Star. — London, England, 1807-11-03 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. • KIEL, OCT OBER z 7. In the middle of Auguil the Firft Lieutenant Von Steffe ' , was lent to the General-commanding in , Copenhagen, Maj , r General Peymann, with a letter from his Royal Highnefs the Crown Prince, to the folllning purport : " Unpleafant as it - may be to imagine the pollihility of flu-rendering Copenhagen to the enemy, and little as I fear this furrender while you have the command, I neverthe'efs think it nectfrary to notify to you that fhould the misfortune happen, which Goo forbid, that Copenhagen fhould be taken, it is the will and corn mand of his Majefly, that before the city is furren derecl, the fleet that' be let fire to and burned, as his Majefly will choofe the leall of two evils ; as he confiders it as a much lefs evil to know that his fleet , is burned, than to fee it fall into the hands of the enemies of his Majelly and of the country, and thus affair& them an opportunity for a triumph which no Danifn fuhjeet can endure tv witnefs," After furmounting many difficultiei in his attempts to efcape the Englifh cruizers, Lieutenant Von Std• fen at length reached Zealand, and was within a mile and a half of Copenhagen, when, though he was in a difguife, he was detained by one of the enemy's patroles and carried to their head quarters. Before he was taken thither he had, however, de firoyed the letter of the Crown Prince, of which he was the bearer. The enemy examined him, and de- manded to fee his difpatclies, or to know the bufinefs entrufied to him. On his refufal they threatened him with the torture ; which threat, however, they did not carry into execution ; but fent him, after a few days, on board the fleet, where he remained till the conclufion of the unfortunate capi , ulation. While he remained with the enemy, many attempts were made to induce him to violate his duty and his oath, and enter into the Englifh fervice. Under the pretext that the (briny weather pre vented the embarkatiln of the Englifh troops within the term of the Capitulation, Lord CATHCART has demanded the indulgence of twelve da; s, which Ge neral PEYMAN acceded to, but under very narrow reflriflions. _ _ _ From Copenhagen, it is mentioned, that fourteen tranfports and a cutter, from England,with provifions, &c. have been taken and carried into Norway.— Another fmall Englifh (hip of war, it is added, has alfo !bared the fame fate. According to a report from the Captain Sneedorf, Commander in Chiet in Norway, the (hip of the line Prince Chrifliar) Frederick, Captain Jeffin, lying in Chriflianfand, was fummoved by the Commandant of an Englilh fqnadron, coofifling of two (hips of the line, two frigates, and a brig, and which had blockaded that port fence the r 7th ult. The fummons ran thus: Thar, as the Danifh fleet, in confequence of the Copenhagen capitulation, had furrendered to a cope rior force, the Engin Captain, Stafford, had been ordered by Admiral Gambier to take potreilion of the Prince Chtiflian Frederick ; and as the force he had with him was fo fuperior to that of the Danes, he hoped the Danifh Commandant would furrender, in conficieration of (paring the town of Chriilianfand, and to prevent the thedding of human blood." Cap• Cain Jeffen returned for anfwer, that the Ihip he had the honour to command, was, by no means, included in the capitulation of Copenhagen, and that he lhonld defend himfelf to the lan extremity, even againft a fuperior furce ; and etat it would, by no means, be imputable to him, if the Englifh Ihould make them• (elves mailers of Chriftianfand, by any barbarous conduct. The fummons thus rejected, the Englith fquadron commenced an attack, which was repulfed by five gun boats. under Captain Lieut. Bill, which veifels even purfued the Englith fquadron in their flight.— According to the reports of Englifh officers in Co penhagen, the enemy's fquadron !attained confider able damage, while, on our fide, we had none either killed or wounded. The Englifh, however, conti nued the blockade of the port; hut as Captain Jeffen had orders toform a junction with the Pi incefs Lonifa, Augulta, and the brig Lougen, in Frederickfvarn, and as the town of Chi iflianfand was expofed to the danger of a new attack, he determined to leave that port, and failed through the enemy's fquadron in the night between the 29-1) and Both, and was fo fortu• nate as to join the velfels bef•re mentioned on the eft of 061ober, in Frec:cricklvarn. COPENHAGEN, OCTOBFR e 3. The day befote yeilerday, Mr. Merry arrived here, and, according to report, he has obtained a paffport for Kiel. Baron Von Tanbe, the Swedith L harge d' ,ffaires, has left this city for Sweden. On Saturday evening, be:ween eigrOtt and nine, we heard a heavy cannonade, appat duly from the South. The paffage of travellers over the Great Belt, which was prohibited on the ph, was again open on the eth ; bur the paffage between Zealand and the Southern Iflands is (hut. Several landings attempted by the Englith upon the coaft of Jutland have been repulfed. A quarantine of fourteen days is laid upon all vet% fels from Memel and Koningfberg, on account of the epidemical fic;inefs that prevails at both thefe places. Several brokers applied to Admiral Gambier on the sth intlant, to allow them to export Ruffian pro. duce, belonging to neutrals, in neutral velfels, free from Copenhagen to Portugal and Spain. The Ad miral aniweved it was not in his power to grant patfp...ats for any fuch (hipments. HANOVER, OCTOBER ts. The French Imperial Guard, which have been cantoned Lull fix weeks here, are now upon their return to Paris. On the 13111, the horfe and foot chaireurs fet out with the Generals Groire and Smiles; and yetterday rootniog, at five, the foot grenadiers and their Chief, General Durfaint, commenced their rr►arch. The dragoons and fufileers entered here tome hours after, but marched again this morning. There are not more than asoo military here, at pre fent, and the General in Chief Walther, will leave us on Monday next. The whole of the Imperial Guard will enter Pat is about the roth of November. NAPLES, SEPTEMBER ss. - - - - - - Letters from Sicily affure us, that the hnfpitals are full of the English lick and wounded from Egypt, where their force is conftdelably diminifned. The daughter of King Ferdinand, betrothed to the Prince of Sardinia, it is laid, hasiailed on board the Sicilian lip Archimedoi. SCHWEBIN, OCTOBER The few Italian horfe grenadiers, which have been here fome time, as a garrifon. fet out for Wifmar yetlerday, fo that at the prefent moment we have Icarcely any foreign troops here. SAXONY, OCTOBER 13. According to private letters from Berlin, the pt. and tOr the evacuation of that city is not yet fettled. It is Paid that the King has hired a ho►,fe at Memel, for a whole year, for which be pays 25 Frederies d'or per month. We have very (lender hopes of feeing the King at Berlin, in any fhort time ; of his return and that of the Treafury, at prefent there is not a tingle rumour. The two centinels that were taken from the door of General Mcllendorf, a few days fince, have been replaced. HAI.LE, OCTOBER ts. A 4ew days ago-the Deputies of nor city and ter- ritory, and the hotlages which were taken and detained five months in France, returned here. The fair at Leipfic had a great many vifitors, but there was a great want of Ruffian and Turkigi met.- 'chants, as well as of a great many wares, which were greedily fought for by lirangers. VIENNA, OCTOBER to. His Majefty the Emperor is expeEted here about the xoth ; and it is reported that the marriage of his Majetty is again put off, and will not probably be celebrated before the commencement of ale new year. WARSAW, OCTOBER tz. We fial expeet his Majefty the King of Saxony, as General Dumbrowfky is gone to receive him upon his entrance into the Duchy. On the 7th, the new Miniftry commenced its firft fitting. About 600 Saxon infantry and cavalry have ar rived here, to at as a life guard to his Majefty. Sixteen hundred French and Dutch troops have arrived at Pofen. They are dellined for the camp on the other fide of Thorn. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3. I'RICE OE STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 rer Cent. Con.A., for money 62; —for acc 631. Excheq. bills. 3*. prent—Omnium it pr. PRICE OF S COCKS YESTERDAY. 3 prr Cen.. Red. 6:1 Imp. 3 per Cent. 6 [if, eL d. 3 per Ct.nt. Confols 621 63 611 Imp. Ann. 7 3-16ths 4 per Cent.ll: - Enke. Bills. 4s ti 3s pre. 5 prr Cent. Navy 971} Ontnium pr Long Ann. 17i it 16:hs l.•'ngliih Tickets til. India Bonds, pa Conf. for ace 631 BALTIC EXPEDITION. We are apprehenfive, that feveral of the Ships and Traniports belonging to this Expedition have received confide:able damage. Two Chips, we are lorry to Rate, are known to have been loft. The lots of one of them (the Endeavour tranfport) we Rated yeller day : the name of the other we have not learnt ; but it was the Staff chip of the sd Light Battalion of the King's German Legion. Several meritorious officers have been loft, and with them Captain IscLas, the Paymafter, an officer of great promife, and much elleemed by his companions in arms. It appears by our Yarmouth letters received this morning, that pieces of wreck and dead bodies are flqat;ng about on that part of the coati. Accounts have been re ceived in town, that many of the tranfports, intlead of pnrfuing their dellination, made for whatever ports they could reach. It will therefore be fume time be fore we learn the fate of the different veffels. a YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER s. " Molt of the fleet from Copenhagen are now at rived. The night of the 29th ult. was molt tremen. dons, and the melancholy &eels were yefterday viable in fl•rating pieces of wreck, and even dead bodies rol ling into this harbour. Several tranfports arc mif ling, and force, it is feared, entirely loft : among which is the 11,4 Chip of the 2d Lightbattalion, King's German Legion. Captain Its Paymatler, was the only Engliftiman on board, and as he was much efteemed and beloved, his fate is univerfally lamented. " The dettination of the troops is at prefent quite a conjeCture. In the firft intlance, however, they are all ordered to the Downs, and from thence to Portf mouth ; thence to proceed to their feveral deltina tkus. The 43d and 95th are fuppofed going to Woodbridge barracks. Of the German Legion (who behaved fo well at Copenhagen) one brigade of the line go to Gibraltar, one remains in England, and the tell go to Ireland, except the light brigade, which it is thought is deftined for Jerfey and Guernfey. 1, Th is town is now (warming with military coats of all colours. They will loon, h..wever, difappear, as it is believed the fleet will proceed to•day." ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE. " The troops which were to have landed yeller day, were countermanded by an exprefs ; the whole, except the lick, will fail the &ft fair wind for Pouf mouth and other ports.—Arrived this morning three fail of Danifh men of war ; and, from the Nore, the STATELY, of 64 guns, to join the North Sea fleet.— Admiral Esti:worms remains with his fleet and tranf rts,and Admiral RUSSEL with the North Sea fleet, wind S.W.—A fhip, fuppofed a tranfport, foundered in Lowefloff roads during the gale on Friday even ing fail, and it is feared all on board perifised." " SOUTH END, NOV. I. " Yefterday, fome tranfports from Copenhagen anchored in the Roads, one of which landed at this place, on their way to Colcheller, !so men of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Captain JAMES ADAIR, and Lieutenants ARLEBAII. I DINCLEY, COLLYER, and Sway, who, after being hofpitably received at the different inns affigned them, departed this morning, loon after nine, for their winter quar ter& LOUIS XVtIL Saturday 1411 Mr. &WOK, from the Alien Office, proceeded to Yarmouth with official orders refpetting the landing of this Prince from on board the Troje. He reached Yarmouth on Sunday morning, and yeflerday the Royal Vifitor was landed from the Swedifh velrel, under the title of Dues vs Lit.t.s, accompanied by the Duke de BssaY and a numerous retinue. He was received on (bore by the Duke de BOURBON and feveral other branches of the Royal Family, who reached Yarmouth on Sunday after. noon. The populace cheered him on his landing. Thwwhole of the Family were to leave that place yef terday afternoon. Hamburgh and Altona papers to the 2 la ult. have been received. An article from Kid contains an account of the failure of an attempt, by a Brit& fquadr.n, to get poffelLon of a Danifh (hip of the line, which had taken fhelter is the,port of Chrillian• land. The Copy of the orders fent by the CROWN PRINCE to General Pay as AN for the burning of the Danifh fleet is a carious document. Thefe papers afford little elk that is interelling, nor had any intelligence of importance reached Ham burgh on the 23d. Letters from St. Pettrfburgh, of the 6th ult. Rate, that Lord Lay asom Gowre had direeed Sir STE PHEN SHAIEP to acquaint the Britills Merchants, refiding in the Italian ports in the Baltic, that, in reply to a prrpofal of his, Count Rom *vizors. had. informed him, is that he mull decline, ander she engin: cirrunglancer, to enter into any negotiation for a re newal of the Treaty of Commerce with Great Britain." Whether this determination be the refult of a compae with France, or the off.pring of that commercial jealoufy and fulpicion which Ruffle teems f late to have moll unaccountably conceived, we have no means of deciding. It is not improbable that both might have been concerned in producing it. We have heard it rumoured, that Government are about to declare war not only against the Danes, but alfo againft Tufcany, Ragufa, Naples, Seven Iflands, and all other States and Ports in poireffion of France or her Allies, in the Adriatic and Medi- terranean Seas. Sir SIDNEY SMITH left town yeaerday for Ply. mouth, to fuperintend the fitting out of an important expedition, from that putt, of the Naval Department, of which it is Rated he will have the command. He had a lung conference with Lord Aluecaars at the Admiralty, immediately before he proceeded on his journey. We do not yet know the extent of the force which is to compote this armament, but it is Rated that Ehi LONDON, BEDFORD, MARLBOROUGH, ELIZA BETH, and ROYAL GEORGE, are in preparation at Plymouth, and that they are to be joined by the VALIANT, POMPEE, CAPTAIN, and feveral frigates, from Portfmouth. Tranfports, it is alfo Rated, are lying at Portfmouth, to take on board po3 troops. Si: SIDNEY is to hoitl his flag on board of the POM• PEP. It has been_ reported that this Expedition is to proceed to the Tagus, but all that is Lad of its definition is, of cnurfe, mere vonjeaure. At an early hour yelterday morning, Lord CATtt• CART, accompanied by his two Sons, arrived at Windfor. Soon after their arrival the bells of Wind for Church and St. George's Chapel rang a merry peal, to welcome his Lordthip's return from Copen. hagen. His Lordlhip's arrival being made known to his MAJESTY, as loon as he had finilhed attending to the dilpatches brought by a Mellinger from Mi lliners in London, 14is MAJESTY was pleafed to give an audience to his LordHOP for a confiderable time. Irefterday the Duke of KENT completed his fortieth year ; his Royal Higltnels arrived at Windfor at an early hour yetterday morning to attend their MAJSS TIEs in the celebration of the day in a private manner. The morning at Windfor was uthered in with the firing of guns and ringing of bells. In the evening their MAJESTIES had a Idea party to a concert and ball. Sunday morning Captain NEWHOUSE'S Company of Royal Artillery, who dillingttilhed themfelves under Sir ARTHUR Wer.awstar in Zealand, landed at Gillingham, and commenced their march for Can terbury, where they had been Rationed f"r there 18 years pall : they were all in high fpirits and have not loft a man. Saturday a fudden order reached Chatham for all the regiments in garrifon to move : the Cardigan and ad Weft York Militias marched for Feverfham and Ofpringe barracks ; and the 77th, under Colonel WHITELOCR, to quarters at Rochefter ; they are ex pedled Ibortly to march for Lincoln. A Troop of ;loyal Honk Artillery Drivers marched into Bromp ton. Three companies of Royal Artillery from Copen hagen, are expected into Brompton barracks. The Mat quis of WE LLESLiky has purchafed Hamp ton Court,, near Leaminfter, of Lord Es sax. Yefterday the new LORD MAYOR proceeded in an elegant new private carriage from Guildhall, pre ceded by the City Officers, and attended by feveral Aldermen and the Sheriffs, to be introduced to the LORD CHANCELLOR. NORTHERN MEETING, INVERNESS.•—The Annual Meeting commenced the lath ult. and during the latl three days was more numerous than it has been for man► years pall. The good humour, harmony, and fociability which prevailed, was Co particularly confpicuous as to be remarked by every one prefect. Among the company affembled, we °braved, Lady Mary Rol% Lady Seaforth, Mils Mackenzie. Hon. Mrs. Frafer, Lovat, Lady Mackenzie, Gairloch. Lady Munro, Novar, &c.; the Earl of Kinnoul, Lord Alexander Gordon, Hon. Gover nor Stuart, Hon. Colonel Fraft.r, Lovat; Sir Hator Mackenzie, Galrloch ; Sir Charles Rofs, Balnagoun, Sir Alexander Munro, NOM'; Sir Mrxarider Mackenzie, dcc. Sec. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sir—At a Club in this City, which I frequent, lati night your plan of NATIONAL DEFINCE aJ, taken i n to confideration. It was unaninumily agted, that nothing Ikon of that plan can lave the country • and three Gentlemen declared that they had con ceived a plan, exactly fimilar, except in one trifliLL, article. One expiteffion of youts appealed fufceptiVL of modification. It teemed to us that from " iii ra and degrees of men," mutt be exempted four de&riptions of men, viz. Members of Parliament. Clergymen, Medical men, and Quakers. Perhap. you may favour the public with your thoughts en the fubjed. I am, Sir, your eonllant Reader, Briftol, Occtober 15, 1807. A CITIZ!S OF BaISTOL. We have been gratified with feveral letters exprel five of the fame approbation of our Plan ; Cum : without any qualification. We obferved when v., Hated it, that it was merely the midsize, and that • might be matured in a Committee of Parliament. Our Briftol friend will obferve that we have lett vaft body of men, all above 27 years of age, from whom fub ft itutes might be drawn for thol e whr may be exempted from perform/ fervice. We would with to admit as fubftitutes perfcns between the age. of 27 and 30 ; for we cannot depart from the.qualr. &mon of youth for the adive defence of the country. Let, therefore, the four defer iptions of men alluded to, if Parliament mall not think proper to exempt them entirely, procure fubftitutes from that dais. There are few Members of Parliament under the age of 27. And many of them are now ferving the Militia or the Volunteers. We therefore w ou ld appeal to their fenfe of the public danger, and rely on their perfonal fervice. We may fay the fame of the Clergy and Medical men. We have teen fon t corps of Volunteers headed by Clergymen ; and theft corps have been animated by that patriotic example. We recoiled to have read in STRYPE that Bilhnp Avsmsa in his vifitation of the Diocefe of Londor, called on his Clergy to take up arms in defence the grrien, then threatened by the Sparta Armada. We believe that the danger of that period was far lhort of that of the prefent times. We really believe that there is fcarcely a Clergyman under the age of 27, who would refufe his perfonal fervice. With refpeit to the Q . Lsakers, we do not believe that they would be more averfe tc Coffer themfelves to' he reprefented by fubllitutes, than they are to per. mit the Colleaor to levy the other rates and taxes upon their goods. They do not with their religious fingularities to be conducive to the ruin of (Leif country. The Duke of T3soroan, with feveral friends, lalt week paid a vifit to Halbeath coal works, as Fife. . For thefe feveral days pall, there have been gene ral rejoicings in the neighbourhood of Drummond Cable, occalioned by the arrival of the Honourable Mr. and Mrs. BURRELL and fuite there. On Friday evening :all, the village of Muthil was very brilliantly illuminated, the bells fet a ringing, and a large bon. fire at the Crofs, where were affembled the inhabi• tants of the village, and tenantry of the parifh. The health' of Mr. and Mrs. BURRELL, and Lady l'sarti, were drank arnidli repeated acclamations of jny.— A fele& party of the inhabitants and tenants after wards repaired to the inn, where a number of patri otic toalts were drank, and the evening (pent in the greatelt harmony and unanimity, keenly wiling many pleafant days to the happy pair. Some important improvements have been made in the Cotton Manufaeory, at Bolton ; in the Potteries at Newcaflle, and in the Iron Manufa&ories at Cole brook Dale, in confequence of the principles explain ed in CHAPTAL'S new Work, on the application of Cheminsy to Arts and Manufaaures. The Propr Mors of Dr. DICKSON'S Syaent of Agri culture have refolved. in ord:r to ant it: more gene. ral circulation among fmall Farmers, to publith an edition in twelve Monthly Parts. DRURY LANG THEATRE. —Saturday night Mil's LYONS appeared fur the fira time, to much ad. vantage, in the part of Riling, in the pleating Afterpiece of that title; as did Mrs. Da Pours is William, and Slams in one of the hill,men. Mrs. BLAND lung delightfully in Phabe ; but in the dialogue tong of “ I've kifs'd and I've prattlid," the threw in &writhes and graces which entirely marred the limplicity of the mutic, and appeared as if done delignedly to (hew her powers of elem. Lion at the expense of Mrs. DA Pours, who adhered chattely to the (core of the compofer.—Laa night, the new Comedy of rime's a T_11•? ale, was, for the fourth time, received with arong marks of appro batiln. CovENT-GARDEN.—The Tragedy of Coridarnu was laft night ezquifirely performed at this Theatre and was followed by Mother Goofe, who is Rill a la vortrite.—Ttte Farce of 100 Friendly oy Half, appears to have drawn its latelt breath. We can only fay, that it deferved a better fate. But the Public have now become fo fallidious, that natural incident is huffed, becanfe it is not broad nonfenfe, and broad nonfenfe is abufed, becaufe it is not natural incident ; fo that between claflical doings on the one hand, and comical buffoonery on the other, it is almoft impoffible for an Author to hold a fafe and even courfe ; he fatigues the audience in general, or he difgutis the critics. Yelterday afternoon, as Mr. D'Egville, the Ma. nager of the Opera Houle, was giving initrudt.)ns to the painters who are decorating the cieling of the King's Theatre, a fcaffold pole fuddenly broke, and one of the painters was precipitated iota the pit, and although he fell filch an amazing depth, he mod mi. raculoully efcaped without a broken bone, but was much 'smiled. Surgical advice was immediately procured, and the man is in a fair way of doing well, A defperate robber has lately made his appear . ante in the neighbourhood of Arundel (Star es ) . Os Wednefday laft he attacked and fired at a militar i officer, at three o'clock in the afternoon. T wo tro l l of dragoons, and the Arundel volunteers fcoure3 the woods during the whole of one night, but f e lled in meeting with him. Saturday morning, between II and tz daring robbery was committed at the foot of C, eking Hill, Suffix, fix miles from Chichetier, on the Lon' don road, on a Mr. Rattans', of Chiebefter. Mr. RHOADES loft a one pound note, and a gold watch with a gold chain and teal attached to it.