Star. — London, England, 1809-08-28 00:00:00

, , , T:I!. "I:vb' T.NI STAR. Y'c'•tillON IVIC,IND:IY, AUGUST 28. pp! Cr. OF :•••i - OCX.i T 1 HS DAY Al' ()Nl , ' ('CLOCK. S per CO-1•. Cor mew , y 63 0F 1--tor account 08t. r :.td. prc:n. ; , E! , STOCiiS ON SATUR DAY. , n(la 245. 205. pre. Exrit. 1111'., F 3. 133. pre. o:l`nium 4 prem. Loyery 'fiat. 211. 11s. City ditto, 61. IN. Cons. fur ace. 66i 3 • . 1 . Ce • C C. • , 4 •'rr Cc 1 :. r (' • , v) . 9': Is , i• , -16•hs ac. 1 t>G; 187 Government red ived dispatches from the E•iri 11 CILA-rnam and S;r RICHARD STIIACITAN. rflw,•ll;;nz. the detail of events down to the '23d inst. colonel Clsortrvn has also arrived from Flushing N7inisters scir.e verbAl information respecting t ; :e pc,,iibility of the expedition effecting its ulterior object. \Ve stated, coon after the Expedition reached Ml cl.cren, t';at the projected attack upon Antwerp (;: , ght not to be considered as an ent.:rprize to he at t,:„lptt',d hazard.,—that the artniAice concluded by our ally on the Danube would give our enemies s uch a disposable force as would. probably enable them to frustrate a part at least, it not the whole or &s i gns a g,,inst Antwerp-- and :hat, if any delay occur in obtain;ng possession of Flushing, it h a ve the eff*.ct to put Antwerp and ti:e men f war is a still better st.;te of security. We cau tioned the pubiic not to be too sanguine, or to expect l o la r it would be folly in our rulers to attempt—nay cull.tbie to :11zari. state wit.ll confidence that little ba atte;nptzd iu that quarter. 'rhe coun •,.. LIP" is so c7....utpletely inundated, that the ~Irress cannot be a:tacked on the Lind side, and the of the Szheldt has been obstructed to such a ,]ez..o,:•, that it would be extremely dangerous—in . • wr:rds ertromely imprudent—to carry our ships tilat reported the Clonel CONGREVE declares it as :i;s c.pinioli that it would be a work of extreme diffi c!:: y w bring OfF the enemy's fleet (nine sail of the ar,-' free- frigates), bat that no doubt could be e;:eeeieacl of caw being able to destroy it. It is al-,o ese:rted, with, some confidence, that a Coencil bad been held at the head-quarters in South L efeland, in which so great a difference of opinion on an operatiens to be further carried on was teat the Commander in Chief, though per see.Vr dii;ersed to a vigoronS prosecution of the on-' do 4n, did net feel inclined to incur the respon la!,!ity of acting contrary to the opinion of many rLezeal Gificees ; in consequence an appeal has been trace to tie Cabin et of London to decide on the pe,ies in dispute. If this repot tbe true, it certainly dres not aßrd a favourable prognostic of the ulti ret: result of the Expedition. Put the public ought not to under-rate what has been anined by the expedition, or to expect from Government the accomplishment of impossibili ties. Ail that any government can do is to provide :.:cea:e means for the accomplishment of any parti ci: e Object.--To expect that they should ba able to cvcr-rele contingencies Letrays a deranged intellect. —Wic have obtained cimplete possession of the Island of W;llt.heren that is, wc are absolute masters of the Mea•ls (i the Scheldt, and without wasting another Ne ire can effectually prevent the sailins_r, of a single man of war from that River. Of what ut.e then is re•;ee,ien of Antwerp to the enemy ? He will ieaiiari another ship there while we retain pos- r ..- . - :cr: n. • - • :”.-ccoling roll:nuts we have given some (Akers strvin, ,. .; in the Expedition. i:lt,:re.4ir.g particulars which have ;..: 011 - ic:al accounts. a Cc ;le r.- '.'.!l!) arrived yesterday frarn He- af:er tZ:.-as passat.--,e of nine days, we are -raec! Lintenant Hufons•::os is still at that That mcrito- Lis divi.inn of transports. •;ts ;fricer indefati.zable in his exertions to tl:c trqt)...: of the Dukr of Ent)Nrs: - ..7( ; with '• ! 'c 1):'S 1.%.1 r:nea trouble cn account of their to unruly. f.. L.:An:aim the pArticr.lars c;:i).nr. of F..7:.n , ; f u1, v•hich arrived some (I:tys f a very sa: , - ; itinaty fouGht by the nt the votatirwl ; . 511cic. SO annobr. , .l t 11.• f‘f the F.,mllant Sir : the title of Viscount (WEL . _ N) rf h' i7nittd Kingdom. ".rday a Council fcr the I)nchy of Cornwall novas at C:lr:r•.‘ - ‘n linnet., for the purpose of swearing • nt: VINCCST a inerdoer thereof. •-,!‘e v..a: removed in 1. cm. of Co and the iigurcs of Trozcdy and trcr crtzted in the niches prerred for SI:1;.i;:y Fen::tiorriblcs mustered ri.:her elrong cr,salgton Gardens ; bet the mem:clog t)t) \ - :•....l.7ler . plevented a long cor.linuatice iu •-• , h;i7rning in tie even. 47 a numerous of lv vll- d resse 1 females ornan - xnted the place in th^ Grecn Park. ll.T:liAr.L.—rg-rrre the Conrnh:ioncrs el rank- on the last sitt: , l7; day, a hani:rt!pt was com to Newpte for not inakiog a true sc:tcdoie. a:cal wh:c.:thc prokittced appe,tral to have been cne time ; and he swcre that the articles , according tt, dates.; but on exantina t was fetertained hv the watcr-mark, that the r; which the book was rude, was not mann ' Intl! two years after the rretended dates of . THE ARMY. • The division of Guards, which expected to embark for Spain a few days since, has returned to their old quarters in town, having received counter orders. Saturday two sail of transports arrived at Har. wicli, with the Berwickshire Militia, from Scotland : they wen; immediately disembarked, and marched yeaerday dirt:ctll:- fir Weeley barracks. Direct:ens have been rrceived at Chatham fur the immediate equipment of all the men of war in ordi nary in the liver Medway, to be prepared for the re ception of the prisoners of war taken at Flushing and the other places in the Scheldt. The YORK, of 74 guns, is hourly expected at Ply mouth, from the Scheldt, with 600 F;pach and Dutch prisoners on hoard ; they will go on board the prison shiFs in Hamoaze, which are prepared for their re ception. Accounts are said to have arrived from Sir ARTI/UR WELLESLEY, (now Lord WELLINGTON) announcing that he has succeeded in rescuing his army, and that of CuEsTA, from the danger to which it was exposed by the vast superiority of the enemy, and that he has. fallen back upon Portugal. Saturday the 13th Dragoons were reviewed on Wimbledon Common by the Prince of Watas and the Duke of Yontc, attended by the Duke of BRUNSWICK and several General Officers. We are sorry to add, that durit.g an extremely rapid charge, two of the min fell, one of whom was run over by four horses, before their career could be stopped. He at length was taken up most severely hurt. The five officers who passed through Norwich list week from Yarmouth, on their way to Chesterfield, on their parole, as prisoners of war, were Connt Nis sEN:tort, Colonel of a regiment in King Jzttoatx Bo- NaPAR service, and Mareschal of the palace, who was brought off by the Duke of BRUNSWICK'S little army, as a hostage ; he is also a Member of the Le gion of Honour, and wore the ituigila of the Order ; his two Aides-du-Camp, who are German Officers ; a Captain of Artillery, taken at Biervliet ; and a French officer belonging to the Etat-Major, who was going from Flushing to Cadsand with dispatches.— They proceeded the next day on their route. General MORRISON, who was lately appointed Lieu tenant-Governor of Jamaica, goes out in the NIOI3E, Captain LORING. The nostr is still detained at Ports mouth, with the West India Convoy, by contrary winds. La NVIIPHZ, EYDErtEx, and JASPER with the convoys for Portugal, Cadiz, and the Mediterannean, are likewise wind-bound in Cowes Roads. COURTS-MARTIAL—A General Court-Martial has sat ten days in Portsmouth garrison, on Mr. MOUE TON, Apothecary to the Forces, and Storekeeper at Porchester Castle, on charges of embezzling public stores, and of burning public papers —The Court broke up on Friday morning, having determined on their sentence, and forwarded it.. for his MAJRATY'S approval. On Wednesday a Court•Marial was held at Ports mouth on Lieutenant Amos Treeman Westr. , pp, of his Majesty's ship Surveillante, to inquire into the cause and circumstances attending a hurt, slated to have been received by John Louth, a pensi , ner at Greenwich Hospital, and formerly a serman be longing to the SURVEILLANTE, occasioned ay .t beat. ing he received with - the ends of ropes, by three ,boatswrin's mates at one time thrashing him, which was inflicted by order, and in the presence cf, Lieu tenant Westropp, and to try him for his conduct en that occasion.—The Court having most attentively heard all the circumstances of the case, pronounced, that the charge was nct proved, and that Lieutenant Westrnpp was acquitted. Lieutenant W. is brother in last , to Lora CLARINA. Mr. ALLx. PATmtsox, late Gunner of I'Oiseau, dismissed Coe service some time since, by sentence of a Court Martial, (as stated in the STA.:I), has, on account of his prior good conduct, been re-instated, and appointed to the I:.lEuwAr, of 61 guns, now at Lieutenant May, the bearer of Sir R. STRACHAIseS dispatches of the surrendet of Flushing, is promoted to the rank of Commander. Captain k'ARQt•HAR is appointed to the DESII:FE, and the Hon. Capt. KING to the JASON, at Portsmouth. In consequence of several vessels having been cap tured last week off Beachy Head by French priva teers, some of them part of the fleet from Oporto, under convoy of the SYRIAN sloop, representations were made to On Lords of the Admiralty by the Co:nmittee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's. In reply, it is stated, that 4f their Lordships are con cerned that so many captures have recently happened in the. neighbourhood of Beachy Head; occasioned principally by tin cruircrs having been driven by the . ..late strong westerly gales to take shelter under Dun• geness ; and from the Captain. of the SYRIAN having Imprudently suffered the convoy from Oporto to'pass ap Channel without protection, for which their Lord ships have conveyed to him their high displeasure.— A friate, three sloops, and a cutter, are now cruiz , in 7 in the vicinity of Beachy Head for the protection or the tra•l^-" ExcuA•:r.r, M AttiC-L ANE, AUGUST 28.—The fresh: arrivals of Wheat make a t:Jlerable supply, and s tips cif fine samples early in the day were at an ad vance :1 about :is. per quarter, but doll afterwards, and nearly at J a y's price—Barley and Malt at the lat^ advance in prices, and Beans of the two kinds little fl:ctuation—Of Oats the supplies are considera bl?, and sales thereof hardly at List prices—Fluur at the late quotation ; fine American GENFkAL CURRENCY AS titiurß: I :triv.:tt, 774. 901 CE's. Fine 105;.IUSs. 'Pk:: ditto, 465. 501. Ry:., 5Rs. 345. 365. 40'. 4(s. Poland ditto, 38s. 40s. F 2. I s t , nto.' ditto, 441. 1.17:,i t ,- p e as (Ilt..ders, 901. 90s. Rape Sled, £5O to £54. Grcy tiac l'lnur, 8O to o , !.—Senrds, 75.. 80s. • WING:MS*IIAI, AUGUST '2O. Wheat rose very cnnsitleiatily :it the Deviz-is Market on Thurs.. day. liot a very active M, - inticr of the Eath iiiuicultural Society, mates, that he it his business striLly to inquire at the Warty luster Market, respecting the rzial rtmeof the crops of When cmd uthcr gr:in ; and he had the a;surance of several principal farmers, :hat th had not then I:i'en in.c.,triAlly damaged by Ow rains. .1 he interval; of sun shine, av lit the opention of the drying shied., had tnabirii the diliget:t farmer to 'eel:re his grain. IThere in 3eneralvery little cppi:arance of smut or blight ; and the c. pi, upon the whok, tics certainly exceed the used !average. wAr_iL Evtzz.Lionteg. • PLYMOUTH, and PLYMOUTH:DOM AVM/lit Arrived yesterday, the British igliThithlfes . ,t . rais acting master, eroin Jamaica, ladoWith,colfee,, sugaf, , and rum, bound to . Loudon ; sailed the 20th of June, in company widi a fleet of 94 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ship ALI , RED ; parted company a few days since. The master of the above vessel, Thomas Bowsyss, died 3d July, on the passage, in conse quence of a severe wound in the back part of his head, received by being thrown from a mule, while at Ja maica.—The New Milford, 74, is now fully manned, and completely ready for sea ; she is expected to go down to Cawsand Bay to-morrow. The HUMBER armed ship passed by this day to the westward, with a convoy from the eastward ; and a large brig of war, name unknown, also passed by with a convoy to the I ! eastward. Yesterday passed by to the westward, under a presS cf sail, the . 11finstam,•of 32 guns . .—: Arrived the Betsey Caines tender, ftom Liverpool, with impressed men. Sailed the SEAFLOWER brig of war, for Corunna ; and the NIMROD cutter, for ofl Rochefort. Arrived the sloop Betty, of Barmoutli, ReGiRS master, from Cork, with provisions, hound to this port—Sailed the R , Ala, Spit:son:J., and the ketch Maria, —, from Gibraltar, fur London; and Ntx- ROD cutter, for Rochefort. —Came in this morning a large ship about 500 tons burthen, under Roman co lours ; she is called the St. Peter, VACAIII master :. she is from the Mediterranean, laden with wine and oil, bound to London ; put in here leaky, and has sprung he: bowsprit. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 27. Nothing arrived or sailed.—The outward-bound Portuguese and Mediterranean fleets remain in Cowes Roads. DEAL, AUGUST 26. Sailed the MONARCH, 'HERO, RE..",OLUTION, and RE VENGE with prisoners, and AJAX, for Plym.outh.— Arrived the BRILLIANT from Rio Janeiro, WRANGLER gun-brig and PRINCE WILLIAM armed sh;p, from Yarmouth, having under convoy several transports, with the troops on board which made their escfpe , with the Duke of BRUNSWICK. OELS, amounting to betweep 2 and 3000, they are bound to the Isle of Wight, to be embodied. Also arrived the NEitr.us frigate from a cruize.—This day about 130 wounded soldiers were landed from the EAGLE, and carried to the hospital here, being brought from Flushing in that ship. It blowing strong from the S.S.W. and a flood tide running, many boats got. : to leeward, which being seen by the Deal boatmen, they imme diately voluntarily launched their sallies, and towed them up to the hospital with the greatest expedition AUGUST ' 7.—Arrived the TRANSIT, a four-masted schooner '(belcinging to his Majesty), from the:River; ZEPHYR and HARDY, with a' convoy of transports laden with provisions and water, bound to Flushing; and E:NnoN, hired sloop, from the River.—Sailed the Aid, naval transport, for Portsmouth ; and the DIANA, BRILLIANT, andllcitEus, on a cruize. kcmain in the Downs—Eagle, Acasta, Lively, Weymouth, Cormorant, Serapis, Dolphin, Zephyr, Hardy, Transit, Rangcr, Sorlings and Fiadon. RAMZGATF, AUGUST 25. The sick and wounded from our gallant army in Spain are now in the Downs, and part of them are expected tohe landed here as soon as the wind shall permit. . HARWICH, AUGUST 27. • Arrived the LEOPARD revenue cutter, from Heligo land, with a ship under convoy, laden with military stores and baggage belonging to the Duke of BRUNS wick. Sailed the Ilcaufey, for Heligoland ; and the Lady licpean, for Gottenburgh, with mails and pas sengers. A mail is to •be made up for Walcheren to morrow. YARMOUTH, AUGUST 27. Arrived yesterday the MONMOUTH, of 64 guns, with two hundred prisoners from Flushing ; GA`- xcr brig from the Nore, and sailedthis morning with about 150 sail of vessels under convoy for. Gotten burgh. Sailed the RICHMOND and BLAZER gun brigs with the troops belonging to the Duke of Brunswick ; SAnnns brig on a cruize. Remain in the Reads the Roebuck and Monmouth. Wind W. S. W. GREENOCK, AUGUST 2.1. The Diana, Mtratna, from New-York for Glas gow, arrived here on Monday, has been put under quarantine. The skip Dunlop, Capt. AnnAmY, from Jamaici for Qui.bec, was spoke with, on the 1::th ult. in lat. A:5. long. 60. all well, by the .Roscitt?, Capt. CURRIE, arrived at Liverpool from New Zrunswick. —The .Tat 1111..r.t.v.50x, of this port, was strand:, in the Lizard, on the 16th instant ; crew savcd ; Fox packet, HAMILTM', at Jamaica from Newfoundland. The Aurora, Smrefi, .was at Norfolk Sill Jaly, and would sail for Liverspool on the 13th: A slaoa frorr Teign mouth, for this port, with pipe•clay; ,is wrecks al near Lizard. FROM LLOYD'S LIST.. GRAVESF.XD, AUGUST 27.—Am - is - ell the Betsey, Quinton, from the Brazils; Prospect, Spencer, from Rio Janeiro; Rada niarstra, Frown, and Leda, Byi.tr, from Meta; Three Sister', Bran, Ann Fnra, Thomas Eall, from Oporto ; Lord Collin- I wood, Campbell, from New York ailed the thilon, tephen- Am, for Pluiadelphia ; Clebe, Hob rd, for Fetinthre ; and Mil- t ford, Scoope, for rthia ; Sir Joseph Barham, Soles, ,and Albion, Jarmand, for Gibraltar; 'arms Hay, Baker, Rebecca, Bennett, and ortoliga, Fernandes, fur Cadiz; 1. °sty:. Senora'de Cornerli; Fronseca, for Li bun ; Vrow Engetha, kienarich, Enda Hoop, Loops, Jonge Aibertut Pk:morays, Jupiter. Puvriere, :rid /tryst Soverelgn, Hernby, for Hi!li A ioland . ; - and Nortb - Tra- . • ..•-• . . der, Eaton, for Guernsey. • . The Vrow Elizabeth ,Bodeies, bound to t10 : 112I,:ie, captured carried into Aalborgh—adrip 'and cargo ciindiionee. • • The Francis and Mary, —, from Virginia tt London, Was: canured and carried Lao Digpe, on the 20th 'the Vrow Johanna, --, from Liverpool, ISA' beta taken, retaken. and Is arrived at Dover. ----- •R tiztem SATurAlo Ntdwrig cAtttiff , • AtIMIST rt. . • Intl been pleased to tt r int the digttitirs of Baron and Viscount of the United Kingdoms Great. Britain and Ireland,' - umo'rhe Right HOn. r AIaMIR WELLESLEY, Knight of the !Aost Order of the Bath, and Lieutenant•Generd t;f Majesty's Forces, and to the heirs mile of his bodi lawfully begotten, by the names, -stiles, and titles of Baron Douro of Wellesley, in the county of tiotner set, and Viscount Wellington of Talavera, and a Wellington, in the said county. DOWNING-STREET, AUC/UST 28, 1809. Dispatch, of which the following is a Copy, has been received from Major Maxwell, of the Royal African Ccrps, addrasied to Lord Viscount 'Castlereagh, One of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. &metal, I niy 18, 1809. IVY Lonn—When I had' list the honour of writing to your Lordship, reommunicated such information as I had received concerning the situation of the French colony of Senegal, and .my opinion of the practicability of reducing it with a small force ; I also mentioned the annoyanCe we had received at Gorea and its vicinity, from their privateers, during the absence vf•ships of war from that station. On the 2tth June, clirOmodore Columbine arrived Ger6e with the Solebayfrikjte, and brig Tigress, ; having the colonial schooner-George, Agincourt ; transport, and several merchant' ♦essels under con voy, and having communicated to him what intelli gence had lately obtained, we' thought the reduc tion of Senegal practicable with the force we possessed, provided no obstacles should prevent our being able to pass the bars at the mouth. of file river: • To this attempt I was induced V. considerations Which I u•ust your Lordship will conceive to be of weigh. I was of opinion that the colony Of itself . would be an acquisition of importance to the vation, from its commerce ; that by the French Government as it had always been much valued, its loss would be proportirnally felt ; and that by driving the enemy from their sole pnscession Gn the coast, his Majesty's settlements, and the British commerce, would be more secure, and more easily protected. . . . Having therefore procured some light vessels and boats, a e best adapted for passing the bar, a detach ment of the garrison of Goree, consisting of six offi cers, six serjcants, four drummers, and 150 rank and file, was embarked on board the Agincourt transport on the 4th of July, when we sailed, and anchored at the bar on the evening of the 7th. Next morning Commodore Columbine wai 'of .opi nion the troops might be passed over the heir, wliich was acccrdingly effected through much difficulty .by • the exertions of the navy. We unfortunately, how ever, - last a schooner and sloop, containing much cr our provisions- and ammunition; and the schooner George went on shore inside the br. I landed the detachment, and 60 Royal Marines from the ships of war, on the left honk of the river, where I took up a position, with a view to' wait till provisions could he passed from the 'shipping, and the Schooner Geotee could be got off. We then learnt that the c:lerny had made a formidable line of defence at the poitof Bobague, ewelve miles gip the' river,' whotethere is a battery, in front of which three cannoniers, and four other vessels were moored, aadAhee.wholeeprotected by a strong boom drawn across the river. On the 9th we were attacked, but speedily repulsed the enemy, and drove them Within their line at Dabague ; after which we returned to get off the schooner, Which Was effected on the following evening. The 11th was-employed. in re-fitting the schoorir, and embarking provisions and water: The Solebly frigate, and Derwent sloop ofwar, were ordered "to • anchor opposite to the. ,post of . Barbague e •and•born bard it, which was executed with much effect.— During the night, in•shiftinz lit.%r birth, the Solebay unfortunately got aground, but in a position which enabled her still to annoy the enemy. On the morn- ins of the 12th the troops were embarked, and the flotilla proceeded up the river, till just without gani shot of the enemy's lineeof defence, and when every thing was in readiness for a night attack, we received information that it was the intention of the French Commandant to capitulate. Willing to spare an unnecessary effusion of human blood, the attack was postponed. On the mo r ni ng of the 13th we discovered that the boom Was broken, that the enemy had abandoned the battery and vesseW leaving their colours fly t•lig, and shortly afterwardsn letter was received from Messrs. Degrigny and Doreen in the name of the Commandant of Senegal, • offering to capitulate. Mr. Heddle, surgeon to the forces, who had acted as my Aid-de-Camp during the campaign, was sent forward to treat with theist gentlemen, and soon returned with the articles or csl 7 pitulation, which I enclose, and which we'ratifled.,-. I immediately took possession of the battery of Isle aux Anglois, and in the course of the evening of the battery of Guelendar facing the town. Next morning the garrison' laid down their arms, and were embarked. We then found that the force which hed been employed against us amounted, to 160 regular soldiers, and 210 Militia and Volunieers. - -• • We had no reason, however, to count on Much np 7 position from the latter part of the enemy's foico.-- • In nccomplishing this ser vice, the officers and soldiers of the army weie anxious to equal _their brothers- •of the Navy, who on all occasions elistingtiisli theen4i . selves.l feel much satisfaction in having enjoyed the confidence of Commodore Columbine, whoe exertio,ns and ability contributed so effectually to our success. I beg to bear testimony to the indefatigable avid :4 1 . lons exertions of Captain Titley. LieuteriantlYones a . and the other Officers of the Royal Navy and Marin.* .' My warmest acknov•ledgemeots are dee to r , . Heddle for his ?calms and spirited conduct. - • 4is ability in procuring intelligence of the state and c dition of the enemy, added to his local knowledie, have tended, in an infinite degree, to effect die QC- . quisition o' this Colony, and I am desirous to recom mend him to yoitr LOrdship'S notige. ' This.o.ffiCer, with Mr. •Assiitant Oommt,sary HaMilton, • kid the • goncineis to as-sin me ' , JO-it's; the . carnpaign in con. tying ray orderi ie • the troops: , • . • I have to lament the death of an old soldier, Lieu. lnft.Simpsono - who died on Ate field titan fa:igue % i •-•ilse-itrair of the 11th t• (Si Which d.ty we :,ad. oe,•jy• • man liCotiiideit ' The'enenry had IOL ' • a i E , h011(.3 k; Le e ' an twit!: aveifuct*L-41 enclose returlisof.thc en clearice . and sto*slinnitt in this Colony; aii.: cf the vesA..s cap tured at Babague. ' I beg leave - to mention that r , 4 ,otain E07,..11,701,, over. i ~.._.