Star. — London, England, 1809-07-28 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. Whatever is not for the dividual car be 4 no put& J ' 1 FRIDAY, JULY 28. PRICE OF STOCKS•I HO DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: S per Cent. Cont. money, 67i F fer Angus. 484+- Orin. re. —Exchequer ins, 6s. 12s. prem. PillCE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock esci £6l Omnium, * prem. 9 per Cent. nod 60 4 India Stock S per Cent. Cons. 67fa lndla Bonds 19s. 20s. pre. 4 per Cent. 64+1 I Exch. Bills, 7s. 15s. prem. 5 per Cant. Navy 9.1 i 99 English Lottery Tick. 511. 14s. Long Ann. 14 11-IE4 I Cons. for opg, 68iii legitimate beneat of the in ic advantage. It therefore the duty of every man, who seeks his own happiness, to o:ert hire self foi- the good of the society to which he #1 This doCuine was strangely perierted by tl'.e fouildets and .abettors of those principles which :1 - ,tatcd the Preach demagogues, who took the lead inanagement of the Parisian mob, after theab. ibgariou of the old French MOnarchy. They, in the f;.ce of that. PROVIDENCE, which from the beginning not oi4y divided the original family of the human race, bin -ordained physical partitions between the re gions of the habitations of . men—They, in thefaCe or this 'arrthgement, Maintained 02;14 the indisktual owed litakiC6 to mankind universally.. 'abdve thoit due tti kindred or.. country—a doctrine subversisie . pf the very foundations of the existence Of . societY. The man who presumes to judge what may, or may not, be useful to the whole world, as those who call them. selves philanthropists do, arrogates to himself a ca pacity more than human ; and in the prosecution of his actions, founded on such a principle, must often be led to consider obligations, 'whether of country or kindred, as impediments to his designs—and-conse quently as things that he May virtuously disregard : that is, if he conceive the ; government of a . foreign country more favdtrrable to his views than that of his native land, or even if he should happen to think his domestic connections a weight upon his own exer tions, for the good of mankind staiivermll3c, he must believe it meritorious to betray the interests of his country, nor hesitate to perpetrate all, and more than all, the iniquities of such men as MARAT or ROBES.. PIERRE. It is ndw high time to recur to common sense—to look at the business that. comes home to our own bosoms—to listen to the dictates of Nature—to con template the system of PROVIDENCE, and to turn with disgust from the effluvia of those detestable fungi which sprung from the moral and political rotten. ness of France and the Bourbons. . In the name of common sense, of what use can it be to the British people. to deprive themselves 4 their protectors for the purpose of attempting to protect a set of strangers, whiten .Pnovinocr, by complerion, by country, by language, by religion, by physical aoil b). moral distinctions of every kind, has declared . to b:; no way related to us ?—To protect them,, did we say ! If it were to preserve from destruction 'lugs endued with rational life, and furthering even t:.,c;r own common interests, the term might be used --and an apology might he found for magnanimous I ; but such is not the object of this protection— N -1, it is to preserve fr.t dulent impositions, that our fazhers shed their blood to banish-from our own soil.' I;,lpo'.itions connected with so enormous a system of criminality, that for only respecting, in a remote and, modified di give, the religionwhich.seeks such aids, mil lions of our own countrymen are dehirTed from many of tltcirti'. it privileges. For a moment think to what you extend your . protection,-to saints and martyrs, and to—, but let us call them by the names which cont. Li.m sense applies—to images, bones, rags, hair, bits f wood, nails, and rotten teeth ! things which instead oi rncr;tieg a waste of British blood and treasure to Fotect,' you Would yourselves rather put into the fire than deprive your dog of a single bone. t 7 But to hide this absurdity from your own eyes, you call it, in a moderate mood, a maintaining venerable insti tutior.s"—bitt after dinner, you call it 4i helPing the brave Spaniards"-0 coining forward to assist the Fr:or Austrians",-" duty to our old and faithful Ally, Portugal" " emancipating the Dutch"- 4. countenancihg the loyal Hanoverians" 44 pre venting the overthrow of the. Turkish Eihpi r ie",— a defending the King of the 7wo Sicilies"-to say reithing of your con missesation of •the Rorer—far IPss, of your glorious declaratient hbotit tht delive r:ce of Europe ! !—lf the bottle were not ; at: yoUti •)ow, and the wine in your head, what **tad you ty of such ravings !—The brave Spaniards ! More slum a year has elapsed since " the universal Spanish alien," as we all wished to believe; was arm?, trod as braggingly bold as the most intoxicated among ourselves. Comparisons are odious, or we-.would remind you that, in the lucid interval with which Bri tain was blessed, when she broke the deceitful peace of Amiens, a million of yourselves were really awned (and you must be armed again) in the short spaceof few months. What has Spain done ? Atthis hour, •,.i. will venture to say, that there is not actually as Any Spaniards in the field, or ready for the field, as ..e have now in Sicily, Spain, and on board ships ready to go,--nobody knows where. Tut to -itir,elves then this question, What is the use of at ..ror i:ing to force the Spaniards to be free? the poor Austrians!—poor indeed. They had 110:: —an array superior to the French in number ; nor 1.144: to fight ; In what did they stand in need of our ? Could we put yigonr into the hen-heaTt of her Government ?—But let us spare the memory of the dead !. But to review in detail the follies to which you sa crifice the blood of your youth, and the comforts of your own families—not for the inhabitants of other countries, but for all that is oppressive, worthless, su perstitious, obsolete, and morally and politically des picable—would be endless. Abandon, befoie it be too late, that false philoso. phy that leads you not only to attempt impossibili. ties, but e-en draws you on to the commission of patricide. The blood and treasure wasted, without recornp.-nce, on so many distant countries, will be wanted when the period arrives, and it is fast ap. proaching, in which you must defend yourselves against the very people whom you now call friends. To whom will you then make supplication, or who will relieve you ? For the millions you have sent to Austria, what will she then send you ? Is there a Stock Exchange at Vienna, by which the British Go. vernment will be able to fleece the Austrians, as you have been fleeced ? Is there a nation upon earth that would add one penny to its taxes for you ? Is there a nation upon earth whose envy of your industry does not amount to perfect hatred ?--who does not reckon I upon a share of the spoil to be derived from your ruin ? Fulfil the duties pointed out by PROVIDENCE) as due to yourselves, to your families, to sum up all, to You country ! Beyond these, you have no duties to perform—all other alledged obligations are contriv ances of interested or blind individuals. We have received Hamburgh and other Gentian papers to the 23d instant. They state that through the whole af•tlte North of Germany, the spirit if in surrection was becoming daily more formidable. The late dastardly Armistice entered into by the Au strians has, of course, baffled all attempts, on the part of the brave.and patriotic inhabitinti, to shake off the yOke of their oppreisors. Private letters from Bre. men and Haaburgh describe the inhabitants of the former place as having risen, in a tumultuous man ner, and prevented the French from carrying off some waggon loads cif - money which had been wrung from the merchants by the Douanierr, or Custom House Officers. In Louisboargh and Margolsheim, in Westphalia, there have been• repeated insurrections of the popu lace. The latter place is described in the German journals, under French controul, as the focus of re bellion. By letters from Petersbnrgh of the 6th inst. we are informed that, at that date, a British squadron of seven sail of the line, with transports, was off Cronstadt. The Russians were in consequence under great appre-' hensions, and there cannot be a doubt that if the Aus trian titled commanders had performed the duty they cried to their country, such a diversion might have been produced in the North as would have tended not a little to paralyse the operations of Russia. The Exchange at St. Peterabegh bad fallen a trifle in consequence. - • We understand that Archangel has been le& by the British squadron which was lately in that quasar. THE GRAND -EXPEDITION. The men of war and transports which formed tha t part of the expedition embarked at Portsmouth, have arrived safely in the Downs.. They passed Dover yesterday afternoon, with a fine breeze at S. W. and were expected to sail with the ebb tide last night round the South Sand Head, for their destination. The wind has been uncommonly fair since the fleet began to sail ; and, when the Mail came away from Deal yesterday afternoon, a signal was made for the whole of the squadron to.proceed to sea. Our most cordial wishes for success attend it I fot: never were military operations commenced by us upon the Con tinent at a more critical moment. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 27. 4g Arrived his Majesty's ship Gosnawx.—Sailed his Majesty's ships . DIdFENDER with three transports for the Downs, and SARPIDON with a convoy to the Westward.—Wind W." " DOVER, JULY 27. 4 , The fleet from Pottsmonth passed here this after noon, with a fine breeze at S. W. It is said they will sail on'the ebb tide this evening round the South Sand Head, for their destination." ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. " We were anxiously looking out this morning for the fleet from Portsmouth, but the weather was so gy, that we could not *see a iinaiter Of 'a MU off ; however, it came a little clearer about noon, when one of the - line of battle ships passed close in, and about two o'clock the body of the fleet hove in sight.. A great number of spectators were assembled on the Pier heads to see such an immense force go past ; some of the sternmost ships will not reach the Downs till seven o'clock this evening.—Wind W. S. W. and blows a fine breeze for the ships which have sailed for their destination from the Downs." DEAL, JULY '27. 46 The Sunni; and COURAGE= only sailed yester. day. The CLYDE, HUSSAR, BUCEPHALUS, PoRGEY, and SPRIGHTLY, with the transports, brought up in the Gull Stream, where they remain at anchor. Rear- Admiral ()TWAY, in the MONARCH, with the Ports mouth division attached to the expedition, arrived this afternoon in the Downs, and remain. It is im possible to ascertain further particulais, as a signal has been made to hold no communication . viith tht shore. " P. S. I have opened my totter and ser chat st signal is just made fas the ►hole of the squadron to prepare to sail, and they will be under weigh imme diately." ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. a Arrived the line of battle ships and transports fry POrtsmonth, and remain with the rest of the ex pedition.—wind S.W." gg RAMSGATE, JULI(27. 44 This day, More Artilleryhorsos arrived from Can terbury, and wile embarked on board the following transports :—Ng. 170, 40 horses, and 20 men ; S X. ) 40 horse, and 20 men; Y 1,,20 horses, and 20 men: between 3 and 400 more are expected. All the car riages, guns, and ammunition, are embarked at Wool wich. They all proceed to the Downs immediately, to join the fleet. Three transports arrived from the . Downs this morning, to receive horses on board." Orders were yesterday dispatched to Portsmouth to suspend the operation of as much of the Embargo as relates to vessels ready to sail for the West Indies. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUfH•DOCK, JULY 26. The valuables brought home in the CULLODEN, ;stated in a former letter, as being taken possession of by the Officers of the Excise, were only detained on account of informality in landing them without re gular sufferances. Arrived the COSSACK, of 22 guns, Capt. DIGRY, from the coast of Spain ; but she has not yet had any communication with the shore, nor can she in time for post.—Sailed . the TISIPHONE, of 20 guns, for Portsmouth. YARMOUTH, JULY 27. . • Sailed yesterday' P. M. by signal thiCeurso sloop of war, and ACUTE gun-brig, in pursuit of 'a large privateer, which passed the back of the Sands.— Sailed. the HAVOC gun-brig, with two transports marked KX, and EA. with troops on board bound to Leith.—The boats belongin to the CENson and ano ther gun-brig landed yeste rday evening at Varel, and proceeded to the Ball-room, where there was a large party of Ladies and Gentlemen dancing, among whom was a Mr. JEAN MICHAEL PETIT, a trench Collector of the Customs, the only Frenchman of note, whom they brought away and landed here this morning.—Ships in the Roads, the Rcebnck, Brcv dageren, Jande, and Ems Schuyts.—Wind S. W. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, JULY 26.—Arrived the Ranger, Kavannagh, from Pensacola; and Two Brothers, Cette, from Lisbon. Juay 27.—Arrived the Aurora, Watts, from Malta ; and Se meragna Nautie, Pifguto, from Palermo. CORK, JULY 19. The Resolute gun-brig, arrived at this port, fell in with the York and Circe, and the lion.tward-bound West-India fleet, off Scilly; from the Captain of the latter ship, Lieutenaht HARRIS received orders to take under his charge the trade bound up St. George's and the Irish Channels, which he saw, in safety, off their respec tive destinations, without accident, viz. for Whitehaven, Liver pool, Bristol, Dublin, Lancaster, Greenock, and Glasgow. DUBLIN, JULY 21. Tuesday evening arrived from Baldmore, the James and Ellen, ALLEN, with potatoes; the Mary Ann, MORGAN, Weymouth; Portland stone : the Fanny, Lovely, Durgarvon, grain ; the Leander, Cannon, Pigtow ' timber. Alen two colliers. And on Wednesday monung the Bee, lours, Iron, Dusobartuu, with glass. The Friendship of Baltimore, which was stranded at Rosskne in June last, has been gut off, and arrived at Wexford the begin ning or this week. -. • LEECH, JULY 21. Saturday arrived in the Roads, the'Chotnas and Ann, Ns w o ; with 20 fish, a full ship; also the William and Ann, DAVIDbON, with 19, both from Davis's Streights. These ships report, that the whale fishery there, has, in general, been successful. ABERDEEN, JULY 24. Tuesday last, the Yloop Peggy, Hutcheon, which sailed that morning from this place to Montrose, in attempting the latter harbour, struck art a sand-bank near the entrance, and wa s thence driven among the rocks, where she was totally wrecked— the crew with diectdty saved. Part of the cargo and materials, it is expected will also be saved. Yesterday, the Danish sloop Fortuna, which had been captur ed some time ago off the North Cape, on her voyage from Dran theim to Archangel, in ballast, by the Snake sloop of war, arri ved here under charge of Mr. M'Dougal, Prize Master, on her way to Leith Roads. The Snake, by means of the above prize, which was manned for the purpose, cut out of a harbour of Nor way a sloop laden with gin and brandy, and a brig in ballast; but the latter, being in a leaky condition, was sunk, after taking out part of her stores. Yesterday arrived at Peterhead, from the Greenland Whale fishery, the Hope. Geary; and Enterprize, Volum ; the Conner with 26, and the latter with 21 fish, full ships. They bring the following account of the Fishery, viz. Aberdeen-I.atona, said to be full; Jean, 19 fish. Dundee—Mary and Ann, 19 fish. London—lnverness, 14 fish. . Lynn—Fountain, well fished. Hull—Jean, well fished ; Aurora, 19 fish ; Donconthe, 32, full ship ; Ellison, 19, ditto ; Perseverance, 19, ditto ; Brothers, 10, ditto; Oakall last, crew said to be saved. DISI'RIBUTION OF PR I ZE-MONE Y. • The Ethalion, for the Merchant, captured Dec. 4, 1801, will be paid on Tuesday next, at No. 2, Jame_.3tteet, Adelphi ; and the Salsette, for the Yacht Nicholiay, June 2:s, 1308, on her arrival ; and recalled as above. The Cadmus, for la Diligence, and three chasse marees, Oct. 30, 1808, will be recalled at Mr. Hawk: r's, Plymoutl , un Tuesdays and Fridays. Our Mercar.tile Readers will peruse the following' letter lidm Sweden with some interest : " Gottenburgh, July 17. " The tiade ‘ begins to open with Norway. From the extreme distress of that country the Government of Copenhagen seems in clined to wink at this intercourse, but the French Cousul resident at that city, is not inclined to exercise the same accommodating disposition. This officer has under his supervision the Vice-Con sul of Christiana, and in consequence of the indulgence of this sub-ascnt to the trade, he has been removed from his public oc cupation in the French service by the authority of the Consul Gemeral. There is perhaps uo pert in Europe where so much severity has been practised with respect to commerce t.. it this town of Norway; even neutrals were at one time not permitted to enter the harbour, which is conveniently situated at the die- - mace of only 33 leagues from our own. - Tuesday night a desperate affray took place at Ply mouth between a party of Cornish Miners, on per manent duty in that garrisoa, and a detachment of the sd, or Old Buffs. A dispute having taken place between one of the former and one of the Buffs, the Cornichmen, in a body, marched from their barracks, to the amount of about 200, and fell furiously on the Buffs, whose number did not exceeol 20 ; bayonets were drawn on each side; many were severely wound ed, and every thing indicated the most serious con sequences, when the foitunate arrival of the Officers belonging to each corps, put an end to the unequal contest. The ringleaders were sent to the Guard house, and the militiamen, ordercd, " *le and all," to their barracks, where they ark sun int, COIfIRTMARTIALON LORD 0.4111R18P,. SECOND DAY-PORTSMOUTH, JULY 21. The Court re-assembled according to adjournmen, at nine o'clock, when Lord COCIIRANK was again called in. Q. Did it appear to your Lordship that any unne eessary delay•occurred, from day-light in the morn ing of the l2thApril, when you made signals to th e Commander in Chief that half the fleet would destroy the enemy's Zips, that seven of them were aground, eit.e? ./Vet;Yes : when I expressed by signal to the Cote. mender in Chief, shortly after day-light in the morn ittg;thitt part of the British fleet was enough to effect the destruction of the enemy, there being then onle two sad the enemy's ships capable in any degree resist an attack, Idid ekpect that an endeavour would have been immediately made to dislodge these tee. shipsfrom the . situation , in which they remained by an at*ck by two or three sail of the line, which were sufficient for.that pnirpese. The eidti and wind from eight o'clock in- the morning until twelve, WI going the same way, and ships of the line, by pa ss . ' in g were near to the Buoyart, and pet t i n g thee helm a.lee, would have brought their he a ds, t h e i r fore and main topsails being to 'the - masts, towards the North East, which_ would have enabled thei n (at a distance at which- the shot of -the enemy would have had-no effect) to bring their guns to bear apoe the enema's two ships which still.remeined at anchor, luntil they approached them,, or until so far to lee. way that they would have been able by muting their helm 3 up, to run -to leeward between them and tiie ships on shore, and thereby force them to cot and ma aground likewise, and then. effect both their destree. non and the destruction .of the other vessels whieh were on shore, and which I have already stated, might have been destroyed by the,endeaveure in my °plum e , of two sail of the line, aided, by the frigates, at any period previous to half past eleven o'clock of the 12th April, and by the frigates alone 'before one o'clock, when the French three,deckers swung to the hawsers, and when the last of their ships began to float. (I speak . of their line-of-battle ships), for the two ships which had remained at anchor, and cut on the an. proach of the- British fLet, had also grounded, not being even then at ,half-tide (twelVeo' c l oc k) water enough for them to effect their escape up tl; middle of the channel leading to the river Charente. Q. (By the.Counr.) What were the. circumstances that induced your Lordship to.believe that from ele ven o'clock to one the frigates ;done were capable cf destroying the enemy's ships ?—A. The helpless si, tuation of the enemy, they being aground, and the same conviction that led me afterwards to con,ider the risk in attempting it exceed; . tgly small. . : Q. if, in your Lordship's judgment, the frigates alone were sufficient to effect the destruction of the enemy's ships bet Ween half-pu:st eleven and one, why might they not.as well have Perferrned that service between any period of the morning and half-past ele, ven ?—A. At eleven o'clock the British fleet weighed and stood towards the enemy, whereupon the two ships, which continued still at anchor,. cut and ran aground. The British fleet anchored about half-past eleven o'clock. I was ignorant-what Lord. Gambier's plans might be ; and though - I concluded that the fires for cooking had long previously been out, yet I imagined that this might possibly have been ,to pipe the .34:await sonsethiegese-evits presciet44e - into action ; and although I .regretted t . tiine that ep. petted to Ray-wind to have been already-lost, is well as what we were evidently losing by even half-en .hdur's delay, in making Sortie kind - of attack by a couple of sail of the line, or by the frigates, yet rcone soled myself with the supposition that his Lordship intended a grand blow on the Island-and on the ships at once, although I thoiight this highly unniceCiary in order to effect their destruction, nor prudent to the whole fleet. I could not in any other way account for a proceeding that thus enabled the helpless French ships to endeavour their escape, undisturbed, M i lo the river Charente. Twelve o'clock arrived, no signal was made to weigh. Half-past twelve, still no 004 Admiral 'roue:G.—This is very iniproper. •'This is no answer to the question. It is unktentlettlated to make an unfevottrab le impression apinsttlit prisoner,' and wholly irrevelant to the ,question. Lord Coeneeles.-4 am• betted to tell the-truth, the whole truth, and nething• but the truth, end With submission to the Court, ii I am not permitted to state the circumstances upon which my opinion is grounded, it is impossible I can give a full „inset: Ito the question ; and until the Court shall hear the whole of my answer, it is not possible thoyean forte any correct judgment upon it, and must remain in ignorance of the fact. • • , • Admiral Youreo-- , LOrd Cochrane„ pi; are bound to give a direct answer to the question, and not to state that which the Cone:tee decidedly of. opinion is wholly irrelevant. . The PRESIDENT.—I really think, since Lord Cede rane has gone so far ; the Chute should hear the whole of his answer; we can. thk judge what part of it should stand, or' be expunged. f Aber some further discussion the Gonit *as or dared to be cleared. Upon our re-admission, the.Pre silent-informed. Lord Cochrane, that he should geisk the present answers but he was in future to confine his - atnewer directly 'awl decidedly to the. question. Lordship had also:Made use of an expression, in the opinion of the Court, highly indecorous, in apply. in th-wOrd ignorance to the person who had' pro , pbsitcresttonel CoOnnabx, in 'explanation, replied, that h: had Meant hodistespeet whatever to the Court,- thbughtlie had said, if he wainot allovied to h aplaia chi Court would remain - in ignorance of the fact. • 'Vise question was• then repeated.' Lord COCHRANE continued:llordered the 'cables • 'to be hovel taut up 'and down. The gtna bomb pas enquired by hailing if any attack was intended _to be madeon•the eneiny, and was answered by the ‘Wr*- in that he was directed to bombard the enemy. • 101 W e -there was a brig Coming down after him ; I desired him to go close, and hove s:anchor to the bows- The impression on my mind' as;having seen no sig nal made about that time to' isdicate an attack that no further attack ex ce p t diet by• throwing shell ' s was intended. The Calcutin e Vatsh. Vie, and most of the other ships we r e p ress in g *: s ail, to fnrci On to wards the Cha rente , an d out o f our 'reach. The Irnperieuse, (alth oug h w e did not commence to tire on the enemy until nente tw o o'clock), way then wholly in tigh t b 7 firm •; on the Calcutta to cll.; I!