Star. — London, England, 1805-08-21 00:00:00

...Here Imrel of the enemy were killed, but we c.stli nut pint the gates open with all our force ; at jail the wicket gave way to the butt end rf our mu fleets. 'fl'er- ate fix 3 pounders mounted on carriages on the ti-ftions, and four pieces of a (mailer fize on !WI • brfides 36 gingals of a very good kind. Our lola is very trifling, confidering how much we w ere candid for three hours and a half ; there was one s e pal , and a Clalhee killed : (even or eight Se pays, three Clafhees, one Bullock Driver, and four or five of the irregulars wounded. I have the 'ho nour to be, &c. &e. (Signed) C. HUTCHINSON. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21. pa OCP. OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON P.#O•CI.OrKs Ccnfob for money and Account 5711--Reduced 581 t 0 mnium aii—Exch. Bills, par is. pr. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. ',Ank Stnelc, 178 z 764 Long Ann. 16 13-03 ptr C. Red. Ann. 58} 58 Imp. Ann. of 3.16 3 ire• r Ccnt. Conf. An. 57+ , 11 Exch. Bills, is. dif. ts. prem. 4 per Cent. 2511 Omnium a} a preen. 5 per Con . Navy 881} Lottery Tickets, 191. 55. 5 per Cent. 1797, soon 1 Conf. for ace. 5711 i COURSE OP EXCHANGE. Amfterdam 37 to a Uf. Cadiz pap Naples 4c3 De. at light 37 1 Ditto 331 Lit Genoa 45: - Rottcniun lt 18 2 Uf. Madrid pap l.ifbon 6o liani:rurgh 35 4 l Ilf. Ditto 33/ cff. rporto 6it A : tooa 35 s a i rjf. Bilboa 331 dr. Dublin 13 Psri , i day's date as 12 liv. Leghorn so Cork 14} Paris - a 6 oa UL Venice 6a Ewes Picoli cffedive lieurdcaux 26 I ditto per tl. fterling. Agio on the Bank of Holland s per Cent. Fortuna' Gold in Coin, per ouuce £ 4 0 0 Gold in Bars ditto 4 0 0 New Dollars, per ounce 0 5 3 Donis, AUGUST 16.—Each. Dublin on London t si rat. Letters, we underfland, were yefterday received by the Gottenburgh Mails, which Rate that a num ber of Engl6 merchant (hips at Cronftadt have, with the concurrence of the Britilh Minifter and Conful, been put in requifition, for the purpofe of tranfport ing Ruffian troops. It is Paid, they will be carried to Strallund, and employed in conjunction with the Swedifh forces in the protection of Pomerania, and for any future operations that may be concerted.-- , - We hope this is true. for it augurs a vigour and promptitude which fonie did not expel. The French, we apprehend, as little expel it, and may not be prepared to refift the eftablifhment of a Ruffian force there.—The King of PRUSSIA too may be furprifed and overawed by a ftrong force. Pruffia undoubtedly views with apprehenfion the potlibility of being forced into the war; or indeed her neighbourhood being made the fcene of it. If a ftrong Ruffian army is landed in Swedill Pomerania, Prnffia may be com pelled to take a fide, ac he has pofitively declared to Sweden, that be would fuffer no military prepara tions in Pomerania. It is certainly likely to lead to very important confequences. It was reported too that the troops in queftion were to be brought to this country, and that a Ruffian fleet was immediately to join the North Sea fquadron. We hope this, or at leift the IA part of it, is true, for a Ruffian fquadron would be of great fervice at preterit, when the Combined Fleets are become fo numerous. At a Lite hour !aft night we received French pa. p:rs to the 14th, and Dutch to the zSth inflant. The Moniteur of the t ith contains the French ac count of the battle of the xid July. The French Admiral's letter partakes a little of the nature of that tranfmitted by the Commander of the Britith (qua dron ; it is neither clear, explicit, nor fatisfaelory.— In other refpeas the difpatch is fufficiently modell, although M. VILLENEUVE'S manner of accounting for the abfence of the two Spanifh flips, favours fomewhat of the account tranfmitted to the Cnnven- ti , n, after the battle of the Fiat of June. He ad mits that the Combined Squadron had the advantage of the wind ; but that it was iMpoffible, notwith fignding, to bring our fleet to aaion in the man• ner he wilhed. The affertion that the iquadion criiwded all fail to avoid the aulinn, is riot only contradided by every letter which has been received from it, but by the unintentional admit:Eon of the French Admiral himself if his objea was to get into Ferrol, and that he chafed the Englilh fqua dron, which feemed difpofed to difpute his palfage to it, how comes it that he fell fo many leagues to the Southward of Cape Finifierre five days after :he ac tion ? One would really imagine, from the difpatch of M. VroLoNEUVP t that he had driven Sir ROJIMT CALDER down to Cape St. Vincent, or the mouth of the Streights. But thus it is in all deviations from truth and fan; it requires an almoft unattainable de gree of circumfpeCtion to avoid inconfiflencies and palpable contradictions. The French account agrees perfedly with Sir R. 1 ...1.1Dp a's, as to the thick fog in which the battle took ; Lc..., by which little order could be maintained in sight. It fays that they were obliged to fire by the light of the flafhes of our guns. In this cafe our iMps could not fee much better. But this Rate of the two fietts, and of the weather, accounts for fo few bring killed in an adion of fix hours. The French Admiral teems likewife coned in Rating that he ha& Ihd Sir R. CALDER'S fira attempt to break his line, which, indeed, Sir R. CALDIAI'i letter admits. This tranceuvr,e was judicious on the part of the French, defirous to avoid a dote action. Had they been con. Lent of their own powers, they would not have de cliaed the mode of fighting attempted by our fleet. Their having the weather gage, which it is evident y the French Admiral's letter they poffeffed, pre vented Sir It. CALDER from breaking their line. So far the French account is tolerably correct, much most fair, indeed, than we expelled. Beyond_ this, however, is the debateable ground ; for Vii.. isasova talks of what paffed after the battle. He (peaks, then, as if it had been his firm intention to renew the battle, and that he did every thing in his power to bring our fleet to anion. On the day im mediatelyfubfequent to the engagement, VI axes toys fays he found it impoffible to bring our fquadron to aftion in the way he fhould have wifhed. On the day following that, he fays, that cur fleet had got greatly to leeward under a profs of fail, and that he found it impoffible to bring them to aition. ' The teßintony of the enemy, that it was in the power of Sir R : CALDER to renew the engagement, we think will be received with mach caution, more par ticularly when they faid they tried in vain to force to it a fleet that had captured two of their (hips. If it he true, however, as faid. by Admiral VILLINEuva of the French, and Lieutenant Nrc noxsom of the Britilb Navy, that Sir R. CALDSS. had an opportunity of re newing the fight if he. pleafed, then • Sir R.. CALM& has to explain why he did not do it. The enemy remaining four days in fight, is a firong fad, tending to flew that they would have fought, for there feems no reafon to doubt that they might have run away fooner. If then Sir ROSIRT CALDIR might have had another battle if he chore, it follows either that it would have been injudicious in the Rate his fleet was in, to renew the fight with a fleet Rronger by four fail of the line, feveral fifties and frigates, than his—or that he did not do-his duty. If any credit is given to the French Admiral, then it follows clear ly that Sir R. CALDER is to blame for not fighting, or praife-worthy for being able to avoid being brought to action with a fquadron, in a Rate unfit to renew, the combat with a reafonable prob.rbiliry of fueeefs.; Upon this point we are utterly at a lots to decide. This we are credibly informed, however, that the Captains of Sir R. CALDER'S fleet, fo far from blam ing him refpcding the aCtion of the aid, allow him the greatelt merit. We have heard of none who blame him, and we know that feveral praife him in the warrneft terms. This, if true, as we have reafon to think it is, mull be decifive in Sir R. CALDER'S fa. your ; and mutt fhift from him the blame of the enemy's efcape. The pi aCtice of conveying political fentiments, in the fhape of notes on articles of intelligence extratted from the foreign papers, feems to have been matured into a fyllem by the Government of BONAPAILTE.— We have now a third of thofe extraordinary docu ments within the courfe of a few days. The defign of the article is to thew the impolicy and improbabi lity of Aufiria going to war with France, though the Moniteur gig es a letter from Trent (fee the STAR of yefierday), in which the Auftrian preparations in the Tyrcl are mentioned, and the probability of war. In• deed, the official journal admits that peace or war will depend on the Emperor of Germany. In the article t., which we allude, Aufiria is treated with more than ufual refpee : even England receives lefs abuffa than ufual—the quarrel between two Great [Nation: is Lunt I.:ed, and Ruffia is held out as the odious fc,menter of the difpute, with a view to Of aggrandizement. About a quarter before so o'clock this morning, Lord NELSON arrived at the Ad nirAlty-office, where he remained for Come time ; his Lordlhip then pro ceeded to the houfe of his Agents, in Norfolk-Greet, and thence to Somerfet Houle. In his wayto and from there places, his perfon was no fooner recognifed than he was furrounded by an immenfe multitude of all defcriptions who flocked together from every quarter, to have a view cf this enterprifing hero, fo much dif. tinguithed by his atchievements, and the animated zeal which he has on every occafion difplayed to maintain the -naval glory of Great Britain. We are happy to add, that his Lordfbip looks re• markably well, and is expetted to join his fleet in a few drys off the North coati of Ireland, the place of its deftination, as we Hated in our Paper of yetterday. BRIGADE ORDERS BY MAJOR GENERAL THE EARL OF 3ANBURY. London, Anguß r 4, 1805. Mayor General the Earl of Banbury having communicated to the different corps compofing his Brigade. the orders of his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York td'hold thentklves in readinefs for im mediate fervice,feels it his duty to imprefs on their minds the ne ed:fay of being in codflant preparation ; as, in the event of the or der being iffued for marching, circumfbutees will not admit of a moment's delay, sr any made for any Volunteer not immediately joining. From Lord Banbury having experienced hitherto an invariable attention to difeipline, and a very ready compliance with the ad ruitise and forms incidental thereto, he now begs to recommend to his Brigade es little perfonal baggage, both as to officers and men, as poffible. For the Officers, their perfonal baggage to be no more than what may be taken by one man; for the nuo.commillioned officers and privates, he would only recommend their knap racks, two thins, one pair of (backings, one pair of shoes, and a foraging cap. He conceives this is the whole of what is weary, and will enable the brigade to move without difficulty on the (hermit notice, and he is confident, if they have more, it will only tend tt, embarrafs them, and withhold them from their duty as culelicrie He muft remiod the L,fficeis all pc rfooal confideration of harks cilia be out of the queftion--He trufts that upon the alarm being giVen. every man will instantly repair to his alarm poR, and there wait further orders. Lord Banbury recommends black gaiters inftead of boots. The Brigade may raped to be immediately ordered for general infpeffiion, by General the Earl of Harlington in marching order, therefore Lord Banbury wiffies for an early day to be fixed for re ceiving them hiinfelf on their drill ground. • I'. Rat Di, Brigade Major, London DiltriEt. The Loyal Southwark, and feveral of the Loyal London Regiments were out yeaerday, praelifing againft the General Review day on 'l'hu.fday, at Blackheath. , The Cuflom-houfe Guard, Lieut. Col. WiLlom, had yellerday a field day in the King's Tobacco Warehoufe. On Saturday they will be infpelled and giviewed by _Lord • NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS I)AY.—Wind Welt. ♦ll. DUI.. ♦ll. but. I o Hamburgh o s I I Gottenburgh 0 i • O I DAM Waterford Utbm DOUR. AUGUST so.—His Maitity 9 S ship Tat) ST if failed this afternoon for the French Coaft. A fqna dron of about 6o of the enemy's flotilla, confifling of - feveral large brigs, fchooners, and (tore fchuos, are now running down along &ore from the Eaftward towards Boulogne. with a Ire& breeze from the N. L One of our frigates and two gun-brigs are (landing towards them, and feveral frigates, gun-brigs, &c. are juft to the Weftward of Blancnez, off which Point as there is plenty of water, they no doubt will attack the Ikulking Frenchmen, if there be a probability of cutting them off from the land. DIAL ) AUGUST 20.-Put back the AGINCOURT man of war, which failed yefterday for Dungeneft ; i'bemoaraLira frigate, and DlLtotmea Hoop of war from a eruize, and remain in the Downs with the fhips WI per loft : alfo arrived the COCKATILICR (loop of war, with a convoy from Plytnouth,which remains. The Zs v floop of war has a fignal flying for a convoy to the Weßward. Wind N. E. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 20.—Sailed the DRYAD frigate, on a cruize ; Vssovtus bomb with a con voy, for Pfymouth alfo failed from Si Helen's, his Majeßy's (hip Ettostsos, with the outward bound EaR Indiamen, South Seamen, Afritansen, and fe vers' tranfports under convoy, to the weßward. Ar rived the American brig Eagle, from New York, bound to Cherburg, detained : (he has a per- fon on board who reports, that he was Steward of his Majeßy's (hip BLANCH,, Captain MUDGE, which chip was captured in the Weft Indies, by a French frigate, a floop of war, and a brig, after a defperate engagement, and loon after [truck. Wind eagerly. ANOTHIR LITT' R SAME DAM—Went out of hair bour this afternoon the BEILLOIII 9 of 74 guns, Capt.' Pazia.--LaR night, about eight o'clock, Lord NeLsore landed from on board the VICTORY, and, in about an hour afterwards, fet off from the George Inn in a poll-chaife and four for London. The So ffits, of 74 guns, Captain Kum, was not releafed from quarantine till this morning. The Vrczorty is ordered into harbour to be docked. This morning arrived the American brig Eagle, Captain Patty, from New York, bound to Cherbourg, fent in by the SALAMI !loop, Captain PRIVOST. The maf ter of her Rates, that the BLANCH& frigate, Cap . lain Mums, on the Jamaica Ration, had fußain. ed a very dreadful conflia with a French frigate, two (loops of war, a corvette, and a brig, and that the being overpowered by fo fuperior a force, the was obliged to (trite, but that the funk foon after wards. Captain MUDGR, who, it will be acknow ledged by all who know him, is as brave and good an officer as any in his Majeßy's fervice, was well. The adion was fought on the 17th of July, in lat. zo. COR IC, Au Gorr 14..—A confiderable degree of bur tle and adivity prevailed at Cove lat night, in con fequence of a report that t 8 fail of (hips which were feen on the coati belonged to the enemy. The Louts frigate came to outfide Spike Ifland, and fent a boat with an officer on (bore to Rear-Admiral Dauav, and failed immediately. Signals were making from, the telegraph on Carli fl e Fort continually. The un-1 certainty at laf cleared away, and they proved to be 17 fail of outward-bound EAR Indiamen, under con voy of the Bs way EU X line of battle (hip. During the time that the defcription of the fleet was unafcer tained, Admiral DRURY was at Cove, in order to make arrangements to meet any exigency which might arifc in the event of their being an enemy.— The fleet arrived at Cove this day. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVE/11ND. Ann. 4o.—Palled by the Jane, Teafdale, from Quebec; Goodintent. Bennett, from Gibraltar; " For fters ; Durham, Hanfon ; Cecilia , Ohlers ; Flack, Ritchie ;Jonge Jan, Allis ; and the Maria Margaretta, —, from Tonning•en ; St. Antonio, .---, from Charente ; !smear!, Hartnock ; Toffetta, Franc • and th e Chriftiana, &thorn, from Dantzic ; Ricilepitan Falykwg,; from Finland ; Hornung , —, from Stettin ; Brothers ' , Rutherwold ; and the Crown Prince, Frederik, from Norway ; Lucina, Funnier, from Poppenburg ; Nautilous, Schiver ; Mina, Gorman; and the Hornung, Hendon, from Varci. Arstvzn.—Olf Loweftoire, the Cecilia, Ohlers ; and Nautilus, Thevers, from 'fonningen—At Brittol, Princes Royal, Wells, from Newfoundlando.-At Dublin, Cumberland, Long, from Me. mel—At Cork, Mary, Jones, from Philadelphia ; Rover, Waite, from Virginia; and Amphitrite, from Halifax. DI sr a tau aros ow Pat z a MoN sr.—The Burbridge, at the capture of the Dutch Eall Indiamen, off St. Helena, on the 14th of June, 1795, may receive a fe cond dividend at Sir R. Prefton's, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, on Wednefday the 4th of September, be tween the hours of eleven and two, or on any fubfe quent Friday or Wednefday. Extras of a letter from the Earl Howe, from Lon don, bound to Madras, dated the loth of May, in lat. 18. 46. king. 25. 30. W.—" The Calcutta and Pbmnix leave us this evening, for St. Helena ; the Lord Duncan and Walpole parted from us the day after we left Portfmouth, Bth of May, under convoy of the KIN DOSTAN man of war, and have not fence been heard of. The voyage has been very tedious, owing to the light winds and calms." A letter from Cowes Rates, that an account has been received there of the ALCMaNE frigate having engaged and captured a French frigate near Guernfey. The Richard, SMITH, from London for Gibraltar, is on fhore near Rye. The following is the fuccefs of the Leith Whalers this feafon 'f homm and Ann, Newton - 5 BM, Royal Bounty, Wright - - 6 Rattler, Dawfon - 5 Byrne, Kelly -- - - Si Succors, Young - - S Raith, Kelly - - - 9 William and Ann, Lyons, (formerly mentioned) - . Ali fromDaris Straits.—Left cat ice sofb. THR MARA'RTS. COIN TXCHANGE, MARK , LANII, 117CIISt 2T Arrivals of Wheat coaawife to-day are ley:, but having this week further imports of about quarters of Foreign, in addition to the very enqr itiousquantityonhand,inducesthe millers to make few pnrchafes at prefent, that of inferior at fomewhat lets —in Rye, Barley, or Malt, there is but little diffe• rence in price —Tick Beans in good fupply, with Oats, each of which are rather cheaper—ltApe Seed likewife, and in plenty—about the clofe of Monday's Market Flour fell full 51. per Pack, and to-day doll of file at our quoted price. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER. Wheat, 52,5. 68a. 91a. per qr. Grey Peale au. to 460. Fine Ditto. 945. 981. Ott Beans, 465. 51a. Rye, 48$. Su. od- Tick Ditto 415.475. od Barle7,3Ba. 435. od. Oats, aas 2.84 31s. Malt, 7 65. Bas . al. Poland ditto 3 4. 35, 9/bate Peale, 4/11. 545. od. Rane Seed. 341. 391 per kfi. PRICE OF FLOUR. Fine Floor ysa. to Bcs. Seconds 701. to 755. per lack. DUBLIN, AUGUST 17. Mr. GRATTAN, fiace his arrival in town, has flied Come of his old pol:tical friends. The tallies for Colonel MEADE continued to be bitught up during the remainder of Tuetday, and alfo on Wednefday, and when the poll terminated. the numbers brought forward made the total majo. rity amount to 450. .The ceremony of chairing the fuccefsfuleindidate took place on Thurfday in DownpAtrick. The joy bells of this city were rung on Thurfday night, in confequence of Colonel MEADE'S viaory over Lord CASTLEREAGH. Several perfons are inclined to fappofe, from foam ezpre flions dropped at the commencement of th e Down Eleaion, by Lord Cast. ssaaac to, that it is his Lord. thip's intention to petition Parliament againit Colo• nel MEADE'S returns Some of the State Prifoners in Kilmainham gaol, wearied out with lone confinement, and not poffe (Eng the means of fupporung their families, have, we hear, volunteered to go to America, on the Government pay ing their expences, which, we are informed, has been acceded to, and they are to take their !mirage in the firft veffel that fails for any of the ports of that coon• try. This meafure is confidered as a prelude to a general gaol delivery of all thofe isetfons confined on fufpicion of Rate offences. Her Royal Highnefs the PrincefsofWeLts viewed the Dock-yard at Portfmouth, on Monday, during as fevere a ltorm as has been experienced for many years. Her Royal Highnefs afterwards went nn board of the Commiffioner's yacht, to fee the fleet at Spithead ; and in the evening returned .to Colond Hoop's, at Catherington. Lord and Lady CASTLIRIAGH arrived in London, yetterday from the County of Down, Ireland. His LordOsip, on his arrival, waited on Mr PITT, and had a long interview with him. Afterwards, acctin• panied by Lord HAIVIIEBSDURY, Lord Cerrtamott liked Lord Beanam in the Admiralty. Lord MoUNCAsHIL, with three of his children, landed at Harwich on Monday from Holland. His Lordfhip travelled through Italy and Holland as an American. The Marquis of STAFFORD came in for an accefGoss of 7,0001. per annum on the deceafe of the late Dowager Marchionefs of STAFFORD. Stowe-Houfe Fete continued a fcene of (entity until a late hour on Saturday night, or rather on Sunday morning. The party breakfatted together ott Sunday in the faloon, after which they rode out on horfeback, and Purveyed NELSON'S feat, which is an elegant little building, from whence many Agreeable profpeBs open to the view. In the courfe of the ride, they vifited the Duke of GEAFTON'S hunting ledge, where they took tome refreihment, and returned to drefs for dinner. A very elegant entertainment was Pet out in the dining TUOIH, for about fizty perfons, at eight o'clock. The evening concluded with a con. cert of mufic. OATLANDS..--The Fete in honour of his Royal Highnefs the Duke of You's Birth Day was in the mott fupetb dyle. The preparations were all complete previoufly to the arrival of the Duke of Yox a. His Royal High. nefs arrived about fix o'clock, in company with the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and Mr. GREENWOOD. The Company who had previoufly attended the Duchefs's invitation were, Sir Cur.s.sa SMITH ; Colonels Up- TON, TAYLOR, GORDON, and Virimverto ; Lady A. FITZROY, Lady SMITH, Major UPTON, & c. Soon after ( even o'clock the Party partook of an elegant Entertainment fat out in the Saloon. A deffirt of fruits the moil abundant and excellent the fealon has produced crowned the rep All. About eight o'clock the garden was b r illi ant l y illuminated, e artieularly that part of it next the bower, wherein dancing commenced at nine o'clock, with The Honey Moon, led off by Colonel UPTON and bet Royal Highnefi's favourite woman. About fifty couple went down the firit dance, compofed princi pally of the neighbouring villagers, who are always admitted on fuch occafions to partalce of the feftivi ties. The 'Hilarious honefs did not join in the mcrry dance until eleven, but when her Highnefs appeared, the infufed new life into the fcene, by calling for the favourite dance . Lady Montgomery, which (he led off halal with Colonel WYNYARD. The Duke of CAM. BRIDGE danced with Lady A. Firzitoy. The Du. chefs of You continued dancing until one o'clock, when the whole Party retired into the hnufe to fnp. per, leaving their attendants to maintain the honours of the feftival. On Thurfday morning, five prifoners made their efcape from the Borough Gaol, Liverpool, by for& ing a window. Some of them mull have been very much hurt in effeltins their efeape, a s a quantity of blood was found ly ing below the window from which they had defcended. The American town .Detroit, which contained about 300 houfes, and fituated on the river of the fame name, which divides the territories of the Uni ted States from Lower Canada, was reduced to allies f a dig 114 &id lath of June. dr. ul