Star. — London, England, 1805-11-23 00:00:00

NNW '"r. APPEAL. The foaming interefting Article has lately been printed in the German Language, and circulated on the Continent: " England has not provoked the bloody contell • which now extends over the whole Continent of Eu- rope; and if (he has patiently and Wendy endured to long the virulent and unjuft accutations heaped upon her by France, it is becaufe fhe conceived it un becoming het- dignity lo notice affertions deftitute of proof, and crant:yeel in terms of intuiting, felf arro gated fuperiot icy. At a moment, however, when her troops are about to join thofe of other nations, equal ly as herfelf outraged by the nikinfi menaces and aggreffion: of France, the conceives it was no longer prudent in her to delay expofing to all Europe, but chiefly to Ftance itfelf, the undilguifed caufes which • base induced her to call forth the loyalty of her in . h ihitants, and the valour of her troops. Theft caufes originate not in ambitious views on her part, or, as France would have it, in perfidious violation of trea ties, becaufe nhote treaties were found to militate natal her into-efts; hut in the deep deligning eel s iefs ambition of a man, whore fele occupation teems to be congneft, and whole every affirm testifies gard to the common obfervances among men. " When England, penetrated with a proper fence of the miferies a long and doubtful war had entailed • upon her inhabitants, contented to accept even a ddadvantageous peace, the prepared with fidelity to execute every article of the treaty, and the moll !. undeniable proof of her fincerity was given by a complete difinanding of her (hips, and a general dif banding of her troops; all the warlike cores were fald without referee, and even the barracks were nis i furnithed of every article of ufe or comfort. Such was the actual (late of Great Britain a very few months alter the Definitive Treaty of Amiens had been ratified by the feveral parties—nay, In unfufpi• cious was England cf any impediments taking place to the hoped tor bletfing, that even pending the ne gociation, the contented to France fending over to St. Doinlego an immenfe force, both in troops and thippwg, and which any croaked policy on her own part would undoubtedly have thrown un her defence la> W.fl India ;mai:Mons. " One point Anne remained to be fettled, the eva cuation of Malta, a pla...z of no importance to Eng land, tittles at war wi h France, but of incalculable magnitude once oectipi,d by that relllefs power. To • guard agaitill the Ffilhility of fuch an event, Eng land required its neutrality to be guaranteed by both Rullia and Anibia ; and until this arrangement could •. take plane, flit prudently refilled to evacuate the for ma. France, on her part, melted with a furpicious impatience the fulfilment of this part of the treaty of Austen', and while (he arrogantly and loudly exaEled what the termed her tight, the did not even attempt to difguife her own views on the independence of this impregnable ir.a.3l. All Europe has witneffed the • fucceffive encroachments of France on the rights of ) independent na:ions—every month annexed to her dominions thine fret,: ;co:Ilion of dignity and power, not only thereby merely eggvandizing herfeif, but weakening, to an alarming degree, thole hates, from which alone a nit and due balance of power could be expeCled. At no eeriod of thn billory of France were her telOnrces Go imuecnfe as at the termination of the fail war. All Brabant, Savoy, a confiderebte part of Germany, were annexed for ever to her Crown. He nho wore it a mighty Conqueror, a t the head of an obedient and numerous army, teemed to be left withritit a hope or a with unformed or un gratifie4. Peace as in his gtafp, Ole Arts courted his (miles, and offered full fruition to his mandates. " Such was the proud date of France at the con , elution of the war. Let us now turn a hefty view P. on the fituation of other Powers. Auttria, humbled, and almoft ruined, entertained not a with to renew the war ; Ittitlia was in amity with France ; Prufsa almoft her ally; the weak Powers feared and courted .• her ; England, as has been ken, ferioufly prepared to enjoy the bicilings of Peace. . 4 Switzerland, Holland, and Piedmont, all Italy indeed, demanded only to be left to their own inter nal regulations ; their independence could not injure . ; France ; their enmity could only lead to their own de ll Ilralion. Such was the date of Europe, when, with if 7 a wanton tyranny, unparelleled in the hi inry of En. rope, Buruirmirri feized on all there nations, and int ' • vied on them his own iron yoke. He did more; under •• the pretence of fending Commercial Agents to the rowers with which he had just figned a peace, he in et odueed eng:neers to take fiaundings of her ports, and plans of 111.1,i:wills ; then, and not till then, England I • t oo k alarm ; and when the well known mill Si i m t d ii e m public, bam e wh at at ence o i r n- e 1 1 1 lA ld 6r o i ll a rY i t t e " el l. l .- a gY l P ti t o7 4 gf,p l pi difputable prnnf to the Nations of Europe. To the inhabit lig a of France we fubmit it, could Eng. land do lei: than et ; her commetce refit ;act! and refuted, her ince :lot tampered with, the terms of the treaty vittuaily intrieg.:ti, our very existence threat ened, the had nn al. er iintive but *at lubtuElinn, or unequal war. Sue thole the latter, and Goo has Ct owned her etf. , : V. to pit lerve her liberty and tier ho. noir. Let then the world at large judge, on what mctiv,:s is at r eftnt at war with the whole of the Conti.notal ; while, at the fame time, ' Frenchmen well ti.. w-11 to relief), whether it is for their honour, or their happinefs, to fupport the cnn , viittance of a war, merely to gratify the inordinate • • ntonitnnt of one man, who feta at nought the lives liberties of the Great Nation over whole deli s i:s he rules, provided their facri4ce is the con fummation of ors unjuti and frantic &fires. Eng land, fo eotitixntly accufed of being the Pole pro minter of the war, to unworthily . and unjultly charg int with the perpetration of crimes foreign to the i c h a ratter :Limped upon her great renown, fau pies not h n to de clare , that her (word will be fhentlied •- the very lira uninsent that. France difavows the right of meddling with the political relations of , mistral independent States, and confines herieif to loch limits as are compatible with the freedom of other eat io:i. : lint while the continues to manifelt her ' eaorbitaut ptentiniuns,untound.td aannacknowledged, England .out emnley with a tarn hand all that gold (to much the envy of France) the fair produce of her labour 4r.d her lkiil.to fupport the tottering'andatfailed • Veen its of mankind. Without a with for aggratn dirt Inet:t, the tights only for independence and feCu ' !fey alid it France is animated, as the rays fin is, ysith ri!":44T pr-nfc is m 451 404.1! LONDON. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 23. PRICE OP STPOCKti Tiiis DAY ON O'CLOCK: Confols, for money, 6ol—for account, 6c.1. Reduced 59M—Onmium 6. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 15151 India Bonds, par is. prem. 3 5,1 C . Red. Ann. 59 1 / I Imp. 3 per Cent 5 3 j 3 per C ConL Mallet I Imp Ann. RE IS-I 6 4 peT Cent. y(4.1 Exchey. Bins, par is prem. 5 Cent. Navy pttit Omnium 6 prem. per Cent. '797, 991 Conf. for ace. 6of Lima Ono. ;y 146 Englifh Tickets, 191. tst. - _ COURSE OF :XCIIANGE. Aenfterdant 35 8a UL Cadiz pap Naples 421 Do. at ftgbt 34 10 Ditto 34 elf. Gtl/01 48 Rotterdam II 6 s Uf. Madrid pap Lilbon 62 Hantburgk 32 9st Uf Ditto 30 tlr. Oporto 62; Alton& 31 10 2 3C. Bilbao an ett Dublin lit Paris 1 dais date ss 4 fir. Leghorn 531 Cork 13 Paris - as is 1 tit I Vadeesoilirres Picoli Lir:dive Bcr.adeaux 15 13 ditto for 11. fleriing. Aglo on tile Bank of Holland 51 per Cent. Pm tutal Gold in Coin, per ounce 40 0 0 Gold in Bare ditto 0 0 0 New Dollars, per ounce • 5 7 It is reported very currently that orders have been Seed from the War Office, to prepare camp equi page for 4o,oooinfantry,and to,ooo cavalry, de fl incd for fervice on the Continent. This may, perhaps, be corree, but it is at the fame time as confidently reported that a number of merchant veffels, hired for tranfport fervice, have been, for the prefers', laid alide. No farther accounts have been received from the Continent. It is undertlood, however, that by the laft arrival, Government received intelligence of the Ruffians and Swedes having paired the Elbe on the Loth, t tth, and tall, and that they now cordially co-operate with the Profhairs in Hanover. Accounts have, it is raid, been alto received of a large body of RuWan troops having landed at Venice from Corfu, and having fine joined the Archduke CHARLES on the Brenta. It is confidently reported that a Dutch paper of the 16th has been received in town, by a private channel, which mentions a great battle having been fcnght on or about the 6th, the particulars of which had not been (offered to tranlpire. We have not been able to obtain a fight of the paper. A gentleman who carpe by the lafi packet from the Continent Rates, that the las fliftail,ed by the French in the actions which preceded the capture of Ulm, amounted to upwards of thirty thonfand men ! What a difference between this and the number Rated in the Mositeur, viz. fifteen hundred. A few fuch victories would ruin Bop/ Ant AT E ' S army. The fame gentleman Rates, that it was currently reported that Boraratra bad tefolved to ereS the Eledorate of Bavaria into an in-DEPENDENT kingdom. by adding thereto the territory taken from the Empetor of Germany in the prefent campaign, and thereby to limit the Aollrian territorics. A Swedifh veP.'el is arrived in the River, which left Vigo fome time in the beginning of the prefent . I month. We arc harpy to learn from her, that the IlsitoN A man of war, about which fome anxiety was entertained, was cruising off that port when the failed from it. The Maher hates, that it was by no means undertiood at Cadiz, that Lord liktsou had affumed the command of the &kith fquadron at the time the Combined Fleet left that port. When the remnant of the fleet returned and gave the intelligence of the capture of the refit, the whole place was in a (late of the ntmoft conhernation, and thole that announced the difaller feemed equally aflonifhed. It was ad mitted, at both Cadiz and Vigo, that the lots fuf tained by the Combined Fleets amounted in all to twenty-two fail of the line. SQJJADRON OFF BOULOGNE. DOVER, NOVEMBER 22. Since I wrote yelierday, we have not had any ar. rivals film cur fquadron off Boulogne, but as the wind has continued to blow from the N. W. fop pore no attack bas yet been made on the enemy's flo tilla. The Leeward Iflands fleet from Spit!:?.ad, palled by here this morning for the River. Came in leaky. the fhip Charlona, Captain WALLESSTEEN, of and kr Nordliciping, wiih a cargo of fait, from Terra Vechia. ANOTHFR LETTER, SAME DATE. _ _ A heavy cannonade was heard here from ten laft night to near one this morning, and it is generally believed, that Sir SYDNEY SMITH has made a partial attempt. This account is fa: they confirmed by a gen tleman from Fon:none, who declares that he faw the greatel light off Boulogne that he ever witneffe.d, and at the fame lime he heard a firing. The Couataa cutter failed to-day with dWpatcbes for Sir SYDNEY. Six o'cissi.—A report is is circulation ! that Sir Sirnasr, with his fqoadron, was fern half channel cver, at day light this morning, beating to windward. Yeiterday morning his hiaierrv, the Prim:elks Aucusra, SOPHIA, and AtiLLIA, attended by Ltdy WYNYARD, tock as 4i:in,: on hot febads in Windfor (itedli ['Ark. Thurfday morning, at ten r.'clock, he whole attic retinue belonging► tt, his Royal nighties the Duke of GLOUCESTEi let tt...vn, or. their way for Liverpool; and cn Toeiday ben his Royal Highners will pro ceed to sefume the command of that Ditirid, where he Intends remaining till the 7th of January next, when be will return to town, to take bio fcat in the Hook of Lords. TRIAL OF MR. JUSTICE JOHNSON, ' FOR A LABEL. _ This morning, at eleven o'clock, the trial of Mr. Juftice JoHNsoN, for a libel, figned Jarrett:a, and publifhed in Cobbet's Journal, came on in the Court of King's Bench, before Lord Ecesmaosouno, Judges GROSE / Lew/alum and Sir Si mom Ls BLANC, and a Special Jury. Mr. ABBOTT opened the cafe, and lead feveral parts of the alledged Libel. The Arroals Er GENLR AL addreffed the Jury in the molt forcible language that the cafe could poffibly admit of. I Mr. Coasrrr proved his having received by poll two letters on the affairs of Leland, figned, ~ juv.rna." Mr. WHITE of the Treafury ; Mr. Wat. Les, Sell citor to the Commiffionets of Revenue in Ireland, and Mr. ORMSBY, an Attorney, proved the hand writing of Mr. Jullice JoHNsoN to the belt of their knowledge. . .. . The trial was going on when this account wai written for the prefs. CHATHAM, NOP'. sz. The detachment of the German Legion which paf- I fed through this town on their way to the coal}, a few days back, are to return to Gravefend and North fleet, and to be joined by four companies of their comrades quartered at niidlione, is order to be im mediately embarked. Large detachments of the waggon train have, for many days pall, been entering and departing from Rochelier ani Chatham : one company is expeded here this day from Canterbury ; thole that are in quarters here are to proceed immediately to North ' fleet—they are in expeEtation of being embarked on Monday.—The KENT, Captain GARRETT, yeaerday went down to the Nore. The Ifabella, Captain SMITH. is arrived at Newry, in thirty days, from New Iriirk ; we are happy to Rate,that the yellow fever had entirely fublided before Captain SMITH failed. He has brought over clean bills of health ; the Board of Health having declared the city was convalefcent. - - - Difpatclus were yellerday received at the Admi ralty from our fleet off Breft. The enemy had not for fonic time made any movement which called for increafed a6livity on the part of Admiral Coem- WALLIS. Difpatches have been received from Admiral Coc BRAN E, brought to Greenock lafi Saturday night by the armed (hip Governr.r PiElon, Capt. RITCHI B. They arc dated Trinidad, the later end of Septem ber, where the Admiral had arrived with the Not- TH UMBERLAND,Of 74 guns, and the BEAULIEU and ETH ALUM frigates, a few days before the Pition fail. ed. The convoy was to leave Trinidad on the 81 ultimo. A very gallant aftion has been fought in the Weft Indies by his Majefty's fchonner Mozastatctst it, of 12 guns, and 46 men, commanded by Lieutenant Jour/ CAMPBELL. In returning from Tortola, whither fhe had efcorted a detachment of (hips from the other iflands to join tse late convoy, the fell in with the fa mous French privateer Grand Decide, of 3o guns, and 250 men. The Frenchman, confident of making this little bark his prize, dafhed alongfide, hot met with fuch an unexpedled and warm reception, that he was obliged loon to haul off to repair his damages. He began the attack a fecond time with no better fuccefs, as the gallant little crew of the MozastatcLye fought with redoubled courage, and fo tore up the privateer that fhe was obliged finally to fheer off. Our little bark, however, purfued the flying French• man with a determination to take him by boardink which the height of the netting prevented. As an adieu, however, they gave the privateer a third and complete mauling. Lieutenant CAMPBELL rsceived great praife for his intrepid condusq, and the Admiral, it is laid, was immediately to promote him. The Governor Pidon left Trinidad on the eft ult. under convoy of his Majefty's fchooner PREVOST ; came to windward of, and looked into Tortola, and parted from her on the 3d, clear of Grenada. On the Bth, fpoke the Danifh brig Anna Elizabeth, CRC/ORMOLU, from Sr. Thomas, bound to Copenha gen, which kept company for three days, parted from her in chafe of a French fchooner privateer, which had been hovering about them, and loft her in the night. On the (sth, in ht. 25. 21. long. 63. fell in with, and was chaced for three days by a fhip, which they took to be a Britilh frigate. On the ;ft infl. in lat. 46. 40. long. 38. 31. fpoke the brig Mary, Sawnzasorr, from Newfoundland, bound to Lifbon, two other brigs in fight, part of a fleet which failed Flom thence for Portugal, under convoy of the JA. MAICA frigate, and parted from her the day before. The letters from Trinidad notice the excellent Rate of health enjoyed by the inhabitants, and (peak in high terms of the improvements made throuLhout the Ifland. There were feveral letters from Rotterdam, of the (4th, (hewn publicly nn the Exchange, that fuch was the univerfal diarefs in Paris for money, that no fewer than t away : four Bader, had flop payment, and that the bank paper bore a difcount of 12 per cent. Private letters have been received from Paris, dated 7th inn. which mention that the death of the gallant Capt. WRIGHT did not take place till the ill, though the Paris Papers of the 29th of tall month, nun tioned it as having occurred on the 27th. A private letter from Paris of the soth, received by the lalt conveyance, liates, that the Second Surgeon of the Temple lately blew out his brains ; but previ• oully fent to three Foreign Ambaffadots at Paris, an account of the Coffering , and death of Capt. WRIGHT, for whom he had the greaten attachment. Accord ing to his flatement, Captain WRIGHT had twice fuffered tortures, and on the rack, Aber refilling Bo- Isaraati's offer of being appointed an Admiral in France, if he betrayed the confidence of his nun G« vernment, and when TALLayaaaDprettrifedto fled kati to Eogood, he was already mutilated, and under the care of this Surgeon. His death is Coil have been the fame as that of General PICHFCI.t., by the tiring sf a Mameluke, after having endar,d with heroifut all the tortures Corfican baabality could in- L Hie, or French cruelty perpetrate. 70 THE FDATtilt or MI! ST M. Sta..-Allow me to infert your valuable Paper, an exprellion cf (inure eong: atulation to the Briar Public, on the zeal which has gone abroad to perpe tuate the glory of our late vielory by fea, as well as the gratitude of the prefent generation to the Hero under whom it was obtained. The ereetion of naval pillars, in this miffrefs•ifland of the ocean, is juitiried by the glory of our atchievements, and the neceffity of holding out to our children's children, that 'lkons mutt never ceafe to be invincible on the ocean. When the prefent generation Shall have pa Ted away, let poflerity tell, with exulting and grateful hearts, to " the (hanger and traveller, thofe pillars were conk. " crated by our fathers, as emblems of thofe heroic " men whofe virtues were the pillars of their country." Such fentirnents and proceedings are worthy of Britons ; but, I.hope you will not think it favour, of the bath(); in compofition, to conclude this eulogy on my country's honours, by Acing if you or any of your Correlpondents can inform the Public, what is become of the money fubfcribed, a few years ago, for the grand National Naval Pillar (a fum amount ing to feveral pound:. ?)—The money has been long a go given by the Subfelibers, and, as one of that number, I with to know in what part of the Britilh Empire this Pillar has made its appearance —or, whether the Subferibeis may be favoured with either a fight of the Pillar, or the Money they fubfcribed for its ? I am, your's, refpeftfully, INThiIOGATOR, Dun.—Tuefday a Duel was fought at Falmouth between Lieut. Ross, of the Growler gun-brig, and Mr. St M P3ON, the Sub-Lieutenant of the fame ve ffel , in which Lieutenant Ross received a wound in the hand, which rendered amputation neceffary. It was performed on board the Tromp prifon !hip. The Surgeon and Clerk of the gun-brig attended as Se conds. The Senior Officer of his Majefty's fhips in the harbour has put them an under arreft. Captain lecture, of the Weft York Volunteer Ca. valry, has been moft honourably acquitted by the Court of Inquiry, held on him at Leeds ; and the fatten privates who fubfcribed the charges againft him have been difmiffed the Corps, by order of the _ Secretary of State. The account done of Captain Dure4fons having been killed, and another lofing both his legs in thc late at9ion in which their gallant father was Hain, is, we underhand, untrue, The fecond expedition deftined for the Continent is expeded to fail in the courfe of a fortnight. The gth, zBth, 36th, and 139th regiments, which are to form a part of it, are now on their way from Cork.— The tranfports with thofe corps on board accompany the homeward bound Weft India fleet, under convoy of his Majetty's (hips AFRICAINE, DI.VID, and He- LENA, t he whole of which arrived in the Channel on Monday, and are hourly expelled in the Downs. Colonel THOMAS Leroicrogi -- with his family, arrived at the Talbot Inn, Shrewfbury, on Friday 141, after an abfence of nearly thirty-fix years, in the Eaft Indies, from his native town. It is the determination of the Lieutenancy of the county of York, to reduce the number of attendants on the different beacons within that county. An offi cer am, three privates have hith:rto-conftituted the eitabliihment at each put, the former receiving one guinea, and the latter 17s. 6d. per week each, ex clufive of an allowance of 55. 33. for fuel, for the f.me period; making the whole expence 31. t Bs. od. per week, or 2041. ifs. per annum for every beacon; onitead of which, one careful married foldiar is to be fubftitnted, whereby a confiderable Caving will ac crue to Government. The plan, we underhand, has already been carried into effedl at feveral Rations in the north and fouth divifinns of the Holderneis dif t.id, and other parts on the Yor kfhire coat. The Earl of Es sEx purchafed on Monday laft the elegant town manfion of Mr. Score, in Hill-arca, Berkeley-fquare. On Saturday the 16th of November, the Officers of the 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons, prefented a very handfome Sword to Colonel BOLTON, who was lately removed from the command of that Regiment, accompanied with the following letter : DEAL, NOVEMBER 16, 180 c. The Officers of the 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons deeply iraprelfed with the !iron& affection towards you as a friend and brother Officer, and fully fenfible of your dißingulfhed abilities, as a fuldier and a Gentleman in the difeharge of your duty, have unani aloofly rdolved to requeft your acceptance of the accompanying Sabre. The fituation to which you have been called by command of his Majefty, although it deprives the Regiment of the pleafure always experienced under your Command, is however highly g ratifying to your brother Officers, who only hope that it may be followed by other marts of the Royal favour, when your fuperior profef- Bona merits may be more advantageoufly &played in the fervice of your Country. At the requeft of the Officers, Colonel Bolton, &c. Ike. M. HEAD, Lt. Col. 1 3th Drag. To which Colonel BOLTON returned the following anfwer : Colonel Bolton prefects his compliments to the officers of the 13th I.ight Dragoons, and has to beg their acceptance of his heft thanks for the Sabre, which they have done .him the, honour to prefent bins with It is highly gratifying to the learns of Colo nel Bolton, that he basfucceeded in carrying. en the duties .c.f the regiment to the fat isfidlion of his brother Officers, whole condudt has at all times merited his eftcem ancLapnrobation. and fur whole weit . .ire and happinels he will ever fed deeply laterated. Landon, Nov.lll, tios. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, DOCTORS COMMONS*. —Yellerday the Right Honourable Sir Wm. Sc..r . i . proceeded to the adjudication of the following lhip cafes : Eliza and Caty, Claffiby matter —This yard, ander American. colours, with a cargo of Welt India prodine, on a vnYksc to Rotterdam, was captured by his Majclhy's Blip of war Ariailne, the Hon. Edward King Commander, and brought to Dover. Ship and cargo reflored as claimed, referring the confideration of the captor's colts. Concordia, Pabrigruß mafter--•This Swedifh Blip, with a car go of tar, iron, eauvals, and various other articles, on a voyage Iron Carlfliamm to the Me of France, was captured by his Ma jelly's g un brig Broiler, Lieut. Thomas &slithers Commander,. and brou g ht to Portfmouth. Further enquiry was direded in this, with refpedt to the articles, which were contended to tall under the drkriptioa of contraband: Maria, Manifest( matter—Tiller:cal, alfn under Swedil co. Inure, laden with a cargo of iron and Reel, was captured by his Msjuty's booth veCA ..teteur, James Collins, Elq: Commander, at al bt oufbt to Portfmuuth Snip and part of the cargo saluted, the tubs r part dire Red to further proof. On the 4th inft. was folorinized at Rochdale, a marriage, wherein the bride and bridegroom, niu rher, filter, fon, danghtci, aunt, nephew, and bro ther, were in all but three perfom. • 4 P