intended attack of the enemy upon this Island • Lieutenant-General Sir Jon N Dor Lc, feeling the most perfect reliance upon the zeal and Courage of the Loyal Inhabitants in the defence of every thing that is dear to them, and upon the gallantry and discipline of the Troops, can have no doubts as to the Issue of the contest. But in order to prevent the confusion incident to an invasion, by in dividuals unattached to Corps, not knowing their exact point of Rendezvous ; it is hereby directed that all Sttahgert, as well Subjects of his Majesty as Foreigners, who ire not enrolled in any Regiment or Corps of Militia, do forthwith send in their names and places of residence to the Office of Colonel Sir Thomas Saumarez, the Inspec , or of Militia, In order that in the event of an atonal, their services may be made available to the general Cause. " 1 he Alarm Post of persons of this description, will be tho EXercising Ground at Fort George. " The Constables are earnestly requested to enforce tkeOrsti;s nances of the Royal Court respecting the notice required to be given by all owners of Hotels, Lodgings, and Public Houses, of the Lodgers who may be resident with them. " Persons having on band any quantity of Flour and Prerei slsns for sale, will be pleased to give in a return of the quality and quantity, in order tkat the same may be purchased by the Deputy Commissary-General, should circumstances render It necessary. " And whereas It appears that Fuel has been frequently stolen from the Fu. naces for heating Shot around the Coast, notice is hereby given, that any person detected la the eammisdoft of such an offence, will be prosecuted, not as an ordinary thief, bat as a traitor to his country. " Given at Head-quarters, Goiernnient gouge, Guernsey, 20th September, tall. 1 . By command of his Excellency, the Lieutenant-Governor. " P. PaaaTairrT, Secretary." THE KING. WINDSOR•CASTLE, OCTOBER 1. His MAJESTY continues in the same state. (Signed) " H. HALFORD. W. lIEBERDEN. R. WILLIE." RO///••m• Mr. CROICER, Secretary of the Admiralty, has arrrived at Portsmouth, atter a cruize off Cherburgh. Lords KEITH and ERSKINE have set off for Ports mouth, fur a civic Feast. Yesterday Sir DAvw BAIRD and General WITIIAII arrived in town. Lord ST. VINCENT has set out on ♦isit to Lord NORTHESK, after his late dangerous illness ; he is ac companied bi his Physician, Dr. BAIRD. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.--Henry IV. was per• Mr, TUESDAY, OCTOBEit. is formed at this Theatre last night. _... ICE/MICE in NitcE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE fI'CLOCIL Hotspur played with his usual judgment, and exhi -3 per Ct. Cons. for money 631-4/Itto for account 631 bited a fine" spirited portraiture of the ardent and 3 per Ct. Reduced shut—Navy Sper Cent. 6411 high-minded Percy. CHARLES Kastacz, in the Prince a per Cent. shut—Bonds Ifs. IS.. pre.—.omhium 1 dia. of Wale: was very successful; and FAWCETT'S FA/ Oaf Etch. Bills (33.) 4s. db.—Ditto (*I.) par to Is. prem. was as effective as usual. Raymo*d rind Agnes, or, The Castle of Lindenberg, was revived with the utmost We yesterday communicated to our Readers the success. BOLOGNA, in R. pond, was very great, nor was Gitimat.tit less effective as the representative of gratifying intelligence of the capture of two French the ferocious Assassin. Mrs. PARKER played Mar frigates in the Indian Seas. They were captured off garet finely, and upon the whole, the piece went off Madagascar, by his Majesty's frigates, the GALATEA, with the greatest applause. Captain Losacx ; the rimer, Captain HILLYAR ; LYCEUM.—The lovers of tine harmony and na the ArraaA, Captain &mama°, and the RACE. final interest were again last night indulged with the r epresentation of Mr. Mooaa's excellent Opera of mass sloop. It will be recollected, that infor- I oration reached England some time back, that three . M. P. or the Blue Stocking, and fully evinced their opl nion of the performance by the most decided and French frigates had appeared off the Isle of France ; tin animous applause ever heard in a Theatre. The but that, on learning its capture, they had imme- , house was filled in every part. eiately sailed for Madagascar. Our ships on that ! L HAYNI aREET.—A new Melo Drama was last ni g ht ;lion event in pursuit of them, and the result of their produced at this Theatre, founded on the story of .f?aymond and Agnes in " The Monk," entitled " The I•teet:ng was such as might have been anticipated.— BenightedTraollas or, The Foren of Roanciald."—:.. l The mode in which the intelligence has been obtained The dialogue is insipid, and disgustingly common& loa.7es no room to doubt its accuracy. On the 21st of place. It wag heard with great attention and muds 1 1 indulgence for a long time, but at last a storm row Jane, while sixty leagues to the south-east of the sohigh, that there was no resisting, and the Piece was Isle of France, the Fox spoke his. Majesty's ship hissed so effectually, that though Mr. Russ= at- HARTY i Captain BAIN, who informed her that the tempted to announce it for a second representation, action took place off Timatave, in the Island of its friends were so completely overpowered, they could Madagascar, and gave her the result of this gallant I MARGATE, SRYT. 30.—rhis place, Ramsgate, and not even make a last struggle in its favour. affair. The third French frigate , the Ceoats iox, which . i Broadstairs are still full of company, notwithstand was in company, had the good fortune to escape; in the unfavourable state of the weather. The into Brest. His Majesty's ship TONNANT, as we T heatre here overflowed with fashionables for Mrs. stated yesterday, chased her, got within cable's length MOORE'S benefit on Saturday. We perceived in the of her, and fired into her three broadsides ; but it 1 boxes the Earl and Countess of Mato, Sir EDWARD , and Lady HALES, Sir Rosen. PEAT, Mr. Ll.l6lllNG wing very hard at the time, the Torolasir carried TON, M.P. Sir IioRACZNAt4N, &c. Mrs. MOORK'S her main-top and top-gallant masts ; and the performance of Madame Ciffmsal, was * masterpiece • escaped within the rocks of the passage De t o the dramatic art. away . •4 . ' - p T Neapolitan Cabinet is conscious , tither of having Me rited the vengeance of the Sicilians, or of entertaining projects by which it may Merit that vengeance ? It is censcious of having ruled ♦exatiously a that it has forfeited the just s►tbmission of the subjects, rand done those things which deserve punishment &whale Sicilians. Or, it intends to violate the conditions by which the King liolds the throne, to treat the taws stild usage% of the kingdom with contempt, and to practise those detestable caprices of tyranny which are the causes of revolutions, and by which it made the King lose one of the most splendid States in Europe. It is either already bad, or intends to be so. 111. The treaty of defence with the King of Sicily was not a compact with him as an individual, but with him, in his public capacity and regal character ; as thii Cilief Magistrate of Sicily, with a limited pre togative, and lawfully incapable either of levying taxes, or of alteling the Laws and Constitution of the Stat.: without the consent df his Parliament. That treaty assured to him the independent exercise of his Magisterial functions ; and, as our army was sent only to defend the island against the common enemy, it also virtually guaranteed to us that nothing should be attempted by the King that would tend to endanger that army by any other than the common enemy.— We agreed not to intetmeddle with the chimes& af fairs of Sicily, and on his part the King was toiled by still stronger obligations, not to s uarp any. autho rity under the protection of our arms, becauSe suck 'an usurpation would not only render him no longer the party with whom we entered into alli ance, but might (stash% Circumstances which would oblige our army, for Its own seetuity,to act against the very people whom we had engaged to protect, or to act against him. An act of Usurpation, therefore, on the part of the King of Sicily, is as ranch a violation of the treaty of defence, as in act of interfeiwnie in the teconotny of the kingdom Would be on our part. IV. The Neapolitan Cabinet has dtclareil in the King's name, without the flatulent of the Sicilian Par tamefit, and against the rernonstrince of upwards of fifty of the most respectable Barons of the Kingdom, that a duty of on per cent. on all payments shall be paid to the King's use. Justice is prohibited till this Unlawful talc is paid; no bond nor debenture for money is valid until the duty has been received on them. The kingdom is in consequence thrown into a fer ment, both by the nature of the tat, which con. sumes capital and profit, and the daring despotistis with which it was proclaimed tnd is enforced. .a4trotild the Veapolitan Cabinet have ventured on tSis measure, had it not been sure that the British army would assist in quelling any tumult which such an arbitrary stretch of power was likely to produce ? Is it not fair then to conclude that, instead of benefit. ing the Sicilians by undertaking the unnecessary task of defending their island, we are contributing to the destruction of their laws and constitution— , already greatly impaired t While wt are protecting them from the French, we are countenancing their degradation by the Neapolitan Cabinet. While we are saving them from direct conquest, we are assisting in cons pelliag them to submit to all the evils that the worst cf conquerors would inflict ; to the caprice of irrespon sible rulers, and to those unhapy consequences which arise from the want of law, and the disregard of an cient customs. And 'ILA not this aggression of the one per cent. duty thew the reason why the Neapoli tan Cabinet dreads the effects of arms in the hands of the Sicilians ? Resolving to rule in despite of the peo ple, it anticipates the consequences of its own designs. In our next we shall consider this affair as it affects our engagements with the King of Sicily. THE EVENING STAR. • LONDOT. • ' • 'HE GALLANT 71 7-- The .ran &trews Is etluallv celebrated In the Traditions and Songs of the Bordei and the East Coast of Scotland. The at chlevements of MONT mist seem to bare been the subject of this once popular Song, of which it seems now intiosable to procure a sonnet copy; but the following Verses axe selected from the best.correeted set that could be found. To wear the blue, I think it best, Of a' the colours that I sees •:.' And it wear it for the galLtat Now banish'd fru their ale enuntrle. 111 crown them east-111 crown then% west, The bravest lads that ere I law They bore the gree in free ighting, And ne'er were slack their swords to draw f. They wan the day wi' WALLACE wight— They were the lords o' the South Countrie: Cheer up your hearts, brave Cavaliers, Till the gallant Gammas conic o'er the sea! At the O•wk.hesd, *here their camp was set; They rade tke white Moe and the grey, A' glancing in their plated armour, As the gowd shines on a summer's day. But was to HACILET and STtACNAN baith I And eater an ill death may they die! For they betray'd the gallant GIUSI4/0. That ay were true to Majesty. Now fare ye weel, sweet Ennerdale l , Baith kith and kin that I could name: 0! I would sell my silken snood To see the gallant Guam. come lame ! The elder Gamut, who led the unconquered clans of Scotland against the Romans and provincial Britons, is ikus celebrated by JOHNSTONE: ORflantJa. Quisquis es, antiquos sets Britt() vindicet ortus, Scotia sea patrio to ferkt ore suunt Ipse tuns semper, tibi tuque simillimns , idem es ; Teque unum PatriAtiicit uterque Patrtst !• • Joh. Jonstodi Heroes Scot. p. S. . ..,.~ THE ARMY. Part of the Louth, Leitrim, Clare, and Mayo Re. I ments of Militia have arrived from Ireland at Spit head. They were dispersed in the late dreadful gales, and some anxiety is entertained for their late. It it still expected that the Hussar brigade go out soon, and it is hoped by the army that they will have the advantage of the great talents, as a cavalry officer, of Lord PAGET, in Portugal. General &sea and Baron DICKINSSS fine regiments, the lit and 2d Heavy Dragoons of the German Le gion, with part of t‘te Hussar Regiment of the Duke of BRUNSWICK OEL'S corps, it is said, go immediately to Lord WELLING-I.ov. By the excellent and judicious measnre of an inter change of the Militia, the following regiments of the line, among others, complete in number and in the highest state of discipline, will be immediately em barked for Portugal, or any other quarter where their services are wanted :—The sth Infantry ; 6th ditto, Sir GIORGI 'NUGENT'S ; 20th ditto, Sir J. STUART'S (the Hero of Maida) ; 37th ditto; 38th ditto; and 76th, or Hindoostan ; besides some part of the Duke of BnuNswices corps. We hear that the 9.,1 Battalions of the Fuzileer Bri gade, the Cameronians, Connaught Rangers, Gordon Highlanders, Edinburgh Regiment, and the 84th, are recruiting so fast that they will soon be ready for service again. Two troops of Sir W. DitEADOWS% regiment, the 7th Dragoon Guards, have marched into Portsmouth and its neighbourhood ; the remainder of the regiment is at Chichester. Sir WILLIAM is expected down to see them before these fine fellows embark. Those gallant Officers, Colonel NAPIER of the 50th, and Colonel ACHESON and Major BROOKE of the 48th, have landed at Portsmouth. Major BROOKE made his escape Troth Seville, whither he was carried pri soner after the battle of Albuera, when he command ed the gallant and ever memorable 48th :—in this sanguinary conflict the Major was covered with wounds, and had 4.0 of his Officers killed and wound ed. The Buffs, it will be remembered, distinguished themselves, likewise, in this action. We are happy to find that the statement in the STAR of the 16th Inst. that Major-General CAMERON (Colonel of the 79th Regiment, or Cameron High landers) was dangerously ill, was incorrect. The fact is, that gallant officer has been obliged to return lately from the theatre of war in Spain and Portugal, owing to a great weakness in his limbs, occasioned by severe fatigue, and long service in the field, but from which he is now recovering. His recovery has bees much retarded by the severe affliction lie labours under for the irreparable loss of Lieutenant-Colonel CAMERON, his son, (and constant companion in arms in every clime throughout the last and present war) who was mortally wounded in a distinguished charge at the head of his faithful Highlanders, by whom he was adored, in his gallant and judicious defence of Fuen tes de Honor, where he commanded, on the sth of May. It will be recollected that the place was suc cessfully defended against the repeated efforts of Mas sena, and the flower of the French army, including the Imperial Guards, who in vain attempted to carry that village, as the key to Almeitia.—Gene ral CAMERON lost another son (his Aid-de-Camp), within the last twelve months in Portugal, which, of course, must have added greatly to his domestic afflic tions. The death of the above gallant Officers was much regretted by Lord WELLINGTON, and the whole Staff of his army, as a public loss to the service. We think it but justice to mention these circumstances as a tribute to the memory of two valuable and gallant Officers, cut • ff in the prime of life, and zealous ca -1 rear of their protessip. ~a~ - r -r ' . •.. . . . . • . ~.. .. 1. - ..... V; • - 4 - - •'• 7 A SPORTING ivirELLiczArct ••••••••=1•••• DEWMAIUCET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING% 1811. i _ samw.r, serrrusti 30. The Trial Stakes, a Subscription of 10gs. each, for 3 yr olds, 7st.• Plb. 4 yr o?ds Bst. 91b. 5 yr olds On. 21b. 6 and alud On. Sib. D. Ai. Lord G. H. Cavendish'i br. h. Florival, Syr old - 1 Mr. Blake's b. f. Sprightly, s yr old . . 2 Duke of Grafton's b. e. Whalehette ' 4yr old - 2 Gen. Gower's b. c. by.Wplt on, out ofCntryitomb's dam, 3 yr old 4 6 to 4 on Foilval-4 w 1 igalnst Whalebone. Sweopstakes of 60gs. each, Bst. Slb. etch, Two-yr did bone. Sir J. Shelly's Mockbird - - - 1 Mr. Wyndham's surer to Brighton Lass I - s -Duke of Grafton's Joke - L - $ i I toiB apt Moekblrd ; 6 to 4 agst sister to Brighton Lam Mr. Lake's Britannia, 7st. 121 b. beat Col. Morgan's Oporto, 70. 41b. Two-yr old C. 10Ogs.--2 to I on Britannia. Ld G. H. Cavendish's Micitftothorpe, Bst. 81b. best Mr. Wilson's Wizard, Bst. 101 b. 7'. M. M. 200g0.--7 to 4 agst Middlethurpe. Sweepstakes of 1511 gs, each, b. ft. for 3-yr olds, Bst. 41b. each. Across the Flat. Duke of RUtland's f. Sorcery, by Sorcerer - 1 Ld G. H Cavendish's Ch. f. Sister td Black Diamond - 2 Gen. Grosvenor's b. f. by Waxy, out of Tarantula - gil Mr. Lake's ch. f. by Giles, out of a sister tb Nitre - Pd 9 to 1 on Sorcery. Renewal of the Subscription of sgs. each, to be run for by 4 yr olds carrying 70. 71b. s-yr olds Ist. 61b. 6 yr olds Bst. 131 h. and aged 9st. 21b. D.C. & To be the property of a subscriber, or pay 50gs entrance. Duke of Grafton's b. Is. Pope, syr old - - g Mr. Vansittart's eh. b. Butleigh, 6 yr old - 2 Duke of Rutland's br. h. Salvator e 5 yr old - 3 Lord Jersey's b. h. L angton , age d - . dr 11 to 8 agst Pope--6 to son Bxrleigh. Mr. Payne's Interloper, Sst. 71b. beat Mr. Craven's Sting Tail, 7n. 716. Last M. of B.C. feags. h. fr.-1 to 4 on Interloper. Major Wilson's Antelope,. 8W rep. 45gs. front Mr. Twyiden's Stripling, Bst. 71b. Ab: M. sngs. Mr. Shakespear's Sprite, Bst. 3lb. ree. Sgs. from Mr. Andrew's Trophonius, Ist. 716. Ab. M. 200 gs. b. ft. FIRE AT GREENWICH HOSPITAL. This morning, at one o'clock, a fire broke out in the Infirmary of Greenwich Hospital, which in a few hours entirely consumed the North and West divi sions of that part of the building. The fire begin in the Assistant-Surgeon's department, in the Infirmary. —No lives were lost, but one of the Patients had his leg broke by a fall down stairs. With the above excep tion, all the Patients were removed in safety. The Infirmary was recently erected. NATAL INTELLIGENCE. . PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBEtt 29. Came in the DAN Estmtic, 74, from Torbay, and sailed again for Portsmouth.—Artited the limacum brig of war, from a cruise ; and the FeavaNT gun brig, from Oporto, last from Portsmouth.—Sailed the Morriston hired brig, with a convoy for Swansea ; the AsIELIA frigate, for Portsmouth ; and the Pro- Nita cutter, to the eastward.—Came up harbour the DIANA frigate.—The Ittettuit brig of war goes out of harbour to-morrow, and will sail for Portsmouth ; from whence she proceeds under sealed orders fa the Mediterranean. DFAL, SEPTEMBER SO. Put back his Majesty's ship Nearu STAR, with her convoy, that sailed yesterday ; and his Majesty's ships BERWICK and CONQUESTADOR. Arrived, under con voy of the DwAnt cutter, the City of London and Canada East.lndilmen, and are sailed for the River. Arrived his Majesty's ship b M ---RMAID from Leith, and sailed with the Berwick, Brune, and Conquestador, for Portsmouth.—Wind S.W. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. The Impeder, —, from the South Seas, his been got off Margate Sand, and put into Ramsgate, with lon of anchors, ca bles, and bowsprit. Hit Majesty's ships Spartan and Ruby were all wen On the 24th of August, in lat. 29. So. long. 50. The Fame transport, from Dublin to Portsmouth, pot Into St. Bride's Bay on l'unday, with loss of fordnist and bowsprit. A letter froth the VILLE DE PARIS, dated Beres Bay, west of Toulon, August 15, states that our squad dron were lying at anchor in sight of the French fleet, of much superior force, but the enemy evaded every opportunity of coming ib action. Six sail of the line are stated to be ready for a start from Toulon for America. The TENIERADID, a few days before got under one of the batteries. The Master lost his leg, and seven men were wounded. The island of Minorca is stated to be in a very distracted Stahl and likely soon to fall into the hands of the enemy. The amount of the British Naval Force, up to this Day, is as follows :—At sea, 92 ships of the line, 8 from 50 to 44 guns; 135 frigates, 108 sloops and yachts, .5 bombs and fire ships, 142 brigs, 31 cutters, 57 schooners, gun-vessels, tuggers, &c. Total 578. In port and fitting, 21 of the line, 5 from 50 to 14 guns, 34 frigates, 25 sloops, &c. 1 bomb, 15 brigs, 4 cutters, 14 schooners, &c. Total 119.—Cuard-ships, 4 of the line, 1 of .50 guns, 3 frigates, 5 sloops, ace; Total 1 3 .—Hospital-ships, Prison-ships, &c. 31 of the line, 4 from 50 to 44 guns, 2 frigates. Total 37. Ordinary, and repairing for service, 67 of the line, 13 from 50 to 44 guns, BO frigates, 43 sloops, &c. 6 bombs, &c. 17 brigs, 5 schooners, &c. Total 211. Building, 34 of the line, 2 of 44 guns, 18 frigates, 2 sloops.-;—Total 56.—Grand Total 1,014. - BREAM—There being no Court of Aldermen this day, the Lord Mayor, after inspecting the keturnsi . ordered is to advance Id. per Peck Loaf. We have received New-York and other American Papers to the Stith of August, from which we have made a variety of extracts. The intelligence from South America is of an interesting nature. The above Papers also contain an article, purporting to be the copy of a Treaty -sent out to France with Joni. Bans Low. It stipulates t among other things, the exclusion of British commerce from the ports of America, until. England has recognized the principles of the Berlin Decree ; and that in the event of her making war on America, that both nations shall make common Cause. It would be idle to bestow any attention upon this pretended Treaty, as it is admitted almost in Iterms by most of the Papers which have ccpied it, to be a fabrication. The American ports continue to be receptacles for French privateers and tkeir clTtlires. The British vessel Tottenham has been talccn by a French privateer off Barbadoes, and carried int ) New York. Private accounts speak confidently of an em. ' berg°, and most of tlit ;ett...rs an madvert on th• con , tinned partiality o 1 the PRESIDENT to the cause of France, and express fears of a speedy rupture nith Ibis country. r