Star. — London, England, 1805-08-24 00:00:00

LONDON. SATURDAY, PRICE OF GTOCKS THIS J PRICE OF STOCI Bank Stock 3 per C. Red. Ann. 58i spi 52 3 per Cent. Conf. sBti 4 per Cent. 5 per Cent Navy Soil 5 per Cent. 1 7 i 7, loci Long Ann. 17 -1 6 Short ADC. 2.1 7-16 AUGUST 24. DA' AT ONN O'CLOCLi IS YESTERDAY. . ` India Stock t 7 44 South Sea Stock 6af onp 3 per Cent 381 Imp. Ann. 9 3.464 Exch. Bills, is. dif. Is. pram Omnium 31-14 pram. Englitb Ticket*. 191. 31. Cant. for &CC. 58141 After ofir paper was at ptefs yetterday, the fol_ lowing crm-nnnication was fent from the Admiralty to LLOYD'S Coffee•Hoafe : • - " AD NII R A LTY-0 FFICE, AUGUST 13. " Dirpatehes from Admiral Cos NWALL is, dated the 19th inn. received this morning, inclofe a report from Capt. BRACE, of his Majefly's fhip his, of his having on the 13th, in the evening, feen the Combined Fleet of the Enemy outfide the Harbour of Ferrol, confiding of 27 or a 8 fail of the line, five frigates, and ihree brigs, fleeting about W. N. W. and beating to windward. Captain BRACE fuppofes from the confaion they were in, that they mutt have come out of the Harbour chat evening." " .Tu the 111aftcrs of Lloyd's." The above is certainly the lateft authentic ac counts refpefling the combined fleets, though it has been laid they were reconnoitred by the NAIAD on the t4th nearly in the fame fituation. Some newf papers add that the enemy never had been in Ferrol, and that they were endeavouring to get into it ; but this is completely contradiaed by the' intelligence previourly received, as well. as by the above commu nication. It was on the t7th that Sir ROBSRT CALDI6III was detatchcd from the Channel fleet with zo fail of the line, amoilg which are Lord NELSON'S Ships, to blockade Ferrol. It is, therefore, plain that Admiral CoßNwArtis was not at that time informed of the fki:ing of the enemy, and probably it was not till the 19th that he received the intelligence; for he worald con(l2er it as too important not to be'tOmmtritisated with the fhorte(l delay pofEble. The enemy having remained fo (bort t i me-in Fel col, it is extremely probable that they left titer: the (hips mai crippled in the late aftion; - and have brought out the frail !hips that were in harbour there, keeping the bed feamen. But it is not eafy to diko. "ter what can be their objeEt. From the courfe they were (leering, it is the opinion of many that they are bound for Ireland; but if fo, where did they get troops for the c:pedition ? They could not have brought from the Vv - ell Indies men enough for fuch a purport. If there were troops at Ferrol ready to be taken on board, we fhnuld think that from the beginning the Admiralty ought to have known it, and could have little doubt for what port the Combined fleets, in re turning from the Well Indies,were bound. Ferrol, un doubtedly, is by far the bed port from whichheinva fon of Ireland could be attempted. But ifthtre were no troops there—have the enemy gone, perhaps, to Rochefort to take them on board, where, doubtlefs, there has been an army of embarkation ? The delay that mull necefrarily occur in the operation of going from one port to another, and in taking at board troops, would endanger the fuccefs of the defign.— Rochefort is at to fmall a dillance from oar chief blockading Ration, and from our own ports, that means of defeating the enterprize would be found; and a Inperior fleet he brought againtl them. From the were ciicumftance of the enemy (leer ing W. N. W. and in the fight of one of our frigates too, nothing can be inferred rcfpedling the courfe which they mean to purfue ; for every perfon, at ail acquainted with nautical matters, knows that a fieet on coming out of harbour mull Er!L gain an offing before it can even begin to Shape its courfe. We (hail therefore be more likely to form a corm& opi nion by attending to other circumflances, than from their movements immediately on quitting harbour. What has been the plan purfucd hithetto by the enemy ? To unite his naval forces. This has been his principal ni,jea, and" unfortunately he has' in fume degree fucceeded far beyond what could have been cape:led. It is reafonalele therefore to conclpde, that foine , liing of the fame kind is now intended. Is the deflinatkr: tLcu to the Nurthwat d or South ward ? It is well known, that when the French fleet quitted Cadiz to proceed to the Weil Indies, fome flops we, c left there which were not quite ready for feu, and we know that in that port they have fuch a force, that it has been thought advifable to 'keep a fquadron off there under the command of Admiral Cozzirowoon. To get oat thefe ihips, and add them to the ten, is an objeft of fome importance to the combined fleet. They might then proceed into the hieditesianen, attack Admiral BICKERTON, who has no force that could oppofe them, and raife the blockade of Carthagena, by which means they would gain an acceffion of feveral fhipb of the line, and could then proceed for Egypt. But if they follow an oppofite comic, they may have hoped to reach Bred before the return of Lord Meioses fleet, and before a fufficient force could be afembled there to oppofe them. lithe !hips in lhat barbonr be prepared to co-operate,which is extremely probable, they might count on forcing Admiral CORN.. vrazzos's fleet to retreat, and being enabled in con- Sequence to come . 4 the ' Channel, and cover the tranfport of the Boulogne Leviathan to our &on& t• • . , , . . This isAll mere eonjeauye ; but if the Corfican, in fpite of the efonds that hem around him on the Continent, means to rifque the attempt at all, he can haidlfever hope for•tireumfiances more favourable so his with s. , And when we compare prefent events with tie twnfnal a&ivity and baffle that has for fome time bethasbferved on the enemy's coals, it appears far frgm being impoffible that fuch may be the de fign of the Corfican at the prefent moment. -Indeed if we could infer any thing certain from the movements at Boulogne, we would con dude that this is certiinly the prefent. °Ned of the enemy; for it will be Peen by our Dover letter (in another part of this paper) that on Thurpay 141 the enemy': flotilla bad nearly all got out of the harbour of Bou logne into the Bay, with troops on &lard, and that it was be lirocd they were preparing to ottani), creing the Lbannd at Jean as the windfhould permit. • To the above we have alfo to add, that a report has juft reached us, that two neutral (hips have ar rived at Jerfey, from a French port .(what port we have not heard) which they had spitted in hafle to efcape an embargo that was expected to take place. When they failed, French troops were embarking, or preparing to embark for route important expedition. But whatever may be the intentions of the enemy, at the prefent moment refpeaing the force at Bou logne, Hill it it poflible the Combined Fleet may have fome objea in view very different from what we have mentioned—as to intercept fome of our fleets, of which we have feveral very valuable ones on their way home at the prefent moment. The Eaft India and China fleets from St. Hele,na alone, may be efiimatect at from fifteen to .twenty millions Reding. —There is a molt valpable Jamaica fleet, and alfo a Leeward Wand fleet on the way home. All thefe may be expeatd in ten days or a fortnight. It is not very probable, however, that this could be the primary °Ned of the enemy in quitting Ferrol, though it is not impoffible they may Rumble upon fume valuable fhips, as they did on the Antigua con voy, without looking for them. • 'The enemy,latrwever, could have no knowledge of Sir R. CALDER being on his return to his old Ra tion with an augmented farce ; and it is extremely probable he may fall in with them. Ifhefhould, we have no doubt he will do his duty, for we are not among the number of thofe who doubt his having done loin the battle of sad July, though he does not feem to fix:* t in writing difpatches. We with, however, that he had more (hips with him, and we doubt not but orders have already been if:rued to reinforce him; for it is madnefs to undervalue either the (kill or the courage of the foe_WiOs whom we have to contend. One pot of the policy of BONAPARTE teems to have been bat little attended to in this country. Unlike the mad rulers that have preceded him (ince the com- mencement of the French Revolution, inßead of be lieving that he can create naval commanders in a day, he has fought out, and has now in his employ fuch of the Naval Officers of the old fchool as have efcaped the devouring guillotine. We mull not, therefore, count upon any of thole advantages that arife from blunders on the part of the enemy.— He knows what caufed the deltration of the French navy, and he has applied the only proper remedy.— Nor mould the abfurd idea be encouraged that he cannot find failors. One of the prime objeels of the laR expedition teems to have been to make them out if foldiers, and hence one reafon for fending out fo many to the Well Indies. All his boat work at Boulogne, embarking and difembarking his foldiers, and carry ing them from port to port, which in the eyes of many appeared to be merely idle gafconade, has had the creation of Jailor: for one part of its object —and there can be no doubt that familiarifing l diei•s in this manner to nautical movements is a good preparatory Rep towards their converf'on into failors, of which BONAPARTE will Coon need a confiderable number, for at this moment, befides the !hips of war which he has already fitted out, be has upwards of fifty Apt of the line budding in di ren4 •A Mail from New York arrived yeflerday, which was brought to Falmouth by the PRINCESS AMELIA packet. The letters trom New York are dated the sth, and thole from Halifax the 29th ult. The packet arrived at Halifax on the loth of May, and found lying there his Majelly's (hips LE•NDEIt, CAMBRIAN, MEP:44%ID ' CLEOPATRA, MILAN, BUSY and DRIVER; failed for New York on the I;th, where fhe arrived on the 23d. She was (truck with lightning on the Isth of June, which carried away the maintoi.gallant ma 9, fhivered the topmatt, fplit the pumps, 'defcended to the hold, and fplit feveral of the fhot boxes. About the latter end of hall month arrived at Hali fax his Majefty's Royal Newfoundland Regiment, under the command of Major CHARLES SUTHER LAND, of the laid Regiment, and was infpeded by Lieutenant-General BowvEß, who expreffed himfelf in the highelt terms of both Officers and Men, from their foldier like appearance and good conduct. A letter from his Majefty's (hip PALLAs, which failed from Portfmouth on the 26th of May, an nounces, that-the reached the Banks of Newfound. land after a t Voyage of 20 days, when fhe difpatched the greater part of her culvoy for Q.tebee, under con voy of the HARPY, ketejag with her only a (hip and a brig, which were bould with her for Halifax.— On the aoth of June the PALLAS made the land, but was beat off by contrary winds till about the 3oth of the fame month, when the got into Halifax. The Captain of the CA' overaA and one of his Lieutenants was on board the PALLAS when the letter came away. The CLEOPATRA, our Readers will recoiled, WaS cap tured force time ago by the Ville de Milan, and after wards recaptalcd by the l e mmata. : , ,CONTINEYTAL POLITICS. Yetterday we laid before our Readers loch parti cnlars refpeaing the (late of politics on the Continent, as we were aide to coital from printed Journals and fome private letters, with which we had been fa voured. We have fince received fame 4:Analog-in-; telligence on the fame fubjeCt, from a fourcc - which may be confideredas indifputable "authdrity. It is fufficiently plain from what has been fuffered to tranfpire refpeaing the diplomatic intercourTe be tween the Corms of Vienna and St. Cloud, that ex planations have been :mutually demanded refpeaing the military movements they have refpeaively been carrying on, particularly on the fide of Italy. We can affert, that the language made nfe of by Bows• PARTE has been grois and infulting. Every an has been employed to lull the Houfe of Auftria into a (late of falfe fecurity : bribes have been offered, which, how ever, would have colt France nothing—fome unoffend ing, but weak neighbours, were to be the fufferers. This failing to produce the acquielkence which was expefted, recourfe was had to invalive and thieats; and the impatience of the Ufurper led him to betray his views in to undifguifed a manner, that it was im poflible for the Court of Vienna longer to (hut its eyes to the danger with which all Europe is threatened by the unprincipledambition of the French Ruler. As if the Emperor of Germany had been ihe ag greffor, an ultimatum was delivered by the French Court, and of fuch a nature, that application was immediately made by the former to the Court of St. Peterthurgh, demanding the fulfillment of a treaty ezifting between thefe Powers, by which the one is bound to ant the other in the event of certain cir cumftances mehtioned in the treaty. In confequence of this application, a Ruffian army of fixty thoufand men is now on its march to Brim, which place it was to reach in forty days from the time of its felting out, for the purpofe of fnpporting the Court of Vienna in refitting the infolence of the Cotfican Ufurper. For the correlinefr of this intelligence we pledge ouffilves. It it she refire no longer gi whether pits! is So he main gained between France and iluflria-- War, we snow is termined on, and we fhould not be furprifed to fee hot-', tilities commenced before the termination of antum . Will Pruflia be involved in the war ? -We fay yesi We have firong grounds for believing 'that even that power begins to fee the guiph that lief before it, and which it cannot efcape, Gould BONAPARTE fucceed in his wild projeas. It is not long fince property be. longing to tome flibjals of Prnfila was feized by BER NADOTTE, by exprels ot ars from BONAPARTE. Re monflrances were had rtcobrfe to, as is nfual between powers at peace, to obtain refioration and reparation for the injury, but without effea. The Court of Prnffia obtained nothing but evafory anfwers, and idle unmeaning profaions, and at length was plainit told that the property could not be rylored, having already been difpofid of. This, and other circumflances, have tend. ed not a little to roufe the indignation of the PrufGan Monatch 2g:dna an unprincipled Tyrant, who lets treaties at defiance, and treats with contempt thofe ties which are confidered by civilifed nations as bind ing and facred. From a confederation of theft rafts, we are inclined to believe, that Pzuffia will not continue an idle fpec tater of the great events that are likely to refult from the prefent fituation of affairs on the Continent.— Indeed, we are i zerfuadcd that political opinions have undergone a material revolution at the Court of Ber. En, and that coercive meafures will not now be need. fary to induce it to fend its troops into the field. Yeßerday, at two o'clock, Mr. asurruura, one of his Majefty's Melfengers, arrived at Lord MuL• GRAVE'S Office. in Downing-llreet, with difpatches from St. Petcrfburgh. In confcquence of the death of Vifcount Avow MORE, Chief Barun of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, the following new arrangements are mentioned a. likely to take place in the Law Department in that part of the kingdom The Right Hon. STANDISH O'GRADY, the veleta Attorney- General, to be Chief Baron. Mr. Pct./ NIECT, the preirnt Solicitor-Gtneral. to be Attorney- General.-t-And Mr. Serjeant Busty' to be Solicitor-General, in the room of Mr. PLUNEET. • The place of At orney-Cenral, it is Paid, was offered to Mr. Gtottoc Pox SON ar, and rattled by that Gentleman._ SIR SYDNEY SMITH'S ETPERIMENT.—YeIIerday this gal!ant Officer entertained the inhabitants raid ing at the water-fide with a new kind 6f nautical ex hibition. Some time fince Sir SYDNEY confiruCted the mod,' of a veffel inu-ndad to convey large bodies of troops, without noife or confulion, in {hallow water, under the enemy's batteries. The fiiß experiment took place yellerday morning about ten o'clock, when Sir SYDNEY, a Naval Lieutenant, and fix men, inde pendently of four others who were Rationed at the oars, got on board the veffel, proceeded up to Chel fea, and from thence failed down the River to Green wich. The form of this raft refembles two wherries laid alnngfide, but feparated by means of a platform 24 feet wide and 22 feet long, to which the wherries are attached. Eigh fprit fails carry the veffel. Thefe fails art fo conaruaed as to form, when neceffary, a complete tent, under which the regulating officer and Men are Rationed. The whole contrivance appears very ingenionc, and the moh fanguine expeCtations are formed of its ultimate fucccfs. In our Paper of yefterday, we Rated the large im portations of Foreign Wheat. The quantity lately arrived, and moilly in port, is near 250,000 quarters, which evidently will caufe a further reduftion in the p; ice. A match was made ha week between three gen tlemen of %whetter, for too guineas, 'that an old honk of G. THomrson, Efq. thould trot to miles on the London road within the hour, which he loft by two minutes. . BOUlocn FLOTILLA DOVER, AUGUST 23. — His Malerty's (Imp S..V landed htft night difpatchcs from Admiral DouGtat, cruizing off Boulogne / wh.ioL were immediately fort .off to the Admiralty and to Lord KEITH : they are Taid to contain Intellifebee - that the enenty's4latilla bad nearly all got out of the hathour cf Bouic.ne into the Bay, with troops an board ; and it .7u fuppofed that theY would attempt to crofs the Ch.r.nnel as fru:: as the wind lhould become fair. Our tvadron is now very flreng, and will, no doubt, wive them a warn: reception, thould they put tofea. , . . _ The troops here confid of the Noresampten. Ea ft York, Hereford, IR Royal Surrey, and a d Eta d,, rpent of the Royal Cornilh Hitters. It is very .hazy, and theretcre cannot duungt . r, what force the enemy have got in. Boulogne Road:. —Wind N. W. and modcrate..,. . - TVErmourff. itucgswa. L The Royal family -did /tot return -4e, Owe o'clock IA evening: At 7 they went to , the Theatre. At levet' o'clock.thisanotaing, his Mapirry, with feveral attendants, rode lathe Dprehetter, Barrac k s, and Int - p.a..' th. croopg. slawritctcdrawn out ready for marching into the geld fora grand fharii-fight. The Corps of Sharp-fhootera arc to .3411 at it. Th e ' iht is to be in the neig hbourhood Monkton t e, near Dorcheder ; ihe whole under the command ' of thcir Royal Highnelles the Dtikesufeuisiaatain and KENT. • __ OA his htlaytsrY's return to liVeyasontb, he re' an audience to Sir WILL e tAM • Otittatt, who arnv e d here early ibis morning. His Mayrssr - rimained converfation in confiderable time wlth the worthy Alderman. About eleven the Royal Family, with' a numerous party, tent on board the Royal yacht. On Tuefday 'we had two more Dutch prizes brought in here, taken by privateers. The whole of the regiments here have been Li jaded for fome time pail, in preparation fbr a grand review before his MA.pestY, ton,ts itl *Corifettienee of the corn in this country 'being ready for reaping, a number of farmers waited upon the Duke of Cult lea cat no to allow a certain number s of the foldierkto atlia ; to which application his Royal Higlinefs was pleat - 4 to eonfent. We have every appea rance o f an abnn 'lsaitivaLs—di.ari-aki _caries mieciess44. Yam. kinadant, and CatraffaXitndgnn Preparatory to an infpedion by his Royal Highnefs the Duke of YORK, this day, the whale of the th Light Dragoons, who are quartereet at Hythe, Romney, Dover, Folk(lone; and ,Rye, being attached to tht bsigade under the command of Major•Gencial Mootis, were reviewed on Thurfday by:' their Coal. mending Officer, Colonel THOM AS , upo n a plai n atriut a mile to the Ea ft of the Town, near the Signal Houfe at Folknone Turnpike. They confined °trite troop of too men cads, and made a molt beautid, appearance. On Saturday lift near zoo of the zd battalion of the 79th regiment, arrived at Greenock from &Min, under the command of Capt. CAMERON, on their way to Ireland, • to be attached to the tit battalion. The volunteer regiments are complying with the call lately made upon them by Government, with fo much energy, that it is plain the principle which gave them birth is as much alive Us ever, and that it coeds only an occafion for their fervices in order to be 4. lured of them. The Honourable Artillery Company had a na:ale• rons mnfier at the Artillery Ground on Wednefday, the t4th inilant, in marchirg order, knapf..cks, ha• verfack, canteens, and great coats; and on laft Wed nefday, the 210, in confequence of the following or• der, they affembled as before :—being compleatly equipped in full marching order, they made a molt refpeetable appearance both as to numbers and pline ; a numerous atremblage of genteel compa4y were prefent on the occafion : C. 0. Head Qparters, Aug. t S. I SOS- You are defired to appear here in fervice order, on Wednef&y. the at ft init. at Half-pail. Five o'clock in the afternoon, M. T. a. to hold fourfelf ha readinefs to mutter, at any future period, at t.c fhorteft notice, in the fame order, viz. liaverfack, Canteen, ar4 Knapfack, the latter to contain I fhirt, r pair of ftorkingc. I pit of 111001, 2 flannel waificoats to cover the loins, a flannel night cap, a black Silk handkerchief, a pair of trowfers, a great coat and foraging cap, a . pair of rafters. and feather cafe; pipe clay, black ing ball, pouch Ball, oil (in a tin cafe), tow, flannel; rags, and fponge, emery and bull leather flicks. brufbes for cloaths,fhoes and buttoug, razor. combs, foap, towel! and fixusge, knife, fork and fpoon, to be packed in as fmall a compafs as porible, and alto a turnferew, bruits and picker, - and Gene fpara flints (in the pouch).—Marchinl; Order will be regulated by ciremnitances. At the prefeiat crab', it will be impolfible to difpenfe with you: regular attendance, uulefs fatisfaelory reafons areaffigned to no.. I.E-MESL/RlEft, Colonel, Honourable Artillery CrAireany Yeflerday, at four o'clock, the St. James's Vo lnnteerr, commanded by Lord Amu 'ass-, mull.::red at Burlington Houle, to the number of sro, for the purpofe of being infpeited in marching order, (with knapfacks, haverfacks, canteens, &c.) by Lord BAN suit:. His Lordfhip very minutely examined every man prefent, and was pleated to exprels, in molt high and flattering terms, his entire fatisfaaion at the com plete flare of equipment of the whole regiment. The Corps then paired his Lord(hip in review order, and were afterwards marched to their armoury, Dufour's Place, when, after a neat fpeech from Lord ATRNIRST congratulating them on the handfome encomium paid him by - Lord BANBURY, for their foldier like appearance, they were difinitled. INUNDATION.—A conliderable part of the great. fewer leading from Mary-la-bonne, and joining the river Thames, at Thames Bank, has again blown up by the late inundation, between Pimlico and the Willow Walk, and many of the poor inhabitants in the vicinity, have fo much fuffered, that their cafe.; are truly deplorable. Thurfday morning, as the workmen were clearing away the remains of the late Lord Craven's manlion, in Wych-tireet. Drury-lane, they difc.ivcred a lub terraneous pairtge leading to the Thames.—Some of the workmen have gone at least under ground torty yards fa it; it is very damp, and they thought it dangerous to proceed further. - ^ 1 ••• r Ir 'V ...~.